As Sima Yi narrated, Gao Yuan finally knew where the grain went.

Gao Yuan picked up the tea bowl and took a sip without speaking. This made Sima Yi feel pressured, because he knew what Gao Yuan's policy was in the four northern counties of Bingzhou. Thinking of this, I was suddenly shocked, and the sweat came down.

"Fifteen thousand stones. Zhongda, how much grain has your family received this year? Gao Yuan asked seemingly casually.

Sima Yi was embarrassed and said, "In the subordinate family, when the summer harvest is due, maybe ...... There will be a harvest of about 3,000 koku. ”

Gao Yuan said: "No wonder Emperor Han Ling has to sell his official position to be rich, no wonder many people have money to buy official positions." He smiled, but Sima Yi was sweating like rain.

There are too many scholars like the Sima family in the world, and there are many under Gao Yuan's rule, one is only 3,000 stones, and most of the world's money, grain, and taxes go to the pockets of the scholars.

It is said that this scholar class sprouted in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and it was also an important reason for the decline of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

The nobles possessed strong economic power and held policy privileges, and were the pillars on which imperial power was built and consolidated. This comes from the powerful power of the Shi clan, the Shi clan in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, in the economy, has been "acres of land connected to the Fang country", "thousands of slaves and maids, in vain attached to ten thousand". In other words, the nobles held a large amount of land, and the people of the land had to listen to them.

In politics, it is even more "tired of classics", "tired of the princess", and even Yuan Shao, a prominent family of "four generations and three dukes", and enjoys the privilege of being exempted from servitude in fact.

These powers reached their peak in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, and after the Eastern Han Dynasty officials ruled the country, the scholars who held the authority worked even more for the benefit of their families. A large number of people's lands were annexed by them. They don't have to pay taxes, the land is theirs, and the court naturally has no money. They were even more ruthless than the imperial court, completely ignoring the law, and killing and plundering the people of the land at will, which caused many peasant uprisings.

The scholar system is the most prominent political feature throughout the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties periods, and it is also a manifestation of the political darkness of the Western Jin Dynasty. Due to the wanton sucking of blood by the scholars, they are rich and rival the country but are selfish, resulting in the imperial court having no money and food to build national defense. Naturally, the Wuhu Chaos began.

The heyday of the scholar clan can be said to be the dark period of China, and there was no strong performance at the national level.

This clan of scholars is not good for the ruler in every way. For example, according to the conversation between Gao Yuan and Sima Yi just now, Gao Yuan is not a small prince, his summer income is only 15,000 stones, while Sima Yi's family has an income of 3,000 stones.

However, the rulers were born from the nobles, and their interests were intertwined, making it impossible for them to attack the nobles.

But Gao Yuan is different, Gao Yuan came from later generations, and the ideology and theory of "fighting local tyrants and dividing the land" are mature, and secondly, he is not inextricably linked with the scholars.

"Agrarian reform." Gao Yuan said.

In the course of the reform, partial transfers would compensate the nobles, ranging from a symbolic small amount to the actual value of the land. Of course, if it is an illegal gain, it must not only be confiscated for public ownership, but also punished.

"What?" Sima Yi was completely dumbfounded, and said in a lost voice: "Lord, the family will definitely not agree." ”

Gao Yuan spread his hands and said, "Since the owner does not agree, then the agrarian revolution has to be made." ”

"Agrarian Revolution!" When Sima Yi got the meaning of the agrarian revolution from Gao Yuan, he was a figure like Sima Yi, and he lost his soul in shock. He exclaimed, "My lord, if you are like this, all the scholars in the world will rise up and rebel." ”

As for the resistance of the scholars, Gao Yuan just smiled disdainfully and said: "Zhongda, the power of the people is infinite, and you must know that those who win the hearts of the people are in the world." ”

Sima Yi was stunned when he heard this, he thought about it carefully, such as today's situation, it can be said that the super-large scholar clan is in the place. For example, Yuan Shao, the third prince of the fourth world, is the No. 1 Dashi clan in Tianzi, and they are all a large group of small and medium-sized Shi clans, following a Dashi clan. As for Gao Yuan, in fact, there is no scholar clan to support him.

Therefore, the birth of Gao Yuan is a special case, and he has the natural conditions for the Nashi clan to open the knife and obtain the power of the people.

Gao Yuan first came to the Eastern Han Dynasty and had nothing, and princes like Cao Cao had deep roots. He wanted to reform the land, return the land to the people, and win the support of the people, so as to gain power that other princes could not obtain on the road to world domination in the future. Returning the land to the people will not only not conflict with the lofty rule, but will bring him more taxes.

Sima Yi, on the other hand, found that he couldn't see through Gao Yuan at all. However, Sima Yi is Sima Yi, and he immediately discovered that this kind of reform is the only way to centralize power, and the loss of land means the loss of everything. And as a monarch, you have more control over the place.

And this kind of reform should be sooner rather than later, it is obvious that the strength of the scholar clan in a state is much easier to deal with than the strength of the scholar clan in a country.

"This is no less than Qin Shi Huang's centralized means of placing counties and counties!" Sima Yi couldn't help but admire Gao Yuan's strategic vision, "However, the strength of ordinary people can really defeat the Shi clan?" In his opinion, the great Yellow Turban Rebellion was united by the nobles to encircle and suppress it.

But for Gao Yuan, of course, he knows the power of the people. All the changes of dynasty began with the peasants. And the Yellow Turban Rebellion was only because there was no correct leadership, otherwise, it was enough to destroy the Eastern Han Dynasty.

As a result, a vigorous and vigorous movement of cultivators with lofty leadership kicked off in Bingzhou and Hanoi counties.

Gao Yuan proposed that the land ownership system of the scholars be abolished and replaced with the land ownership system of the peasants.

The land of the nobles was confiscated and distributed to the landless or landless peasants to cultivate, and at the same time, the nobles were given their fair share of the land to cultivate and support themselves. In this way, in the lofty territory, he can liberate the rural productive forces, develop agricultural production, and accumulate strength for his future dominance in the world.

At the same time, Gao Yuan, in connection with the experience of later generations, laid down the principles and methods of confiscation, expropriation, and distribution of land.

In addition, Gao Yuan proposed the policy of preserving the poor economy. The poor family here is actually a big family that can't become a scholar, similar to the rich peasants in later generations. In this way, it was possible to isolate the nobles, win over the rich peasants, and protect the interests of the middle and lower poor peasants, so as to facilitate the restoration and development of production.

On the other hand, Gao Yuan also proposed high salaries and honest pensions to improve the salaries of officials. After the implementation of the land reform, Gao Yuan will inevitably have a wide range of financial resources, and high salaries and incorruptible pensions will not be a problem.

As soon as the news came out, there was an uproar in the Gaoyuan territory, and the peasants were chattering, not knowing whether it was true or not, but they were full of thirst for the division of land. This has won Gao Yuan too much popular support and motivation for land reform.

And the gentry were stupid at once, they didn't believe it was true.

And Sima Yi saw Gao Yuan's determination to implement land reform, in this annexed state, Gao Yuan was the "emperor", and if he resisted him, he would definitely die. And the policies implemented by Gao Yuan are so popular with the people that they will surely succeed. Therefore, Sima Yi, who is a high-ranking military advisor, withstood the pressure from his family, and handed over all the 5,000 acres of land in his family.

Of course, the scholars should also have land, and Sima's family has more than 100 people, so Gao Yuan returned 500 acres of land to Sima's family.

It is worth mentioning that Gao Yuan only divided the land, not the money and goods, which already left a way back for the scholars.

On this day, in the Chamber of Hanoi Mansion. The military attaché was enthusiastic about land reform, while the civilian government was cautious.

They conveyed information from all sides, and Sima Yi concluded, "The dissatisfaction of the county officials is gradually increasing. ”

"What about the army?" Gao Yuan looked at Zhang Liao.

Zhang Liao hurriedly got up and said, "Every soldier supports the lord. ”

Sima Yi pondered recently, and said, "My lord, if it is comprehensively promoted, I am afraid that it will encounter considerable resistance. It is better to carry out a pilot project first, which can deter the scholars in various counties. ”

Gao Yuan also thought so, and said in his heart that he was worthy of Sima Yi, and he could also think of a good way to practice in later generations, so he asked: "Does Zhongda have a good pilot proposal?" ”

Sima Yi had already thought about it and said: "The royal family of Bingzhou is the largest family in Bingzhou, with thousands of acres of fertile land, please decide on it." ”