"If you have nothing to do, you will go to the Three Treasures Palace, and you will come here late at night for my brother to come here for the sake of reform!" Liu Bei said.

After hearing this, Guan Yu asked with interest: "Presumably the eldest brother has encountered some problems?" ”

"It's hard to say it's hard to say it's not difficult, it depends on who will do it and who will ask for help!" Liu Bei continued.

Guan Yu immediately smiled when he heard this: "Big brother, when will you learn to practice philosophy in the clouds, don't be sloppy about anything, although I am on official business now, we will talk about philosophy when we have time!" ”

"Then I'll say it directly, in fact, I came tonight to reform the funds, to be exact, to strengthen the 700,000 taels of silver in the seven cities, I don't know when the 700,000 taels of court funds will be allocated?" Liu Bei continued to ask.

Guan Yu teased after hearing this: "It seems that the eldest brother is in a hurry!" Why do you want to work? But now the weather is not possible at all! ”

"As the saying goes, 'soldiers and horses go first before the grain and grass are moved', the construction of city defense is no better than others, and if the funds of the imperial court are not in place, it will not be able to carry out the work at all! This is a big deal, how can we start work if this matter is not solved! Liu Bei explained.

Guan Yu smiled after hearing this: "This big brother can rest assured, since our plan has been put forward and the promise has been given, it will definitely be fulfilled, without the diamond diamond, it will naturally not be able to take the porcelain work, the funds listed in our plan are determined, and the imperial court will naturally allocate it without a penny, and there will definitely be no phenomenon that cannot be fulfilled. ”

Liu Bei said after hearing this: "It's okay, then can we allocate the funds for city defense construction first?" ”

"Big brother, what's the urgency about this matter? You can't start work now, and it's not too late to come back to me when you start work! Guan Yu said.

Liu Bei was a little embarrassed and said, "Yun Chang! You see, I have the dignity of the emperor's uncle, and I have the name of the team leader, and I am also the prime minister, Jin Lan, as the general coordinator of the city's defense construction. How can you not make some achievements for the world to see, how can you not let your work be in the forefront of others? ”

"I understand the thoughts of the eldest brother, the eldest brother has filtered, there is no difference in the problem of this fund, there is no more and no less, according to our plan, the imperial court will distribute them one by one, not one more point, not one less point, and there is no phenomenon that whoever grabs who first will not have it. The funds for each job are fixed, and when to allocate it depends on the progress of the work, so don't worry about this, just let go of the work! Guan Yu explained to Liu Bei.

After Guan Yu finished speaking, Liu Bei suddenly became enlightened: "Oh! Since there is no problem with the funds of the imperial court, then we can let it go! ”

"The specific implementation plan of the eldest brother has been drafted?" Guan Yu then asked.

After Guan Yu finished speaking, Liu Bei made a 1510 report to Guan Yu about the opinions discussed in his meeting, and when Liu Bei finished speaking, Guan Yu nodded frequently and praised: "Big brother's affairs have come to me!" Looks like I'm going to have to hurry! I'm going to hold a meeting right away to study my part, and by the way, I have to use Yang Xiu first. After I'm done explaining, you can leave! ”

"You see you're holding me back, I was ready to go, but I'll have to wait as soon as you call me that!" Liu Bei said after hearing this.

Guan Yu stopped and said, "If you can leave, won't it be over if you leave Yang Xiu behind?" ”

"Yun Chang! Yang Xiu is from our camp, and there are a lot of things that need to be used! There is no shortage of advisers under you, why should you bother with one person? Liu Bei continued.

Guan Yu smiled when he heard this: "It's strange that I shouldn't have put Yang Xiu with you, but now it's good that there is no one around me to help me!" After saying that, he laughed.

Liu Bei also echoed and laughed

The next day, Guan Yu couldn't wait to convene the ministers in the general's mansion to hold a meeting on the promotion (expansion) of agricultural reform. Guanglu doctor Cai Yong, too Changqing, will be the minister of Chonggao. Sili Lieutenant Wenpin, Ministry of Works, Diannong Zhonglang General Ren Jun, Changshui Lieutenant Wang Qi, Yueqi Lieutenant Xu Huang, and Fubo General Zhang He came to the mansion one after another, in addition to more than a dozen unfamiliar faces. Many people are also very unfamiliar with these senior members of the imperial court, these people are all newcomers newly recruited by Guan Yu, some of them are the governors of the counties under the reform rule, some of them are newly promoted talents by Guan Yu, and many people are newcomers newly recommended to the imperial court to assist Guan Yu. Who are they? That is:

Zhang Fan. The word Gongyi, a native of Xiuwu County, Henan County (now Houjia, Henan), Zhang Fan was quiet by nature, despised fame and fortune, Zhang Fan often relieved the poor, and his family had no money to spare. He was hired as a councilor, participated in the prime minister's military and was respected by Guan Yu.

He Kui, the word Shulong, a native of Yangxia County, Chen County (now Taikang, Henan), once served as Sikong Peng's subordinate, Chengfu Ling, and Chenggao County Order, and was promoted to Rongyang Taishou by Guan Yu this time.

Liang Xi, the word Ziyu, a native of Tuoxian County, Chen County (now Tuocheng, Henan), was the county lord at the beginning, and was promoted to Sikong Xi Cao Lingshi because of his political achievements. His political achievements are often the most in the world, and this time he was promoted by Guan Yu to Henan Yin.

Zheng Hun, the character Wengong, a native of Kaifeng County, Henan County (now Kaifeng, Henan), once served as the commander of Xinzheng County, Guan Yu knew his character and promoted him to the Prime Minister's Mansion Dong Cao Seal, and assisted Guan Yu in the construction of water conservancy projects.

Chang Lin, whose name is Bohuai, was a native of Wen County, Hanoi County (now Wen County, Henan). The year of birth and death is unknown. Chang Lin's family was poor when he was young, and he was studious and intelligent. At the beginning, he was Zhang Yang's subordinate, served as the commander of Nanhe County, and was promoted to Hongnong County Guard by Guan Yu for his outstanding political achievements.

Yang Jun, whose name is Jicai, is a native of Huojia County, Hanoi County (now Huojia, Henan). The year of birth and death is unknown, Yang Jun defected to Guan Yu and served as the commander of Shanyang County, and after his outstanding political achievements, he was appointed by Guan Yu to replace Zhang Yang as the official of the feudal territory with the post of Hanoi County Guard.

Zhao Yan, whose name is Boran, is a native of Yangzhai County, Yingchuan County (now Yu County, Henan). In the third year of Jianning (170 AD), Zhao Yan successively served as the commander of Pingyang County, the subordinate of Sikong Mansion, the chief Bo, and the governor of the army. After Guan Yu took power, Zhao Yan was exceptionally promoted by Guan Yu to the prime minister's mansion Xicao Seal to assist Guan Yu in agricultural work.

Du Xian, whose name is Zixu, is a native of Dingling County, Yingchuan County (now Ye County, Henan). Du Xi successively served as the county commander of Xi'e and Xinzheng County, and this time he was exceptionally promoted by Guan Yu to the governor of the Prime Minister's Mansion and the lieutenant of the horse. Assist Guan Yu in the army's tuntian work.

Wang Xiang, whose name is Xibo, was a native of Hanoi County (now Wuzhi, Henan). Less lonely and poor, shepherd sheep and never stop reading, literary and elegant. After being recommended by the following, Guan Yu was exceptionally promoted to the county lord of Hanoi and the commander of Shanyang County.

Xu Ci. The word Rendu, a native of Nanyang County (now Nanyang, Henan). Xu Ci studied under Liu Xi and was proficient in "Zhou Yi", "Shangshu" and "Analects". He was arrogant and conceited by nature, and was appointed as a doctor to assist Cai Yong in the development of education and the collection of classics.

Wang Lian, the word Wenyi. A native of Nanyang County (now Nanyang, Henan). Wang Lianchu was the commander of Yangwu County. This time, he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant of the salt school of the Prime Minister's Office, implemented the state monopoly on the production of salt and iron, and assisted Guan Yu in the salt and iron business.

Fu Tong, a native of Yiyang (now Tongbai, Henan), was appointed by Guan Yu as a lieutenant in Hanoi by Guan Yu because of his military strength;

Han Hao, a native of Henan Wushe, was promoted by Guan Yu to the rank of lieutenant of Henan Prefecture because of his meritorious service to the opposition to Dong Zhuoyu's party;

Some of these thirteen people are local officials, some directly enter the imperial court camp to assist Guan Yu, some are from average backgrounds, and some have experience in responsibility. But it is undeniable that these people are now promoted, and some are even exceptionally promoted, and these people also have a characteristic that they are all under the rule of Guan Yu, that is to say, they are all produced locally, and these people also have a characteristic that most of them are young people, the oldest are less than 40 years old, and the youngest is only in their 20s, and the young structure tends to be younger. It can be said that they are young and promising, and another characteristic of these people is that most of them are civil officials. Only two of these people promoted by Guan Yu this time played the role of military generals, and the rest of them all played the role of civil officials, which was another round of major personnel appointments and dismissals after Guan Yu's appointment and removal in the imperial court before.

The promotion of these people is not out of nowhere, it is the result of his long time of brewing and searching, but today all these people have been summoned. For these relatively small officials, the appointment and dismissal do not have to go through the imperial court, this is all within Guan Yu's responsibility, in fact, the search for these people has been drawn up as early as when he was not the prime minister, and he did not forget to tap talents wherever he went. As the Central Plains is full of talents, Guan Yu has discovered this group of talents through the following recommendations, on-site visits, exceptions, personal assessments, etc., and after being promoted to prime minister, Guan Yu will all promote these people to the corresponding positions, and enrich them to various fields to take on major responsibilities, these people are the result of Guan Yu's careful screening, and they are also talent elites, and they are supplemented as reserve forces.

The promotion of the action is beyond the imagination of ordinary people, it can be said that such a group of talents have been enriched to various positions, Guan Yu's rule under the rule is more consolidated, these civil officials are Guan Yu's precious wealth, "Wen can govern the country, Wu can Anbang", to dominate the world, attack the city, sweep the land and sweep the Quartet, which urgently needs a large number of military generals who can fight well, and to consolidate the regime, stabilize the rear, govern the world, and need a large number of civil officials, with Guan Yu under the rule of more and more land, the demand for talents is also increasing, especially civil officials, Before, as a military general, he was forced to influence Guan Yu to do nothing in the appointment of civil officials, but he did not forget to look for such a candidate, so that he knew it in his heart, and after serving as prime minister, Guan Yu finally had power, and as soon as he took office, he pushed all these talents to his post to avoid slackness in government affairs due to various reasons, especially after the implementation of reforms, it is urgent to call a large number of talents.

Considering the fact that many members of the imperial court are old, it is urgent to do a good job of metabolism to supplement the reserve force is to call for the emergence of a young team, and the reform is not to follow the old ways to have a spirit of aggressiveness and innovation, in this regard, young people are more responsible and mission, and more enterprising, Guan Yu promoted these talents are to meet this need to stand out, this is a vigorous young team, very pioneering spirit, of course, Guan Yu, the Bole is naturally very loyal. Guan Yu's intention to summon all these people this time is also self-evident, as an official personally promoted by himself, Guan Yu wants to take advantage of the opportunity of this reform to thoroughly train the team, test the ability and loyalty of this team, see if they are qualified or not, and see if they are vain; On the other hand, Guan Yu gathered these cronies whom he personally promoted to swear his prestige and determination to implement reforms

The appearance of these officials as newcomers made these veterans of the imperial court really a little surprised, so many newcomers were seen for the first time, and the lineup was so strong that they felt pressure! Compared with these young people, I am really too old, and I am really terrifying! Guan Yu sent someone to call Yang Xiu to attend the meeting, and his subordinates reported that Yang Xiu had gone out, Guan Yu couldn't help but think in his heart: This kid is really busy! Then he beckoned his subordinates to call Cai Wenji to attend the meeting, and Cai Wenji was recruited by Guan Yu as a secretary. Hardly involved in government affairs but idle, this unexpected summons to attend the government affairs meeting really surprised this woman, Cai Wenji came to the meeting with apprehension.

Guan Yu's meeting focused on studying the agricultural production he was in charge of, and in accordance with the steps proposed in the implementation plan, Guan Yu said that "agricultural production is the top priority and is in the center of reform, so we should focus on doing a good job and implement it as soon as possible." The previous plan has been clear, specific tasks and measures have also been proposed, the next step is to implement, agricultural production by me personally, you are my right-hand man, the current is the end of winter and early spring, agricultural production and water conservancy project construction is not yet time, but the preliminary work should be carried out quickly, the preliminary design of water conservancy projects should be formulated. This matter is mainly based on the Ministry of Works, the general Ren Jun, the East Cao Seal and Zheng Hun, the Henan Yin Liang Xi, and the Henan Taiwei Han Hao closely cooperate to do a good job in this matter, and then prepare the fortifications until the time comes, ready to start one after another; According to the requirements put forward in the plan, the imperial court will soon draw up a holy decree, and then it will be spread everywhere, and all localities must strictly implement the requirements put forward in the implementation plan, and the imperial court will also send this fund to all places along with the holy decree; The proposed facilities and appliances in the science and technology project should be produced quickly, and the total investment is 210,000 taels of silver. The money will be allocated immediately, and the next step will be to speed up production and manufacturing according to the plan. This matter is based on Tai Changqing, who will be the minister of Chong Gao, Si Li, Zhao Yan, Zhao Yan, the prime minister's mansion, Shang Shu, Du Xian, the prince and the prince, and Wang Lian, the captain of Siyan, to assist in the implementation, and it is necessary to build the tools one after another before the spring ploughing; In addition, although agricultural production cannot be carried out for the time being, the preparatory work must be done well in advance, and all localities and departments must clarify their respective responsibilities and study specific implementation plans. All localities should clearly define their respective division of labor, allocate land in their respective fields in a timely manner, and arrange the types and contents of planting. This work involves a wide range of Taifu Ma Riyu and Guanglu doctor Cai Yong must do a good job of coordination, resolve the contradictions in the work in a timely manner, and all localities and departments must work together to cooperate with the work of the two! The chief officials of each region should actively cooperate with the work of the imperial court reform group. The tasks and measures issued by the imperial court must be resolutely implemented, carried out to the letter, and ensure the smooth completion of the reform plan in the region! ”

After Guan Yu announced this decision, the ministers under the rank expressed their obedience one after another, and collectively promised to resolutely implement it

Just when Guan Yu personally arranged the deployment of agricultural production meeting, a tax collection team led by Ma Teng himself has been stationed in Luoyang Lingfu, Ma Teng accompanied by Yang Xiu and Ma Chao came to Luoyang Lingfu, Luoyang ordered Chen Xin to catch it, and welcomed the three to the house, Yang Xiu immediately introduced the identity of Ma Teng and Ma Chao to Chen Xin, Chen Xin did not dare to slack off when he heard it, invited the three of them to take a seat, and instructed the subordinates to entertain, the three of them sat down Ma Teng then asked Yang Xiu to show the court to collect taxes, Yang Xiu showed the text to Chen Xin to read, Chen Xin took the text tremblingly, and was shocked into a cold sweat when he saw it: My God, Chen Xin couldn't believe his eyes, it was clearly written that the task of tax collection in Luoyang was 3 million taels of silver!

3,000,000 taels of silver? Chen Xin couldn't help but jump for this figure, and levied taxes on the landlords and powerful planters under his rule, and then Chen Xin saw the standard of collection: according to the area where he is located and the individual land and assets are levied differently, the more is levied, the less is levied, and the proportion of fixed assets of large households above 10 million silver is 20 percent; The proportion of fixed assets of larger households taxed above Wu Bai Wan Wen silver is 10%; The proportion of fixed assets of medium-sized households taxed on more than 3 million silver is 5%; The proportion of taxation on fixed assets of small landlords above 1 million is 3 percent; The proportion of fixed assets levied on fixed assets between 1 million and 100,000 yuan is 1%; Fixed assets below 100,000 yuan are exempt from tax

Chen Xin couldn't help but sigh after reading it, and Yang Xiu immediately said: "Trouble Lord Chen to submit the roster of the big households under Luoyang's rule!" ”

After hearing this, Chen Xin's eyes rolled and said, "Lord Yang is thin! It's clear what was shown on the previous gift list! ”

"Their assets aren't listed on the gift list! How to expropriate assets if you are not sure? Yang Xiu continued.

Chen Xin stroked his beard and said: "There is no way to do this, it is impossible to determine who has many assets!" It's not a public thing! Besides, who has how much money can tell others! ”

Yang Xiu continued: "It's not difficult to do! You should always control these large populations and land, right? ”

"Oops! You see, the data here are all five years old, and they are not accurate! I don't think that's okay? Since it is a collection of taxes, this matter should be their initiative and voluntary behavior, I want to inform them of the meaning of the imperial court, do a mobilization, let them understand the meaning of the imperial court and then take the initiative to pay the tax, if it is rashly enforced, it will be inconvenient, but let them reluctantly and even resist! Chen Xin explained. (To be continued......)