He Yan told Cui Yan that he ordered his wife, Princess Jinxiang, to visit his half-sister Princess Shanyang yesterday, and by the way to inquire about Shixun's condition - "Although the public disease and epidemic have been eliminated, they can't afford it, and they are physically ill, only the head, neck and right wrist can be moved. I expect that even if I get the scum, it will be difficult to return to the political affairs, and the secretary will take this opportunity to change his politics? ”

Taking advantage of Xun's illness, let's change his politics, this opportunity can't be missed.

Shenzong said that he should be cautious - "Now that the clouds are gone, wait for his death, and then change the government?" "Is Xun hanging up, or will he be paralyzed from now on, after all, these two months will be able to see the results, why should we be anxious?

He Yan protested and said: "The people of the world have been suffering for a long time, and now the secretary has to use things, if he can't set things right, and arrest Zhuge Kongming and other prime ministers, I'm afraid it will be difficult to do it!" "It was Xun who recommended Zhuge Liang to the emperor the day before yesterday, and Zhuge Liang was only a few steps away from the phase, maybe Xun would find a way to arch him into the Chinese book before he died, and then the resistance to our reform will definitely be great.

And when Shi Xun was in power, he suppressed all the scholars and did not dare to speak out, and taking advantage of his serious illness, all kinds of signs of instability came to the fore - "The secretary should listen to the voice of the people, and the cloud is a coup d'état." "Recently, there have been waves of voices among the scholars, opposing the policies of valuing merchants over peasants and suppressing the clans in favor of the poor, and they all feel that the world is established, and these policies need to be changed. If you can't follow the general trend, if you are preempted by Yang Xiu, Chen Qun and others, I am afraid that you will gradually lose the favor of the emperor.

Cui Yan pondered for a long time, and finally said: "What should be changed?" How to change yes? Qing and so on can be played on the text. ”

He Yan and others went to draft the plan without mentioning it. Let's talk about the next morning. Cao Chao decided to settle the province in the morning and dusk as usual, and went to pay homage to the Empress Dowager Bian, and Bian said: "I should not interfere in state affairs, but I heard that Your Majesty wants to be the son of Xiahou, but is it?" "Cao Chao said yes, I plan to send Xiahou Chong to the northeast to command the war, and the edict has been sent to the middle book, which has not yet been passed.

Bian said that this is not going to work-"Zhu Guo has been sick for a long time. I'm afraid that if there is no secret, then Chang'an can go out of Beijing? "Xiahou is not sure that he will hang up one day, and you will send his eldest son to Beijing at this moment, which is against human feelings." I have many famous generals, why should I be high? "Xiahou Chong actually doesn't have any martial arts, so it's just right for him to defend the Jingshi with the weight of his relatives, and send him out to fight, can you really rest assured?

Cao Chao had no choice but to obey his fate, and finally decided to send the Yulin general Cao Xiu to supervise the peace and fresh soldiers and horses. The edict was issued and passed on the same day.

Here, Cao Xiu has just left Beijing. Cui Yan took the plan drawn up by He Yan and others to meet Cao Chao. Cao Chao unfolded it and took a look, the main content of the plan is:

First, the mountains, forests and ponds will be re-nationalized or even owned by the royal family, if the original occupant is a single family, it will be directly confiscated, if it is a family, it will be allowed to continue to operate for the time being, but forty percent of the profits must be entered into the official treasury or internal funds.

Second, the merchants should be heavily taxed, so as to avoid the peasants from going to the "last job"; The same is true of the workshops in various places, where workers who have skills are classified as artisans, and they are not allowed to change jobs for generations, and those who have no skills are ordered to return to agriculture within a time limit.

Third, to end the official status of Zheng Xue, especially "Yesxue", to allow a hundred schools of thought to contend, such as Zheng Xue, other schools, and even the Jinwen School, all of which can be taught in Taixue to educate the children of officials and eunuchs. Shatai students, those with poor academic performance or those who are born in merchants and craftsmen will be dismissed.

Fourth, the identity system was previously stipulated, so that the imperial history patrolled the states and counties, and there were many indulgences, and now the secretary and the subordinate officials were ordered to stab, starting from the division, to check the over-system one by one, and to supervise the implementation of the first two policies.

The purpose of Cui Yan's new policy is mainly two: first, to light industry and commerce and emphasize agriculture, and restore the social model of agriculture-oriented for more than 1,000 years; The second is to support the scholarly families and purge those poor landlords and industrial and commercial nouveau riche from the ruling class, so as to ensure the purity of the political power. As for sending secretaries and subordinate officials to assassinate, in order to supervise the implementation of the new policy, and at the same time meddle in the supervision power of the Imperial Historical Observatory, and also give the cronies an opportunity to experience and make meritorious contributions.

Regarding Cui Yan's political tendencies, Cao Chao was mostly taught by him and basically agreed, but he didn't have to introduce a new policy so soon to "set things right", he couldn't make up his mind, so he asked Yang Xiu. Yang Xiu also thinks that it is good to be cautious, to which Cui Yan replied: "It is to make the public heavy on industry and commerce, but to envelop the meritorious heroes and relatives, if it is done for a long time, then they are heavy, Your Majesty will be light, and the scholar will be sideways, and the day will be centrifuged......" In fact, his so-called "scholar doctor" only refers to the family of scholars, as for those who are from a single family - I will ignore you!

"Today, the public power will not be able to afford, the pillar country is also sick, the country is in Shu, and those who dare to criticize the new policy are only the ......ears of the auxiliary country" As for Cao De, he instinctively ignored - "However, the auxiliary country is greedy, and the people are light, and they will not be able to scratch it." However, if the book is negotiated, the government can be changed, and there will be no delay, and the country will suffer greatly. It is we who pave the way for Your Majesty, and he will be in power in the future, so that he can sit and watch the world rule! ”

Cui Jiqi was clever and eloquent, and finally persuaded Cao Chao, so he issued a Chinese letter, and Cao Chao went to listen to the government again as usual, to support Cui Yan and them. At this time, Zheng Hun and Huan Jie, Zhong Xuan and Bao Xun were in power, and Chen Qun was on the side of Cui and Yang, so the final result, one and two barely passed. As for the third article, ending Zheng Xue's official status, except for Cui and Yang, only Bao Xun abstained, and the rest of the four ministers were all opposed. The fourth made the secretary and the subordinates stab, Huan Jie, and Chen Qun all lashed out - "This matter of imperial history, the inner court has no power!" ”

Cui Yan argued: "This is not a secretary, and his subordinates want to take the right to the imperial history, and His Majesty wants to hear the voice of the people, so he ordered to patrol his ears." "It's not too much for the emperor to send a few people down to observe the people's situation and understand the implementation of the policy. In the end, with the support of Cao Chao, it was decided that the emperor would personally appoint a number of officials from the four departments, including Zhongshu, secretary, disciples, and imperial history, to assassinate.

And since the mandate has fallen into the hands of the emperor, it is no different from being controlled by Cui Yan, Yang Xiu and others. The people sent out included Shen Zong, Shen Shijin, Qu Wenqu Mofeng, Hao Xu, Hao Wenjun, Sun Lin, Sun Zongzhao, Wen Lu Wen Zitan, Ding Fei, Ding Wenhou, Li Xiu, Li Zilang, and Yu Shi Tian Yi Tian Renqing, etc., a total of 13 people, first divided into counties according to Cha Sili and Yanzhou.

As soon as the edict was issued, Cao Hong was angry on the spot - I was persuaded by Yesun before, gave up a lot of land, and invested all the funds in industry and commerce, and now the royal family said that they want to take back the mountains, forests and ponds, well, this is also a tradition of the past dynasties, even if you have to pay forty percent tax, I also gritted my teeth and admitted, but you also levy heavy taxes on industry and commerce, and you want me to repatriate all the small workers who have no skills in the workshop and work purely manually to farm? It's bound for me to go bankrupt, right? Is it tolerable or unbearable?!

Cao Zilian made the disciples connect with the powerful, and even made three concerts, asking the emperor to take back his fate, but Cao Chao ignored it. In the end, Cao Hong made a fuss at the court meeting, and pointed at Cui Yan's nose and scolded: "You and others are unauthorized to change the government of the first emperor and compete with the people for profit, and you are really the Sang Hong sheep of this world!" Everyone was shocked, and said that Cao Fuguo actually knew Sang Hongyang, amazing, he was good at learning!

Cui Yan retorted: "Fu Guo is cautious, can An Jia erect to compare Cui? "Sang Hongyang for Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to innovate politics, manage finances, the advantage is to enrich the treasury, strong support for the war against the Xiongnu, the disadvantage is to dry up and fish, squeeze industry and commerce at the same time destroy agriculture, the merit is not easy to evaluate. But what makes Cui Yan unbearable the most is that Sang Hongyang was born in a merchant family, how can you compare him to me, a genuine doctor?!

The two argued with each other and debated in court. Cui Yan is not as eloquent as Xun, but also a corrector in the world, and all the reasons prepared by Cao Hong in advance were all taught to him by the doormen, and it is difficult to play on the spot, and he can elaborate in depth - he can't say clearly, the emperor, if you do this, you will make me bankrupt, or you will pay to compensate me - so he was quickly defeated and choked speechless. Cao Hong was so angry that he actually picked up the wat board and hit Cui Yan's head, but fortunately, Xiahou Shang saw that the situation was not good, and quickly hugged him from behind, only knocking Cui Jiqi's Liang Guan to the ground, otherwise with Cao Hong's strength, Cui Yan's head might be cracked on the spot, and his brain would be sprinkled all over the ground......

Cao Chao was furious, and immediately ordered Cao Hong to be arrested and imprisoned, and the imperial history was punished. Cao Hong was still unrelenting in prison, and even met with doormen and former officials, asking them to strictly guard the mountains and forests and workshops, and not to let the imperial history and assassins enter—"I would rather die than let my descendants have no wealth!" ”

The imperial history played, saying that the auxiliary state Cao Hongdian lost his manners, disordered the order, and attacked the minister, but he should be fined for his old merits. Cao Chaoxin said that he almost beat Cui Yan to death, how could he be so lenient? Directly refute it, and ask the imperial history to discuss it again.

Cao Hongzi, Cao Fu, Cao Zhen and others begged grandpa and grandmother everywhere, and found someone to help their father intercede. Xiahoudun on the sickbed instructed them to save Zilian, unless the empress dowager came out. So in the end, they begged for the head of Princess Shanyang - that is the biological daughter of the Empress Dowager Bian, Cao Zhi, Cao Zhang, Cao Xiong, etc., born to the Bian family, are all dead, and there is only one Cao Pi left, who was almost involved in a rebellion case before, where do you dare to get involved in this kind of thing, then only Princess Shanyang can help deliver the words.

Sure enough, through the plea of Princess Shanyang, the Bian family stepped out and said to Cao Chao: "Your Majesty will want to kill Zi Lianye?" It must be known that between Liang and Pei, there is no such thing as today! "Cao Chao is quite aggrieved, saying how can I slaughter the important ministers left by the first emperor? I just want to teach him a lesson, but you see, Cao Hong himself is unrelenting...... If he agrees with the new policy and apologizes to Cui Yan, I will be able to release him immediately.

Bian said that Cao Hong is in the auxiliary country, the country is the prince, and Cui Yan is just a sub-minister, how can he pull down his face to apologize to Cui Yan - "If Cui Jiqi can convince him, if Lin Xiangru is like serving Lianpo, Zilian will be guilty." However, it is impossible to do it now, and if it is imprisoned for a long time, it will chill the hearts of heroes. "That is, the Empress Dowager ordered to pass on the decree to let Cao Hong go, order him to return home, and reflect behind closed doors - don't come out to make trouble again, I hope time can eliminate the suspicion between you and Cui Yan.

Cao Hong was so angry that he slapped the table and smashed the bowl all day long when he returned home, and cursed: "He Hongfu's illness? In the past, he refused to govern Cui, but made the villain get his will, which is the fault of Hongfu! (To be continued.) )