—182 A.D.——

Qingzhou, Jinan State.

Cao Cao was sitting in the chamber of the Prime Minister's Mansion, frowning and reading the various "complaints" sent by the fourteen county towns one by one.

Although the language of these documents is very humble and the language appears as if it has been worked very hard to govern, the words are full of "What is going on?" "What's that going on?" "Definitely not bad for me!" Sense.

Cao Cao was now very skeptical about how that Lord Xun Qi could put up with these fools.

Taking Dunqiu, which he once governed, as an example, even if Cai Wan was not left as the county commander of L at the beginning, as long as those people acted in strict accordance with the rules and regulations he set up, and there were no major accidents or disasters, Dunqiu could develop on its own for three to five years without deliberate interference.

And the Jinan country is ...... If they let go for even a month, they will be able to poke out a big leak, swear at the reception banquet, absolutely cooperate with the new prime minister, and will not cause trouble?

"Obviously, this is another test for you by the Xun family," Cai Wan, who was assisting on the side, did not look angry, "These accidents and loopholes are probably already there, but they were suppressed by Lord Xun Qi with clever means without anyone noticing." ”

"Wen Ruo pits me!" As the only civil official under Cao Cao, Xi Zhicai, who was arrested to assist in handling political affairs, sighed in the sky: "I should have known that he would not introduce a position where you can drink and have fun with any ideas!" ”

"'Random ideas'?" Cao Cao raised his eyes to look at Xi Zhicai and said with a smile: "Zhicai is too modest, your strategy to win the hearts of the people has eliminated the biggest hidden danger for Jinan and even Qingzhou." ”

Zhang Jue, who transformed the "Fu Shui" of Taiping Road, used it to treat the wounded and sick and punish the evil in Jinan and the surrounding counties, showing that although he transformed the "Fu Shui" into a lethal "life and death talisman", he did not use it as evil, but was more like a new weapon invented by a workshop craftsman.

This time as a first persuaded the daughter of the Taoist ancestor who was killed, and then attracted most of the Taiping Taoist disciples in Qingzhou, it can be said that if Zhang Jue is interested, he can set up a branch altar in Jinan to recognize himself as the altar master.

However, it is good that this "new weapon" is only circulated in Qingzhou, if it is transmitted to Sili, it is considered by the imperial court that Taiping Dao has any ambitions, but it will cause a completely different result, so after absorbing most of the Qingzhou Taiping Dao, Xi Zhi asked Cao Cao to send people to control the spread of this matter, and outsiders will at most hear that "the use of Fu Shui in the land of Qingzhou is different".

"The heroes don't mention the courage of the year~" Xi Zhicai skillfully used the country slang: "There will be so many strange situations in Jinan and even Qingzhou, but the reason is the same, can the lord know why?" ”

"Although the apparent reason is that Lord Xun Qi was promoted and left, they must have their own causes, don't ......" Cao Cao thought about it, didn't know the essentials, and subconsciously wanted to see the "stand-in", and then remembered that the "stand-in" took the initiative to investigate after hearing that there were Huns in Xiliang and did not return.

"Probably because Qingzhou is rich?" Cai Wan took out a few silk books that recorded the "Chen Qing" and looked at it, and said: "The problems that can be solved with money are not a problem in their opinion, and they have suppressed it all the way until they can't solve it by spending no amount of money, and then it broke out - for example, this 'food emergency' statement, the officials of the department have always paid little attention to agriculture, and when there is a shortage of grain, they buy from the surrounding counties, but this year there is a slight drought, and the surplus grain that can be sold around them has decreased sharply, and they can't buy grain even if they have money, so they handed over the complaint, hoping that the prime minister will open a position to help the shortfall...... Oh, they themselves still have no intention of developing agriculture. ”

"Oh, Pingyin, no wonder." Xi Zhicai glanced at the name of the county from a distance, and then said, "Does the lord know where the money of the local officials comes from?" ”

"This place...... Seems to have heard of it. Cao Cao thought about it, it didn't seem that he heard it on business?

Xi Zhicai looked at Cai Wan.

"What? What should I know? Cai Zhenji glared, as if she was ready to copy and smash him.

"Pingyin roses are famous all over the world, sachets, hair accessories, fat powder, and sesame oil are all used, and they simply don't have more arable land to grow food." Xi Zhicai spread his hands.

"......" Cao Cao and Cai Wan looked at each other.

- This is not a food problem, how can he be so clear as a man about such floral decorations?

- Could it be that he also uses it on weekdays?

- Can't ask.

- Agreed.

"The feudal lord here is indifferent to the fiefdom, and he does not ask for money or goods, but only sets the number of roses or related products to be handed over every year," Xi Zhicai continued: "So, isn't the reason why the decrees of the lands in Jinan are not about to come out? ”

"Because the decree of the feudal lord Hu Lai has caused damage to the normal development and order of the local area," Cai Wan nodded: "Therefore, if you want to solve this matter, you must find a way to deal with those decrees." ”

"If you just ask the lord of the country Liu Kang to suppress it, it is the next policy," Cao Cao thought for a moment and said categorically: "We must formulate a law that is sufficient to bind all the feudal lords, and ask the lord of the country to approve it." ”

"The lord is wise." Xi Zhicai gave up.

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Although it was planned to "legislate", Cao Cao had no other manpower to do this at this time.

Xiahoudun and Xiahouyuan brothers are busy training cavalry and archers in Jinan, Dian Wei is in charge of Cao Cao's personal guards, and he also has to take care of Cai Yan, who always likes to play with him for some reason, Zhang Jue is still doing good deeds in various places and recruiting Taiping Taoist disciples, Yuan Shao? Although he has recently grown up and can help with some political matters, his thinking is still very straightforward and not suitable for writing laws.

This law must first be able to make the chaotic life of those feudal lords follow the rules, and they can't think of one out of the other, but at the same time, they must be able to bypass Liu Kang, the lord of Jinan, because strictly speaking, this law is also "chaotic", so it should leave loopholes in the regulations so that they can also counteract him when they have the opportunity and need in the future.

Eventually, Cao Cao, who had to go into battle in person, began to draft this regulation, because the purpose was to stabilize the grain harvest, and after a little thought, he named it the "Green Seedling Law".

After determining the name, Cao Cao began to formulate this regulation based on what he had seen and heard and the experience he had gained from his previous positions: "-- The land rent collected by the feudal lord shall limit the grain per mu...... Five, no, four liters, or out of three or two horses of silk, two catties of cotton, other things are not allowed to flourish without authorization, local specialties need to be reported to the lord of the country, by the lord of the country to collect the amount, another ......"

"Mengde! The hometown of Qiaoxian and Nanyang sent baggage and people to come! Cao Cao was considering the number when he heard Yuan Shao shouting from afar all the way: "There are three others who look very powerful and capable of fighting!" ”

It is not close to Nanyang County, but it is very good to fight...... The hope that there would be civil servants among these people has been dashed again.

Cao Cao put down his pen and took the initiative to welcome him out of the chamber.

These visitors were Li Dian, Le Jin and Cao Ren, all of whom were very young.

Le Jin was originally a native of Qian County, making an iron gun, because he saw the Cao family issued a talent search order, he was tall and strong, his face was handsome, and the whole person exuded a momentum of "I want to take the lead in the charge", and even proposed that if there is a war in the future, please appoint him as a pioneer.

Li Dian belonged to a warrior family that originally lived on the border of Lianghe, and its contemporary head Li Gan led the whole family to move to Qian County to avoid the war in Liangzhou, and became familiar with the Cao family.

is different from Le Jin's full of momentum, although Li Dian also uses a big gun, but he is more delicate and attaches importance to skills, but when he introduced himself, he said strange words such as "Li Mancheng, also known as 'the man with the sixth sense'".

Finally, Cao Cao's own family, Cao Ren, is technically Cao Cao's cousin, who is not tall but unusually strong, wears heavy armor, and uses a strange combination of arm shield and short sword, officially called "Tooth Wall".

When asked about his strengths, he just responded in a deep voice, "I am the iron wall of the Cao family".

Although he is not a civil official, it is always good to be able to share more workers, however, Cao Cao also feels that there are more and more weirdos under him......

When Cao Cao arranged a place for the three supporters, the "stand-in" who had traveled thousands of miles to Xiliang also returned.

"Hey, buddy, you must not know what's going on over there in Jiuquan." The "stand-in" relied on others to see, shouting all the way,

Cao Cao took the opportunity to ask while talking to the new trio, "What?" ”

"Last time, the little boy who came to ask us how to rule the world appeared in Xiliang, and together with another teenager under the command of Dong Zhuo, the assassin of Liangzhou, uncovered a Hun invasion incident," said the "stand-in".

Oh...... Could it be that he thinks that Dong Zhuo also has a reasonable "strategy for governing the world"? Although Cao Cao had doubts, he didn't have a chance to say this.

"But that's not the point," the stand-in continued, "The local 'Taiping Dao' organized a 'Taiping Army' to assist the two teenagers who fell into the tiger's mouth, and finally wiped out the Xiongnu. ”

The Taipings? Cao Cao was a little surprised, if Taiping Dao showed his strength like this, it would be strange not to attract the attention of the imperial court.

"Afterwards, some Liangzhou officials said that it was a conspiracy between Taiping Dao and other races, and it was because of the uneven distribution of the spoils," the "stand-in" said: "But this matter was strangely suppressed by Dong Zhuo, after he arrested those officials, this matter did not even splash." ”

It's not that Dong Zhuo wants to deal with the local Taiping Dao? Cao Cao was a little surprised, in his opinion, unless he directly surrendered like Zhang Jue, he would never tolerate a force that did not obey his orders to operate on his own territory.

"Obviously," the voice of the "stand-in" was full of contempt: "The so-called 'emperor' in Luoyang planned to make a move on Taiping Dao, but he actually colluded with foreign races?" Heh......"

At this time, the disadvantages of the "stand-in" being exactly the same as oneself are reflected...... Cao Cao thought.

Because he couldn't tell whether the strong meaning of "taking over" from those words was really what he really thought.