At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, it was divided into three kingdoms, namely Wei, Han, and Wu.

Of course, this Han is the Ji Han established by Liu Bei, not the traditional Han family, and there is only one state.

Since he knew that the end of the Han Dynasty was divided into three families, and these three families would continue to stalemate with each other for fifty or sixty years, Zhang Xi would only choose his future among these three families.

One thing to say, Cao Cao at this time is actually the best choice.

In another two or three years, Cao Cao will completely pacify Hebei, and he will also clean up the Wuhuan that is now jubilant.

Even if he later encountered a fire in Chibi, Cao Cao did not break his muscles and bones, and still dominated the north, and was the most powerful of the three.

It can be said that the north will be a fairly stable environment in the future, and taking refuge in Cao Cao is actually the best choice at this time.

And for Zhang Xi's identity background, it is also a great benefit to take refuge in Cao Cao.

Cao Cao's attitude towards the family is both cooperative and suppressive.

Over the years, Cao Cao has not used the family to open the knife, nor has he killed the so-called Confucian.

And to fight against the family, the people of Qianshou can't count on it, so Cao Cao "meritocracy" and enabled a large number of poor people.

For Zhang Xi, a son of a poor family, he also has a lot of opportunities to get ahead by taking refuge in Cao Cao.

If you don't have too much ambition, it's still easy to go to Cao Cao's side to be a county official.

Cao Cao has all kinds of benefits, but one thing is not so good - Cao Cao can still be called a hero in troubled times, but his son Cao Pi is not.

Cao Pi is not bad, really, there is one thing to say, there is no meaning to hack him.

As the de facto founder of Cao Wei, Cao Pi's ability is ranked first among the lords of this era.

But Cao Pi made a big mistake in one thing - in order to usurp the Han dynasty and claim the throne, he made compromises with the family.

Not a small compromise, but a comprehensive compromise in all aspects, in exchange for the support of the northern family for his claim to be emperor.

Politically, he adopted the nine-grade Zhongzheng system, which indirectly caused the result of "no cold people in the upper grades, and no wealthy families in the lower grades", which led to the blockage of the upward channel, and the wealthy families actually controlled the affairs of the imperial court.

Economically, in order to cope with inflation, the circulation of five-baht coins was abolished and bartered was returned...... Although Zhang Xi does not understand economics very well, Zhang Xi can also feel that this method is inappropriate, which is tantamount to giving up the pricing power of goods to the wealthy family.

After all, in these days, the only people who can carry out the circulation of bulk goods are the wealthy families, and once they barter, the wealthy families can arbitrarily price the goods, so as to exploit the people. And the people have no way, the fragility of the small peasant economy can not resist the joint impact of the wealthy families, and in the end the people can only sell their surplus goods to the wealthy families and accept the exploitation of the wealthy families.

It's okay if it's just like this, it's a big deal that the common people will guard a few acres of land at home for a peaceful birthday, and it won't be too bad.

But Cao Pi acquiesced in one thing at this time, which is more of a bastard.

That is the "Tuntian system" left by Cao Cao, which was interfered by the family.

The tuntian system is divided into two types - military tun and min tun.

At least Cao Pi's brain is not broken, and the military tun is still in accordance with the rules set by Cao Cao, and is honestly executing, which provides good logistics support for Cao Wei's military operations.

But Mintun, with the acquiescence of Cao Pi, was infiltrated into a sieve by the family.

According to the rules formulated by Cao Cao, Mintun is to organize the people to develop the ownerless wasteland, the government provides cattle and farm tools, and the landless people work as the tuntian, and the final harvest is divided into five or five proportions.

It's a little darker, but in this troubled era of years of war, it is a very lucky thing to have such a place to settle the homeless.

Moreover, these Tuntian guests can also become Cao Wei's soldiers when necessary...... In this era, this can be regarded as a "benevolent government".

However, during the Cao Pi period, the family began to frequently meddle in the affairs of Mintun, first step-by-step to install people to control the tuntian, and then began to secretly increase the proportion of shares, from five or five to four or six points.

And if the family does these things, if they are left to Cao Cao, maybe they will have to borrow the head of a grain and grass official...... But Cao Pi turned a blind eye.

In this way, can the family still be polite to you?!

If you have a conscience, you will give 20% of the income to the Tuntian guests, ensure that they will not starve to death, and work for the family every year.

The ruthless ones directly annexed the land obtained by Tuntian, turned the Tuntian guests into their own hidden households, and swallowed the land and asked for people, which was quite ugly.

And Cao Pi's attitude towards this is acquiescence.

This caused the Mintun in the later period of Cao Wei to completely become the property of the family, and the people were exploited in every possible way.

Of course, Cao Pi did this, and Zhang Xi was not incomprehensible.

Cao Pi is not stupid, he probably wants to give some sweetness to the family, let the family support him to become the emperor, and wait until his foundation is solid, and then go back to clean up this group of families.

But he didn't expect that not only himself, but even his son Cao Rui, who was "quite like a martial emperor", was a short-lived ghost, and he didn't have time to wait for the foundation to be stable.

I can't say what happened after that, Cao Wei was completely controlled by the family, and even Sima Yi's "Gao Pingling Change" was the result of the exchange of interests between the family.

Zhang Xi found that if he chose to vote for Cao Wei, Cao Cao was still alive in the early stage, then he might be able to mix better, but once Cao Cao died a few years later, Cao Pi succeeded to the throne...... Well, whether it is morally or from the background of his life experience, Zhang Xi seems to be very sad.

As a humble family, in a place where there are many families and hold real power, there is no chance to stand out at all. The best result is probably to find a family to cling to the past, barely being more comfortable than Qianshou, and the worst result is ...... It is estimated that even the belt bones were swallowed by that group of families, and there was no scum left.

Again, why did the Yingchuan Zhang family want Zhang Xi to come out and split up...... Isn't it just to reduce the risk of survival?

If you want to vote for Cao Wei, Yingchuan's own family can do it yourself, so why let Zhang Xi come out and divide it.

So, Zhang Xi thought about it carefully, and it seems that Cao Wei can't be used as the first choice...... When I really have no choice but to save my life, I will talk about it.

After putting Cao Wei aside for the time being, let's take a look at Sun Wu...... Forget it, it's better to vote for Cao Wei.

The place in Soochow is not so much the Sun family as the product of the struggle and compromise between the Jiangdong family, the Sun family, and the Huaisi group.

In the early years, Sun Ce was very ambitious, wanting to lay down an industry belonging to the Sun family, and led the Huaisi Group to kill a person in Soochow..... Then it was cleaned up by the Jiangdong family.

Later, Sun Quan came to power, changed Sun Ce's strategy, and took advantage of the contradictions between the Jiangdong family and the Huaisi Group to successfully let the Sun family gain a foothold in Jiangdong and develop and grow...... From this point of view, Sun Shiwan was still very strong when he was young.

At least from the perspective of domestic affairs, it is really strong.

But after that, Sun Quan basically swayed left and right between the Jiangdong family and the Huaisi Group, using the Jiangdong Group to suppress the Huaisi Group for a while, and using the Huaisi Group to suppress the Jiangdong Group for a while..... A thief who "checks and balances" plays.

But in this way, the place of Soochow has become very strange.

The military and political affairs are not out of the king, and even many times, Sun Quan has to look at the eyes of the two major groups...... It is not so much a country as a political-military alliance.

This also leads to the fact that once something happens, he must first be divided into two factions to quarrel, whether it is the battle of Chibi or the battle of the second palace, it is a product of this reason.

In addition, whether it is the Huaisi Group or the Jiangdong Group, they are actually quite xenophobic, especially the Jiangdong Group, from the end of the Han Dynasty to the Eastern Jin Dynasty, they are very resistant to outsiders entering Jiangdong.

Zhang Xi, a son of a poor family who is neither the Huaisi Group nor the Jiangdong family, went to Jiangdong, a place where various interest chains have been formed, it is purely uncomfortable for himself.

Not to mention whether you can get ahead, it is difficult to say whether you can gain a foothold in Jiangdong.

Exclude Eastern Wu, then the last option left - Liu Bei's Ji Han.

Now Liu Bei, it is estimated that he did not expect that he would be able to establish Ji Han in the end...... The dream of Kuangfu Han has always been there, but a down-and-out royal family living in Xinye never imagined that he would be an emperor in the future.

At this time, it can be said that Liu Bei was the most depressed, and now Zhang Xi is already the "master book of grain and grass" under Liu Bei's account, to some extent, if Liu Bei is called the emperor in the future and Zhang Xi is still there, then how can it be regarded as a "meritorious hero".

And in terms of future achievements, Ji Han can be said to be the only country among the Three Kingdoms that treats the people well and suppresses the family.

Many people talk about Liu Bei's "straight 100 coins" after entering Sichuan, saying that Liu Bei is exploiting the people...... In a way, there is truth to this.

But compared to the common people, who uses the five baht money the most? Under the policy of "straight 100 dollars", who is the most ruthless to be exploited? !

It's a family!

The unlucky Shuzhong family, under Liu Bei's "straight hundred money", was instantly robbed of a lot of wealth by Liu Bei.

Of course, under the "straight 100 money" policy, the people will also be greatly affected, after all, the family will pass on the losses on Liu Bei to the people.

And this is also the reason why after entering Sichuan, Zhuge Liang must emphasize the "strict law".

Fa Zheng, as Liu Bei's mastermind, interceded with Zhuge Liang at this time, saying that the law was too strict after entering Sichuan, and the people in Sichuan couldn't stand it..... In fact, it's not that the people in Sichuan can't stand it, it's that the family can't stand it, under the strict law, if they exploit the people in large quantities, Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang will definitely not mind slaughtering a few family members to kill chickens and monkeys.

This matter was actually decided by Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang together, and Fa Zheng ...... Fa Zheng said that I am from Dongzhou, and the interests of your Yizhou family have been damaged, what does it matter to me as a Dongzhou person? !

I can help intercede because I am afraid that Liu Bei Zhuge Liang will expand the scope of the attack, and the interests of the people of Dongzhou will not be guaranteed, and now that Liu Bei is so resolute, he will not come forward for the interests of the people of Yizhou at this time.

To a certain extent, the life of the people in Jihan was much better than that of the other two places until Deng Ai conquered Chengdu and Liu Chan surrendered.

In this regard, Liu Bei's approach is very much in line with the appetite of a later generation, and Zhang Xi is naturally no exception.

The only trouble is - how to live the battle of Nagasakapo.

Whether it is history or the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Liu Bei has survived the Changban Slope without danger.

But that's Liu Bei, not Zhang Xi.

Zhang Xi didn't think that when he was in the extreme chaos of Changbanpo, he could escape as safely as Liu Bei.

Liu Bei could only take Zhang Fei and Zhuge Liang with him, and barely escaped under the escort of more than a dozen cavalry guards, and his wife and children were scattered in the chaotic army..... Zhang Xi didn't think that he could happen to meet Zhao Yun to rescue him at this time.

Therefore, if you want to follow Liu Bei, you need to start preparing in advance and plan how to get through Changban Slope safely.

Fortunately, there are still about three years to go before the Battle of Nagasaka, so there is enough time to think about this issue.

After calming down his heart a little, Zhang Xi decided to stay still for the time being, and continued his "promising" job of "grain and grass master".