For Yizhou, the country of abundance that Liu Bei asked for from the imperial court, he has never forgotten it.

Therefore, when the first month of the third year of Jian'an had just passed, on the first day of February, Liu Bei made a table to implement the slave restriction order in Liangzhou, Yizhou, Youzhou, and Jizhou.

Yizhou and Jizhou were the main attack areas, while Liangzhou and Youzhou were incidental.

Liangzhou has been under his governance for so many years, to put it mildly, it has long been his shape, he ordered, the slaves of the entire Liangzhou will be liberated and become households, who dare to oppose it, is seeking a dead end, purely to find himself unhappy.

Youzhou has just suffered a major disaster, the old forces have suffered heavy casualties, and the new forces have not yet been formed, it is when the government is at its strongest, and the bureaucratic team headed by Xiahoudun has a strong executive power, and Liu Bei is not worried that Xiahoudun will not be able to do this.

I have to say that even Jizhou can be made by the way.

There was also a wave of vested interests in Jizhou that were killed, and the army went back and forth to plow the land of Jizhou several times, and at this time, it was also the time when the new internal interest chain had not yet been fully formed.

Liu Bei's power tentacles in Jizhou are also quite powerful, and the forces of the eunuch group and the ancient literature school are willing to cooperate, and if you want to implement the slave restriction order, it will not be more difficult than it is to implement it in Sili and Bingzhou.

The only one that is more difficult is Yizhou.

But Liu Bei's reasons are also very sufficient.

With the fertile soil of the country of abundance, and the large population and resources, Yizhou's tax revenue in the sixth year of Zhongping, the first year of Jian'an, and the second year of Jian'an failed to exceed that of Liangzhou for three consecutive years, obviously because there were too many slaves and too few households, so that the imperial court did not pay enough taxes.

There are many slaves in Yizhou, so that the land income in Yizhou belongs to the local tyrants, and it does not belong to the imperial court, which is simply a big mistake in the world.

Therefore, Liu Bei demanded the implementation of a slave restriction order in Yizhou, liberating a large number of slaves and returning them to the households, and re-expanding the registered population of the government to increase land taxes and poll taxes, and increase the financial revenue of the imperial court, which is a good thing for everyone.

With his previous work experience, although he is very uncomfortable with Liu Bei's strongman style of fighting endlessly, there are always people who are willing to support Liu Bei to toss things that have interests to plot.

Expressing support and paying some symbolic price, and then you can get more land, wealth, and even Liu Bei's appreciation for this, and get the favor of him who holds power, which is really a very good deal.

Of course, people who don't have much idea about their careers may just symbolically cooperate with Liu Bei and release a few slaves, while those who really want to make a breakthrough in their careers in the future are quite concerned about Liu Bei's senses.

Just like the officials from the Sili region who were born in the Sili region held the slave involution competition before, this time, the officials of the Yizhou Division and the Jizhou Division held the Grand Prix of the release of slaves, and the old subordinates in Liangzhou and Youzhou were not far behind.

The Gai family and the Yan family took the lead in the charge, releasing 371 and 636 slaves in their families respectively, and did not even leave a quota of three slaves per person, sweeping away the family slaves and realizing full employment and liberal management.

They openly expressed their support for Liu Bei's slave restriction order, stating that they would never use any slaves to promote the development of the family again, and would report all the amount of the family's land and property to the government, so that the government could fully understand the status of their family's land and property.

The Gai clan and the Yan clan took the lead, and the others rushed even harder, and they had the momentum of not sharing the sky with the slaves.

In Liangzhou, there is no pressure on this matter, because there are few slaves in Liangzhou, and the major families have been domesticated by Liu Bei, what he says is what he says, he says that he doesn't want slaves, then he doesn't want slaves, and everyone won't be able to live without slaves.

It's just that it costs a little more money, and it lacks the coolness of showing off its might.

In Youzhou, this situation is slightly twists and turns, but the twists and turns are not very big.

After the war, the local power of Youzhou has been relatively weak, they were tortured back and forth by Yuan Shao's army and Xianbei and Wuhuan's army, looting back and forth, and they have suffered serious losses, and they have lost a lot of land and real estate, and now it is a relatively difficult situation to live.

Therefore, after the war, the surviving local families even took the initiative to throw out slaves.

The war had severely damaged production, and in order to maintain their own luxury, they could not afford to keep so many slaves, and even if there was no slave restriction order, they themselves wanted to relieve some of their troubles.

Therefore, for some families, the slave restriction order is simply a favor they gave Liu Bei, and there is nothing unacceptable.

However, Liu Bei's slave restriction order still had too much impact on most people, and he could only leave three slaves without an official body, which made a considerable number of Youzhou Haoqiang reluctant to accept it.

In this case, the Liu family of Zhuo County, Zhuo County, and the Lu family of Zhuo County, Zhuo County, took the lead in making a statement, and the two heads of the family expressed their intention to support the imperial court's slave restriction order, and took the initiative to release a large number of slaves of the family and hand them over to the government for unified settlement, setting an example.

On this basis, another group of families with a relatively moderate attitude and families whose property was more seriously damaged and needed the help of the government to tide over the crisis also made compromises and released their family slaves without opposing the government.

So the Youzhou area west of Liaodong County was willing to compromise on the whole, and the few who were unwilling to compromise were intimidated and attacked by Xiahoudun who dispatched soldiers and horses from the prefecture and county, and after getting rid of more than a dozen or twenty families, Youzhou's slave restriction order was implemented.

As for the areas of Liaodong County, Xuansu County and Lelang County, Gongsun Du also expressed his support for Liu Bei's slave restriction order, but Gongsun Du obviously played a more flowery game, and he regarded Liu Bei's slave restriction order as a shortcut for him to consolidate his power and exclude dissidents.

If he has a good relationship with him, even if he does not enforce the slave restriction order, he will report that the other party has implemented the slave restriction order.

If he has a bad relationship with him, even if the slave restriction order is executed, he will say that the other party has not completely implemented the slave restriction order, so he will convict and destroy the other party's family.

With the promulgation of the slave restriction order, Gongsun Du further consolidated his power and status in the three counties of Liaodong, making his power greater in the land of the three counties, and most of the people in the land of the three counties turned to Gongsun Du to do things for Gongsun Du.

Despite this, Gongsun Du also objectively implemented the slave restriction order, and reported a large number of slaves to Liu Bei, which can be regarded as making the local clan completely vassal of the government.

Youzhou's slave restriction order was also enforced accordingly, and no accidents occurred.

The situation in Jizhou is relatively more complicated, because Jizhou is not only Liu Bei's final say, but also the Hejian Kingdom, Changshan Kingdom and Zhongshan Kingdom in the north of Jizhou are Liu Bei's final say.

Therefore, the major family forces in these three places, led by the Zhen family, actively responded to Liu Bei's slave restriction order, and had no intention of opposing Liu Bei.

Although they did not hand over all the slaves, because they themselves were large slave owners, they united to hand over a very beautiful figure to the government, which in the eyes of the outside world was the appearance of strict implementation of the slave restriction order, and there was nothing to blame.

And secretly, the major families that cooperate with the slave restriction order and support the slave restriction order in public opinion have reached an agreement with Liu Bei by relying on the matchmaking of the Zhen family.

The salt trade in the Jizhou region is preparing to expand, and partners will be selected from among them.

It is indeed beneficial to cooperate with me - at this stage, Liu Bei needs to let them see this, so that they can really cooperate.

Exchanging political obedience and action for economic benefits and future political care is not a loss-making deal in the eyes of local tycoons, and even if it is a small loss, it is not unacceptable.

As long as Liu Bei remembers their goodness, it's okay.

(End of chapter)