The main group of people who are more worried about the future are the upper echelons of the school of ancient literature.

In this slave restriction action, the ancient literature school was forced to compromise with Liu Bei, and for the first time felt the feeling that their interests were damaged, and there were many people who felt unhappy, but because of Liu Bei's strength and the support of many internal figures, this matter had to be stopped.

But who knows if Liu Bei will gain an inch in the future after tasting the sweetness?

The bugs also have the worries of the bugs.

But now, there is no point in them thinking about these anymore, because Liu Bei has already implemented the slave restriction order in two-thirds of the area, and the remaining one-third can't avoid the past no matter what, and they even know what Liu Bei is going to do next.

On the first day of December in the third year of Jian'an, Liu Bei announced in Luoyang that in the next four years, including the whole year of Jian'an, he would promote the slave restriction order in the six prefectures of Yuzhou, Yanzhou, Qingzhou, Xuzhou, Yangzhou, and Jingzhou.

This was not unexpected at all, and it was not surprising, and it would not even be a surprise to the officials of the Luoyang Imperial Court.

However, it is worth mentioning that the real population essence area of the Han Empire, the highest population density area, is in the four states of the Central Plains - Yuzhou, Yanzhou, Qingzhou, Xuzhou, the population density around the Central Plains exceeds that of any other region in the Han Dynasty, so the number of slave populations in these four states far exceeds the rest of the major regions.

In comparison, Jingzhou and Yangzhou can even be counted as incidental.

In the traditional sense, the four states of the Central Plains are equivalent to the back garden of the wealthy families of the scholar family, where the wealthy families of the major scholars established clans, spent scattered leaves, cultivated intensively, occupied the most fertile soil and the largest basic population, and enjoyed the most luxurious living standards, so as to stand proudly above the entire Han Empire, and looked down on people from other regions.

To the south is the Southern Barbarians, to the north is Beiyi, to the west is Xirong, and to the east is ...... It's the endless sea and nothing.

They are the only ones who are righteous.

Because he has the strongest economic strength and the largest population base, as well as the cultural hegemony and monopoly advantage, at the beginning, Liu Bei was only the king west of Luoyang, and did not extend his power tentacles to the four states of the Central Plains.

However, with the passage of time and the great growth of Liu Bei's power, Liu Bei's power gradually spilled over to the four states of the Central Plains, and with the landmark liquidation of the major giants of the modern literary school, Liu Bei's power tentacles officially extended to the Central Plains.

Represented by Runan County, the liquidation power of Peiguo, Jiyin and Langya was controlled by Liu Bei, who completely liquidated the local social ties of the modern literary school, tore them to shreds, and then appointed his own people to control these four counties.

These four counties became the symbol of Liu Bei's power in the four states of the Central Plains, and were the bridgehead of his power, and these four counties completely followed the policies set by Liu Bei in Liangzhou, and implemented the new policy of Liangzhou, not only had officials in the local area, but also had a battalion of garrisons.

There are money, people, soldiers and horses, Liu Bei's power has been greatly improved by relying on these four counties, and the protagonists of the four states in the Central Plains in the traditional sense have suffered heavy casualties and losses.

However, this is also something that cannot be helped, and after the liquidation of the Jinwen School, Liu Bei did not further expand, but stopped in time, controlled the situation, and promoted the local economic recovery, so the overall situation of the four states in the Central Plains did not change much.

Moreover, a considerable number of the talents under Liu Bei's command were also born in the four states of the Central Plains, in a sense, Liu Bei is still related to the four states of the Central Plains.

It is precisely because of these many considerations that Liu Bei did not promote the slave restriction order on the four states of the Central Plains in the first place.

However, at present, most regions have completed the slave restriction order, and the promotion of the slave restriction order has become a national consensus, and it is politically incorrect to not continue to promote it at this time.

Therefore, with the issuance of Liu Bei's slave restriction order, the four counties of Runan County, Peiguo, Jiyin State and Langya State first launched a strict slave restriction order internally.

Xun Yu's Runan County was the most thoroughly promoted, and it was also because Runan County was the deepest controlled by Liu Bei, and the number of local slave-owning families was not large, and the power was small, so it was not the opponent of the government at all.

What can you do if you don't admit it?

Waiting to be killed?

It has been two years since the slave restriction order was implemented, and everyone who should know knows it, and they have all heard about what happened to those who do not obey, and they have all heard about it when they encounter a military strongman like Liu Bei, they are angry, helpless and frightened, and they are afraid of being targeted by Liu Bei and killed.

In order to survive, it is not impossible to abandon slaves, as long as you can survive, anything can be done.

Runan County then set a record since the promotion of the slave restriction order - not a single family resisted, and all the members confessed, handed over their own slaves in excess of the number, and let the government inspect them.

In the other three counties, there were a little obstruction of the forces, and there were still those who were unwilling to hand over the slaves, openly confronted the government, or secretly hid slaves, and used all means to escape, and finally ended up with the whole clan being wiped out.

For these local tyrants who have no social status themselves, Liu Bei's killing does not have any crisis in public opinion, and the scholars don't care about the death of these local tyrants, no matter how many of them die, it has nothing to do with the scholars.

Unless Liu Bei aimed the butcher's knife at the scholars, it would make a wave, but was that possible?

Within the ancient literature school, whether it is the upper class or the grassroots level, only a small number of people have some small worries, and a considerable number of people do not believe that Liu Bei would do such a heartbreaking thing.

They felt that Liu Bei implemented this policy to the small and medium-sized landlords and some large landlords, and then shared the results with the scholars and bureaucrats to a limited extent, which was a manifestation of his concern for everyone.

This is a manifestation of Liu Bei's attention to everyone's strength, and it is a manifestation of his commitment to commitment, so although Liu Bei's power is becoming stronger and stronger, the senses of him within the Luoyang court have always been maintained at a very high level.

There is no way, Liu Bei's reputation is too good, and the character of valuing love and righteousness and commitment runs throughout, and it has been an indelible label on him since he arrived in Luoyang and entered the officialdom.

With this label, he faces far fewer obstacles to political action, and the cost of his rectification campaign is much smaller than that of others, which is a valuable asset.

Therefore, in other aspects of Liu Bei's administration, especially in terms of personnel, they are willing to cooperate with Liu Bei, including Liu Bei's large-scale appointment of Liangzhou people as officials, and even the appointment of Liangzhou people as officials in the four states of the Central Plains, which has also been substantially promoted.

Prior to this, it was difficult for the people of Liangzhou, including the people of Bingzhou and Youzhou, to serve as the chief administrator of the four states of the Central Plains, but with the complete collapse of the modern literary school and the growth of Liu Bei's power, it was no longer strange for the people of Liangzhou to serve as the chief officials of the four states of the Central Plains.

Not only the county guards and state ministers, but also many county orders are also served by Liangzhou people, and even the graduates of Liangzhou State School led by Liu Bei, and they are all Liu Bei's "protégés".

Now it's not just Liangzhou State School, the Sili School founded by Liu Bei after controlling Luoyang is also led by Liu Bei, Liu Bei uses the way to handle Liangzhou State School, so the students of Sili School are also Liu Bei's protégés.

That is, they have not graduated and entered the officialdom yet, but sooner or later, they will all graduate, enter the officialdom, and become a member of Liu Bei's influence group in the officialdom.

Even now, Liu Bei alone has thousands of protégés, and a protégé group of this size is relatively rare, so within Luoyang, some people jokingly say that Liu Bei is going to compete with the Confucian ancestors.

(End of chapter)