Volume 2 The Rise of Jingzhou Chapter 466 - Cao Mengde's Sword
Zao only took the lead in opposing the method of calculating cattle and losing grain, and thus adopted the method of dividing the fields that anyone with a discerning eye knew could not be used for a long time.
In other words, what he wants is to change a method, and then let the people pay more food, and at the same time, more people can follow them to open up wasteland and build water conservancy, and create more farmland.
And in the face of these years of continuous natural disasters, we must have sufficient self-protection.
It even took a while to replenish Cao Mengde with a lot of food and fresh blood....
This kind of method sounds good to the extreme, and Zao Zhen really put it forward.
And Liu Xie also thought of a sentence from this method, concentrate on doing big things!
To put it bluntly, he directly changed from the people organizing their own tuntian to collecting all the people, fields, cattle, etc., materials, population, and even resources into the "imperial court".
Then the forces ruled by Cao Mengde unified and commanded the people below to farm.
In the first year of Jian'an, when Liu Xie was still anxious about his own survival, this jujube only came up with a plan that he didn't know how long he had been raising.
He's going to divide the fields!
His plan made Cao Mengde feel surprised and even frightened, and also made Liu Xie breathtaking, and finally had no choice but to give up.
There are several main aspects to his proposal.
First, Zao only asked the government to organize the people to cultivate, open up wasteland, distribute cattle and even build water conservancy.
All these things related to Nongsang were divided into Cao Mengde's own hands, and neither local tycoons nor any other forces could participate in it.
Second, in order to consolidate the first, he proposed the establishment of Tian Guan, which is the so-called Tuntian Captain, Tuntian Commander, Diannong Zhonglang General, and Diannong Commander.
These official positions were directly under Cao Mengde, and were not under the jurisdiction of anyone else, and there was no county government that could manage them and dictate to them.
Third, he announced that fifty people would be one tun, and those who came to Tianguan to receive ploughing cattle would be handed over to Tianguan for sixty percent of the harvest.
If you don't go to get the ploughing cattle, don't think about being comfortable, pay half!
In this way, if he is not a fool, he will not choose not to plough the cattle, after all, it is only one percent, and whether there is a ploughing ox or not is a crucial gap.
Whether it is manpower or the amount of land cultivated, this is a much, much difference....
Fourth, he chose a lot of land in Yuzhou, the heart of the Central Plains, including but not limited to Xuchang and other places.
In these places peasants were massively recruited ... Recruit!
Then experiment here.
Although this war report said that the people and peasants were recruited like recruiting, Liu Xie knew very well that with their character, if they were really recruited one by one.
That would be equated with nonsense.
Judging from the present, most of the tenant farmers in Yuzhou are being recruited here.
What? No?
How did Deng Ai and his mother become tenant farmers in history?
Even a declining family like the Deng family is still like this, let alone ordinary people?
Liu Xie saw this kind of thing and knew it, but he couldn't do it.
Cao Mengde dared to kill those wealthy families under his rule, but Liu Xie did not dare.
After all, Cao Mengde finally stood in this place after experiencing betrayal again and again, but Liu Xie was not like this.
If he goes through a set of things that Cao Mengde did back then, he Liu Xie... Gone!
This is Liu Xie's helplessness, and it is also the biggest reason why Cao Mengde relies on to survive, he is not only wise and martial, but also debuted really early!
On this point, not to mention the current Liu Xie, even Liu Bei in history can't do anything.
By the time they began to rise, Cao Mengde had already finished trial and error, and their chances and room for maneuver were almost zero.
Therefore, it took Cao Mengde many years to finally do this, and by the time Liu Xie was qualified to do these things, he had lost the opportunity.
There's no way to do that.
In addition to these, of course, Zao Yi can't continue to be tough, and he also gave these Tuntian guests a chance.
That is, Zao only understands the biggest wish of these Tuntian guests, that is, to live.
As long as they are allowed to live, even if it is to endure some hardships, even if they suffer some more sins, there is no problem.
Therefore, Zao only ordered that although these tuntian guests should be responsible for the cultivation of tuntian day and night, they can also be exempted from military service, conscription and other more life-threatening things.
In Liu Xie's words, although you are 996 or even 007, you can live!
Look, don't you have to thank me?
Of course, in addition to these, Zao Yi and Cao Mengde also added a lot.
For example, the officials were also responsible for the selection, assessment, and even the selection of the land in the tuntian, the recruitment of personnel, and even the power they had to deal with the fugitives.
In other words, not only have their rights become greater, but most importantly, they are also more likely to take human lives.
They have the right to cross all the rules to make the final deal with those who have fled.
Even, skinning them and cramping them is within the scope of reasonable and legal.
In this way, all the pawn officials are Cao Mengde's people, and they are all centered on Cao Mengde, and they also know what Cao Mengde wants most.
What they need to do most.
Therefore, even if it is the leader of Zaoyi, Ren Jun and even Yuan Jian and others in history, their reputation is really good, but in the face of certain things.
Those middle- and low-level officials will definitely not have any mercy.
They must deter those who want to flee.
With the most tragic and cruel means, because they also have relatives ....
Not only that, Zao Yi and Cao Mengde even directly manufactured such a thing as "Dian Grain Transport"....
The so-called "grain transportation" is specifically responsible for supervising the transportation of grain and grass, which has completely turned this into a route.
Tuntian, his record is not very clear in history, or even Chen Shou and other historians and forces from all sides know very well that this matter is not so above board.
They all know very well that if more people want to live in this world, more people must suffer this living sin.
It is necessary to use harsher means.
But these... It can't be written in a book at all.
can only leave a few words, and then let future generations to understand, imagine, and understand.
It's just that back in this era, Liu Xie finally understood something, and finally knew something from it.
I was finally able to know from these news and battle reports that this Tuntian was far more cruel than I had imagined.
At the same time, I also know why there will be such a seemingly cross-era product as a military and civilian tun after a few hundred years.
It can only be said that everything was foreshadowed ....
However, there is also one thing that Liu Xie has to admit, that is, if you want to go through this road, it is very, very difficult.
Not only was this idea born, but most importantly, there was a wise saying.
That is, it is easy for a new system to emerge, but it is very difficult for him to run it.
Because every system has its own interests, and the new system is undoubtedly challenging or even provoking what people already know.
And shake the original interests, to take away their cake.
In this case, those who benefited from the original system will naturally not give up easily.
They... Resist!
And the public opinion war under Cao Mengde officially kicked off, which is also the biggest reason why Liu Xie didn't dare to follow him.
The first shot was naturally Zaoyi, and he unswervingly did what he thought was right.
Although his official position has not risen, his fame and status have risen infinitely.
There is even an idea that God helps!
As long as you do what you think is right, then God will not watch you fail.
This kind of thinking and rhetoric, not to mention those who benefit, even Cao Mengde directly rejected and opposed it.
Because although Cao Mengde slaughtered countless cities, he was definitely not a fool, he knew very well what the people thought.
Even a very basic theory was uttered quite bluntly.
That is, as long as you collect more, then these people will not be able to help but want to flee or even rebel, and then his already not very stable rule will become very chaotic.
The risks of such a policy are simply too great!
His proposal was not immediately hired.
As for Zao, he didn't use any tricks, he just admonished again and again, insisting that Cao Mengde follow his suggestions and ideas.
In this unwavering admonition, Cao Mengde couldn't help but hesitate in the end.
He didn't know if he should listen to him, he just hesitated, and then finally threw the question directly at the other person.
Another powerful person under his command, that is Xun Yu....
At that time, Zao's idea was not only opposed and resisted by Cao Mengde, but even the military advisor directly shouted that this method would definitely not work.
The words are eloquent, and there are reasons that people can't refuse.
That is, although this is very good for Cao Gong, Cao Gong's foundation also needs the support of the people after all.
If the people can't help but run away and can't help leaving, then this foundation is just rootless duckweed, and it will eventually collapse.
It's better to follow the old way, just divide the cattle and let the people pay the taxes.
It's a bit slow, but it's more stable.
This kind of rhetoric attracted many people to follow, and although Zao Yi slowly gained the support of many people, this kind of argument between the two sides is about the future path of the Cao family.
Even the wonderful and glamorous Xun Yu was faced with these two completely different views.
He hesitated for the first time in his life, and arguably the only time.
And he wanted Zao Yi to give himself a reason.
But all jujube can do is to suggest again and again....