The news of Cao Jun's war with Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zan soon spread throughout the thirteen states.

The various prefectures and counties under the rule of the Han court, after hearing that Cao Jun and Yuan Shao were at war with Gongsun Zhan, went to the local county government to donate food to Cao Jun.

Officials in various places knew that the Cao father and son hated corruption, and the stakes were very high, so they did not dare to easily accept the food donated by the people.

As a result, officials from all over the country wrote to Cao Cao one after another, asking for instructions on what Cao Cao should do in this matter.

Above the early dynasty, Liu Wei, who changed the name of the year, once again refused to go to the early dynasty on the grounds of physical discomfort.

The government affairs above the court are still handled by Cao Cao with hundreds of civil and military officials.

When Cao Cao saw the recitals handed over by the officials below, he couldn't help laughing.

"Everyone, I saw that Ziyu's strategy of tuntian, as well as the grain seeds improved by him and Shuo'er, have made the people of the five states have a bumper harvest, and as soon as they heard that there was a war, they all came to donate food!"

Cao Cao said this and smiled proudly.

Although this Tuntian strategy was interfered with by some wealthy families at that time.

Some people were deceived and greedy for a momentary bargain and bought poor seeds, resulting in a bad harvest.

Fortunately, the folk customs at this time were very simple, and those people who had a good harvest had a lot of surplus food at home, which could help those who did not have a harvest.

There are still a small number of people who buy the poor seeds of the wealthy families, so on the whole, the counties and counties of these five states are all harvested.

When the officials saw Cao Cao's proud appearance, they kept congratulating them.

Some people who are about the same age as Cao Cao are lamenting why their son is such a bastard, and he can't do it with filial piety.

Cao Cao listened to those respectful words, and his face was full of spring breeze.

When he was proud enough, he said loudly: "Now that the court soldiers have enough food, they don't need the people to donate food, but the people have such thoughts, so we naturally can't chill their hearts." ”

When Cao Cao said this, he remembered the matter of changing taxes that Cao Ang had mentioned to him before.

In the past, the imperial court collected taxes according to a fixed tax for each household.

Such a tax system, although the taxes collected are relatively stable, is prone to unrest in years when the harvest is bad.

Therefore, Cao Ang proposed that taxes should be collected according to the acres of land owned by each family, and the more land a family has, the more taxes will be collected.

It's just that in this way, those wealthy families who own countless fertile lands will become the main body of taxes.

Now that the world is undecided, Cao Ang doesn't want to conflict with these wealthy families, so this way of collecting taxes has not been proposed.

At this time, Cao Cao wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to popularize this tax method among ordinary people, and as for the interests of those wealthy families, he would not touch it for the time being.

"Ladies and gentlemen, now that the people have a bumper harvest, according to Zixuan, as long as there are no major natural and man-made disasters in the future, the people will have a bumper harvest every year, so I think this way of taxation should also be changed."

As Cao Cao's words fell, those officials from wealthy families chuckled in their hearts, feeling not very good.

But Cao Cao's next sentence made them put their hearts back in their stomachs.

"Of course, the new tax method is just a proposal, first implemented among the people, see how effective, and then make adjustments according to the actual situation."

When a minister heard Cao Cao say this, he took the initiative to stand up and ask: "My lord, I don't know what the new tax method you are talking about, what is the specific?" ”

"It's very simple, that is, to change the previous fixed tax to pay taxes according to the acre, and how much tax needs to be paid per mu of land, let's formulate it according to the actual situation."

"In addition, the most important thing now is to let the counties start to measure the newly reclaimed fields and re-measure the old fields, so as to facilitate the formulation of tax policies."

As Cao Cao's orders fell, one after another, orders were sent from Luoyang to various counties.

For a time, all the counties under the rule of the imperial court began to measure in full swing, and the second county of Huainan was no exception.

Lu Su saw the new order, and couldn't help but sigh: "This Huainan Second County, there was no implementation of the Tuntian policy before, it seems that this work is not easy to do." ”

……

At the same time, the Yizhou Division.

Liu Zhang has now completely secured the position of Yizhou pastor, and he began to consolidate his power, replacing the important positions in various counties with people who are loyal to him.

At this time, he also announced Liu Yan's death to the world.

Liu Yan is dead, and Liu Zhang's two elder brothers are both hostages in Luoyang, and this Yizhou can only be Liu Zhang's.

It's just that Liu Zhang, who completely controls Yizhou, is still not very at ease.

Because he was afraid that Cao Ang would lead an army to attack him, and he was also afraid that Cao Ang would put his two elder brothers back and compete with him for the position of Yizhou pastor.

In fact, Liu Zhang wants to kill his two elder brothers, and that is very simple.

Ally with Xiliang, or with Yuan Shao and Gongsun Zhan, and attack Cao's army together.

I believe that Cao Ang will really behead his two elder brothers in a fit of anger.

But Liu Zhang didn't dare, he was too afraid of Cao Ang.

He remembered his life in Luoyang vividly, and he knew that Cao Ang was terrible, so he naturally did not dare to raise troops.

So, he could only write a letter to Cao Ang, in which he sincerely expressed that he would always be loyal to Cao Ang, and hoped that Cao Ang would not release his two elder brothers back.

Because once his two elder brothers come back, then Yizhou will be in turmoil again, and it will be the people of Yizhou who will suffer.

It's just that Cao Ang led the troops to the battle, and the letter did not reach Cao Ang's hands, but into Cao Cao's hands.

Cao Cao looked at the letter, and Liu Zhang's earnest feelings were expressed between the lines.

Seeing Cao Cao, he couldn't help but wonder for a while: "Zixuan, what did this guy scare Liu Zhang into?" ”

However, Cao Cao also knows that the current strategic center of Cao Ang has always been in the north, so it is better to stabilize Yizhou in the south for the time being.

So Cao Cao replied to Liu Zhang in the name of Cao Ang, asking him to supervise Yizhou, as for his two elder brothers......

Although Cao Cao didn't say it explicitly, that meant that they wouldn't want to go back to Yizhou in their lives.

……

Just when Cao Cao stayed in Luoyang and dealt with government affairs in various places, Cao Ang's side also handed over to Yuan Shao.

Under the city of Wei County, Huang Zhong and Yan Liang fought each other in short arms.

Both of them used a long knife, and their knife skills were comparable, and after more than 30 rounds, neither of them took advantage. (End of chapter)