For Liu Bei.

If you say before, you just laughed at Guan Yu, understood Guan Yu, and became Guan Yu.

So now Liu Bei, after "becoming Guan Yu", he will have to make great progress, and go one step further, he will surpass Guan Yu.

At least, the brand-new "rebel" Liu Chan in front of him, he has gone farther and farther in the matter of "driving his father crazy", more and more arrogant, and more and more mature...

almost forced Liu Bei to draw his sword and face each other... Put a few swords on this Adou's back.

Zhuge Liang stared at his eyebrows, and said secretly in his heart: "Even if you worship Yunqi as a teacher, Adou still only learns a little skin... Yun Qi and his father Guan Yu are tense because Yun Chang is too arrogant, which is Yun Chang's only weakness, so... Yunqi will provoke him with words, and will use actions to prove his mistakes, but Xuande..."

- "Xuande... It's different, Adou, Adou, if what you say makes sense, your father... If you will listen, you will definitely listen! In the past, I was just a lowly mountain villager, but in Longzhong, my words... He listened humbly all night! All night! If it is beneficial to Xinghan, he... How could you miss it? How can you be willing to miss it?'

Thinking of this, Zhuge Liang wanted to help Liu Chan, at least... spoke for him, and also gave the lord Liu Bei a step down.

- "My dad is not worthy!"

Such rhetoric is still too hurtful!

Just as Zhuge Liang was about to speak, there was a noisy sound of footsteps outside the door, and then Zhao Yun entered the door first, "Lord, Zhuge Military Division, everyone has brought..."

Not...

Zhao Yun's words made Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang stunned.

The two of them thought of each other—'So fast?'

Indeed, just now, Liu Chan said that those tenant farmers were willing to farm for him, and they couldn't get rid of it, Liu Bei was "completely unconvinced" about this, so he sent Zhao Yun to invite...

Please return...

But... It seems that from this Zuo General's Mansion to the outskirts of the city, these people have to be gathered, no matter how you look at it, it is not so fast, right?

As if Zhao Yun saw Liu Bei's question, he hurriedly added a sentence.

"When these peasants heard that Ah Dou Gongzi was blamed by the lord, they were worried and guarded in front of the door of General Zuo's mansion, there were hundreds... The last general asked them to elect more than ten representatives to enter the house with the last general! Let the lord ask what is going on. ”

Not...

- "Are you waiting at the door?"

- "Is Adou worth the wait?"

When the upright Liu Bei was stunned...

With a "bang", the door had been pushed open, and then more than a dozen peasants broke in with a kneeling crawl, and when they saw Liu Bei, they knelt down one by one...

These people, all dressed in rags, covered in dirt, even from afar, Liu Bei can smell a smell of urine... If it's not that someone is scared to pee, it must be that they stay with fertilizer all year round.

Seeing them kneeling down one by one, Liu Bei stared at them, their complexions were extremely dark and rough, there were many scars on their arms, and the thick calluses... These outfits, undoubtedly... Proving their identity as 'peasants'...

These can't be pretended!

Liu Bei's side has only confirmed their identities...

The old man at the head had already opened his mouth hoarsely.

"General Zuo... You... You..."

The old man made a start...

Suddenly, the peasants in the back were so excited that they had already squeezed the old man to the back.

As if, their words were also urgent, and they squeezed ... While shouting to the peasants beside him in vulgar language: "My mother, don't squeeze, don't squeeze... Let me come, let me come first, let me say first..."

A farmer next to him replied: "Straight lady thief, we are all pleading to Zuo Gong, you squeeze an egg..."

"Big brother, let one go, let one go, the child's kindness to me is higher than the sky, deeper than the sea, even my own father can't do this, I... I have to say it to Zuo Gong in person..."

These peasants were like crazy, scrambling to tell Liu Bei what they said.

Liu Bei did not dislike the vulgarity of these peasants at all, and even made a look like a corporal of Lixian, he grabbed an old man with dark skin who was kneeling, and his tone was gentle to the extreme: "Say it slowly... You all speak slowly, today in this hall, you can all speak, let's come one by one..."

"How does Zuo Gong know? If it weren't for Childe saving me out of the fire, I wouldn't have waited... How much inhuman treatment will we have to receive! ”

The old man's voice had just fallen...

Someone went on to say, "yes... It is not too much to say that Liu Chan Gongzi is my food and clothing parents, and we have nothing to repay the great kindness of the son, that is, to be a cow and a horse... Be a cow and a horse..."

"Zuo Gong... I am from Qinglinkou Village, our village... Now the peasants, up and down are envious of me, envy me for finding such a benevolent master, since I have this master, I also have the land, the daughter-in-law who ran away has also come back, the child has also returned, the child's kindness to me is like reconstruction, not to mention farming for the son, is to die for the son, I... I won't frown! ”

"Zuo Gong, there are still 100 people in my village, I heard that I am farming for my son, they are all crying and begging for my introduction, they also want to work for my son... Zuo Gong, how did Gongzi ever bully us? Son... Childe has only kindness to us, and it's too late for me to be grateful! ”

This...

These words came into Liu Bei's ears, and although his face remained as cold as ever, his heart was... But suddenly it became hot.

- "These... Are these peasants speaking for Adou?'

- "These peasants... What did Adou do to them? to make them so grateful, so heartfelt and effective... No complaints!'

In fact, not only Liu Bei, but also Zhuge Liang, Fa Zheng, Zhao Yun, and even Mi Zhu, Sun Qian, Jian Yong, Zhuge Ke and others... All looked puzzled.

What the hell is going on?

They don't know what's going on though? But the scene in front of me.

Undoubtedly... Let them be sure that this must be a big event, a big matter about farmers, cultivated land, and Liu Chan.

And realizing this, Liu Bei exhaled deeply, and put aside Fang Cai's attitude, at least prove... This kid... He didn't do anything bad, he was a little naughty, but at least... Still a man of integrity!

For Liu Bei, who deeply engraved "benevolence" on his face and heart, a kind and benevolent son is more important than anything else.

"You all stand up..."Liu Bei personally helped these peasants up, "Why did I say that I would blame Adou?" Already... He is gracious to you, and I am not a mediocre man, so how can I blame him? Come... Bring some stools to these people, and sit down... Sit down..."

Some people say that Liu Bei's benevolence is faked.

But if a person can pretend to be "benevolent" for a lifetime, then he is not pretending, his benevolence is the most genuine one!

"I, Liu Bei, thought I was a godson without a way... I thought it was embarrassing for the children I taught, but I never thought about it... Although my Liu Bei's teaching is not good, Adou's heart is pure, and what he does... Better than I taught... It's just that I don't know something..."

Liu Bei faced these scrawny peasants in the gentlest tone.

"I don't understand, why do you all have to help him speak? What did Adou do? So grateful to you? So justice for him? ”

In fact, not only Liu Bei has this question, but Zhuge Liang and Fa Zheng are extremely curious about it.

Speaking of which, they are apportioning the land into the mu and abolishing the number of heads.

Can... It seems that in addition to the enthusiasm of farmers to have children, their enthusiasm for agricultural production has not improved, let alone their gratitude to the new decree.

On the contrary, it is Adou...

What exactly did he do? It is only natural that you have received the gratitude of these farmers?

This... In the face of Liu Bei's question, these peasants looked at each other, and a few opened their mouths, but finally closed their mouths again, as if they wanted to speak and stopped.

"What? Can't you say? Is there something you're threatened against? ”

Liu Bei's eyes turned cold...

Liu Chan blurted out directly, "What can't you say about this?" What are you afraid of? Don't be afraid... Whatever my father asks, you will say anything, the sky is falling, I will support you! ”

While speaking, Liu Chan pinched his waist, with a sense of déjà vu that these peasants took the lead.

This...

Finally, the old man at the head spoke, "Actually, it was Gongzi who gave us the cultivated land..."

Divide the land?

Divide the land?

Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang, and Fa Zheng were all shocked...

- "Did Adou give the farmland to the peasants?"

You know, it's too big.

Considering that Liu Chan took away all the land hidden by the big landlords, the amount of cultivated land would be huge and terrifying.

If the land policy against Wei is followed, then it will implement "counting cattle and losing grain", and will implement "military tun and min tun"...

Even so, the peasants cultivated the land for the Wei Dynasty and had their own harvest, and so on... It's enough to make the farmers of the world grateful to Dade.

But Adou is more direct... Straight to the... Just divide the arable land?

When Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang and others were confused.

Another farmer retorted, "Childe just gave us the farmland according to the population of my family..."

This...

With the words of this peasant, Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang, Fa Zheng and others did not understand it even more.

What is it called... Didn't you give them arable land?

What is it called, just to give them this arable land to cultivate?

Is this... Isn't it different?

"Whew... Let's talk about it! Liu Chan's anxious toes were about to be able to deduct a house, and he said directly: "Dad, Master Zhuge and Fazheng Junshi... The peasants were right, I did give them all the land to cultivate, but... This cultivated land does not belong to them, but... Each of them has signed a contract with me, and they will farm, produce and operate in accordance with the contract. You only need to pay a small part of the rent every year according to the contract, and in addition, you have to pay the normal field tax in proportion... And all the food they get is theirs! ”

It seems that Liu Chan realized that his words were a little obscure, so he hurriedly added:

"To put it simply, I lease the land directly to them, and they plant it themselves, and after planting the fruits, the big head is theirs, and the small head is mine... In addition, the same is true of those uncultivated borderlands, whoever reclaimed them for me, then I will lease them to him for ten years... The more I cultivate, the more I rent! ”

This...

Liu Chan's words have already made Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang's eyes light up...

This method seems to be similar to the reverse Wei's "counting cattle and losing grains".

But undoubtedly, this one is better, yes, even if the cultivated land is not owned by the peasants, the peasants have the right to produce, cultivate, and manage the cultivated land, and they can do anything that can make money on the cultivated land.

Because of the existence of the contract, as long as they pay the land tax and rent on time, the land will always be theirs...

This method can undoubtedly mobilize their enthusiasm to the greatest extent.

In order to make more money, they will definitely work hard to cultivate and take care of this share of the land.

In order for the land to belong to them forever, they will certainly pay the rent on time and at a pittance, and they will not conceal the harvest and evade taxes like the gentry and landlords.

Even, if they still have the strength to spare, they can continue to cultivate, continue to sign contracts, and continue to expand the scale of cultivation...

It is no exaggeration to say that with Liu Chan's method, the originally stagnant and bleak agriculture in the entire Shuzhong region will suddenly be full of vitality!

Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang are both masters of governing the country, and they know that the stability of agricultural affairs plays a pivotal role in the future Northern Expedition.

Especially Zhuge Liang, even if he just listened to Liu Chan say this short sentence, his vision has been set to next year, the year after that...

Even, he can feel that this "method" is simply the best partner and the most effective supplement to "add Ding Ding into the acre".

Lived!

Bashu's farming has come to life completely!

For a while, Zhuge Liang could not hide the excitement and ecstasy in his heart, and his happy expression was overflowing.

Liu Bei asked Liu Chan: "Who did you learn from?" What do you call what you're doing? ”

Faced with Liu Bei's question, Liu Chan blurted out directly, "This is called 'household production contract responsibility system'... This is the method that my Yunqi master used when he governed Jiangxia, how could my father have ever heard that my second uncle was short of food during the Northern Expedition or the Eastern Expedition? ”

- "Is it Cloud Banner again?"

Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang, and Fa Zheng's hearts chanted at the same time.

Liu Chan's words continued, "My master said that in the current context of the times, subject to the development and promotion of new agricultural tools, it is not realistic to expect the rapid development of agricultural level. Let those big landlords make a lot of money by concealing the acres of land and the population, it is better to divide these acres into pieces and distribute them to peasant households. ”

"The mode of farming, production, and management has changed from collective to exploitative and exploitative... Allocated for families... In this way, we can mobilize the enthusiasm of farmers, work more, work less, and get less... There is no exploitation, no oppression, only in this way can local agriculture flourish and the peasants become truly prosperous! Even... The child listened to the master's words and felt a lot, this idea... There are two more places that are truly thought-provoking! ”

This...

Liu Bei's eyes widened, Adou was still... It's also thought-provoking.

Or two?

Indeed, Liu Chan's whip penetrated into the inside, went deep into the simple truth, and said a conclusive strategy... All the people in the lobby were amazed.

It's still that... Don't you learn Adou?

Then again... Adou just went to Jingzhou once, just to worship Guan Lin, the rebel son of the Guan family, as his teacher, just... Can it be transformed to such an extent?

At this time, Liu Chan paused for a moment, and then said, "Master Yunqi's strategy, the child has been thinking for a long time since he returned to Shuzhong, and the child has specially calculated an account, and now the reason why there is not much land tax in Shuzhong is mostly because the acres of land are not in the hands of farmers, they seem to be working in the morning, returning at sunset, and they are busy working day by day, but in the end they are still hungry, and they don't even know who they are farming for!" ”

"On the contrary, those landlords and gentry, one by one, are so rich that they can exchange their lips for mountains of granaries... This structure of grain distribution is irrational ... The child's deep reflection is how to make the distribution of food reasonable! ”

Mentioning this topic, Liu Chan continued to talk in depth.

"If eighty percent of the peasants only control twenty percent of the wealth, but two percent of the landlords control eighty percent of the wealth, then the distribution of such resources is unreasonable, is a huge hidden danger, but as far as I know, in Shu... Not only is it two and eight separated, in my opinion... Ninety percent of the wealth is in the hands of those landlords... In this way, where can the peasants still see hope? Don't see hope? They also have to deal with a lot of suffering because of poverty! Their daily cultivation can only be like walking corpses! ”

"Therefore, giving the land to the people who need it more, and distributing the food to the people who need it more, this is the problem that Shuzhong urgently needs to solve in terms of cultivated land, and it is also the key to restricting other problems. And the second one is thought-provoking! ”

Belch...

Liu Chan's words shocked almost everyone.

Is it the distribution of grain, the distribution of arable land?

This is like an irrational rule that has existed for hundreds of years, and many people know this rule, there are officials, scholars, farmers, common people, merchants, and landlords...

But it is such a rule that has existed for hundreds of years, but no one has ever touched it or overthrown him.

In other words, there has never been a real peasant uprising that has ever succeeded, and even if it is a short-lived success, the leaders of the peasant uprising will repeat the story of the "dragon slaying boy" who turned into an "evil dragon".

They will come up with a new unreasonable rule ... And then the cycle repeated.

- The limitations of the peasant class cannot lead the revolution to victory!

But... The emergence and development of the working class is inseparable from the peasant class!

Without food, all development is in vain!

"You... And then he said..."

Liu Bei's tone trembled a little, his pair of pupils were extremely huge, and at this moment, he was extremely looking forward to Liu Chan's next words, and he wanted to pierce it.

"It's very simple, Master Yunqi has mentioned countless times the unreasonable distribution of existing cultivated land, grain, and wealth, and the most important thing is that arable land, which is grain... And these, the most once and for all, Master Yunqi also mentioned, that is, the six words 'fight the local tyrants, divide the land', the real return of the land to the farmers... Truly let the farmer be the master of the house, be the master of the cultivated land, and truly achieve that the cultivator has his land! ”

"But... Master Yunqi also said that this idea is too advanced and difficult to realize. You have to take it one step at a time, and that's where I think about it. How did this idea get ahead of its time? Returning the land to the peasants is beneficial to the land tax for the country, and for the people, it is an important guarantee for the Sanxing Han family... It's a good thing to do, I don't understand... Why did Master Yunqi say that he was too far ahead, saying that he would come step by step, if I... directly do it drastically, and directly take back the fields from the hands of those gentry landlords... As long as the land is returned to the people, the grain and grass in Shu must be smart every year, and the people are not short of food. A series of workshops in Jingzhou Shuishui Villa have really sprung up... Sanxing Dahan is also more hopeful! ”

Speaking of this, Liu Chan paused, he raised his eyes and looked at Zhuge Liang quite seriously and solemnly, and also looked at Liu Bei, at Fa Zheng...

"That's what the child thinks is thought-provoking, and the rest... The child doesn't know, and he still hopes that his father and Master Zhuge will advise, and he also asks his father and Master Zhuge to guide the child and return the land to the people. ”

Call... Call...

Undoubtedly, Liu Chan's words pushed the atmosphere here to another form of climax.

Even let Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang, Fa Zheng, Zhao Yun, Mi Zhu, Jian Yong, Sun Qian, Yang Yi, Zhuge Ke and others... They were all shocked and shocked.

I feel that the sky is thundering, as if something is constantly roaring in my head, and my brain is "buzzing"!

Amazing...

What a deafening word!

What a real insight!

In particular, the "household contract responsibility system", especially the "fighting local tyrants and dividing the land", especially the "returning the land to the people"... The idea is too bold...

If that's what Yunqi thinks, then... Through Adou to say it, they are a real dare to think, a real dare to say!

But...

This ideal coincides with Zhuge Liang and Liu Bei's vision of establishing an "ideal state".

Of course, Adou's doubts... Zhuge Liang can solve it.

Why didn't Yunqi dare to promote "fighting local tyrants and dividing the land", and did not dare to implement the "returning the land to the people", because... Because... Compared with spreading into acres, this is a tenfold, hundredfold strength of the change... and even changed the law!

The story of the violent reform and death of the Qin Dynasty is just around the corner.

What's more, every change in history has people sacrificed, and the Shang Dynasty changed the law to touch the fundamental interests of the nobles, and established a system of "military merit" as the king, allowing the Qin Dynasty to win the first place in the Six Kingdoms hegemony, but also made him the first person to be killed for implementing the change.

Wu Qi's reform in the state of Chu was aimed at allowing the gentle Jiangnan water town to open the road to enriching the country and strengthening the army, but before he could fully implement it, the king of Chu who supported him died. Before the old king of Chu was buried, at his funeral, Wu Qi was shot by those nobles.

Not to mention the martyrs who will carry on the past and forge ahead into the future;

During the period of Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty, he advocated the mistake of cutting feudal domains;

Wang Mang of the New Mang Dynasty;

Later, Wang Anshi of the Song Dynasty changed the law, and Zhang Juzheng of the Ming Dynasty reformed... When the law was changed, the six gentlemen were executed in iron and blood!

They didn't end well.

In the eyes of Zhuge Liang and Liu Bei, the "reform" and "change" mentioned by Adou to fight local tyrants and divide the land are undoubtedly... With great danger.

But... Dangerous? Don't you just do it?

Reviving the Han is also dangerous? Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang didn't do the same!

Their vision is to build such an "ideal state"!

At this time, Zhuge Liang's heart was turbulent, he opened his mouth several times, but he didn't know where to start, the entire lobby of General Zuo's Mansion was extremely quiet for a while, and everyone held their breath and looked at Liu Chan in disbelief.

Liu Bei also seemed to have experienced a long "battle between heaven and man", he came back to his senses and put everything behind for the time being, and then, his face flushed, and huge green tendons burst out on his forehead, and he slapped the table, and the pen and ink and inkstone on the table flew wildly.

One of the bamboo slips fell to the ground, which made Liu Chan's heart "chuckle"...

I couldn't help but secretly say, "What's the situation? Why is there no movement?'

And at this moment, Liu Bei suddenly burst out laughing, "Hahaha, hahahaha..."

This laughter is not at all the demeanor of his crying image in the past, he seems to be a different person, he first looked left and right, and finally, a pair of eyes stared at Liu Chan, he smiled and said loudly.

"This Qilin'er of the Liu family—"

Undoubtedly, Liu Bei used such a sentence to express his attitude towards Liu Chan, and also used such a sentence to express his attitude towards "fighting local tyrants and dividing the land"!

At least, for a moment, Liu Bei deeply linked his so-called "benevolence" with "fighting local tyrants and dividing land" with the "household contract responsibility system"!

Intricately intertwined, and entrenched, and so on!

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