Luoyang.

When the news of Sun Qi's killing reached Luoyang, Cao Chao's face was full of disbelief.

"This is dead??"

"Doesn't he have tens of thousands of troops in his hands? Half of Wu's army is in his hands, right? ”

Jiao Bo hurriedly explained: "I heard that he was killed at a banquet. ”

"No, didn't I tell him by letter to tell him to watch out for the banquet?"

Cao Chao only felt a headache.

Jiao Bo smiled bitterly, "I heard that this person went to the palace alone for a banquet, and was immediately taken down by King Wu and beheaded, and then a general went out with King Wu's edict, so he appeased his army. ”

"King Wu then issued an order, saying that the crimes of all the people under Sun Qi's command should be pardoned, and all but his younger brothers could be pardoned."

"So, all the ministers submitted to this king of Wu."

Cao Chao's face was extremely complicated.

Everyone is a little emperor who is supported by powerful ministers, and they are all held hostage by generals, why are you so smooth?

This Sun Qi is not to mention that he is compared with Sima Shi, he is a fool compared to Sima Yan.

An Shi Du is much better than him, but An Shi can tolerate people, and it will not cause any large-scale escape and panic at all.

However, the death of this stupid general was a misfortune for the Wei State.

Cao Chao could no longer find such an opponent.

Cao Chao couldn't help but sigh, which can be regarded as a remembrance for this meritorious general of the Great Wei.

"It's a pity, if he could stay in power for another five years, it would be great."

Jiao Bo almost burst out laughing.

"Your Majesty, he has been in power for less than a year, he has been killed by him, and more than 20 generals have been forced to flee by him, if he governs for another five years, I am afraid that there will be no living people in Wu State"

Sun Qi ascended to the throne, Cao Wei was the biggest beneficiary, and there was no opponent left who had fought against Cao Wei for many years, and even got a lot of talents who were proficient in water warfare, knew how to make ships, and knew very well about the inside of Wu.

These talents were gathered by Biqiu Jian, and they could be used as the vanguard of the crusade against Wu in the future.

If he could, Cao Chao wanted to chase Sun Qi.

Cao Chao asked again: "So several of his younger brothers have chosen to surrender?" ”

"That's the case, they occupied Xiakou, originally there were nearly 40,000 troops under their command, they were defeated by Ding Feng once, and now there are less than 30,000 people, and they are huddled in Xiakou, and they are called ministers."

"Oh, how many people are there?"

"Ding Feng has more than 30,000 people"

Cao Chao was silent again, "They were defeated by Ding Feng with 30,000 people with the elite of more than 40,000 people, and now they are shrinking up and don't dare to go out??" ”

"That's right."

"Those guys are quite brothers."

is worthy of Sun Qi's younger brother, with the demeanor of their brother.

"I heard that Shu has sent troops, and General Yan Yu is leading troops to march and is approaching Xiling"

Jiao Bo informed Cao Chao of the news from all over the world.

"I see."

After Jiao Bo left, Cao Chaofang looked at the rest of the recitals.

At the beginning of the new year, Dawei has a lot to do.

This war is only one of Cao Wei's many things, but for Shu and Wu, it is all they have gambled on the fortunes of the country, this war, even if Cao Wei is defeated, it will not have much impact, but if Wu and Shu are defeated, it will be fatal.

Cao Chao's heart was not so worried.

With Sun Qi's full support, if Wang Ji can't beat Shi Ji, then he will really be sorry for his reputation.

Cao Chao couldn't help much in the war, so he put his mind on internal affairs.

The matter of rectifying the officials has finally come to an end.

After a year of rectification, Cao Wei's rule has undergone earth-shaking changes, and he can finally see it squarely.

Administrative efficiency has also been greatly improved.

Cao Chao also has the mind to do other things.

The first is the imperial examination in January.

First of all, the county test.

Cao Chao and Zhong Hui thought so, the township examination is an assessment qualification, and the county examination is really real at the beginning, and the examination papers of the county examination are responsible for the counties in various places, mainly because of the road, it is difficult to achieve unification, and those who pass the county government examination can serve as a small official under the county, and of course they can also participate in the next round.

Then there is the county examination, which is the responsibility of the state, and those who pass can serve as officials under the county.

Then there is the state exam, this is the temple to produce the papers, and those who pass can enter the outside Lang.

Finally, there is the palace test, this is the emperor to produce the papers, and those who can pass can directly serve by the emperor's side.

This is completely different from the later imperial examinations, mainly because the current situation is also different, and it is really difficult for the Zhongzheng system to maintain the operation of the world, so it can only relieve the pressure on officials through this method.

As for the test papers, Zhonghui also gave four requirements, classics, mathematics, agriculture, and law, among which the classics were the most important.

Cao Chao's idea is to operate first, find problems in the process of operation, and then improve the problems.

Cao Chao was completely handed over to Zhong Hui and Zheng Hao to be responsible for this matter.

In addition to the imperial examination, there are also some fundamental problems, such as the tuntian system.

At the beginning, my great-grandfather listened to the advice of his ministers and set up the tuntian system, which stands to reason that the temple came forward and led the people to reclaim the cultivated land, and then the cultivated land was owned by the temple and became public land, so that the people could work on the cultivated land and get food that could survive, without worrying about the cultivated land being annexed by the powerful and powerful, which was a very good system in the late Han Dynasty.

At that time, the mergers of Haoqiang were very frequent, and it was so difficult for the people to keep the cultivated land, so the temple organized them to reclaim it so that they could survive.

But now, its drawbacks have begun to emerge.

The farmers are not active in farming, after all, the output of this cultivated land has nothing to do with them personally, they are all from the temple, and they can only get food to survive at the same time, the corruption of the tuntian organization is becoming more and more serious, and the farm tools and other things distributed by the temple have fallen into their hands.

There was even a situation in which the local government could not start spring planting if the Shangshu order was not issued.

Cao Chao wants to make some changes, but this public land must not be distributed to the people.

This is not to divide the land to the people, but to divide the land to the big clans and the powerful.

From the very beginning, Cao Chao made it clear that he needed to win over the people he needed to win over the government, soldiers, businessmen, and farmers.

Now the soldiers have enjoyed good treatment.

After Cao Chao officially ordered the improvement of the treatment of the soldiers and abolished a series of unjust military household and other policies, the support of the Great Wei soldiers for Cao Chao was extremely high, and the morale was also very high.

The businessmen don't need to say much, just rectifying the rule of officials and cracking down on those big clans makes the businessmen very happy.

The big clans have their own manor economy and don't need a market, and Cao Chao's repeated blows have forced the big clans to participate in the market, and the stable law and order has given the merchants a chance to breathe.

Cao Chao occasionally walked in Luoyang, and he could also hear the businessmen praising him.

Now of course, it's time to help the farmers.

This collective, which occupies the largest population in the Great Wei, is also the most miserable group ever.

If the land were distributed to them, the great clans and the powerful would rush up like wolves, and in just a few years, the peasants would become the tenants of the powerful people, the domestic slaves of the great clans, or the homeless hooligans.

But how can we improve the quality of life of farmers without dividing arable land?

Cao Chao suddenly had an idea in his mind.

Nowadays, the cultivation model of Dawei seems to be inexplicably familiar

The government owns a large amount of public land, and the people cultivate the temple, so can the public land be leased to the people to cultivate without changing the nature of the public land?

Instead of keeping the subsistence grain, the farmers paid their dues and left the rest of the grain.

And Haoqiang didn't dare to annex Gongtian easily, as long as the army of the temple was still there, the annexation of Gongtian would be almost a rebellion

Anyway, sooner or later, the cultivated land in the hands of the people will be annexed by Haoqiang, so it is better to let yourself annex it first, and then rent it to them to farm.

Cao Chao had a lot of ideas in his head.

The matter of organizing the reclamation of the temple can still continue, but the cultivated land after reclamation can be leased to the people.

Although this will reduce the grain income of the Great Wei in the short term, from a long-term perspective, the people's enthusiasm for production will increase, and the people's grain storage will increase, which will reduce a lot of expenses for the temple, and can reduce the impact of corruption on farming.

After Cao Chao wrote down his thoughts, he immediately summoned his ministers to make decisions.

In the east hall of the Taiji Palace, the ministers gathered together, listening to Cao Chao talk about his new ideas, and they all fell into deep thought.

Cao Chao has a large number of ministers today, and they are all young and handsome.

When these people gathered in the East Hall, there were almost not enough places.

The two attendants sat on the left and right of Cao Chao.

Zheng Xiaotong and Zhong Hui were both called temporarily, and before they arrived, they didn't know anything about these things.

And when they listened, the expressions of the two people were completely different.

Zheng Xiaotong immediately agreed, and said very excitedly: The emperor's benevolent government will definitely make the people of the world admire.

But Zhong Hui looked a little embarrassed.

"Your Majesty, I think that now is not the time to handle this."

Zhong Hui said: "Your Majesty is merciful and loves the people of the world, this sentiment moved the ministers, but today's temples have a huge expenditure, and a large amount of food is needed just to maintain the armies in various places, and if the tuntian system changes, in the short term, the income will be reduced a lot." ”

"This will affect many things in the temple, when the time comes, the temple will not have food, it will need to be levied, and the people will not think that it is the distribution of arable land to make the temple empty, they will only complain about the frequent levy of the temple, and Your Majesty's benevolent government will become a tyranny in the mouth of the mediocre."

Zhong Hui's words made Zheng Xiaotong, who was in a state of excitement, speechless.