Chen Qian was only stunned for a moment, and then suddenly realized.

Cao Chao was still at a loss, and he asked puzzledly, "What does Shi Ji mean by this?" ”

"Didn't Fang Cai still praise General Wang's strategy? Why should I give him orders and urge him to march? ”

Zhong Hui laughed, "Your Majesty, this is not for General Wang, this is for Wu and Shu." ”

"General Wang has been in Xiangyang for many years, and the Wu people know him very well, and after he takes Jiangbei, the Wu people will definitely feel that he will stop marching and defend with all his might."

"But if Your Majesty issues an edict, it will be different, whether it is Wu or Shu, they will not take this matter lightly."

"It's just an edict, but it can delay them for a long time, and in order to maintain the army that is coping with General Wang's advance, their consumption will not be too small."

"If you have the opportunity, you can't let them live too comfortably, you have to make them feel threatened from time to time."

"In the past, the minister had put forward the strategy of Shu urgency and Wu slowdown, but now, because of Sun Qi, the internal contradictions of Wu have been greatly alleviated, and the new emperor easily brought them together and lost Jiangbei, which made them dare not easily fight again."

"So it's time for a new strategy, I call it, a hurry."

"Your Majesty, taking Jiangbei today, it is like using your hands to curb the throat of Shu Wu, if you have been in a hurry, I am afraid that you will lose your strength, if you have been slow, and there is no deterrence, it is the most fatal."

Zhong Hui's eyes narrowed, and his face was very proud.

Cao Chao suddenly realized, "I see!! ”

But he couldn't help but think in his heart, this is not a hasty strategy, you are fishing strategy, loosen and tighten, pull a little bit, and finally make the fish weak, and then quickly retract the hook.

"It's Shiji! As Shiji said! ”

Zhong Hui is very busy during this period of time, many things in the country are inseparable from him, he has to play when making decisions, he has to put forward ideas for strategy, and he is still responsible for doing things.

But Zhong Hui is still enjoying it.

"Shiji, what did you think about renting seeds that I told you about before?"

Cao Chao asked about the arable land system again.

After Zhong Hui participated in the decision-making, he went to investigate, and he first went to the Ministry of Industry to check the results of Huainan.

The plough can be greatly increased from a straight wheel to a curved wheel, which is not a difficult technology to understand, nor is it a thing that requires too much cost, although the number of parts has increased, but it is not a big deal for the official system of organizing cultivated land in the Great Wei.

And the dump tube car and the like are all artifacts in agriculture.

Zhong Hui said at this moment: "Your Majesty, Huainan's grain production has indeed increased because of the new tools, but after the plough has been improved, it has changed from a short arm to a long arm, and Huainan has more rice, which is advantageous, but in Hebei and other places, the people have a variety of wheat and millet, and the effect of this thing is not so obvious, and the rest of the things are the same, and the things that can be used in different regions are different." ”

"In the past, it was not popularized, not only because no one wanted to popularize it, but also because it was not suitable for local use."

Cao Chao nodded, "What Shi Ji said makes sense. ”

Zhong Hui then said: "However, the minister found Lu Shangshu again to inquire about this matter. ”

"Lu Shangshu believes that His Majesty's idea is feasible, although it will lead to a decline in taxes, but the cost of tuntian is still increasing, and it is difficult to describe the tuntian affairs in various places, and they will play every year, just for the repair of agricultural tools, it is close to the cost of purchasing the same agricultural tools."

"Lu Shangshu felt that if the public land could be rented to the original cultivators, the need for tuntian land could be reduced, and the people could be diligent, it would be possible to achieve income and expenditure without much impact."

Cao Chao didn't know what to say for a while.

The Great Wei is up and down, hiding dirt and dirt, and the same is true of the Tuntian department, don't think that the people in the Tuntian department are people like Deng Ai, this department has a lot of benefits, if it is "intentional management", then the benefits that can be sought are simply more than those of local officials, after all, how many farm tools are needed, how many seeds are needed, and how much are produced, basically they have the final say.

And if it is rented to the people, then there will not be many places for the Tuntian department to intervene, and after the cost of the temple is reduced, the impact on the finances will not be too huge.

Of course, the impact will definitely have an impact.

Hearing the conversation between the two, Chen Qian was a little confused, he had not participated in the meeting of the ministers, and he was completely unaware of this matter.

But he didn't dare ask.

Zhong Hui continued: "Your Majesty, this may not be a good thing, this matter may not have any impact on the ministers of Wu and Shu, but if their farmers know about the situation."

"I'm afraid that there will be more and more dead people who come to my Great Wei."

Cao Chao said: "Na Shi Ji thinks, who should be entrusted with this matter? ”

"Lu Shangshu can."

Zhong Hui replied very dryly.

Cao Chao was a little surprised, it was the first time he had seen a minister who could be recognized by Zhong Hui so quickly.

After letting the two people leave, Cao Chao decided to go to Shangshutai to find Lu Zhi in person.

Zhang Hua also quickly prepared the car, Cao Chao changed into thick clothes, and left the Taiji Palace.

Zhang Hua was also forcibly pulled into the carriage by him.

"It's been a long time since I've seen many celebrities, and even Ruan Ji said he couldn't come here, what are they doing now?"

Zhang Hua truthfully said: "Your Majesty, except for Shantao, the rest of the people gather together all day long to do some literary endowments, not to talk about state affairs, just like when Sima Shi was at the beginning. ”

There are only him and Cao Chao here, so he also calls Sima Shi by his name.

Cao Chao couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "I didn't expect that one day, I will become a person like Sima Shi, and I will force them to only escape the world and have fun."

Zhang Hua was a little dissatisfied with this, he said: "Your Majesty, I still respected their people at the beginning, and felt that they were unwilling to obey the power, although they did not dare to come forward, but they can be regarded as righteous people, but now it seems that these people are worthy of praise, and they are not people who can govern the world." ”

"Your Majesty doesn't have to care about these people, let them avoid it, there will always be people who are willing to do things for the king."

Cao Chao glanced at Zhang Hua, "But I remember that Mao Xian was with them at the beginning."

"The minister has literary talent, but the literary talent is not used for strategy."

Zhang Hua replied calmly.

Zhang Hua initially had a very good relationship with these celebrities, because Zhang Hua's literary talent was very high, and his writing was very good, which was recognized by the celebrities.

However, Zhang Hua is different from them after all, Zhang Hua is a person who can do practical things, and he is also a person who has the heart to do practical things.

Cao Chao teased: "These are all high-ranking celebrities, how can Mao Xian be rude?" ”

"When today's celebrities are pretentious, contemptuous of etiquette, and are noble and refined, in fact, they are all because they have a family property, if they are from such a background and need to shepherd sheep for a living, I think there will be no such high and refined people as they are today."

Cao Chao couldn't help laughing, "What you said also has some truth. ”

Shangshutai is different from the original, at first Shangshutai, there is a kind of quiet and peaceful, although it is a department that does practical things, but the officials seem to be unhurried, but now, large and small officials are in and out, coming and going, there are fierce arguments everywhere, and finally it seems to be a place to do things.

Cao Chao didn't want to alarm too many people, but his appearance here still made the ministers stop what they were doing and came to pay their respects.

Cao Chao asked them to continue to do things, but left Lu Zhi alone.

Lu Zhi is similar to Zhang Hua.

Both of them are big families, and their ancestors are arrogant.

But by the time of their generation, it had become a cold door within a cold family.

When Lu Zhi was very young, his father was killed by the warlord Guo Yan, and he began to be displaced and work everywhere to earn a living.

At the age of seventeen, he finally settled in Yongzhou and began to study.

It is because he has experienced the hardships of the people and knows the life of the people at the bottom, Lu Zhi has become an alternative Wei and Jin ministers, he is honest, sympathetic to the people, excellent governance, when he governs Tianshui, he governs the local thieves, establishes a market, shelters merchants, appeases the people, and finally even the local Qianghu is grateful to him, and there has never been a rebellion, which is a very rare achievement in Liangzhou.

When Cao Shuang wanted to surrender, Lu Zhi tried hard to persuade him not to surrender, but Cao Shuang didn't listen to him, and later Sima Yi wanted to punish him, he was not afraid at all, and he did not lose his integrity.

Sima Yi respected his personality and talent very much, so he specially pardoned him.

He was very honest all his life, and in the end even Sima Anshi couldn't stand it, feeling that he was living too hard, and made it seem that he had neglected the virtuous ministers, so Anshi built him a mansion with fifty rooms, and gave him a lot of money, chariots and horses every year.

This made Lu Zhi very helpless, so he had to go to the book, saying that he was going back to his hometown in his old age.

The most confusing thing is that after Lu Zhi's death, An Shi personally sent him a large number of funeral goods, as well as a cemetery of 100 acres, but the cemetery of this honest old man was more luxurious than those big corrupt officials

Anyway, it is quite difficult to be a clean official under An Shi, but generosity is really generous.

Cao Chao said with a smile: "Today, Shi Ji and I talked about you, and I learned that you have some suggestions for cultivating land, so I came to ask. ”

Although Lu Zhi didn't know why the emperor would reuse him, he was a strong man, but he didn't have anything taboo, and immediately retold his conversation with Zhong Hui to Cao Chao.

"Hahaha, the state-owned sage, what I learned from you today is really happier than General Wang's good news!"

"I will completely leave this matter to you, and all departments of Shangshutai should fully cooperate."

Lu Zhi still looked a little dazed.

"Your Majesty, the minister just said a few words, and I don't know the approximate"

"It's okay, I will talk to you about the specific ideas now, and you can do it yourself in the future, and I will not interfere!!"