"Appreciation order?"

In the middle desk, Wei Qian looked at the documents that had just been sent from the temple, and was very surprised.

It stands to reason that no matter what decrees and policies are to be issued by the temple, it is impossible for Zhongshutai not to know anything about them.

They will always hear some wind in advance and be prepared.

But this time, this decree was really issued to Zhongshutai without warning, and asked Zhongshutai to do it as soon as possible.

Wei Qian was suddenly a little stunned.

He carefully read the decree, and when he read it again, his face turned pale and sweated profusely.

What kind of field appreciation order is this!!

This is clearly the order to harvest the land!

The edict that Cao Chao handed over to Zhongshutai mentioned that the officials of the world had contributed a lot to the completion of the great unification of the Great Wei, and I decided to reward them, and at the same time make it more clear that their superiors and subordinates would be humble, so that the ministers who had made meritorious contributions could get the power they deserved.

Now there's the reward.

First-grade officials can occupy an area of 2,000 acres, and second-grade officials can occupy an area of 1,500 acres, and so on slowly.

The officials at the lowest level were only allowed to own 350 acres of arable land, and were allowed to retain five tenants.

According to the land measurement and output of the Wei and Jin dynasties, an adult male needs 70 acres of arable land to feed his family.

A nine-grade official can have five times the cultivated land of the Chinese people, which is actually not a small amount, and it is already a big gap.

But there is a problem, it is said that it is a reward, but in fact, Cao Chao did not plan to distribute arable land to anyone.

He just said very generously: In the future, you can legally own so much arable land!

However, is there a lot of arable land?

Today's ministers, regardless of his grade, whose arable land is not calculated in 10,000 acres?

Not to mention the cultivated land, even the slaves and tenants in the family are counted in thousands, tens of thousands.

You tell me it's a reward??

Wei Qian can imagine how much turmoil it will cause when this decree is officially facing the world.

Wei Qian felt a little bitter in his heart at the moment.

In fact, Wei Qian also has a lot of family property.

Their family is a scholarly heirloom, and his father was a scholar!

How can such a big family have less family property?

This edict obviously affected Wei Qian himself.

He raised his head and looked at Zhang Hua who was standing in front of him.

Zhang Hua looked at him very indifferently, and the change in Wei Qian's expression was all in his eyes.

He wasn't in a hurry at all, he just asked calmly, "Duke Wei, why are you hesitating?" ”

It is difficult to implement the policies of the temple that are not conducive to the big clans, because almost all the people in the key positions are from the big clans.

If the emperor wanted to issue a policy that was unfavorable to the great clans, his staff would dissuade them first, and even if the emperor broke through them, the edict would be stranded when it reached Zhongshutai.

At that time, the ministers and the emperor will consume, using various methods to delay until the emperor changes his mind.

Today, the Zhongshutai has been taken care of by Wei Qiang.

Huabiao is only the nominal master of Zhongshutai, but he has long stopped doing things himself, and as for Chen Qian's brother Chen Ben, he has passed away.

Now, Wei Qian can choose to put away the decree, and then refuse to implement it for some reason, go to the emperor to dissuade him, and at the same time spread the matter, and then gather more helpers to prevent the emperor from doing this.

This is also what Chinese officials used to do in the past.

As long as he plays well, even if he finds a helper, in the face of this kind of great right and wrong, almost all the big clans will be on his side, and when the time comes, even the emperor can only be incompetent and furious

However, there is a point.

The current emperor is not the seriously ill Ming Emperor, let alone the King of Qi who has no real power.

It's not even Emperor Wen who needs to make a compromise with the big clans.

The one who sent someone to inform him was the powerful emperor who had just unified the world and had a fierce general in his hands, who could baptize Great Wei in blood again, which was almost equivalent to the founding emperor.

A bright smile suddenly appeared on Wei Qian's face.

"No problem, I'm just amazed at Your Majesty's benevolence! I'll give it out! ”

Zhang Hua looked at him with a smile and didn't speak, Wei Qian quickly got busy, officially drafted the decree, and began to issue it according to Cao Chao's instructions.

Zhang Hua was not afraid that he would delay or inform anyone in advance.

In terms of the current situation, the most difficult thing for the emperor to deal with the big clan is because those close ministers can't kill them.

That's right, the cards of the big clan in front of the emperor are only the emotional cards.

Other than that, there is no threat.

If they dare to follow the example of the past, they will unite to find trouble for Cao Chao.

Cao Chao was able to slaughter them all at once, which probably didn't take more than a month.

It's not what it used to be!!

How strong were these people in the past?

is as strong as Sima Shi, and they have been forced by them to dare not start.

When they united, they had the final say in the entire temple, just like Emperor Wen, and Emperor Ming could only choose to avoid it at some times.

But this is a different story.

No big clan dares to go along with the emperor, and now if he goes against the emperor, it is not only to catch up with his own three clans, but also to ruin the reputation left to the future history.

Zhang Hua just said: "After doing the things here, you can go to the East Hall to meet Your Majesty." ”

With that, he turned and left the place.

Even after he left, Wei Qian had no other ideas, he quickly drafted the decree according to the emperor's ideas, and immediately sent people to issue it.

With all this done, he quickly went to the East Hall.

In fact, many of the smart people in the temple have already thought of this day.

How could a powerful emperor like His Majesty allow a group of Earth Emperors to be owned everywhere?

It's a matter of time.

But when this day really came, Wei Qian couldn't say how complicated it was in his heart.

Are you happy that there is such a holy king in the world, or do you feel sorry for the interests of your own people?

Wei Qian has been thinking about this problem all the way.

Before he knew it, he finally came to the Taiji Palace.

Man Changwu's face was solemn, this big tall man blocked him, and then went in to pray, and soon, he was brought to Cao Chao.

His Majesty the Emperor sat on the throne and was waiting for him.

The moment he saw the emperor, Wei Qian seemed to have found the answer.

He cautiously bowed to Cao Chao.

"Your Majesty!!"

"Hahaha, why is Wei Jun suddenly so restrained?"

Cao Chao is as enthusiastic as ever, and he attaches great importance to Wei Qian.

Although this man was born in a large family, he was probably due to the loss of his father at a young age, so he did not have the disease of celebrities and scholars, he was just, and compared with the rest of the big clans, he was also incorruptible and had excellent ability.

As for why another person didn't develop such a character after losing his father at a young age, it was probably because he still had a brother to love him.

Cao Chao has always wanted to reuse Wei Qian.

Now Wei Qian has actually begun to deal with the matter of Zhongshutai.

After a while, if you can't guarantee it, you have to hang a servant, and then make a transition as a servant in Shangshutai, and then you can become a formal Zhongshu order and take charge of Zhongshutai.

After the other party sat down, Cao Chao didn't go around in circles, and asked directly: "What do you think of my field appreciation order?" ”

Wei Qian immediately replied: "Your Majesty, you want to reward the ministers, and the ministers agree with it very much, but there is one point. ”

"Oh?"

"What's wrong?"

Wei Qian hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, I am afraid that there are low-grade cunning officials who will distribute the land under their name to their relatives in order to have more land."

"Therefore, the ministers thought that it was better to give rewards to all the people of the world, and that it was best for both men and women to have a prescribed number of cultivated land, which should not be exceeded."

Cao Chao narrowed his eyes, this is exactly what Zhong Hui said.

Zhonghui wants to set a prescribed number for everyone in the world, for the people at the bottom, this is the temple allowing them to reclaim it by themselves, as long as it does not exceed this standard, and for the big clans, it is the convergence point, don't exceed this number!

Distinguish the people of the world by officials, and set a limit for each person.

This is the simple and crude policy of the Zhong Society.

The big clans are thinking about how to put the emperor in a cage, and this one is thinking about how to put the world in a cage.

Although it sounds outrageous, the historical Western Jin Dynasty stipulated that everyone could own arable land, although the decree of the Western Jin Dynasty was a legislative recognition of the privilege of tenants of private houses on arable land owned by large clans.

But it does play a certain limiting role.

But what Cao Chao wants to implement now is not a small fight, this is to directly tear down the foundation of the big clan.

The extra cultivated land is best to be obediently handed over to the temple, even if it is not handed over to the temple, then it will be distributed to me, and then pay the tax!!

Don't try to use your status as an official to avoid taxes!!

Wei Qian said something, but he thought of Cao Chao's idea of whether to announce it or not.

In fact, Cao Chao didn't care much about whether the officials would distribute their arable land to their relatives, because if the relatives did not have officials, they would have to pay taxes, which was not a bad thing for the temple.

Of course, it's best to be able to take it back.

Recovering it and turning it into public land and distributing it to tenants who had escaped from their owners, it would increase the income of the temple even more.

Cao Chao asked tentatively, "I don't know what Wei Jun can teach me?" ”

Wei Qian didn't hesitate at the moment, combined with His Majesty's thoughts, talking eloquently, he didn't even say it cryptically, he directly focused on how to restrict the annexation of cultivated land, and explained a lot of his personal ideas to Cao Chao.

Hey, don't say it.

Sure enough, the big clan knows how to deal with the big clan best!

Cao Chao listened very carefully to Wei Qiang's narration, Wei Qiang's ideas are similar to Zhong Hui, they are more intense kinds, forcibly issue regulations, form a routine, and then focus on cracking down on those who do not comply, so as to alleviate the problem of land annexation through violence.

Wei Qian also added that there are reward regulations for retired officials.

"That's you!"

"You and Mao Xian are in charge of this together!!"