Compared with Zheng Xian, Sima Yu is more sensible.

In the early days of entrepreneurship, Cao Chao used her background to get a lot of benefits.

Or because of her character, after completing the great cause, she was not cleaned out.

Zheng Xian's position as the queen has been stabilized, but on many issues in the harem, Cao Chao is still willing to listen to Sima Yu's advice.

But when it was related to Guo Ping, she didn't have the composure she used to have, and she was prone to gaffes.

At this moment, Sima Yu's face was full of worry.

"This kid has been socializing with people older than him all day, and this time he has caused such a thing"

Cao Chao couldn't help but laugh when she heard her concern.

"Isn't that great?"

"He hurt people this time, although he is not smart, but he can see his character."

"I'd rather the child wasn't that smart, and I wanted him to be a moral person."

"When the road is uneven, I can help, and I can hand over the big things to him in the future!"

Hearing Cao Chao's words, Sima Yu's mood suddenly improved.

The two chatted about things in the harem again.

"The queen has summoned many ministers and clan wives these days, and I found that many of them are trying to get in touch with the crown prince, and they are talking about their own daughters."

Cao Chao snorted coldly, "Heh, if you have a husband, you must have a wife." ”

"How old is Ah Wen, this is starting to beat his idea, Ah Ping has to keep an eye on it here, lest he be deceived by thieves."

The next day, Cao Chao opened his eyes early, ate dinner, and went to practice swords.

After practicing for half an hour, Cao Chao returned to the Taiji Hall to deal with government affairs.

These days, Cao Chao's mood is still very good.

As soon as the order to appreciate the fields came out, the family can be described as a chicken flying and a dog jumping.

Hu Zun played a great role in this process, and from time to time he gathered his ministers to talk about this incident and warn everyone that they should thank the emperor for his kindness!

And the minister who was the tough emperor in front of him had already mentioned the exile package at this moment, and the whole family was happily preparing to go to Nanzhong to live a happy and happy life.

That guy actually said that the emperor gave too little arable land to feed them!!

Thinking of these words, Cao Chao's teeth itched angrily.

You must know that a family can survive a year with 70 acres of cultivated land, and almost all of these officials in the DPRK and China can own 1,000 acres of cultivated land.

And this arable land is not their only income.

The income of the Great Wei is not low, they receive the income, and they have the income from arable land, and they do not have to pay taxes, so they dare to say that they have too little arable land to support themselves???

Yes, that's right, with such an income, it is a bit insufficient to use coins to pave the racecourse.

The temple alone is enough for these officials to live a good life, even if they have more family members, at least it is no problem to feed them, plus the arable land that does not have to pay taxes, they can live a very nourishing life!

Cao Chao didn't want his ministers to starve and live a poor life.

Just look at Wang Ji, the minister still has too much!

After the decree was spread, it caused an uproar in all parts of Great Wei, and although no one came forward to oppose it, everyone was not happy.

Cao Chao almost cut off many people's financial routes.

But they didn't dare to say anything, after all, life mattered.

And Cao Chao risked offending the world's ministers to do this, is it worth it?

The answer is very much, and it's worth it!

Let's not talk about taxes first, we will know how much taxes have risen next year, so let's talk about the population first.

According to official data from Dawei, Dawei now has a population of more than 9 million.

Among them, the Central Plains has a population of more than 6 million, Bashu has more than 1 million, and Wu has more than 2 million.

You must know that at the peak of the Later Han Dynasty, the population of the temple was more than 50 million!

At this time, he couldn't even make up 10 million, and this was because of Cao Chao's efforts.

There was no civil strife in Wei, no massacres in Chengdu, and no crazy engineering in Wu.

If there is no Cao Chao, I am afraid that I will not even be able to make up eight million.

After more than 100 years of war, did more than 40 million people really die?

This is not necessarily, because during the Sima Yan period, the population had recovered to 16 million, and more than a decade later, the statistics turned out to be 35 million.

It is impossible for the population to suddenly increase by tens of millions and suddenly disappear by tens of millions, especially in a few decades.

What is the reason for that?

The big clan is strong and hides the population!

You must know that the private property of the slaves and tenants of the big clan is not counted as a household registration, they do not pay taxes, and they are not the labor force of the temple.

Cao Chao forcibly set the number of tenants for his ministers, and ordinary tyrants, if they did not have relatives who were officials, would either raise troops to resist Cao Chao's tyranny, or obediently hand over the surplus arable land and tenants.

The same thing was done by Emperor Wu of the former Han Dynasty.

In order to raise military expenses, he once forcibly demanded that the merchants and the powerful hand over all the family property in excess of the quota, including tenants and arable land.

And no one dared to say anything more at that time.

Only the most powerful and powerful emperor would dare to do this.

When the local census began, the population of the place began to skyrocket.

A large number of tenants broke away from their masters, and the temples hurriedly began to draw up new edicts.

The public land owned by the temple was leased to them, and a land occupation decree was issued.

The new decree allowed the people of Cao Wei to reclaim 70 acres of cultivated land for their own use, and the cultivated land was not allowed to be sold.

The labor force of these large clans became the labor force of the temple, and the local officials quickly organized them to carry out reclamation production.

Lu Zhi's mouth is about to smile crookedly these days.

Lu Zhi took the thick paperwork and found Cao Chao.

These are the things that have recently been sent from all over the country, and they are about tenants who have left their masters.

"Your Majesty!! We should have issued such a decree a long time ago! ”

"These dog thieves are really lacking in morality! In Yanzhou alone, nearly 100,000 people have been re-registered by temples! ”

"These are still young!"

Lu Zhi took out one document after another and put it in front of Cao Chao, and Cao Chao also looked through them one by one.

Cao Chao knew that the population hidden by the big clan may be more than that, these people can be thousands of acres of fertile land at every turn, and there are nearly 10,000 servants, if it is really true, Cao Chao feels that there may be millions of people hidden in the Central Plains alone.

With the addition of Shu and Wu's, it is enough to double the population of Great Wei.

Only half of the world's labor force is in the hands of temples, is this the politics of gate valves?

Cao Chao couldn't believe what the world was like after An Shi.

How arrogant the gate valve must have been at that time.

Has their workforce gone beyond the temple?

Looking at the silent Cao Chao, Lu Zhi said again: "Your Majesty, it's just a large-scale separation of tenants, and it takes a long time to reclaim farmland, I'm afraid there will be problems." ”

Cao Chao glanced at him, "You said that you are afraid that a large number of tenants will starve to death?" ”

"Your Majesty, those big clans would rather give the cultivated land to their relatives than return it, and the public land of the temple will not be enough to accommodate so many people."

"This matter still has to be troubled by Duke Lu to find a way to solve it."

"It's hard to increase the population so much, these dog thieves are so reluctant, they must still want to make trouble, you keep an eye on them."

Lu Zhi has a difficult color.

He didn't know how to solve the problem of arable land, and he couldn't conjure up arable land.

Cao Chao suddenly asked at this moment: "Gong Lu, do you care about your reputation?" ”

Lu Zhi was stunned, "What does Your Majesty mean?" ”

"After I issue this decree, I am afraid that I will be confirmed in the name of a tyrant."

Cao Chao raised his head, remembering something.

"At the beginning, Emperor Xiaowu of the former Han Dynasty was accused of being greedy by later generations because of similar policies, and forcibly looted the people's fat and ointment, of course, Emperor Xiaowu had an excessive policy in the later period, but he did to those heroes, but I felt that there was nothing wrong with it."

"After a hundred years, I'm afraid that I will also become a tyrant who scrapes the people's fat and ointment, and extorts tyranny."

"However, I don't care about this, I am determined to help the community and create a prosperous world, and when I implemented harsh punishments in the country and vigorously rectified the rule of officials, I didn't care about this."

"I want to know, does Lu Gong care about this?"

Hearing Cao Chao's inquiry, Lu Zhi stroked his beard and laughed.

"Your Majesty, when you were young, you vowed to appease the people of the world, so that they will be free from suffering from war and famine."

"False names are like dung to ministers!"

Cao Chao laughed, "Really my minister!" ”

He grabbed Lu Zhi's hand, "If that's the case, then Lu Gong can go to He Yushi to discuss this matter." ”

"When I wanted to reward the army, I raided the house and destroyed the household, and the money I collected was enough to reward the entire Chinese army."

Cao Chao said faintly.

Lu Zhi actually understood it very early.

Lu Zhi said calmly: "Your Majesty, please forgive the minister, when the big clans are the most favored by His Majesty, there is absolutely nothing wrong with punishing the big clans cleanly, collecting their cultivated land and distributing it to the people. ”

"The minister will go to He Gong to do this."

Lu Zhi strode out of the Taiji Hall, Cao Chao frowned, looking at the thick documents in his hand, his eyes were slightly gloomy.

It's time to start handling the matter of the migration of this big clan.

With the prestige of the founding king, are you still afraid that you dog thieves will not be cured?

"Your Majesty!!"

I heard footsteps outside the door.

Zhang Hua ran in with joy and bowed to Cao Chao.

"Congratulations to Your Majesty!!"

"Da Sima sent good news! Pingbei general Wen Yang broke through Shengle City, captured his king Tuoba Liwei, Tuoba was completely wiped out, captured more than 300,000 people, and all of them have been transported to all parts of Youzhou to settle down!! ”

Cao Chao's eyes widened, and he looked at Zhang Hua in disbelief.

So fast??

Isn't it difficult to fight a diplomatic war between Cyprus? Chasing?

Cao Chao was silent for a long time before asking, "What about Chengji?" ”

"General Echeng just arrived in Youzhou and didn't catch up."

The two looked at each other, and then laughed "gloating".

"Hahaha~~~"