Peiguo, Qiao County.

There was a banquet in the official court in front of the palace. Cao Cao was sitting in the middle and Lu Yu was sitting on one side. All the folks present were enjoying themselves.

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After introducing Lu Yu's identity, Cao Cao held a wine glass and said to Lu Yu: "Yu'er, back then our old house still had a few sugar canes planted in the atrium. I really want you to taste the sugar cane from this hometown, but now it's just a blink of an eye.

, it’s been more than 20 years, I’m afraid the sugar cane has long since disappeared, right?”

Cao Cao blurted out these words, and the villagers laughed. Among them, the "liang" quickly replied: "Your Majesty's sugarcane grows very well. Every year when it grows, the village will pick it and distribute it to the villagers, so that the villagers can enjoy it."

The joy of the king... is like the prince, the son of the king, whose roots will always grow in our Qiao County!"

"Hahaha…"

Hearing this, Cao Cao laughed heartily, "There is no sugar cane in this season. However, Yu'er came back for the first time and cared about the villagers. When he came here, he had various juices prepared. The villagers might as well

Try them all, try them all!"

Huben Jun placed grapes, linings, oranges and other items in turn...

But which of these common people dared to make a mistake? Just look at it, and no one dared to step forward to get it.

Lu Yu, on the other hand, held a grape in his mouth, as if he was teaching the villagers, "Just eat it this way. The seeds need to be spit out. It's a little sour, but it's also sweet!"

The prince personally demonstrated, and the villagers ate with trepidation.

Cao Cao asked the "Li Zheng" here with great interest, "Gu came back once a few years ago. During the war, nine out of ten households in Qiao County were gone. There were ruins everywhere. Those strong men followed Gu to fight."

There are only women, children, old and young left in the world, and the whole village

There was a sound of crying in the middle. At that time, I also ordered that those whose families did not have farmland due to poverty could go to the government to receive farmland and agricultural equipment; those whose families had soldiers killed in battle would be exempted from all corvee and military service in the future! In these years, I think about the days of the common people.

Feeling better?"

Cao Cao had feelings for his hometown.

He also knew very well how much harm his uprising and the brave soldiers he recruited in his hometown brought to the elders in his hometown during the war years!

After returning that time, Cao Cao even built an ancestral hall himself to comfort the spirits of the soldiers!

Therefore, when I return this time, in addition to introducing Prince Cao Yu to everyone, I also want to ask how the folks are doing.

"Report to the king..." Li Zheng said with a smile: "Thanks to the king, our Qiao Pei has stopped fighting in the past few years, and the ruined houses have been repaired. The men who fled up the mountain slowly came back, and the population

More than three times more!”

Hear this…

Cao Cao nodded with satisfaction.

However, Lu Yu caught a hint of evasion in "Li Zheng"'s eyes and immediately added a question, "How is the harvest? This is my father's former residence. The villagers have all been allocated land, right? It can also realize land to the tiller."

Alright?"

this…

Li Zheng suddenly felt embarrassed, and he became a little timid...as if he was worried about something.

Cao Cao noticed something strange and quickly asked: "What?"

Li Zheng laughed quickly: "It's okay, it's okay...there is food, there is food..."

He kept silent about Tian, ​​which made Cao Cao even more wary. Cao Cao looked back at Lu Yu and felt something from Lu Yu's condensed expression.

He said with a cold face: "Where is the County Magistrate of Qiao Pei? According to the edict of Gu, let the county magistrate get the household registration and field registration of Qiao County!"

Not long after...

The Huben army led the county magistrate over. The magistrate tremblingly handed over the field register with his hands, and then knelt down on the ground in fear.

Cao Cao read page by page. He read very quickly, and the reason why he read so quickly was because... there was no need to look carefully, because most of the fields were concentrated in just a few Cao families and Xiahou families.

On the nobles of the clan.

"snort…"

Cao Cao looked furious, "You mean, the people here have no land to cultivate and are all tenants?"

The county magistrate trembled: "Not only Qiao County, but also Pei State. This place is the hometown of the king and all the generals. Each general has set aside a piece of land as a place for ancestral graves and sacrifices. Where...where is there left land to allocate?

Where are the people?"

"snort!"

Cao Cao threw down the field register in anger. "A few years ago, I ordered you to distribute acres of land to the people, but now? I have never bought a mausoleum, let alone use every plant and tree here, but there are so many

General, everyone is taking away acres of land! Are their ancestors more valuable than Gu's ancestors? They want to sleep on thousands of acres of fertile land!"

shocking…

According to the land register, Cao Ren occupied 500 acres of land, Cao Hong occupied 8,000 acres of land, Cao Zhen occupied 3,000 acres of land, Cao Chun, Xiahou Dun, Xiahou Yuan... all occupied it!

…How many acres of farmland can a county have?

Is it enough for these dozens of nobles to occupy it?

Seeing Cao Cao's anger, Li Zheng and the county magistrate were trembling and did not dare to say a word...

Only Lu Yu cupped his hands and said: "Father, three feet of ice cannot be frozen in a day... This matter needs long-term consideration!"

Lu Yu's words relieved Cao Cao's anger.

But he is especially angry with himself...

Even, for a moment, he thought of Emperor Guangwu... thought of Guangwu Zhongxing, thought of the twenty-eight generals of Yuntai, thought of marrying Yin Lihua as his wife...

But what happened in the end? What became of the world that Emperor Guangwu conquered?

What kind of world was the Han Dynasty like during the reign of Emperor Huanling?

Aristocratic families gathered together, powerful men and women were everywhere... The seeds planted during the reign of Emperor Guangwu grew vigorously, and even grew into big trees in the sky...

Officialdom, land, business... the clan can monopolize all resources.

The emperor has become the person with the least rights!

Sad, sad!

Could it be that the lamentation of the Han Dynasty will also be the lamentation of the Wei Dynasty?

Cao Cao's eyes narrowed deeply.

Just then.

A tiger soldier rushed over, "King Wei, Xu Du is urgently reporting..."

Cao Cao calmed down and said, "Play!"

The soldier Huben quickly said: "The Han court stopped the exchange of national debts, and countless aristocratic families swarmed up. They gathered their respective guards and rushed to the palace, blocked the Canglong Gate of the palace, and asked the emperor to give them an explanation. Xu Ducheng

It’s already a big mess!”

Hmm…

Cao Cao was slightly startled.

This is the power of the aristocratic families. Cao Cao expected that the aristocratic families would take even crazier actions after the redemption of national debts stopped. But what he didn't expect was that they dared to gather people and block the palace gate of the Han Palace.

Emperor?

The imperial court? What do these do in the eyes of the big clan?

Because of these acres of land;

Because of the actions of the wealthy family, Cao Cao realized for the first time that if he continued at his current pace, the Wei Dynasty would inevitably follow in the footsteps of the Han Dynasty.

It will also become a wealthy and aristocratic family...

And this... is what he doesn't want to see!

Just then...

"Da da da" suddenly heard dust flying in the distance.

Looking closely, it turned out to be Xiahou Dun, Xia Houyuan, Cao Ren, Cao Xiu, Cao Hong, Xia Houshang and others... more than twenty people, all of whom were distinguished nobles.

Cao Cao swept away so many people and smiled: "What a big event, so many important ministers can come together."

Cao Hong was the first to stand up, "Since Huan Ling, the Han Dynasty has been in decline, resulting in the displacement of the people and the corruption of political discipline. Now the Han Dynasty is acting in reverse, embezzling money and food from the national debt, and stopping the exchange. This is an act of anger from heaven and people.

, and my Wei career has been completed. The people of the world are all eagerly awaiting the coming of the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, I invite the king to obey the will of heaven and the hearts of the people, and proclaim himself emperor on behalf of the Han Dynasty, so as to save the people of the world from fire and water!"

Cao Hong blurted out these words...

The officials behind him also handed over their hands and said, "I ask your Majesty to take God's will and the people's hearts into consideration and establish a country on behalf of the Han Dynasty, so as to save the people of the world from fire and water!"

When this scene appeared, Lu Yu looked at everyone in a dilemma...

He had thought that one day, Wei would replace Han...

But who could have imagined that this day would come so quickly and in such a hurry!

Without waiting for Cao Cao's reply...
To be continued...