The revival of the Han Dynasty must start with Dong Zhuo

Chapter 299 Volume Holy Son of Heaven

"I, I remember this."

Only after hearing Zhen Mi speak did Liu Xie let go.

Zhen Mi also knelt down, like the goddess of Wushan submitting to her king.

"Your Majesty, I have one more thing to ask of you."

At this moment, Zhen Mi's face was as red as a rose. She was kneeling naked in front of Liu Xie, gently stroking the handprint left by the emperor on her neck.

Seeing that Zhen Mi seemed to have taken his words to heart, Liu Xie thought that she had some conditions, so he responded generously: "Tell me!"

Zhen Mi's breathing became heavier and heavier: "Your Majesty, can you pinch me for a while longer?"

Liu Xie: ???
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Feng Ji returned to Hebei and informed Yuan Shao of the agreement with the emperor.

When Yuan Shao heard that Feng Ji not only gave the treasures and Zhen Mi to Liu Xie as compensation, but also wanted to help the court repair Luoyang, he was furious.

"How can things turn out like this?"

Yuan Shao gnashed his teeth and said, "Repair Luoyang? How much material and manpower will it take? How can we hand it over to the emperor so easily?"

Seeing Yuan Shao was angry, Feng Ji had no choice but to defend himself.

"The emperor had a terrifying appetite. He even wanted three million shi of grain!"

"The reason why we changed it to repairing Luoyang is probably because we are in a hurry to go to Luoyang to worship the Liu family temple! Otherwise, I am afraid that the money and grain we have to pay will be much more than this."

"And no matter what, we have a guarantee. We don't have to worry about the imperial court sending troops from Hedong. This will allow Lord Yuan to focus on dealing with Gongsun Zan!"

There were actually three million dan of grain hidden in Gongsun Zan’s Yijing!

As long as we can successfully capture Gongsun Zan, the things given to the emperor will be nothing but a drizzle!
When Yuan Shao heard this, his expression looked a little better.

"But Hebei can't gather enough stone and wood, and it's impossible to transport them to Luoyang within two months. What should we do?"

Feng Ji was not in a hurry and used Liu Xie's rhetoric -

"If there's none in Hebei, there's always some in the Central Plains."

"Cao Mengde has now occupied Xuzhou and Huainan, so he must be able to get rid of these things! Lord Yuan, why don't you give an order to Cao Cao and ask him to send these things to Luoyang via Yingshui and Honggou!"

"As for the reason, it cannot be said that it was requested by the emperor in Guanzhong. Rather, it was to convince Cao Cao with Liu He's words of ancestor worship."

At first.

Liu Xie simply asked Yuan Shao and Cao Cao to provide the resources together.

But now, Feng Ji is thinking of letting Cao Cao take all the responsibility!
Yuan Shao was a little hesitant after hearing this: "How can we let Meng De alone give up these treasures?"

"Mr. Yuan!"

Feng Ji advised: "Although we have used money and goods to get the emperor to stop the war, this is still not a glorious thing."

"If we transport these from Hebei, it will inevitably make those people take advantage of the situation and make Lord Yuan unhappy! Therefore, we can only trouble Cao Cao!"

"Besides, Cao Cao is a minister of Lord Yuan after all. What does it matter if Lord Yuan asks him to pay a little money?"

Yuan Shao thought about it carefully and felt that this was indeed the case.

After all, Cao Cao was still his subordinate, so it was not too much to ask Cao Cao to pay out this fortune.

Seeing that Yuan Shao agreed to this, Feng Ji also worriedly talked about the second thing -

"Lord Yuan, the scene I saw during my visit to Guanzhong was extraordinary!"

Feng Ji took out a scroll from his bosom and handed it to Yuan Shao.

"All that has been said above was witnessed by me with my own eyes!"

"In just two years, Guanzhong has become prosperous! It is like a prosperous era! I hope that Lord Yuan can learn from Guanzhong's strengths and overcome its weaknesses, and transfer the policies that benefit the people in Guanzhong to Hebei to strengthen the country and enrich the people!"

Feng Ji went to Guanzhong and found out a lot of information about Guanzhong.

It might be impossible to get some confidential military intelligence, but everything that could be found out would be recorded in a book without missing a single thing.

Yuan Shao flipped through the book presented by Feng Ji, and his expression became uglier and uglier the more he flipped through it.

"Has Guanzhong become so prosperous?"

Yuan Shao sighed and said, "This is all because of my carelessness in the Battle of Anyi!"

Feng Ji shook his head at this moment.

"The Battle of Anyi was caused by the soldiers on the left and right wings who failed to resist properly. How can we blame it all on Lord Yuan?"

"Does Lord Yuan really not want to know how Guanzhong could develop to this point in just a few years?"

Yuan Shao asked: "Is it because Guanzhong itself is rich?"

"Guanzhong just suffered a disaster two years ago, so it can't be considered rich."

Yuan Shao asked again: "Is it because of the salt ponds in Hedong, the war horses in Liangzhou, and the Shu brocade in Yizhou?"

"Hebei is rich, and in terms of wealth, it is not inferior to Guanzhong!"

Yuan Shao asked again: "Is it because Guanzhong values ​​farm tools and fertilizers?"

"Even so, it only increased grain production, and even after the increase, it is still not as good as Hebei."

"..."

"Ugh!"

Feng Ji also sighed deeply.

"These have never been the key to Guanzhong's prosperity." "What really made Guanzhong prosperous was, first, the equal distribution of land and soldiers, and second, the use of scholars in the imperial examination system."

"In the past, Dong Zhuo slaughtered aristocratic families wantonly, and then he issued a policy of equal distribution of land. This reorganized the land in Guanzhong, allowing a large number of landless people to own land. It also gave the court the confidence to reduce taxes for the government soldiers, allowing them to focus on fighting."

"After that, Dong Zhuo abolished the system of imperial examinations and promoted the imperial examinations, which completely shifted the power of employing and evaluating people from the hands of the aristocratic families to the hands of the government, allowing the common people to see the hope of making a name for themselves and becoming loyal to the court."

"The soldiers are not afraid of death, and the people have hope... This is the key to the Han Dynasty's rebirth from the ashes!"

Feng Ji advised kindly: "The reason why Guanzhong is so rich is because they dare to implement new policies and use new laws!"

"With Mr. Yuan's talent and wisdom, if he implements the same policy, is he still afraid that he won't be able to achieve great things?"

Feng Ji said so much, but in short, it can be summed up in two words -

Family!

To implement equal distribution of land, we must seize the land of the wealthy and powerful!
To implement the imperial examination is to deprive scholars of their inheritance!
Only this method can make Hebei truly prosperous and enable Yuan Shao to truly realize his ambitions!

Yuan Shao was excited at this moment when he saw Feng Ji’s powerful and resolute attitude!
But after a moment, Yuan Shao's eyes darkened...

In fact, how could he not know what Feng Ji said?
In terms of intelligence, Yuan Shao is far smarter than Feng Ji.

In terms of sensitivity to governance, Yuan Shao was far more aware of where the problems lay than Feng Ji.

Especially with the end of the Battle of Anyi, after Liu Xie exchanged Ju Shou for Chunyu Qiong, and Zhang He's troops returned to Hebei intact, the power of the Hebei aristocratic families had reached its peak!

Under such circumstances, Yuan Shao would be constrained by these people in everything he did!
What made Yuan Shao feel absurd was that he, the former Yuan family of Runan, was actually one of those people.

When Yuan Shao himself stood from the perspective of the aristocratic family, he wished that the aristocratic family would be as powerful as possible.

But when Yuan Shao became the overlord of Hebei, he wished that all the noble families would disappear...

So how could he not know what Feng Ji said?

only……

What can he do now?

Could it be that he is going to follow Dong Zhuo's example and massacre all the people from the Hebei noble families?
Don't even mention slaughtering them.

As long as Yuan Shao dared to lay his hands on the land and the recommendation system, he would be doomed!

So, even if Feng Ji was right, even if Yuan Shao knew that Feng Ji was right, even if Yuan Shao knew that according to Feng Ji's words, Hebei would definitely be able to become rich and strong...

However, Yuan Shao could not do this.

The imperial court dared to do so because its foundation was the tens of thousands of Xiliang troops under Dong Zhuo.

But Yuan Shao’s foundation was originally a noble family with whom he was closely connected.

I’ve heard of people using a knife to cut others, but I’ve never heard of people using a knife to cut themselves!

Therefore, Yuan Shao could only reprimand Feng Ji: "How dare you talk nonsense? Get out of here!"

When Feng Ji was driven out of Yuan Shao's tent, he could only beat his chest and sigh.

……

Yuan Shao superficially reprimanded Feng Ji for making such remarks.

However, in private, Yuan Shao secretly sent people to Hedong to learn how to make curved plows and fertilizers, hoping to improve the national strength as much as possible.

Zhong Yao also arrested one of them and quickly reported it to the emperor, asking him how to respond.

But after learning about this, the emperor just calmly replied to Zhong Yao: "The curved plow and fertilizer are both things that can increase grain production and benefit the people. Even if Yuan Shao doesn't come to steal them, I will one day pass these things to Hebei."

"Yuan Shao failed not because Hebei lacked food; our success was not because we had enough food. If Yuan Shao is willing to promote it, we should take the initiative to send him the production process to prevent him from making the wrong farm tools and using the wrong fertilizers, which would harm the people of Hebei."

that's it.

Liu Xie's letter, the manufacturing process of the curved plow, and the fertilizer formula were all delivered intact to Yuan Shao's desk.

After the news spread, many people in Hebei began to sing praises to the emperor and composed songs for the emperor in Chang'an.

"Holy Son of Heaven, care for the people! Give the plow and you will win the world!"

When the scholars in Hebei heard about this, they immediately ordered the people of Hebei to stop using curved plows and fertilizers. They also destroyed a batch of curved plows that Yuan Shao had already made, believing that they were "evil things" and "filthy things" that would pollute the land in Hebei...

the other side.

When Cao Cao heard that Yuan Shao wanted him to send such a large amount of wealth to Luoyang, he almost vomited blood.

"Is Benchu ​​confused? Luoyang is located on the border now, why do we suddenly want to repair it?"

"It is also said that Liu He is going to worship his ancestors... If Liu He dares to go to Luoyang to worship, isn't he afraid that Emperor Shizu will jump out and tear him to pieces?"

Who doesn't know how Liu He got the throne? If he really dared to enter Liu Xiu's ancestral temple, Cao Cao would have to respect Liu He as a man!
So Cao Cao didn't believe Yuan Shao's words at all.

Not only Cao Cao didn't believe it, Guo Jia didn't believe it either.

But Guo Jia smelled an unusual smell from it——

"Since it wasn't Yuan Shao who wanted to repair Luoyang, then it could only be the imperial court that wanted to repair Luoyang."

"But why would the imperial court want to repair Luoyang at this time? Is it really just that the emperor is just eager to pay homage to the ancestral temple?"

Guo Jia always felt that something was wrong...

"Mr. Cao."

Guo Jia found Cao Cao.

"I want to go to Luoyang in person!"

"I always feel that... the emperor's move to repair Luoyang is not that simple!"

(End of this chapter)