The first imperial meeting in the seventh year of Jian'an.
Hebei has been settled and Wuhuan has been pacified. After the imperial court generously rewarded the meritorious officials, it began to discuss the governance of Youzhou and other places.
In recent years, Youzhou has been invaded by Wuhuan one after another. As a result, there are no roosters crowing for thousands of miles in Youzhou, and bones are exposed in the wild... It has become a luxury for the people of Youzhou to just want to survive, let alone pay taxes.
thing.
Therefore, Liu Xie, who is determined to become the "Emperor of Benevolence", personally announced in the court today:
“Five-year tax exemption for the people of Youzhou.
Accelerate the agricultural and commercial expansion plans for the four prefectures of Hebei, You, Bing, and Qing.
Orderly liberalize commerce in the four states of Hebei and grant certain commercial tax exemptions. We strive to enable the four states in Hebei to realize commercial taxes before the five-year tax reduction and exemption time limit in Youzhou arrives, thus completely reducing the taxes for farmers.
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This is not Liu Xie bragging, but the actual actions of Yanzhou, Yuzhou, and Xuzhou gave him Liu Xie the confidence.
It was precisely after seeing a series of changes brought about by the prosperity of business that Liu Xie and the officials of the imperial court realized that the people could support an empire in Noda even without turning over their land. Because the country had money, it could use money to
Purchase and store grain, or even buy it from other countries.
Although in the process of completing this series of policies and reforms, Liu Xie was at best a mascot... But he was the emperor after all, and he got along well with the Cao Group. Cao Cao was sometimes willing to let Liu Xie stand.
Come out and put some clothes on.
Hello, hello, everyone, why bother fighting to the death for some frivolous things? This is what Liu Xie learned from the incident of the Belt Edict.
The officials in the court naturally knew that what Liu Xie said was actually Cao Cao's idea.
But these measures are all good policies that benefit the country and the people, and are prosperous under Cao Cao's rule. Everyone's salary has been raised several times, so naturally no fool will jump out to oppose it.
The court meeting lasted until almost noon, and the ministers were already so hungry that their chests pressed against their backs.
The emperor didn't care about the meal yet, so he slipped away alone after court and went back to the harem to play with his daughter. So the ministers met in twos and threes to discuss which restaurant to go to at noon so that they could treat themselves well.
Recently, the little princess heard a story from one of the palace maids and eunuchs about how Lu Lingqi, Zhao Xue, and Zhou Yan led their troops to kill Wuhuan...
Now every time Liu Xie sees her, she will wave a wooden gun randomly in her hand, shouting that when she grows up, she will learn from them to be a general and go into battle to kill the enemy, which really gives Liu Xie a huge headache.
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Cao Cao's army was preparing to go south to take down Liu Biao and Sun Quan. Lu Bu only focused on the grassland and was not interested in fighting in the south, so the Cao and Lu families began to discuss and prepare to hand over the defense of the border.
Lu Bu's roots are undoubtedly in Qingzhou, especially those aristocratic families who followed Chen Gong to Qingzhou in his early years. They have already taken root in Qingzhou and developed their own businesses.
However, after Chen Gong visited Xuchang, the policies under Lu Bu began to slowly move closer to Cao Cao; the most important one was that land could not be bought and sold without authorization, which also resulted in Chen Gong's relationship with those aristocratic families no longer being inseparable.
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Later, after Cao and Lu realized commercial interoperability, the wealthy gentry of the aristocratic families gradually discovered that doing business was much more profitable than doing business with land.
Therefore, under Chen Gong's guidance intentionally or unintentionally, the industrial structure of each company began to slowly change, and everyone focused more on business.
With more people doing business, competition among businesses increased. In addition, the imperial court imposed certain restrictions on the rights of chambers of commerce to avoid the formation of monopolies. As a result, commerce became more and more prosperous under the flourishing of a hundred flowers.
Lu Bu's forces are now getting closer and closer to Cao Cao's forces. Because of the lubricant of Lu Yan, the two families have unlimited cooperation possibilities.
With Lu Bu helping to guard the Youzhou border, Cao Cao could mobilize more manpower to attack the Han princes as quickly as possible.
Moreover, Cao Cao can be said to have money and food now. As long as the rear is completely stabilized and the population increases, who else in the world can be Boss Cao's opponent?
With money in hand, Cao Cao began to invest heavily in education systems in various places.
He still kept Lu Yan's words firmly in mind. If he wanted to avoid the monopoly of aristocratic families, he must give people from all walks of life the path and space to rise.
At the beginning of the seventh year of Jian'an,
Official schools once again ushered in a wave of explosion, and they blossomed everywhere under Cao Cao's rule; especially in several states in Hebei, running schools was the top priority besides people's livelihood.
The importance of schools is self-evident. A certain country in later generations was still able to rise rapidly even though it was reduced to ruins. In addition to having the support of their father behind them, the most important thing is that they have trained a large number of talents themselves.
In official schools, regardless of whether children from aristocratic families, poor families or ordinary people, all children will be admitted to study without discrimination. The court has no control over what is learned outside class, but within the classroom, everyone learns the same things.
After studying, there will be selection.
As a student with five lectures, four beauties, and three good students who was nurtured by exam-oriented education, Lu Yan naturally wanted to introduce this system, which is considered one of the fairest in the world, to this era.
The era of imperial examinations is coming soon, but Lu Yan still has to nip in the cradle the saying "Everything is inferior, only reading is good".
As soon as this sentence came out, many people in later generations were poisoned. Although everyone said that there is no distinction between high and low professions, the reality is always very realistic...
The engineering major at Taiyuan University serves as a model for supervising supervisors with excellent remuneration, as well as the establishment of official workshops in various places to train people who don't like studying to learn technology. These are the ways Lu Yan has found for other careers.
"A useless scholar is a scholar", at least Lu Yan didn't want to see this sentence appear in this era.
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Autumn, the sixth year of Jian'an.
Ever since he entered the realm of Runan, Xu Shu felt as if he had stepped into another world.
There are criss-crossing ditches all over the fields; above the river ditches, there are many waterwheels of different shapes, which lead the water from the river into the ditches.
The Chinese nation is a farming nation and vigorously develops agriculture, which is naturally regarded by everyone as the way of the country.
Xu Shu has seen it now, so he is very excited now, "The ruler of Runan is well versed in the way to make the country rich and powerful, and he must be a wise man... I should go and visit him personally!"
After making up his mind, Xu Shu stood alone in the field with his hands behind his hands. While listening to the common people singing tuneless songs and looking at their happy harvest, he murmured: "There is no hunger here, no
Oppressed, the people live very..."
"very..."
Xu Shu said "very" twice in a row. He wanted to say that he was very happy? Very happy? But he always felt that it was a bit missing.
At this moment, a group of people happened to pass by Xu Shu.
A man in his thirties with a slightly gloomy face couldn't help but say on his behalf after hearing Xu Shu's soliloquy: "Very dignified?"
"Dignity?!" Xu Shu was stunned when he heard this, but he quickly came to his senses, clapped his hands and laughed, "That's right! It's dignity!!!"
The man's words gave Xu Shu a feeling of enlightenment, so Xu Shu quickly turned around, bowed his hands to the man and saluted: "My Excellency, Xu Shu, Xu Yuanzhi, thank you brother for clarifying my doubts!"
"Yuanzhi, you just came from the south, right?" The man chuckled and asked.
"Yes, Xu just entered the territory of Runan today."
"Then hurry up and register your identity with the government. From now on, you can study and travel in the Central Plains with peace of mind."
After the man finished speaking with a smile, he suddenly apologized and said: "Oh, sorry, I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Boning."
"I've met Brother Boning!" Xu Shu bowed in return, but when he got up, Man Chong and his party had already walked away.