Chapter 216 Its not appropriate to give it to an emperor
Since the death of Mu Dingyuan in Bingzhou, Bingzhou has been leaderless, with basically no one under its jurisdiction.
Although Lu Bu was Ding Yuan's adopted son, he was still the main culprit who killed Ding Yuan. Eighty percent of Ding Yuan's old subordinates despised him.
Miraculously, after Ding Yuan's death, no trouble occurred in the counties of Bingzhou. Perhaps because of the intimidation of the Hedong Wei family, not only did the rebels disappear without a trace, but the barbarians did not become as rampant as in previous years.
A good opportunity to recuperate.
And because the Yellow River is located in Bingzhou, the silt it brings every year creates the fertile soil in Guangniao. Even if the current crop can only be harvested once a year, Bingzhou's grain output is not much lower than that in the south.
Wei Cheng was interested in the fertile land of Guangniao. If the first five-year plan could be assisted by these tens of thousands of hectares of fertile land, the overall progress might be able to be advanced by a year or two.
"I probably understand. What Cheng'er means is to send people to take over these lands immediately. However, I'm afraid it will offend a lot of people."
There are also many wealthy and aristocratic families in the counties of Bingzhou. The Wei family has just destroyed the Wang family in Taiyuan, and now they want to touch the interests of those families. I am afraid that they will really be attacked by a group of people.
Of course, today's Wei family is not afraid of them.
But if it can be solved with a gentle approach, several clan elders still hope that Wei Cheng will not use force.
Wei Min said: "Let me go there in person first. These imperial edicts are still of some use. Now that Cheng'er has replaced Ding Yuan and become a veritable shepherd of Bingzhou, he has the power of herding and guardianship. Even a noble family must give some
face."
"What's more..." Wei Min looked at Wei Cheng aside and said with a smile: "After all, it is not advisable for one family to dominate. We can spread out some high-yielding crops and win over several aristocratic families to unite the front. Cheng'er thinks
how?"
Wei Cheng doesn't care about this. As long as he can have a large amount of food for the next autumn harvest, it is best to be able to supply food for tens of millions of people, because in the first five-year plan, there is a policy to encourage childbirth. If there are more people,
Eating is a problem.
The reason why the farm plan is important is because it needs to support many people. Wei Cheng's idea is not only to encourage people to have children, but also to encourage immigrants to move to Hedong County.
This time it is not just for craftsmen, doctors, and scholars... This time, as long as you are a human being, no matter whether you have any skills or not, in short, as long as you can still give birth, you can become a commoner in Hedong County. Not only will you be given a house and land, but you will also be given free gifts.
food.
In this era of scarcity of food and clothing, if Wei Cheng dared to ascend to the throne like this, I believe many common people in the Han Dynasty would come rushing to him.
As the number of people gradually increases, some industrial products that can be operated on assembly lines will begin to come out. Ordinary people only need to work in factories to support a large family. They do not have to face the loess and back to the sky. Life will be better, and naturally they will not be afraid of not being able to retain people.
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"Okay, let's leave it to my second uncle to handle it. It's best to solve it before next spring, otherwise, I will use the city guard."
Wei Cheng is not afraid of offending people. He has no good impressions of these aristocratic families. If they can truly lead the people to live a good life with no worries about food and clothing like himself, then there are two reasons. However, the aristocratic families have long been accustomed to exploiting the people.
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"Before next spring... or not, I will leave for the north in the next few days to convince them before the New Year." Wei Min said.
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Restaurants in the city.
Zhang Fei came in carrying an oil paper bag. When he saw a few people in the booth, he smiled and said: "The sweet-scented osmanthus cake that was just baked, hehe, it cost me three food stamps."
Xu Huang raised his glass and drank it all, and said with a smile: "Can't you change your greedy habit?"
"Then don't eat it." Zhang Fei stuffed the oil paper bag into his arms angrily.
Hua Cun saw this and said hurriedly: "No, Brother Xu won't eat if he doesn't want to eat. I didn't say I won't eat. Give me a piece to satisfy my craving."
Zhang Fei proudly raised his eyebrows at Xu Huang and opened the oil paper bag generously. For a while, the fragrance of osmanthus smelled, attracting the attention of many diners.
A big hand reached over silently.
Zhang Fei frowned and shouted: "You don't want to eat?"
"I just said you were greedy, I didn't say I wouldn't eat it!" Xu Huang happily took a bite, and his mouth was filled with the fragrance of osmanthus.
Seeing this, Zhang Fei moved the oil paper bag into his arms, ate the pastry, and asked curiously: "Where is Mr. Tian?"
Hua Cun's mouth was full, and he shook his head and said, "You haven't come yet. We arrived early. The teacher said it was too late."
At this time, a carriage stopped at the door, and Tian Feng and Xun came together.
"You three arrived so early." Tian Feng smiled and cupped his hands.
Xu Huang and the other three stood up and returned the greeting, and everyone took their seats one by one.
Tian Feng casually picked up a piece of sweet-scented osmanthus cake, took a bite, and nodded intoxicated, "It's really delicious!"
Xun You bowed his hand towards Zhang Fei, took a piece, and said with a smile: "I have always heard that pastries in pastry shops are difficult to buy. Not only do you need to have food stamps, but you also have to queue up several hours in advance. I didn't expect Captain Zhang to actually do it."
I can grab a copy.”
Zhang Fei said proudly: "Hey, I don't have to wait in that long queue. I asked the cook at the master's house to help me get it."
"Hahaha, I remember that cook, she is said to have a special liking for Yide." Hua Cun laughed loudly.
Xu Huang pretended to have just learned about the matter and joked: "In that case, why not ask Madam to help you take a look at it. You happen to be a glutton and she is a cook, so it is a good match."
Zhang Fei recalled how old the cook was, she was almost old enough to be his mother, and quickly shook his head, "No, no, no, no, I won't go to her again."
"You are so realistic." Xu Huang said narrowly.
Everyone burst out laughing.
After he had had enough wine and food, Tian Feng slowly got down to business.
"You all must be aware of the imperial court's decree. Brother Gongming was granted the title of General of the North, ranking third among the Dukes. Under General Wei, brothers Huaqin and Yide were also granted the title of General Pingbei and General Anbei.
Generals are all three in rank, but everyone knows that the so-called Four Expeditions, Four Ans, and Four Pings (corresponding to east, west, north, and south respectively) are actually empty positions and have no real power."
Tian Feng put it more euphemistically. In fact, these so-called generals are just miscellaneous general titles and are not official positions.
Usually it is just a false title that follows other positions and is used to call him nice. For example, Liu Bei has the title of General Zuo. In fact, when there are no soldiers and horses in hand, no one will give him a thumbs up.
The previous four armies only had four general titles: front, rear, left, and right. At the end of the Han Dynasty, heroes came one after another. In order to win people's hearts, there were four campaigns, four campaigns, four peaces, and four peaces. In fact, they were of no use at all.
The reason why Tian Feng explained this to Xu Huang and the others was mainly because Wei Cheng did not want them to accept the imperial decree, but he was worried that they would feel uncomfortable, so he specially asked Tian Feng to test them.
Unexpectedly, as soon as Tian Feng explained what it meant to have a false position but no real power, Xu Huang, Zhang Fei, and Hua Hao burst into laughter.
Xu Huang said with a smile: "Sir, there is no need to say anything more. Not to mention that it is just a false position, so what if you give me the full-time position of a general? Can he still be as arrogant as me, the commander-in-chief of the Longshan Army?"
Zhang Fei also said with disdain: "Can 50,000 Imperial Guards defeat 500 Longshan Army? Anyway, I will not abandon the brothers of Longshan Army."
Hailing as a water bandit, he had no good impression of the imperial court. After drinking a glass of wine, he sneered: "We don't have to live a comfortable life now. We wouldn't care to be an emperor, let alone a bullshit general."
"Uh, this..."
Tian Feng and Xun looked at each other in confusion. What to do? The prepared rhetoric was of no use at all.