Guo Jia shook his head gently. Is this considered a punishment? Yuan Shu is obviously favoring the Third Primary School. He was suspended for three months but did not choose to remove or reduce his official position. Not only is this not a punishment, to some extent it is

It's a reward.

The three small harvests and progress in this battle are not small. It will take some time to digest so many gains and settle them. Especially for Zhou Yu, if he wants to study the formation, it will not be possible to achieve results in less than half a year.

Although Yuan Yao didn't gain much, he was just a hindrance in this battle. Sun Ce's army suffered so much damage, which had something to do with the fact that Sun Ce had to pay attention to protecting him at all times.

But with his qualifications, reaching the level of a third-rate general at this age is already the limit. It will take a lot of time to make further breakthroughs.

The battle was so fierce this time, and he couldn't break through. This was no longer a matter of hard work, but a matter of martial arts talent.

Like Sun Ce, although he was only a third-rate general a year ago, he looked worse than Yuan Yao. But in fact, it was because he had never experienced many battles.

Combat is the most powerful catalyst for strength. Just look at Sun Ce and you will know that he was directly promoted from a third-rate general to a quasi-first-rate level in just one year.

This shows that he has extraordinary qualifications. The reason why he has not made breakthroughs before is simply because he has not experienced stimulation. With a lot of accumulation and a little experience in war, Sun Ce's ability has grown so rapidly.

Yuan Yao has experienced a lot of wars now, but he still has not made a breakthrough. There is no way, Yuan Shu plans to send him to the Japanese country to erect a monument and become a god.

With such a good place, maybe Yuan Yao's qualifications can be improved to the purple level in a few years, and it is not impossible to become a first-class general within ten years.

"Okay Fengxiao, now the war in Yuzhou has come to an end. It's time for us to fulfill our promise to the Jingzhou and Yangzhou families."

In the past three months, both the Jingzhou and Yangzhou families have performed well. Relying on the fiefdom, Yuan Shu successfully provoked an internal fight between the Jingzhou and Yangzhou families.

The two sides fought fiercely, and many children from aristocratic families were pulled off their horses. However, these were the ones who had no eyesight and could not hold up the wall with mud.

Yuan Shu recorded them one by one and released them with minor punishments and severe punishments. After all, they were all members of aristocratic families, and they had to be given some face.

However, it may be difficult for these children of aristocratic families who have been recorded in the record to become officials again. For those who have a criminal record here, unless you really change your past and have extraordinary abilities, don't think about turning around. Yuan Shu's subordinates

The inspector is not a vegetarian.

However, Yuan Shu did not explain the consequences clearly. On the surface, it was just a small punishment. Just spit out the amount of greed and pay more fines. Anyway, the aristocratic families are rich and don't care about this small amount of money. Yuan Shu used this to pay back the consequences.

Made a small fortune.

Yuan Shu's move can be regarded as a small push to add fuel to the flames. If the punishment was severe, these aristocratic families would not fight so fiercely among themselves. After all, doing so is tantamount to losing both sides. In the end, the two parties might reach an agreement and form a tacit understanding.

But after discovering that these punishments were insignificant, under the temptation of the fiefdom, the aristocratic families fought among themselves. Anyway, they had more people and more money, so at most they would lose some money. The lost official positions could be filled by other people of their own.

Yuan Shu took the opportunity to bring down a group of bad officials. You must know that Yuan Shu's punishment of officials is not only based on whether they are corrupt or not. As long as you have the ability, it's okay to be corrupt. As long as the corruption is not excessive, Yuan Shu can only give you a warning.

If it was just a small sum of money, Yuan Shu wouldn't bother to care about it. He could just ask his subordinates to pay attention to it and prevent the other party from falling deeper into excessive corruption.

In such troubled times, Yuan Shu can accept all talents except those who have neither ability nor virtue.

It was written on Yuan Shu's recruiting list that he would hire anyone with talent, regardless of origin or virtue.

If this person can manage a county very well, but has bad moral character and occasionally accepts small bribes, Yuan Shu will be happy to accept it.

Anyway, the bribes he accepted were just from businessmen and aristocratic families, and had nothing to do with Yuan Shu. When he really went too far, Yuan Shu could confiscate the money.

As long as he doesn't go too far, Yuan Shu can tolerate it. After all, Yuan Shu doesn't have many scholars under his command.

Different from ordinary Han laws, the new laws that Yuan Shu asked Tian Feng to make included a law for officials called the Property Disclosure Law.

In this era where officials are appointed based on filial piety and integrity, this law is not difficult for most officials to accept.

How many students would rather go hungry after their parents die than remain filial piety for many years in order to gain a reputation of being filial and honest.

The salary paid to them by Yuan Shu was more than ten times the amount stipulated by the Han Dynasty. It is not said that it would make them rich, but at least they would have enough food and clothing to live a high-class life.

After solving the land problem, most of the problems were solved. Yuan Shu recovered the land, and the attraction of money from a noble family to the noble family was greatly reduced.

After all, when you can easily earn money from doing business, why should you offend Yuan Shu? What's more, your family still has a fiefdom, so there is no point in having more money.

For poor families, the salary provided by Yuan Shu can fully meet almost all their needs. Without leaving land for future generations, the attraction of money to them has also been reduced a lot.

Unlike later generations who had so many scruples about disclosing an official's property, in this authoritarian era, this was just a matter of Yuan Shu's words.

This is the good thing about ancient feudal society. The power of command and voice is centralized. Generally speaking, as soon as the emperor speaks, the people below him must obey it.

Therefore, the rise and fall of a country is directly linked to the emperor. If you encounter an excellent monarch, you can prosper quickly, like Qin Shihuang or Han Wudi. But if you encounter one or two mediocre ones, coupled with some external conditions,

I guess it’s time to finish playing.

Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty who just died is the best example. From the Shi Chang Shi and He Jin, selling official positions, to state pastoral care, to the selection of successors and other issues, the Han Dynasty was pushed into the abyss step by step.

Yuan Shu directly implemented the disclosure of officials' property, and no one below dared to object. The aristocratic families did not care about this, and they did not value the little money they got through corruption. Moreover, they had not yet obtained the fiefdom, so how could they dare to offend Yuan Shu?

Not happy.

While the aristocratic families do not object, the poor families do not object even more. In this era, everyone pursues filial piety and integrity. If you object, it can only be said that you are not honest and not worthy of being an official.

How could they let go of such a good opportunity to promote their reputation? These children from poor families were eager to show off their high moral integrity and show their noble image of helping orphans and elderly people everywhere while eating chaffy vegetables themselves. This attracted the admiration of everyone and left behind a

good reputation.

People in this era are much more honest, or in other words, the atmosphere of this era is better.

For scholars, the most important thing is to be promoted to a higher position and to honor their ancestors. Money is just an accessory.

Like a businessman, what's the use of having money? He can't spend it, and it will also lead to death.

A good status and reputation are much more important than money.

Like a well-reputed county magistrate under Yuan Shu, if nothing else, he basically doesn't have to spend money to eat anywhere, and whichever house he likes will probably rush to send girls to him. Wherever he goes, he will be impressed.

People admire.
Chapter completed!