"Lord!"

As soon as Yuan Shu finished speaking, Gu Yong stood up and said, "Are you too hasty to do this? This method goes against the Han system and can easily arouse criticism from others! Moreover, the wealthy gentry from aristocratic families will also be dissatisfied with this!"

Looking at Gu Yong, who looked upright but had a strange tone, Yuan Shu felt happy.

Gu Yuantan is indeed a wonderful person, and his skills are really clever.

When the other counselors saw this scene, they also smiled inwardly. Gu Yuantan, you are very smart!

On the surface, Yuan Shu showed a sinister expression, and said in a deep voice: "I am going to Luoyang this time, and you all know why. It is a big deal for the princes to challenge Dong, and these are insignificant trivial matters, not the same as other princes.

Everyone will have some scruples, and it is impossible for them to come to trouble me, Yuan Shu, just because of this matter."

"Besides, it is precisely because all the princes in the world are going to make an alliance, even if some people dare to risk the disapproval of the world to invade our Yangzhou, when most of the princes are meeting to make an alliance, it is estimated that only Jingzhou is likely to attack, and only a few

You can always hold on to the power of the state, right?"

Zhang Liao stood up immediately after hearing this.

He understood that as the governor of Yuzhang County adjacent to Jingzhou, he was facing the Huang family, who were hostile to Yuan Shu. If Jingzhou invaded, the first target would probably be him.

Kneel down on one knee in front of Yuan Shu.

"Please rest assured, my lord, Liao will definitely be cautious and guard Yuzhang. If Yuzhang makes a mistake, Liao is willing to die to apologize!"

Yuan Shu looked at the calm and steady Zhang Liao with satisfaction. He was previously unassuming, but now he has shown his talents, and his behavior shows the demeanor of a general. With him stationed in Yuzhang, Huang Zu, a reckless man, would definitely not be able to take a step forward in Yangzhou.

Zhang Liao's commanding talent is counter-war. When one's own troops are less than the opponent's, it will inspire courage similar to burning a cauldron, and the combat power will continue to increase. The greater the disparity in military strength, the higher the combat power will be enhanced. It can be said that a large number of non-elite troops

nemesis.

Historically, Zhang Liao was able to defeat Sun Quan with 7,000 men, which shows the power of his talent.

It was also because Sun Quan was careless at the time and did not have capable generals and elites around him that he was defeated by Zhang Liao.

Under normal circumstances, the strength of Zhang Liao's army is not too strong, but if it encounters a large number of novice opponents, the strength of Zhang Liao's army can far exceed that of Sun Jian in an instant.

With such a powerful talent and Zhang Liao's stable character, isn't it more than enough to deal with Huang Zu?

"Wenyuan is joking, I have confidence in you! You are a handsome man, why should Huang Zu care about you? I have plans for you next, so please step aside."

Zhang Liao shed tears of gratitude and returned to the queue.

"With Wenyuan guarding Yuzhang, Jingzhou doesn't need to worry. Who can invade my Yangzhou?"

"As for those aristocratic families, Yuan Tan, as a member of the Gu family, you must understand that although I have slightly suppressed your aristocratic families, I have not failed to bring you benefits!"

Yuan Shu looked gloomy at this time: "My decree this time does not directly harm the interests of the family, it only limits the ownership of the land."

"These aristocratic families have made a lot of money in the past six months, right? Being greedy is not a good thing! The aristocratic families already have enough land and wealth, so they should be content. To be fair, aren't the wealth they get from doing business much more than collecting rent?

Why do you still want so much land? Are you rebelling?"

At the end of his speech, Yuan Shu knocked on the table hard, causing tea to splash everywhere.

Everyone in the audience saw Yuan Shu getting angry, and they all knelt on the ground and said: "Lord, calm down!"

Yuan Shu saw that the people below were so cooperative in the performance, and he admired in his heart, they are indeed good actors.

He waved his hand and asked everyone in the audience to sit back.

On the surface, he still looked extremely angry: "Yuantan, tell the heads of those aristocratic families that they have been greedy enough. I will not give less to them, but no one can take what I don't want to give."

Let’s go! Don’t be greedy, otherwise if you violate my bottom line, just disappear from Yangzhou!”

Gu Yong looked sad and angry and replied: "Yes!"

Yuan Shu seemed to have calmed down some of his anger and lay back on the chair again.

It's not that Yuan Shu is impatient, but that this is really a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

All the princes in the world are preparing to gather in Hulao, and few people have the time or energy to pay attention to Yangzhou. And now is the time when Yangzhou is beginning to prosper, and the aristocratic families have regained their vitality and are about to take the lead.

At this time, the aristocratic family had just acquired a large amount of land and lacked a population, so it was time to run out of food. Yuan Shu proposed the policy of land recovery at this time, which happened to not harm the current interests of the aristocratic family, and the aristocratic family was less willing to resist.

If it were delayed further, even if it was only for another six months, with the development speed of these aristocratic families, without him being around, they might be able to seize another three to four million hectares of land in half a year.

After all, land and population are resources that will never go out of style, and no one has too much. These aristocratic families just don’t need it and want to hoard more for future generations.

But the land is not endless. Even if there is a lot of fertile land that can be cultivated in Yangzhou, it will be exhausted within a few years if this continues.

This was the turning point when the family had just regained its vitality, and it was also the best time for Yuan Shu to restrict and initially transform the family.

Yuan Shu only brought more than 30,000 troops to the alliance, and the main force remained in Yangzhou. These aristocratic families could not rise up at all.

That's why Yuan Shu decided to issue the decree to reclaim the land at this time.

The second decree was a reminder from Yuan Shu to these aristocratic families, a suggestion and a compromise.

Don't think about land, I can't give it to you anymore. If you want to make money and continue to maintain your high status, then take control of commerce, breeding and handicrafts!

Yuan Shu's signal has been very obvious, which is to force the family to transform. From controlling land and knowledge to controlling resources and wealth.

Controlling land and knowledge is too dangerous and can completely subvert the ruler's rule, just like Sima usurping the throne in history. This is something Yuan Shu will never allow.

It is impossible for Yuan Shu to put the land and officials, which are the lifeblood of the country, into the hands of aristocratic families.

In Yuan Shu's opinion, the system of the Han Dynasty was already relatively good, but it was still driven to a dead end countless times. If it hadn't been for the emergence of many wise emperors, it would have fallen long ago.

Even such a powerful man was still driven to a dead end by his family. Land may not be the most fundamental reason, but it must be one of the most important reasons.

Yuan Shu really wanted to try to stop this dynasty cycle theory.

With the most critical people's hearts, land, officials, and army in his hands, Yuan Shu did not believe that he could not build a dynasty that lasted for a thousand years.

Yuan Shu has basically held the hearts and minds of Jiangdong's people and the army in his hands. It will take a long time for Yuan Shu, an official, to be trained to achieve initial results. Now and for a long time in the future, he will still need aristocratic and poor families to rule the territory under his command.

Fortunately, these aristocratic families and the poor families are not of the same mind, and Yuan Shu can take advantage of their conflicts of interest and their respective selfishness to temporarily break them up.

As for the land, although Yuan Shu cannot fully recover it now, he can still achieve it under certain restrictions.
Chapter completed!