The emperor issued new policies based on Cao Cao's memorial. However, during the court meeting, this memorial was not submitted by Cao Cao, because Cao Cao knew in his heart that if he submitted these memorials, not only would the scholars not understand his good intentions,
On the contrary, they may resist accepting these rewards and regard it as their own honor to stand up to traitors and not bribe them.
Therefore, in the court meeting, these matters were proposed by Situ Luzhi.
Although Lu Zhi didn't support the New Deal very much, he would not oppose the emperor's orders, not to mention that the emperor's orders were the behavior of a wise king, cherishing talented people, and he would definitely support such a wise move.
After Situ presented the report, the emperor naturally agreed. All the officials were particularly surprised and hurriedly looked at Cao Cao's expression.
They originally thought that Cao Cao would be extremely angry at Lu Zhi's behavior and would even argue with Situ face to face. However, Cao Cao was not as they thought. He always looked calm and confident. This picture
The appearance made the ministers feel even more disgusted.
Subsequently, the government order began to be implemented, because only students studying in the four major universities can get corresponding reductions in taxes. Therefore, the implementation of the government order is not very cumbersome. It only needs to call up the directory of the universities and make statistics.
The order is still of great benefit to aristocratic families, because there are the largest number of children from aristocratic families studying in the academy.
And for every additional person, they can get corresponding benefits of reduced taxes.
Therefore, no one objected to this order, and it spread as quickly as possible. The students who benefited the most, and their clans, were extremely happy, and they all praised the emperor's emphasis on talented people and the virtues of Situ Lu Gong.
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In just two months, the opposition to the New Deal has become much smaller, because the taxes of aristocratic families have been reduced to a certain extent because of these students. In addition, the temple has shown its respect for talented people.
At the same time, they also lost their status. They could no longer attack the New Deal in the name of the temple not paying attention to talented people.
Of course, another plaque, the so-called medal for outstanding students, was also proposed by Lu Zhi and quickly implemented.
As Cao Cao thought, most of the aristocratic families, and even the students in the court and middle school, no longer criticized the New Deal. Although they did not support it, they still shut their mouths. Locally, the resistance to the New Deal was rapidly increasing.
Reduced, at this time, the ministers just understood the emperor's true intention. He wanted to use these favors to shut us up!
However, as world-famous talents, how could they support evil for this mere favor?
However, they could not find a name to attack the New Deal. If they were to harm the people, then people in many areas are now grateful for the reduction in taxes they paid. This name could not mobilize many people. They
They could only think hard and find a new reason. While they were thinking hard, Cao Cao took the opportunity to expand the scope of the New Deal.
He separated Xiang Youzhi from the county official system and put it directly under the jurisdiction of the governor. Generally speaking, he obeyed Sikong's orders. Xiang Youzhi, that is, local township officials, are responsible for collecting taxes. They belong to the county.
, obeying the orders of the local governor, ranking hundreds of stones, and controlling the people of a township. After Cao Cao realized that local forces were destroying the initiative, he separated the township order from the county.
Moreover, it was increased to four hundred stones. In tax collection matters, local officials need to cooperate with them and obey them. At the local level, they only need to obey the orders of the governor. Cao Cao has also strengthened the authority of the capital post, and the township order is in progress.
When collecting taxes and other matters, the governor must follow and supervise, not only the township order itself, but also the county officials.
Xiang Youzhi was removed from the power of litigation. He originally controlled the power of litigation and taxation within a township, but Cao Cao did not want them to participate in additional chores. While removing the original power, Cao Cao gave them
In terms of greater power in taxation, he wanted Xiang Youzhi to take back all the power of the local magistrate and county magistrate over taxation, including a series of processes such as investigation, quota, collection, and transportation to Luoyang.
Cao Cao took all these back from the hands of local officials and handed them over to Xiang Youzhi. He announced the decree in May. Since Xing Ziang was not at the Shangshu table, a servant of Shangshu Guo Jia passed it.
The government order was implemented. Of course, as usual, it caused quite a stir in the local area. You must know that the political achievements of local officials are through local taxes.
They will investigate, make statistics, and then submit them to the emperor. This behavior is called Shangji, which is a continuation of the system from the pre-Qin period. Now, these things have to be taken away. However, local officials are different from temple ministers.
They cannot oppose any policy of the temple, because their opposition will arouse the fear of the temple, that is, the fear of the emperor. When the time comes, what they are waiting for may be the Northern Army or Zhang He.
What's more, in the Xiping year, the strength of the local governor was reduced to an unprecedented period. Due to Cui Gong's military garrison law, the local government no longer retained county soldiers, but only county government officers and local pavilion soldiers to deal with thieves.
In order to maintain public security, all the remaining soldiers were not retained at all, and they were all transformed into border garrison troops to carry out farming and reclamation in the border areas.
Therefore, the military power in the hands of the prefect can be said to be extremely low, and now, financially, the power has been taken away by Xiang Youzhi.
With the close cooperation between Xiang Youzhi and Du You, Cao Cao managed to establish a relatively complete tax system at the local level. The main difference between this system and the past is that tax revenue is separated from local officials.
It was directly controlled by the temple, and the officials in the court had no objection to this. The reason was simple, because they were ministers of the temple.
Being able to restrict local officials and take back this power to the temple, they were all happy and supported it, even if this was proposed by Cao Cao and used to carry out his New Deal.
In September of the 13th year of Xiping, this system was gradually formed in various places. The structure of the New Deal was established at the local level. Compared with before, the resistance to the New Deal was once again reduced. Local officials could no longer interfere in related affairs, nor could they hide assets.
The number of grains, or secretly not cooperating, because he is with Xiang Youzhi, and he is also following Du You, Du You can directly report to the governor, or even directly to the emperor!
For a time, the situation of the New Deal was very good. The scholars no longer opposed it and the local resistance was reduced. This made Cao Cao particularly excited. His New Deal had been mostly successful. It was at this time that the ministers in the DPRK thought
With the new name, they didn't dare to delay it any longer. They just gave Cao Cao less than half a year of leisure before he made such a big move.
If he continued to let things go, wouldn't Cao Cao be able to complete the implementation?
In the tenth month, some ministers reported to the Emperor that Cao Cao was an unfilial man and how could his administration be benevolent and righteous?
They transferred the name from the New Deal itself to the implementer, Cao Cao. As the proposer and even the implementer of the New Deal, Cao Cao himself was a rebellious son and was despised by everyone. What good move could he take? He was just for An unfilial son who ignores the love between father and son and even shuts out his biological father is not worthy of taking measures to govern the world.
After finding a name, Cao Cao implemented administrative orders, but was once again blocked.
He himself never thought that these shameless talents could use this as an excuse to target the New Deal.
Sitting in the Hall of Houde, the Emperor and Cao Cao sat facing each other.
"Now, the situation is very good. They can't change the situation with just a few words. I will instruct Zhang He to catch another batch..." The emperor said with some annoyance. He felt that he had reached the point where he couldn't bear it anymore. In order for the New Deal to be implemented smoothly, he has given these people a lot of favors, and now they are still forcing him so hard. It seems that it is time for them to feel the emperor's anger.
When Cao Cao heard this, he shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, no, the ministers of the temple must not leave the country. If the ministers leave the country and act under the force of Your Majesty, it will be detrimental to the country. This matter needs to be carefully considered."
"Think about it? I just gave in too much and let these thieves get into trouble!!"
The emperor said angrily.
"Your Majesty, don't be angry. This matter can be solved by just one person coming."
"oh?"
"who?"
"Yuan Shao, Yuan Benchu."
The emperor frowned and looked at Cao Cao, not knowing what Cao Cao meant. Cao Cao smiled and said: "Your Majesty, now that the New Deal is gradually becoming clear and has been implemented locally, Your Majesty will recall Yuan Benchu to Luoyang, remove the minister from his post, and let him Serve as Sikong and continue to implement the New Deal. As Minister of the DPRK and China, I am afraid that no one will object, and the New Deal will definitely be accomplished."
"I will not take you away... don't say this again."
Regardless of whether this was the emperor's true words or not, Cao Cao still felt warm in his heart after hearing this. He stood up, bowed to the emperor, and said: "I thank you for your kindness. However, the New Deal is of great importance. I am from a humble background. After being eunuched, he is now hated by all the officials. I continue to implement the new policy, and it is difficult to achieve anything... But Yuan Shao is different. He has won the hearts of scholars all over the world, has a great reputation, and has extraordinary political achievements."
"As Sikong, he will implement the new policy, and he will definitely be different from the ministers. There will be no objection from the ministers in the court, at least, in the short term, no one will oppose it."
The emperor frowned and tapped the document with his fingers. He thought for a long time and asked, "I don't want to do this to you."
"Hahaha, Your Majesty, I have been implementing the New Deal for nearly three years. During these three years, I have not been able to rest in peace for a single day. I am really busy. It would be great if Your Majesty could allow me to rest for a while. I will not rest all day, I will observe everywhere to observe the advantages and disadvantages of the new policy, and then think about improvement strategies, and directly submit them to Your Majesty."
"Yuan Shao, a member of the Yuan family, will he succeed you and continue to implement the New Deal?"
"Your Majesty, he will definitely meet. Yuan Benchu has many friends and a good reputation. However, he is too focused on fame and is more competitive. Over the years, he has tried countless ways to enter the temple, but Your Majesty still has not recalled him to Luoyang. ...As long as I allow him to return to Luoyang and serve as the Third Duke on the condition of continuing to implement the New Deal, this person will definitely come!"
"Moreover, in order to prove that he is not weaker than his ministers or Yuan Gongdao, he will act more diligently..." Cao Cao said with a smile.
The emperor asked in surprise: "How did you know?"
"Hahaha, Your Majesty, I have known him since childhood, and to this day, we are good friends. I know this person very well, how can I not know anything about him?"
The emperor sighed and said: "I will think about it again..."
Cao Cao stood up, faced the emperor, and fiercely raised his hands, waving his sleeves like a phoenix spreading its wings. He looked solemn and resolute, and he said: "Your Majesty! For the sake of the common people in this world, and for the sake of my country, Meng Meng must be executed." Virtue, what can I do? I am not unwilling at all!! I hope your Majesty will give an order! Punish Cao Mengde severely!!"
The emperor was shocked, and he stood up, looked at Cao Cao in front of him, stretched out his hand, and held his hand.