It can be found that the selection of talents and the establishment of official schools starting from the time of Emperor Xiaokang have finally played a certain role. In the past, I am afraid that Deng Ai would have faced unanimous attacks from the ministers after he finished saying this, which would have been more serious.
, may even be treated like Wang Fu, but now it is different. After Deng Ai expressed his different views, the ministers actually started to discuss it seriously.
Although they debated very fiercely and even planned to take action, at least they were willing to think about it, and many ministers were on Deng Ai's side. Liu Xi found that most of the ministers who supported Deng Ai,
They all enjoy the benefits of the scientific merit system developed by Wang Fu, and the talents cultivated by the official school are from poor families. Of course, there are also children from aristocratic families, such as Cao Chong. As the pride of the Cao family, he is on Deng Ai's side at the moment.
He started a debate with his brother Cao Zhi who had opposing views, and the two almost came to blows. Cao Zhi was still restrained, but the younger and more energetic Cao Chong pointed directly at Cao Zhi and scolded him, "You forget your roots."
Fool, have you forgotten my father’s teachings? My father has been thinking about how to solve the problem of land annexation, and now you have turned around and stood opposite my father! You are an unfilial and unkind person!”
"Can the problem of annexation be solved by taking the land back to the temple? No matter whether the rich or the common people are working hard, how can the temple directly seize their cultivated land and redistribute it? Aren't they afraid of provoking civil unrest? Cultivated land is important to the common people.
, just like life, not to mention that there are so many people, how can you let everyone own land according to the division of twenty acres per person?!"
People continued to join in the debate between the two. Liu Xi did not stop him. He wanted to know what these temple ministers thought about this matter. After careful observation, he found that the ministers Liu Xi cared about most all supported Deng.
Ai's surprise, what he didn't expect the most was that Sun Quan, a servant of the official's office, actually participated in the debate and still stood on Cao Chong's side.
Seeing that the ministers were about to start a fight, the emperor looked at Zhongshu Ling. Lu Bu nodded, then stood up and looked at everyone, "Quiet!!!" Lu Bu shouted, while he was debating.
The crowd fell silent for a moment, and the temple was extremely quiet. Lu Bu then said slowly and calmly: "How can we allow you to mess around in the temple?"
"This matter is somewhat controversial and will be discussed later!"
"Your welcome." Everyone said respectfully. Although they no longer quarreled, the tense sense of urgency did not dissipate until the end of the court meeting. As soon as the court meeting ended, the few people who had just argued gathered together.
, talking about these things loudly, they went out in both directions. Only Zhuge Liang, Xun Yu, and Lu Bu stayed.
After returning to the Hall of Houde with the three orders, Liu Xi relaxed and asked: "Mr.
way?"
Xun Yu did not expect that the emperor would be the first to hear his opinions. Just now, Deng Ai used the Xun family as a negative example. As the head of the Xun family, Xun Yu was already prepared to be suppressed by the emperor. He frowned.
, thought for a moment, and then said: "I believe that this matter cannot be rushed. The land annexation naturally needs to be resolved."
"But Deng Ai's proposal is a method for troubled times. Only in troubled times, when people have few household registrations, temples own a large amount of cultivated land, and big families suffer heavy losses, can temples take away cultivated land and distribute it to the people. But now is the prosperous age, Your Majesty.
If we want to take back the cultivated land that has been cultivated since Emperor Xiaokang, the first people who have to oppose it are the ignorant people."
"The common people don't think about annexation. They only think about the emperor taking away our farmland."
"What's more, as the world is affluent, although there are people who have lost their farmland, there are also many rich farmers who own a lot of farmland. With this order, these people who worked hard to obtain farmland will definitely resent the temple."
"It's not a good thing to lose people's support like this."
Listening to Xun Yu's words, Liu Xi was silent for a long time, and then asked with a smile: "I understand what Mr.
Xun Yu was shocked and immediately possessed him, saying, "I am guilty!"
"No, Mr. Xun, you are not guilty. I understand what you said very well. If I implement this order, the powerful, common people, and officials will all blame me, because I have robbed them of their lifeblood...", Liu Xi
After saying that, he looked at Zhuge Liang and asked, "What do Kong Ming think?"
"Your Majesty, I think that this matter can be carried out in secret. Without announcing it to the world, we can conduct a secret survey of cultivated land and let each locality record it separately. Then we can redistribute the cultivated land on the basis of granting the land to the people, or the temple can be
I think that what Deng Ai proposed is very reasonable. I think that the annexation of land is the most serious disaster that threatens temples from ancient times to the present."
"Whether the country is at peace or in war, it is the people at the bottom who suffer. If the people's cultivated land is constantly taken away, a war will break out. The annexers will fight against the annexed. Household registration will be reduced, and the cultivated land will be redistributed. After that,
It is another process of annexation, and the cycle goes on endlessly. Therefore, for the sake of the great Han Dynasty, the annexation problem must be solved."
Zhuge Liang said and looked at Xun Yu again, "However, what Mr. Xun said is very reasonable. You must be careful when implementing this order. The harm is also great. If you are not careful, it will provoke a civil uprising and cause serious damage."
The prestige of the temple...the hearts of the people..."
Liu Xi seemed to be shocked by Zhuge Liang's words. Without saying a word, he pondered for a long time, then raised his head and looked at Lu Bu.
Lu Bu was stunned. Why did he have to speak?
He frowned and said with some hesitation: "I think what Deng Ai said is true. My own cultivated land is constantly increasing. I don't take care of it myself. I give it to my relatives. It's only been in ten years.
Here, my family’s cultivated land has doubled. I even asked about it personally. They said that it was all bought from farmers, and some of it was taken overtly and covertly... I didn’t care at the time, and I was very happy that my family cultivated the land.
It’s become more.”
"Oh? Since the head of state is so happy, why do you support Deng Ai again today?"
Lu Bu smiled and said: "When Deng Ai said this, I realized that if this continues, and the cultivated land is in the hands of the ministers and the powerful families in the world, and the people who have no cultivated land and are being bullied, won't there be a civil uprising?
I don’t have much education, but I also know Chen Sheng and Wu Guang. Although everything is fine now, but if big changes happened when Hu’er was in power, would that be a bad thing?”
Xun Yu and Zhuge Liang were shocked and quickly looked at Lu Bu, intending to dissuade him.
Liu Xi didn't care, nodded with a smile, and then said: "The abbot is right, I will think about it again. By the way, later, I would trouble the abbot to go to the military academy in person and give it to the Taishi General, I apologize, I will let Hu'er pass later."
Lü Bu agreed with some embarrassment, and the emperor then let the three of them leave the Houde Hall. As soon as they left the Houde Hall, Zhuge Liang said to Lü Bu: "Master, please don't say anything about the emperor's eldest son being in power in the future. At least don't say it in front of the emperor." When Lu Bu heard this, he asked angrily: "What do you mean? Do you think Hu'er can't become the emperor?"
Zhuge Liang smiled bitterly and said: "That's not the case. Your Majesty is young and strong, and has never appointed the emperor's eldest son as prince. The words of the abbot are a bit sensitive. A minister should not involve establishing a prince."
"Haha, the emperor is just a child. Isn't it normal for him to come to power? You guys spend all day thinking about things and don't dare to say anything, haha." Lu Bu looked at Zhuge Liang and Xun Yu with disdain and left in a swagger. After arriving at the palace, Zhuge Liang and Xun Yu looked at each other and shook their heads helplessly. The emperor was unwilling to listen, so there was no need for them to persuade them further.
Liu Xi frowned, but had not made up his mind. He thought about what Deng Ai had played, and walked slowly towards the harem.
"Mom! Tell your father and ask him to give me his sword!"
"Hey, your father's long sword was given by his master and he has killed people. How can you, a child, use it to play with? I'll ask the government to forge another one for you another day, okay? ?”
"No, I want the handful from my father. If you don't give it to me, I won't eat!"
Liu Xi listened to the sounds coming from the palace, sneered, and walked into the palace. When he walked into the palace, he saw Hu'er who was pestering the queen. Hu'er muttered and shook the queen's sleeves, unwilling to let go. As she begged, the queen felt a little helpless. When she saw the emperor walking in, she became a little happy and said quickly: "Hu'er, your father is here. Go and ask yourself. Maybe it will be given to you?"
When Hu'er heard this, he was immediately overjoyed. He quickly ran over, hugged Liu Xi, and raised his head with a smile.
Liu Xi frowned, looking particularly solemn.
"Father, can you give me the sword you carry with you?"
"What? You don't have fun shooting Tai Shigong with arrows? Do you want to chop him with a sword?" Liu Xi asked coldly. Hu'er was stunned and turned around to run towards his mother, but was caught by Liu Xi. The other hand hugged his waist, and picked him up sideways. Hu'er yelled and tried to struggle, but couldn't get away. Liu Xi directly pressed Hu'er to the ground.
"Here comes someone!" Liu Xi shouted, and Huangmen walked in with his head lowered, holding a wooden stick, and walked to Liu Xi's side. Liu Xi picked up the wooden stick and hit Hu'er. When the queen came over, the wooden stick was very thin and hit Hu'er's buttocks. Hu'er screamed in pain. When the queen saw this, she rushed over and blocked Liu Xi's front.
"Your Majesty, what are you doing?"
"What good thing did this guy do in the Military Academy? He almost shot and killed the Grand Priest of the Military Academy? Are you still trying to stop him? Get out of the way!" Liu Xi yelled angrily, and the queen could only step aside. The emperor picked up the stick and beat her, " I asked you to be naughty!! I asked you to shoot people!! Who taught you to disregard human life? Ah? What if the person dies?!"
"How dare you not listen to your master's teachings?!"
"How dare you ask me for a sword?!"
The figure of the tiger holding up the stick high and beating the tiger, crying like a ghost and howling like a wolf, gradually became the same as it was twenty years ago.