Three Kingdoms

  Chapter 2489 Retreat

  Where there is gain, there must be loss.

   But there are always people who want it all.

  Even if the group of people encouraged, ridiculed, and provoked Guo Jia, Guo Jia just laughed, just laughed, and didn’t accept the trick at all, just like watching a group of monkeys jumping around...

  The Great Court Meeting is still held on time, without delay or delay, as if the sun rises again every day, and the Han Dynasty will last forever.

  Guo Jia stood in the middle of the train and climbed up to the main hall one by one.

For the matter of participating in the court meeting, Guo Jia has long since lost the awe and obedience brought by the original solemn ceremony, as if behind every goddess of flow there is one or several men who want to vomit Similarly, Guo Jia paid more attention to the changes in the scene and their respective performances.

  Emperor Liu Xie on the throne looked somewhat worried.

   This is also easy to understand.

   In the past two days, Cao Cao did not communicate with the emperor Liu Xie. Although sometimes the emperor Liu Xie is aware of the process of communication, which is actually a formalism of a process, but it is still... better than nothing.

On the other hand, Liu Xie is also in a very critical period, at least he thinks it is a very critical turning point. What he needs is to have more people in the court to support him, no matter whether the support is verbal or not. Whether it is real or practical, it is very necessary, so he also spares no effort to contact these gentry scholars, hoping that one day they can play their due role.

However, in fact, the personnel relationship between the government and the opposition is intricate. Most of the people who can get mixed up to this point are human beings. Although these people may be dissatisfied with Cao Cao, they will definitely not actively cooperate without any benefit. Let the emperor go against Cao Cao. More importantly, these people hope that they are within the rules, because only rules can guarantee their interests.

  So, in this grand court meeting, most people still want to operate according to the rules instead of directly turning the table, and expressed strong dissatisfaction with Cao Cao's side who tried to turn the table.

Therefore, shortly after the convening of the Great Court Meeting, some people took turns to go to battle, expressing remonstrance in cadence, all of which pointed to the big actions of the Cao Cao Group in the past two days, rendering the people who were killed extremely sad, and telling the story of the situation. It was extremely serious, and even vaguely expressed that Cao Cao's behavior was breaking the rules. If Cao Cao continued to do this, what would the emperor and the officials do?

What's more, Cao Cao can't be regarded as powerful at the moment, and he can have no scruples. After all, there is a general of Hussars on the Sanfu side of Guanzhong. It is also a disaster for the Xiahou clan of the Cao family!

But before tearing your face apart, everyone still hopes that the situation can be controlled in a relatively reasonable circle. After all, everyone is fishing for fish and meat in a pond together, and the berm of the pond is really going to be pulled away. No, don't you have nothing to eat?

  But after the ministers muttered for a long time, Cao Cao remained motionless, as if he heard some mosquitoes buzzing, dismissive.

  Guo Jia took a peek at the face of Emperor Liu Xie, only to see that Liu Xie's face became more and more livid.

  Because Cao Cao's attitude is not only despising these courtiers, but also despising the emperor.

But Emperor Liu Xie's depression doesn't stop there, because there are still some people who will be impeached in the hall, but the problem is not very big, it is nothing more than some servants who are domineering, or some mounts in the mansion are on the street Disturbing the public, etc., are almost trivial matters, and speaking out on this occasion has no meaning other than disgusting people.

  Guo Jia secretly smiled inwardly.

   means that these are really a group of chicken tile dogs.

   Sure enough, there is no fighting power...

   Small problems like this suddenly appeared together. In fact, they did not point to Cao Cao, but to Xiahou Dun.

   Later, Taichang Liu Yi came out, saying that he watched the sky at night and found that there were demon stars bewildering the sun and clouds...

   Things have come to this point, in fact, it is already very interesting.

   This is obviously a rhythmic, premeditated, arranged, and division of labor, a major impeachment campaign against the Cao Cao political group!

Immediately afterward, someone stood up and began to describe that there were soldiers causing disasters around Xu County, and pointed out that they were soldiers under the Xiahou family, and said that in order to ensure the fairness of the trial process, Request to temporarily transfer Xiahou Dun from Xu County, or transfer to other posts, or take a holiday to avoid suspicion.

  Guo Jia was standing in the class, watching the play with a smile on his face. After all, the previous great dynasties were really boring, and there were really not many people who were doing things with ups and downs like now.

Everyone knows that it is unrealistic to overthrow Prime Minister Cao Cao all at once, so similar to this kind of political contest in the court, it is more about invading through small things, and then forcing the other party to make concessions step by step. Finally, when the opponent was unable to resist, he was beaten to death with a stick.

  For example, now, the target is not Cao Cao, but Xiahou Dun.

   It was Xiahou Dun who did it, this is a fact.

   Xiahou Dun's soldiers are indeed domineering, this is also a fact.

   What disturbs the people, disturbs the place, etc., are also true.

  But all the "facts" above are part of the "facts". Cut off the beginning and the end, just take the middle section, and ask "How do you prove how many bowls of noodles you ate"?

  After everyone had taken turns to go to battle, the hall fell silent, and the emperor Liu Xie said slowly: "Just now, what did you think of the performance by the loves, the prime minister?" 』

  All eyes turned to Cao Cao.

   Normally, there are two answers.

  One is to deny the three consecutive.

   evaded completely.

Of course, nothing will happen above the main hall, but I believe that it will soon spread among the countryside in counties and counties that Cao Cao deliberately covered up his crimes, and then joined forces with someone, or even robbed his subordinates' wives, Some people are friends, old kings, etc. They have noses and eyes, as if they were standing on the side of old classmate Cao's bed to watch the battle.

  Because Cao Cao couldn't deny the fact that he covered up before, so of course he couldn't clarify the slander later...

  The other way is to give in and let Xiahou Dun be cleared of his crimes.

   But this choice, it seems that Xiahou Dun has been cleared of the crime, but in fact it will create a gap between the Cao family and the Xiahou family, and once this gap occurs, it goes without saying what the consequences will be.

  Everyone is waiting for Cao Cao to make a choice.

  Cao Cao slowly stood up from the mat, raised his head, and his movements were as slow as if a stone was hanging around his neck.

  『I... have a book to play! 』

  Emperor Liu Xie couldn't help but took a deep breath, and then pretended to be nonchalant and said: "Quick play." 』

  Cao Cao looked left and right, most of the ordinary officials who caught his gaze lowered their heads or avoided Cao Cao's sight, only Guo Jia nodded and smiled.

  Cao Cao nodded slightly, then raised his head, and said in a deep voice, "What is the foundation of a country?" Nongsang is also! 』

  『How about Dahan Nongsang today? 』

  『Wen Ruo~! 』

  Cao Cao turned his head and shouted.

   Xun Yu bowed his head and took a step forward, "The minister is here." 』

  『You and the emperor and his ministers, describe the current Han Nongsang! ’ Cao Cao said in a deep voice.

  『Only. Xun Yu raised his head slowly, "The Han Dynasty inherited the Qin system, and the world was divided into thirty-six counties, with hundreds of counties and towns. I will analyze it later. As for Xiaoping, there are one hundred and three counties in every county, and five thousand in counties, towns, dao, and Hou states." One hundred and eighty seven. The ancestors of the ancestors Zhongxing, but the officials were troubled by many servitude, and the ten thousand lives were merged. There were ten provincial capitals and ten countries, and more than four hundred counties, towns, roads, and waiting countries. To Xiaoming set up the first county, Xiaozhang set up the capital, the country two, Xiaohe Zhisan, Xiaoan also ordered six counties belonging to different countries, and the provinces and counties were gradually separated. As for filial piety, as for filial piety, there are one hundred and five counties, one hundred and eighty counties, one hundred and eighty nine hundred and ninety-eight thousand, six hundred and thirty households, and four thousand nine hundred and fifteen Two hundred and twenty...』

   Xun Yu himself is Cao Cao's logistics manager, and all the values ​​​​are almost out of his mouth, as if he had engraved them in his heart early, and came out at his fingertips.

  『End at Xiaoping, one hundred and thirteen counties and states, one thousand and three hundred and fourteen counties, thirty-two roads, and one hundred and forty-one Hou states. It is nine thousand three hundred and two miles from east to west. Three thousand three hundred and sixty-eight miles north and south. There are 145,136,450 items of Tifeng land, including 12,528,889 hectares, townships, roads, mountains, rivers, forests, and villages. Uncultivable, 31,299,947 hectares, 8,275,536 hectares that can be reclaimed. There are 12,233,620 households and 59,594,970 people in the population, and the Han Dynasty is at its peak...』

  『The Han Dynasty is extremely prosperous! Xun Yu repeated, and then his voice became a little hoarse, "Since the time when the ancestors were filial and Guangwu, the courts had more than enough land to spare." In the sixth year of Jianwu, Li Zhong cultivated in Danyang. Until the end of Jianwu, there were also county cases to account for it. 』

"At that time, there were many land reclamations in the world that were not based on the facts, and the age of household registration increased and decreased. Xiao Guangwu ordered the states and counties in the world to check their affairs. It was a group of officials who played, either talking about worrying about being rich and right, or saying that they were weak and weak. , or play the people's grievances, or the wind will cover the road and shout! 』

  『Just like today! Xun Yu looked around slowly for a week, trembling slightly between his beard and eyebrows, with a slightly sad and indignant expression, "Emperor Xiaoguangwu sent his officials to play a mission. He saw something in Chen Liuli's slips, looked at it, and said: "Yingchuan, Hongnong can Ask, Henan and Nanyang are not allowed." Xiao Guangwu inquired, the official refused to obey, and then tortured and interrogated, Fang said: "The imperial city of Henan, what a close minister! The Nanyang emperor's town, what a close relative! The land and house are beyond the system, so you can't be sure !」』

  『Today, the rural areas of Yingchuan are also "close relatives of ministers"! This kind of plan is so thin, I don't know if there are any records in the counties and townships! The court doesn't know the size of the land in the township or county, or the amount of land tax, only the place can be summed up in one word! Nothing to measure! 』

   For a while, the hall was quiet...

  Cao Cao squinted his eyes at the side, but at this moment he took a deep look at Liu Xie.

Liu Xie avoided his eyes in embarrassment, and then seemed to realize that he was acting too guilty, so he turned his eyes back again, only to see that Cao Cao no longer looked at him, but half turned to face the officials .

  『A waiter! 』

  Cao Cao looked at Zhong Ji, and said with a smile that was not a smile, "I heard that the harvest in Ruzhuang was quite rich, and the yield of millet per mu was twelve stones, which is really a congratulation..."

  Shi was originally a unit of weight, one hundred and twenty catties, but since the Qin and Han Dynasties, stone has also been used as a unit of capacity, which is equal to Dendrobium.

  For an average field mu, the average current output is about three stones. This level of yield is the "Rate of Tongfeiqiao", which is the result of the average calculation of fertilizer and barrenness.

  Of course, there are some places where the yield per mu is higher than the average level because the soil is fertile and irrigation is more convenient. Generally speaking, if some acres of well-irrigated fields, that is, irrigated fields, the average yield per mu is about four shi. And the acres of fields near the city wall can not only be irrigated, but also can get additional fertilizers. It can reach one bell, and one bell is roughly equal to four stones and six buckets.

  As for the most superior fertile land, Ji Kang, who was not far from the Han Dynasty, said in "Health Preservation Theory": "The one who grows the husband's field, ten dendrobium per mu, is called fertile land, and it is a common name in the world." In other words, it is not inconceivable that the top-quality "fertile land" can produce ten stones per mu. This was recognized as a high-yield fertile land at that time.

  Cao Cao said that in Zhongji manors, twelve stones per mu can be produced, which is basically one of the few special cases.

  Of course, Cao Cao specifically pointed out Zhong Ji, because the dead Zhong Hong was a member of the Zhong family. Although these words are about Tian Mu, as long as they are not stupid, most of them can understand what it actually means.

  Zong Ji's face turned slightly pale, and he quickly cupped his hands and said, "I made the prime minister laugh...it was just a coincidence, and it's not worth the prime minister's concern..." Zhong Ji's answer was remarkable.

  Cao Cao smiled, then looked left and right at the other people, and said in a deep voice, "You know, how many good fields in Guanzhong are produced?" 』

  Everyone was silent.

  Cao Cao faced the emperor, cupped his hands and said, "According to what I have learned, the top-grade fertile land in Guanzhong yields fifteen stones per mu!" Medium field, ten stone! Shimoda, Sishi! 』

  As soon as Cao Cao said this, the hall immediately contributed to global warming.

Liu Xie was startled, then frowned, and subconsciously wanted to ask "this statement is true", but when he was close to saying it, he held back, then closed his mouth tightly, and looked at the officials .

  『Chirp…』

  『What…』

  In the hall, it was as if 300 ducks were stuffed into it.

   However, this is not the end, but the beginning.

  『Why is there so much difference in grain, there is also salt and iron! 』

"iron! There is no ore to be smelted in Nanyang Iron Shop today! All the iron ore goes into Guanzhong in exchange for Guanzhong iron ingots! If the sale of iron is strictly prohibited in Guanzhong, how can soldiers and farm tools be used? 』

"Salt! Qingxu is rich in sea salt... However, Sichuan and Shu produce well salt, and Longxi produces lake salt...』

  『The things in Shandong are not sought after in Guanzhong, but the utensils in Guanzhong are like a hand choking the throat! 』

  『At this moment, there are officials again, who are obedient to others and disobedient to others, confiscating the land, causing the people to lose their land, and the artisans to die on the way! 』

  『As time goes on, Shandong is a farmer in Guanzhong! Dedicate everything in Guanzhong and get rewards! 』

  The more Cao Cao talked, the angrier he became, and his beard and hair were all stretched out.

  The emperor and his ministers couldn't help but be taken by Cao Cao's aura, and they were obedient and dared not speak.

   What's more, Cao Cao didn't use strong words to make excuses, but put them in front of the emperor and his officials with reason and evidence.

In the past, the Shandong gentry looked down on Guanzhong because of the strategy of suppressing Yong and Wuren since Emperor Guangwu, coupled with the Hengdi Lingdi Xiqiang issue, which has led to the need for Shandong to continuously send food and money to Guanzhong and Longyou, so that the Shandong gentry felt that Guanzhong Longyou is a bottomless pit, trash snacks are not as good as it is, it's better to just throw it away.

Now Cao Cao pointed out a fact that makes everyone shudder, that is, without knowing it, Guanzhong seems to have begun to rise in an all-round way, and began to overtake Shandong, and the people in Shandong have always thought that they can use food, salt and iron to restrict Guanzhong. It doesn't work at all now!

   Instead, Guanzhong began to clamp down on Shandong!

Cao Cao looked at the increasingly pale faces of the emperor and the officials, endured it for a while, and did not mention the gap between taxes, money and food. After all, this gap is too shocking. Maybe all the staff will lose confidence and simply lie down. It's too late to be upside down, so I turned to another topic...

"This autumn in Guanzhong, there will be another great discussion on Qinglong Temple." Cao Cao deliberately glared at a few ministers who claimed to be heirs of scriptures. The standard of the scriptures in the world, the norm of seeking the truth and the truth, and now it is even more about the interpretation of the scriptures! Hehe...you claim to be a family of scriptures, but you don't know that now they are cut through Guanzhong, and the interpretation is determined by Guanzhong. At that time, as long as Guanzhong says that your scriptures and interpretations are fake and inferior...haha...the scriptures are handed down? Fake and shoddy hundreds of generations! 』

  After Cao Cao's words fell, some people could hardly stand up immediately, staggering, if it wasn't for the support of the people next to them, they might have their legs limp.

  『The frog at the bottom of the well stops crying in the well, but it doesn’t know the changes in the world. It’s not what it used to be! Cao Cao narrowed his eyes, glanced at those guys with contempt, and then his eyes stayed on Taichang Liu Yi, "Liu Taichang! 』

   This old guy was the happiest dancer before, so Cao Cao couldn't let him go.

  Liu Yi suddenly trembled, "Prime Minister..."

  Cao Cao asked unceremoniously, "Since you are too ordinary, let me ask you, besides "observing the sky at night, you can get it occasionally", how do you know how the heavens, earth and stars work, and how the solar terms in the calendar change?" How can transparent mountains and rivers evolve, and how can medical diseases be diagnosed and treated? But there is one thing you are good at, you can say it bluntly! 』

  『This...veteran just knows a little bit...』 Liu Yi still wanted to get away with it.

  『It’s okay to know a thing or two, let’s just say it! 』Cao Cao didn't let it go, and asked.

  How could Liu Yi say, "This...this..."

  『As I said just now, "the demon star confuses the sun", where is the demon star, and why is it the constellation? What is the angle between yellow and white? Where did it come from, and where did it go? How long does it invade the sun, and how long does it stay? And..." Cao Cao looked at Liu Yi, whose face was getting whiter and paler, and said, "The stars all come out at night, if they collide with the Big Dipper, it's fine, but you just said it is "confused sun", how can you tell that? ? 』

  Liu Yi's head was as big as a bucket, and he couldn't speak for a long time.

  『Come on! Cao Cao shouted loudly, and then pointed to Liu Yi and said, "Too often Liu Yi, as a Jiuqing, is ignorant and unwise, and it is impolite to talk about superior officials. , it can be said to be unbelievable! How can such unwise, disrespectful, loyal and unbelieving people stand above the court! 』

  『Remove the crown! Take his seal! Enter Dali Temple! Interrogate the accomplices! 』

   Immediately, a golden-armored guard rushed straight into the hall. Before Liu Yi could react, he slapped Liu Yi's crown off, and then tore off the ribbon and leather pouch around his waist. Liu Yi's hair was disheveled and his clothes flew all over the place, and he looked like a down and out beggar from a dignified Jiuqing.

  Liu Yi was taken down, and the screams and begging for mercy still lingered in the hall...

  The ministers were silent like cicadas.

  Cao Cao bowed his hands to Liu Xie and said: "Your Majesty issued an order to order the hussars to offer gunpowder, and it has been rejected!" 』

   Actually Hussar hasn’t replied yet...

   But it doesn't matter, isn't there now?

   Liu Xie was taken aback for a moment, and then a feeling of not knowing what it was came up in his heart.

  Cao Cao just clicked on this sentence, then looked around for a week, and said slowly: "The only thing Shandong can do better than those in Guanzhong is one heart!" If not, hehe... You can do it yourself! 』

   Sure enough, Cao Cao threw up his sleeves and left.

  The ministers and the emperor couldn't help but panic...

  Guo Jia laughed lightly, feeling that today's drama was really exciting, so he stepped forward and sang, "The court meeting is over, I will take my leave, Your Majesty, Wan An!" 』

   Immediately, the people under Cao Cao also followed Guo Jia to resign.

  The rest of the people could not help looking at the emperor, and then at Xun Yu who was still standing there...

Xun Yu sighed, took out a memorial from his sleeve, and signaled the **** of the Huangmen to hand it over, "Your Majesty...this is the taxation of the current Dahan Nongsang recorded by the minister...Please read it carefully, if there is anything unclear, please let me know." Inquire at any time...the minister will resign...』

   After finishing speaking, Xun Yu followed suit.

  Emperor Liu Xie took the memorial sent by the **** of Huangmen, glanced at it a little bit, his eyebrows twitched, and then he took a breath, "Let's retreat..."

  The court has retreated, but the show is just in full swing.

  (end of this chapter)