Three Kingdoms: Liu Bei seeks the master and seeks to conquer the world

Chapter 25 The counselor's dirty tricks, luring the powerful to borrow the field

Liu Bei's heart is actually quite tangled.

I want to be comprehensive, but my strength doesn't allow it.

If Liu Bei can have a Mi Zhu to invest with all his strength at this time, there will be no need for such trouble.

It has been cultivated for generations, with nearly ten thousand child servants and diners, and hundreds of millions of assets.

If there is such a powerful support, let alone the Yellow Turbans in Gaotang County, the Yellow Turbans in the entire Pingyuan County will have to respond to Liu Bei's reputation for benevolence and righteousness.

Where is the need to calculate the powerful people in Gaotang County?
Zheng Ping's eyes were sly: "There is only one core of borrowing from a powerful person, the more the better!"

"Not only to borrow money and food, but also to borrow fields, tenants, servants, diners, private soldiers, cattle and sheep, horses, weapons, armor, etc."

"As long as the county lords ask for something, and these tyrants happen to have it, they can borrow it!"

"It would be even better if someone was willing to give away his fortune!"

More is better?

Even borrow fields, tenant farmers, diners, and private soldiers?
Liu Bei couldn't help but widen his eyes: "Sir, money and food can still be borrowed, how can this land and people be borrowed?"

If the powerful is willing to borrow, Liu Bei must agree with both hands.

But after thinking about it carefully, Liu Bei felt that this was too incredible!
Land and tenant farmers are the roots of tyranny, lending land and tenant farmers is tantamount to digging the roots of tyranny.

"County lords, tyrants annexed land, recruited tenant farmers to rent crops, and the purpose was to obtain a large amount of grain in the form of rent."

"If it was before, it would naturally be impossible to lend."

"But it's different now. In Gaotang County, there are already nearly [-] yellow scarves. This year's rain is less, and the harvest may not be good."

"If the powerful force collects the rent and the tenants cannot survive, they either sign a contract of sale with the strong and are willing to be the private slaves of the strong, or they join the Yellow Turbans and put them to death to survive."

"However, based on the current situation in Qingzhou, the tenant farmers who join the Yellow Turbans are definitely far better than the tenant farmers who are willing to be powerful private slaves."

"This is harmful and not beneficial to the powerful."

"At this time, the county lord offered to lease Haoqiang's land and tenants, and promised to collect rent for Haoqiang and solve the Yellow Turban problem in Gaotang County."

"There will be someone who is powerful and tempted."

"Of course, whether you are tempted or not will not affect the overall situation."

"Those who are unwilling to lend out their fields and tenants will not be protected by the county magistrate, and the Yellow Turban Thieves will not sit down and negotiate with them."

Zhang Fei was puzzled when he heard this: "Sir, if my eldest brother can't collect the rent, is he going to force Liang into slavery for Hao?"

Zheng Ping chuckled: "How could I let the county magistrate do such a dirty thing?"

"As long as the matter of rent collection is under the jurisdiction of the county venerable, the county lord can order the rent reduction or exemption of the tenant farmers at the right time, so as to win the tenant farmers' hearts."

Zhang Fei was stunned: "Rent reduction or exemption? Those tyrants are not fools, how could they let my elder brother mess around?"

A cunning flashed again in Zheng Ping's eyes: "The county lord uses government orders to reach out to the Li Shu in the township, how can the tyrants turn against the county lord?"

"First deter with authority, and then appease with great interest."

"At that time, the county lord can promise to provide the tyrants with a new type of plow called Quyuanli in the spring of the coming year, changing the method of plowing the land from two oxen and one person to one oxen and one person, and the plowing speed can be several times faster than before. "

"Don't worry about them not being tempted!"

Liu Bei was taken aback: "One bull and one man, the speed is still several times faster than two bulls and one man?"

"If there is such a Qu Yuanli, it cannot be compared with a year's rent!"

Those who can be strong and strong rarely have shallow vision.

On the contrary, these people are all human beings.

Unless there is an arrogant and domineering dude among the nephews, most people who talk about it will weigh the long-term interests,
Zheng Ping's goal is to put it simply, this is an empty glove white wolf!

Let Liu Bei sign a contract with Hao Qiang with the respect of a county, and Zheng Ping will guarantee it with the reputation of the Zheng family.

He also promised to solve the Yellow Turbans in Gaotang County, so that these tyrants would not be tempted.

After all, on the surface, Liu Bei's starting point is all for the benefit of the powerful!
The lord of a county collects rent for the powerful, and confiscates the Yellow Turban for the powerful, and the powerful only need to lend out fields, tenants, servants, diners, private soldiers, cattle and sheep, horses, weapons, and armor.

Since there is a loan, there will naturally be a repayment.

With the son of Zheng Xuan, a well-known Beihai official, as a guarantee for Liu Bei, what else should Hao Qiang worry about?
This is quite a temptation for Hao Qiang.

Because Liu Bei did not seize the land by force, nor did he issue a government order requiring land to be measured and private slaves to enter the household.

Tell the tyrants plainly that what Liu Bei wants is political achievements, cooperate well, and we can meet again when he is promoted.

If you don't cooperate well and cut off your official career, such as killing your parents, you will end up with a death feud!
Liu Bei pondered for a moment, and still had some doubts in his heart: "What if the powerful are only willing to lend out fields and tenants, such as boy servants, diners, private soldiers, cattle and sheep, horses, weapons, and armor?"

Zheng Ping said with a smile: "How can there be such a cheap thing in the world? As long as one thing is not in the favor of the county lord, this contract cannot be signed!"

"If Hao Qiang doesn't want to bleed, then the county lord will resign. It is easy to find Gao Tang Ling who colludes with the Yellow Turban in this world, but there is no second Gao Tang Ling who can conquer the Yellow Turban."

"Xianzun, we are not asking Haoqiang to do something, but telling Haoqiang that they have no other choice except to cooperate with Xianzun!"

"After all, the county magistrate, you are not from Gaotang County!"

The sentence "You are not from Gaotang County" made Liu Bei suddenly enlightened.

After all, the county magistrate is an official, and they are all held by talented people from other counties.

If you have a good plan, if you don't cooperate with the powerful, then just resign and let it go.

This is not the first time Liu Bei has done something like this.

Liu Bei paced excitedly.

If they could really borrow fields, tenant farmers, boy servants, diners, private soldiers, cattle and sheep, horses, weapons, and armor, what would the Yellow Turbans of Gaotang County have to worry about?

After a long time, Liu Bei calmed down and saluted Zheng Ping again: "Sir, I will follow your advice!"

"Today, I was hosting a banquet to cleanse my husband, but let him work hard and make plans. I'm ashamed!"

Zheng Ping shook his head lightly, not caring about it: "The county lord doesn't have to care about customs."

"What I mentioned just now is only the hidden dangers of Gaotang County, but for the entire Qingzhou, the hidden dangers of Gaotang County are not worth mentioning."

"I would like to ask a question: Does the county official intend to be the governor of Qingzhou?"

"Inspector of Qingzhou?" Liu Bei was stunned: "Sir, aren't you joking? I am just a little Gao Tang Ling now, how dare I expect the governor of Qingzhou?"

Zheng Ping, however, calmed down and said: "If the county magistrate does not have the ambition to be the governor of Qingzhou, even if he can manage Gaotang County, he will not be able to avoid the disaster that has swept across Qingzhou."

"Gaotang County still needs the county magistrate to use deceit to solve the yellow scarves. How many county magistrates in the 65 cities of Qingzhou can care about the suffering of the people like the county magistrate?"

"It can be expected that after the end of the autumn harvest this year, there will be a large number of common people in the 65 cities of Qingzhou joining the Yellow Turbans."

"At that time, the calamity of the Yellow Turban will sweep across Qingzhou!"

　Answer the comments: This book is mainly about history, and some of the novelists are used as assistants. After all, Guan Yu holds a long gun, so it probably doesn't feel substituting.

　　If there are mistakes or discomforts, the author will correct them humbly

　　
　
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