I, Liu Bian, Sanxing Han Dynasty

Chapter 165: Mu Dengtianzitang

Cheng Yu listened to Shou Cheng's drunken words and did not rest until he drank all the wine.

While drunk, he took out an article from his arms, which was the memorial he had originally planned to use.

"It's not enough!"

Cheng Yu didn't do nothing these days.

He knew a lot about the current administration when he was the prince.

Cheng Yu turned around to look for it. On Shou Cheng's body, there were writing brushes, inkstones, and ink balls. He didn't look for them elsewhere. He clumsily unpacked the bag that contained these utensils, and there was also a wooden board for recording.

After finding these, he immediately got busy, grinding ink and writing straightly.

"In the beginning, there were public fields, which existed in all the counties and counties. Due to constant disasters, they were rented or given to the people. After a long time, the renters became owned by the people. They were sold to powerful families, and the counties and counties helped them. The public fields then became the fields of the big families, and the people As a tenant slave."

After writing this, he wrote on the back: "In the past, in order to quell disasters and wars, the land rent was increased and the land rent was calculated. The court imposed a time limit, but the prefectures and states were unable to collect it. Today, the world is at peace, and the land rent cannot be calculated. There is no increase in the national treasury..."

The clerk collected more money, but the treasury did not receive it. Where did the money and food go?

Such a large amount of money and food cannot be swallowed by the village officials alone.

After writing, Cheng Yu held up the board, laughed twice, and said, "This is enough!"

Then he stuffed the tablet into his arms, hugged it tightly, and fell asleep without feeling any panic.

The next day, Cheng Yu woke up and was covered with a thick quilt. It took him a long time to come to his senses and suddenly felt that something was missing.

Turning his head to look, he saw a very familiar wooden board sitting on the table next to him.

He immediately opened the quilt and stood up to get it. When he got it in his hand, he saw that all the words he had written yesterday had been cut away with a writing knife.

Only the remaining ink stains that had not yet been shaved off allowed Cheng Yu to understand that what he did yesterday was not a dream.

He immediately understood that what he wrote yesterday was seen by Shoucheng.

Not long after, Shoucheng, who heard the commotion, rushed over and saw Cheng Yu holding a wooden board in a daze.

Shoucheng persuaded: "This world has been like this for hundreds of years. It cannot be changed by one person's power. What can you and I do? It was Qiaofu Lord who brought you up. Because of this, Qiaofu Lord was betrayed by injustice." , Isn’t it true that Zhongde secluded himself from the world?”

"I know Zhongde's ambition. If Zhongde cannot face the emperor directly, this statement cannot be reported to the emperor. If Zhongde can face the emperor directly, why would he need to say this?"

He patted Cheng Yu on the back: "Zhongde, there was not a single word on this board yesterday."

Cheng Yu knew that the other party was telling the truth.

If others knew that he wanted to expose this matter to the emperor, they would definitely attack him.

He shouldn't have written this while drunk.

Cheng Yu was silent for a long time, and suddenly he paid homage to Shou Cheng: "Yesterday, Yu lost his temper after drinking. Thank you for reminding me, otherwise I would have made a mistake."

He warned in his heart that he must not drink alcohol wantonly in the future!

"In this case, I will go to deal with official duties." Before leaving, the Shou Cheng did not forget to say: "We are from a poor family, which means that we are not good enough. We still have descendants. As long as we can pass down the classics to our family, we will always make a fortune!"

Cheng Yu sighed and bowed to Shou Cheng again.

His son Cheng Wu had only grown up a few years ago. He was left behind in his hometown. How could he take risks regardless of what happened?

……

There were more than 100 people from the government, prefectures, and other places, and Liu Bian was naturally unable to meet them all.

These people are all famous and knowledgeable people, and it is unrealistic to use examination methods like Taixue.

Moreover, the treatment of these people must be higher than that of Xiaolian, and they cannot be thrown directly into the third department to become Lang officials.

As people from all over the country arrived one after another, Luoyang's material opinions were gradually affected by these people, and unknowingly they were directed to the eunuch who had been very low-key recently.

When Liu Bian learned the news from Jia Xu, he knew that he could not wait any longer and had to find something for them to do. The arrival of people from remote places such as Jiaozhou was too slow.

Facing these people, Liu Bian simply gave several topics and ordered them to choose one of them to write a letter to express their opinions.

It can be regarded as an open-book exam without proctoring and all based on self-consciousness.

One of them is the matter of farming in the two states of Jingyang.

As Huangfu Song finished opening the warehouse and stocking grain, the consumption of the third auxiliary's farmland could already be calculated.

Without squeezing the Qiang and Huns, as well as some of the landless Han people attracted to farmland, the harvest in May is expected to be equivalent to the court's investment.

After all, the land used for farming is cultivated land that has been abandoned for a long time. Just reclaiming it will consume a lot of time and energy.

According to what Huangfu Song said, some of the acres still had owners, and Huangfu Song didn't need to take action. The owner was immediately fined heavily by Tao Qian for abandoning the farmland, and he used part of the fine to buy the farmland.

However, as long as there are no natural or man-made disasters in the future, we will already be able to produce good output.

The farming in Jingyang and Yangzhou obviously also requires sufficient upfront investment.

Moreover, the second state has a larger population, unlike the third auxiliary state, which is sparsely populated due to the war, and the scope involved is much larger than that of the third auxiliary state. It is necessary to build water conservancy projects and reclaim more new acres, which is more difficult and must be done step by step.

The second is to increase the number of people who support the farming.

The third is the matter of official administration.

The fourth is the affairs of Youbian in the north and Xiongnu, Wuhuan and Xianbei in the south.

Liu Bian also discussed the proposal of these four items with Lu Zhi and others. It was not only an assessment of celebrities and talents, but also an opportunity to announce what Yuntai Palace would promote in the next few years.

Cheng Yu was writing straight and straight again.

After he sobered up, he realized his mistake. The contents on the wooden board did not appear in his memorial.

He admits that he has a gap in his chest. Except for the two states of Jing and Yang, which he doesn't know much about, he can talk about the remaining three.

And he did.

On this day, a minister from Huangmen suddenly arrived at the Dongjun residence and asked, "Where is Cheng Zhongde? The emperor has summoned me."

Shoucheng hurriedly sent someone to inform Cheng Yu.

The junior officials who were still talking about Cheng Yu behind his back rushed to report it.

After sunset that day, Cheng Yu returned.

Shoucheng, who had been guarding the door since sunset, saw him leaving in a car and returning on foot, with no happy expression on his face. He hurried forward to greet him and wanted to comfort him.

Suddenly, Cheng Yu rubbed his chest, revealing a small black ribbon. Before the sky darkened completely, he saw it.

Shoucheng simply pulled Cheng Yu's sleeve into the county residence, never mentioning the matter of meeting the king.

The officials who were originally very eager returned to their old attitude after seeing this, but on the surface they still had the most basic etiquette.

Everyone participated in the banquet prepared by the Prime Minister. After drinking for a long time, Cheng Yu probably got too hot, so he straightened his collar and exposed the ribbon underneath.

Shoucheng took advantage of the situation and pulled it out with the copper seal.

Black ribbon, minimum six hundred stones.

Looking at the shocked officials, the two looked at each other and smiled.

"With the trust of His Majesty, I am appointed as the Censor."

(End of this chapter)