I, Liu Bian, Sanxing Han Dynasty

Chapter 235 Zheng Burke and Duan Yuyan
Liu Bian had long known that Cai Yong had a bad temper, but he didn't expect that his temper would be so bad.

It was already too late when Jia Xu received Liu Bian's order. He had not made his own decision before and allowed Cai Yong to see Lu Jun.

Then...early the next morning...

"Your Majesty, Confucius wrote "Spring and Autumn", which contains praise and blame, differentiates between good and evil, and talks about great justice. Your Majesty, do you still remember 'Zheng Bo Duan Yu Yan'?"

Liu Bian knew what he was going to say as soon as Cai Yong said it. He had learned this paragraph before.

It tells the story of Zheng Zhuanggong enforcing the law on his ambitious brother Gongshu Duan fishing.

Duke Zhuang of Zheng deliberately allowed Gong Shu Duan to show his ambition and do unjust things, and then he had the justice to fight back against Gong Shu Duan. Later, Zheng Zhuanggong also staged a scene of "not seeing each other until death" with the mother who was partial to his younger brother.

However, Confucius demoted him.

The six words describing this matter all have their own explanations, and "Chun Qiu Zuo Zhuan" made a sharp comment on this - Duan is not a younger brother, so he does not say younger brother; Ru Erjun, so he is called Ke; he calls Zheng Bo, which is a mockery of the lack of education. Also; called Zheng Zhi. Running away without saying a word is difficult.

Duke Zhuang of Zheng had the last laugh, but Confucius thought his victory was not honorable.

But Cai Yong obviously would not be convinced so easily. He felt that there was no need to take risks, and he did not want to watch the emperor resort to villainous tactics.

Liu Bian nodded to Cai Yong. He didn't say anything like "disgraceful, but useful" so as not to make Cai Yong angry.

"They are all like the public fields in Lujiang, which are occupied by powerful people."

Cai Yong was immediately moved when he heard this, but he still pretended to decline and said: "This is not in line with etiquette."

"Now that Your Majesty knows Zhou Hui's faults, how can you allow him to become a disaster?"

After Cai Yong became Tai Chang, he was most concerned about Taixue affairs. He often sent his officials to local areas to select young talents over the age of 18, most of whom were poor children and had outstanding political achievements.

Liu Bian sighed at this time and said: "In the past, in order to resettle the victims of disasters, the imperial court often used public land as fake land for the people to rent crops. It is very similar to the current three-auxiliary farmland. But where is the public land today?"

Liu Bian said: "Yuntai Palace is also forbidden, and there are no other ministers here now, so why not?"

Liu Bian could only curse Jia Xu in his heart for his incompetence and bringing trouble to his side.

"That's what Master Cai said."

Cai Yong continued to admonish: "In the whole world, there is no royal land, and the people on it are all your Majesty's subjects. I have heard that parents should teach and advise their children to do good and not do evil. I have not heard that any children have strayed into the country by mistake. Those who went astray and let things take their course.”

Seeing this, Liu Bian thought and said, "Master Cai hasn't seen Zhao Ji for a long time, right? I heard Zhao Ji mention Master Cai yesterday. Why don't I order Zhao Ji to come here to meet Master Cai?"

Cai Yong saw that Liu Bian sincerely admitted his mistake, but was determined not to change it, and advised him: "In the past, Ding Xiaogong said: The water that breaks the cliffs and rocks comes from trickling; the trees that dry up the clouds and block the sun originate from the green. Forbidden micro rules. It’s easy, but it’s difficult to save the weak. No one can ignore the small things, which leads to the big things.”

Cai Yong did not stop him. Seeing that his mouth was dry and his tongue was dry, he could not persuade Liu Bian. He just sighed: "Your Majesty must entrust this matter to loyal people."

After that, before Cai Yong could refuse again, Liu Bian told Guo Sheng, "Go quickly." The latter immediately sent someone to invite Cai Yan over.

Liu Bian said and waved his fist: "I thought, why not take this opportunity to deal with it severely and set an example to others! As for causing disasters, Master Cai does not have to worry, I have prepared, and others will not be able to cause chaos."

His words made Liu Bian think. Although Jia Xu was born in the year of a donkey and could only take one step with a whip, he should be reliable at critical moments, right?
Moreover, as the second batch of generals led their troops to Liangzhou, Guan Yu, Zhao Yun, and Zhang Liao, who returned to Beijing three months ago to receive rewards, have not yet been sent to Liangzhou again, and Liu Bei will soon return from Qingzhou in victory.

There is also Zhu Jun who is in charge of Luoyang.

What kind of trouble can these people get up to? Thinking of this, Liu Bian felt relieved.

Not long after, Cai Yan came over after hearing the news. Liu Bian did not disturb the meeting between father and daughter, and soon found an excuse and left Yuntai Palace.

He came all the way to Zhuolong Garden and lay on the deck chair, thinking about the public land all the time.

In fact, during the Guangwu period, there were constant wars in various places, and the imperial court at that time held a lot of public land.

Later, when the world was first settled, Emperor Guangwu rewarded public lands to meritorious officials and granted lands to refugees to appease people's hearts.

At this time, the imperial court still held a certain amount of public land, which was enough to allow the victims to cultivate in the public land and loan them seeds, grain and farm tools in the face of disasters, which was called fake public land.

In essence, it is actually no different from Sanfu's farming. Even the fake tax after stabilization is the same as 40%.

However, with the continuous occurrence of natural disasters in various periods, especially during the Shang Emperor and An Emperor periods when Empress Dowager Deng was in power, floods, droughts, earthquakes, hail, etc. occurred all over the country in more than ten years. In order to appease the victims, the original public land became less and less.

The fake land, whose ownership was still subordinate to the imperial court, was difficult to recover, and eventually fell into the hands of powerful families in various ways.

After that, if there is another disaster, it will be difficult to implement the system of public land, because there will not be enough public land.

For Liu Bian, not to mention the resumption of the previously occupied public land, the current farmland of Sanfu and the land newly reclaimed in the south in the future are very fragrant in the eyes of many people.

It is said that adultery occurs when orders are given, and fraud occurs when prohibitions are imposed. In the past, officials could turn public land into private use, and now they can also turn farmland into private use.

The reason why Liu Bian wants to make a big move is to declare to the powerful clans - don't reach out, otherwise you will be cut!

……

On the other side, Lu Jun hugged his chest tightly with his hands, his face pale, as if he was facing something that frightened him.

Jia Xuyan, who was sitting opposite him, smiled and said: "Relax, Gong Yi. Didn't you tell me that Ma Chao is the only one who knows you are going to visit Mr. Taichang? Why panic?"

Lu Jun finally plucked up the courage to ask, "Jia Gong, I'm going to lower my rank..."

"No!" Jia Wenhe had a gentle smile that was unique to him, but he refused decisively, "Gong Yi, you don't want to hurt your family, right?"

When Lu Jun heard this, he muttered: "I am afraid that if I go to see Zhou Hui and others again, if I are discovered, it will ruin Duke Jia's plan."

Jia Xu waved his hand: "It's okay, you can stay as you are now, that's fine!"

Lu Jun's face turned even paler, and he could only call out secretly in his heart: "Mr. Taichang, don't forget me!"

In the Yuntai Palace, Cai Yong, the Grand Duke of Taichang who had been called upon by Lu Jun for a long time, looked at his little daughter who had been in the palace for nearly two years. He felt quite emotional for a moment and left all the irrelevant people behind.

He meant to say, "I've lost weight," but as he looked around, he felt that his daughter seemed a little fatter than he remembered. Listening to her daughter talking about the days in the palace, there was no sadness in her eyes.

Although his wife was able to visit the palace every once in a while in the past, the report was different from what she saw with her own eyes.

Seeing that his daughter was living happily in the palace, Cai Yong felt relieved.

(End of this chapter)