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At that moment, Sima Yi also lowered his head, following Gan Ning, afraid that he wouldn't be able to hold back his laughter.

The failure of the Yellow Turban Rebellion ultimately came down to a lack of culture and education.

The vast majority of aristocratic families not only didn't suffer any significant damage, but after the Yellow Turbans were defeated, these families, having wandered around for a while, returned to their homelands and further intensified their land annexation and influence over the local areas.

In this turmoil stirred up by the Yellow Turbans in Yu Province, Gan Ning charged ahead, waving the banner, while Sima Yi, based on Li Ji's reminders, handled all the land deeds and field contracts in the rear.

Without the evidence of land deeds and with no connections or influence in the officialdom of Yu Province, the aristocratic families were undoubtedly caught in the classic problem of how to prove "I am who I am."

And the evidence was obviously impossible to produce…

However, the ancestral fields and properties in Yu Province were the accumulated wealth of generations of aristocratic families. To make them give it up would be tantamount to demoting them all to commoners at once, which was obviously unacceptable to them.

Immediately, even Guo Ling, who was originally filled with awe and respect, couldn't help but become anxious and began to cry and诉.

"Lord Marquis, you don't know, those Yellow Turban bandits not only divided the family property, but also burned all kinds of land deeds and house deeds, so that the Yellow Turban bandits have taken over our nests, and we have nowhere to return."

Following Guo Ling, the other anxious family representatives couldn't wait for further probing and stepped forward to cry and诉.

"Lord Marquis, please be discerning! That ancestral property has been passed down in my family for a hundred years, everyone knows it. Now it has been occupied by bandits, and even after death, I will have no face to meet my ancestors…"

"Lord Marquis, you only need to investigate to know that the land deeds and house deeds filed in the local government offices but burned are countless, all of which were done by the Yellow Turban bandits."

"We beg Lord Marquis to stand up for us, we will be grateful beyond words…"

For a time, the originally joyous banquet hall was filled with a group of men crying, and those who didn't know would have thought that something shocking had happened. Li Ji frowned and softly spoke out, saying.

"Quiet."

As soon as he spoke, the family representatives who were constantly observing Li Ji stopped, but each of them, like an old actor, still looked at Li Ji with the image of a苦主.

Li Ji pretended to ponder for a moment, and then said.

"Yu Province has just been stabilized, and there are as many affairs to be dealt with as there are stars in the sky. Ji is not very familiar with this matter."

"Here, let Ji apologize to you all."

After saying that, Li Ji bowed, surprising the Yu Province aristocratic families, who were somewhat flattered.

Immediately, Li Ji then continued to say.

"Ji also believes that what you said must have a basis. It is also true that the Yellow Turban turmoil in Yu Province was rampant. In principle, Ji was ordered by the Lord to stabilize Yu Province, so naturally, he should immediately clarify this matter of encroachment for you."

"However, firstly, this matter involves land, which is the foundation of the Han Dynasty, and Ji cannot rashly draw conclusions based on one-sided statements. Do you all agree?"

The attitude shown by Li Ji was undoubtedly satisfactory to the Yu Province aristocratic families.

After all, the matter of land is of great importance, and carelessness in handling it can easily cause turmoil.

If Li Ji had directly agreed, it would have made the Yu Province aristocratic families suspicious, feeling that even if they promised Li Ji countless benefits, it would not be worth Li Ji's reputation and prestige to forcibly夺回来 the land.

"Then I wonder if Lord Marquis has a good plan?" Guo Ling asked cautiously and respectfully.

Li Ji raised his hand to signal Guo Ling not to be anxious, and then continued to speak.

"Secondly, Yu Province has just been stabilized, and the officials and talents available under my Lord are limited. Now the local prefectures and counties are only勉强 maintaining their operation, and it is really impossible to investigate for you one by one for a while."

Immediately, the expressions of the aristocratic families showed a bit of anxiety.

None of the family representatives were stupid, and they were very clear that this matter could not be delayed.

If Li Ji didn't resolve this matter, after Li Ji left Yu Province, the succeeding Governor of Yu Province would be even less likely to pay attention, so it would inevitably be a拖再拖 result.

This kind of officialdom delaying tactic was all too clear to the aristocratic families.

Therefore, immediately, family representatives began to speak one after another.

"Lord Marquis, this matter cannot be delayed. My family has thousands of people, all relying on the meager fields of our ancestral property to make a living. If we delay for a few more days, the whole family will have to starve to death."

"Yes, yes. Moreover, those贱民 occupy the land for nothing, get the benefits, and there are no names on the government register, so they can escape the Han Dynasty's taxes by growing grain, which is greatly detrimental to the country."

"Lord Marquis, please be discerning, this matter should be resolved as soon as possible. If there are not enough people, everyone in my family is literate, and there are dozens of famous scholars who can be driven and used by the Imperial Uncle."

… …

As someone opened their mouth, the family representatives suddenly woke up and successively expressed their attitudes, willing to send family scholars to help and be used by Liu Bei.

This is also the true foundation of the aristocratic families.

Before the Ren Virtue Academy, in this era, let alone education, even literacy was almost completely垄断 by the aristocratic families.

Ordinary people almost had no channels for literacy. Only some poor scholars could still have the possibility of literacy and understanding thanks to the connections left by their ancestors.

And if they didn't even have the opportunity to be literate, how could they have the opportunity to take office in any place?

Therefore, whether it was the imperial court or the lords, they all needed to use the aristocratic families to govern the local areas.

Even the current Liu Bei has cultivated a large number of talents loyal to him with the help of the Ren Virtue Academy, but the rapid expansion of the territory has undoubtedly caused the talent reserve to quickly bottom out.

And Li Ji was not deceiving the Yu Province aristocratic families. Now, the prefectures and counties in Yu Province are indeed勉强 maintaining their operation, and there are simply no extra people available.

This has become a major obstacle for Li Ji to govern and develop Yu and Xu provinces.

The lack of talent can only勉强 maintain operation. If you really want to carry out governance in a big way and make Yu and Xu provinces full of vitality.

Without anyone available, it is tantamount to cooking without rice.

Especially after experiencing the destruction of the Yu Province Yellow Turbans, various land deeds and field contracts were burned, which also created a bad result, that is, even if the spring plowing勉强 recovers next year, taxes will not be collected at all, and there is no corresponding basis to collect them.

The higher-level commanderies and kingdoms may still have records of the field information of each county, but each county has no information on who owns the specific land now and how much should be collected.

You can't let the counties freely play to collect a suitable amount.

Moreover, in addition to being simple, the people are undoubtedly also市侩. If they can pay less, they will definitely not be willing to pay an extra grain.

Therefore, after burning all kinds of land deeds and field contracts in Yu Province, re-measuring and counting the land in Yu Province has become the top priority in Yu Province, so that Yu Province can gradually return to normal operation.

And the objective problem of insufficient manpower, Li Ji actually stared at a large number of free laborers in the aristocratic families from the beginning.

Li Ji also intends to take advantage of this great opportunity to initially reform the tax policy, which is the foundation of the Han Dynasty, and implement a policy in Yu Province—

"Apportioning the Ding Tax into the Land Tax"! (End of this chapter)