In the past, Yang Xiu was high and mighty, and the servants around him did not hesitate to humiliate him and use all kinds of tricks to please him. From then on, he felt that he was the only human. The others were no different from pigs and dogs. Only he had rich emotions, could cry, and could laugh. The others only knew how to please and offer their affection. They had no knowledge, thoughts, country, or the world. They were pigs and dogs. They knew nothing except for food and shelter.
But now, Cao Zhi's heart had undergone an earth-shattering change!
"It smells so good!"
Yang Xiu quickly wiped out the mashed potatoes for the entire night, and tears welled up in his eyes.
Tears fell, and he sobbed, feeling very uncomfortable. When he realized that the man opposite him was a human, he suddenly felt ashamed for the first time in his heart. This guilt was very unfamiliar to him, but in any case, he had a bad feeling when he thought of his very bad attitude towards them before.
Unfortunately, the man was obviously not interested in his gratitude. Instead, he specially cooked millet porridge to feed his mother.
That's right, in order to take care of Yang Xiu, Cao Zhi also agreed to this country bumpkin to bring his old mother to the Young Master's Mansion. At that time, this matter was spread everywhere by many people, and for a time, it sprinkled a few points of glory on this Prime Minister's son who set an example.
After Yang Xiu saw him leave, he personally followed to take a look.
He sat cross-legged and rested his mother's head on his thigh. He held a wooden spoon and gently blew on the porridge to cool it. Then, he carefully stretched out his tongue to test the temperature before putting it into his mother's mouth.
On the other hand, the old woman sat up on the bed with a hunched back. She opened her dry lips and swallowed slowly.
Then, a soft voice said,"Mother…are you feeling better?"
Yang Xiu was actually a little dazed from watching.
They…also knew filial piety?
In Yang Xiu's impression, these stinky fellows were ignorant and stupid. They were the people, and the term 'people' was naturally connected to unruly people, untouchable people, and foolish people.
Whether it was the villagers or the farmers, they were all the same.
They were so vulgar, so of course they didn't know the Dao of Confucius and Mencius, but how could they…
Yang Xiu left the house of the villagers and returned to his room. He lay on the bed and recalled the delicious taste of the mashed potatoes. Just as he thought of going back to Cao Zhi's field to dig a few more potatoes to eat, he suddenly recalled what Cao Zhi said before he left," If I find that my potatoes are bad, or that there are a few missing, I will demote you to a villager forever and let you farm for the rest of your life!”
When Yang Xiu thought of this sentence, he immediately shivered on the bed, so he did not dare to think too much at that time.
Coincidentally, a strong sense of exhaustion came from his body at this time. Yang Xiu took advantage of this sleepiness and fell asleep.
.......
On the way to Luoyang, Cao Cao had already seen many large groups of refugees carrying their luggage and rushing to Luoyang.
There were even some commoners who already had a place to live in other places. They also carried all their belongings and sold their property to Luoyang.
This made Cao Cao a little puzzled. He stopped a few people and after asking around, he understood the whole story.
It turned out that everyone had heard that Cao Zhi had reformed the garrison system in Luoyang and rebuilt Luoyang. Not only had he established an academy to allow the poor to read, but he had also adjusted the tax to 20%. Everyone had been attracted over.
After all, the taxes in other places were as high as 70% or even 80%!
This earth-shattering difference immediately tempted the refugees. Especially when they heard that this was a decree personally issued by the son of the current Prime Minister, and that he had personally practiced farming, they could no longer sit still.
"Hmph, 20% tax!"
"Does Young Master Zhi think that money is picked up from the ground?”
"Prime Minister! Young Master Zhi is acting so recklessly and damaging our Great Wei's economy. Moreover, with Red Cliff's new defeat, it's really not good for our Great Wei!”
.....
Hearing the remonstrance of the surrounding officials and rotten scholars, although Cao Cao was also dissatisfied, he did not say anything. He sent people to inquire about the situation in Luoyang.
When he found out that the protagonist was still farming and doing basic education, Cao Cao became more and more annoyed and his mood became worse and worse. Cao Pi and Sima Yi, who had come with Cao Cao, saw this clearly. They were all gloating and overjoyed.
On the third day after Cao Cao set off, he received a letter from Cao Zhi. In the letter, Cao Zhi admitted to his plans in Luoyang and strongly invited Cao Cao to personally go to Luoyang to investigate.
Although Cao Zhi strongly praised his creation of a factory in the letter, saying that it could produce an unexpected qualitative leap in Great Wei's economic strength, Cao Cao still couldn't believe it.
Just this so-called "factory" could allow Cao Wei to quickly recover its strength in a few years, and even win?
My son is too whimsical.
Cao Cao only felt that what Cao Zhi was doing was the most lowly and insignificant thing. It was even more absurd than Zhang Lu's act of establishing the Five Buckets of Rice Sect in Hanzhong to gain power. He must have been bewitched by others and gone astray.
Cao Cao even suspected that it was Yang Xiu and the others who had bewitched Cao Zhi.
In any case, he had long been displeased with scholars like Yang Xiu and Ding He. If Cao Zhi's matter was really related to them, then he might as well take this opportunity to kill them all. Cao Cao thought to himself.
In the distant Luoyang Young Master Mansion, Yang Xiu was in the process of sleeping soundly when he suddenly felt a chill on the back of his neck. Cold sweat involuntarily broke out on his face.
The people around Cao Cao sensed the change in Cao Cao's mood and realized that Cao Cao was angry with Cao Zhi. One of the people who had been bribed by Cao Pi long ago saw this scene and felt that it was an opportunity to slander Cao Zhi. He hurriedly fanned the flames and said,"Young Master Zhi is so unprofessional, Prime Minister, you have to advise him.”
Hearing this, Cao Cao did not criticize Cao Zhi. Instead, he looked at the servant sharply, his eyes revealing a murderous anger. He looked at the servant and said,"How can you comment on this matter?"
The servant was scared half to death when he saw Cao Cao's expression. He remembered that someone once said that Cao Cao did not like others to interfere in his family affairs. The servant only felt a chill on the back of his neck.
"Wait until noon and personally find Xu Chu to receive thirty strokes of the cane.”Cao Cao said expressionlessly, as if he was stating an extremely simple matter.
"Understood!" Hearing Cao Cao's words, he felt like he had been pardoned. At least he didn't have to lose his head.
This book is provided by FunNovel Novel Book | Fan Fiction Novel [Beautiful Free Novel Book]