"Allocate the land management rights?”When Cao Cao heard Cao Zhi's words, he took a while to digest them. "You can buy, sell, or rent seeds?"
"Yes, anything is fine." Cao Zhi nodded." As long as the final ownership is in our hands, then no matter what they do, there won't be a problem.”
Cao Zhi looked at Cao Cao's incredulous eyes and knew that this thought was too advanced. It was still not easy for the people of this era to understand.
In these people's minds, the land should be controlled by the country. Only through the management of these high-level scholars and aristocratic children could it play its greatest role.
As for the commoners, what did they know? They were just the executors of the rules, they were just labor, they did not know how to use the value of the land at all.
Cao Zhi understood that it would not be easy to change their minds in a short period of time, so he could only nod and plan to use facts to tell him this truth. Then, he said,"Prime Minister, you can see that after your son carried out this strategy, Luoyang's economy has indeed developed, and it is still rising. Whether it is food or economy, it has increased several times. With food, the commoners could live and work in peace and contentment. Only then would they focus on construction and start doing things for the country. This is the way to store wealth among the people."
Cao Cao kept repeating this phrase, and his eyes lit up. He nodded and praised,"This is truly a rare insight in the world! It's rare for my son to have such knowledge!”
"Father, you flatter me." Cao Zhi modestly declined and then continued,"If the management rights are subcontracted to the farmers, they will naturally have the enthusiasm to reclaim the wasteland. Because this was their own land, they worked exceptionally hard. Some even tidied up the land day and night. Under such careful care, the food that grew was not only vast, but also extremely high quality!”
"In addition, your son also specially arranged for the scholars of the Great Wei Academy to eat and live with the local refugees. On the one hand, your son wanted to kill their scholarly spirit and let them experience the sufferings of the refugees. On the other hand, it was also to make it convenient for them to carry out unified dispatch and management.”
"Kill their scholarly aura?" When Cao Cao heard this, he was really shocked. He looked at his son suspiciously and realized that he really didn't know him anymore.
Bookish? Was there anyone else in the world who was more scholarly than his own son?
You are the most scholarly person in the world, but you have never experienced the sufferings of the world. You only know how to drink and recite poems all day long. Do you also know how to educate others to experience the sufferings of the world?
Is your face red?
However, it was obvious that Cao Zhi did not realize this at all. Therefore, not only did he not blush, but his tone was even more firm.
"The refugees live with the scholars so that the scholars can better understand the living conditions of the commoners. Their meals and daily lives are synchronized with the commoners, so that the scholars can erase their innate pride. After leaving the high and mighty of the imperial court, the scholars could understand why the world was called the world, and why the common people called it the foundation of the world. Moreover, being among the refugees made it easier for these scholars to complete their duties and make a complete and detailed record of the wasteland reclaimed by these villagers.”
"In fact, after your son's order was carried out, the scholars could be said to have a clear understanding of the daily progress and results of these villagers. The data they presented was the most authentic and accurate, without any falsehood.”
Speaking up to this point, Cao Cao actually saw Cao Zhi look at him meaningfully, as if he was hinting at something.
He was stunned for a moment, but after thinking for a moment, Cao Cao immediately understood what Cao Zhi meant.
Good heavens, my son has great intentions!
He was implying that the officials in charge of the people under him might have reported false data and secretly pocketed it!
When Cao Cao thought of this, he began to seriously consider whether these subordinates could deceive him.
Only then did Cao Cao realize that it was actually possible for them to do so!
To be honest, Cao Zhi's policies were not much different from what he was currently implementing. The only difference was that the taxes were relatively low, and Cao Zhi had been supervising these scholars nearby.
However, in just a few months, Cao Zhi had transformed a desolate and scorched land like Luoyang into a prototype that could be developed into a metropolis.
On the other hand, he occupied large areas of land such as Yanzhou and Xuzhou. Logically speaking, the country should be rich and prosperous. However, the current situation in Wei was that the tax on grain was decreasing. The farmers under his command were almost unable to survive!
The scene of the end of the Han Dynasty, where the bones were exposed in the wild and no chickens crowed for thousands of miles, was about to reappear in front of him and in his territory.
How could Cao Cao not find this strange?
Although it had something to do with his years of fighting, no matter how much it had something to do with him, it shouldn't be so big!
Moreover, logically speaking, if farmers could not survive, it was impossible for them not to reclaim wasteland and harvest more food. Therefore, they would only work harder to do these things. After all, this was the only way to survive.
But in fact, not only did the number of wastelands not decrease, but it also increased because of the decrease in population! Some of the people starved to death, and the disaster relief strategy was released, but there was no increase in taxes.
Every year, the land under Cao Cao's rule was still filled with sorrowful people. For a long time, Cao Cao had always felt guilty about his years of war. He believed that it was his fault that the people were in dire straits and suffered. Therefore, he had been working hard to end this chaotic world.
However, after Cao Zhi's reminder, Cao Cao felt better.
Could it be that all of this was really the reason why he was fighting?
Could it be that the people under his rule were a group of lazy goods? Even if they were about to starve to death, they would not be willing to farm?
Not to mention Cao Cao, even a normal person would not believe it.
In that case, there could only be one answer!
It was the group of people under him, the bureaucrats in charge of the policy, or rather, the aristocratic families behind them, who were lying to him.
The first step of the grain that these farmers grew was not to enter the national treasury, but to be divided up by these bastards!
The more Cao Cao thought about it, the more he felt that this was possible. The more he thought about it, the angrier he felt.
After so many years, he was afraid that the food produced under his rule had been eaten by these aristocratic families! It was even more likely that even the land under his rule had been quietly swallowed by these aristocratic families!
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