In this era, the gentry class has quite a powerful force. Liu Xin planned to gradually suppress this class from the beginning, but he had to rely on the power of this class. There were two reasons for this. On the one hand, Liu Xin just arrived in Jingzhou. At that time, the strength was weak, so I accepted the refuge of Kuai and Cai. On the other hand, reading was a very extravagant thing at the time. The children of ordinary people couldn’t read books at all, and the governance of the country was inseparable from these scholars.
Nowadays, Liu Xin has opened schools all over the country. It will not be long before the monopoly of the gentry class on reading is gradually broken. But Liu Xin knows more that the reason why the gentry class has such a powerful influence is not only because of their knowledge, but also because of them. Holds great wealth,
Every time Liu Xin captured a city, he would carry out a large-scale purge of the local gentry, depriving them of their property and land, and even turning them into official slaves, thus clearing their wealth. However, this method is only Can be used to deal with the gentry of hostile forces, but cannot be used to deal with people in their own camp,
In his camp, the Kuai family and the Cai family, including the Mi family who joined later, were originally wealthy. Many of these families held official positions and also operated caravans. Their wealth increased, and some cold families Civil and military officials from the background, relying only on their salary, can live without worry, but compared with those families, the gap between the rich and the poor has become larger and larger.
This is only within his camp. If compared with ordinary people, the gap is even more alarming. Although these big families are loyal to Liu Xin now, as their power increases, it is difficult to guarantee whether these families will appear. A few ambitious guys, so Liu Xin has to take precautions,
Liu Xin’s first measure is to implement the separation of official business from business. All officials must voluntarily resign if they continue to conduct business at home. At the same time, Liu Xin also intends to order a re-measurement of the land in the world, strictly according to the size of the family’s population. For land distribution, all land ownership will be returned to the court. Of course, the court will give appropriate compensation to the registered land with ownership.
If this measure is implemented, it is estimated that most officials will abandon their caravans and shops and concentrate on becoming officials. The reason why the gentry is different from the pros is that people of this class can come out as officials. It is ranked first, but Shang is ranked last. Being an official is very face. Everyone must choose to be an official.
As a result, those officials will have no caravans and shops, and their land will be greatly reduced, their wealth will also shrink, and their quality of life will decline. Therefore, Liu Xin will also consider increasing their salary.
Of course, doing so may also arouse a strong backlash from the gentry, but Liu Xin is not afraid. He has now firmly grasped the nation’s military power in his hands. The fact that political power comes out of the gun is an unbreakable truth. Moreover, the entire military system is now independent of the system of civilians, farmers, industry, and commerce. From generals to soldiers, they are all true professional soldiers.
Liu Xin has been considering these measures for a long time, but he has been hesitant about when to implement them. Now, Liu Xin's affair has given Liu Xin a wake-up call and made him completely determined.
Man Chong must have taken a fancy to Li Ping’s concubine, otherwise, even if what he said is true, there is no need to keep a good concubine in the back office. You can wait until the war is over and when the family members are sent off. Treat them differently. Of course, Man Chong can also buy her when the family members are sold by the officials. However, even if Man Chong can get enough money, he is not sure to compete with the wealthy gentry family.
When thinking of this, a glimmer of light flashed in Liu Xin's mind, and he decided not to sell the family members of those criminals for public sale, but directly rewarded them to officials at all levels as slaves.
When distributing land according to the population of the family, the servants also participated in the distribution. If there were more servants in the family, the land allocated would naturally increase. In that era, land was the most important wealth of a family. Through this method, Liu Xin could In a disguised way, officials at all levels become rich, and the distribution of these servants is entirely up to Liu Xin. He can balance the wealth of officials through this method.
This has another advantage. Many of the servants who were assigned to the families of these officials were originally from the noble family, some were originally slaves, and some were ladies and young ladies, and now they have become servants, these ladies and ladies. The young master himself can also serve as a warning to officials at all levels, admonishing them to behave with their tails up and not to violate the laws of the big man, otherwise once they commit a crime, their wife, young lady, and young master will become slaves to others.
Of course Xu Huang and the others couldn’t think so far, but they would not refuse Liu Xin’s proposal, but they thought more about this war. Xu Huang had already handed over and said, "Your Majesty, Cao Cao. Now it is like a dog in the mourning family, can it be possible to send troops north to capture Yecheng as soon as possible,"
Zhang Fei was even more impatient, and continued to say: "Brother Yujia personally, I will be the pioneer,"
Liu Xin waved his hand and said: "In the war, I am not as good as you, Gongming, the battle against Yecheng is still under your command. In addition to the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Army Corps, I have transferred another 50,000 infantrymen of the Fifth Army Corps, together with Wei Yan. You are in charge,"
In the two wars, Liu Xin handed over heavy troops to him. Xu Huang felt Liu Xin's deep trust in him, and quickly said, "The final will be the mission."
Liu Xin nodded and said, "I give you all peace of mind. Now is the time for the final battle. Zilong and Wenyuan can also act at the same time."
Both Zhang Fei and Zhang Xi's eyes lit up. This is a battle from Hebei to the grasslands. It will be recorded in history. The young Wei Yan was even more excited. Only Huang Zhong was a little depressed and asked, "Your Majesty, how There is no such thing as the end,"
Liu Xin laughed and said, "Don't be anxious for Han Sheng, I have a big thing to do for you,"
Huang Zhong was overjoyed and said, "Your Majesty, please speak."
Liu Xin stretched out her right hand and pointed in all directions, and said: "Someone once commented that Cao Cao is a powerful minister in the world and a traitor in troubled times. Now he is in troubled times. How can I let it go like this. He also has wise men like Xun Yu and peerless warriors like Xiahou Dun and Xia Houyuan beside him. Cao Cao can't be caught in one day, and I can't sleep in one day."
Huang Zhong immediately bowed and said, "Your Majesty, don't worry, the general will leave now,"
"Wait," Liu Xin shook his head and said, "Yuan Shao has justice to deal with. I don't need to worry about it. There is nothing left or right. I will go with you."
Everyone was taken aback and hurriedly persuaded: "Your Majesty, don't take personal risks."
Liu Xin said without hesitation: "I'm not a mess. There is evil and Han Sheng and the two of them. What kind of danger can come out? Bring a map."
Cao Cao escaped from the battlefield yesterday evening. Whether Xun Yu, Xiahou Dun, Xia Houyuan and others were with him or separated from him, no one knows. What Liu Xin has to do now is to race against time, as fast as possible. The earth casts a net of heaven and earth,
The order to set up the card to investigate and search for Cao Cao has been written, and it will be passed to the Xu and Yang counties through the flying pigeons after dawn. The 40,000 infantrymen of the Fifth Army have also been sent out, and they will be stationed at the main traffic intersection After a careful investigation of the past personnel and caravans, it was found that the suspicious personnel were arrested on the spot. The 10,000 cavalrymen of the Fifth Army were also divided into five teams, one for every two thousand, and they were pursued separately.
The key now is that I don’t know how many people are around Cao Cao. If he has enough soldiers, he will probably go all the way to the north. If there are only a few people around him, he will probably be incognito and lurking among the people. After the limelight has passed, look for opportunities to go north again,
Although there are many uncertainties, Liu Xin analyzed the possible whereabouts of Cao Cao. There are naval fleets on the river patrolling day and night, and Cao Cao can't fly to the south of the Yangtze River. So, Cao Cao's ultimate goal is extremely high. It is possible that it was going north to Yuan Shao. No matter how much hatred and intrigue they had in the past, now they have to abandon their previous suspicions and unite against Liu Xin.
In this way, Cao Cao’s route is more obvious. From Shouchun to the north, there are two roads to choose from. The eastern route passes through Xiapi County in Xuzhou to enter the East China Sea, then takes the road into Qingzhou, and the western route passes through Qiaojun in Yuzhou. Pengcheng, then enter Qingzhou,
These two paths have their pros and cons,
Although Cao Cao has occupied most of Xuzhou, the two counties of Xiapi and Guangling are under Liu Xin's control. The forces of these two counties may be empty, but if they encounter a defensive general like Manchu, it may be difficult for Cao Cao. Please, and he slaughtered in Xuzhou that year, the people of Xuzhou hated him so hard to hide his traces.
If Cao Cao chooses the Western Front, he will also be in danger at any time, because the reinforcements of the Han army came from Runan and Qiaojun. The first troops were cavalry. Will there be infantry in the follow-up? Wherever the infantry has arrived, Cao Cao should I don’t know, if he chooses the western front and just hits the Han infantry, wouldn’t he throw himself into the net
Liu Xin carefully figured out Cao Cao’s psychology. He knew that Cao Cao was suspicious and would often leave the road instead of taking the small road. According to common sense, Cao Cao was more likely to choose the Eastern Route. After all, he is now fleeing rather than attacking. The city is plundering the land, and the eastern front is empty. Even if he shows his whereabouts, he can retreat calmly.
Of course, Liu Xin doesn’t have to worry about it. As long as there is no news from the eastern route after dawn, it means that Cao Cao chose the western route, otherwise he chose the eastern route.
There are still two hours before dawn. Although two hours are not long, sometimes they can play a decisive role. Therefore, Liu Xin did not wait for dawn and immediately launched a pursuit.