At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

This kind of position that offends officials on a large scale can easily be used as a killing knife in political struggle, but it is also very likely to become a tool position for gaining political capital, helping a certain group to attack another group, so as to gain advancement, etc. of.

However, only a few people have the courage to do this kind of behavior of picking chestnuts out of the fire, and most people dare not.

Therefore, some people made Captain Sili a good man, no one would offend, and he was dismissed soon.

Guoyuan had been a good man for a few years, and Guo Peng had nothing to do with him at the time. Later, when he became more powerful, he took Guoyuan down and replaced him with the current Cheng Yu.

The position of official killer like Lieutenant Sili, indeed, can only be done well by someone like Cheng Yu, and he is not afraid of being retaliated. Anyway, he just wants to prove himself, wants to exercise power, wants to use his last Life to do something.

Cheng Yu really spent every day as if it was his last, so he lived every day with great effort and seriousness.

In the eyes of some people, this is looking for trouble when there is nothing to do, and asking for trouble, but for someone like Guo, Cheng Yu in this state is undoubtedly a nuclear bomb-level killer.

Once he let go and let Cheng Yu have political support and the right to mobilize non-military armed forces, Cheng Yu will be able to accomplish big things and make big cases.

Cheng Yu himself knew that this was the last chance in his life, whether he would glow to death with fever or lie in bed depressed to death, it was all in his own mind.

He will not have any confusion.

Cheng Yu already knew what he should do.

So, after taking office for a month, and after training a group of people who could be used, Cheng Yu made a comeback.

The first knife he slashed at the bureaucrats after his comeback was the Yuan family who is now in charge of the Taixue sacrifice wine and is related to the royal family.

Chapter 1302 One thousand two hundred and ten two Cheng Yu's first knife

Yuan Si is the father-in-law of Guo Jun, the second son of Guo Peng, and one of the top four families of scholars who surrendered their family classics to the emperor.

Because he gave up the right to inherit the classics by presenting the family classics, he was greatly praised by the emperor and was rewarded many times.

Now in the ninth year of Yande, a total of [-] mu of tax-free land has been rewarded, and the title has reached the level of first-class marquis, and the food town has reached [-] households.

It can be said that she is deeply favored by the royal family and received special care from the emperor. She not only has power, but also status, and her small life is very nourishing.

Over the past few years, the four major families of Yuan, Xun, Kong, and Jia have enjoyed all the glory and wealth by virtue of their contributions to the classics.

Of course, politically, he also maintained a high degree of consistency with the emperor, and became an important operator of public opinion for the emperor, serving for this purpose.

Therefore, the previous few political turmoil did not affect them. They seemed to have forged invincible golden bodies, as if they had completely jumped out of the Three Realms and were not in the Five Elements. They felt quite detached from the world.

But that's what it feels like.

Facts have proved that Guo Peng's favor and tolerance for them did not bring them honesty, and they did not really jump out of the Three Realms. They still had the same emotions and desires as ordinary people, and even more than ordinary people.

The four major families revealed their true colors under the investigation of Linziying. Among the data on the petition form and the actual survey data, the data of the Xun family and the Jia family were not much different from the actual data, and the difference between the Kong family and the Yuan family was considerable. It's getting bigger.

Guo Peng rewarded them with quite a lot of land. In all fairness, it is impossible for Guo Peng to really treat them badly because of his contributions to the classics, but they just don't know what contentment is.

So Cheng Yu decided to take the Yuan family first, in order to establish his prestige as the captain of Sili, and let those people know that Cheng Zhongde had been silent for several years and had returned.

Cheng Zhongde, who used to be in power, has returned again.

This time Cheng Zhongde came back, it was not an ordinary thing, Cheng Zhongde reloaded, this time was completely different from what he had to do before, you guys, are you really ready?

At the beginning of October in the ninth year of Yande, Cheng Yu personally led six officials from Sili Xiaowei's Mansion to Yuan Mansion to visit Yuan Si.

At this moment, all the rebellious tyrants in the whole world have been finished, and the national rebellion has completely subsided. It is just when the data of the liquidation of the powerful manors in various places is sent to Luoyang for statistics on a large scale.

The heads of the government, including Guo Peng, are conducting large-scale investigations and distribution arrangements for the nearly [-] million extra hidden households [out of thin air]. It is time to reward everyone for their merits after the suppression of the rebellion.

No one expected that Cheng Yu would start attacking Yuan Shi at this time.

So when Cheng Yu came to visit, Yuan Si didn't think of Cheng Yu's intention and goal at all, he just felt strange, he felt that he had nothing to do with Cheng Yu, what did it mean that he came to him just after he took the post of captain of Sili?

This is probably not a good thing.

Yuan Si still has this self-awareness.

However, he felt that with the lofty status of his family and his relationship with Guo Jun, he was also a relative of the emperor, even if he had the guts of a bear, Cheng Yu would not dare to attack him.

Not to mention that Cheng Yu was an official who was once attacked by the emperor, and suddenly became the captain of Sili after being silent for so long. No one knew what kind of medicine was sold in the emperor's gourd.

But even if there was medicine in the emperor's gourd, it was not aimed at him—Yuan Si had full confidence in this.

His family is now a member of the pan-royal group, and has the credit for dedicating classics, which is equivalent to having a gold medal for avoiding death.

No matter how courageous Cheng Yu was, he wouldn't dare to use himself as a lieutenant of Sili to show his prestige, right?

And he did not commit a crime.

Yuan Si received Cheng Yu without worry, chatting and laughing happily with Cheng Yu.

Cheng Yu could talk and laugh happily.

Yuan Si felt very surprised.

Back then, when he hadn't made his fortune, he had heard of the reputation of ruthless Cheng Lingjun several times. It probably meant that Cheng Yu never had a warm and positive expression on his face. Even if he did, it was a cannibalistic angry expression. .

That's interesting.

What exactly is Cheng Yu here for?

Is it difficult?

Is it for relationship?

Yuan Si suddenly found this guess quite interesting.

But soon, Cheng Yu revealed his true colors.

At the beginning of the conversation, Cheng Yu was quite kind, talked about some things, and complimented the Yuan family's contribution to the Guowei Empire.

Then the topic changed, and the topic became a bit serious.

"In order to increase the population and strengthen the State of Wei, Your Majesty decided to abolish the population tax and change it to tax based on land. You can pay as much tax as you have land. If you don't have land, you don't need to pay agricultural tax. This is a move that benefits the country and the people, Mr. Yuan. What do you think?"

Yuan Si chuckled.

"Of course, this is an act that will benefit the country and the people for generations to come. If this measure is promulgated in the world, all living beings in the world will be grateful to His Majesty and be more loyal to the Wei State. Wouldn't it be a great thing?"

"Yeah, of course it's a great thing."

Cheng Yu nodded, then sighed: "So, those bastards who rebelled for their own self-interest should be killed, and they must be thoroughly liquidated to eliminate future troubles. What does Yuan Jun think?"

Yuan Si also nodded.

"Naturally, it should be killed."

"Yes, they should all be killed. These bastards don't understand His Majesty's painstaking efforts. They occupy such a vast field without paying taxes, and they still want to rebel. mastered it?

But despite this, His Majesty has also taken care of the needs of many people, and has also given land tax reduction and tax exemption policies, such as paying less tax for having more children, and paying less tax for military service, etc. , and even the preferential treatment of rewarding land for meritorious service without paying taxes. "

Cheng Yu shook his head: "Ordinary people need tens of acres of land to support a family of several people. For those who are richer, two to three hundred acres of land is enough for a dozen people to live in peace.

Those who have contributed to the country, those with one or two thousand acres, those with three or four thousand acres, eat meat all the time, have a strong body, and have everything. This kind of life is also a fairyland on earth, but why are there always people who are greedy? "

Cheng Yu had a regretful expression on his face.

Yuan Si felt a little strange.

You should be very clear about greed and insufficiency, right?

There is no end to the needs of a high status. If everyone was so easy to be satisfied, the world would have been unified long ago. Isn't it because everyone is not satisfied that there will be troubled times?

Human desires are endless. Even if a person occupies the whole world, he may not be satisfied. This is a very normal thing in itself, as the ancients said clearly.

Now you actually ask me why everyone is so difficult to be satisfied.

You ask me, who do I ask?

Yuan Si thought it was strange for Cheng Yu to ask such a question.

"Insufficient people's hearts have been a chronic disease since ancient times. Hundreds of schools of thought in the pre-Qin period have related discussions on why people are greedy and insufficient, and thus bring about their own destruction. However, after repeated discussions, they can't solve it. They all think that the only way is to educate the people of the world. , so that it can be resolved.”

Yuan Si began to practice Tai Chi.

"Solve it?"

Cheng Yu looked at Yuan Si.

"On the day when everyone in the world is educated, it should be resolved, right?"

Yuan Si began to feel that something was wrong.

Cheng Yu took out a roll of paper from his sleeve and placed it in front of Yuan Si.

"If it is said that human greed can be restrained by being educated, why did Ouyang She, the great scholar of the former Han Dynasty, die? Your Majesty once cited this counterexample, and I remember it clearly."

Yuan Si's heart started beating.

He took the roll of paper tremblingly, unfolded it and read it slowly, the more frightened he looked, the more terrified he became.

No way?

No way?

And this kind of thing?

Chapter 1303 One thousand 210 three this kind of status, you Cheng Zhongde can move it at your word?

Yuan Si never expected that Cheng Yu would come here to declare war on him.

He couldn't figure out why.

My family is already part of the Pan-Royal Family, you... how dare you do anything to my family?

The emperor allowed it?

The emperor took such a big favor from my family, how could...

After a while, he raised his head.

"Cheng Jun... No, Captain Cheng, this is?"

"According to the investigation report on Yuan's real land and private property, Yuan's legal land is only the [-] mu of tax-free land rewarded by His Majesty. Apart from this, the Yuan family has no other legal land income.

In the previous Chen Qingbiao, Yuan Shi explained that in the Gyeonggi area of ​​Luoyang, in Hedong County, and in Runan County of Yuzhou, they all owned a lot of land. Nanjun four thousand.

The source of the [-] mu of land reported was mainly invested by tyrants. Some tycoons felt that they could not keep their family business, so they took the initiative to donate land to

However, according to the re-examination, the Yuan family has concealed something. The data of [-] mu of land in Hedong County and Luoyang is true, but in Runan County, Yuan's land is not [-] mu, but [-] mu. source……"

Cheng Yu didn't finish his sentence, and his sharp eyes, like a falcon, fixed on Yuan Si's expression changed drastically.

"This...Impossible? How could the Yuan family have these lands? There are only [-] mu! How could there be [-] mu? This is impossible! Impossible!"

"Yuan Jun means to say that Sili Xiaowei's mansion is framing the Yuan family?"

Cheng Yu's face was full of frost, and he stared at Yuan Si with icy eyes: "The fact that Hao Qiang voluntarily contributed land has become the mainstream among officials' petitions. According to the investigation, it is true that Hao Qiang contributed land under the names of many officials. Major sources of land, but not all.

In many places, there are not so many tyrants who are willing to contribute land, and they cannot find the names of the powerful families they reported. It is really a big problem to hide the fact that they have merged the farms under the pretense of tyrants' contribution.

After His Majesty found out these things, he deeply felt that the ministers had deceived His Majesty, so he secretly ordered me to investigate. After my investigation, I found that the situation is indeed very serious. If these problems are not clarified, our Wei's farming system will definitely collapse! "

"This this……"

Yuan Si turned pale with shock at first, then calmed down as if he thought of something.

"Cheng Xiaowei, this matter is indeed a serious problem. I don't know that the Yuan family still has [-] mu of land hidden in Runan County. I will definitely find out the source of this part of the land. If someone within the Yuan family is deceiving Me, I will never tolerate it!"

Yuan Si put the roll of paper on the table and expressed his attitude to Cheng Yu.

"Well, if that's the case, then it's best."

Cheng Yu smiled: "Then please Yuan Jun hand over to me those people in the Yuan clan who are in charge of managing the land and property, and I will take them back to Sili Xiaowei's Mansion for strict interrogation, and I will definitely help Yuan Jun find the horse. Black sheep, help the Yuan family clean up the house."

Yuan Si frowned.

"Lieutenant Cheng, what do you mean... you want to take someone from the Yuan clan?"

"Of course, if we want to investigate the cause of this matter, we will naturally have to arrest people."

"This matter... can I be allowed to investigate secretly, and then hand it over to Captain Cheng? After all, it is related to the Yuan family..."

Yuan Si and Cheng Yu had a discussion.