The Nameless of the Common Clans

After sending his son away to study, although Chen Mo paid attention to his son's studies, most of his energy was still on the government. Although the court was there before, it was an empty shell. The civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty were more of a means to restrict Cao Cao. , and did not perform its due functions. Chen Mo did not pay the salaries to the court officials for several years. Because of this, why waste money and food on things that have no value.

Although Liu Xie is dead now, Liu Neng has succeeded to the throne with the support of Chen Mo. No matter what Liu Neng's personal thoughts are, for Chen Mo, his succession has made up for the shortcomings of the court, and the court can start to operate. , many of the departments that Chen Mo built in the past, with no real name, have also returned to their positions one by one and can operate more effectively.

Since the new emperor succeeded to the throne, Chen Mo's main focus has been on establishing the imperial court. The new imperial court eliminated many useless and cumbersome official positions, and added new official positions to enable the imperial court to operate more efficiently.

Don't look at it as simple, but in fact, many things are new. Even Chen Mo is groping forward. For example, the Commercial Policy Department specializes in regulating domestic merchants. Although Chen Mo encourages business, he also knows that if businesses are allowed to be unscrupulous Development is actually the root of the cholera world, so Chen Mo has always encouraged businessmen, but suppressed the emergence of some wealthy businessmen.

At the same time, merchants can hire rangers to escort goods, but they are not allowed to raise soldiers privately. Once discovered, they will be executed without mercy. There is no room for discussion on this point. Even the servants of Chen Mo’s wealthy family want to restrict it, let alone merchants. .

Moreover, Chen Mo encouraged business, but the taxes on large merchants were horribly high. Almost half of the profits went to the court, and the Commercial Strategy Department was established for this reason.

In addition, the Shengongjiang Department was established on the basis of the craftsman's title of Zhonglangjiang. As long as the craftsmen in the world left their names in the Shengongjiang, they were protected by the court. Whether it was a businessman or a scholar, any craftsman hired You have to pay according to the price set by the court. At the same time, if the craftsman can improve or create something better, he is also protected by the court. If others want to use it, they have to pay. If you copy it, it is yours. This part of the money, The court received half and the craftsmen received half.

As for the most fundamental aspect of agriculture, in addition to Diannong Zhonglangjiang, Chen Mo also set up three other departments specifically responsible for the research of agriculture.

Chen Mo has refined and standardized the policies he has implemented since he became a prince. In addition, he has set up a person responsible for supervising taxes in various places. This has been done before, but Chen Mo has now set up another person who is responsible for supervising and supervising. To the greatest extent possible, Limit the power of local officials to ensure that the court can obtain maximum benefits without harming the people.

Such a new law with interlocking supervision at all levels will naturally consume a lot of money and food to operate, but it will get more. This is how Chen Mo went from Bingzhou to Guanzhong and then to Luoyang. The new law is also constantly improving. , while saving manpower, it can also have a supervisory effect. It is not easy to get to this point.

This was also the fundamental reason why Chen Mo reacted so strongly when Liu Neng wanted to reach out, directly deposing Tingwei and intimidating Liu Neng. Liu Neng may be a little clever, but his cleverness is not enough to control such a huge and complex system. Chen Mo worked hard The new law established cannot be destroyed by anyone, not even the emperor.

Chen Mo's efforts in this new method are by no means less than those he put into his son. Maybe he can't last forever, but at least for this era, Chen Mo is sure that his new method is the most suitable.

It doesn't matter how busy he is. The prototype of the new law was already in place when he was annexed to the state. Chen Mo kept trying and adjusting it when he was in Chang'an. The most important thing now is to apply the perfect system to the imperial court and eliminate meaningless official positions. , the power of the imperial court was gradually transferred from the Sangong and Jiuqing to the General's Mansion and the Shangshu Ling. It is correct to say that the imperial power was evaded, but Guanzhong, Heluo, and Bingzhou were all conquered by Chen Mo. Now he has established an emperor. They are here to unite people's hearts, not to divide their rights.

Moreover, with Liu Neng's little cleverness, Chen Mo would be defeated quickly by him even if he put the power in his hands. Chen Mo was naturally unwilling to do so. This was also the root cause of the previous conflict between the emperor and his ministers. Liu Neng was not satisfied with being a puppet. Emperor, and Chen Mo obviously couldn't give in.

And this short conflict naturally ended with Chen Mo winning. The chess pieces that Liu Neng could use, from the court to the market, were completely eradicated by Chen Mo. His methods were decisive and ruthless, which many people have not realized until now. , Such a result is not surprising. A newly elected emperor, without any power in his hands, wants to take advantage of Chen Mo, who created the situation in these three states, and he takes himself too seriously.

However, Chen Mo believes that Liu Neng's temporary dormancy is not the final result. At least the new emperor has learned to be patient, so he can continue to endure it. Chen Mo can't kill him, nor can he be deposed. The most important thing now is to improve and consolidate The new method brings all the contradictions together, and the emperor will still be of some use by then.

In this way, the end of the Han Dynasty teaching year came in an atmosphere of peace and tranquility. This year was another good year for Guanzhong, Heluo, Bingzhou, and Xiliang, especially the people of Guanzhong. After Chen Mo's several years of management, After that, food and clothing were gradually satisfied. In the past two years, the population of Bingzhou and Xiliang began to increase. The existence of fireplaces made the bitter cold in the north less unbearable. Especially in the past two years, there have been few reports of people in the north freezing to death. In the past two years, Taishi Ci also conquered several Xianbei tribes and moved inward to live in Bingzhou.

After all, Bingzhou is a bitterly cold place, and the winter outside the Great Wall is even more unbearable.

"If this continues, based on the current population growth, within ten years, the number of people under my lord's rule will probably exceed two million." Li Ru checked the household registrations sent from various places this year and looked at Chen Mo with a smile. .

By then, Chen Mo's side will gradually catch up with Yuan Shao and Cao Cao in terms of population. By then, what Chen Mo will occupy will not only be geographically advantageous.

"If Jizhou can be captured, the household registration under the rule can increase by two million within ten years." Chen Mo signed an official document, shook his head and said with a smile. In these troubled times, internal development is important, but the most important thing is what is gained from external campaigns. He has been issuing measures to benefit the people over the years, and he also intends to attract more people from the Central Plains. Unfortunately, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao are very careful about this, and Chen Mo has had little effect in attracting people from outside.

Li Ru nodded and smiled. It would be best if he could really do this. Unfortunately, although he defeated Yuan Shao for a while, Yuan Shao himself had not lost his foundation. How easy would it be to annex Jizhou? At this time, the situation in the world is still unclear, so it is better to slowly grow in strength and wait and see.

"My lord, there is a person. I think your lord should be vigilant." Xu Shu suddenly raised his head and looked at Chen Mo and said.

"Oh?" Chen Mo looked at Xu Shu in surprise: "Who can make Yuan Zhi so vigilant?"

"Liu Bei." Xu Shu handed a scroll of bamboo slips to Chen Mo and said: "According to our army's deployment in Suiyang, this person got the name of the clan in Suiyang last month. Liu Wei personally recognized it and found it in the royal family tree. This person’s name is the uncle of the pseudo-emperor Liu Wei of Suiyang.”

"Liu Bei." Chen Mo nodded. When he got married, Liu Bei came to congratulate him. At that time, Chen Mo remembered that this person had the destiny of Qianlong. Later, Chen Mo also paid attention to this person. He thought that becoming the lord of Xuzhou would be Liu Bei's limit. , but after Xuzhou, invest first Yuan Tan later borrowed troops to go south and succeeded in destroying Yuan Shu. He didn't seem to have done much, but he could always be seen active in the Central Plains, and his reputation was getting higher and higher. Now he had the title of Emperor's Uncle. If given If he has a chance, he might be able to break out again.

"This person is also interesting." Li Ru said with a smile: "Since he borrowed troops to Yanzhou, he has fought against Cao Cao several times. He was defeated in every battle, but his reputation is getting higher and higher, and he can always survive defeat. Before, he fought with Cao Cao. Cao Cao has a lot of grievances. This time in Suiyang, he not only gained the reputation of the emperor's uncle, but also escaped unscathed, which is really strange. "

"Looking at the world, there is only one family like this." Chen Mo nodded. From the beginning of Dong Zhuo's chaos, the world's princes gathered together, and now the Central Plains is divided into three parts. During this period, Chen Mo couldn't count how many princes there were, but only those who could end well. Ma Teng, Kong Rong and others could still serve as officials in the court, but their reputations were definitely not as good as before. They became vassals of the great princes, and most of them were defeated and died as their power was destroyed.

Liu Bei is the only one who is an outlier. He has been defeated many times, but he has not completely attached himself to the princes. He can even survive from desperate situations and his reputation is getting bigger and bigger. It is really strange.

"Where did he go after he became the emperor's uncle?" Chen Mo asked curiously.

"I don't know yet, but before Liu Bei entered Suiyang, Yuan Shu's generals had appeared in the Runan area. After Liu Bei left Suiyang, he also went to Runan. I suspect that there may be some involvement." Xu Shu pondered. road.

Chen Mo closed his eyes and thought carefully. He went to Runan, but did not defect to Sun Ce. He changed places. If he were Liu Bei, he would not defect to Sun Ce. After all, Jiangdong was conquered by Sun Ce. Even if he defected to Sun Ce, there would not be much to do. Liu Bei is obviously not someone who has lived under others for a long time. If he were Liu Bei, the one who could invest at this time would be Liu Biao of Jingzhou. Or Liu Zhang of Western Shu. First of all, these two people are Han clan clansmen and share the same clan friendship with Liu Bei. In addition, although Liu Biao was the king of Chu, he was ignored by the Jingxiang family under his rule, and his name was not worthy of his name. Liu Zhang inherited Liu Yan had a strong foundation, but he didn't have Liu Yan's means. He lost Hanzhong as soon as he gained Yizhou. In these two places, Liu Bei had a chance to gain a foothold.

"There are many sects in Jingzhou and Sichuan and Shu. If nothing unexpected happens, Liu Bei will probably choose these two places to stay and pay close attention to their movements." Chen Mo opened his eyes, looked at everyone and smiled.

This person who was originally not in his sight, unknowingly has some intention to shake the situation in the world. Unfortunately, now that the Central Plains are three pillars, Chen Mo has no time to take care of him. If the Central Plains is unified at this time, Chen Mo will have enough time. Let’s conquer Jingxiang.

"Here!"