The complaints of the moderate factions represented by Kong Rong and Huaxin will be casually mentioned, and will not affect the political ecology of the court, mainly because the current court does not have much territory directly under the jurisdiction.

Emperor Xian of Han thought he could control the territory, which was part of Hedong and Henoi, and added Henan Yin, Hongnong and Chenliu, and was less than five complete counties ( Emperor Xian of Han secretly won over the still sincere Hanoi Zhang Yang and Chenliu Chengong. He felt that these two people would secretly be loyal to the emperor if they were loyal to Yuan Shao on the surface).

Moreover, the territory directly under the emperor is closest to the center and has the least transportation difficulties. The inefficient dispatching difficulties faced by remote areas, the lords who lived in the capital for their entire lives have never seen it, so there is no such thing as empathy. Of course, they can easily sit down and discuss it.

For the princes in remote areas, the impact brought by Liu Bei's new law was a real decision on administrative efficiency and could not be careless.

...

First of all, the one who was closest to Liu Bei and responded the fastest was Yuan Shu in Nanyang. At the beginning of the 11th month of the lunar calendar in 196, Yuan Shu asked about this in Wancheng.

The reason why he reacts quickly is that Yuan Shu is so idle that he is so bored that he has no real work to care about!

Yuan Shao was comforting and assimilating Wuhuan, and at the same time, he accused Lu Bu of acting when he saw the opportunity to use the Bingzhou army to cut some benefits from the Xianbei people. He even heard that he was still contacting Cao Cao to put pressure on Mi Zhu, trying to peacefully subdue Mi Zhu, the prefect of Liaodong who was suspected of Liu Bei's chess piece.

Cao Cao was busy conquering Sanhan and reforming his voyages. At the same time, he also used the banner of "helping Yuan Shao clearing the roads" to farm in the Han River Basin of Sanhan (of course, the Han River in the Nanbang at the end of the Han Dynasty was not called this name, it was an unknown place), and by the way, he created friction with Mi Zhu's people who went south to the south.

Sun Ce and Liu Biao also had their own things to do, but Yuan Shu was really idle and faded out of his mouth.

After understanding the effects of Liu Bei's new round of reforms, Yuan Shu immediately called Yang Hong and Yan Xiang to ask them for their opinions and countermeasures.

Yang Hong analyzed in detail: "Lord, Liu Bei's method is also a disguised light tax and levy tax for the people. People in remote and inconvenient areas are allowed to pay less heavy and low tribute taxes, and the freight fees are actually deducted from the tribute taxes.

However, our army is located in Jingbei and Yuzhou, both of which are convenient and densely populated. After two years of military farming, the people can also have food to eat. Compared with the misfortune of Huang Shao and He Yi in the rebellion, the people in Yingchuan and Runan had improved too much.

I think that since the old law is used to oppress and exploit people's power, it is not necessary for the people to force them to rebel. I will turn a blind eye and continue to live. Why should I reduce the freight fees for the people during the tax payment process?"

Yang Hong's words are quite similar to the price increase hearing style of some monopoly industries in later generations in the 1990s (it was gone in the 21st century, and they were all reformed and standardized)

Whether it is price increases or tax reductions, the standard depends on whether the people can bear it or not. As long as the Yellow Turban is not forced out, it can be accepted.

However, it is indeed very suitable for the spleen and stomach of a person like Yuan Shu. He was worried that the resources to "enrich the country and strengthen the army" would be insufficient, and he could not make any moves for the upcoming great cause. Yang Hong supported him, and Yan Xiang did not object to him, so let's continue to do this.

Yuan Shu thought for a while and ordered, "Forget it, then we should pretend that we have not heard of Liu Bei's reform. However, we must ensure that the people are available. We must never boast about Liu Bei's law and not discuss the new law to incite the people to envy this. You must investigate this! Now is our critical moment.

I heard that the general had a worsening stroke a few months ago because of the heat in the late summer and was completely paralyzed in bed and could not move. At the beginning of last month, when I sent Yuan Huan to Luoyang to see him, he ordered him to visit the general's house. Yuan Huan replied that the general could not even carry his hands, so he could only eat liquid food and asked the maid to help him get up and feed him.

Strokes have always been severe cold, and they are worse in the heat. In summer, the general will definitely not survive this winter. Dong Cheng deceives the emperor and is indifferent. If there is an accident in the general, we should be strict soldiers and armor to punish the ministers and clear the emperor. Now it is indeed not advisable to have more troubles."

Yuan Shu was already full of troubles and was unable to care about anything else.

It’s not his fault. He is so greedy by nature. But this year, Liu Bei, Yuan Shao and other princes still stimulated him so much that he expanded his territory to the frontier one by one.

Of course, some God's perspective may find it strange: Yuan Shu is completely different from the same period in history. He is obviously not the strongest vassal in the world. No matter how he calculates, his book strength ranks third behind Yuan Shao and Liu Bei. So how can he have the same courage as in history?

If you think so, it can only be said that you don’t know enough about Yuan Shu. He really shouldn’t have such strong courage, but another sudden mentality that did not exist in history made up for his courage.

This mentality is similar to the central idea of ​​"The Memorial of Later Out of the Army": "However, if you do not attack the thief, your king's career will also be destroyed; if you only sit and wait for the death, who will attack him?"

In other words, in history, Yuan Shu’s aggressive advancement and proclaiming emperor was the kind of "I think I can win, but I must win" in "The Memorial of the Front" like "I think I can win, but I must win". Now, Yuan Shu’s aggressive advancement is the kind of "I have the confidence to win or not, if you don’t fight, you will be waiting to die, then it’s better to fight."

A dead man is coming to the sky! How can a real man die slowly? He will lose even if he loses!

People like Yuan Shu are actually covered with a layer of desolation that they know they cannot do it. Not to mention their level, at least they have courage.

Yang Hong and Yan Xiang also knew that the arrow was on the string, so they just waited for Zhu Yi to shit. What else is there to say about this critical moment? Then everything is the same, just wait for a trial in the end.

...

Yuan Shu did not respond to Liu Bei's reforms, and even blocked the news and prevented the officials and civilians from talking about the new laws. Therefore, Liu Biao from Jingzhou and Sun Ce from Jiangdong also became a little slower to respond to the news from the northwest.

In contrast, the second prince in the world who learned about the detailed effects of Liu Bei's reform became Yuan Shao, who was across the river from Liu Bei.

Yuan Shao actually saw the benefits of Liu Bei's reform, but he also knew that the transportation of taxes and materials in his territory was not difficult, and the reform was not so urgent.

At the same time, after tax deduction is applied, the tax base will be reduced and the interests of all parties will be affected. Yuan Shao's hesitant temper has risen again, which has led to him wanting to wait and see again

Mainly, in October, he secretly authorized Bingzhou defense envoy Lu Bu to "take action when the Xianbei people were chasing Zhang Feima Chaohu Chuquan and were embarrassed." Yuan Shao also wanted to see with his own eyes how mobilization and dispatch capabilities of the remote troops under his control of the Thousand Mile Expedition were exactly, and how big the gap was with Liu Bei's expedition ability if it was not changed.

Be more stable and get the actual execution comparison data. You know it. It’s not too late to promote it in full! Anyway, for Yuan Shao, he is not in a hurry, the world is still peaceful, and he has not yet fallen into war again, so he doesn’t have to be forced to make a decision and offend people immediately.

This idea is also very related to Yuan Shao's experience in fighting since he started his family, which led to Yuan Shao's path relying on Yuan Shao's lair since he started his army, and his nest was in Jizhou on the Hebei Plain. The terrain was flat and the river was well connected.

The three prefectures he later merged successively, Qingzhou, Youzhou, Bingzhou, and even a county in Yanzhou that he obtained when he clashed with Cao Cao, happened to be located in four directions in the northeast, southwest and southwest of Jizhou in the direction counterclockwise.

In other words, Yuan Shao has been fighting a thousand-mile expedition for seven years! He only fought three or five hundred miles from his nest in one direction. The next time he conquered, he fought in another direction, and he was still no more than five hundred miles away from his nest.

The only Liaodong area of ​​Youzhou, which was originally a bit of a logistical challenge, was not fighting because of Mi Zhu's friendly and tribute strategy, and Mi Zhu had the navy in control, so he did not fight.

Yuan Shao’s logistics difficulties in the past seven years are actually at the novice village level and have a good life.

It's not like Liu Bei, but it was a thousand miles of expedition from a corner of the ravine. Its logistics difficulty is hell.

People who have never suffered will not realize the urgency of the problem. This is natural. Yuan Shao cannot be blamed for being indecisive.

...

The result of Yuan Shao's hesitation was that Cao Cao replaced Yuan Shao and became the second person in the Han Dynasty to learn from Liu Bei's reforms.

Judging from the time of getting the news, Cao Cao was actually the third among the princes who knew the initial results of the reform. He was ranked alongside Liu Biao, before Sun Ce.

But Cao Cao was much more decisive than Yuan Shao. After hearing that Liu Bei had saved a lot of logistics and dispatch costs after regaining Hetao, Cao Cao almost shone his eyes and instantly realized that this thing had helped him too much the territory structure that now spanned Yanxu and Sanhan!

When Cao Cao started his business, the logistics difficulty was actually quite good. Apart from the junction of the four provinces in later generations, the area between Mount Tai and Mangdang Mountain, and the supporting swamp area, Cao Cao could not easily mobilize and dispatch. The rest of Xuzhou is the northern Jiangsu Plain, Yanzhou is also a plain in Henan and Shandong, and the water network is also good to travel across rivers.

(Note: The areas where Cao Cao could not mobilize efficiently were mainly around Shanyang County. Historically, the Li Dian family was semi-independently autonomous. When Cao Cao needed to dispatch troops, the Li Dian family sent their clan soldiers to follow Cao Cao to fight, even if they fulfilled their duties as ministers. Usually, they didn’t have to pay taxes to Cao Cao. The locals spent their own taxes and grains, and they also spent money on their own weapons.)

However, after taking down the Three Koreans, Cao Cao's territory was separated by the sea in two. He needed a good plan to reduce the cost of concentrating material dispatch!

Liu Bei's successful experience gave Cao Cao a shot of heart-warming agent. After he found out, he immediately recruited Yu Cheng Yu and others who were good at internal affairs. He didn't even look for Guo Jia, who had helped him decide the "State Strategy for Eastward Advance in Peaceful Era" before, and only discussed with Xun and Cheng.

Cao Cao was very wise and knew that Guo Jia was good at making strange plans, not good at accounting and internal affairs. Therefore, he could not find Guo Jia for all matters of Sanhan because the three Hans were conquered by Guo Jia.

Cao Cao said decisively: "I decided to submit to Your Majesty, to show that we obey the goodwill of the court, and to pilot the "rental and mediocre transfer method" in Yanzhou and Xuzhou. Then, we will use this to inspire private business and travelers and government officials and people under our rule to work together to reduce the cost of our shipping.

It also inspired immigrants who had already arrived in the Three Koreans, and the conquered Dongyi in the Three Koreans, to promote the court's light taxes and levies on the Three Koreans to them, further encourage military farming and land reclamation, and to develop production of Wenruo and Zhongde, what do you think?"

Xun Yu first expressed his support: "Liu Bei's method is indeed extremely beneficial to the Han Dynasty. It is beneficial to any princes along the way, continuing to expand and stabilize the borders and strengthening the deterrence of the Hu people and barbarians. Liu Bei did not cherish his own plans and openly submitted his majesty to make it open and publicly public, which is admirable.

Ming Gong did not ask about the origin of a good strategy and was willing to use it humbly, which showed that he was broad-minded and did not waste his affairs due to others. However, Yuan Shao was hesitant and refused to use this method. If Ming Gong's attitude was too high-profile, he might arouse Yuan Shao's hatred.

Our army only rubbed against Yuan Shao the summer before yesterday, and lost a half of the county. After finally showing weakness, it was only after being on the way to stabilize. This time, Liu Bei's law must be implemented. First, we must do less publicity and not make people feel that we are trying to win over the people's hearts under Yuan Shao's rule. Second, we must also send people to explain to Yuan Shao, and make a false statement."

As for how to be vain, this is not what people like Xun Yu think about. Fortunately, Cheng Yu was next to him and immediately took on his obligation with a wink:

"Ming Gong, the summer of the previous year, Sima Boda's mission was very smooth. Now Sima Boda can be used as an envoy. He gave Yuan Shao a heavy gift and said, "We can pilot the new law expressed by Liu Bei in Xuzhou in the name of General Cavalry."

In this way, if you love the people, you can be praised by General Cavalry. If you offend someone, you will offend someone under the rule of Ming Gong. The powerful people in the directly under Yuan Shao will not lose a way to deceive the superiors and conceal the subordinates. Yuan Shao is greedy for his little love for his reputation. Even if there are counselors around him who can see that this method is beneficial to the scheduling of Ming Gong's money and grain, it will enhance the financial resources of Ming Gong, and it will not stop it."

Seeing that both the main strategists supported him, Cao Cao was excited: "Okay, then that's it. How to implement the "renting and transfer method" in Xuzhou? In terms of the money and grain system, if you have the final say, you will show me after you have finished it.

If you send an envoy to appease Yuan Shao, Zhongde will still command you. Send whoever you should send, and you will prepare any gifts to Yuan Shao and write any good things. Just let me take a look before leaving."

Cao Cao decided to "follow up with reform" in a decisive manner.

Within half a month, Cao Cao, with the assistance of Xun Yu, formulated a series of policies to preferentially favor the private "contract logistics industry".

Xun Yu advised him to imitate Liu Bei and Li Su and calculate the current shipping costs as the benchmark price. Then he encouraged private merchants and technical officials to work together to improve the current sand ships, striving to build ships that are more reliable, more adaptable, more stable and more adaptable than the sand ships they copied from Mi Zhu.

Then, Cao Cao also promised in the new policy: for any technological improvement, the shipping fee will be reduced compared to the current benchmark price, and the savings will be paid to the business or official who has the technological innovation by half at 50%! It lasts for one year! The share will be reduced to 30% in the second year, but it will last for five years!

And the key is that after the new ship is improved, the Xuzhou government will promote the construction of new ships. Any part of the freight savings caused by other private chambers of commerce or governments in building such new ships must be distributed to the inventor! Not only the part of the profits owned by the inventor!

There is no doubt that this is Cao Cao and Xun Yu who copied Li Su's "patent law" and worked hard to encourage the use of technology to reduce the cost and risks of shipping.

Only in this way can Cao Cao's accumulated wealth in the conquest of the Three Koreans be transported back at a low price and feed back the upcoming melee battlefield of the Central Plains.

Such a thing would not have happened if it was a peaceful era, under the guidance of the Han Dynasty's policy of opposing agriculture and suppressing commerce.

But who made it happen again in a chaotic world? Cao Cao even did the task of robbing to support the navigation industry in order to survive in the cracks. It was also a temporary solution to make him a little mercantilism, respect and protect intellectual property rights and the industrial property rights of merchants.

(Everyone will bear it a little longer, because before the world is in chaos again, what is the current state of the other princes and how their strength is, they must write it in a little bit. I have not started to write about the annexation and wars of other princes, and tried to minimize the flooding.
Chapter completed!