People who receive modern history education always have an illusion about the issue of land annexation, that is, they think that the policy design in this aspect and how to prevent land annexation will definitely become more and more advanced with the progress of the times.

The later dynasties learned from the demise of the previous dynasties and should always be better at avoiding pits and making smarter choices?

But in fact, this idea is mostly due to the influence of modern historical education by the Soviet-style Stalin syllogism, and is used to seeing human society as the result of the linear evolution of "primitive-slave-feudal-capital-communism".

The realistic feature of Chinese history is that the empire era is particularly long (I don’t talk about the “feudal” era). The lessons from so many dynasties have accumulated, and the emperors have made almost all attempts to fight against land annexation. They found that the left and right were not good. No matter how they did it, it would eventually lead to land annexation and national destruction.

Therefore, the Chinese imperial history and attitude towards land policy have had many yardstick effects.

I felt that the land policy of the previous dynasty had left and died, but the next dynasty shrank a little bit to the right, but it still died.

The next dynasty will continue to learn from the lessons, return to the left one, and then the country will be destroyed twice. The next dynasty will be right one, and then the country will be destroyed three times...

In the end, they jumped repeatedly from left to right. This jump took two thousand years, and no matter how they jumped, they would destroy the country.

Standing at the critical moment of the late Han Dynasty, there is not much experience to learn from, but at least it has filled the materials needed for the first wave of expansion and contraction of the ruler. I tried to jump horizontally and tell people that both left and right may die.

Top politicians like Cao Cao, Xun Yu, and Cheng Yu are of course familiar with history.

Knowing that Zhou was divided into feudal areas because of the king's land, the people fled to reclaim land, and the mobilization efficiency was not as good as admitting private land.

I also know that because Qin used the people too much and served excessively, the world suffered from Qin for a long time, and he rose up after rising.

Because land annexation in the late Western Han Dynasty was indeed crazy, the rich were in the fields and the poor, and there was no place to stand.

Wang Mang made the land nationalization because of his left, but failed to do so, and it still caused the green forest and red eyebrows, and it was over.

But the Eastern Han Dynasty did not dare to nationalize land, and was still subjected to the Yellow Turban.

Because of this, when Xun Yu reminded Cao Cao with Wang Mang's lesson, Cao Cao did not think that "because the new policy he wanted to implement contained certain elements that Wang Mang had used, it would be bad."

Cao Cao thought of this question very clearly, so he told Xun Yu earnestly and Cheng Yu to tell his aspirations:

"Zhou and Wang Mang died, Qin had a set of ways to perish, and the Han Dynasty was another kind of collapse! Those who did not follow Wang Mang's route were all destroyed, and no one survived.

Therefore, ancestors are not enough to be lawful and history is not enough to be afraid. If the road that has been destroyed in history cannot be taken, there is no way to go! You can only piece together, learn from others' strengths, play to avoid weaknesses, and splice together a set of new methods to change the most tyrannical point of the deceased of the previous generations.

As Zhongde said, Gu is now just forbidden the powerful families from buying and selling land, and is not as incarnated as Wang Mang. Even if there is resistance, it will not be too fierce. It can be completely divided and disintegrated and strive for the understanding of most powerful families who are obedient."

Because Xun Yu had not participated in Cao Cao's draft discussion process before, he was not very clear about the details. When Cao Cao discussed the details of the land plundering policy, he used Mao Jie, Zao Zhi, Man Chong and other capable officials who were of lower-level but more ruthless and good at organizing production.

Xun Yu came to object when he heard that Cao Cao's draft was about to be announced.

Now after listening to Cao Cao's defense, he also found that the great principles he talked about were a bit exhausted, so he could only persuade him from a different perspective and help Cao Cao improve the details.

Xun Yu analyzed: "Prime Minister, even though the implementation method is very different from that of Wang Mang, the constraints on the powerful families are too ruthless. The seller of the land does not necessarily want to turn real estate into movable property, which is convenient for migration to the enemy.

It can only be said that the possibility of migration is relatively high, and subordinates also know that as early as ten years ago, Sili and the aristocratic families in Yuzhou took advantage of the chaos to sell their land and immigrate to Jingzhou to avoid disaster. There are countless people.

But even so, if you don’t want a sufficient reason and just kill and confiscate the house, the people in the world will be lost. Governing the country is like controlling water, where rivers are blocked and destroyed, and many people will be hurt. What’s more, the people’s desire to sell land to avoid war has been better than being distracted since ancient times."

Xun Yu still admits that those who are interested and knowledgeable in the aristocratic family can sell their land and run away before the war comes, because he is too familiar with this job.

The Xun family in Yingchuan where he was, took advantage of the Sili area being swept by Dong Zhuo and sold all the manors in Yingchuan's hometown at a low price and defected to the princes of various places.

There are also some stunning groups in the Sima family in Hanoi who were also typical of selling their manors in Hanoi before Dong Zhuo beat up Wang Kuang. At that time, all the knowledgeable people knew that the entire Sili, and even the counties bordering Sili, would become bloody battlefields.

Cao Cao didn't want to listen to the cliché anymore, so he raised his hand to stop Xun Yu and asked him to pick constructive opinions and said: "I understand these principles, but now it's not the time to talk about foresight. Wen Ruo then said, "I have any other way to do this and win the trust of the people."

Xun Yu sighed: "If the Prime Minister insists on implementing this policy... at least first make the world clear and emphasizes absolute protection for those who do not operate businessmen among the powerful families.

They should also be encouraged to organize their own slaves to fully cultivate, or even temporarily give in, implying that they will not take advantage of the opportunity to investigate the land and thoroughly investigate the hidden population slaves.

This may ease the resistance, and when all the powerful people who sell land and migrate to the enemy are solved, they will slowly investigate the hidden population."

Xun Yu couldn't think of any good idea, so he could only advise Cao Cao to pay attention to the united front at all times, and to deal with only one sub-category enemy at a time, and not to make too many enemies at the same time.

Join the majority and attack a small group. After attacking a small group, set a new division standard from the remaining majority, and divide a new small group into another to continue fighting.

If there is an economic model that needs to be cracked down, there must be a corresponding economic model that needs to be encouraged, so that people can have expectations and be stable.

"Wen Ruo's words are true. Since you want to change the land, you must actively promise to slow down and thoroughly investigate the hidden households to show your goodwill. This is a bargaining chip for comfort." Cao Cao also followed the advice and immediately added this article.

But there are more serious problems later. Xun Yu continued to ask: "Prime Minister, there is another serious problem. Your draft order stipulates that the sale of land is prohibited, which means that not only the sale is punished, but also the purchase is punished.

Although this is beneficial to curbing land annexation, it is actually because the law is unfounded. The teachings say that once you find a "collaborative enemy" and collude with Liu Bei to transfer property, you will have to kill the core members of the family, and punish them as official serfs, and release them as military farmers.

Fortunately, the land seller said that he wanted to migrate to the enemy, so what is the crime of buying land? Land annexation itself cannot be a crime. Otherwise, it is Wang Mang's policy. The rich people in the world will resist fiercely when they see that they are not allowed to hoard more land."

Cao Cao hadn't thought of this detail before. After reading Xun Yu's question, he felt it was necessary to deal with it. However, he did not expect it for a moment and subconsciously looked at Cheng Yu next to him.

When Cheng Yu saw Cao Cao's expectant eyes, his heart moved and suddenly there was a vicious plan. He quickly helped the leader to give the final explanation and put the legal principles back:

"The Prime Minister, my subordinates thought it would be better to add some explanations to the teachings and regulations to educate the people so that people all over the world can understand the Prime Minister's painstaking efforts.

The reason why we have to punish even those who buy land is because ‘the buyer may be singing a double act with the seller and selling favors’.

For example, if the seller wants to go to Liu Bei to explore the road, the land they sell may not be taken over, because the current year is not good, and everyone is afraid that the property rights of the land will not be guaranteed.

In this case, someone dares to take over. This is not "to show goodwill to those speculators who want to defect to Liu Bei, and leave more favors to retreat." What is it?

Therefore, as long as there is land transaction speculation, all of them are bad people! All are severely punished! Only by not buying or selling, insisting on planting in fields and not speculating, this is the honest and simple farming system.”

Cao Cao's eyes lit up, and he thought to himself that Zhongde was better than Wenruo in these evil aspects! He could think of such a vicious legal concept!

Xun Yu only knows how to follow the right path and will not make strange plans. When Cao Cao is in an advantageous situation, a person like Xun Yu is very useful, because as long as Cao Cao is upright and does not make mistakes within, he can win.

However, now that Cao Cao is at a disadvantage in the situation, he must use any means and make surprises and make strong medicine. He has been forced to the dead end, and the winner is just this wave. If he doesn't use some strange tricks, he will definitely be a chronic death by Liu Bei. There may be a chance to make a move in the reform of fierce medicine.

After repeated adjustments, Cao Cao's trust in Xun Yu could only gradually decline, and he became less trust in Guo Jia and Cheng Yu.

This cannot be blamed on Cao Cao, but only Xun Yu's own talents are only suitable for fighting against the wind, not for turning the tables against the wind.

The three of them conspired to discuss for a while, and finally Cao Cao made a decision and transformed his reform instructions in a way that focused on Cheng Yu's persuasion, and then made it clear to Qingzhou and Yuzhou.

In a nutshell, Wang Mang's Wangtian system directly denies private ownership of land and requires no difference in land. Cao Cao did not deny private ownership of land, and he only engaged in temporary transaction blockade during wartime.

What Wang Mang wants is ownership, and Cao Cao only needs to freeze and lock down liquidity.

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After the order was issued, Cao Cao's officials soon began to reform and publicize new policies in various states, so that all the powerful people who insisted on farming would not worry about the rich and poor.

Prime Minister Cao only cracked down on hype and hoarding, not those who worked diligently.

Even so, there were still many small-scale tyrants in Qingzhou, Jizhou and Yuzhou, with at least hundreds of people rebelling, and at most thousands of people, but they were all suppressed by Cao Cao with force.

Most of these things started to happen sporadically in December. Because the first few uprisings were too hasty, they could not get the response from Liu Bei on the other side.

The main reason was that Liu Bei was not mentally prepared, and the troops were not ready for war. Unexpectedly, Cao Cao would have carried out internal drastic reforms and cause chaos.

When the news reached Liu Bei's side, it was already around the end of the year, and the weather was so cold that it was impossible to mobilize troops immediately.

Fortunately, after the first wave passed, Liu Bei ordered the troops to enter a state of alert that could be driven out at any time.

Liu Bei planned to start in February, if there was still civil strife in Cao Cao's territory, his army would be dispatched at any time to respond to the uprising of powerful landlords in Cao Cao's territory.

At the same time, more and more industrial and commercial tycoons with current assets are taking risks to break through the military control line and trying every possible way to sneak to Liu Bei's side.

Cao Cao only focused on farming and fighting, and the route of attacking industry and commerce was completely exposed. The businessman class had the most keenest mind and the most informative news. He could not run away and wait for the killing.

Those who have more materials and less land in their homes can only be transported without selling land, so they can be transferred directly.

Cao Cao's losses in this regard were not too great because he cracked down on land transactions. Those powerful families who fled could only escape with movable property. The land manor could not be taken away, so they were directly confiscated by Cao Cao for free and distributed to the garrison tourists.

No one dares to buy these manors, because buying land is the same as selling land, which is considered to provide convenience for collusion with enemies.

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Liu Bei also made a detailed work to pay attention to Cao Cao's movements, and also received some wealthy and land-lost families who came into exile.

These powerful families came to Liu Bei and wanted to re-buy their homes with large amounts of current assets, which would inevitably push up the housing prices and land prices in Liu Bei's jurisdiction.

There is a precedent for this kind of thing, because when Liu Biao first arrived in Jingzhou ten years ago, Jingzhou also experienced a surge in land prices. It was because Sili and the exiled scholars from Central Plains from Yuzhou "fighted to buy land and houses in Jingzhou, and the price of land soared, and the public was full of grievances."

In modern economic terms, it means that there is too much "international hot money" and too much "war hot money", which drives asset prices to soar. (The "international" here is quoted to emphasize that it is not a real international, but just the fallen area flows to the restoration area, which is the flow of different areas within a big Han Dynasty.)

Fortunately, Liu Bei's response measures are very different from Liu Biao ten years ago, and the financial tools in Liu Bei's hands are much more advanced than Liu Biao back then.

So Liu Bei planned to discuss with Li Su whether he could take some measures to limit the hot money in the occupied areas to buy land and houses.

In addition, the large inflow of people and money in the occupied areas has also brought about new problems:

After Cao Cao banned land transactions, most transactions were indeed stuck, but they were not completely stuck.

Because land transactions are not like movable property transactions, both parties have land deeds and sales documents, which cannot be considered as completion of the transaction. Since ancient times, real estate transactions must be registered with the government, otherwise the government will not protect or recognize them.

However, in special circumstances, Cao Cao was stuck in the official transactions that insisted on registering with the government, but could not block those black transactions that both parties only signed the contract and paid, but did not register.

In extreme dangers, or the price of land is really cheap and attractive, some people will buy black transactions. Even if they are not protected by the government, they will take risks if they are cheap.

It’s like later generations that commercial housing is expensive and small property rights houses are cheap. As long as small property rights are cheap to a certain extent, the price is too attractive. Even if the buyer knows that it is not protected by law, he will still pay.

After the vested interests of small property rights trading flowed into Liu Bei's jurisdiction, Liu Bei faced an economic governance problem:

Should we promise to "recognize the small property rights real estate transactions of the people in the occupied areas in the future after the fallen areas are restored"?

If you admit it, it will be like helping to increase the land merger. If you don’t admit it, it will make you like Cao Cao’s accomplices.

Liu Bei was not sure about these issues, so he could only ask Li Su to see what Cheng thought about the major economic policies and guidelines in the process of accepting these occupied areas.

Speaking of which, Liu Bei was quite arrogant and had not yet fought against Cao Cao, but he had already regarded Cao Cao's five states as "an occupied areas that were about to be liberated". He didn't even fight, but he had thought about how to manage them after the battle and how to transition economically.
Chapter completed!