As soon as Cao Cao finished speaking, he noticed that there were several people in robes on the edge of the field in the distance asking a farmer what he was writing with pen and ink.

"Who is that?" Cao Cao asked, pointing to those people.

"General, go and call them over!" Xu Chu said, cupping his hands. Cao Cao nodded, and Xu Chu stepped forward and brought the few scholars to Cao Cao.

Knowing that the person in front of them was Yanzhou Mu Cao Cao, the scholars couldn't help but feel a little frightened.

They are not celebrities like Bian Rang, they just come from a humble family and have never seen a big shot like Cao Cao.

Cao Cao looked at them and their entourage, which held pens, inks, paper and inkstones, and asked, "Are you descendants of the He family? Why are you here?"

Several people looked at each other, and the leader raised his hands and said, "After finishing school, I went to Hanji, Dongjun, and met Mr. Cao. We won the favor of the border official and were recruited to the Mirror Newspaper Office as an interviewer. We heard that Dong'a Tuntian was first established.

Then we made an appointment to come here to interview the common people and officials, and formulate a manuscript for publication in newspapers."

Han Ji was actually Bian Rang's student, but he knew about the previous unhappiness between Cao Cao and Bian Rang, so he didn't say anything about it.

When Cao Cao heard that these people were from Bianjian, he couldn't help but squinted his eyes suspiciously. He had never dealt with him before Bianyi. Now that he sent these people here, he couldn't be planning to cause trouble.

"Can you give me a look at your manuscript?"

Han Ji immediately handed the half-written manuscript to Xu Chu who was standing next to him. Cao Cao took it from Xu Chu's hand and looked at it carefully, with the corners of his mouth slightly curved.

"Although the rhetoric is not gorgeous, it is appropriate, and I can be a clerk in the state government." Cao Cao handed the manuscript to Xun Yan and others beside him.

In order to be positive, I felt that this move brought countless people to life and was a good deed by the government. I also suggested that we should follow the example of civilian villages and build military villages, so as to reduce the tax pressure.

In fact, civilian and military villages are nothing new. As early as the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, 600,000 people were sent to farm in Shangjun, Shuofang, Xihe, Hexi and other places. It was considered the earliest construction corps.

Therefore, it is not surprising that these poor scholars came up with the idea of ​​​​juntun.

Cao Cao does have this idea. Many of his old subordinates are from Yuzhou or Yangzhou and have no property in Yanzhou. As the saying goes, only with constant property can one have perseverance. It will be a matter of time to help these people buy property in Yanzhou, so he is very happy to see it.

This article was published in the newspaper.

It seems that I suspect that Bian Rang is a bit of a villain.

Cao Cao secretly reviewed himself, and then said to Han Ji and others, "The newspaper office is not a place for heroes after all. We in Yanzhou are short of talented people. If you want to seek fame in the future, you can come to the state capital to serve."

Han Ji was immediately overjoyed. He said he had learned martial arts and sold them to the emperor's family. He naturally hoped to get an official position, preferably two thousand dan in the future, so that his family could transform from a humble family into a member of the noble family. He thanked him and said

"Thank you Ming Gong for your appreciation. I will definitely come back to you after you have completed your studies!"

Cao Cao dismissed Han Ji and others, thought for a moment, and asked Xun Yan, "Xiuruo, newspapers are popular in Qingzhou. My son has suggested building a Yanzhou newspaper several times. What do you think?"

Can I say no to your eldest son’s idea?

Xun Yan immediately praised, "My lord, this policy is very good. If the Ming Dynasty wants to reform Yanzhou's old shortcomings, it must issue new policies. I see that every time Qingzhou issues new policies, there will be famous experts explaining the reasons and intentions of these new policies in newspapers, and they will also make predictions."

As a result, officials cannot hide the truth and the people understand the superior's intentions."

"Well... I heard that after Bian Rang opened the Mirror News Agency, many celebrities from the Qing Dynasty agreed. This shows that this method is indeed a good way to attract talents. Then you and Ang'er will be responsible for this matter."

Xun Yan accepted the promise.

Cao Cao pointed to the distance and said, "Let's go over there and have a look."

Cao Cao continued to inspect the farming affairs, while Han Ji returned to Chenliu County after finishing writing the manuscript.

Bian Rang did not place the newspaper office in Juancheng, which had become the seat of Yanzhou, but in Chenliu. He naturally did not believe in Cao Cao, the eunuch.

Of course, as a celebrity, he could not place such an elegant place as a newspaper office in the city, so Bian Rang chose to build his own newspaper office in a manor in Huating outside Chenliu City.

There is a river running through this manor, so fishing and boating in your spare time are the only things that a gentleman can do.

"Everyone, take a look. This article is very beautiful and should be spread throughout the world." Bianrang handed a piece of paper to the waiter beside him, and the waiter passed the article to others to read.

In this room, there are more than ten tables, all of which are celebrities recognized by their neighbors. The articles they select will be published in newspapers and circulated all over the world, and the scribes who write the articles will become famous and prosperous from then on.

"Mr. Bian, Han Ji is back from Dong'a."

Bian Rang raised his head and said with a smile, "Let them in quickly. They have been traveling all the way. I don't know what interesting articles they have written."

Han Ji and others entered, greeted each other with courtesy, then took out the written manuscript and handed it over and said, "Sir, we went to Dong'a and inspected the farmland in Dong'a on the spot. We also asked the farmers in the farmland and the local farmers.

Officials and scholars formed this article."

Bian Rang nodded, opened it, and started reading. The more he read, the more he frowned. Finally, he threw the manuscript at Han Ji's feet and hummed, "How dare you show me such an article!"

Han Ji was a little panicked and asked, "Sir, did we write something wrong?"

"Look at your article, it's all about praising Cao Cao. I asked you to write about Cao Cao, not to learn from Cao Cao. How come you didn't learn from it? The flattery of the eunuchs actually learned it in a decent way!

"

Han Ji hurriedly said, "My teacher, what the students wrote is the truth!"

"The real truth? Let me ask you, you said in your article that the refugees were resettled in farmland, so are there any officials who take profits from it, and if they get a profit, they will be given good land, and if they are not, they will be given bad land?"

Han Ji hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said, "I have indeed heard of this."

The king of hell is easy to meet, but the devil is difficult to deal with. Even in the service-oriented governments of later generations, there are occasionally flies, let alone the troubled times like the late Han Dynasty.

"Let me ask you again, the plow needs livestock to do its full work. The government is short of cattle and horses, so are the village officials forcing the people to plow the fields for cattle and horses?"

"This...is indeed true."

"Let me ask you again, after Dong'a Qingtian, were there any big clans that were forced to dismiss their clansmen?"

Han Ji wiped the sweat from his forehead and nodded.

I have to say that it makes sense for Bian Rang to be called a famous person. He is really knowledgeable about many things.

"Then why don't you write it!!" Bian Rang asked, slapping the table.

"But these shortcomings do not hide the good points. The farming method really makes things difficult for the government and the people, and the government has no choice but to do these things."
Chapter completed!