To be honest, Cao Cao felt a lot of emotion along the way.
He originally thought that Liangzhou, which had just ended the war, must be in a state of waste and waiting for development and would be relatively depressed, but this was not the case.
"I originally thought that after the war, Liangzhou must have been very depressed and had many refugees displaced, but what I saw was that it was all very orderly. The people lived and worked in peace and contentment, and everyone was cultivating the fields. Many business travelers came and went. It is a prosperous scene.
When I was in Luoyang, I was always worried that Xuande could not quell the chaos in Liangzhou, so I was troubled day and night. Who would have thought that Xuande was so capable, could pacify Liangzhou, and make Liangzhou prosperous? This is really It is far beyond my imagination. Xuande’s talent is Zaifu’s talent! "
Cao Cao looked at Liu Bei with great envy and sighed: "As long as I can have one percent of Xuande's talents and manage Wuwei County properly, I will be satisfied and comfort my ancestors."
Liu Bei laughed and patted Cao Cao on the shoulder.
"Mengde's talent is by no means limited to the governor of a county. Now it is only limited to merit and qualifications. As long as Mengde is given enough time, why does a county or a state matter?"
Cao Cao didn't seem to have much confidence in this, saying that he could manage a county well first.
He didn't think he had Liu Bei's talent. He had never managed a county or a county before, but he started with a state. In the end, he managed this desolate and dilapidated state.
"Xuan De, Yu Wen and Wu, if he becomes a general or becomes a prime minister, his name will go down in history!"
Cao Cao continued to speak enthusiastic praises, which made Liu Bei laugh out loud.
"In my impression, Cao Mengde is not a person who says so many nice things casually. Why, is it possible that Mengde wants to curry favor with his superiors and flatter him?"
Cao Cao also laughed.
"Xuande is a superior. What's wrong with a subordinate trying to please his superior? I just hope that what I do will not disappoint Xuande's expectations."
"Don't worry, Meng De. It's not difficult to manage a place well."
Liu Bei pointed at this vast land and said slowly: "Face the people on this land with sincerity and conscience, let them have enough food and clothing, and they will naturally appreciate your kindness. There is nothing better than this in the governance of a county. ."
"How difficult is that?"
Cao Cao sighed: "I dare not say that I will be able to govern a county well. I just hope that Xuande will not regret recommending me to be the governor of Wuwei. That is enough."
"Meng De, I believe my vision is correct. I believe in you as much as I believe in myself."
Liu Bei said this.
Cao Cao was speechless and didn't know what else he could say. He could only hold Liu Bei's hand tightly and secretly vowed to do his best to govern the local area in return for Liu Bei's trust in him.
Cao Mengde is about to use all his firepower.
After that, Liu Bei took Cao Cao to many places, explained to him the key points of governance in these places, gave him some tips, and then asked Cao Cao if he needed some administrative talent assistance from the state government.
Cao Cao immediately expressed his need for assistance in this area.
This time Cao Cao set out. In addition to himself and his family and gifts, only some Cao family soldiers escorted him to take office.
Given Cao's family environment, it was impossible for him to bring an administrative team like Liu Bei.
The Cao family can raise an army, or even several armies, which is not difficult for the Cao family.
But if they want to build an administrative team, the Cao family's family characteristics determine that they cannot do it. Their family's political foundation is relatively weak, not even as good as Liu Bei, who just started.
It happened that Wuwei County had been purged by Liu Bei before, killing several people and punishing several local families. Now there was a shortage of people in the county governor's office, so Liu Bei decided to select a few people from the state capital who were quick to work and the Ministry of General Affairs. The members served as administrative assistants to Cao Cao, so that Cao Cao would not have no one to use.
The next thing depends on Cao Cao himself. He is here to share Liu Bei's difficulties, not to increase Liu Bei's burden.
After Liu Bei left Wuwei County, Cao Cao began to act decisively. He wanted to familiarize himself with the government affairs of Wuwei County in the shortest possible time, understand all the things he wanted to do, and then start to do things immediately.
He once held positions such as Luoyang Beiwei Wei and Dunqiu Ling. He had certain experience in managing local affairs and was by no means a political amateur.
Therefore, Liu Bei's confidence in Cao Cao is not without reason.
Liu Bei led Liangzhou to go further and further on the road of development. It can be said that starting from the third year of Zhongping, the situation in Liangzhou has begun to make great strides in the direction of complete improvement.
As the foundation of everything, the collective farm policy that Liu Bei cared about the most also continued to develop under his strong promotion.
The instructor's strategy at the beginning played a big role.
Under the shock of beings called "instructors", whether they were incarcerated talents who had mastered a body of energy or were confused about their race, they all honestly studied farming in the collective farms with the people sent by Liu Bei. technology.
Disobedient thorns will be publicly executed, and will not be tolerated to serve as a warning to others.
After that, the agricultural talents Liu Bei transferred from his hometown in Youzhou taught the improved farming methods to these imprisoned talents, taught them the most advanced farming technology, and held various agricultural lectures from time to time to force these " Talented people listen to the lecture.
After the initial very frictional running-in process passed, the prickly incarcerated talents gradually moved towards the serious farmers.
As long as he is not a pervert, a normal person is still willing to pursue a normal life. It is better to be able to obtain food safely to fill his stomach than to lick blood with a knife and exchange his life for food.
Moreover, for the collective farms, the various taxes stipulated by Liu Bei were not high. A series of exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes were abolished, leaving only some reasonable grain taxes. Basically, the principle of "the more you do, the more you harvest" was implemented. the concept of.
Moreover, under the organization of the collective farm, even if an individual is drafted out to work, he does not have to worry that his share of the land will be abandoned and will not be able to keep up with the progress of farming. The farm will naturally organize the remaining labor force to take care of farming and not let them go out. The person doing the work suffers.
The collective strength of everyone is lower than the risks of small farmers, which greatly improves the survival rate. Over time, people who were not used to it at first gradually realized the benefits of the collective farm production model.
Starting from the earliest collective farms established in Hanyang County, the collective farms in other counties gradually stabilized over time, so Liu Bei could safely evacuate the instructors who had the flavor of military coercion from the farms and return to the army.
At the same time, the properties that originally belonged to the collective farm were also returned to the farm.
Border areas like Liangzhou are inherently more suitable for this large-scale group production model. Whether it is farming or collective farming, it is essentially to concentrate efforts to resist risks and increase harvest volume and survival rate. It belongs to the wisdom of survival. .
However, in terms of distribution model, the collective farm model is far superior to the highly exploitative farming model.
Although the farmland model is large-scale and has the flavor of collective production, the degree of exploitation is extremely high, accounting for almost half of farmers' income. It is okay for survival, but cannot be maintained for a long time. In comparison, collective farms are highly sustainable. .
But that doesn't mean there aren't problems.
After a period of operation, the official in charge of operating the collective farms within the state government - Shu Zuo Xunyu, a civil affairs officer, submitted a report to Liu Bei, which mainly talked about some of the benefits and hidden dangers since the implementation of the collective farm policy.
(End of chapter)
