Yuan Si is the father-in-law of Guo Peng's second son Guo Jun, and is also one of the four top scholars who surrendered to the emperor with his own classics.

Because he gave up the right to inherit classics from his family, he received great praise from the emperor and was rewarded many times.

In the ninth year of Yande, he was rewarded with a total of 6,000 acres of tax-free land, and the title reached the level of first-class marquis, with a fief of 3,100 households.

It can be said that he was deeply favored by the royal family and received special care from the emperor. He not only had power, but also had status, and lived a very comfortable life.

Over the past few years, the four major families of Yuan, Xun, Kong and Jia have been enjoying all their wealth and glory by relying on their contributions to the classics.

Of course, in politics, it is also highly consistent with the emperor and becomes an important public opinion trader for the emperor, serving this.

Therefore, the previous political storms did not affect them. They seemed to have created an invincible golden body, as if they had completely jumped out of the three realms and were not in the five elements, and they felt quite out of the world.

But this is what it feels.

Facts have proved that Guo Peng's favor and tolerance towards them did not bring their honesty, nor did they really jump out of the Three Realms, and they still had the same emotions and six desires as mortals, even more than ordinary people.

The four major families revealed their true colors under the investigation of Linziying. Among the data on the Chen Qingbao and the actual survey, the data of Xun and Jia family are not much different from the actual data, and the differences between Kong and Yuan family are very big.

Guo Peng actually gave them a lot of land. To be fair, relying on the contribution of classics, Guo Peng could not really treat them unfairly, but they just don’t know what contentment is.

So Cheng Yu decided to take action against Yuan first to establish his reputation as the Sili School Captain, and to let those people know that Cheng Zhongde was silent for several years and was back.

Cheng Zhongde, who was once powerful in the government and the opposition, came back again.

This time Cheng Zhongde returns, which is not an ordinary thing. Cheng Zhongde reinstalls, and this time it is completely different from what he has to do before. Are you really ready?

In early October of the ninth year of Yande, Cheng Yu personally led six officials from the Sili School Guard's Office to visit Yuan Si.

At this moment, all the rebellious tyrants in the world have been finished, and the rebellion across the country has completely quelled. It is time for local data to liquidate the tyrants of the manors of the tyrants to be sent to Luoyang for statistics on a large scale.

The heads of government, including Guo Peng, are conducting large-scale investigations and distribution arrangements for the nearly ten million hidden households that have been added [out of thin air]. It is the time when everyone is happy to reward the merits after the rebellion.

No one expected that Cheng Yu would start attacking Yuan at this time.

So when Cheng Yu came to visit, Yuan Si didn't expect Cheng Yu's purpose and goal at all. He just felt strange and felt that he had no contact with Cheng Yu. What does it mean to come to him after he took office as the Sili Captain?

This is probably not a good thing.

Yuan Si still has this consciousness.

But he felt that with his family's lofty status and his relationship with Guo Jun, he was also a royal relative. Even if Cheng Yu took advantage of the courage of Xiong Xin, he would not dare to attack him.

Not to mention that Cheng Yu was an official who was once attacked by the emperor. After being silent for so long, he suddenly served as the Sili School Captain. No one knows what medicine is sold in the emperor's gourd.

But even if there is medicine in the emperor's gourd, it is not aimed at himself - Yuan Si is full of confidence in this.

His family is now a member of the pan-royal group, and having the credit for dedicating classics is equivalent to having a gold medal for avoiding death.

No matter how brave Cheng Yu is, he would not dare to use himself as the Sili Captain, right?

And I didn't commit any crime.

Yuan Si received Cheng Yu without any worries and chatted and laughed with Cheng Yu.

Cheng Yu actually had a lot of talk and laughter.

Yuan Si was surprised.

Before he had reached the forefront, he had heard of the reputation of Cheng Lingjun's ruthless face and ruthlessness several times. The roughly means that Cheng Yu's face will never have a warm and positive expression. Even if there is, it will be an angry expression like a cannibalism.

This is very interesting.

What exactly is Cheng Yu here to do?

Could it be?

Are you here to build a relationship?

Yuan Si suddenly thought this guess was quite interesting.

But soon, Cheng Yu's true form was revealed.

When we first started the conversation, Cheng Yu was quite kind, talking about some things and complimenting the Yuan family's contribution to the Guo-Wei Empire.

Then the topic changed and the topic began to become a little heavier.

"In order to increase the population and strengthen the Wei State, Your Majesty decided to abolish the population tax and instead pay taxes based on land. He would pay as much tax as the land there is. Without land, there would be no need to pay agricultural taxes. What do Yuan Jun think of such a behavior that benefits the country and the people?"

Yuan Si smiled.

"This is of course an act that benefits the country and the people for generations. If this measure is promulgated, all living beings in the world will be grateful to Your Majesty and be more loyal to the Wei State. Isn't that a great thing?"

"Yes, of course this is a great thing."

Cheng Yu nodded, then sighed, "So, those bastards who rebel for their own selfish interests should be killed, and they must be completely liquidated to eliminate future troubles. What do Yuan Jun think?"

Yuan Si nodded as well.

"Of course, it's time to kill."

"Yes, they should be killed. These bastards do not understand the painstaking efforts of His Majesty. They occupy such a vast land without paying taxes and have to rebel. They are really profitable and will destroy themselves. As big as today, what else can His Majesty not control?

But despite this, Your Majesty has taken care of the needs of many people and has also given land tax reduction and tax exemption policies, such as paying less tax if you have more children, and paying less tax when you serve in the military, etc. For the noble officials of the court, there are even preferential treatments for rewarding land for merits and not paying taxes."

Cheng Yu shook his head: "Ordinary people have to support a family of several people with dozens of acres of land, and if they are richer, two or three hundred acres of land are enough to make more than a dozen people live a safe life.

Those who have made meritorious service for the country, one or two thousand acres, three or four thousand acres, eat meat every time, have a strong body, and have everything. This kind of life is also a fairyland on earth, but why are there always people who are not greedy?"

Cheng Yu had a very regretful expression on his face.

Yuan Si found it a little strange.

You should be very clear about the lack of greed, right?

What is needed for a high status is naturally endless. If everyone is so easy to be content, the world will be harmonious long ago. Isn’t it because everyone is not content that there will be troubled times?

Human desires are endless, and even if a person possesses the whole world, he may not be satisfied. This is a very normal thing in itself, and the ancients said it clearly.

Now you actually ask me why everyone is so difficult to satisfy.

You ask me, who will I ask?

Yuan Si thought it was strange that Cheng Yu asked.

"The lack of human hearts is a chronic disease since ancient times. There were related discussions among all schools of thought in the pre-Qin period, discussing why people are not greedy and thus perish. However, after repeated discussions, they could not solve them. They believed that only by exercising education and educating the people of the world can we solve them."

Yuan Si started to practice Tai Chi.

“Solved?”

Cheng Yu looked at Yuan Si.

"It should be solved until the day when everyone in the world is educated, right?"

Yuan Si began to feel something was wrong.

Cheng Yu took out a roll of paper from his sleeve and placed it in front of Yuan Si.

"If education can suppress human greed, why did Ouyang Xu, a great scholar in the former Han Dynasty, die? This counterexample, Your Majesty once mentioned, and I remember it clearly."

Yuan Si's heart began to stir up trouble.

He took the roll of paper tremblingly, unfolded it and looked slowly. The more he looked, the more he became more frightened, and the more he looked, the more frightened he became.

No way?

No way?
Chapter completed!