When the settlers rebelled, it was most likely due to collusion between the settlers and the big families, which resulted in the loss of farmland and the burden on the settlers.

Failure to raise taxes is the most fatal, and the reason is also the simplest:

The big local households have occupied all the cultivated land and hid the population. Where can they collect taxes?

In the early years when the Eight-Niu Plow was spread from Shu, both the late emperor and the knowledgeable people in the court thought that this was God's blessing for the Wei Dynasty.

Because the Wei Dynasty no longer had to worry about food problems.

Some people even took the opportunity to ridicule Zhuge Liang of Shu for being ignorant, and Feng Mingwen for being ignorant. Such an important weapon of the country did not know how to keep it secret.

As long as the Wei Dynasty is rich in food, the area of ​​Shu will be in peace soon.

The emergence of the Eight-Niu Plow indeed helped the Wei Dynasty harvest a lot more grain in the first few years.

Therefore, the Wei Dynasty was able to reorganize its army again and again to fight against the Han army despite repeated defeats in the west.

But no one expected that after Wei got the Eight Niu Plow, he only had a few good years before he began to pay a heavy price:

The Eight Ox Plow greatly encouraged the greed of powerful families.

With the eight-ox plow, they could more easily take over fields that they had been unable to take over earlier due to lack of manpower.

The trend of land annexation in the Wei Dynasty became more and more intense after the emergence of Ba Niu Li.

And all of this, in turn, caused the strength of the aristocratic family to expand rapidly.

With the power of the late emperor, he tried to contain it many times, but in the end he could not stop it.

Thinking of this, Sima Yi's face became more and more serious. He put down the official document, stood up, walked to the window, and stood there blankly, thinking a lot.

The Eight-Niu Plow was originally made by Feng Yong. It is impossible for him not to know how important it is for farming.

However, with Zhuge's wisdom and Feng Yong's plan, he only kept it a secret for two or three years, then took the initiative to send it to the State of Wu, and then spread it to the Wei Dynasty.

It’s impossible that they didn’t know that Ba Niu Li was more suitable for the Central Plains, but they still allowed Ba Niu Li to spread. Are they really not worried at all?

still……

Was it actually intentional?

A wealthy family is like a glutton, devouring everything it can.

Even if the Wei Dynasty occasionally gains something, it will only become food for this glutton in the end.

So Feng Mingwen had already seen the biggest weakness of the Wei Dynasty before he was crowned weak?

At this thought, Sima Yi felt almost depressed.

Although Zhuge Liang is very wise, there are still traces to follow in his actions.

Feng Mingwen is so scheming, but his methods are unprecedented. He can be said to be almost a monster?

It is really tiring to be physically and mentally exhausted against such a monster.

"Feng Mingwen...Feng Mingwen...has great foresight..."

Mutter someone's name, and finally let out a lament:

"There was Zhuge Liang before the Han Dynasty, and there was Feng Mingwen after him. Didn't Yan Han really deserve to be exterminated?"

At this moment, a servant's voice sounded outside the door:

"Taifu, I would like to see you as a doctor."

When Sima Yi heard this, he turned around quickly, the fatigue on his face disappeared, and even his voice became a little excited:

"Quick, please come quickly!"

Soon, Fu Gu, also looking tired, entered the house.

"Lan Shi, you're back!" Sima Yi stepped forward quickly, "Thank you for your hard work!"

Seeing the Taifu's hopeful eyes, Fu Gu paused in his steps, looked ashamed, and bowed:

"Hey, let's meet the master."

"Get up, get up quickly!" Sima Yi didn't wait for Fu Gu to finish his salute, and quickly helped him up, and asked in a low voice, somewhat impatiently, "How's it going?"

Fu Gu stood up straight, not daring to look directly at Sima Yi, lowered his head and smiled bitterly:

"I feel ashamed that I have betrayed the great trust of the Grand Tutor."

Sima Yi's expression froze, and his movements slowed down. He held Fu Gu's hand and then patted Fu Gu's shoulder and sighed:

"It's okay, it's what I expected. Come on, sit down first and tell me carefully, what is their attitude?"

Fu Gu sat down as instructed.

Sima Yi asked someone to serve another cup of tea.

Probably because he was really thirsty, Fu Gu ignored the boiling water and raised his glass and took a big sip.

It was obvious that he was in a hurry along the way.

After taking the opportunity to drink tea to sort out his thoughts, Fu Gu said:

"According to the Taifu's order, I went to Pingyuan and the surrounding counties to find the Cui family of Qinghe and other wealthy families to discuss money and food matters..."

After a pause, he continued, "The Cui family agreed readily, but the amount given was very small, no more than ten thousand stones."

When Sima Yi heard this, he groaned:

"What can I use ten thousand stones for?"

For ordinary people, ten thousand stones may be considered an amount that they will never see in a lifetime, but Sima Yi knew that for those wealthy families, they could get a hundred times as much.

As for the consumption in the army, it is only enough for 10,000 people for a month.

In addition, there are now 50,000 more cavalry...

Sima Yi thought about the 50,000 Hu cavalry eating horse chews, which directly doubled the food consumption of the Hebei army, and he felt heartbroken and almost couldn't breathe.

He subconsciously reached out and pressed his heart, his voice a little hoarse:

"They are simply short-sighted and ignorant! Don't they know that if there is insufficient military rations, the sergeants mutiny, unable to defend the Taihang Mountains, and someone like Feng enters Hebei, they will have a good life?"

As he spoke, he suddenly became angry and slammed the teacup on the table to the ground.

I closed my eyes and leaned on the bench, feeling exhausted both physically and mentally.

I thought that by asking for help from the Tuoba clan in advance, I could arrange ahead of Feng, but I didn't expect that my opponent was still one step ahead of me.

How could the Han army send troops outside the fortress in winter?!

What kind of monster is he to do such an outrageous thing?

What's more important is that he actually did it!

Done!

This made my advance arrangements a complete joke.

What's even more ridiculous is that under the pressure of a large army, he was actually overwhelmed by the 50,000 elite cavalry, thinking that he could have 50,000 more cavalry at his disposal.

For a moment, I never imagined how much of a burden these 50,000 cavalry would be to Hebei.

Sima Yi opened his eyes and stared at the roof. There was no focus, only confusion.

Feng Mingwen, is all this part of your plan again?

The old man who is your mother-in-law is so many years older than you, but he has always been played by you.

Sima Yi felt like crying more than once.

Fu Gu naturally didn't know what Sima Yi was thinking at this time.

Seeing that the master was so lost, he wanted to comfort him, but he didn't know how to speak.

We can only continue the previous topic:

"Grand Tutor, from what I see, the Cui family and other aristocratic families are not unwilling to provide money and food, nor are they without money and food. They also know what kind of situation they will be in if Hebei fails."

"The reason why they have such an attitude is probably because they have some agenda..."

"I know, of course I know..." Taifu Sima murmured, and then suddenly became furious, "Don't you just want me to offer them a higher price?"

He sat up straight and cursed loudly:

"Don't you just want to make Hebei the Hebei of aristocratic families? The Han army has already reached the doorstep. You don't want to work together and are so greedy. What are you short-sighted?"

"A bunch of rats! Rats! They deserve to be hanged from a tree by Feng Yong!"

Turning the world into the world of aristocratic families, which will remain unchanged for thousands of years, is the biggest pursuit of the aristocratic families over the years.

As a representative of aristocratic families, how could Sima Yi not know the thoughts of these wealthy families?

Now that they see this possibility in Hebei, these people can no longer control their thoughts and plan to force themselves to speed up the pace.

Enter his mother's!
Chapter completed!