When Cao Rui heard this, his heart moved and he nodded, "Forget it, we will discuss this later."

After leaving the court, Cao Rui secretly announced Sima Zhi.

"Sima Aiqing, I was in the court hall just now. I saw that you have been in trouble a lot, and you seem to have unfinished words. I wonder if you can tell me here?"

Cao Rui screened away all the people in the palace and asked.

After Sima Zhi walked out of the Tai Chi Hall, he was already a little disheartened. He didn't expect to be summoned privately by the emperor. When he heard this question again, he was trembling with excitement.

"Replying to Your Majesty, I do have some advice that I would like to express to Your Majesty, but my honest words are off-putting to Your Majesty's ears, and I'm afraid that they won't be pleasing to Your Majesty's ears."

Cao Rui smiled and said, "Since it is a loyal suggestion, why should I say it displeasedly? Please give it a try."

"Then I will speak out boldly."

Sima Zhi collected his thoughts and then said, "Emperor Wu specially appointed farm officials to specialize in farming and mulberry farming. Only then during the Jian'an period did the warehouses become more abundant and the people were more in need."

"However, since the beginning of the Huang Dynasty, the imperial court has allowed agricultural officers from various places to make a living privately. As a result, agricultural officers have colluded with local noble families, embezzled farmland, and forced villagers to work for them."

"This is an act that harms the public and enriches private interests, and is not suitable for the country. Therefore, I ask your majesty to restrain the big families and make them stay in peace, so as not to lose the support of the people."

It has been thirty years since Cao Wei implemented farming in the first year of Jian'an.

After twenty years of stability in the north, except for the border areas, the farming system in the inner counties was gradually abolished.

In addition, in order to ascend to the throne of God, Cao Pi adopted a policy of compromise with the aristocratic families and relaxed his control over the local areas, which led to the growing trend of local wealthy families embezzling farmland and hiding Dingkou secretly.

Seeing this situation, Sima Zhi wanted to petition Cao Rui and ask for restraint.

Unexpectedly, he only mentioned the topic of suppressing the wealthy families in the court, and he was constantly made things difficult for him, so that he couldn't say what he said next.

After hearing this, Cao Rui sighed, "Sima Jun is really loyal to the country!"

It's just that the aristocratic family has hundreds of years of history and is deeply rooted, and the Cao family relies on the aristocratic family to be what it is today. It's easier said than done to suppress it?

Sima Zhi saw Cao Rui's face and knew what he was thinking, so he suggested, "Your Majesty, in order to enrich the treasury, the late emperor ordered the five baht coins to be abolished and only traded in grain and silk."

"This intention was good, but it gave the unskilled people a convenient opportunity to soak the millet to increase its weight, make thin silk for profit, disrupt the market, and the people suffered greatly."

Sima Zhi did not say clearly who the fake person was, but Cao Rui could understand.

"Besides, the accumulation of grain and silk in the treasury is not only easy to perish, but also easy to be eaten by rats. The loss is too great, and it is not as convenient as paying five baht."

"More importantly, if the five-baht coin is issued and the minting is unified and controlled by the court, it will not only save the government's efforts, but also enrich the treasury, and even reduce the oppression of the local wealthy families on the people."
Chapter completed!