Chapter 150 The world is shocked
While announcing the two pieces of news, Tian Ze also made public for the first time the various systems that had been tacitly accepted during his administration.
As a provincial governor, Tian Ze has the power to make certain fine-tuning of the officials, land and tax policies under his jurisdiction. There is a certain degree of flexibility, which mainly depends on the current situation and the attitude of the central government.
But now, the situation is turbulent, and the central government's edicts can hardly get out of Guanzhong. The princes of the world are too busy to take care of themselves, so they just let Tian Ze do what he wants.
Of course, in order to avoid being openly criticized by the powerful families and being directly labeled as a traitor, Tian Ze stated that these systems were only implemented temporarily and would be "improved" later.
In terms of management system, the imperial examination system, the performance evaluation system, the new official department system, the new supervision system...
In terms of land, we adopted the public ownership of land, the land leasing restriction system, the new agricultural tax system, and the trial of rural cooperatives...
In other areas, a new business tax system, a new household registration system, and a new currency bank were put into trial operation...
At the same time, he made the existence and situation of Xingzhou known to the world, and prepared to summon some of the tested families under his rule to "divide the spoils (work)".
However, in order to conceal his strength and avoid arousing excessive vigilance from other princes, Tian Ze only announced the situation of Youzhou and Xingzhou to the outside world.
Liaozhou and the other three states in the northeastern plains did not allow outsiders to enter and remained in a state of semi-military control isolated from the outside world. Gaozhou, Sangzhou, and Haizhou simply disappeared and were not known to the outside world at all.
But even so, the strength displayed by Tian Ze was enough to amaze all the princes.
There are no less than 300,000 troops and a population of at least 6 million. The vast Northeast Plain is available for development. It is located in the northern border and occupies the natural barriers of Yanshan Mountain and Daxianbei Mountain. There are a large number of low-level officials, and all the land in their hands and huge amounts of money and grain.
In addition, there is Tian Ze's own talents, sound strategies, the civil and military officials under his command, and the countless heroes who are about to arrive.
Everyone in the world understands that Tianze’s situation is set!
Countless powerful families secretly said: The wolf is coming!
Tian Ze is trying to overturn the table and start a new business, completely digging up the roots of the family!
And judging from the situation, it is not impossible.
For a time, aristocratic families and powerful people in various places were in a panic, and their criticism was directed at Tian Ze. They increased their support for the princes who supported and cooperated with them, and at the same time secretly gave friendly reminders in appropriate ways.
Don't try to be the second Tazawa!
Tian Ze's momentum is already established, we can't stop him, but he can never hope to enter the Central Plains!
If you want to do the same thing, you must consider the consequences carefully, because you don't have such good terrain, such early layout, so many troops and money.
Wang Mang, there has already been one such person whom the aristocratic families cannot tolerate, and they will never allow a second one to appear in this world!
However, there are gains and losses. After Tian Ze's unreasonable overturning of the table, the local noble families who had been wavering and watching could no longer maintain their original calm and ended up in action one after another.
The strength of various princes also increased suddenly, the resistance of the families under their rule was greatly reduced, and governance became increasingly handy.
As one of the beneficiaries, Yuan Shao felt very desperate even though his strength also greatly improved.
Tian Ze's current strength was no longer something he could destroy in the short term. Blocking him in Youzhou was almost the only thing Yuan Shao could do.
Go south! Go south!
Yuan Shao was roaring madly in his heart at this time, and he was determined to take Qingzhou and then rule the Central Plains.
With such a powerful enemy appearing in the north, this is almost his only option to unify the world.
The princes in the Central Plains also noticed this situation, so their attitude towards Yuan Shao began to become subtle, and they reached a kind of tacit understanding.
We must not let Yuan Shao go south, nor can we take the initiative to attack Yuan Shao. Just let this guy go to the front and block Tian Ze.
It's not that they haven't thought about joining forces to fight for land, but Youzhou is so far away and does not border them, so there are too many concerns if they attack.
Not only did he have to worry about whether he could win and whether it would benefit Yuan Shao, but more importantly, he was likely to be attacked from behind. After all, after the previous disputes, the trust between the princes in the Central Plains had disappeared.
Taking advantage of the fact that others were heading north, it would be a good deal to take over the Central Plains in one fell swoop! Moreover, Yuan Shu, Cao Cao, and Liu Bei all had the strength to do such a thing.
Especially Yuan Shu, this "idiot" with a not-so-good brain, has become a complete disgrace to the public.
If Cao Cao and Liu Bei had not been worried about giving others an advantage, they would have taken action long ago.
It's such a pity that Nanyang and Runan, the two richest counties in the world, fell into the hands of this "idiot".
However, it was precisely because these two places were in Yuan Shu's hands that they could feel at ease. If one of them took them, the other princes would surely rise up and attack.
Now the two heroes in Hebei are entangled with each other, and the south is a group of insignificant people. This is why the heroes in the Central Plains are fighting endlessly. Whoever unifies the Central Plains will take the absolute initiative and have the greatest chance of unifying the world.
Therefore, all the princes in the Central Plains want to maintain the current situation and decide who will be the overlord internally.
The various princes began to communicate with each other and unite, among which Cao Cao, Liu Bei and Tao Qian communicated particularly closely.
"My lord, besides Yuan Shao, there is actually Tian Ze who is so deeply hidden in the north. I'm afraid we really have to change our plan for Xuzhou."
In Yanzhou, after seeing the intelligence, Xi Zhicai's expression was a little complicated and he quickly reported it to Cao Cao.
The situation in Hebei is becoming increasingly unclear to him.
Originally, when he learned that Tian Ze was very powerful and could even suppress Yuan Shao, he was quite happy.
Because in this way, it would become more difficult for Yuan Shao to unify Hebei, and they would have enough time to unify the Central Plains and then fight against Yuan Shao.
As for whether Yuan Shao would be defeated by Tian Ze, he had never thought about it.
Yuan Benchu, a role model for the world, occupied Jizhou, the richest province in Hebei. How could Tian Ze be able to defeat him?
He had no information about Ju Su, and Yuan Shao deliberately concealed it, so he did not know about Tian Ze's population problem and the situation under his rule.
And now, Tian Ze directly "revealed his cards". In addition to being shocked, he immediately realized that he had been "tricked" by Yuan Shao.
"Good! What courage and bravery!" Cao Cao couldn't help but sigh after learning about the situation.
He had been looked down upon by the noble families since he was young, and was hindered by them in the process of unifying Yanzhou. He was also extremely resistant to the noble families, and was well aware of the harm they could cause, so he had been suppressing them in secret.
But he also rationally maintained a certain degree, supporting one faction and attacking another, and did not dare to openly turn against the noble families. Because now he still lacked strength and reputation, he had to rely on the support of these noble families.
Tian Ze did what he wanted to do but didn't dare to do, and he did it extremely thoroughly and successfully, which made him admire him.
"My lord, I don't know whether this is a blessing or a curse. Now we have to re-evaluate the situation in Hebei and the Central Plains."
Unlike Cao Cao's cheerfulness, Xun Yu, who had a very complicated position, instinctively avoided some of the issues and quickly realized the problems that Xi Zhicai had noticed.
Cao Cao was just expressing his emotions for the moment. After he calmed down, he realized that something was wrong.
"Tian Chengshou has such a solid foundation and such a strong spirit, then Benchu..."
(End of this chapter)
