Li Mengxi said that troops would suppress the county government and force the county magistrate to submit.

Of course, Liu Bei was worried about the name of treason. Under Li Mengxi's enlightenment, Liu Bei understood that there was no need to worry about the name of treason.

Today, the situation in Zhuozhou is just as Li Mengxi said. The best strategy is to recruit food from the powerful and recruit them.

Otherwise, sending troops to conquer the country will delay the time and cause disaster to the people.

If the food does not come from the powerful, but instead falls on the heads of the people, then the Yellow Turbans will not be destroyed, but the people will rebel, and it will be a dangerous situation, and the people will suffer disaster again.

When it comes to collecting food from powerful people, Liu Bei is not afraid that powerful trees have deep roots and are not afraid of being attacked by a group of people. Liu Bei just thinks that even if powerful people have food, they should not rob or commit banditry.

As for what Li Mengxi said about the army overwhelming the county government, Liu Bei did not dare to make a decision.

The reason why Liu Bei couldn't understand was that, firstly, Liu Bei was limited by his time and could not see the natural opposition between the people and the powerful. If he wanted to save the people, he would become the enemy of the powerful.

And those who cannot do both without offending each other.

Secondly, Liu Bei could not understand that in the feudal era, powerful people were actually big thieves who exploited the people for generations. Therefore, Liu Bei had moral pressure on the matter of forcibly expropriating food from powerful people.

Thirdly, Liu Bei did not dare to suppress the county government with troops because he was timid and did not dare to resist the authority represented by the government and did not dare to have any rebellious intentions.

If Liu Bei was really determined to rebel against his mother, things would be easier to handle.

Compared with the difficulty of raising a decaying feudal dynasty, rebuilding the world is much simpler.

As for how much the rebellion will cost, if you ask Li Mengxi, he will respond with a hehehe.

Agrarian revolution has a 10% chance of winning, so what about rebellion?

Liu Bei couldn't make up his mind and hesitated for a long time. He looked at Li Mengxi and sighed, "Xi'er, conquering the food of a powerful clan is indeed a strategy that has both ends.

However, if others have food and we take it by force, how are we any different from thieves?

This act of betrayal cannot be done."

Li Mengxi also felt a headache when he heard this and was silent for a while.

How to convince Liu Bei to seize big companies without any moral pressure?

Li Mengxi frowned and thought, speechless for a moment.

Fortunately, Li Mengxi was smart, and after a while, he had already made a calculation.

Looking at Liu Bei, Li Mengxi's eyes were calm, "Xuan Degong said that if we take the food of a powerful family by force, we are no different from bandits.

What if I say that a powerful family is no different from a bandit?"

Li Mengxi said slowly with a calm smile on his face.

"Hmph! Tell me, how can a strong man be a bandit? How can he be a bandit?!"

Before Liu Bei could answer, Zhang Fei was dissatisfied and asked sternly.

Li Mengxi was surprised and immediately realized that Zhang Fei was also a powerful man.

To scold Haoqiang is equivalent to scolding him Zhang Yide.

Is Li Mengxi afraid of offending Zhang Fei? No.

Li Mengxi curled his lips and smiled secretly.

Ignoring Zhang Fei, who was blowing his beard and staring, Li Mengxi bowed his hand to Liu Bei, and then asked, "May I ask Mr. Xuande, if he takes advantage of others' danger and takes advantage of others, is he a thief?"

Liu Bei didn't know what Li Mengxi meant. He pondered for a moment and returned, "Taking advantage of others' danger and taking advantage of others by clever means is naturally a thief."

"General Guan, do you think this is a thief?"

Li Mengxi asked Guan Yu again.

Guan Yu was an upright man and without any hesitation, he nodded and said, "A gentleman who does not take advantage of others' danger is a thief!"

"What about the three generals?" Li Mengxi asked Zhang Fei with a smile.

"This is a thief!" Zhang Fei snorted. At this time, Zhang Fei was still unhappy.

"That's good!" Li Mengxi slapped the table, "Suppose a person has a beautiful jade at home, and suddenly a family member is seriously ill, and he wants to sell it to get money to treat the family member's illness.

At this time of urgency, the profiteers knew the urgency and knew that they had to sell the jade no matter what. Therefore, the goods were worth hundreds of dollars, and the profiteers squeezed them hard.

Just imagine, what can this person do besides giving up his jade to save others?

I can only sell jade with tears in my eyes.

Is this profiteer a thief?"

Li Mengxi asked Liu, Guan, and Zhang.

"How abominable!" Liu Bei said.

"Evil thief!" Guan Yu said.

"Kill!" Zhang Fei said.

Li Mengxi asked Guan Yu again, "The general has a precious sword called Qinglong Yanyue. How much is it worth?"

"You can't take it without a thousand swords!" Guan Yu waved his hand and said.

"Okay, let's buy the general's sword for a thousand guan!" Li Mengxi nodded, "If the general comes to battle, and someone buys the general's sword with a thousand guan, then at this time, Qinglong Yanyue is worth a thousand guan, and someone comes to buy it. The general thinks that this transaction

, is it fair?”

Guan Yu shook his head, "How to be fair? With a knife in hand, someone can kill the enemy and behead generals, but without a sword, how can someone get into battle?"

Although the Qinglong Yanyue is worth a thousand guans, how can I be willing to part with the wealth of thousands of guans!"

Hearing this, Li Mengxi waved his hands and praised, "That's exactly it."

Then, Li Mengxi looked at Liu Bei and said, "Just now I said that the reason why powerful people are thieves is this. Why do powerful people call themselves powerful? They have a lot of land."

"The land of the powerful is taken away from the people. The land of the people is getting smaller and smaller, while the land of the powerful is increasing. Therefore, the powerful are thieves!"

After saying that, Li Mengxi glanced at Zhang Fei subtly.

That look in his eyes was simply saying silently, Zhang Yide, even if you are powerful, you are also a thief.

Zhang Fei slapped the table and glared at Li Mengxi, "I am a powerful person. My family has a lot of land. Could it be that I have accumulated it for several generations and bought it acre by acre? How can I be a thief?!"

Zhang Fei was angry.

"Oh, you bought it? I'm afraid that's not the case."

Li Mengxi shook his head.

"This section is the crux of the powerful annexation of land. Let me explain it in detail."

"There is much land for the powerful, but little land for the common people.

A wealthy family with hundreds of people has ten thousand acres of farmland, and ten thousand acres produce grain in good years.

The people have little land, and a family of ten only has ten acres of farmland. In good years, ten acres produce grain, which is barely enough to survive.

There will be no worries in a good year.

However, if there is a disaster year, whether it is flood or drought, the harvest will drop sharply.

Ten acres of land cannot yield two acres of grain.

A wealthy family of 100 people has ten thousand acres of farmland. In a disaster year, ten thousand acres of land can produce two thousand acres of grain. They are still worry-free and have plenty of surplus grain.

The people have little land. A family of ten people only has ten acres of farmland. In a disaster year, ten acres produce grain and only two acres are available. How can we survive at this time?"

"The common people have no food to survive in disaster years, but the powerful have food. In order to survive, the common people have to sell their fields for food to ensure that the whole family does not starve to death."

"As said before.

Those who hold beautiful jade will have a family emergency. The unscrupulous merchants know the urgency and will sell the jade even if they don't want to sell it, so they keep the price down.

This is why people sell their fields in disaster years.

The common people are anxious and sell their fields. If they don't sell, they will have no way to survive. How can the powerful not take advantage of the urgency and seize it?

Therefore, every time there is a disaster, the powerful will severely suppress the land price.

A field worth hundreds of tons in a good year is only worth ten in a bad year. The people have no other choice and sell it at a low price with tears in their eyes."

"Therefore, every time there is a disaster, it will be a time of violent land annexation.

For the common people, disaster years are difficult.

Yu Haoqiang, in this disaster year, his land and family wealth more than doubled!"

“The people’s land was oversold and sold out, until there was no land left.

Those who have no land will have no place to exchange for food in another disaster year.

Is it ever rare for a person who has no land or food to be able to seize people’s houses, seize people’s livestock, and rob people of their wives and daughters?”

"I dare to ask Xuande Gong and General Guan, these powerful people take advantage of the calamity years to buy people's land at low prices. Is it for plunder or robbery? Is it an act of thieves and bandits?"

"Is this an act of bandits?!" Li Mengxi asked in a deep voice.
Chapter completed!