Although Deng was a fool, he also knew that before Li Sheng and He Yan spoke, it would be inappropriate for him to speak.

Apart from the sound of the music, the banquet suddenly became a little dull.

He Yan's eyes flashed. He looked at Wang Xiang for a while, and then Wang Hui for a while. Now he finally understood why these people came to him.

The reason is very simple.

Because they are a noble family.

From the Eastern Han Dynasty to the Southern and Northern Dynasties, whether in terms of politics, economy, social customs, culture and art, it can be said with certainty that this is an era of aristocratic families. Aristocratic families play the most important role in this historical period, and all major social dynamics revolve around aristocratic families.

But in such a clan era, such an alien regime, Cao Wei, emerged.

From the perspective of modern people, Cao Cao was born in a second-generation official family and his background was not too bad, but the aristocratic race at that time did not think so.

"The Records of Emperor Wu of the Three Kingdoms" says that Cao Cao's father Cao Song "can't judge the origin of the root of his birth", that is to say, he has no family tree and is born into a commoner.

In "Expression to Yuzhou for Yuan Shao", Chen Lin called Cao Cao a "devoured eunuchs" as a "broken eunuch" which was actually a arrogant mockery of the common people.

At the same time, since Cao Cao conquered the country, he has always implemented a policy of suppressing the powerful aristocratic people. This practice is not only because of Boss Cao's personal likes and dislikes, but also a realistic need.

The wars and chaos in the late Eastern Han Dynasty led to a decrease in the population. Chen Qun once said: "After the chaos, the people are at least not even a big county than the time of Wenjing in the Han Dynasty."

Is the population declining because of the war?

It doesn't seem to be exactly.

According to the "Geography of Jin Shu" and "Tongdian Food and Goods", after the unification of the Western Jin Dynasty, the population did not increase significantly compared with Cao Wei. It can be seen that the population has dropped sharply, but it is a dramatic decrease in statistics. In fact, it should be called population loss, that is, population loss from the country's household registration book.

Where has it been lost?

It flowed to the shade of the aristocratic races.

Before the implementation of the two tax laws in the middle and late Tang Dynasty, all levies were capped taxes and household registrations were actually proof of tax collection and corvee labor. The aristocratic people were naturally not reported and the household registration was underreported, which led to a large loss of tax sources and military sources, and the weakening of economic and military strength in the country.

To this end, Cao Cao implemented the policy of military farming, giving the residents various privileges and preferential treatment. In addition to saving materials, he also focused on competing for population with the aristocratic races and attacking the strength of the aristocratic races from an economic basis.

Suppressing aristocratic races is actually beneficial to the country. Some Jin generation did not understand this principle and indulged in the development of aristocratic races, resulting in hundreds of years of corrupt aristocratic politics, and the throne was also in the hands of aristocratic races. This can reflect Cao Cao's foresight.

The policy of suppressing aristocratic races was the foundation of the founding of Cao Wei, so after Cao Cao, Cao Pi and Cao were implementing it.

Cao Pi repeatedly conquered Sun Wu from Guangling, but at that time, Sun Quan established the capital of Wuchang, and the Guangling River was wide, so it was not suitable for crossing the river. It can be seen that Cao Pi's intention was not in Wu, but to take the opportunity to seize the troops of the powerful Xu clan to solve the historical problems left by Cao Cao.

Cao was keen on recruiting manpower to repair palaces. In addition to satisfying his own desires, he also had the intention of checking household registration during the time of corvee labor to prevent the wealthy family from covering up and concealing the reports.

Cao's imperial concubine Yu once complained that "Cao likes to be a humble person", which also shows that the Cao family did not intermarry with the aristocratic clans for three generations and deliberately kept a distance from the aristocratic clans.

Sima Yi, who was born into a wealthy family in Hanoi, was not optimistic from the bottom of his heart about the non-century Cao regime.

So when Cao Cao asked him to come out as a civil servant, he "refused to be a numb" and refused to go. What was Sima Yi's plan?

It was obvious that he wanted to wait for Yuan Shao to eliminate Cao Cao and then serve the Yuan family of the great clan.

But Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shao and pacified the north, forcing Sima Yi to "take office in fear".

Obviously, Sima Yi did not really serve Cao, and he had been making other plans in his heart. So he tried his best to disguise himself, and even a scam expert like Cao Cao was deceived by him.

Therefore, the time bombs of the aristocratic forces were placed in the heart of the Cao Wei regime. As soon as time came, the civilian regime of Cao Wei would be destroyed.

The aristocratic families feared Cao Cao, so they kept hiding and not venting. But it was only now that they wanted to reveal it. It was not that the aristocratic families were not afraid of Cao Cao anymore.

They are still afraid now, but they are even more afraid of Cao Cao's latecomers.

It’s okay for Cao Pi to say that since his politics, he has been at the mercy of aristocratic families. In the future, the aristocratic families will naturally not decline at his hands, but the Marquis of Luoyang is different.

You will know what he did in Liangzhou. This is a person who hates a noble family to the core.

If such a person is allowed to take the position of King Wei, the consequences will be unimaginable.

These aristocratic families were afraid, but this time they were not afraid of Cao Cao, but Cao Chong.

In addition, Cao Cao was seriously ill, which gave these originally dormant families a different mind.

King Wei is seriously ill, so it would be better for the King of Wei to be replaced by Marquis of Chang'an.

He Yan knew what the aristocratic family meant, so after thinking for a long time, He Yan smiled on his face.

What does the aristocratic family want? He Yan doesn’t care about it, but as long as I He Yan can get what I want, what will happen if I become an enemy of the Marquis of Luoyang?
Chapter completed!