Chapter 716: The courtesy of a scholar, recruiting Zao Zhi! 【2】

In the back hall of a two-courtyard residence in the west of Yangdi City.

Zao Zhi was eating with his family.

Zao Zhi sat in the main seat, and his wife, a simple and virtuous woman, sat in the lower seat with their two children.

The dishes were not very sumptuous, but they were not shabby either.

Although Zao Zhi was only a small Granary Official in the county.

But this was Yingchuan after all.

Talented people, scholars, and powerful families were as numerous as the cattle and sheep on the grassland.

To be able to serve as an official in the county, one's talent must be outstanding.

After returning home today, Zao Zhi told his wife about Duan Yu's invitation.

Go to Liangzhou.

Zao Zhi was still a bit hesitant.

Although Duan Yu's promise to him was that he could choose any official position below two thousand shi, the bitterness and danger of Liangzhou were also well-known.

If he were alone, it wouldn't matter.

But he had a wife and children.

If he took his wife and children to Liangzhou.

He worried about the environment there.

Zao Zhi, sitting in the main seat with a rice bowl in his hand, was somewhat absent-minded.

After his wife, Chu, finished adding dishes for the two children, she turned her gaze to Zao Zhi.

Seeing Zao Zhi's worried expression, Chu put down the bowl and chopsticks in her hand and said softly: "Husband... are you thinking about something?"

Zao Zhi raised his head upon hearing this and then nodded: "I am thinking... how I should decline the General of the Van's invitation."

"Why?" Chu looked at Zao Zhi and said: "Why does my husband want to decline?"

"Hasn't my husband always had great ambitions?"

"Isn't this an excellent opportunity right now?"

"The General of the Van invited my husband to enter Liangzhou and gave my husband such great trust."

Zao Zhi was silent.

Duan Yu had given him enough promises.

But at the same time, Zao Zhi was also worried, worried that Duan Yu was just acting on a whim.

Tuntian (military agricultural colonies) was not an easy task.

Although the two words "planting fields" sounded very easy.

But the things involved were extremely complex.

First of all, in terms of land.

Fertile land and good fields were all in the hands of scholar-clans, powerful families, and landlords.

How much thin land could the common people have in their hands?

To want to Tuntian, the first thing is to solve the land issue.

This would conflict with scholar-clans and powerful families.

Duan Yu had no foundation in Liangzhou; if he touched the foundation of scholar-clans and powerful families like this, wouldn't that be equivalent to cutting off his own retreat?

Would those scholar-clans and powerful families in Liangzhou easily agree?

Second, if there is more grain, the grain in the hands of those merchants and powerful families who hoard grain will not be worth much.

Would they watch the grain increase while the grain in their hands becomes worthless?

Furthermore, there is the population.

Common people with fields have their own fields to plant, and common people without fields have all become tenant farmers for scholar-clans and powerful families.

Where is there so much population to plant fields?

Each of these problems touches the foundation of certain interest groups.

If Duan Yu does not understand this, and chooses to retreat when encountering these difficulties.

Then the Tuntian he speaks of is a joke.

If things go wrong, he will have to leave Liangzhou in disgrace.

If it comes to the ability to lead troops in battle, Zao Zhi admires Duan Yu, but in terms of governance, Zao Zhi does not think highly of Duan Yu.

Of course, Zao Zhi would definitely not tell his wife these words.

So he could only find another excuse. ===== CHAPTER 718 =====