At the beginning, his wife came to him, and he became rich by selling kidney treasures.

"Ren Sikong, you are really good at speaking."

"But no matter what you say, I will never agree to change the land system. This is against the rules passed down by our ancestors. Let alone leaving a good reputation for generations to come, it will definitely be despised and infamous for thousands of years."

Ma Qian snorted, looking unmoved.

"As the saying goes, sins are committed in this generation, but merits are earned in the future. Future generations will judge whether it is merit or fault."

"Master Ma, if you don't think about yourself, you should think about the Confucian scholars in the world."

"I won't say any more. You should think about it carefully." Ren Hao did not continue to lobby, but asked him to think about it carefully.

Ma Qian fell silent, already caught up in a fierce inner struggle.

Ren Hao no longer disturbed Ma Qian, but quietly got up and left to return home.

He originally wanted to wait until tomorrow to lobby Li Shiji and Xu Qing, but when he returned home, the two were drinking with Shen He and analyzing the general situation in the world and how to save the dying Han Dynasty.

Shen He still advocated leading the troops south to first pacify Liu Hao in order to eliminate the dormant threat.

But Li Shiji and Xu Qing felt that Shen He was making a fuss out of nothing. It was not like they hadn't seen Liu Hao's silly look at the banquet. He was completely obedient to the Emperor the whole time and dared not go west when the Emperor said east.

The treacherous prime minister Peng Wen, who had instigated Liu Hao to change the territory and enfeoff a kingdom, had died, and the Linnan area was temporarily no longer a major force.

If they want to save the dying Han Dynasty now, they must change the situation from defensive to offensive and attack the Northern Wei.

After all, it is not a solution to continue to hold on to the internal consumption of Northern Wei. Sooner or later, they will be exhausted to death by Northern Wei.

"I agree too."

"The biggest enemy of the Han court is the Northern Wei. Once the Northern Wei is destroyed, all the four seas will be conquered."

"I think that while the Northern Wei is busy fighting the Yi enemies, we can mobilize the whole country to fight against the Northern Wei, catch them off guard, and make them surrounded by enemies, unable to take care of the front and the rear."

"If we solve the problem of Northern Wei, then Linnan will be just a piece of cake."

"When Lord Wu's heavenly soldiers arrive, the Linnan regions will definitely surrender without a fight and submit."

Li Shiji agreed with Xu Qing's statement very much, and even praised him at the end.

"Haha, Minister Li is right." Xu Qing laughed heartily, feeling happy. He picked up the cup and drank it.

Seeing that Li Shiji and Xu Qing looked down upon the Linnan area, Shen He shook his head helplessly. Don't they know the old saying that a lean camel is bigger than a horse?

The Han Dynasty put all its national strength into fighting against the Northern Wei Dynasty. Even though both sides suffered losses, in the end it was either the Northern Wei Dynasty that destroyed the Han Dynasty or the Han Dynasty that destroyed the Northern Wei Dynasty.

That was just to prepare wedding clothes for King Linan Liu Haotu.

Even though Liu Hao paid compensation in terms of lives and grain to the Han Dynasty, he was just making plans for his future ascension to the throne.

Why would Liu Hao be willing to give away such an important food germ? He was not really stupid, he was just being wise and avoiding the enemy's attack and waiting for the right time.

Liu Hao was just borrowing the Han's help to grow crops. Now that the Han Dynasty had planted bananas and rice to solve the food crisis, it could continue to fight against the Northern Wei.

In the end, when the Northern Wei and the Han Dynasty were both defeated, it would be time for him to draw his sword. He would unify the world without any effort and enjoy the fruits of his labor without having to go through the trouble of growing rice.

"He is playing a big game. You must not be fooled by Liu Hao's disguise."

"He is the real enemy of the Han court." Shen He sighed with a deep tone.

But even so, Li Shiji and Xu Qing both felt that Shen He was making a big deal out of nothing, and still did not take the Linnan areas seriously. They all agreed that the Northern Wei was the biggest enemy threatening the Han Dynasty.

Seeing that the two were so stubborn and couldn't communicate, Shen He had no choice but to get up and prepare to leave.

As the saying goes, people with different ideals cannot work together. The only one who can really work together with him is Ren Hao.

Ren Hao walked in at this time and said to the three people: "You are all wrong. Now Han Zuo's biggest enemy is neither the Northern Wei nor Linnan, but between you and me."

Yourself?

The three of them were all stunned, looking as if they didn't understand. How did this become between you and me?

"Brother Ren, why do you say that?"

"Could it be that you want to be a traitor and betray His Majesty? Or is it that the Li family wants to betray His Majesty? Or is it that our Xu family wants to betray His Majesty." Xu Qing frowned, really not understanding the meaning of "between you and me".

Although Ren Hao didn't make his words clear, Shen He was such a smart man that he immediately understood the meaning of "between you and me".

"Lord Sikong, are you talking about the classes in the Han court? Clan members, princes, nobles, aristocratic families, commoners, etc." Shen He asked tentatively.

"Yes."

"You are really smart." Ren Hao nodded and admired Shen He very much.

The final fate of the Han Dynasty might not be its destruction at the hands of the Northern Wei or Linnan, but it might very well be its destruction due to its own class system.

"This... How is this possible?"

"How could class be the biggest enemy of Han Zuo?" Li Shiji and Xu Qing were both surprised and still didn't understand what he meant.

Ren Hao did not point it out, but wanted them to figure it out on their own and asked, "What is the most important thing in war?"

"That must be food and fodder." Xu Qing and Li Shiji said in unison.

Ren Hao nodded, and then asked: "Where does the food and grass to sustain the war come from?"

"All of it comes from local donations and collection of necessities from the people." Xu Qing and Li Shiji said in unison again.

Ren Hao then asked: "What if one day the local government stops donating and grain cannot be collected or purchased?"

"This..." Li Shiji and Xu Qing were speechless for a moment, and then they understood.

The grain is in the hands of the class that owns the land, and whether they donate or sell it depends entirely on their own mood.

If one day there is no grain to be donated, no grain to be collected, and no grain to be purchased, that will be the time when the Han Dynasty will be destroyed.

Without food and fodder, how can the soldiers fight for their country if they can't fill their stomachs?

I'm afraid that in the future, he would directly surrender to the Northern Wei Dynasty, or even directly revolt and overthrow the Han Dynasty.

Just as Ren Hao said, the Han Dynasty’s biggest enemy today is not the Northern Wei or Linnan, but the class privileges between you and me.

Since the two had understood, Ren Hao went with the flow and continued, "In order to continue the Han Dynasty and for Your Majesty, I need to reform the land grant system and create a new public land system."

Public land system?

Li, Wu and Shen were all confused and did not understand what the public land system was.

Ren Hao immediately told the three people the pros and cons of the public field system. The disadvantage was that it would challenge the privileges of the entire class. The advantage was that once the public field system was fully implemented, the court would directly collect a certain proportion of grain from the public fields as grain tax. In this way, the national treasury would not have to worry about food shortages in the future, and the front-line wars would be able to be fought without any worries.

With sufficient food, let alone counterattacking the Northern Wei, even if we just wanted to consume them, we could still consume the Northern Wei.