Ancestor Bless: I built a thousand-year-old family

Chapter 469

In the third year of Yuanfeng, an urgent report came from Shuofang County, "Hu cavalry were found at the foot of Yinshan Mountain. It seems that Hu people have entered Henan."

Although there was no battle report, the court took action immediately. The Han court never took the barbarians in the north lightly.

And according to years of observation, the barbarians on the grasslands are indeed gradually prospering again.

Xiaoding Emperor Liu Jin's 15 years of repeated battles and defeats gave many tribes on the grassland a chance to breathe. Liu Dan did not launch troops on the grassland in the early stage, but won too many victories in the later stage. All the powerful enemies around him were defeated by him, so he repeatedly Order the general to patrol the border, boast of the martial arts of the Han court, and frighten the barbarians on the grassland.

This kind of border patrol can't be said to be useless, it can only be said that there is something wrong with the brain.

The Han Dynasty could defeat the Xiongnu, but they could not defeat the grasslands. The grasslands were there and extended in all directions. If one tribal group failed, a new tribal group would rise.

Not to mention that a country with a relatively complete system like the Huns is extremely difficult to eliminate.

Usually, countries on the grassland perished, either due to civil strife, or were annexed by other countries on the grassland, and very few were directly defeated by the Central Plains dynasty.

There is a very interesting thing about reading history, that is, after decades, the Central Plains is still the same dynasty, but the enemy country on the grassland has changed several times.

When Liu Bing had received the news from Shuofang County, he knew that his real first test had come.

He has done a good job in domestic political struggle and cultural governance, but foreign wars are a completely different dimension.

War can gain prestige very quickly. Back then, Liu Che and Liu Dan joined the Datong as vassal kings, and they both gained a firm foothold through the victory of the war.

Liu Bingji also needs to take this move, but he is very clear that the current big man has just recovered a little.

It can't start the national war like Emperor Xiaowu. If it really does that, the first one to explode will be the big man.

Moreover, the current Hu people are not qualified to fight the founding of the Han Dynasty.

Even after experiencing these disasters, he is still invincible in the world!

So the edict was issued, "I have received information about the military in Shuofang County. The barbarians who once ravaged the frontier have appeared at the foot of Yinshan Mountain. They are trying to enter the Henan land of my great man again.

This is the territory that Emperor Xiaowu left for the great Han. Even if someone like Emperor Li did not lose it, can it be lost in my hands?

Ugh.

This is to have to go to war with the barbarians.

But now the big man still has many problems, and if he starts the war easily, he may follow in the footsteps of Emperor Xiaoding.

This is what I don't want to see.

I inherited the great position with meager virtues, and I have never experienced war. My prestige is not enough to frighten the generals who go to war, and it is not enough to convince the soldiers and the people.

If the top and bottom are not united, it may be difficult to win.

When Gao Houwen was in charge, he once said that the status of the emperor should be promoted. If the status of the emperor is prosperous, the world will be stable, and the people will fight for the emperor.

So according to Shouguanghou's presentation, the official positions of the court and the county were redefined, and the rank of the county guard surpassed the state minister, and the world became peaceful.

Now that a hundred years have passed, I think the world has changed, and there are some bad disputes among the people. If the public opinion becomes complicated, what good will it do for the world?

Now we want to go to war with the Hu people, but there are many people who say they don't want to fight. I am very worried, and I don't want to follow the example of Emperor Li and prevent the people from talking.

Guandong is still in a period of exhaustion, this is what I know, so this war will recruit the children of Guanzhong and Sanhe, because they are closer to me.

Now it is decided to divide it into the Sanfu area according to the original Sanqin, and the chiefs of the Sanfu are like Jiuqing, making them dignified.

The Sanhe area used to be the place where the sage kings built their capitals, and the land of Heluo was the foundation of the Zhou family for thousands of years, because it is in the middle of the world, where the nine tripods were born and the king ruled everything.

The Zhou Dynasty had two capitals, and the emperor's six armies switched defenses between Haojing and Luoyi. I want to follow suit.

Now raise the salary of the prefects in the Sanhe area to a higher level, and make the Sanhe area the residence of Zhen's other palace. All the rewards are the same as those in Guanzhong. The children of Sanhe must have the courage to join the army and serve the court.

During the reign of Emperor Li, the army was aggressive and the people were displaced. They even used criminals and hooligans as soldiers. As a result, the Han army lost its glory and bravery. I do not want to use these people, so I want to get rid of them.

Now I want to imitate the meritorious ancestors and select good sons from the six counties of Guanzhong to enrich the forbidden army. I also hope to recruit knights who are good at fighting from the land of three rivers to fill the forbidden army as well.

I will give exemption from corvee and tax reduction as rewards at the age of the year, just like Emperor Xiaowu did. "

Taking advantage of the possible conquest of the Hu people, the children of Guanzhong and Sanhe regions were allowed to serve in the military, legally elevating the position of the central court.

The technical term is to focus on the inside while ignoring the outside, expand the basic market, and incorporate the Sanhe area into the standing system.

During Emperor Li's period, due to a large number of foreign wars, the number of Liangjiazi in Guanzhong dropped sharply, and prisoners had to be used. Now Liu Bing has decided to recruit high-quality soldiers from the Sanhe area.

The Sanhe region has a long history of elite divisions, and they were one of the main forces in the Han Dynasty's foreign wars. Now Liu Bing has raised their political status and given them political and economic privileges, which has excited the entire Sanhe region. .

Looking at the edict, the heroes of the Guandong could only shout in vain: "The Guandong is far away, the emperor's star will not hang down, the Guandong is far away, the emperor's star will not hang down."

In a dynasty like the Han Dynasty, military service is an honorable task, because there is room for advancement in military service, as evidenced by the fact that only sons of good families could enter the army before.

Now the emperor allows the children from the Guanzhong and Sanhe regions to join the army, but does not allow the children from the Kanto region to join the army. This is suppressing the Kanto region.

However, there is no suppression of Kanto in the imperial edict, and it is even very considerate to say that Kanto is exhausted and is not suitable for participating in the war for the time being.

According to the principle of relativity, if the Guanzhong and Sanhe regions are raised, other regions will naturally be lowered.

It seems very contradictory that the front hand rewarded the princes of the Kanto Jingnan, and the second hand began to suppress the political status of the Kanto, but in fact it was an extremely normal method.

There is no contradiction between treating the heroes of Jingnan kindly and suppressing the Kwantung forces.

Many people have overlooked one thing. At the beginning, the guarding of the princes and the enfeoffment of the kings were set up to deter the Kanto, not to elevate the Kanto.

Every emperor in the Han Dynasty favored Guanzhong.

But if you think about it carefully, except for Emperor Xiaowen who was from Guanzhong, the emperors starting from Liu Bang all came from Guandong.

But no matter where an emperor comes from, he will definitely lean towards Guanzhong in the end, just like the guarding princes were originally Guanzhong nobles.

Why did Wei Ping make an admonition with death? He must send food from Guanzhong to help the Kanto, because the Marquis of the Kanto took the road of the Luo family, and they stood in the Kanto relying on the justice of the court and their own reputation.

The difference is that the Luo clan itself is relatively strong in military force, and the power of the lieutenants in the Guandong town is not particularly strong. As I said before, the soldiers of the county and county are in the hands of the county guards. Only in wartime can the lieutenants confiscate military power with gold orders , other times can only rely on private soldiers.

Just as Luo Si said at the Changle Palace that day, "The country is no more than a thousand households, the people are no more than [-], and the soldiers are no more than a hundred."

The imperial court bestowed feudal lords on the kingdoms, so that they could enjoy wealth forever, and they could fail again and again. Even the great crime of treason would not destroy the country. The limit is that the land cannot be given an inch!
Counties and counties can annex land without restrictions, but if a lieutenant feudal state dares to annex an inch outside the hou state, it will be considered a crime of treason!
The close relationship with the royal family, the power to recommend officials, and the reputation brought by generations of guardians are the sharp weapons in the hands of Liehou. If the reputation is greatly lost, the power will be cut in half in an instant. If the court takes back the golden seal, it can be directly committed suicide.

Although Liu Bing has driven all the heroes of Jingnan back to the Kanto, he has increased the number of places they can nominate. The main channels for the imperial court to appoint officials are firstly Tai students and secondly, recommendation, except for asking the prefecture to nominate one or two in every special case Apart from being virtuous and upright or scholarly and filial.

It is mainly the princes and princes who have the right to recommend. Wei Qing quickly entered the eyes of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty through Zhou Yafu's recommendation.

Liu Bingji's actions to some extent even severed the connection between the Kanto Marquis, the Kanto Scholars and the Kanto Powers, because the Kanto was damaged, but the Kanto Marquis benefited!
People do not suffer from inequality!
This is the truest human heart.

No one knows whether this was Liu Bingji's unintentional act or whether it was premeditated, but it is impossible for the princes of the Kanto region to rush over and say to the emperor: "We must treat the Kanto people equally. If you are doing this now, do you treat the people of the Kanto region as Your people?"

The situation has not yet reached this point. Besides, although the court of Chang'an is unfair, it has made great efforts to suppress the Kanto tyrants from infringing on the people. The status in the hearts of ordinary people is not considered low.

To put it bluntly, those people whose lives are even very difficult, only hope to have enough food and clothing, but not to the point where they need political and economic status.

By raising the butcher's knife against the powerful, the imperial court is protecting the most ordinary people. If this is done, the common people will not rise up against the imperial court.

Without the support of millions of people, without the leadership of the famous princes, just relying on the power of the Kanto and the scholar-bureaucrats, there will be no storms for the time being.

When the imperial edict spread to Zhaocheng, Luo Wuji coughed twice, and whispered softly: "The barbarian has indeed come, no wonder my health is getting worse and worse."

　The author is from Hebei, you know, a big plot is about to start again, it should be two big plots

　　
　
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