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

Chapter 822 Luo Xianzhi’s Theory of Food Reform

"In the third year of Wei Zhengshi and the sixth year of Yan Dacheng, Wei and Yan fought in Hedong. The Wei army was defeated and Yan occupied Hedong to look at Guanzhong."

"In the third year of Wei Zhengshi and the fourth year of Liang Tiantong, Wei and Liang fought in Yique, and Liang broke through the pass and entered Luo. In the autumn of the fourth year of Tiantong, Liang entered Luo and sent a message to all counties and counties. The generals of Wei surrendered to Yan, Han, and Liang, and Heluo was in chaos for a while. , the beam cannot be controlled.”

"In the fourth year of Liang Tiantong and the fifth year of Dazheng of the Han Dynasty, the Han Dynasty attacked Xu and Yu and held on to Huaisi. The corpses were lying across the water. The Han army's attack became more urgent. The Liang army suffered several defeats. In September, the Han emperor collapsed. There was an uproar. The Han army was retreat."

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In the land of Huaisi, Xiao Yan and Luo Xianzhi inspected the battlefield that had just ended. Xiao Yan's face was full of solemnity.

Looking at the rather dilapidated land, Xiao Yan sighed in a deep voice: "The Han Kingdom is really full of elite soldiers. The three states have such elites."

Luo Xianzhi also looked a little ugly. Since the founding of the Han Dynasty, this was the first time that the Han Dynasty concentrated all its forces to launch a war against a country. The strength was really strong and unusual, which was a bit beyond their expectations.

If Liu Chen hadn't suddenly collapsed and the Han army was unstable, Xuzhou would have suffered a major defeat. Fortunately, God was on the side of Liang, and Xiao Yan quickly led his army back. After weighing the pros and cons, the Han army still He chose to retreat, after all, the emperor was dead.

Luo Xianzhi said slowly: "If the Han State lets go and fights with the Yan State, the victory or defeat may be between five and five. Your Majesty will never take away most of the military power next time. You must leave enough military power." Guard Huaisi."

Xiao Yan nodded and said: "But the Han State has no chance. The Yan State has captured Hedong, and its strength has been completely crushed. I originally thought that the Yan State would take advantage of the situation to attack Guanzhong, but I didn't expect that the Yan State would retreat. It seems that it wants to capture Jizhou first. .

This attack on Heluo was a step too late and failed to achieve full success. To seize all the land south of the Yellow River, there must be no accidents, otherwise it will be catastrophic. "

After Luo Xianzhi heard Xiao Yan's words, he pondered: "Your Majesty, you said a few days ago that the Wei State suffered too serious losses in Hedong, and even Guanzhong was in danger. Murong Ke was a famous general in the world, why did he choose to do this? Retreat quickly?

Explaining the news from Xizuo that Jicheng gave Murong Ke a golden order to withdraw his troops is true. This shows that the contradictions in the Yan Kingdom are somewhat serious.

Our careful work can continue to bribe the powerful people in the Yan Kingdom and kill Murong Ke. Then something will happen to the Yan Kingdom. "

The conspirators' response to Murong Ke was exactly the same. For Murong Ke, a god of war, it would be too laborious to defeat him on the battlefield. In politics, it would be easier to kill him. No matter how powerful a general is on the battlefield, it would be difficult to defeat him behind his back. It's hard to guard against the cold arrows inside.

Xiao Yan asked as he walked: "Lingxiu, how can I, Daliang, become stronger in a short period of time? I don't want to see results in ten or eight years. It is best to see results within two or three years."

This attack by the Han State gave Xiao Yan a profound crisis. In comparison, the strength of the Liang State was still a bit weaker than that of the Han State. If he wanted to attack the Han State in the future, it would be difficult just because of the food supply problem. .

Luo Xianzhi was silent for a moment, and then said: "Yes."

Xiao Yan suddenly looked at Luo Xianzhi. He was just asking casually, but he never expected that there was really a way?

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How can a country be considered strong?

In this era, the standard is actually very simple, having more food and grass and mobilizing more people, that's it.

The Qin Legalists were the path taken by Shang Yang. What was their approach?

That is to completely control every citizen from the grassroots level, implement a farming and war system, break up all organizations, completely atomize the people, block all other upward channels, and leave only the path of war.

But military honors come with a lot of privileges. If you are given too many privileges, you won't want to work hard. This is human nature.

Nine out of ten people who go to the battlefield die.

If you can't go to the battlefield, no one will want to fight. Even farming is much better than going to the battlefield.

In this world, there are only two kinds of people who will go to the battlefield to fight their lives. The first is those who have nothing, and the second is those who have faith.

There are too few people who have faith, and the vast majority are of the first type.

The extremely clever Shang Yang found a patch to the military title system, which was to use complicated laws to deprive these titles. While the Qin people were taking titles, their crimes were offset by military merit, which maintained the number of military titles.

After a lifetime of fighting, he still comes back white, everything seems like a dream, it is a perfect system.

No one uses this system anymore.

After entering the autocratic monarchy, the dynasty and empire became a system, and changes in any place would affect the whole country. Peasant uprisings entered the stage of history, and almost every major event was initiated by these farmers.

They may be ignorant, they may have historical limitations, and they may not be able to complete the heavy tasks that history has entrusted to them, but they are really the destroyers of the old world, the ones who smash the chains of the old world, the great embodiment of the people, and the raging tide. It is a majestic mountain.

All parties are guilty, and the blame lies with me.

This is not a humble statement, but a reality. Don’t say that the emperor is not the blame for the crimes of grassroots officials. The emperor chose them in the first place, so why should the emperor not be blamed.

But as a top politician, Luo Xianzhi could naturally see that Shang Yang's approach was just too extreme, but its essence was usable.

The essence of a strong country is that the country controls more resources!

No matter what the system is, the country that controls more resources will be stronger, and the country that can use more resources will win.

There are two ways to do this.

One is naturally the kingly approach, which is to develop the country's strength step by step, increase the country's population, and increase the country's wealth. In this way, the country's strength will improve, but this method usually takes a very long time.

Xiao Yan said that if he wanted to make Liang Guo stronger in two or three years, this method would definitely not work.

The Yan State's method of catching barbarians from deep mountains and old forests can also be classified into this category. According to Mencius, this is a typical royal way.

The king then attracts people from other countries by practicing the royal way.

Although the Hu people were reluctant to go to Yan State at first, after entering Yan State, they did not want to leave. This should be regarded as the king's way.

If this time-consuming method cannot be used, the second method must be used.

In fact, the second method has been implemented by Liang Guo since Luo Youzhi, which is to suppress the wealthy families.

The population of a country is limited. If there are more people in the hands of aristocratic families, less will be controlled by the country. The country will have to bear more responsibilities. If it cannot control enough resources, it is naturally unfair.

Luo Youzhi and Luo Xianzhi have been suppressing the aristocratic families, and Luo Xianzhi has taken heavy action against the aristocratic families, otherwise Xiao Yan would not have been able to have so many troops to go out this time.

But now Xiao Yan needs more, but the suppression of the aristocratic family is almost done to this extent. In the future, it can only be done slowly, otherwise it will arouse large-scale opposition and even turmoil.

Once there is turmoil, no matter who loses or wins, Liang Guo as a whole will definitely suffer a huge defeat. The resistance of these aristocratic families is not just the resistance of useless literati. They may even directly lead people from a county to start a rebellion. Liang Guozhong is likely to be full of wars.

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Luo Xianzhi knew that he had to carry out a new round of restructuring. This time the restructuring was not to solve future problems, but to enhance the strength of the Liang Kingdom.

In the palace.

Luo Xianzhi handed a thick stack of documents to Xiao Yan and said: "Your Majesty, there is a total amount of wealth in the world. If the country wants more, the people will have less. The so-called restructuring is nothing more than plundering the wealth of the people to fill the national treasury.

Among them are the groups with more wealth in our Daliang. Your Majesty chooses one, and I will formulate policies to plunder their wealth. "

Luo Xianzhi's words were very naked, without any covering up at all. Xiao Yan was a little doubtful about life when he heard it, as if what he was holding in his hand was not a document but a human life.

He couldn't help but ask Luo Xianzhidao: "Lingxiu, isn't this competing with the people for profit? Will you really support me?"

Xiao Yan still knew the Luo family's rules of conduct, and he knew he would not do this kind of thing that competes with the people for profit.

Luo Xianzhi said calmly: "Your Majesty, this is not about competing for profits with the people.

If you don't have ministers and want to achieve your Majesty's purpose, you can only tax the people. "

Xiao Yan interrupted Luo Xianzhi and said: "Qingyun once told me that Jiangzuo is inherently harsh and cannot increase taxes on the people. I have always remembered that I will never increase taxes on the people. Lingxiu can rest assured."

Luo Xianzhi nodded and said: "I know that your Majesty will not directly increase taxes on the people, but your Majesty will increase taxes on the rich, and in the end you will increase taxes on the people. No matter you increase taxes on the powerful, these taxes will eventually be added to the people." , this is an unchanging law.

There is only so much land, only so much grain and grass can be produced from the land, only so many people, and only so many people can use it.

Money in the world is constant.

Your Majesty wants more, and the powerful don't want less, so the people will have less. This is the truth. "

Xiao Yan was shocked and said: "Isn't it true that the people are in trouble now?"

Luo Xianzhi shook his head, and then said proudly: "Your Majesty, don't worry, the so-called ancient names and appearances, what is the name and appearance, can maximize the interests of the people without greater losses when the country is strong.

Let me give you an example.

If there is one stone of grain in the world, four dou of grain in the country, three dou of rich households, and three dou of ordinary people, then the country can probably be maintained.

If the country has two dou, the rich have seven dou, and the common people have one dou, then the country will be defeated, and even the gods will not be able to save it.

Now my country is relatively normal.

Reform means taking away a dou of grain from the hands of rich households. According to normal development, the rich households will take away one dou, or even two dou of grain, from the hands of the common people, leaving the common people with only one dou.

The situation has become that the country has five dou, the rich have four dou, and the common people have one dou. On the surface, the country has become stronger, but in fact the people can no longer survive. If the five dou of the country are used to build palaces and enjoy themselves, then The reforms made the treasury rich, but they destroyed the country.

Such people are incompetent. "

Xiao Yan broke into a cold sweat after hearing this example. This theory was the first time that he felt the danger of reform so intuitively. "Doesn't this mean that if there is no famous prime minister to preside over, reform is worse than no reform?"

Luo Xianzhi nodded in approval and said, "One is a slow death and the other is a quick death. Being mediocre at the top of the country is very dangerous, and I believe that no dynasty can survive with reforms. That is impossible." .

For example, many people in the Xiao royal family are now enclosing land. I told your majesty, but your majesty was indifferent. "

Xiao Yan was a little embarrassed and smiled coquettishly. The most similar thing between Luo Xianzhi and Luo Youzhi was that when facing the country, they sometimes did not give him the face of the emperor.

Seeing this, Luo Xianzhi no longer mentioned the matter, but continued what he said before: "When I preside over reforms, it is also impossible to prevent the rich from robbing the people. That is impossible to do unless I sit in the establishment. If you do this, you will be able to know the major and minor affairs of Liang State in a short time. Otherwise, I can only try my best to restrain those officials.

But this step of restraint is very critical. I have previously inspected the administration of officials and obtained a group of capable officials. I will send governors and embroidered messengers to various states, counties, and counties to supervise the reorganized officials in various places.

After the national treasury is abundant, there is still a critical step, which is to directly feed back to the people. This forms a closed loop. Using the money of the powerful and the people, and then giving it to the people, can provide hope for the country and can Strengthen the country's control over the world.

This kind of control is what you want, Your Majesty.

More food and more people to control. "

Just listening to Luo Xianzhi, Xiao Yan already felt a sense of beauty.

Yes.

Hearing Luo Xianzhi's reform policies made him feel beautiful, with a kind of round beauty of Taoist Tai Chi, and an insight into Tao. Although Luo Xianzhi was not too old, he already had his own Tao in terms of governance. .

Luo Xianzhi showed no signs of success and silently figured out what needed to be done. This was not a simple matter. Any reform that was rolled out nationwide would require unimaginable energy.

He looked at Xiao Yan expectantly. On that document, there was another group that was easier to deal with. If Xiao Yan chose that group, things would be much simpler.

Xiao Yan looked at the document, read it bit by bit, then paused and looked at it twice more in disbelief. He looked at Luo Xianzhi and asked in a hoarse voice: "Lingxiu, is this written wrong?" ?”

Luo Xianzhi looked over calmly, then shook his head and said: "Of course that's right, I've written about the royal family on it, so why shouldn't I dare to write about this?"

Xiao Yan was about to speak but stopped.

He looked at the document in his hand and felt that it weighed a thousand pounds.

The thing that appeared in front of him was very simple, but to him it was like thunder rolling from the sky. It was a Buddhist temple and a Taoist temple.

Taoist temples don’t matter.

But the Buddhist temple!

No one in the world knows that he loves Buddhism, yet Luo Xianzhi actually wants him to attack Buddhism!

(End of this chapter)