Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 283
At the beginning of the Eastern Han Dynasty, it was biased towards big landlords, and gradually the gentry was born, followed by land annexation, and the common people began to lose their land.

At this time, natural disasters and man-made disasters continued for years, which made the poor common people go bankrupt and have no livelihood. They were reduced to tenant farmers, slaves, or abandoned farming to do business.

In order to survive, the refugees staged uprisings many times, and the Yellow Turban Rebellion was the pinnacle of them.

This is known as the rebellion of the refugees, but the uprising led to years of war in the society, which in turn produced more refugees, and it became a cycle that everyone in the world could not escape.

The main reasons for the emergence of refugees are natural disasters and man-made disasters. Natural disasters create conflicts, and man-made disasters intensify conflicts. The two coexist, and the world is in chaos.

Natural disasters are natural disasters, which are the direct cause of refugees.

The Eastern Han Dynasty was a period in which the climate changed from warm to cold in the history of our country. The climate gradually became colder and natural disasters frequently occurred.

The Eastern Han Dynasty had a total of 195 years, among which there were as many as 119 years of disaster years with clear historical records. The natural disasters in this period were characterized by multiple disasters concurrently, among which floods, hailstorms, early disasters, and locust disasters were more common. And often in the same year, two disasters and three disasters occur together.

In particular, during the 19 years of Emperor Han'an's reign, there was only one year where there was no record of a famine, and several disasters occurred almost every year. The six disasters of locusts and locusts made the whole world miserable.

This is why Yuan Xi made up his mind to build farmland water conservancy facilities as much as possible when he read this period of history.

The so-called good weather is completely dependent on the sky. Only man's transformation of nature is the fundamental solution to save himself, benefit future generations, and benefit future generations.

Nature is beautiful, and people are also beautiful. The sublimated beauty produced by the combination of the two is the process of working people transforming nature and obtaining rewards from nature.

For natural disasters, the Han court can provide disaster relief, but when the court does nothing or is powerless, it becomes the last straw that crushes the people, which is called a man-made disaster.

All dynasties have attached great importance to the number of people. "Zhong Lun Minshu": "The number of people is the foundation of the country".

In the early Eastern Han Dynasty, all kinds of wastes were waiting for prosperity. The Han court attached great importance to increasing the population, so they vigorously encouraged childbirth. "Book of the Later Han Dynasty: Chapter Emperor Ji" stated: "If a person has a child, he will not be counted as three years old."

Coupled with factors such as encouraging early marriage, the population grew rapidly. In the middle and late stages, there was a situation of less land and more people.

But on the other hand, the Han court did not take measures to prevent the big landlords and noble families from annexing land. In addition, the Eastern Han Dynasty had very heavy taxes, which were characterized by light land taxes and heavy head taxes.

If a major change occurs, the peasants will be overwhelmed, go bankrupt and go into exile, and a situation of "the people will be displaced, half of them will be without reason" and "the household registration will be halved", will cause a large number of self-cultivating farmers to go bankrupt and become landless poor.

If there is no food, there will be an uprising, and regardless of whether there are shadows of big landlords and nobles taking advantage of troubled waters in the Yellow Turban Uprising, the instigator is the deviation of the Han court's policy, which led to the negative consequences of being backlashed.

However, the powerful landlords "dispute the public law, apply for private interests, cross mountains and rivers, and be good at the government and the market", and they have become large and small forces that dominate one side, and at the same time covet the pinnacle of power.

Yuan Xi knew that this problem had not been solved after entering the capitalist society from the feudal society. It was just that the vested interests had changed from big landlords to capitalists, and the rentier class had been controlling the formulation of policies from the beginning to the end.

In this kind of society, the main force of paying taxes is the middle class, but the upper class with the highest income tries to avoid taxes, and even has negative income, which is extremely ironic.

This is why Yuan Xi hated the gentry landlords so much. They may not have been the last straw for the collapse of the dynasty, but they must have pressed the last few bundles of straw.

Yuan Xi is a very awkward person. He hates capitalism even more. In his opinion, in addition to being much more productive than feudal society, the social morality in many places in capitalist society is not as good as that of the latter.

For example, it is more covert and means of oppressing the lower class people.

For example, the human relations that are equal on the surface, but more dissolute in reality.

For example, stronger chains that cannot be resisted.

The germination of capitalism not only stimulates the driving force for social advancement, but also squeezes out more blood, sweat and lives.

If the two social forms have the same productivity and technical power, Yuan Xi actually doesn't know which one is superior.

So Yuan Xi didn't plan to start any sprouts of capitalism. This was likely to be a detour, like a circle of fate, going round and round to draw a circle back to the original point.

If the reincarnation of history is really like this, then he would rather give it a try. If he doesn't go through this loop, can he break this vicious circle?

Yuan Xi never denied that things have two sides. The ruling class above the common people and below the emperor, from the earliest slave owners in ancient times, to the nobles in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods, to the gentry in the Wei, Jin and Tang Dynasties at the end of the Han Dynasty, to the The gentry in the Song and Ming dynasties, as well as the capitalists in the capitalist society, certainly exploited and oppressed the common people, but it is undeniable that there were also positive factors for self-innovation and social progress.

Compared to later generations who blamed so-called capital all over the place, Yuan Xi couldn't figure it out. Isn't capital just capital?
Capital is dead, and the key is the people who master it. Good people are called entrepreneurs, and bad people are called...reactionaries.

Of course, the reactionaries may be the rich, or they may be spiritual slaves who are willing to be the pawns of the rich.

Backwards, it is the same today, Yuan Xi can't wipe out the world's gentry, depending on the degree of reaction, he can only win over a group, attack a group, influence a group, and eliminate a group.

Refugees have led to unbalanced regional development, and a large influx into wealthy areas, while war-torn areas have seen thousands of miles of uninhabited areas.

If Yuan Xi wants to seize the world, he will face similar problems in the future.

Just like he saw in advance that the Wei and Jin Dynasties moved the population inward, and foreigners took the opportunity to occupy the frontier to cause chaos, so he can do the opposite.

The population is too large, and the land is not enough to grow, so it is better to go outside.

The world is so big, why do we have to stick to a corner?

This trend of opening up frontiers and looking overseas should be blown up by him in Youzhou and spread throughout the whole world.

When the refugees saw Yuan Xi's soldiers passing by, they hid in a panic by the side of the road, trying to stay away from the team as much as possible.

After all, in this time of troubled times, in order to boost the morale of soldiers, the princes acquiesced that they could plunder the people at will, so for the people in the troubled times, life was not even as good as a dog.

After all, if you are a dog, the dog owner still has to feed the meat.

However, after walking in hiding for a long time, they were surprised to find out that this team had the same destination as theirs, and they were going to Jicheng as well!
These refugees murmured in their hearts. It was reported earlier that Jicheng recruited soldiers and villagers, as well as artisans and farmers, and those who went to register for household registration would have land. That's why they dragged their families and went to Jicheng.

But it was so unfortunate that I ran into the soldiers!
You must know that in today's world, there is rarely an army of princes who does not harass the people!
Although they may be able to save their lives, it is common for property to be robbed and wives and daughters to be taken captive, so no one wants to get close to the soldiers, lest they get into trouble.

Many people began to hesitate whether to just leave, but some people couldn't stand the temptation of allotment of land when they arrived in Jicheng, and walked far away in the woods and weeds beside the road.

The reason why they are still persisting is because Youzhou today has experienced several wars, which is very different from when Liu Yu was there.

Ten years ago, when Liu Yu was alive, he adopted a recuperation policy for Youzhou, which had suffered from the Yellow Turban Rebellion. Production resumed within a few years, and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment. There were millions of refugees from other states who came to Youzhou to settle their fate. many.

However, after Liu Yu was killed by Gongsun Zan, Gongsun Zan's rule was not strict, which caused soldiers to harm the people, and the people suffered unspeakably.

Especially after the quarrel with Yuan Shao, Youzhou was fully involved in the flames of war, including the Han people, Wuhuan, and Xianbei, all of which were affected, and no one was spared.

The destruction of production by the war was destructive, and the people became refugees one after another, or fled to the mountains to make a living, or became slaves of the gentry landlords, or simply became bandits.

Before Yuan Xi went to Guangling, he told Zhao Yun that after he conquered Jicheng, he would recruit refugees and resume production. Now, what Yuan Xi saw from the car window was the scene of people like ants scrambling to survive.

He thought to himself that Zhao Yun did a good job. If the refugees can do this, it is certain that the people who arrived before have settled down, and word of mouth will spread the word, so that people will scramble to defect.

Yuan Xi lowered the curtain, but saw Zhen Mi beside her was hugging Ah Xiang, teasing her, but Madam Wu was on the opposite side with an embarrassed look on her face.

Madam Wu felt that Yuan Xi Zhen Mi's eyes were always looking at her abdomen intentionally or unintentionally, making her feel that her hands and feet had no place to rest.

She originally wanted to avoid seeing Yuan Xi as much as possible, but Yuan Xi's family only had two carriages, each with four seats.

Huan's mother and daughter sat with Cai Zhaoji, leaving Mrs. Wu alone, so they could only share one with Yuan Xizhenmi.

Seeing Zhen Mi's malicious smile when she got into the car, she thought it must be on purpose!
While teasing Ah Xiang in her arms, Zhen Mi smiled at Mrs. Wu.

She is very pleased with herself now.

Under Zhen Mi's repeated questioning about Mrs. Wu's background, Yuan Xi reluctantly told Zhen Mi the truth, and told her not to reveal it to others.

Zhen Mi thought to herself that her husband was really unusual, he was targeting widows.

The identity is not ordinary!
Needless to say, Cai Zhaoji, it seems that before she married Yuan Xi, he brought Gongsun Zan's widow back to the mansion, right?

What surprised Zhen Mi even more was that Mrs. Wu turned out to be Sun Jian's widow, so your husband is in trouble with the princes of the world, right?
And this time it was even more extreme, even having children!
Zhen Mi understood that Yuan Xi was drunk at the time and had no intention of doing anything, but she still felt a little sour in her heart.

Why is Mrs. Wu so easy to get pregnant, and her stomach has not moved yet?

How much medicine should Hua Tuo take?

Madam Wu caught Zhen Mi smiling at her out of the corner of her eye, she thought it was good to be young, she was so carefree 20 years ago.

But Mrs. Zhen really understands, if there is an eldest son, does it have any impact on herself?

Yuan Xi stared at the two women with a guilty conscience, feeling that the atmosphere in the car was becoming more and more awkward, and just about to speak, he heard a commotion outside the car.

(End of this chapter)