Hengdao Sixteen Kingdoms

Chapter 534 National Power
A total of 630 people were released, nearly a quarter of the total, and the results were impressive.

The Jiangdong nobles occupy high positions, but the actual positions of the middle and lower classes still rely on these people from humble families.

The gentry in the Wei and Jin Dynasties developed rapidly and monopolized the appointment, dismissal and promotion of officials. In the past few years in Jiangdong, the distinction between honest and corrupt officials "evolved".

An honest official is not an honest and honest official, but an official who is leisurely and noble. A turbulent official means an official with a low status and complicated affairs.

The children of the gentry are ashamed of being a bad official, and they are ashamed of being responsible for their work.

Therefore, the specific affairs gradually turned to Zhuoguan, who was born in the Han clan.

"Let Jiangdong send some of his children to study in Yecheng." If Li Yue controlled these people, Jiangdong would be defeated.

They were not afraid of Jiangdong's mischief, and kept the direct descendants for themselves. What Li Yue wanted was the collateral and poor families.

What attracts Daliang the most is them.

"The schools in Shangwutang are so complex that it's better to change them back to Taixue and divide them into categories to facilitate the court's management." Cui Hong said with a cupped hand.

Indeed, Shangwu Hall is indeed a bit messy now.

Taixue is a university established by the imperial court. During the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Dong Zhongshu proposed the establishment of Taixue and the establishment of famous teachers to educate the world's scholars.

Restoring Taixue means that Li Yue has mastered the standards for selecting and cultivating talents, which can curb the solidification of classes to a certain extent. From a longer-term perspective, with Taixue, arithmetic, engineering, and medicine have a place to stay and can be unified academic thought.

The establishment of Imperial College was a key step for Dong Zhongshu to dethrone hundreds of schools of thought that only focused on Confucianism.

Li Yue wanted to improve other academics, perhaps through Taixue.

"I'll leave this matter to you." Li Yue found something for Cui Hong to do. He couldn't let him be too idle. He would start to think about people's hearts as soon as he was idle.

"Wei!" Cui Hong bowed his hands.

The army that went out to Hetao returned one after another with their livestock, leaving only six thousand cavalry in Gaoyun to garrison.

Kaban is still in a stalemate.

After the weather warmed up, Fu Jian ordered Deng Qiang and Fu Fei to launch a counterattack, but Wang Meng easily blocked it. After killing and wounding more than [-] elite troops, he retreated to Puban City.

In order to resist Wang Meng and Wei Shan's [-] Liang army, Di Qin used almost the entire country.

All the wealth that was originally small was invested.

It was fortified for nearly [-] miles along Longmendu to Fenglingdu.

Wang Meng was not in a hurry to attack, so he just dragged his feet and wasted his time, building various siege equipment in the camp, and ordered his soldiers to farm, stipulating that each soldier must cultivate seven acres of land, and the rear would provide seeds, farm tools, and cattle.

Put on a posture of long-term tug of war.

If Fu Jian retreats, Jinyang will definitely be gone. Then Murong Chui's army will move south at any time, and the Liang army from Bingzhou will attack together from three sides. Puban will definitely not be able to defend it.

However, in order to support Wang Meng and Wei Shan's [-] troops, some of the wealth that Yecheng finally accumulated last year was continuously sent to the front line.

The [-]-strong army is still dominated by infantry, which is not difficult for the Liang State today.

From dealing with Huan Wen's Northern Expedition the year before last, to hunting the grasslands and capturing Hetao last year, every time he sent out troops, he would definitely gain something.

Moreover, the gain is still two or three times the amount paid, which is not counting the strategic benefits.

The Shangshutai headed by Chang Wei did not oppose war, but opposed the waste of national power.

If it is beneficial, move forward; if it is not beneficial, stop.

Sun Tzu's Art of War has already stated this clearly.

Seeing that the spring plowing was delayed, Di Qin became more and more weak. The people in Guanzhong were already fierce. From Cao Wei to the Western Jin Dynasty, it was the first place for rebellion. The people of various ethnic groups could not bear the heavy taxes and servitude of Di Qin. Under the instigation of Xiao Zuo, several small rebellions broke out. .

Fu Jian's stall was too big, it had expanded too fast in the past two years, and he didn't have a strong grasp of the place.

Although the Guanzhong rebellion was small, it affected Qiuchi and Liangzhou.The two places were not completely reunited and began to stir up trouble. Many powerful chiefs secretly pledged their allegiance to Li Yue. The most representative ones were Juqu and Qifu.

"If Fu Jian doesn't handle it properly, he may not be able to pass this level!" Li Yue was in a good mood.

"The reason why the Fu family can rise is because there are no very strong people in Guanzhong. If they were in Guandong, they would have been destroyed for a long time! After Fu Jian succeeded to the throne, he fought in the south and the north. Now he meets me in Daliang and makes a judgment!" Chang Wei gave Summary.

In the face of national strength, it is useless no matter how many capable ministers and generals the Fu family has.

The quality of talent in Guandong is not inferior to that in Guanzhong.

Now Di Qin only needs one big defeat, and it will fall apart like it did in history.

It was unwise for Fu Jian to rashly get involved in the Taiyuan dispute.

The strategy was right, but the timing was wrong.

It is easy to start a war, but not so easy to end it.

"The Di people are resolute and fierce, so beware of their counter-attacks," Chang Wei reminded.

"I have set up a dragnet and I'm just waiting for Fu Jian to counterattack!" Li Yue wished that he would make a desperate move.

Again, as long as Fu Jian gets out of Puban's turtle shell, he will be caught in one fell swoop.

Wang Meng charged forward, and Li Yue thought about taking back the country.

At the beginning of spring plowing, Li Yue issued a reclamation order as usual, exempting new fields from taxes for four years.

The local government led the people to take action together.

To cultivate a new field, it is necessary to level the land, dig and build ditches, and improve the soil with compost. It will be difficult to see the results within two or three years.

Therefore, in ancient times, there was obviously a lot of wasteland, but no one was found to open up wasteland. They worked hard to open up a wasteland, but before the cost was recovered, the government taxes came.

Generally speaking, in ancient times, it was the powerful nobles who took the lead in reclaiming wasteland, and only then could there be any harvest.

Li Yue asked local governments to organize people to open up wasteland and reduce people's investment costs.

Zhou Qian even put his practice into practice. In the past few years, he has led his slaves from the north to the south, from the west to the east, working hard. There are countless living people, but they never fight for power and profit. Countless wilderness has been turned into fertile farmland.

Half of the credit for Liang Guo being able to be where he is today is due to him.

In order to set an example, Li Yue himself also opened twenty acres of land outside Yecheng, without letting Su Wei do it, and did it all by himself. On the one hand, he exercised his body, and on the other hand, he set an example for the world.

No matter how high you climb, you must be grounded.

Li Yue plowed the fields clumsily, and was so tired that he was sweating profusely. He felt that it was harder than going into battle to kill the enemy. It was hard to imagine how farmers could grow food without oxen and iron plows...

Cui Yansi didn't know whether there was someone behind the scenes or enlightenment on his own. He led his concubines and female officials to weave and spin yarn in the harem.

In a few days, word spread throughout Yecheng, earning her the title of Wise Queen...

The name spread so quickly, there must be someone behind the scenes, which caused many noble ladies in Yecheng to imitate him. For a while, there was a constant squeaking sound in Yecheng.

Li Yue went to the harem several times to see her. How could she, a delicate daughter of a wealthy family, know how to weave and spin if her fingers were not wet with spring water?
At first, I thought it was Cui Hong who was behind the scenes.

However, Cui Hong has been busy building the Imperial Academy recently and has never touched the ground. He has no such leisure and elegance at all.

With his city, he would know that doing so would be counterproductive and violate the taboo of all dynasties.

It wasn't him, but Li Yue became even more curious.

There were a total of 3000 concubines, female officials, and eunuchs in the harem, but Cui Yansi did not have the ability to keep everything in order.

The other concubines were mostly focused on their sons and would not get involved.

(End of this chapter)