I am not a deposed emperor of Han Dynasty

Chapter 501 The emperor drew a circle, and the special zone was built: I will forcefully move the heroes and villains to fill the tomb!

This first big event happened on the third day of March, the Shangsi Festival, when Zhang Jieyu and Cai Jieyu finally entered the palace.

The day before the two concubines entered the palace, Cai Yi, the last prime minister of the Han Dynasty, passed away with a posthumous title with the word "Jing" - this smooth old man could send his granddaughter to the Weiyang Palace, which was already full of merit. .

Because there was no grand ceremony when the queen entered the palace last year, the emperor also made corresponding reductions in the ceremony of the two Jieyu entering the palace on the grounds that it did not exceed the regulations.

The common people naturally praised the emperor for being frugal, but among the officials, there were some different opinions.

One thing that many courtiers couldn't understand was why the emperor hadn't abolished Huo Chengjun as the queen.

The queen was not involved in the cholera epidemic last autumn and winter. She even played the harp and harp in harmony with the emperor. She was also very kind and was deeply loved and respected by the servants and officials in the palace.

After the cholera was suppressed, the queen went deep into the Weiyang Palace and kept an extremely low profile. She did not show her face on many occasions where the queen should have appeared.

Rumors occasionally leaked out of Weiyang Palace that the Queen seemed to have set up a private school in Weiyang Palace to teach the maids how to read and write, and the Queen Mother Shangguan also joined it.

Nowadays, Weiyang Weiwei and Changle Weiwei are both close confidants of the emperor, the military guards have also been reorganized, and the security of the palace is very strict, so these rumors are always vague.

Although the emperor seemed to intend to prevent Huo Chengjun from appearing in front of the world, it was not enough to dispel the concerns of Zhang Anshi and others who had contributed to Huo's defeat.

In the eyes of Zhang Anshi and other courtiers, the general situation of the world has been decided at this time, and the queen has not given birth to an heir, so it is the best time to depose the queen.

They couldn't understand why the far-sighted emperor was reluctant to issue an edict to abolish the emperor.

The only explanation Zhang Anshi and others could think of was that "the emperor was an infatuated lover who couldn't let go of his married wife."

It is not necessarily a good thing for a dignified emperor to be trapped by love.

The courtiers should have stood up and admonished the emperor to let him know where he had gone.

However, no one dared to stand up and remonstrate, whether it was Zhang Anshi, Liu De, or anyone else.

They have already seen the emperor's thunderous methods and moodiness, and they would never dare to give advice without seeing clearly what the emperor's intentions are.

You might get into trouble.

After these rounds of new policies, the emperor's prestige and power were much higher than when he suppressed cholera a few years ago.

Without the checks and balances of the prime minister, civil servants such as Zhang Anshi, who was revered as the sage of New Confucianism, could only completely bow to the emperor for the time being.

In addition, the queen has not yet given birth to an heir, and there is no news that she is pregnant with a dragon heir.

This means that Zhang Anjun and Cai Wenyan are actually in the same position as the Queen.

As long as the two Jieyu who entered the palace later could conceive the emperor's heir first, the situation would be completely different.

When the time comes, the emperor will find a way to depose the queen without the need for Zhang Anshi and others to stand up and remonstrate, otherwise there will be chaos inside and outside the palace.

It doesn't matter whether he is abolished or not, the key is whose heir should be established as the prince. This is the top priority.

When Zhang Anjun and Cai Wenyan entered the palace with their "missions", several happy events happened at the same time in Chang'an City.

Zhang Anshi's third son married Liu De's second daughter, Wei Xian's youngest daughter married Bingji's youngest son, and Bingji's third son married a niece of Zhang Anshi's house.

Through intentional and unintentional marriage, these cabinet college students have become closely related by marriage.

Naturally, they now dare not form a party for personal gain, let alone commit rebellion. However, since they have clearly seen that the emperor is a decisive person, it is understandable to appropriately expand their own strength.

Zhang Anshi, Bingji and others thought they had made everything watertight, but how could they hide it from the embroidered messengers all over Chang'an City?

Liu He, who lives in Weiyang Palace, has already seen all this clearly.

When welcoming Zhang Anjun and Cai Wenyan into the palace, he had already begun to make some additional preparations.

As for the second major event, it was naturally the filling of Ling County for Emperor Xiaozhao.

Emperor Xiaozhao's mausoleum is Pingling, which has been built for more than ten years. However, because Emperor Xiaozhao suddenly became famous, some finishing projects were still left unfinished.

After half a year of intensive repairs, it was finally completed after the beginning of spring. At the same time, Pingling County, the mausoleum of Pingling, was also completed.

Of course, Pingling County has only built the city walls, official roads, and a few important government offices. The mansions where the people live have to be built by the people who fill them in.

As the heir apparent emperor, Liu He had shown great filial piety to Emperor Xiaozhao. No one in the world could make a fuss about this matter.

The emperor of the Han Dynasty spent his whole life working hard for the Han Dynasty and filling Ling County. This was also the last time that the already prosperous Emperor Xiaozhao made a contribution to the Han Dynasty.

After Pingling and Pingling County were established, Liu He immediately issued an edict to appoint Xiao He's sixth grandson Xiao Wangzhi as the county magistrate of Pingling County.

It is true that Xiao Wangzhi is a Confucian scholar, but he is also a "gentleman Confucian" who can work hard.

In the original historical process, Xiao Wangzhi's official career was very smooth. During the reign of Emperor Xiaoxuan, he served as a former general, Guang Luxun and Shangshu, and was finally elected as Minister Tuogu.

It is no exaggeration to use these four words to describe him.

In August and September last year, Liu He recruited him, Wei Xiang and others to Chang'an City.

At the critical moment of overthrowing Huo, although Liu He appointed Xiao Wangzhi as the censor, he then sent him to Pingling County to supervise the construction of the city.

There are two main reasons.

First, Xiao Wangzhi was of low rank. Before coming to Chang'an, he was just a subordinate of Prime Minister Wei, the governor of Henan County. It was difficult to convince the public when he was suddenly asked to serve.

The second is that although Xiao Wangzhi was upright, honest and capable of hard work, he was not good at fighting for power in the court. In the original history, he was framed to death.

If you want such a "direct minister" to use all his talents, the most important thing is to give him absolute trust and let him go to the bottom to experience.

As long as he went to the county government and fought against the evil gentry and the evil gentry among the people for a few years, Xiao Wangzhi would naturally learn to fight for power.

Therefore, not long after Xiao Wangzhi became the censor, he was sent by Liu He to supervise the construction of Pingling County.

Now that Ling County is established, Xiao Wangzhi should naturally serve as the county magistrate.

The entire Pingling County still maintains the layout of the Hancheng Pool, but there have been many changes.

Because Liu He not only wanted to build an ordinary Lingxian County, but also built a model city.

Two thousand years later, a small fishing village can become a giant city.

A giant city can also appear next to Emperor Xiaozhao's tomb.

"I draw a circle in Guanzhong and build Pingling County into a Dahan Special Economic Zone."

This sentence was said by the emperor in the cabinet duty room to all the cabinet bachelors. The latter could not understand all the words in it.

What is a circle, what is a special economic zone—these words are beyond the understanding of these "ancients".

However, just by looking at Pingling County, Zhang Anshi and others can intuitively see many differences.

First of all, the scale of the city construction is much larger than that of ordinary Ling County, almost a quarter of Chang'an City.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, when a county town was built to this scale, it exceeded the proper "ritual system". Secondly, Pingling County is much more "regulated" than other cities.

Not only are there wider official roads and complete drainage ditches, but the toilets and toilets are also arranged in an extremely suitable and convenient manner.

As for the mansion courtyards in the city, although they have not been built yet, the plots have been divided in advance and are as orderly as a chessboard.

Once again, this Ling County broke the isolation of Lu City.

In the remaining cities of the Han Dynasty, Lu and the city were completely separate.

Merchants could only operate trade in fixed markets and the northern city wall. If they exceeded the prescribed scope, they would be invited to "drink tea" in prison by the patrol guards.

The purpose of the imperial court's implementation of this policy was to reduce the difficulty of urban public security management. After all, the mixing of cities and towns would bring about a mixed situation, making it more difficult to manage.

However, if the cities and towns are separated, it is indeed easy to manage, but it will also reduce the vitality of the city and suppress the further development of the commodity economy.

Finally, Ling County canceled the curfew system.

The city gates will be open all day long, and people can walk in and out at any time without worrying about being caught and imprisoned.

This is also to increase the vitality of the entire city.

Breaking down the barriers between cities and towns and canceling the curfew system will mean that the time for buying and selling transactions will become longer and transactions will be more convenient, which can stimulate consumption in a disguised manner.

After consumption increases, the money going in and out will also increase. With each incoming and outgoing, profits will come out, which will naturally attract a swarm of profit-seeking businessmen.

These policies would not be gradually implemented until the Tang and Song Dynasties, but this was a matter of no harm. The sooner they were opened, the sooner they would be enjoyed.

Merchants always have the most sensitive sense of smell. As soon as the map of Pingling County was announced, merchants immediately flocked to find out how to conduct trade in Pingling County.

Before they could figure out how to get rich in Pingling County, the emperor's new edict was posted.

This edict gave Pingling County more "privileges", making this city, which only had city walls and official roads, immediately show its unique appeal.

First, the taxes on all trade and transactions completed within Pingling County are reduced to half of the original amount.

Secondly, the land rent paid by the people who cultivated land in Pingling County also changed from 30 tax to 1 to 60 tax to 1.

Thirdly, after settling in Pingling County, the annual oral tax and accounting fees were reduced to half of the original amount.

Finally, all tax reductions and exemptions will remain unchanged for ten years.

In addition, all homesteads are clearly priced, and those who are willing to pay to purchase them can immediately transfer their registration to Pingling County - of course, the price of the homesteads is certainly high.

All these policies have only one purpose, which is to promote the development of industry, commerce and handicrafts here and build it into a trade center in the Guanzhong region.

Within a month after the new edict was issued, 500 families were willing to transfer their registration to Pingling County, and most of them were merchants and craftsmen.

In addition to the purchase of homestead land, farmland will be awarded directly based on the population of each household.

If the land of origin is disposed of by themselves, Da Sinong will pay for it to be directly appraised and redeemed, and then sold to local landless or landless people at a slightly lower price.

At this stage, Shuiheng Bank can play a role. Farmers who have no money to buy land can borrow money from Shuiheng Bank to buy the land first and repay later.

Once in and out, it seems that the people who migrated to Pingling County are taking advantage, but in fact, it is a way for the court to restrain land annexation.

In other words, the ultimate purpose of building Lingxian County and filling the population of Lingxian County is to suppress land annexation.

The wealthy households and powerful families in various counties in the Kanto region have accumulated large amounts of land in their place of origin through years of plunder and plunder.

At worst, it will cause the people to have no land to farm, at worst, it will cause huge civil unrest.

Emperor Xiaozhao had no real power and was unable to restrain land annexation. As a wealthy man, Huo Guang was not able to do this, which made the trend of land annexation intensify in the Kanto region.

Using the pretext of filling in Lingyi and using a small amount of preferential policies, wealthy families were forcibly relocated to Lingxian County, which could force them to sell their land of origin to ordinary people.

This resulted in a disguised redistribution of the land of origin.

As for the fields and houses given to them by the imperial court in Ling County, compared with the land of their origin, they were nothing more than a drop in the bucket, and their symbolic significance was greater than their actual significance.

The emperors of the Han Dynasty would build Lingxian County and forcibly move the wealthy households and wealthy families from Guandong County to Guanzhong.

After these wealthy households and wealthy families arrive in Guanzhong, they will become the best consumers and can further promote the development of the commodity economy.

Although the population surge in the Guanzhong region also has a negative impact, compared with land annexation, at least it will not cause chaos in the world, so people must still be relocated resolutely.

What's more, Liu He has already figured out how to solve this problem-it's nothing more than moving the "old people" who moved to Guanzhong in the early Han Dynasty and then moving them elsewhere.

Developing the south of the Yangtze River and managing the western regions always require population.

This is the truth when people are moved and trees are moved to death.

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Originally, Liu He thought that since he had implemented so many preferential policies in Ling County, the wealthy households and wealthy families in Guandong County would naturally transfer their residence.

But he obviously underestimated the enthusiasm of wealthy families and wealthy families for land.

Except for the initial five hundred "small households" with a household income of less than 300,000 yuan, which were successfully transferred, the rest of the rich and wealthy households were indifferent.

At first, Liu He was very patient. On the one hand, he was cultivating feelings with Zhang Anjun and Cai Wenyan, who were new to the palace, while on the other hand, he was observing the movements of the wealthy families in Guandong County.

Regrettably, the wealthy families in the Guandong County did not seem to understand Liu He's "good intentions". They were only a little restless at first, but then there was no reaction.

Liu He waited until mid-April. When the weather gradually got hotter, he finally lost patience.

Directly issued an edict to the governors of Henan County, Hanoi County and Shangdang County to move families with more than one million yuan to Pingling County.

Henan County, Hanoi County and Shangdang County are just east of Hangu Pass. They are densely populated and the trend of land annexation is very strong.

There are more than 500 households with a household income of more than one million yuan, and there are also many households with a household income of more than ten million yuan.

This is just a pilot project. After the wealthy families in these three counties have been relocated, wealthy families in other counties will also be relocated.

Suddenly, the wealthy families in the three counties were like mourning their heirs, and jointly submitted a letter to the emperor, hoping to withdraw the edict.

They also had connections in Chang'an City, and after a series of connections, courtiers gradually wrote to Liu He.

First it was the dozen or so admonishing officials who were responsible for making suggestions, then it was the left and right officials in each government office, and finally it was the cabinet bachelors who were colluding with each other.

From bottom to top, it seems to be a big net.

Due to the resistance of these people, within half a month, not a single family moved into Pingling County.

Liu He was very angry, and the consequences were serious.

(End of this chapter)