A Millennium Aristocratic Family Starting from the Shang Dynasty

Chapter 361 Wang Ke collapses

Wang Ke's more than [-] years of rest and recuperation has allowed the population of Daqian to grow rapidly, tax revenue to have reached a new high, and the whole world is prosperous.

Because food had been abundant for several consecutive years, Wang Ke took this opportunity to establish the Changpingcang system in prefectures and counties all over the world.

The Changpingcang system requires high execution. He requires officials in prefectures and counties all over the world to collect grain from the people at relatively low prices during good years.That is to say, the government sets a minimum purchase price for grain.

In this way, Wang Ke knew very well the virtues of those nobles, officials, and powerful men.If there is a bumper grain harvest, these people will immediately suppress the price of grain and let the people sell their grain at a low price.

These people are basically local snakes. People can only go to the county town to sell grain. These people can easily monopolize the purchase of grain in a county, so you can only sell to them at low prices.

As a result, there will be a bumper harvest, but the people will still be in poverty.Although ordinary people did not spend much, and they produced food and cloth by themselves, they still needed to buy salt and ironware.

The existence of Changpingcang is to provide a guarantee for these people and force them to increase the purchase price of grain.At the same time, after purchasing a large amount of grain, Changpingcang is used for storage and will not be used normally. When there is a famine in the world or food prices rise, people who have no food and clothing will use Changpingcang to provide disaster relief.

Over the years, Daqian has not sent out large-scale troops, and has accumulated a lot of money and food.Xiao He even wrote a letter saying that some grains that had been stored for too long had been damaged.

Wang Ke immediately ordered treasuries from various places to send old grain to Jinling and Luoyang for wine making.

Wang Ke encouraged the people to farm, reduced taxes, and released the mountains and forests so that the people could go to the mountains and forests to cut firewood and hunt, but he strictly controlled salt, iron, and wine.

It's okay for people to make their own wine and drink it, but if they dare to sell it, they will be punished.Wang Ke sells drinks exclusively to gain money.

The profit from winemaking is very high, and Wang Ke will not miss it. There are many wineries in Daqian, which provide huge profits to the court every year. The money obtained from wine, water, salt and iron is no less than the regular tax. At the same time, every year in the Northland mutual trade, there will be Plenty of alcohol for sale.

The salt and iron wine franchise accounted for a large part of the reason why the imperial court was able to sustain itself over the years.In fact, Wang Ke has done a lot of things over the years, and allocates a large amount of money and food every year to support the Dian Kingdom, the Southern Fujian Kingdom, and the Yan Kingdom.

Wang Ke broke apart and crushed his own way of governing the country, taught it all to Wang Jing, and asked Wang Ce to guide him, just to train his successor in the shortest time.

Wang Ke also had plans for Wang Ce. He was going to let Wang Ce take over the secret guard.The secret guard has always been one of the very important eyes and ears of the royal family.

Basically, each generation of secret guards is taken over by the younger brother of the family head. Although Wang Ce has a broken leg, he has assisted in state affairs for many years and is very familiar with the ministers of the court, so he is very suitable to be in charge of the secret guards.

Unlike his father, Wang Ke was very cautious about military affairs. It could be said that there had been no big battles to fight in more than twenty years. The nobles and nobles were a little helpless about this. After all, only by fighting could they have the opportunity to make achievements.

Of course, Wang Ke didn't care about military affairs. He promoted Han Xin back then. Now Han Xin is the general of Zhenbei, guarding the Great Wall all the time. This is also a good general he prepared for his son.

In the 26th year of Daqian Tianyou's reign, Luoyang was the capital of the gods.

The world is at peace, and people everywhere are living a good life, and it is like a prosperous age.

In the Qianyuan Hall, Wang Ke was chatting with the left and right prime ministers and making daily inquiries. But at this moment, Wang Ke felt dizzy and his body went limp and he was about to fall to the ground.

The expression on Wang Zhe's face changed drastically, and he quickly stretched out his hand to support Wang Ke's body. Several ministers around him looked frightened at the same time, and Wang Jing rushed forward to support Wang Ke's body.

Wang Zhe said urgently: "Quickly call the imperial doctor to come. His Royal Highness, don't leave here. The chamberlain immediately goes to notify the royal princes and the prince to come."

The ministers laid Wang Ke flat on the bed. At this time, the imperial doctor also hurried over. After some consultation, he said to Wang Zhe: "Your Majesty is fine, but he has been overworked in handling government affairs in recent years. , I will prescribe some tonics for Your Majesty, and you can rest for a while."

Wang Zhe was very aware of the imperial doctor's rhetoric, and immediately asked others to take care of the emperor. Then he pulled the imperial doctor aside and whispered: "How is your majesty's health? I forgive you."

Only then did the imperial doctor tell the truth: "When the oil is gone and the lamp is dry, there is no way to save the day!" Wang Zhe waved his hand and asked the imperial doctor to go to the quiet room next to him to brew medicine, and then returned to Wang Ke's side again.

Soon the princes and princes of the royal family rushed over one after another, and when they saw Wang Ke's appearance, they all shed tears.

At this time, Wang Ke, who was in a coma, slowly woke up, and everyone around him breathed a sigh of relief.

"Your Majesty, what's wrong with you?"

"Father, you must take care of yourself!"

"Master, please take care of yourself!"

Wang Ke grabbed Wang Jing's hand hard, and the officials were also relieved when they saw the emperor wake up.With the support of the two men, Wang Ke sat up and said with a smile: "My dear friends, go out first. I have something to say to the prince and the clan."

After several ministers bowed their hands and saluted, they left the main hall and went to the side hall to wait.

"Father," Wang Jing's expression changed and he wanted to say something.

Wang Ke waved his hand and said: "Who can avoid birth, old age, illness and death? I just saw the ancestor of King Wen in a coma, and the ancestor asked me to wake up and make arrangements for the funeral."

"Homeowner!"

"Okay, don't act like a little girl!" Wang Ke continued: "Jing'er, from today on, you are the head of the Wang family, the emperor of Zhuxia, and the emperor of Daqian!"

"I know that you have great ambitions. General Han Xin of Zhenbei is a rare general. He has the ability of Sun Wu. You can use it. But you have to remember that even if the country is big and warlike, it will perish. Remember not to use force. Those princes, you After ascending the throne, you can let them come back as appropriate to assist in government affairs."

"Be cautious when dealing with the Western Regions and don't act recklessly!"

"Don't worry, father, I will be cautious and never act recklessly!" Wang Jing promised.

"Okay, as members of the clan, remember to assist Jing'er and prosper the country!" Wang Ke said to everyone in the clan.

"Don't worry, Master, we will obey your orders!"

"Okay, I'm tired." As he spoke, Wang Ke's voice gradually became lower and finally became silent.

"Master!" Everyone cried sadly.

Two cloud cranes descended from the sky, and after a sad dance, they returned to the cave with Wang Ke's soul.

At the same time, everyone outside the main hall burst into tears, the Jingyang Bell rang, and the entire divine city of Luoyang also mourned.

The 'Reign of God's Blessing' refers to the prosperous age that occurred during the reign of Emperor Qianwen. This was also the first prosperous age that emerged after Chinese civilization entered the feudal imperial society from the slave society of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.

Emperor Qianwen ended the heavy corvee policy during the period of Emperor Qianshi, reduced military operations, quelled the peasant uprising caused by the first emperor, encouraged farming, promoted the continuous planting system, opened schools widely, established county schools, and formulated a relatively complete system. Rules for Selection of Officials.

He also worked hard to govern, advocated frugality, developed production, and carried out a series of reforms in various fields of society, which played a positive role in weakening local powerful forces and strengthening centralization.As a result, the country was peaceful, the number of households increased greatly, the warehouses were abundant, the people were able to recuperate, and the society showed unprecedented prosperity. Historians called it "the rule of God's blessing" - "Chinese History·Eighth Grade·Volume [-]"

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