A Millennium Aristocratic Family Starting from the Shang Dynasty

Chapter 404 The transformation of noble and powerful people

Wang Ze acted very quickly, and a large number of nobles, powerful people, and officials were confiscated and exiled.

In Linzi and Handan alone, more than 10 people were eventually exiled to the Western Regions.Most of these nobles, powerful people, and wealthy officials are well-educated and literate people.

It can bring more Daqian culture to the Western Regions and make Daqian occupy the mainstream in the Western Regions.At the same time, Wang Jing continued to encourage people to go to the Western Regions.

During this era, the climate was mild and there was plenty of rain. The natural environment in the Western Regions was far less harsh than in later generations.Even with the current productivity, there is no problem in feeding 600 million people. If Wusun, Dawan and grasslands are also included, the population can be expanded to tens of millions.

According to his idea, Daqian must have at least 200 million people in the Western Region. Only with enough Gan people here can they completely turn this place into the land of Zhuxia.

With fewer migratory people, the Western Regions would not be integrated into Daqian, but the Qian people would be assimilated by the Western Regions.

In this way, they comprehensively surpassed the people of the Western Regions in economic, cultural, military and numerical advantages, and finally integrated the Western Regions into their settlement.This kind of assimilation and integration is milder and easier to be recognized. The only disadvantage is that it lasts a long time and requires the efforts of several consecutive generations.

Wang Jing is not worried. It has been almost 700 years since the Wang family collapsed from the Yin and Shang Dynasties and Zijue founded the country. He is confident that he can make the Western Regions what he wants. Even if his generation cannot do it, his son , his grandson’s area will definitely be able to do it.

Time always flies like water.Wang Ze toured the country and dealt with a large number of nobles, powerful men, and officials who dared to mint private money. Their homes were ransacked, they were exiled, and their properties were confiscated.

After decades of prosperity, Daqian has reached its peak. With the protection of the great fortune in the early dynasty, there are not many natural disasters. But this kind of protection will eventually pass. After the protection is gone, the natural disasters return to the normal frequency.

Time entered the 32nd year of Tianming, and various natural disasters began to occur all over the world. For these natural disasters, the Daqian court had already prepared, and Changpingcang was established to deal with this situation.

If a natural disaster occurs in that county, the Changping Granary of the local county will be opened to distribute food to the people to tide over the disaster and allow the people to survive.Wang Jing specially issued an edict to exempt these counties from taxes for two years to ensure that the people could survive the natural disaster.

However, there are always some rumors quietly circulating in the countryside, saying that Wang's destiny is approaching, so various natural disasters will occur.Wang Jing knew very well that this was secretly instigated by some local powerful people who were dissatisfied.

Most people don't believe these rumors. After all, the imperial court's policies have always made them live a good life. Even if there is a natural disaster, the warehouses will be opened to release grain.Therefore, the people lived quite well.

Daqian governed the country by law, and Tingwei Weixiang was proficient in criminal law and also served as a censor.He restrained all officials with laws, purged officials, and punished lawless officials. He enforced the law strictly, but not harshly.

Under his governance, officials in Guanzhong, Luoyang, and the Central Plains did not dare to step beyond the Leichi.

Because of heavy rains and flooding in the river basin, Prime Minister Zhang Liang wrote to the emperor: "The land of Xiangfan and Jianghan has experienced two floods in three years, and the people cannot pay taxes on time. Your Majesty, you are the son of God and the father of the people. You should be kind to the people. Please, Your Majesty." Exempt thirteen counties from taxes.”

Wang Jing agreed.

They also allocated money and food to promote work-for-relief and repair river embankments to prevent another flood.He originally thought it would make the people's lives better, but the result was completely different from what he thought.

The floods made it impossible for boats and cars to pass, and even the roads were washed away. I don’t know how many people were washed away by the floods, and the court didn’t know. It relied entirely on local officials to report, so there were too many operations involved, even food All can be operated.

Even if there were some problems, it could be entirely attributed to the floods. The floods were so widespread that they were washed away by the floods, and the court had no clue even if they wanted to investigate.So many powerful people, local officials, big business owners, etc. began to join forces.Those subordinate officials joined forces with local powerful officials and wealthy officials to embezzle the grain used for disaster relief, and then used some moldy old grain to provide disaster relief. They even directly claimed that the food in the government treasury had been washed away.

At the same time, people are still forced to pay taxes, and they have to sell their farmland to survive. Even the implementation of the work-for-relief program to repair river embankments is just a show.

The river embankment was simply repaired with mud, and a layer of wall was built on the outside. On the surface, there seemed to be no problem. Once the flood came again, the river embankment would be directly washed away.Then they used food to force the people to sell themselves into slavery and hid the population wantonly.

Fortunately, Wang Jing sent a large number of embroidered envoys to monitor the world and discovered the clues.

Powerful officials, officials, and local tycoons stepped on the flesh and blood of the common people, embezzled their flesh and blood, and corrupted the foundation and heritage of Daqian.

After Wang Jing knew this, he felt cold all over.Wei Xiang was immediately ordered to investigate the matter strictly and given full autonomy.

Wei Xiang began to vigorously crack down on these powerful men, officials and wealthy families who had brought disaster to the country and the people, and strictly investigated those who dared to commit these crimes. All those who participated were beheaded, and their families were all exiled.

Many people asked Wei Xiang for mercy, and even bribed him with large sums of money. As a result, those who asked for mercy were severely reprimanded by Wei Xiang, and those who bribed were even punished by him.

Wang Jing praised Wei Xiang very much, and Wei Xiang also gained a high reputation.But what people didn't expect was that someone actually dared to risk the disapproval of the world and send someone to assassinate him.

Wang Jing was furious and personally sent dozens of Yulin guards to protect his left and right sides. He also granted the title of guard to the Marquis of Puyang and granted him a thousand households in the city.

Wei Xiang burst into tears of gratitude and severely cracked down on those illegal powerful men and officials.Powerful people everywhere were punished and suppressed.In this Huanghuang Daqian, the imperial court can suppress them with one hand.

The imperial court suppressed illegal powerful people, officials, and big business owners. The court benefited the most, but there were also a large number of nobles and powerful people who followed the imperial court and also made a lot of money.

After all, fields and shops cannot be run away. After the imperial court confiscated the property, it could only sell it off.Then these things were pocketed by local nobles, powerful people, etc.

After years of suppression by the court, many nobles, powerful people, and wealthy people knew the bottom line of the court, and then learned other ways to survive.

Such as family separation.The imperial court stipulated the number of acres of land for a family. These people had many children and could control more fertile land through family division.

In addition to the legitimate sons, there are also a large number of concubines in the families of nobles and powerful men. Even after the legitimate sons inherit the family property, other legitimate sons will be sent away.

These things confiscated by the court eventually fell into the hands of these people.Wang Jing doesn't care about this situation. After all, these people are doing things according to the rules. You can't let them buy it, right?

Similarly, this has always been the result that the court wanted, forcing the nobles, powerful, and wealthy families to separate their families.

(End of this chapter)