A Millennium Aristocratic Family Starting from the Shang Dynasty

Chapter 479 Dock Castle
  The land of Luoyang Basin is flat, with the remnants of the Qinling Mountains in the north and a vast territory in the south. Most of the nobles in Luoyang purchased their residences in the south.

After all, the transportation here is convenient, the roads are common, the land is flat, and the scenery is good. As for the manors of the dignitaries, they are even more pavilions and pavilions, including lakes and artificially built canals. It can be said that it is a beautiful place on earth, with fertile fields. . This manor has long exceeded a thousand acres, ten thousand acres.

It is a manor entrusted by nobles to buy in the name of others. The court is aware of this situation, but there are too many people doing this. As long as they do not go too far, pay taxes on time, and do not force the people, the court will turn a blind eye. Only one eye.

It is not far from Luoyang City, and there is a horse road. It can be reached by horseback in half a day. Many dignitaries from the capital like to have outings here.

When Wang Che ascended the throne, those noble and official families who dared to make small moves felt that the emperor could not care about them when he ascended the throne. Besides, there was no evidence left behind, so they were not too worried.

But what they didn't know was that the secret guards and Wang Yun had already revealed all their old records.

Wang Che immediately ordered the Tingwei to deal with it, and directly ransacked the homes of these noble and official families. Naturally, manors dozens of miles away from Luoyang City also had to be raided.

When Wang Che saw the confiscated manor and fields, he frowned. So he asked Wang Zong, the internal minister: "These manors occupy a vast area, and many nobles have invaded them. Is there anything the emperor can do?"

"Your Majesty, it is common for honorable nobles to purchase acres of land and manors, and most of them are entrusted to the names of others. Although it is against the rules, it does not violate the laws of the Qian Dynasty." Wang Zong said.

"The imperial court can only resort to other crimes to deal with these nobles, but it cannot use this as an excuse to deal with nobles, powerful families, and official families."

Wang Che was silent for a moment, he also understood this truth. At this time, Daqian was no longer the time when the country was just founded. After more than a hundred years of development, even though the court repeatedly suppressed the nobles, powerful people, and officials' families, the strength of these people became more and more numerous and stronger.

Unless Wang Che is prepared to completely clean up these noble, powerful, and official families, he cannot use this method. What's more important is that these noble, powerful, and official families are all over the court and all the states and counties.

If it is carried out forcibly, even if the royal family is sure of victory, the world will be in a mess by then, and the land of Zhuxia will be full of chaos. The deceased was lying on his pillow. There was no rooster crow for thousands of miles, and his bones were exposed in the wild.

At that time, the imperial court will no longer be able to control the Mobei Grassland, the Western Regions, the Southern Xinjiang, the Big and Small Ryukyu Islands, and the Fuso Islands. It would be a foolish dream to further develop the country.

After thinking clearly about the reason, Wang Che could only let go of this idea and continue to deal with those noble, powerful, and official families who crossed the line.

Wang Zong saw that the emperor's expression was somewhat unswerving, and he immediately said: "Your Majesty, if you want to deal with them, I will let the following arrange one or two."

When Wang Che heard this, he was very moved, but after thinking about it for a while, he finally shook his head and said: "As an emperor, I should do things upright and upright. If I use the secret guards to carry out such a cunning plan, I'm afraid it will happen again." Let’s go back to Korea and not harm the past.”

Although the Shin Bulha Reform made South Korea strong and prosperous for a while, it also caused South Korea's monarchs and ministers to become suspicious, skilled in calculations, and lazy in governing the country. In the end, only power scheming and calculations were left in the court, and no one was in charge of the country.

"Your Majesty is wise, it is your minister Meng Lang!" Wang Zong said. "Seventh brother, there is no need to be like this." Wang Che said with a slight smile: "The heads of the family in the past generations have always carried out noble and upright plans! I will not violate it either."

Although Wang Che does not need to plot and scheme, he will not relax his vigilance towards those nobles, powerful people and officials. Immediately ordered secret guards to inspect the manors in various places to see if there were any illegal activities such as harming the people and occupying their fields.

To the west of Luoyang, the sacred capital, is the Xiaohan Road. This road is the main route from Luoyang to Guanzhong. The most famous pass is Hangu Pass. The mountain roads here are steep and difficult to navigate. When Huai State blocked Hangu Pass, Qin State was unable to go eastward to compete for the world.

This place is located in a mountainous area, and because it is close to the Loess Plateau, there are many strange plateaus.

The soil plateau is a peculiar geological phenomenon. The most famous soil plateau here is the Choumulg Highland where Hangu Pass is located. Landforms such as plateaus are very common on the Loess Plateau. To put it bluntly, they are a platform that is higher than the ground.

This kind of platform is surrounded by cliffs on three or four sides. The earth platform is tens of meters high, and the top is flat and can be cultivated. With a little modification, it can become a natural manor private residence.

The plateau is flat and vast, where food can be grown and people can live. Because it is surrounded by cliffs, it is difficult for outsiders to enter, and even the places used for passage are very dangerous. Most of them are dirt slopes that can pass a car, which can be said to be easy to defend and difficult to attack, and some are even directly on cliffs. , accessed by a suspension bridge.

A large plateau can accommodate almost two to three thousand households, and a small plateau can also accommodate one or two hundred households. As long as the gate is closed, the plateau becomes an independent kingdom.

The only bad thing is the lack of water in the plateau. Especially in the plateaus on the Loess Plateau, water sources are generally lacking, and wells dozens of meters deep need to be drilled to get water.

Of course, the environment in the plateaus near Luoyang is much better, such as the Choumulg plateau next to Hangu Pass. The Choosang Plateau is extremely vast, tens of meters above the ground. There is a deep ravine running through it, and this ravine is the post road from Guanzhong to Luoyang, and is where Hangu Pass is located.

It is precisely because of this that Hangu Pass is so dangerous. The reason why Choosang Plain is called Choosang Plain is because the land is covered with mulberry trees and impassable. It is surrounded by cliffs tens of meters high and has a big river behind it.

This is the case with many plateaus in the west of Luoyang, the sacred capital. Although the land here is not as fertile as the south of Luoyang and the Central Plains, and the roads are also rugged, there are still many powerful and official families who have established manors here.

After seeing this kind of terrain, Wang Che felt extremely vigilant. According to the strength of the noble, powerful, and official families, if they find a suitable land, they only need to spend some money to invest in it, and it will soon become a wealthy manor.

As long as the road from the plateau to the outside is blocked, it will become the private residence of noble, powerful and official families.

In troubled times, this kind of manor will become a fortress, and even if a large army wants to capture it, it will suffer heavy casualties. Fortunately, now is the prosperous age, and those noble, powerful, and official families dare not go too far. Even if they occupied the land, they did not dare to close the road. Instead, they built manors on the land.

After Wang Che learned of this situation, he immediately ordered that roads in various plateaus were not allowed to be closed. Violators would be punished for treason.

(End of this chapter)