The great man will live forever

Chapter 115: Breaking South Vietnam (Five Black Fairness)

On August [-], the fifth year of Yuanding, Liu Han wrote a letter, "I know that the national treasury is empty and the family and the country are one. This time I attack South Vietnam. I am willing to give half of my family property to invest in the champion restaurant over the years."

At the same time, Prime Minister Qi wrote a letter requesting to go to war, "All ministers should do their best to die, and those who serve under them should contribute money to support the army. This is the way to strengthen the country without violating it."

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and Gao Xing specially rewarded Liu Han, increased the number of households in the city by 1500, made him the prince and Taifu in advance, granted him the title of Marquis of Guannei, sixty kilograms of gold, and ten hectares of land to reward his loyalty, and gave him the title of Prince Taifu in advance. People's deeds are announced to the world, hoping that more people will respond, but the princes pretend to be deaf and dumb to this incident.

Seeing these princes and kings pretending to be deaf and mute, Liu Han was speechless: "I'm going to go, is this just in the eyes of money?"

Shu Yuzhu on the side smiled, "This guy won't be in a hurry until his butt is burned. Many landlords are short-sighted and guard their money.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, Li Zicheng's troops besieged Luoyang. King Fu Zhu Changxun and the wealthy families still clung to their own money. The result was tragic, and the same was true for Nanming. It was obvious that the Qing Dynasty was in turmoil, but he continued to fight among himself. This was extremely short-sighted, and people were often betrayed in front of them. Those who are deceived by their own interests and can see the long term are not ordinary people.

Therefore, they will definitely experience the black justice of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. "

"Black fairness?" Liu Han was a little confused. Fairness is fair. What is black fairness?

"Husband, if you were just an ordinary citizen when you traveled through time, would you think Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was a good emperor?"

To be honest, this question is difficult to answer.

Was Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty a good emperor?
He was one of the few emperors with great talents and strategies in Chinese history. He expanded the territory and spread the country's prestige. He attacked the Xiongnu in the north, conquered Lingnan in the south, expanded the Western Regions in the west, expanded Liaodong in the east, opened up the Silk Road, and created the first feudal dynasty in China. development peak.

But were the Han people living well at this time?
It’s not good at all. It was better in the early stage. With the accumulation of Wenjing’s governance, the treasury was full and the people were getting along.

In the later period, people's lives were extremely difficult. They not only had to bear heavy taxes and corvees, but also faced disasters such as drought, locust plagues, famine, and war.Many people had to sell their sons and daughters, and even eat each other to make a living.

For ordinary people, this will also be a tragic era. In ancient times, productivity was underdeveloped, and the achievements of emperors were based on the blood and tears of the people.

Let’s not talk about Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, let’s talk about the First Emperor of Qin. He was one emperor throughout the ages. He wiped out six kingdoms, unified the country, created an imperial system, strengthened central rule, changed the system of prefectures and counties, unified writing and currency, and had the virtues of the three emperors, and had more merit than the five emperors.

The Great Wall is piled with bones, Qin Shihuang’s Mausoleum has thousands of people crying, and the Epang Palace is covered in blood...

These huge projects require a lot of manpower, material resources, and financial resources. In that period of low productivity, almost all labor was completed by manpower. Such great projects can only be described as miracles.

But behind these miracles must be the cries and pain of countless people.Even corpses.

Looking at the silent Liu Han, Shu Yuzhu continued: "If Qin Shihuang's great achievements are based on the general public, then Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's is based on everyone.

He almost destroyed the entire powerful and wealthy class of the Han Dynasty, and directly turned the disparity between the rich and the poor into common poverty. This behavior can be evaluated in four words, black fairness.

Black fairness is fairness full of violence. Qin Shihuang did not touch the nobles and heroes he made, but Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty did not care. Under him, all living beings are equal.

Internally, he almost eliminated the entire princes, generals, landowners, underworld bosses, oligarchs and other groups.

Externally, almost all hostile forces that posed a challenge to the survival of the Han people were eliminated.

Under his heroic strategy, all strata of society made maximum sacrifices. This was a kind of creative fairness, because in other dynasties, it was the lowest class who suffered maximum sacrifices.

The salt and iron wine franchise forced 90% of the industrial and commercial monopolies to lay off their jobs and go home.Calculating paper and reporting results allowed 90% of the landlords and gentry to return to before liberation overnight.

The subsequent money-grabbing campaign turned more than 100 marquis from nobles into peasants at once.He appointed cruel officials, Zhang Tang in the early period, and Zhao Yu now. They allowed 90% of the high-income people to go to the West together with their whole family or clan.

No one can avoid this kind of black fairness, whether you are a civil servant who contributed to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty’s centralization of power and money-making, or a military general who made great contributions to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty’s expansion of territory.Whether you are a happy minister whom Emperor Wu raised to chat with him to relieve his boredom, or a cruel clerk whom Emperor Wu of Han raised to make money for himself and improve his political achievements,
Anyway, as long as you are rich and powerful, many of you will end up with the tragic end of genocide.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's "fairness" was not only reflected internally, but also externally.You say you are a powerful Huns, then I will behead more than 30 people in total for you, directly knocking you out of the population gap, so that you will have to go around when you see the Han Dynasty within [-] years.

You say you are a powerful Qiang tribe, then I will kill every one of you on sight, and your whole tribe will go to the desert to eat ashes.You South Vietnamese dare to harass my border, I'm sorry, I will destroy your country..."

Liu Han was a little frightened, feeling that he would also have problems if he didn't do it well. "Are you telling me that I will be unlucky in the future?"

"Maybe. The black fairness of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty means that he is mean and unkind, so he has to control his own destiny. You actually have a chance. The possibility of becoming emperor is small, but it is possible. The biggest chance is... "

"During the witchcraft disaster?"

"Yes, support the prince Liu Zhi and force him to step down. Liu Zhi was too indecisive and not ruthless enough, otherwise he would have had a chance, or he would not have died. Even though Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty had military power in his later years, he had no popular support, and the popular support had already favored the prince. Because no one wants to fight anymore." "Huo Guang's template, Prince Liu Zhi as a puppet? Or even one step closer?" To be honest, Liu Han was a little moved.

"Yes." Shu Yuzhu was arousing his ambition.

"How many more years will it take for the witchcraft disaster?"

"The second year of Zhenghe in the Western Han Dynasty, 91 BC, 22 years from now."

"It's too far away. Let's talk about it. Take care of your eyes and be careful. Paper, do you think I should give it to His Majesty?"

"You can talk about it later. It's merit and it can increase your prestige."

……

The two chatted about other things, and seeing that the other princes were unmoved, Liu Han finally wrote a letter to someone he knew well, giving a subtle reminder.

Including the Marquis of Fuli, Lu Bode, the Marquis of Zunye, Zhao Ponu, the Marquis of Changwu, Zhao Anji, the Marquis of Zhongli, Yi Jixuan, and the Marquis of Yiyang, Weishan.

These were the generals who followed him and Huo Qubing to the war. He thought about it again and asked people to bring messages to Qu Zhonghou Puluo and Du Hou Fu Tianyu. They were the eldest sons of Puduo and Fu Luzhi, and inherited After all, their father was his subordinate back then and he couldn't let them suffer misfortune.

Immediately, he picked up a pen again and wrote a letter to his brother Liu Yi, the king of Dai. No, it should be Liu Yi of Qinghe now. Two years ago, in the third year of Yuanding, in 114 BC, due to the expansion of the border fortress by the Han Dynasty, Changshan was used as the boundary. Liu Yi, the king who moved to the dynasty, became the king of Qinghe.

In fact, in addition to expanding the frontiers, it was also reducing the strength of the princes in disguise. For this reason, Liu Yi also wrote to Liu Han, thinking that it was him who snitched to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty that turned him from acting king to Qinghe King. Of course Liu Han After explaining, Liu Yi was dubious.

In the end, it was his brother's princess Zhang who took the initiative to speak and explain to Liu Han. Liu Yicai believed it. Good guy, the princess Zhang who used to hate Liu Han actually took the initiative to say good things to him. It can only be said that the situation has changed, and she made people return it. I brought a gift and a message to Liu Han, asking him to go home and visit him more often.

At that time, Shu Yuzhu, who knew the news, laughed, "It seems that my husband is very charming, and my sister-in-law still misses you. Why don't you give it a try? I don't mind. Don't all men like to steal? That's a princess."

As he spoke, he kept licking his tongue and whispering softly in Liu Han's ear.

"Am I that kind of person? Give me a stick!" Liu Han took her into the room and beat her...

In Weiyang Palace, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty looked at the memorial,

"Fu Lihou Lu Bode, Zhao Yehou Zhao Ponu, Changwu Hou Zhao Anji, Zhongli Hou Yi Jixuan, Yiyang Hou Weishan... several people wrote letters saying that they were willing to donate part of their family property for this expedition to South Vietnam. Fuli Hou Lu Bode He offered 89 catties of gold, and Zhao Ponu, the Marquis of Zhaoye, offered [-] catties of gold..."

"Yes, yes, why are there only a few of them? And King Heqing, why did he also donate 130 kilograms of gold? When did he become so loyal and patriotic?"

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty first praised and then frowned.

"Your Majesty, I have received news that Marquis Lanling has written to them or sent someone to their mansion." Zhao Yu, the court lieutenant on the side, spoke.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was stunned and smiled slightly, "Our Marquis of Lanling is very smart."

"Your Majesty, the general also said that he is willing to donate [-]% of his family property."

"General, you are loyal and patriotic. Come and commend me. Eighty percent is too much. Three percent is enough. General, your health has become worse and worse over the years. Alas!"

"promise!"

"These people, even if you remind them, it won't work. I have set an example for them, but many people still pretend to be deaf and dumb. There are 214 people in our Han Dynasty, and only a dozen of them care about the country. Guo Sheren, this year's discretionary money, you But we have to strictly control it, and we can’t allow anyone to cheat or fake it. It’s a sacrifice to our ancestors. If anyone dares to pass it off as a good one, let me know and I will punish them well.”

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty finally took action. He instructed Guo Sheren, who was the Shaofu, to strictly review these discretionary funds.

"promise!"

Guo Sheren was indeed a confidant of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. He understood immediately and sighed in his heart: "A large number of people will be unlucky again."

The Shaofu is an institution that is responsible for the finances of the emperor's royal family. In addition, it is also responsible for the emperor's secretaries, meals and other matters.The Shaofu has a wide range of responsibilities and has many subordinate officials. Currently, it is concurrently held by Guo Sheren, the most trusted eunuch of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. After all, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty grew up on his mother's milk, and the two have known each other for decades.

(End of this chapter)