At the end of Qin, I became a son of the plane

Chapter 221, The true successor of the First Emperor and the reincarnation of heaven
October 37, the th year of the First Emperor's reign.

Rather than quickly conquering Guanzhong and completely kicking the violent Qin into the coffin, Xu Fan paid more attention to the matter of equalizing the land in Sanchuan County, because only Han officials were in charge of the place and equalizing the land gathered people's hearts, and the rule of the Han Dynasty in Sanchuan County was taking root. There will be the kind of army that is defeated and dozens of cities suddenly change color.

So when the Han soldiers visited the palace in Luoyang City, Xu Fan asked Chen Ping, the county governor, to find all the Sanchuan County household registration, land registration, tax, granary, arsenal and other data. He wanted to understand the situation of Sanchuan County.

And Chen Ping is also an old official of the Han Dynasty. He knows Xu Fan's habits. Although he has been in Sanchuan County for less than three months, he has already converted the bamboo scroll data of the Qin Kingdom into paper versions and used them. In the form of Arabic numerals and graphic tables, it is convenient for Xu Fan to understand the situation of Sanchuan County.

Chen Ping picked up the data of Sanchuan County and reported to Xu Fanhui: "The land in Sanchuan County is nearly 3000 million acres, including 600 million acres of upper fields, 800 million acres of middle fields, and 1600 million acres of lower fields. This is the data calculated in the 32nd year of the First Emperor.

There were almost no changes in the data in the next few years. Each county added some data at will. The minister found something wrong and tortured the Qin officials. Only then did they find out that the data compiled by the First Emperor after 32 years were copied by Qin officials at will. , was not trustworthy, so I did not adopt it and only used the data from the 32nd year of the First Emperor. I think the land in Sanchuan County should have increased a bit, but the specific situation requires re-measurement of the land. "

Xu Fan sighed and said: "These Qin officials really understand the heart of the First Emperor. He just slacked off, and then he relaxed a lot."

In the 32nd year of the First Emperor's reign, Ying Zheng made his third eastward patrol. He arrived at Jieshi and sent Lu Sheng, a local scholar from Yan, into the sea to look for the two immortals Xianmen and Gao Shi. He ordered the razing of the old city walls of the princes and the construction of river embankments to facilitate water and land transportation. Carved stone gates and inscribed words praising Qin's literary virtues and martial arts.

Ying Zheng's act of seeking immortality was quickly noticed by these Qin officials, and they began to relax secretly or seek their own interests.

No matter how talented the emperor is, his thoughts will change under the scrutiny of hundreds of thousands of people. Why should a monarch keep his emotions and anger hidden? This is just a way to deceive himself and others. People only need to look at you. Whatever you do, you will understand what you are thinking. It is too difficult for one person to fight against the world.

Xu Fan could fully imagine that the powerful aristocrats of the Qin State also agreed with this policy. The aristocrats of the six countries had obtained the land. It made no sense. They, the victors, were worse than the losers. The phenomenon of land occupation was naturally inevitable.

Xu Fan continued: "The equalization of land in Sanchuan County requires accurate data on the land. After the Han officials arranged to enter the counties and villages, they completely replaced the Qin officials and re-measured the land."

Xu Fan said: "Official land is given to the people who have little land. As for private land, tell the owners of private land that they will either divide the family or sell it to me, the Han court. If I don't choose either of these two paths, I will also You can send Han troops to persuade them."

Chen Pingdao: "There are 830 million acres of public land, 1190 million acres of private land, and 990 million acres of official land."

Xu Fan continued to ask: "How much public land is there in Sanchuan County? How much private land is there? How much official land is there?"

Xu Fan was shocked: "There are actually 1190 million acres of private land? How can it be so much?"

Now he is also learning the old plan of the First Emperor, using the Han army's hatred of Qin officials to attack the Qin nobles, and obtaining land for the common people. I think even if the First Emperor knew this, he would understand that he is the real successor (the false successor) Qin II, the true successor King of Han).

"No!" Chen Ping had a bitter look on his face after hearing this. None of this was easy to do, and it couldn't be done without killing a river of blood. As expected, the King of Han's kindness was only to the people at the bottom.

Of course, in order to support Cheng Jiao in gaining power in Qin, South Korea gave hundreds of miles of land to Qin. Qin's foreign relatives and the six countries have a mutually reinforcing relationship. Although the fight is fierce, they will find ways to help their mother country.

At that time, the State of Qin was the most powerful country in the world. The noble daughters of the six countries were all married to the Qin royal family. One of the wives of the First Emperor's father, King Zhuangxiang of Qin, was Korean. She also gave birth to a brother of the First Emperor, Cheng Jiao. Because of this marriage relationship, South Korea only had one county left, but the country was not destroyed.

The prerequisite for equalizing land is to know how much land he has. At this time, Xu Fan was thankful that the Qin State was an ancient military empire and the data were relatively sufficient. Even if there were deviations, they would not be too exaggerated, like Zhu Yuanzhang's capture Yuan's cities and even the land had to be remeasured.

The First Emperor was a ruthless man. He almost killed all the relatives who were married to the six countries. Therefore, when the Qin State unified the world, the relatives of various countries did not stop the First Emperor from destroying their own countries (some people still resisted, and the relatives of the Chu State were tricked to death. Li Xin defeated Li Xin's 20 troops, but Chu's foreign relatives also paid the price of destruction. At the same time, Fusu was the eldest son but not the prince.)
Chen Ping continued: "Originally, there were not so many private fields in Sanchuan County, but in the 31st year of the First Emperor's reign, the Qin court promulgated the policy of "making the head of Guizhou self-contained". Although this was a policy promulgated by the First Emperor in order to win over the powerful nobles of the six Kanto countries. , but it was also affected here in Sanchuan County. From that year on, the private land in Sanchuan County began to increase, and the public land and official land began to decrease. "

After all, Sanchuan County has been established for nearly 40 years. It can be regarded as the land controlled by the Qin State relatively early. It is completely different from the countries in Guandong. Xu Fan originally thought that the public land here would have an advantage. After all, Sanchuan County does not need to bribe the nobles of the Six Nations. , but did not expect that there would be so many private fields in Sanchuan County.

Sure enough, sometimes when a policy takes a step back, the benefited classes will push the policy a few more steps forward. This is the political unyielding power.

Sanchuan County was established very early in the Qin Dynasty. It was established in the first year of King Zhuangxiang of Qin Dynasty. Qin destroyed the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. Later Qin general Meng Ao attacked Han and took the cities of Gao and Xingyang. Sanchuan County was created and Xingyang City belonged to it, with Luoyang as its capital. In the Qin Dynasty, Xingyang City was used as a forward position and bridgehead for the eastward attack on the eastern countries.

Xu Fan remembered that many writers in later generations said that the First Emperor deliberately used personal grudges to attack the nobles of Zhao Yan and give equal land to the common people of Zhao Yan.

Xu Fan felt that the First Emperor would be very pleased to know what he had done. When he unified the six countries, he almost killed all the nobles of Zhao in order to retaliate for the hardships he suffered in Handan. In order to retaliate against Prince Dan, he sent assassins to kill them all. The clan members of Yan State destroyed the history of Yan State.

"As for Qin officials, the noble officials of Qin and their money in Sanchuan County, as long as they are not extremely guilty, their family properties will be retained, but the land they own will be confiscated."

Not only will Xu Fan not retreat anymore, he will go one step further and take advantage of the high prestige of the Han Kingdom to expand the area of ​​public fields.

At that time, the nobles of the seven countries were intertwined and married to each other. It is not an adjective to say that the nobles of the world are one family.

Chen Ping said: "After all, Sanchuan County is the old capital of the Zhou Dynasty and has always been a prosperous place in the Central Plains. There are many nobles and wealthy merchants here, and it is also inextricably linked to the Qin royal family. The promotion of public land by the Qin Dynasty was also greatly hindered. The person in charge of the government at that time was Qin Prime Minister Lu Buwei. Although he was a powerful minister, it was difficult for him to implement many things. Moreover, he still had 10 households in Luoyang City. Although Lu Buwei was a great man of his generation, he did not have the ability to turn his sword inward. courage."

Chen Ping felt that the closer the King of Han got to Guanzhong, the more he looked like the First Emperor. The King of Han's policies were so radical. I really don't know what the fate of the Han Dynasty will be in the future.

Xu Fan saw Chen Ping with a troubled face and said: "Even if this thing is difficult to do, we still have to do it. Now is the best time. If the world is peaceful, it will be difficult to do it."

Xu Fan has a deep understanding of how powerful these nobles are in exploiting loopholes. In less than three months since the Han army occupied Yingchuan County, less than half of his officers have married these powerful nobles. Xu Fan would have been a few months later. In a month's time, it would be ten times more difficult to get the land in the hands of Yingchuan's tycoons.

Luoyang City has been the capital of the Zhou Dynasty for hundreds of years. Who knows how many thousand-year-old nobles there are, which are much nobler than women with five surnames. Xu Fan is also worried that Yingbu suddenly said that he wants to marry a noble daughter of the Zhou royal family.

Although Xu Fan didn't believe in these things, people in this era were very superstitious. If such a noble girl really appeared, Yingbu would definitely want his family's bloodline to be tainted with the aura of a thousand-year-old noble.

Chen Ping looked at the determined Xu Fan and could only say: "I will definitely do this well."

Xu Fan thought for a while and said: "The Han army will release some soldiers from Sanchuan County to help you, leaving 20,000 troops in Sanchuan County. With them, the Han's control over Sanchuan County will be more stable.

You must believe in the people and rely on the people. As long as they stand behind you, no thousand-year-old nobles or powerful men in Sanchuan County can make a difference. "

When Chen Ping heard that he had 20,000 troops in his hands, he finally felt relieved. With the support of the army, many difficult things would become easier to handle.

October 37rd, the th year of the First Emperor's reign. The coalition forces broke camp and continued their western expedition. That is to say, on the same day, Chen Ping, the governor of Sanchuan County, with the help of captains Xu Dong, Xu Xuan and other officers and soldiers of Sanchuan County, began to purge the Qin officials and nobles of Qin in the entire Sanchuan County.

First there were the Qin officials who committed extremely evil crimes, and then there were the lawless Qin nobles.

The Han State already has a complete process for how to cleanse these Qin officials. First, let these Qin officials demonstrate and destroy the prestige they usually have accumulated in the hearts of the people.

Then he called on the people to expose the lawless crimes of these Qin officials as victims. After this process, basically nine out of ten Qin officials would be killed.

The Qin officials in this era were clearly evil, because they did not worry about the people retaliating against them. They were naturally unscrupulous when committing evil, and the only ones who could really punish them were the higher-ups.

In the eyes of aristocratic officials, the common people are just cattle and sheep. They help the emperor to protect the world. As for killing a few cattle and sheep, it is not even considered as guarding and stealing. Naturally, there will be no old Hu to advise them to keep a low profile and not to do anything. A random display of strength.

But now the Han Dynasty went against common sense and paraded them through the streets. In front of tens of thousands of people, they made their crimes known to the public. Amid the cheers of tens of thousands of people, they hanged Qin officials and Qin nobles who violated laws and disciplines. .

For a time, all the powerful nobles of the Qin State were in panic. They saw clearly how the First Emperor purged the nobles of the six countries. If they were lucky, they could take their children to Guanzhong to survive, but if they were unlucky, their whole family would be killed. All were killed, and all the nine tribes that had offended the First Emperor were killed.

The First Emperor did not bother to hide his cruelty, nor did he think that cruelty was a bad virtue. At that time, most of the nobles of the six countries were killed by the First Emperor. Every time he killed, the entire clan was wiped out, and the blood he shed could dye the river. .

The powerful nobles of the Qin State did not care about these cruel behaviors. They were victors and did not think that these consequences would befall them. They were arrogant and domineering, wantonly bullying the survivors of the subjugated country, and enjoyed the dividends of a winner.

But they never expected that after ten years in Hedong and ten years in Hexi, it would now be their turn to become the survivors of the subjugated country. At this time, they could finally understand the fear and panic of the nobles of the Six Nations, the feeling of being caught by the enemy whether they were alive or dead.

But soon there was a rumor throughout Sanchuan County. The reason why the Han army purged the Qin officials and the nobles of the Qin State was because the land in Sanchuan County was occupied by them. If the heroes of the Han Dynasty wanted to obtain the land, they had to find a way to purge the Qin State. The nobles and powerful men took away the land in their hands.

At this time, the nobles and tyrants of the Qin State suddenly realized. The Qin State had also played this game before, and the whole world was ruled by them. The nobles and tyrants of Guanzhong were occupying land in Guandong and gaining profits. Everything now looks so familiar, but It's just a change of identity.

Luoyang City, Lu Mansion.

The head of the Lu family is called Lu Ru, and he is the nephew of Lu Buwei, the former prime minister of the Qin Dynasty. After the first emperor ordered Lu Buwei to die, basically all the children of the Lu family were moved to Shu. A few of the other surnames stayed in Luoyang City. Lu Ru was the one who was The one left behind.

Although Lu Buwei was sentenced to death, his connections in the Xianyang court were still there, and the Meng family received favors from Lu Buwei. This relationship was not enough for the Lu family to re-enter the political arena, so Lu Ru used his skills as a merchant and became the leader of Luoyang City. Countless rich people.

Although the current Lu family is not as powerful as before, they still have enough to eat and drink.

But Lu Ru never expected that the Qin Dynasty would collapse so quickly, and that in just three years it would be in danger of subjugation.

The State of Qin is a big tree, and these people are like vines attached to the big tree. If the big tree falls, the fate of these vines will not be good.

Now that the Han Kingdom has come to purge them, a disaster is imminent for these powerful nobles of the Qin Kingdom. Get together to discuss ways to survive.

"It's not that the King of Han is a benevolent king. Why is the purge method even more drastic than that of the First Emperor? Even if we hang the Qin officials, we have never entered the officialdom and yet we are going to be purged." The head of the Huang family said in fear.

The Huang family is a clan member of the Qin State. They were the same family as the First Emperor hundreds of years ago. Of course, they have declined now, otherwise they would not be in Sanchuan County. After all, the center of the Qin State is Guanzhong.

The head of the Huang family is still a little unconvinced. They don't share much of Qin's interests. Qin is going to perish, but they will suffer. This is too unfair.

Lu Ru smiled bitterly and said: "You have to admit your defeat. Ten years ago, the nobles of the six countries admitted it. Today we don't want our family to be destroyed by the Han army, so naturally we have to admit it. Judging from the news circulating in the market, what the rebels want is Lands, hand over these fields, they will not kill them all.

"This is not just about killing them all. How can we live even if the land is gone?" the head of the Huang family said angrily.

"Everyone is a swordsman, and I am a fish and meat. People must find ways to survive first. Only by living can they have a future. If they die, it will be over. Moreover, the Han army also left us a way to survive. If we want to keep the land, we can separate our families. This is not a bad idea." With a good choice, the goal will be smaller after the family separation, but it will be easier to survive," Lu Ru suggested.

These powerful aristocrats of the Qin State found that they did not have many choices at all. As Lu Ru said, everyone is a swordsman, and I am a fish and meat. Whether they can survive depends on the face of the Han army.

So the nobles and powerful men of the Qin State either handed over their land to the Sanchuan County Government, or they divided their families and divided a huge family into dozens or hundreds of small families, using this method to increase the family's survival. probability.

How about simply leading the family to escape from Sanchuan County and flee to Shuzhong in Guanzhong. Of course, there are very few such families. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the Han army is about to conquer Guanzhong, and the invasion will become more intense when the Han army conquers Guanzhong. Now Escape to Guanzhong is not to escape from a fire pit to a bigger fire pit.

Chen Ping did not stop the wealthy aristocrat Chen Ping from fleeing. You can escape with money, but you cannot take away land, and what the Han army wants is land.

Now that his goal has been achieved, Chen Ping doesn't want to do more killings. He also wants a good reputation. If he kills too many people, his reputation will be bad.

There was originally a group of people watching the fun in Sanchuan County. They were the powerful nobles of the Six Nations.

The river was east of Hedong for ten years and west of Hexi for ten years. At that time, the officials of Qin and the nobles of Qin bullied them as the people who would perish their country. Today, it is also the turn of Qin officials and the nobles and powerful people of Qin to become the people who have subjugated their country.

Originally, the nobles of the Six Kingdoms were extremely happy when they saw the officials of Qin and the nobles of Qin being purged. First, they could see the unlucky surprise of their enemies, and second, they finally got through. After the allied forces destroyed the Qin Dynasty, they turned from the subjugated people into the victors. They finally no longer had to live in fear as the subjugated people. The powerful nobles of the six countries stood on the land of Sanchuan County and suddenly There is a feeling of elation.

Many powerful nobles from the Six Kingdoms even wanted to buy the land of Qin nobles at low prices and plunder their property.

The land in the hands of the powerful nobles of the Qin State is the best land in Sanchuan County. It is a sin to distribute such good land to the common people. They will take back the interest of the year.

But soon Chen Ping taught these powerful nobles of the Six Kingdoms how to behave. Whoever dared to take over the land, Chen Ping led the Qin army to the powerful families of the nobles of the Six Kingdoms and captured the children of these families who violated the laws and disciplines.

Don't think that these nobles are as timid as quails in front of the First Emperor and Qin officials, and think that they are honest people. Their timidity is only for the First Emperor and Qin officials. But for ordinary people, there is not much difference between them and the powerful nobles of Qin.

(End of this chapter)