Chapter 164 Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty Tuoba Hong
[Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty Tuoba Hong/Yuan Hong]

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The period of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty
Liu Heng narrowed his eyes and sat up straight.

Let me take a closer look at what's going on.

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The period of Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty
"boom!"

The chess pieces on the chessboard jumped, disrupting the chess game.

Liu Qijian pointed at the sky and said angrily:
"You're a foul-smelling bastard! How dare you be given the posthumous title of 'Xiaowen'! What a shameless talk! His heart is worthy of death!"

Xiao Liu Che, who was holding his face in one hand, looked at Liu Qi who was looking up and scolding, rolled his eyes, and threw the chess piece in his other hand back to the chessboard.

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Cao Wei and Emperor Wen's period
Cao Pi, who was writing letters to Shu and Wu, frowned.

Then he put down his pen and looked at the sky carefully.

Let me see if you are worthy of Xiaowen.

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Western Jin Dynasty·Era of Emperor Wu
After tying his belt, Sima Yan sneered.

"Barbarians are barbarians, how can you use the word Xiaowen?"

"My Sima family doesn't even dare to use it!"

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[Tuobahong, the eldest son of Emperor Xianwen Tuobahong, and his biological mother, Mrs. Li. 】

[In August 471 AD, five-year-old Tuoba Hong accepted his father's abdication and succeeded to the throne. 】

[Because the Northern Wei Dynasty implemented the system of valuing a child after his mother died, when Tuoba Hong was established as the prince, his biological mother was given death and he was raised by his grandmother, Queen Mother Feng. 】

[The system of Zi Gui Mu's death was discussed in the "Book of Wei" as its origin, or it was called Han Dian Han Wu Killing Gou Yi Shi. 】

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The period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty
Liu Che stared in disbelief!
Why is this problem still being pinned on me?

You yourselves have not established a set of father-son inheritance order for concubines and concubines! What does it have to do with me!
I haven’t said yet that your handling of the affairs of my relatives is really rough!

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The play continues on the marquee,

A mysterious light shot out from the territory map of the Northern Wei Dynasty.

The mysterious light spread out, revealing two figures.

A young man was wearing hakama pleats and a cage hat, with a heroic look on his face.

Behind him is a gray-haired old woman in loose clothes and a beard, holding the young man's shoulders with both hands, her face full of kindness.

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[In June 476 AD, when Tuobahong turned ten, the Supreme Emperor Tuobahong died suddenly. Empress Dowager Feng came to the court for the second time in the name of the Empress Dowager and changed the reign name to Taihe. 】

[In the early days of Tuoba Hong's reign, his aunt Queen Mother Feng promulgated measures in his name. 】

[Empress Dowager Feng was smart and decisive, suspicious and good at power, and used heavy management and heavy punishment to control the ministers for her own use. 】

[Because the Northern Wei Dynasty was originally a Hu people's regime, but as they gradually took over the Central Plains, the flaws in the system and customs of the nomadic people have become an obstacle to the further growth of the Northern Wei Dynasty regime. 】

[The young Tuobahong began to carry out a series of Chinese reforms with the support and guidance of Empress Dowager Feng. 】

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Zhou Zetian period

Wu Zetian, with white hair and a white robe, looked at the sky with her hands behind her back.

Before Emperor Daowu established the Northern Wei Dynasty, his wife and mother often held great power.

The Empress Dowager Wenming of the Northern Wei Dynasty has been in charge of the country for twenty years.

In the Sui Dynasty, Empress Dugu and Emperor Wen jointly assisted in state affairs.

Princess Pingyang recruits troops to fight fiercely in Guanzhong. Who doesn't know the name of the "Women's Army"?
When I succeed Dabao, I also rely on tradition.

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Qing Dynasty and Kangxi Period

Look at the scene in the sky.

Kangxi couldn't help but think of the past.

"Ah..."

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[In December 483 AD, an order was issued to ban "marriages within the same clan and those with the same surname", and reform Xianbei's old customs in terms of marriage. 】

[And for the first time, the "naked execution" of female prisoners is explicitly prohibited in the criminal law. 】

[Because officials at all levels in the Northern Wei Dynasty had no salary, their wealth relied on plunder and rewards. 】

[In June 484 AD, under the instruction of Empress Dowager Feng, the young Emperor Xiaowen issued the edict of "Class System Salary". 】

[It is stipulated that in addition to the original household adjustment, each household will be added three horses, two dendrobiums and nine measures of grain as the source of the official salary. 】

[All officials, both internal and external, determine their salary levels based on their rank. 】

[After the salary system is established, those who have embezzled more than one horse will be put to death. 】

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It continues on the canopy,

One after another, fast horses ran from Pingcheng to various directions carrying edicts one after another.

Beside a pavilion somewhere,

A group of people wearing patched clothes gathered together to listen to the officials explaining the imperial edict.

The official wearing a fur hat shouted at the top of his lungs:

"Men over the age of fifteen are entitled to forty acres of bare land, and women are entitled to twenty acres!"

"Those who own slaves and cattle can get additional land. The slaves receive the same land as ordinary farmers. There is no limit on the number of people. The land belongs to the owner!"

"If there are oxen over four years old in the family, each cow will receive 30 acres of land, and each household is limited to four! The land they receive is not allowed to be bought or sold. If they die of old age, the land will be returned to the government!"

"And to those who receive the land for the first time, each man will be given twenty acres of mulberry field, and he can plant the specified mulberry, jujube, elm and other trees within three years!" Buy and sell!”

"If the land they receive is not suitable for growing mulberry trees, each of the men will be given ten acres of hemp fields and the women five acres. The slaves will also receive the fields, and they will receive them according to the law of open fields!"

"New settlers can also be divided into homesteads, one acre for every three households, and one acre for each slave. The homesteads also belong to the world's inheritance!"

Then the official shouted with a smoky voice:

"If you still don't understand, ask quickly! I have to go to the next place!"

The people looked at each other, and an old man with wrinkled face and gray hair stepped out of the queue and asked:

"My lord, is this exposed field He Tian?"

The official who was holding a water bag to drink water choked and coughed when he heard this.

"Ahem! Lutian! Ahem! It's an ownerless wasteland!"

When the people heard this, they immediately became noisy.

The white-haired old man looked at the officials in surprise and pointed to the wasteland not far away with trembling hands.

"That means, those lands over there are all ours?"

The official drank water and nodded.

"Wow!"

There was a burst of noise, and the officials were stunned for a while. Just when they were about to lose their temper, they saw a group of common people kneeling on the ground and shouting:

"Long live your Majesty! Long live your Majesty!"

The official wiped his mouth, squeezed out of the crowd, got on his horse, and rushed to the next place.

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[In November 485 AD, Emperor Xiaowen and Empress Dowager Feng adopted the advice given to Li Anshi during the incident and implemented the equalization system.]

[Immediately sent envoys to the prefectures and counties, ordering local officials to divide the world's fields equally, and encourage farmers to cultivate mulberry trees and prosper the people. 】

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Big man,

"Dangdang!"

The wine prince in his hand fell to the ground.

Liu Bang's eyes widened, and Lu Pheasant on the side also looked sideways.

The two people who came from troubled times understand best how important this edict is!

"The people have a permanent product? There is land to the tiller!"

While muttering, Liu Bang was still in disbelief.

Mencius's theory that the people have permanent property is a wonderful fantasy, because the land is only there, but the population will increase.

So Mencius's idea is completely unrealistic.

But he actually saw the idea come to fruition!
How can it be!

The country has been established for more than a hundred years!

Will those powerful nobles leave wasteland to you?
The stones were all broken up by them!
unless……

A chill appeared on Liu Bang's face.

Tianmu seems to have never mentioned how the population changed after the barbarians took over the Central Plains.

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Ji Han,

Liu Bei asked Zhuge Liang:

"Kong Ming, do you think this system can be promoted in Han Dynasty?"

Zhuge Liang thought seriously for a while, shook his head and nodded again.

"My lord, although this system is good, it is abnormal and cannot last long."

"Although the Holy Emperors have been pursuing permanent property for the people since ancient times, the annexation of land by powerful powers is the norm."

"This state of permanent property for the people is abnormal!"

Zhuge Liang looked at Liu Bei and said decisively:
"The equalization of land in the Northern Wei Dynasty had its specific conditions."

"First, because of the war, the Northern Wei Dynasty controlled a large amount of wasteland."

"Secondly, the land equalization system will not do much harm to those powerful families. They can use slaves and cattle to transfer the land and occupy a wide range of land."

"These Xianbei nobles and aristocratic families who have slaves and cattle are actually the ones who benefit the most."

"This is the main reason why the land equalization system was able to be implemented unimpeded in the Northern Wei Dynasty without encountering firm opposition from the Xianbei nobles and the Central Plains aristocratic families."

"Thirdly, the population will increase, but the land will not change. Over time, the equal land system will fall apart."

Liu Bei thought for a while and sighed.

"It's difficult to take food from the mouths of a large family. It's even harder to cure it in the long term."

Zhuge Liang looked at Liu Bei who was sighing, gently shook his feather fan and said with a smile:

"My lord, there is no need to sigh. This strategy will not last long, but it will indeed be of great benefit to all the people in the world at the beginning of war and stability."

"My lord, you must not give up eating because of choking."

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Datang,

Li Shimin looked at the sky with emotion.

Land was concentrated in the hands of a few wealthy families, who owned extremely vast areas of land, while peasants were in a predicament of having no land to cultivate and no ability to pay taxes.

I want the people to have fields and have clothes to wear.

I want society to be stable and the country prosperous.

Land equalization is an imperative system.

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 The implementation of the land equalization system actually preceded the Emperor Xiaowen period, but it was completely determined during the Emperor Xiaowen period.

  
 
(End of this chapter)

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