A thousand-year-old family that began with the Battle of Makino

Chapter 292 The world’s drama
November

With the issuance of the edict, soldiers from various counties and counties stepped up their encirclement and suppression, and various regions coordinated to hunt each other. The group of thieves were disintegrated from within by the imperial court.

Liu Xiu moved their leaders to other counties and gave them farmland and grain for their old age, so that they could live and work in peace and contentment. All the wealthy families involved moved to Guanzhong and the border areas to fill the local vacancies.

In the end, the large-scale local unrest lasted for more than two months and spread across several states, and was successfully resolved by the imperial court.

As the turmoil in the Kanto region subsided, Toda Kiyoshi did not stop. Two months of resistance had not yet achieved the expected goal. Many wealthy families were even used by the court to move to other counties with fewer people.

The wealthy families from all over the country suddenly found that the cost of resistance seemed to be higher than the cost of acceptance. They compromised and had no need to obey the imperial court's inspection of them. Anyway, it was just an inspection, and they did not directly take away their land like Tu Wangmang.

It's just that compared to the inventory in Hebei, the inventory in Guandong was slightly worse. Liu Xiu also understood it, because reasonable clans like Bai's were not found everywhere.

As this nationwide purge came to a successful end, it marked that the power of the central government had reached the local level again after Wang Mang, and the Han Dynasty gradually became a whole.

Liu's destiny has risen again on this ancient land, just like it did two hundred years ago.

The seventeenth year of Jianwu

Liu Xiu, Shangshu Ling Bai Li, Shangshu Pushe Liu Ang and other ministers were discussing state affairs at the Shangshu Taiwan.

Since Liu Xiu ascended the throne, in order to prevent the previous dynasty Wang Mang from seizing power and disrupting the government by virtue of his position as Sima General, and preventing the outer dynasty from becoming powerful, he modeled the inner dynasty of Emperor Wu and established the Shangshutai.

In the sixth year of Jianwu's reign, Liu Xiu issued an edict: "If you go too far, you will not be responsible for the government. Although the three ministers are appointed, the affairs will be returned to the Taige."

It is clear that a Shangshu Taiwan was established between the emperor and the Three Dukes (Da Situ, Da Sima, and Da Sikong). The Three Dukes could not issue edicts without authorization. Everything needed to be submitted to the Shangshu Taiwan. Only after the Shangshu Taiwan and the emperor agreed, the edict would be effective and quite effective. At the Shangshu desk.

Liu Xiu set up a Shangshu order to lead the Shangshu desk. Under it, there was one Shangshu Pushe and one person for each of the six Cao Shangshu. There are also varying numbers of Cheng, Lang, Lingshi and other officials.

In order to prevent the Shangshu Ling from becoming too powerful, Liu Xiu specifically set the salary rank of this position to one thousand shi, while the other ministers, Pu She, Shangshu Shilang, etc., only had 600 shi.

Therefore, the Shangshu Ling is a typical high-power but low-status system, which makes the Shangshu Taiwan firmly in the hands of the emperor and is not affected by foreign dynasties. The emperor can even control foreign dynasties through the Shangshu Taiwan.

After experiencing the incident in Jizhou, Bai Li's actions and sophisticated political methods were recognized by Liu Xiu, who was promoted from Jizhou governor to Shangshu Ling at the beginning of the year.

The governor is completely different from the Zhou Mu. The governor only has 600 stones. However, because he belongs directly to the emperor, if there is a talisman received by the emperor, he can exercise the power of a state on behalf of the emperor. Therefore, it is the same as the Shangshu Ling, because of the emperor. Noble.

The Zhou Mu is different. He is the highest official of a state. The prefects of the counties under him are under the jurisdiction of the Zhou Mu. He controls the military and political power of a state and is the real frontier official.

"Shang Shu Bai, now that the various states and counties in the world have basically completed the task of convicting Tian Qing people, what do you think should be done next?" Liu Xiu looked at the statistics of various states and counties in his hand.

Before the Du Tian Qing Dynasty, the country's population was only ten million. After the Du Tian Qing Dynasty, the country's population was close to 30 million, and the fields increased by two-thirds out of thin air. This shows how many people the local wealthy families hid and how much taxes they evaded.

"Your Majesty, the next step should be to issue an order that all taxes owed in various places in the past will be exempted and let bygones be bygones. Starting from this year, taxes will be paid strictly according to the number of acres in the field book. Those who evade taxes will be severely punished.

This is to appease the wealthy families in various places who are currently tense, so as to prevent them from being too nervous and causing unnecessary losses.

Secondly, in order to prevent these wealthy families from wanton mergers, the Dotian Qingren should be established as a system. Every three years, a nationwide inspection will be held, which can effectively inhibit their mergers.

Third, according to current statistics, after decades of chaos, the number of people in some counties, cities and towns is indeed too small to be called counties. Therefore, I believe that counties that do not meet the criteria for establishing counties should be abolished, or two counties should be abolished. county, or three counties merged into one county.

With the reduction of counties and counties in the world, many officials can also be streamlined. Taking this opportunity to carry out large-scale inspections of officials, such unqualified officials can be eliminated and the expenditure of the national treasury can be saved.

Finally, all the miscellaneous currencies of the previous dynasty were abolished, the five-baht coin was recast, and the stability of world commerce was maintained. At the same time, corvee was reduced and taxes were reduced. After a few decades, the Han Dynasty could return to the prosperous age of Ming and Xuan Dynasties. "

Regarding how to stabilize the place and re-establish a prosperous Han Dynasty, Bai Li already had a plan in mind and spoke out what was in his heart.

Liu Xiu listened to Bai Li's series of methods and policies, his eyes became brighter and brighter, and he immediately took a picture of the cases in front of him: "Great kindness, just as Bai Shangshu said."

March
The imperial court issued an edict: "After an investigation, it was found that there were many local taxes and field records across the country that were inconsistent with the tax records. However, today is in troubled times. Many field books and account books are lost, official channels are blocked, and officials in various places are good and bad. We decided to forget about it and hope that people everywhere can feel at ease." Production.

Starting from this year, local government offices must collect taxes strictly according to the field records and account books after checking. No less or more tax is collected. Any officials who are found to have created names and collected more taxes will be dealt with according to the law.

To change the world's taxation to "Thirty taxes to one", the governors of each state and the censors of each county must perform their duties and strictly supervise the officials and the implementation of policies in various places. "

May
Liu Xiu established the system of collecting land and clearing people, stipulating that every three years, the country would conduct a large-scale inventory, which was mainly responsible for checking whether the land acres in various places were accurate and whether there were hidden populations.

The presiding officials are personally appointed by the emperor, and Da Sikong, Da Situ and Yousi must cooperate fully.

June
Liu Xiu ordered the merging of counties and cities across the country that did not meet the population, and reissued, renamed, and delineated the names and boundaries of counties and counties in the Han Dynasty.

Survey envoys were constantly sent to various states, counties and counties to delineate boundaries. It is expected that it will take five years to complete this work. Five years later, the imperial court will officially issue the "County Boundary Map of Dahan Prefecture".

Same month
Liu Xiu ordered an investigation into the illegal affairs of officials in various places. The Shangshutai sent a minister to preside over it. Da Sikong fully cooperated. The provincial governors and county supervisors and censors should actively submit letters. A strong wind of inspection officials began to blow from Luoyang, the center of the Han Dynasty, to the entire Han Dynasty.

September
The imperial court ordered the abolition of various miscellaneous cloth coins, silk coins, metal coins, millet coins, etc. issued by the pseudo-New Dynasty, and unified the use of Han five baht coins.

At the same time, in order to ensure the specifications and format of the five-baht coins, it is strictly forbidden to privately mint and issue five-baht coins among the people. All five-baht coins are cast by the Coin Casting Department of the Shaofu. The head of the Coin Casting Department is appointed as the money-making department, with a rank of six hundred stones, a copper seal and a black ribbon. Official salary system.

Twenty years of Jianwu

Liu Xiu began to tour the country, intending to appease various counties and counties, and the first place he visited was the counties in Hebei.

May
When Emperor Liu Xiu of the Han Dynasty arrived in Handan, princes and kings such as King Bai, King Zhongshan, King Guangyang, and King Zhending were ordered to come to Hajj. Liu Xiu hosted a banquet to welcome him.

Handan, the emperor's palace and banquet hall.

The entire hall was illuminated with countless candles, leaving no dark place at all.

Liu Xiu is fifty years old this year, and now her temples are gray. Most of her neatly combed hair has been replaced by silver, and the skin on her face is drooping due to discoloration.

Since it was a banquet with princes and kings from all over Hebei, most of them were Liu Xiu's sons and brothers, and only King Bai had a non-Liu surname.

Therefore, Liu Xiu did not appear last as he held a banquet in Luoyang, but waited in the banquet hall early, which also reflected Liu Xiu's friendship as a landlord. After all, the whole world belongs to him, and it does not necessarily need to be held in Luoyang. The party is the landlord.

The banquet hall was facing north and south. Liu Xiu was sitting in a high position in the middle of the hall. He was wearing twelve crowns and a red ribbon, which fixed the heavy crown on his head. Because it was not very stable, Liu Xiu was not allowed to wear regular clothes. Just as casual.

He is wearing a mysterious robe used for sacrificial rituals and meetings with princes. On it, the sun, moon, stars, birds and beasts, mountains and rivers are all embroidered with silk threads, as if the world is worn on his body. His majesty is as high as the sky, which makes people dare not Look directly.

Next to Liu Xiu is Queen Yin Lihua, who is also dressed in a queen's costume. Sitting next to Liu Xiu, she is full of grace and splendor. The two couples sit together behind a table that is twice as long as the ordinary table, except that the top Fruit comes in two portions.

Because this banquet was partly a family banquet, Liu Xiu brought Yin Lihua with him. As for the prince Liu Zhuang, he stayed in Luoyang to supervise the country.

The original queen and prince were Guo Shengtong, the niece of King Zhending Liu Yang, and his legitimate son Liu Jiang. Since Yin Lihua and her son were not as powerful as King Zhending, they were afraid of being jealous of Guo Shengtong, so they gave up the position of queen.

Later, King Zhending Liu Yang, together with Linyi Marquis Liu Rang, rebelled when Liu Xiu captured Longxi, and were put down by Liu Xiu. Guo Shengtong was also implicated, but he was only ignored by Liu Xiu and did not abolish the position of queen.

In the 17th year of Jianwu, after Liu Xiu was deposed, Yin Lihua was appointed queen. In the 19th year of Jianwu, Prince Liu Jiang was deposed and Prince Liu Zhuang of the East China Sea was established as the crown prince. At this point, Yin Lihua and her son achieved a roundabout overtaking.

"King Zhongshan, Princess Zhongshan is here!"

Liu Zhong, King of Zhongshan, was the son of Liu Shang and succeeded his father to the title of King of Zhongshan.

"Your Majesty, your Majesty, Queen, is Liu Zhong and his concubine."

"King of Zhongshan, please take your seat!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Liu Zhong took his queen to his seat.

Because Liu Zhong and Liu Xiu were not from the same lineage, Liu Xiu only treated Liu Zhong normally. Liu Zhong did not expect Liu Xiu to be very enthusiastic towards him. If he was too enthusiastic, Liu Zhong would even think that he would do something to him.

"King Guangyang, Princess Guangyang is here!"

"The child Liu Yan and his princess are paying homage to the emperor and the queen!"

Liu Xiu smiled and said: "Yan'er is here, sit down quickly!"

"Thank you, Father!"

Liu Yan took his wife and sat in his seat. Because Liu Yan was the son of Guo Shengtong, only Liu Xiu was very kind to him, while Yin Lihua only maintained superficial etiquette.

"King Zhending, Princess Zhending is here!"

"The child Liu Jing and his princess are paying homage to the emperor and the queen!"

Liu Xiu nodded with a smile. This time it was Queen Yin who said with a smile on her face: "Jing'er, sit down quickly. Don't leave immediately after the banquet. The Queen Mother still wants to talk to you about her personal affairs."

Liu Jing is Yin Lihua's third son. After hearing Yin Lihua's words, his eyes turned red and he said, "You all listen to your mother."

After speaking, he and his wife sat in their seats. Like Liu Yan, they sat upright and did not dare to be disrespectful. Because he knew very well that the protagonist of today's banquet was not himself, but the very important person Liu Xiu wanted to win over the Han Dynasty.

(End of this chapter)