Three Kingdoms.

  Chapter 2123 Slapping the thigh

   On the side of the Danshui, the refugees are moving slowly.

  『I heard that the Cao family has also started to intercept the people of Jingzhou... 』 Fei Qian smiled slightly, 『It must be a headache...』

  Now Feiqian is basically very proficient in the reorganization and resettlement of refugees, so that Feiqian, Zhuge Liang and others don't need to spend extra energy and time, and the soldiers and generals under him can follow the process.

On Xiahoudun's side, it is not Cai Mao's nonsense to need this fee and that fee. Those rations and supplies are indeed needed, but Cai Mao will never talk about how much benefit the Jingzhou gentry can get from purchasing and distributing these supplies. …

  Cai Mao dares to fish for such an important matter?

   This is really not scary.

  Because this is the tradition of the Han Dynasty, if the Cao family wants to do things in Jingzhou, it must pass through the gentry of Jingzhou...

  『Check out the cause,』 Fei Qian smiled, 『The root cause is from Emperor Wu...』

  『Emperor Wu? Zhuge Liang opened his eyes wide.

  In fact, at the beginning of the Han Dynasty, the political form of the entire Han Dynasty was generally in line with the level of social development.

  After the collapse of the well field system in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods, there has been no effective model for overall national and local management, until the county system created by Qin Shihuang.

  This system also touched the cheese of a lot of people and caused a vigorous anti-Qin wave. However, what is interesting is that after the overthrow of the Qin Dynasty, the newly established Han Dynasty also continued to use the county system.

  The knight who overthrew the dragon, it is normal to turn into a dragon while riding.

In the political governance of the early Han Dynasty, the system of three officials and nine ministers in the central government was adopted, and the two-level system of local counties and counties was adopted. The number of bureaucrats was small and the system was simple. Managed, simple, clean, effective...

In terms of foreign affairs, the early Han Dynasty adopted a low-profile kinship policy, tolerated conflicts, and eliminated the hidden dangers of large-scale foreign wars. After three or four generations of hard work, the Han Dynasty at that time was built into a prosperous state with abundant treasury and prosperity among the people. nation.

  In a sense, by the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the Han Dynasty was already very prosperous, and then Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty disappeared.

  『The time of the Three Emperors and Five Emperors is from the Emperor of Heaven to the Emperor of Man...』 Fei Qian said, 『It can be seen that the ancient ancestors upheld the idea that man can conquer the sky! If there is a way, the sky is healthy, and a gentleman strives for self-improvement! It's a pity that Emperor Wu changed from emperor to emperor in a single thought! 』

"If Kong Ming wants to, after returning to Chang'an, he can read the ancient texts by himself..." Fei Qian pointed in the direction of Chang'an, and said, "You can see how the emperor seized the power of the gods and witches during the Shang and Zhou Dynasties in the past. The fertile soil of flesh and blood, death does not follow, and then the sky will be clear and the earth will be muddy, and the gods will return to the gods, and the world will return to the world before they can stand in the world for eight hundred years! 』

  『The hussars are saying that this "interaction between heaven and man"... is really absurd? ’ Zhuge Liang asked.

  Actually, this question was no longer too mysterious or too presumptuous to be mentioned among the upper echelons of the Han Dynasty, especially among the upper echelons of the gentry who had a certain amount of authority.

  Because it is very simple, the Sangongs who have been dismissed due to various problems these years are like a revolving lantern. Maybe some of them are indeed at fault, but is it possible that every year is wrong? Or last year it was calm and everything was fine, and then the greedy Sangong collected money and scraped the land but nothing happened, and then a clean one came up this year, and there was a drought in a blink of an eye, so does it mean that God just likes corrupt officials? Then replace the original corrupt official and continue to let him scrape the ground?

This kind of unexplainable thing, everyone was still afraid at the beginning, but after that, it became a formalism. The gentry needed something to restrain the emperor, and the emperor also needed something to beat the gentry, so as for this thing Whether it is true or not, and whether it has any meaning in reality, what does it matter?

Fei Qian nodded slightly, "So far, the Sangong has been reduced to a vain position. What he does and what he doesn't do has nothing to do with it. Kong Ming imagined that when the Sangong was first established, it meant that he was the head of all officials, and he had the power to lead the officials in the world. As soon as heaven and man came out, they were impeached so rashly and dismissed at every turn. Since then, who would be willing to be diligent in government affairs? At the beginning of the Han Dynasty, the three princes were under the three pagoda trees, and they were happy under the three locust trees. Now when they ascend the high hall, they are sad and worried... Or they burn incense and pray at home, do nothing, or simply accept bribes and fill their pockets... All the three princes are like this, and the next hundred What is the official? 』

  『So Emperor Wu ruled with cruel officials? Zhuge Liang said with a frown. Huqi's words made Zhuge Liang feel a little stunned, but the subsequent doubts were even more, "This is what the lord said before, "to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages"?" It just seems to have had little effect...」

  『Of course! Fei Qian nodded and said, "There are only four words to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, but there are infinite mysteries in it... This is the unrecoverable harm that Han Wu broke the situation..."

  『Broken and unable to close? 』Zhuge Liang frowned even more.

   Fei Qian chuckled, and then looked at the little luotou who was no longer wearing the moon-white clothes. He couldn't help feeling somewhat emotional in his heart, sighed slightly, and then looked into the distance.

  『Take the previous refugees as an example,』 Fei Qian pointed to the refugees who meandered along the mountain road in the distance, and said, “What are the benefits? Where is the harm? 』

  『A scoop of food, a scoop of drink? Zhuge frowned delicately, then shook his head, "No, there should be fields, houses, cattle, and... oh, I see..."

"Understood? ’ Fei Qian smiled slightly.

   Zhuge Liang sighed, not much joy after understanding, but more sorrow, "Yes, I understand. 』

  After a while, Zhuge Liang couldn't help asking: "How can we break this situation?" After breaking the game, what can be done? 』

   Fei Qian looked far away, "This is the benefit of history books!" Only by taking history as a mirror can we understand the truth. When Hanwu broke the situation, if you know where it was broken, then you will know where to deal with it...』

  Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was canonized as the prince when he was seven years old, and ascended the throne when he was sixteen years old. It seems that there is no problem in the description, but how much **** storm does it contain?

The mother of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was not a kind character in the first place, nor was she submissive in the harem battle. The young Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty grew up in this environment, and finally ascended to the position of emperor, and then had to face the persecution of the three princes Nagging, how can I bear it?

  Bear kid is already a terrifying attribute, not to mention Liu Che, who is in the second year of middle school, er, third year of middle school, is extremely smart, and holds the top authority in China?

  Dong Zhongshu saw the right moment, and delivered his rounded stick to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty...

  Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty laughed loudly, and immediately knocked Huang Lao down with a stick, and brought it to the others along the way. In the end, only Dong Zhongshu was left standing beside him.

  『So if you want to fill this place, you should restore hundreds of schools. ’ Fei Qian said slowly.

  Zhuge Liang said: "So the Lord built Qinglong Temple?" 』

   Fei Qian nodded slowly. Clear theory, just guide it, if you don’t like it, just kill it with a stick, regardless of whether it’s good or bad.

  However, keeping the people shut up is only the first step for the extremely clever and ambitious Emperor Wudi of the Han Dynasty to smash the pot and sell the iron to demolish the Erha.

If it was just the extravagance and waste of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the wealth accumulated by Wen Jing would be enough for Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to squander. , After taking the irreversible position, he turned his gaze to the outside.

War is not only a military competition, but also a financial competition. When preparing for war, repair water conservancy, open canals, raise horses, build border cities, the loss of people, horses, and weapons during the war, and the rewards for soldiers after the war. Huge financial support is required. After eleven years of war, the Han Empire finally achieved a comprehensive victory over the Huns. But the treasury of the Han Dynasty couldn't support it anymore. The tax revenue of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was about 4 billion yuan a year, and the reward of hundreds of thousands of gold for just one battle has exceeded the total tax revenue for a year, so there is no need to talk about other things. . Years of wars not only exhausted all the wealth accumulated by Wenjing Zhizhi, but Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty also owed a whole lot of debt.

  『These are the two evils...』 Fei Qian sighed, 『The country’s finances and taxes should be regulated. Those who can fight can fight and can abide by the rules. How can we fight at will because of personal will? What's the benefit of fighting if it's just to show off your martial arts, and there's no subsidy for the country or your family? 』

  It’s like the later generations went to the West, what a pity...

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty fought the Xiongnu. At the beginning, it was considered to solve the border problem. Later, it was really for the sake of fighting. The capture of cattle and sheep did not improve the domestic animal husbandry technology. It opened up the Western Regions, obtained good breeds, good horses, etc., and it was done in Chang'an. It's purely self-appreciation, and I never thought about vigorously cultivating and breeding to improve the people's livelihood...

   So that in the later stage, the more you fight, the poorer you become.

   As a result, the attributes of a bear child are brought out again, and no one can restrain them. Anyway, they are already sons of heaven...

  Selling officials to buy titles, currency reform, counting and reporting, salt and iron official operations, and equal loss and equalization are the wealth-gathering policies introduced by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. These policies have had a profound impact on all feudal dynasties after the Han Dynasty.

In Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties, until the Spring and Autumn Period and Warring States Period, the theory of noble lineage restricted the progress of the entire China. In the Qin and Han Dynasties, this shackle was finally broken, no longer emphasizing blood lineage, but emphasizing virtuous ability, and the objects of official positions are virtuous Talented people, this is obviously more in line with the needs of China's social development.

   Just when the Han Dynasty could have made great strides forward, Emperor Wudi of the Han Dynasty began to mix a lot of sand into it, so that this hard-won official moral standard completely collapsed...

In order to make up for the shortfall, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty began to buy and sell titles. In order to obtain more income, the imperial court even let go of the trading of officials. These people who bought titles, big ones can be named marquises, small ones can be named Langguan, all kinds of "rich people" Influx into the bureaucracy and began to assume an important role in governing the country.

Then, in terms of currency, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty also caused bad money to drive out good money. While taking back the right to mint currency, it also opened the back door of official adulteration. It only needs to add some fake money to the currency to increase fiscal revenue. , The following feudal dynasties followed suit, getting worse and worse.

  If the sale of officials and titles and currency reform are all curve plundering, then it is no different from robbery. In order to raise military expenses, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty promulgated the Counting Order, which created a precedent for directly using political power to plunder folk wealth. .

  Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty achieved his goal of making money, but society was disrupted. First of all, whether it is farming or business, many people’s normal accumulation of wealth is created through labor, but the whistleblower order provides another shortcut for people to get rich. If wealth can be obtained only through fraudulent whistleblowing, who will To create by labor?

   It’s like compensation if you don’t work overtime, so what’s the boss trying to do, try to find a group of people, and lose money if you don’t work overtime, isn’t it easy and happy?

In order to expropriate these wealth, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty employed a group of cruel officials, such as Zhang Tang, Du Zhou, and Yi Zong. Corrupt officials, the entire bureaucratic system has been disturbed and everyone is in danger, and the officialdom is chaotic...

In the end, the bear child seemed to feel that something was wrong, so while issuing the warning order, he also issued a non-warning order: as long as you donate a certain amount of horses or a certain amount of grain to the border, and you have no cash at home, you can not Defendant ordered to prosecute...

   This no-warning order completely interrupted the Chinese feudal dynasty's legs running forward, making it crawl forward, and even keep turning in circles for thousands of years!

  Because it is easy to have no cash, just exchange it for land.

  Under the guidance of the non-disclosure order, all the money of the rich flowed to the land. Huaxia once again started a large-scale and vigorous land merger. Since then, the big man has embarked on a road of no return.

  『This is the three evils! ’ Fei Qian said with some grief, ‘If there were no orders from Han Wu, why would China be in such a difficult situation! In ancient times, Yin and Shang used their business to travel far and wide, expanding their land for thousands of miles. Did they say that the roads are rough and the transportation is inconvenient? If you don't tell the order, it will make the big man stagnate and make no progress! 』

  Since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, no one went to the frontier. Anyway, the land in the frontier is not worth much. If you do business, you may be hacked by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty one day. It is better to buy a piece of land in a big city, bah, a big county to maintain and increase the value...

  『Not only that, in order to plunder wealth, Emperor Wu set up more officials to breed corruption...』 Fei Qian shook his head, this is the terrible thing about a bear child, especially a bear child who became an emperor, the destructive power is simply amazing.

First of all, these policies of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty made the original bureaucratic system more inflated. For example, the post of cruel officials was added in order to carry out the enforcement of complaints and calculations. The group of officials and merchants was eliminated, and because of the opposition of the officials before, more officials had to be added to be responsible for harvesting wealth. Originally, one thing was divided into two or three people, and redundant officials began from then on.

Secondly, the rich who were driven away from business activities were forced to transfer all the funds originally invested in business to the land. After all, the suing order is only for cash and not for land and other assets. In this way, a large number of small farmers lost the land on which they depended for survival, and then Huaxia was deeply trapped in this cycle, unable to extricate itself.

In the end, the small farmers who lost their land could have entered into salt and iron or other handicraft industries to support their families in another way, but after the big man monopolized these industries, in order to obtain more profits, he naturally used They are all free labor, or prisoners to engage in production, causing these small farmers to completely lose their living space, become refugees, and then naturally become prisoners.

  『The current situation is the gift of Han Wu,’ Fei Qian said slowly, 『If someone from Han Wuquan knows, but I don’t know how to comment? 』However, according to Han Wu's personality, I'm afraid he will only growl viciously and say that the widow is not at fault, but the people in the world are at fault.

  Many measures, Emperor Wu of the Han slapped his head and thought of them, but he couldn't end the situation that had deteriorated.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty once tried to use cruel officials such as Zhang Tang and Yi Zong to rectify officials, merchants, and tyrants. However, after these cruel officials killed the tyrants, they themselves became another group of tyrants. Moreover, all the rectification of officials can only be effective temporarily. Once the vigilance is relaxed, the situation will immediately deteriorate.

  Emperors Zhao and Xuan after Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty tried to improve the existing framework, such as increasing judicial transparency and encouraging private economy, etc. However, these policies were only to straighten out the relationship and did not adjust the structure, so the effect was not great. After Wang Mang ascended to the position, he once completely overthrew this system and tried to return to the track of the early Han Dynasty. However, he was resisted by many powerful officials and ended in failure.

By the time of Liu Xiu in Guangwu, the powerful landlords of the official system cultivated from the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty were already so tyrannical that they had no friends. Even Liu Xiu's little Jiji was affected. After being targeted by some people, even Yin Lihua also had to make way...

  In general, this is what it means.

The social system of "imperial power, feudal bureaucrats, and small peasants" at the beginning of the Western Han Dynasty reached a state of balance before Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, but in the later period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the originally streamlined central system of three officials and nine ministers, and local bureaucrats with two levels of prefectures and counties The system has expanded and many new groups have emerged, including cruel officials and the inner court. The original bureaucratic system has also begun to divide. So far, the reorganization of the new bureaucratic system has been completed, and the characteristics of hugeness, profit-seeking, and violence are undoubtedly revealed.

In order to feed the increasingly large bureaucratic system, the imperial court can only continue to increase taxes, and these taxes will also be intercepted by the bureaucrats, which will increase the burden on the common people. They will use their power to plunder the wealth of the people crazily, which will increase the burden on the people. In the end, the balance of the social system will be broken, and the people will be overwhelmed. The country is weak and the people are poor, but only the officials are rich.

  『So the lord's implementation of the Juetian system is to criticize this disadvantage? Zhuge Liang glanced at Fei Qian and said, "However, this system also has disadvantages... Oh, could it be that this time, my lord..."

   Fei Qian nodded slightly.

   Talking to smart people is peace of mind.

   After Fei Qian implemented it for a period of time, the smart people in Huaxia officialdom naturally began to look for loopholes in it.

"Therefore, Kong Ming can return to Guanzhong in advance..." Fei Qian smiled, "Scholar Yuan is in the Ming Dynasty, some things may not be convenient... Kong Ming can use a warrant to check the things recorded by Zhi Yinjian, and Shi Yuan agrees. Thoroughly investigate the flying squirrel..."

  Zhuge Liang cupped his hands and said, "Liang, take orders!" 』

  While the two were talking, suddenly a soldier rushed over, which immediately caught Fei Qian's attention, but he didn't know who had arrived...

  (end of this chapter)