It took more than half a year to seal the three cities of Media, Assyria, and Ctesi, and abolished slavery under the iron fist of the Han Emperor Liu Chan. This was a very worthy celebration for Liu Chan, Xu Shu and others.
Because Liu Chan has decided to incorporate Sassanid into the territory of the Han Dynasty, he now has three Sasanian cities for the first time. Although the slave owners and nobles of the three cities have united to oppose it.
But,
These three cities are close together, and the main force of the Han army is in these three cities. It is relatively easy to suppress these slave owners and nobles.
There is another more important reason why the Han army was able to quickly eliminate these slave owners and nobles, and that is the people who were enslaved and oppressed.
From the beginning, Liu Chan allowed Han people and Sasanians who knew Chinese and Sasanian languages to
Promote it in three cities,
The Han Dynasty advocated equality for all, and the emperor of the Han Dynasty abolished slavery in order to liberate these oppressed people.
Moreover, His Majesty the Emperor of the Han Dynasty has decreed that after the abolition of slavery, the people of the three cities will be granted a certain number of fields, and then only need to pay a small amount of taxes to the court, and the rest will belong to the people themselves.
Think about it, in the past, many people didn’t even have homes, let alone fields.
Therefore, when the Han army confronted the slave owners, there were still a large number of oppressed slaves who stood on the side of the Han army with an attitude of giving it a try.
Now that slavery has been abolished, the Han emperor kept his word and gave all the land that originally belonged to slave owners and nobles to them.
More than 900,000 slaves have since become the subjects of the Han Dynasty.
They have legal status and their own fields.
"The Han Dynasty will last for ten thousand years!"
"The Han Dynasty will last for ten thousand years!"
August 8, the fifth year of the Han Dynasty (AD 244),
In the Victory Square outside the Royal Palace of Ctesiphon, tens of thousands of people from Ctesiphon gathered.
As soon as Liu Chan, the imperial concubine Wang Yuanji, and the emperor's eldest son Liu Tan appeared, the whole square immediately rang out a very awkward roar of "Dahan Wannian". These were just a few Chinese sentences that the common people had just learned.
Liu Chan stood on the platform of the palace, looking at the people in the square below. He was very excited, but he looked slightly calm on the surface. He enjoyed the admiration of all the people.
"Tan'er!" Liu Chan pointed to the people below and said to Liu Tan, the eldest son of the emperor: "You see, this is whoever wins the hearts of the people wins the world!"
"Yes, I saw it!" Liu Tan bowed respectfully.
"You must remember!" Liu Chan continued: "As a king, you must always put the people first. Only in this way can the king gain the support of the people, and the dynasty can truly last forever."
Liu Tan bowed and said: "My son, please remember this!"
Liu Chan is very satisfied with his son's obedience. He is a time traveler and knows that he puts the people first and those who win the hearts of the people win the world. However, he cannot live forever, no matter how big the country he has conquered,
In the end, sooner or later, it will be handed over to the hands of the sons.
If future generations of kings do not understand this, no matter how great the country is, it will fall apart one day. There should not be too many such things in history.
After teaching his son, Liu Chan waved to the people below the city and then delivered a passionate speech. After being translated by translators around the square to the people, all of them were excited.
"Long live, long live, long live, His Majesty the Emperor of the Han Dynasty!"
"Long live, long live, long live, His Majesty the Emperor of the Han Dynasty!"
"..."
The people were excited from the bottom of their hearts, because they knew at this time that the emperor of the Han Dynasty was their real savior and savior.
Why?
Because His Majesty the Emperor of the Han Dynasty has said that from now on, whether they are Ctesiphonians, Assyrians, or Medes, they will all be the common people of the Han Dynasty and enjoy the same treatment as the Han people in the Central Plains.
What's more, and what excites the people the most, is that all the fields will be divided equally per capita. As long as they are people of the Han Dynasty, they will own the land, and they will no longer be slaves.
Just——
The land of the Han Dynasty cannot be transferred or bought. The ownership of the land belongs to the state, and the people have the right to use it. They need to pay a small amount of taxes to the court and be loyal to the court, and they can use the land forever.
This is very important. The ownership of land belongs to the state, and ordinary people have no right to buy or sell. The result is that as long as ordinary people keep their peace and cultivate the land, they will not starve to death, and they will soon live a prosperous life.
No one dares to rob their land because these lands belong to the country.
Such a system was unimaginable to them before.
But now that the Han emperor has come, the Han people did not plunder their wealth, but gave them a way to get rich.
If they had just tried it out and stood on the side of the Han army, at this moment, the Emperor of the Han Dynasty was the god in their hearts.
On the platform, in addition to Liu Chan's family of three, there were also civil and military officials who had followed Liu Chan to Sassanid. At first, they did not recognize the emperor in front of them.
Xu Shu, Guan Xing, Zhao Tong, Ma Su, Guo Wei, Jiang Wei, etc., all stood behind Liu Chan with reverence on their faces.
"Your Majesty's move is unprecedented and unprecedented!"
"Your Majesty is truly a wise king!"
Ma Su took the lead in whispering praise, which was quickly recognized by other ministers. Of course Liu Chan heard it, and he knew that the ministers were complimenting him.
But it’s very useful.
"Go back to the palace!"
Looking at the people in the city still shouting long live, but Liu Chan has already finished what he should say today, and he has also seen the reaction of the people.
Returning to the harem, Liu Chan was a little tired and wanted to take a rest, but not long after arriving at the harem, a guard ran in and said: "Your Majesty, there is a Sasanian named Salotto who wants to see you!"
"Who?"
"Salotto?"
"Yes!" the guard said with certainty: "He said his name is Salotto!"
Liu Chan was immediately overjoyed: "Quickly pass!"
At first, Liu Chan might have been so busy that he forgot the name. But as soon as he mentioned it, he remembered that he had a relative in Sassanid.
In the study——
"The humble minister Salotto, pays homage to His Majesty!"
"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"
Sallotto bowed respectfully to Liu Chan, and Liu Chan said with a smile: "Brother, please forgive me!"
"Ah???" Saluto was stunned for a moment, but Liu Chan said with a smile: "Your sister Samis is my imperial concubine, and Aiqing is naturally my uncle."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
The Sallotto brothers were appointed censors by Liu Chan when they were in Chang'an. Of course, they were only in name. Their duty was to continue doing business between Sassanid and Chang'an.
"Salotto!" As soon as Salotto sat down, Liu Chan asked: "Why did Aiqing come to see me now? Could it be that you don't know that I have already arrived in Aiqing's hometown?"
"No, no, no! Your Majesty!" Sallotto waved his hands hurriedly and said: "The last time I returned to Sassanid from Chang'an, after selling the Han specialties given by Your Majesty, I went to Byzantium, thinking about buying some novelties.
The goods will be delivered to His Majesty in Chang'an." Sallotto paused before saying, "When I returned a few days ago, I learned that Your Majesty had arrived in Ctesiphon, so I hurriedly came to see Your Majesty."
Liu Chan nodded slightly when he heard this. He believed that Salotto did not lie to him. In this era, transportation is inconvenient, let alone communication.
Byzantium——
That's a place thousands of miles away from Ctesiphon.
Wait... Liu Chan was thinking about it, and suddenly he was stunned for a moment and asked: "Ai Qing came back from Byzantium?"
"Exactly!" Sallotto confirmed.
Liu Chan became a little excited. He was quite familiar with Byzantium, which was often mentioned in later history. According to records, the Roman Empire once moved its capital from Rome to Byzantium, and then renamed Byzantium Constantinople.
Because the person who moved the capital was Constantine the Great of the Roman Empire.
It is still called Byzantium, which means that the Roman Empire has not yet moved its capital.
"Is Byzantium now subordinate to Sassanid or Rome?" Liu Chan asked.
"Back to Your Majesty!" Salotto said: "Byzantium was originally affiliated with the Parthian Empire. Later, the Sasanian Dynasty was established and the Roman Empire took the opportunity to occupy this area. Later, the Sasanian Dynasty also sent troops to attack, but it did not capture Byzantium;
"Salotto sighed before saying: "Byzantium now belongs to the Roman Empire."
"Are you familiar with the Roman Empire?" Liu Chan asked.
Before this, Liu Chan actually had no interest in the Roman Empire, because the Roman Empire was a powerful empire in Europe, but they were too far away from the Han Dynasty. At least in the original history, apart from some commercial exchanges, the Roman Empire and the Central Plains Dynasty had
, there is no other intersection.
It’s different now.
The Han Dynasty has entered Western Asia, and the Roman Empire is likely to be the Han Dynasty's neighbor in the future.
"Return to your majesty!" Sallotto said: "I know a little bit about it!"
I know a little bit, haha, I am quite humble. Liu Chan smiled and said: "My dear, can you tell me, what is the situation of the Roman Empire now?"
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This chapter has been completed!