Although this term is a bit bad, it is actually not outdated for any feudal dynasty.
Moreover, the interests are multifaceted and are increasingly evident in the national economy.
Emperor Liu Xie of the Han Dynasty wanted to hold a celebration. There was nothing wrong with this in itself, but no matter what type of celebration it was, it cost money. So where did the money come from?
It is impossible for money to fall from the sky. Of course, the money is dug out of the land. After all, the Han Dynasty and the subsequent feudal dynasties were all national economic systems based on agriculture for a long time.
Liu Xie felt that the money for the celebration was well spent. On the one hand, it could show that the Han Dynasty still had strength, or that the Han Dynasty had recovered from the embarrassment of Dong Zhuo's rebellion. On the other hand, it did not cost money to hold the celebration, and
How can we attract more gentry and gentry to gather in Xu County, and how can we have reason to launch our own plans?
Therefore, Liu Xie was very determined to hold this victory celebration, and even temporarily tolerated some issues that made him uncomfortable.
But with such forbearance, after holding this victory celebration, can Liu Xie achieve his goal?
Wang Chang had a hunch that there might be some changes in the celebration this time...
After the etiquette officer made a small mistake, everything seemed to be back to normal again.
Emperor Liu Xie ordered the eunuchs of Huangmen to read out the commendations and awards step by step. He commended Cao Chun, Xia Houshang and other Youbei soldiers, and gave them promotions and bonuses, which was what they should have meant.
Xia Houshang then thanked and expressed his loyalty on behalf of the rewarded generals. There were no problems in these procedures.
Anyway, these have been arranged in advance. Whether it is the commendation read by the eunuch of Huangmen or Xia Houshang's thank you in return, they are all determined in advance. If even this can go wrong, it will be really embarrassing.
Already.
After the victory ceremony, there will be an agricultural ceremony.
Naturally, the agricultural ceremony was not held in front of Chongde Gate, but moved to the Beijiao Altar where heaven and earth were worshipped.
If it were in Luoyang, there should be two sacrificial altars, one is the southern suburbs altar for worshiping the gods, and the other is the northern suburbs altar for sacrificing the land. The ancestors are sacrificed in the ancestral temple, and the ancestors are sacrificed in the Mingtang. In addition, there are other sacrifices related to sacrifices.
, as well as Lingtai and Piyong.
It's just that in Xu County, there is no such thing as a bright hall. Even the heaven and earth sacrifices are merged together, and there is only one northern suburb altar.
After all, these facilities were built in Xu County one after another after Liu Xie came, so everyone can understand.
The so-called everyone includes the emperor Liu Xie, hundreds of civil and military officials, local village elders specially invited to participate in the agricultural ceremony, rural gentry and families from various places, as well as some agricultural and industrial bachelors, craftsmen representatives, etc.
These people, represented by bachelors of agriculture and engineering and craftsmen, basically have eyes and ears but no mouths.
The right to speak is in the hands of the officials, and these people only serve as witnesses.
Of course, these people did not expect that what they came to witness was not only a grand ceremony, but also a joke.
At the beginning of the joke, well, at the beginning of the agricultural ceremony, everything was normal.
Now Liu Ye, on behalf of the emperor, explained Dong Yu's inspection records, especially the differences between Guanzhong agriculture and Shandong.
The gentry and gentry in Shandong were quite interested in these contents. They listened and whispered to each other in low voices.
Liu Xie glanced at Cao Cao, with a hint of exploration in his eyes.
Liu Xie also felt the flaws in the etiquette process at Chongde Gate that Wang Chang noticed, but then it seemed normal again, making Liu Xie not sure what the problem was...
At the current agricultural ceremony, Cao Cao seemed to have no expression, which made Liu Xie feel uneasy and a little happy at the same time.
Is it possible that my own plan can come true?
Cao Cao naturally noticed Liu Xie's little actions, but he remained calm.
In fact, Cao Cao knew Liu Xie's thoughts well.
In other words, in any feudal dynasty, the emperor is on guard against powerful ministers, and the powerful ministers are also on guard against the emperor.
Who controls whom, who is strong and who is weak, it all depends on their own methods.
Obviously, Liu Xie is still a little immature in this aspect.
Cao Cao wanted to tell Liu Xie that being emperor was not that easy.
As the emperor, you should have the world in your heart, not just "pretend".
As for Cao Cao's so-called display of ambition, it may be a little bit, but at the moment, with the Sino-Fei covertly suppressed, Cao Cao will not really do such a stupid thing. Therefore, it is more important for Cao Cao to express to Liu Xie that without me,
You are nothing.
This point was exposed in the follow-up sessions of the agricultural ceremony...
The agricultural ceremony was originally a great day that Liu Xie wanted to officially show to the outside world. He prepared a lot for this. Not only did he order to summon many agricultural officials, he also invited some village elders from nearby Yingchuan to participate in the ceremony.
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When these village elders faced the emperor Liu Xie, they all behaved respectfully, without any slightest contempt or arrogance.
This kind of respect from the village elders made Liu Xie feel a lot of emotion in his heart, and he also felt a bit of glory. After all, since the Dong Zhuo Rebellion, he seemed to have not been able to feel the respect from the countryside for him several times.
of adoration and respect.
Although the current kind of respect cannot be compared with the respect when the Han Dynasty was strong, it at least gave Liu Xie some confidence and made him feel quite emotional.
It's just that Liu Xie's confidence and emotion soon suffered a blow...
When Liu Ye said that he would improve Shandong's agriculture based on Dong Yu's inspection records, which was the most important part of Liu Xie's secret plan, problems beyond his control arose.
Just when the village elders expressed that the emperor was wise, just like the words of Yao and Shun, the doctor Liu Fang, who had just promoted filial piety and integrity, spoke out with great enthusiasm, saying that the more important thing than revising the agricultural code was to first solve the problem of insufficient household registration.
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Doctor Liu Fang's words immediately caused a commotion!
Hidden house!
This is almost equivalent to the crotch cloth of a wealthy rural gentleman family!
Unexpectedly, Liu Fang actually started to lift it!
Liu Fang believes that although Dong Yu's inspection tour record is very good, it actually does not play the most direct role in harvesting acres. The most critical problem in Han agriculture is not improving equipment, but concealing it from rural gentry and clans everywhere.
On the household registration!
The number of household registrations is seriously insufficient, accounting for as little as 23%, as much as 50% or 60% of the original population, and even 70% to 80% of the population have become hidden households of large rural gentry families in various places. These hidden households make it impossible for the imperial court to implement taxes.
, even if agricultural equipment is improved or agricultural science and technology is developed, it will not help at all. For the Han Dynasty, only by solving the problem of hidden households can real agricultural development be achieved.
It's just before the grand ceremony, and villagers from all over the country are here, so why don't we just show our support?
Liu Fang's words were very sharp, and even very rude, which made all the village elders who came to participate in Liu Xie's agricultural ceremony have red eyes and green faces.
What Liu Fang said is justified, because starting from Guangwu, the Han Dynasty court had special laws that strictly prohibited the buying, selling and killing of slaves, and turning farmers into slaves, which is the so-called hermit household. When Xiao Guangwu was in office,
A total of nine edicts were issued, requiring various places to free slaves...
Of course, from this perspective, it also shows that Guangwu's edict is actually just the same thing. Can Liu Xie solve the problem that Guangwu's nine edicts may not be able to solve now?
Obviously impossible.
Liu Fang jumped out and immediately put Liu Xie and the local villagers on fire.
The local squires originally came because they heard that the Emperor Liu Xie was going to give "benefits" and have "policies", so they all came excitedly. But when they heard about it, they suddenly felt something was wrong. How could this be a benefit?
It’s simply life-threatening!
Suddenly, the scene became extremely awkward.
The issue of land estates is a big problem.
The Han Dynasty did have a very unique position in Chinese history, because it was this dynasty that completely unified China, created a dynasty that lasted for a long time, and established a unified and prosperous age.
Qin Shihuang was dissatisfied at first and muttered to the side, but when he heard the word "long", he had no choice but to turn around and beat his child.
Whether it was the prosperity of the Western Han Dynasty or the resurgence of the Eastern Han Dynasty, this dynasty added a unique color to Chinese history. The Han Dynasty implemented the policy of "recuperation and recuperation", which reduced the burden on farmers, encouraged the development of people's livelihood, and promoted the "exclusive sovereignty" policy.
The thought of "Confucianism" strengthened the etiquette and promoted the prosperity of Confucianism; opened up the direction of the "Silk Road", expanded the commodity market, promoted economic activity, established the "three publics and nine ministers" system, and strengthened centralized rule
…
It can be said that the Han Dynasty did what the Qin Dynasty wanted to do but failed to do, and the Han Dynasty did what the Qin Dynasty failed to think of, and did it well. From politics, economy, ideology and culture to people's livelihood protection, the Han Dynasty
Everything Dynasty has done is remarkable.
But the Han Dynasty also developed new stubborn diseases, and the land problem became more and more obvious.
The Han Dynasty can be said to be the first prosperous dynasty after the unification of China, but behind this prosperity there is also the heartache and blood and tears of the people. Peasant uprisings continue and social unrest continues. The establishment of the Han Dynasty saved the people from suffering in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods.
The war caused the people to live in dire straits, but when he was aging, he also brought such pain to the people, even more tragic than the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.
The development of the Western Han Dynasty and the Eastern Han Dynasty was like a strange circle. The more prosperous the country was, the poorer the lives of ordinary people became.
The wealth of the Han Dynasty is actually an illusion, because this kind of wealth only belongs to a small group of people in the Han Dynasty, and most of the people still live in a state of being squeezed. To give a simple example, it is like the expression of the Han Dynasty
The prosperous days when one stone of grain cost dozens of dollars were short-lived in the Western Han Dynasty, and never happened again.
The Han Dynasty attached great importance to the development of agriculture, but it also created a good excuse for the gentry and gentry to annex land. The powerful nations relied on their own power to continuously devour the people's land. As a result, the wealthy officials could rob tens of thousands, and
The situation of poverty and poverty is getting worse.
The Guangwu Zhongxing was just a short-term rebound. The aristocratic families had even more control over the land than during the Western Han Dynasty, because in the Eastern Han Dynasty, not only did they own the land, these aristocratic families also controlled the farmers and opened up the gentry family.
A new model, with its own armed forces, evolved into local princes.
The boosters behind the economic prosperity of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the local powerful families, were also the boosters behind the demise of the Eastern Han Dynasty. They annexed land, separatized one side, organized armed forces, expanded local power, and weakened centralized power. This is also
An important reason for the demise of the Eastern Han Dynasty was that not everyone enjoyed the fruits of the prosperity of the Han Dynasty. The children of the poor remained poor, the confrontation between the poor and the nobles, and the struggle between the peasants and the powerful all contributed to the decline of the Han Dynasty and its demise step by step.
Among them, the so-called small-scale peasant economy and self-sufficient manor system proposed by those great scholars was one of the biggest shortcomings, and even affected the subsequent feudal dynasties.
Before Emperor Liu Xie could figure out how to deal with it, Prime Minister Cao Cao said that this issue needed further discussion. As a result, Liu Fang refused to give up. He bluntly remonstrated and said that now was the best opportunity for village elders from all over the country to express their stance.
, and the emperor Liu Xie should issue an edict like Xiao Guangwu to investigate hidden houses in various places...
Immediately, the mentality of many people present collapsed, especially the Emperor Liu Xie.
Emperor Liu Xie is not stupid, he knows that this edict cannot be issued.
Although this edict is indeed beneficial to the Han Dynasty, and the problem of hiding houses also affects the Han Dynasty's economy, if Liu Xie really issued the edict as Liu Fang advised, then Liu Xie originally planned to bypass Cao Cao.
Wouldn’t it be true that his plan to gain fame among the countryside and blend in with these opposition parties has completely failed?
But the problem is that Liu Xie can't say anything, even scold Liu Fang. On the one hand, Liu Fang is also a member of the old Liu family, and on the other hand, Liu Xie claims to be the second in Guangwu and revive the Han Dynasty again.
And now Liu Fang said that Guangwu had done this and issued edicts to get rid of bad habits and so on. Does Liu Xie have the nerve to object?
When the situation was extremely embarrassing, Cao Cao stood up and scolded Liu Fang with a stern face.
Someone dragged Liu Fang down, and then the agricultural ceremony carefully prepared by Liu Xie ended in a hurry...
Wang Chang, who had been a spectator all the way, returned to the post house, somewhat dumbfounded.
What is an anticlimax, this is probably a wonderful reflection.
Wang Chang did not expect that Cao Cao would be so understated and as if he planned carefully, and then hit Liu Xie's weakest link with a stick...
It was like a stick stuck in the axle of a vehicle that was about to set off. Although the stick was not big and could not be completely destructive, it made the entire vehicle unable to move.
Even if Liu Xie goes to deal with Liu Fang, what can he do?
He was just a doctor who praised filial piety and honesty, and what he said was grand. Could it be that Liu Xie could still slap Guangwu in the face?
Wang Chang even felt that this would inevitably become an excuse for Cao Cao to restrict the squires!
Although Cao Cao did not support Liu Fang's remarks at the moment, if these squires were ignorant and did not know good and bad, would Cao Cao use this name to do something?
Oops, Prime Minister Cao is indeed very scheming!
Wang Chang was indeed somewhat impressed by this.
During this period of time, Wang Chang had been in contact with many Shandong nobles in Xu County one after another. However, Wang Chang found that there were indeed big problems in the thinking of these Shandong nobles, and in this celebration
It seems to be more obvious.
These Shandong nobles seem to be always wavering.
If these gentry and gentry can be completely united, no matter which side they support, whether it is the emperor or the prime minister, they will become the strongest opponent and the biggest threat to the Hussar. But the problem is that they cannot unite and they are always wavering.
So is Prime Minister Cao also aware of this problem, so he has been continuously integrating it during this period?
Wang Chang suddenly felt that this contradiction was the biggest gain he got from coming to Xu County this time.
As for the celebration activities, overall, it was undoubtedly Lao Cao who got the biggest advantage, and almost none of the things Emperor Liu Xie wanted could be successfully achieved.
Some people had expressed dissatisfaction with the emperor's celebration of victory this time, believing that Shandong should not invest too much in the Youbei border area, so that it could concentrate on dealing with Guanzhong. As long as Guanzhong is pacified, naturally
The situation can be saved and the country will be stable.
In fact, this is a joke. The key is that such a joke can actually have many supporters!
Because at present, in Youbei, or in the desert area, the nomadic peoples have been beaten to pieces and do not have much fighting power at all. The nomadic peoples are very honest and are even afraid of the Han army's advance...
Coupled with last year's White Disaster and Black Disaster, many tribes in the desert were unable to protect themselves. Those who wanted to go south to plunder could not defeat Zhao Yun and other elite Han troops. The rest could only fight with Cao Jun. Therefore, overall
Said that it did not waste money and food and increase casualties like the previous Xiqiang war.
So in fact, Shandong's treasury is empty and its money is in straits, which actually has nothing to do with the desert and Youbei.
And if it is true that Cao Jun abandoned the Youbei region of the desert, then Shandong would be equivalent to only the Central Plains area. Although Cao Chun and others were indeed withdrawn, it seemed that the army was more concentrated and the number of soldiers in the Central Plains increased, but then
The next question is what will Cao Cao use to fight Fei Qian's cavalry?
Even if you can attack the infantry phalanx and push it, what about the population, money and food consumed?
To attack Chang'an, let alone 30,000 to 50,000, even if there are 100,000 elite soldiers, they may not be able to conquer Hangu Tongguan. And these 100,000 or more soldiers and civilians, the daily food and drink expenses are an astonishing amount. These
Where will the food and grass come out again?
Therefore, Cao Cao's strategy of using Youbei to train cavalry and using cavalry to control cavalry was the most cost-effective way, but it was criticized by many nobles in Shandong...
Now, Cao Cao took this opportunity to not only suppress Liu Xie, but also gained the favorability of the squire, which made him a lot of money.
