The thousandth and ninety-eighth section of the cake
The banquet gradually reached its climax.
All civil and military officials held up wine bottles to congratulate Liu Che.
"Hail, Your Majesty!" Countless people raised their glasses in toast.
Liu Che looked at these courtiers and flicked the table with his fingers. In his opinion, after the Battle of Heyin, it was only a matter of time before the Han family regained the Hetao, rebuilt the entire system of the Qin Great Wall, and pushed the defense line to the Yinshan Mountains.
The Hetao Plain is a huge cornucopia.
Whether it is animal husbandry or farming, the local potential is very great.
What's more, the local forestry resources and mineral resources are very rich.
Therefore, how to develop the local area has become a question that Liu Che has been thinking about.
It is said that taking history as a mirror can tell the rise and fall.
Historically, Emperor Wu mobilized the whole country to develop the Hetao and farm the fields in Shuofang, which can be said to have been a great deal of thought and effort.
Of course, the effect is also amazing.
From then on, the Hetao was owned by China. It was not until the Eastern Jin Dynasty that the area was lost due to unworthy descendants.
However, the problems it brings are also shocking.
Not to mention over-development, which has resulted in serious soil erosion, destruction of vegetation, raging wind and sand, and the spread of deserts.
Simply because Shuofang's investment in farming was huge, but the results were slow, which put a heavy burden on the Han Dynasty's economy, Liu Che had to consider the pros and cons of Emperor Wu's strategy.
After all, most people in the world don't have the consciousness to endure hardships and endure hardships for the sake of a hundred-year plan.
For most living beings, the emperor's development of distant lands will cause us to raise taxes?
Emperor, what the hell are you doing with your plane?
Qin Shihuang built the Great Wall with the same text and the same track as the chariots, and built a large-scale infrastructure to benefit future generations. The legacy will be enjoyed by future generations for two thousand years, but the Qin Empire II died.
Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty mobilized the whole country to build the Grand Canal and conquer Goguryeo, which were all major strategies that benefited his descendants and had a millennium in mind.
Needless to say, the benefits of the Grand Canal. Suzhou and Hangzhou became a paradise on earth in later generations because of the convenience of the Grand Canal.
Goguryeo, on the other hand, eliminated an enemy that threatened itself for Zhu Xia.
How can you allow others to snore on the side of the bed?
The Li Tang Dynasty continued to attack Goguryeo as proof!
But they all knelt down!
Those who only care about the small profits in front of them can be princes for many generations and enjoy the country for more than ten generations.
For example, Song Taizu and Song Taizong, for the sake of the stability of their family and the interests of powerful landlords, advocated literature and suppressed martial arts, and tried their best to suppress warriors and martial spirit. There were even heroes who fought for the country on the front line, but they were not as good as one ten thousandth of the dandy studying at home.
fallacy.
So much so that despite the prosperity and economic development of the two Song Dynasties, they were beaten by the foreign tribes in the north.
Created the greatest shame of China's unified dynasty!
Before the Song Dynasty, there had never been any unified dynasty that was beaten from beginning to end by the northern nomads.
Even when the Xia were torn apart, there were still vassal towns that used the land of a state to chase people north and conquer the grasslands.
But the Song Dynasty had the power of all the Xia people to kneel down not only the Khitan, but also Xixia!
It really disgraced Zhu Xia’s face!
However, the Zhao family's empire is as stable as Mount Tai.
It lasted for hundreds of years until the birth of Meng Yuan, and it was destroyed.
I have to say, this is really a joke!
But that's the truth.
Good people don't live long, and disasters last for thousands of years.
This is true whether it is an individual or a country!
Naturally, Liu Che did not dare to go against this historical trend, let alone offend the people of the world.
Fortunately, as a time traveler, Liu Che understands why Qin and Sui II died, but Zhao and Song were able to enjoy the country for hundreds of years.
This is because of profit.
For Chinese people, they will do whatever is good for them even if they work hard.
If there is no benefit to something, then whoever is stupid will do it.
Just like Zheng He's voyages to the Western Seas in the Ming Dynasty, it was truly a great geographical discovery by Zhu Xia.
The huge fleet crossed thousands of miles of sea and reached the Cape of Good Hope in Africa. There were even rumors that Zheng He's fleet had reached America.
Even if it's just the Cape of Good Hope, this discovery is amazing enough!
Because, he proved that the world is big.
But how did the Ming Dynasty do it?
In order to make himself prosperous, Zhu Di used a large amount of resources to start equal trade with foreign countries.
Even if a country pays a trivial tribute, it can exchange for dozens or even a hundred times the wealth from the Ming Dynasty!
This kind of behavior certainly made all the Western countries come to Beijing with great joy to pay their respects to His Majesty.
However, such behavior is simply a disease for a country and a nation!
Use your own resources to support outsiders.
To put it simply, it means being patient on the outside but cruel on the inside.
This is just like the men in later generations who use their wife's money to support Xiaomi. Once his wife finds out, the world will definitely fall apart.
Therefore, the civil servants of the Ming Dynasty burned Zheng He's fleet completely, leaving not even a scrap of paper behind.
Is this because of those civil servants?
maybe!
However, if Zheng He's fleet sailed to the Western Ocean, it would not bring greetings and gifts, but killings and conquests.
The fleets that go to sea carry countless gold and silver back to their home ports every year.
The whole country has benefited a lot from the existence of Zheng He's fleet.
Who dares to burn? Who can burn?
I was afraid that if I even moved the sampan, I would be hung up and beaten!
Zhao Pu said: Governing a big country is like cooking small delicacies.
But in Liu Che's view, running a big country only requires one thing: distribution of benefits.
Just like this time the Loop was laid.
The normal idea, just like Emperor Wu's, was of course to establish counties and implement national development.
But the problem is that for national development, the pressure and burden must be passed on to the people of the world.
Moreover, in this process, bureaucrats have used their hands to easily increase the burden several times or even ten times.
As a result, the people will naturally be in dire straits.
The lives of the common people have been affected, so who will still support the emperor in opening up new territories?
Because the more land the emperor acquired, the heavier his burden would be.
Smart people will naturally know how to choose.
And Liu Che wants to change this vicious cycle.
Naturally, no one will cherish the things belonging to the public, but they will definitely cherish their own things to the death!
It is time for the system of settlement regiments to be expanded again.
Along with this, of course, there is also the granting of grace and enfeoffment to the country.
However, this is no longer the case a few years ago.
Therefore, this policy of granting favors and enfeoffing countries must be changed.
Thinking of this, Liu Che stood up, held up the wine bottle, looked at the ministers with a smile, and said: "Thanks to the spirit of the country, the protection of the ancestors, and the hard work of the soldiers, we can win the victory in Mayi again! Today, I and you all are gathered together.
Celebrate the victory of the frontline soldiers!"
After a slight pause, Liu Che took a step forward and continued: "Since I was ordered by the late emperor to protect the ancestral temple, for six years, I have been working hard and sleeping night and day, walking on thin ice, fearing that I would be immoral and shame the late emperor's legacy! Today
Thanks to the blessing of heaven, the spirit of the country, the blessing of the ancestors, and the hard work of the soldiers, Mayi and Heyin were victorious!"
"However, I am not sensitive, and I am often afraid of doing wrong..." Liu Che prolonged his voice, changed the subject, and said with a hint of sadness: "The poem goes: Worrying about the misery, thinking about the country's abuses, on this day of victory, I will
Have mercy on Mayi, the orphans of the soldiers who sacrificed their lives for the country in the battle of Heyin!"
"Loyal ministers and righteous men are the pillars of the country. If the orphans of loyal ministers and righteous men cannot live in peace, and the parents, brothers, sisters Kunzhong of loyal ministers and righteous men cannot live out the rest of their lives in peace, how can I show my face to the people of the world? There is nothing to do!"
"Shang Shu records the edict!" Liu Che looked at Ji An.
The latter immediately knelt down in front of Liu Che, and someone immediately brought pen, ink, paper and inkstone to him.
Then Ji An bowed respectfully and said, "I respectfully obey the Holy Order!"
"I heard that since ancient times, sage kings have used political rewards to reward merit and punish crimes! Now I pity the orphans of the loyal ministers and righteous men in the world, who may lack food and clothing, or may be trapped in finances, so that the old father cannot enjoy his old age in peace, and the young child cannot go to school. Brothers, Kunzhong and sisters, are trapped in poverty.
For money and silk, I had to commit myself as a slave! This is my fault! His edict: eight hundred miles of the Hejian land should be used as a food town for the loyal ministers, righteous men, orphans and relatives of the world! All the wealth and taxes produced in the designated area over the years will go to the Shaofu.
, To pay for the education, pension, and livelihood of the orphans and parents of the loyal ministers and righteous men in the world! I order the young minister, the great agricultural minister, and the chief captain to take charge of this matter! If there is any failure to catch it, the money from the internal treasury will be used to pay for it!"
After this order, all the officials were stunned, only Ji An was writing furiously.
Countless people were shocked by Liu Che's generous move.
Directly delineate a huge area with a radius of 800 miles as a food and settlement place for the orphans and parents of the fallen soldiers?
This is something that has never happened before!
With such a guarantee, in the future, the descendants and parents of soldiers who died in war can be supported by the state!
Of course, Liu Che has been doing this before, and everyone has heard about it and even witnessed it, so this is not surprising.
Everyone just thought that today they were starting to lose money again.
But what does this have to do with us?
The Emperor of the Liu family wants to ruin his family, who dares to stop him?
But little did they know that this order would be followed by a huge and coherent policy.
It was also the beginning of the distribution of war dividends.
And how is the most appropriate way to distribute war dividends?
Of course, both nobles and common people have to be allocated.
Among them, the country eats meat, the nobles drink soup, and the common people have bones to chew on.
This order and distribution method is very important and critical!
Many dynasties perished due to uneven distribution and imbalance of priorities.
Liu Che naturally understands this truth.
He continued: "Another edict: Zongzheng and Dahonglu, please order all Cao Cao to take the feudal princes who have left the army as the basis for ennobling them as kings, so that I can be prepared to grant them more favors and further enfeoffments!"
This simple command immediately stirred up waves!
Add grace to the country!!!
After four years, it appears again!!
Many princes were stunned, and countless people beat their chests and regretted endlessly.
"I should have thought of it a long time ago, I should have thought of it a long time ago!" Many princes said with mournful faces.
At that time, the Han Dynasty took all the land of Korea and expanded the land of Huaihua. Today, the emperor has taken the land of Andong and Huaihua and added En Liehou.
Each family received a piece of new feudal land equal to the number of households in their own town.
Many people made a lot of money from that allocation.
Even if you are unlucky and don't make much wealth, you will at least have an extra property that you can pass on to your children and grandchildren.
And that's just Anton.
Located in the land of Dongyi, the bitter cold is unbearable.
Most of the princes were unwilling to go and only sent their own bastards to go.
And this Hejian Land is not the bitter cold place in Anton where people die in the cold all year round!
If others don't know, don't the princes still know?
The Hejian Land was called "New Qinzhong" by the Qin people in the Qin Dynasty. Its land is rich, its soil is fertile, its climate is warm, its place is vast, its mountains and rivers are steep, and its rivers are densely covered.
It is truly a rare treasure!
Even with a little development and utilization, it can be compared to China's Three Rivers!
However, such a good place, a treasure land, has to say goodbye to itself.
Countless people are really heartbroken.
Originally, many people were indifferent.
Some people even think that the dignified princes actually wear armor and go out with the army, which is really asking for trouble!
Wouldn't it be better to stay in Chang'an and enjoy the day and night?
But now, everyone is heartbroken!
Some people even looked like their dead parents, with droopy faces.
But some people are frustrated, and some people are very happy.
Especially those whose family members went to war, they were as happy as the Chinese New Year, and they knelt down and shouted long live.
The river land can not only be cultivated, but also a natural pasture!
Raising livestock and reselling it to China can be said to be a huge profit!
But little did he know that Liu Che was actually ready to eat the biggest piece of cake himself.
After taking a look at the nobles and nobles who had already entered the two realms of ice and fire, Liu Che sneered.
After this war is over, the Han family's Lieutenant Group will be reshuffled.
For some guys, Liu Che could no longer bear it.
When it comes to reaping benefits, he fights for it, but when his contribution is needed, he disappears.
Liu Che does not need this kind of courtiers and nobles! (To be continued.)
