Emperor Liu Qi of the Han Dynasty inspected the mausoleum where construction and social work were being carried out in full swing along the road. Prime Minister Shen Tujia, Nei Shi Chao Cuo, Lieutenant Zhou Yafu and more than a dozen ministers worth more than 2,000 dan were accompanying him.
Inspecting and supervising the construction progress of the imperial mausoleum was one of the most important tasks during the reign of the Han emperor! It was also the focus of the Han Dynasty's work over the years!
Because the Han Dynasty built imperial mausoleums, it was completely different from the ideas of all previous dynasties.
In the past, the construction of imperial mausoleums in the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties, including the Qin dynasty, only served the emperor alone.
However, the imperial mausoleum project of the Han Dynasty bears a major responsibility that no previous dynasty has undertaken, and is related to the well-being of the world and social stability.
Emperor Liu Qi climbed up a hollowed-out hill and asked Prime Minister Shen Tujia, who had been following him: "This year, the Prime Minister has a very important job. He has to review and select the lists of powerful people reported from various places. The Prime Minister is really busy.
Come, I will ask the internal historian and the imperial censor's Yamen to assist!"
"Back to Your Majesty, I have already written about the Three Assistants in Guanzhong and transferred the copywriters from the counties of the Three Assistants to Beijing..." Prime Minister Shen Tujia bowed and said: "There is no need to bother the internal history and the imperial censor's office!"
Auditing is the most important authority of the Prime Minister, how can it be given to others?
Not to mention that the Prime Minister's Office still has the ability to audit the list of powerful officials and the performance of officials reported by the counties and counties around the world. Even if it can't, it will make you feel fat, at least now you can't give in!
"That's good..." Emperor Liu Qi waved his hands and said nonchalantly: "To plan this year, we must first count and screen out the powerful candidates from all over the country. Those who can't lose the big ones will move to Yiyang!"
"I have thought about it. On the first month of next year, I will change Yiyang to Yangling, and after I am a hundred years old, I will change it to Yinling..."
"Your Majesty is wise, I respect you!" All the ministers knelt down and said.
The emperor of the Han Dynasty loved the people as his own sons and cared about the common people. This was not just a matter of words, but was proven by actual actions!
Since Emperor Gao, the emperors of the Han Dynasty have linked their mausoleums with the rise and fall of the world and stability.
After successive emperors ascended the throne, the first thing they did was to choose a site for their mausoleum.
Even though the late emperor was famous for his frugality, he was still willing to spend a lot of money to build the imperial mausoleum.
The Ba Tomb is so large that it directly hollows out the Ba Mountain. With the mountain as the mausoleum, the entire Ba Mausoleum project was carried out since the emperor ascended the throne and was expanded until the emperor's death. After the emperor's death, he appointed three generals.
Sixteen thousand soldiers from the capital and 15,000 internal guards were mobilized to fill in the soil for the mausoleum. This shows the scale of the mausoleum project.
However, such a huge and magnificent mausoleum was not just for the emperor.
To be precise, the huge imperial mausoleum project was the national policy of the Han Dynasty.
When the emperor was on the throne, he continued to expand his imperial mausoleum, partly so that he could enjoy the same treatment in the underworld after his death as he had during his lifetime.
On the other hand, it is also a practical consideration. It is a basic national policy to balance the powerful forces in the world and crack down on landlords and bullies.
Starting from Emperor Gao, when successive emperors were on the throne, local counties were required to report the list of wealthy families within their jurisdiction every year when planning to the central government.
If any of these rich and powerful businessmen violate the law and run rampant in the market, the local county officials will naturally deal with them.
However, what if those powerful and powerful families bribe local officials, or if they themselves follow the rules and abide by the law and do not violate the law?
If a large landowner takes root in a place for twenty or thirty years, he will inevitably establish a huge network of people and intricate relationships in the place.
If you can't eradicate this landlord's power before he loses his power, think about what will happen.
However, local county officials alone may not be able to completely restrict and stifle the powerful landlords, and some fish may slip through the net.
At this time, the imperial mausoleum project showed its importance. Ever since Emperor Gao moved the powerful families of Guandong and the nobles of the Six Kingdoms to Changling, the emperors of all dynasties would continue to move local powerful families next to their tombs.
The name sounds nice, it means guarding the emperor's mausoleum and offering sacrifices to the emperor.
But in fact everyone knows that this is cutting leeks.
When some of the world's mightiest men fall, others will surely stand up.
Local officials alone cannot completely suppress and limit the powerful forces.
Therefore, the emperor of the Han Dynasty simply removed all the money from the cauldron.
In the name of the imperial mausoleum project and the construction of imperial mausoleums, year after year, day after day, they continued to use the imperial mausoleums to build cities, enrich the names of the mausoleums, and remove those wealthy families that were difficult for local officials to deal with or bribed local officials.
Dajia moved to Guanzhong and lived next to the emperor's mausoleum.
Although this kind of migration is still very affectionate on the surface, the emperor of the Han Dynasty would not confiscate the migrants' property, and would not use harsh punishments to treat them. He would also reward the people who migrated to Lingyi with a lot of money.
However, no matter how much wealth you have, or how many hectares of fertile land you occupy, once you are forcibly moved to Guanzhong, although those properties and land are still yours, they will disappear in a few years.
As a result, the local wealthy businessmen were like leeks, being cut off one crop after another by the emperors of the past dynasties.
Although every time there is an audit, there are always lucky ones who escape the trap of forced migration.
However, the emperor of the Han Dynasty would conduct an audit every year, and would conduct a major plan every three years to comprehensively review and review the list of powerful people in the local newspaper. When the late emperor was in power, Zhang Cang, the Marquis of Peking, was the prime minister, and he also invented the application of mathematical models and probability to
In addition to auditing, this big net is getting tighter and tighter. So far, there may be many powerful people who have been able to escape three or five court audits, but there are only a few who can escape every time.
Moreover, there is another advantage of this, that is, most of the families who are moved to the imperial mausoleum are basically big landowners and businessmen in the original place, with huge wealth, and basically everyone has good knowledge and culture.
This greatly enhanced the power of Guanzhong, allowing the central government of the Han Dynasty to always maintain a crushing advantage over the vassal states in terms of human resources.
It was against this background that the government and the public not only had no objections or criticisms about the emperor of the Han Dynasty's wanton construction of a large-scale imperial mausoleum, but also regarded the imperial mausoleum project as one of the most important projects in the country.
"Your Majesty, urgent report from Hedong..." As he spoke, a eunuch hurried over to report, and at the same time presented a silk document in his hand.
"Let me take a look..." Emperor Liu Qi took the silk book and took a look. His face suddenly turned red and his eyes widened with anger. He threw the silk book to the ground and said, "Bastard! Who gave him the courage!"
Prime Minister Shen Tujia picked up the silk book and took a sneak peek. He saw on the silk book that it read: My son Liu De kowtows to pay homage to the emperor: Zhou Yang, the governor of Hedong County, killed the county chief Shi, Sima, and the postal supervisor in order to hold the angel hostage.
Father’s decision!
Shen Tujia was about to speak when another knight came galloping over. After the knight dismounted, he stumbled all the way to the emperor, knelt down and reported: "Long live your Majesty, His Highness Liu De discovered the treasure tripod in Fenxi..."
After saying this, the knight was out of breath and collapsed directly on the ground. (To be continued...)
ps: I tried the McKenzie Therapy today, and it was pretty good. It’s just that the area where my neck connects to my shoulders still hurts a little. I can feel that the muscles in that part of the body are very hard. I guess it’s overstrain. Well, after writing this chapter, I’m going to do some exercise.
