When Zhou Yafu and Chao Cuo walked into the Greenhouse Hall, Liu Che was reading the briefing on the location of the imperial mausoleum submitted by the Shaofu.↗
At present, the Shaofu has selected a total of five alternative addresses.
Basically they are all on the plains west of Chang'an.
Liu Che looked at these alternative addresses and frowned slightly.
In Liu Che's view, the location selection of the imperial mausoleum was based on false feng shui and geographical advantages.
The key is that the area is large, making it easy to build a city, and at the same time it can drive the economic development of the surrounding area.
Well, Liu Che has now made up his mind to establish the Imperial Tomb business circle.
Once the site selection is completed, he will move the world's powerful, distinguished families and celebrities to the vicinity of the imperial mausoleum.
Not only that, Liu Che also planned to move all the future martial arts gardens, examination venues, Mo Gardens, and academies under preparation by various schools of thought to the Imperial Mausoleum, and forcibly drive the local social, cultural, and economic development through the Imperial Mausoleum.
develop.
This kind of real estate development model is similar to that of later generations, and Liu Che thinks he can give it a try.
In any case, if so many schools and cultural centers are placed in the imperial mausoleum, at least they will not lose money.
It might even be possible to earn back the construction costs of the Imperial Mausoleum...
Zhao Pu of the later Song Dynasty said: Managing a big country is like cooking small dishes.
Liu Che felt that when you were an emperor, you had to plan carefully and use every penny and every resource wisely.
Being extravagant and extravagant were the emperor's two taboos.
Just when I was thinking about taking some time to visit these five candidate addresses and take a look, Wang Dao's voice came: "Your Majesty, the Prime Minister, and the Imperial Censor have arrived outside the palace. They are waiting.
Summon!"
"Please!" Liu Che said quickly.
The Han Dynasty inherited the Qin system, and the three princes and nine ministers enjoyed special treatment in front of the emperor.
Especially the three princes can sit down and talk with the emperor, almost as equals.
At the beginning, when Zhang Shizhi, the court lieutenant, was under Sima's family, he even caught the late emperor, who was still the prince, to try to increase his reputation. Although Zhang Shizhi was later settled by the late emperor Qiu Hou, this also proved that the status of the three gongs and nine ministers in the Han Dynasty was very high, at least
You can use the prince to gain your reputation in a fair and just manner.
However, after Zhang Shizhi, no minister dared to play like that again.
The majesty of the king's power is growing day and night.
One waxes and wanes, the other waxes and wanes. The power of ministers naturally gradually declines.
Liu Che remembered very clearly that in his previous life, after Zhou Yafu resigned as prime minister, the prime minister of the Han Dynasty became a joke.
During Xiaozhu's court, he even turned the Prime Minister into a mascot and did not even allow the Prime Minister to attend the court meeting...
But at this time, this change is not obvious yet.
Zhou Yafu's unparalleled success in quelling the rebellion of Wu and Chu restored the office of prime minister to its glory.
Even Liu Che's status as emperor relied heavily on Zhou Yafu's support to be so stable.
"Your Majesty invites the Prime Minister and the imperial censor to come to the throne!" the salute officer sang the promise loudly.
After a while, Zhou Yafu and Chao Cuo entered the palace one after another, faced Liu Che, bowed to the ground and said: "Prime Minister Yafu (Censor Dafu Cuo) pays homage to your Majesty!"
"Hurry up and excuse yourself!" Liu Che quickly stood up and told Wang Dao: "Give the Prime Minister and the Imperial Censor a seat!"
After being the emperor for so long, Liu Che has become accustomed to the daily life between the emperor and his ministers.
In general, the exchanges and dialogues between the emperor of the Han Dynasty and the three princes, nine ministers and ministers with more than two thousand stones have a strong legacy of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.
Most of the time, the monarch and his ministers are in an almost equal position.
For example, no matter how much the emperor dislikes a minister of the rank of Jiuqing, he will still address him as "jun" or "qing".
For example, Liu Che's cheap father yelled at Zhou Yafu in history: I don't need it! Such foul language was rare in the entire history of the Han Dynasty.
Especially after Emperor Taizong Xiaowen established the traditional system of "generals and prime ministers not being humiliated", as long as the three princes and nine ministers did not seek death, they would basically all die a good death.
For example, Zhang Shizhi, even though he had seriously offended the late emperor, was only expelled from Chang'an and made a prince and prime minister.
Of course, the historical piglet is an exception.
But this brought about another consequence: when facing the emperor, the three ministers and nine ministers were not as gentle, elegant, humble and courteous as the later ministers of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties.
Therefore, the Prime Minister Gu Anhou Shentujia single-handedly stopped Chao Cuo and the late emperor's policy of reducing vassalage, which is a clear proof.
Therefore, Liu Che knew that if he could not convince Zhou Yafu, then there would be no need to mention the Yantie official camp, and he could just give it up!
In the history of the Han Dynasty, the emperor who could not persuade the prime minister to obey his will had only two choices: to dismiss the prime minister or to surrender.
Obviously, now, Liu Che has no way to remove Zhou Yafu, nor can he remove Zhou Yafu.
Looking at Zhou Yafu, the prime minister with a serious face and solemn expression, Liu Che felt a little nervous.
He wasn't quite sure whether he could make Zhou Yafu resonate with him.
This made Liu Che somewhat understand why after Zhou Yafu, the emperor's father began to use the prime minister like an eraser.
A strong prime minister is indeed a severe challenge to the king's authority.
Taking a deep breath, Liu Che decided not to talk about the salt and iron issue.
"Today we invite the Prime Minister and the Imperial Censor into the palace. There are several matters that I would like to reach an agreement with my two beloved ministers before the court meeting. If the two beloved ministers do not agree, I will not raise them at the court meeting!" Liu Chexuan
Said slowly.
This is also the unspoken rule of Han Dynasty politics.
Basically, when matters came up for court discussion, the emperor must have communicated with the prime minister or one of the imperial censors in advance, and received the support of at least one of them.
Otherwise, when there is a court meeting, there are not even any ministers to instigate the proposal, and the emperor himself has to propose it. If it fails, where will the emperor's face be?
"Your Majesty, please make it clear!" Zhou Yafu bowed slightly.
Liu Che nodded and said: "The first thing is that I plan to immigrate to Liaodong, West Liaoning, and North Korea, grant land to immigrants, encourage reclamation, build roads and water conservancy, just like the story of Emperor Gao!"
Hearing this, Zhou Yafu frowned slightly, stood up and bowed: "May I ask Your Majesty, is it the Holy Will to carry out Emperor Gao's land granting order in Liaodong, West Liaoning, and Korea?"
In the early Han Dynasty, the world was in decline, so Liu Bang issued an order to grant land. According to the Qin system, land was granted to the people based on their title levels.
At that time, the minimum standard for land grant was one hundred acres per household.
As a result, the fleeing people came out of the mountains and forests one after another. The social and economic development of the Han Dynasty recovered rapidly.
And this land granting order was the foundation for the Han Dynasty’s political power to be able to stabilize the world!
In the first thirty years of the Han Dynasty, the Han Dynasty granted land to local people on a large scale, encouraged production, and even distributed seeds and agricultural tools.
People all over the world are grateful to the Liu family. After receiving the firm support of the farmers, who accounted for the largest part of the population, Han Xin, Peng Yue, Ying Buluwan and others all became lackeys.
When the Lu family was in chaos and the princes and ministers destroyed the Lu family, Zhou Bo ordered the entire army to support the Lu family on the right and the Liu family on the left.
Almost all the soldiers killed the officers who were close to Lu. Zuo Qiao raised his arms and fought for the Liu family.
However, in the past ten years, with the rapid growth of the world's population, the land in the Central Plains and Guanzhong is no longer rich, and the Han Dynasty has not granted land for more than ten years.
On the contrary, local landless peasants and landless peasants began to appear.
Guanzhong has become a carnival place for loan sharks.
It is becoming more and more common for the poor to have no place to stand and the rich to live in the wilderness.
In this context, Chao Cuo shouted out the theory of "gold, pearls and jade, which cannot be used for clothing in the cold and cannot be eaten when hungry." Hundreds of schools of thought also made their own voices criticizing the current affairs, and some of them even called for the restoration of the well-field system.
In the eyes of some people, the well-field system is a panacea that can solve all social contradictions and problems.
only……
"The well-field system has been restored. Should we also restore slavery and invite slave owners to come back?" Liu Che sneered at those who advocated these fallacies.
"That's right!" Liu Che stood up, looked at Zhou Yafu and said, "I intend to grant the unclaimed lands of Liaodong, Liaoxi and Korea to the people willing to move based on the land granting orders in the second and twelfth years of Emperor Gao's reign.
Common people, this is the land granting plan that I have drawn up with the Minister of Shangshutai and the attendants. The Prime Minister and the Imperial Censor, please take a look at it!"
After saying that, Liu Che handed a thick white paper bound book to Wang Dao to pick up and show it to Zhou Yafu and Chao Cuo.
Zhou Yafu took the notebook respectfully, returned to his seat, opened it and read it carefully.
The more he looked at it, the more surprised Zhou Yafu became.
The book contains almost every detail of the plans and arrangements for immigrating to Liaodong, Liaoxi and North Korea.
The ideas and strategies put forward also seem very feasible.
only……
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The army belongs to which department, and who is under the orders?"
"Of course it belongs to the Prime Minister's Mansion and is under my command. All the officers of the Reclamation Army are retired soldiers!" Liu Che replied.
Liu Che discussed this immigration plan with his close staff for nearly three months, and all the details were discussed repeatedly.
The entire plan was drawn up by Liu Che, who drew on the merits of the later Mi Emperor's Homestead Act, the Celestial Dynasty's Construction Corps, and the imperial military system in Chinese history.
According to the plan, all immigrants will be collectively cultivated, farmed and lived in a similar situation to the Chinese Construction Corps.
The cultivated land can only belong to the cultivator after five years of cultivation.
At the same time, immigrants can legally own most Han Dynasty standard weapons, including crossbows, under the establishment of the settlement army. They need to train on time every month. In case of war, they have to prepare their own weapons and armor. Under the order of the court,
Go to the front line.
This is the best immigration option for Northeast China and North Korea under current conditions.
Because, without collective strength to protect and help each other, it would be difficult for immigrants to survive the severe winter in the Northeast.
Moreover, Liaodong, Western Liaoning, and North Korea are all new lands acquired by China. Liaodong and Western Liaoning have been under Chinese rule for only two or three hundred years, and North Korea has just acquired them.
Immigrants have to start over almost everything.
Without collective strength, relying solely on individuals will undoubtedly be very difficult.
Of course, in order to avoid a tragedy similar to the Ming Dynasty's guard system in its later development, Liu Che stipulated that each settlement army would have a ten-year limit. After ten years, the settlement army would be disbanded and turned into a civilian army. At the same time, local officials
It has jurisdiction and governance power over the reclamation army.
Moreover, all officers of the settlement army are not allowed to occupy any land in the army.
As compensation, when the settlement army is disbanded, all the settlement officers can choose to return to their hometowns to serve as pavilion chiefs, governors, county government officials, or even county captains, or they can immigrate to Guanzhong with their families.
Just in response, the investment in this immigration plan is also very large.
Different from land granting in the past, the government handed over the land and houses to the farmers and then waited until taxes were collected.
In the first one or two years of the establishment of the army, the Han Dynasty paid almost entirely for it.
The expenses incurred by the immigrants on their journey, the expenses for land reclamation and the construction of fortresses and villages after they were delivered to their destinations were almost all paid by the imperial court.
Calculated based on the planned expenditure of 5,000 yen per person for the first phase of 100,000 immigrants, that is 50,000 yen, equivalent to 10% of the Han Dynasty's annual fiscal revenue.
Moreover, when the first batch of immigrants has passed the first year of adaptation period and the entire policy has been proven to be feasible, what will follow will be fifteen batches, spanning more than ten years, with a total of more than one million people.
huge immigration plan.
If all immigrants have to bear the expenses of the court.
This treasury cannot support it at all!
but……
When Liu Che said that all the settlement armies would be under the guidance of the Prime Minister's Office, and the plan clearly stated that all officers would be retired soldiers, and when the settlement army would be disbanded after ten years, the officers could be divided according to the size and position of their respective positions.
Those who have meritorious service will be given preferential treatment such as returning to their hometowns to serve as grassroots officials or moving to Chang'an.
Zhou Yafu knew that even if he didn’t support this plan, he had to support it, and if he supported it, he would still support it!
The answer is simple.
As long as Zhou Yafu dares to veto this plan, tomorrow, the landless farmers and retired soldiers in Guanzhong who have heard the news will dare to go to the Changping Marquis Mansion in Shangguanli to block the door of Zhou Yafu's house.
Especially the farmers in Guanzhong, they are the ones that even the emperor dares to scold!
Zhou Yafu smiled bitterly, knowing that he had jumped into the pit dug by the emperor.
Think again about how Wang Dao so easily revealed the emperor's intentions in summoning him.
Zhou Yafu still didn't understand that the emperor was using the immigration plan to force him to agree to the Yantie official camp.
"Your Majesty is indeed the Holy Emperor!" Zhou Yafu smiled bitterly: "No wonder many people say that today there is a trend of Taizong's filial piety!"
Back then, wasn't Emperor Taizong the best at using one thing to force his ministers to agree to another?
But what can he do?
As a prime minister with a strong military background, Zhou Yafu could not and could not refuse a plan like the Reclamation and Immigration Army, which had obvious goodwill and benefits for the army.
Unless Zhou Yafu is willing to secede himself from the army, the descendants of the Zhou family will no longer join the army or lead the army!
Not only that, he, Zhou Yafu, also has to bear the scorn of people all over the world!
The people of the Han Dynasty longed for the cultivation of their fields, just as drought-stricken crops longed for rain.
Conferring land is a beautiful thing that countless landless farmers and poor people around the world never forget.
In the Han Dynasty, the emperor did not propose to grant land, so that was it.
But if the emperor proposes to grant land, but his ministers object and the land cannot be granted, then all the resentment in the world will be concentrated on that minister.
No one can withstand the resentment of the whole world. (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!
ps: Tomorrow I will post an explanation of the land granting law in the early Western Han Dynasty and its implementation related to the work. Interested students can take a look~
