Honggu was originally a fertile wilderness, where the Chan River and the Luo River met. After thousands of years of continuous erosion, such a fertile plain land was formed under the power of nature.
Guanzhong at this time was not dilapidated due to soil erosion, environmental damage and human activities as it would be in later generations.
Thousands of miles of fertile fields, shady trees, chirping birds and fragrant flowers, and pleasant scenery are the true portrayal of Guanzhong at this time.
Not only this is the case in Guanzhong, but even the water of the Yellow River at this time is said to be crystal clear and the blue waves are thousands of miles away.
Therefore, at this time, the Yellow River was not called the Yellow River, but the world called it a big river!
Riding the carriage, Liu De looked at the wheat fields and houses on both sides of the road. He asked Zhang Tang: "Based on what you heard, can one man and five people manage a hundred fields in Guanzhong now?"
One man, five families and one hundred fields, this is one of the few things that Confucianism and Legalism have in common in politics.
Both schools of thought believe that the most ideal social structure is one man, five people, and a hundred fields.
In the early years of the Warring States Period, Li Kui reformed the state of Wei. The first thing he advocated was the model of one man, five households and one hundred fields.
Lord Shang also followed this slogan during his political reform in Qin.
When the Han Dynasty was first established, it also inherited the political ideals of the Qin Dynasty and made it into a painting for the people of the world to see.
However, the emperor of the Han family encountered a good opportunity.
The great chaos at the end of the Qin Dynasty destroyed all the old feudal aristocratic forces and local tyrants, and at the same time wiped out most of the population. Therefore, at the beginning, this picture really became a reality.
The great weapon that the great ancestor Liu Bang used to stabilize the world was to grant land.
At that time, as long as a person was alive, he could get at least one hundred acres of land and the corresponding homestead from Liu Bang's regime.
Therefore, the whole world immediately surrendered.
The matter of land granting was still carried out in an organized and orderly manner at the beginning of the reign of the late Emperor Xiaowen.
However, starting from ten years ago, with the stability of the world, the population began to rise, but there were still only so many land resources.
Land granting gradually disappeared. Instead, landlords gradually appeared among the people, and land annexation began to appear.
Liu De didn't understand current civil affairs, but more than ten years later, Liu De remembered clearly that starting from the first year of Jianyuan, the scale of land annexation began to increase. In some places, the rich even appeared in the countryside, and the poor had nothing to do.
The situation of the place where the cone is established.
At that time, the so-called one-husband-five-family-hundred-acre model naturally collapsed immediately and completely turned into a picture on paper.
"Most of it can still be maintained..." Zhang Tang thought for a while and replied: "However, from what I can see, some people have already started to buy and sell fields..."
His family is a typical example!
In this day and age, it is common practice among the people to pay homage to people.
Once someone dies, for the sake of family tradition and reputation, families with a little difficulty will immediately sell some fields to raise funeral expenses.
Even wealthy families still have some troubles to bear. Only those princes with feudal kingdoms and food towns do not need to worry about these.
Liu De looked at the farmhouse outside and nodded. The situation at this time should be different from that more than ten years later. After all, Wenjing's rule was not a boast.
Then, his article and policies will need to be adjusted accordingly.
When the carriage drove to a crossroads, Liu De saw an old man and two young children fishing under the bridge pier at the crossroads.
"Stop!" Liu De ordered, and the carriage stopped immediately.
Liu De knew very well that although Zhang Tang came from the market, he was still from a family of officials, and he still lacked communication with the lowest and most basic people.
The natural barriers between social classes make it impossible for Zhang Tang to really know the real thoughts and real situations of the farmers who work in the fields every day. If you want to understand these, you must bend down and really get in touch with the farmers. Only then can you understand the true nature of society at this time.
form.
So Liu De got off the carriage, and the guards who had been following the carriage immediately followed him to protect him. At the same time, some climbed to a nearby tree to occupy the commanding heights.
Liu De walked up to the old farmer who was talking to two young children with a smile, raised his hands and asked: "May I ask, my father-in-law, will you live longer this year?"
In the Han Dynasty, all elderly people enjoyed privileges regardless of their status or class. Han laws stipulated that elderly people over the age of sixty could meet officials without bowing, and those over eighty years old did not need to bow before the emperor.
Therefore, it was not surprising that the old farmer saluted Liu De, a young man who looked like a noble son at first sight.
He smiled and took the hands of the two naughty children and replied: "This old man is already sixty-seven this year!"
"Is your health okay, old man?" Liu De asked kindly, squatting down and looking at the two curious little guys.
The old farmer looked at the entourage behind Liu De, and then at the carriage whose specifications and size were far beyond those available to ordinary nobles. He instinctively protected himself and said: "Thanks to you, I am in good health..."
As he said this, he planned to put away the fish basket and take his grandchildren home.
The reputation of the Han nobles is not very good.
At least it's not good near Chang'an.
Especially the new generation of aristocratic children, they are excellent at fighting cocks and lackeys, and they are not inferior to others in bullying men and dominating women.
These dandy boys dare not commit major crimes, but they commit small crimes non-stop.
Liu De smiled and took the old man's hand and said: "Don't be afraid, old man, I'm not that kind of bad person..." After thinking for a while, in order to strengthen his persuasion, he said: "I am the nephew of the Zhihou family.
It is an order from His Highness in the palace to come here to inspect the people’s livelihood and understand the sufferings of the people in order to prepare for the advice of the Holy Emperor!”
Liu De originally wanted to take advantage of his cheap father, but his words changed as he immediately remembered that counterfeiting the emperor's will was a serious crime at this time, and was called "forging an edict."
Bo Zhao, a relative of Emperor Taizong Xiaowen, was mainly responsible for correcting the imperial edict, so he was forced to commit suicide. Later Dou Ying also died because of this.
After listening to Liu De's words, the old farmer stopped. He had to admit that at this time, the Han royal family had a high reputation among the people and had many supporters.
Although the old farmer was afraid of the nobles, he immediately lost his fear after hearing that Liu De was a representative of the royal family.
This is probably because China has always had a tradition that "all officials are bad, and the emperor must have been deceived."
"What do you want to know, noble man?" the old farmer hugged the two young children and asked with a grin.
"How many people are there in your family now?"
"The old man has three sons and four daughters. The eldest son is serving in the Confederate Army, the second son and the youngest son are farming at home, and the four daughters are also married..." The old farmer thought for a while and said: "Now the old man has sons, daughters-in-law, grandchildren, and grandsons-in-law in his family.
There are more than a dozen large and small ones!”
"These two are the old man's great-grandsons..." At this point, the old farmer laughed quite proudly.
Having four generations living under one roof is indeed something that many people are proud of.
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That bad guy who turned in for duty, don’t leave after school!!!!
Let me see it but I can’t eat it~~~~~~~~
Well, I plan to start fixing the update time tomorrow, otherwise I will be exhausted!
PS: The new book list is on the list, it’s so pitiful, the increase is slow after I collect it~
It's not even 2700 now...
Splashing and rolling all over the floor.
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