Seven hundred and thirteenth section Anton Protectorate
Liu Che lay on the cool bed, listening to Ji An beside him, reading one by one the memorials from the local prefectures.
Since the Huaihua event, it has spread to major cities in the world.
From south to north, from the Yellow River to the Yangtze River Basin.
Large and small cities on both sides of the straight road and on both sides of the Yangtze and Yellow Rivers, where transportation is developed and news spreads quickly, have seen waves of people migrating northward in varying sizes.
Large numbers of rangers, jobless refugees and local 'heroes' left northward one after another.
The security situation on the straight road suddenly deteriorated.
In just half a month, at least one hundred murders due to robberies were reported in various places.
These things are of no importance.
The local officials can solve it.
In many cases, "vibrant civil organizations" can resolve matters themselves without the need for local officials to take action, and transfer the culprit to the government.
For a time, rangers from all over the country became the defenders of local security.
They use harsh, cruel and cold-blooded methods to attack any outsiders who dare to extend their claws into their territory.
Many merchants and wealthy households suddenly felt that their protection fees were not in vain, and that local heroes were still reliable at critical moments.
Many knights who were originally unknown, or even despised by others, found the value of life overnight and became praised by everyone as ≤∟长≤∟风≤∟文≤∟ ‘Knights’.
For Liu Che, the real trouble was the grievances of southern landowners and bureaucrats.
Especially the Qilu area.
Now, the Shangshu Desk is filled with memorials and petitions from officials, gentry and celebrities from Qilu.
People who can stuff memorials and letters directly onto the chancellor's desk are obviously not ordinary people.
These guys, one by one, said: "The great ancestor made laws to organize households and the people so that the people can find their own place." "Now the evil spirits are bewitching the people, making the people impetuous, but the local officials are unable to control it, the country is in danger of overthrowing, and the country is in danger of falling into disrepair."
He loudly shouted, "Please, Your Majesty, take measures to protect Guanjin and use extraordinary measures."
Well. At this time, they don't care about Qin Fa, Wudao, etc.
only……
Why should Liu Che listen to these scumbags?
These are greedy people who have always been good at talking, exploiting and squeezing tenants and civilians desperately, and eager to turn all local people into their own slaves.
If Liu Che hadn't been concerned about the voice of public opinion and the special situation in the Qilu area, Liu Che would have wanted to deal with these scumbags long ago.
"Detain them all..." After listening to Ji An's recitation, Liu Che gave the order without even thinking about it.
"All of them will be admitted..." Ji An was stunned for a moment, and then said respectfully: "No!"
Of course Ji An knew the meaning of keeping them all in the middle.
This is actually similar to 'throw them in the trash can'.
Historically, memorials retained by the emperor and petitions from local celebrities were basically not even qualified to be archived. They would all be thrown into the warehouses of the Chancery to become moldy, and then, one day, be taken away by a few eunuchs.
Go and burn it as firewood.
However, Ji An didn't have the slightest sympathy for these powerful landlords and bureaucrats in Qilu.
As a minister, he has access to a lot of information and intelligence.
Therefore, Ji An knew deeply how far the gentry landlords and powerful nobles of Qilu had squeezed the local people.
According to the report of the chief of the Louchuan General Yamen, Sima, Weiwei and other Louchuan officers stationed in Jiaoxi and Jiaodong: "In the past ten days, people have been crossing the sea, and ants have come. They all climbed up and fell into the water and died."
.Two or three out of ten...'
In order to jump onto General Lou Chuan's transport ship, the people of Qilu risked their lives and ignored the military's repeated warnings and threats. They jumped onto the deck or grabbed the cables on the ship while the ship was sailing. On average, there were ten people in the ship.
, two or three fell into the water and died.
Ji An's first feeling after reading these reports was: the people are really not afraid of death, the power of gold is so terrifying!
But then, the report that Da Nong and Xiu Yiwei sent back from Qilu made Ji An change his outlook and cognition.
Da Nong reported that in the Qilu area, the land rent paid by tenant farmers was more than 60%.
This is nothing. Except for Guanzhong, which county in the world has land rent like this?
Otherwise, how will the landlords make money?
But the problem is that in addition to paying rent to the landlord, local tenants in Qilu also have to bear taxes and corvees.
This is a little too much!
The tenants themselves had no land or little land, so they rented land from the landlord.
In the north, landowners exploit the people on the one hand, but on the other hand they also protect the people and assume certain social responsibilities.
For example, help tenants pay taxes and make more money.
After all, everyone depends on these tenants to work hard to cultivate the land and harvest more food.
Tenants were the landowner's most valuable property.
In places like Yanzhao and other places, certain military general families and princes would select some strong, honest and honest children from among their tenants to serve as their own soldiers and retainers.
Therefore, the families of these people were given preferential treatment, exempted from land rent, and given out wine and meat during festivals.
Almost all knight families in the North treat their tenants in this way.
Because they know that in the event of a war, the most reliable ones are the fathers and sons who grew up and trained with them.
As for Guanzhong, it was even more exaggerated. In order to win people's hearts, Emperor Liu directly reduced the rent tax on the fake fields in Shanglin Garden to 30%. The people of Sixian Garden in Shang were simply exempted from the rent tax.
This made the landlords in Guanzhong serve their tenants like uncles.
Because they were a little dissatisfied, they directly submitted an application to the government and went to Shanglin Garden to cultivate land for the emperor.
But what about Qilu?
These guys really tried every possible way to exploit their tenants, and their ultimate goal was to force these tenants to become their slaves.
Originally, Ji An naively thought that these guys would only do such immoral things at most.
But Xiu Yiwei's report refreshed Ji An's outlook on things.
He almost couldn't help but want to ask the emperor for orders to inspect Qilu and punish these tyrannical, extravagant and arrogant people.
According to Xiuyiwei's report, Qilu's powerful landlords, in addition to exploiting their tenants in terms of rent and taxes, also exploited their tenants.
Countless new tricks were also played.
For example, the landlords of Lu District stipulated that tenants were not allowed to harvest the weeds on the field ridges, because those grasses were the property of the landlords, and anyone who harvested them privately would have to pay compensation.
Not even letting go of the grass, wanting to exploit it.
The stinginess of the Lu people really opened Ji An's eyes.
But it's not over yet.
Some well-known celebrities, such as Kong, love lending money, and the interest rates are not high.
But he is a big fight in and a small fight out...
So, now, the old Kong family owns thousands of hectares of land in Qufu...
This made Ji An a little suspicious. If Kong Zhongni knew about it, would he crawl out of the grave to settle accounts with these guys?
The landowners in Lu are so corrupt that they have no friends.
Jinan's power is even more powerful.
People no longer play these imaginary things, and directly use the power of the government to exploit tenants and farmers, and use every means to squeeze these common people.
According to Xiuyiwei's report, there are now only 300 landowners left in the entire Jinan Kingdom.
Almost all the remaining people were "tenant slaves" and "if the common people were slightly dissatisfied, they would often be lynched without being questioned by the government."
Jinan King Liu Biguang was the biggest black hand in all this.
Xiuyiwei reported: King Pi Guangyin sent eunuchs to the common people of Suoli, who often conscripted people to build palaces on their birthdays, the birthday of the Queen Mother, and the birthdays of various princes. His actions that exceeded the rules made the people's resentment boil, and the people were like steaming.
cooking.
Even the remaining three hundred landowners in Jinan dared not speak out against Liu Biguang, and had to send large amounts of money and silk women as bribes every year to prevent Liu Biguang from being convicted.
Liu Biguang's elder brother, Liu Xuan, the king of Jiaoxi, also went almost there.
But Liu Xun's level of arrogance and extravagance was even greater than that of Liu Piguang!
He exploited and governed the people every year, but it still couldn't satisfy his extravagant spending, so he simply took out his official positions and titles and put them up for auction with clearly marked prices.
The kings in the Qilu region, including Jiaodong King Liu Xiongqu and Qi King Liu Jianglu, were somewhat decent.
But that's just a bit more decent than his brothers.
Ji An felt that in ancient times, these great kings could be compared with Jie and Zhou.
Under the oppression of these people, Ji An felt that if he were a commoner in Qilu, he would definitely run away if he had the chance.
Even if you die, you have to run!
However, Ji An cannot and cannot comment on the internal affairs of the Liu family.
After all, the East Palace has always felt that the Liu family is very important. Trouble like Wu Chu should not happen again.
However, Liu Che looked at Ji An. Liu Che knew very well that Ji An had a temperament that hated evil as much as hatred, and sympathized very much with the tragic experiences of the people at the bottom.
Just like in his previous life, Ji An was able to resist and even correct edicts for the sake of the people. He opened his official warehouses and provided relief to the victims, resulting in countless lives being saved.
"Shang Shuling..." Liu Che stood up and said, "Sir, what if I send my father Yan and Gongsun Hong to Qilu to verify the property of the local powerful and merchants?"
If Master Fuyan and Gongsun Hong went to Qilu, Liu Che had no doubt that these two guys would turn the world upside down.
In history, Zhufu Yan achieved the achievement of being the "crusher of princes and kings".
As for Gongsun Hong, with his skills, he can certainly play with the powerful landlords and princes of Qilu.
When Ji An heard this, he was startled. He lowered his head and said, "Your Majesty, I think something is wrong. From the East Palace..."
Liu Che nodded and agreed.
The reason why he can tolerate those scumbag uncles in Qilu until now, apart from worrying about public opinion, is the Empress Dowager of the East Palace.
It seems that after experiencing Wu Chu's rebellion, the old lady no longer wants to see any internal strife in the Liu family.
Liu Che made several mild suggestions, such as "sending a censor to inspect Qilu" or "sending envoys to visit Qilu", but the old lady rejected them all.
Therefore, as long as the old lady is still alive, Liu Che will really not be able to move unless the princes and kings of Qi and Lu rebel.
However, Liu Che was not unable to clean up those scum.
It's just that, right now, Liu Che can't spare any time.
As soon as the big deal in Huaihua is finalized, Liu Che will close the door and let Chao Cuo go.
You know, Chao Cuo was talking about "continuing the great achievements of the late emperor and curing the lawlessness of the princes and kings". It was not a matter of one or two days.
"Ji Qing..." Liu Che said with his hands behind his back: "You will go to Lou Chuan General's Yamen for me and tell General Lou Chuan Xu Han: The officials and people of Qilu want to take a boat to cross eastward, so don't be in harm's way. I order General Lou Chuan to increase the number."
Fifteen building transfer ships were dispatched to various ports in Qilu. If there were officials boarding the ships, please do not stop them. They would all be transported to Pyongyang! Then, a Pyongyang order was issued to the king of Joseon and the king of Han Dynasty, instructing them to do a good job in accepting the people and resettling them!
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"No!" Ji An nodded, followed the order and left.
This can be regarded as the only feasible expedient at present.
After Ji An left, Liu Che sat down in front of a table and ordered to his left and right: "I will serve you with pen and ink!"
The eunuchs on the left and right immediately brought pens, inks, paper and inkstones.
Liu Che picked up his pen, wrote an edict on the paper, blew the ink on it, then stamped it with the Emperor's official seal, handed it to Wang Dao, and ordered: "Pick it up and send it to the Prime Minister's Palace and the General's Residence!"
This is a book-making process.
According to the legend of Zuo: The king of Zhou also made rituals.
Xunzi said: If you praise it from heaven, who can use it to control the destiny of heaven?
Later, the Theory of Salt and Iron also said: Therefore, the method of making the king is as clear as the sun and the moon.
To put it simply, the difference between making a book and an imperial edict is that the former can only be seen by officials. It is an order of the emperor to announce to all officials, formulate etiquette and legal systems or establish departments.
The emperor ordered.
Half a month later, this book-making process arrived in Xinhua City.
General Bo Shi, the guardian of Huaihua County, led hundreds of civil and military officials of Huaihua and the nobles of Yi people to kneel down at his official residence to receive this order.
"I heard that in the past, Emperor Yu divided the nine states and ruled the world, and Queen Xia ruled the world for six hundred years; Tang and Wu were enfeoffed, and they enjoyed the country for hundreds of years; King Wen used etiquette, King Wu used virtue, and the Zhou Dynasty used this
I have been king of the world for eight hundred years, and now I admire the rule of the three generations of ancestors and pursue the virtues of Yao and Shun. I have ordered the guardian of Huaihua County, General Yi, to be the governor of the Andong Protectorate for the rest of his life. He will govern the entire territory of Huaihua, Zhenfan, Han, and Woju
There are five captains: the minister of Tang Yi Hou Shi Zichen shall be the captain of Huaihua County and the western captain; the minister Long Luhou of Huaihua Lingxi shall be the northwest captain; the minister Zhang Yu of the North Korean guard shall be the captain of North Korea; the minister of North Korea will be the lieutenant.
Anguo shall be the captain of South Korea; I will serve as the captain of the northern part of the country. Your Majesty, please understand my intention and use the will of the Grand Duke to transform barbarians into summer and protect our Chinese Miao descendants!"
The messenger who issued the order was Yi Zong's younger brother Zhang Cigong. This time he was also sent to Huaihua by Liu Che. By the way, he was given the title of Northern Captain, but he actually came here with more than a thousand Yulin Guards to keep an eye on him.
With the gold mining and resettlement work throughout Huaihua, we will prevent brothers Chen Xi and Chen Xu from getting away with it.
For this reason, Liu Che gave Zhang Cigong an order to "do it conveniently, but without my order, Chen Xu and Chen Xi will be deprived of their posts and escorted to Chang'an".
Of course, if Brother Chen Xu does well, Liu Che will also be rewarded.
In addition, the biggest function of this book-making process is actually to clarify the establishment of the Duhufu, a prestigious colonial institution in Chinese history.
During the Han and Tang dynasties, the Protectorate of the Western Regions, such as the Protectorate of the Western Regions, was actually the vanguard of the Chinese dynasty's external expansion and colonization.
The famous Ban Chao joined the army and used the strength of the Western Region Protectorate, which had only two to three thousand people, to lay a solid foundation for the expansion of the Eastern Han Dynasty in the Western Regions.
During the prosperous Tang Dynasty, the Duhufu directly crossed Congling and pushed China's military front into Central Asia. The Nine Surnames of Zhaowu and so on were actually protectorates and tributaries of China.
If Li Longji hadn't made a mistake, given the current situation and the combat power of the Tang army, even if there were three more Tanros, the Tang army would have been able to push Lu Lu back.
Now, Liu Che has integrated the entire Huaihua, North Korea, and South Korea into the Andong Protectorate, just to test whether a colonial system similar to the Protectorate meets practical needs. (To be continued.)
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