Nine hundred and sixty-ninth section change customs
In the spring of the fifth year of Yuande's reign, an earthquake struck suddenly.
The magnitude of this earthquake was relatively small, only about magnitude 5, maybe even less than magnitude 5, and caused very little property damage and human losses.
Chang'an City just felt the earth shake obviously. At this time, about a few teacups fell to the ground and broke.
The epicenter of the earthquake was in a small mountain village near Hongguyuan, west of Chang'an.
The earthquake caused houses in the village to collapse and one person died.
However, this earthquake caused Liu Che to break out in a cold sweat.
"Fortunately, I defused this time bomb last year..." Liu Che sighed: "Otherwise, the consequences would be disastrous!"
If those merchants' workshops are still over there in Hongguyuan.
Liu Che didn't even know what to do.
None of those businessmen will be able to escape, and they will all lose their heads.
What's even more frightening is that this matter will definitely be interpreted by Confucians as "mechanical ornaments". There are lawless people who try to use "mechanism" to disrupt the world, so the sky is angry and the earth shakes.
How can Liu Che sit back and relax like he is now, holding up a small bench with a smile and watching the Gongyang faction beat Lu Ru?
I'm afraid I have to put out the fire a long time ago!
However, in the eyes of Guanzhong people and other people, this small earthquake is just that.
Since King Ping moved eastward, Guanzhong has entered a geologically active period.
The national certificate even records the Qishan Earthquake, the first recorded magnitude 8 earthquake in human history.
Historical records: Three rivers dried up and Qishan collapsed!
The Qishan Earthquake may be too far away from the memories of people in Guanzhong.
But another earthquake whose scale was not inferior to the Qishan earthquake was still deeply memorable.
In the first month of the second year of Empress Lu, a major Wudu earthquake with a magnitude exceeding 8 occurred in the area at the junction of Guanzhong and Hanzhong.
This earthquake completely changed many landforms in Hanzhong and Shu County.
As a result, the ancient Han River ceased to exist. It was blocked by landslides and debris flows caused by earthquakes, and turned into barrier lakes. These barrier lakes are still outside Yangping Pass today. This is the so-called "Heaven and Earth Daze" recorded in history books.
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This earthquake even affected future generations.
The upper reaches of the Jialing River in later generations was actually the upper reaches of the ancient Han River.
The earthquake forced the ancient Han River to be intercepted, and at the same time, the Jialing River was unable to flow into Sichuan.
As a result, the Jialing River seized the upper reaches of the ancient Han River.
Yu Gong recorded: The water of Canglang passed three rivers, and as for Dabie, the scene of southerners crossing the river no longer existed.
As for today's Han Dynasty, the most important impact of that earthquake is that the people of Guanzhong were quite calm in the face of the earthquake. At that time, the earthquake in Wudu lasted for eight months, from the first month of the second year of Queen Lu to the eighth day of that year.
In August, aftershocks continued, and the earthquakes in Guanzhong were felt very strongly.
Moreover, today, that great earthquake has become the crime that people all over the world accuse Empress Lu of. If it weren’t for you, Sichen, how could such a serious earthquake happen? It must be your fault!
Therefore, even though this earthquake was very close to Chang'an.
However, everyone still sang and danced.
and no other reaction.
The attention of the people in Guanzhong was more attracted by another thing.
On March 14th in the spring of the fifth year of Yuande, Liu Che officially issued an edict to move to Hangu and related to Xin'an.
The geography of Guanzhong therefore moved three hundred miles eastward.
Regarding this matter, the gentry and people in Guanzhong were discussing it a lot.
Some are supportive and some are complaining.
However, there was little opposition.
As for the people in Xin'an and the vast area south of Xin'an County, the only two words to describe their feelings are tears in their eyes and tears of joy.
This is easy to understand.
It's like eating Ma'anshan in Nanjing in later generations. See how the citizens of Ma'anshan express their joy?
Apart from other things, he finally became a Guanzhong person. This reason is enough to make the people in these places sing and dance.
Not to mention, entering Guanzhong means enjoying the same benefits as Guanzhong.
Including Shanglinyuan’s shelter and food protection as well as preferential salt and iron prices and preferential tax policies.
Although Xin'an and the vast area south of it cannot be considered Guanzhong people for a while, they will not be legally regarded as Guanzhong people until Hangu Pass is moved here and completed.
Liu Che's attention shifted from Guangguan to another aspect, changing customs!
Whose style should we change? Whose custom should we change?
The customs and customs of this southeastern land including Jiangdu Kingdom, Donghai County, Kuaiji County, and Yuzhang County.
As early as when Liu Che came to the throne, the censor of Kuaiji County reported: The folk custom of Kuaiji worshiped ghosts and gods, and cattle and sheep were often sacrificed, and the people were exhausted.
After Liu Yan went to Jiangdu, he not only reported that the people of Jiangdu liked the witches and gods, and sacrificed a lot of money, and they often lived in poverty.
As for the newly naturalized Donghai County, it is even more exaggerated that its people all attach great importance to worshiping the witch god, and they often lose their families and property to worship the witch god.
This is a local tradition that has existed for hundreds or thousands of years.
When people are sick or happy or mourning, they love to offer sacrifices to the witch gods.
And they like to sacrifice cows.
This is because cattle farming is not common in the area.
In the southeastern region, until now, except for a few places, most rural areas are still stuck in the primitive farming era of slash-and-burn farming.
Under such circumstances, cattle farming is simply a fantasy for them.
In addition, the local farming environment is dominated by paddy fields, where schistosomiasis is rampant, and people are often susceptible to schistosomiasis.
All kinds of strange and absurd symptoms appear in people's eyes.
When ignorant people encounter such problems, it is useless to seek medical advice and can only turn to illusory witches and gods for help.
At the beginning of his accession to the throne, Bodhisattva Liu Cheni crossed the river and was unable to protect himself.
Naturally, I didn’t dare to touch this issue.
but now……
Liu Che already has the ability, determination and conditions to deal with and solve this problem.
"In the past, Ximen Leopard ruled Ye and killed He Bo, so he ruled it greatly!" Liu Che sat in the main hall of Xuanshi Hall and looked at the hundreds of officials kneeling in the hall.
These are outstanding grassroots cadres selected from the sixty-eight counties in Guanzhong and the Sanhe area by the imperial censor, the internal history officer, and the Taichang Yamen.
They have been studying in Gantang for the past six months.
Now, after being trained by Gantang, they will become the cornerstone of Liu Che's southeast strategy.
"I entrust the southeastern country to you and others. I hope that you and others will live up to my expectations of the world, change customs, guide them with etiquette, guide them with music, and harmonize them with politics!" Liu Che said full of hope: "We will succeed.
On that day, I will hold a celebration banquet for you all here, and celebrate with you all!"
They will then go to the four southeastern counties, including Jiangdu, to serve as county magistrates, postal supervisors, bookkeepers and other grassroots positions.
They will come face-to-face with deep-rooted local shamanistic traditions and powerful local interest groups, just like the one faced by Ximen Bao.
This will not only test their skill, ability and wisdom, but also test their patience.
Of course, Liu Che, the entire court and the Han family's million-strong army will be their solid backing.
"I respectfully obey the imperial edict, work hard and sleep late at night, and dare not forget His Majesty's instructions!" the ministers bowed three times.
"I have issued an edict prohibiting people from eating all snails. After you wait, you must go deep into the place, enter the pavilion, and take the trouble to preach to the elders about the harm and poison of snails!" Liu Che continued.
Schistosomiasis, in the eyes of today's people, is simply a curse of witchcraft and a disease of the devil.
But, for time travellers, this is no secret.
This is a parasitic disease.
It is extremely harmful to the human body. In later generations, this parasite has long been eradicated by humans.
But now, it and their hosts are active in water networks and ponds in southeastern China.
Liu Che is now unable to do what **** did to exterminate them.
However, there is no way to deal with them!
Since the year before last, one of Chun Yuyi's disciples, together with more than a dozen people, has been taking root in Jiangdu for a long time, experimenting with various snail-killing drugs.
Finally, now, a relatively cheap and easily available snail-killing drug, tea cake, has been found.
This is a by-product of camellia fruit oil extraction, which is slightly poisonous. In many places, it is regarded as a folk remedy for killing and repelling insects.
After experiments, tea cakes can effectively kill snail larvae in the water.
In addition, oleander also has a good snail-killing effect.
This was what Chunyu Yi's disciple accidentally discovered. He discovered that wherever there are oleanders, there are no snails. On the contrary, even if they are less than ten steps away, there are traces of snails.
As we all know, oleander is poisonous.
Especially its seeds, leaves, and rhizomes are highly toxic and can poison humans and animals.
However, as the saying goes, one thing reduces another.
The highly poisonous oleander has become the nemesis of the snails!
Therefore, Liu Che's method of dealing with schistosomiasis is very simple.
On the one hand, tea cakes are used to kill snails in paddy fields; on the other hand, oleanders are widely planted on both sides of rivers and ponds in villages.
At the same time, people are encouraged to soak oleander leaves, roots and fruits in water and throw them into ponds, channels and rivers.
Although doing so seems likely to result in the indiscriminate killing of innocent people.
But at least the spread of schistosomiasis can be restrained and limited.
You know, schistosomiasis is not that widespread in China now.
Taking measures now to eliminate and control snails is enough to limit the spread of schistosomiasis among the people.
Although it cannot be eradicated, schistosomiasis can be controlled!
However, the key to whether this policy can be promoted and implemented lies in the officials in front of us.
As long as they are loyal to their duties, work actively, promote and implement according to the methods they learned from Gantang, and control the snails, schistosomiasis can be restricted.
Of course, Liu Che never puts his eggs in one basket.
He also has a backup plan.
That's martial law!
Once the snail control in a certain county is unfavorable or the resistance is too great.
Go directly to the army!
In later dynasties, this may be delusional.
But in the Han Dynasty, this was as normal as eating and drinking.
If the emperor feels that a certain place is going out of control, he will order the princes or generals to lead the army and directly take over all local civil affairs until the local order returns to normal or the emperor feels that it is okay.
As for local witches and witchcraft as well as traditional feudal superstitions.
Could they still compete with Liu Che, the emperor who was ordered by heaven to live forever, to rule and dominate all things in the world, and the future of the universe?
No need for Liu Che to take action!
As long as these officials are smarter and learn Ximen Bao's old tricks, it will be fine.
You said you can communicate with gods?
Could you please go say hello to the ghosts and gods?
Anyway, the shaman gods in the southeast are all related to water.
Just throw one away when you see one, and you can always defeat them!
If there is national justice, administrative power, and the backing of the army and guns.
These officials can't even deal with a few witches who are pretending to be gods.
Then, they are not worth investing resources and efforts into cultivating.
"After arriving at the place, your ministers should not be afraid of difficulties or hardships, let alone local material discussions and the opinions of the people!" Liu Che encouraged and supported these officials: "As long as you follow the square formation strategy that you learned in Gantang,
If you act according to my orders, then I guarantee that you, like the Ximen Leopard, will be revered and worshiped by incense for eternity!"
"Ximen Bao said: The people can be successful, but don't worry about it. Although I am suffering from my father, my father and my children, I will make my father, my children and my grandchildren think about me when I am a hundred years old." Liu Che looked at them and said, "I will encourage you to wait for me!"
This is also true.
To this day in Ye County, there is still the Ximen Taishou offering sacrifices, and the incense continues year after year.
The former Governor of Ximen has now become their patron saint in Ye County, not only the city god, but also the land.
Moreover, this kind of sacrifice is protected by the state.
Included in the category of national sacrifices.
In other words, Ximen Bao's enthronement as a god was not only recognized by the people, but also endorsed by the government and the royal family.
Just like the son of Li Bing in Shu County became Erlang Guankou.
Most of the Chinese gods are preceded by humans and gods. (To be continued.)
