"Yes, the ten major families account for 70% of the land in old China. Together with the many small families, they occupy almost all the land in the northwest. It is really scary to think about it." Xiao Han said.
"In a backward society, land is everything. Big families monopolize land and subcontract it to farmers to rent crops. This is a typical feudal land system." Zhang Yi said, "People are afraid of civilizations that once possessed destructive weapons.
, it’s understandable that they all want to go back to the past. But it’s abominable to be used by people like Liu Kai to go against the grain and directly drag the times back to two thousand years ago.”
"It's very abominable. Millions of people are enslaved by a very small number of people. A few people can spend a lot of time and alcohol while others don't even have enough to eat." Xiao Han said sadly, "Don't people want to rebel?"
“It’s not that I don’t want to, it’s that I can’t do it,” Zhang Yi said. “The feudal land system is linked to a huge bureaucracy. There are hundreds of civil and military officials in the court, and there are many officials in various places. Even the market has a market supervisor.
Position. Under the control of the army, officials and families, it is difficult to rebel if you want to go to heaven."
"Brother Yi, you said that land is everything. Then our land is only a hundred miles in circumference. It seems that there is no way to fight against Liu Kai, who is thousands of miles in circumference. Is that so?" Xiao Han said a little depressed.
This stopped Zhang Yi from asking, but this is a major issue that may even determine the life or death of a new civilization, so we must think clearly about it.
He got out of bed, picked up the kettle on the table, and poured two glasses of cold water.
Xiao Han wanted to go out to find hot water, but Zhang Yi stopped him.
"Xiaohan, we must make this issue clear, otherwise, we will lose our direction and eventually be swallowed up by Liu Kai. Not to mention, there are also forces in the east and south."
"Brother Yi, no one can explain it clearly except you. You tell me and I listen." Xiao Han said.
Zhang Yi smiled. Sometimes it was difficult to find someone who could understand what he said.
The two of them sat on the bed, Zhang Yi cheered up and continued talking.
"I mean, in a backward society, land determines everything. Only enough land can maintain an army and many bureaucrats."
Zhang Yi took the specific situation of Mopan City as an example. In the past, General Cao mainly focused on plundering, and raising one soldier required an acre of harvest. In addition to raising horses and purchasing weapons, his bandit army could never exceed a thousand people.
But this is not the normal standard.
Wang Kang said that the Kingdom of China has 2 million acres of cultivated land. If a warrior is raised on 10 acres of land, he should be able to organize an army of 200,000 people. Cavalry is much more expensive, and requires 100 acres of land to support both men and horses.
This is considered a normal standard.
This standard is already very low. The reason why the ancient Qin State was able to unify the world was because each of their elite warriors could get 100 acres of fiefdom. This treatment was top-notch in the ancient world, so the warriors were eager to go to the battlefield to kill the enemy and perform meritorious service.
However, Wang Kang revealed that the Kingdom of China had only 50,000 regular troops, including only 8,000 cavalry.
Why so few?
It's because the big families monopolize the land!
Families, large and small, want to maintain their own luxurious life and are unwilling to hand over more harvests to the kingdom. Such a political system is deformed and destined to fail to form a huge army.
Liu Kai's life was difficult, Zhang Yi knew.
Liu Kai wanted to further expand and even unify China, but he couldn't do it with 5,000 troops. He was too stretched to maintain the stability of the northwest region. How could he have the ability to expand further?
In addition, he also has to support a bunch of bureaucrats, and he laughs if he can balance his monthly income and expenditure. Under such circumstances, there is no room left to develop economic and cultural undertakings.
In other words, he lacks visionary experts around him. Like the overlord General Cao, he is surrounded by villains who follow the crowd and only want to get promoted and make a fortune.
If Liu Kai wants to completely solve the problem, he must be ruthless to take over all the land monopolized by the family and distribute it to the people relatively fairly. If he does this, he will be able to form a standing army of more than 200,000 people, and it is even possible
Unify China.
"Brother Yi, it would be great if you had Liu Kai's conditions." Hearing this, Xiao Han understood. Brother Yi actually prescribed a good medicine for old China, "I believe you can lead the brothers to unify."
China."
Zhang Yi nodded. He thought that China must be unified. This is everyone's wish. It just depends on who and what method they use to unify.
"Xiaohan, I'm just standing in Liu Kai's shoes and talking about his way of enriching the country and strengthening the army." Zhang Yi corrected, "But this method is still backward and cannot solve the fundamental problem. You know, my
The ideal of the new civilization is to thoroughly implement public ownership, eliminate kings, bureaucrats, landlords, etc., and establish a true democratic system. Throughout the ages, this has been a bottleneck that is difficult for mankind to break through, but if we don’t break through, we will fall into an endless cycle!”
Xiao Han was shocked by these words. This was not the first time he was shocked by Yi Ge, but he was more shocked every time, especially after analyzing the crux of Liu Kai's kingdom.
Zhang Yi made a strong effort and continued.
"In the backward agricultural era, land was everything. Now, of course, we are even more backward and everyone wants to occupy more land. But for us, land does not determine everything!"
"Then what determines everything?" Xiao Han asked with his eyes widened.
"It's the mind!" Zhang Yi said clearly.
If you use land resources to compete with others, you will definitely lose.
The greatest competitiveness is imagination, creativity and ideas that touch people's hearts. These things may seem weak, but in fact they are the most powerful. This is wisdom.
With wisdom and inventions, one can transcend the limitations of land resources, gallop across the vast world, and launch a general war against various hostile forces.
On the surface, a country is built on land, but in fact, a country is built on people's hearts. If you win the hearts of the people, you can win everything.
Zhang Yi said, for example, that books are one of the most powerful weapons. Through books, they can spread the concept of civilization, open people's horizons, and guide them to see a better future. This can lay a good mass foundation for a vigorous reform movement.
Xiao Han nodded vigorously. In his opinion, his sworn brother not only had great wisdom, but also had a fair and selfless heart. Xiao Han felt lucky to be able to follow such a person.
"Break through the bottleneck that humans have never broken through, brother Yi," Xiao Han said with an excited metaphor, "Brother Yi, just go ahead and do it, I am the sword in your hand, Xiao Long is like a flying dragon, Daniel and Xiao Shi are your armor and
Shield. Just control the dragon and charge, and we will definitely realize our dream!"
Zhang Yi patted Xiaohan on the shoulder happily. His metaphor was very vivid, lively and interesting. Since ancient times, to unify the world, there must be a core team. There may not be many people, but they must be united into one. Everyone has