Taichang Gutan thought for a while and continued: "Don't continue to trick the prince into waiting for death. Since ancient times, few people who have been waiting for death have died well. His highness the prince's top priority should be to think about how to keep his position as the prince.
If you can’t keep your position as the crown prince, you will surely end up like many deposed princes in a few years!”
Sun He thought for a moment and then said: "What you said is true, and I think so. It is difficult to get to where I am now, but it is even harder to take a step back. This step back must be a dead end for me!"
Teng Yin continued to persuade: "Your Royal Highness, I think that Gu Taichang's words are the words of Da Miao. Liu Jiang (that is, Liu Qiang) took the initiative to resign the position of prince, retreating in order to advance, so as to wait for the changes of the times.
After all, Liu Xiu still loves Liu Jiang and his mother very much. Otherwise, how could he name him Jiang? It can be seen that Liu Xiu still has high expectations for him.
It's a pity that Liu Jiang died young. Otherwise, there is still a chance to turn things around. Liu Jiang's death was definitely not caused by Liu Zhuang. It could only be due to illness. It can be considered a good ending. If His Highness the Crown Prince wants
You still have to think twice before you act.”
Liu Jiang's life was quite lucky at the beginning. His mother was Guo Shengtong, the first queen of Emperor Guangwu of Han Dynasty Liu Xiu. Although Guo Shengtong initially married Liu Xiu because of his uncle's decision to marry Liu Yang, in exchange for Liu Guo
A political marriage between two families.
But after the marriage, Liu Xiu did not treat Guo Shengtong differently, but instead loved him very much.
When Liu Xiu became emperor, he originally wanted to make his first wife Yin Lihua the queen, but after Yin Lihua refused because Liu Xiu and Guo Shengtong had gone through hardships together and had children, Guo Shengtong successfully became the queen.
In the same year that Liu Xiu proclaimed himself emperor, he and Guo Shengtong's first son Liu Jiang was born. In the second year of Jianwu (AD 26), Liu Jiang was appointed as the crown prince.
At this time, the Guo family and their son were in the limelight. Even if Guo Shengtong's uncle, King Zhending Liu Yang, was executed for treason at the beginning of the same year, it did not affect the Guo family becoming the queen and Liu Jiang becoming the prince.
It can be seen that Liu Xiu loved Guo's mother and son at that time.
Liu Xiu has been cultivating Liu Jiang according to the standards of a prince.
Soon after Liu Jiang was born, Liu Xiu was already busy selecting talented people as his teachers. Even in the fifteenth year of Jianwu (39), Liu Jiang's two other half-brothers were named Zuo Yigong respectively.
and You Yigong, reflecting Liu Xiu's hope that these two princes can become the right-hand men of Prince Liu Jiang.
However, things are unpredictable. In the 17th year of Jianwu (41), Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty Liu Xiu deposed Guo Shengtong from the position of queen and canonized Yin Lihua as the queen on the grounds of "resentment" and "Lu Huo's style".
Queen.
Although in the same year he made Guo Shengtong's son, the original Youyi Gong Liu Fu, the King of Zhongshan, and also named Guo Shengtong the Queen Mother of Zhongshan, and allocated an extra county to the King of Zhongshan, using two counties to support the Guo family,
Moreover, Liu Jiang's position as prince was not affected.
Although Liu Xiu has never expressed the idea of trying to abolish the crown prince, Liu Jiang, who is intelligent by nature, knows very well that he has been the crown prince for sixteen years because he is the eldest son of the queen Guo Shengtong, so he is in love with her.
He should be regarded as the crown prince.
But now his mother is no longer the queen, and according to etiquette, he is no longer the eldest son.
Although he is not at fault, it is against etiquette and law for him to occupy the position of prince as a concubine. If he continues to stay in this position, he will inevitably become the target of public criticism.
Therefore, after his mother was deposed, Liu Jiang conveyed his intention to retire to the vassal king to his father Liu Xiu through the kings many times, hoping to get Liu Xiu's permission.
But Liu Xiu did not agree. Liu Xiu also understood that the idea of deposing the queen was a bit far-fetched. On the one hand, the prince was humble by nature, but on the other hand, he had no fault. If he deposed the prince altogether, it would inevitably appear inhumane.
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Although Liu Jiang was not deposed as the crown prince, it was difficult for him to stay in this position securely. He had always hoped to get an opportunity that would allow Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty to agree to his resignation.
After dinner at the Prime Minister's Mansion in Luoyang, the weather gradually became cooler. After Cao Shuang asked Yang Zong to be sent back to his home, he saw that it was still a little early, so he did not rush back to the backyard. He also ordered someone in the front hall to find some information about Luoyang and surrounding areas.
I read the iron ore records carefully,
Just because the court officials reported that there was a shortage of weapons in the army today, Cao Shuang had noticed this problem a few months ago, but never paid attention to it until the court officials mentioned it today.
After all, the main material for making weapons has changed from bronze to iron. The demand for iron has increased sharply. If a country wants to be stronger, it needs more iron ore. Of course, the more copper ores, the better.
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Luoyang is located in the Loess Plateau area in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River. The area has undulating mountains and rivers, complex terrain, numerous rivers and lakes, and rich products. It was one of the political, cultural, and economic centers at that time.
Located on the plains on the south bank of the Yellow River in central China, the climate is a warm temperate semi-humid continental climate. It has abundant water resources and has formed a fertile Loess Plateau agricultural area.
At the same time, the Luoyang area was also rich in coal, iron ore and other mineral resources, which provided strong support for the smelting and manufacturing industry at that time.
During the Eastern Han Dynasty, Luoyang became one of the political, economic and cultural centers of China at that time, and its city size and cultural level were among the top in the country at that time.
Therefore, the resource conditions and climate characteristics of the Luoyang area have an important impact on the formation and development of its culture.
Luoyang is famous for its pottery, iron and silk industries, and these industries have developed rapidly.
Iron ore is necessary to produce weapons, and most of the iron ore is in Wei State. Wu State also has a small amount of iron ore, but Shu Han has almost no iron ore, so Zhuge Liang had to invade Wei State repeatedly.
A tug-of-war with Wei. The consequence of this tug-of-war is that the national power will be weakened. In theory, it is conducive to the development of Wu's power.
This chapter is not finished yet. Please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! But in fact, the Wu State could not get any advantage at all. The reason was that there were too few iron ores and there was not enough iron ore to produce weapons. Therefore, the Wu State
He had no choice but to import large quantities of iron ore after surrendering to Wei State.
The Shu Kingdom invaded the Wei Kingdom and plundered it, causing a serious threat to the official iron ore mining system, and finally forced Cao Pi to order a monopoly system for ordnance production.
Only the official production of weapons is allowed, and civilian weapons are not allowed to appear. Logically speaking, the Shu Han invades every day and not all the people are soldiers. Instead, the citizens are restricted from holding weapons. This is actually a kind of helplessness. The reason is that there are too few iron ores and they have to be concentrated.
to the official production of weapons,
The private production of weapons not only threatened the Wei regime but also wasted national resources. It can be said that the compliance with Legalist thought during the Three Kingdoms period was not out of political needs, but for military and regime security considerations.
Why is the circulation of iron ore so controlled now? As a result, there is less trade with surrounding ethnic minorities. The main reason is that the iron ore mining technology left over from the Han Dynasty is not perfect, so the mining and utilization of iron ore is not as good as before.
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The high cost of mining iron ore has resulted in the high price of iron ore, which has naturally become a high-value product on the market. This has triggered many private groups to mine iron ore.
This not only causes a waste of national resources but also seriously consumes national financial resources. The mined iron ore is either circulated into our own hands or into the hands of enemy countries.
Therefore, due to the high cost of recycling these iron ores, the country still recycles them out of interest, but this seriously consumes the country's financial resources.
For a country that has been at war all year round, it still has to pay attention to financial expenses, so it is necessary to restrict social mining of iron ore. Therefore, the mining of iron ore became more monopolized during the Three Kingdoms period.
During the Three Kingdoms period, the demand for iron ore skyrocketed. Due to the constant wars, especially after Cao Cao's defeat in the south, it was discovered that the unification of the country was not a problem that could be solved in a short time.
Therefore, each has strengthened its armed forces, and strengthening the armed forces requires ordnance. The basis of ordnance is iron ore, so the demand for iron ore has increased linearly.
Therefore, if you want to strengthen your military power in a short period of time, you must control more iron ore. This is why Zhuge Liang plundered the government inventory after he invaded Wei. It was because the Shu Han Dynasty lacked iron ore and had to use offense as defense.
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But looking at the price of iron ore throughout the Three Kingdoms period, we found that the price of iron ore was actually very high among the private sector, and it was still very high until a later period.
But why did they still lose to the Mobei ethnic minorities after having a complete monopoly and franchise on iron ore? The overall quality was just too low, which meant that these people could not do anything when the country was in danger.
This monopoly on private iron ore processing and management rights reached a climax in the Three Kingdoms period and was inherited by several dynasties in later generations and has always adhered to this iron ore franchise system. This is also regarded as centralized.