Chapter 236 The hometown opens the door, we are the king of the Tang Dynasty
However, although Li Xuan wanted to divide the land among the local tycoons in his heart, he was quite cautious about it. Even though he thought about it in his heart, it did not necessarily mean that he would do so.
Since we are engaging in rebellion, we must learn from history!
How did the great Taiping Heavenly Kingdom come to an end in history? They did not die because of military strategic mistakes, nor because of the interference of foreign powers, nor even because of degeneration in the middle and late stages. The reason why they failed was because they combined everything from Confucianism.
They all denied it, which completely angered the backbone of society at that time: Confucian scholars!
And what are the origins of these Confucian scholars? They are all from the landlord class. Even if they are disciples from poor families, they will still become the landlord class after they succeed in studying!
In other words, if you attack the landlords, it is almost the same as attacking the scholars. But what will be the consequences of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom if you attack the scholars?
Countless Confucian ministers and generals raised armies to fight against the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom one after another. Was it because Zeng Guofan, Li Hongzhang and other countless Confucian ministers were loyal to the alien emperor of the Qing Dynasty that they worked so hard to suppress the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom?
No, the reason why they worked so hard to suppress the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is because wherever the Taiping Army went, the first thing they did was destroy the Confucius Temple and kill the scholars.
This kind of thing makes these scholars hate it more than overthrowing a dynasty. Since the Han Dynasty, no matter how the dynasty changed for thousands of years, Confucian disciples have always been the ruling class.
Therefore, changing dynasties is actually nothing to many scholars. The most serious thing is to change the object of allegiance.
For example, after Li Zicheng entered the capital, so many officials surrendered. After the Manchus entered the customs, these officials would simply surrender, because both of them were retained or even relied on Confucian disciples to continue to rule.
But as for the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, they not only wanted to change the dynasty, they actually wanted to change the entire ruling class!
Therefore, the Taiping Rebellion was definitely not a simple rebellion or a peasant uprising, it was a class war!
A challenge war between the elite class and the elite class!
This kind of class war has only occurred once in thousands of years of history in China, and even in thousands of years of history at home and abroad. However, this kind of thing is more difficult than breaking out of the galaxy, so there is no doubt that it failed.
Although Li Xuan himself did not understand these thoroughly, he knew not to easily stand on the opposite side of a class and create enemies for himself.
The current Tang Dynasty is a little bigger. If you shout slogans randomly, you can easily get yourself into a desperate situation. Therefore, Li Xuan thought about it for two days before finally shouting a pirated slogan from the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom: "Land to the tiller."
"Everyone has a home."
But this is just one sentence, and it does not mention the most core aspect of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's land-acreage system: all land is divided according to the population, regardless of men or women, counting the number of people in the family. If there are more people, the more will be divided, and if there are fewer people, the less will be divided.
Li Xuan only said that those who farm should have fields and people should have houses, but he did not say that all the land should be divided equally.
This uneven distribution means that there is no need to forcefully distribute land from landlords to the poor.
This slogan actually doesn't have much practical content. It just sounds good to ordinary people, because Li Xuan didn't propose how to allocate fields and houses to them at all.
This is like later generations casually shouting a slogan: "Everyone should have money in their pockets!"
But how do you get money? Should you share Jack Ma's money with everyone, or should everyone make money by themselves? They didn't tell you.
However, this slogan was oriented to the outside world, but within the Datang Dynasty, or more accurately, to the soldiers in the New Army of the Tang Dynasty, there was a more practical slogan: Anyone who joins the New Army of the Tang Dynasty can be divided into fields.
And this land is not said to belong to the wastelands in the mountains, but to the land outside the mountains!
The soldiers in the New Army of the Tang Dynasty are not paid, and the so-called welfare is just a meal. Now it is officially launched to allocate fields to the soldiers, which can be regarded as a welfare for them, and it also ties them to the chariot of the Tang Dynasty.
and attract more poor children to join the army.
As for where the distributed land comes from? This is simple!
At present, the new army of the Tang Dynasty only has a few hundred people in total, and it does not need much land. Some of the unowned wasteland can be resettled, and the remaining part can be found to kill a few big landowners with bad records, confiscate their properties and divide the fields.
In the later period, if the army expands and the number of fields that need to be divided increases, there are still many official fields and imperial villages that can be divided, and because the scale of the divided fields is only controlled by the New Army of the Tang Dynasty, the scale of the divided fields is controllable and will not cause any problems.
The phenomenon of large-scale killing of local tyrants to divide the world.
Even now, in order to control the situation and prevent it from accidentally turning into a large-scale killing of local tyrants to divide their land, Li Xuan strictly stipulates that he is only allowed to kill those who have great public dissatisfaction or who have clear opposition to the Tang Dynasty and have committed acts of resistance.
Evil gentry and landlord.
Ordinary large landowners and gentry did not move, and the small and medium-sized landowners were even less likely to move.
Moreover, even if the local tycoons were killed, it was not under the guise of dividing their land. Instead, they were accused of fighting against the Heavenly Soldiers of the Tang Dynasty and colluding with the Ming Dynasty. All the land was officially owned by the Tang Dynasty and then distributed to the soldiers for free.
them.
In order to avoid panic, Li Xuan took all possible measures to unite forces. Every time he went to a village, he would appoint the original village chief, Li Zheng, etc. as the village chief or township chief, and would also take the initiative to talk to him.
Some ordinary local gentry and landowners made good-will contacts.
Many gentry and landowners were very positive about the arrival of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty. They all sang and danced, and even presented wine and food to the troops, showing a harmonious appearance between the army and the people.
The specific scene is as follows: The landlord said with a warm smile on his face: "Master Wang, I finally welcome you. Come on, accept all these food and drinks. You're welcome!"
The bandit leader said with an upright face: "If you don't accept them, our new army of the Tang Dynasty will not disturb the people or plunder. This is discipline!"
The landowner became anxious when he heard this: "How can we say this is disturbing the people and plundering? This is because I saw Master Wang working hard all the way, so I took the initiative to donate it because I felt sorry. It is not considered plundering!"
When the bandit leader heard this, he looked embarrassed: "Well, since you took the initiative to donate, if we don't accept it, we will be betraying your hard work. Alas, forget it, we will accept it reluctantly!"
The landlord said: "Yes, yes, keep it, keep it!"
Seeing that the bandits had collected all the food and wine, the landlord smiled charmingly and said, "Master Jun, look, can this gun be put down?"
The bandit leader looked back at this moment and glared at the musketeers behind him who had bayonets attached and aimed their guns at the landlord: "What are you doing? Who told you to raise your guns? There are no rules at all."
I don’t understand, what should I do if I’m frightened?”
"What are you still doing? You haven't loaded the grain onto the carriage. You can't see anything at all!"
It was only the soldiers who loaded the grain into the carriage, and the carriage was already half full of grain, all of which had been "voluntarily donated" by big households.
After saying that, the bandit leader turned around and said to the landlord: "I'm really sorry, these bastards don't understand any rules. Didn't they scare the officials?"
The landlord wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, forced a smile on his face and said, "No, the military master is serious!"
The bandit leader hummed, and then said: "I'll leave first when the military affairs are busy. Please ask the members to go back!"
The landlord then returned to the gate with his legs that had finally stopped shaking. When he closed the door, he glanced outside and found that the soldiers of the New Army of the Tang Dynasty, who did not take advantage of the masses, had knocked on the door of a large family next door.
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"Fellow, open the door. We are the King of the Tang Dynasty. We are all good people. We will not plunder or disturb the people!"
After shouting twice, the door was still not opened. There seemed to be a sound of footsteps, and there were calls from inside: "How dare I, a mere thieves, dare to claim to be the king's master!"
After hearing this voice, the leading bandit leader drew his sword directly: "What a thief, how dare you harbor a false spy!"
“Everyone has it!”
"preparation!"
"shooting!"
As the sound of shooting rang out, the landowner who had just donated the food was finally frightened to the point where he could not stand and collapsed limply on the ground!
Gunshots rang out frequently in this large village called Liusha Village, and in a magnificent mansion in Liusha Village, Li Xuan was having a cordial relationship with the richest man in Liusha Village, Mr. Huang, who had a reputation as a scholar and was already in his seventies.
chat!
In this cordial conversation, Li Xuan, on behalf of the Central Committee of the Tang Dynasty, cordially asked Mr. Huang whether he was still healthy and whether his children were filial. He also announced to Mr. Huang some policies of the Tang Dynasty to benefit the people, and reiterated that the Tang Dynasty would not
The policy of not plundering without disturbing the people.
And I hope that Mr. Huang can lead the villagers to contribute wholeheartedly to the cause of the Tang Dynasty and build a beautiful Tang Dynasty together!
After that, Li Xuan smiled and took it as a test for Mr. Huang's great-grandson, and said that Mr. Huang's great-grandson was actually the first-class talent within a hundred miles, and he was also the talent that Datang urgently needed.
On the spot, Huang Xiyan, the great-grandson of Mr. Huang, was awarded the official position of doctor in the Ministry of Rites of the Tang Dynasty!
Mr. Huang was so moved that he started crying on the spot and immediately knelt down and hugged Li Xuan’s thigh to thank him!
Li Xuan's guards were worried that Mr. Huang was old and might not be able to bear kneeling for a long time, so they hurriedly helped him up and carried him back to his room.
Later, Li Xuan left the royal family with Huang Xiyan, the great-grandson of the Huang family's local chief who was crying and reluctant to leave home.
After leaving Huang's house, Li Xuan listened to Huang Xiyan's cry behind him, looked up at the sky, and sighed deeply: "Oh, filial son, this dynasty has always reorganized the school, and Huang Aiqing has both loyalty and filial piety, so he should be rewarded, um, official
Level up!"
Qian Mengjiu looked at Li Xuan's expression with a rather strange expression. He walked to Li Xuan and lowered his voice and said, "Your Majesty, if we forcibly abduct all the direct descendants of these wealthy families, I'm afraid it will cause turmoil!"
After hearing this, Li Xuan glanced at him, but did not answer his words, but snorted lightly!
Then he turned around and said to the guards: "Let's go to the next house!" rw