After the little fat man Liu Bian was beaten up by his father, he handed it over to He Xiu and asked him to take him away. He didn't even let the little fat man meet Empress Song and Empress Dowager Dong, and was taken away by He Xiu.
, after sending him away, the emperor also had a headache. He himself was very stubborn when he was young, and now he has suffered retribution. Yuan Shu also suffered retribution.
He was originally a dandy that no one in Luoyang dared to mess with, but he never thought that one day he would be beaten up by another dandy who was more powerful than him. He would even be remembered by him...
At this time, Liu Bo, Zhang Jiao and others who were far away in Hebei had not yet waited for the envoy, but Duan Xi, who was stationed in Hezhou, greeted the angel and asked him to return to Luoyang immediately. The soldiers under his command,
But they still have to stick to this place to deal with the Ding Ling tribe that has been making moves recently. However, the targets of these Ding Ling tribe around Hezhou are not the powerful men who are now in power.
Their goal is more to migrate and prepare to enter the border residents of the Han Dynasty. Since Wang Fu implemented a series of new policies, and Wen Renxi proposed for the first time to absorb large-scale manpower in the border areas, enrich the household registration in the border areas, and then
Among them, those who have made meritorious deeds have moved to the heartland areas after the tolerant policy, and there have been countless such migrations.
Youzhou alone has already registered nearly 100,000 people in a short period of time. The arrival of these people not only enriched the local household registration and increased the labor force, they also started to develop the border states and counties, making Youzhou,
The cultivated land in the four states of Hezhou, Xinzhou, and Liangzhou gradually increased, especially the construction of the Yuyang Chi Road, which made Youzhou the richest state among the four states.
The livestock, wool, minerals, etc. produced here were transported to Jizhou, Yanzhou and other areas, and there were many business trips. Even if the temple tried its best to suppress these merchants, it could not stop their enthusiasm. The previous order to reduce business taxes was mostly targeted at folk handicrafts.
, which can be regarded as being for the sake of the people, the relatively low handicraft industry tax has opened up a new path for the people.
On weekdays, people who wasted their time away from farming began to invest in the production of handmade products on a large scale. As mentioned before, some big merchants also took advantage of the loopholes in the regulations to make their own servants and servants work for them.
Make handmade products and sell them, but these handmade products cause trouble after being produced in excess.
Under the self-sufficient small farmer economy, there was no broad market for them to export their products. Therefore, their targets were placed on the border states and counties, and on the territory outside the Great Wall. The four northern states became the Han Dynasty.
The largest foreign sales area, these Han merchants purchased the handmade products made by Han people at low prices, and then sold them at extremely high prices.
Even, they collectively united and only used Han money for transactions, and then deliberately inflated the purchasing power of Han money. Many tribal countries outside the Han Dynasty could not mint Han money privately. In short, at this moment, they were like people.
The nature of profiteers was fully revealed. They exchanged a bronze mirror for three cows and a wine cup for seven or eight slaves, which made the rulers of the surrounding countries hate the merchants of the Han Dynasty.
The most disgusting thing is that the Han's border guards, including the Northern Army and the Southern Army, attach great importance to the Han people. Although the superiors hate merchants, if they dare to touch these merchants, they will attract the full revenge of the Han. Previously, Youzhou
There were natives outside the country who robbed the merchants of the Han Dynasty and massacred these profiteers. The final result was that the entire tribe was slaughtered by the angry Dong Zhuo, leaving no women and children alive!
In addition, those Confucian scholars who wanted to educate the world could be seen everywhere around the Han Dynasty. Although they did not plunder like merchants, they did more harm than merchants. They initially
They learned various languages outside these borders, compiled them, compiled translations, etc. After that, they began to teach and preach the way of saints.
They regarded this as their most sacred mission. Of course, this behavior was also praised by the great Confucians, especially Zheng Xuan, who did not hesitate to praise their behavior of wanting to educate the world and promote Confucianism. This
This led to a massive migration boom, which caused the Han household registration to increase crazily. They increased the amount of farmland, increased output, and provided opportunities for merchants.
There were also many important ministers who expressed dissatisfaction and fear about this. For example, Yuan Feng, although he was a close minister of the emperor, he still reported to the emperor that if things continued like this for a long time, there would be more and more aliens on the border, and the country would be destroyed.
His statement naturally aroused the anger of many ministers. Dong Zhuo, Duan Xi, Lu Zhi, Zheng Xuan and other ministers all criticized his remarks.
Because under their account, there are many ministers who are serving the Han Dynasty, such as the group of Xiongnu soldiers under Dong Zhuo's account, the Qiang people Cheli Cai under Zheng Xuan, etc., and of course the Shanyu Yufuluo who is enjoying the blessings in Luoyang now.
Jin Xuan, the servant, and Yuan Feng naturally had many officials supporting him, so arguments became a habit. However, no matter how they argued, it was of no use.
Everything still had to be decided by the emperor himself. There was another person who also expressed dissatisfaction. However, this person was different from Yuan Feng. This person was He Xiu. He advocated attacking and killing foreigners and turning them into laborers. He could never be kind to them.
At present, no one agrees with his thoughts. In this era, Han people are not the name of a single ethnic group. All people in the Han Dynasty are Han people.
Even those Banzhen barbarians, Jiangxia barbarians, and a large number of mountain people in the south are also Han people, and no officials will call them barbarians to their faces, unless they are rebelling. However, after Wang Fu arrived in Yangzhou, rebellions were very common in the south, and now
It has become very rare. Coupled with the establishment of official schools, the foreigners who migrated from the surrounding areas all learned the customs of the Han Dynasty. To be precise, they learned the customs of the north.
Facing the natives captured by Dong Zhuo, they would even look at them with disdain like the eyes of Han people.
The emperor asked the most elite cavalry of the Han Dynasty to continue to guard the north. It is enough to see that the emperor is still more biased towards Wang Fu's political orders. After Duan Xi received the emperor's order, he did not dare to slack off at all, making Sun Jian and others always vigilant.
, and then rushed towards Luoyang at high speed.
Along the way, Duan Xi kept a very low profile. He did not announce that he was going to Luoyang on the way. When he settled in the inn, he also used his subordinate's verification to settle in. The reason is very simple. Duan Xi, who is in the north, naturally
It was more able to intimidate the enemies around him. After running all the way, he arrived outside Luoyang City after half a month.
He rode a horse and approached slowly with four or five attendants. He did not return to Luoyang for several years. The changes in the heart of the Han Dynasty were really great. However, for some reason, there were few carriages and horses around Luoyang. This was very inconsistent.
Logically speaking, there are lots of cars and cars outside Luoyang. Why are there so few cars, horses and pedestrians here near the East City Gate? Only a few of them are running around along the way?
Duan Xi suddenly felt a little scared, and his breathing gradually became a little faster. He looked around cautiously, for fear of shooting a few crossbow arrows from somewhere. He could only hear the crisp sound of horse hooves on the road, and many of the attendants fell silent.
Suddenly, some crowns, flags, and a group of soldiers were vaguely seen in front of them. These soldiers were riding horses and dressed as honor guards. After seeing Duan Xi, they suddenly beat the drums and shouted: "General Zhengnan.
Returned!"
The shouts became one, and behind the soldiers, the yellow cover symbolizing the emperor could be vaguely seen, and Duan Xi relaxed.