This is the point that Chu Xuan wants to express. At this moment in time, the demise of the Han Dynasty is inevitable.
"During the Western Han Dynasty, the fiscal revenue of the Han Dynasty was only four to five billion yuan. Now, in the Eastern Han Dynasty or at the end of the Ling Emperor, it is hard to say whether the annual income of the imperial court can reach one billion yuan."
"Take Xinye County as an example. Xinye County is one of the many counties under the jurisdiction of Nanyang County. Before the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Xinye County had a population of 70,000 people. After the Yellow Turban Rebellion, there were only 30,000 people left on paper.
, that is, less than 10,000 households.”
Ten thousand households is a threshold for a county. A county with a population of more than 10,000 households is a large county, and a county with a population of less than 10,000 households is a small county.
A Yellow Turban Rebellion turned a large county into a small one.
"And the 40,000 people who disappeared, about 10,000 of them, entered my territory. They are now tenants under their original names. They are not on the account books of the Han Dynasty. They belong to the disappeared population, and they are all in name.
He has died in the hands of bandits."
"Most of the other 30,000 people have also joined other powerful and aristocratic families, and have become their private property, allowing them to take whatever they want."
When he said this, Xiong Yan's tone was somewhat dull.
No matter what era it is, the people at the bottom will always suffer the most, and the Han Dynasty was no exception.
"The population has decreased, and the land under official control has also been greatly reduced. It is no exaggeration to say that the overall fiscal revenue of Xinye County is now less than half of what it was before the Yellow Turban Rebellion."
Seeing the big from the small, half of Xinye County's fiscal revenue disappeared. Could it be that the powerful, aristocratic families in other parts of the Han Dynasty were better off?
They must have taken this opportunity to take a good bite, their mouths full of oil, and they were so happy that they wanted to eat more.
"Long before the Yellow Turban Rebellion, ordinary people in many places could no longer survive. But now, powerful families are even more greedy. In order to collect enough tax revenue, officials can only attack the remaining decent people."
As a result, serious people have become increasingly unable to survive!
You can refer to the Liao rates of the Ming Dynasty!
When Chongzhen collected Liao's salary, he might only ask for millions of taels of silver from the common people a year, and spread it equally to every commoner in the Ming Dynasty. In theory, each person might only need to pay a few dozen taels of silver every year.
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But at the bottom, a large number of fields were annexed and placed on the heads of the gentry, while officials did not pay taxes or money.
But the boss wants money again, what should I do? Find the remaining ordinary good people who have nothing to do with it and are not affiliated with the name of the squire!
Then a very strange phenomenon occurred. The more good people are, the faster they die!
Only those wealthy locals who evade taxes and place their land in the name of officials can survive happily, and they can even take the opportunity to force more good people into economic bankruptcy, and then they can only sell their land to survive.
This further intensifies land annexation!
"In today's Han Dynasty, land annexation has reached an extreme! Moreover, the annexers also have a large number of private soldiers, hundreds or even thousands of them, who have been carefully trained."
During the Ming Dynasty, farmers might have been able to resist a little, and a very small number of them could successfully resist.
But in the Han Dynasty, did the common people dare to resist? Do you really think that private soldiers would not kill people?
Having said this, Xiong Yan took a sip of tea. It was bitter. There were very few tea leaves in the Han Dynasty and had not yet spread. Xiong Yan could find tea leaves to brew and drink in such a short period of time. He was already rich.
The road is wide.
"So, no matter who comes to power, whether it's Emperor Ling, He Jin or Dong Zhuo, they can't change the status quo where land annexation has reached its limit!"
At this time, if we don't take action to annex the land, the gods will not be able to save the Han Dynasty.
Of course, if you have a system, golden fingers, golden thighs, and powerful plug-ins, you can ignore the above sentence.
"As for directly attacking powerful families and asking them to annex less land, that would mean that the whole world is rebelling."
This generation of scholars is extremely capable!
Xu You had planned to assassinate the Ling Emperor several years ago, but he failed and ran away. He is still wanted now, but miraculously, he was not caught.
Yuan Shao was even more ruthless and plotted directly against He Jin, forcing the eunuch to jump over the wall and kill He Jin.
Yuan Shu became ruthless and dared to lead his younger brother to attack the palace. He successfully breached the palace and carried out a general cleansing of the palace.
A few years later, Yuan Shao dared to directly invite Liu Yu to be emperor, hoping to establish a new emperor to compete with Dong Zhuo's Emperor Xian of Han.
Anyway, this wave of heroes from the Three Kingdoms, there is nothing they dare not do, as long as you can think of it, they dare to do it!
"This generation of powerful families are very capable and dare to think and do anything. No matter who is in the central government, as long as they dare to touch their land, they will definitely start a rebellion without saying a word."
This is the difference between a wealthy family and a country squire!
As long as the ruler holds the military power, he can do whatever he wants to the squire. He can flatten and round the squire with just a thought.
Therefore, the Manchu Qing blatantly carried out colonial rule, and the country gentry still turned their backs on it, saying that the money-rat tail hairstyle was the elegance of the new dynasty.
At that time, they no longer said that the body, hair, and skin should not be damaged if it is received from parents, and that this is the beginning of filial piety.
The Manchu Qing blatantly robbed money and plundered the people. They also used crime money and sold officials for money. There were not a few squires who jumped out and said that they were competing with the people for profit.
But the powerful families are different! They are really different!
They really dared to rebel, and they really dared to assassinate the emperor in a fair and just manner. Whether it was their ability to act or plan, they were not comparable to weak scum like the squire.
"Therefore, the Han Dynasty is destined to perish. If you try to save the Han Dynasty with mild reforms, then as long as the most fundamental land annexation is not touched, you will just scratch the surface."
And once the most fundamental land annexation is involved, the whole people will rebel. By then, the world will be huge and war will be everywhere.
"I have said so much. After you go back, you must explain the truth to other descendants and let them understand."
Gu Qian
Having said this, Xiong Yan put down his tea cup, picked up the lamb chops and started to chew on them.
To be honest, Daxia people's initial impression of the Han Dynasty was quite good, very good, and they even called themselves Han people, which was highly recognized.
But if you remove the idol filter and the blessings related to the Han nation, you will find that the Han Dynasty is just like this. What's more, it is the end of the Ling Emperor, and the Han Dynasty is already at its worst.
But there are a lot of people coming, some of them are people from society, some are college students, and maybe even a few lucky high school students, they have also come to the Three Kingdoms.
For people in society, you can talk about policies and reason, and they will quickly obey orders.
For college students and high school students, especially some middle school teenagers, they may think that as long as the emperor is wise and the ministers are good and capable people, then the world can be governed.
Let alone middle-aged teenagers, even some adult descendants, a few are fans of the Han Dynasty, the Song Dynasty, the Qin Dynasty, or a certain dynasty.
"I understand. It means that the demise of the Han Dynasty is inevitable. Don't think that without Dong Zhuo entering the capital, the Han Dynasty can continue well." Jiang Ju said directly.
"To put it bluntly, a few of our descendants still have illusions. They wonder if we can eliminate Dong Zhuo and then carry out internal reforms and even establish a constitutional monarchy for the sake of the Han Dynasty..."
"There are even some members who believe that since there are many forces in the virtual world, can we coexist peacefully with some of them, coexist, prosper and develop peacefully..."
Hearing this, Xiong Yan nodded again.
The last time they came to Beihai County, some members put forward this opinion: They think, can Daxia and the Han Dynasty, Song Dynasty, Ming Dynasty, Tang Dynasty and other dynasties in history coexist peacefully?
Since these forces are the hegemons in the virtual world, when Daxia enters the relevant virtual world, can they not quarrel with each other and maintain a superficial harmony with them?
For example, when you came to Beihai County last time, there was no need to call yourself Uncle Xia right away. You could just call yourself General So-and-so, and then build your own shogunate and govern Beihai County.
And this time it comes to a special stage before Dong Zhuo enters the capital, and even one month before the death of Emperor Ling. Someone will definitely propose: For the sake of long-term development, and in order to maintain friendly relations with the Han Dynasty in the virtual world in the future, we can
Consider a constitutional monarchy.
Some people will definitely say: Han Dynasty is our faith, rooted in our bone marrow. We can treat the Han Dynasty with special treatment, save it if we can, and maintain a superficial peace.
Coexistence faction!
This faction has begun to show its signs. Not just one person thinks so, nor is it just ordinary researchers or staff. Even some extraordinary people think so.
As a truly large organization, of course it must tolerate different voices. This is the basic quality of any large organization.
Therefore, Xiong Yan cannot simply and crudely say, you co-existence faction are all dragged out to tutu. Whoever dares to talk too much will be dragged out and shot! Shot! Shot!
"Of course we can't coexist with the rotten Han dynasty in front of us. This is a basic principle. But we still have to explain it clearly so that everyone can understand why and convince everyone."
"I know, I know, let's talk about the plan quickly. A small meeting can turn into a political meeting."
"Ah, yes, yes, I know, this is very necessary. It is important to unify our thoughts at all times. You don't need to say it anymore, our thoughts have been unified a long time ago..."
After being complained like this by Jiang Ju, Xiong Yan began to immerse himself in eating, while Chu Xuan began to explain the specific plan of this operation.
"After unifying our thoughts, our focus is to occupy the entire virtual world at a relatively small cost. It is very necessary to be upright, and it is also very necessary to attack the east and the west."
"So, we have the current plan that combines good and strange things."
"Before describing the plan, we should still unite our thoughts and tell the descendants below not to think like celebrities, nor to be reluctant to take action just because the other party is a historical celebrity, or to deliberately hold back and let others go. This behavior is strictly prohibited.
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"After my observation, the number of historical celebrities who already exist is not a small number. Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Cao Cao, Xun Yu, Xun You, He Jin, Xu You, Huang Zhong, Lu Bu, Zhang Liao, Gao Shun, Hua Xiong,
Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Liu Biao, Cai Yong, Cai Yan..."
"No matter who he is or what his identity is, as long as he stands on the opposite side of us, he is an enemy. As for who is the enemy and who is the friend, this is the most basic question!"
"The plan itself is simple..."
After a while, after listening to Chu Xuan's plan, Peng Bing couldn't help but said: "There is nothing wrong with the plan itself, but it doesn't seem to take advantage of Dong Zhuo's visit to Beijing."
Lu Zhou also nodded. Although he was a great mathematician and scientist, he also grew up watching the Romance of the Three Kingdoms when he was a child.
"If we follow this plan, no matter whether Dong Zhuo comes to Beijing or not, and no matter whether He Jin is killed by the eunuchs, it will not affect us."
"So, the advantage of this plan is that no matter how history develops, no matter who wins or loses, even if Emperor Ling suddenly sits up from the bed, becomes healthy and starts to cheer up, it will not have any impact on us." Jiang Ju added.
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"The shortcoming is that our plan itself does not take advantage of the so-called prophetic advantage. Otherwise, we can make preparations in advance at the place where the emperor fled, and then whether it is to capture the emperor in advance or capture Luoyang City in advance, it will be quite good.
." Peng Bing said somewhat helplessly.
In this way, the prophetic advantage will have no effect at all!
Isn't this a waste?
Hearing this, Xiong Yan spoke again: "You have to consider the butterfly effect. At this moment when we arrive, the direction of history has already changed. The demise of the Han Dynasty is inevitable, but it was destroyed by Dong Zhuo's entry into Beijing.
It was accidental."
"Historically, He Jin tried to get away with it. Will he do it again this time? In history, Yuan Shao gave up and ran away. He did not dare to confront Dong Zhuo in the capital. Will he run away again this time?"
"If He Jin had died a day earlier, and the emperor had been acquired by Yuan Shao and others a day earlier, and then returned to Luoyang City to organize the city defense, would Dong Zhuo still be able to enter the capital?"
"If He Jinwan dies for a day, Dong Zhuo will have already entered Beijing when he dies, and he will definitely be controlled by other central military forces. How will Dong Zhuo have the opportunity to directly control the emperor?"
"And who of you can be sure that He Jin's death method this time is exactly the same as what is recorded in history? Even though the cause of death is the same, as long as time changes slightly, everything that follows will still change."
After saying so much in one breath, Xiong Yan lay directly on the ground and looked at the stars in the sky: "History is just a little girl who can be dressed up by others. It is never equal to the truth. Even Old Master Kong knew that
You need to sharpen your pen and trim away the content you don’t want to record..."
"What's more, there is also the butterfly effect, plus our identity. In principle, we definitely cannot rely on the so-called plot direction and prophetic advantage. What we can do is to avoid related influences as much as possible."
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After a long time, Chu Xuan suddenly stood up and said: "Before the plan starts, let me test it out..."