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Chapter 437 The Shocking Discovery in Guanzhong

Luo Sheng embarked on the road to the Western Regions. From Chang'an to the Western Regions, he had to go through the four counties in Hexi and the Guanzhong counties west of Chang'an. The Luo family had been in the Guandong for a long time, and gradually lost sight of the situation in Guanzhong. Check it out.

As a result, when Luo Sheng saw it, he was surprised, because he found a lot of refugees in Guanzhong.

And it's not short at a glance, these refugees range from old to young.

His housekeeper was equally astonished when he saw this. If there were refugees in the Kanto region, that would be considered normal. After all, the Kanto tycoons would get together, and even with the mausoleum system, the land annexation would still be uncontrollable.

But in Guanzhong, this is the land directly controlled by the royal family, and it is the basic territory of the royal family. Even the princes of the princes do not entrust here, and there are also refugees?
The steward quickly figured out the origins of these people, and said in a deep voice, "My lord, these people came from a flood in Guanzhong in the 12th year of Yuancheng. Good fields and houses, and because of insufficient materials issued by the court, the new land was not allocated, and they could only be reduced to refugees."

Yuan Cheng is the reign title of Emperor Han Ding.

Luo Sheng frowned slightly and said: "In the 12th year of Yuancheng, the Han court, which has not yet experienced the defeat in the Southwest War, would it be incapable of disaster relief?
Although Emperor Xiaoding made mistakes in his later years, he was not a cruel monarch, so why didn't he provide disaster relief? "

Starting from Emperor Xiaowu, the world gradually began to experience disasters. When it came to Emperor Xiaoding, there was some flooding. There were several floods in Guanzhong, and it almost burst this time. But fortunately, the imperial court still has the ability to relieve disasters, and nothing happened. Big mess.

Unexpectedly, after a little investigation, it was discovered that there were still major problems in the follow-up of the disaster relief.

Speaking of which, Luo Sheng glanced at the surrounding terrain again, and said strangely: "Besides, the tributary of the Wei River is flooded, but the water flows to the lower place, and it is easier to discharge the flood on the south side, so why open the dam on the north side?"

If something goes wrong, there must be a demon. Luo Sheng's face darkened, and he said, "Go and ask the people, who owns the land on the south side?"

The butler was startled, of course he understood Luo Sheng's meaning, he quickly turned around, and said with a serious face: "My lord, as you expected, half of it is the land of the eldest princess's family, and the other half is the land of other royal families and nobles, officials They didn't dare to open the dam to destroy the fertile fields of these powerful and powerful people, so they opened the dam on the north side and destroyed the land of the common people.

Hearing this, Luo Sheng closed his eyes slightly, with infinite anger lingering in his heart, and even bruised veins, the steward saw this and asked: "My lord, do you want to tell the emperor about these things?
These people are really pitiful, with only such a little wealth, they have nothing in a flood.

Do you want to secretly punish these dignitaries? "

Luo Sheng slowly opened his eyes, looked at the butler and shook his head, gritted his teeth and said: "This is a matter for the royal family, just tell the emperor, and there is no need to take action.

Send someone to check to see if there are any people who resist, plead for the people, are there any heroes who are not afraid of power and dare to attack the powerful and officials, and take these people away and resettle them.

Those who hold salaries for everyone must not let them freeze to death in the ice and snow!
Those who are submissive, stay here.

Those who can endure injustice will have countless injustices to experience in this life. "

Hearing the words, the butler asked a little unbearably, "My lord, is this too cruel?"

Luo Sheng said seriously: "What if I take it away?
Can you give them a house to live in?

Can you provide them with food and clothing?
Can they live and work in peace and contentment?
Besides, even King Su's heaven will not accept weak souls.

If there is no King Su in this world, then there will never be a savior. If you want to get happiness, you have to rely on yourself.

This is the principle that life determines destiny.

Now Su Wang bestows blessings on brave people and gives brave people the opportunity to ascend to heaven.

And the Luo family has fought bravely to be the first from generation to generation. This is already the luck of the people of Zhuxia.

The weak spirit is eliminated, the strong spirit is passed on, and the elimination from generation to generation will make the spirit of the people of Zhuxia more and more full and correct.

Moreover, the Luo family has no ability to save them. The family has tried its best to maintain the current scale. If it is not for the opening of the Western Regions, Zhaocheng will explode.

Family creed, don't do good deeds beyond your ability, don't you understand? "

The butler said in a cold sweat, "My lord, it's my fault."

Luo Sheng said with emotion: "Don't underestimate the common people in the world. The Qin Dynasty is so powerful, but it was still defeated by the farmers. The world thinks that Emperor Gao, King Xiang, and King Zhaosheng are the heroes who destroyed the Qin Dynasty, but the family praises King Chen. Rise up, how great that is, is there more than one King Chen in this world?

Don't think too highly of the people in the world, there are still many people who are submissive, and there are also many people who will get worse once they turn around when they are rich.

The family promotes the fire of thought, and now preserves the spark of the brave. One day, this may be the fire of the prairie fire? "

The housekeeper nodded approvingly, then suddenly thought of something, and said in shock, "My lord, if Guanzhong is unstable, then the defeat in the Southwest War before, plus the emperor's tax increase this time, Guanzhong..."

Luo Sheng's expression changed.

The things the steward said are nothing in itself, but they are not trivial when combined.

As I said before, the ruling base of the Han court is small landlords who can serve in the military and pay taxes. In fact, merchants are also one of the ruling bases, because most merchants are small merchants. In the words of later generations, they are called self-employed.

Sang Hongyang personally watched to collect taxes, and indeed he could receive taxes from big businessmen, but he couldn't do everything. Once he didn't pay attention and relied on local officials, how could he collect taxes from big businessmen?
Behind the big businessmen are the big dignitaries.

In the end, ordinary merchants can only suffer. In the real history, the suing orders caused large-scale merchants to go bankrupt. In fact, small and medium-sized merchants went bankrupt. It is a major reason why the local tyrants sit big.

The scariest thing about this matter is that even if you know the cause and effect, you can't solve it.

For example, in the case of the eldest princess, the officials directly decided to destroy the farmland of the people, because even if this matter was brought to the emperor, except for a few emperors who really loved the people like their sons, most of them would be punished symbolically.

This is the case with the famous strong order in history, and the princess was not punished in the end.

After all, one side is one's relatives, and the other side is an abstract common people. What one will choose has been determined from the very beginning.

Luo Shi has always been strict with himself and lenient with others.

If one person does one thing, it may be one person's fault, but all people do it after they are rich, it is human nature.

The Luo family only sets an example, but does not strictly require others to do it. It is like the nobles of Bangzhou eventually degenerated, and the Luo family does not care.

Because the depraved nobles will eventually be swept into the garbage dump of history, Luo Shi will not persuade them, but will only be the person who sweeps up the garbage.

In Luo Sheng's eyes, although Hanting has been established for a hundred years, it is still in its heyday and rising.

This is even stronger than Bangzhou. When Bangzhou was established 70 years ago, it was in decline. It was only by relying on the ancestor Luo Wengong that the country was greatly extended.

But now he suddenly discovered that the situation of the big man was not as good as he had imagined, and the signs of various problems gradually appeared.

And I don't even know when these problems appeared. It is clear that Emperor Xiaowu was still so good. Could it be just some natural disasters?

You must know that the current natural disasters in Guanzhong are nothing at all. When Bangzhou occupied Guanzhong 1000 years ago, the three rivers stopped flowing, and the ecological environment of the entire Guanzhong was greatly changed. It could not accommodate the capital of a dynasty at all.

Coupled with political reasons, the Zhou royal family had to withdraw from that piece of land and moved to Luoyang, between Heluo and Luoyang, to re-establish the capital.

There were no continuous severe droughts, overwhelming locust plagues, continuous earthquakes, and most importantly, no major rivers breaking through and diverting their course. For a dynasty, a mere flood affecting tens of thousands of hectares of farmland was nothing at all.

"Liu Dan."

Luo Sheng muttered the name, "Isn't it a good thing for an emperor who is good at martial arts to appear in this period?"

Luo Sheng didn't know the answer to this question. He was not one of those ancestors with great wisdom. He didn't have a score of 90 in governing the country. The reason why he was able to become the heir of Duke Zhao was only because he was the eldest son, and the other descendants were also mediocre.

There has never been a shortage of talents who have epiphany in this world, and there has never been a shortage of people who have reformed their ways. Similarly, it is not uncommon for people who were once outstanding to become stunned because of certain blows.

Emperor Liu Dan likes martial arts now, who can guarantee that he will always be like this?

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Severe land annexation was one of the main reasons for the decline and demise of ancient dynasties. Land annexation led to a reduction in the number of free peasants who paid taxes and served for the country, or the royal family, and caused financial difficulties. In the end, they could not invest in the maintenance of large public works. During the war, military expenditures could not be raised, and the country's military administration gradually declined, but this was not the reason for the decline of the Han Dynasty.

The Han Dynasty had a good foundation for the founding of the country. In the 100 years since the founding of the country, the problem of land annexation was not serious. Moreover, due to the existence of the feudal system, the kingdom may be replaced at any time. Although the Liehou Kingdom has a long history, according to the needs of military deployment, it will also be changed on a large scale, and the princes have little demand for land annexation.

Moreover, the Han Dynasty had strict regulations on the size of the princely fiefdom, and the collection of taxes and corvees would be adjusted according to the size of the feudal state. Therefore, land mergers in the princely kingdom did not affect the country's mobilization ability and dynasty taxation.

But in such a good situation, the royal family was actually attacking their own basic situation. This unbelievable man-made disaster, coupled with the frequent patronage of natural disasters, eventually led to irreversible results. ——"History of the Rise and Fall of the Han Dynasty"

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