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Chapter 557 The bride price that shocked the government and the public!
Luo Qi understood a sentence, and the scholars in the world refused to agree.

Wang Mang himself is involuntary, he has to make unprecedented reforms to appease the hearts of the people in the world, he has prospered with the help of Confucianism, and now he has to bear these backlashes.

Countless people pushed him away from below. This is like a campaign promise. It was good at the beginning. If you don’t do it after you take office, you can try it.

But Wang Mang thought about what Luo Qi said in worry just now.

Luo Qi's influence on Wang Mang is still very strong. In Wang Mang's plan, Luo Qi is his first ally, because Luo Qi has both morality and ability, and he is someone he can fully trust.

Wang Mang pondered for a moment, then thoughtfully said: "But Wen Qi, what you said just now makes sense.

Failure to make visible changes for too long can create feelings of deception.

Among our reforms, the most critical thing is to change the land system, which is the most difficult to achieve.

The people of the world should see the new era with immediate results. Perhaps the easiest way to do is to call on the officials to advocate simplicity and abolish slaves.

In the past, Emperor Xiaohui and Emperor Xiaowen practiced frugality, so the world took it easy. In today's world, extravagance and debauchery are the norm among the nobles, and one day's food can cost a year's use for a small family.

Money and goods in the world are like this, every point more powerful and powerful, less people will be less, if all the rich and powerful swallow their stomachs, the small people will die of hunger.

Su Wang said that people do not suffer from poverty or inequality.

The people work all day long but live in poverty, and the dogs of the rich and powerful eat meat every day. If there is no bloody spirit to rise up against the rebellion, they are simply the subjects of the Su King.

I used to read history books, and I often lamented that the king of Luo State was rich all over the world, but he did not own a palace or wear fancy clothes. For thousands of years, there has been no change. Isn’t this the reason for the harmony between Luo State and Zhaocheng people?
Abolish the system of slaves and put everyone under the government. No matter what happens to the people of Zhuxia in the future, they cannot be deprived of everything from birth. "

In Wang Mang's moral view, as long as the ruler sets an example, the world will follow. He has been able to occupy a high position and even rule the world without making any achievements along the way because of his noble morality.

This may sound unbelievable, but it is very much in line with human psychology.

Although there are always people who say that as long as you can do things, a few mistakes are nothing.

But if you really put an official with a simple life and an official with a luxurious life in front of you, 90.00% of the people will choose the official with a simple life.

A person with perfect morals may not be a good official, but he is not bad at all.

Although Rockwell does not agree with the average, because the average is a kind of unfairness, but the gap is too large.

Even though Emperor Xiaowen is as simple as he is, in fact there is never any shortage of meat and fine wine, which is already very good, but some powerful people are so extravagant that it is unimaginable. How can people believe what such a ruler says? Woolen cloth?

Abolition of slavery and frugality, though equally difficult, were at least much easier than those suggested earlier.

Calling on nobles to be thrifty, Luo Qi thinks it is impossible to do it, and it is impossible not to spend money if they have money.

Besides, even if it is really done, it is not necessarily a good thing. If the nobles are not allowed to spend money, the money in the hands of the nobles will increase?

However, Luo Qi thinks it is feasible to completely abolish the slavery system, and use this policy to disintegrate the powerful.

The Luo family doesn't care about this, because the Luo family itself has no servants, and those female officials are relatives, and ordinary people can't come.

Especially the female officials around Luo's son, that is really a thousand troops crossing the single-plank bridge, because the data shows that Luo's son's wives are basically the female officials around him.

Even if they don't marry Luo's sons, these female officials still hold great power and act as the big stewards. They can make their small families have more status, no less than brave warriors!
As for the complete abolition, Luo Qi still finds it very difficult, because the existence of the slavery system is not just a matter of laws and regulations, it is not a simple edict, and the powerful and powerful will follow the edict.

There are countless struggles, and even Luo Qi can guess now that there are still some servants who will oppose this decree.

Luo Qi is now extremely grateful that she came to Chang'an decisively after receiving Wang Mang's letter, otherwise, with these few people now, it would be better not to reform than to not reform.

It is too idealistic.

Want to solve a problem?
miss you.

Do you know where the problem lies?

know.

How to solve it?
Issued an edict, calling on the powerful and powerful to give benefits to the people.

Two words, outrageous.

Wang Mang's life was a bit too smooth, and the ups and downs in the past were not even called ups and downs because he didn't have any losses.

Wang Mang felt that since he was young, he had said that he wanted to clear the land of the world, he had to be frugal, he had to treat slaves and maidservants equally, and he said that he wanted to make the prices of goods in the world consistent. Almost everything he wanted to do was clear. Said it down.

With everyone in the world knowing his thoughts, countless people have pushed him to this position, so they must support him. Since they all support him, why don't they support me now that I am implementing the decree?

If those dignitaries who supported Wang Mang knew what Wang Mang was thinking, they would definitely vomit blood directly.

Who dare not support you?

If you don't support you, those scholars can swallow us alive, will the empress dowager let us go?
Moreover, you only said that you should clear up the land in the world, and you didn't say that all the land should be confiscated and redistributed!

You only said you want to stabilize prices, you didn't say you want the government to monopolize all industries and then set your own prices!
You are frugal yourself, you treat slaves equally, we admire your character, but it does not mean that we want to be thrifty, and it does not mean that we do not want to use slaves!

We are just talking helplessly, why are you still serious?
Wang Mang has always relied on morality to reach the pinnacle of life, so he really thinks this is the panacea for governing the world.

Luo Qi left Wang Mang's mansion worriedly, he absolutely did not want Wang Mang to fall into failure.

Morality plays a central role in a society no less than law.

Wang Mang is a benchmark, he represents a trend of thought, if Wang Mang fails, it will deal a great blow to the spirit of the world, and may even fall into confusion.

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Zhao Hede entered Chang'an City, and then directly lived in the palace to accompany his sister who was at the pinnacle of power.

Luo Qi didn't see her fiancée, but those who heard said that she was carved out of the same mold as the empress dowager, even worse.

Since the Empress Dowager was unwilling to let herself meet Zhao Hede directly, Luo Qi let go of her curiosity and began to plan the next strategy to abolish slavery. This was the simplest thing Luo Qi thought.

He wants to use this matter to pry open the impenetrable fortress of the world's powerful and powerful, and then kill those powerful and powerful under his horse.

The city of Chang'an and the whole world are waiting for the first decree after General Sima came to power. All the scholars in Taixue and the world are staring at Wang Mang, the saint in the eyes of countless people.

There are countless expectations and infinite longings in it, as if the chaos in the world is about to disappear.

The big man will return to the era when the country is peaceful and the people are safe, the warehouses are full, and the barbarians are obedient.

In this atmosphere, Zhaocheng's missionary delegation entered Chang'an City, and the Luo's missionary mission never put on a lot of flowers, a simple "Luo" plus the Phoenix King's Banner was enough.

The costumes of the brave warriors are also extremely obvious, and under the crotch are bloody BMWs brought back from Wusun and Dawan in the Western Regions, each of which is worth thousands of gold.

After receiving Zhao Feiyan's verbal instructions, the begging mission carried the gifts into the palace.

In Zhao Feiyan's dormitory, there are people from the Zhao family. With the rise of Zhao Feiyan, the Zhao family is quite prominent now. It is the highest family apart from the Wang family. Only Liehou has three people, and there are high-ranking officials like Da Sima.

However, facing the Luo family, there is no arrogance at all, and even a little complacent, and he will be a relative of the Luo family from now on.

The envoy of the Luo family carried several large boxes into the hall, and everyone in the hall whispered to each other. The world's curiosity about the Luo family could not be stopped at all. Although they knew that the Luo family had always been frugal, they still speculated about the presents.

"Your Majesty the Empress Dowager, Wanan, the head of the family envoys the ministers to bring you a message. The two surnames marry and form a good family. This is great joy. May King Su be with you."

"May King Su be with you!"

A dozen members of the Luo family in the hall knelt on one knee, raised their hands above their heads, and said in a deep and solemn voice.

Everyone in the Zhao family in the hall was stunned when they saw this, and instantly recalled the etiquette they had learned, and they all knelt on the ground on one knee, and said in a loud voice: "The god of King Su is in the sky, and has a glorious and famous name for thousands of years!"

Zhao Feiyan only felt comfortable all over. How did she ever think that one day, she would be able to receive such a blessing from the head of the Luo family?
"Su Wang is above, Wanan Wanfu!

Thank you Mr. Zhao for the blessings you have brought to me. I respectfully treat King Su to the heaven, which is far beyond the heavens. This is probably the reason why I was able to receive Mr. Zhao's blessing today. "

The envoy of the Luo family stood up from the ground and said with a deep bow: "Your Majesty the Empress Dowager, this is a gift prepared by the family for the son Qi's courtship for the noble daughter of the family.

Dawan has ten bloody horses.

There are three Liaodong Divine Wings Haidongqing.

Hundreds of fine jade from the Western Regions.

Kangju fetish.

……

A set of Jixi glazed cups. "

At the beginning, these are extremely precious things, and many of them are difficult to obtain for the royal family, especially Haidongqing. If it is not for the Luo family, it is really not easy to capture. The lowest value among them may be the hundred pieces of fine jade .

But the Luo family loves jade, and jade is included in all the gift lists. This is a well-known thing in the world, and it belongs to Tiantou.

From the specifications of these gifts, it can be seen how sincere Luo Shi is. After all, she is the younger sister of the Queen Mother, so too few things are not good.

The envoy of the Luo family didn't care about the expressions of the people in the hall, and continued: "A bronze tripod from the Shang Dynasty was used by the king of Shang to sacrifice to heaven.

A set of wine nobles and bamboo slips bestowed by Zhou Tianzi.

A set of chime bells presented by Duke Huan of Qi has an inscription on it to record the source.

A volume of interpretations of the Spring and Autumn Period written by Confucius himself. "

boom!
These four things immediately shocked everyone in the hall, even Zhao Feiyan, who likes to be flashy, stood up a little excitedly.

Each of these things is unique except for Rockwell's!
Each piece can be used as a family heirloom, passed down forever, as the noble heritage of the family, to add luster to the family, especially the sudden rise of the Zhao family, the most need this kind of objects that contain historical heritage to make themselves Get rid of the name of the nouveau riche.

At this moment, Zhao Feiyan was even a little jealous of her younger sister. She had a good husband and married into such a noble family, and instantly felt that the position of queen mother was not good.

Everyone in the Zhao family was pleasantly surprised at first, and then they began to worry. The Luo family's dowry was a bit too heavy. What should we do with the dowry?
It is impossible to collect such a gift even if Zhao family is searched all over, Zhao Feiyan knows that he can only search for things from the treasure house of the palace.

There must be no treasures from the Shang and Zhou dynasties, but there are still some more precious things in the treasure house of the imperial palace. Zhao Feiyan can reward the Zhao family first, and then let the Zhao family bring them to the Luo family as a dowry.

Zhao Hede, who was hiding behind the curtain, heard the gift list, and had a deeper understanding of the Luo family he married, and muttered softly, "This is the unique and unique family that my sister said."

I couldn't help being a little curious about my future husband. I only heard people say that he looks handsome, but I don't know how handsome he is. Then I recalled the kind words my sister said to me between the curtains, and my face was a little blushing, "It must be It's beautiful, it's beautiful."

The Luo family's gift list was quickly passed on by Zhao Feiyan. The Luo family threw out such a generous gift list, which fully demonstrated the importance they attached to this marriage.

In the eyes of many people, this was regarded as a statement. The Luo family hoped that the position of the empress dowager would be stable, which meant that the royal family would survive and that the society of the Great Han would survive.

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For the ancient tomb excavated this time, there are different opinions on the definition of the owner of the tomb. The only thing that can be confirmed is that this should be a nobleman from the Han Dynasty.

However, among the cultural relics unearthed the day before yesterday, there is a set of chime bells from the Zhou Dynasty. From the inscriptions, we can see that it was a gift from Duke Huan of Qi, the overlord of the Spring and Autumn Period, to the monarch of Luo.

Everyone must have guessed that there was once a luxurious dowry gift in history, which appeared in various scriptures at the end of the Western Han Dynasty, and that was the set of chime bells when Luo Qi married Zhao Hede.

From this we can know the identity of this nobleman of the Han Dynasty. He should be a nobleman of the Zhao clan, most likely Zhao Feiyan's younger brother, Grand Sima Shen Luhou. ——"Statement on the Identity of the Owner of the Ancient Tomb"

(End of this chapter)