Traveling through Chenghan Xiandi, fortunately I have a simulator

Chapter 129
"I understand the Minister's words, so according to the Minister's meaning, when should I pay attention to the general trend of the world?" Zhang Ming asked modestly.

"Your Majesty, when the power of the imperial court can affect the situation in Guanzhong, then your Majesty should take the world as the situation, wipe out the feudal lords, and accomplish great things forever." Jia Xu said cautiously.

Jia Xu didn't give him any time to prepare. In his opinion, the strength of the imperial court was still too weak after all. Li Jue and Guo Si hadn't left the Sanfu area yet. The power has not been cleared. It can be said that the imperial court has a lot of foreign troubles in the Kansai area alone.

"I got it." Zhang Ming didn't plan to pursue this question any further.

Zhang Ming knew that with Jia Xu's personality, Jia Xu would not suggest that the court get involved in the overall situation of the world before the court's strength reached a certain level.

"My minister retire."

Seeing that His Majesty hadn't spoken for a long time, Jia Xu took the initiative to leave the Gaomen Hall.

After Jia Xu left the hall, Zhang Ming began to think about Li Ru and Jia Xu's foreign policies.Logically speaking, both Li Ru and Jia Xu are right.

The strength of the imperial court is indeed very weak. There is no doubt about it. Although the imperial court blocked the attack of the rebels, the 20 rebels actually withdrew because of internal strife, not because of the strength of the imperial court.

The internal situation in Chang'an is not very good. First of all, Lu Bu's movements are still unclear. In addition, Zhu Jun left Chang'an with [-] soldiers from Chang'an. If the palace is forced, then Chang'an will really be over.

During this period of getting along, Zhang Ming tested Lu Bu's loyalty. After repeated tests, he found that the loyalty of [-] mentioned by the system should refer to the highest loyalty that an individual can achieve.

Therefore, although Lu Bu's loyalty has reached one hundred, but Lu Bu's one hundred loyalty is probably only at the level of loyal ministers. Maybe this is the highest loyalty that Lu Bu can achieve.

In fact, this is not surprising, because the highest loyalty that can be achieved by different people is actually different.

Some people can be loyal to the monarch with all their hearts, even if they are asked to commit suicide for the monarch, they will not hesitate, but some people can only be loyal to the monarch without violating their own principles. Such people have their own ambitions and thoughts , although difficult to master, is often more talented.

Obviously, Lu Bu is the second type of people, not just Lu Bu, Jia Xu, Li Ru is also the second type of people, they are never loyal, they will choose the monarch, and they also know when to do things and when not to do something.

The second type of people is not easy to grasp, but the current imperial court needs the second type of people, so now Zhang Mingming is surrounded by a group of smart people every day, and he is getting smarter and smarter.

Regarding Lu Bu's treatment, Zhang Ming had a preliminary idea, which was to let him return to the fiefdom of Wen County, and by the way, clean up the Kanto region for the imperial court, namely Hanoi County and Henan Yin County.

Henan Yin is close to Chenliu County where Cao Cao's base camp is located. With Lu Bu's constraints, Cao Cao must be restrained.

Secondly, the civil service system of the imperial court is still the old civil service system. To put it bluntly, these ministers of the upper court are very old. They are not active in fighting externally and have no motivation for internal reform. The only thing they can do is to maintain the Han Empire The brilliance of the rickety ship's surface.

In the past, Zhang Ming could not use the civil service system to prevent internal cooperation and external cooperation, but now it doesn't matter. Anyway, the crisis of the imperial court has been resolved. In a short time, there will be no second Niu Fu leading an army to besiege Chang'an.

Regarding the civil service system, although Zhang Ming has the idea of ​​changing it, the movement should not be too big for the time being.So he planned to select a group of young students to accompany the emperor to study.

Although Zhang Ming looked like an adult, he was only ten years old after all, and when Dong Zhuo was in power, the image of the emperor to the outside world was that of a child who didn't study, so it was not inappropriate to propose studying seriously at this moment.

Of course, reading is not the goal, Zhang Ming's goal is to cultivate young and energetic close officials.

There are countermeasures for everything, just bring the next court meeting to discuss with the officials.

The Chang Dynasty of the Han Dynasty was once every five days, and Zhang Ming would not break this rule.There is only one day until the next court meeting, so he is not in a hurry.

In the past two days, Chang'an City has been very lively. Since the Military Merit Office distributed military merit rewards to the soldiers, these soldiers have brought the rewards home. After the First World War in Chang'an, thousands of households in Chang'an had food and money.

For the first time, all the people in Chang'an City realized that fighting can really strengthen the country and rich families. They are looking forward to the next imperial court recruitment, which has never happened before.

As for the soldiers who died for the imperial court, Huang Fusong, as Minister of the Military Department, mourned for these people in the name of His Majesty, also recorded military achievements for these soldiers, and gave some consolation money to these families.

The wounded soldiers stayed in the barracks to be treated by military doctors. For five or six days, Hua Tuo did not rest for a day. With his current medical skills and status, he could not have been so busy, but Hua Tuo looked at the seriously injured soldiers. , I couldn't bear it, so I didn't report to the palace for a long time.

Zhuo Yun, the number one businessman in Chang'an, welcomed a large number of citizens who exchanged gold for five baht coins on the second day of its opening. Zhuo Yun naturally knew that these citizens who held gold were from families with military merits, so he also Don't dare to neglect, let your subordinates treat him well.

The citizens had money and food, and the commerce in Chang'an City began to flourish. However, most of these citizens only bought some necessary items, such as weaving, agricultural tools, salt, etc. Few citizens took the money to go to the wine shop to be cool. .

Not even so, the wine shops in Chang'an also had a much better business during this period than before.

Now the families with military merits in the city thank His Majesty for the rewards, the small and medium businesses in the city also thank His Majesty for his actions, and the troops marching outside the city to Hedong County are also thinking about military merits, especially those who did not obtain military merits in the last battle, it can be said that military merits are rewarded. Serves multiple purposes.

As long as these military rewards are spent in the hands of Chang'an merchants, Zhang Ming is not afraid that the military rewards will be too high, especially since he secretly asked Cui Ming to help Zhuo Yun control many businesses in Chang'an City, and with the help of these businesses, the money returned.

In fact, the money of these rewarded families can only be spent in Chang'an City, because the transportation is not developed enough in this period, Chang'an is almost all local businessmen, although there are some Hu merchants, but they are managed by Chang'an Chengfang City, so their business is not. How much to improve.

As for buying fields and redeeming people with money, it is very difficult, because these fields belong to aristocratic families, they do not sell them at all, and the reward money and food are not enough to buy them.

Aristocratic families and wealthy people have merged most of the land of the big Han into their own names for so many years. In addition, they do not need to pay taxes, so all localities can only continue to increase the taxes of ordinary people to meet the operation of the county government. .

In response to this phenomenon, Zhang Ming has yet to take effective measures.The family can tolerate people who move the family, but he can't move the fields of the family and the rich. The field is the lifeblood of the family and the rich. If he really moves, it is estimated that he will change the emperor in a few days.

All the ministers in the court, even Huangfusong and Lu Bu, have their own lands, all of which are tax-free. It is because of the existence of these tax-free lands that the people really have no land to grow and no food to eat. displaced.

Based on the population of the Han Dynasty, especially the Han Dynasty that experienced the Yellow Turban turmoil for seven years, the population has been much smaller than that of the peak period. Even with the impact of drought and floods, even if the agricultural productivity is not high, but want to To satisfy these populations, the land reclaimed by the Han Dynasty is sufficient.

In addition to the land occupied by aristocratic families and powerful families in the Han Dynasty, the emperor also owned some land, such as Shanglin Garden and Xiyuan, which were used by the previous emperors as places for recreation.

Now for the court, the easiest way to obtain land is to destroy the original owners of the land through war, so that these lands will become the land of the court, which can be disposed of by the court. As for asking for land from aristocratic families, Zhang I don't even think about it tomorrow.

Since ancient times, the last years of a dynasty have basically been inseparable from one word, that is, land annexation. Among these last years of dynasties, land annexation in the last years of the Eastern Han Dynasty was particularly exaggerated.

During the Eastern Han Dynasty, due to serious land annexation and serious uneven distribution of wealth, aristocratic families took advantage of natural disasters to buy up the land of ordinary people at low prices. , recommended his own people to the court, and monopolized the promotion channel.

As far as the current dynasty is concerned, almost all of the Sangong and Jiuqing are powerful landlords, and many of these powerful landlords are still generations of princes. The most typical one is the Hongnong Yang family, which not only occupies most of the land in Hongnong County, but is also a member of the court. Served as a senior official.

Wanting to obtain the land in the hands of tyrants through simple reforms is simply a dream. The phenomenon of land annexation in the last years of the dynasty can no longer be resolved only through reforms. The best way is to destroy the land with violence. A borer that clings to the ground.

In the afternoon, Zhang Ming took Cui Ming or his valet along the streets of Chang'an, and he also wanted to know if Chang'an was still infested with bandits.

It was yesterday afternoon that Zhi Jinwu played a memorial, "The thieves in Chang'an City have been wiped out, Your Majesty can rest assured."

Hearing this news, Zhang Ming recalled his first visit in a microservice. That time in the outer city, his convoy witnessed a dozen robberies, and he even rescued a businessman.

At that time, the rebel army was besieging the city. In order to prevent chaos in Chang'an City, Zhang Ming did not send troops to wipe out the robber organizations in the city. He only used the Northern Army to maintain the safety of the main streets of Chang'an City.

Later, after the foreign aggression in Chang'an was lifted, Zhi Jinwu began to lead his troops to wipe out the thieves in the Lifang District of Chang'an City. It took about five days to finish the cleanup of these thieves. They are all full of people.

It's just that although Zhi Jinwu said so, Zhang Ming has seen the ability of these officials to deceive the top and the bottom, so in order to prevent being deceived, he can only visit in person again in a subdued manner. Of course, more of them come out to relax. He was too tired to read the memorial from morning till night these days.

This is Zhang Ming's second visit in a micro-service, but compared to the last time, this time he is more low-key, and in the eyes of outsiders, he is just an ordinary young master traveling.

This time Zhang Ming and his party took a different path from the previous one. Due to the victory in the Battle of Chang'an, there were many more pedestrians on Chang'an City Street than last time, especially in the inner city of Chang'an.

Soon, Zhang Ming and his party left the inner city, and when they arrived in the outer city of Chang'an, the flow of people was relatively less, and people became hurried, and their clothes were not as expensive as those in the inner city, but they were still in good spirits of.

After a while, Zhang Ming and his party arrived at Lifang District. Chang’an’s Lifang District is divided into four areas: Dongxiang, Xixiang, Nanxiang, and Beixiang. The managers of Lifang are all officials, and Lifang is separated. It was not changed until the Tang Dynasty.

When we arrived in Lifang District, there was indeed a different change from last time. At least this time there were more patrols.

Logically speaking, shops are not allowed in Lifang District, but it does not mean that there is no business. Some of the most basic barter business transactions still exist here, and occasionally they will stay overnight for dinner and rest.

Of course, every Lifang area is separated by a wall, and only four doors are kept. Now these four doors are also guarded to check the citizens who go out and go in.

However, this kind of inspection was too perfunctory. Zhang Ming and his group walked through a Lifang District easily. The traffic in the Fang District was relatively less, and these people did not have much energy on their faces, and their clothes were also torn. Dilapidated and patched.

Some citizens are carrying a hoe, which can be seen to be farmers who are cultivating the farmland, and some citizens have bought some things from the urban area. In short, compared with the last visit by Weifu, the situation this time is indeed much better.

However, just when Zhang Ming was rejoicing, another noisy sound came from not far away. Following this sound, Zhang Ming and his party came here.

There is a house here. Outside the yard, a woman is making a scene, and the people around her have gathered around.

Zhang Ming sent Cui Ming to inquire about the news, and soon Cui Ming returned, clapping his hands and saying

"Your Majesty, that woman is Mrs. Li. The man in the family has made military achievements in the army. A few days ago, he sent home the five stones of grain and one tael of gold rewarded by the court. Today, Mrs. Li is going to the city's commercial firm to exchange the gold for five ounces of gold. Baht money, but not long after I left the house, I was robbed by someone."

"Li's crying attracted many people, and two of them went to chase the robbers."

"I heard that this is not the first robbery case. Someone has already reported it to the police, and Li Zheng is also coming here."

Zhang Ming originally thought that Chang'an City was much better now, but he didn't expect to find out when he walked into Lifang that it was as bad as ever.

(End of this chapter)