sweeping the world

Chapter 710
Today, it is no secret that there are excellent warriors. Joining the main army (standby army) even if you are a pawn, you can get a hundred acres of land. You are never stingy with rewards for meritorious service on the battlefield, not to mention the promotion of social status and the many preferential treatment of family members in the village.

"My eldest brother's second brother-in-law's third aunt's son. He was granted land by the army, and his relatives are called military members. It is so difficult for the government to come to the door to express condolences every year and festivals. It can be said that it is meticulous."

"The son of my second uncle's third brother-in-law's fourth aunt. He has six slaves and maidservants for his meritorious service on the battlefield. He is used to farm hundreds of acres. In normal times, he can work with cattle and horses."

The so-called cattle and horses walking is a name that existed in the Western Han Dynasty. It originally referred to a dispatcher who was more senior than a nobleman's dog and dog, and later evolved into a servant who served someone.Servants do not only refer to women, but male and female servants.

The people who are talking, they are digging the soil hard, and they can chat with the people around them while wielding their hoes.They come from all corners of the country, and they form a labor team with their fellow villagers. The team leaders are usually scroungers, swimmers, and pavilion chiefs in the village, and at the top they are people from the county.

Most of Xiaomin's chats are comparisons. Whoever lives well and who has a talented person can chat for a long time.Usually, it is mostly based on hearsay, so there is a reason for hearing it from which brother-in-law or aunt.

It is not complicated to see who is doing well now, the most obvious thing is getting a knighthood.

There are too many people who have nothing. After obtaining the title, the house is fully funded by the government, and the name also has land that can be passed down to the family, and there are servants who can be sent at will.

Everyone will have expectations for a better life, want to get a title?Living in the Han Dynasty, the most convenient way to change the trajectory of your life is to join the army. After registration, there will be many substantial benefits. Not to mention, military members can really get a lot of preferential treatment in the countryside.

It was a new policy six years after Yuanshuo that enlisted in the army to get one hundred acres of land. Originally, it was only ten acres of land. Didn’t the territory of the Han Dynasty expand again and again?Many retired soldiers were arranged in areas with a large area of ​​land, and the center also increased the number of ten acres to one hundred acres.

There is also a new policy, willing to relocate to newly opened land, and the government is also willing to increase the number of acres. The farther away from the mainland of Han, the more favorable the policy.

"There are also gifts every year. For example, my second uncle's third brother-in-law's fourth aunt's family received a cow's leg last winter solstice. It is a big cow's leg!"

The corbel is just a manifestation. More often than not, the military families can get a wide variety of condolences. The number of direct money or cloth is the most, but they all like cloth.

"Hao Erlang's family members deserve preferential treatment, and anyone who refuses to accept it will be in trouble with everyone!"

"Extreme! Exactly!"

After experiencing the raging chaos of the Hulu, contemporary people have an obsession with the mastery of force. They firmly believe that the Han people should have their own strong armed forces, and there must never be another Hulu invasion without the ability to resist.

It is true that contemporary soldiers have been spilling blood on the battlefield. The bloody battles again and again finally wiped out and expelled the Hulu who oppressed the Han people. For most people, it is a good society without the Hulu oppressing their heads. People are willing to give anything.

"I'm thinking that when this time of corvee service is over, I should become a county soldier the next time the corvée service is called for."

"What's the use? Can you go to Ah San's place?"

"If I don't go to Ah San's place, I have a chance to go to the grassland, to the northeast."

"Don't fight big battles! To become a county soldier can only be a local pawn."

Having said so much, in fact, it is to be able to change the trajectory of one's life. Among them, the desire for land is the greatest, but in the Han Dynasty, no matter how rich you are, you can't get land. You can only get land rewards by going to the battlefield to kill enemies and make meritorious service.

Based on the foundation of the [-]th rank, and the Qin Empire once fell into the embarrassing situation of not being rewarded for military exploits, the control of the land by the Han State is definitely the strongest in all dynasties.

After Yuanshuo three years, the country has been engaged in land redemption, whether it is a rich family or a family, one counts the other under the supervision of the sword to measure the acres of land, based on the actual head of the family, [-] acres of land per person , and more will be redeemed by the state with a fee.

In the sixth year of Yuanshuo, the Han army defeated the small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and land surveys were also done in the south. There used to be tens of thousands of hectares of land, and it would be considered as much as [-] mu left.

In the eighth year of Yuanshuo, there was no non-military heirloom family with more than [-] mu of land in the mainland of Han.

Liu Yan did this with the full support of the military. After all, the military is the group that is most likely to be rewarded for merit. The rest of the class dare not speak out even if they object. No one wants to be targeted by the military, but the South who wants to oppose it the most is You Huanwen repeatedly raised his butcher knife and struck.

The amount of land under the family name is directly linked to the reward for meritorious service, and it is also fully accepted by the group united around Liu Yan.They themselves are part of the interest group, and the policy of rewarding for merit is naturally beneficial to them. Only those who are excluded from the group should cry.

Regardless of whether Sang Yu is really targeting Ran Min or anyone else, he has done a good thing for most people anyway, that is, he can also get land rewards when he is conscripted into the counties and counties, although the number of acres of land is not as good as Standing army, but most people at least have legal access to land.

As far as the present is concerned, in addition to obtaining land due to service, they can only lease from the government. The land cultivated by the vast majority of people comes from lease, and there is no land under their own name at all.

Controlling land ownership is Liu Yan's proposition. The reason is to encourage the Han people to kill the enemy and make meritorious service.In many cases, policies need to make concessions for the current situation. For example, even the county and county soldiers can obtain land.

Liu Yan is not unaware of people's desire for land. On the one hand, he needs to maintain the foundation of the twentieth-class knight system, which is to ensure the army's vigorous and militant spirit; on the other hand, he is forcing This group of powerful people, aristocratic families, etc. have found another way out, such as turning their attention to industry and commerce.

The ancients had long realized that "no agriculture is unstable, no industry is not rich, and no business is not viable." However, "agriculture" is relatively good, while "work" and "business" have always been despised.

The state of Han does not allow land to be obtained without merit, and wealthy or aristocratic families dare not reach out to the land casually, but their pursuit of wealth cannot be stopped. Without Liu Yan's reminder, they turned their attention to workshops and business affairs.

Four years after Yuanshuo, various workshops in the north popped up one after another. It was an effect of not being able to obtain land. The country was forcing powerful families to find another way out, and got the result Liu Yan wanted. .

The state controls the land, and people who do not own their own land can only go to work in addition to renting it from the government.The farming season is concentrated in spring plowing and autumn harvesting. The other two seasons are not just squatting on the threshold to catch lice, you can go to work to make money.

The development of "work" will drive the society forward. If they want to increase their profits, they must study how to reduce the cost and accept the goods at the same time. That is a process of increasing productivity and the progress of science and technology. Base.

With commercial products, someone has to purchase them. Merchants are a group responsible for purchasing commercial products for sub-sale. Both "workers" and "businessmen" have gained profits from their labor, and the country has also obtained tax revenue from it.

In fact, the Han Dynasty was only short of food but never short of money, because too many families were forced to turn to "industry" and "business". "Businessmen" occupied too much manpower, resulting in food shortages.The officials who said this basically went home and ate themselves. It was not Liu Yan who did it, but Xu Zheng, who was the Taiwei, and Cai You, who ruled Su Neishi, joined forces.

The military accepted the rise of "industry" because industrial development was of course beneficial to the military, but it also couldn't stand anyone who dictated land distribution.

Cai You's reaction will be so fierce, because the two groups of "workers" and "businessmen" are continuously contributing small money, and whoever hinders the part of the internal history of the government from obtaining small money will be their enemy.

"Boulders, giant trees, etc. are all transported by Chidao." Cai You is at the construction site of New Chang'an at this moment, and he is very proud to introduce to Liu Yan who is dressed in casual clothes: "The Chidao is because of 'work' rise, there are great talents imitating the pre-Qin system."

The Chidao in the pre-Qin period is an ancient version of the tracked road. Timber tracks are laid on the road, and wheels are specially made for it. Horses pull special carts to drive along the Chidao, and they can travel thousands of miles in a day.

The state of Han is building two national highways, including Chidao, which means that the construction of Chidao is far more difficult than ordinary roads, and the project is at the end.

The construction of Chidao was built by Liu Yan himself, and he was responsible for the design. However, he drew samples based on modern railways, but changed the materials used to wood products.Now he heard that someone had seen the classics of Pre-Qin Chidao, and he was surprised and confused at the same time.

Cai You had to advocate for the development of "gong", just as the military had to advocate for war.He still brags with reason and evidence. The annual tax quota is there, and it also reduces the contradictions caused by the small amount of land held by the people. After all, working is also one of the ways to support their families.

Of course Liu Yan knew about the Chidao, and also knew that the length of the Chidao from Xinchang'an to Qinling Mountains was more than [-] miles. The main reason for building this Chidao was that the construction of the palace would not lack giant trees.

"Great talent?" Liu Yan became interested: "I have summoned you to meet me."

When Cai You mentioned that incident, it was obvious that he had prepared in advance, he turned around and gave instructions to his followers, who were soon brought up.

The person who came was an official wearing the official uniform of a servant, because people nowadays look older, and it is actually impossible to judge their age from their appearance. Cai You introduced his name, age and origin, which really made Liu Yan I was greatly surprised.

"Minister Ma Zihuan, pay homage to the king!" Ma Zihuan, who was born in the Qiang nationality, is a Han Chinese in terms of clothing and behavior. His background is not small. He has designed and built palaces for Shihu and Yecheng. .

Liu Yan judges whether he is a Han or not by his degree of identification with Han thought and culture, not by blood.He believes that as long as he speaks the language of the Han family, demands himself according to the etiquette of the Han family, and is rooted in the Han family in thought, then he is a Han Chinese.

Of course, whether you are a Han or not depends on your appearance, at least in terms of appearance, you should not be too different from the Han, especially in terms of skin and hair color.This is also the lingering hatred of the Han people after experiencing the suffering of the white-skinned Jie people.

Liu Yan has never been stingy and courteous to capable people. After a while of encouragement, he asked curiously, "Where did you find your way?"

How could Ma Zihuan dare to hide anything?It is said that they came across it accidentally from Yao Yizhong's family treasury, and it is also said that the reason why Yao Yizhong had books recording Chidao was because Yao Yizhong asked Shi Hu for it. As for where Shi Hu got it from, it is not known.

During the ruling period of the Sima family, a "Shenzhou Luchen" came. The capital Luoyang was captured by the Huns Liu Yuan, the emperor was arrested to empty the toilet, and the treasure house also fell into the hands of the Huns.The Southern Xiongnu had been the dogs of the Han people for two or three hundred years. They knew the importance of civilization and advancement better than the rest of the barbaric and ignorant Hu people. At least they knew that the ancient books must be robbed, so they moved to Chang'an.

Later, the Jie tribe defeated the Xiongnu and became the new ruling race of the Central Plains.As a former slave race of the Huns, the Jie people are barbarians in the true sense. They are not as aware of the importance of the cultural heritage of the Han Dynasty as the Southern Huns. Fortunately, the Qiang people know a little bit, and the Qiang people have received quite a lot of Chinese civilization classics. .

The Han Dynasty ruled by Liu Yan killed many aristocratic families and copied countless classics, but those were brought to the south by "clothes and clothes" after Shenzhou Lu Shen.

In general, the Shenzhou land sinking dealt a great blow to the civilization of Zhuxia. Not only were the Han people destroyed physically and mentally, but also quite a lot of ancient books were lost, and many ancient crafts were also destroyed by the barbarians. .

Ma Zihuan met "Tian Yan" and was encouraged by a burst of friendly words. He left excitedly. He walked a long way before he came back to his senses. It seemed that he had forgotten some of Cai You's instructions?
Cai You made such a move. First of all, Ma Zihuan is indeed very capable. The most important thing is that Liu Yan is looking for a "beauty" and plans to pull out Ma Zihuan, a representative figure, to warm up.However, Ma Zihuan seemed to have forgotten his business, and he was so angry that his liver hurt.

Legalism can rule the world, Huang Lao can rule the world, Confucianism can dominate the world, Cai You doesn't think Mohism can revive, but the power of "gong" can be preached, at least to find "beauties" on the king's trip Occupy a place in the great world.He wanted to make amends, but saw Liu Yan staring at the scene of labor in a daze, unable to speak for a while.

"I feel something when I see this." Liu Yan didn't mean to talk about the suffering of the prosperous people and the suffering of the dead. Corvée is a responsibility and obligation, and it's not that there is no wages for recruiting workers.He saw people singing and laughing while working in more than one place, and a simple smile appeared on his face: "In the year of a catastrophe, doing work for relief is a good government of the country."

Of course, Liu Yanshi would definitely ignore other scenes, such as slaves wailing under the whip of the overseer...

(End of this chapter)