sweeping the world

Chapter 733
Since the second year of Jianxing ([-] AD) in the Western Jin Dynasty, Chang'an has never been as lively as the ninth year of Yuanshuo ([-] AD) in the modern Han Dynasty.

Not only Chang'an, it should be said that the entire Guanzhong has not been so lively for decades.This bustling is not about chaos, but about the gathering of most scholars.

"In the early Han Dynasty, when the land was equalized, there was the rule of Wen and Jing, and only when the world was ruled can there be prosperity."

"Equalization of the land enables the tillers to have their fields, and the people have land and their hearts are stable, and the people's hearts are stable and the world is safe."

"When the great man wipes out the chaos, half of the fields in the world will be barren, and it will be the time of great rule."

Wearing a lun scarf, wearing a flowing style of 襜褕, when speaking high-spirited, feel reasonable must have a face of grasping justice, basically all scholars have such a commonality.

Unequal land does not matter to the vast majority of scholars. Even if there is an equal land, it is only a hundred mu per person. For people like them who can afford to read, in the early days, no one had a thousand mu of fertile land or even More, one hundred acres is really too little for them.

Whether the Han government holds a large amount of land actually has nothing to do with scholars. What they are depressed or hated is that the government limits the amount of privately owned land. One counts as a family's "excess" land is redeemed by the state. The blow is so heavy that There is no real rich family among the people.

The aristocratic family can be the officials of the past dynasties and has a wide network of contacts. While having a great reputation among the people, it can also influence the policies of a place, and even influence or control the formulation of national policies.

The wealthy family must have an extremely large amount of land, have a large number of servants, and at worst must gather a large number of tenants.

Regardless of whether it is an aristocratic family or a powerful family, both have one thing in common, that is, they must master a large amount of land. We don't need too much wealth, but without land, we will inevitably be unable to gather people.Under the realistic conditions that nothing can be done without people, talents are the foundation of everything, and once the crowd cannot be gathered, any influence will be vain.

The state of Han does not allow people with a certain status to hold a large amount of land, which is tantamount to restricting the vast majority of people, especially those who have not had time to get on the "hero" carriage, and they hold a large amount of land.

The land they own has been redeemed by a large-scale state, and the titles cannot meet the standards for holding a large amount of land. He worked hard to integrate into the government.

In the creation of a country, some people have nothing or suffer heavy blows, and some people turn from nothing to an upstart of the country. After reshuffle, some people are satisfied and some are not.

"It is not only necessary to equalize the land, but also to follow the example of the ancient Han Dynasty and make the land trade freely, so as to start the real great rule!"

One sentence causes everyone, including the speaker, to nod in agreement.They don't care about the [-] mu of land in the average field. Once the land can be traded freely again, they can use the goods in their hands again, and they will use various means to hold a large amount of land again.

Liu Yan didn't prohibit folk gatherings, but he didn't go where he was enlightened. Once there is a gathering, there must be official people watching.

Originally, the scholars who came to Guanzhong had to gather and talk every day. Before that, each envoy showed their talents. After Liu Yan asked them to talk about the pros and cons of equalizing the land, the topic focused on whether the land should be equalized.

You can see it everywhere, in wine shops, on the streets, on the mountains, by the rivers... wherever scholars find it suitable, and they can gather together to chat, they are all talking about equal land.Equalizing land is not necessary for them. The change of national policy after equalizing land is the top priority. After all, there are previous examples that once land is equalized, land transactions will inevitably be opened.

Too many people are talking about it, and the speed and level of dissemination cannot be limited. The corvee workers and recruited people also joined in after hearing it, and then spread from Guanzhong to the whole country. It is a deep hope that Tian can become a reality.

In the palace city, Liu Yan took Ji Chang and Xu Zheng for a walk.

In fact, there is no good place to take a walk in Miyagi in the old Chang'an City. The forest garden is in ruins without restoration. The roads, walls, and places where grass can grow are all grass, but this year it is rare to see green. It's dry grass clippings blowing in the wind.

"Has it become the general trend?"

"If you can get it for free, whoever refuses it."

"But it was within my expectations."

"It's human nature to seek profit."

Of course, Liu Yan knows the desire of intelligent creatures to obtain benefits, especially to obtain them without paying anything.

In fact, it's not just people, even animals will be happy if they can pick up their prey for nothing.Who wouldn't be happy about getting something for nothing?
Xu Zheng has not been happy for many days.He wanted to ask Liu Yan many times, but he couldn't ask any questions.He took it for granted that Liu Yan would not be so stupid, and he did such a stupid thing as unpaid equalization of land to dig out the foundation of the empire because he felt that he did not understand Liu Yan's real intention for this matter.

The military wants to stop it, but once even the military officers desire equal land, the will of the top cannot influence the grassroots. Otherwise, the minority will be unable to get along with the vast majority. Once everyone desires it, they become a minority. , it is extremely dangerous to everyone.

Fortunately, at least now there is still the spirit of sacrificing one's life for righteousness, and there is no shortage of people who risk their lives for their own righteousness.Xu Zheng is struggling in this wave of land equalization. If the time comes to give up his body to protect the justice in his heart, he must sacrifice Wei Dao.

"Prime Minister." Liu Yan stopped to look at Ji Chang, and asked in a warm tone, "If land equalization becomes a national policy, what kind of land equalization method does Prime Minister think?"

Ji Chang could see the coldness in Liu Yan's eyes with a smile on his face.

Juntian was brought up by the civil affairs system among the Three Dukes and Nine Ministers. It was originally meant to be discussed on a small scale...or to test it out. What they didn't expect was that Liu Yan would propose a public discussion.

Later, there were important ministers adding fuel to the flames. Otherwise, no matter how fast the speed was, it would be impossible to spread the discussion on equalizing the land to the whole country within a month or two, and form a decisive general trend.

Ji Chang understood Liu Yan's brief sentence by excerpting it word by word. What he paid most attention to was the word "ruo" in Liu Yan's words. If he didn't understand that Liu Yan actually had not made up his mind, he would not have made up his mind even if he was dozens of years old. Just live in vain.What he didn't understand was that since Liu Yan had not made up his mind, why would he allow people to discuss it? Once public discussion could be held, Juntian would definitely be expected by everyone. Didn't he kidnap himself?
"Chen..." Ji Chang felt that his throat was very dry at this moment, and he couldn't help coughing a few times after uttering a word, and then he coughed even more lack of confidence in his heart, and said with a little fear: "Everything depends on the holy order. "

Liu Yan nodded slightly, looked at Xu Zheng, and said, "Where is the Taiwei?"

"I still have doubts about Juntian." Xu Zheng has always had this attitude, even if it seems that Juntian has become the general trend.His voice also sounded dry, but after saluting, he said: "If you decide to equalize the land, even if I have doubts, I will definitely obey your will."

Liu Yan already knew the reason why Xu Zheng opposed Juntian, and it would deal a serious blow to the military's desire to fight. On the one hand, it is rare that a group of warriors have a long-term vision, and deduce that Juntian's actual benefits in the present are disasters for future generations. There is even a conclusion that Juntian is encouraging people in the world to break everything and try again for redistribution if they feel unsatisfied.

There is a strange side on the temple. The civil affairs system, which should have a long-term focus, has lost its long-term vision. It only needs to pay attention to the military in front of it, but it is thinking about the future.

In fact, it's not that weird, the main reason is that the division of civil and military is just official positions, and both civil and military have high-quality accomplishments.To put it bluntly, it is not that literati cannot go to battle to kill, and warriors do not kill, nor can they be civil servants. The two are just different in responsibilities, but there will be no hard-to-cross boundaries. Everyone has the ability to work in a different position.

The vast majority of soldiers in the military are also looking forward to Juntian. Once Juntian can increase the amount of land under their name, who will refuse such a good thing?Compared with the enthusiasm of other groups, the military is relatively restrained, that is, to mention a few words when chatting in private, but it will not stop doing business.

"Enabling the tillers to have their fields is the general trend." Liu Yan took another step, followed by the Prime Minister and the Taiwei one step behind.He said in a reasonable way: "Isn't our generation fighting bloody battles just for our own wealth? If the people's hearts are boiling like oil, our generation's wealth may last forever?"

It is absolutely the truth, they have become the wealthiest group, sharing the biggest piece of the cake in their hands, they should always leak something so that others can taste it, otherwise people who have nothing will not Watching them keep getting rich.

Liu Yan implemented the pre-Qin land state-owned policy. At the beginning, he was afraid that the military meritorious lord would collapse if he did not have enough land. He also wanted to use land rewards to stimulate the army to make contributions bravely.Later, he gradually discovered that the situation he encountered was different from that of the first emperor. The first emperor was distressed because he did not have enough land to reward meritorious soldiers, but he was distressed because there was too much idle land.

The Han Dynasty has always had the Tuntian Corps, which also opened the door for the common people to rent land. Isn't it just to make the most of the idle land?
For a long time, the Han Kingdom has also been troubled by food shortages. Although it is said that due to the destruction of the war and the sharp reduction of land, production has not been able to keep up with consumption after the founding of the country, but how to encourage production is really a big question.

"The territory of the Han Dynasty is vast, but the land is sparsely populated." Liu Yan's brain hurts when he thinks that the land of more than 500 million square kilometers has only 700 million people. , the widow is worried."

The Han Dynasty abolished the administrative level of "state". Liu Yan was a vassal state with no direct relatives and no kings. The system was a very pure county system, but it was a lot of trouble to call a certain place.

Beidi generally refers to the north and south sides of the Yellow River and the north, which is divided into the administrative division of the pre-Han Dynasty, including the original Jizhou, Youzhou, Bingzhou, Guanwai grassland and Northeast China.

In the southwest are the Jiaozhou Cishi Department (including Jiaozhi), the southern part of the Yizhou Cishi Department, and the Indochina Peninsula.

By the way, the Indochina Peninsula is already considered the territory of the Han Dynasty, but unlike other local counties and counties that are directly under the central government, they are regarded as autonomous territories, so-called colonies.

Dominions and colonies are modern names, and they should be called Jimi District today.

The first creation of Jimi District was in the Western Han Dynasty, that is, the army captured an area, but the central government could not extend its hand so far. When it was drawn into the territory map and determined to be owned by the country, the central government appointed someone from the country or a local aborigine As the chief executive, in fact, the local government does not pay taxes, and only pays money or things similar to protection fees to the central government in the form of tribute for a year, which are often worthless things.

Due to the inconvenience of communication and transportation, the area that the central government can control is not too far away, and it can only be managed by the Jimi District. Similar behaviors have occurred until the Qing Dynasty, but each era has its own name.

"Why expand the territory?" Liu Yan said without any emotional fluctuations: "It can't just be an extra piece of land on the map. If you can't use it, you won't be able to hold it for a long time. If you want to use it, you need someone."

Therefore, Liu Yan's idea of ​​Juntian is obvious, mainly because he wants to maximize the use of the land. The starting point is the same as that of Empress Lu in a special period, but he has more concerns than Empress Lu.

In fact, Empress Lu's equalization of land was also a "big show" to buy those who had a title. Without a title, there is still no reward for an inch of land, and it is Wen Jing's business to give land according to the head.

Zhu Xia talked about "taking history as a mirror", and the free equalization of land had already shown its disadvantages. The end of the Western Han Dynasty was that the people hoped for another equalization of land. As a result, people with similar ideas gathered into a flood and pushed Wang Mang to the throne.Although it is said that after Wang Mang proclaimed the emperor, he really ordered to equalize the land, but the ideal will always be ruthlessly destroyed by reality. If there is no "undercover" Liu Xiu who is in the uprising army, Liu Xiu is good enough, otherwise the Han Dynasty will basically come to an end. The end of history.

Of course, Liu Yan doesn't want to start the bad idea of ​​getting something without paying, or else he is encouraging lazy work, so it's really not about free land sharing.

"I understand." Although Ji Chang understood, he felt more bitter than eating Coptis chinensis: "The Prime Minister's Mansion will take immediate action and order the North and Southwest to measure the land."

The haze in Xu Zheng's heart disappeared, but he still hesitated: "Juntian in the barren land? What is the reason?"

Is there any reason to really want to do things?It's just to make things beautiful or not.

Ji Chang was truly confused. The trend of equalizing land had already taken hold, but the result was that the population would still be dispersed.Of course he hopes that there will be people everywhere in the country, but he also needs the people to be willing to go. This has not been possible several times before, which proves that things are definitely not that easy.

"In a catastrophic year, there are many places that can be used by the common people." Liu Yan said slowly and logically: "If you have made great achievements, you will be rewarded. Heaven will reward those who work hard."

(End of this chapter)