Opening Pirate Clips: Fifteen Shocking Famous Scenes

Chapter 339 The Power of the Ice Age
"The Guanzhong area is so short of water? Or is there too much population? Why are so many canals being built frequently!"

Liu Bang was surprised...

If he remembered correctly, Qin, where the first emperor lived, also frequently built canals.

"There are both reasons, and there are also celestial reasons. The area north of Guanzhong is getting colder and drier at the same time, causing the Xiongnu to continue to plunder northward!"

Liu Che replied, "If it weren't for the construction of these canals, the area north of Guanzhong might have turned into a frozen desert."

"Guanzhong is not much better, and there may be a sharp drop in food production. In that case, the foundation of my great man's rule will be greatly shaken."

"I don't know why, just like the Zhou Dynasty back then, it suddenly became cold, and the area to the north was so severely frozen that many fields began to reduce production. If you don't take care of it, it may directly become wasteland."

Liu Che frowned, "Those calendar officials said that I offended the heavens, so I sent disasters."

"I didn't believe it, so I dug a canal to save these fields. Sure enough, I defeated this so-called natural disaster."

listen to him...

Yang Jian and Li Shimin didn't have much to say, but Zhao Kuangyin said, "Why does it look like the end of the Tang Dynasty to the beginning of the Song Dynasty?"

He stroked his chin and said, "It also suddenly became cold, and then the tribes in the north also became restless."

"Is there some rule here?"

He had heard similar words from those officials who watched the sky.

If you offend God, you must pray sincerely to be forgiven by God.

but…

Zhao Kuangyin didn't believe it either.

He felt that this thing was somewhat non-existent.

He has become the Son of Heaven, how can he still blame Heaven?

Liu Che was a little surprised when he heard Zhao Kuangyin's words, "What else is there?"

He muttered: "Could it be that there is some kind of natural disaster somewhere in the world that happens every few hundred years?"

Watching the conversation between the two of them, Su Yang just wanted to say: You are right, there is indeed a thing that comes every few hundred years, and the time varies.

This thing is called an ice age!

There is also the Little Ice Age thing in the middle.

Every time there is an ice age, there will be riots.

Either an empire falls and a new empire is born.

Either several short-lived dynasties came and went, and the nomads in the north would frequently go south to plunder.

In fact...

If Liu Che hadn't reformed farm tools and swept away domestic turmoil, he would have defeated the Huns.

The Western Han Dynasty may have almost perished at this time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

He survived, and the Western Han Dynasty was able to continue.

In addition, Emperor Zhao of the Han Dynasty and Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty were very accomplished, and this continued the fate of the Western Han Dynasty.

But because the coming of the ice age is irreversible.

After Emperor Han Yuan and Emperor Han Cheng, the national fortune of the Western Han Dynasty declined immediately.

In only about 30 years, the Western Han Dynasty perished!

The ice age has something to do with the change of dynasties and the fate of the country.

During the Ice Age, the life expectancy is generally not long, unless the heavens send a capable person, for example, Liu Xiu gave the big man a wave of life.

Of course Su Yang would not take the initiative to tell these emperors such complicated things.

After all, he doesn't know much about it himself.

It is not necessary to reveal the truth to these emperors.

He just knows these things superficially.

[The currency system in the early Han Dynasty was chaotic, and the prefectures had the power to mint coins independently, which affected the authority of the central government and caused the coin market to be extremely chaotic and disorderly.]

[Emperor Wu has the right to collect and build money, destroy county coins and re-melt them, issue five baht coins, and formulate normative standards]

[White buckskin coins are also issued, with an artificial value of 40 yuan, so that the princes can exchange their money for white buckskin coins when they meet in court, and those who fail to implement them will be punished with felonies]

[Promote the technique of counting money, collect taxes from merchants, handicraftsmen and even the common people, require self-declaration of property, and encourage people to report money, those who hide property will be convicted, and those who inform will get half of the property]

[And announced that donating corn can be exempted from military service and siege for life, and encouraged the people to go to Xinqin to raise livestock in exchange for the privilege of being free from siege]

[Through this series of means, Emperor Wu gained a huge amount of wealth, which can support the war, but also disrupted the normal order of social transactions and caused a series of social problems]

"You...the way you collect money...is really unique!"

Even the first emperor can only say one word of convincing at this moment.

This guy Liu Che will do anything to collect money.

The first emperor could imagine the consequences of doing so with his toes.

Powerful resentment!

The people are dissatisfied!

Informants are common, and everyone is in danger!
The interior is so unstable, and the external war is still going on, but he can still survive and complete all this.

Even the first emperor can only say that Liu Che is very lucky.

He probably understood why so many peasants revolted in the later years of Liu Che's reign.

Who is not rebellious here?

If this is not an uprising, then it can really be said to be completely weird.

"Liu Bang, it's a miracle that you big fellows have been able to continue for more than 300 years after being tortured so much by Liu Che."

The first emperor made fun of Liu Bang.

If it were someone else, they would definitely look rather ugly.

But Liu Bang didn't care anymore.

He said foolishly: "That's natural, you don't even look at who created the world."

"I am a big man based on tolerance, so I can naturally win the support of the people."

good guy...

Hearing what he said, if he hadn't known the crazy oppression of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty Liu Che, the first emperor would have really believed it.

[After collecting taxes and minting coins, in order to further expand the country's fiscal revenue, the official salt and iron camp was announced, managed by salt officials and iron officials, and the people were prohibited from privately casting iron to cook salt]

[And prohibit folk wine making, monopolized by the government, which greatly increased the court's fiscal revenue]

[Iron Organ Battalion, to a certain extent, delayed the spread of iron weapons and ensured the advantage of the Han army in terms of weapons]

[But on the other hand, the official cast iron also brought about the bad consequences of the extremely low cost performance of the iron. The court officials cut corners and cut corners, and they were complacent, which led to a retreat in productivity]

"From this moment on, salt and iron wine has officially become an important source of fiscal revenue for the imperial court."

"Emperor Wu is really a genius. He has created many precedents, which will allow us future emperors to enjoy endlessly."

Yang Jian, Li Shimin and others were full of praise.

The smile on the corner of Liu Che's mouth never stopped!

"However, under the jurisdiction of the imperial court, once the management is neglected, it is indeed easy to have quality problems. It seems that you have never considered this point."

Liu Bang looked at Liu Che and frowned.

He felt that Liu Che only wanted to make money...

As for what kind of consequences will be brought about after doing this, I seldom manage it.

"Salt Iron Liquor Official Camp is indeed a good idea, why didn't I think of it?"

Emperor Shi Huang said thoughtfully, obviously moved.

He decided to give it a try...

There's no reason Liu Che can increase his income, but he can't.

After having money, he can do all kinds of things he wants to do.

(End of this chapter)