Prosperous Tang Blood Blade

Li Xiuning suddenly realized.

At the end of the Sui Dynasty, the world was in chaos, and she experienced it firsthand.She knew more. Yang Guang dug the canal, and it was clearly stipulated that five households would be withdrawn from one household. At that time, there were 890 million households in the Sui Dynasty, and one household was allocated.Five households smoke one ding, is this ratio high?In the feudal era, such a proportion was really not high.

In order to unify the world, Murong Jun of the Xianbei nationality adopted the method of drawing three out of five people, and forcibly recruited 150 million troops, but there was nothing wrong with them.Because Murong Jun is not the king of subjugation, because Murong Jun is not Han.

However, according to historical records, 250 million people died in a year to build the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal.However, Yang Guang never recruited so many people.

Chen Yingdao: "Land is the root cause. Land is limited, but everyone has to breed offspring. Children have grandchildren, grandchildren have sons, sons and grandchildren, and grandchildren are endless. Each person can maintain [-] acres of dry land and [-] acres of paddy fields. , there will be no waste, and the output of the land is enough for them to live a life of food and clothing after paying taxes. Therefore, this era is called a prosperous age. Yes, a country that has come from troubled times, as long as there are no major troubles, No matter how incompetent the monarch is, after a hundred years of hard work, he can usher in a prosperous age."

Li Xiuning silently calculated in her heart that the Qin Dynasty was exactly a hundred years old from Shang Yang's reform, reform and strengthening to Qin Shihuang's period.And Liu Bang founded the country, and it was also a hundred years before Liu Che's time.But there are differences.Li Xiuning said: "But in Jin Dynasty, Sima Yan was already in prosperity?"

"Bah, don't mention Sima Yan to me!" Chen Ying said with disdain on his face: "Except for one Sima Yi, the Sima family is trash. Including Sima Yan, did he create a prosperous world? He just stole the wealth of the three generations of Cao Wei." It's just the result."

In fact, Cao Weixing was garrisoning the fields, and he was also garrisoning the fields when he died.At the beginning of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the people of the world were in dire straits, and the peasants who lost their land had nothing but a life.Cao Cao established the system of garrisoning fields, and the imperial court provided agricultural tools, seeds, and farming cattle, and the ratio of income was [-] to [-]. Then, Cao Wei served as soldiers in wartime and the people in leisure time, and quickly became strong in the Three Kingdoms era.

However, farmers are ignorant and stupid.After more than [-] years, the first generation of farmers who experienced the Yellow Turban Rebellion died. The second generation of farmers felt that Cao Wei was too dark, and it was wrong to exploit them like this, so they acted as Sima's accomplices. After Cao Wei died, Shenzhou Luchen ushered in, and his clothes moved south.

Chen Ying sighed and said: "One of the disadvantages of the prosperous age is that the products are abundant, the country is peaceful and the people are safe, and the people can reproduce with confidence, so the population is growing rapidly. But the population needs land to support it, and a country has limited land and a limited population to support it. With an infinitely growing population, everyone knows what will happen. Therefore, when the population exceeds the limit that the land can accommodate, the prosperous age will turn into a passing cloud, followed by chaotic times. More and more The population is fighting openly and covertly for less and less land, and it doesn’t matter if you think about it, if there are a few more large-scale natural disasters or wars at this time, it can be said that this country is doomed.”

In "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", using the general trend of the world, separation and unity, long-term unity must be divided, and long-term separation must unite.In fact, this is a vicious cycle of Chinese civilization, from division and war to unity, prosperity and strength, and then turmoil, division, and extinction.

Hearing Chen Ying's explanation, Li Xiuning seemed to understand.Her hands were sweating nervously, she firmly grasped Chen Ying's hand and said, "Then after three or four generations, the prosperous age will begin?"

"Yes." Chen Ying nodded.

Li Xiuning looked horrified, and her hands trembled slightly: "Then, due to the prosperity of the country and the people's safety, the abundance of supplies, the population increased rapidly, until the land could not accommodate it, and then came the troubled times? Then... Great Tang!"

Chen Ying held Li Xiuning's hand and said, "Don't worry, with me, Datang will not repeat the same mistakes!"

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"This is a curse, Chen Lang, no one can break this curse!" Now Li Xiuning finally understood the real core of the problem.The so-called prosperous age is just a period when the population and the bearing capacity of the land are balanced, and it has nothing to do with whether the king is wise or not.

As long as the population growth rate does not exceed the limit of the land's capacity, even a pig can create a prosperous dynasty.Just like Sima Yan, is he wise?Is he wise?He is not wise, because a bald tree with a population of only [-] people has been raging in Qinliang for more than ten years, killing four generals and two governors of the imperial court in a row, and formulating a series of stupid national policies. Into the abyss.However, the history books still call it "the rule of Taikang", which is really a joke in the world.

Conversely, once the population exceeds the limit of the land's bearing capacity, the limited land can no longer support so many people, and there will be a man-made mass extinction to forcibly reduce the population to a relatively low level. Clear the system and start over.For thousands of years, this process has been repeated all over the world. The difference is that we can always achieve great order after great chaos, while in some places there is endless chaos after great chaos, which lasts for thousands of years without stopping.

Under Chen Ying's reminder, Li Xiuning finally penetrated through layers of fog and saw the essence of the matter.She panicked, she was afraid, and her voice trembled unconsciously: "Chen Lang, it's really a curse. It's the same for Qiang Qin, so is Qiang Han, and so is Qian Sui!"

Some people may wonder why Li Xiuning said that.Because the fundamental core of the Qin State is in Guanzhong, which lies in Qinchuan, which is eight hundred miles away. The doctor has seven tilts, and the public vehicle has twenty tilts.During the period of sweeping the six countries, there were as many officers and officers as dogs in the Great Qin Army, and public servants traveled everywhere.However, the land in Guanzhong is limited. A public ride is 95 The collapse of the noble system, let alone Qin II, even if he has the ability of Qin Shihuang, he will also give up, because the foundation of the Great Qin is the millions of Qin soldiers.

There are also strong Han who died because of their strength. The princes in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, such as Ding Yuan, Gongsun Zan, and Dong Zhuo, could all occupy a corner of their own land and suppress the Husbands. However, the Han Dynasty still collapsed because of land Annexation made the soldiers disagree with the imperial court and the common people disagreed with the imperial court.

Chen Ying vowed: "No, I can, this curse can be broken!"

"How can you break it? The land is limited, and the population will only increase until the empire is overwhelmed!" Li Xiuning seemed to see blood and fire in front of her eyes. For every dynasty that perished, the most miserable one was actually the royal family.Yang Guang's eldest grandson, King Yan Yang Tan, was killed by Yu Wenhuaji during the Jiangdu Incident. He was only 15 years old at the time.The second grandson Yang Yu was killed by Wang Shichong at the age of 15, and the acting king Yang You died suddenly at the age of 14.The worst was Yang Guang's youngest son, Yang Gao, who was only 12 years old when he died.Yang Guang's two daughters, except Princess Nanyang, married Yuwen Shiji first, and the second daughter Yang Xi was forced by Li Shimin as a concubine. She was only 13 years old at the time.

Li Xiuning naturally knew that Yang Xi would not be willing to commit herself to Li Shimin, but in the face of the general situation, she was a woman and had no choice but to accept her fate.Li Xiuning seems to have seen that a few years later, the Great Tang Empire also collapsed. The male members of the Li Tang clan were beheaded like a chicken, and the females were crushed under them, moaning in pain...

It's a curse,

This is also destiny.

this is glory,

It's also sad...

Li Xiuning's eyes were filled with mist.

Chen Ying gently hugged Li Xiuning in his arms, gently stroked Li Xiuning's back with his hand, and comforted him: "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, I have mine!"

Li Xiuning shook her head and said: "I'm really afraid, and I don't know if Father is right or wrong to do this..."

Chen Yingdao: "It's really not difficult to solve this problem. There are many ways."

Li Xiuning looked at Chen Ying in surprise, she thought about this almost unsolvable problem, but she couldn't figure it out, but Chen Ying actually said that he had many ways, which made Li Xiuning feel a little unbelievable.

Chen Ying said noncommittally: "Whether the empire is in its heyday or the end of the world, the root of the problem lies in the land! If we can increase the yield of crops and feed more people with less land; for example, one mu of land in Datang can produce Ten or twenty shi of grain."

"How is this possible..." Just after Li Xiuning finished speaking, she suddenly remembered the disgusting thing she had seen in the Qinglin outside Chang'an City, which was said to be the so-called chemical fertilizer?Li Xiuning asked, "Is it chemical fertilizer?"

If what Chen Ying said, after Li Xiuning decided to go back immediately, Li Yuan should be asked to fully promote the use of that kind of fertilizer no matter what.

"Yes!" Chen Ying said, "Chemical fertilizers can increase crop production by five times or ten times, but they absolutely cannot increase production by twenty times, which requires re-cultivation of seeds."

Li Xiuning asked suspiciously: "Do the seeds still need to be cultivated?"

Chen Ying smiled slightly and said: "Seeds are actually the same as people, with genetic genes. For example, people often say that dragons give birth to dragons and phoenixes, and the sons of mice are born to make holes. , half of the children born will become beautiful. The same is true for seeds, nature is very cruel, under the survival of the fittest, good seeds will only get better and better, while poor seeds will get smaller and smaller."

Li Xiuning seemed to understand, and said: "So that's the case, that is to say, the output per mu of our field is ten times that of the original, which means we have ten times more fields?"

"That's right, increasing the output per unit of land is just one of the ways!" Chen Ying said with a smile: "Actually, I have many ways to solve this problem. For example, let the aristocratic clans pay taxes like ordinary people, and even let the rich pay taxes." More taxes, the imperial court can also collect one cent or three cents of the inheritance tax when inheriting the inheritance, so that the imperial court can delay this issue!"

Li Xiuning heard the meaning of Chen Ying's words: "This can only be delayed, not avoided."

"Yes, paying taxes for the whole people and increasing the yield per mu can only treat the symptoms and delay the pressure brought by the population increase, but it cannot fundamentally solve this problem!" Chen Yingdao: "Don't worry, there is no way to fundamentally solve this problem." , if we can continue to open up territories, let the land grow with the growth of the population, and ensure that the cultivators have their fields, and every household has surplus food and meat to eat, then this curse will be invalidated, and the damned troubled times will last forever None will come!"

Li Xiuning's mood finally cleared up like a cloud of mist.

Li Xiuning said: "No, I must go to Emperor Shufu immediately. This matter must be planned in advance and planned in advance."

Li Xiuning didn't even care about eating, so she hurried back to the tent and asked He Yue'er to bring a pen, ink, paper and inkstone.

Spreading out the paper, Li Xiuning picked up a pen and began to write. This memorial written in the form of a letter from home begins with Li Xiuning talking with Chen Ying, especially Chen Ying's detailed elaboration on troubled and prosperous times.And Li Xiuning pointed out unceremoniously: "The land of Zhou, the East China Sea on the left, the quicksand on the right, Jiaozhi in the front, Youdu in the back, from Rongguan to Pushui; there are more than [-] scholars, but they all shoot with arrows backwards, and shoot with halberds." Fighting. The king of Wu held the yellow axe on the left and Bai Yan on the right, and then disintegrated and left, and the land collapsed. However, the ministers did not agree with this reasoning.

The minister believes that land annexation is the root cause of an empire's disintegration.A lesson learned from the previous Sui Dynasty, Yang Guang conquered Goguryeo three times, they failed one after another, and countless elite soldiers were buried in that black land.This is not the most fatal, the most fatal is that Yang Guang lost his prestige, and some stubborn and incompetent characters occupied the center. They turned a blind eye to such a critical situation, and only cared about using the power in their hands to repel dissidents and crazily grab benefits , regardless of the life and death of ordinary people.

Many of Yang Guang's decrees could not be implemented at all, except for tax increases.In order to exterminate the rebels, Yang Guang asked the common people to pay an extra tax of ten renminbi to exterminate the rebels. These shameless officials can send an additional amount of money or even more money. The most shameful thing is that those who own thousands of acres, The aristocratic families with tens of thousands of mu or even 10,000+ mu or hundreds of thousands of mu of fertile land do not pay a penny of tax. They are proud of tax evasion and ashamed of paying taxes. Such heavy taxes all fall on the common people.

Most of the soldiers of the Sui Dynasty had been forced to ruin their families, and naturally lost their loyalty to the court. The tens of thousands of Yang Guang's best-equipped and most well-trained Xiaoguo army unceremoniously betrayed Yang Guang and stood on the opposite side of Yang Guang. .Finally, they pushed Yang Guang into the abyss of hell, and many people of insight were lamenting that the country was exhausted.

The father and sons and ministers thought about it, and found that this is a curse that is difficult to get rid of in the past dynasties, a fateful reincarnation that is difficult to break out in the past dynasties...

When Li Yuan in Chang'an saw this letter, he broke out in a cold sweat instantly.

As the founding king of the country, it's not that he can't see these problems, but that the authorities are confused and the bystanders are clear.Because Li Yuan had already entered the game, it was impossible to see this.However, Chen Ying can, because he is not in the game.

Any dynasty that came to this point would surely fall apart. Liu Han ended up like this. Natural disasters and man-made disasters, the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the princes rose together, and finally the strong Han for 400 years, the Tubang collapsed.

The Jin Dynasty also ended in the same way. Sima Yan chose an idiot to be the emperor. Therefore, the Rebellion of the Eight Kings lasted for more than ten years and exhausted the last vitality of the Western Jin Dynasty. Finally, the Xiongnu, Jie, Xianbei, Di, Qiang, and Dingling , Tiefo, Gaoche, Lushuihu, Heishuihu, Zhaowujiuhu, and all Hus came together to invade the Central Plains.

The sweat on Li Yuan's forehead was already dense, and the sweat on his back wet his clothes. A drop of sweat rolled from Li Yuan's face and fell to the ground. Heartbreak.

At this moment, Li Yuan's eyes fell on Li Xiuning's letter paper: "This is a curse, this is a reincarnation of fate. General Chen said that if this curse can be broken, the only way to solve this curse is to have a clean government, fair rewards and punishments, and the whole people to pay taxes." , increase the yield per mu, and continue to open up borders..."

Seeing this, Li Yuan yelled at Chen Qi, the Zhongchang servant outside the hall: "Quickly, go and invite Pei Xiangguo, Chen Xiangguo, Xiao Xiangguo and other Beijing officials above rank five to come to the Taiji Hall to discuss matters."