Five Dynasties River Mountains Fengyue

But he quickly dispelled this idea. He was rational in his heart. It is best to think about this idea. It is the most beautiful dream.

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After the destruction of the Kingdom of Shu, the resettlement work proceeded steadily. On April 26, Shi Congyun asked Liu Qingchuan to take the first batch of more than 260 officials of the Kingdom of Shu and their family members to Daliang.

Almost all the maids in the palace were also dismissed, and then began to search the property in the inner room of the palace.

The extravagance of the harem stunned him even more. He also saw the legendary Crystal Palace, which was really built with colored glaze and white jade bricks and tiles. It was crystal clear and extravagant beside a pond.

At this time, the colored glaze was not pure enough glass. A crystal palace like this might not be worth much in later generations, but now the colored glaze is more expensive than gold. Shi Congyun ordered that it be carefully removed piece by piece, which is all military pay.

As for how extravagant Meng Chang's harem was, he couldn't tell. The simplest example, Meng Chang's urinal was made of gold, with patterns carved by craftsmen, and seven gemstones of different colors were inlaid in the opening.

The eunuchs in the Chengdu Imperial Palace called this thing the "Seven Treasures Drowning Vessel". Shi Congyun almost wanted to take off Meng Chang's head. Among other things, his urinal alone would exploit many people, and it would be enough for an army to pay for his war.

The more Shi Congyun thought about it, the more angry he became, so he ordered to go. Meng Chang called and cursed to vent his anger. After that, he called Fei to come and scolded him. He didn't say anything about his affection. What she built was indisputable, and Mrs. Huarui was scolded like a pear blossom and apricot rain.

She returned to the side hall where Meng Chang's family was under house arrest very late that day...

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Shi Congyun had his own busy schedule, and the generals outside the city also had their own busy schedules after meeting the division.

In addition to the joy and bragging after joining forces, there is naturally also fighting for merit and bragging. Many of them are veterans who followed Shi Cong in the Northern War in Yunnan, and there are also new faces.

But when everyone gathered together, the things discussed gradually became more subtle.

Especially Li Chuyun, Wang Quanbin and other people who are either smart or have gone through several dynasties.

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That afternoon, Shao Ji, Fu Zhaoyuan, and Meng Xuanzhe led the troops back to the camp outside the city. After they settled down, they were preparing to report to the palace.

Their 1000-strong "house raiding team" mission has also been completed. The family fortune is huge, and it is generally estimated that it has exceeded 500 million yuan, not counting those antique treasures that they don't know how to value. corruption of local officials.

All the things were pulled into the national treasury and sealed up, and then sent to Daliang. There was an endless stream of horse-drawn carriages pulling things, and I didn’t know how many carts were pulled. At first, Shao Ji counted them so that he could answer the general’s questions, but then he gave up and counted. not finished.

Just as they were chatting, they walked to the big account of the Chinese army, ready to report what they had done today. His report, otherwise no credit will be counted.

As soon as the three of them entered the big tent, they were stunned, because the big tent was full of people.

Shao Ji took a look around, Wang Quanbin, Murong Yanzhao, Si Chao, Li Chuyun, Dong Zunhui, Luo Yanhuan, Dang Jin, Gao Huaide, Shen Zhiyi, Wang Huan, Pan Mei, Yu Cheng, Dou Yi, and many other military officials and generals were present at the university. in the tent.

Shao Ji, Fu Zhaoyuan and Meng Xuanzhe were all stunned.

Shao Ji asked curiously, "What are you all doing here?"

Everyone hesitated to speak, and Murong Yanzhao was about to speak but was interrupted by Li Chuyun: "General Shao, the war is over, and the emperor of Shu has also been arrested. I am waiting to discuss and discuss rewards for meritorious deeds."

Shao Ji said: "The commander-in-chief will make his own decision, it's useless for you to discuss."

Everyone nodded and said yes, Shao Ji is no longer the little unknown soldier he was back then, he followed Shi Congyun almost inseparable, saved Shi Congyun's life in the Battle of Gaoping, the two were life and death friends, As long as it was a battle fought by Shi Congyun, Shao Ji participated and made great contributions.

Up to now, Shi Congyun has risen all boats, and Shao Ji has also risen in the army, with a grand prestige.

"But we can talk about being happy." Li Chuyun said with a smile: "Among us, if you want to say that the commander-in-chief is a confidant, it must be General Shao."

Shao Ji was quite proud of this, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise.

"It's just that Brother Shao has ever thought about it. Now that you are a senior official of the two divisions, what rewards do you have when you go back? After all, the commander-in-chief only checks in front of the palace. We can't be higher than the commander-in-chief."

Shao Ji is not an idiot, he frowned slightly, and he also heard some meaning, "What do you mean, just say what you have to say.

No wonder you are all here..."

Fu Zhaoyuan was still a little dazed, Meng Xuanzhe over there stared wide-eyed, and even shrank in a corner, afraid to speak.

Li Chuyun spoke again, this time more directly: "The commander-in-chief defeated the Northern Han Dynasty, captured Huainan, flattened Nanping, Wuping, and defeated Khitan. The territory of the Great Zhou has doubled.

This is a great contribution, and it cannot be overstated. "

Everyone nodded.

"Someone said, with such credit, how can...how can I be subdued to the inspection and become the king of Qin...

Brother Shao, you are the commander-in-chief's most trusted person, why don't you tell the commander-in-chief that we are all willing to follow the commander-in-chief......" Li Chuyun said, dozens of generals in the tent also They all nodded.

Li Chuyun's words were very straightforward, and Shao Ji naturally understood, but he always just obeyed the orders of the commander in chief, and did what the commander asked him to do, not to mention that this matter was too big for him to digest for a while.

At this moment, Meng Xuanzhe next to him said weakly: "Generals, can you listen to me."

Everyone looked at him viciously, and he was so scared that he didn't dare to speak. After all, he is not "one of his own", and in the eyes of outsiders, it is not his turn to intervene in such matters.

Only Pan Mei said: "Let him talk."

Meng Xuanzhe even said: "The commander-in-chief has worked hard and made great achievements, and everyone in the world knows that he should not only be the king of Qin, but also consider your future.

Everyone is a person who has worked hard, not only the generals and doctors, but also the soldiers who fought in the South and North. Only the commander-in-chief understands the hard work, and only the commander-in-chief knows. None of them understand anything and grew up in the palace every day. How can children know the dangers of the front line and the hardships of fighting.

Besides, my family used to be emperors, so I have some small thoughts. The so-called one king and one courtier, if the little emperor grows up in the future, will he regard you as heroes who expanded the territory and defended the four directions?

I dare say, not only will it not be, but it may be regarded as a serious problem, only the commander-in-chief will know that he remembers everyone, and only then will he know the great achievements of everyone..."

Meng Xuanzhe's words were more direct, and the air in the big tent became a little quieter.

Because of his status, these smart generals may not understand the truth, but it is hard for them to say it as a general of the state of Zhou, and Meng Xuanzhe helped them to say it all at once.

The generals around looked at him with much softer eyes, Dou Yi said: "You are the crown prince of the subjugated country, but I didn't expect your words to be very reasonable."

After saying that, everyone's eyes focused on Shao Ji again.

Even Fu Zhaoyuan finally understood and looked at him expectantly.

Seeing this, Shao Ji was also moved, and said, "You all support me to speak, and if you are willing, raise your hand to show." As a result, more than a dozen civil officials and dozens of middle and high-level officials in the big tent The generals raised their hands, and even Meng Xuanzhe sneaked in, but everyone felt that there was nothing wrong with what he said.

Seeing this, Shao Ji said, "Okay, since you all said that, I'll go talk to the commander in chief, but if the commander scolds you then, you are not allowed to retreat."

Li Chuyun looked around the crowd, stood up and cupped his hands as if to say to Shao Ji, or to everyone, with a loud voice:

"This is about the future of the country, the honor and disgrace of the commander-in-chief, and everyone's future. On weekdays, what the commander-in-chief says is what he says, and I will do what the commander says. But we must stick to this matter to the end, and we cannot take half a step back. Do you dare to swear today, who dares to take half a step back in this matter, will die a terrible death, and be destroyed by heaven and earth!"

Murong Yanzhao immediately stood up: "It's up to you to say! I, Murong Yanzhao, swear, God is my witness, if someone betrays what happened today, he will be punished by heaven and earth, and he will die a terrible death!"

Others got up one after another, and everyone in the big tent began to swear and swear.

Seeing them like this, Shao Ji was overjoyed. At the same time, he was very happy, and he swore with the oath, and then said: "Okay, I will tell the commander-in-chief about this, and let me find out. When the time comes, you can follow me to see the commander-in-chief." , make things clear."

"That's natural!"

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Outside the big tent of the Chinese army, the handsome flag with its teeth and claws standing high in the center, surrounded by many flags of various colors, swaying slowly in the wind. In April, the wind in Sichuan is not strong, but the squalls and showers sweeping the world seem to be looming.

Chapter 295, Long-term considerations

"I wish I could pry away every brick and tile here and bring them back." This is Shi Congyun's opinion on the Chengdu Palace. He has already ordered people to scrape off the golden sand from the palace pillars and tear down the jade owls on the roof. After dismantling, expensive carpets, antique treasures, even ivory chopsticks for eating, jade bowls, silver pots, etc. were packed away.

But he was still dissatisfied, and said regretfully, "There are a lot of precious sandalwood in the palace wood. If it weren't for the fear of the palace collapse, someone would want to chop it up and drag it away. If these white jade carvings were on the girders, they would be sold for a lot of money. ..."

Wei Renpu laughed beside him and said, "It will cost more to transport it back, so it's better to sell it on the spot."

Shi Congyun nodded, "It's a pity that this imperial palace will be demolished. It will take time and effort, and it will take up too much land to keep it, which will affect the development of Chengdu."

Wei Renpu thought for a while, "It can be reserved as a palace in Shu. If you want to come here in the future, you can live here, and you can also house some relatives and friends who need it temporarily."

Shi Congyun thought about it for a while, and thought it was reasonable, "Demolition will waste money and people, so let's just throw it away."

As Shi Congyun's affairs progressed smoothly, more than ten days later, Shi Congyun ordered the removal of all the checkpoints at the gate of Chengdu, all the blockades in Chengdu were lifted, and the production and life of the people returned to normal.

Everyone rejoiced and rushed to tell each other that the streets of Chengdu gradually returned to their former prosperity, and the people were not so afraid of the Zhou army, and their opinion of the army changed greatly.

The entire Shu Kingdom transitioned very quickly, and soon returned to the previous state.

Shi Congyun also began to think about the issue of governing Shu, because this was a rare vacuum period, and he forcibly removed many officials. Most of these officials took into account the status of both officials and local powerful people. It's best to do it yourself.

With the deterrence of the army and the vacancy of power, his policies are the easiest to implement at this time.

As an agricultural country, China’s agricultural tax has been the biggest burden for thousands of years, and it is also the biggest burden for the people at the bottom. The main income of the imperial court was not abolished until decades after the founding of New China. Many people may not know it, but as a child in the countryside, history Congyun is still fresh in his memory.

He also recalled the situation when he was fighting in Hebei, the land in Hebei was annexed, and the powerful warlords occupied the land and would rather abandon it than let the people cultivate it.

But neither he nor the officials dared to move, because Hebei was the front line, the forward position to fight against the Northern Han and Khitan. If people were pushed into a hurry, some people would directly surrender to Khitan, or make trouble, the consequences would be disastrous.

But Shu didn't have so many worries, and Shu was far away from the northern border.

Shi Congyun's first thought was to divide the land into acres, which is one of the policies that Yongzheng strongly advocated. It means to abolish China's thousands of years of poll tax, and pay taxes according to the amount of land, not according to population.

No matter how it has changed for thousands of years, the agricultural tax in ancient China has always been a poll tax.

But wherever there are people in the world, the "Matthew effect" will occur, that is, "the strong get stronger and the weak get weaker". As time goes by, it is inevitable that powerful landlords will become bigger and annex land.

At that time, people who have no land will still have to pay poll tax, and powerful and powerful lands with tens of thousands of acres will still only have to pay that little poll tax.

Yongzheng's method is to let landlords and tyrants with more land pay more taxes.

But it is obvious that this is against officials, landlords, big merchants, gentry, and scholars (with fame) across the country, so he is miserable.In addition to making up all kinds of jokes, even later scholars said that "the prosperity of Kangxi and Qianlong" deliberately gave away Yongzheng in the middle.

Shi Congyun really wanted to implement this kind of policy in Shu, because it would obviously effectively prevent land mergers in the farming society, protect the interests of the bottom peasants, and also stimulate fertility, increase the population, and make the country strong.

Timing is also very important, because at this time the main tyrants in Shu, those officials, big and small, were forcibly removed by him. !

In his heart, he wanted to implement it on a trial basis in Shu.

What's more, in his heart, the land of Shu is the same as it was in the Qin and Han Dynasties. It is the country's rear granary and money belt, and there is no need to fight. This kind of place cannot be gradually controlled by the powerful.

Therefore, he spent several days to understand and check the archives of the Shu State Household Department, and after asking Xiao Huanghua many questions, he found that the reality was very complicated.

First of all, land ownership is changing, and it will change from time to time, and new land will be reclaimed, which is not as easy to register as a head.

The second is that there is a lot of room for manipulation. For example, if a group of land owners agree to avoid taxation, they can completely avoid taxation through frequent land transactions.

The third is that the situation in Shu is complicated, and there are many cottage villages in the mountains that the government cannot fully control.

But the most important thing is that the limitations of transportation and communication technology will cause the local big landlords to completely fool and live in the center. As long as you dare to think, there will always be a way.

So this is why Shi Congyun is very opposed to excessive or extremely moralized viewing of issues. In doing things, we must face up to human nature instead of empty talk to harm the country.

There are no saints in the world. You can't expect or force your subordinates to be saints, and don't imagine anyone to be a perfect saint. They don't make mistakes and are not selfish. That is impossible, unless they are not human.

Based on this kind of thinking, Shi Congyun thought of these possibilities before he started to do it.

But difficulties can hardly stop his determination, and gradually he also thought of a way.

The land can naturally be changed and developed, and it is difficult to grasp all the information on the cultivated land in the whole territory of Shu, but he can implement this policy in the most fertile areas of Chengdu and its nearby plains!It can also be implemented on a pilot basis in the most fertile land around the states.

As for the small and fragmented cultivated land in the outer mountainous areas, it is ignored and taxed on a head-by-head basis as usual.

As for the various cottages in the mountains, they didn't pay much taxes in the first place, and they have always been in a state of depending on their mood.

These fertile lands are the bulk of the grain income and the bulk of the tax revenue. They are also close to the city, so they are easy to check and control. They cannot deceive people and can quickly grasp the situation.

If someone wants to open up wasteland to avoid taxes in other places, let him do so, which will strengthen the development of Shu.

He thought about these things and made up his mind, so he wrote them down one by one.

And it just so happened that at this time all the officials in the Shu region were forcibly removed by him. Most of the big households in Chengdu were officials, and [-]% to [-]% of their homes were ransacked, and the rest were trembling and unable to stop him.

So Shi Congyun decided to wait for the new batch of officials sent from Daliang to arrive and train them himself. At the same time, he also chose a person to sit in Chengdu and implement his policies.

Of course, these have to be done step by step. The first thing is to measure the fields in Shu, register whose family owns them, and how many there are. These will take time, so it will not be done in a few years.

This is the case with any major event. It is useless to call or scold, and it cannot be done quickly. It must be done in a down-to-earth manner and implemented step by step.

Shi Congyun had calculated in his mind that this person must first be a confidant, and secondly have the ability to engage in politics, and it is best to be a commoner, or know the suffering of the people.

However, he has not yet finalized the candidate.

In the afternoon of that day, Shi Congyunzheng and Wei Renpu were eating and talking in a small pavilion on the west side of the palace, and drinking tea after eating.

Shi Congyun asked his own soldiers to come up with a wooden tray, and he picked out a few thin silk clothes from Meng Chang's palace and gave them to Wei Renpu. Because the weather was getting hotter, Wei Renpu was still wearing the thick clothes he had when he was dispatched, and he was no longer wearing them. fit.

Wei Renpu even thanked him, and then touched the exquisite silk, and there were tears in his old eyes.

Shi Congyun was puzzled.

Wei Renpu clasped his hands and sat down: "The old man has lost his composure, and the commander-in-chief laughed at him. Seeing this exquisite fine brocade clothes, he remembered some old things.

The old man was born in Daming when he was young, his family was poor, his father died early, and his mother worked hard to support him.

In winter, it was so cold that I couldn’t sleep at night. My mother ran around, borrowed a piece of coarse cloth, and hurriedly made clothes for me. "

As he spoke, he shook his head: "The old man has brocade clothes to wear now, but it's a pity that he can't wait..."

Shi Congyun was also a little sad when he heard it, so he didn't interject. After a while, Wei Renpu told him more about his childhood. This era was very bitter, with turbulent wars and lack of supplies. Troubled times also gave some opportunities to the people at the bottom, such as Zhao Shijian Zhao Ying's grandfather, Zhao Ying, came from a poor background, as did Wei Renpu.

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