New Shun 1730

Since Dashun chose not to use eunuchs for some historical reasons, and also learned from the harem policy of the previous dynasty after the Ming Dynasty was stabilized, there were no powerful relatives.

Under this political structure, the prince must have his own team of Langguan, so that he can have some available people after he succeeds to the throne.

Under this structure, the emperor asked the prince to try to do something. The prince chose a place where nine provinces prospered. As far as this choice was concerned, the emperor was quite satisfied with the prince's choice.

After all, Dashun really has no shortage of talents to repair the contradictions of tradition. Although I dare not say that a figure like Zhang Juzheng will definitely emerge, many years have passed in traditional society - although in fact after the mid-Tang Dynasty, there was a substantial watershed in issues such as land ownership, aristocratic families, and imperial examinations, but even starting from the Ming Dynasty , this historical experience is enough - so in the emperor's view, the traditional governance model can continue smoothly.

On the contrary, various new situations, such as the great development of industry and commerce, railways, navy, large-scale salt drying plants, as well as the many contradictions that emerged in the Songsu reform, are what the prince needs to be familiar with. And in the emperor's view, these new things will be the power for the Dashun Li family to effectively continue their rule. As a prince, he should and should learn to use this power as a matter of course.

Therefore, the prince chose to try to do something in Hankou. Of course, the direction was basically right.

The emperor felt that if he could discover Liu Yu like he did, one or two young people trying to do things in Hankou would stand out, which would be a great thing.

Moreover, the compromise plan chosen by the prince was neither radical nor conservative, although according to Liu Yu, it was a standard tinkerer's approach.

But the emperor felt that this was the limit of his ability, and it was still acceptable to choose an attitude that was neither radical nor conservative.

There are only a few sons in total. It is obviously unrealistic to expect that one of these few people can reach the level of the top scholar in the imperial examination and the leader of the new school. It is based on simple probability.

After boasting, there was really no need to ask about the rest, so the emperor reminded him again.

"Since my son quoted "Salt and Iron Theory" a lot, he seems to have some understanding or gain. However, after reading "Salt and Iron Theory", he must also read "Huo Guang Biography".

"Okay, you can go back now. Think carefully about Hankou and who to choose. You draw up a charter and I will make more choices."

The prince thought that the emperor would continue to ask questions, but unexpectedly the emperor's questions suddenly stopped. However, I didn't feel like I was being pardoned. I thought, what did my father mean when he asked me to read "The Biography of Huo Guang"?

After hearing Zhang Yong's advice to Kou Zhun, he must read Huo Guang's biography, but what does it mean that my father told me to read Huo Guang's biography?

Could it be that...could it be that my father was quite worried about me and felt that my answers were not very good and that I did not know the key to running the country, so he wanted to keep Huo Guang, Jin Rixi, Sang Hongyang, and Shangguan Jie?

The prince was full of suspicion. The emperor's words should not be spoken nonsense. Before, he was asked to read The Theory of Salt and Iron, which was not nonsense, but now he was asked to read the Biography of Huo Guang. How could this not make the prince full of suspicion?

Then I thought about it again, if I really retained such a character, could I really handle it? Ordinarily, my father wouldn’t do this, right?

The more I thought about it, the less I understood, but at this time I could only bow and leave, thinking that I would have to discuss this matter with the palace staff more.

However, it was clear that the prince misunderstood the emperor's meaning.

In other words, the prince's structure is still too small after all, and he has no idea why his father asked him to read The Legend of Huo Guang after reading The Theory of Salt and Iron.

At least, the emperor had no intention of retaining the auxiliary minister.

Because, not long after, the emperor summoned Liu Yu again and told Liu Yu directly that he asked the prince to read the biography of Huo Guang.

Since he and Liu Yu were talking about the biography of Huo Guang, it was obviously not Zhang Yong's intention to ask Kou Zhun to read the biography of Huo Guang, and the perspective of understanding it was also very different from that of the prince.

"I asked the prince to study more. To test him on how to govern the country, he quoted more from the theory of salt and iron."

"I also taught him that Huo Guangzhuan must be read."

"After the Salt-Iron Conference, the strategy of equalizing losses was never cancelled. The Salt-Iron Conference was just a strategy used by Huo Guang to exercise power and suppress Sang Hongyang."

"We wanted to oppose Sang Hongyang in words, and relied on Emperor Wu's "Luntai Edict" to accuse Sang Hongyang of pursuing a policy of monopoly, all-losing, and evenness. But in fact, although the meeting was held, Huo Guang also won. But Huo Guangchuan Fortunately, Huo Guang did not abandon Sang Hongyang's strategy."

"I am just afraid that if there is another Salt and Iron Conference in the future, I will actually believe what is said in it and completely abolish the old government. This will lead to a party struggle between the two Song Dynasties. The old party will completely abandon the new party's government. When I read the biography of Huo Guang in the Song Dynasty, I can see that Got this, hey..."

The emperor is the best at this kind of magic trick, but now he is lamenting that after reading the biography of Huo Guang in the Song Dynasty, he understood that a minister must prevent his high achievements from shocking his master...

Liu Yu thought to himself, isn't this fucking forced by you emperors? Now you can stand up and talk without pain. You asked the prince to read the biography of Huo Guang. You must understand that Huo Guang relied on the Salt and Iron Conference to seize power, but the policy of criticism continued to be used. But can the prince really understand it?

Besides, if you say that, isn't this causing the prince to misunderstand?

If the prince succeeds in reading, are you going to let me become Sang Hongyang and him become Huo Guang? Then you will criticize me, cure my sins, and take back some power? This isn't your style either.

Just as he was thinking about it, the emperor sighed and memorized a section of the "Luntai Edict" that was closely related to the Theory of Salt and Iron and the Biography of Huo Guang.

"Previously, the officials reported that they wanted to increase the people's tax by 30% to help the border, which is a heavy burden on the elderly, weak and lonely. Now you are requesting to send soldiers to cultivate Luntai. Luntai is more than a thousand miles west of Cheshi. When Kailing Hou attacked Cheshi, the sons of the six countries of Weixu, Yuli and Loulan who were in the capital returned first, sent livestock and food to welcome the Han army, and also sent their own troops, tens of thousands of people, each with their own king, to surround Cheshi and surrender its king..."

"My dear, if Emperor Xiaowu was born in this world, how would he write the "Luntai Edict"?"

Liu Yu said a long time ago that the Western Regions of the Han Dynasty were not the Western Regions of the Shun Dynasty. The Western Regions of the Shun Dynasty should be overseas.

Obviously, the "Luntai" mentioned by the emperor was not the Luntai in the geographical sense at all.

Is it India?

Obviously not.

It is not necessary to "increase the people's tax by 30%" to conquer India.

This statement is to make some things clear to Liu Yu.

The emperor asked what the content of the Luntai Edict would be if Emperor Wu of Han was born in this world?

In other words, how big a thing does Dashun need to do to squeeze the national strength, consume all the potential of traditional society, squeeze out the foundation of Dashun's hundred years of recuperation, and make every citizen pay an extra 30 yuan head tax to accomplish this?

Liu Yu was silent for a while, and then said: "Your Majesty, Nanyang can benefit, Guandong can benefit. For places farther away, the method of attracting immigrants purely by profit and capital from Nanyang and Guandong as contract workers is not feasible."

"Virginia's cotton and tobacco, the ocean is not wide, can be crossed within a month, and it is profitable to sell them to Europe. But for places farther away, it is not profitable at this time of transportation."

"Not to mention tens of thousands of miles away, even in the Western Regions, cotton, tobacco, wheat, and even copper mines can be grown, but transportation is inconvenient, and capital will never go there. How can millions of immigrants be immigrated as contract workers?"

"If you don't follow the policy of Emperor Xiaowu, do things to the maximum extent of people's strength...build sailboats, recruit sailors, and implement immigration policies...this matter should also be separated Look."

"If we talk about the world, this matter is not urgent. With industry and commerce as the guide, the Han people can gradually grow, and there may be millions of people in a hundred years."

"If we talk about China, this matter must be urgent. If immigration is not for the expansion of the world, but for solving China's problems, then immigration in some places is indeed a good way."

"For example, the place where the Yellow River may change its course from Caozhou to Bohai; for example, the place where Dongting Lake surrounds the Yangtze River and damages the water conservancy of the Yangtze River."

"This is the difference between world affairs and Chinese affairs."

Liu Yu said this, that is to say, if Emperor Wu of Han lived in this era, he would most likely choose to maximize the national strength of a hundred years of recuperation, immigrate overseas crazily, and implement some policies such as permanent tenancy rights and rent and interest reduction internally.

Finally, before he died, he knew that he was about to die, and issued a Luntai edict to lay the foundation for the subsequent "Zhaoxuanzhizhi".

As for the difference between China and the world, the emperor can tell the difference. In the current situation, even if there is no forced migration, if it continues to develop, the South Ocean and the west coast of North America will basically be occupied by Han people. But the number of people moved was a drop in the bucket, not enough to solve the domestic problems.

The relocation of Maoling, in this era, should be to forcibly buy out the land of the big landlords at a low price, invest in industry and commerce in the form of "industrial and commercial vouchers", and cancel their direct control over the land.

Well... since the emperor asked this, it is obvious that the emperor knows it. The prince's prestige, control, and level that seems average now cannot accomplish this.

Theoretically, this matter can be done after Dashun conquered India and defeated Britain and Portugal, relying on the emperor's previous prestige accumulated from conquering Russia, recovering the Western Regions, conquering Japan, and going to Southeast Asia, and the control over the army, as well as the sufficient resources in his hands... Theoretically.

But if you want to do it, you have to do it when you are about to die.

After that, you have to leave a scapegoat, and you will go to the imperial mausoleum to lie down after issuing the Luntai edict. After the prince takes office, he will hold a "Salt and Iron Conference" and announce that this matter is over and will not be done in the future. But don't be so stupid as not to read the Book of Han and the Historical Records, and then return the land to the victims in the end...

Liu Yu thought to himself, you guys, at best you can only play a Zero Requiem level trick, and you can't get out of this circle.

Anyway, I bet everything on the people's resistance and uprising after I have created the material foundation. If you insist on playing Zero Requiem, it's up to you. But a few steel mills, a few railways, and even many machines emitting thick smoke, at best it's just a steam roller.

If you really have the guts to play, I respect you, this will greatly expand the productivity of all mankind, and make the world market that truly encompasses Western America and Oceania take shape faster. Even if your original intention was probably to test the prince and think that he couldn't understand the increasingly complicated situation in the future. But do you really want to play? Do you really dare to play like this?