Father Han Gaozu

Chapter 437 What kind of prosperity is this?

"No doubt, what do you think?"

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

"What Your Majesty said is what the minister thought!"

"Fuck! I haven't said how to approve it!"

"Your Majesty is talented and wise, and you must have already answered in your heart! What Your Majesty thinks is what the minister thinks!!"

Zhang Budo stood beside Liu Chang respectfully, his expression was so solemn, even if he said such flattering words, he was so upright, as if he was taking an oath, that solemn expression, you can see Lu Lu shook his head.

Liu Chang was dumbfounded by these words, "Okay, okay, since what I think is what you think, then tell me, what do I think?"

Zhang Budo said without hesitation: "Your Majesty will definitely not see the barbarians being rude to the big Han, and will definitely support the Wu State to send troops, but now the group of ministers are against it, especially Zhou Chang's servant, who is entangled in hundreds of officials, I'm running around and calling, and I want to bring Ji Bu to impeach King Wu. Your Majesty will definitely approve King Wu, don't rush to fight."

"Your Majesty has already expressed his thoughts and is unwilling to send troops. If King Wu sends troops privately, let him use military merit to atone for himself!"

Liu Chang shook his head.

"I will indeed allow King Wu to use troops, but I will not let King Wu bear this crime."

Liu Chang grinned, and Zhang Budo hurriedly said: "This minister is stupid, and his wisdom is no better than His Majesty's. What His Majesty thinks is something that this minister cannot think of!"

Lu Lu couldn't listen anymore.

Liu Chang's great rule liberated a big man in history who wanted to fight a battle but was unable to act because of the limitation of national strength. During the period of Emperor Wen in history, in the confrontation between the Han and the Huns, he was still in strategic defense, because Liu Heng's What he encountered was an unprecedented grassland empire under the command of Ji Conge. At that time, the big man was indescribable. After decades of struggle, Liu Heng and Liu Qi had accumulated enough for Liu Che to fight back.

How effective were Liu Heng and Liu Qi's rule of Wenjing?

According to the records and analysis of historical materials, scholars have analyzed that the population of the early Han Dynasty was around 1600 million, and when Liu Che ascended the throne, the population of the Han Dynasty was about 3800 million. By the later years of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the population of the Han Dynasty was about 3200 million. After Zhaoxuan, the population of Dahan exploded, reaching 5000 million at one point.

Liu Heng's governance of the state of Wu in these years has achieved equally great results. The prosperity of some capitals in the state of Wu has even exceeded the level of the Central Plains. As a backward southern region, the household registration has greatly increased, the area of ​​arable land has continued to increase, and the production of copper and iron has increased sharply. , the people live and work in peace and contentment, and the princes and kings do not understand how Liu Heng did it.

Many of the things Liu Heng did seem to be no different from what they did. Everyone was frivolous, and they were all polite and virtuous corporals. Why are they so effective? ?

It is also a light-hearted and low-paying tax. In the history of Emperor Wen, he abolished the national land rent in 14 years, and no tax was directly collected. Many people began to refute that Emperor Wen was exempt from tax, but he collected tax!There was something that made him exempt from the fu, so Emperor Wen changed the original calculation of 120 money to 40 money.

Liu Qi collected the land rent that was abolished by his father again, but still according to his father's request, 120 tax and [-] tax, and gave a death order, wanting to keep this system as a big man, it's a blessing. Liu Qi still raised it to [-]. After all, he was going to fight in that era. When Liu Che coughed, let’s not talk about it, let’s talk about his grandson, Liu Che’s grandson has reduced taxes again.
What Liu Heng did was also what other princes and kings did, but maybe the method was a little different.

After all, there are many princes and kings who ask others to be diligent and thrifty, but they can wear rough black clothes all day long, wear shoes made of raw leather, tie swords with belts, and take Wanpu as a seat. The princes and kings who want to sew and mend and then put on are just like that.

There are many princes and kings who demand to be kind to the people, but he is the only one who spends his private property and part of the state's property every year to help the widows, the old and the young.

There are many princes and kings of Lixian Corporal, but there is only one who can let ministers eat meat and eat vegetarian dishes by themselves.

There are a lot of people who are cheap and cheap, but they are reluctant to build a house for themselves, directly exempt from tax, and then cut off [-]% of the tax.

The current development speed of Wu State has even slightly surpassed the development speed of Tang State at the beginning. For such a person, making him a prince and king is a bit inferior, and he not only manages Wu State, but he also captures the South Vietnam, Fujian and Yue regions with one hand. The feudal lords obeyed his orders, and the people there did not recognize their monarch but recognized him, which was outrageous.

After years of development, Wu State's army is strong and strong, and the treasury is full of grain. Even with South Vietnam and other countries, the development is also rapid, and the population is prosperous.

Liu Heng did not prepare to fight for the reputation of opening up the territory and expanding the territory. The south has always lacked manpower, and Liu Chang had previously received the envoy of the Daxia Kingdom, which proved that the southern side can also go to the poison. Liu Heng is ready to go further. Develop the south side, turn the mountains and forests here into arable land, turn the barbarians here into people, build city ports, try to get through the connection with the body and poison by water or land, and use the power of the other to rule our country.

And Liu Chang knew that since his brother said he was going to go to war, he had the confidence that he would be able to defeat it easily.

With the degree of prudence of the fourth brother, he is not fully sure that he will never write a book.

But the ministers don’t think so. First of all, they invested a lot in Shangfang. They invested so much, but the results were so small. It’s okay. They still fought everywhere, and they always attacked some barren places. Besides, there is no benefit! ! !

In that era, it was indeed a credit to open up the territory and expand the land, but it also depends on how the land is.

Before attacking Shuofang and other places to contain the Xiongnu, the ministers did not say much. Even if they attacked Hexi, they did not say anything. After all, this place in Hexi is not bad. The minister could not see it. Although some land in the Western Regions is good, but the distance is so far away and the population is sparse, it will take several years to go back and forth. What is the use of occupying this? ?
Liaison with foreign trade?OK, keep on enduring.

But then came the Dian Kingdom (now Yunnan), with poor mountains and bad waters, mountains everywhere, and nothing to use. After the big man captured this place, he still had to pay money every year, and the taxes they gave were not enough to build roads here! !

As for Mahan and Fuyu, the officials could not think of the benefits of capturing them. Mahan (now South Korea) is fine, but in Fuyu (now Jilin, northern Liaoning) only a few areas are suitable for farming, and the rest are places of bitter cold. Birds and beasts can't survive, what will the big man do? ?Did you spend so much national power just for your good reputation for expanding your territory? ? ?

Ministers are hungry for land, but you can't disgusting people with places where birds don't shit!
The two places that Wu State is going to attack now (now Cambodia and southern Vietnam) are even more so. There are mountains and forests everywhere, and there is no decent arable land. The local people are poor and eat the soil. Are you fighting a war or helping the poor? ?If they are killed, they have to be fed, and they have to be subsidized. Is it worthwhile to exchange the lives of soldiers for this? ?
This is the common idea of ​​the ministers led by Zhou Chang.

All of these are considered by the officials to be the performance of Liu Changhao's great achievements, and you want to send people to attack the land that you don't want for nothing? ?

During this court meeting, the ministers' attitude was very firm.

Liu Chang didn't panic at all.

No matter what the ministers said, they just grinned and smirked.

"Okay, what Zhou Xiang said makes sense!"

"Barbarians, if they don't obey discipline, don't communicate anymore. Why would they send troops to conquer? A general will not use troops out of anger, and the state will not use troops out of anger. Zhou Xiang's words are the essence of the profound art of war and state governance!"

Liu Chang flattered a few words, but Zhou Chang was very cautious. Who knows what bad water this guy is holding back?

Sure enough, Liu Chang quickly said: "However, I only know how to charge and kill the enemy. The matter of using troops is the responsibility of the Taiwei. I have already sent the situation of Wu State to the Taiwei and asked the Taiwei. Weilai decides, if you have any opinions, you can send someone to tell the Taiwei, and I will ignore it."

broken! ! !

How could I forget that the emperor still has this trump card in his hand! !

Will Han Xin take care of the people sent by these courtiers?
Obviously not.

Then can they convince Han Xin?
Obviously not.

Han Xin has a detached status in the temple, never interacting with the ministers, and the ministers even dare not communicate with him. No matter what, this is a person who has already rebelled twice. Who knows if there is a third party. Second, Wu Zui's affairs have left two valuable lessons for the ministers: don't keep witches at home, and don't randomly visit when you're bored!

The meeting ended in desperation.

When Liu Chang returned to the Hall of Houde proudly, Zhang Bu couldn't help but complimented him.

"His Majesty!!"

"Your Majesty Shengming!! As soon as you mentioned the Marquis of Huaiyin, they didn't dare to speak, they were silent, hahaha, worthy of your Majesty!!"

Zhang Budo surrounded Liu Chang and kept complimenting him.

But it was rare that there was no joy on Liu Chang's face, he just frowned, looking like he was thinking. Doubt was very surprised. After following Liu Chang for so many years, Liu Chang didn't even need to speak. Zhang Wudo could see his thoughts, his state, and his mood, but at this moment, he could not see what His Majesty Hu was thinking. what.

Normally, His Majesty should be proud to talk about this response of his own?

Is this something I don't know about?

"Have you heard what Zhou Chang said?"

"He called me a single husband."

Liu Chang suddenly grinned, "It's not just Zhou Chang, but now all the ministers don't like me. Of course, I didn't like them before, so it's even."

Zhang Budo said angrily, "This old dog, I'll go now"

"Forget it, you don't have to go to other people to take care of everything. If you hurt them, who will handle the affairs?"

"When did Your Majesty care about the words of these old dogs?"

"But now, not just one or two, but all of them. Even my teacher doesn't understand me. And my mother."

"Your Majesty don't need to care about this!"

Just as the two were discussing, the voices of Liu Jing and others came from outside the door again.

Liu Chang gestured towards Lu Lu, and wanted Lu Lu to intercept it, but after a while, Lu Lu suddenly walked in again, and said with a wry smile, "Your Majesty. Are you here?"

Liu Chang could not see Zhou Chang, Liu Jing, or even Zhang Cang, but Chen Ping, Liu Chang nodded and allowed Chen Ping to come in.

Chen Ping didn't seem to have the anger of the ministers, so he met Liu Chang and sat aside.

"The ministers are already so old, I can't imagine that Your Majesty still won't let the old ministers go."

"Ah?? But I didn't let you carry the burden this time, and I chose the master on purpose."

Chen Ping said disdainfully: "These people in the DPRK did not dare to provoke the Marquis of Huaiyin, so they regarded me as being the closest to the Marquis of Huaiyin and asked me to write a letter to persuade the Marquis of Huaiyin. It fell on the head of the minister."

Hearing these words, Liu Chang, who was still bored just now, couldn't help laughing.

He really didn't want Chen Ping to take the blame this time. He didn't expect that the blame could fall on Chen Ping in this form.

Chen Ping said: "They just insisted that I could persuade the Marquis of Huaiyin, how could I have such ability?"

"I have never had any friendship with the Marquis of Huaiyin."

Chen Ping shook his head, his face full of helplessness.

"Hahaha, Father Zhong, you don't have to care too much, these people just have nowhere to vent, and they vent their anger on you!"

Chen Ping looked at Liu Chang in a good mood, and then said: "I heard that your Majesty urged Zhou Chang to reclaim the farmland, and at the same time, he also wanted to crusade the two traitorous kings in the south, is that so?"

"Yes."

"Your Majesty, the small country in the south, he doesn't know the etiquette. He offended the big man and sent troops to punish them. That's right, it's just."

Chen Ping pondered for a moment, then said: "I heard that last year the temples ordered the Dian Kingdom to build roads, which cost a lot, and the Western countries set up post stations and cities, which cost a lot, and the taxes paid did not make up for this. This minister can understand His Majesty's determination to expand the territory, but can you slow down a little?"

Hearing Chen Ping's words, Liu Chang suddenly became depressed again.

"Father Zhong also came to persuade me."

"No, this minister is not here to persuade Your Majesty to quit. Your Majesty doesn't have to spend money in these barbarian lands. You can raise their taxes and let them grow the crops they need for temples, such as tea, as your Majesty plans to bring in from poison. Cotton, so they can mine and serve His Majesty."

Chen Ping's idea is very simple, that is, His Majesty treats these people too much as human beings, which causes the cost of maintaining the rule after the capture is greater than the gain. It is better to use them directly as free labor. Even if it can't be maintained The cost of domination, they can't let them scour the wool of the big man, they have to squeeze out their cost a little.

"The local princes are the main ones, and the big Han sends people to supervise them. They don't have to spend their energy to manage themselves. Let them govern themselves. The big Han only collects taxes and suppresses the prices of their crops and mineral products, or directly."

"In this way, the ministers will not say anything more."

"As long as it is good for the country to fight, who will be against it?"

Hearing Chen Ping's words, Liu Chang's face did not show joy.

"In this way, there is no need for a big man to govern these areas in person, but these people will never become the subjects of a big man."

"Why does Your Majesty insist on turning them into the people of the big man? The so-called people's heart is the people of the Central Plains. How can the Hu Di barbarians around the Central Plains be called the people?"

"Although I am a sage, I can't treat everyone equally. It's just the method you said. Although I can collect a lot of wealth for the big man in a short period of time, it can be a long time, but it is only constant conflict, war, hatred, and it will always be a role model. You don’t know the way of kings in the outside world, but when the Central Plains change, the princes you support will immediately become their own faction and no longer belong to the great Han.”

"As for my method, although the investment is huge today, it can be slowly planned. A large number of people migrate to, speak elegant words, use Chinese characters, and be transformed by kings. In a hundred years, they will no longer be different from the people of the Central Plains. "

"But what Your Majesty is drawing is some barren land. These people."

"In the beginning, when I lived on the banks of the river in the summer, the surrounding areas were barren wasteland, the merchants lived in the Central Plains, the surrounding areas were wasteland, and the surrounding areas were in Kyushu. Is this because of land changes? Is this because the Xia people have cultivated and reclaimed these areas, which have been developed for hundreds of years. Was the bad land in the Shang Dynasty turned into good land in the Zhou Dynasty? Isn't this only after the development? Has there been a change?"

"From the time of living in trees to now, new tools and resources have appeared constantly. People who live in trees eat flesh and blood, and they don't care about wheat millet because they don't know wheat millet. Today's barren land produces a lot of things, and we don't care about it, but do you know whether these wastelands will also become rich and good soil in the future? Those things that you don't care about on the ground, in the future Will it become a treasure like corn?"

Chen Ping shook his head, he could no longer convince the stubborn emperor in front of him.

"The great chaos at the end of the Qin Dynasty, the world is prosperous now, it is an unprecedented prosperity, but your Majesty's urgent orders have not been interrupted, the continuous reclamation of cultivated land, and the continuous reduction of taxes and taxes. Today's prosperous era has enabled His Majesty to obtain the reputation of the ages, even if it is " "Writing" is not enough to describe your merits. And such eager actions will ruin today's prosperous world and ruin your merits!!!"

Chen Ping persuaded again, the meaning is very obvious, His Majesty must know how to be content, and everything cannot be done today.

When Liu Chang heard this, he burst out laughing.

"Do you think that what I do is just for fame and credit?"

"Then Father Zhong thinks that I think too superficially, and fame and fame are like dung!!!"

"That's not what I meant."

Chen Ping is not easy to say clearly at this moment, but Liu Chang has been tossing too much in these years, almost blooming in all directions, urging ministers everywhere, and decrees are one after another, this situation makes Chen Ping very worried, Your Majesty The characteristics of the good Daxi Gong are really worrying.

Liu Chang did not explain to Chen Ping, he said seriously: "Father Zhong. You should go back and rest first."

"You will understand sooner or later"

"What bullshit prosperous world. It's not enough, it's not enough at all!"

"Far from enough!!!!"

(End of this chapter)