Three Kingdoms: Ancestors of the Han Dynasty

Chapter 874
In the second year of Yanxi, the first month.

The world is peaceful, the first year of Yanxi has a bumper harvest, and Chang'an City Street is rarely bustling.Liu Chan also hosted a banquet for the court officials to celebrate the New Year.

Inside the hall, the lights are brightly lit, and the sound of drum music can be heard endlessly.

Liu Chan sat on the steps, and Xiahou Hui and Wang Meng, two Zhaoyis, attended the ceremony, sitting on both sides of the imperial couch.The princes, the clan of the Han Dynasty, Cao Fang, Sun He and brothers sat in the East Hall; the civil and military officials of the Han Dynasty, and envoys from foreign vassals sat in the West Hall, and each sat in order to watch the play.

"color!"

The illusionist performed his extraordinary tricks, which aroused the praise of everyone.

Looking at such a harmonious atmosphere, Liu Chan sighed and said: "It is a blessing that the harvest is stable today. I vaguely remember that when I first entered Guanzhong, a bucket of rice was worth a piece of silk, which is extremely expensive. Now At that time, four buckets of rice were worth a bolt of silk, and every household had a surplus!"

Fei Yi was a little drunk, stood up with a wine cup in his hand, and said with a smile: "I remember that in the 21st year of Jianxing, there was a flood in Longyou, the earthquake in Longyou in the 22nd year of Jianxing, and the earthquake in Longyou again in the 23rd year of Jianxing .At that time, I was the governor of Longyou. Wherever I saw, the people were wandering and begging everywhere. But thanks to my Majesty's sage, the people were able to survive."

"Today's unification and the well-being of the people all depend on your majesty's hard work and love for the people. I respect your majesty for a bottle with you."

As he spoke, Fei Yi led the officials to raise the wine bottles in their hands.

Liu Chan couldn't hide the joy on his face, he drank the contents of the cup in one gulp, and said: "It's not my strength alone, all of you have merit."

Relying on her positional advantage and adoring eyes, Xia Houhui refilled a bottle for Liu Chan.Fei Yi, who was slightly drunk, was also helped back to the couch by his attendants, and continued to chat with everyone.

Liu Chan put his hand on the armrest of the table, and said with a smile: "I first established the world, and there was a minister who told me that the big man should be mighty, conquer the barbarians in all directions, and not stop the army. At that time, the fashion book ordered me to persuade me that I, a big man, want to stop fighting and cultivate literature. It is necessary to rule the world with literature, and only when the world is peaceful can we conquer the barbarians in all directions."

"Release slaves and maidservants, save the province and merge the army, set up the state capital in vain, and enrich the treasury. Looking at it today, the merits of Shang Shuling are not small!"

Xia Houxuan drank the wine and said modestly: "It's all thanks to His Majesty, I'm just admonishing you once or twice."

"Haha! It is a great achievement for Shang Shuling to work together with Situ to coordinate Shang Shutai." Liu Chan said.

Everyone present also applauded Xia Houxuan.

When Xia Houxuan surrendered to the Han Dynasty, Liu Chan named him a military adviser and general, and everyone was very unconvinced.You must know that Zhuge Liang was the last military adviser and general in the Han Dynasty, how could Xia Houxuan be better than Ge Gong!

When they had in-depth contact and understood Xia Houxuan's talent, they were very convinced of him.I finally understood why Xia Houxuan had such a high reputation among the scholars in the Central Plains.

"Your Majesty, forgive me for disappointing you." Lu Yi hesitated a little, stood up and said, "Cheap rice price is not a good thing, we need to be vigilant that cheap rice will hurt farmers, and I, a big man, need to be careful."

Xia Houhui, who was standing next to him, showed doubts and asked, "According to common sense, the price of rice is cheap, and the common people have something to eat, so how can they hurt the common people?"

Lu Yi explained: "I told Zhaoyi that the harvest of ten acres of farmland is counted as the harvest of one mu of farmland. I am a man who counts grains, not acres of fields. After all, all the acres of fields of the people are good or bad, and they cannot be the same day. In contrast, only the harvest of the grain changes."

"If last year a bucket of rice was worth [-] yuan, this year it would be worth [-] yuan, and a bucket of rice would be worth half of it. Seeing that rice is worthless, the people planted mulberry trees instead. The price of grain rose again the next year, and poor people couldn't afford rice anymore. It is not good for our great man to govern the world. Your majesty, why not set up quasi-cang warehouses in the states and counties of the world, so that the grains are cheap to harvest, and the grains are expensive to release. Yizhou rice is cheap, and Yongzhou rice is expensive, so you can transfer Yizhou rice to Yongzhou to protect it. The price of rice is fixed."

Liu Chan stroked the beard on his chin, and said with a smile, "Lu Qing not only has the talent to practice law, but also has the talent to govern, which is rare and precious."

"Where is the Shaofu?"

Shan Tao cupped his hands and stepped out, saying: "The minister is here!"

"From now on, leveling warehouses will be set up in the prefectures and counties of the world, and county leveling warehouses will be set up in county governments to protect the price of grain in the county; state governments will be set up in state leveling warehouses to protect the price of grain in all counties under the prefecture. And in Chang'an, Chengdu, and Jianye , Jicheng, and Linzi set up five general warehouses to stabilize the price of grain in the world."

"promise!"

After a pause, Liu Chan ordered: "The Yushitai is the supervisor, and Lu Qing ordered people to cooperate with the supervision to strictly prevent corruption."

"promise!"

It's not that Liu Chan is ignorant of the government's macroeconomic regulation and control, but the world has just settled down, and he is busy with too many things, so much so that he forgot to adjust the grain price by adjusting the warehouse.If Liu Chan thinks about it, it is estimated that the low price of the grain has really hurt the farmers.

"Menggong, what's the matter?"

While Liu Chan gave instructions, Guan Xing asked Meng Guang suddenly when he saw Meng Guang crying.

"Could Meng Qing feel unwell?" Liu Chan asked with concern.

Meng Guang is one of the few remaining old men of the great Han Dynasty, who has experienced the chaos of the end of the Han Dynasty for a whole sixty years.In the later period of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, he served as an official of the ministry of speech and experienced the Yellow Turban Uprising.During Dong Zhuo's turmoil, he fled south to live in Yizhou.

Because of his outspokenness and dislike, his promotion in office was slow.However, because of his ability to live, Meng Guang gradually entered the inner circle of the big man.

The world is unified, Liu Chan valued Meng Guang's experience, and specially arranged for him to serve as Shangshu Pushe, in order to correct the mistakes that Shangshutai made in the political process.

Meng Guang wiped his tears with his sleeve, and said with a choked voice, "Your Majesty, I am not feeling unwell, but remembering that when Emperor Ling was in power, the chaos of the Later Han Dynasty was also in the past! I was so stupid that the later Han Dynasty fell. Now I see the founding of my great Han Dynasty, and your Majesty is diligent in governing. I am deeply moved. Unfortunately, I can see the troubled times, but I am fortunate to see peace."

"Excuse me for being rude!"

Seeing this, Liu Chan also felt melancholy, and asked: "Do you think it is easy to conquer the world, or is it easy to rule the world?"

Liao Li stroked his beard and said: "In the past, when the heroes competed, Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, and Sun Ce stood side by side; and the world was divided into three parts. Since the Northern Expedition of the Han Dynasty, the army has gone through countless vicious battles, and both sides have made great efforts to win. It is difficult to conquer the world, but~"

Meng Guang preempted Liao Li's words and said: "The prosperity of the king should take advantage of the chaos in the world. The kings of the previous dynasty were incompetent and incompetent, extravagant and desperate, and the fate changed. After winning the world, they are easy to be arrogant, easy to be proud, easy to lust and indulge An Yi. The world is full of ruins waiting to be prosperous, and the king does not know it, but increases the corvee. In this way, the national power is declining."

"In the past, the Qin emperor won the world. Although he died in the second generation, the root of his demise was the Qin emperor. The Qin emperor was so extravagant and lustful. On the contrary, Zhang Jiao also rebelled."

"Although Cao Cao has usurpers, he established the foundation for his descendants. His descendants won the Central Plains without knowing it. Cao Pi was incompetent and went to the east of the river without success. Cao Rui was stupid and overhauled the palace and the country declined. Since your Majesty ascended the throne, diligence and thrift are the most important. Promote sages, revive national power, and defeat the strong with the weak."

After a pause, Meng Guang said: "When a minister rules the world, the monarch should rule his heart. If the heart is not right, the country will decline. I think it is difficult to rule the world!"

Liu Chan put his left hand on the table and commented: "Gong Yuan followed me from birth to death, knowing that wars are not easy. Meng Qing experienced great turmoil and met peace, and knew the gains and losses of governance. Wealth is arrogance, arrogance leads to laziness, and laziness leads to death. Mencius said : "If you enter, you will have no home and people, and if you leave, you will be invincible to foreign patients, and the country will perish.Then know that was born of hardship but died of well-being also. "It's the same with the ancients, and it's the same with the country."

"Everyone follow me to pacify the world, but today's peace is not the end, but the beginning. Whether I can prosper or not depends on whether you can govern the country together. In the past, when Duke Ge was alive, he upheld the state affairs and consulted carefully before making decisions. I'm afraid of hurting the common people. You need to do the same now, don't act recklessly."

Liu Chan lightly raised his finger, pointed at everyone, and warned: "Meng Qing is at the age of retirement, and I am worried about the comfort of the ministers, so I specially appointed him to serve as the servant of the minister to rectify political affairs. Seeing that the ministers are like this, I feel relieved."

"promise!"

At the end of the banquet, Liu Chan also focused his attention on Cao Fang, and asked, "Master Zhiming, I don't know if you are happy in Guanzhong, and if you think about Wei?"

Yecheng is the county seat of Wei County, which has been preserved from the Han Dynasty to the present.Even if Liu Chan regained the world, he did not change his name.Today Liu Chan asked Si Wei, actually asked Cao Fang if he missed Yecheng.

Cao Fang, who was sitting at the side of the hall watching the illusion all the time, put away her smile and replied, "Your Majesty, I am so happy to miss Wei!"

"What do you think of Taiping and Ankang?" Liu Chan asked.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your benevolence!" Sun Ba and Sun He said in harmony, "We can all adapt to Guanzhong."

For the Yue and Wu countries that surrendered, Liu Chan was not stingy to make them two princes. After all, they surrendered and surrendered, and did not let the big man use swords or soldiers, so they deserve such treatment.Moreover, the two of them also surrendered to the Han Dynasty early and became a vassal state of the Han Dynasty, and their treatment should not be too bad.

(End of this chapter)