Silver Fox of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 528 Dragon Slayers Can't Become Evil Dragons!

After returning from the palace, he finally saw his wife.Hearing that Shen Chen finally came back, the family immediately became lively.

Now the Shen family is still prosperous, with his wife Liu Ning, the eldest son Shen Yin, and the second son Shen Xi. A few years ago, before Shen Chen left Xiangyang for Xiliang, a new member was added, the youngest daughter Shen Lan.

Especially his mother, Mrs. Deng, is still in her [-]s.On the contrary, Shen Chen's father, Shen Zhen, died of illness for several years, which is a bit regrettable.

Shen Chen's elder brother, Shen Zhong, was bestowed the title of Marquis by Liu Chan, and his eldest son, Menyin, became an official.Cousin Shen Tao was named General Anbei because of his military exploits. He is currently in Zhuge Liang's army, and his wife also came to join in the fun.

And Deng Hong, Deng Hong is now 63 years old. He is one of the three princes, Sikong. Although he has no real power, his status is extremely high. The blessings are continuous, and three generations live under the same roof.

Many relatives gathered in the Shen mansion, more than 100 people were lively and lively. After the lunch, the children and grandchildren played in the courtyard, the women gathered and chatted in the backyard, and Shen Chen, Deng Hong and others gathered in the main hall. It was a meeting of the relatives. .

Deng Hong has the highest status and seniority, and he always sits at the head when eating, so he is sitting comfortably in the hall at this moment, he is a guest, he must not sit at the main seat, and Shen Chen did not sit at the main seat, just sitting opposite Deng Hong.

In this way, the people were arranged according to the order of left and right. Shen Chen looked around, and there were more than ten people in the family who were officials in the court. There is no shortage of one of the three men like Deng Hong, and it can be said that the power is not small.

Seeing this scene, Shen Chen suddenly became vigilant. The Han Dynasty was in the stage of aristocratic families, and even in the Tang Dynasty there was a saying of five surnames and seven wangs.The reason for this is that the family has been an official from generation to generation, forming a family monopoly.

The Deng and Chen clans don't distinguish between you and me, especially the Shen family was originally considered half a vassal of the Deng family, but with the rise of Shen Chen, the Shen family is also in full swing. Except for Shen Chen and Shen Tao, Shen Chen's cousins ​​seem to be the only ones. Several of them were named lieutenants, scattered officials, and honored officials. Naturally, they were not high-ranking officials, but they were all officials.

A series of circumstances proved that the Deng-Shen Er clan can be said to be "one person attains the Tao and ascends to heaven", and now the entire clan is probably already the top family of the Han Dynasty.

But Shen Chen knew that, as the saying goes, prosperity comes with decline.

If a family is too prosperous, and has been an official for generations, and holds power for a long time, it must be feared by the ruling class.What's more, just as the emperor does not necessarily succeed Mingjun, the descendants of the family are not virtuous from generation to generation. If the family grows stronger, the descendants can easily use their power to do evil.

The most important thing is that the dragon slayer cannot become an evil dragon. Shen Chen originally planned to end the era of the aristocratic family, so how could he turn his family into the aristocratic family? door valve.

But at this time, many relatives were present, so it was difficult to say it directly. Everyone was discussing and expressing their congratulations for the unification of the great Han and Shen Chen's great achievements. It was like a chat between relatives after dinner.

"Now we have regained our unity, and it's all thanks to brother Xiaoqing."

"That's right, clan brother is now the great general of hussars, second only to the prime minister and the great general. With such power, I'm afraid our second Deng and Chen clan will be at the height of their power."

"I heard that Cao Wei created a nine-rank Zhongzheng system, dividing aristocratic families and talents into upper, middle and lower third ranks, and each major rank is subdivided into minor third ranks, making a total of nine ranks. If we follow their measurement method, our Dengshen clan, At least it's top-notch."

"That's for sure. Back in the day, our Deng and Chen clans were just two small families in Xiangben and Huangmenting in Xuzhou, and they were not even considered powerful. Now that they have reached the status they are today, it may not be far to revive the glory of the Deng clan. gone."

Everyone said with smiles on their faces. These words sounded harsh to Shen Chen's ears, but in the eyes of the people at that time, they were taken for granted.

Although Shen Chen suppressed the powerful family, he never said that he wanted to disintegrate the power of the clan.

Because the power of the clan is too deep-rooted, even in the new era after 2000, the power of the clan is still very strong in coastal provinces such as Fujian, Guangdong, and Guangxi in southern my country.Lufeng Boshe Village, which shocked the whole country, is a typical example.

Therefore, suppressing the powerful gentry can use them to steal the country's population and land as an excuse to clean them up one by one.But if you want to disintegrate the power of the clan, you are fighting against the people of the entire Eastern Han Dynasty.

The saying that the imperial power does not go to the countryside is not empty talk.

Now that their clan is powerful, although it has not yet formed a powerful family that monopolizes land, population, and official positions, it has already taken shape. If it continues like this, the situation will not be too good.

Shen Chen didn't participate in everyone's chat. Seeing that he was just sitting cross-legged drinking tea, Deng Hong asked curiously, "Xiaoqing, what are you thinking about?"

"I didn't think of anything."

"Now that the world is settled, His Majesty seems to be planning to move the capital back to Luoyang. What do you think?"

Deng Hong asked again.

Shen Chen thought for a while, nodded and said, "Well, it's good to make Luoyang the capital for the time being."

"Temporarily set the capital in Luoyang?"

Deng Hong was surprised: "Why is it only temporary?"

"Because the big man is just making a preliminary decision, we must first focus on the country. Luoyang is at the center of the world, so it is convenient to go anywhere."

"So that's the case. Could it be that according to Ah Chen's intentions, we don't just focus on domestic affairs?"

"Naturally, if the big man wants to restore the courtship of the barbarians, he must take back the Western Regions. When he expeditions to the Western Regions, he will probably move his capital to Chang'an."

Shen Chen said.

The Western Han Dynasty had actual control over the Western Regions, because Chang'an was closer to the Western Regions, and it was a little easier to send troops.

In the Eastern Han Dynasty, the control over the Western Regions declined. After Ban Chao, they gradually lost control over the Western Regions. This was due to the frequent occurrence of Qiang chaos in Liangzhou, which interrupted the Han Dynasty's communication with the Western Regions.

Therefore, in order to recapture the Western Regions, the political and military centers must be brought closer to the Western Regions. If the troubles in the Western Regions can be known as soon as possible, naturally troops can be quickly sent to suppress them.

"I understand."

Deng Hong woke up and said: "It turns out that there are such considerations in it. It seems that transportation is very important."

"That's right. As the saying goes, if you want to get rich, build roads first. Traffic is very difficult. Wait a minute, I seem to know what the next national policy should be."

As Shen Chen was talking, he suddenly remembered something.

The current national policy is the Chuping of the Great Han Dynasty. At most, troops will be sent to destroy the Gongsun family and take back Liaodong. After that, we must fully develop productivity, increase food production, and restore the population.

The confrontation between the Northern and Southern Dynasties, after dozens of wars, and plagues, natural disasters, famines, etc., the population of the whole country is probably more than 3000 million. Even including the recovered Hu people, the total population is at most 4000 million.

Calculated based on the previous population of 6000 million in the Han Dynasty, after this agricultural reform, productivity has improved, and it should reach the level of the Song Dynasty, which can accommodate a population of about [-] million.

But a population of [-] million is not created out of thin air, at least after several generations of development, so productivity and population are long-term plans.

However, there is one thing that works in the present and benefits in the future.

That is to build the Grand Canal.

As long as the Grand Canal is built, the north-south transportation will be developed, which will greatly benefit the flow of population and commerce. At the same time, it will also lay a solid foundation for the industrial revolution, paving the way for future overseas domination of the world from the Bohai Sea, the Yellow Sea, the East China Sea, and the South China Sea. .

Thinking of this, Shen Chen suddenly had a long-term plan in mind.

Improving productivity, restoring population, simultaneously building the Grand Canal, speeding up domestic traffic flow, and promoting the prosperity of business and population are the first steps.

The second step is to encourage the people to go to sea and conquer the world.

Through the land, you can go to the Western Regions, connecting with the Guishuang Empire, the Parthian Empire and the ancient Roman Empire.By sea, you can go to America, Southeast Asia, Australia, Central Asia and Africa.

Taking advantage of the nautical age that has not yet reached 1000 years later, the big man is the first to occupy the hegemony of the sea.

The next step is to leave the path of the industrial revolution to the subsequent imperial rulers. Then maybe in a few hundred years, the big man will be able to realize the first and second industrial revolutions and complete the accumulation of world hegemony.

Although these three steps may take hundreds of years, Shen Chen will leave behind methods, such as the steam engine, the revolutionary product of the industrial revolution, and the generator, internal combustion engine, etc., which are the revolutionary products of the second industrial revolution.

Shen Chen didn't know how to make steam engines and internal combustion engines, but he knew how to generate electricity.

Electromagnetic induction!

The most basic knowledge of junior high school physics.

Power tools can be easily made with copper wire and magnets.

of course.

This is just the most basic thing. If you really want to generate electricity, you still need a huge amount of physical and chemical knowledge.

Such as generators, storage electricity, transformers, etc., the ability to generate electricity by electromagnetic induction can only be regarded as the first step in the Long March. There is still a long way to go to truly enter the electrical age.

But even so, if we can follow the three-step plan proposed by Shen Chen step by step, then maybe two or three hundred years later, the big man will be able to produce the first industrial revolution, or even the second industrial revolution, and will be far ahead of the world by then. The world is no longer a dream.

"What did Ah Chen think of?"

Deng Hong asked puzzledly.

Shen Chen shook his head: "It's okay, I just thought that since the transportation is convenient, the best way is water transportation. If we can connect the world's rivers and open shipping, it will greatly increase the communication between the east, west and north."

"I'm afraid this is a big project."

Deng Hong was shocked.

"At that time, we will talk to the three provinces and departments to see if it can be implemented."

Shen Chen responded.

Afterwards, they chatted casually with everyone, and in the afternoon everyone dispersed. Before leaving, Shen Chen left Deng Hong behind.

Many relatives left Hushi General's Mansion, and Deng Hong followed Shen Chen to the pavilion in the back garden.

"Achen, what's wrong?"

Deng Hong came over and sat cross-legged with Shen Chen in the pavilion, puzzled and asked: "What is the purpose of asking me to discuss in private?"

Shen Chen seriously sat opposite Deng Hong, looked at him and said in a deep voice, "Sixth Uncle, I have something very important to tell you."

"Well, let's talk."

Deng Hong nodded.

Shen Chen said: "I hope that the Deng and Chen families will separate."

"Separate?"

Deng Hong was shocked and said: "Ah Chen, what are you going to do? The two Deng surnames have been together for nearly a hundred years, and they have long since made no distinction between you and me."

Shen Chen shook his head and said, "It's not only Deng and Chen's second family that will be separated, but also the clans will be separated to turn everyone into a small family. Everyone will be separated and migrated from the ancestral land of Nanyang!"

Deng Hong looked at Shen Chen in astonishment, and couldn't help but said, "Ah Chen, do you know what you are talking about, this is forgetting one's ancestors!"

"No, I'm saving our clan!"

Shen Chen said seriously: "Uncle, do you still remember how the Deng family declined and nearly wiped out? Even if you forgot the Deng family, the Yuan family and the Yang family, four generations and three princes, where are they today?"

"Achen, what do you mean?"

Deng Hong recalled it immediately, and vaguely understood what Shen Chen meant.

Shen Chen nodded and said: "Yes, if the clan is too powerful, it must be tabooed by the court. Although today's emperor is benevolent, can the uncle guarantee that the next generation of emperors will not fear us? The example of the Deng family is not far away."

In addition to the Deng family, he also thought of the Chen family of Yimen in the Song Dynasty. Shen Chen had a friend who was a descendant of the Chen family of Yimen before he traveled.

The genealogy book recorded a huge family, and Shen Chen asked his friend out of curiosity, and it happened that his friend's grandfather was very talkative, and he talked about the past of their Yimen, the Chen family.

It turns out that during the Renzong period of Song Dynasty, the Yimen Chen family was the largest clan in the world. They started from the Tang Dynasty and went through 332 years. There were 15 generations without separation, and the number of people reached more than 3900 at the peak.Moreover, the management system is strict, and there have been situations such as "no selfish property in the room, no cooking in the kitchen", "eight hundred oxen to farm the sun and the moon, and three thousand lamps to read articles".

The Chen family is even just an ordinary local clan, without the support of high-ranking officials in the imperial court.But even so, they were also jealous of Song Renzong, who was known as the most benevolent in the Song Dynasty. Under the strong advice of Wen Yanbo, Bao Zheng and other important officials, Song Renzong finally ordered the Chen family to separate.

Even big families without senior officials in the imperial court are feared by the upper echelons, let alone the current Deng family.

You must know that now the Deng family has almost returned to its former glory.

As Shen Chen brought the Deng family back to the imperial court again, Deng Hong, Deng Yan, Deng Ai, Deng Zhi and other descendants of the Deng family were reused. More than ten Liehou, Sanguan, and Xunguan once again became one of the best in Nanyang. big family.

If things go on like this, the Deng family will develop and grow again soon. As the saying goes, the big tree attracts the wind, and Liu Chan is kind, so he probably won't do anything, but who can guarantee what will happen after Shen Chen, Deng Hong and the others die?
Therefore, if you want to keep the family in the long run, it is the best choice to reluctantly separate the family.

Deng Hong muttered to himself: "Yes, the Deng family has experienced two times of prosperity and decline, and now it has recovered, and it will come for the third time if it is not good. Ah Chen's words are the long-term plan to preserve the family. also."

Shen Chen said: "Now we have hundreds of people from the Deng and Shen clans in Huangmenting, and dozens of people who have joined the army and become officials. Every family has surplus money, and everyone can study. In the future, there will be more Deng and Shen clans who will become officials. Once The whole court is full of Deng Chen, what do the emperor think, what do the government and the public think? The day of genocide is probably not far away."

"Not bad."

Deng Hong felt cold sweat all over his body, nodded repeatedly and said: "For the sake of the family plan, I must call many clan elders to discuss this matter."

"Then please uncle."

Shen Chen bowed his hands seriously.

Although separation is a helpless move, it is also the general trend.

Neither the imperial court nor himself would allow a powerful family to exist, otherwise, what is the difference between this and the Eastern Jin Dynasty?
So Shen Chen is not only protecting the family, but also setting an example to weaken the family!
(End of this chapter)