I'm really not King Jing of Zhongshan

Chapter 451 Brothers are of the same mind, eight hundred catties

Extravagant life.

What is extravagance?

It can only be said that the benevolent see benevolence, and the wise see wisdom.

——For common people and peasant households, it can be regarded as extravagant to eat a full meal and have meaty meals;

For merchants, the carriage looks better, the horses pulled by it are stronger, and the house is bigger, which is considered extravagant.

For the princes and noble relatives, half of the delicacies of the mountains and seas are eaten every day, which may be called extravagance.

But for clan princes and princes, the definition of extravagance...

"Uh, hehe, Your Majesty was joking, joking..."

Frightened by Liu Sheng's abrupt words, the brothers were stunned for a while, and then Lu Wang Liu Yu came to his senses first.

Subconsciously said a few times, "Your Majesty is joking", then looked around with a slightly stiff face, and took this opportunity to speak quickly, Fang Qiang smiled and said: "The word extravagance is used by the clan princes of my Han family. As far as it is concerned, it is absolutely irrelevant.”

"—Once upon a time, among the vassal states of the world, Qi State was the richest and Wu State was the strongest;"

"But even so, Qi Wang Liu Jianglu, who earns thousands of gold in business and industry every year, did not pursue the so-called extravagant life, but deposited these gold and silver goods in his own treasury."

"As for the state of Wu, although it became richer and richer under the rule of Wu Wang Liu Bi, but for the wealth, Wu Wang Liu Bi did not use it for enjoyment, but used it to bear the taxes and taxes of the people under his rule. and the attrition of the army."

"Of course, what Liu Bi, the King of Wu, did was driven by ulterior motives and coveting the position."

"But even so, it can also be explained: Most of the clan princes of my Han family are still people who care about the overall situation and understand the general situation, rather than people who are greedy for enjoyment..."

Having said that, Liu Yu's slightly uneasy heart gradually calmed down, so he squeezed out a smile again, and looked at the brothers one by one.

"For example, Eldest Brother's Linjiang Kingdom is only a county, and the income is very little, but Eldest Brother has not forgotten any duties, and manages the affairs of the country in an orderly manner."

"Even if there is a shortage of expenses in the palace, they never told the officials under the rule: to postpone the payment of so-and-so's salary, or to temporarily put aside the repair of so-and-so's roads and dredging of water canals."

"Even if the concubine in the harem is short of food and clothing, and I don't see meat, wine and meat for three to five days, my eldest brother never delays state affairs for enjoyment."

"This may be the responsibility of the clan princes..."

Using the elder brother Liu Ronglai as an example, Lu Wang Liu Yu, who originally wanted to point out that all the brothers "worked hard" in turn, finally stopped talking under the intriguing gaze of Liu Sheng.

Some things don't need to be said too clearly.

The boss, Liu Rong, lives extravagantly?

Needless to say, Linjiang King Liu Rong, who is the eldest son of the first emperor but only has one county as the kingdom, is worthy of sympathy!

The second son, King Liu De of Hejian, is the same: After all, he is also the second son—the second son among a dozen sons, but he only got a Hejian country reformed from Hejian County, and he is somewhat wronged.

Although Liu Yu, the King of Lu, and Liu Fei, the King of Jiangdu, were better, they got an ancient country: Lu State, and Jiangdu State with a fairly vast territory, but this was only made by the first emperor out of the consideration of "carving up Wu State" after he quelled the rebellion between Wu and Chu. decision making.

If there hadn't been the Wu-Chu Rebellion, and the Wu Kingdom of Wu King Liu Bi would have disappeared completely, the land of the two brothers would not have been bettered by the eldest brother Liu Rong and the second brother Liu De.

Not to mention the Changsha kingdom of the sixth Liu Fa - if his mother's background was so good, Liu Fa probably would have done everything in his power to fight for another fiefdom.

Anywhere is good, just don't be in Changsha.

The Zhao State of Liu Pengzu, the seventh brother, is the best fief among all the brothers.

As an ancient country with hundreds of years, Zhao has outstanding people, Handan City has a suitable climate, and Zhao has a vast territory. Even in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, it was one of the largest and most powerful countries in the world.

Even if the arable area is somewhat gratifying, the disadvantages of Zhao's low grain production due to the existence of the two world granaries in China and Bashu can basically be ignored.

If it wasn't for Liu Pengzu's repeated death, Zhao Guo, a land of geomantic omen, could have allowed Liu Pengzu and his descendants to live an extremely comfortable life.

But no matter how comfortable it is, Zhao Guo is an indispensable part of the northern border defense strategy after all, and it has nothing to do with the word 'extravagant'.

The eighth Liu Duan's Jiaoxi Kingdom and the tenth Liu Zhi's Jiaodong Kingdom were both fiefdoms of the Qi lineage in the past. They were vacated after the Wu-Chu Rebellion, so these two people filled in.

Although it belongs to the territory of the ancient Qi State, it is not the Qi County where Linzi is located after all. It can only be said to be relatively rich, but it cannot be ignored that its territory is small and the "rich" is limited.

Liu Yu didn't need to explain these words to Liu Sheng too clearly.

——Think about what level of land was granted to his sons by Emperor Taizu Gao when the country was founded?

The eldest son Liu Fei, the king of Qi!
The third son Liu Ruyi, King Zhao!

The fourth son, Liu Heng, will act as king!
Fifth son Liu Hui, King of Liang!
Sixth son Liu You, King of Huaiyang!

The seventh son, Liu Chang, is the king of Huainan!

The eighth son Liu Jian, King of Yan!
Eight sons, seven crowned kings, including Qi, Zhao, and Yan, three ancient countries that were once among the seven heroes of the Warring States Period!
Even the remaining Dai Kingdom and Liang Kingdom are also ancient kingdoms that existed during the Spring and Autumn Period. Huaiyang Kingdom and Huainan Kingdom are even Wu Kingdoms whose territory reached its peak in the Spring and Autumn Period!
Isn't this extravagant?

Qi Mourning Hui Wang Liu Fei, who was entrusted with 73 cities in the six counties of Qi, and everyone who speaks Qi's accent is Liu Fei's subjects!
Zhao Yin Wang Liu Ruyi, although he failed to escape the clutches of the Empress Dowager Lu, once had the Taizu Gao Emperor Liu Bang tailor-made a custom set for him: King Zhao, Yan, and Dai Zhishuai, before the battle, can Self-adjusted the soldiers of Yan, Dai, and Zhao to resist the powerful enemy, and then played the invitation.

Although this rule is somewhat suspected of Liu Bang imposing military power on him in order to protect his beloved son Liu Ruyi, the Zhao Wang at that time, even Liu Ruyi in his childhood, was by no means comparable to the current Zhao Wang Liu Pengzu. of.

Most of Liu Bang's other sons were in a similar situation.

King Liang, King Yan, and King Dai—don't care whether these vassal states were rich at that time, at least he was big!

As long as you manage with your heart and actively reclaim wasteland, there will be a lot of room for improvement, instead of being limited by the small land area like today's Jiaodong, Hejian Linjiang and other countries.

So, for Liu Sheng's sentence, "How do you big guys maintain your extravagant lives?" ', Brothers dare not agree, and will never agree.

But if this is the case, why did Liu Sheng say such a paradoxical sentence, which seemed to be said casually, and seemed to imply a beating?

Liu Sheng, what exactly do you want to do...

"Brothers, it seems that I have misunderstood what I mean."

After Liu Yuzhan's birth, he excused his brothers for being "not extravagant", Liu Sheng was not in a hurry to speak, but observed for a while from the faces of everyone present.

Everyone's reaction finally reassured Liu Sheng: Liu Han's clan and princes today have gradually drifted away from the word "extravagant".

Why is that?
Of course, since the Han Dynasty, the Chang'an court has been secretly promoting it, but it has never obtained a principle stated on the surface: the clan and princes should not be too comfortable, especially the "rich" and "have" cannot be satisfied at the same time. Leisure' both conditions.

Why?

——Wu Wang Liu Bi, what do you say?
Emperor Taizong Xu Min Chi Shanze, Liu Bi was able to open mountains to get copper, melt copper to cast coins;

The crown prince was smashed to death by a chessboard set up by the crown prince, and Liu Bi had to give him a few sticks, and was granted permission not to go to Chang'an again, so he was free here.

With money and leisure, Liu Bi turned the other way.

Don't say anything about the tragic death of the crown prince in Chang'an, or that Taizong's position was improper;

If there is no money from mining and melting copper, would Liu Bi dare to rebel?

If it weren't for the fact that he could no longer go to Chang'an, and could rebel happily in the fief, would Liu Bi be able to rebel?

Not to mention that the crown prince died in Chang'an, even if the father died in Chang'an and was smashed to death by the prince Qiyi chessboard, Liu Bi would not dare to turn against him!

In the final analysis, whether to reverse or not to reverse is never a multiple-choice question.

Those who do not rebel are often not unwilling to rebel, but incapable of rebelling;

And those who have the ability to rebel, even if they don't want to rebel themselves, will be forced to rebel by various factors.

This is a very simple truth: everyone is innocent, but pregnant is guilty.

——Since you don’t want to rebel, why do you have to be so powerful?
——Having such a powerful force, so powerful that it threatens the center of the court, you say you don't want to rebel?

Sorry, this is no longer a question of whether you want to reverse or not.

From the moment you have the ability to rebel, you must rebel.

After all, if you are not rebellious, how will the central court eliminate you as an unstable factor...

Knowing this, and then looking at Liu Sheng's temptation, the meaning in it seems a bit worth playing.

——Of course Liu Sheng knows that there are no clan princes who "live extravagantly" in the Han Dynasty now;
But Liu Sheng still hopes to redefine extravagance to further limit the living standards of clan princes.

After all, the old saying goes well: Food and clothing think of lust.

For the princes of the clan, the same principle is actually true: if you have enough to eat and drink, and have spare money, it is easy to think wildly;
Wait for another day to piss in two or two horses, maybe it will be reversed as soon as you slap your forehead.

Don't say such a thing is too panic;

Back then, Liu Chang, Li Wang of Huainan who was starved to death by Emperor Taizong Xiaowen, and the only surviving brother of Emperor Taizong Xiaowen felt that he was destined for heaven after drinking, so they pulled more than 40 people, more than a dozen grain carts, and a few people. Count the weapons and start fighting!
How is the result?

Anyway, it's the king of Huainan, and the 'king' rebelled, so there must be some disturbance, right?

Ah;
It was a county lieutenant with a rank of four hundred stones that finally put down the Huainan King's rebellion...
The force to suppress this rebellion was the township brave who was temporarily mobilized by the county, that is, a few dozen and a half boys...

It can only be said: the Chinese royal family owes one stone, Liu Han and Zhu Ming each take six, and other dynasties owe two.

And after vaguely reminding everyone: I still feel that you are living too comfortably, Liu Sheng finally brought the topic to the core theme of today's dinner.

——Beating princes and kings is not something you can rush for;

The seeds have been planted, and for the rest, these clan princes need to make up their minds in private: what does His Majesty mean?
As long as this question appeared in their minds, Liu Sheng no longer needed to worry about the rest.

But what Liu Sheng urgently wants to do now is actually that word: money.

Make money, make money, or Teemo's, make money...
"Just like what I just said: Today, my Han family is no longer like the emperor Taizu Gao, Emperor Taizong Xiaowen, and Emperor Xian Xiaojing, who used the strategy of marriage to make false and submissive snakes and plan for the future."

"To put it more bluntly, it is the future planned by the past emperors, and now the time has come."

"—Last year, the Xiongnu kowtowed at the border in the spring, and then suffered a big defeat in Mayi after autumn;"

"This year, the envoys sent by the Huns wanted to marry again, but I have already sternly refused."

"If the Huns hadn't changed their nature, and didn't even plan to serve my Han family as cattle and horses, the next three years, the border wall would probably be full of endless wars;"

"What will happen after three years depends on what the Han family and the Huns will be like in these three years..."

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"You brothers may not know how much money is spent in war, but Fifth Brother is a person who has been on the battlefield, so it is impossible not to understand."

"I don't want to hide it from you, my brothers. Since the reign of Emperor Taizong Xiaowen, I have been accumulating in the treasury. It took Emperor Taizong more than 20 years and Emperor Xiaojing ten years. A total of more than 30 years of wealth was accumulated. Only last year In the battle of Mayi, it cost [-]% or even [-]% and a half."

"Let's not mention the decisive battle between the Han and the Hungarians: as long as there are six or seven battles in Mayi, the treasury of my Han family will probably be like that of Emperor Gaozu when he was newly established. The poor can't even find a copper coin." arrive."

"Brothers should also be able to predict that there is no need for six or seven battles in Mayi, and there is no need for the treasury to be so poor that it runs away from rats—only the treasury money is reduced by half, and the anti-war voices inside and outside the court, I'm afraid it will be noisy."

"At that time, I'm afraid it will no longer be I, this bratty 'son emperor' who will make the decision on this matter..."

After saying that, Liu Sheng did not forget to glance at the direction of Changle Palace naturally, and then gave the brothers a look of "knowing and understanding".

And after seeing Liu Shengtu, all the brothers finally understood: Why did the right eyelid keep twitching on the way to Chang'an.

"Hi······"

"That's all..."

"Bento is a way to save money and avoid disaster..."

Thinking so, Liu Yu once again, as a representative of the brothers, tentatively surrendered to Liu Sheng.

"Dare to ask Your Majesty to make it clear."

"The ministers and other clan princes, what should I do to help His Majesty?"

The artistic level of Liu Yu's words is very high, at least as high as three or four floors;
But Liu Sheng's answer was equally sharp enough.

"I don't know if you brothers still remember: when Emperor Taizong Xiaowen took over the Datong, Chen Ping, Zhou Bo and other veteran officials took power."

"At that time, this generation abolished most of the policies promulgated by the Empress Dowager Lu on the grounds of 'eliminating Lu Wujin';"

"One of them is called: Jin Bulu..."

(End of this chapter)