Xuande

Chapter 631 I Will Let The Meat Eaters Bleed First
The weak Yu Fuluo knows that he seems to have a choice, but in fact he has no choice.

If he does not agree, the Southern Huns will usher in the real end, and he will lose all his glory and wealth.

He was reluctant to part with his own life, and he was also reluctant to part with his glory and wealth.

"I understand the general's wish. I will discuss it with my clansmen and give you an accurate answer within a month."

"Seven days."

Liu Bei smiled and said: "I don't have a month to accompany you to tangle, seven days, counting from today, after seven days, if you don't give an accurate answer to Manshijun, then Manshijun will automatically think that the Southern Huns If you want to fight against the big man and be my enemy, then you know the result."

Yu Fuluo's face changed, and then he showed a look of extreme horror.

"General! I'm still in Luoyang now! It will take several days to return to the tribe!"

"So, what is Da Shanyu still doing here?"

Liu Bei smiled and said, "Stay here until I invite Da Shanyu to dinner? Don't worry, it won't be too late to invite you when you are all Han Chinese. At that time, I will definitely prepare a big meal for Da Shanyu to enjoy. "

Yu Fuluo had nothing to say, and after shaking for a while, he stood up suddenly and ran outside. Because he was running too fast, he staggered and fell a dog eating shit, and before he could cry out the pain, he quickly got up and ran outside.

Only Zhang Yan was left with a sad face.

Fighting against Liu Bei is not a pleasant thing anyway, Zhang Yan has already clearly felt this.

"General Zhang Zhonglang, although you are also a Han Chinese, I think it's better for you to finish the work on the mountain earlier, what do you think?"

Liu Bei looked at Zhang Yan with a smile.

Zhang Yan suddenly felt a chill behind him.

"What the general said is true, the subordinates will return to Montenegro immediately, and come back to report the good news to the general when the matter is completed!"

Zhang Yan stood up, bowed deeply to Liu Bei, and then strode away from the General's Mansion.

Yu Fuluo and Zhang Yan galloped one after the other and left Luoyang City, heading north all the way through the starry night.

Taking the opportunity of solving the Bingzhou problem, Liu Bei thought about some things by himself, and then made up his mind. Then he found Lu Zhi and talked to him about it.

Lu Zhi felt a little surprised. He thought that after Liu Bei liquidated the Jinwen School, he would immediately advance the first stage of the field work. After all, judging from Liu Bei's current power, there will be people who are willing to respond to whatever policies he wants to promote. .

But Liu Bei chose to start from the perspective of slaves first.

"I thought you would start directly to save the fields."

Lu Zhi poured Liu Bei a glass of drink, and said in a low voice, "Xuande, why do you want to start with the matter of servants? Compared with Dutian, it can only be regarded as a small matter, right? Dutian is the real big thing."

"Teacher, saving the land is a big deal, but the matter of slaves is not a trivial matter. It can even be said to be a vanguard battle before saving the land. Teacher, do you know the approximate number of slaves in the Han Dynasty?"

"How many?"

Lu Zhi asked: "I haven't noticed this, but the number should not be small. There will still be 300 million, right?"

"No less than 800."

Lu Zhi was taken aback.

"800? That much?"

"This is still a conservative estimate, and it may even be no less than 1000 million."

Liu Bei slowly said: "Moreover, most of the slave population is young and strong men and women, who can be used as strong laborers, but after being sold as slaves, they are no longer the population on the official household registration, and the labor output cannot be paid. Taxes are paid to the government, all of which enrich their masters.

Think about it, if this part of the slave population can be released and returned to the official household registration, how much strong labor can it bring to the big man?In places like Bingzhou and Youzhou, the population loss is serious, the land is sparsely populated, and even Jizhou can attract a large number of people to reclaim wasteland. "

Lu Zhi put down the cup in his hand, his expression serious and serious.

He thought about it seriously.

"That's the truth. I haven't considered this issue before. If there are really so many slaves, it seems that they should be rectified. How can the number of slaves stipulated by the court increase to more than 800 million?"

"These slaves are basically working in the fields, so the slave restriction order is to restrict the expansion of the land by the powerful and powerful families in the place, which can basically be regarded as the preliminary preparations for the land."

Liu Bei said slowly: "In addition to the officials and the big families who have the most slaves, the local tyrants are also big heads. They have no official positions and no official connections, but they control a lot of land and wealth. Each family can have hundreds of slaves. Thousands of slaves.

Relying on these slaves, they continue to master more land. The more the land is in their hands, the more self-cultivating farmers will go bankrupt and become their slaves, and the court will have less tax revenue. This is a vicious circle , The harm to the country is very great.

It is precisely for this reason that the previous emperors tried to limit the number of slaves held by the rich. Emperor Guangwu ordered the release of slaves seven times in a row. It is also because of this reason that if there are too many slaves, the entire Han Kingdom will be damaged. "

"Well, that's true."

Lu Zhi nodded solemnly: "In that case, Xuande, what are you going to do?"

Liu Bei shared his thoughts with Lu Zhi. After hearing this, Lu Zhi thought about it for a while and said in a low voice: "In this case, you must be prepared to have someone armed against the imperial decree. You can issue the imperial decree, but How it is implemented depends on the intensity of local confrontation and the views of officials.

According to what you said, the family that owns the largest number of slaves is often the family of the official and the family to which the official belongs. If you promulgate the slave restriction order, it will hurt them, and it is inevitable that they will violate your government order. At that time, it is best The result is also the same as Emperor Guangwu's Du Tian. "

"Teacher, this is natural. Some people will definitely resist, but it's taboo to say something. In fact, my situation is slightly better than that of Emperor Guangwu back then."

Liu Bei looked at Lu Zhi with a smile.

Lu Zhi raised his eyebrows and looked at Liu Bei with interest.

"How to say?"

"Emperor Guangwu rose too fast, proclaimed himself emperor too fast, and established the world a little too fast, so Emperor Guangwu didn't even have time to pull out a team that truly belonged to him."

Liu Bei said slowly: "Emperor Guangwu relied on the power of the famous aristocratic family to set the world. The people from the famous aristocratic family saw Emperor Guangwu's talent, his identity and future, and took soldiers, food, and military funds to join him. Help him fight.

Emperor Guangwu won one victory after another, and soon ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, but the problem lies here. Almost all of Emperor Guangwu's subordinates came from powerful families, and they were very powerful in themselves. Following Emperor Guangwu was more like Collaborate, not follow.

Such a group of people helped Emperor Guangwu make great contributions and became the main hero of the great Han Zhongxing. How can Emperor Guangwu touch their interests and complete Dutian?In the end, it can only be a compromise with each other, and the compromise with each other is all because Emperor Guangwu is wise and powerful, and has the righteousness of the world. "

Lu Zhi was silent for a while, after thinking about it, he felt that what Liu Bei said made sense.

"If you say that, it's true. At the beginning of the revival of this dynasty, the heroes were indeed from the wealthy families in Nanyang and Hebei. Emperor Guangwu was able to rule the world mainly because of their help, so he was able to quickly raise the army."

"Slow has its advantages, and fast has its disadvantages."

Liu Bei said slowly: "Without an army that fully obeys orders, there will be no confidence to make a final decision, and there will be no real power to dominate the world. All you get is to maintain a relatively stable environment. There are limits.

When the rich are connected to fields and the poor have no place to stand, the barely maintained stability will collapse. It can only be said that Emperor Guangwu is still a genius, and he continued for the big man for more than 100 years without completely solving the problem. It's not easy to live a stable life. "

"That's all for the teacher to hear. If someone with ulterior motives hears it, it won't do you any good."

Lu Zhi shook his head and sighed: "Xuande, although you are a great general with one person under one man and over ten thousand people, there are still many people staring at you, so you should be careful about what you say, even if these things are facts, you You can’t say too much, too thoroughly.”

"That's natural, but it's just a feeling in front of the teacher."

Liu Bei sighed: "It's just that once some things are seen through, you will find that it's nothing more than that, the real problem that should be solved has not been solved, the current stability of the big man is only temporary, it's just that no one can fight better than me.

When I die, there is not enough to beat people, but the world is still the world, and the insects are still the same group of insects, so the big man should collapse, or he will collapse.

The problem that should be solved has been delayed for more than 100 years, and now it can no longer be delayed. If it is delayed, everyone will die, and the blood of innocent people will stain Chixian Shenzhou red. This is what I don't want to see.

So, when I have an army completely at my command, I will let the meat eaters bleed first, and only the meat eaters bleed can really solve the problem. "

(End of this chapter)