Xuande

Chapter 816 The Sun of the Third Reich Is Rising Slowly

In addition to these things, there were also some things that made Liu Bei feel speechless.

A certain heir to the marquis title of Jinzhi Lie lost his fertility due to illness, and he didn't want to lose his title inheritance, and he didn't want to hand over his ancestral property to outsiders, so he privately begged his concubine brother and his wife to work hard to have a baby. After the child comes out, at least he can inherit the title.

And then something like this really happened.

The younger brother of Geliehou cooperated with his wife, and it really succeeded. The child was born, the problem of heirs was solved, and there was no need to worry about losing the title and economic interests.

But this matter is still an open secret in the family of the nearby prince. Almost everyone knows it, but no one tells it outside, for fear of breaking the window paper.

Originally, this matter ended here, but after his concubine brother contributed his genes, he was still addicted to his sister-in-law's beauty, and tried to reconnect with her sister-in-law many times.

As a result, he was disliked by his sister-in-law, who resisted and dealt with her many times, but was worried that her husband would find out and suspected that she was not a woman, so she dared not speak out, which in the end encouraged the arrogance of the concubine younger brother.

Later, there was a big commotion between them, and Gailehou knew about it, so he almost beat his younger brother to death.

This matter began to spread out of the mansion, spread around, and became a joke.

One by one, Liu Bei covered his eyes and held his forehead, and sighed again and again. He deeply felt the charm of biodiversity, and was deeply angry for these insects raised by the country.

"Spend so much tax to support so many wastes and dregs of the world, but those who work diligently for the country don't get any rewards and help. How can the great man's national situation not decline after such a long period of time?"

"The reason for the country's decline is that hardworking and hardworking people are not treated correctly, and the hearts of the world are chilled! The hearts of the world are chilled. If the enemy invades, how can I resist the enemy myself?!"

Therefore, Liu Bei ordered that the punishment for the Han family clan group and its vassal groups be increased, and the punishment should be strict but not lenient.

By the beginning of October in the first year of Zhenguan, among the nineteen kings who were supervised and arrested, only one king of Donghai was considered barely innocent.

This is because he has been weak and sick since he was a child, and he has been sick since he took the throne. He is basically a medicine jar. His family is busy taking care of him, and they do everything possible to let him and his wife have offspring to inherit the title. The whole family has no time to do bad things, so it is because of this "Innocence" and saved himself and his family.

I have to say that this is an absurd and funny fact.

So the king of Donghai was demoted to the title of Marquis of Sihui County, Nanhai County. He will lead his family to Sihui County and be granted the title, and he will not return to the Central Plains without a summons.

Three of the remaining clan kings were killed and their Liu family status was abolished, all property was deprived, and they were exiled to Jiaozhou.

Seven were abolished as common people, lost the qualifications of the Liu surname, all changed their surnames, expelled from the clan, and then exiled to remote states and counties to become private households for reclamation, and they were not allowed to return to the Central Plains since then.

The remaining eight crimes were not very serious, so after the trial, they were all demoted to the title of Tinghou and were assigned to Gaoliang County and Linyun County in Hepu County. In essence, they were settlers with the title of Tinghou. household.

Because there is not much population in the area, and there is no tax to feed them. If they don't cultivate the land by themselves, they will not be able to support a large family with the little help from the court, which is better than nothing.

Of course, because the Zongwangs have a relatively high starting point, the end is relatively clear.

Quite a few of those near-branch clans were Tinghou and Xianghou, with a low starting point and particularly serious crimes, so it was only natural that the thirteen near-branch clans were executed for various crimes.

In addition to those who were executed, almost half of them lost their surname Liu and were deposed as common people. They were sent to Jiuzhen County and Rinan County to cultivate and farm, and they were not allowed to return to the Central Plains.

The rest of the lucky ones whose crimes are not very serious still have a small number of titles of Tinghou and Xianghou who were granted to Yulin County and Cangwu County. They are nobles in name, but in essence they are also titled titles. Settlement of households.

There were also some who were simply assigned to Jiaozhou with the lower-level Marquisship of Guannei. They could not talk about fiefdoms. Liu Bei gave them a slight discount and gave them a small amount of living expenses every year before driving them away. Jiaozhou.

The good days are over, and the kindness left to you by your ancestors is also over. How you live your life and how you survive are all your own business and have nothing to do with the court anymore.

No, it still has something to do with it.

There are tax holidays and taxes are low, but...

You have to pay me taxes too!

In the end, Liu Bei jointly promulgated the brand new "Han Clan Law" in the name of Liu Yu, the great Zong Zhenghe and the third division. In addition to announcing that he would subsidize the lives of poor Han clan groups by collecting taxes from the high-level Han clan In addition, most of them are related to the law.

What crimes need to be demoted, what crimes need to be exiled, what crimes can be expelled, beheaded, etc., clarify the principles of all punishments and rewards for Han family clan groups within the scope of the law, and must In a legal sense, the Han clan clan groups are urged to have a positive effect on the country, rather than a negative effect.

The only thing that can be called a human touch in this law is probably Liu Bei's previous decision. The taxes on the wealthy Han family clan groups will be collected and invested in a Han clan clan support foundation. The clan members of the Han Dynasty who could not afford to eat provided minimal assistance.

That is to say, to the extent that they are not allowed to starve to death, other than that, they will not be provided with anything, whether it is a way to become an official or a way to make money, there is nothing at all. Don't starve to death.

The promulgation of this law means that Liu Bei's treatment of the clansmen of the Han Dynasty is in a state of law to abide by, and it is an upright state, rather than favoritism, public revenge, etc., it is entirely because the other party has made a mistake and cannot Therefore, they were dealt with according to the law.

This was an upright murderous act. It was obviously to wipe out all the clan groups in the Second Empire, but it did not cause any serious backlash and was very popular.

Later, in addition to confirming Liu Xie's status as Marquis of Liu Xie again, Liu Bei announced three more decisions to confer titles.

That is to say, Liu Hui, the commander of Dongyuan, was changed to the title of Marquis of Liwu County, with [-] households in Shiyi.

Changed the title of Liu Sheng, the head of the Xishu Military Region and the general of the Shence Army, to the title of Marquis of Anping County, with [-] households in the city.

Changed the title of Yulin Army Zhonglang General Liu Yong to the Marquis of Raoyang County, with [-] households in the city.

The newly canonized county marquis is the same as Liu Xie's county marquis, and similar to the county marquis of the Second Empire. They can only eat tax and have no power to intervene in local administration.

Originally, Liu Bei planned to confer a title on Liu Bo, as the only conferment on the only member of his family since he ascended the throne, which was more or less a little consolation to the family, although he really didn't care about other members of the family. any affection.

But Liu Bo refused.

He said that he did not make great contributions to Liu Bei's career, had no military achievements, and had no convincing reasons. If he was appointed a marquis rashly, it would only make people feel that Liu Bei's rewards and punishments were unclear.

Moreover, Liu Hui is his son, and his son being granted the title of Marquis is equivalent to the glory of his old father. He was very satisfied, so he rejected Liu Bei's title of Marquis.

Liu Bei complied with his request and did not forcibly make him a marquis, but just gave him a lot of money and gifts to express his gratitude.

And those who are interested have also noticed that Liu Bei's move to enshrine three of his own clans is not simple.

Liwu County, Anping County and Raoyang County surround the same place - Liu Xie's fiefdom, Anguo County.

Liu Xie is the Marquis of Anguo County. During the Dutian Rebellion, Liu Zhong tried to lead his so-called loyal army north to Anguo County to find Liu Xie and make Liu Xie the emperor again, which set off his counterattack against Liu Bei.

So this time, people think that Liu Bei's enfeoffment is meaningful.

In addition to increasing the clan power of Liu Bei's own clan, it is also necessary to let the fiefdoms of the three close-branch princes of his clan surround Liu Xie's fiefdom, block Liu Xie in Anguo County, and let anyone want to treat Liu Xie Whatever Xie does, he has to take into account the close branch princes of the three Liu Bei clans who surround him.

This time, the results people speculated were similar to what Liu Bei thought.

He just wanted to let his own people surround Liu Xie's fief, which was the same meaning as when Zong Zhou's clan divided the princes, and let a large number of Ji's clan princes surround Song State.

However, this matter can also be considered from another angle.

Liu Zhong's desire to restore Liu Xie not only threatened Liu Bei's throne, but also seriously threatened Liu Xie's life. If Liu Xie was really coerced by Liu Zhong to restore, then he would be the Emperor of Restoration whether he wanted to or not. , all in fact challenged Liu Bei's throne, from the Zen emperor to the hostile emperor.

At that time, even if Liu Bei still wants to keep him alive, there will be many, many people who want Liu Xie to die, so many that Liu Bei can't deal with it, then Liu Bei's idea of ​​saving Liu Xie's life will not be realized.

After all, Liu Bei is not a pure villain, he wants Liu Xie to survive, and even the innocent Liu Bian, Liu Bei also wants him to survive.

So after Liu Xie was sealed off, Liu Bei sent someone to secretly send Liu Bian, who was under house arrest, to Liu Xie's fief to reunite their brothers. It is said that Liu Xie was very moved by this and knelt down in the direction of Liu Bei several times , to thank Liu Bei for his kindness in allowing their brothers to reunite.

This pair of hard-fated brothers who depended on each other can be considered to have escaped the curse of life and death in the previous life, and successfully followed Liu Hong's last wish, and can live a good life in Anguo County.

This is the end of Liu Bei's treatment of the clans of the Han Dynasty. The clans of the Second Empire were wiped out, and the clans of the Third Empire have not yet grown up. During this empty window, Liu Bei relied on his own strong Force and prestige shocked the world and maintained the Han Dynasty.

Since he was so vicious towards the Han family clan group, of course Liu Bei would not be merciless towards those other rebels.

During the four months from May of the first year of Zhenguan to September of the first year of Zhenguan, more than 100 rebel armies emerged from all over the world, under various banners.

The big banner is like Liu Zhong's, and the spearhead is directed at Liu Bei, while the small banner is purely against the Dutian Order, not against Liu Bei's regime.

But in Liu Bei's view, the meanings of the two are similar. If you want me to compromise, isn't it tantamount to killing me?
Can I compromise?

Liu Bei was able to compromise at the beginning, but now that the situation has reached this point, he actually has no qualifications or possibility to compromise. He can only go one way to the dark. In contrast, his enemies will undoubtedly die.

More than 100 rebels are not as simple as more than 100 families, but it means that dozens of times the families behind them are against Liu Bei's policy. Each rebel army is not pulled by one family, but tens of dozens Thousands of families are united, and thousands of families are against Liu Bei, fighting against Liu Bei.

They still exist with weakened strength. If they had not been weakened, then Liu Bei should have faced ten times, twenty times the intensity of confrontation, and would have faced a much, much more severe situation than today. If you are overwhelmed, the army will run around to put out the flames of rebellion everywhere, and if you are not careful, you will capsize in the gutter.

And in that case, Liu She and Liu Zhong's generation will definitely get more than ten times the strength to support them. The army they can pull up and the banner they can raise must also be stronger existences, and it is even possible for Liu Xie to Be coerced by them and become their banner to resist themselves.

At that time, the world will be in chaos for the second time.

Liu Bei is confident that he will win the final victory, but the impact of the war will also destroy all the achievements he has accumulated over the years, so that his years of hard work will be exhausted, and he will have to start from scratch instead of being as comfortable as he is now. For money and food, just arrange some capable officials.

And the force that made him feel embarrassed was indeed the force that Liu Xiu faced back then, and it was even worse than the force that Liu Xiu faced. Therefore, Liu Bei realized that Liu Xiu Xiu is indeed capable and capable of playing.

Although the power is not the only one, but under the military pressure ten times more than that of Liu Bei, Liu Xiu still promoted a part of the Dutian policy, forcibly sharing the pie with the world's powerful, seized a lot of power and the share of Dutian, and forcibly gave it to the Han Empire Continued life so far.

Even so, Liu Xiu was not an emperor who left a reputation for brutality in history books. Compared with those emperors who forced reforms, his reputation and what he did were much softer.

So, he can even earn money standing up, but not so much, but he is really a very good, very good emperor.

If Liu Bei were to face that situation, Liu Bei's choice would probably be that everyone would do their best to smash the world into ruins and give these insects physical transcendence.

But despite this, it did not prevent Liu Bei from completely destroying everything he had built.

The second empire is over, and the sun of the third empire is slowly rising. The Dutian Order was basically successful, but the resistance of officials and tyrants failed, and they were all killed by Liu Bei.

This four-month desperate struggle has caused thousands of families to be wiped out on the battlefield, but what followed was not calm, but an even more intense settlement after autumn.

All families that have a relationship with these families will be subject to investigation. Anyone who has a private collection of bows and armor but does not report it will be regarded as a rebellion and will be killed immediately without mercy.

No matter how many people object, no matter how many people resist, Liu Bei will never show mercy.

(End of this chapter)