Hanging pot to help the world, I just want to live forever

Chapter 233 You Can Be a Saint

Royal study.

Wang Mang is dealing with government affairs.

The imperial court is short of manpower, and even the emperor must work diligently to set an example.

When Gu Dan came here, Wang Mang was contemplating deeply.

He is dealing with matters related to Yuzhou.

The burst of the source river floods the countless sediments produced by the source river into the plain along the breach, silting the river, flooding the fields, overflowing the lake, and blocking traffic and shipping.

The impact caused was not limited to the land of Yuzhou, and even Yangzhou was not able to escape.

Moreover, during the flood season every year, the water from the source river would flood back and flood the farmland. After the flood, there would be locust plagues. There would be sand dunes everywhere.

If it weren't for the strong support of the materials from the four countries, it would have been less than a year. Let alone the founding of the Xia Dynasty, it would not be easy to be able to eat enough.

But the Xia Dynasty can't pin all its hopes on the materials sent by the four countries. Of course, those materials are good things. In addition to the large number now, there will be a steady stream in the next few years. Even if the number will decrease, it will be enough to support Xia Dynasty.

But sitting and eating mountains and emptiness is by no means the foundation of a country, and this kind of external support cannot really be regarded as its own national strength.

If it hadn't been for the birth of Gu Dan, who ended this chaotic world, it would be a compliment for the people of the Xia Dynasty to say that they were hungry, and they might have already started to change their sons and eat.

It is indeed a shortcut to rely on personal force to get what you want, but Gu Dan has already shown his attitude, and he didn't even show up at the founding ceremony.

Obviously, they have decided to hand over everything in the future generations to them to handle by themselves.

This is a great challenge. When the Xia Dynasty established the country, relying on the name of Mo Qiu and the Mo family to win the hearts of the people, it was destined to embark on a different path, and it must not be ignored like Dayue.

Otherwise, it would be a kind of betrayal not only for the predecessors, but also for the future generations, for myself, and even for Gu Dan, it would be completely impossible to explain.

It is difficult to fight the world, but it is even more difficult to sit in the world.

Nowadays, the people of the Xia Dynasty don't have much recognition for the Xia Dynasty, especially after the announcement of Mo Qiu's death.

Wang Mang can only do his best and do his best, including but not limited to accepting various political affairs on the first day of the founding of the country.

Gu Dan still looked at it silently for a while as before, and only coughed lightly when Wang Mang went to get a document.

Wang Mang immediately turned his head, his eyes revealed a light of surprise, "Brother Gu!"

Seeing Gu Dan, Wang Mang seemed a little excited, "I thought you wouldn't come today."

"Now you are the emperor, you have the final say, don't expect me."

Gu Dan shook his head lightly, and poured cold water on him, "If you want to conquer the world, personal force does have some effect, but if you want to control a country, relying solely on force is undoubtedly hopeless. You have to understand this."

"I know."

Wang Mang nodded repeatedly, "I just feel that if Brother Gu doesn't come, there seems to be something missing."

If there is no care, the Xia Dynasty at this time will never be stable, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is the greatest contribution.

It's just that Gu Dan refused to show it to others, and those who really knew him were all at the top. This credit was also given to Mo Qiu, and the reputation of the Mo family went even further.

The common people know Mohism but not the emperor.

Regarding this point, Wang Mang did not have any complaints. After all, he was unknown before, and suddenly ascended to a high position. If he couldn't bear even a little bit of abuse and slander, he would be too petty.

"I am here this time because there are two policies that require you to implement. This is not a discussion, but a must."

Gu Dan said seriously.

"Brother Gu, tell me."

Wang Mang's expression also became focused.

He and Gu Dan are very familiar, and he understands Gu Dan's personality very well. He rarely utters such unquestionable words.

"Article one, about taxes."

Gu Dan said: "In the past, there were many kinds of taxes and taxes, and they were distributed at different levels. After the people under the officials at all levels did things, they could set up names and even take them by force. At the beginning of the Xia Dynasty, there was no shortage of supplies. In recent years, Mo Taxes will be collected again. Take advantage of this period of time to find out the situation of the people and implement new tax policies.

I call it 'scattered into acres'. "

taxes!

Upon hearing these two words, Wang Mang's expression became more serious.

For a country, taxes are the real lifeblood.

Whoever can control taxes will control a country, and all the money in the treasury comes from this.

Therefore, any reform of taxation has always been cautious.

Previously, Otsuki used the "head tax" as the main basis for tax collection. The harm of this law is to reduce the enthusiasm of the people to have children, and even various black households with hidden household registrations appear.

However, this kind of poll tax is extremely unfair. The poor get poorer and the rich get richer. The polarization is extremely serious.

The disadvantage is not that no one can see it, the question is how to change it?

"To put it into mu, simply put, it is to collect taxes directly from the land. The land is the main basis, and no tax will be imposed on the population without land. At the same time, the control of household registration will be relaxed and the bottom people will be allowed to move."

Gu Dan said seriously.

It's extremely simple to say that every piece of land is divided into acres.

But its effect is extremely powerful.

Compared with the burden of the poll tax on all the people, it is the landlord class with rich land that will be killed by sharing the income of the people. The richer the money, the greater the harm. To a certain extent, it can indeed restrain the problem of land annexation.

"Everything goes into the mu."

Wang Mang thought about it silently, and soon he could think of all the benefits of this. This method can indeed effectively prevent the accumulation of wealth in a fragmented manner among the people, and share the tax burden to the plight of ordinary people.

The only problem is that if you want to do this, you must thoroughly check the property!

This is a huge demand for low-level officials. It is no wonder that Gu Ge said that in the first few years, taxes can not be collected for the time being. He obviously understands the difficulties Wang Mang is facing at this time.

Strictly speaking, the Xia Dynasty was not a bottom-up rebellion. There were even a lot of moths from the previous dynasty in Dayue territory, still sucking blood tirelessly, and they had not been completely wiped out.

The common people have not been really forced to the point where they cannot live without rebellion. At this time, the establishment of the country can certainly stop the suffering without further aggravation, but it has not really done its job to cleanse the various powerful and landlords among the people.

This method is brought out to target that group of people.

"No problem, I will do my best."

Wang Mang nodded earnestly. It is not difficult to understand that it is not difficult to understand, but it is difficult to execute.

But the advantage of mastering the upper-level military force is revealed at this time.

The Four Kingdoms are about to send five grandmasters to Dayue to help out, won't this be useful?

Are you joking about the prestige of a master? !

You see, if you dare to kill someone, it's over!

"The second thing is corvée."

Gu Dan said again.

Wang Mang became more cautious when he heard about it.

Taxation, corvee.

These are real, two big mountains pressing on the heads of the people.

In any previous era, there was no escape.

The taxes may still be affordable by the richer families, but the poorer people can scrape together and barely survive.

But corvée will not work.

Unless you have fame and fame, even if you have ten thousand taels of gold, you have to obediently go to join the corvee. Even if someone secretly colludes with you, the corvee that you should have is just a personal responsibility, but you can never really escape.

If taxation is a sharp sword, corvee is a rope.

A sharp sword may hurt people, but a rope is used to kill!
The Xia Dynasty Imperial Palace at this time was built by the mobilization of tens of thousands of corvee workers. The blood, sweat and bones were countless, which directly led to the surge of civil rebellion.

It is said that later generations mourn but don't learn from it. The question is, what can we do if we learn from it?
At least Wang Mang did not think of this answer, nor did the extremely intelligent officials of the past dynasties, they could only continue to follow the old system.

"From then on, all the corvees can be offset with money. The money used to offset can be used to hire people to do things."

Gu Dan said a good policy that has been tested by history.

Why is there corvee?
Because the country is short of money, it has to build something.

Increasing taxes all the time is not a solution, and tyranny is more than just talk.

So another corvee came.

It is impossible to rely on the government to pay for employment, so the people have to suffer more.

We also know that you have no money, so come over and work!

But in the final analysis, corvee is actually another form of taxation!
It's just that the previous money has been replaced by people themselves.

Wang Mang, who was very appreciative of the fact that he was a farmer, had already frowned at this time, and even had to say, "In this way, those local tyrants and landlords can escape corvee forever in this way! In the end, those The people at the bottom who can't afford money must follow the old system!"

"So, the first rule is to divide the land into acres! After measuring the amount of land in the country, the land controlled by rich families and gentry tyrants, the money needed for corvee labor will be allocated to the fields. The more fields there are , the more taxes will be paid! When this law is actually implemented, corvee labor can even be abolished!"

Gu Dan said without the slightest hesitation.

What are the skills of the suffering people?
Give me a bitter family, a wealthy family, a powerful gentry!
Like land annexation, huh?

You like strong buying and strong selling, don't you?

You like bitter people, right?
See if I can fix it or not, you'll be done!

For any national policy, if the founder of the country did not implement it, it would be unimaginably difficult for future generations to implement it.

Gu Dan once said that the people in the world should live a better life.

These two things must be done from the beginning, and even become a real iron law.

Wang Mang didn't answer Gu Dan's words immediately, but seriously thought about whether this method was really feasible.

The more I thought about it, the more excited I became.

How can this method not work?

It must work!

In the current Xia Dynasty, is there a shortage of supplies?Are you short of money?No, what is lacking is just enough officials!

When there are enough officials, why can't we make drastic reforms?
Spreading a small piece of land into an acre will benefit the country and the people!
It is no longer the poor people, but the rich and the poor, and the burden that the people at the bottom need to bear is transferred to those aristocratic families!

"Good good!"

After thinking about all this, Wang Mang's eyes burst into a bright look, "With this strategy alone, Brother Gu can become a saint!"

If it is said that the peace of the war before was a great favor to the suffering people at this time, then these two new national policies, or even the national policy that is directly simplified into one, are implemented, and thousands of people will benefit from them!

It is not an exaggeration to say that the two big mountains of taxation and labor were solved in one go.

The name of a saint, as it should be!

"These things are for you to do, for the whole court to do them, and the credit is yours. If you want to be an emperor through the ages and leave a name behind, you have to accomplish a feat that no one else can accomplish."

Gu Dan patted Wang Mang's shoulder. This is a long way to go, and even the extraordinarily complicated affairs are on Wang Mang's shoulders, so he also made his promise, "If there is someone who can't be solved, you can call me."

He doesn't need to be a nanny, but when necessary, he will indeed come to help.

"With Brother Gu's words, I feel relieved."

Wang Mang laughed.

It is very simple to say that it is divided into acres, and it is just a change in the way of taxation.

But civil resistance is by no means as easy as it sounds.

Aristocratic families, landlords and squires who suddenly realize that it is their turn to suffer, will do everything possible to resist the new national policy, and even incite the people at the bottom.

These things are not likely to happen, but will definitely happen!
When your own interests are threatened, never expect that group of people to have any decent awareness, they will only do everything possible to evade, or even resort to deceit.

Any good policy will only be empty talk if it cannot be implemented in place.

"I'll leave this matter to Gongshang, and Qin Lisheng will lead the Mohists to review it. What do Gu Ge think?"

Wang Mang had a candidate in mind.

There is no doubt about Gong Shangguo's ability to establish the Mohist School together with Moqiu.

And Qin Lisheng raised the banner of the Mohist school at this time. As far as the Xia Dynasty respected the way of the Mohist school, this national teacher was also a first-class big shot.

Reviewing this matter in the name of the Mohists will undoubtedly minimize the resistance, and being slaughtered by the Mohists is definitely more poignant than being slaughtered by the government.

Coupled with Wang Mang's full support, it can be said that he has exhausted all his strength.

"can."

Without hesitation, Gu Dan nodded immediately.

This method can be truly implemented because it benefits the present and contributes to the future, and it is reasonable and reasonable for as many people to devote themselves to it.

It is true that the world that relies on one's great strength is not the same, but when it comes to actually doing something, it can be a lot more convenient - as long as you are the strongest one.

No matter how difficult it is for those aristocratic families to raise a grandmaster, if one is lucky, how can they compete with the top figures at this time?

Not to mention that the Grandmaster simply doesn't care about the slightest benefit, and it can be made up for it in other ways. Why should it be at odds with the national policy?

As long as enough wealthy families are killed, the implementation of this method is not as difficult as imagined.

As long as these two things are really carried out, no matter what, the life of the people in the Xia Dynasty will definitely be much, much better than the previous Dayue!
In this way, Gu Dan can also fulfill the promise he once said.

The people living on this land will live a better life.

a room.

The former emperor of Dai Viet held a handful of pills, his eyes wandering.

He has tried this elixir, and after swallowing one, he seems to be several years younger, and his body has strength again!
Such a panacea, let him give it to the seriously ill people?
They deserve it too? !
This thing deserves its own enjoyment!

Long nights and dreams, once the news gets out, I don't know how many people will take advantage of this elixir.

That Wang Mang was magnanimous, and directly distributed the elixir to their hands.

But it's better to make yourself cheaper than others!
Whether others can live, what does it have to do with oneself?
Thinking of this, he quietly swallowed another pill.

Sure enough, the familiar force of vitality began to swim among the limbs, and the familiar, extremely exciting feeling of rejuvenation was brewing in the body!

In the bronze mirror, the originally white hair of the person reflected in it began to shine again, and some even turned black!

It's almost like returning to youth, a miraculous elixir!
The eyes of the former emperor of Dai Viet burst out with clear joy, "What do you say that eating too much has no effect, it really is a lie to us! The Xia Dynasty controls such a fetish, does not know the hidden truth, holds its own force, and dares to show it in front of others , such a temptation is to make people gamble their lives, so what?"

Witnessing his own changes with his own eyes made him overjoyed.

One pill after another was swallowed one after another, five or six pills were annexed in the blink of an eye.

The strong vitality radiated from the inside out, making him feel the unprecedented warmth. His whole body seemed to be soaked in the most comfortable hot spring in the world from the inside out. How could it be described as wonderful!

The so-called attainment of Taoism and becoming immortal is nothing more than that, right?
Once the beast in my heart was let go, there was no longer any restraint.

The former emperor of Dayue devoured the elixir almost crazily, and as the vitality in his body became stronger, he even had the illusion that he would live forever and remain youthful forever.

The vitality accumulated in the body continuously washed away the body that had been polluted too much by the world. The unprecedented lightness and beauty seemed to bring him back to the time when he was a child, and he had no burden at all.

It's just a matter of becoming a feather and soaring, becoming a fairy!
After he swallowed more than ten pills one after another like a glutton, he was about to devour a few more greedily, when he suddenly felt a sense of fullness in his body.

The feeling of fullness is not the feeling of having a full stomach, but a warning from every meridian, every piece of flesh and bone in the whole body, like an overwhelmed warning.

However, the vitality accumulated in his body was far from fully digested.

Before he could find any solution, he didn't care so much about the irreparable vitality. He focused on those bodies that had been completely repaired and in an unprecedented state, and poured into them.

Flock to!

"what!!!"

In the room, there was a heart-piercing, ghost-like wail.

The terrifying voice startled the other guests who lived next door to him, and they broke into the room without thinking too much.

At a glance, he saw an old man with white hair in front of the bronze mirror!
The old man obviously recognized them, his eyes were full of anxiety, he opened his mouth to make peace, but he said weakly: "Help me!"

As he spoke, the teeth began to fall out like loose parts.

The changes are not over yet.

At this time, on his body, the journey that belongs to time is proceeding at an unimaginable speed.

The originally tall body gradually became bent, and those white hairs also began to dry up, like the weeds in the last hours of autumn that were about to fade away on the land.

What's even more frightening is that his skin loses its luster at a speed visible to the naked eye, and then becomes slack, followed by spots of age spots.
From when they broke into it, to seeing it with their own eyes.

In just a short period of time, it seemed that decades of changes had taken place on this person!

At first, he was still able to call for help.

Immediately afterwards, he couldn't even utter a complete sentence, and the energy of vitality that had accumulated to the extreme and had nowhere to vent began to wantonly catalyze his body.

When all the power of vitality disappeared, the one standing there was already a skeleton like a rotten wood. Just looking at the skin and wrinkles that were almost piled up, no one would dare to believe that the person who stood here before Is a man of prime of life!
A strong death aura lingered on his body, but his unwilling eyes were still wide open.

The extremes of things will reverse, stacking to an irresistible vitality, which took away his life.

"This is?!"

Several people who broke into the room looked at each other in shock.

"He swallowed a lot of elixir!"

The sharp-eyed ex-Emperor Daqing spotted the clue on the spot.

Until his death, this guy was still holding onto the package containing the elixir tightly, refusing to let it go.

Looking at the elixir inside, it is clearly less than half!

In an instant, an indescribable chill rose from the bottom of my heart.

There is no doubt that this guy is not greedy enough, he swallowed a lot of elixir by himself, and finally ended up like this!
"Is there any help?"

The former emperor of Dayong quietly swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and said cautiously.

Witnessing this person's fate with his own eyes, it is impossible to say that he is not afraid in his heart.

Everyone has selfish desires, and the choice of the former emperor of Dai Viet may also be what they thought in their hearts, but their movements were relatively slow, and they were still in the midst of a battle between heaven and man, but they were lucky enough to save their lives.

If they, too, have a bold idea, it's probably time to choose a suitable cemetery.

Qi Yinglong was still able to keep calm. He walked up to the dead body standing there like a rotten log, looked at it carefully for a moment, and shook his head, "The dead can't die again, what can I do to save them?"

"Is this a elixir, or a poison?"

The face of the former emperor Daqing who had eaten a pill changed dramatically.

"Perhaps, eating one is a elixir, and eating a few more is poison."

Pray that the dragon is thoughtful.

Of course, there is another possibility that after taking the elixir, life and death will be controlled by another person behind him.

Just as terrifying as the legendary witchcraft!
But this possibility, no one to mention.

"This guy is not greedy enough, and he deserves to die! He deserves to live up to the trust of that existence!"

The former emperor of Dayong said decisively.

"That's true! We have never lied to him, and we are even more loyal to him, and we are not the same person as him!"

The former emperor of Daqing also expressed his loyalty immediately, for fear of being watched by a pair of unaware eyes and suffering such liquidation.

"The one who wants our lives, why bother? Don't mess yourself up, just do your own thing."

Qi Yinglong said so, but is there really no worry in his heart?

I'm afraid I can't even explain it clearly.

But there is no doubt that after witnessing this change with his own eyes, a thorn was buried in his heart.

After that, the next few countries almost looked forward to the Xia Dynasty, and even the Xia Dynasty was hailed as the kingdom of heaven. The efforts of these few people are indisputable.

Of course, that's all for later.

The wheel of history rolls forward without stopping for anyone.

(End of this chapter)