Three Kingdoms New Emperor

Chapter 177 Tyrant

Apart from Zhong Yao and Ma Chao, two things worth mentioning about the establishment of the grass-roots team, there is nothing else to say.

As for setting goals, it is even more lackluster.Anyone who has read the two novels of traveling through the Three Kingdoms can imagine with their heels that the ultimate purpose of traveling here is naturally to walk through this majestic era of war and chaos, and finally wave gently to leave a piece of peaceful land on earth , Changing the tragedy of Wuhuluanhua a hundred years later.By the way, you should also pack all the famous beauties of this era into your arms, and have a good time with them.

Regarding this point, Liu Xie was really too lazy to say it in such a solemn place as the front hall of Weiyang Palace, lest he appear to be tasteless.

However, the matter of making a plan must be mentioned carefully.

With the current situation in Chang'an, it is really powerless to start a large-scale war.Although the prospect of the court looks bright, but the foundation under Liu Xie's buttocks is too trendy.

First of all, taking over this stall from Dad, it's already too tidal.Emperor Liu Hong of the Han Dynasty reigned for 21 years in total. Before that, there was Wang Fu who was good at governing and disrupting the country.The people's livelihood is in decline, the loyal and the good are suffering, the treacherous and the evil are officials, and the tyrannical and powerful are rampant.Liu Hong's posthumous title of "Ling" after his death was for the Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty - so chaotic but not harmful, he called "Ling"!
After that, the demon king Dong Zhuo came to the world and brought disaster to the entire Guanzhong region. Finally, here in Chang'an, there was a rebellion by Li Jue and Guo Si, although it did not lead to a historical tragedy.But in order to quell the rebellion, Liu Xie almost scattered all the gold, silver and jewelry copied from Dong Zhuo.

Fortunately, there are no high housing prices in this era, and ordinary people only need to cut some wood from the mountains to rebuild their homes.This era is too far away to consider the issues of environmental protection and desertification. Most of the Guanzhong area is still lush mountains, forests and fields.

However, it is still people who bear the brunt of the war.

The current Liu Xie is not considered a polished commander, but he is definitely not a rich second generation who is as heartless as Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu and can squander at will.Those two guys were born with a good father, which laid a great foundation for their fame.Therefore, these two children are sitting in the affluent Hebei and Henan, with hundreds of thousands of troops in their hands, and they can cheat their fathers willfully.

And Liu Xie, finally grown up, had no chance to cheat his father at all, but was cheated by his father first for no reason.

Therefore, the top priority is that Liu Xie must improve Chang'an's economy and people's livelihood within the next six months.In addition, some historical issues left over from the Han Dynasty must be properly dealt with as much as possible.As for why it must be within half a year, it is because of the advantages of the traversers.

In the spring of next year, there will be a bloody war in Yuzhou.And Liu Xie, who missed too many historical opportunities, didn't want to give up the god-given opportunities after he came to power.

However, when it comes to earning money and managing the people, Liu Xie really feels the pain of rushing ducks to the shelves.Back then, as an officer of a rural base station in an urban-rural fringe area, he couldn't even manage a rural economy, but now he is about to become the general economic reformer of a dynasty.With such a heavy burden, he couldn't help being cautious.

"Yuanchang, you are now a minister, do you have any thoughts on this matter?" If you don't understand, you have to ask.Liu Xie is not a fool, the main purpose of his appointment of Zhong Yao is now reflected.

"Your majesty is concerned about the humiliation of his ministers, and your majesty is concerned about the people, and the ministers can't blame themselves." Zhong Yao didn't seem to suffer from constipation like Liu Xie, but was very suitable for the role of a minister, talking to the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty. Talking: "If you want the people in Chang'an to be prosperous and healthy, Your Majesty doesn't have to worry about it. In the early years when the Taizu founded the dynasty, the people's livelihood in the world was more exhausted than that in Guanzhong. However, the second brother Wenjing only needed one method to fill the treasury. The people are safe and peaceful."

"Thirty tax one?" Liu Xie couldn't understand what Zhong Yao was talking about. Of course, he had learned Wenjing Shengshi in his junior high school textbooks, but the problem is that the current situation is different from before.

During the time of Emperor Wen Jing, the common people in the world were indeed more miserable than they are now.But they were lucky at that time. After all, at that time when the country was first established, there were not many powerful landlords annexing the land.

But now, the people in Chang'an are not small, but according to the situation obtained from Liu Xieweifu's private visit, most of these people have been reduced to tenant farmers and children of gentry officials and powerful landlords.And these gentry ministers and powerful landlords all have the privilege of being exempt from taxation.Zhong Yao's words sounded reasonable, but in fact they were nothing more than castles in the air, not grounded at all.

Therefore, Liu Xie frowned deeply, and the faces of all the ministers were also very ugly.After all, judging from Zhong Yao's voice, Zhong Yao is going to be a traitor to the gentry and instigate the emperor to take them.

Unexpectedly, after all, Zhong Yao is a mature and prudent minister. Facing the weird atmosphere between the emperor and his ministers in the court, he stroked his beard and smiled and said: "Is your majesty worrying about having no land to cultivate? Forgive me for speaking bluntly, Chang'an It’s not that there is no land, but on the contrary, there is a sky and no one dares to cultivate it.”

"How do you say that?" Liu Xie frowned even deeper, he was afraid that Zhong Yao's next sentence would say restrained and powerful words.Although his power and prestige are at the height of the sky now, it is obviously not ripe for him to attack the gentry officials as soon as he knocked off Wang Yun.It is easy to isolate him to the opposite of the gentry, causing a strong reaction from the gentry in Chang'an.

Governing a big country is like cooking small fish. Liu Xie wants both money and stability.

"Your Majesty, the garden of the Son of Heaven outside Chang'an City, the Yuchi Garden, and the Wanqing of the Huangzhuang are the most fertile fields. I wonder if Your Majesty would like to rent these fertile fields to the people for cultivation? Also, there are many Dong Bandits and their generals in Chang'an. Buying land, most of these lands are barren now, I wonder if Your Majesty is willing to borrow flowers to offer Buddha?"

When the atmosphere in the court hall gradually became dignified, Zhong Yao finally spoke out his plan.After these words, including Liu Xie, they all heard a sigh of relief in their hearts.

"Yes, of course I am willing." Hearing that Zhong Yao was only planning to develop these lands, Liu Xie naturally nodded in every possible way, and simply added incessantly: "These lands are leased to the common people for cultivation, and it is not yet possible to show that the Han Dynasty I have decided that those fields that have been cultivated for more than three years will be handed over to the cultivators. Thirty taxes seem to be a little less tax, but it is a pity that those wastes are left in vain. The most important thing is to see money back.”

"Your Majesty is wise." This was the unified reply of the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty to Liu Xie's move, but in exchange for Liu Xie's deep disgust in his heart.

Fortunately, at this moment, he could easily hide his emotions.After Zhong Yao finished speaking, Yang Xiu who was on the side also slapped his lips, and said inferences: "Since Your Majesty is willing to have a garden with a pond, would Kunming Lake also want to take it out?"

"Oh, what does Dezu mean by that?"

"Your Majesty gave the land to the common people for the land rent. But the sea rent and fish tax is not a small income. "Xijing Miscellaneous Notes" volume one says: Han Wu built Kunming Pool, and raised fish in the pool, and the land The week is forty miles. Except for sacrifices, the remaining fish are sent to the Chang'an market for sale, and the price of fish has dropped. Why don't you re-raise fish in your Majesty's Kunming Pond? You need to know that the benefits of fish farming are better than growing grain. One pool in Kunming can support ten thousand people."

Yang Xiu is right, land rent is an indispensable tax in feudal society, but fish tax belongs to the category of commercial tax, which is much higher than land rent.Liu Xie was full of joy after hearing this, and naturally swiped his pen and said, "Give it, give it, give it, as long as it can make money, except for the empress, I will give it to the people."

In the blink of an eye, there were two ways of making money, and Liu Xie immediately smiled.However, recalling Yang Xiu's action of smashing his mouth just now, he suddenly thought of something else: "Dezu, tell me, did you think of fish sticks just now?"

Fish meat is actually sashimi, and the cooking technology of the Han Dynasty was backward.And the sashimi is extremely delicious, which naturally attracts many gluttonous people flocking to it.However, Liu Xie knew that this thing should not be eaten indiscriminately.Chen Deng and Chen Yuanlong, who were quite capable in Xuzhou, were infected with parasites in the fish because they liked to eat this stuff, and finally died young. The death was inexplicable and extremely painful.

"From now on, no one is allowed to eat this kind of fish cake! If you want to eat it, you have to cook it in boiling water before eating it. If anyone dares to violate the order, I will smash his mouth!"

Yang Xiu's face turned livid immediately when he said something without any warning, and the expressions of the ministers who were full of laughter and banquets froze instantly on his face: This young emperor is really moody, and he is an out-and-out tyrant!

(End of this chapter)