Three Kingdoms New Emperor

Chapter 202 Hope!

It has to be said that the reason why human beings came out of the wild jungle and eventually became the masters of this blue planet is because they do have higher instincts than other animals.As far as self-healing ability is concerned, it has far exceeded what Liu Xie thought.

After a series of intensive edicts were issued in August, the entire city of Chang'an seemed to be thrown into a dead lake with three deep-water torpedoes, which exploded heavily at the bottom of the bottomless lake, and the energy contained in them immediately flowed from the inside out The eruption completely turned the lake into a vast ocean of flowing water.

Standing on the wall of Weiyang Palace, Liu Xie could almost see the changes in Chang'an City with each passing day.In the golden autumn and October, the war-torn ancient capital can barely see the scars left by the previous wars and disasters.Stores and shops in Dongxi City rose up one after another, and the bustling shouts echoed in this desolate ancient city, giving the city an indescribable new life.

Liu Xie expected it well, and was the first to improve and change.Far from being the common people of Li who received the benefits of the first edict, they were businessmen who actively responded to the second edict to unleash the market.

Sometimes Liu Xie wondered why ancient Chinese society hated merchants so much.Of course, he could make some arguments from the aspects of politics, economy, geography, and social methods, etc., but the more he saw the prosperity of Chang'an's business, Liu Xie couldn't help raising a malicious guess—I'm afraid, The ancestors of our literate people who read rote books knew that they could not be opponents of mentally active businessmen.That's why they will take the lead in cutting off the lifeline of business from the source after they have mastered the political machine of the state machine.

Liu Xie's suspicion is naturally very unreasonable, but it has to be said that since the promulgation of the edict to open the Guanzhong trade route, the commercial development momentum in Chang'an and the Guanzhong area has indeed reached an astonishing level.In less than two months, Liu Xie, who was strolling on Chang'an Avenue, saw a prosperous scene no less than that of the pedestrian street in later generations.And the goods provided by the shops blooming everywhere are also dazzling and have everything that one expects to find.

Moreover, Liu Xie also heard various strange and difficult foreign accents in Chang'an City.Occasionally, he caught one or two people up for a chat, and Liu Xie was also shocked to find that these people not only wanted to come to Chang'an for business, but directly filed a record with Jingzhao Division, and dragged their families into Chang'an. Among the registered households, they have become serious Chang'an people.

In this period of the Han Dynasty, although it was not as harsh as that of the Ming Dynasty, it was necessary to get Zhang Luyin from the county government office.However, the Han law also clearly stipulates that those who go out for hundreds of miles without any reason are regarded as refugees.However, the government's policy towards refugees is not as lenient as later generations' treatment of blind exiles returning to their hometowns, and they will be directly imprisoned.

The country bumpkin Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, actually had a very limited level of governance. After experiencing too many dynasties, Comrade Zhu looked at the population of this huge country, and his hair turned gray with worry.Liu Xie felt that Comrade Zhu even hated the people in the world as animals that could walk. He only thought about planting the people in the world as plants and planting them in one place without moving.

Liu Xie couldn't imagine how these merchants passed through numerous checkpoints and rushed to Chang'an with their goods over mountains and mountains.Moreover, what I have to explain here is that the gold content of today's Chang'an household registration is not lower than that of later generations' Beijing household registration. If foreigners want to settle in Chang'an, they will have to spend a lot of money.

Chang'an, which used to have the history of the ancient capital, experienced the turmoil in which Li Jue and Guo Bang's strong attack was smashed into the sand, and the spontaneous sense of superiority burst out from the heart.Everyone who passed by the Tomb of Heroic Souls and the Tomb of Zhonggu, looking at the statue of Lu Zhi looking around with a sword and the tombs of thousands of Liaodong warriors, was convinced that Chang'an had not been breached that time, and it would never be breached.

This kind of belief is not just the self-praise of Chang'an people, those outsiders also know that now there are General Ma Teng [-] Xiliang iron cavalry guarding the right side of the pass, and the left side is guarded by Xiliang fine cavalry.In the whole world, who dares to challenge the famous cavalry of Xiliang Iron Cavalry?These two armies, one on the left and the other on the right, are like two arms holding Chang'an in their arms. It is not an exaggeration to describe it as impenetrable.

Therefore, in the eyes of the people of the Han Dynasty, the peaceful places they used to think, such as Bashu, Jingzhou, Jiangdong, Xuzhou and other places, have fallen far behind the pass.In a time of war, what could be more attractive to foreign businessmen than a solid and prosperous place?
And when these foreign businessmen stayed in Chang'an for a period of time, they couldn't help feeling sour in their hearts.

The reason is that although the locals in Chang'an may not be as rich and wealthy as they are, the sense of superiority of the Wangcheng Kingdom people makes outsiders always look down.Any Chang'an citizen in the streets and alleys who speaks the accent in the customs will often talk about "how is the general situation in the world" or "recently I was drinking in a restaurant in Dongshi, and for no reason was paid by a rich man at the restaurant. Who do you think the rich man is?Mr. Chang'an! '

Even some little daughters-in-law and older girls talked about private anecdotes about princes and generals, such as 'I heard that the son of Chang'an will be named a queen next year' or 'You Zhonglang will return to Chang'an in three days with Ma Chao'.The foreign businessman was envious and pantothenic at the same time.So when they heard that the imperial court promised foreigners with certain conditions to settle down in Chang'an, they sharpened their heads and made themselves into good families in Chang'an.

After all, with this status, his son may be selected into the three royal southern armies of Yulin, Qimen, and Huben. If he is appreciated by Huben Zhonglang General Xu, his future future will be unpredictable Dare to think...

As a result, Liu Xie's three targeted reforms unintentionally brought about changes that he could not have imagined.In just a few months, Chang'an's household registration doubled.Of course, the merchants who can settle in Chang'an and pay a sum of money are naturally big merchants.Among them, there are some guys with very poor backgrounds, but they became the first batch of Chang'an people, which shows that there are people behind these guys who came to test the water or have other intentions.

However, Liu Xie is not too worried about this, as long as he can bring money and taxes to Chang'an, no matter where he is.Li Ru's black ice platform is not blind. Diao Chan's spy agency can play a greater role in this kind of place where dragons and snakes are mixed.These people wanted to spy on information about Chang'an, but they didn't know that when they arrived, they also unintentionally leaked the situation in Kanto to Liu Xie.

Furthermore, spies are also human beings, and Liu Xie does not believe that those part-time spies who are also engaged in business operations can not be active after seeing the rapid changes in Chang'an.As long as they are brought together and reversed, it will undoubtedly be a serious intelligence weakness for the heroes of the Kanto.As for how to instigate rebellion?Hey, think about what Diao Chan is famous for?Since ancient times, Wenrou Township has been a tomb of heroes, not to mention some little-known masterpieces?

The streets of Chang'an are becoming more and more prosperous, the crops in the fertile fields are growing gratifyingly, and the population of household registration is also increasing, and the income of the imperial court has also increased accordingly.

Master Zhang Yi, the chief farmer in charge of national taxation, saw the workshops and houses rising up as if blown by the wind, and finally he could sleep peacefully. After saving money, the emperor made matters worse and announced the restoration of the five baht money system.He, a high-ranking official of one of the Nine Ministers, was completely humiliated for this.Every time the emperor reformed, he allocated money and food from the internal funds of the Shaofu, making this big farmer who was burdened with court taxes and taxes useless.

It's all right now, Mr. Zhang has the confidence to come up with a tax account book that stunned all the courtiers at the end of the year, and blind their dog eyes!

Therefore, all the people in Chang'an and even in Guanzhong, in the second half of Chuping's three years, all worked hard towards the end of the year with a lot of energy.Every day at dawn, when they opened their eyes, they would feel a kind of indescribable joy, which made them hum a little song during their hard work, and smile at each other for no reason.

And Liu Xie, who still stands on the wall of Weiyang Palace every day, knows that behind that smile is hope!

(End of this chapter)