The first year of Tianyuan.
Since Emperor Taiwu of Wei State Tuoba Tao, the north has once again ushered in unification.
Years of war finally subsided, and the impact was almost immediate.
Over the years, Zhou and Qi have confronted each other, and the military expenditures of both sides accounted for the vast majority of the entire imperial court expenditures, and both sides have made huge investments in each other's important military centers.
The State of Qi continuously transported grain and grass to Puyang and Biancheng areas, and used food from Hebei and even Henan to feed the elite legions in these places, conscripting for years, guarding borders, driving civilians and supporting the front lines.
As for the Zhou Kingdom, it was also constantly opening military palaces, building checkpoints, city barriers, and grain teams, and sent them to the front line to stock up.
The people are tired and spend a lot of money on food.
In order to support those who are full-time Wudi, the two countries invested a lot. The people who were responsible for the food and supplies in the end were the people who were responsible for transporting the food and supplies, and the people who were responsible for building camps for them to build cities.
Even the people who are responsible for cooking for them may be the people...
Liu Taozi never put forward his own ideas in government affairs, and often delegates power to ministers and lets them do it themselves.
Liu Taozi is different from Chen, he is not very worried that the devil will rebel.
It may also be that it was distributed all over the place and fought many wars. More than ten elite soldiers rushed out of the sea of ​​blood from Toyama gave him a little insignificant confidence.
Shangshu Ling Gao was the first to propose a national policy on appeaseing the people and solving the post-war problems.
Zu Ban took it for inspection and correction, changed his signature, and ordered it to be implemented.
The high-ranking ministers discussed seven policies to appease the post-war areas.
These seven policies all revolve around one purpose, that is, rest with the people.
The first thing is to suspend civil engineering.
Whether it is the level under construction or the new cities that are preparing to start construction, they must stop and no construction will be carried out within a short period of time.
Although some ministers believe that many buildings and facilities in Guanzhong and Bashu were seriously damaged and should be repaired as soon as possible,
However, the court thought about it for a while and decided to suspend it for a while.
When we had not unified the army, we would go to repair the city. If we unified the army, we would have to go to repair the city. Then isn’t this a waste of unification?
The most important thing at present is to let the people of the world feel the changes, appease them, let the dead who flee into the mountains and forests come out, reduce the probability of thieves growing everywhere, avoid civil unrest, etc.
Under Gao's argument, some ministers stopped fighting.
During this process, Fang Bao, who advocated Huang Lao's theory, played a lot of roles.
After this command is issued, execution will begin immediately.
The second policy is the issue of service caused by civil engineering, that is, light service.
The imperial court campaign was nothing more than three purposes, either for civil engineering, such as going to the front line to build a city, or coming to the capital to build an imperial palace, or building an imperial tomb, or being concentrated to build a pagoda wonder.
The second purpose is to go to war. Whenever a large army goes to war, the people will definitely serve, and most of the time they are responsible for transportation.
The third purpose is to be apart.
The government has stopped at this moment, and because there are not many threats from internal enemies, we can concentrate elite troops to enrich the defenders on the frontier, and we don’t have to rely too much on military service to form a border. As for going to war, there is no big war at the moment, and the difficulty of light service is not very high.
The court first implemented these two things.
The emperor took office in March and the policy was issued in April. By May of the first year of Tianyuan, the prefectures and counties around Yecheng had already begun to be implemented.
The largest project in Hebei is in Hengzhou.
Governor Gao Li summoned more than 34,000 local males to strengthen the Great Wall outside Hengzhou.
Now that the farming season is busy, half of the people have been put back to farm, but more than 10,000 people are still here. Most of them are merchants, handicraftsmen, son-in-law, stepfather, etc. If they cannot farm, they will stay and continue to work.
There is no way. The previous fourth father-in-law battle was very fierce. The cavalry once threatened several cities in Hengzhou. In order to protect the city, Gao Li naturally wanted to strengthen the Great Wall and prevent the enemy from attacking.
On the endless field, the Great Wall is standing here, and on the inside of the Great Wall, you can see many wooden frames at this moment. These frames extend all the way. On the wooden frames, you can see civil servants working on them. They have made a simple pulley, but even with the help of the pulleys, the civil servants have used all their strength to get the stones to be sent above.
The unsheathed men carried out inlays. Not far away, there were people making mud, and some people used wheelbarrows to transport materials, which made it difficult to walk.
You can hear knocking, panting, and even...:. sarcastic sounds.
There are many participants and what they do is dangerous, and accidents are inevitable.
Even an ordinary stone fell down, it would take the life of a family and destroy its pillars.
Everyone was busy, and a knight came from a distance.
The knights jumped off their horses, and the local officials hurried to greet them, and the two sides talked for a moment.
The official responsible for the construction work here was shocked and nodded.
Soon, some officials ran along the road and shouted.
"Stop work!! Stop work!!"
"Your Majesty has an order to stop the fortifications in all directions, and all officials will lead their own servants and husbands to return home!!"
Many minor officials informed him along the way, and the busy people raised their heads and looked at the minor officials in a daze.
Then, they started to talk to each other.
"Can you go home?"
"Can you go home?"
After repeated confirmation, they finally believed the good news. After a moment, they saw these people gathering under the city. A smile finally appeared on their dull and dull faces. I don’t know who led the lead, they all began to shout long live and bow to the direction of the Youcheng City.
Then, the officials began to prepare for the repatriation, and many servants here left one after another.
Of course, there are huge differences in defense issues at the moment. If the internal enemies are gone, elite troops can be drawn to the defense zone. Now, it is hard to say who wants to be wary of whom's attack.
The imperial edict gradually spread to other places, spreading out from Hebei, and more and more servants were able to go home.
When these people who have not returned home for a long time returned to their relatives, were happily eating and reuniting with their families, they might also understand the meaning of unity in their hearts.
By the end of the first year of Tianyuan, many projects in Hebei and Henan had stopped, and many plans in Guanzhong, Bashu and other places had to be delayed.
The results of the first two strategies are not outstanding, but the execution speed is still relatively fast.
The third strategy is to restore agricultural production.
Re-stating the cultivated land in various places, and then giving land is given. The scale of the cultivated land is much greater than that in the Qi State. In fact, the people in the newly recovered areas are familiar with the cultivated land and even have some minor resistance. After all, the previous cultivated land is vivid, but there is no way. After the war, a large amount of cultivated land lost its owner and a large number of people have no cultivated land. If the government does not come forward to grant it in time, the harm will be too great.
It can only be gradually convinced that Han is not Zhou.
While teaching fields, there are other things to assist farmers, including the official promotion of agricultural books. This matter was done before, but now the scope of promotion is larger, and then it is promoted to new agricultural tools, new irrigation technology, new farming technology, etc.
There is only so much that can be done. Large-scale reclamation is obviously not in line with the current situation. Agricultural policy is also light. The government only undertakes land grants and does not interfere too much.
Article 4 is tax issues.
Needless to say, the agricultural tax is not too much. Guanzhong, Bashu and other places were destroyed like this. If they still ask for large agricultural taxes, I am afraid that the people will have to run to the mountains.
The areas with the most serious damage to the war must be exempted from tax, and some areas may even be exempted for more than ten years, and the recovery speed after the war is not that fast.
The other places that are not very serious also have corresponding tax exemption periods.
In addition, corresponding adjustments have been made to commercial tax and vehicle and ship tax.
Article 5 is about the law.
Previously, the laws of the Han Dynasty were relatively heavy and strictly regulated. The scope of the laws was prohibited was huge, which was even wider than that of the Qi State, so they were often tainted by people.
After all, the north was not yet determined at that time, demons were everywhere, and it was difficult to cure without paying attention to the law, but the current environment has changed.
Gao believes that now, it can be slightly relaxed. For example, for example, those who should be dismissed will be eliminated and those who should be reduced will be reduced. At the same time, he has once again ordered the abolition of cruel corporal punishments in various parts of the country, such as digging knees, noses, etc.
Article 6 is about Zhaoxuan Temple.
Zhaoxuan Temple is an institution set up by the State of Wei to manage monk temples, and is used by the State of Qi.
Like Liu Taozi, Yuwen Yong was opposed to the temple occupying a large amount of arable land and recruiting tenants. Gao believed that Zhaoxuan Temple should be reorganized and made it an institution for the court to govern all affairs such as Taoism and Buddhism. Whether it was Liu Taozi or Yuwen Yong's destruction of Buddha, it was not to kill all the monks. They both destroyed the Buddha, nor were they monks, but to those borers who hollowed out the country and fed their own pockets.
Gao feels that proper management and strict regulations are more effective than blindly killing.
Otherwise, this force will inevitably rise again, and it is true that the establishment of corresponding systems is established.
Article 7 is about currency.
Unify the currency, issue applicable and easy-to-use currencies, and handle the original different currencies carefully, especially pay attention to the quality of the new currency to avoid direct collapse.
After these decrees were issued, officials from all over the country probably knew what the court thought.
Rest with the people and govern without doing anything.
A minister submitted a memorial, believing that the State of Chen has not yet perished, is it too early to start doing this now?
Zu Ban called this man, scolded him and demoted him.
Then no one dared to question it. Everyone followed the idea of ​​the temple. It was originally in the Han Dynasty.
The court was so busy that it was very busy and had a huge expenditure. After taking over so many areas, the court suddenly stopped. Although the matter could not be said to be less, it was obviously not as urgent as before, and the court's expenses were also reduced.
The Han State promoted the cultivation of people's livelihood at home, and in its strategy of treating the Chen State, it also chose to shrink.
When Chen State just learned that Liu Taozi ascended the throne, the whole country was shocked and scared to prepare for war. However, after waiting day after day, he had not seen the invading Northern Cavalry for a long time.
On the contrary, the enemy's navy began to retreat and no longer came out easily, and the rest of the country was also calm.
Later, they learned about the process of resting with the people in the Han Dynasty and then felt relieved.
Have a good rest with the people!
Without taxes and food, there is no energy to start a war!
Huang Faku's strategies had just been recognized by some people, but they were quickly counterattacked, and there was no hope at all.
Since the Han Dynasty does not come to invade, why do we still have to cut our flesh?
On the contrary, Chen was a little shaken at this moment. He didn't dare to innovate in China before, because he was afraid that Liu Taozi would seize the opportunity if he messed up. But now Liu Taozi is obviously focusing on the country. So can we make appropriate innovations and enhance national strength?
Also at the end of the first year of Tianyuan, Chen summoned his ministers and began to try his first reform and strengthening.
He tried to break the earth.
The so-called local severance method is actually to organize household registration. Residents, regardless of whether they are overseas Chinese or old, will all be formally registered in the county where they live.
It is the same as the one in the north who thoroughly investigates the household registration and finds out the hidden households, which is to turn the household registration hidden by others into the national household registration, mainly dealing with the powerful and the big families.
There have been many land cuts in the south, from Jin to Song, Qi, Liang, and Chen, and from generation to generation.
Chen is quite special. The only time Chen State broke down was carried out when Chen Bei was in power. The violent broke down was not dared to refuse.
Chen Xiang felt that he could try it once.
But as soon as he spoke, he encountered great pressure. The ministers almost didn't agree with him. There was even a trend of intimidation in public opinion, saying that it was not as good as in Northern France. If the emperor forced himself to do so, they would like to be like a favor.
Chen Xiang is not a little emperor, nor is he a puppet emperor. As an adult emperor with military power, he is not very angry, but he is not angry.
Originally, he just wanted to test and divide, but he was insulted by human face. How could he bear it?
Chen Ne was furious and immediately killed the fiercely opposed ministers and imprisoned the remaining accomplices.
He decided to forcibly advance the land cutoff and strengthen national strength.
After he showed his violent side, the imperial edict was finally issued, but the execution process was not smooth.
Huang Fa poked the war horse and led many soldiers all the way to Jiankang. He asked the soldiers to stay outside the city first, and he entered the city alone.
When he came to the palace, Chen was overjoyed and was extremely eager to him. He asked him to sit in the front, even higher than Yuan Xian.
Chen Xiang greeted him for a long time and asked about the frontline.
Huang Fajita also answered truthfully: "Wang Lin deliberately showed weakness, and the same is true for their country. The purpose is to restore people's livelihood. After their localities are slightly restored, I am afraid that they will come to the guide immediately. I found that many people secretly sold warships to the enemy and did something to blame. They are currently under strict investigation...\n."
Chen frowned when he heard this.
Yuan Xian was also full of sorrow and sat not far away.
Chen Xiang said seriously: "Selling warships to Han is a crime of treason. General Huang just goes to investigate. No matter who is involved, I will punish you severely and will not forgive me!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Chen Xiang sighed again.
"This time I'm eager to call you here, it's actually because of something else."
"I have ordered the land cessation to be cut off before, and many people have come out to oppose it, and I have dealt with it. Unexpectedly, although the edict was issued, it has no effect. I have sent people to supervise it many times, but these people just don't want to cooperate, so I asked the general to come to shock the little girl. After we talked today, I took out General Huang's previous proposal, and they dared not object to the land cessation anymore..."
Chen Xiang said unhappily: "They are afraid of Liu Taozi but not me?"
"Will I not be able to kill Liu Taozi in the north and make people obey me?"
"It's better to complete these things while Liu Taozi hasn't recovered."
Huang Faji hesitated for a while, but he wanted to speak but stopped.
Chen Xiang saw his expression change, "If General Huang says anything, just say it bluntly and don't hesitate."
"Your Majesty, I think that Liu Taozi can accomplish many changes, not just because his knife is sharp enough."
"oh?"
"I have contacted the generals of the Han State and have also checked the situation in the Han State."
"Their strongest ones are not soldiers, but officials."
"Official??"
"Then Liu Taozi was born as a scattered official, so he has always been concerned about officials. Their school and official examination system is very perfect. From states, counties, townships, and villages, the responsibilities of the officials are clear, not too much, and they are very talented, support each other and cooperate properly...\n. Even military officials are more complete than ours."
"Whether it is a thorough investigation of household registration or a measurement of land, officials are just giving orders, but in the end they are still these officials who do things in the local area."
"The officials in the Han Dynasty have school guards. Although officials have the right to promote and accept admission, they cannot treat them like private slaves, and they dare not let them do something illegal and disorderly. They are also afraid that these officials will impeach themselves through the school."
"But here... the so-called officials are just slaves of officials. If one group dies, another group will kill them and use them whenever they say they are used. The officials will do whatever they say they are. No one can safeguard them. I am afraid that there will be no idea of ​​impeaching Shangguan and serving the king..."
Chen understood this time, and he hurriedly asked, "Since that's the case, can we imitate them and first change the official system?"
"We can build a school room and learn their configuration...:
Huang Fa pursed his lips, "Your Majesty... It's OK, but... \n Firstly, this method takes time. Although Liu Han founded the country for a short time, Liu Taozi has been in Hengshuo for a long time, and it has been more than ten years. His official system has developed for so many years to achieve the current results. Secondly, many officials under Liu Taozi's devil... all stood up in vain, this... "
"Not hindrance! He can do it, but we may not be able to do it!"
"First remove the officials, then cut off the soil!"
"Strive to ensure that our Jiangnan will not fall into the hands of Hu Chief."
"General Huang! Tell me truthfully, how long will we have to prepare to fight the enemy?"
"It can be as short as three years, and it can be as long as five years."
Chapter completed!