Chapter 224 Rewards and punishments continue to open up

"This is a spell, Chen Lang, no one can break this spell!" Li Xiuning finally figured out the real core of the problem. The so-called prosperous era is just a period when the population and land tolerance reach a balance, and has nothing to do with whether the king is wise or not.

As long as the population growth rate does not exceed the limit of land tolerance, even a pig can create a prosperous dynasty. Just like Sima Yan, is he wise? Is he wise? He is not wise, because a bald tree with only 30,000 mouths of the bald tribe could rage in Qinliang for more than ten years, killing four generals and two governors of the court, and a series of stupid national policies formulated, which even brought China into the abyss. However, historical books still call it "Taikang's rule", which is really a big deal.

On the other hand, once the population exceeds the limit of land affordability and limited land can no longer support so many people, it has to have an artificial extinction, forcibly reduce the population to a relatively low level, which is equivalent to a system clearance and start over again. For thousands of years, the whole world has been repeating this process. The difference is that we can always be severely governed after the chaos, while in some places, there will be endless chaos after the chaos, which will last for thousands of years.

Under Chen Ying's reminder, Li Xiuning finally penetrated the layers of fog and saw through the essence of the matter. She panicked, she was scared, and her voice trembled unconsciously: "Chen Lang, it's really a curse. This is true for the strong Qin, this is the strong Han, and this is the former Sui!"

Some people may wonder why Li Xiuning said this. Because the fundamental core of Qin State is in Guanzhong, it is in the 800-mile Qinchuan. As the Qin army swept across the six countries in Shandong, countless soldiers who were awarded titles for military merits appeared in Qin State. If they were not even given four gluts of land, five gluts of officials, seven gluts of officials, and twenty gluts of officials. During the swept across the six countries, there were many soldiers in the Qin army in the Qin army, and there were many gluts of doctors, and the Duke riding of gangs were everywhere. However, the land in Guanzhong was limited, and one glut was twenty gluts of 2,000 acres of gangs, plus the gluts of Guanneihou, which was 9,500 acres. The land in Guanzhong was not enough, and the soldiers were not rewarded after making meritorious service. Then the Qin army's military title system collapsed. Not to mention that Qin II was not good, even if he had the ability of Qin Shihuang, he would have stopped food, because the foundation of the Qin Dynasty was millions of Qin soldiers.

The powerful Han were also destroyed by force. The princes at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, such as Ding Yuan, Gongsun Zan, and Dong Zhuo, could all have a corner of the land to suppress the Hu Hu, but the Han Dynasty still collapsed because of the land annexation that made the soldiers disagree with the court and the people disagree with the court.

Chen Ying said confidently: "No, I can, this spell can be broken!"

"How could you break it? The land is limited, and the population will only increase until the empire is crushed!" Li Xiuning seemed to have blood and fire in front of him. In every dynasty that destroyed the country, the most tragic thing was actually the royal family. Yang Guang's eldest grandson, Yan Wang Yang, was killed by Yu Wenji during the Jiangdu Incident, at the age of fifteen. The second grandson Yang Tong was killed by Wang Shichong, at the age of fifteen. The second grandson Yang Tong was killed by Wang Shichong, at the age of fifteen. The most tragic thing was Yang Guang's youngest son, Yang Gao, who died at the age of fourteen. Yang Guang's two daughters, except for Princess Nanyang, married Yu Wenshi and the second daughter Yang Xi was forced to be a concubine by Li Shimin, at the age of only thirteen.

Li Xiuning naturally knew that Yang Xi would definitely not be willing to commit herself to Li Shimin. However, in the face of the general trend, she, a woman, had no other choice but to accept her fate. Li Xiuning seemed to have seen that the Tang Empire collapsed several years later. The male family of the Li Tang royal family was cut off his head like a chicken kill, while the woman was pressed under her body and moaned in pain...

This is a curse,

This is also fate.

This is glory,

It's also sad...

Li Xiuning's eyes were covered with mist.

Chen Ying gently hugged Li Xiuning in his arms, and his hand gently stroked Li Xiuning's back, comforting him: "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, there is mine!"

Li Xiuning shook her head and said, "I am really afraid, and I don't know whether my father is right or wrong in doing this..."

Chen Ying said: "It's really not difficult to solve this problem, there are many ways."

Li Xiuning looked at Chen Ying in surprise. She thought about this almost unsolvable problem and couldn't figure it out even though she thought about it. However, Chen Ying actually said that he had many ways, which made Li Xiuning feel a little unbelievable.

Chen Ying said without comment: "Whether the empire is in its prosperous or end of the world, the root of the problem lies in the land! If we can increase the yield of crops and feed more people with less land; for example, one acre of land in the Tang Dynasty can produce ten or twenty stones of grain."

"How is this possible..." Li Xiuning just finished speaking, suddenly remembered the disgusting thing she had seen in the clear forest outside Chang'an City before. It is said to be the so-called fertilizer? Li Xiuning asked: "Is it a fertilizer?"

If Chen Ying said that after Li Xiuning decided to go back immediately, Li Yuan would be allowed to fully promote the use of fertilizers.

"Yes!" Chen Ying said: "Fertilizer can increase crop yields, can increase yields by five times, or ten times, but it is absolutely impossible to increase yields by twenty times, so seeds need to be re-cultivated."

Li Xiuning said in confusion: "Does the seeds still need to be cultivated?"

Chen Ying smiled slightly and said, "Seeds are actually the same as humans, with genetic genes. For example, people often say that dragons give birth to dragons and phoenixes give birth to phoenixes, and rats' sons are born to dig holes. This is the reason. Even if it is an ugly monster, if you are combined with a top beauty, the child born will be half the chance of becoming beautiful. The same is true for seeds. Nature is very cruel. Under the survival of the fittest, good seeds will only get better and better, while poor seeds will get smaller and smaller."

Li Xiuning said vaguely: "So that's it. That is to say, our land yield per mu is ten times that of the original, which is equivalent to ten times more than our land?"

"Yes, increasing the output per mu of land is just one of the ways!" Chen Ying smiled and said, "Actually, I still have many ways to solve this problem. For example, letting the aristocratic clans pay taxes like ordinary people, and even let the rich bear more taxes. When inheriting the inheritance, the court can collect one or three cents of inheritance tax. In this way, the court can delay this problem!"

Li Xiuning heard what Chen Ying said: "This can only be delayed, not avoided."

"Yes, the whole people pay taxes and increase yield per mu can only treat the symptoms and delay the pressure brought by population increase, but cannot fundamentally solve this problem!" Chen Ying said: "Don't worry, there is no way to solve this problem fundamentally. If you can keep opening up the territory and let the land grow with the population growth, ensuring that the farmer has the land, every household has surplus grain and meat to eat, then this curse will fail, and the damn troubled times will never come!"

Li Xiuning's mood finally became clear like the clouds and mist being pushed apart.

Li Xiuning said: "No, I must submit a memorial to my father immediately. This matter must be prepared for the future and make arrangements in advance."

Li Xiuning didn't even bother to eat the food, so he quickly returned to the tent and asked He Yueer to bring pen, ink, paper and ink.

After spreading the paper, Li Xiuning picked up his pen and wrote the memorial in the form of a family letter. The beginning was about Li Xiuning's conversation with Chen Ying, especially Chen Ying's explanation of the troubled and prosperous times. And Li Xiuning pointed out without hesitation: "The land of Zhou is on the east sea, on the right, on the right, on the front, on the front, on the back, on the Youdu, the army set up Rongguan and at the Pushui. There were more than 100 million soldiers, but they all shot down and shot, and fought against the halberd. King Wu held the yellow axe on the left and held the white tassel on the right to command it, and then it collapsed and then collapsed. However, the ministers did not agree with this principle.

My sons believed that land annexation was the root cause of the collapse of an empire. In the past Sui Dynasty, Yang Guang fought against Goguryeo three times. They failed one after another, and countless elite soldiers and generals were buried in the black soil. This was not the most fatal. The most fatal thing was that Yang Guang lost his prestige, and some stubborn and incompetent figures occupied the center. They turned a blind eye to such a dangerous situation, only cared about using the power in their hands to exclude dissidents, frantically seizing profits, regardless of the lives and death of the people.

Many government decrees in Yang Guangdi were not implemented at all, except for tax increases. In order to eliminate the rebels, Yang Guang asked each of the people to pay more than ten cents of tax to eliminate the bandits. This group of shameless officials could send more money to the usual and even more silver. The most shameful thing is that those aristocratic families who own thousands of acres, tens of thousands of acres or even tens of thousands of acres, and hundreds of thousands of acres of fertile land did not pay a penny of taxes, and were proud of tax evasion and ashamed of paying taxes. Such heavy taxes fell on the people.

Most of the soldiers of the Sui Dynasty were forced to destroy their families, and naturally lost their loyalty to the court. Tens of thousands of Yang Guang, equipped with the best and most well-trained Xiaoguo Army, breached Yang Guang without hesitation and stood opposite Yang Guang. Finally, they pushed Yang Guang into the abyss of hell, and many knowledgeable people were lamenting that the country was exhausted.

Father, son and minister have thought about it and found that this is a curse that is difficult to escape from in all dynasties, a destiny cycle that is difficult to escape from in all dynasties...

When Li Yuan, who was in Chang'an, saw this letter, he was instantly shocked and sweated.

As the founding king, he was not invisible to see these problems, but the authorities were confused and the bystanders were clear. Because Li Yuan had already entered the game, it was impossible to see this. However, Chen Ying could do it because he was not in the game.

Any dynasty that comes to this point will inevitably fall apart. Liu Han was so ruined. Natural disasters and man-made disasters, the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and the princes emerged. In the end, the powerful Han Dynasty for four hundred years collapsed.

The Jin Dynasty was also done like this. Sima Yan chose an idiot to be the emperor. Therefore, the Eight Kings Rebellion fought for more than ten years and exhausted the last vitality of the Western Jin Dynasty. Finally, the Xiongnu, Jie, Xianbei, Di, Qiang, Dingling, Iron Buddha, Gaoche, Lushuihu, Heishuihu, Zhaowu Jiuhu, and other Hus rose up to invade the Central Plains.

The sweat on Li Yuan's forehead was already dense, and the sweat behind him wet his clothes. A drop of sweat rolled down from Li Yuan's face to the ground. The sweat bead broke into pieces. Li Yuan's heart was like this sweat bead, heartbroken.

At this moment, Li Yuan's eyes fell on Li Xiuning's letter paper: "This is a curse, this is a destiny cycle. General Chen said that if this curse is broken, only the administration of the government is clear, the rewards and punishments are fair, the people pay taxes, increase the yield per mu, and continue to expand the border..."

When Li Yuan saw this, he shouted at Chen Qi, the Central Secretariat outside the hall, and said, "Hurry, go and invite the fifth-rank official of the capital above the fifth rank, including Pei Xiangguo, Chen Xiangguo, Xiao Xiangguo, etc. to come to Tai Chi Hall to discuss matters."
Chapter completed!