It was summer and May, far away from the northern border wall of the Han Dynasty, adjacent to Yunzhong and Shangjun in the west, Shangdang and Hedong in the south, Yan and Zhao in the east, and the Xiongnu in the north, and the climate gradually warmed up.

Since the establishment of the Han Dynasty and the revision of the Han Law by Xiao Xiangguo on the basis of the Qin Law, Shangjun, Daidi, and Youbeiping, which is far northeast of the Yan Kingdom, are all 'poor areas' in the legal sense.

According to the regulations of the Han law on agricultural taxes, all the people who had land in the entire Han family had to hand over crop straw and hay after the autumn harvest to be used as a strategic resource reserve - fodder for war horses.

And Shangjun and Daidi enjoyed the preferential treatment in black and white in the Han law.

Except for the previous generation, the tax standard for straw and hay in all other places is 'three stones per hectare', that is, three stones for straw and hay for every 100 acres of land.

On the other hand, the previous generation is 'two stones each'.

That's right, the previous generation was a poor area where the law clearly stipulated that even hay straw could be paid less or even not paid under special circumstances.

The reason for this is that in addition to facing the threat of alien races in the north, the geographical and climatic conditions of the previous generation were very harsh, and even the yield of crops in the previous generation was about one stone less than the average yield of the land of the Han Dynasty.

Take the most popular corn in the Han Dynasty as an example: most of the fields with better water conservancy conditions in Guanzhong can reach a yield of three and a half or even four stones per mu, and even in the worst summer, the yield per mu can be maintained at about three stones.

Compared with Guanzhong, although Kanto is worse, but the yield per mu is not low, three and a half stones in the upper field is enough to choke, and more than two and a half stones in the lower field can still be guaranteed.

That is to say, if the average yield per mu in Kanto is counted separately, it can probably be close to three stones, and Guanzhong will surpass three stones, faintly on par with three and a half stones.

Guanzhong and Kanto, with such a vast arable land and such a high average base, it stands to reason that the grain output of the Han dynasty should not be too delayed because of the two regions of the upper and lower dynasties?

But that's not the case.

If Shangjun, Daiguo, Longyou and Youbeiping are excluded, the grain yield per mu in the Han Dynasty can basically reach three stones.

But with the addition of these northern regions, the average yield per mu of the Han family will directly fall below two and a half stones!

If you encounter a bad harvest like last year, it is even more likely that after all, the average line of two stones!

As for the reason, the request for tax reduction and exemption in the Shang, Dai, and Youbeiping areas received by the Prime Minister's Mansion last year is enough to give an answer.

In the last year, the average yield per mu in Shangjun and Daidi was only one and a half stones!

Even in the years when the harvest is good and there is no foreign invasion, it is basically impossible for the grain of the previous generation to break through two stones.

This is equivalent to the grain that can be cultivated from 100 acres of land in the previous and generations, and only from 50 acres of land in the east; If you talk about Guanzhong, it is very likely that only 30 acres are needed!

The Shang Dynasty and the Dynasty are not extreme cases, but only a microcosm of the agricultural situation in the northern region of the Han Dynasty.

For example, although Yan Zhao is not within the scope of the permanent reduction and exemption of straw tax as expressly stipulated by the law, the grain output is also one grade worse than that of the Kanto region.

As for the clouds exposed outside the Great Wall, it is needless to say - under the invasion of the Huns for many years, the farmland in the clouds is not to mention the harvest or the harvest, as long as the autumn harvest can grow something, and the grain produced is enough for the family to cope with a period of time, it is enough to make the people in the clouds full of relief!

From this point of view, for the princes and kings of the Han family, the Daiguo is definitely not a good fief.

As the fourth son of Emperor Taizu Gao Liu Bang, Liu Heng has almost never had a good life since he was named acting king.

Even if he was a prince, Liu Heng was worried about the food and clothing in the palace, the food and clothes of his children, and even the bedding needed for cold nights in winter for a long time.

It is such an incredible experience of 'princes and kings' that made Liu Heng leave an extremely simple style of life, even after becoming an emperor in history, Liu Heng will retain most of the simple style cultivated in the generations.

Under the influence of Liu Heng, even the Empress Dowager Dou in history, during her reign, she personally raised silkworms and stripped silk, and was completely self-sufficient in clothing.

And in the current timeline, although Liu Heng unexpectedly failed to become the emperor, he became a close relative of the emperor, but the amount of money in the palace of the king is still not a little more generous because of this.

Looking at the broken walls in the prince, and the palace walls that could barely see the original eyes, Liu Heng was even a little glad that his two sons stayed in Chang'an, instead of returning to this difficult and poor 'palace' with him to suffer.

"Ahh

Lamenting together, Liu Heng picked up the two silk books on the table in front of him and fell into a dilemma.

These two letters have a very high degree of similarity - they are both talking about the same thing, and both are demeaning the author of the other letter.

They all want each other's lives!

Prime Minister Chen Ping's letter, Liu Heng received it earlier, and he got it about ten days ago.

Its content is extracted from a few points: the death of the crown prince is the victim of today, and the king is also invited to plan for Emperor Taizu Gao, raise troops in the north, and approach Xiaoguan, in order to expose the true face of the pseudo-emperor Lu Hong in front of the world!

When he first got this letter, Liu Heng's first reaction was not to believe it or not, but to instinctively smell a hint of conspiracy!

What is the contradiction between Prime Minister Chen Ping and Emperor Liu Hong, Liu Heng dare not say that he is the one who knows the most in the world, but at least he is one of the people who know best.

- If what Chen Ping promised was done half a year ago, then Liu Heng should sit in Weiyang Palace and command the world at this moment!

Naturally, even if he left Chang'an, Liu Heng had already expected in his heart: between the emperor's nephew Liu Hong and Prime Minister Chen Ping, there would inevitably be such a thing.

But what Liu Heng never expected was that this incident would actually involve him, a low-key poor prince...

Putting Chen Ping's letter aside, and picking up the silk cloth on the right side that was so short that it could barely be called a letter, Liu Heng couldn't help but muttering and repeating the flirtatious numbers on it.

——Wei Wei Cheng Mu respectfully worships the acting king: the matter of the acting prince, please wait for the acting king, and in a few days, the contemptible people should go to Jinyang in person, and know the acting king from face to face here!

"Qi'er..."

Recalling the calm face of his beloved son in his memory, Liu Heng couldn't help shedding two lines of tears.

Teardrops fell on the silk cloth, and the ink was immediately dyed, but the black color turned into scarlet in Liu Heng's eyes little by little...

"I listened to the lieutenant's words, it seems that there is a letter from Chang'an to send to the acting king?"

Liu Heng subconsciously wiped away the tears on his face, turned around, and saw an old woman appear at the door of the palace.

"Mother."

Hurriedly stepped forward to help the old woman's arm and sent her to sit down in front of the desk, Liu Heng lowered his head and said sullenly: "The queen mother should know, Ah Qi is the eldest son of the king's lineage, after the ancestral hall..."

"I earnestly ask you."

Without waiting for Liu Heng to finish speaking, the Queen Mother Bo gave a cold reprimand, which immediately provoked Liu Heng to put his head deeply: "My son respectfully hears the teachings of the queen mother..."

Looking at Liu Heng's obedient appearance, Bo's heart couldn't help but soften, and finally he was ruthless and sank his face.

"What did the last year teach the king?"

The emotionless inquiry in his tone made Liu Heng suddenly a little cramped, and after a little groaning, he tentatively said, "When it is... Loyalty, to the country, to the country, to the country, to...

Bang!!!

There was a sudden loud noise, which caused Liu Heng to kneel on the ground in a hurry: "Mother is angry, the child is dull, and it is only in vain to make his mother angry..."

I saw that Empress Dowager Bo, who was sitting in front of the desk with a calm face a moment ago, had already slapped her palm on the desk, stood up, and looked at Liu Heng with hatred in her eyes.

"Born and died, the king obtained, convenient for this evil?"

"The acting king can know about this, and my family is in danger of being shattered, if it is not for the official website of the county to open three sides, the Ping in front of the king mound in this generation may not be less than the length of A Qi!"

Empress Dowager Bo's sudden anger made Liu Heng, who was kneeling on the ground, full of bitterness, and finally did not dare to defend himself, so he had to bury his head deep and gently stick to the floor.

"The son is dull, please mother..."

"Broken!"

Another slapping sound came, but Liu Heng didn't care about the stage, and only let his mother scold.

"More than ten years! I have been the king for more than ten years! ”

"If you want to achieve great things, you must make a decision immediately!"

After the panting roar, the Empress Dowager Bo gasped and groped for the edge of the couch behind her.

And Liu Heng, who was prostrate on the ground with his forehead close to the floor, straightened up as if he had eyes in the back of his head, knelt forward, helped his mother to sit on the couch, and obediently returned to the position of Fang Cai, putting his head back on the floor.

In one go, the action of not dragging the mud and water, skillfully makes people feel distressed...

However, Liu Heng's sad appearance obviously did not discourage Empress Dowager Bo.

"I know that the king's nature is subtle, but things must be reversed, and the reason is just and easy to break, and the king should know it!"

While speaking, the Empress Dowager Bo did not forget to hate her and patted the case in front of her: "If the king of the past year is a little more decisive, why would Wu'er leave his parents before he reaches the general corner?" ”

"Why did Qi'er send people under the fence and suffer such a catastrophe?"

Panting roughly, Empress Dowager Bo helped the desk a little flickeringly, and her gaze at Liu Heng became more and more cold.

"Now that the great changes are reborn, the acting king does not want to do uncertain things again, so that my family will not succeed ?!!"

"The acting king does not think that it is true that the acting king is a virtuous uncle and benevolent nephew, and it is not !! to pardon the heinous sins of the acting king."

In the end, Empress Dowager Bo's tone had changed from a scolding to a sharp roar, which made Liu Heng, who was 'not surprised' about this kind of battle, a little flustered, and he didn't know how to answer for a while.

"The mother is angry, the son is dull..."

The thousand words in my heart finally turned into this simple confession and my concern for my mother.

Seeing Liu Heng like this, the anger in Empress Dowager Bo's heart slowly dissipated, and she gasped for a long time, and finally calmed down.

"Let me ask the acting king, if Qi'er really dies in Chang'an, what is the acting king's plan?"

Seeing that his mother's tone calmed down slightly, Liu Heng breathed a sigh of relief, and then became entangled again: "Son... Child...

This time, Empress Dowager Bo did not vent her anger again, but sat with her eyes closed with a gloomy face, waiting for Liu Heng to spit out the final answer.

"Son..."

Seeing his mother like this, Liu Heng thought about it for a long time, and finally made up his mind a little, and said tentatively: "Although the son is dull, there are also one or two people who have gained, and I hope that my mother will allow her to try to say it; If it's inappropriate, please don't blame the queen mother..."

After speaking, Liu Heng raised his head slightly, and saw that his mother was the one with her eyes closed and her face cold, and finally expressed her thoughts and thoughts in her heart.

"I think that the prime minister is vicious and treacherous, and although he promised to move to the Guannei affairs, he was in mourning for the king, and the prime minister could be said to be clever in order to send troops, but once the matter was finished, he would abandon the mourning king and ignore it, which is not what a faithful person should do."

"And the husband and prime minister, the marquis who want to have children, the country is weak and sparse, if it is sacred, there is nothing to worry about it; However, the mourning king has many generals, and the national service army is strong, if it is established, it should be the holy monarch and the hero, and the king has lost his power, so he should not be established. ”

"Only now, the prime minister replied to the sacred, although it was also the same as the cause of the previous year, but now the county officials are in power, and the prime minister's thoughts are probably not from the dragon, but should be abolished today as the first thought!"

"Therefore, if the son raises troops, then the son or should be reinstated as the mourning king, Zhu Xuhou raised troops in the east, or in Suiyang and can not pass, to be compared with all things, Zhu Xuhou to revert to the mourning king..."

Saying that, Liu Heng became more and more confident: "When it comes to the county officials, if you want to move Wang Suiyang first, whoever you want, you should take your son as the gateway to Guanzhong and the princes of Guandong; Later, he said that Ah Wu succeeded Wang Jinyang as the acting king, and it should be the meaning of my family in the letter. ”

"If you ignore this act of kindness and affection, you will be sacred in the future, and you should be speechless to face the people of the world; The old ministers with ill intentions in the DPRK and the central government should also use this as a constraint, and even the government decree will not work, and there will be no communication between inside and outside. ”

"If this happens, I am afraid that the child will return to filial piety, or the Lu family..."

After that, Liu Heng resolutely kowtowed: "Looking at the meaning of the mother and the son: what the prime minister said, all are contrary to the way, and the success of the trip will also damage the reputation of the child, Your Majesty is quite heavy in the family of the king of my generation, and the son thinks that when the family and country are in trouble, the son should use the name of the uncle to help His Majesty destroy the rebels, and restore the Taizu Gao Emperor's country and society in Daxing!" ”

Quiet.

After Liu Heng made a dull kowtow, the hall fell into a long silence.

But Liu Heng no longer thought about how authoritative his mother should be when she was angry, as usual, but clenched his teeth, waiting for the dreamy call to come from above his head.

"Get up."

It's a little different from what you expected, but you don't have the intention to completely deny it?

Raising his head in confusion, Liu Heng saw that his mother already had a shallow smile on her face.

That kind smile, since the death of Emperor Gao, the smile on his mother's face has never appeared...

"Now that my son has made up his mind, it is enough."

The gentle tone came into Liu Heng's ears, causing Liu Heng to be stunned for a moment, and after reacting to what happened, he could no longer suppress the tears in the corners of his eyes, and threw himself into his mother's arms.

"Mother~"

I saw Empress Dowager Bo caressing Liu Heng's head lovingly, just like when Liu Heng was a child, the mother and son lived in a side hall in Weiyang Palace.

"That is, if you want to be loyal to the king, my son will be outside the palace and welcome Qi'er back to the palace."

"Your Majesty sent Wei Wei Cheng to lead a hundred capable soldiers, and the special escort Qi'er returned."

！！！

Hearing this, Liu Heng raised his head suddenly, looked at his mother's eyes full of tenderness in horror, and repeatedly confirmed that he had not heard words like 'coffin' and 'coffin' after the word 'Qi'er', and jumped up with surprise.

"Ah Qi is still ?!!"

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