Chapter 395: The Imperial Council

At halftime of the meeting, the courtiers had dinner, and everyone knew that the main event was still to come, so everyone did not drink, for fear of making a mistake.

Grace, Tang Zhenjun, and Ling Zhen actually dined at the same table with His Majesty, and the formation of His Majesty's favor for them can be regarded as an affirmation of the preliminary work.

It is now the seventh year of Shenlong, that is, 1135 A.D., if there is no major refutation in the historical trajectory, the emperor of the Jin State, the wise and martial Jin Taizong Wanyan Wu Qimai will die in this year, and Wanyan will ascend the throne, and the contradictions within the Jin State will be further acute, and civil strife will break out. At this time, the Great Han Iron Cavalry appeared as an accelerator, forcing the Jin Kingdom into civil strife and laying a firm foundation for the destruction of the Jin Kingdom.

Wanyan Yan, hehe, in the eyes of the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, this guy is a funny existence, but at this time, the Jin Kingdom has no signs of decay, and it is still very difficult to destroy the Jin Kingdom.

Liu Zhenglong, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, did not want to go head-to-head with the Jin State, and he wanted to destroy the Jin State at the lowest cost, rather than completing the unification of the whole country at the expense of hundreds of thousands of Han troops.

In fact, at this time, there are still a few thorns in the heart of the emperor of the Han Dynasty to be pulled out, that is, Western Xia, Tubo, and Dali. Although they are all vassal states of the Han Dynasty, they are not under the jurisdiction of the imperial court after all, and they will be unstable factors in the future.

As the founding emperor and a generation of heroes, Liu Zhenglong believes that in his lifetime, Dali, Western Xia, and Tubo will have no problems, but what about a hundred years after himself? Once his children and grandchildren are weakened, then these three countries will become a time bomb and eventually rebel, which is not what he wants to see. Now we must take advantage of our ambition to conquer the world and remove hidden dangers for future generations.

Whether it is Dali, Western Xia, or Tubo, they are not suitable for conquest by force, suitable for boiling frogs in warm water, and a little bit of encroachment, forcing them to take the initiative to rebel, and then the Han Iron Cavalry has a reason to conquest.

At the beginning of the second half of the meeting, the content of the meeting was not the Northern Expedition to the Golden Kingdom that everyone expected, but the economy, which made everyone feel shocked, but in front of His Majesty, everyone had doubts and could only bury them in the bottom of their hearts and could not easily show them.

The Emperor of the Han Dynasty said: "Although Shandong, Hebei and other places are still in the hands of the Jin people, after all, most of the territory of the former dynasty has become the territory of the Han Dynasty, but due to the continuous wars, the economic differences between the regions are getting bigger and bigger. The entire Central Plains region has almost reached the point where there is no rooster crowing for thousands of miles, and the white bones are exposed in the wild, which makes me very sad, I can't sleep well, and I can't sleep at night. It is my sin for my people to suffer! ”

The Lord is worried about the humiliation of the ministers, and the Lord is humiliated by the death of the ministers.

The Son of Heaven said that it was my sin, and suppressed the civil and military officials, and all the courtiers knelt on the ground one after another to plead guilty.

"Get up, this is all the incompetence of the Zhao family, and the trouble caused by the Jin army going south is not your mistake." After the civil and military officials got up, Liu Zhenglong changed his words and said viciously: "The crime of war is not the fault of you. However, when prices are soaring, farmland is barren, people are displaced, people are displaced, people are complaining, people are angry, and people are not living well, don't you feel sad? The common people are your food and clothing, and they are not hungry or clothed, so what will they provide for you? One by one, wives and concubines are in groups, and when they go to the disposal place, they lend usury, and forcibly seize the common people, is this your way of being an official? Military generals are not afraid of death, and civil servants are not greedy for money, which is a peaceful and prosperous era and a sign of national strength. Before the Han Dynasty unified the world, you began to be lustful, not to mention that civil officials were greedy for money, and military generals were busy buying fields all day long, raising little wives, and talking about the new dynasty and new atmosphere all day long, you told me, what is the difference between this and the previous dynasty that has died in the country? The Qin Dynasty II, who swept through the six countries and dominated the world, died, and the Sui Dynasty II, who ended the confrontation between the north and the south, died. The history books all say that it was Zhao Gao's arbitrary power, Qin II Hu Hai was incompetent, Yu culture and misguided the country, Emperor Yang of Sui was tyrannical, and it was difficult to write about it, but is that the truth? Do you also think about the death of Han II? ”

Punish the heart, every word punishes the heart, but every word stings everyone present, it can be said that everyone's butt is not clean, more or less will be a little greedy for ink, this is the law of the ages, after all, Bao Zheng, Hai Rui, and Jackie Chan are rare.

The civil and military officials knelt on the ground and confessed, and they no longer dared to stand up.

"Being an official for thousands of miles, for food and clothing, I understand this, and it's not that I don't understand it. According to the old system of the previous dynasty, the Han Dynasty gave officials unprecedented treatment, and the height of the Han Dynasty far exceeded that of the Tang Dynasty, and even surpassed that of the previous dynasty. In this case, you are still greedy for ink, these I can turn a blind eye, it doesn't matter, who doesn't love money, that man is not lustful. I have the disease of widowhood, and the beauties in the three palaces are like clouds. I have never forbade you to marry three wives and four concubines. But what I can't tolerate is doing nothing and not doing practical things. You are all pillars of the country, and you are the cornerstone of the country's prosperity. However, in the face of soaring prices, depression in all industries, displacement of ordinary people, and many complaints, you are indifferent, and this is where my heart aches the most. ”

Liu Zhenglong waved his hand and said: "I am not to blame for the past, let's talk about what we should do in the future, Tang Taizong said that the people are precious, the monarch is light, and the society is secondary." I also give you this sentence. Over the years, I have accumulated a lot of wealth for the country, but I have been fighting for many years and losing a lot. Despite this, it is still possible to maintain the stability of the country, but for the long-term stability of the Han Dynasty, in order to allow the people to live and work in peace and contentment, you should be Zhuge Liang once, the world often says that there are three stinkers, and Zhuge Liang is the top. Then it's not a stinker, it's the cornerstone of Dahan, and you should be able to solve these problems. Let's discuss it here today, and tomorrow night, I will hold a banquet for you, and I hope that there will be a result by then. ”

Seeing His Majesty leaving, all the courtiers looked at each other, everyone knows that they can't go back tonight, and the top priority is to come up with the charter, otherwise, tomorrow night I don't know what the wrath of the Son of Heaven is.

Shock, Yu Yunwen's heart must be shaken, at this moment, he completely understands why the Han Dynasty can replace the Song Dynasty, this is the trend of the times, His Majesty is a rare generation of Ming monarchs through the ages, far more than the previous dynasty Taizu, Taizong, it is a matter of time before the Han Dynasty dominates the world, and no one can stop it. The future Han Dynasty must have a number of countries and people, and the government is harmonious, which is a rare prosperous era through the ages.

His Majesty Liu Zhenglong went back to rest, and went to Linxing to finish the beauty of Princess Jinguo, although it has been a few months since he was sent, he has never been fortunate to be the first beauty of Jinguo.

Wanyan Meiying knew that there would be a battle between Jin Guo and Song Guo, but she was a woman, so what could she do, just like duckweed on the water, destined to go with the flow.

Liu Zhenglong, the Son of Heaven, looked at Wanyan Meiying who was kneeling on the ground and said: "There will be a battle between the Jin Kingdom and the Han Kingdom, and it will be a battle to destroy the country." No matter who is destroyed, it is a harm to you, if you feel wronged, I can send you back, I am not willing to force women to do anything. ”

"Your Majesty, since the concubine is here, she is the concubine of the Son of Heaven of the Han Dynasty, and in the future, if the Jin Kingdom destroys the Han Kingdom, the concubines will be martyred for Your Majesty. The Han Kingdom destroyed the Jin Kingdom, and the concubines only worshiped every year. The war of the country has nothing to do with women, the concubine is just a little woman, and she only knows how to have more sons for her husband. ”

"It's a good son, then I'll give birth to a son today" Liu Zhenglong picked up Wanyan Meiying and walked towards the bed.

That touch of red made Wanyan Meiying forget that she was the princess of the Jin Kingdom, she knew that she was the imperial concubine of the Han Kingdom, and she wanted to give birth to the Son of Heaven of the Han Dynasty.

"Do you know why I spoiled you?"

"I don't know." Wanyan Meiying Little Bird snuggled in Liu Zhenglong's arms like a human, and the little girl's face was filled with happy joy.

"Because, the prince you gave birth to me will become the king of the Kingdom of Jin." Liu Zhenglong knew that even if the Jin State was destroyed, it would be difficult to make the Jurchens submit in a short period of time, and it would be more appropriate for the prince born by Yan Meiying to rule the Jurchens.

"The slave family will come again to give birth to a son for His Majesty." After Yan Meiying turned over and got on the horse, the strength of the national beauties of the grassland horseback riding was fully displayed, and there was no longer the previous shyness.

The locals governed the locals, the king became the ceremonial chieftain, and the local prefectures and counties were set up and the officials sent by the imperial court to govern them, which was the administrative framework formulated by Liu Zhenglong, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, for the Western Xia, Dali, Tubo, Jin and even Goryeo.

The newlywed Yan'er was happy, Liu Zhenglong was enjoying his own beauty, he ignored the internal discussions of the civil and military officials, and believed that those courtiers could handle it very well, and he didn't have to worry about it at all.

Internal discussion, in fact, a scholar, presided over by Zhao Ding, the Duke of Qin, this kind of thing, he is familiar with the road, but this time it seems to be much heavier than before, this time it is almost the governance program of the Han Dynasty in the next few decades, which should have been completed in months or even years, and now it will come out overnight, this task is arduous and necessary, so that this old minister feels pressure.

Zhao Ding saw that everyone was looking at him, so he said: "This involves all aspects, and it can't be done overnight, but Your Majesty requires everyone to know it, perform their duties, and come up with the charter in their respective fields, and if they need to be coordinated by various departments, they will be handled together today." ”

Although they are performing their duties, it is still very difficult, and it is difficult to sort out for a while, in this case, Zhao Ding decided to throw bricks and lead the way.

Zhao Ding said: "There are priorities and urgency, and the first major thing that needs to be solved most is to restore production in the Central Plains, so that the people who have wandered to other places can hurry back and put into production as soon as possible, so as to alleviate the biggest contradiction." ”

It is not easy to restore production in the Central Plains, because of the war, the people have been displaced, they have long been uprooted, and it is a large expense to come back, and after coming back, they still have nothing, how to live. Besides, the owner of the land cannot be found in a short time, and the difficulty is to rent the land from whom, and the difficulty is that the land without the owner can be cultivated at will, so isn't that chaotic?

Zhao Ding saw that everyone was looking at him with eager eyes, so he said: "In an extraordinary period, an extraordinary method was used to send an order to the local government in the name of the Zizheng Hall, and the land in the Central Plains was nationalized, collectively known as public land. The local government will compile a unified register and make statistics according to Ueda, Nakata, and Shimoda. The second step is to issue a recruitment order to the local government, whether it is the people in the Central Plains or the displaced people in other regions, they will distribute the land according to 10 mu of upper field, 15 mu of middle field, and 15 mu of lower land per person. In the third step, the people only have the right to use these allocated land, and cannot buy or sell them, and the ownership still belongs to the government, and in the first year, the seeds are distributed by the government free of charge. The first two years are exempt from taxes and land lease fees. From the third year to the fifth year, only taxes are collected, and the land rental fee is exempted, and from the sixth year, the land rental fee is 30 taxes and 1, which is calculated according to the average local mu harvest. The third step is to rent a house, and the government builds houses in the local area for the people to live in, and distributes them according to the population. The house is also only allowed to be probationary and cannot be bought or sold. Fourth, the house or land can be purchased at the market price after the occupant has lived in it for three years. The fifth step is to provide more employment opportunities for the government to work and increase their income. ”

Zhao Ding said so much, everyone is most concerned about the sentence of land state-owned, this sentence has set off an uproar, land has been privately owned for thousands of years, which one of you is not a thousand hectares of fertile land, as landowners, they are resolutely against land state-owned.

opposed, everyone objected in unison, as if spitting stars could drown Zhao Ding. This scene made Yu Yunwen see the complexity of officialdom, the officialdom of the Han Dynasty seemed to be more complicated than the officialdom of the Southern Song Dynasty, and he also understood why His Majesty turned around and left.

At this time, it was difficult for Zhao Ding to control the situation, Liu Zhen, the king of Jin, was not going to speak, but seeing that the situation was out of control, he stubbornly said: "Everyone is the pillars of the country, so they are chattering non-stop, what kind of system is it, the difficulty is to quarrel until Your Majesty arrives, can you calm down?" Thunder, rain and dew are all the grace of the king, then everything is given to you by His Majesty, just now the scholars just said that the Central Plains is borderless, nationalized, and distributed to the displaced people, you will jump out in a hurry to oppose it, if one day, the country is in trouble, and you need to take out thousands of family wealth to support, do you still want to rebel? ”

Punishment theory, it seems that Liu Zhen, the king of Jin, learned his father's set when he died, and he put a rebellious hat on everyone when he came up, and everyone quieted down at this moment, and everyone knew what the consequences would be if they continued to make trouble.

Liu Zhen, the king of Jin, didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in Zhao Ding's gourd, so he didn't dare to say too much, and he also hoped that Zhao Ding could give everyone a reasonable explanation.

Zhao Ding also had a headache, this is the governance program of the Han Dynasty, once it is popularized in the Central Plains, it will spread to the whole country sooner or later. If the people in various places make trouble because of the state ownership of land, it will be out of control.

In desperation, Zhao Ding said: "In extraordinary times, practice extraordinary laws." The Central Plains region has been thousands of miles without rooster crowing, and the white bones are exposed in the wilderness, and if the common people are not recruited back, it will cause chaos. Therefore, the state ownership of land is only a temporary policy and will not be extended to the whole country. And it's a borderland, not a borderland. ”