In May, Chang'an was unbearably hot, and a heavy rain had just fallen in Guanzhong, and the sky was so gloomy that no sunlight could be seen.

Out of the ship, the family who had been waiting for a long time rushed forward to say hello, and Cao Shi came back quietly without telling anyone.

"Junhou, you can count it back, Mrs. Wei got a daughter last month, and she is waiting for you to choose a name!"

"Oh? It's a daughter, good daughter! I don't have the idea of preference for sons, and it is a credit to have a daughter, and I ordered the government to give me a first-class treatment. ”

"Junhou, you don't know that Her Royal Highness Princess Yang Nobunaga has given a promotion, which is only slightly worse than the prince (Cao Xiang), and the eyes of many people in the palace are red with envy!"

The Han system stipulates that the crown prince has the highest status as the prince of the country, such as the eldest princess is noble and comparable to the princes and kings, the rest of the princes are more than the princes, the princes and princes are more than the princes, and the princes are more than the Guannei marquis.

It seems to be an unreasonable system, but it allows the people to strictly implement the laws and regulations according to the rules, and the order is not necessarily reasonable, just as the reasonable is not necessarily the order, the ancient pursuit is order, and only the order has combat effectiveness.

Cao Shi's face sank: "Why is it slightly worse?" The distinction between men and women is so clear, how can this family work together to twist into a rope in the future? Both men and women are the same, the eldest son has the privilege of inheriting the family business, this is the biggest difference. ”

"But Cao Xiang is the eldest son after all!"

"My daughter will be great in the future, so let me carry it out according to this system."

"Whoa!"

Carrying the emperor's order, he had to deliver the seal letter to end the mission, and his carriage did not return directly to the Pingyang Marquis Mansion, and sent the family back to tell his wife that he was safe. With two teams of guards, he went straight to Chang'an City.

As soon as I arrived at the east gate of Chang'an, I was shocked by the huge gatehouse, and at a glance, the city wall of 2o zhang was dark and heavy, like a mountain pressing on people's hearts. The height of the gate tower is an astonishing 25 zhang, which is twice as high as the old city wall a year ago. From a distance, there is no end in sight in the north and south directions, giving people the feeling of a black mountain with rolling peaks.

There is a watchtower every 5o zhang city wall, its role is to act as an arrow tower, a military station, a granary and an armory, the role is very similar to the beacon tower of the Great Wall, hundreds of watchtowers will establish a set of enough to accommodate 10,000 soldiers of the northern army on the city wall to guard the city station system, no need to set up a large camp outside the city to protect, the city wall up to 12 zhang thick is the best camp, the watchtower shelters from the wind and rain, only needs to be equipped with public facilities in the city to ensure washing. Easy drainage is a perfect system.

"A beautiful military fortress, that's what I thought at the time...... Han Anguo is okay! I use my designs in a wood-like way. Cao Shi smiled, the work of design and decision-making came from him, and the better Han Anguo did, the more it proved that his design concept was excellent.

The city gate is wide open, the dark city gate hole is like a gluttonous giant mouth that devours all things, the new city gate of Chang'an adopts the design mode of broken dragon stone, and the heavy iron city gate is pulled up with iron chains and winches, and several pure steel positioning pins are used as insurance. Four chains as thick as an adult's calf are jammed to ensure that the gate does not fall suddenly, even if the chain's pins are broken, there are two safety pins for the positioning pins.

Crossing the new city gate is a different feeling. Chang'an City is wider and more beautiful than before, with a wide street inside the city gate, and a 15-zhang street around the city separates the public facilities next to the watchtower from the surrounding residential areas and the city. In order to ensure that the soldiers of the city wall could not watch the lives of the residents of Luli, the lookout at the entrance of the city wall near the side of the inner city was located.

The streets are bustling and orderly. The high walls of Luli separate the residential areas, and the pattern has not changed much. The scale is more than double that of a few years ago.

"I still remember that before the renovation, Chang'an City had 1o9 Luli, and after the transformation, 33 Luli were added, and now it has more than doubled to at least 27o Luli, and the population capacity of Chang'an City has doubled."

The size of the city has more than doubled, the population has also doubled, and the scale of the drawing design is far from being as large as it is now, there is no doubt that Han Anguo made changes to the drawings, the purpose is to make the number of household registrations in Chang'an City exceed 1o thousand, and the total population of the city is approaching the 5o million mark, and the face of Liu Che, the son of heaven, is more radiant, and he can continue to show off that the emperor has made a great achievement that no one has made through the ages.

With a population of 5o thousand, counting the population of more than 1oo in the five major tombs of the capital circle, Chang'an City is equivalent to a BC-level urban agglomeration, which can completely destroy all the empires of the same era.

In front of Weiyang Palace, he got off the car as usual to verify the order, and the soldiers of the Southern Army were slightly stunned when they received the order of the general of the chariot cavalry, saluted him and hurried to the palace, shouting as they ran: "The general of the chariot cavalry has returned triumphantly!" ”

The bureaucrats who walked in and out of Weiyang Palace were stunned, and looked back at the tall, dark-skinned young man, wearing a blue silk regular robe, looking up at the magnificent Weiyang Palace and seemed to sigh.

"He is Cao Shi, the general of the chariot cavalry!"

"My skin is so dark! South Vietnam must have endured a lot of hardships. ”

"A few days ago, the king of Minyue and the king of Nanyue, who came first, were arrested and marched on the streets, and the king of Dongou also came with the crown prince, and Yulin, who came back last month, rode in Chang'an City for a military parade, and his skin was as dark as a general of the chariot cavalry."

"The sun is scorching in South Vietnam, and when the sea breeze blows, the skin turns black."

The petty bureaucrats were in a commotion, intending to talk to the famous general abroad, but they did not dare to approach because they did not know each other and were afraid of his majesty.

The accompanying guard officer greeted him, personally walked in front to lead Cao Shi, and walked all the way into the palace forbidden.

"General Che Cai, we Southern Army non-commissioned officers are very envious when we hear that your prestige in the southern part of the country, and I heard that every non-commissioned officer in South Vietnam has mentioned a fifth-level military merit knighthood, is it true?" The guard officer's words were confused excitedly, and he said a sentence clearly for a long time, and the southern sergeants standing guard next to him put up their ears to listen, if it weren't for the military regulations restricting freedom, they would definitely come around and ask for the truth.

"Yes, on average, each person will be promoted to a five-level military merit, and the one with the least merit will be promoted to a third-level military merit, and the highest will be promoted to a ten-level military merit, and you will also have a chance in the future."

The guard officer complained in a low voice: "We also want to make meritorious contributions, but the opportunity is not so easy to encounter, the new batch of southern troops have just arrived in Chang'an and are shouting to go to South Vietnam, but the whole army has been punished for additional training, and it is unspeakably miserable!" ”

Walk to the palace gate and stop. Cao Shi smiled: "Come on!" You will have a chance, I believe there will be. ”

Step into the Xuanmur Hall. Suddenly I heard a commotion.

"Brother Che'er, you must give me an explanation today why you haven't come to my Jiaofang Hall for a month. Isn't it pampered by which vixen again? Whose woman is it that the hell says it! ”

"Queen, what are you messing around? Don't get out yet! ”

"I don't care, you let them all out, I have something to say to you."

The palace maid and the chamberlain hurriedly walked out of the main hall, and the leading Guo Sheren was slightly stunned when he saw him, quietly waved his hand to let him not go over, and walked out of the main hall without saying a word.

Cao Shi stopped and continued to listen, and there was a fierce quarrel in the quiet hall.

"Queen, are you enough? You have no right to interfere in my life, and I have the right to pamper any woman I want. No matter how much you talk more, don't expect me to go to the Jiaofang Hall in the future. ”

"Do you dislike me for being old, I'm 28 years old this year, and the broken flowers and willows don't get into your eyes, I know you look down on me, because I'm older than you, I can't have children, you just look down on me older than you, what else did you say back then? You liar, ungrateful liar, my brother is dead, my own mother is sick. The imperial grandmother was also driven away by you, I am a powerless old woman, are you going to abolish me? Woowoo woo ......"

The woman wept and cried. The hall was quiet again.

After a long time, I heard the Son of Heaven reprimand: "Don't say it again, you have to remember your identity." I, the queen of the Han Empire, am not a stupid woman in the countryside. Put away your trick of sprinkling troubles, I am eighteen years old this year, not a child of thirteen or fourteen, go back to your Jiaofang Palace, read more books to cultivate your self-cultivation, don't move those fancy intestines, let's go! ”

Chen Ajiao walked out with a sad face, with two strings of tears on her face that had not been wiped away, her crying eyes were startled when she saw a black and strong young man standing at the door of the hall, and when she looked carefully at the number of Cao, Chen Ajiao hurriedly wiped away her tears and smiled unnaturally: "It turned out that the general of the Che Cavalry is back!" Your Majesty is waiting for you, and I still have to leave beforehand. ”

He didn't speak, and stepped into the Xuanshu Hall to see Liu Che reviewing the recitals.

"You're here."

"Meet Your Majesty."

The two looked at each other for a long time and did not speak.

Liu Che's appearance has changed very much, he is tall and extraordinary, and his appearance is six or seven points similar to Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty.

Cao Shi was speechless, for two years, he only stayed in Chang'an City for more than a month, and finally met his eldest son Cao Xiang, by the way, let his wife Wei Junru conceive a child and set out to South Vietnam, only met the emperor a few times in two years, and the two of them were a little rusty after a long time.

He can feel that the Son of Heaven has changed a lot, not only is his appearance more mature, his personal temperament and spiritual outlook are completely different, two years ago he was still an immature young Son of Heaven, everything is inseparable from the dedicated assistance of the Consolidated Minister, and now he is no longer relying on the escort of any minister as if he has changed as a person, he is no longer the fledgling of the year, but an eagle with wings soaring, he is the emperor of the Han Empire.

"Brother-in-law."

Cao Shi raised his head in astonishment.

"Don't come back for years, don't come unharmed." Liu Che leaned back in his chair and said leisurely: "I don't know how you are doing, my life has been very fulfilling in the past two years, this empire is in my hands, I can feel its vigorous vitality, I will spare no effort to promote new innovations, on the basis of ensuring that the military achievements of farming and warfare do not collapse, and push my country to a new peak." ”

"His Majesty is the first emperor of the ages, I have said so, I will still say so, and I will always say this in the future."

Liu Che smiled and said nothing, his gaze was deeper than two years ago, he sat quietly for a long time and raised his head: "I adopt your Jianyi, the population of the migrating Jingman has been filled in the three kingdoms of Nanyue, Minyue, and Dongou, and your memora is not fully written, I want to hear your thoughts." ”

"Yes, in fact, the winter of the crusade against South Vietnam is like this......"

Cao Shi gushed out that it was a pity that the plan of the South Vietnamese Kingdom was recalled after only half of the completion of the plan, and it was originally an established plan to fight South Vietnam, and it was deduced with Liu Che, the Son of Heaven, a long time ago, that the defeat of South Vietnam has an immeasurable role in consolidating the border of the South Kingdom, and there will be no more problems with security first, and secondly, it will provide a lot of living space.

Zhao Tuo's exchange with him said that in his heart, the territory of the Han Empire is extremely vast, but it is still slightly insufficient compared to the heyday of the Great Qin Empire, and the territory area has been calculated many times, deducting the territory of Nanyue, Minyue, and Donou, and then deducting the territory of Southwest Yi, Wei's Korea, and Hexi Corridor, the Han Empire is only more than 3oo square kilometers.

He was once a Shaofu, checked the household registration of the Han Empire, this year the population of the Han Dynasty exceeded 370,000, of which more than 7 percent lived on both sides of the Yellow River, crossed the Qinling Mountains and the Huai River to the south, and the border counties were sparsely populated to the north, and only 3o million people abound in the two Huai counties to the south, and the population of Hedong County is more than 1oo0,000, and the population of some large counties in Kanto is more than 1oo0,000, and the Neishi County in Guanzhong is the first in the world, with a population of 57o million.

Compared with the era before the crossing, this population is not a thing at all, but in BC it is not the same, the contradiction between land and population constitutes the main theme of the rise and fall of the empire, the early stage of each heyday empire has to go through the rule of less people and more land, to the period of vigorous population growth into the so-called heyday, the contradiction between population and land is concentrated, and the various generations of Zhongxing ministers have done their best in order to continue to persist in the broken car of the empire, but no one can bypass the contradiction between population and land.

The result is that no matter how the law is changed, it is a game of dividing the cake, and the result of the division is that no one will be satisfied with the new plan, the old cake distribution system collapses, the new cake distribution system falls into difficult birth, the poor do not have enough food and clothing, and the bureaucrats representing the interests of the vast number of rich households are damaged and resist fiercely, and finally the contradiction is resolved in the form of a well-planned rebellion or a peasant uprising caused by an accidental natural disaster.

The old empire collapsed, half of the population died in war, famine and plague, the new empire completed its self-redemption on the ruins, rebuilt the new system to implement a new cake distribution scheme, and then repeated everything that was experienced in the previous cycle, continuing the whole process of collapse and destruction, in this set of rules of play, Confucianism is just a layer of skin borrowed by interest groups in order to divide the cake.

Confucianism is not the original sin, but Confucianism can play a huge role in maintaining centralized power, in other words, protecting the power of interest groups to distribute cakes, monarchs, ministers, fathers, fathers and sons is a great proposition, and Confucianism is also holding a trump card of "competing with the people", forcing the emperor to walk into a dead end of either a clear monarch or a faint monarch and cannot extricate himself, so as to ensure that every division of interests will not be interfered with by the stupid emperor or the more stupid people.

Liu Che, the Son of Heaven, raised his eyebrows: "You still can't let go of Confucianism." ”

Cao Shi's expression was awe-inspiring: "The minister doesn't dare, Confucianism is a rare good learning among the hundred schools, the minister feels that the Confucian doctrine is easy to be used by hypocrites under the pretense of a name, and the original intention of suppressing Confucianism is not to have too much opinion on Confucianism, but it is just a kind of deterrent to those hypocrites, and to use the deterrence to try to use the Confucian chapters to find the ambition to suppress the imperial power, suppress the relative power, and establish a new system." (To be continued!)

ps:I feel,The front seems to be inappropriate.,In the words of a book friend, there are too many pretends.,The last volume did bring myself into the ditch.,It's not your own style at all.,And Zhang Qian didn't explain it clearly.,I almost wanted to throw away the main line.,Learn a lesson and don't make a fuss.,Make it all clear.

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