The Great Zhou Dynasty has enjoyed the country for more than 200 years since Taizu Chai Rong was established. At the beginning of the founding of the country, Zhou Taizu made great efforts to govern the country, and in order to prevent the recurrence of the tragic and chaotic times at the end of the Tang Dynasty, he proposed to share the world with scholars and doctors, and worship literature and suppress martial arts.

After a hundred years of Khitan finally rose, a generation of Tianjiao Zhou Taizu of course saw the threat from the north, and vowed to recapture the two traditional Han horse breeding lands of Hetao and Youzhou, but finally died with regret.

Taizu left his ancestral teachings, and those who recaptured Hetao and Youzhou could be crowned kings. However, the Zhou Dynasty fought with the Liao State for more than 20 years after the death of Taizu, and the two sides finally concluded an alliance. The Sixteen Prefectures of Youyun are still an important granary of the Liao State, and the Hetao is also firmly controlled by the Western Xia State.

After a hundred years of recuperation, the people of the Great Zhou Dynasty were nearly 100 million, and the imperial court had an annual income of 60 million. Literature flourishes, and society progresses.

But this is the prosperous age in the mouth of the landlords and gentry, and it has nothing to do with the ordinary people at the bottom. The increasing number of taxes and forced labor, and the less and less land at home, are incompatible with the great development of commerce.

If it weren't for the support of the increasingly developed handicraft industry, maritime trade and the box soldier system, the Great Zhou would have been full of displaced people. Even so, peasant rebellions gradually occurred in the Great Zhou, and the scale became larger and larger.

Thirty years ago, the imperial court changed the law in an attempt to curb land annexation and reduce the burden on the peasants. However, in the course of implementation, there was widespread collusion between the gentry and officials to transfer more taxes to homesteaders.

The government's promotion of low-interest loans eventually turned into forced usury, and private shops in various localities made a fortune. On the contrary, the gentry discovered some of the acres hidden by the common people, and began a new round of annexation*.

Under the boiling of public resentment, the reform was quickly abandoned, and the minister in charge of the matter was exiled to a desert island and died depressed. Since then, the Great Zhou has gone farther and farther on the old road of land annexation, and the hope of breaking through the ceiling of agricultural society has been slim.

History has once again proved that under the political system in which "the imperial power is not lower than that of the county" and "the dynasty shares the world with the scholars and doctors, not with the common people," any policy that goes against the interests of the big landlords and gentry in the slightest way will degenerate and become an excuse for these "upright men and gentlemen" to annex land.

For the gentry, it is not the first time they have seen the displacement and the change of dynasty, and when those untouchables are almost dead, the new dynasty will still share the world with them. Then the land is equalized, the population is reproduced, and a new round of reincarnation is opened.

The struggle of the people to survive in the troubled times, the population and economic development, which will become an example of the Confucian scholars' adherence to the "way of the sage". The arrival of the last years of the dynasty is the appearance of a faint king, "not cultivating virtue", what does it matter to these saints!

Confucianism is a complete circle, enveloping hundreds of millions of people in the Great Zhou Dynasty. Because the previous dynasty did not follow the way of the saints, it perished. Because the pilgrimage follows the path of the saints, the people can rest and recuperate.

In short, everything that is good will only appear because of the insistence on "orthodoxy in the world", and the chaotic regression has nothing to do with the children of these saints. As for the change of dynasty, the people suffered? Ahem, the reincarnation of the five virtues, find out.

Confucianism and the entire nation have been kidnapped by the landlords and gentry with "heaven and man induction", "reincarnation of five virtues" and "the way of sages", and have lost the ability to renew themselves.

The gentry were satisfied with the state of one doctrine and one class controlling everything, ignoring or even suppressing other doctrines and ideas, and no class could compete with the gentry. If, there is no Li Xiang.

There were many intelligent people among the squires and gentlemen, but they did not want and did not dare to confront the whole class, and whenever the interests of the family and the nation conflicted, they would choose their own interests with confidence. I can't help it, I have to think about the family!

In fact, even in the new society, the gentry can still obtain the upper position by virtue of hundreds of years of accumulation, but this is more comfortable than controlling everything. As a result, every time Chinese civilization touches the ceiling, the vested interests that instinctively sense the danger will forcibly interrupt the tentacles of the entire nation reaching out to a broader space, and Chinese civilization will sink in the cycle of reincarnation.

Like Li Xiang's original time and space of the Great Song Dynasty, the Great Zhou Dynasty has entered a dead end, and if there is no invasion by external forces, it can still circulate itself, otherwise it will ......

The current emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty is Zhou Qinzong, who grew up under the influence of the "way of the sage" since childhood. Of course, he didn't know anything about governing the country, but fortunately, the civil and political affairs of the Great Zhou Dynasty were the culmination of the previous dynasty. Although the emperor was lazy and lazy, he was quite accomplished in the arts, and was as gifted as many emperors of his dynasty.

The Great Zhou Dynasty has been recuperating since the "Battle for Land" a few years ago. Although the Fangla uprising broke out this year, people with a discerning eye can see that there is nothing to worry about, it is just that more people will die and more money and food will be consumed.

Jinghu is ripe, and the annual income increases. The situation was very good, so Zhou Qinzong, who was proficient in flowers, birds, fish and insects, began to play the "Birth Gang".

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Liu Yidao sat in the middle of the council hall, holding a straight bow in his hand. Looking at the bow body that looked yellow and clear after brushing tung oil, Liu Chengdong showed a satisfied look. Liu Chengliang also held a 60-kilogram special straight bow, looked at Li Xiang, and thought to himself that this kid was very slippery.

"Li boy, although this bow is a little soft, it is enough for his subordinates. How is this bow made, and what's the point? Liu Shengzheng asked as he ravaged a 50-kilogram straight bow with calloused hands.

"Uncle Sheng is really powerful. This straight bow is made with bamboo slices and... It is made of 30 kilograms, no, it is 60 catties to 80 catties, and the village can already produce a large number of catties. Bows above 100 pounds are being made, and the kid estimates that bows below 120 pounds are no problem, and we will have as many bows as there are in the future. Li Xiang looked at Liu Sheng respectfully and said in detail.

Lao Huang has always hated Li Xiang, and sneered: "What's the use of not aiming well, it's not as convenient as a horn bow." ”

Xiong Dachun looked at Lao Huang deeply, "Lao Huang, you are saying that it is bad, not to mention that there are not many archers in the army, but more of a way to shoot arrows like rain." Just talking about the cost, it takes several years to build a horn bow, Li Xiaozi's straight bow only takes a few months, and the money to build a horn bow is enough to make ten straight bows. ”

"What's more, most of the archers don't require aiming either. Imagine what it would be like for a recruit to shoot tens of thousands of arrows at one place with these straight bows after a little training. As long as we build a position and make sure that there are enough arrows, what is there to fear even if the enemy is ten times as large as me. Xiong Dachun said some of his ideas about the straight bow combat method, and the leaders couldn't help but gasp after thinking about it, and they really shuddered to think about that kind of scene.

Liu Yuan and Liu Sheng brothers began to think about the practical use of the straight bow in the battle array, Liu Chengdong looked at Xiong Dachun with appreciation, only Lao Huang's jealousy of Li Xiang was deeper.

Li Xiang set off a storm in his heart, Xiong Dachun's words were like a heavy hammer hitting him, it turned out that the archer could still be used like this. Recruits, with a little training, rain down arrows, concentrate on shooting......

Some words kept swirling in his head, and Li Xiang seemed to grasp something, but he couldn't see the point. After all, there is no actual battlefield experience as proof, Li Xiang can only wait for the opportunity to talk about it later.

Li Xiang was wandering, and Yang Jianchuan's father Yang Yingdong next to him woke him up, and it turned out that Liu Zhai was asking Li Xiang about the arrangements for the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner.

After Li Xiang came to Mingyue Village, he deeply felt that the common people in this era ate poorly, so he promoted the iron pot, sorted out some practices of Sichuan cuisine, and then taught them to many women in the village.

Although the lack of chili peppers made Li Xiang very regretful, fortunately, the taste of the food was much better than before. As the Spring Festival approached, Li Xiang suggested that the Gongzhong School should fund it, and the Youth Camp and the Artisan Household Camp should be responsible for having a Chinese New Year's Eve dinner together on the evening of the Chinese New Year's Eve.

Several leaders and more than a dozen big and small leaders all raised their hands in favor of the proposal of the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, and Mingyue Village has not been so lively since going up the mountain, not to mention that Gongzhong is not short of this money now. Liu Yuan and Liu Sheng often go to Li Xiang's house to eat, so they are looking forward to this big dinner.