The Zanspur Empire has stood for thousands of years and has experienced a total of thirty-seven empresses.

Among them, in addition to the founding empress Zanspor, the most influential should be the ninth empress - Zanzpor? Talasya.

Queen Tarasha ascended the throne in 541 A.D. and reigned for fifty years.

According to historical records, the peak of the empire was from 551 to 579 in the imperial calendar, which happened to be during the fifty years of the reign of Queen Talasya, so Queen Tarasia was also known as the "light of the empire".

Crowned at the age of twenty-nine, Queen Talasha is not the youngest empress, but she is the longest-reigning empress and the one who has made the greatest contribution to the empire and even to humanity.

[Note: The youngest Imperial Empress is Sally, the second Empress of the Zanspur Empire, who was only five years old when she ascended the throne.] 】

However, there is both honor and criticism.

The Tarasian dynasty did lead the empire to its peak, but at the end of Queen Talasya's reign, the empire began to decline, and its glory was gone, and even after the fall of the empire, it was not able to reverse this trend.

For this reason, Empress Talasya was also called the poison of the Empire.

Of course, this title came after the fall of the Empire......

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"Your Majesty, your guess is completely correct, after our investigation over the past month, Duke Russell is indeed preparing a series of annexation plans, and their power is large enough to compete with our royal power." It was an unknown old minister who spoke, and his worried appearance looked both distressed and helpless.

Empress Talasia, who was sitting in the center, did not speak, she looked at the other minister.

It was a relatively young man who looked a little like Xue Ming.

But in comparison, this man looks more vicissitudes and mature.

Feeling the empress's gaze, the man spoke: "Your Majesty, I think that with the current trend of Duke Russell's large-scale annexation, even if he really completes his plan, it is still a little bit worse to fight against the imperial power, after all, the hand of the empire is still under our control, but as you feared, the insatiable greed and short-sightedness of Russell and his ilk have buried the empire's efforts for hundreds of years, and if he continues to develop, all aspects of the empire will inevitably suffer heavy losses, After the common people lose the basic security of life, all kinds of social problems will erupt in a concentrated manner, and although we can certainly rely on the current strong military and financial strength to ignore the empire, the decline of the empire will also be irreversible, and in the end, our generation can still sit back and relax, but in the future, maybe only a few hundred years, or even a few decades, the empire may collapse. ”

Hearing this, Tarasia sighed deeply, and turned his gaze back to a young man who was younger than him beside the man.

This little thing looked a little out of place on such an occasion, but unexpectedly, his expression was obviously more energetic than the nervousness, worry, or bitterness of the others here.

"Luo'er, what do you think?" The Empress asked.

Luo'er?!

Lin Sen was shocked when he heard this, and when he was still unsure, he listened to An You's words: "Lu Steven Loer, a legendary figure in the legendary family, is the hero of the empire's re-prosperity, and the mediocre talent of the empire has been in decline since then. ”

Sure enough, it was him...... Lin Sen didn't know much about history before, and the relevant mentions can also be said to be blank.

However, since coming into contact with the central curtain, Lin Sen has learned some records about the major families and their origins, and the first is the family history of the Lvstewin family.

And in this 950,000-word family history, it is listed and recorded separately about the legendary figure - Lv Steven Loer.

But in that record, there were too many parts of singing merit and praise, and Lin Sen lost interest after reading some of them.

However, after listening to An Youren's words today, Lin Sen felt as if he had missed something very important......

"Your Majesty, Ladies and Gentlemen, it is a great honour to be present on such an occasion as a pure businessman, and of course, I also know that this is the respect and trust that Your Majesty has placed in me, so I also hope to be able to do my best to share your worries and problems...... So ......" The imposing Risti Steven Lore got up and walked to the center of the hall, and he opened his mouth to say something polite, and then used one to take everyone's eyes.

"Therefore, I hope that if there is anything inappropriate or inappropriate in my next remarks, I hope that Her Majesty the Empress and all of you will be more bearable, after all, in the current situation, the empire has come to a precarious brink, and I do not want to see everyone at such a moment, on such an occasion, for the sake of some face-saving concerns, and self-interest...... All right? ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone was talking, and it was clear that Steven Loer's flirtatious and unscrupulous gesture touched their sensitive area.

However, Tarasha was calm, she only slapped the table, and the hall fell silent in an instant.

"You say, I want to hear the truth, listen to something useful, the truth that can save this empire." Her Majesty's voice was slightly cold.

The previous noise was now terrifyingly quiet.

Luo'er was very calm on the surface, but Lin Sen on the side could see that he was quietly swallowing saliva, and his little fingers were curled up tightly, as if he was trying his best to keep himself in this state.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Luo Er said and turned to look at the old man who spoke first and said, "First of all, honorable Duke Carisius, did you just say that through careful investigation, it can now be determined that the source of the recent disruption to the overall economic order of the empire is Duke Russell's large-scale annexation behavior across the country?" ”

"Calisius is a scheming elder, but he is also a loyal servant, a loyal servant who is truly loyal to the empire and to himself," An Youren said suddenly.

Lin Sen was shocked, feeling that the whole introduction was really timely.

Sure enough, after being questioned by Lorre, Carisius replied: "No, I'm just saying that Duke Lassell is indeed engaged in mergers with great fanfare, but whether it has an impact on the economy of the empire, sorry, I'm not very good at it, so I can't determine the connection." ”

Lin Sen listened, and said in his heart that he was really an old fox, and he would get everything clean in minutes.

Risti Steven Lore quietly glanced at the empress's expression, and when he saw that she was just frowning, he had a bottom in his heart.

So he followed the words of Duke Carisius and said, "Well, well, since you are not very good at it, then let me explain to you how much damage the Duke of Rassel's wanton annexation has caused to the empire." ”

Hearing this, the crowd sat up a little straighter.

Then he listened to Steven Loer continue: "In order to facilitate everyone's understanding, I would like to cite a historical fact that existed in history and is very similar to the current situation of our empire as an example, this example is the 'Wang Anshi Reform' that occurred during the Northern Song Dynasty of ancient China during the period of human earth civilization. ”

Wang Anshi's change?

Lin Sen was stunned when he heard this: "Wang Anshi changed the law? What is this way? Why did you suddenly pull so far? ’

An Youren on the side seemed to feel Lin Sen's thoughts, and he said softly: "Don't be distracted, after listening to him, you will find that even after tens of thousands of years of evolution, there are still traces of some things." ”

Hearing this, Lin Sen immediately threw away his frivolity and disdain and became serious.

"Wang Anshi's change?" Duke Calisius looked confused when he heard this.

Lyste Steven Loer smiled and said: "Yes, Duke Calisius listened very accurately, that is, Wang Anshi's change, this is the example I want to talk about today, I hope you can listen carefully and understand the doorway." ”

Many of you are not very interested in the history of the earth, and even if some people do, few of them understand it so comprehensively and thoroughly, let alone a historical fact that is specific to a certain dynasty in ancient China during the period of earth civilization.

But then, when Lu Steven Loer explained the content of Wang Anshi's transformation before and after, the expressions of everyone present became serious.

Especially the Empress of Talasya.

So what did Wang Anshi's reform say?

What is its historical background?

From Linsen's point of view, the answer given by Lu Steven Lohr at that time was:

In ancient China, during the Northern Song Dynasty, there was also a period of prosperity similar to that of the current Talasya Dynasty, when the emperor of the Northern Song Dynasty was Song Shenzong Zhao Ji.

However, the influence of the Northern Song Dynasty in history on the entire ancient China and even the whole world is more ancient and glorious than the influence of the Northern Song Dynasty in history.

This is not only reflected in the economic prosperity of the Northern Song Dynasty, but also in its literary and artistic innovation and technological innovation.

Six of the eight masters of the Tang and Song dynasties in ancient China appeared in the Northern Song Dynasty, and three of the four major inventions were also in the Northern Song Dynasty.

But it was during this period that a corruption hidden behind the prosperity began to grow until the entire Song Dynasty was buried.

So what is the source of this corruption?

Is it corruption? Is it a natural disaster?

In fact, it is neither, and it boils down to the malignant growth of capital tumors.

According to historical records, during the reign of Emperor Shenzong of the Northern Song Dynasty, before the country reached prosperity, the population of the Song Dynasty was relatively small.

In order to encourage and stimulate labor productivity, the Song Dynasty allowed the common people to retain ownership of the reclaimed wasteland, and this measure was combined with a relatively reasonable tax burden, and soon the population of the Song Dynasty reached nearly 100 million, which is an extremely large number in human history.

However, with the continuous implementation of this measure, at the end of population expansion and the middle of high economic prosperity, interest groups led by a group of people in power such as official eunuchs began to use land annexation as the main means to expand their power and financial resources.

When I saw that a group of people in power such as eunuchs began to engage in extra-high land annexation, the second group, that is, some bankers and big businessmen in the Northern Song Dynasty, also began to figure out how to strengthen themselves, and they also joined in this gluttonous feast.

And so the second capital tumor was born.

So what is the harm that land annexation brought to the Song Dynasty?

The first is that the land in the hands of the peasants at the bottom is becoming less and less, and the people who have no food and no income can only survive by borrowing usury, but this is a vicious circle, and when they cannot afford to pay it back, a new round of land annexation begins.

And in order to be able to occupy the land resources in the hands of the people at the bottom of the society more quickly and effectively, vested interest groups have begun to use the annual flooding of the Yellow River, that is, natural disasters, to help them carry out land annexation.

How does this process work?

First, they let the Yellow River burst to flood the wasteland reclaimed by the low-level people on the pretext of channeling floods, and then demanded that the low-level people show up the land certificate given by the government when they wanted to regain their land.

However, in the Song Dynasty at that time, there were three kinds of land certificates, among which wasteland was used as the object of encouragement for reclamation, and the people at the bottom held only one kind of certificate called white certificate, which was not stamped with the red seal of the government, which was very similar to the farms and mines that the Talasia Dynasty was currently opening up and reclaiming in various parts of Gaia.

These are all resources that the dynasty now recognizes, but can also be recovered by someone with a heart like Duke Russell in various ways and means.

The use of Huang Pan to annex land, and then the use of usury to further accelerate the deepening of the annexation of these means is not the point, the focus is to pay less taxes, the vested interests of the annexed land groups to the imperial court to conceal a large amount of the land area they annexed, as a result, in the later period of annexation, the Northern Song Dynasty's agricultural registered land area was actually greatly reduced compared with before.

The decrease in arable land has been accompanied by an increase in fiscal deficits and exorbitant taxes.

According to the records, the people of the Northern Song Dynasty originally only had to pay two taxes a year, that is, the tax burden of two harvests, but in the later period of land annexation, there were as few as three or five kinds of miscellaneous taxes as many as a dozen in various places.

As a result, the Northern Song Dynasty, which had no means of making a living, went into decline.

As a result, Song Shenzong asked Wang Anshi to come forward this time "Wang Anshi's change".

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"I won't go into detail about the specific content of the change, because what we are implementing now is no different from Wang Anshi's measures back then, and it can even be said that it is more direct and effective, but it is a pity that the Wang Anshi reform of the Northern Song Dynasty of ancient China during the period of earth civilization finally ended in failure, which also led to the tragedy of the later Jin people entering the customs and taking the Northern Song Dynasty lightly, so today I want to explain to Her Majesty the Empress the reason and crux of the failure of Wang Anshi's reform, And I hope that Her Majesty the Empress can truly answer a few questions from me, a commoner of the Empire, as a monarch. After saying this, Lu Steven Lore looked at Queen Talasha seriously.

However, before Queen Tarasia could speak, some of the others present shouted loudly: "Luo'er, you have to recognize your identity, how can you be so rude to Her Majesty the Empress?" ”

But Steven Lore said faintly: "Duke Fisk, you are right, but I only dared to say this with the permission of Her Majesty the Empress before this, and I believe that respect and love will always be in my heart, and I have no intention of offending the Empress, I only hope that the Empress can see my sincerity and sincerity." ”

"You!"

"Fisk." Tarasya's tone was light.

The duke, who was sitting in the corner, immediately lowered his head and sat back quietly.

After the hall returned to tranquility, Tarasia asked Lveven Luoer, "Okay Luo'er, you can say it, I want to hear it, and I will answer it seriously." ”

Lu Steven Loer, who received such an answer, was flattered, but he did not show any joy, but said first: "The reason why Wang Anshi's reform failed was not because of the problem with his new law, but because of internal and external troubles, the struggle to defend the interests of the people and the royal power finally failed, among which the internal worries refer to Wang Anshi's biggest supporter Song Shenzong, as the emperor, Song Shenzong seems to be supreme, but in fact, in the game of power, Song Shenzong was able to ascend the throne by no means the destiny of heaven, It is a concentrated embodiment of power, therefore, when Song Shenzong violates the interests of the right itself, whether he can sit on the throne has become the biggest problem, and if he loses the support of Song Shenzong, Wang Anshi's change itself is an empty joke, so, the first question I want to ask Your Majesty is: If we start to fight back, can Your Majesty always support us and solve all our worries? ”

As soon as these words came out, all four were shocked.

Lin Sen was also shocked, because he remembered that when he was reading those miscellaneous books with Arya at home, Arya had read a wild history, and the wild history recorded that Tarasia was cruel and unkind, and even his daughter and husband were not spared, is there any connection between this?

While he was thinking about it, he heard Empress Talasha reply, "Yes, I promise you." ”

It was a short six words, but it had a great impact on everyone present.

Duke Fisk, in particular, was visibly pale.

Lu Steven Lore is also mentally shocked, although he is in the empire, but he has always rejected women in power, which is also the tradition of the Lu Steven family for generations of men, but in Talasya, Lu Steven Lore saw an admirable majesty.

"Well, with Your Majesty's promise, I believe that all of us will have a great increase in confidence, and this counterattack will be one step closer to victory." Lu Steven Loer paused for a moment and then said: "However, in addition to internal troubles, there are also external troubles, the so-called external troubles are actually the frontal confrontation that has to be faced to remove the tumor, I think, once Duke Russell is aware of Your Majesty's change of law, he will definitely do his best to fight, instead of accepting the judgment of the Empire, so I hope that Your Majesty can let the hand of the Empire join this change, and guard against all possible bloody conflicts with a posture of war readiness." ”