Chapter 19: The Theory of Migrants
In the past few days, the customs area has been very lively, and the prime minister and all the relevant ministers are busy with the migrants.
The emperor posted a notice saying that the descendants of the old nobles of Kanto and some local celebrities and wealthy merchants were about to move to Guanzhong to enrich it. The common people in Guanzhong ran around to tell each other, so that the entire Guanzhong people knew. When everyone saw this notice, there were a lot of discussions, and there were just a few arguments, one is that the people who want to move to Kanto will be lively, and the economy and culture of the Kanzhong area can also be further developed, at least the lowest-level business will be much more prosperous than the original, and the income will be more. Because it is the Kwantung people who have just moved in, the merchants will think that the emperor will not be too strict with them, and will let those people in the Kanto region be able to integrate well into the life of the people in the Guanzhong, and the merchants can take advantage of this gap to greatly develop their jewelry or silk or horse business. In addition, there is the blending of cultures, Kanto and Kannai have different cultures and customs, and moving them here can activate the local culture and develop and integrate into the Kanto culture, so that the people of the two places can establish a friendly relationship, and they can be in-laws and neighbors of each other, which is really a great plan for the development of Kannai. Therefore, it seems that the people who moved to Kanto have benefited greatly. The second is to follow the emperor's convenience, anyway, the emperor has already made a decision. The third is a relatively prosaic view, which is neither in favor nor against. The emperor's proclamation made it clear that the descendants of the old nobles of the original six kingdoms of Kanto and the local celebrities and wealthy businessmen were moved to Guannai, ostensibly to enrich Guanzhong, but in fact, for the common people, didn't they get some difficult powerful landlords and bullies?
The matter of the powerful landlords in the Guannai annexing the people's farmland has not yet been completely resolved, and now they have sent a group of powerful people to the Guannai, which is really forcing the heads of the people to make them agree and have to accept. On the one hand, it increases the pressure on the people in the relocation area, and more importantly, it increases the contradiction between population and land. Although it is not a major contradiction that subverts the country, these inconspicuous small contradictions can often become the fuse for the collapse of a dynasty. On the other hand, although the pressure on the people in the emigration area has been reduced, the population of the emigration area has been sharply reduced, the economy has declined, and the culture has stagnated. Although some of the original landlords moved away, there will be a new batch of landlords one after another, becoming a new faction of local tyrants or landlords.
The people and ministers of Guannei had their own opinions on this migration, but they were only opinions, and they could not shake the emperor's determination to enrich Guanzhong.
In the past few days, they have been busy dealing with the affairs of the migrants, and they have heard the views of the people in the customs on this matter, and some ministers have kept their opinions in their hearts as if they had not heard them; When some of the ministers heard some bad comments from the people, they immediately signaled them to stop talking, otherwise they would be punished with evil words; Some ministers let them express their opinions, and even if they don't say it, the people think so in their hearts, it is better to cater to them in order to win the favor of the people to the migrants; When some ministers heard the discussion, they hurriedly went to the prime minister's mansion as they chose the complaints of the people, and told Prime Minister Xiao He how the people were unwilling to move in the Kwantung people, and said that the people were afraid that they would be a group of powerful bullies.
Prime Minister Xiao He was originally busy with the relocation of households in Kanto, and when he heard several ministers see him, he hurriedly put down his work to meet them, and after listening to them, it turned out to be a bunch of complaints from the people and their disapproval of the migrants, and there was nothing serious. Xiao Hecai gradually relaxed from the original nervousness, and after listening to it, he behaved very calmly and naturally, saying that it was reasonable for them to talk like this, who did not have their own opinions and opinions, and who did not have their own interests. This time the migrants are related to their own major interests, how can they be silenced. Prime Minister Xiao He pressed all the words that these ministers heard in the Prime Minister's Mansion, and did not report to Emperor Gao Liu Bang, and said that the government affairs were busy and he had to deal with the affairs of the migrants, so he instructed the Cheng of the Mansion, if the ministers still came to him with these things, they would say that they had gone out, and there would be many fewer people who would go to the Prime Minister's Mansion to talk about things in the future.
It is said that Emperor Gao Liu Bang decided to move the people from Guandong into the Guanzhong under the suggestion of Liu Jing, and after handing it over to the prime minister, Liu Bang was not idle, and he waited for the eunuchs to report the situation outside in the front hall of Weiyang Palace every morning. A few days ago, I also heard some different statements, Liu Bang felt fresh about those who held opposing opinions, and he hurriedly explained his thoughts to the people for some objections; Some statements even said that Liu Bang's sore spots made him a little embarrassed, such as the people thought that there were more powerful landlords and bullies, but Liu Bang was also able to give some far-fetched explanations. Anyway, no matter what his opinion is, he is as steady as Mount Tai and unswervingly carry out this migration to the end, and he knows that he doesn't have to care about discussions and opinions to do great things, and he believes that one day, the people of Kannai will feel extremely honored by his approach this time. At this point, Liu Bang felt that he was just like King Zhao Wuling of the year who insisted on Hu Fu to ride and shoot, although he did not argue fiercely with the ministers in the court, but it was the same.
Within a few days, the eunuchs came in less and less, and finally there was not even one. The arguments against them were all persuaded by Liu Bang with seemingly grandiose reasons and arguments, so people had nothing to discuss, and the emperor could not hear anything.
If he can't hear it in the palace, then he has to go out and listen to something different. Zhang Liang lived in avoidance at home, and must have heard many sayings in the migrant customs, and he had not seen Zhang Liang go to the DPRK to briefly explain his thoughts in the past few days, and Liu Bang did not know Zhang Liang's views on this matter from the mouths of other ministers. So Liu Bang decided to go and see Liuhou, and by the way, ask Liuhou what he thought of the migrants.
Took a group of people to the Liuhou mansion, Liuhou has not seen the emperor for a long time, heard the retainers say that the emperor is coming, Zhang Liang, who practiced Bigu Gong at home, immediately opened the door and came out to welcome the emperor into his guest room. For the emperor's visit, Zhang Liang guessed a little meaning, cautiously asked the emperor to take a seat, immediately knelt down, but was helped up by Liu Bang and gave him a seat, sitting in a partial position.
The servants served tea and snacks, and then lit incense, leaving their master and the emperor to get along.
Liu Bang first greeted Zhang Liang politely, saying that he sincerely hoped that Zhang Liang would return to the court again to assist the Son of Heaven. He was respectfully declined by Zhang Liang and deliberately coughed a few times, bowing his back and saying that he was indeed ill, inconvenient to enter the court and had left the political arena for many years, and was very unfamiliar with political affairs, and laughed that he had seen Chi Songzi, and was willing to travel with him and never enter the red dust.
Originally, Liu Bang just said it politely, and he didn't really want him to enter the court. Liu Bang knew that it was impossible for Zhang Liang to return to the court, and since he sat in the world, he invited him out of the mountain several times in a row, but Zhang Liang refused for very good reasons, and the reasons seemed to be very abundant, so that the emperor had to agree to his request to withdraw from politics, and this time he came to stay in the marquis's mansion not for this matter. Liu Bang has always respected any decision made by Zhang Liang. Since Liuhou was determined to stay as before, Liu Bang did not continue the topic, and after talking for a long time, he went straight to the purpose of this visit.
He Liuhou talked about some things about the migrants, and also said many views of the people in the Guannai on the migrants. Zhang Liangdu smiled indifferently, saying that the people's views are not very important, the reason why the people have opinions is because the emperor is not good enough, if the emperor settles the contradictions and interests between the people and the nobles, then they can't say anything, and everything has a gradual process, the people need a process of understanding new things and accepting new things, so it is not worth being sad and worried to have explanations and discussions. Zhang Liang suggested that Liu Bang explain the truth to the people, focusing on explaining the benefits of moving to the Kwantung people.
Liu Bang said with a smile that even after talking about many benefits, the people still complained and muttered behind their backs. Zhang Liang gave the story of King Wuling of Zhao to Zhao Guo's implementation of Hufu cavalry archery in order to appease Liu Bangxin, and said, "At the beginning, King Wuling's implementation of Hufu cavalry archery was also difficult, and there was a lot of discussion in the world, and the princes and clans did not adopt the strategy of King Zhao Wuling, which hindered the implementation. But he was able to have a fierce debate with the ministers in the court, especially with his uncle Gongzi Cheng three times about the role and necessity of Hufu cavalry shooting, Gongzi Cheng had to obey King Wuling, and finally pushed Hufu cavalry to the end, making Zhao strong. The system is permanent, and the benefit of the people is the foundation; Engage in politics and have experience, and make behavior stop. Moreover, the king of martial arts also said that if the husband has the name of the high world, he must be burdened by the customs; Those who have the wisdom to worry about it will let the people resent. Therefore, this time the migrants, the people see only the superficial problems, and it takes a process to understand new things and accept new things, but the benefits are immeasurable. As for the benefits, I believe that the wise minister has already stated it to His Majesty, so His Majesty can rest assured that the Prime Minister will handle this matter, and he will rest easy. ”
Liu Bang's unfinished tea stopped at his mouth, put a smile on his face from the bottom of his heart, put the tea on several cases, and said to Zhang Liang with a smile, "I have long been clear about Liuhou's words, it seems that this time the migrants Liuhou and I have a heart-to-heart connection, and they are good." After that, he looked at Zhang Liang with a beautiful beard and smiled, and suddenly a kind of tacit understanding between the monarchs and ministers in the past was presented on the faces of the emperor and the marquis for a long time.