"In the first three years of Wei Zhengshi, in the sixth year of Yan Dacheng, Wei Yan fought in Hedong, the Wei army was defeated, and Yan was based in Hedong to look at Guanzhong."

"Wei Zhengshi three years, Liang Tiantong four years, Wei Liang fought in Yique, Liang broke the pass into Luo, Tiantong four years autumn, Liang entered Luo, and spread the Sifang County. Wei Shou will descend Yan, Han, and Liang, and Heluo will be in chaos for a while, and Liang cannot be controlled. ”

"Liang Tiantong four years, Han Dazheng five years, Han attack Xu, Henan, held in Huaisi, the corpse is crossed, the Han army is more and more urgent, the Liang army is defeated, in September, the Han Emperor collapsed, there was an uproar, and the Han army retreated."

……

In the land of Huaisi, Xiao Yan and Luo Xianzhi inspected the battlefield that had just ended, and Xiao Yan's face was full of solemnity.

Looking at the rather dilapidated land, Xiao Yan sighed with emotion: "The Han Kingdom is really full of soldiers, and the land of Sanzhou is elite to such a point. ”

Luo Xianzhi's face was also a little ugly, since the establishment of the Han State, this was the first time that the Han State had concentrated all its forces to launch a war against a country, and the strength was really strong and abnormal, which was a bit unexpected by them.

If it weren't for Liu Chen's sudden collapse and the unstable heart of the Han army, Xuzhou would have ushered in a big defeat, but fortunately, God was on the side of Liang, Xiao Yan soon led the army back, and after weighing the pros and cons, the Han army still chose to retreat, after all, the emperor died.

Luo Xianzhi said slowly: "If the Han State lets go of its hands and feet to fight with the Yan State, I am afraid that the victory or defeat will be in the middle of the five or five, Your Majesty will never be able to take away most of the military strength next time, and must leave enough military strength to defend Huaisi." ”

Xiao Yan nodded and said: "But the Han State has no chance, the Yan State has captured Hedong, and the strength has completely formed a crush, I originally thought that the Yan State would attack Guanzhong, but I didn't expect the Yan State to retreat, it seems that it is going to seize Jizhou first."

This attack on Heluo was a step slower, and the whole work was not completed, and all the land south of the Yellow River was seized, and there must be no accidents, otherwise it would be a catastrophe. ”

After Luo Xianzhi heard Xiao Yan's words, he muttered: "Your Majesty, you said a few days ago that the losses of the Wei State in Hedong were too serious, and even Guanzhong was in danger, Murong Ke was a famous general in the world, why did he choose to withdraw so quickly?"

Explain that the news sent back by Xizuo that Jicheng gave Murong Ke a golden order to withdraw his troops is true, which shows that the contradiction in the Yan Kingdom is a bit big.

Our meticulous work can continue to buy the powerful people in the Yan Kingdom and kill Murong Ke, and at that time, something will definitely happen to the Yan Kingdom. ”

The conspirator's response to Murong Ke can be called the same, for a god of war like Murong Ke, it is too laborious to defeat him on the battlefield, or politically, it is easier to kill him, no matter how strong the general on the battlefield is, he can't guard against the cold arrow behind his back.

Xiao Yan asked as he walked, "Lingxiu, how can you say that my Liang can become stronger in a short period of time?" I don't want to see results in 10 or 8 years, it's better to see results in two or three years. ”

The attack of the Han State this time gave Xiao Yan a deep crisis, the strength of the Liang State was still a few points weaker than the Han State, and if he wanted to attack the Han State itself in the future, it would be difficult to just issue the grain route.

Luo Xianzhi was silent for a moment, and then said, "Yes." ”

Xiao Yan looked at Luo Xianzhi abruptly, he originally asked casually, but he never thought that there was really a way?

……

What is the strength of a country?

In this era, the criteria are simple, have more food and grass and mobilize more people, that's all.

What is the way that the Qin Fajia and Shang Yang walked out?

That is, to completely control every citizen from the grassroots level, implement a system of farming and warfare, break up all organizations, completely atomize the people, and block all the remaining upward channels, leaving only one way to war.

But the title of military merit comes with a lot of privileges, and if you give too many privileges, you don't want to work hard, which is human nature.

Nine out of ten of those who go to war die.

If you don't go to the battlefield, no one wants to go to war, and even farming is much better than going to the battlefield.

In this world, there are only two kinds of people who will go to the battlefield and fight hard, the first is people who have nothing, and the second is people who have faith.

There are too few people of faith, and the vast majority are of the first type.

The extremely clever Shang Ying found a patch to the military merit title system, that is, to use complicated laws to deprive these titles, and the Qin people took the title while committing crimes to offset it with military merit, which maintained the number of military merit titles.

After a lifetime of fighting, he still returned in vain, everything was like a dream, and it was a perfect system.

No one is going to use this system anymore.

After entering the autocratic monarchy, the dynastic empire became a system, and any change in any place would affect the whole country, and such a thing as peasant uprising came to the stage of history, and almost every major event was launched by these peasants.

They may be ignorant, they may have historical limitations, and they may not be able to complete the burden that history has given them, but they are really the destroyers of the old world, the people who smash the chains of the old world, the great embodiment of the people, the surging tide, and the majestic mountain.

All sides are guilty, and the sin is bowing.

This is not a humble remark, but reality, don't say that the guilt of the grassroots officials is not to blame on the emperor, it was chosen by the emperor in the first place, why not blame the emperor.

But Luo Xianzhi, as a top politician, can naturally see that Shang Ying's set is just too extreme, but its essence is usable.

The essence of a strong country is that the state controls more resources!

Whatever the system, the country that controls more resources will be stronger, and the country that can use more resources will win.

There are two ways to do this.

One of them is naturally the royal approach, which is to develop the country's strength step by step, so that the country's population increases, and the country's wealth increases, so that the country's strength will increase, but this method usually takes a very long time.

Xiao Yan said that if he wants to make Liang Guo's strength stronger in two or three years, this method will definitely not work.

The method of catching Hu people from the deep mountains and old forests of the Yan Kingdom can also be classified into this category, which, according to Mencius, is a typical royal way.

By exercising the royal way, the king then attracted the people of other countries to come.

Although the Hu people were reluctant to go to Yan Country at first, after entering Yan Kingdom, they didn't want to leave, which should be regarded as a royal road.

This time-consuming method does not work, so the second method must be used.

In fact, the second method, since Luo Youzhi, has been implemented by the Liang State, that is, to suppress the family.

The population of a country is limited, and if there are more families in the hands, there will be fewer in the country, and the country will have more responsibilities, and if it cannot master enough resources, it will naturally be unfair.

Luo Youzhi and Luo Xianzhi have been suppressing the family family all the time, and Luo Xianzhi has taken a heavy attack on the family family, otherwise Xiao Yan would not have so many troops to go out this time.

But now Xiao Yan needs more, but the suppression of the family clan is almost the same now, and it can only be carried out slowly in the future, otherwise it will arouse a large number of opposition, and there will even be turmoil.

Once there is turmoil, no matter who wins or loses, then the Liang State as a whole will definitely be defeated and lost.

The rebellion of these big families is not just the rebellion of useless literati, they will even directly lead the people of a county town to set off a rebellion, and Liang Guozhong is likely to be full of smoke.

……

Luo Xianzhi knew that he had to carry out a new round of restructuring, and this time the restructuring was not to solve future problems, but to increase the strength of the Liang court.

in the Royal Palace.

Luo Xianzhi handed over a thick stack of documents to Xiao Yan and said: "Your Majesty, there is a total amount of wealth in the world, and if the country wants more, then there will be less among the people.

Among them is the group with more wealth in my beam, and your majesty chooses one, and the ministers will formulate policies to plunder their wealth. ”

Luo Xianzhi's words were very naked, without the slightest concealment at all, and Xiao Yan, who listened to it, was a little suspicious of life, as if what he was holding in his hand was not a document, but a human life.

He couldn't help but ask Luo Xianzhi: "Lingxiu, isn't this a competition for the people?" Will you really support me? ”

Xiao Yan still knows Luo's rules of action, and he knows that he won't do this kind of thing of competing with the people for profit.

Luo Xianzhi said lightly: "Your Majesty, this is not a competition with the people.

If there are no ministers, if you want to achieve Your Majesty's goal, then you can only tax the people. ”

Xiao Yan interrupted Luo Xianzhi's words and said: "Qingyun once told me that my Jiangzuo is already harsh and can't raise taxes on the people, I have always kept in mind that I will never raise taxes on the people, Lingxiu can rest assured." ”

Luo Xianzhi nodded and said: "The minister knows that His Majesty will not directly raise taxes on the people, but His Majesty will raise taxes on the rich, and in the end, he will raise taxes on the people, no matter whether you raise taxes on the powerful, in the end these taxes will be added to the people, this is an immutable law."

There is only so much land, there is only so much grain and grass in the land, there are only so many people, and there are only so many people who can use it.

The money in the world is constant.

Your Majesty wants more, and the powerful don't want less of themselves, so it can only be less people, this is the truth. ”

Xiao Yan was shocked: "Then isn't it that the people are in trouble now?" ”

Luo Xianzhi shook his head, and then said proudly: "Your Majesty doesn't have to worry, the so-called ancient name, what is called a name, is to maximize the situation when the country is strong, so that the interests of the people will not suffer greater losses."

Let me give you an example.

If there is a total of one stone of grain in the world, the country has four buckets, the rich have three buckets, and the common people have three buckets, then the country can probably be maintained.

If the country has two buckets, the rich have seven buckets, and the people have one bucket, then the country will be defeated, and the gods will not be able to save it.

Now my country is relatively normal.

Reform is to take away one bucket of grain from the hands of the rich households, and according to normal development, the rich households will take away one bucket or even two buckets of grain from the hands of the people, and the people will only have one bucket left.

On the surface, the country has become stronger, but in fact the people can no longer live, and the country's five buckets, if they are used to repair the palace and enjoy it, the treasury of the reform is abundant, but the country is dead.

Such people are incompetent. ”

Xiao Yan broke out in a cold sweat when he heard this example, this theory was the first time he felt the danger of reform so intuitively, "Doesn't this mean that if there is no famous minister to preside over it, it is better not to change the reform?" ”

Luo Xianzhi nodded in approval as a matter of course: "One is a slow death and the other is a quick death, mediocrity is at the top of the country, it is very dangerous, and the minister thinks that no dynasty can survive with reform, it is impossible."

For example, there are many people in the Xiao royal family who have enclosed land, and the minister has spoken to His Majesty, but His Majesty is indifferent. ”

Xiao Yan was a little embarrassed and laughed wryly, the most similar thing between Luo Xianzhi and Luo Youzhi is that when facing the country, sometimes he doesn't give him face as an emperor when he speaks.

Seeing this, Luo Xianzhi no longer mentioned this matter, but continued the previous words and said: "The minister presides over the reform, and it is also impossible to avoid the encroachment of the rich on the people, which is impossible to do, unless the minister sits in Jianye, he can know the affairs of the Liang State in a short time, otherwise the minister can only try his best to restrain those officials."

But with this step of restraint, it is very crucial, the minister has previously checked the rule of officials, and obtained a group of capable officials, and the ministers will send assassins and embroidered messengers to various states, counties, and counties to supervise the officials who have been restructured in various places.

After the country's treasury is abundant, there is a very critical step, that is, it must be directly fed back to the people, so that a closed loop is formed, and the money of the powerful and the people is used to give it to the people, which can give the country hope and enhance the country's control over the world.

This kind of control is what your majesty wants.

More food and more people at their disposal. ”

Just listening to Luo Xianzhi's words, Xiao Yan already felt a sense of beauty.

Yes.

Listening to Luo Xianzhi's reform policy made him feel beautiful, quite a kind of Taoist Tai Chi mellow beauty, is a kind of insight into the Tao, although Luo Xianzhi is not old, but in terms of governance, he already has his own Tao.

Luo Xianzhi did not have the slightest color, silently thinking about what he needed to do, this is not a simple matter, and any reform that spreads to the whole country requires unimaginable energy.

He looked at Xiao Yan with some anticipation, on that paper, there was a group that was easier to clean up, if Xiao Yan chose that group, then things would be much simpler.

Xiao Yan looked at the document, read it little by little, and then paused, and looked at it twice again in disbelief, he looked at Luo Xianzhi, and asked in a dumb voice: "Lingxiu, is this a mistake?" ”

Luo Xianzhi looked at it calmly, then shook his head and said, "Naturally, yes, I wrote all the royal family on it, so why don't you dare to write this?" ”

Xiao Yan wanted to speak and stopped.

He looked at the paperwork in his hand and felt that it weighed a thousand pounds.

The thing that appeared in front of him was very simple, but to him it was like a thunderstorm, and it was a Buddhist temple and Taoist temple.

Taoist temples don't matter.

But the Buddhist temple!

Who in the world doesn't know that he is a good Buddha, Luo Xianzhi actually wants him to fight Buddhism!

(End of chapter)