Chapter 7 People's Livelihood
Not only the equipment on his body, but even the mount Liu Xuan wanted to bring a earth-shaking change to Yulin Ride. It's not just about making mounts more robust like the Haw Par Ride, it's a real change.
According to Zhang Liao's current definition and training of Yulin Cavalry, Liu Xuan thought of another direction, that is, the 'air strike' force.
To attack the enemy and the enemy can't attack himself, in addition to relying on the foot power of the war horse to quickly get out of the opponent's attack range, there is also condescending - but the situation of condescending is mostly achieved by terrain in the war of this era, but Liu Xuan thought of another direction: flying!
He also had a flash of inspiration, and after he wanted to change the clothes of Yulin Ride and make it look good, he suddenly remembered the species 'Pegasus' in his head.
"I still have a part of Pegasus' pedigree, but it doesn't happen overnight to fuse it into ordinary horses and eventually breed a race that doesn't exist on Earth. ”
Despite the difficulties, Liu Xuan still had great enthusiasm for it, especially when he thought of a large group of people wearing gorgeous armor and sitting on flying horses flying in the sky and shooting arrows downward......
"Let's work in this direction after Yulin rides!"
looked at Zhang Liao, finally patted his shoulder, and finally said such a sentence.
Zhang Liao didn't know what kind of picture Liu Xuan was thinking in his head, he was still having a headache about how to keep Yulin Riding in combat effectiveness while still looking at the mighty and glamorous.
Of course, if the prescription given by the Son of Heaven has an outstanding effect, then it is nothing to let Yulin ride in armor, it is a big deal to wear light armor.
On this day, just as Zhang Liao kept thinking and Liu Xuan's cranky thoughts about the future, when it came to the next day, Liu Xuan deliberately recruited Xun You into the palace.
"Now in the hands of the imperial court in the northwest, Gongda, as the head of the household, what do you think about the governance of people's livelihood?"
This issue has been discussed in the court, but most of it is a cliché, and there is nothing new. Most of the really useful suggestions are put forward in private, and then discussed before they can be taken to the court to make a decision and decide whether to implement it.
After all, all the things to be dealt with in the court are major matters, and decisions can basically be made on the same day, and this kind of problem that has no result at all when discussed is not suitable for the court to say.
Liu Xuan has been on the throne for two years, and he has gradually understood a lot about these things.
"First of all, according to His Majesty's instructions, encourage the people to cultivate the fields, and at the same time give sufficient help, including providing agricultural tools and cattle!" Originally, the court bigwigs suggested that the northwestern counties be exempted from taxes.
After all, these places have been plagued by Li Dao and Guo Yan for several years, and now they have experienced wars and abandoned farming, and it will take at least one to two years to recover.
But Liu Xuan didn't nod. The emperor disagreed, and neither could their ministers, but Liu Xuan didn't really want to exploit these ordinary people, but issued a new decree: "Take out all the grain in stock to fill the needs of the counties, and ensure that there will be no trouble in various places because of the food problem." ”
Because the surrounding Chang'an has had bumper harvests for two consecutive years, the imperial court now has a lot of grain in stock, and Liu Xuan feels that it is a waste to leave these grains, so after leaving the necessary parts, he will transport the grain to various places to help the 'victims'.
As for the issue of taxation, Liu Xuan just said: "Taxation can be reduced but not exempted!" and made a summary, although the princes of the imperial court felt that this seemed to be a small difference after hearing it, but since the emperor had spoken, he just did it.
Especially in the past, Ma Zi was cut off by Liu Xuan neatly, and the princes of the current court also roughly understood Liu Xuan's temper, knowing that the emperor was not very old, had a bad temper, and liked to go straight and ignore things, if he really wanted to annoy him, he would really kill. What's more, this matter is not a big deal in the first place, at most, a few young people who have read books and have broken their brains are chattering crookedly there, saying that the emperor is too cruel and does not exercise benevolent government, which is probably not the blessing of the court.
These remarks will naturally reach Liu Xuan's ears, but the Han Dynasty is quite free for speech, and Liu Xuan can't afford to compete with a few second-class goods - of course, if these guys really annoy him, then Liu Xuan doesn't mind following the 'ancestral dragon' to dig a big pit and bury them all.
Xun You was also a little puzzled by Liu Xuan's actions, but he didn't ask much, but just put forward his own suggestions: "Now the people have suffered several military disasters, and several natural disasters in the past few years, the people have gone through many hardships, and they very much want to have a peaceful and stable life. ”
The reputation of the imperial court over the years has not been very good, especially after the scourge of the previous two, the people of the world are not well fed and clothed, and they naturally have no good impression of the Han family of the lord of the world - otherwise they will not have a horn to do things together, and the servants are hundreds of thousands so exaggerated.
Therefore, although the imperial court controls the two places of Yongliang, the people's hearts are ......
Of course, Liu Xuan also understands that it is simple to win the hearts of the people these days, if you can keep them fed, clothed and warm, and have a place to live in shelter from the wind and rain, then it's okay.
Liu Xuan had already begun to solve this problem of eating, and he had even begun to implement a rationing system in the northwest! Because Tianshui and other counties had just arrived, and there was no grain in stock, the people had nothing to eat. Now that it is a cold winter, it is the most difficult to survive, and the imperial court has enough stock, take out a part of it to ensure that the people can survive first, and then start to resume farming after the winter, etc., so that the people have something to do, then this place will be considered stable.
The problem of eating is temporarily solved, and after the grain is distributed, the people in the northwest will not have to worry about their own food problems next year, and now Liu Xuan doesn't need to do anything at all, just wait.
The next headache is to wear and live.
The problem of clothes is easy to solve, and let the court send some cold things to the poor people, so that they can survive this winter.
But the problem of living ......
The weather in the north is cold, especially in winter, and there are countless people who have frozen to death, and Xun You can't do anything about it - this is fighting with the sky, and the power of people seems so small at this time.
If it was ordinary, Xun You could only ignore it, but today is different, it is a character who understands the methods of immortals, can't he solve such a problem?
Liu Xuan does have many ways to solve this problem, whether it is to let the whole people cultivate to improve the physical fitness of the people, or to use various means to create a warm environment that can isolate the cold, this problem can be solved.
But none of these methods can be effective now, and perhaps the easiest way is to put forward the fire kang, a 'sharp weapon' for wintering in the north.
But what this method really solves is the problem of keeping the soldiers warm and the problem of wintering some big families with family backgrounds, so that the soldiers will not be unnecessarily attrition due to the cold winter, and let those wealthy families live more comfortably in winter.
"In this way, let the soldiers stationed in each county build a big house in each pavilion, and there is no need for the side inside, only this kind of kang is built, so that the residents near the left can warm up in it for the winter!"
Originally, this kang should have been popularized to every household, but people at this time could not afford to burn so much firewood, not to mention that the things needed to build the kang were not something that ordinary people could make up at this time.
So simply engage in centralization, the bitterness is a little hard, but give these people a hope, they have the motivation to survive - don't underestimate people's survival**, everyone felt that there was no hope before, so many people simply gave up survival, and now if they see that they can live, no one wants to die.
Even if the Chase hut can't get everyone in to get warm, as long as they have the opportunity to get in, they can survive the most painful time.
What's more, with such a house, everyone has something to do, and they need to look around for firewood every day, which is better than sitting in a leaky home.
In short, it is to let the people have something to do, a hope, and let them experience it for themselves, as long as they put in the effort, then they can taste the sweetness. Over time, the Northwest will regain its prosperity!"
Xun You also agrees with the emperor's remarks, in fact, these are very simple truths, but the Son of Heaven is not very old and has never lived outside, so it is really not easy to understand this.
Especially these suggestions put forward by the Son of Heaven should actually be considered by the officials at the grassroots level, but I didn't expect the emperor to think of these things, Xun You couldn't help but take a few more peeks sideways, but fortunately, Liu Xuan didn't mind the courtiers being too casual in front of him.
After talking to Xun You for a while, the matter of people's livelihood can be regarded as having a settlement, and the final tone is to survive this winter, and then resume farming immediately after the beginning of spring tomorrow, and the goal of next year is to restore grain production in the northwest region, and then think about other things.
In this way, Liu Xuan's plan to improve the technical level of his territory had to be postponed, but he had to do so.
With such a tone, Xun You knew how to do his work, not to mention that Liu Xuan put forward some miscellaneous suggestions, although it sounded a bit messy, but it was not impossible to tidy up.
"By the way, now that the grain is abundant, shouldn't Your Majesty consider the issue of the currency system?"
When Liu Xuan heard this, he remembered that the economic system of the Han Dynasty had long since collapsed, and the coins minted by the imperial court could not be circulated at all, and the people recognized grain, and the slightly richer families recognized some valuable jewelry, gold and silver.
After thinking about it, even if the economy is abolished, let's just build a new one.
"What does Gongda think, how about using gold and silver as currency?"
P.S: Debt Service Update ...... I still owe a chapter, and I must pay it off tomorrow!