When I came back from the palace, I finally saw my wife. Hearing that Shen Chen had finally returned, the family suddenly became lively.

Now the Shen family is still thriving, his wife Liu Ning, eldest son Shen Yin, second son Shen Xi, a few years ago, before Shen Chen left Xiangyang to go to Xiliang, a new Ding was added, and it was the youngest daughter Shen Lan.

In particular, his mother Deng is still alive and is over 60 years old this year. On the contrary, Shen Chen's father, Shen Zhen, died of illness for several years, which is a bit regrettable.

Shen Chen's elder brother Shen Zhong was given the title by Liu Chan and was named a liehou, and his eldest son Men Yin entered the office. Cousin Shen Tao was named General Anbei for his military exploits, and now in Zhuge Liang's army, his wife also came to join in the fun.

There is also Deng Hong, Deng Hong is now sixty-three years old, he is already one of the three princes, although he has no real power, but his status is extremely lofty, the eldest son Deng Yan is now Shangshu Taihu Cao Shangshu, the eldest grandson is more than ten years old, and the descendants are blessed, and the three generations are in the same house.

Many relatives gathered in the Shen Mansion, more than 100 people were lively, after the luncheon, the children and grandchildren played in the courtyard, the women gathered and chatted in the backyard, and Shen Chen, Deng Hong and others gathered in the main hall, which was a meeting of the relatives.

Deng Hong has the highest status and seniority, he sits in the first place when he eats, and he sits in the hall at this moment, he is a guest and must not sit in the main seat, and Shen Chen did not sit in the main seat, so he sat down opposite Deng Hong.

In this way, everyone was arranged in order on the left and right, Shen Chen looked around, there were more than ten people in the family who were officials in the court, although most of them were petty officials, but there were also people like Deng Hong, Shen Tao, Deng Yan and other people in high positions, among which there was no shortage of Deng Hong, one of the three princes, it can be said that the power is not small.

Shen Chen suddenly became vigilant when he saw this scene, the Han Dynasty was in the stage of the family gate, and even in the Tang Dynasty, there was a saying that there were five surnames and seven hopes. The reason for this is that the family has been acting as officials from generation to generation, forming a monopoly of the family gate.

The Deng and Shen clans do not distinguish between you and me, especially the Shen family was originally half a vassal of the Deng family, but with the rise of Shen Chen, the Shen family is also in full swing, in addition to Shen Chen and Shen Tao, Shen Chen's cousins and brothers seem to have several of them who have been named lieges or loose officials and honored officials, and their ranks are naturally not high, but they are all officials.

A series of circumstances have proved that the Deng Shen Er clan can be described as "one person who has attained the Tao and the chicken dog ascends to heaven", and now the entire clan is probably already the top family of the Han Dynasty.

But Shen Chen knew that it was the so-called prosperity and decline.

If a family is too prosperous, and has been an official for generations, and has held power for a long time, it will inevitably be feared by the ruling class. What's more, just as the emperor does not necessarily represent the emperor, the descendants of the family are not virtuous from generation to generation, and if the family grows, it is easy for future generations to use their power to do evil.

The most important thing is that the dragon slayer can't become an evil dragon, Shen Chen originally planned to end the era of the family gate valve, how could he let his family become the family gate valve, so he had to take action to cut off the family and become the gate valve before things changed.

However, at this time, many relatives are talking, and it is difficult to say it directly, and everyone is talking about it, all expressing the unification of the Han Dynasty and the celebration of Shen Chen's great achievements, just like an after-dinner chat between relatives, talking about the world one by one, and talking like a river.

"Now that our Han has regained unity, this is all the credit of Brother Xiaoqing."

"Yes, the clan brother is now a hussar general, the position is higher than the third duke, second only to the prime minister and the general, such power, I'm afraid our Deng Shen second clan will be in the sky."

"I heard that Cao Wei made a nine-grade Zhongzheng system, dividing the family and talents into upper, middle and lower three products, and each major product is subdivided into three small products, a total of nine products. If it is according to their measurement method, our Deng Shen clan is at least the best grade. ”

"That's for sure, back then, our Deng Shen Er clan was just a small family in Xuzhou Xiangben Huangmen Pavilion, and they weren't even Haoqiang. Now that it has reached such a position today, it is probably not far to revive the glory of the Deng family. ”

Everyone said with a smile on their faces, these words sounded very harsh to Shen Chen's ears, but in the eyes of people at that time, they were a matter of course.

Although Shen Chen suppressed the Haoqiang family, he never said that he would disintegrate the clan power.

Because the clan power is too deep-rooted, even in the new era two thousand years later, the clan power is still very strong in the coastal provinces of Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi and other coastal provinces in southern China. Lufeng Boshe Village, which shocked the whole country, is a typical example.

Therefore, the suppression of the Haoqiangshi clan can be used as an excuse for them to steal the country's population and land, and clean them up one by one. But if you want to disintegrate the clan power, you are going against the people of the entire Eastern Han Dynasty.

The imperial power does not go to the countryside, this sentence is not empty talk.

Now their clan is strong, although they have not yet formed a monopoly on land, population and official positions like a family gate, but they have already taken shape, and if this continues, I am afraid the situation will not be too good.

Shen Chen didn't participate in everyone's chat, Deng Hong saw that he was just sitting there cross-legged drinking tea, and couldn't help but ask curiously, "Xiaoqing, what are you thinking?" ”

"Didn't think about anything."

"Now that the world is decided, His Majesty seems to be planning to move the capital back to Luoyang, what do you think?"

Deng Hong asked again.

Shen Chen thought for a while, nodded and said, "Well, it's good to set the capital Luoyang for the time being." ”

"Temporarily set the capital Luoyang?"

Deng Hong was surprised: "Why is it just temporary? ”

"Because now the Han Dynasty has just decided, we must first focus on the country, Luoyang is in the center of the world, and it is convenient to go anywhere."

"I see, is it true that according to Ah Chen's meaning, we still don't just focus on the country?"

"Naturally, if the Han Dynasty wants to restore the Siyi Dynasty of the past, it must take back the Western Regions. The expedition to the Western Regions is likely to move the capital to Chang'an. ”

Shen Chen said.

The Western Han Dynasty had actual control over the Western Regions, and that was because Chang'an was close to the Western Regions, and it was slightly easier to send troops.

In the Eastern Han Dynasty, the control of the Western Regions declined, and after Ban Chao, it gradually lost control of the Western Regions, because of the frequent Qiang chaos in Liangzhou, which interrupted the Han Dynasty's exchanges with the Western Regions, and Luoyang was too far away from the Western Regions.

Therefore, if you want to recapture the Western Regions, you must make the political and military center closer to the Western Regions, and the momentum of the Western Regions will be known as soon as possible, and you will naturally be able to quickly send troops to suppress it.

"I see."

Deng Hong woke up and said: "It turns out that there are such considerations here, it seems that transportation is very critical." ”

"Yes, as the saying goes, if you want to get rich first build roads, traffic is very. Wait a minute, I seem to know what the next national focus should be. ”

Shen Chen was saying when he suddenly remembered something.

At present, the national policy is the early peace of the Han Dynasty, at most send troops to destroy the Gongsun clan and recover Liaodong, and then we must make every effort to develop the productive forces, increase grain production, and restore the population.

After dozens of large and small wars, and after the baptism of plagues, natural disasters, and famine, the population of the whole country is probably more than 30 million, and even if the recovered Hu people are included, the total population can be at most 40 million.

According to the 60 million population of the Han Dynasty in the past, after this agricultural reform, the productivity should be improved, and it should reach the level of the Song Dynasty, which can accommodate about 100 million people.

But 100 million people don't come out of nowhere, at least after several generations of development, so productivity and population are long-term plans.

However, there is one thing that will benefit the present and the future.

That was the construction of the Grand Canal.

As long as the Grand Canal is built, north-south transportation can be developed, which is greatly conducive to the flow of population and commerce, and at the same time, it can also lay the foundation for the industrial revolution, and pave the way for the future from the Bohai Sea, the Yellow Sea, the East China Sea, and the South China Sea, and the ocean overseas to dominate the world.

Thinking of this, Shen Chen suddenly had a long-term plan in his heart.

The first step is to increase productivity, restore population, build the Grand Canal simultaneously, speed up the flow of domestic traffic, and promote the prosperity of commerce and population.

The second step was to encourage the people to go to sea and conquer the world.

By land, you can go to the Western Regions and connect with the Kushan Empire, the Sabbath Empire, and the Ancient Roman Empire. By sea, you can go to the Americas, the South Seas, Australia, Central Asia and Africa.

Taking advantage of the fact that it is not yet a thousand years later, the Age of Sail will take the lead in occupying maritime hegemony.

Then the path of the industrial revolution is left to the subsequent imperial rulers, so that perhaps in a few hundred years, the Han Dynasty will be able to realize the first and second industrial revolutions and complete the accumulation of world hegemons.

Although these three steps may take hundreds of years, Shen Chen will leave behind methods, such as the revolutionary product of the industrial revolution, the steam engine, and the revolutionary product of the second industrial revolution is the generator, internal combustion engine, and so on.

Steam engine and internal combustion engine Shen Chen didn't know how to do it, but he knew how to generate electricity.

Electromagnetic induction!

The most basic knowledge of junior high school physics.

Copper wires and magnets can be used to easily create power generation tools.

Of course.

This is just the most basic thing, and if you really want to generate electricity, you still need a huge amount of physical and chemical knowledge.

Such as generators, stored electricity, transformers, etc., can only be regarded as the first step of the long march of electromagnetic induction, and there is still a long way to go before it truly enters the electrical era.

But even so, if you can follow the three-step plan proposed by Shen Chen step by step, then maybe two or three hundred years later, the Han Dynasty will be able to produce the first industrial revolution, or even the second industrial revolution, and then be far ahead of the world, and it will no longer be a dream to dominate the world.

"What did Ah Chen think of?"

Deng Hong asked in wonder.

Shen Chen shook his head: "It's okay, I just thought that since we want convenient transportation, the best way is water transportation, if we can connect the rivers of the world together and open up shipping, it will definitely greatly increase the communication between the east and the west, the north and the south." ”

"I'm afraid it's a big project."

Deng Hong was shocked.

"When the time comes, talk to the three provincial ministries and see if it can be implemented."

Shen Chen responded.

Then he chatted casually with everyone, and in the afternoon, everyone dispersed, and before leaving, Shen Chen left Deng Hong behind.

Many relatives left the Hussar General's Mansion, and Deng Hong followed Shen Chen to the back garden pavilion.

"Ah Chen, what's wrong?"

Deng Hong came over and sat cross-legged with Shen Chen in the pavilion, wondering, "What's the matter with asking me to discuss in private?" ”

Shen Chen sat opposite Deng Hong seriously, looked at him and said in a deep voice, "Sixth Uncle Ancestor, I have an extremely important matter for you. ”

"Well, let's talk about it."

Deng Hong nodded.

Shen Chen said: "I hope that the two clans of Deng and Shen will be separated." ”

"Separation?"

Deng Hong was shocked: "Ah Chen, what are you going to do here?" The two Deng clans have been together for nearly a hundred years, and they have long been indistinguishable from you and me. ”

Shen Chen shook his head and said: "Not only the Deng Shen Er clan is divided, but also the clan is divided, and everyone will be turned into a small family, and everyone will have to move from the ancestral land of Nanyang!" ”

Deng Hong looked at Shen Chen in amazement, and couldn't help but say, "Ah Chen, do you know what you're talking about, this is a book of forgetting ancestors!" ”

"No, I'm saving our clan!"

Shen Chen said seriously: "Uncle, do you remember how the Deng family declined and almost wiped out? Even if you forget the Deng family, the Yuan family and the Yang family, the fourth and third dukes, where are they today? ”

"Ah Chen, what do you mean?"

Deng Hong suddenly came back to his senses and vaguely understood what Shen Chen meant.

Shen Chen nodded and said, "Yes, if the clan is too strong, it will be jealous of the imperial court." Although today's son is benevolent, can the uncle ensure that the next generation of the Son of Heaven will not be afraid of us? The example of the Deng family is not far away. ”

In addition to the Deng family, he also remembered the Yimen Chen family in the Song Dynasty, Shen Chen had a friend who was a descendant of the Yimen Chen family before he crossed over, and once went to his house to play, and found that their family actually had a family tree.

That genealogy recorded a huge family, and Shen Chen asked his friend under the trend of curiosity, and it happened that the friend's grandfather was very talkative and talked about the past of their Yimen Chen clan.

It turned out that during the Song Renzong period, the Yimen Chen clan was the largest clan in the world, they started from the Tang Dynasty, after 332 years, 15 generations were not separated, and the number of people at the peak was as many as 3,900. Moreover, the management system is strict, and there is a situation where "there is no selfish wealth in the room, and there is no other way to cook the kitchen", "800 cows plough the sun and the moon, and 3,000 lights read articles".

The Chen family is even just an ordinary local clan, and there is no high-ranking official support in the imperial court. But even so, they were also suspicious of Song Renzong, who was known as the most benevolent and righteous in the Song Dynasty, and under the strong advice of Wen Yanbo, Bao Zheng and other important ministers, Song Renzong finally ordered the Chen family to separate.

Even the big families that have no high-ranking officials in the imperial court are feared by the upper echelons, let alone the current Deng family.

You must know that now the Deng family has almost returned to its former glory.

With Shen Chen returning to the imperial court with the Deng family, the descendants of the Deng family such as Deng Hong, Deng Yan, Deng Ai, and Deng Zhi were reused, and there were more than ten liehous, loose officials, and honored officials, and they once again became one of the top families in Nanyang.

If this continues, the Deng family will soon develop and grow again, as the so-called tree is a big move, Liu Chan is benevolent, and he probably won't start, but who can guarantee what will happen to Shen Chen and Deng Hong after their deaths?

Therefore, if you want to keep the family for a long time, it is the best choice to endure the pain of separation.

Deng Hong muttered to himself: "Yes, the Deng clan has experienced two booms and downs, and now it is reinvigorated, and if it is not good, it will come a third time." Ah Chen's words are the long-term plan to preserve the family. ”

Shen Chen said: "Now we have hundreds of people from the Deng Shen Clan in Huangmen Pavilion, dozens of people who have joined the army and joined the ranks, the family has surplus wealth, everyone can study, and there will be more people from the Deng Shen clan in the future." Once the whole dynasty is Deng Shen, what does the emperor think, and what does the government and the opposition think? The day of extermination is probably not far away. ”

"Not bad, not bad."

Deng Hong only felt a cold sweat, nodded again and again: "For the sake of the family's plan, I must gather many clan elders to discuss this matter. ”

"Then please leave it to my uncle."

Shen Chen bowed seriously.

Although splitting up is a helpless move, it is also the trend of the times.

The imperial court and himself will not allow the existence of a powerful family with the opposition to the government, otherwise what is the difference between this and the Eastern Jin Dynasty?

Therefore, Shen Chen was not only protecting the family, but also setting an example and weakening the clan family!

(End of chapter)