Jincheng Prefecture.

Ran Min sat on the chair with a golden sword, looking at the documents in his hand, and on the left and right sides of the two henchmen sat Qin Mu and Xun Ji.

"Look at it, this is Zhang Chonghua's edict to me. He wanted to pay tribute to my Great Wei, and let me canonize him as the King of Liang, the Pastor of Liangzhou, the Protector of the Western Regions, the Governor of the Liuyi of the Western Liang, and the General of the Western Expedition. ”

Qin Mu read the edict and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, it seems that this young man who has just become the lord of Xiliang is no less courageous than his father Zhang Jun!" ”

"Hmph, Zhang Chonghua is a good calculation. I don't want these vain things, they are useless, what I want is the real city, land and population! ”

"What is Your Majesty going to do?"

"Qin Mu, in your opinion, can we extinguish the cold in one battle?"

Hearing this, Qin Mu thought for a while and said, "Your Majesty, it's not the ministers who hit you. This is not the time to extinguish the cold, the time is not yet ripe! ”

"Why?"

"First, the expedition to Xiliang and the labor expedition cannot afford the logistics, and if the supply line is too long, it is easy to have problems."

"Second, Guanzhong has not yet been completely pacified. Your Majesty should know that many Hu people in Guanzhong are hiding in the mountains to guerrilla, resisting stubbornly, and making enemies of our Wei army, if we don't get rid of these Hu people, it will be difficult for our army to destroy Xiliang wholeheartedly. ”

"Third, Xiliang is not the same as Guanzhong. The Qin State in Guanzhong has only been established for a few years, the foundation is too shallow, and the strength of the soldiers and horses is only a temporary momentum, just like a paper tiger, it will be broken when it is poked! But Xiliang is different, Xiliang has the foundation of several generations of the Zhang family for decades, the tree is big and deep, and there is no shortage of famous generals under his command, and there are many elite soldiers and horses. ”

"In addition, the territory of Xiliang is vast, Hezhou is gone, there is Liangzhou, Liangzhou is gone, there is still the Western Regions, those poor places, barren land, Rao is Your Majesty has hundreds of thousands of strong troops, I am afraid that it will be difficult to destroy!"

Hearing Qin Mu's words, Ran Min fell into deep thought.

The Western Liang Zhang clan has been in charge of Liangzhou for nearly half a century, and since 310 AD, the Zhang clan has become a secession force that should not be underestimated. After the management of Zhang Liang, Zhang Yu, Zhang Mao, and Zhang Jun, the Xiliang inherited by Zhang Chonghua is really powerful, and even the Daiguo, which is known as "millions of people who control the strings", cannot be compared!

During the Zhang Liang period, due to the initial establishment of the country, finance was the primary problem faced by Qianliang, including taxes, conscription and military service, which were all imposed on the heads of the people.

If the peasants' land problem cannot be solved, it will be very difficult to collect taxes, levies, and military service.

If compulsory expropriation is adopted, it will only increase the impoverishment of the common people and lead to the bankruptcy and exile of the vast number of peasants. What's more, it will make it difficult for the social economy to start and run, and the people will be full of grievances and turmoil.

In view of this situation, Zhang Liang and his successors continued to follow the strategy of "taking economic policy as the foundation of governance" confirmed by the Jin Dynasty from the perspective of people's livelihood and national economy, and solved the problems of land and taxation as the fundamental issues of governing and rejuvenating the country.

From the first year of Emperor Yongning of the Jin Hui Emperor Yongning to the war in the Central Plains to the Xiongnu and the Xiongnu people in the Yongjia of the Jin Huai Emperor raised troops, the common people in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River were slaughtered and ravaged.

In addition to Fengdi, a large number of people were displaced, and Hexi, far away from the war, became one of the places where the displaced people in the Central Plains paid attention. After Zhang Liang learned about these situations after arriving in Liangzhou, he submitted a report to the Western Jin Dynasty government and suggested that a large piece of land be set aside in the northwest of Guzang City, set up Qiao County, and allocate land to the displaced people for cultivation.

Zhang Liang wrote in his recital to the Western Jin Dynasty government: "Please join the Qin Yongliu people to move to Wuxing County, northwest of Guzang, and unify Wuxing, Dacheng, Wuzhi, Xiangwu, Yanran, Xinyan, Pingqiu, Sijian and other counties. ”

Zhang Liang's trick killed two birds with one stone, firstly, it solved the conflict between the displaced people in terms of land ownership and use, and secondly, it also allowed these displaced people to gradually become the bearers of taxes and forced labor in Xiliang.

After Zhang Chonghua ascended the throne, he further benefited the people. His policy strategy was to "lightly exclude taxes, remove tariffs, and save the province to compassionate the poor." Among these strategies, the "provincial garden" has the greatest degree of people's livelihood welfare.

The prosperity of the West Liang Garden began in Zhang Mao's construction of Lingjuntai and ended in Zhang Jun's construction of Qianguang Palace.

During this period, many projects of "adorning the Taixie" not only occupied a wide range of cultivated land and expanded the contradictions in land possession, but also took time and effort and increased the burden of forced labor on the common people. In addition, the prosperity of the garden also made the monarchs of the Western Liang dynasties indulge in the entertainment of the wine-colored garden and abandon the important military and political affairs. Zhang Chonghua opened the garden for the people to cultivate.

The implementation of this measure also saves the need for labor due to civil construction, reduces the burden of forced labor, and enables the people to recuperate.

"Tariff removal" is not the complete abolition of the tariff system.

Since Zhang Jun's success in running the Western Regions, Sino-Western trade has become increasingly active, and customs duties and municipal taxes have become an important income for the Western Liang Kingdom.

Therefore, Zhang Chonghua's move to "remove tariffs" was to maintain the unified politics of Xiliang and reduce the burden on Hu and Han merchants.

Although the tariff was abolished, due to the increase in the number of traders, the city tax revenue increased significantly, and it did not affect the revenue of the state treasury.

"yes." Xun Ji next to him said: "Your Majesty, Zhang Chonghua has only been on the throne for a few months, and he has won the support of the people. His policy of 'light endowment, excluding tariffs, provincial gardens, and compassion for the poor' caters to the needs of the people of Xiliang, if Your Majesty raises swords and soldiers, the war will start in the cool land, lest the people of the cool land will unite and resist the king! ”

Ran Min's face sank.

Xun Ji continued: "Your Majesty, as the saying goes, there is much help for the righteous, and little help for the unjust. The minister did not mean to detract from my Great Wei when he said this, but this is the truth! Zhang Chonghua and the Zhang family have won the hearts of the people in Xiliang, are deeply rooted, and have the support of the big families, even if His Majesty can really capture Guzang, I am afraid that they will not be able to defend it for long. ”

"I didn't expect Xiliang to meet this Mingjun! Alas, God won't help me! Ran Min couldn't help but shake his head and sighed.

At this time, Qin Mu suddenly squinted his eyes and said, "Your Majesty, in fact, if you want to destroy the Liang Kingdom, you are not in a hurry to unify the north. The minister has a way to make Xiliang chaotic and make the Zhang family lose the hearts of the people in Liangdi for decades, so that the people of Liangdi are invincible and welcome the king. ”

"Oh?"

"Does Your Majesty know about Zhang Zuo?"

"Zhang Zuo?"

Qin Mu didn't talk about this Zhang Zuo, Ran Min really forgot, there really seems to be such a number one person in the history of the Five Hu and Sixteen Kingdoms!

In the original history, after Zhang Chonghua's death, Zhang Chonghua's ten-year-old son Zhang Yaoling succeeded to the throne. Zhang Zuo was cunning and good at flattery inside and outside, and he was originally married to Zhang Chonghua's favorite ministers Zhao Chang and Wei Ji as brothers with different surnames.

Zhao Chang and others pretended to be Zhang Chonghua's will, and appointed Zhang Zuo as the general who held the festival, supervised the Chinese and foreign armies, and raised the army, and assisted in national affairs. Zhao Chang and others discussed that because Zhang Yaoling was young, there were constant disasters at that time, and he should be appointed as an elderly king.

Zhang Zuo first committed adultery with Zhang Chonghua's mother Ma, and Ma listened to Wei Ji's advice and ordered Zhang Yaoling to be deposed as the Marquis of Liangning and Zhang Zuo to be established. Zhang Zuo soon sent Yang Qiuhu to kill Zhang Yaoling in the East Garden and bury him in a sand pit.

After Zhang Zuo ascended the throne, he proclaimed himself the governor of the capital, the general, the pastor of Liangzhou, and the prince of Liang.

Zhang Zuo was absurd and cruel and did not preach morality, and committed adultery with Zhang Chonghua's wife Pei, from the concubines in the palace to the unmarried daughters of Zhang Jun and Zhang Chonghua, all of them committed adultery.

Being a man can do Zhang Zuo's degree, it is really the best, and he deserves to be thundered by the sky!

Later, Zhang Zuo also adopted the arguments of Wei Ji and Zhao Chang, and claimed to be the emperor, set up a temple, danced the dance of eight hundreds, and set up hundreds of officials.

It's just that the end of this guy is very miserable!

In 355, Song Ming, Song Cheng brothers and Zhang Qian and others entered Guzang, Song Chao and others attacked the palace gate, Zhang Zuo was beheaded and displayed to the public, and the violent corpse was on the side of the road.

"Qin Mu, do you want me to support this Zhang Zuo?"

"Not bad. Zhang Zuo is now a person on the surface, he is still erudite and mighty, and he has the talent to manage political affairs, but in private, the secret guard has collected a lot of information and made a certain evaluation! Your Majesty, if Zhang Zuo is made the King of Liang and takes charge of the power of Xiliang, what will happen, I don't think there is a need to say more, right? ”

Ran Min's eyes lit up, but then he shook his head and said, "If you want to support Zhang Zuo, how easy is it?" Zhang Chonghua is not a fool, unless he dies, Zhang Zuo will never be able to replace him. ”

"Then let Zhang Chonghua die."

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Chapter 0469: Xiliang Zhang's Clan