Chapter 0634 Contribution
Ran Min glanced around at the envoys around him, and said lightly, "I know what you are worried about. However, I assure you that the people who move into Liaodong are not Wei people if they do not become Wei nationality, but they need to pay a certain amount of taxes to the imperial court, and they can be exempted from paying taxes for one year. In accordance with the Uniform Land Order, men over the age of 15 were each granted 40 acres of open fields for growing grain, and 20 acres for women. ”
"For those who receive the field for the first time, each man will be granted another 20 acres of mulberry field, and the prescribed mulberry, jujube, elm and other trees shall be planted within three years. Mulberry fields can be used as hereditary fields, which are not returned for life, and can be hereditary, but they are restricted from buying and selling. In areas where mulberry cultivation is not suitable, each man is given another 10 acres of hemp field, and the woman is given 5 acres, and the slaves and maids are also given the field, and they are also repaid according to the open field method. Newly settled households can also be allocated a small amount of homestead land, one mu for every three families, and one mu for five slaves and maids, and the homestead land is also a hereditary property. ”
"The same goes for grazing. There is also pasture in Liaodong, so the Juntian system is also applicable. Ladies and gentlemen, I have said first, once the people in your country or tribe have the intention of entering Liaodong to settle down, no one can stop them, and those who violate them will be killed by the Great Wei! In addition, once someone is willing to become a Wei citizen, no one can stop them, and those who violate it will be killed by the Great Wei! ”
Hearing these words, the envoys present couldn't help but smile bitterly.
Where is Ran Min discussing with them, it is clearly forced!
Think about it, it is definitely much better to live in Wei than to live in a barren place, you can still get the land you cultivate, you can also get your own pasture, and you can get your own pasture, so many benefits, the people of all countries and tribes must be rushing into Liaodong.
Moreover, Ran Min also has another layer of intentions, that is, to force the tribal countries that are subject to the Wei State to implement the equalization system in the territory, to give favor to the people, and benefit the people, otherwise, it is estimated that their people will run out and go to the Wei State.
As for whether the small countries and tribes will be in disobedience.
Ten of them dare not dare!
The intelligence network of the Secret Guard is very powerful, not to mention all over the Great Wei, and even in the Western Regions, the Korean Peninsula, Boliao, and other places.
In this case, who would dare to disobey Ran Min's will?
Under the leadership of the Goguryeo envoys, all the envoys were forced to agree.
Ran Min said again: "In addition, there are two things I want to discuss with you. ”
Hearing this, the envoys' scalps could not help but tingle.
This requires the people of various small countries and tribes to enter Liaodong to settle down, which has already made them feel a headache, and there are two such things, don't they force their country to ruin?
"You should all know about the Western Regions Protectorate, right?"
The messengers replied.
"Yes, of course I do."
"In the past, the Han Dynasty and the Xiongnu were at war with each other, fighting each other for the Western Regions, and finally the Han Dynasty won, and in order to protect the Silk Road, the Han Empire established the Western Regions Protectorate in the Western Regions! The states did not need to pay taxes to the Han tribute, and the soldiers and officials sent by the Han to the Western Regions were completely taken from the Tuntian and the inland courts, and were not burdened by the countries. It's superb! ”
"Yes, yes! I also heard that in the last years of the Western Han Dynasty, Wang Mang usurped the throne, the Central Plains rioted, the Xiongnu took the opportunity to rule the Western Regions, and the people of all ethnic groups could not bear the abuse of heavy taxes, so they asked Emperor Wu of the Eastern Han Dynasty three times, and the kings of the Eighteen Kingdoms made a sincere oath to send their sons to Luoyang to study as a hostage, and asked to belong to the Central Plains. At that time, when Liu Xiu's foothold was not stable, he was very reluctant to move the Western Regions Protectorate to Qiuzi Qiancheng! Now that Your Majesty has set up the Western Regions Protectorate, it is really good! ”
Almost all the people of the Central Plains know these historical things, and the people of insight in these small countries, who have studied Confucianism and are familiar with the subset of classics and history, naturally know this allusion.
Due to its special status, the Western Regions set up a "capital protection", which is actually equal to the county-level division.
Its main responsibilities are to defend the territory and secure the land, coordinate the contradictions and disputes between the countries in the Western Regions, stop the intrusion of foreign forces, maintain the local social order in the Western Regions, and ensure the smooth flow of the Silk Road.
The Protectorate of the Western Regions administers more than 50 countries east of Dawan and south of Wusun, and each country "has its own translators, domain chiefs, kings, eunuchs, officials, Dalu, Baichang, Qianchang, Duwei, and Qu, Danghu, generals, and even the princes, all wearing Han seals", and confirmed that they were Han officials.
In the early years of the Western Han Dynasty, there were 36 countries in the Western Regions, most of which were distributed in the oases on the northern and southern edges of the Tarim Basin south of the Tianshan Mountains.
Most of these countries are centered on cities, and they are also engaged in agriculture and animal husbandry, and some can also forge their own weapons, while only a few countries live on water and grass, and rely on neighboring countries for food.
Due to the limitations of natural conditions and other reasons, the population of each country is generally only a few thousand to twenty or thirty thousand, and the least is only a few hundred people.Chinese
The power of the Xiongnu extended to the Western Regions and conquered these countries. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent Zhang Qian as an envoy to the Western Regions, and for the first time, the northern and southern regions of the Tianshan Mountains were integrated with the mainland, and the economic and cultural ties between the Central Plains and the Western Regions and even further regions became increasingly close.
During the reign of Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty, he established the capital of the Western Regions and was the highest military and political governor of the Western Regions.
During the period of Wang Mang, the Western Regions was divided into 55 small states, among which the northern states were subject to the Xiongnu again, and the Han Dynasty dismissed the capital.
During the reign of Emperor Ming, the Eastern Han Dynasty began to wage war against the Xiongnu. He also sent a squad beyond the Western Regions, and the Western Regions were peaceful. Later, he was the chief of the Western Regions.
During the Jian'an period, Liangzhou was in turmoil, and the Western Regions temporarily cut off contact with the Central Plains. Although the Western Regions temporarily cut off contact with the Han Dynasty several times due to political fluctuations, business contacts were not greatly affected.
The envoy of Goguryeo got up, gave Ran Min a chest salute and said, "Your Majesty, we all know a little about the old affairs of the Western Regions Protectorate. His Majesty the Great Emperor, I can't hide it, the famous generals of the Han Dynasty that His Majesty admires the most are not Huo Quzhi and Wei Qing, but Dou Xian and Ban Chao in the Western Regions. ”
"Oh? Why is that? ”
Ran Min was interested for a while.
As we all know, Wei Qing and Huo Qubing were both famous generals of the Han Dynasty, with outstanding military achievements, and made great contributions to the strength of the Han Empire. These two led their troops deep into Mobei several times, broke the Huns, and beat the Huns with their heads and rats, and they were terrified.
Therefore, the world admires Wei Qing and Huo Qubing very much, and even these aliens can't help but admire and admire them when they talk about them, and worship them as idols.
But now this envoy of Goguryeo actually said that in his eyes, the merits of Dou Xian and Ban Chao were even greater than those of Wei Qing and Huo Quai?
The envoy of Goguryeo smiled and said, "Your Majesty, I admire the Han culture, read Confucianism, and read the subset of the Han family's scriptures and histories, and I have benefited a lot. So I still know a lot about the story of the Han family. Wei Qing recovered Heshuo and broke the Huns several times; Huo Quai's disease crisscrossed the south of the desert, the west of the river, and the north of the desert, driving thousands of miles of troops, and sealing the wolf to live in Xu. These two have brilliant records, which are beyond the reach of Dou Xian and Ban Chao, and it is undeniable about this. But I'm not talking about the results, but the size of the contribution they have made to the country. ”
"Wei Qing and Huo Qubing defeated the Xiongnu, recovered the Hexi Corridor and the land of Monan, and promoted the reputation of the Han family, but not as good as Dou Xian and Ban Chaoye. Dou Xian Yanran strangled the stone, captured Beidan Yu Empress Dowager, Beidan fled in a hurry and did not know what to do, he recaptured Yiwu Land, and then Ban Chaoding the Western Regions. ”
"Although the two generals Wei and Huo broke the Xiongnu and recovered the lost territory, they fought at every turn, which greatly depleted the national strength of the Han Dynasty, and the territory gained was not much. Dou Xian and Ban Chao are thousands of miles of land, and their contributions to the Han Dynasty are not greater than Wei Qing and Huo Quai's? ”