Listen to the Rain Pavilion!

Many ministers gathered together to talk about the world's major events and the recent events in the imperial court.

"Che Chiguo, asked to establish the Western Regions Protectorate, but was rejected by the emperor! The emperor abandoned the Western Regions on the grounds of insufficient national strength and the suffering of the people! ”

"Xiongnu Koubian, Your Majesty decided to back down and move the people to the interior to avoid the invasion of the Xiongnu!"

"Ma Wu advocated sending troops to the Huns, but was refuted by His Majesty!"

Many ministers gathered together and talked about what had happened recently, and their hearts were very depressed. In the face of the Xiongnu, the emperor was very obedient, constantly compromised, and constantly retreated, without the domineering of the founding emperor at all, and seemed very weak.

Suddenly, the courtiers were in an uproar.

The courtiers wrote one after another, demanding the northern expedition against the Xiongnu and driving out the barbarians.

But the emperor said that the national strength was insufficient, and he was reluctant to fight. Victory is still easy to say, defeat damages the country's capital.

In the end, he refused, and severely reprimanded those civil servants.

"Your Majesty, it's too soft to treat the Huns!"

"Your Majesty, it is a generation of Ming monarchs, only in the compromise with the Xiongnu and the abandonment of the Western Regions, it is a stain!"

Many courtiers discussed, and finally turned into a sigh.

The emperor is the founding emperor, and his authority is supreme, and no one can change him, so he can only bite his tongue behind his back.

Suddenly, a Wenchen walked in, opened a warrant, and said: "The emperor has issued a decree to realize the order of Dutian, and clear the land nationwide!" ”

As soon as this decree was issued, many ministers were in an uproar.

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To be a man, you must have a strong number and be self-aware.

Liu Xiu promulgated the Dutian Order.

In essence, it is to encroach on the land, clean up all the land that is hidden by the wealthy families, and change from a black household to a sunny account, from tax evasion to a good citizen who pays taxes.

In terms of the intensity of reform, it is much worse than the local tyrants in later generations who divided the land.

Compared with Wang Mang's land returned to the public, the average land is also a lot worse.

Compared with the Manchu Qing Dynasty's officials and gentry, it is much worse.

But in essence, it has caused many families to have a headache and resentment.

It's just that Liu Xiu doesn't intend to compromise, there is no right without taxes, and there is no country without power. The more reasonable and effective the tax collection, the greater the power of the state; On the contrary, if the state fails to collect taxes, the power of the state will shrink and will be hollowed out by the local government.

The Song Dynasty collected taxes and profits, even though there were many drawbacks, but it still resisted the Liao State and the Jin State; Even if in the end, it was destroyed by the Mongols, and the Mongols paid a huge price, and the losses were not small.

However, the Ming Dynasty was unfavorable in tax collection, resulting in insufficient finance, the central government had no power, and it was easily exterminated in the face of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

Taxation is the key, and it is influenced by the family.

He has a soft personality, a kind personality, and a good man, but he does not distinguish between right and wrong, and does not distinguish between light and heavy, and once it involves key interests, he will also kill.

The Dutian order is continuing, and the land of Qingzhang is continuing, but the result is unsatisfactory.

The magistrates feared them, and some of them embezzled and took bribes, colluded with each other, and lied about the land; For the peasants, they not only increased the amount of land, but also used houses, liluo, and other places as fields to measure, increasing the number, and bringing disasters to the peasants.

At this moment, the shameless nature of the bureaucracy is completely exposed, bullying the weak and fearing the hard, and for those families and big families who threaten them, they lie about the number of fields and reduce the number of acres; To redundant those weak peasants is to increase the number of acres of land.

"Why is that?" Liu Xiu asked.

Liu Xiu has always been tolerant of literati and heroes, but this time he was angry, very angry.

Ouyang She said: "Nanyang is the place where His Majesty raised his troops, and most of them are nobles; Hebei is the place where His Majesty is based, and there are many heroes. It's hard to check there! ”

Liu Xiu listened, and her heart suddenly cooled.

More than half of the so-called nobles, who followed him in the past, fell into the water.

If it is really to be investigated, at least half of the heads of the heroes must be cut off, and those heroes will become embezzlers one by one.

The only thing that is more fortunate is that Deng Yu, the head of Wenchen, is relatively high, arrogant, and has not fallen into the water; Wu Han, the head of the generals, seems to be the boss and coarse, but he understands the emperor's heart best, and he has not fallen into the water. On the basic disk, it is relatively stable.

Those heroes retired early and have no rights in their hands, even if they are corrupt, the amount is relatively small.

"You've disappointed me?" Liu Xiu waved his hand and dropped a fold.

It describes the process of Ouyang She's corruption, embezzling 10 million yuan, a huge amount, an astonishing amount, especially since he is a big Sima, equivalent to the prime minister, and these behaviors are equivalent to an open confrontation with Dutian Ling.

Looking at these charges, Ouyang She's face suddenly turned pale.

"But someone wronged you!"

Liu Xiu shouted.

Ouyang She was silent and said, "Never!"

Liu Xiudao: "You were born in a wealthy family, your family has money, and you don't lack money to spend, why should you be greedy for ink?" ”

It's very puzzling.

Maybe some poor ghosts have never seen money, and they are afraid of poverty, so they continue to embezzle. It's like the son of a peasant in the name of the people.

But Ouyang She is different, he was born in a wealthy family, he is a rich second generation, and he is not short of money, but why should he be corrupt.

Ouyang She said: "Your Majesty, the minister was born into a wealthy family, and he is actually not short of money. But the tribesmen have many friends, they give gifts, the minister accepts or not, if they don't accept it, it destroys each other's feelings, so the minister accepts it; And they entrust their ministers to do things, if the ministers don't help them, they can't erase their feelings! ”

Liu Xiu sneered: "So, you also accepted the money, and you also helped with favors, but you became a good person." It's just a pity that you're just a fool. Parents love their children, and they should think for the long term. In the same way, the king must govern the country well, and he must rule the country with an iron fist! ”

"Hello, I'm good, everyone applauds, it seems to be good, but it's not good at all!"

Thinking of this, I think of South Africa, I think of Mandela.

At one time, Mandela was praised by the world, almost a saint. But that's just it, everyone in the world praises him, but no one learns from him, and whoever is stupid learns from him.

It is very difficult, very difficult to build a developing country into another developed country. But if you want to bring down a developed country, cripple a country, and regress into a developing country, only one Mandela is enough.

A president that everyone scolds is not necessarily a bad president; But everyone is a praising president, and he is definitely the worst president.

"You have a good reputation, but because of your reputation, the interests of the country will be damaged, the people will suffer, and your people and students will also suffer!" Liu Xiu sneered: "You are just a fool. I would like to give you a word, a true gentleman must not only be rich and noble, mighty and unyielding, and poor and lowly, but also be morally uncompelled and blood and tears uncompelling! ”

"It's a pity that you can do the first three points, but you can't do the last two!"