"Jizhou has gone through wars for nearly ten years now, and no one in ten is left alive. Does Your Majesty know this?"
"Of course I know. However, Jizhou's household registration was the highest in the world at that time. Even if there is only one out of ten, it can be restored quickly with a little help."
If the location of the capital can support a large court and imperial guards, it can save huge transportation costs, which is simply the most convenient thing for a country.
Historically, the central dynasties before the Song and Ming Dynasties could basically rely on the abundant capital and Gyeonggi area to support a considerable number of bureaucrats and troops, which made it extremely convenient to control the four directions and expand.
The basis of all this is land and population.
The fertile wilderness in Jizhou is thousands of miles away, even wider than the Guanzhong Plain.
As long as the population is replenished, it can fully meet the requirements of the Gyeonggi region.
"Your Majesty, if the capital is moved to Jizhou, it will be easy to recruit ordinary people, but the people who will protect your majesty's country and country are not these ordinary people!"
As soon as Xi Jian's words came out, Liu Yu was a little surprised.
"Protect my country and country?"
Liu Yu immediately understood what Xi Jian meant.
"Your Majesty, the people who are left in Jizhou today are all wealthy and powerful, and every one of them does not have a family with a fortune of tens of millions, hundreds of servants, or even ten thousand people! This generation is untamed, how can they live in their own land!"
When Liu Yu heard this, he thought again.
Although the current Jizhou has defeated the strength of the Xiongnu and Han Dynasty, the people have already become refugees and fled in various directions. The remaining large and small fortresses all belong to various powerful families.
For these powerful dock owners who have been frightened for a long time, it may take a lot of effort to restore them to a normal state.
Moreover, according to Liu Yu's plan, he will soon use various means to suppress and weaken these powerful families.
It would definitely not be wise to move the capital to a place where powerful families dominate.
However, Liu Yu still felt that there was a possibility of change.
"If this is the case, I can move the army to fill Jizhou. In this case, I will have both an army and a population. Isn't it possible to get the best of both worlds?"
Xi Jian shook his head.
"Your Majesty, the imperial army's military taxes are almost completely exempted. If the town is moved to Jizhou, the troops and horses will be available, but the grain and grass taxes will have to be transferred to the various states!"
Although today's Luzicheng is smaller, it is close to Yanzhou and Qingzhou, which have been operating for the longest time, and can support the bureaucrats and guards.
If the military soldiers are moved to Jizhou, they will inevitably occupy a large area of land, which will greatly reduce the share of ordinary households. After all, to support a military soldier and his family, the land required is several times that of ordinary households. For the common people.
"If this is the case, it is not appropriate to move the capital to Jizhou at this time!" Liu Yu said with a little regret.
Xi Jian immediately advised.
"Although Lu Zi is small, the army and the people are much better. But if your Majesty is simple and your ministers follow suit, there won't be much shortage!"
"What Mr. Xi said is reasonable, but after all, Luzi is small and located in a central location. It is not a long-term solution!"
In ancient times, wherever a dynasty's capital was, it would often leave a very deep impression in the eyes of the world.
In addition to the Ming Dynasty's theory of guarding the country, Xiang Yu's decision to establish his capital in Pengcheng at the end of the Qin Dynasty suffered a lot of criticism, and was regarded by many people as a shallow person who was only afraid of "walking at night in brocade clothes".
Even two years ago, when Wang Mi and Liu Yao of the Xiongnu Han Kingdom invaded Luoyang, Liu Yao refused Wang Mi's proposal to move the capital to Luoyang, but Wang Mi yelled at him, "Slaughtering all the sons."
After learning the meaning of Liu Yu's words, Xi Jian didn't care at all.
"Your Majesty, the top priority is not to move the capital or not, but to figure out the plan for officials' criticism as soon as possible, so that the states and counties can restore people's livelihood as soon as possible!"
"How can we gather strong troops if our people's livelihood is no longer there?"
When Liu Yu heard this, he immediately nodded in agreement.
"Yes, the most urgent task is to criticize officials!"
Liu Yu's Han Kingdom now occupies nearly six states. Even if we don't count the household registrations hidden by powerful people of all sizes, the population under them is almost two million.
And if the surrounding refugees are recruited back, the population that needs to be managed will be even larger.
It is no longer feasible to govern such a large population, continue to use a small number of officials, and then assist the local superintendents and clan leaders.
Moreover, this simple and crude bureaucratic structure prevents many powerful families from giving full play to their 'virtue and talent'.
In other words, many powerful families will no longer have official positions, which makes them very uncomfortable.
The thousand-year-old rule of "learn the arts and martial arts, and then sell goods to the emperor's family" is about to be broken.
Although Liu Yu had a lot of dissatisfaction with these powerful families, in today's era, these people are the absolute backbone of society.
If Liu Yu doesn't use them, the management costs for local people will increase dramatically. After all, there are only so many literate people in this era.
Moreover, many of the generals and officials in Liu Yu's court are from powerful families themselves.
However, this method of selecting officials needs to be changed.
"The Zhongzheng evaluation system since the Wei and Jin Dynasties can never be used again!" Liu Yu first denied this item.
The so-called Zhongzheng evaluation system, ever since Cao Pi, the 'Brother-eating Demon', has solidified class into legal words and used it to gain the support of wealthy families for usurping the throne.
Now that the world is in chaos, the more than 100,000 army soldiers are Liu Yu's confidence, and he doesn't need to be as scrupulous as Cao Pi.
"Abolish it completely? If this is the case, the wealthy families may be filled with resentment."
Xi Jian was also a little worried after hearing that Liu Yu was so radical.
You must know that the powerful people who are qualified to evaluate and recommend candidates are all state and county leaders. Now that the new dynasty is about to select officials, their privileges have been cut off. Xi Jian is really worried.
However, the last few things Liu Yu said immediately made Xi Jian even more excited.
“Not only must we abolish the Zhongzheng brand review!”
"I also want to re-register the 'Senior Register'. Anyone who can pass the exam can be registered as a Scholar, which means they will be qualified to be elected officials!"
The so-called scholar registration was actually created by Liu Yu before. In fact, it was the household registration of powerful scholars in prefectures and counties during the Wei and Jin Dynasties. The powerful people above this household registration could enjoy part of the tax-free privileges of occupying land, or part of it. Judicial privilege.
After all, in an era when rituals and music were broken down, it was not even possible to punish an official, let alone the Jin Dynasty, where the monarchs and ministers were closely related.
"Your Majesty, how to evaluate this?" Xi Jian was even more confused.
In his impression, to obtain an official position, one must either be famous enough to be directly recruited by the court, or be recommended by officials and then be recruited by the court.
Even though Xi Jian had thought about the many unfairnesses here, he had never thought about what kind of 'examination' would be used to determine whether he was qualified to be an official.
Finally, Xi Jian seemed even more frightened when he heard from Liu Yu that those who failed to pass the exam to obtain "shishi" or become officials would have to confiscate excess land and slaves in accordance with the law.
"Your Majesty, our empire does not have six states, so how can we use so many officials?"
"If this is the case, wouldn't it mean that many families would want to destroy their families and their families?"
Xi Jian calculated in his mind that it would take thousands of official positions to arrange such a large number of "scholarships" and officials, which would be difficult to achieve at all.
It was obvious that Liu Yu wanted to use this as an excuse to blatantly plunder the land and servants of powerful families.
Seeing Xi Jian's appearance, Liu Yu chuckled.
"If you cannot become an official, as long as you pass the exam and are registered as a sergeant, you will be allowed to continue to enjoy part of the land occupation."
"Your Majesty, what exactly is this 'examination' intended to test?"
"Test on criminal law, Du Zhi, Confucian classics, oh, there are also riding, archery, and foot combat!"
"What? Why do you still need to take the test on mounted archery and infantry combat?" Xi Jian continued to look confused.
"How can a talented officer who rides, shoots, or fights on foot replace the emperor's herdsmen?"
"How can civil and military affairs be neglected? Naturally, everyone is treated equally and they are all enrolled as scholars." Liu Yu said very calmly.
"Your Majesty, not to mention the common people and the common people, if there are such military revolutions and scriptures listed together, I'm afraid those aristocratic families will be angry."
What Xi Jian said is definitely not alarmist.
Since the Wei and Jin Dynasties, the atmosphere of aristocratic families has increasingly emphasized the distinction between scholars and common people. Even the martial arts used in the founding of the Qin and Han Dynasties were regarded as inferior goods in the eyes of many Confucian classics families.
Xi Jian was worried that Liu Yu's operation would not only fail to win over the powerful members of the family, but would instead anger them to have second thoughts.
However, Liu Yu was not worried about this problem at all.
In history, the former Zhao, the former Yan and the Northern Wei all suppressed powerful Han families. Not only did they have no official positions, but their families and lives were repeatedly slaughtered. However, there were few who stood up and they all swallowed their anger. Go down.
After Empress Dowager Feng's Chineseization, these powerful families became energetic again, and no longer secretly disliked the Xianbei people for being barbaric. Faced with Suo Lu's request for intermarriage, the members of the Five Surnames and Seven Hopes no longer cared about it. After getting married, all of them became Suolu's relatives.
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