In fact, Liu Yu felt more and more that the most fundamental problem in the world was not the attachment of foreign tribes or the cold climate.
These are just superficial problems. The real fundamental problem lies in the monopoly of secular inheritance by aristocratic families that have been passed down for hundreds of years.
These aristocratic families will not obediently hand over their power and status just because Liu Yu or Liu Yu's descendants have made the cake of world interests bigger.
They will all be more greedy to grab profits.
Regardless of whether this benefit is obtained from the imperial power, the people of the world, or from other noble families, as long as their own interests can be guaranteed, they are willing to sacrifice anyone and any interest class.
As long as the power and status of his family can be guaranteed, everything is just a cloud.
After the sacrifice of prisoners in the Imperial Ancestral Temple, Liu Yu immediately had to face the challenges to his imperial power from these aristocratic families.
In the glorious and majestic palace, Liu Yu was discussing with several ministers.
As the leading figure in the center of Taiwan Province, Shangshu Pushe Gongsun Sheng took the lead in raising the issue.
"Your Majesty, now half of the inspection of military and civilian land in Qing, Yan, and Jizhou has been completed, and it has been found that 30% of the military land is under the name of military households, but is actually owned by powerful families. Among them, the people who are tied to the household registration system are also called household registration, but in fact they still have to pay rent and tax from the powerful. This situation can be found in more than 20 counties in three states."
This time the audit of Tianxia Land was not an ordinary practice, but Liu Yu noticed something was wrong from the revenue accounts of the Household Department.
The past two years can be said to be the beginning of peace in the world. There have been few wars and no major floods or droughts.
However, in the accounts of the Ministry of Household Affairs, the revenue from camp field taxes did not increase much. In fact, due to production reductions for various reasons, some military camp fields were abandoned.
"Didn't the military administrations in these three states say that the production of farmland in their respective territories was reduced or abandoned because the people in the fields resumed household registration and there was no one to farm? What happened all of a sudden!"
Liu Yu said while holding back his anger.
Hua Xiu, who was in charge of military government affairs, had sweat on his forehead unconsciously.
"Your Majesty, these three prefectures are all home to the generals and generals of the Yuan Dynasty in the army. Some of the military-controlled landholdings are still there, but the military officers and soldiers have transferred their roots to the capital. Some of the landholdings are still there in name, but there are some. The situation of clan farming should be excusable.”
Hua Xiu pretended to be calm and said.
In fact, even a fool knows that this statement does not make sense.
The basis of Liu Yu's strategy of raising troops was to turn the refugees into military soldiers who tied up the land.
This kind of military system is very similar to the nature of the government soldiers and military households in later generations, and Liu Yu is also very aware of the disadvantages.
If senior generals in the army try their best to embezzle the property of their subordinates, or when the court is in a stable and peaceful era, and the military soldiers are overwhelmed and flee the military system, military camps will be abandoned on a large scale.
However, that situation will take at least a few generations, let alone more than a hundred years, to happen.
"The officers and men of the military government all have quotas. Even if there are clansmen farming on their behalf, how can the land be expanded several times, but the taxes will not increase at all? Whose hands does the tax go to!"
Liu Yu asked unceremoniously.
In fact, everyone knows that the key to the problem is that the county generals and the powerful families from all over the country are colluding with each other.
The military soldiers own large areas of reclaimed land with tax exemptions or tax reductions, while the aristocratic families have a hidden population that has accumulated for several generations.
As the imperial court strictly inspected the servants of the tribes who had concealed their household registrations, the aristocratic families who were not willing to disclose their population interests gradually colluded with the military soldiers.
They used the excuses of mutual marriage, introduction of clans, etc. to name their slaves under the names of military officers and soldiers.
In this way, the military government soldiers provided land free of rent and tax, while the aristocratic families provided population and management, turning the military-controlled fields with good harvests and increased production into thin fields that were "owed" by the military household department for many years.
In fact, in some military families, no one in the family works in the fields, and they all work together with the powerful families to harvest the leeks paid by the court.
After all, the powerful family has tens of thousands of acres of land and taxes, which can be easily redeemed by looking for a dozen middle- and high-level military officers and generals.
"This is probably why slaves are released every year, but not many households are added every year!" Xi Jian said next to him.
Hua Xiu was already extremely upset at this time.
He just knew that the powerful clans in the three states tried their best to hide their slave household registration, but he never thought that it would be such a blatant move.
This behavior simply turned the military soldiers into part of the powerful clan.
"Your Majesty, not only that, there may be something more serious." Gongsun Sheng said with a gloomy face.
"If there is anything else, don't hide it, say it all!" Liu Yu urged.
"Your Majesty, in counties such as Donglai and Beihai in Qingzhou, not only are there cases of using military fields to hide slaves with household registration, but many military soldiers even use their names for training in autumn and winter, and even go to Dongping Prefecture and Liaodong for garrison duty. , someone can replace you!"
Gongsun Sheng's words immediately made Liu Yu angry.
Qingzhou is the place with the largest number of veterans in the army. In order to take care of the casualties of some of the children at home, the military soldiers in Qingzhou have regularly implemented rotational garrison in Liaodong and Dongping Prefecture.
In fact, it is said to be a garrison, but it is just changing the situation to maintain armament drills. After all, these two places have their own soldiers and volunteers.
If they really want to suppress some barbarian tribes, there is no need to worry about Qingzhou soldiers going into battle.
"It's only been ten years, but these old brothers have turned into powerful accomplices one by one!"
Dong Ping, who had been listening beside him, couldn't help but sigh.
This sigh was just a sigh of relief at the neglected military equipment of his subordinates.
But Liu Yu has already thought of more than just this problem.
Liu Yu couldn't help but regret thinking in his heart.
"In just ten years, the military soldiers who were supposed to combine farming and fighting to maintain armaments began to decay so quickly."
"In fact, it is not the military's own problems that broke out, but the sugar-coated bullets from the outside world."
"No, it's not sugar-coated bullets at all. The powerful people in these states and counties, or the small powerful people in the counties, just marry one or two girls, and they make the military soldiers cooperate like licking dogs."
"They disregarded military laws and regulations, dared to conceal the number of acres, dared to lie about their income, dared to hide their household registration, and dared to replace the garrison."
"Does that mean that one day you can listen to the call of your powerful relatives and pick up a sword and a gun to attack me?!"
When Liu Yu thought of this, he immediately no longer hesitated at all.
These generals and powerful men who have killed thousands of swords are not yet firmly united, and it is still too late to use means to stop them in time.
If they wait until they completely realize the unity of interests, it will really be a disaster for the country and the people.
So Liu Yu quickly made up his mind.
He slapped the memorial on the desk hard and said in a firm tone. valley
"I have decided to learn from the story of the powerful and wealthy people who moved to defend the imperial city!"
Hua Xiu, Gongsun Sheng and others were slightly startled when they heard this.
Since the founding of the country by Liu Bang, Taizu of the Han Dynasty, the policy of relocating powerful and wealthy households from counties and counties was implemented throughout the early and middle Western Han Dynasty.
The purpose is to prevent the powerful people in counties and counties from establishing a stable chain of interests with local officials and vassal kings.
It is a favorable guarantee for the strong governance ability in the early Western Han Dynasty.
By the time of the Eastern Han Dynasty after Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu, this policy had already been abandoned.
The powerful people in various states and counties have become authoritative entities in their local areas and even in the world.
"Your Majesty, although it is good to move powerful people to enrich the imperial city, it has been too long. I am afraid it is not appropriate to implement it now."
Gongsun Sheng also said with some anxiety.
When the Western Han Dynasty court was able to implement this policy, it was because when the world was peaceful, the powerful powers in various places were still weak and were no match for the court.
But now, the strength of powerful families in various states and counties is a hidden behemoth.
If you fish out a cat or a dog at random, it may be a powerful family that has been passed down for centuries.
"Because of this, I have to make up my mind!"
Liu Yu couldn't help but frown.
How could he not know how powerful the powerful family is now?
But precisely because of this, the most decisive and tough measures must be taken.
Otherwise, the arrogance of these powerful families will still be even greater and more arrogant.
"Now the world is in ruins and waiting for prosperity. Seeing that the barbarians are subdued all around, there are hidden dangers hidden in the heart. If we attack the sick with knives and axes, it will only hurt a world in ruins and waiting for prosperity. "
"And once the delay continues, not to mention whether there will be means to implement this method in the future, in the future, the world will be peaceful for a long time, and I am afraid it will already be rich and prosperous. Once chaos occurs, it will be like another catastrophe in the world. .”
Liu Yu quickly gave everyone the most rational analysis.
In the current situation, Liu Yu has made up his mind to deal with a group of powerful people.
Not only the big and small tycoons in counties and counties, but also the powerful families in the civilized world must be rectified.
"Your Majesty, what should we do if someone refuses to obey the order and lives together to avoid it?" Xi Jian asked from behind.
"Refuse to obey orders? That's rebellion! To deal with rebellion, of course, we must use an ax and a sharp edge."
Liu Yu felt that now was the most appropriate time, and he could no longer tolerate and tolerate those powerful families.
As for the status that had been agreed upon before, that would have to be done after obediently obeying the order to move to Congling.
Faced with Liu Yu's murderous words, everyone understood.
Starting today, the powerful families that have been entrenched in the county for centuries will usher in a change that may change the clan order.
In the name of establishing the imperial mausoleum and restoring the old capital of Gyeonggi, a major move to weaken the powerful families was soon carried out.
This retro-retro national policy, in Liu Yu's mind, basically goes hand in hand with transporting Nanzhong and dividing Nanzhong's forces.
The Han Dynasty, which had just annexed the world, was about to begin a transformation that would change hundreds of years of power tradition.
At the same time, the Nanzhong Nanman King's City, which is 10,000 miles west of Luoyang, is about to undergo a big change.
Although the name of the Nanman King City contains the name of a former Nanman King, there have been no Nanman people for almost two hundred years.
This city belonged to the once powerful Angkor Kingdom, but now it has been occupied by a group of nomadic armies from the east and south.
The leader of this nomadic army was none other than Huan Wen, the former Protector of Nanzhong of the Han Dynasty.
As for why it was the former Nanzhong Protectorate, it was because the territory under the jurisdiction of the Nanzhong Protectorate of the Great Han Dynasty basically did not include the territory of Angkor Kingdom.
Huan Wen led a group of nomadic troops who migrated from Nanzhong, not only to pursue Murong Xianbei's revenge, but also to find a way out for this group of nomads who were driven away by Liu Yu's plan to divide Nanzhong.
And the area around the Nanzhong Protectorate, which is built on broken oases, has no way for these nomadic groups to survive.
Everyone was full of doubts and fears about the unknown front. Only Huan Wen, who had been taught the geography of Nanzhong by Liu Yu, had the rules.
"Find all the barbarians in the city. Anyone with skills, whether they are craftsmen or farmers, will be included in the military register."
In Nanman City, Huan Wen was giving orders to a group of people.
These people were the nomadic tribes in Nanzhongshang near Xiazhou, and they were also the most precious assets left behind by his father Ran Long's many years of management.
"As for other traders, monks and others, they are not allowed to continue to live in the city. Everyone is living in a separate city outside the city."
Huan Wen's orders were absolutely cruel to the Angkor people, the indigenous people in Nanman City.
Since leading his army into the territory of the Angkor people, Huan Wen has discovered that this once great power in southern China has almost ceased to exist in name only.
The royal court of Angkor has long been in decline.
Huan Wen's tribe who came to fight soon set their sights on this fertile land.
Especially after the failure of the attack on Murong Xianbei in the snowy mountains of South Vietnam, Huan Wen had to postpone his revenge plan and instead find ways to appease his exhausted tribesmen.
The Nanman City under one's nose would naturally bear the brunt of the misfortune.
The people of Angkor in Nanman City, who are in dire straits, are not a unified enemy at all.
Huan Wen led his army to capture Nanman City, and then planned to station it here.
Not only is it located next to the snowmelt river in Nanzhong, there is a large area of arable land, and the vast Nanzhong is suitable for grazing.
More importantly, it is also very close to the Nanzhong Protectorate in the east. Huan Wen's identity allows him to get support very quickly.
The only problem now is that outsiders like Huan Wen and others must first drive away the original Angkor people in Nanman City.
Otherwise, there wouldn't be enough space inside or outside the place to house the tens of thousands of people.
"Your Majesty, those Angkor merchants can neither cultivate the land nor graze our cattle, nor even know how to forge iron, but they have a large amount of treasures hidden in their homes. I think we should just behead them all. Become clean."
A tribesman who was also in his prime had already thought that since he had just robbed the 'house' of the Angkor people, why not simply silence them, continue to annex the property of the Angkor people, and then harvest their weddings.
