Handan.
A carriage was walking slowly on the bustling street. In the carriage was Luo Jing, who was patrolling Shandong. Looking at the prosperity in front of him, Luo Jing nodded with satisfaction.
As one of the most prosperous commercial cities in the world, Handan's situation is of great reference value to the entire world.
A few years ago, after the imperial court deprived the clans of their clans, they set up money supervision departments in various counties and counties to monitor whether there was any obvious money shortage circulating in the market. Once discovered, they would be sent away. The government, depending on the crime or heavy punishment, may confiscate the property or even exile the person.
Through such strict supervision, although it is impossible to completely eliminate the bad money, the various fraud techniques are basically no longer seen.
"Your Majesty, most of the dozens of counties in the world have used the Tianhan coins minted by the imperial court. When I visited Da Si Shang a few days ago, Da Si Shang said that the annual income of the imperial court increased greatly last year. , the profit of this coinage is really terrible, from this we can know how much profit those princes in the past made."
Luo Jing did not respond when he heard this, but said: "Your Majesty has reduced sentences and reduced agricultural taxes in recent years. Although your Majesty has greatly restored the private economy, because your policies are too lenient, private annexation will definitely be serious. However, if you want to solve this problem, you can't solve it." It’s impossible, I hope this time I can get some relief.”
After saying that, he pulled down the curtains of the carriage, and the carriage fell into silence. Only the sound of horse hooves could be heard moving forward.
"Messengers were sent out in all directions, recruiting the mighty men of the world, and telling them to come to Handan on time to worship. I have important things to announce. Those who fail to arrive will be responsible for the consequences."
Before Luo Jing came to Handan, he had already sent recruitment letters to many powerful families, asking them to come to Handan on time to accept the summons.
Many of these powerful families are aristocratic branches passed down from the Zhou Dynasty. However, after the wars and the Han Dynasty's behavior of cutting leeks against the powerful, they are far less than before.
However, after all, these people have a collection of books, rich educational resources, and land, and they are developing very quickly. As long as the court's control is not strict, they can basically completely control the place within twenty years.
Knowledge is power and wealth, and this is clearly reflected in these people.
But even Luo Shi couldn't do anything to face these people.
Because whether they are willing to admit it or not, these educated, enterprising, and powerful men are currently the most powerful group of people in Zhuxia.
If the Han court could promise them benefits, these people could even prepare their own weapons to overthrow the barbarians.
Luo Shi has always believed in strengthening the trunk and weak branches to ensure the unity of the country, while maintaining the vitality of the branches. If there is a problem with the trunk, the branches can quickly grow into new trunks.
The roots of this thought come from the book written by Ji Zhao.
In the previous life, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the imperial court suffered a complete defeat, but the lower-class clans were too atomized to support the growth of heroes.
There was no situation where the local gentry supported the feudal princes in the melee. The Qing court, an outsider, almost overwhelmingly accepted the entire gentry system.
This is truly a sight that has never been heard of in thousands of years!
You must know that even in the era of decadent aristocratic families, the Eastern Jin Dynasty was able to completely defeat the north. Although it was delayed by the Northern Expedition, at least it was no problem to defend the territory. As a result, thousands of years later, the nobles could no longer even defend the territory.
It can only be said that the scholar-bureaucrats of the Song and Ming Dynasties were more greedy and incompetent than the powerful Han and Tang dynasties. At least the wealthy Han and Tang dynasties had a lot of tools in their hands when fighting wars and governing the people.
As for land annexation, powerful people will instinctively devour everything around them to strengthen their own power.
In today's era, land, a resource that can produce and support people, is the most powerful force.
Land annexation is irreversible. This is determined by the nature of the regime and can only be mitigated as much as possible.
Because the royal family itself is annexing land, how can it possibly control other people?
The powerful people Luo Jing summoned were not simple big businessmen, because most of those businessmen were still in a dependent position. The powerful people he summoned were all minor officials in counties and counties, and their family assets were extremely rich. people.
Regarding Luo Jing's summons, these people were only terrified in their hearts, because Luo Jing came from Chang'an and his status was too high, far beyond what they could compare to. Facing such a person, the slightest carelessness would lead to disaster.
…
Luo Jingzheng was chatting with King Zhao.
After splitting the country and pushing for favor, today's King Zhao is no longer the vassal king who could control the military affairs of the entire Yan Kingdom.
Although he still bears the name of King Zhao, it may be more appropriate to call him King of Handan.
The palace was already filled with wealthy people from various counties.
These people usually travel around, some of them know each other, and some of them even have grudges, but in this place they all suppressed their thoughts and whispered among themselves to know if anyone knew the inside story.
King Zhao accompanied Luo Jing into the hall, and everyone stood up and saluted.
Luo Jing looked around for a long time and said: "I have summoned you all here today because there is an extremely important matter that requires your efforts for the imperial court.
There are three great Han imperial mausoleums outside Chang'an, namely the Mausoleum of Emperor Taizu Gao, the Mausoleum of Empress Gao, and the Mausoleum of Emperor Renzong Xiaohui. When His Majesty went to pay homage a few days ago, he lamented that the three imperial mausoleums were sparsely populated, so he shed tears and said: Because of his unfilial piety, his ancestors were so lonely.
Until the end of the worship service, His Majesty was still sentimental.
As a minister, if you see your emperor in trouble but don't help him, this is not what a minister should do.
As a minister's brother, seeing his elder brother sad but not comforting him is not enough to be called filial piety.
I left Chang'an and came to Shandong to meet you and other loyal ministers. It is for His Majesty the Emperor that I came here. "
As soon as Luo Jing said this, the expressions of those powerful clans had changed drastically, and they even looked horrified.
Lingyi!
This is a word that makes all the powerful men in the Han Dynasty change their expressions upon hearing it.
The emperor wants to send people to guard the imperial mausoleum again.
From the perspective of later generations, the Lingyi system is like leeks, harvesting the tyrants of various counties and counties in the Han Dynasty one crop after another, and constantly preventing the tyrants from becoming powerful in the local area. This is an extremely progressive policy. , although this policy method is too crude, when the central court is powerful, these people have to obey. This is a virtuous circle.
But for these powerful people, this is a policy that destroys their families and families, and they even rebel against the court because of it.
After all, the imperial court wanted their lives, and it was really shameless to expect them to be loyal.
King Zhao was also a little shocked that he said it directly. Shouldn't this kind of thing be a direct decree forcing them to migrate?
Before he died, he gathered these people together and told them, I am coming to kill you.
This is too particular.
"Junhou!"
Some people couldn't help it anymore and stood up directly and said: "Does the Lord want to kill me?"
Luo Jing smiled and said: "Guarding the late emperor's mausoleum is an act of loyalty to the court. Why do you say this?"
This sentence immediately made everyone unable to hold their nerves, and even King Zhao's face began to twitch. He also lived in Chang'an back then. Of course, His Majesty the Emperor would not care about these powerful foreigners.
But when outsiders with no foundation come to Guanzhong where there are nobles and relatives of the emperor and the country, they are not fat sheep to be slaughtered.
"Junhou!"
Countless people couldn't help but feel sad and angry. People in this era are quite bloody, and blood will be spilled on the spot if they disagree.
Luo Jing seemed not to feel the cold murderous intent coming from them, but still smiled and said: "Don't be impatient. If it is really as you think, I will send you a direct decree. How dare you not go?"
However, Your Majesty is kind and unwilling to force you to move and leave your homeland, so you have ordered me to persuade you and discuss it carefully. "
The words are full of laughter, but they make people feel like they have fallen into an ice cellar. There is even a faint smell of blood and the sound of sharp metal and stone in the words. If I want to kill you, do I still need to waste so much energy?
This basin of cold water immediately calmed everyone down. Yes, in the past, orders were sent directly to the kingdoms of counties and counties, and then they started to migrate, but now it was Luo Jing who came in person.
Who is Luo Jing?
He is the closest minister to His Majesty the Emperor. Basically, he represents the Emperor's wishes when he acts.
The emperor has always been kind in his work during these years, and he has used his broad mind and noble moral character to influence the people of the world. Just like the King of Chu was moved by his majesty's kindness and took the initiative to take his own life.
People with quick minds reacted quickly, bowed down and said loudly: "We are stupid, please show me!"
Luo Jing slowly put away his smile and said calmly: "You people are able to sit here today because although you are rich, you rarely take advantage of others and collude with officials, so I am willing to see you.
If all the wealth was obtained by squeezing the people, I would have confiscated your homes and exiled you long ago.
listen.
Your Majesty wants to select a group of young men with outstanding literary talent or skills among the big families in Shandong to serve as Lang Guan in the palace. Lang Guan is a candidate for serving in the palace. Even if they cannot serve as serving in the palace, they will still be His Majesty's close ministers. .
But the Han Dynasty naturally has the rules of the Han Dynasty. Your Majesty knows that you all belong to a large clan with a large population, so you are required to prepare enough family assets for the Langguan who enters the palace. The relatives of the Langguan will also be taken to Chang'an.
Your Majesty wants to build a large county around the imperial mausoleum. In order to make the county prosperous as soon as possible, the world's powerful families need to settle in it.
Your Majesty is always fair and will not rob you of your family assets. If you are willing to move, Your Majesty will remember your merits. You all know that I am a great man who entered the officialdom through inspection.
Your Majesty has said that there are various schools of thought in Shandong, and hundreds of schools of thought can be found in Shandong. It is a land of dazzling culture and has many talented people. In addition to selecting magistrates, the police should also pay attention to the children of Shandong. If you are willing to move, , the inspections in recent years will also open the door to convenience. "
Every time Luo Jing said something, everyone's eyes lit up.
"Your Majesty, the Wang family is willing to move to Guanzhong."
Immediately, people became excited. Luo Jing said it nicely. Whether or not to move is entirely voluntary. Anyone who believes it is stupid. Now that people can move, they can gain royal connections. If they don't agree, they are stupid.
(End of chapter)
