Luo Sheng and Luo Shi looked at the rather tragic news coming from the Central Plains in their hands and were a little dazed. Both of them fell into silence. Luo Shi opened his mouth, but did not make a sound because he did not know what to say.
There was another moment of silence, and Luo Shi murmured: "It shouldn't be like this. There is absolutely no need to go to this step. Your Majesty, how could he..."
It's hard for Luo Sheng to accept this fact, and it's even harder for Luo Shi to accept it!
Although it was difficult for Luo Sheng to accept it, after all, he was just the son of Duke Zhao. In the final analysis, he was a guest of the Han Dynasty, and he only had feelings for the Han Dynasty, the main empire of the Xia Dynasty.
Luo Shi is different, he is Wushuang Hou!
They are the princes of the inner vassal.
He was a minister who received dual titles from the Son of Heaven and the Emperor, and was a minister of the Han Dynasty. After Liu Dan ascended the throne, he personally wrote congratulations and sent them to Chang'an, swearing to be loyal to the emperor.
The emperor is his lord!
Although the Luo family has a flexible moral bottom line, it is only for the monarch who is too outrageous. The Luo family will not be foolish and loyal. For example, Luo Wen Gong decisively abandoned King Zhou Li in the past.
This does not mean that Luo Shizi is a disloyal person. Luo Shizi's good reputation for thousands of years is because Luo Shizi's character is trustworthy.
Just like when Luo Yi accepted Liu Bang's last wish to take care of Liu Ruyi, he gave up the position of assistant minister that was easily available to him.
You must know that at that time, Luo Xin did not return to Chang'an. Luo Yi did not know that the future auxiliary minister would still be the son of Luo. He would rather give up his prominent position and even give up the future of making his family prominent in politics, and still wanted to execute Liu Bang This is Luo Yi's loyalty to Liu Bang.
Luo Shi was still very satisfied with Liu Dan's performance since he ascended the throne. But now, Liu Dan gave him a blow to the head, which Luo Shi couldn't accept at all.
Luo Shi held the letter in his hand and sighed: "Brother, if the Central Plains is in chaos, what should we do to defend the Western Region?"
It is extremely difficult to gain a foothold in a foreign country. Both the Western Han and Eastern Han Dynasties failed and failed to establish a civilization and country belonging to the Han people. This is probably related to the policy of the Han Dynasty, which did not want to completely assimilate the Western Regions.
The Tang Dynasty was actually the closest to success. The regime established by the Guiyi Army and the existence of the Khotan Kingdom were all contributions of the Tang Dynasty. If it had not been for the Anshi Rebellion, and it would have taken more than a hundred years, perhaps the Tang Dynasty could have completely made the Western Regions its own. .
The attitude of the Han Dynasty towards the Western Regions in this world has changed. It is no longer a simple garrison, but is preparing to gradually encroach on immigrants and establish the Xia kingdoms in the Western Regions. The Wusun Kingdom and the Wushuang Kingdom are an attempt.
If you want to establish a stable rule over a region, it is relatively simple if you just integrate into it. For example, like the various khanates of the Mongol Empire, you convert to the local religion and customs in whichever region you enter, and use the local culture to rule, such as A certain dynasty generally inherited the system of the Ming Dynasty and strengthened it with its own characteristics, so its rule was very stable.
But if you don’t want to integrate, but want to change the local culture, then it will take three or four generations over a century to do it.
Two generations, Luo Wuji and Luo Shi, have been working here for twenty years. They found that there was something wrong with the people in the Western Regions. They had a strong belief in the gods. Even the Han people from the Central Plains came to this land and gave birth to children. , will also become divine.
If they ask Ji Zhao, Ji Zhao will definitely tell them that this is a rule of the world, and this is the case in the Western Regions. The intersection of cultures is the charm of the Western Regions.
But this situation has caused a rather embarrassing thing. There is no such kind of religious religion in the Central Plains. Chu State had it before, but the Xiang family of Chu State used their ancestor Ji Zhao to get rid of it.
Therefore, all the Shinto and Shinto religions have been eliminated, and the Eight Lords are not religions in the traditional sense.
Only Su Wang Ji Zhao!
But Ji Zhao's Su Wang belief is the ancestral god. In essence, it is almost Tao-level and integrated into Xia's bloodline.
To a certain extent, Emperor Su Wang is a very upright god. A god teaches people not to rely on gods. This is unique. This kind of belief that is not enough to pretend to be a god or a ghost, if it were not for the Luo family, there would have been no one. Believed.
But neither Ji Zhao nor Luo Shi was willing to let Emperor Su become a being who imprisoned thoughts, so the current situation was created.
Luo's has begun preparations to develop a special version of Suwang Shanghuangtian for the Western Regions, but this is destined to be a long process.
In this situation where time was most needed, the emperor issued an edict that would cause the merchants in Guanzhong to go bankrupt. This edict was also spread throughout the world, and it was unknown how many human tragedies it would cause.
When Pandora's box is opened, it is no longer a tax inspection, but the hands of petty thieves and cunning subordinates. Whether it is really tax evasion or a businessman who is doing business, in this kind of storm, everything will be done. Impossible to survive.
It can even be said that this is the inevitable outcome!
Luo Sheng sighed and said: "Ah Shi, please calm down your emotions. The arrow is on the string and must be fired.
You are a general, and at this time, you must fight this battle!
Brother Wei immediately returned to the Central Plains to see what the situation in the world was like. "
Luo Shi took a deep breath, forced himself to steady his body, and slowly placed the letter on the desk.
After Luo Sheng and Luo Shi parted ways, they rushed all the way from the Western Region to the Central Plains. The four counties from the Western Region to Hexi were all busy, preparing for the war.
When he crossed the Hexi Corridor and entered Longxi County, he looked back at the Western Regions and thought: "Ah Shi must have gone to war with the Kingdom of Dawan now. The Western Regions are really too far away. Once the Central Dynasty declines in the future, we will definitely not be concerned."
Putting away these complicated thoughts, Luo Sheng was no longer in a hurry as before, but began to investigate the situation in Guanzhong.
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In a rather dilapidated hut, a little girl asked with big eyes and fear: "Father, why are those subordinates coming to steal our things?"
The middle-aged man's face was full of fatigue. He was about to speak when he suddenly heard a noisy sound coming from outside the house. When he opened the window, he saw that it was a subordinate from the government!
Seeing the man, the subordinate official showed a look of joy on his face and shouted loudly, "Wang San, you still have eight thousand yuan left to pay. Please pay the money as soon as possible, otherwise you will be exiled according to Han law.
Your wife and daughter are all so tender-skinned and tender. I'm afraid they won't be able to withstand the pain of exile. Let me tell you, half of the exiled people will die on the way. If you pay the money quickly, you can still save your life. "
When Wang San heard this, he roared: "I have always done business conscientiously and have never owed the imperial court any business taxes. What should I pay? It's all you people who deliberately framed me that brought me to where I am today."
King Su, open your eyes and see, how can these evil people stand safely under the blue sky? "
The subordinate official heard this and sneered: "Your cloth shop is worth 150,000 yuan, but you only pay the tax according to 80,000 yuan. Isn't this your fault?
We all act in accordance with His Majesty's instructions and the laws of the Han Dynasty. Are you dissatisfied with Your Majesty? "
Wang San was so angry that he almost vomited blood. For 150,000 yuan, he didn’t even know that his cloth shop was worth 150,000 yuan. What kind of bastard would spend 150,000 yuan to buy his own cloth shop? This was clearly just for the government to charge more. To pay taxes, he probably calculated the value of his shop at a higher level, and then found out that the taxes he paid were not enough, and then directly swallowed up his shop.
When people are extremely angry, sometimes they become more rational. Wang San raised his head and looked at the sky, as if he felt that King Su above the nine heavens was watching him. By this time, Wang San had already determined that these subordinates I don't want to give myself a way to survive at all.
In this case, should we still sit back and wait for death?
That's ridiculous.
Wang San and his wife looked at each other, and they both saw determination in each other's eyes, especially Wang San's wife, who said decisively: "If you can survive today, go to Chang'an to pay homage to Emperor Gao who overthrew the Qin Dynasty." , Now the great Han is unkind to us, and is willing to use his meager power to put an end to the tyranny. If His Majesty the Emperor doesn't care, then he will become a bandit and overthrow the imperial court."
Wang San quickly ran back to the house, took off the hanging sword, and returned to the courtyard.
Seeing that Wang San resisted, the subordinates were a little panicked, but they were not surprised. After all, the Han people were very bloody. Since the implementation of the policy, there were really many people who resisted. Not to mention the subordinates, even officials were assassinated and seriously injured.
"Wang San, do you really want to resist?"
The subordinate official screamed: "Revolting against the imperial court is the fate of the Yi tribe. Your daughter is still so young. Can you bear this result?"
Faced with this situation, the only way is to seize the weakness of these people. Using weakness to threaten is the most effective. This is a typical change of sitting together, which has been tried and true.
Wang San sneered when he heard this: "It is better to die proudly than to live in humiliation in this world.
The spirit of King Su is in the sky. I died bravely today, and my soul will be taken into the divine realm. But you, these filthy people, are destined to be thrown into the underworld and suffer forever. "
The subordinates' expressions changed when they heard this, and they said a little bit off guard: "The emperor is the son of Emperor Su Wang who was born into the world. We respect the orders of the emperor. How could Emperor Su punish us.
You traitor, you are so disrespectful to Emperor Su, you deserve to die. "
Wang San stopped talking nonsense and stepped forward with a sword. He was once a soldier of the Han army, but he didn't make any achievements, but in terms of strength alone, he was certainly not much stronger than these subordinates who only knew how to exploit.
When both sides had no armor, Wang San was one against three, but with a few quick and accurate moves, he killed several people in the courtyard, leaving behind several corpses and gurgling blood.
"Let's go to Chang'an."
Wang San breathed deeply. He was shocked by the killing of these subordinates. Without any pause, the two of them packed their bags and prepared to go to Chang'an.
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Any policy that is implemented at the grassroots level must try to figure out the thoughts of grassroots officials with the greatest malice, and formulate reasonable assessment methods. If the policy makers cannot effectively control the grassroots officials, then do not make any new changes. This is The core concept of the reform. ——"The Transformation of the Han Empire"
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