The Empress Dowager arranged a marriage for Luo Qi, which changed the direction of Chang'an. As one of the reformist leaders and a close friend of General Sima, he actually stood with the Empress Dowager.
What does it mean?
It is so obvious that even a fool knows that Luo Qi has stated that he will protect the interests of the royal family during the restructuring!
Coupled with Wang Mang's words to express his attitude in the palace, the doubts about whether the last reformist will make achievements and seize the opportunity to seize power and usurp the throne have disappeared.
The voice of the reformists broke through everything in an instant, and it was like an uproar.
The marriage was still going through the process, and Zhao Hede was on his way to Chang'an.
Luo Qi and others entered Wang Mang's house. Now there are no big obstacles on the road to reform. The few people with the highest power have reached a consensus, and the middle-level officials have also reached a consensus. The most important thing is that the world is turbulent. Scholars and common people who urgently need policy appeasement.
If it drags on any longer, the scholars will be disappointed with them, and the people will not wait any longer, but will directly rise up and overthrow this dark world.
This is a life-and-death restructuring. If it doesn't succeed, the big man can wait for death, and they can also wait for death.
"Now is the time to realize all the things we have wanted to do."
"The world is like a chess game. How can we put some pieces on it to make the world more orderly and get rid of the current chaos?"
Wang Mang twisted his beard and said with a smile: "Learn how the sages created a prosperous world and just do what they did. Don't the sages and sages understand what the world needs better than we do?
During the reign of Emperor Xiaowen, ordinary people had land to farm. These people kept their own rations and handed over the rest, so the people could eat and the court became rich.
However, as the land gradually came into the hands of the wealthy families, the people still shouldered the tax, but the land was lost, so they could only go into exile and become refugees who were not under the control of the court.
What is the root of all this?
The reason is that the land is private!
The reason is that land is allowed to be bought and sold!
The land owned by the people only stays in their hands temporarily, and will eventually be sold at a low price to the hands of powerful and unjust officials.
In the past two hundred years, many former emperors have tried to suppress mergers, but the results were not great because the emperor was the only one who wanted to suppress mergers.
During natural disasters, more than 50% of the food provided by the court for disaster relief was misappropriated by officials, which was even considered a good thing.
The people will definitely have no way to survive, and selling the land they depend on for survival is the only option.
This is beyond the control of the emperor. The migration of powerful people is just a temporary measure. Relatives of local officials, such as governors, county governors, county magistrates, etc., will become new powerful people in a short period of time.
There was even the use of the imperial court to eradicate dissidents and then dominate the counties. The imperial court also fell into the trap many times because of its restraint on the powerful.
The imperial court spent manpower and material resources, but in the end the powerful people usurped all the interests between counties and counties, which shows how rampant the powerful powerful people are.
Therefore, if we want to bring peace to the world, we must abolish this private land system and return to the king land system in the early Bang and Zhou Dynasties.
Without land transactions, there would be no land annexation! "
Wang Mang's voice was unequivocal. For any reform, the answer should be found from history, and then adjusted based on reality. However, Luo Qi felt a little confused when he heard it. Why did Wang Mang suddenly become like this?
Without waiting for others to speak, he asked directly: "Mr. Jujun, the Wangtian system you mentioned during the Bangzhou period is to be restored to that era?
The royal field system was gradually abolished hundreds of years ago, not by one person but by all the countries. "
The Wang Tian system in the Bang and Zhou Dynasties sounds beautiful and seems to have a model for the common world, but in fact it is completely different. Otherwise, it would not have gradually disintegrated with the advancement of productivity in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, forming an authoritarian landlord system.
The formation of an economic system is definitely not something that a few people can come up with at once. Any political and economic system that does not match the economic foundation and productivity level, that is, the mode of production, will eventually collapse and then return to a suitable state. Degree.
Although Luo Qi didn't explicitly say that the Wangtian system was no longer viable, he vaguely revealed that this was what he meant.
Wang Mang shook his head and said: "Wang Tian during the Bangzhou period was indeed good, but it is too difficult to restore it based only on a few words in history books. This is just an idea.
Although we don't know Wang Tian's specific methods, Wen Qi, you must be very clear about the land system of the Luo Kingdom and even the current Zhaogong Kingdom.
During my years of studying in Zhaocheng, the biggest gain I gained was seeing the land system within the Luo clan. If the Luo clan's land distribution system could be implemented throughout the world, then why worry about the world not being stable? "
It’s over!
It's all over!
This was Luo Qi's only thought. If he had known that Wang Mang wanted to implement Luo's land system throughout the world, he would definitely not have supported Wang Mang's restructuring.
Before, Wang Mang simply wanted to imitate Duke Zhao Zhongyi, clean up the land owned by powerful people, take out the land that had been bought and occupied by force, return it to the landless people, reduce the number of refugees, clean up the administration, and move powerful people to the surrounding areas.
Why did he become so radical all of a sudden?
Luo's system is the ultimate rule of man, and it is completely dependent on Luo's high morality and ability.
Two conditions need to be met at the same time. First, the ruler must always be selfless and show fairness. How can this be possible except for the Luo family who is blessed by the ancestors?
Second, a large number of high-quality officials are needed. Such officials must be part-time officials. With the current productivity, we cannot support so many part-time officials. Luo Shi is rich.
These are just two points, how can they be implemented throughout the world?
Even the Yinghou Kingdom and the Wushuang Kingdom could not achieve the level of Zhaocheng.
Where can we find a large number of honest and capable officials who can be selfless and not seeking self-interest? One or two people are not enough. Every county needs an extremely large number of officials. Even if they can be found, they cannot afford to support them. .
These two points prove that this is simply impossible.
What's even more frightening is that Luo Qi found that everyone present had a look of approval. Luo Qi couldn't help it at all and said: "Master Jujun, everyone, my Luo family's method is absolutely unacceptable!
Aren't you surprised?
Even King Luowen and Duke Zhao Zhongyi have never been like this! "
Luo Qi told all the reasons why he couldn't do this, but Wang Mang didn't react at all. Instead, he said with a smile: "Wen Qi, in this world, those who seek for the best will get the best, and those who seek for the best will get the best. Those who are inferior get nothing.
If we just restore the restructuring of Zhaozhongyigong, no scholars in the world will agree. We are now thinking of doing better, and we are not really trying to reach the level of Zhaocheng.
We are still self-aware, but in order to set a benchmark for the world, what direction should we go in to reform the system and give everyone hope. "
Luo Qi frowned deeply when he heard this. He still felt that it was inappropriate. Don't make political promises that you can't do, and say that you can't do it. This is a great political danger, and grassroots officials may not necessarily do it. Understand this, if they really try to do this, it will be a huge humanitarian disaster.
(End of chapter)
