Li Wei promised Dong Zhuo to lead his troops back to Hedong, but he explained in detail to Dong Zhuo the dangers of the disaster victims continuing to move north to the border fortress. ∮ Yan Moxuan ∮ ad-free ∮

Li Wei said that the adults have lived in the border for a long time and know the barrenness and hardship of the border county. Of the border counties in northern Xinjiang, only the Hetao area and the Pingcheng area of Yanmen County can be farmed, and the land is very small, and it is already the limit to be able to feed more than one million people. In addition, the climate in the border area is harsh, the input in the tuntian area is large, and the output is small, and even if the people who moved north from the Central Plains can barely adapt to the climate of the border area, it will take a long time to completely solve the problem of food and clothing. The people of the border counties could not be self-sufficient without ten years of stability and harvest. Some of the victims can learn to herd and make a living from animal husbandry in the shadow of the Hu and the locals, but how many of the people who have migrated north will change the way they have lived for generations?

If the number of people affected by the relocation to the border counties exceeds one million, everyone will not be able to survive, and the direct danger is that the victims and the Hu people will raise troops to rebel. The rebel victims and Hu people rushed south of the Great Wall and poured down the Jinyang River to the east, creating a riot of millions of people, and Gyeonggi would be in danger as a result.

In fact, a large part of the reason why the general was in a hurry to go out of the fortress to conquer was to temporarily alleviate the huge pressure and crisis caused by the continuous influx of disaster victims into the northern Xinjiang. There were many victims in northern Xinjiang, but there was not enough land to distribute, no food and clothing to feed them, so in order to avoid the outbreak of rebellion, the only way to quickly launch a campaign to recover the border counties and attack the desert from afar. To fight a war, it is necessary to recruit people, and the general of the chariot cavalry uses these disaster victims as his husbands, allowing them to transport grain and grass to the army, and solve their problems of food and survival.

Li Wei said that once the expeditionary war is over, the first thing that northern Xinjiang will face is to resettle these millions of people. The general means to relocate them to their places of origin and let them return to their hometowns. The general of the Che Cavalry believes that after more than a year of recovery, the four prefectures of Hebei, Qingdao, Yanxu and Xu should be able to settle these people to go home to farm. However, the fact today is that the Taiwei and the ministers of the court completely ignored the crisis in the north and the safety of the Han Dynasty, but blindly moved the victims north again and again to merge the state in order to avoid the riots of the victims in the Central Plains, to weaken the strength of the Cheqi General and to reduce the threat of the Cheqi General to the imperial court, and sent all the disasters and disasters to the northern Xinjiang and let the northern Xinjiang bear it alone. The imperial court did not try to find a way to provide relief and appease the victims in various places, and did not solve the crisis caused by millions of victims, but instead passed on this crisis to northern Xinjiang, this kind of short-sighted behavior is really intolerable, and this will eventually shake or even bury our Han Sheji.

The disaster victims continued to move north, and the four prefectures of Hebei, Qingdao, Yanxu and Xu did temporarily solve the crisis of the riots of the victims, but the northern Xinjiang was by no means as stable and carefree as Lord Taiwei thought, but was on the verge of a dangerous eruption. As long as the expeditionary war stopped, the crisis in northern Xinjiang would immediately break out, and the Han Sheji might be overturned. The lord is the captain, the head of the three princes, and he is in charge of military affairs, and all the blame for this is the adult. Adults will leave behind a lasting reputation.

The imperial court's strategy of moving the victims to the north seems to have temporarily solved the crisis of the victims, solved the problem of the border fortress and the Tuntian, and even solved the threat of the general of the chariot to the Han Kingdom, but if you think about it further, did the Taifu and the ministers of the court also send the adults to a desperate situation?

Dong Zhuo gradually understood, he sat behind the desk, his hands gently fiddling with a roll of bamboo slips, thoughtful.

Li Wei continued, the treasury has no money, is it too wishful thinking for Lord Taiwei to suggest that the general of the Che Cavalry withdraw his troops and stick to Hanbei County? Lord Taiwei has been guarding the frontier for decades, and he should know that if the army does not completely defeat the main force of the Xianbei people, it will not be able to hold Hanbei County and the southern part of the desert. There are nearly 100,000 iron horsemen, tens of thousands of tribes, and millions of livestock, but our grain and grass are all cut off, can we continue to hold on to Hanbei County? Can you continue to occupy the desert? After the army retreats to the south of Yinshan, what will happen in the northern frontier, Lord Taiwei should know very well.

Now that northern Xinjiang is in a desperate situation, there are only two ways out of the current crisis.

The farther the army is from Yinshan, the more people need to go north to transport grain and grass and baggage, and the more people enter the desert, and the crisis in northern Xinjiang can be temporarily suppressed. If the army wins a great expedition, the iron cavalry conquers Xianbei, and the northern Xinjiang is stable, Lord Taiwei will make a world-class meritorious achievement. From then on, adults can not only make a name for themselves in history, but also control the power of the country with the power of thunder in one fell swoop, so that adults can revitalize the Han Dynasty and rebuild the great cause of Zhou Gong.

Second, all prefectures and counties were ordered to immediately stop the northward migration of the victims. If the ministers of the DPRK and China oppose it vehemently, the adults can take two steps. The first is to allocate money and grain to help the disaster victims in northern Xinjiang to temporarily tide over the difficulties, and the second is to set aside two or three counties from Jizhou for tuntian so that the disaster victims can be relocated from northern Xinjiang in the coming year. In recent years, Jizhou has experienced wars and fires, a huge reduction in population, and barren land, which is very suitable for the imperial court.

There are many benefits of the imperial court's tuntian, first of all, the reputation of the lord's loyalty to the country and the people will spread all over the world, and secondly, after the lord takes back all the barren fields in the name of the imperial court, he can rent them first and then sell them. In this way, the adults can not only properly resettle the victims, restore the vitality of Jizhou, increase taxes for the national treasury, but also earn an amazing amount of money from it. If this move is successful, it will benefit the country and the people, why not do it?

Dong Zhuo's heart moved, he pondered for a long time, and said slowly: "Zhong Yuan, where does the money come from?" ”

Li Wei said with a smile: "My lord, do you still remember what methods my Chaowu Emperor used in order to raise money to attack the Huns?" ”

Dong Zhuo suddenly realized. Li Wei stood up and bowed to say goodbye.

Dong Zhuo summoned Liu Ai and Li Ru overnight.

When Liu Ai and Li Ru walked into the study, Dong Zhuo was immersed in reading the scrolls. Dong Zhuo invited the two to sit down, pointed to a volume of classics and said: "In order to defeat the Xiongnu, Emperor Wu used troops repeatedly, resulting in the emptying of the treasury, which is exactly the same as the crisis faced by the Great Han State today. Later, Emperor Wu quickly got rid of the financial crisis, raised military funds, and then won the victory of the expedition according to the priorities of Kong Zhi, Dongguo Xianyang, and Sang Hongyang. So, can we adopt Emperor Wu's method to save the Han Kingdom today? ”

Liu Ai and Li Ru didn't understand Dong Zhuo's meaning for a while, and they didn't dare to speak.

Dong Zhuo sighed: "The treasury has no money, and the treasury can only use the money until October." But you know, now that the general is on an expedition to the desert, and there are 120,000 troops in Gyeonggi who need food, and there are many other things that need money, what should we do? In the past, when the first emperor had no money, he first ordered the princes and nobles, the family of the gate lords, and the wealthy merchants to donate, and then borrowed from them on credit. Later, he sold his official position, sold his lordship, and even sold his guilt. When the Son of Heaven cannot do this, we cannot force the Son of Heaven to do this, this kind of practice will not only lose the support of the people but also will not help, so we must think of a proper and long-term strategy. ”

Dong Zhuo looked at the two of them and asked: "Emperor Wu took the technique of severity and severity, implemented the four policies of unifying the currency, salt and iron official camps, placing equal losses, leveling the line, levying and calculating, and encouraging and suing, and restored and strengthened the national strength of the Han Dynasty in a very short period of time. I would like to ask the two of you, what does this light and heavy technique mean? ”

Liu Ai and Li Ru looked at each other and were speechless for a long time.

Liu Ai replied: "This light and heavy technique comes from the light and heavy theory of "Guanzi", including three parts: the trend of light and heavy, the study of light and heavy and the art of light and heavy. The so-called 'light and heavy' means that when the goods are scarce, the price is high, which is heavy, and when there is a surplus, the price will fall, which is light. Light and heavy vary depending on the fluctuations in people's needs. These three parts are the most important, in order of importance. The so-called trend of light and heavy means that the imperial court directly participates in the operation of goods to control the wealth of the world, and the people can only operate the permitted goods within the scope allowed by the imperial court. In this way, the Son of Heaven and the imperial court firmly control the life and death of the rich and poor of the people in the world, and there is no need to use violence to plunder and dominate, and the people can neither evade taxes nor take risks because they are too poor, let alone be too rich to look down on the rewards and benefits of the imperial court, so that the world is stable and the country is rich and strong. In the past, Guan Zhong Xiang Qi for 40 years, assisted Qi Huan Gong 'Jiuhe princes, a Kuang world', became the head of the Spring and Autumn Five Hegemons, and the policies of his monarchs and ministers were recorded in this book by later generations, so this theory is also called 'Huan, the art of management'. ”

Dong Zhuo nodded again and again, and then asked: "In order to alleviate the lack of treasury, Emperor Wu added various new systems to the tax administration, such as the introduction of liquor tax, livestock tax, sea rent tax, poll tax, etc., but I think only the tax on money and the tax on salt and iron were the two most important taxes at that time, and the income was very high. Salt and iron have now been liberalized, and even if it is changed to a government business, there will be no money in the short term, so I think the only way to do it is to find a way to raise taxes, what do you say? ”

Liu Ai and Li Ru had already understood Dong Zhuo's intentions, and the two frowned and remained silent.

Dong Zhuo looked at Liu Ai and said, "Tell me." ”

Liu Ai coughed a few times, twisted his beard and said: "The imperial court has been collecting taxes, and the amount is also large, if the lord suddenly decrees to increase the tax, I am afraid it will cause turmoil in Gyeonggi." In addition, even if the adults increased the tax, they would not be able to collect enough money to fill the treasury in the short term, so the lower officials did not think it was appropriate. ”

Dong Zhuo smiled slightly and said, "How many of the wealthy businessmen from all over the Han Kingdom have truthfully paid their taxes? Everyone is hiding their wealth and not reporting it or underreporting it. At this time, for the sake of the Han Dynasty's Qianqiu Sheji, can we issue a notice order? We encourage the common people to expose to the court the evil deeds of the merchants who have hidden property and tax evasion, and stipulate that those who can report the hidden assets and report the assets falsely will be rewarded with half of the confiscated assets. ”

Liu Ai shook his head and said softly: "My lord, although the calculation and sue Xuan have made a huge amount of income for Emperor Wu, and the money has filled the treasury, but at the same time, it has also dealt a heavy blow to the rich and wealthy merchants. Later, Emperor Wu had to cancel the edict and vigorously promote the official and commercial policies such as Sang Hongyang's salt and iron official camp and equal loss and leveling, so that the tense tax situation of the imperial court was alleviated. My lord, the Great Han Kingdom has suffered from the scourge of war in recent years, and it is not appropriate to use this kind of tactic to break the muscles and bones. ”

Dong Zhuo looked at Li Ru, who had been silent, and asked, "Changsheng, what do you say?" Do you agree to make a writ of arrest? ”

"The lower official very much agrees with the adult's proposal." Li Ru said loudly, "Lord Liu only saw the short-term impact of the calculation and sue on the country's tax revenue, but he did not see that it helped the Great Han State to clear its chronic diseases, recover its vitality, and enhance its national strength. The fact that the Han Dynasty can have a foundation of 400 years has a great relationship with Emperor Wu's promulgation of this policy. ”

Liu Ai looked at Li Ru in astonishment, and said angrily: "At this time and that time, how can today's Great Han Kingdom be compared with the Great Han Kingdom of the past? Today's Great Han Kingdom simply cannot withstand such a heavy blow. ”

"Today's Great Han Kingdom is terminally ill and crumbling, and we should take this important step and kill all the ** people who devoured the flesh and blood of the Great Han." Li Ru waved his hand excitedly and said, "If you don't use this strategy, there will be no hope for the revitalization of the Great Han Kingdom." ”

"Why did Emperor Wu levy taxes? In that year, Emperor Wu used troops for many years, toured the world, built a large number of buildings, and relieved disasters and famines, which caused huge expenditures in the treasury and financial shortages. In order to alleviate this situation, Emperor Wu first used the cool official Zhang Tang to save the Han finances. Zhang Tang adopted a cool method, but suffered a serious failure due to the indiscriminate change of the currency system. In order to save the emergency, Emperor Wu had to collect donations from the wealthy merchants, but there were few donors. Emperor Wu was furious, and he started to levy money. But the rich businessmen hid their wealth and did not report it, so Emperor Wu issued an order. (Counting money is property tax.) 缗 refers to copper coins strung with rope, and a string of 1,000 coins is called a rope. ）

"What about today? Today's Han Kingdom is full of wars, rebellions, frequent disasters, and the cost of officials in the royal family is amazing. The treasury is not scarce, but has been in deficit for several years. What about today's wealthy businessmen? Look at how many rich businessmen are in Luoyang City? They have tens of billions of dollars. But who is willing to donate? Who will lend it to the Son of Heaven on credit? The soldiers of the expedition fought bloody battles in the desert, and the victims were hungry, but which rich man was willing to donate? ”

"At that time, Emperor Wu sent officials to various states and counties to collect money, confiscated tens of billions of property, thousands of slaves and maids, and a large number of farms, but this was not the main harvest of the Great Han Kingdom." Li Ru said, "The four-year-long edict dealt a heavy blow to the power of the princes and the wealthy merchants, and prevented the increasingly fierce land sales, which not only allowed the displaced people to return to the land, but also allowed the unified currency of Sanghong Yang, the official camp of salt and iron, and the policy of equalization and equalization to be smoothly implemented." If the displaced people had not been resettled and had not been given land, and if the state had not implemented the five-baht money, the salt and iron official camps, and the policy of equalizing and equalizing, how could Emperor Wu have achieved the earth-shattering cause? Where did the Great Han Kingdom come from for 400 years? ”

"What about today? Today's Han dynasty is sluggish, the law of the Han Dynasty is in vain, corruption is rampant, rebellions are rising one after another, corrupt people abound, and the displaced people are even more obscured, why? Li Ru sneered, "We all say that the emperor is mediocre and incompetent, ** eunuch chaotic government, and the dictatorship of foreign relatives has caused the decline of the Han Kingdom today." So what now? Now that the ** eunuch is gone, the relatives are gone, and the young lord is not in charge, why has the Great Han Kingdom not changed at all? It has been a month since the first emperor ascended the throne, why did the expeditionary army run out of food? Why is there still no relief for the victims? Why is there less and less money in the treasury? Why can't the loyal and patriotic magnates donate a little of their own wealth? Why do you ignore the safety of northern Xinjiang and push northern Xinjiang into a desperate situation? ”

Liu Ai's face changed, and he hurriedly stopped: "Lord Li, the situation in Luoyang has finally stabilized, you must not instigate your Excellency to make such a move and then disrupt the society." ”

"It's not adults or me who are messing up the society, but those who have ulterior motives." Li Ru touched the scars on his face, stared at Dong Zhuo with clear eyes, and said word by word, "As soon as Northern Xinjiang falls, not only the adults are in danger, but even the Han Sheji is about to overturn." The collegiate discussion of the four governments and one station is not to revive the Han Dynasty, but to destroy the Han Dynasty. Adults should consider joining forces with the general to seize the authority of the country as soon as possible, otherwise, the situation will become more and more unfavorable for adults. ”

Dong Zhuo's expression was grim.

"Your Excellency should think of Yuan Kui's purpose of taking advantage of the chaos of the court and politics on the second day of the first emperor's accession to the throne, and successively sending his protégés and former officials out of Beijing to serve abroad. The military and political power of the prefectures and counties is now controlled by the scholars, and the consequences are self-evident. Li Ru said, "Although the lord has a heavy army, he can only control Luoyang, a land of four wars without a foundation, and the future is worrying." Now Chang'an and Sanfu are Jingzhao Yin Gaixun and Zuo General Huangfu Song, Hanoi is Wang Kuang, Jizhou is Han Fu, Yanzhou is Liu Dai and Qiao Mao, Yuzhou is Kong Ling, Nanyang is Zhang Zhi, if you add Li Wei and Wang Han in Hedong, the adults are surrounded on all sides and are in a desperate situation. ”

"If you want to break through the encirclement, you can only join forces with the general of the chariot cavalry to take support and control the authority as soon as possible, so as to gain a firm foothold in Luoyang." Li Ru arched his hand and said, "When adults are poor, they think about change, and they suddenly came up with this wonderful plan to break the siege, which really makes the lower officials admire it very much." ”

Dong Zhuo thought of the young and frivolous Li Wei and smiled bitterly. I am the Tai Lieutenant of the Great Han Kingdom, with an army of 100,000, why can't I control my own destiny? Why am I suddenly under siege? Is it just like Li Ru said, because I have no foundation in Luoyang? Dong Zhuo feels that he is now like duckweed in the rain, drifting with the tide and helpless. Dong Zhuo was speechless.

"Lord Liu, Li Wei is not reliable." Liu Ai said, "After the first emperor ascended the throne, he ignored the holy decree of the Son of Heaven and stationed troops at Hangu Pass and the Yellow River crossing to threaten the lord, forcing the lord to share the power equally with Yuan Kui and others. If it weren't for him, why would you be in today's crisis? ”

"If it weren't for the fact that the scholars were in danger today, how could they be determined to help Li Wei raise military expenses?" Li Ru shook his head and said, "Li Wei must have a deep meaning in every step he takes, don't underestimate him." Do adults know about Chang'an giant businessmen Xu Ling and Lu Zhong? ”

Dong Zhuo and Liu Ai looked at Li Ru suspiciously.

"These two have already moved their families to Hedong." Li Ru said, "The wealthy merchants on the ground of Gyeonggi have a very close relationship with the gate lord clan, some of them have been friends for several generations, and some of them are actually doing business for the gate lords. If you want to confiscate the property of the wealthy merchants, you must avoid those who are close to the gate lord clan. These two people have made a fortune in the past few years because of the Tuntian in Bingzhou, and they don't have a close relationship with the powerful people in the court, so they ......"

Dong Zhuo was taken aback. Could it be that Li Wei predicted today's events before the Luoyang Rebellion? If he is so powerful, then does his proposal today have a deeper intention?

"It's definitely a coincidence." Liu Ai shook his hand and said, "Lord Li is too worried. ”

"No, I can't guess wrong, this person must be killed if he has a chance." Li Ru said, "We hunted down the rich businessmen, and the one who benefited was not us, but Li Wei." We will give him the military funds for the expeditionary army, and we will also give him the money and food for the relief of the victims, and we will also help him to forgive tens of billions of debts. ”

"Tens of billions of debts?" Liu Ai asked puzzledly, "Are you referring to the tuntian and disaster relief materials that the Cheqi General's Mansion borrowed on credit from many merchants in Gyeonggi?" ”

Li Ru sighed: "It is this money, at least tens of billions." We have killed all these merchants, and the money owed to them by Northern Xinjiang will not have to be repaid. This time, we can only help Li Wei kill people and steal money. ”

Dong Zhuo gritted his teeth and said viciously: "When Luoyang is over, I must kill him." ”

The next day, Dong Zhuo played the Son of Heaven and asked the Son of Heaven to issue an edict to collect the money that the wealthy businessmen had stolen. At the same time, Dong Zhuo also asked Yantie to implement the official camp again. In order to raise military funds, Dong Zhuo suggested that the Son of Heaven raise money from the royal princes and noble clans of Gyeonggi to replenish military funds.

There was a sudden chaos in the court, and the Taifu Yuan Kui, Situ Huangwan and Sikong Yang Biao, as well as many ministers, played the Son of Heaven one after another to refute Dong Zhuo's recital.

Dong Zhuo's meaning was that the ministers of the DPRK and China understood that the promulgation of the decree was false, and it was true to take the opportunity to hunt down and loot the property of merchants. The whistleblower has only one volume of secret letters, and the victims are in droves.

Yuan Kui said that once the decree is promulgated, the world will be in turmoil, and the merchants will be dealt a heavy blow, which is an immeasurable blow to today's Great Han State. Once this proposal is passed, the merchants will be extinct, and the northern Xinjiang Tuntian will be in trouble, and the situation in the north will suddenly reverse, which will inevitably affect the expeditionary war.

Dong Zhuo faced the ministers and sneered: "Well, since you don't agree to issue the edict, then everyone should donate generously and enthusiastically." ”

Dong Zhuo walked up to Taifu Yuan Kui and asked loudly, "For the sake of Dahan Sheji, is Taifu willing to donate half of the family resources?" ”

Yuan Kui's face turned cold, and he asked rhetorically, "What about Lord Taiwei?" ”

Dong Zhuo faced the Son of Heaven and said loudly: "The minister is willing to donate all his family funds to replenish military funds." ”

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