Chapter 108: Rectifying Bingzhou ([-])
Luoyang, an inn.
night.
A Taoist priest was watching the sky at night, "Today, it becomes increasingly difficult to understand."
The heavenly secrets are in chaos, and the Taoist's heart is also in chaos.
"The great man's energy has been exhausted, the emperor star is dim, and the demon star is hanging in the sky. Why are the three stars with the energy of crape myrtle becoming more and more bleak, but an unknown star is surrounded by rich purple energy?"
The speaker is none other than the great sage and mentor Zhang Jiao.
Taiping Road has been developing for several years and is beginning to take shape. This time I came to Luoyang, the center of the Han Dynasty, firstly to see what the nobles who secretly helped me look like; secondly, to develop offline.
The demon star is in troubled times, but can troubled times still come?
And the reason for all these changes comes from this great Han King of Hejian.
In one battle, Xianbei was crippled.
In one battle, the Southern Huns were destroyed.
"Ugh!"
"Dang!"
Zhang Jiao made another hexagram test for himself. This was already the ninth time. Ever since he learned "The Art of Taiping" and knew his mission, Zhang Jiao had made a test of his own destiny more than once.
"Big fierce."
It is still a big murderer.
If I give up the hard work of the past six years, there may be a chance of survival, but in this world, the common people of the Han Dynasty will lose their chance of survival. Foreign relatives and nobles collude, work together, eunuchs play politics, intrigues, land annexation, nobles control promotion channels, and poor families have no Hope, natural disasters continue, but more are man-made disasters.
Even if I risk my life, I will bring the suffering people to seek justice from the court and the world! Even if his outcome is not good, if the court can look at the people more and care more about the people, he will die without regrets.
"Father, what are you thinking?"
At this time, a young girl in her cardamom age was wearing a blue linen dress, a corset with flowers and birds painted on it, and a long white skirt on her lower body. She walked in with tea. Zhang Jiao also showed a long-lost smile. Only in front of her, Zhang Jiao was not a great teacher, but a father.
"It's Ning'er, why don't you rest?"
"Didn't father take a break too?"
"Father, please rest immediately." Zhang Jiao said as he put away the five baht coins on the table, then picked up the teacup, took a sip of hot tea, glanced away from the corner of his eyes, and then realized. "Huh?" Zhang Jiao was confused, and then he started to calculate again, "No, no, no, no."
"Father, what's wrong?"
"Ning'er, as a father, let me ask you, which family is over there?"
Zhang Ning followed the direction pointed by Zhang Jiao, "That's the residence of Cai Yong and Cai Daru."
"Cai Daru?"
Zhang Jiao became even more puzzled. Logically speaking, Cai Yong should have been homeless in his later years. Although his daughter was a talented woman, she had a bad fate. Why was someone in the Cai family pregnant with a phoenix?
Zhang Jiao thought to himself: "How could the Cai family have a queen?"
I couldn’t figure it out, so I simply stopped thinking about it and simply found a place to observe it tomorrow.
"If there is a chance, I would like to have a good talk with this prince." Among all the Han Dynasties, the one that interests Zhang Jiao the most is the King of Hejian. He is a young man who is not weak yet, but is a decisive and decisive leader. Zhang Jiao is really I'm curious how he achieved such a high level of achievement.
Judging from his political measures in Bingzhou, it was obvious that he intended to suppress the gentry and open up channels for civilians and poor families to rise. However, he seemed to be waiting for something and kept silent.
# August brings the coolness of golden autumn.
The grain in the fields is telling that this is a hard-won harvest season.
Standing in the field and looking into the distance, it can be said that it is a picture full of prosperity and wealth.
In the fields, wheat, corn and other crops are golden, and the heavy ears seem to tell the joy of the orchard, pear, peach, persimmon and other fruit trees are full of fruits, colorful and fragrant.
Not only the adults were singing and laughing, but there were also children will wear new clothes, eat delicious food, and play various games during this season.
Jushu on the side couldn't help but sigh, "Perhaps only the people under the Lord's rule can be like this."
Xi Zhicai also nodded. At first, he didn't quite understand some of Liu Han's policies. Looking at the beautiful scenery of such a good harvest, he finally understood that all the land would be returned to the country, so the people only need to pay enough taxes. The rest is his own, without the exploitation of the powerful nobles. Although he may not have enough food and clothing, he can still have enough food and clothing.
Not only that, the government will also open official grain purchase stations in each village. Anyone who has surplus or old grain can sell it. People will have more money in their hands and have more energy in their lives.
Liu Han was also happy in his heart, because not only did the people's lives under his rule have made progress, but also because he could take action.
More than a month has passed since the annihilation of the Southern Huns. During this period, Liu Han was slandered for a month for killing prisoners of war.
For this reason, Liu Han has been holding back and waiting for this opportunity.
Some people say that King Hejian did not bother to explain, but more people think that King Hejian was frightened by the energy of the Bingzhou nobles and gave in.
However, those who are familiar with him know that this person has always been a vengeful master.
"A gentleman's revenge is never too late in ten years; if you want to take revenge, it's from morning to night."
For a person who has grudges engraved in his bones, God knows how he survived these more than a month.
"Bingzhou bastard, are you ready?"
Liu Han showed a sneer. After the war, the soldiers did not take much rest. Instead, they reassigned tasks. Now Shangjun, Shangdang County, and Taiyuan County each stationed [-], [-], and [-] new troops. Zhang He was directly asked to lead the team. Shangdang was waiting and transferred Wang Rou to Xihe County to accompany Duan Jiong.
"Autumn is the harvest season, and we are no exception. It's time to kill the pigs."
Jushou and Xi Zhicai looked at each other in confusion. They knew what their lord was going to do. In the final analysis, it was because of the greed of the nobles that they reached out to places where they shouldn't.
Food is the most important thing for the people. If there is a problem with food, everything will go wrong.
This is a red line within a red line.
Grain depots are high-risk places for corruption. There is even a popular saying among the people: "Grain depots are worthless and it depends on whether you can make a profit or not."
No matter how well the grain is stored, its condition will inevitably deteriorate year by year. Every few years, old grain must be sold and new grain is a price difference between new and old grains. Combined with the tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of grains in the grain depot, this is a huge amount of terrifying income.
Moreover, the total amount of national grain reserves has always been a secret, and it is difficult to effectively supervise. It is impossible to tell the outside world how much grain has been collected and how much grain is left. The real situation is usually only controlled by one leader of the local grain depot, and everything is controlled by one person. People have the final say.
Therefore, at the beginning of the year, Liu Han handed over the management of the granaries in the newly incorporated areas of Taiyuan, Shangdang, and Shangjun to the powerful nobles in these places.
Naturally, they did not disappoint Liu Han's expectations, and they really set their sights on Granary. This is a capital crime! Under normal circumstances, as long as the local nobles did not go too far or replenished the grain before using the granary, the court would turn a blind eye. After all, the central government needed the help of powerful local nobles to govern.
But in Liu Han's case, this was no longer the case.
(End of this chapter)