Three Kingdoms

  Chapter 1071 Whispers of that night

  Moon night, Lang Kong.

  The wind is clear and the clouds are light.

  The person is undecided.

  Liu Xie tossed and turned, still unable to fall asleep,

   Well, the stimulus is too much.

  This situation is actually the same as the reason why later generations of teenagers secretly observed the movement and evolution from F to B, and then the central nervous system was overexcited, leading to insomnia.

  It turned out that when he was in the palace, Liu Xie also imagined what the world should be like, what the people should be like, but he didn't want to be the same today, so...

So…

  Liu Xie couldn't even find any words to describe it, maybe there were only two words left.

reality.

  The truth made Liu Xie a little uncomfortable. After tossing and turning on the couch for a while, he finally sat up. Then he was dazed for a while, stood up, took off the hanging robe, put it on, and then went out.

   "Your Majesty, this is..." Fu Shou was awakened by Liu Xie's actions, and couldn't help asking.

   Liu Xie said: "It's okay, I can't sleep, go outside for a walk. Go on and sleep, don't worry about me..."

The half-asleep attendant waiting outside the tent was also awakened by the noise. He quickly took another big cloak and wrapped it around Liu Xie. He widened his eyes and wanted to say something but didn't know what to say. He told Liu Xie not to wander around and go back quickly. sleep? Liu Xie has already stepped out, so why stop him?

  So the two attendants could only be silent, and then followed Liu Xie one step at a time.

  The soldiers on duty not far outside the tent saw Liu Xie and hurriedly bowed their hands in salute.

   "...Where is General Zhengxi?" Liu Xie ordered, "...lead the way, I...some things..."

  Liu Xie had too many questions in his heart, but he couldn't find the answer. He hoped that someone could answer him, and this person was naturally Fei Qian, who was slightly older than himself.

   Fei Qian has not rested yet.

Although leaving Pingyang, the messengers and scouts will still send information and writing to Feiqian in a steady stream, and many things can only be handled after Feiqian's approval and authorization, so besides marching, Feiqian must also deal with These official documents are approved one by one, so basically they all need to rest until late at night.

   Seeing Liu Xie coming, Fei Qian also felt a little surprised, quickly invited Liu Xie to take a seat, and then ordered the guards to prepare some tea soup and refreshments...

  Liu Xie was silent for a while, then said: "Aiqing Fei... I... I still can't forget that bowl... the smell of sticky sticks that night... the people in the big man's world really live like this...so..."

  Liu Xie couldn't find any adjectives, and he didn't know what adjectives to use. After all, Liu Xie himself is the so-called emperor of the Han Dynasty. In other words, all the people in this world belong to him. After seeing such a situation, doesn't it mean that he, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, has not played any role in illuminating the people?

Moreover, Liu Xie also knows that the farmers he met this time are more or less good, so naturally there are worse ones, and what is the situation of those Dahan farmers who live in worse environmental conditions, Liu Xie has already seen. is unimaginable.

   Then, does this mean that Liu Xie himself, the great Han emperor, has failed?

If Liu Xie himself is a person who eats and waits to die, has no dreams at all, and only knows how to obey his body's instincts and individual desires, he will not have these troubles. The world is full of curiosity and longing, as well as his own dreams, so such a gap makes Liu Xie very uncomfortable.

"Hmm..." Fei Qian looked at Liu Xie, and understood a little bit what he was thinking. After all, that person was sitting on the top of the hall, his eyes flashed with longing for the future, and he talked about the so-called theory of state governance. , still in sight.

  The Liu Xie in front of me is just someone who put too much burden on his shoulders...

child.

  It is not easy for a half-old child to do this.

  Well, but in the future, it will be even more difficult.

  God has never been kind at any time...

   "Your Majesty..." Fei Qian pondered for a while, then said, "Before the plague was rampant in Guanzhong, did your Majesty hear about it?"

   Liu Xie nodded silently.

"... In the sixth year of the Yuan Dynasty, there was a great epidemic in Kuaiji. In the fourth year of Yanguang, there was a major epidemic in Kyoto. In the first year of Yuanjia, Kyoto and Lujiang suffered another major epidemic. Five years, the second year of Zhongping, successive epidemics..." Fei Qian slowly spit out a long list of years, "...Does Your Majesty know about these?"

   "..." Liu Xie was silent for a while, and then said, "What Fei Aiqing means...as the emperor, his virtues are deficient, so the heavens have a great plague?" The relationship between heaven and man in the Han Dynasty is the basis of this theory.

  Fei Qian shook his head and said: "The epidemic is not a natural disaster, but a man-made disaster..."

   Liu Xie opened his eyes wide and said, "Why did Fei Aiqing say that? This..."

"Is this completely different from what His Majesty heard before?" Fei Qian smiled and said, "...Jianning, Xiping, Guanghe, Guanghe, and Zhongping suffered five consecutive major epidemics. Your Majesty really believes that it is The late emperor...the so-called lack of virtue?"

   "This..." Liu Xie was speechless, not knowing how to answer.

Jianning, Xiping, Guanghe, Guanghe, and Zhongping were the reign titles of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty. At that time, the gentry and eunuchs killed and killed each other, all blaming each other for the disasters. But Liu Xie There are also rumors, and even heard his father sigh in front of him, is it true that the heavens are warning...

   "...Fei Aiqing..." Liu Xie looked at Fei Qian and said, "I... would like to hear more about it..."

Fei Qian lifted a wooden tablet on the table, gestured for a moment, and then said: "Suppose this is the rebellion between Banmuman and Xiqiang... For now, let's not consider why Banmanman and Xiqiang rebelled, just ask now. How to deal with this problem…”

   Fei Qian pushed the wooden tablet in front of Liu Xie.

   Liu Xie looked at the wooden tablet with some words written on it, paused, and said: "...When Pingzhi...rebellion is not peaceful, it will corrupt the Quartet, and then it will become more and more out of control..."

   Feiqian nodded in approval. A rebellion is something that cannot be compromised for any kingdom and any regime. Even if it is a slap in the face, the rebellion will be put down first, so Emperor Han Ling did this.

   "...to suppress the rebellion, we need soldiers' pay and food..." Fei Qian lifted up the second wooden tablet, put it on the first wooden tablet and said, "...the chief secretary is playing, the public treasury has no money, and cannot support the soldiers' money and food..."

   "This..." Liu Xie stared, but didn't say anything, and didn't ask Fei Qian why the public treasury had no money.

  Because this is a fact, when his father Lingdi was alive, he was like this. The country wanted to use soldiers, but couldn’t spend much money...

   "...Let the Shaofu subsidize it!" Liu Xie made the same decision as his father.

   Feiqian smiled, and then said: "Your Majesty knows what it means to ask the Shaofu to pay the military salary?"

   "Isn't it better than today's bowl of sticky paste?" Liu Xie said, "It's okay to be more frugal in the palace..."

"Okay!" Fei Qian nodded, then picked up the pen, and drew a line on the second wooden tablet about one-third of the way, and said, "...However, the money of the Shaofu is for the royal family. Normally speaking, public and private needs to be distinguished... well, let's talk about this later... the government subsidy can only meet one-third of the military's salary needs, and there is more than half... Your Majesty, where do these come from?"

   Liu Xie looked at the line drawn by Fei Qian and fell silent. He knew what his father had done, but he couldn’t tell it, or he couldn’t say it...

"Selling officials and nobles?" Liu Xie couldn't blame his father, but Fei Qian didn't have any burdens, so he said directly, "Your Majesty thought that only the first emperor did this matter? Didn't Emperor Wu also do it back then? Buying and selling military nobles, taking back salt and iron , Encouraging to sue traitors, isn’t it the same to conquer the military expenditure of the Huns? Then why did Emperor Wu do it, but the first emperor did it but was so criticized? Emperor Wu pacified the Huns, and the first emperor also pacified Xiqiang, but why did he only hear that Emperor Wu was bright and powerful? , but the first emperor..."

   "This..." Liu Xie's eyes widened. No one has ever said these things like this, and no one has compared his father Han Lingdi with Han Wudi. What Fei Qian said was like a sudden thunderbolt, leaving Liu Xie at a loss.

Fei Qian picked up another wooden tablet, put it on the other side, and said: "...Your Majesty, if you still can't figure it out clearly, I can give you another example... During the reign of Emperor Xiao'an, the Western Qiang also rebelled. In eleven years, it was finally pacified, and the total cost was 24 billion..."

Fei Qian pointed to the wooden tablet next to him, indicating that this wooden tablet represented 24 billion yuan, then picked up a pen, and drew a line on about a quarter of this wooden tablet, saying : "It took years for the first emperor to pacify Xiqiang, and it cost a lot, totaling 4.4 billion yuan... Then came the Yellow Turban Bandits..."

   Liu Xie actually understands Fei Qian's unfinished intentions. Because these are also compulsory courses for Liu Xie, you can't say that you don't even know anything about your ancestors, can you? After the end of Emperor Han'an, there was Emperor Han Shun. Although it was the dictatorship of foreign relatives and eunuchs who exercised power, it also looked angry and resentful, but it was not as fragmented as it is now, with wars everywhere.

  Emperor Han'an spent 24 billion yuan, and he was able to live, grow old, get sick and die smoothly, and then pass on the emperor's position to his son, so why did Emperor Han'an only spend 4.4 billion yuan to cause chaos in the world?

   Yeah, why is that?

  Liu Xie didn't understand, he really couldn't figure it out, so he bowed his hands to Fei Qian and said, "I... don't understand... I also ask Fei Aiqing to enlighten me..."

Fei Qian also cupped his hands to express his return, and then said: "Your Majesty's words are serious, and the ministers should talk endlessly..." It is still better in the Han Dynasty. The obsessive slave look, except for formal occasions such as the court hall where you need to salute, most of the time is relatively casual, and even sometimes it is normal to sit on an equal footing, and no one thinks there is anything wrong.

Fei Qian sorted out his thoughts for a while, and continued: "In the period of Emperor Wu, the people in the world had a population of 34 million... During the period of Emperor Xiao'an, there were more than 9 million households in the world, with a population of 48 million...In the time of the first emperor, there were 48 million households. It has already exceeded ten million, with a population of more than 60 million...And the land in the world, from Emperor Wu to Emperor Xian, has doubled as many as the population? And the land has a constant production, and there may be droughts and floods, but after many years, the growth is not much, so The people of the world...under the average number, will only become poorer and more miserable, and if something happens, there will be chaos...So, does Your Majesty understand?"

Fei Qian simply infused Liu Xie with a concept. As the emperor, he cares about whether the people in the world can have enough to eat. Of course he is a good emperor, but the population of the world will increase. There are poor people who are full, and there are more and more of these poor people, and the society will become more and more unstable, so even a good emperor has no way...

  As for land annexation, exploiting classes, gentry monopoly, and polarization, Fei Qian skipped all of these things.

  Some things can be said, some things cannot be said, some things are useless even if they are said, and some things are known to be useless but still have to be said. Fei Qian has been thinking about these things for a long time, but these are the only things that can be said now, and maybe one day in the future, other things can be talked about...

  Liu Xie blinked, some understood and some didn't understand, because this concept was indeed too novel, so novel that he had never heard of it before, and naturally he had never thought about it. After pondering for a long time, Liu Xiecai said: "But... Sima Fa said that no matter how big a country is, warlike ones will surely perish..."

   Fei Qian chuckled, and said, "Isn't there a second half of the sentence? Haven't you fought fewer battles in this period of time?"

   Liu Xie was taken aback for a moment, then nodded silently.

  No matter how large a country is, it will perish if it is warlike. Although the world is safe, if you forget war, you will be worried. What was originally a good sentence was taken out of context, which cannot but be said to be a kind of sadness.

In view of the overall production and living standards of the Han Dynasty, as well as the economic and social structure, it is obviously unrealistic to promote a social structure that transcends productivity in future generations with arrogance, and it will not be accepted by the entire society. Therefore, after thinking about it, only feudal imperialism is actually the most suitable for the development of the Han Dynasty. .

   It is also very simple to implement, just pick up the words of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty again, and the resistance to doing so is also the least, and all the children of the gentry in the world dare not say a word.

"...Since the beginning of the Zhou Dynasty, the land of Huaxia has had the most gorgeous costumes, the most standardized etiquette, the most profound characters, and the most sophisticated utensils..." Fei Qian smiled, looked at Liu Xie, and slowly Said, like an angel spreading the holy light, and like a demon whispering in the ear.

   "...From the Western Regions to the East China Sea, from the Northern Desert to the Southern Xinjiang, these places were developed by the ancestors of China little by little, and cultivated step by step. So why do we stop today?"

   "Why should you listen to the words of those sour officials and rotten scholars?"

   "Why do you want to keep your eyes on this little property left by your ancestors?"

  "Why can't you look up and spread the banner of the great man and the glory of the great man to the ends of the mountains and seas, and go on forever until the day when this world ends?"

  (end of this chapter)