Chapter 803 800 [The Emperor Approves the 'History of the Ming Dynasty']
Chapter 803 800 [The emperor reviewed "History of the Ming Dynasty"]
Qinzheng Hall.
Zhao Han flipped through the manuscript that was sent to him and asked casually: "Is Zhang Pu sick again?"
Qian Qianyi sighed: "Oh, this winter is very cold. It's different from previous years. Dr. Zhang is so sick that he coughs up blood. I don't know if he can survive it."
"Send some medicine over here." Zhao Han ordered the female officer and continued to read the manuscript.
This is the "Tian Mu Kao in the Past Dynasties" compiled by the Hanlin Academy. After several years of tossing, the manuscript was finally completed and sent to the emperor for personal review.
When Zhao Han saw the original Jingtian System chapter, he couldn't help but frown, then picked up a red pen and gave his revision suggestions.
The historians of the Hanlin Academy discussed the well-field system very nonsense. The common people collectively cultivated the well-fields, which was considered to be "the emperor's benevolent government, the people's customs were simple, and everyone was selfless."
Zhao Han's red-letter instructions are: In the Spring and Autumn Period, iron tools were scarce and crops were poor. How many acres could one person cultivate? People are selfless. This statement is completely wrong! Just like the Yao people in Guangdong who cross the mountains, they cultivated by slash and burn, tilling and cultivating together, and then they can harvest.
Food. Today, the Guangdong government has established households for the Guoshan Yao, taught them the farming techniques of the Han people, and given them iron farm tools, sweet potato and corn seeds. Thousands of Guoshan Yao have given up farming together and are no different from the surrounding Han people.
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Qian Qianyi was sitting not far away, looking at the emperor's more and more criticisms, and suddenly felt a deep sense of powerlessness in his heart.
Scholars from the Hanlin Academy had compiled a book for several years, but it still needed a lot of revision when it was sent to the emperor!
Zhao Han sat on it and reviewed the manuscript, while Qian Qianyi was waiting below. Until lunch time, Zhao Han didn't even raise his head and said, "Let's eat together here."
Not long after, a female official brought the meal, and Qian Qianyi, Ding Shijing and others also followed suit.
During lunch, Zhao Han finally spoke and asked: "Were the number of acres of land in the Sui Dynasty really that many?"
Qian Qianyi quickly put down his chopsticks and answered with cupped hands: "Your Majesty, the ministers and others were also surprised and thought it was a calculation error. According to historical data, they recalculated more than a dozen times and the results were similar. During the reign of Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty, there were approximately 20 acres of land in the entire Sui Dynasty.
billion acres. By the time of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, the total acres of land in the Sui Dynasty had exceeded 5 billion acres."
Zhao Han sighed: "The death of the second generation of the Sui Dynasty was indeed not unjust!"
Regardless of the Han Dynasty or the Tang Dynasty, the cultivated land at its peak was only about 500 million acres. The Ming Dynasty's agricultural development greatly opened up a lot of new land, and the country's cultivated land area was only more than 800 million acres. Hundreds of years later, New China once again
The large-scale agricultural development has turned Beidahuang into Beidacang, and the cultivated land area in the country is only 1.8 billion acres.
What the heck were the more than 5 billion acres of cultivated land in the Sui Dynasty?
Qian Qianyi explained: "Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty took advantage of the power of founding the country and ordered the land to be cleared. For the sake of political performance, officials across the country made large-scale false reports. Officials estimated that although Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty ordered the equalization of land and reduced taxes, and was committed to promoting benevolent government, such false reports
The taxes farmers had to pay per acre of land were at least three times higher than before the founding of the Sui Dynasty. By the time of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, the land taxes farmers had to pay were probably ten times what they were before the Sui Dynasty."
Zhao Han held chopsticks in one hand and flipped through the manuscript with the other. After swallowing the food in his mouth, he sneered: "Purely for political performance, local officials cannot make such false reports. After all, they have to pay taxes. If they report less, officials can make more money."
?Compared with political achievements, it is more cost-effective to spend more on corruption and taxes."
Qian Qianyi said: "This matter is quite puzzling, even I and others can't figure it out."
Zhao Han turned his chopsticks over, pointed at the manuscript and said, "What is the mystery? You have already written it down."
"This... excuse me for being stupid." Qian Qianyi really didn't understand. He always felt that the behavior of the local officials of the Sui Dynasty was unreasonable.
"Well, isn't it written here?"
Zhao Han pointed to the manuscript and said: "Emperors Wen of the Sui Dynasty and Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, father and son, also checked the households of homeless people and distributed the land equally to the people when they were checking the acres of land. Slaves were equal to good men, and men could get 80 acres of open land and women 40 acres.
acres, and another 20 acres of Yongye land was granted. After the death of the person, the exposed land was returned to the government for redistribution, and the Yongye land could be passed on to descendants. This was indeed a benevolent government, but at the same time, the emperor ordered an inventory of the land acres and population in the world. And the princes
Generals and ministers also have regulations on the quota of slaves. If Aiqing is a powerful figure in the Sui Dynasty, what do you think can be done to quickly annex the land?"
After Qian Qianyi thought about it carefully, he said: "Because of natural and man-made disasters, the people have no livelihood, so I took the opportunity to lend them money. If the people can't pay back the money, they can only sell the land."
"Ha ha ha ha!"
Zhao Han burst out laughing: "Qian Aiqing, Qian Aiqing, how could you use the methods of the Ming Dynasty gentry and apply them to the Sui Dynasty's nobles? If the nobles were so kind, the Sui Dynasty would probably be able to survive for two hundred years.
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Qian Qianyi still didn't understand: "Is it good to annex land like this?"
Zhao Han said: "If I serve as an official in the Sui Dynasty, and the court gives me a quota of 500 slaves, then I will find ways to recruit hidden people in the mountains as slaves. If these slaves are all men, I can get 40,000 acres of open land.
10,000 acres of Yongye field. These 500 male slaves have all died, and 40,000 acres of open field will be returned to the court. The remaining 10,000 acres of Yongye field is mine. Then I will continue to take in 500 more slaves and let them all go.
If I die, I can get 10,000 acres of permanent land."
Qian Qianyi said: "This is indeed a loophole, but how can a slave live for decades?"
"Why should I let them live for decades?" Zhao Han suddenly expressed a cold expression, "I can send them to build the Grand Canal. I am a powerful official, and the officials who supervise the construction of the Grand Canal are either my tribesmen or my friends' tribesmen.
.Send the slaves to the construction site and let them die in three months. They will never survive half a year! I have 500 slaves, my son has 300 slaves, my nephew has 300 slaves, and my people also have countless slaves. I will kill them.
A group of slaves can get 10,000 acres of Yongye land. If my entire family adds up, it will be able to account for hundreds of thousands of acres a year, right?"
Qian Qianyi was stunned: "This...this is also okay?"
Zhao Han said: "I feel bad about killing so many slaves. Then don't kill them, drive them away as refugees, and report to the court that the slaves are dead. In fact, the effect will be the same."
Qian Qianyi seemed to have had his views shattered, and murmured to himself: "Could it be that when Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty built the Grand Canal, countless slave laborers died, but they were forced to death by the wealthy people? At the end of the Sui Dynasty, refugees were everywhere, and they were also driven out by the wealthy people?
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Zhao Han smiled and said: "I didn't say it, and I can't be sure, but I did see a loophole that could be exploited."
Qian Qianyi had nothing to say.
The gentry after the Song Dynasty really could not understand the "heroism" of the Sui and Tang dynasties. Those gentry had legal branches, not only had countless servants, but also had private armed forces.
Zhao Han said: "So I divided the fields and didn't think about taking them back. Even though I knew that the land would continue to be annexed a hundred years later, I didn't dare to order the deceased to return the fields and redistribute them. If the deceased were to return the fields to the government,
Firstly, it forces the people to hide their land and population, and secondly, the officials can take action to return the land. The gentry can also collude with the officials, disregard human life, force countless people to death, take the opportunity to take back the land, and allocate the acres to the gentry's families!"
Qian Qianyi's mood was very complicated. He raised his hands and said, "Your Majesty is wise."
After reviewing until the evening, Zhao Han finally finished reviewing "Tian Mu Kao in the Past Dynasties" and said to Qian Qianyi: "Take it back and revise it according to Zhu's review."
"According to the order!"
Qian Qianyi couldn't leave yet and continued to wait because there were other manuscripts.
The chronicle part of "History of the Ming Dynasty" was also sent, and the emperor needed to read it in person.
Zhao Han first read Zhu Yuanzhang's Chronicles and felt that it was pretty good. They were all positive deeds and did not add any messy unofficial history.
After seeing Zhu Di's annals, Zhao Han finally drew a circle and wrote: Emperor Yongle should be regarded as Taizong of the Ming Dynasty, and the temple name becomes Zu. Isn't it a change of dynasty?
This is a downgrade for Zhu Di. Chengzu must be more powerful than Taizong.
The idea that Jiajing changed Zhu Di's temple name to Chengzu in order to make room for his biological father is sheer nonsense.
The ancient ritual was called the "Seven Temples of the Emperor", but since Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty, it has been the "Nine Temples of the Emperor".
During the Jiajing period, there were a total of nine emperors in the ancestral temple. Zhu Yuanzhang's grandfather's ancestors were removed, and there were exactly eight, leaving one for Jiajing's father. Why is there any need for more?
The real reason is that Zhu Di was the right person to sacrifice to Mingtang, and Jiajing sent his own father to Mingtang as well. This approach is simply nonsense!
Because his father robbed Zhu Di of Mingtang incense, Jiajing changed the name Taizong of the Ming Dynasty to Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty in order to compensate Zhu Di. In this way, Zhu Di's level was upgraded and he could enjoy the annual suburban sacrifices with Zhu Yuanzhang - which is equivalent to Zhu Yuanzhang's supposed
The exclusive incense was inexplicably half-moistened by Zhu Di.
Therefore, Jiajing changed Zhu Di to Ming Chengzu, and the biggest victim was actually Zhu Yuanzhang... Of course, if Zhu Di knew about it, he would definitely be very unhappy, making him look like a traitor.
Zhao Han quickly scanned the next Mingbao Sect and the like, and looked carefully in the Mingxian Sect's annals.
This edition of "History of the Ming Dynasty" is finally normal. There is no imperial concubine Wan Gui who harmed the prince, and Zhu Jianshen's achievements are more objective. In addition to resettling millions of refugees, Zhu Jianshen's achievements in Mongolia and Liaodong are also written in great detail.
After all, the Jianzhou Tatars were the sworn enemies of the new Datong Dynasty. Zhu Jianshen, who once raided the Tatars' lair, was naturally described as a talented and strategic monarch.
Of course, there were also negative comments, and Zhu Jianshen was in a coma in his late stages.
Zhao Han couldn't laugh or cry until he read the annals of Emperor Zhengde: "The two armies fought for seven days, but only sixteen Mongols were beheaded?"
Qian Qianyi replied: "Your Majesty, I was afraid of making a mistake, so I specifically asked the generals of the Dudu Mansion for advice. There should be no random writing in the "Records of Ming Wuzong", and it may even be to defend Wuzong. The Ming army may be worse than in the "Records of Wuzong"
More."
"Tell me in detail." Zhao Han said.
Qian Qianyi must have really studied it carefully and said eloquently: "Beheading sixteen levels does not mean killing sixteen enemies. It should be that the Ming army had no time to cut off the heads of the Mongols."
"On the first day of this battle, the two sides encountered an unexpected encounter. The Mongols ran away without much fighting."
"On the second day of the battle, Wang Xun's troops of the Ming army were besieged by a lone army. According to actual records, the two armies killed and wounded each other. However, the Ming army was always surrounded, so it was naturally impossible to cut off the heads."
"On the third day of the battle, heavy fog suddenly appeared. The Mongols were afraid of being raided and took the initiative to withdraw from the siege. There was no fierce fighting between the two sides."
"On the fourth day of the battle, Wang Xun must have received Wu Zong's order and took the initiative to go out of the city to fight, using himself as a bait to keep the Mongols behind. On this day, Wang Xun was always besieged. The reinforcements wanted to surround the Mongols, but they were always unable to do so.
It was unsuccessful. Moreover, the Ming army was in a very unfavorable situation and had no time to cut off the Mongolian heads."
"On the fifth day of the battle, Wu Zong went into battle in person, hoping to encircle and annihilate the Mongols. People from all walks of life were afraid that Wu Zong would make a mistake, so they fought desperately, and finally succeeded in joining forces, but still could not surround the Mongols. Wu Zong's chariot almost fell, but Wu Zong said that he had done it himself
It should be at this time to kill an enemy. The Ming army is always at a disadvantage, and they also have little chance to behead their heads."
"On the sixth day of the battle, the Mongols ran away and were unable to break the Ming army's formation, so they were unwilling to fight the Ming army."
"On the seventh day of the battle, the Mongols rode very far away, and the Ming army could not catch up."
Zhao Han listened carefully to the whole process and found that there was indeed no loophole. The Mongolian casualties must be more than double digits. However, the Ming army was suppressed and could only form defensive formations. It was difficult to go out and behead them. Once beheaded,
The first level requires a chaotic formation. Therefore, no matter how many casualties the Mongols have, they can still calmly leave with the corpses.
This is a standard battle between infantry and cavalry. The cavalry cannot break the infantry formation, and the infantry cannot catch up with the cavalry who want to leave.
Strictly speaking, it should be a tie.
The flaw of the Ming army was that there were too few cavalry. They used a lone troop as bait in the hope that other reinforcements would come to encircle and annihilate them. However, the reinforcements came too slowly, and some arrived first and some arrived later, so the encirclement plan became a fueling tactic. In the end, if not
Zhu Houzhao took action in person, forcing the generals to fight tooth and nail. Wang Xun, who was acting as a bait, was likely to be surrounded and annihilated by the Mongols.
"Just write it like this, and there will be no problem with the chronicle of "History of the Ming Dynasty." Zhao Han said.
call!
Qian Qianyi breathed a sigh of relief.
On the second day, Zhao Han was doing his daily work, and Li Xiangjun suddenly brought a magazine.
Today's magazines and newspapers are basically monthly, and some are quarterly and semi-annual. Zhao Han must read these publications to understand the situation among the people.
Zhao Han asked in confusion: "It's the end of the month, how come there are still new publications?"
Li Xiangjun said: "It is a supplement. Some scholars, after learning that women signed up for this examination, wrote an article saying that the imperial examination for women was a female chicken Si Chen."