Chapter 5383 Military household appears from Cao Cao
Bai Hu nodded and said seriously: "Actually, these local tycoons from the Eastern Han Dynasty have been powerful since the founding of the country. They are not like the Western Han Dynasty, where the country can be directly controlled by veterans, three elders in the village, and other people who are loyal to the court.
The grassroots villages, especially the most important step of drawing ding, can only be realized based on the complete loyalty of this village and this township to the imperial court, and the complete control of the village chief and Li Zheng over the imperial court. However, in the Eastern Han Dynasty,
This has not been possible since the founding of the People’s Republic of China.”
"Because Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu relied on Hebei's powerful troops to conquer the world. It was difficult for them to be as decisive as Liu Bang was against Han Xin and Peng Yue. Many things could only be compromised. The most obvious point is,
That is, the strength of the Central Army was too weak. It could not, like in the Western Han Dynasty, send troops from Guanzhong at any time and send a cruel official to lead the troops. It could rely on massacres of counties and thousands of families to establish its authority and enforce the emperor's will. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, this was
It cannot be done, so it has become a common practice for a large number of powerful landowners to hide their households, hide their households, enclose land, and evade taxes, which is very similar to our Eastern Jin Dynasty."
Qinglong sighed: "In the Eastern Jin Dynasty, it was because the aristocratic family became powerful and the imperial power was weak, so we could not collect taxes and raise young men. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was a similar situation. From the founding emperor, people had to support and support them.
Due to the nature of the establishment of the country, there was no way to reduce the power of the powerful at the founding of the country, so the country could not control manpower or even land. If once the land was not distributed to the people by the state, it would be left to the powerful landlords to belong to themselves in the form of bankers and tenants.
If they work on the land, then the relationship of personal dependence changes from common people to the country to that of villagers and powerful landlords, then they will only serve their masters, not the country."
Baihu smiled slightly: "Lord Qinglong has made it clear. That's it. The landowners controlled the land and population. By the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, it was very difficult for the central court to establish the Eighth School of Xiyuan with about 10,000 people. And Cao Cao's family has such a
Ordinary mid-level officials and powerful landowners from their families can recruit 5,000 villagers to directly form an army at once, which shows the imbalance of their power balance. Dong Zhuo's Rebellion, including the previous Yellow Turban Rebellion, was, to put it bluntly, because of the central government and the imperial court.
The government's troops cannot suppress the powerful people from all over the country and let them become powerful. Once they have a reputation and an excuse, they can legally seize power and form an army!"
"The Yellow Turban Rebellion was a direct rebellion. Dong Zhuo came to the capital with an edict to kill ten ministers, while the heroes from Guandong came together in the name of crusading against Dong Zhuo and helping the Han Dynasty. But under these names
, it is these local powerful factions who want land and people and strength. It can be said that the power of the Eastern Han Dynasty has long been slowly transferred from the central court to the hands of powerful local landlords."
Zhuque frowned: "So since ancient times, when the Yellow Turbans and Dong Zhuo's Rebellion came successively, powerful people from all over the world have used these righteous names to form their own armies, either to protect the country and the people, to separate and establish themselves, or to attack states and occupy counties.
, to expand the territory, this is the so-called period of vying for the throne. It was not until Cao Cao took control of the exiled Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty that he began to coerce the emperor and order the princes, and took the name of righteousness into his own hands."
Bai Hu nodded: "Yes, the war lasted for many years, and the original order and peace were all broken. And the original people, affected by the war, were either killed or fled, leaving their homes. Unless there is stable control,
A place free from external threats, otherwise those battlefield areas that have been fought over repeatedly, with ten rooms and nine empty rooms, and bones everywhere, would really be like a hell on earth."
Xuanwu sighed: "The war is in turmoil. For the personal desires of some ambitious people, millions of people in the world cannot survive. In troubled times, people's lives are not as good as ants. This is the purpose of our existence in the Black Hand Universe. To deal with the enemy,
To restrain tyrants and single-minded men, we must eliminate the ambitions of the middle and lower classes so that they cannot cause harm to the world. Although in Liu Yu's eyes, we high-ranking families are vampires and parasites who occupy the pit and do nothing, but his insight
After all, it is still too shallow. Without us, there are countless people in this world who have conquered the emperor. There have been wars for several years. Even Liu Yu himself and his hometown in Jingkou can still be at peace."
Bai Hu smiled slightly: "Liu Yu just wants to unify the world and there will be no more wars, so he has these ideas. However, he is really naive and simple, thinking that relying on noble moral character, or what he thinks is a perfect system, he can
Suppressing and eliminating people's greed and ambition can make the world unified. Like you, I don't think his idea can be realized, but I am more or less willing to accompany him to be naive for a while, without affecting the fundamental interests of our Black Hand Universe.
Under the premise, at least make some attempts.”
Xuanwu waved his hand: "Don't mention this matter any more. Let's talk about the change of the military system. You said that the world is in chaos, the people are displaced, and without the original government management, there will no longer be the same imperial court as before.
Well, no matter how powerful the landlords are, they can allocate land to them for farming. As a result, most of these people in troubled times cannot survive and die from various military disasters, hunger, and epidemics. There is not even one out of ten people in the world. In this kind of situation,
Under such circumstances, military households and soldiers will appear, right?"
Bai Hu nodded and said: "Yes, the emergence of military households was first invented by Cao Cao, and its origin was the collection of one million Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army. These millions of people may sound scary in number, but at first sight, they are
The claim is exaggerated. Secondly, they are bringing their families with them, and there are a large number of old, weak, women and children. It can be said that they are actually a huge refugee group, preying everywhere. In the process of preying, they have swept across the entire country.
Qingzhou eventually became a huge group of people. After being incorporated by Cao Cao, tens of thousands of strong men were incorporated into the army, and their families were given land for resettlement."
"This is different from the five thousand tenant farmers in Cao Cao's family when he first started his army. These people originally made a living on the Cao family's manor. Of course, they have also rented the Cao family's land for generations or for many years. They have already been born.
Already attached to the Cao family, there is no need to worry about them fleeing or leaving, but this is based on their family property and the land given by the Cao family. However, these millions of Qingzhou refugees have no such relationship with the Cao family.
If you are just a single person and have enough food for one person without taking care of the whole family, then it is easy to say that you can eat food in the army, but in this kind of situation where you have to take care of your family, you must take their family into consideration." (End of Chapter)