Chapter 631 I will make the meat-eater bleed first
The weak Yu Fuluo knew that he seemed to have a choice, but in fact he had no choice.
If he does not agree, the Southern Xiongnu will usher in the real end, and he will lose all his glory and wealth.
He was reluctant to part with his own life, nor was he willing to part with his own glory and wealth.
"I understand the general's wishes. I will discuss it with the tribe and give you an accurate answer within a month."
"Seven days."
Liu Bei smiled and said: "I don't have a month to accompany you to struggle. Seven days, starting from today. After seven days, if you don't give an accurate answer to the Manchu Lord, then the Manchu Lord will automatically think that the Southern Xiongnu
If you want to go against the big man and be my enemy, you know the result."
Yu Fuluo's expression changed, and then he showed an extremely frightened look.
"General! I'm still in Luoyang! It will take several days to return to the tribe!"
"So, what are you doing here now?"
Liu Bei said with a smile: "Save it for me to invite Da Shanyu to dinner? Don't worry, it won't be too late to invite you when we are all Han people. By then, I will definitely prepare a big meal for Da Shanyu to enjoy."
"
Yu Fuluo had nothing to say. After being shaken for a while, he suddenly stood up and ran outside. Because he ran too fast, he stumbled and fell into a dog's poop. He didn't have time to cry out in pain, so he quickly got up and ran outside.
Only Zhang Yan was left with a sad face.
Going against Liu Bei is not a pleasant thing in any case. Zhang Yan has clearly felt this.
"General Zhang Zhonglang, although you are also a Han, I think it would be better for you to finish the things on the mountain earlier. What do you think?"
Liu Bei looked at Zhang Yan with a smile.
Zhang Yan suddenly felt a chill on her back.
"What the general said is true. My subordinates will return to Montenegro immediately and come back to report the good news to the general when the matter is completed!"
Zhang Yan stood up, bowed deeply to Liu Bei, and then left the general's residence with a meteoric stride.
Yu Fuluo and Zhang Yan galloped away from Luoyang City, one behind the other, heading north all the way under the starry night.
Taking the opportunity to solve the problem of merging states, Liu Bei thought about some things, and then made up his mind. Then he found Lu Zhi and talked to him about the matter.
Lu Zhi felt a little surprised. He thought that after Liu Bei liquidated the Jinwen School, he would immediately promote the first phase of land transfer work. After all, judging from Liu Bei's current power, there will be people willing to respond to whatever policies he wants to promote.
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But Liu Bei chose to start from the perspective of slaves.
"I thought you would just start farming."
Lu Zhi poured Liu Bei a drink and whispered: "Why do you want to start with the slave matter? Compared with Du Tian, this can only be regarded as a small matter, right? Du Tian is the real big deal."
"Teacher, conquering the fields is a big deal, but the matter of slaves is not a trivial matter. It can even be said to be a vanguard outpost before conquering the fields. Teacher, do you know the approximate number of slaves in the Han Dynasty?"
"How many?"
Lu Zhi asked: "I haven't noticed this, but the number should not be small, there will still be three million, right?"
"No less than eight million."
Lu Zhi was stunned.
"Eight million? That much?"
"This is still a conservative estimate, and it may even be no less than 10 million."
Liu Bei said slowly: "Moreover, most of the slave population are young men and women, and they are all people who can be used as strong laborers. However, after being sold into slavery, they are no longer a population on the official household registration, and the labor output cannot be paid.
All taxes paid to the government enriched their masters.
Think about it, if this part of the slave population could be released and returned to official household registration, how many strong laborers could be brought to the Han Dynasty? Places like Bingzhou and Youzhou have serious population loss, and their land is vast and sparsely populated. Even Jizhou is
A large number of people can be brought in to reclaim wasteland."
Lu Zhi put down the cup in his hand, his expression serious and serious.
He thought about it seriously.
"This is also true. I have never considered this issue before. If there are really so many slaves, it seems that they should be rectified. How can the number of slaves prescribed by the court be increased to more than eight million?"
"These slaves basically work in the fields, so the slave restriction order is to restrict the local powerful families from expanding their land. This can basically be regarded as the preliminary preparation for conquering the fields."
Liu Bei said slowly: "In addition to the officialdom and big families, those who control the most slaves are also the local tycoons. They have no official positions and no official connections, but they control a lot of land and wealth, and each family can have hundreds of slaves.
Thousands of slaves.
Relying on these slaves, they continue to control more land. The more land is in their hands, the more homesteaders will go bankrupt and become their slaves, and the court will receive less tax revenue. This is a vicious cycle.
, which has caused great harm to the country.
It is for this reason that previous emperors have tried to limit the number of slaves owned by wealthy families. Emperor Guangwu ordered the release of slaves seven times in a row. It is also because of this reason that if there are too many slaves, the entire Han Dynasty will be harmed.
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"Well, that's indeed the truth."
Lu Zhi nodded seriously: "In that case, what are you going to do?"
Liu Bei told Lu Zhi his thoughts. After hearing this, Lu Zhi pondered for a while and whispered: "In that case, you must be prepared for someone to fight against the imperial decree. You can issue the imperial decree, but
How well it is implemented depends on the intensity of local confrontation and the views of officials.
According to you, the families that own the largest number of slaves are often the families of the officials themselves and the families to which the officials belong. If you issue a slave restriction order and harm them, it is inevitable that they will obey your decree and violate it. At that time, it is best to
The result is the same as Emperor Guangwu’s Du Tian.”
"Teacher, this is natural. Some people will definitely resist, but speaking of taboos, my situation is actually slightly better than that of Emperor Guangwu back then."
Liu Bei looked at Lu Zhi with a smile.
Lu Zhi raised his eyebrows and looked at Liu Bei with interest.
"How to say?"
"Emperor Guangwu rose to power too quickly, proclaimed himself emperor too quickly, and established the world a little too fast, so Emperor Guangwu didn't even have time to form a team that truly belonged to him."
Liu Bei said slowly: "The power that Emperor Guangwu relies on to rule the world is all famous wealthy families. People from famous wealthy families saw Emperor Guangwu's talents, his identity and future, and took refuge in him with soldiers, horses, food, and military supplies.
Help him fight.
Emperor Guangwu then won one victory after another and soon ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor. But the problem lies here. Almost all of Emperor Guangwu's subordinates came from powerful families and were very powerful in their own right. Following Emperor Guangwu was more like
Cooperate, don't follow.
Such a group of people helped Emperor Guangwu achieve great achievements and became the main contributors to the resurgence of the Han Dynasty. How could Emperor Guangwu touch their interests and complete the Dutian? In the end, they could only compromise with each other, and they could compromise with each other, all because of Guangwu
The emperor is wise and powerful, and has the righteousness of the world."
Lu Zhi was silent for a while, thought about it, and felt that what Liu Bei said made sense.
"If you say so, it is indeed true. At the beginning of the revival of this dynasty, the heroes were indeed from the wealthy families in Nanyang and Hebei. Emperor Guangwu was able to dominate the world mainly because of their help, so he could quickly raise an army."
"Slowness has its advantages, and speed has its disadvantages."
Liu Bei said slowly: "Without an army that completely obeys orders, there will be no confidence to make a final decision, and there will be no power to truly dominate the world. All we get is to maintain a relatively stable environment, but no matter how stable it is, it will not be the end of the world."
There are limits.
When the rich have no place to stand and the poor have no place to stand, the barely maintained stability will collapse. It can only be said that Emperor Guangwu is still a genius. Without completely solving the problem, he gave the Han Dynasty another hundred
It’s not easy to live a stable life for many years.”
"Just say this to my teacher. If someone with ulterior motives hears it, it will not be good for you."
Lu Zhi shook his head and sighed: "Although you are now a general who is less than one person and more than ten thousand people, there are still many people staring at you, so you still have to be careful what you say. Even if these things are true, you can't
He said too much and was too thorough."
"That's natural. It's just something I express my feelings in front of the teacher."
Liu Bei sighed: "It's just that once some things are seen through, you will find that it is nothing more than this. The real problems that should be solved have not been solved. The current stability of the big man is only temporary. It is just that no one can fight better than me."
When I die, I won't be able to beat anyone, but the world is still the same world, and the insects are still the same group of insects, so whether the big man should collapse or not, he will collapse.
The problem that needs to be solved has been delayed for more than a hundred years, and it can no longer be delayed. If we delay it any longer, everyone will die, and the blood of innocent people will dye Chixian and China red. This is what I don't want to see.
Therefore, when I have an army that is completely obedient to my orders, I will first let the meat-eaters bleed. Only when the meat-eaters bleed can the problem be truly solved."