Chapter 731

Since the exclusive Confucianism came up with the "interaction between heaven and man", the weather of the country is directly linked to the moral character of the ruler. Even if only one place of the palace was struck by thunder, it is definitely what the ruler did that caused the dissatisfaction of the old God. If there is a disaster anywhere, The first thought of the people is definitely what the rulers did to implicate them.

Dong Zhongshu's "heaven man induction" is to restrict the imperial power. Naturally, the starting point is excellent. After the imperial power and the things talked about by God, Zhuxia civilization has moved towards the abyss of reincarnation.

Anyway, the ruler is not good. If you kill another ruler, God may not be angry. Similar ideas have dominated Zhuxia for nearly two thousand years. Not many people think that climate is a change of nature, and even have created a "five virtue cycle" to explain the change of dynasties.

Throughout the history of Zhuxia, every large-scale natural disaster must bring disaster. Even if the authorities are effective in disaster relief, disaster can not be avoided. At that time, if the national strength of the imperial court was ok, and the army did not completely corrupt and lose its combat effectiveness, the ruling class would naturally be able to survive, but the country would also be greatly weakened by disasters and chaos, laying the groundwork for foreign nations to attack and destroy the country.

There is only one dynasty that has performed best in the face of natural disasters, that is, the dynasty known as the weak Song Dynasty.

The two Song Dynasties established the Xiang army system. Where there was a disaster, the local people were forcibly incorporated into the Xiang army system. It was not to really train to become a combat soldier. In fact, it was controlled by the Xiang army system regardless of men, women, old and young, so as to avoid a large number of people displaced and turned into refugees after the natural disaster.

The destruction of the Central Plains Dynasty basically began with the sharp increase in the number of refugees. A large number of people who lost their family property swam aimlessly. In the process of swimming, they destroyed the living system from place to place, resulting in the erosion from place to place, and the national order is difficult to ensure. If there are ambitious people, they will immediately ignite the flames of war.

The Xiang army system of the two Song Dynasties effectively reduced the phenomenon of refugees in the event of natural disasters, that is, once entering the Xiang army, it is difficult to recover the possibility of becoming a free people. It must become more and more "swollen and fat", which has become one of the reasons for the collapse of the two Song dynasties.

"The Han Dynasty is not limited to population mobility, and the mountains and rivers are open in disaster years." Sang Yu felt that he was not alarmist: "the old events of emperor AI (Han) should be prevented."

The AI emperor was the last Han Emperor of the Western Han Dynasty before Wang Mang established the new dynasty. At that time, natural disasters occurred frequently. In addition, the land annexation was very fierce at that time, which led to the fierce national sentiment and the frightening number of refugees, which gave a heavy blow to the destruction of the Western Han Dynasty.

"The recruitment of workers by big Han is indeed an effective way to prevent too many refugees, but it is difficult to prevent them in an all-round way." Cai you didn't think that the old story of emperor AI of the Han Dynasty would happen, but he had to say something: "there was no private annexation of land in the national Dynasty, but... Most of the people didn't have much land."

Liu Yan was stunned.

Isn't that it? The state of Han followed the old path of the Qin Empire. Most of the land was owned by the state, and the private sale of land was not allowed. It effectively curbed land annexation, but the people really didn't have much land.

"When you join the army, you will be granted land. You have not lost the equal land of empress Lu." Xu Zheng said that in the early Han Dynasty, LV pheasant equalized the land in order to restore national strength, which is a land reward policy according to the title: "adult men have joined the army and have been guaranteed to have at least 100 mu. What else do you want?"

LV pheasant's land equalization was to restore the economy in the early Han Dynasty. It mainly aimed at those who had nobility, and also allowed people to buy and sell land. During the period of Emperor Wen and Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty, the land was granted free of charge for many times, that is, no longer depending on whether there was a title, a head could obtain the land, and cultivated most of the land, which created the rule of Wen Jing, but also destroyed the Title system.

It is difficult to say whether it is good or bad to allow land to be bought and sold privately, but if land can be bought and sold privately, there will inevitably be land annexation, and people who lose land will generally become refugees.

"The territory of the Great Han Dynasty is as big as that of the first Han Dynasty, but there are very few people." Sang Yu glanced at Liu Yan with a thoughtful face and continued, "if there is soil, there should be property."

In order to avoid the phenomenon of refugees under natural disasters, the state of Han has been levying corvee and recruiting people to build national projects. The young people have been brought in to a great extent. The young people belong to the scope of control. Even if there is trouble, relying only on a small number of young people, old and weak women and children can't go anywhere, that is, if there is a real chaos, it will be easily suppressed. This is one of the measures taken by the authorities to deal with natural disasters and prevent civil unrest.

In the year of natural disaster, the grand opening national project is another effective measure. After all, the national project is to provide food and drink, and non corvee groups have wages.

The State paid to hire labor force did not start in the modern Han Dynasty. In fact, it was very popular as early as the ancient pre-Qin era, but most of them were small-scale, and they were not recorded by historians.

It's also a very common thing. Why should we publicize it carefully? Only rare things, especially good things to encourage others to follow, will be publicized. It can be seen that the more we publicize what spirit we should have, the less that spirit must be.

"Naturally, more land can be granted." Xu Zheng sneered: "free access is undermining the people's hearts. Why not launch more wars?"

Sang Yu immediately covered his forehead. Behind him was a look of soul wandering outside the sky. He didn't intend to say anything more.

"When the year of disaster comes, use troops..." Ji Chang had to say, "if the Taiwei can ensure that he can get food, why not?"

Xu Zheng's lips moved and finally didn't say anything.

The starting point of the Han Army's outward campaign was to obtain food. The attack on the Gupta dynasty did not go smoothly as expected. Nearly a year later, it still stopped fighting at sea, but because it entered the Gupta Dynasty and established diplomatic relations with a considerable number of countries.

After a Sanyang's World War I, the pingman Colonel captured a considerable number of Gupta nobles who were willing to redeem their lives and freedom with gold.

Under the chairmanship of Huan Wen, the release of prisoners of war was quite smooth, but the request for food rather than gold did not get the consent of the Gupta Dynasty, so the release of prisoners of war was suspended.

It can be seen that the Gupta Dynasty is not stupid. They are determined to fight with the state of Han. They certainly don't want the Han Army to get food nearby. They would rather pay more gold than pay a grain.

Unable to obtain food from the Gupta Dynasty, the Han state can only open another channel.

At present, Han ships have arrived in Persia and Egypt. They can not only buy grain from the official but also from the private with the permission of Rome and sassanne. The food obtained from the two countries continues to "pass" back to the mainland. There are two batches of relatively large transactions. Although it does not alleviate the food shortage, it is a reassurance to obtain food stably from abroad.

Egypt has been a granary since a long time ago, which is the result of the efforts of ancient Egyptians for nearly a thousand years.

The agricultural technology of ancient Egypt is quite good. Moreover, the area of Egypt is also advantaged for farming. It has many vertical and horizontal water systems. With a perfect irrigation system, it will become a good grain producing area?

The Romans have relied on Egypt's food for hundreds of years, and Egypt has never let the Romans down. The grain fleets transported from Egypt to various provinces of Rome through the Mediterranean continue all year round, exceeding the amount provided by Gaul and Spain.

At present, Rome is falling into division. In fact, the Egyptian region is not in the hands of Constantius. The Han country can buy food from Egypt is the result of negotiations between Constantius and his brothers. The Han state only purchased grain from Egypt, and it did not care how the two Roman forces in the split distributed their profits.

Persian Sassanian was geographically close to the Han state, and they also agreed that the Han state went to purchase food, but in fact, the Sassanian Dynasty officials were not able to provide large amounts of food to sell to the Han state.

The current Sassanian Dynasty is actually not good. Civil unrest broke out frequently everywhere, and the Sassanian military itself is short of food. Fortunately, the Persian political system is very complex. The lack of food in the imperial treasury does not mean that there is no food among the people. In particular, the great nobles are not short of food at all. The Imperial Center has no money to buy from the great nobles, but there is plenty of money in the Han country.

Being able to import food from Rome and Persia, and the Indochina Peninsula has been supplying food, has really greatly improved the internal environment of the Han country.

If the Han Dynasty, like previous dynasties, did not have access to food from the outside, there would not be too many measures that could be taken in the face of disaster years. It might only be to let the disaster area live and die, wait for the people in the disaster area to rise up, and then send troops to suppress it.

The war caused by natural disasters was either suppressed by the authorities, or the authorities were changed, the mountains and rivers were broken, and then returned to stability, taking time to heal the pain. There are quite a few such examples, aren't there?

There are external channels to obtain food. The prime minister's office has been maintaining the amount of food on the market everywhere. As long as it can stably provide food on the market, let alone maintain the original low food price, but if the food price is not ridiculously expensive, doubling under the disaster year is actually acceptable.

In fact, as long as the people can live, not so many people will want to get along with the country's violent machine, not to mention that the authorities have done nothing.

"But not enough." Liu Yangang just learned that there had been four consecutive days of heavy rain in the northwest, followed by nearly half a month of drizzle: "that rain was far from enough to alleviate the drought."

Only an unexpected rain played a role that Liu Yan did not expect. According to the joint report of Xie AI and Li Kuang, the original northwest was full of dark waves, and the people's feelings were strong. Secretly, there were many chaotic parties ready to start. As a result, a rain appeared, and the people immediately came out of the argument that heaven did not allow the Han state to rule the northwest. It was in line with many official measures, and those chaotic parties also immediately dormant.

Liu Yan had enough knowledge of the characteristics of Zhuxia civilization, but he still underestimated the argument that "the people's heart is the heart of heaven".

In fact, "the people's heart is the heart of heaven". Conversely, it is more appropriate. The harvest of the farming nation depends on the face of heaven. When the weather is good, the rulers will fool around again. In fact, the people will be very docile if they can eat. But once God does not give face, it is the ruler who works hard day and night to make the people live a good life. Because there is no progress in the relationship between human and material resources, the people will not care whether the ruler is working or not.

How many emperors who haven't done anything good all their lives sit on the throne steadily, and how many emperors who are diligent and want to do good things are busy or haven't saved their empire from extinction?

Liu Yan knew that this large-scale drought was a barrier for him, which was why he insisted on wiping out the surrounding aliens regardless of public opinion.

There are natural disasters and the actual threat of external aliens. At that time, the country is busy dealing with natural disasters and may not be able to deal with them. If aliens kill again, the country will overturn, that is, at that moment, Liu Yan will never allow such things to happen.

"It's raining in the northwest, but Guanzhong, Central Plains and Northern Xinjiang..." Ji Chang didn't finish. After a short meeting, he sighed and said, "maybe there should be new measures to stabilize and inspire the people?"

Xu Zheng asked, "is the prime minister's new measure not free equalization of land?"

Ji Chang didn't dare to say it even if he had that heart, but he really thought that a round of free land grant would effectively win over the people.

When the disaster year comes, it is absolutely necessary to maintain the stability of the people. There is nothing better than granting land, but Ji Chang really dare not mention that whoever dares to propose granting land free of charge will be torn up by the military.

Sang Yu, Cai you, LV Yi and others looked at each other silently at this moment. Their responsibility determines that they must be worried about the outbreak of civil unrest. Once civil unrest really occurs, it will be in the next few years... Or even longer. Don't mention the construction of internal affairs.

In fact, Liu Yan knows very well that equal field is definitely a big killer, which is naturally determined by the farming nation.

After sitting in the world, the new imperial courts of all dynasties adopted equal fields to win over the people and soon stabilized the people.

As for the farming nation, if there is a piece of land under its name, people will settle down. It can even be said that they will be bound by the land for a lifetime. The state is also happy that the people do not have too much mind. It is best to stay in that land from birth to old death. Anyway, don't leave that land.

Liu Yan did not equalize the land in order to ensure that the military merit Baron system did not collapse, but he also had to think about the characteristics of the farming nation, and recently he kept thinking about whether there was a way to get the best of both worlds.

"What have those people been doing lately?" Liu Yan's questions made the ministers a little unresponsive. He refers to those cultural people: "the prime minister can make him discuss the changes of land in previous dynasties."

Ji Chang was surprised at first, and then overjoyed. Ignoring all the military forces who responded at the same time, he shouted, "promise!"

Liu Yan glanced at all the military ministers with changed faces and said, "you can go and listen in."

The military naturally did not dare to give Liu Yan a face, only to be ordered.