Chapter 733

Since the second year of Jianxing (the Western Jin Dynasty) (AD 314), Chang'an has never been as lively as the ninth year of Yuanshuo (the present Han Dynasty) (AD 350).

Not only Chang'an, it should be said that the whole Guanzhong has not been so lively for decades. This bustle is not a riot of soldiers, but a pile of most scholars.

"In the early Han Dynasty, there was a rule of culture and scenery in Juntian, and there was a prosperous era of great rule in the world."

"Equalizing the land makes the tiller have his own land, the people have land and have a stable heart, and the stability of the people makes the world safe."

"The big man eliminated the chaos, and half of the fields in the world were deserted. It was the time of great rule."

Wearing a turban and elegant style of clothes, you should be high spirited and frustrated when you speak. You must grasp justice with a reasonable face. Basically, scholars have such commonalities.

Uneven land actually doesn't matter to the vast majority of scholars. Even if there is a real equal land, it is only one hundred mu per head. For people who can afford to read books, in the early days, whose family was not a good land, thousands of mu or even more, 100 mu is really too little for them.

Whether the Han government has a large number of land holdings actually has nothing to do with the scholars. What they are depressed or hate is that the government limits the number of privately owned land. One is that the "excess" land in a family is redeemed by the state, which is a heavy blow, so that there is no real rich family among the people.

Aristocratic families can be officials of all dynasties and have broad contacts. While they have great reputation among the people, they can also influence local policies, and even influence or control the formulation of national policies.

The haos must own a huge amount of land, store a large number of slaves and servants, and even close a large number of tenants.

Whether it is a noble family or a powerful one, both have one thing in common, that is, we must master a large amount of land. We can not have too much wealth, but without land, we will not be able to gather people. Nothing can be done without people. Under the realistic conditions, talent is the foundation of everything. Once you can't gather people, what influence is empty.

The Han state did not allow the status to be below a certain level and could not hold a large amount of land, which was tantamount to limiting the vast majority of people, especially those who did not have time to get on the "hero" carriage, who controlled a large amount of land.

The land they own has been redeemed by the state on a large scale, and the title can not meet the standard of holding a large amount of land. There are no shortage of people who hit their heads against the wall and regret why they failed to get on the "hero" carriage in time. More people are trying their best to integrate into the authorities.

In the founding of a country, some people have changed from nothing or suffered a heavy blow. Some people have changed from nothing to a new upstart of the country. If they are satisfied with the reshuffle, others will be dissatisfied. The chaos at the beginning of the new country basically stems from satisfaction and dissatisfaction.

"We should not only equalize the land, but also follow the example of the first Han Dynasty to make the land trade freely, so as to open the real great rule!"

One sentence made everyone, including the speaker, nod in favor. They don't care about the 100 mu land with equal farmland. Once the land can be freely traded, they can use the wealth in their hands. In addition, they can use all kinds of means to hold a large amount of land again.

Liu Yan did not prohibit folk gatherings, but he was not open-minded. Once there was a party, it must be watched by official people.

Originally, the scholars who came to Guanzhong had to gather and talk every day. Before that, the envoys could show their talents. After Liu Yan asked them to talk about the advantages and disadvantages of equalizing farmland, the topic focused on whether to equalize farmland.

It can be seen everywhere that in wine shops, streets, mountains, rivers... As long as it is a suitable place for scholars to meet and chat together, they are talking about equalizing farmland. Even land is dispensable to them. The change of national policy after equal land is the top priority. After all, some previous examples are that once equal land is equal, land transactions must be opened.

Too many people are talking about it. There are no restrictions on the speed and level of communication. Corvee servicemen and recruits join in when they hear it, and then spread from Guanzhong to the whole country. For a time, everyone is talking about equal field, with deep expectations that equal field can become a reality.

In the palace city, Liu Yan is walking with Ji Chang and Xu.

In fact, there is no good place to walk in the palace city of the old Chang'an city. If the forest garden is not repaired, it is a piece of ruins. Grass can grow on the road, in the walls and in the house. This year, it is rare to see green, all of which are dry grass scraps floating in the wind.

"Has become the general trend?"

"If you can get it for nothing, who will refuse."

"But it was within the expectation of few people."

"This is the nature of pursuing profit."

Of course, Liu Yan knows the desire of intelligent creatures to obtain benefits, especially without paying anything.

In fact, not only people, but even animals will be happy if they can pick up their prey for nothing. Who won't be happy if you get something for nothing?

Xu Zheng has been unhappy for many days. He wanted to ask Liu Yan many times, but he couldn't open his mouth no matter what questions. He took it for granted that Liu Yan would not be so stupid. He made such a stupid thing as sharing land for free to dig the foundation of the Empire because he felt that he did not understand Liu Yan's real intention to do it.

The military wants to block the attack, but once even the military officers and men are eager to equalize the land, the will of the high-level can not control the grass-roots level. Otherwise, it is extremely dangerous for anyone to become a minority on the premise that everyone is eager to become a minority.

Fortunately, at least now there is still the spirit of sacrificing one's life for righteousness, and there is no lack of people who spare their lives for their own correctness. Xu Zheng took the lead in struggling in this wave of equal field. If it comes to the time to pay this body to protect the justice in his heart, he must sacrifice the guardian.

"Prime minister." Liu Yan stopped to look at Ji Chang and asked in a genial tone, "If equal field becomes a national policy, what kind of equal field method does the prime minister think it should be?"

Ji Chang can see the cold in Liu Yan's eyes with a smile on his face.

Juntian was proposed by the civil affairs system of three gongs and nine Qings. It was supposed to be discussed on a small scale... Or tested. What they didn't expect was that Liu Yan proposed a public opinion.

Later, there are important officials who are adding fuel to the flames. Otherwise, no matter how fast it is, it is impossible to spread the discussion of equal field to the whole country within a month or two, forming a decisive general trend.

Ji Chang picked up the sentence word by word and understood Liu Yan's short sentence. What he attached most importance to was the word "if" in Liu Yan's words. If he didn't understand Liu Yan's decision, his life would be in vain. What he doesn't understand is that since Liu Yan didn't make up his mind, why would he allow people to discuss it? Once it can be discussed publicly, Juntian is bound to be expected by everyone. Didn't he kidnap himself?

"Minister..." Ji Chang felt his throat was very dry at this moment. After spitting out a word, he coughed a few times. Then he coughed, and his heart was even less confident. He said in a little panic: "everything depends on the holy judgment."

Liu Yan nodded slightly, looked at Xu Zheng and said, "where's the Taiwei?"

"I still have doubts about Juntian." Xu Zheng has always been this attitude, even though Juntian has become the general trend. His voice sounded dry. After saluting, he said, "if you decide to equalize the land, even if you have any doubts, you will obey your will."

Liu Yan already knew the reason why Xu Zheng opposed Juntian, which would seriously hit the military's desire to fight. On the one hand, it is rare that a group of martial artists have long-term vision enough to infer that Juntian actually benefits the present and harms future generations. Even with Juntian, he is encouraging people all over the world to break everything and redistribute it again when they feel unhappy.

The temple presents a strange side. The civil affairs system, which should have a long-term focus, has lost its long-term vision. It only needs to pay attention to the military in front of us, but it is thinking about the future.

In fact, it's not weird. The main reason is that the division of civil and military affairs is only official positions. Both civil and military affairs have high-quality literacy. To put it bluntly, literati are not unable to go to the battle to kill, and martial people are not unable to be civil servants if they don't kill. They just have different responsibilities, but there will be no boundary that is difficult to cross. Everyone has the ability to work in another position.

The vast majority of officers and men in the military are also looking forward to equal farmland. Once equal farmland can increase the number of land held under its name, who will refuse this good deed? Compared with other groups, the military is relatively restrained, that is, when chatting in private, it won't even stop doing business.

"It is the general trend to give the tillers their land." Liu Yan took another step, and the prime minister and Taiwei were one behind. He reasoned and said in general, "is it for our own prosperity that our generation fought in blood? If the hearts of the people are boiling like oil, our generation's prosperity may last long?"

It's absolutely a big truth. They have become the richest group. They share the largest piece of cake in their hands. They should always leak something so that others can taste it. Otherwise, people who have nothing will not watch them continue to be rich.

Liu Yan implemented the land state-owned policy such as the Pre-Qin Dynasty. At the beginning, he was afraid that the military Baron would collapse without enough land. He also wanted to use the reward of land to stimulate the army to make contributions bravely. Later, he gradually found that his situation was different from that of the first emperor. The first emperor was distressed because the land in his hand was not enough to reward meritorious soldiers, but he was distressed because there were too many idle land.

The state of Han has always had a garrison corps, which is also a convenient way for people to lease land. Isn't it to make the best use of idle land?

For a long time, the Han country has been worried about food shortage. Although it is said that the destruction of war and the sharp decline of land have led to the production not keeping up with consumption after the founding of the people's Republic of China, how to encourage production is really a great knowledge.

"The Han Dynasty has a vast territory, but it is sparsely populated." Liu Yan thought of the land of more than 5 million square kilometers and only 17 million people. "Most of the north and southwest are vacant, and there are even no man's land. I'm worried."

The state of Han abolished the administrative level of "state". Liu Yan was a lonely family, had no direct relatives, and there was no vassal state granted a king. The system was a very pure county system, but it was a lot of trouble to call a place.

North land generally refers to the administrative division between the north and south banks of the Yellow River and north to the Han Dynasty, including the original Jizhou, Youzhou, Bingzhou, grassland outside the pass and the northeast.

The southwest is the Jiaozhou Department (including Jiaozhi), the southern part of the Yizhou department and the Indochina Peninsula.

By the way, the Indochina Peninsula has been regarded as the territory of the Han state, but unlike other local counties directly under the central government, it is regarded as an autonomous territory, that is, a so-called colony.

Dominions and colonies are modern names, which should be called Jimi district at this time.

Jimi district was founded in the Western Han Dynasty, that is, the army captured a place, but the central government couldn't stretch out its hand so long and draw it into the territory Map to determine that it was owned by the country. At the same time, the central government appointed a person or local Aboriginal as the chief executive, but in fact, the local government didn't pay taxes, It only pays money or things similar to protection fees to the central government in the form of tribute in a year, which is often worthless.

Due to the inconvenience of communication and transportation, the area that the central government can control will not be too far. It can only be managed by Jimi district. Similar behaviors occurred until the Manchu and Qing Dynasties, but each era has its own name.

"Why open up territory?" Liu Yan said without any emotional fluctuation: "you can't just have a piece of land on the map. If you can't use it, you will not have it for a long time. If you want to use it, you need someone."

Therefore, Liu Yan's idea of equal field is obvious. He mainly wants to use the land to the greatest extent. His starting point is the same as that of empress Lu in a special period, but he has more concerns than empress Lu.

In fact, empress Lu's equal field is also a "big release" to buy off those who have a title. Without a title, there is still no reward for an inch of land. It is a cultural thing to give the field according to the head.

Zhuxia said that "taking history as a mirror", the free equalization of farmland had shown its disadvantages. The end of the Western Han Dynasty was that people wanted to equalize farmland again. As a result, people with similar ideas gathered into a torrent and pushed Wang Mang to the throne of God. Although it is said that after Wang Mang became emperor, he really ordered equal farmland, but his ideal must be ruthlessly destroyed by reality. If there was no "undercover" Liu Xiu in the rebel army, Liu Xiu would be excellent enough, otherwise the Han Dynasty would basically come to the end of history.

Of course, Liu Yan doesn't want to open the bad head that can get something without paying. Otherwise, he is encouraging gluttony and laziness, so he really doesn't want to do any free land equalization.

"I see." Although Ji Chang understood, his heart was more bitter than eating Coptis: "the prime minister's office will act immediately and order the north and southwest to measure the land."

Xu Zheng's inner haze disappeared, but he still hesitated: "the wild land is equal to farmland? Why?"

Do you really want to do things without a reason? It's just to make things beautiful.

Ji Chang is a real fan. The trend of equal field has become a trend. As a result, he still wants to disperse the population. Of course, he wants the people to be everywhere in the country, but he also wants the people to be willing to go. It has not been done several times before, which proves that things are definitely not so easy.

"In the year of great disaster, there are many places that can be used by the people." Liu Yan said in an orderly manner: "meritorious deeds will be rewarded, and heaven rewards diligence."