Qian Song

Chapter 327 Still Water and Deep Flow (Ask for a monthly pass!)
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When Li Cun was likely to complete the great unification, he suddenly pressed the pause button. Many people thought that Li Cun was sympathetic to the sufferings of the people, a good emperor, and a benevolent king.

This is actually right and wrong.

That's right, that's because Li Cun must have the idea of ​​sympathizing with the people who have suffered a lot.

No, that's because simply being sympathetic to the sufferings of the people is not enough to stop Li Cun from completing the great unification.

After all, as a politician, it is impossible for Li Cun not to understand the simple truth that this is a labor pain that must be experienced.

in fact--

The reason why Li Cun stopped the war suddenly was mainly because Li Cunzhen couldn't stand it anymore.

In recent years, Li Cun seems to be going smoothly.

In fact, Li Cun has encountered many problems.

Like the old-fashioned Yellow River issue, the issue of the defeated soldiers, bandits, rebels, disaster victims, food issues, economic issues, etc...

But although these problems are troublesome, they are not fatal.

The biggest problem that Li Cun encountered was also a problem that would be fatal if it was not handled properly. It was... a political problem.

Li Cun is not particularly familiar with the history of Europe, but he only knows the history of Rome.

This is mainly because Li Cun likes one person in particular - Julius Caesar.

In terms of military exploits, Julius Caesar was at the peak of his military exploits. He fought from Gaul to Britain, sweeping away the known civilized world at that time.

Julius Caesar also left a sentence that made Li Cun's blood boil: I have come, I have seen, and I have conquered!

Loudly!

As for essays, Julius Caesar was also very powerful. His "Gallic Wars" and "Civil Wars" were still model essays in the Latin literature until later generations.

Of course, what Li Cun, a layman, likes the most is the romantic affairs of Julius Caesar, having sex with many women at the same time and maintaining improper relationships, including Cleopatra, who everyone is familiar with.

In addition, what Julius Caesar has to mention is that he brought a glimmer of peace and stability to Rome. He used his military exploits, his reputation, and his powerful political operations to make the Senate finally bow down. He bowed his head and proclaimed his allegiance to him collectively.

Caesar had a well-known character, that is tolerance, he always believed that if he changed, he would be a good comrade!
Seeing that the Senate was convinced and swore allegiance to him, Caesar actually believed the bastards in the Senate's oath of allegiance. He even disbanded his guards and went to the synagogue of the Senate almost alone.

As a result, Julius Caesar had just sat down in the synagogue of the Senate when he was surrounded by fourteen young people.

These fourteen people took out their swords and stabbed Julius Caesar like a blood gourd, with 23 swords in his body.

The history of the Roman Republic ended at that moment. After more than 100 years of bloodshed, sacrifices, and civil wars, it finally brought out a Caesar, and a hope for peace and stability was suddenly shattered.

For a period of time, whenever Li Cun had emptied himself on a woman, Li Cun would think about how similar the current situation of the Daqian Dynasty was to the situation before Caesar was assassinated...

Before the establishment of the empire, Rome had a very good system, such as the senate system, the consul system, and the tribune system, all of which were effective systems.

Especially when the Romans and the Carthaginians fought the second invincible war, that is, the famous Battle of Hannibal.

——If you talk about strategy in international military history, you will definitely talk about this battle example. Going around Spain, bypassing the Alps, and approaching the city of Rome, the second war will not be hidden.

The Romans relied on their Senate system, consul system, and tribune system, and the whole country was united to win the war.

That's a really good system.

But I'm sorry, in the process of your expansion and the rising period of the country's heyday, your original system is fine.

And once your scale of influence expands to a certain extent, your original system will not adapt.

In fact, this is not a problem in Rome, the whole world will encounter such problems.

When a small power suddenly expands into a big power, the original system will not work well.

For example, why did the famous tyranny issue arise after the state of Qin became the Qin Dynasty?

Many of us say that Qin was destroyed by tyranny, but why was there no tyranny in Qin before the unification of the six countries?
Common people are very happy with the system left behind by Shang Yang’s reform, right?

Twenty-class military merit system, go out to kill people, come back with the head to receive merit, please reward and so on.

I have never heard of any tyranny.

But once Qin State annexed the six countries, there will be Meng Jiangnv crying the Great Wall, Chen Sheng Wu Guang uprising.

Why is this?

Some historians analyzed it this way, saying that it was because of the problem of system expansion.

You see, the Qin State was originally just a small border country with a small territory, only the tiny land in the Qinlong area, so it had a system called the border guard system.

To put it simply, the border guard system is that as a farmer, you have to serve as a soldier for the country once a year for three months, go to the border to fight, and return home to farm after the battle.

With such a large distance, even if you use your legs to walk from here to there, it will not take a few days.

Then you have to have a date when you arrive at the border. If you don’t meet the date, I will kill you.

This system works.

But do you think, when the Qin State becomes a national empire, will there be any problems when this border defense system is used again?

Of course.

For example, Chen Sheng and Wu Guang, who are from Yangcheng, are later generations of Dengfeng, Henan. Where will the Qin Dynasty send them to guard the border?They were sent to Yuyang, which is the area around Changping, north of Beijing in later generations, to guard the border.

At that time, not to mention the high-speed rail, there was not even a donkey cart, and such a long distance had to be walked by two legs.

How long does this take?
The problem is, such a long way, also catch up with the rainy season.

Of course, there are too many uncertainties along the way.

As a result, when we walked to Daze Township, there was heavy rain, and the small lake turned into a large swamp, and the road was cut off!
If you miss the deadline, you should be beheaded again.

What should I do?
Chen Sheng and Wu Guang had no choice but to think, waiting for death, is it possible to die a country?

Anyway, the same thing is going to die, let's count it, fuck Qin!
This is the reason for the fall of the Qin Dynasty.

But if you look at the system design of the Qin State, it turned out to be good, but when it expanded to a larger geographical area, something went wrong.

Like Rome, it was just a city by the Tiber River. When it turned the Mediterranean Sea into its own inner lake, its vast territory and large population brought too many problems.

To put it simply, the problems that the Romans encountered at that time were mainly the following two:

First of all, after the Romans conquered a large amount of territory, in addition to the Romans, there were also a large number of people from other regions in their territory.

This led to conflicts between the Romans and the people of the newly conquered areas.

In addition, with the reshuffle, new problems of wealth and poverty have emerged.

The Dagan Dynasty has developed to the present, and it is also facing a situation similar to that of the Qin Dynasty and Rome.

No.

It should be said that the current problems of the Dagan Dynasty are more complicated than those of the Qin Dynasty and Rome at that time.

At the beginning of the founding of the Dagan Dynasty, it mainly lived by robbing.

At that time, the Dagan Dynasty was short of one thing, and the other was less. They all ransacked their homes and robbed them directly. It can be said that the Dagan Dynasty led by Li Cun almost robbed all the dignitaries and nobles in the Zhao and Song Dynasties. All land was taken back for redistribution.

Now, those who followed Li Cunqian into a new class of rich and powerful, they are naturally happy.

But don't forget, during this process, 2000 million refugees also appeared.

In addition, there is also the powerful class that originally belonged to the Zhao Song Dynasty who was overthrown by the Daqian Dynasty. They are not willing to do it to make people change from the original rich to the current poor.

By the way, the Dagan Dynasty also recovered the Annan, Champa, and Yanyun areas, which made the Dagan Dynasty have many more foreigners.

Therefore, Li Cun and his officials must formulate good political strategies to solve these problems.

What is a good political strategy?

There is only one core problem in politics throughout the ages, that is, when the rules are followed, as long as the game continues, some people will definitely win, and they are called rich people.

But after the rich win, they will always be in the minority and the poor will be in the majority.

So the poor have to negotiate with the rich.

The poor said, hand over the money, or you will be killed, because there are so many of us.

Therefore, the characteristic of good politics is that it prevents the two sides from tearing each other apart, and people can play games according to the rules.

Because the Qin Dynasty did not find good politics, it only worked for more than ten years before the country perished.

The same is true for Rome. When the Mediterranean Sea completely became Rome's inner lake, Rome's national power also reached its peak.

But at this time, just in response to Wang Xi's words, there is a big problem.

Because you suddenly become bigger, your gameplay must change.

Of course, this change cannot be a random change.

For example, in the early days of Rome, there were two non-directors named Brother Gracchus.

The two brothers also came from a prominent family. Looking at the situation, they said that the problem in Rome is not the lice on the head of the monk.If the rich quickly take out their money and land, the problem will be solved.

So these two treasures made two laws, one called the wheat law and the other called the land law, forcing the rich to open their mouths to spit out money and land.

So what do you think rich people can do?

The final result of the game between the two sides was that the Senate killed the Gracchi brothers and threw their bodies into the Tiber River, where a piece of red blood and blood flowed everywhere.

Then there was chaos in Rome.

You know, in many societies, when the poor and the rich have to fight each other, a devil will be summoned.

What the devil - the warlord.

Because those who are in charge of military power are most willing to use this emotion.

Oops, the poor have no food to eat, I pity you, they rich people are all bastards, come on, come with me, gun in hand, follow me, Chuang Wang comes and doesn’t pay food, that’s it, so the poor just follow They are gone.

In this way, they become a violent machine independent of the rules.

Therefore, after the reforms of the Gracchi brothers, there were several rounds of warlord melee in Rome for hundreds of years. Marius, and later Sulla, including Crassus and Pompey in the former triumvirate era, including Caesar, were actually warlords.

After finally playing out a Caesar, Rome gained a temporary peace and stability.

But this peace and stability was destined to be only temporary, because Caesar was not aware of the problems facing Rome at all.

Caesar is still using the poor, because Caesar lived in the civilian area all his life, he thinks all the policies he implements are for the poor, he thinks it is morally reasonable, so stop talking nonsense with the senate, Gracchus Didn’t the brothers’ Wheat Law and Farmland Law fail?With me, I don’t need you to discuss it. I will issue a decree directly, and let it pass, because I am a sole official, and you used to leave tribunes and consuls alone.

That's right.

Julius Caesar completely became a force that used power to stabilize the situation and solve the gap between the rich and the poor.

How arrogant was Julius Caesar?
The Senate really had nothing to do with him. Caesar could say whatever he wanted. For example, he said don’t eat fish. I don’t eat fish anyway. Everyone don’t eat fish.

This was the case with Caesar, and Caesar did not behave very well. The leader of the senate, Cecillo, often received letters of thanks from little kings from other places, saying thank you for supporting me as a king in the senate.

Cicero said, I didn't say that, who supported you as king, and then asked again, it turned out that it was Caesar who did it!

Caesar often issued decrees, and finally owed the Senate a signature. Caesar said, I will sign it for you, whoever signs is not a sign.

Caesar then signed Cicero casually, and the decree was issued.

This happens a lot.

As for the Senate against Julius Caesar, it was really tofu falling into the ashes, and it couldn't be boasted or beaten.

In order to restrain Caesar, the Senate gave him some honorable title, or gave him some benefits.

Seeing this, Caesar nodded and said yes, without even standing up.

It is precisely because of this contradiction that Caesar was assassinated.

If you think this is just an accident of history, maybe you are wrong, because the conflict between the two parties and the solution of Julius Caesar at that time were really unsustainable.

Taking a step back, even if Julius Caesar had not been stabbed to death, it was impossible for Julius Caesar's policies at that time to continue.

Think about it, Julius Caesar used his power to suppress the Senate, and the people in the Senate were some kind of people with deep roots. They were all famous families with hundreds of years old, and their power in Rome was incredible. The emperor temporarily subdued them, so Caesar must die, right?

After a hundred years of Caesar, will Caesar's dictatorship and power policy continue?

After all, it is impossible for Caesar's successor to have the military exploits, prestige and strength of Caesar.

Thinking about it carefully, the situation Li Cun is facing now is actually similar to that before Caesar was stabbed to death.

The Dagan Dynasty did not have a senate, but the Dagan Dynasty had veterans who fought with Li Cun, and there were also many big families that had been passed down for hundreds or even thousands of years, as well as a large number of civil servant groups. In addition, because Li Cun had already Instead of personally commanding the troops, the millions of troops of the Dagan Dynasty were also scattered among the generals.

In addition, the Zhao Song Dynasty, which was overthrown by Li Cunqian, has actually completely completed the awakening of the scholar-bureaucrat class since Song Renzong, that is, the so-called emperor and scholar-officials ruled the world together.

Therefore, the scholar-bureaucrat class has reached a consensus that the power of their scholar-officials should become the dominant force in the court.

This is actually not a big problem. After all, after Li Cun's death, it is estimated that Li Cun's descendants will hardly have the courage and ability to be a dictator. By then, co-governance may not be an option.

But the problem is that literati have a big flaw, that is, scholar-bureaucrats like to admit death and engage in party disputes in everything because of their will.

Therefore, after Wang Anshi's reform, there was a dispute between conservatives and reformists in the Zhao and Song Dynasties.

The two factions are fighting to the end, that is, there is you without me. The two sides no longer talk about right and wrong, but about the party. As long as you are not my party, whatever you do is wrong.

Even if some of Wang Anshi's reforms were wrong.

Later it was replaced by Sima Guang.

However, on the first day Sima Guang came to power, he abolished all the new laws, and even some laws that had obviously achieved good results were abolished by Sima Guang and his conservatives.

Because it is no longer a specific policy dispute, it is already called a dispute over state affairs -- right and wrong.

Since you are down, it must be me.

Therefore, since Wang Anshi's political reform, he turned it over and over again, and turned it over and over again. When one faction came to power, that faction was completely trampled down, and when that faction came to power, this faction was completely trampled down. In the end, the Zhao and Song Dynasties even perished. to this struggle.

Now, Li Cun has taken over everything in the Zhao Song Dynasty, so naturally he also took over these struggles.

If Li Cun doesn't deal with all these things well, then the seemingly powerful Daqian dynasty established by Li Cun might collapse suddenly.

That's why Li Cun resolutely stopped the war for the time being, and launched textile machines, sweet potatoes, potatoes, corn, reinforced concrete housing, bicycles and other high-tech to comprehensively improve people's livelihood in terms of food, clothing, housing and transportation. Changes, laying a solid foundation for the long-term rule of the Daqian Dynasty...

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