Silver Fox of the Three Kingdoms

From the second year of Jianxing to the sixth year of Jianxing, Ji Han had completed a lot of internal reforms, and the development of the entire country began to stabilize.

Economically, Ji Han encouraged handicraft manufacturing, did not restrain commercial development, accelerated exchanges with neighboring countries, tribes, barbarians, and natives, and actively expanded land and sea trade.

In agriculture, increase the research and development of high-efficiency farm tools, improve the agricultural planting environment, restrain land mergers, encourage self-cultivating farmers to develop small-scale farming economy, encourage the cultivation of economic crops such as mulberry, hemp, and sugar cane, and at the same time reclaim wasteland and build water canals, ponds, and dams.

In animal husbandry, people are encouraged to breed more chickens, ducks, fish, sheep, cattle, and pigs, and the concept of barrows is proposed. Only one strong and meaty breeding pig is kept, and the other pigs are castrated to ensure meat quality and breed improvement.

In the military, a large-scale disarmament was carried out, and only about 20 elites were retained. The old, the weak, the sick, and the disabled were discharged from the army and returned to their hometowns, where they distributed fields and rewarded coins.And carried out the restructuring of weapons and equipment, the restructuring of military ranks, the restructuring of military regions, and expeditions to Monan and the Western Regions, so that the great Han Wude flourished.

Politically, official reforms were carried out, ranks were divided, the Sangong Jiuqing gradually became honorary positions, the cabinet became the center of national policy, and the Military Affairs Council became the center of the national military.The cabinet is responsible for formulating policies, and the three provinces and six ministries are the executors to ensure policy development.

In terms of culture, Shen Chen wrote scriptures and developed science. At the same time, poetry, songs, novels, operas, and various dramas gradually became popular. Cultural development was changing rapidly. With the help of printing, newspapers and other media also appeared and became mainstream information channels.

In terms of science and technology, the four major inventions of gunpowder, papermaking, compass, and printing were either manufactured or widely carried forward. New agricultural implements, tools, weapons, and equipment emerged in an endless stream. Various inventions and creations flourished every day. Physics, chemistry, Science knowledge such as mathematics has gradually become the mainstream and is included in the imperial examination.

In terms of education, the Jihan court promoted township learning, county learning, county learning, and state learning throughout the country, which is equivalent to elementary school, junior high school, high school, and university.Currently there are only two of the highest level, one is Luoyang Taixue and the other is Luoyang University.These two schools have recruited the top talents in the country, either in scientific research or in politics, and they are the birthplaces of Jihan's top scientists and politicians in the future.

In terms of diplomacy, Ji Han's current foreign policy is to be a king within and outside, and to practice hegemony in Asia.And put forward the concept of national sovereignty and national culture, promote Confucian culture to the outside world, recruit foreign students from the surrounding barbarians, and introduce their tribal or national culture to the Han cultural circle, gradually absorb and integrate, and prepare for future annexation.

In terms of transportation, Shen Chen officially proposed the concept of the National Grand Canal in the third year of Jianxing. On the basis of the original waterways in the country, he invested in the construction of canals, and repaired and reinforced large rivers such as the Yellow River, Yangtze River, and Huai River, built dams, improved The height of the two banks prevents the flooding of the big river.

By the tenth year of Jianxing, with the encouragement of a series of policies, the entire Jihan Dynasty had flourished.

After seven years of construction, the canal has been officially in operation, and the mountains, south and sea are connected together.Even if you start from Jiaozhi in the south, you can go to Nanhai County first by sea, and then take the Lishui River, that is, the Pearl River enters the Xiangjiang River, then enters the Yangtze River from the Xiangjiang River, and then goes northward along the canal to the Huaihe River, and then to the Yellow River and even Youzhou.

After the canal was established, the development of commerce and trade became more vigorous, the country was rich in finances, and there was sufficient food and grass. Even though there were constant natural disasters in various places due to the Little Ice Age, when the politics were clear and the government's actions were extremely efficient, it did not have any impact on the big man.

For a time, Ji Han's national power soared, stronger than any other prosperous period in the Western and Eastern Han Dynasties.Later generations called this period of time "Renhuan Zhongxing", and this time of ZTE lasted for more than 100 years.

Because Liu Chan lived long enough, and his father was kind and generous, under his rule, the national power of the Han Dynasty reached its peak, so after his death, all the officials said that his posthumous title should be "Emperor Wen".

But the Han Dynasty already had Emperor Wen, so the posthumous title "Ren" was added, and it was "Emperor Wenren of Han"!
And Liu Chan lived longer than in history, and didn't die until he was almost 80 years old. As a result, his eldest son Liu Sui and third son Liu Cong died.Moreover, the second son, Liu Yao, was weak in character and was unwilling to inherit the throne. In the end, the fourth son, Liu Zan, succeeded to the throne.

Liu Zan was kind-hearted, like his father, and had a deep relationship with Liu Chan. After Liu Chan died, Liu Zan was in great pain. He died of grief and illness within only two years of his reign.

Since Liu Zan had no sons and had only a few daughters, the ministers discussed that Liu Chen, the fifth son of Liu Chan, the Northland King, should ascend the throne when the emperor had no children. Therefore, Liu Chen became the fourth Emperor of Jihan in 286 AD. 43 years old is in the prime of life.

Liu Chen has a strong personality, just like his elder brother Liu Sui. He has the demeanor of Liu Bei when he was a child. He likes to ride horses and shoot guns.

So when Liu Chen was 50 to 70 years old, that is, from 290 to 310 AD, he sent troops to conquer the Quartet many times, acquired a large number of territories, and more than doubled the territory of the Han Dynasty, so he was called Emperor Wuhuan.

Liu Chan has been in power for 57 years, and Liu Chen has been in power for 31 years, pushing the prosperity of the Han Dynasty to its peak in one fell swoop.During this period of time, not only defeated the Guishuang Empire and the Parthian Empire, but also sent the Han conquest all the way to Central Asia, and also made all nations come to court, and even the Roman Empire sent envoys to have an audience.

During Liu Chen's period, he moved the empire to Chang'an because he wanted to conquer the Western Regions and send troops to Guishuang to rest.Retaining Luoyang as the central capital, that is, during his period, the population of Luoyang, Chang'an, Guangzhou, Xiangyang, Linzi, and Beiping all exceeded one million.

Especially in Chang'an and Guangzhou, due to the prosperity of the land and sea silk roads, there were a lot of foreigners in the two places, and there was an endless stream of envoys from all over the world. The Han Empire has since become a global hegemon.

Coinciding with the passing of the Little Ice Age, the global climate began to pick up, the winter was no longer so cold, and the summer was no longer so hot.Poisoned cotton was introduced into the Han again, and the ability to resist cold in winter was greatly improved.

Therefore, in the late period of Liu Chen's reign, he officially began his ambition to annex the entire East Asia. In one fell swoop, the three Korean peninsula, the three northeastern provinces, the Japanese island, the south and north of the desert, and the large tracts of Southeast Asia were all included in the territory of the Han Dynasty, turning the entire East Asia into one overall.

It was too easy to conquer the world at the time.

Because one is that there was no concept of national sovereignty at that time, and Dahan was the first country to determine sovereignty and national nature.

Second, East Asia and the whole world were relatively backward in the same period.

Except for the Roman Empire, the Parthian Empire, and the Guishuang Empire, all other places are either uninhabited or all are tribal aborigines.

For example, in Japan at that time, there were hundreds of small tribes, and each tribe might have tens of hundreds of people, and at most tens of millions of people. What kind of country was it called, but it was actually a group of indigenous monkeys.

Wherever the big man's heavenly army went, there was almost no voice of resistance.It was as if primitive people met modern people, and soon occupied the entire four islands of Japan.

At that time, the population of the Han Dynasty had exceeded hundreds of millions, and the productivity had also been greatly improved, and as early as the middle and late stages of Liu Chan, the steam engine had been done.

You must know that Shen Chen ordered the craftsmen to develop this thing in the year of Jian'an.

And Liu Chan lived long enough to ascend the throne and died at the age of almost 80. He was around 250 A.D. in the middle and late stages. After four or 50 years of research and development, mature steam engines came out and became popular.

The first industrial revolution was officially brought about. Since Shen Chen proposed to prepare the foundation for the industrial revolution in the early years of Jianxing, his generation had made contributions for decades. By the time the fourth generation Liu Chen succeeded to the throne, it had basically started. industrial revolution.

This is because Shen Chen laid the foundation early and set the development direction for the big man in advance, otherwise he would have to take detours for many years.

But even so, it has been decades since the founding of Ji Han and the start of the Industrial Revolution.

However, because of the solid foundation, after the start of the first industrial revolution, the big man began to take off completely.

Steel ships allowed the strong ships and guns of the big man to go to the whole world. Even the Roman Empire was blocked by several cruisers and bowed their heads to the big man.

A series of actions made Liu Chen, who opened up the territory, completely win the reputation of "Emperor Wuhuan".

Therefore, the Han Dynasty went through Liu Bei's founding of the country for seven years, Liu Chan's rule of the country for 57 years, Liu Zan spent two years in the middle, and Liu Chen conquered East Asia for 31 years.

From Ji Han, which was founded in 220 A.D., through four generations of emperors, 97 years, until Liu Chen died at the age of 317 in 74 A.D., there were nearly 2000 million square kilometers of land!
In a feudal society, it is not easy to rule such a large territory.Even the Yuan and Qing dynasties, which had the largest territories in the feudal period, were difficult to control.

But the Industrial Revolution is coming.

A hundred years later, when Liu Xi, the eldest son of Liu Chen and the fifth emperor of the Han Dynasty, was in power, there were already faint seeds of land annexation in the country.

Even if the ancestors of the Han family want to restrain land mergers, it is still difficult to change the status quo.

However, the industrial revolution started, steam trains were built all over the country, factories were in operation, steam ships, steam cars bloomed everywhere, and the development of urbanization made land annexation a joke.

No matter how much land you have as a landlord, it is useless.

Because the country began to let the natives grow land from Southeast Asia to transport food back to the country, many lands in the country began to be abandoned, and the population moved to the cities to start working. No one wanted to be a farm slave to earn the meager rations.

Therefore, the problem of land annexation has gradually been resolved.

However, under a century of development, the population of the Great Han Dynasty has soared from 4000 to [-] million in the early years of reunification to [-] to [-] million, more than tenfold.

Even if there is no bright future in China, the steamships of Dahan are spread all over the world, and there are countless colonies in various places. If you want to go abroad, it is just a matter of buying a boat ticket, and you don't have to worry about a way out.

As a result, the land cannot retain the population. Instead, the country has begun to cancel agricultural taxes, even subsidize farmland and grain, provide interest-free and non-responsible loans to farmers to buy seeds, fertilizers, etc., and recycle grain at high prices, otherwise no one will grow food.

After the "Renhuan Zhongxing", the national power of the Han Dynasty has declined slightly, and the living standards of the domestic people have also deteriorated. It is completely relying on the continuous occupation of no man's land overseas and the mining of mineral resources to fill the domestic vacancies.

After all, who were the ministers of the generation of Emperor Wenren and Emperor Wuhuan?

Zhuge Liang and Shen Chen during the Liu Chan period.

Du Yu and Yang Hu during Liu Chen's period.

After these generations slowly withered, when the fifth emperor Liu Xi succeeded to the throne, it was inevitable that he would be a little bit powerless.

Fortunately, the old Liu family has always been good at cultivating the prince. Being born in the emperor's family, the most important thing is ability. If the ability is not enough, naturally he cannot take on the great responsibility of the emperor.

Originally, Liu Chen had a strong character in history. When he learned that Liu Chan had surrendered, he planned to kill his wife and children to commit suicide. The other two young sons were afraid of death and did not want to commit suicide. Only the eldest son Liu Xi, who was seven or eight years old, voluntarily bumped into his father's sword. It can be seen that The character has the wind of the ancestors Zhao Lie.

After discovering that the road was too big for the big man, Liu Xi responded immediately.Not only did he personally inspect the country and constantly assess talents, but he also dug out a few classic books from the old Liu's family that he had read countless times from the national treasury.

"Zhuziyan", "Shen's Classic", "On Humanity", and "The Wealth of Nations" and "Shenzi's Art of War" written by Shen Chen in the middle and later periods, and more than ten scriptures.

In layman's terms, it is gnawing on the old.

It's a pity that Liu Xi searched through the countless classics left by Shen Chen. Although he gained a lot, he still felt unable to find his way in the face of the predicament in front of him.

Because it is now the late stage of the first industrial revolution, and capital has begun to expand significantly.

And the age of electrification has arrived.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Shen Chen began to make physical arrangements. Electromagnetic force was something he discovered a long time ago. After hundreds of years of development, electricity has gradually been applied, and tungsten filament lamps have been installed in every household.

Although there are many state-owned enterprises in the country, they cannot support the massive growth of private enterprises. Even if their existence makes the technology advance with each passing day, it will ultimately squeeze the workers and the people too much.

This made Liu Xi restless, and has been trying to solve this problem.

It's a pity that so many books left by Shen Chen are either books that solve problems in the feudal period, or philosophy, military art, education, economics, legal system, etc.

The country has tended to be perfect in these aspects, but how to effectively solve the expansion of capital is another problem.

"Difficult."

In 332 A.D., Liu Xi, who had been on the throne for 15 years, lived in Weiyang Palace in Chang'an in recent years, thinking about it day and night, feeling very melancholy.

Now Weiyang Palace is equipped with electric lights, and the building is still antique, unlike the high-rise buildings everywhere in the city.

In the midst of construction in full swing, the originally majestic palace fell behind.

However, power is never higher than the floor, even if it is just a wooden house in which the emperor in charge of the world lives, then this wooden house is also the most powerful wooden house in the world.

But now Emperor Liu Xi of the Han Dynasty is frowning.

At this time, a guard came in to report: "Your Majesty, the Duke of Chu seeks an audience."

"Oh, let him in."

Liu Xi said.

After a while, a middle-aged man in a python robe came in, cupped his hands to Liu Xi and said, "See Your Majesty."

"What's the matter with Duke Chu?"

Liu Xi asked.

The Duke of Chu is called Shen Lin, and he is the fifth great-great-grandson of Shen Chen.

Shen Chen is the first generation, Shen Yin is the second generation, and Shen Lin is Shen Yin's great-grandson, the fifth generation.

Because Shen Chen was conferred the Duke of Chu by Liu Chan during his lifetime, and was posthumously named King of Chu after his death, since then, his eldest son and grandson have inherited the title of Duke of Chu.

In fact, up to now, the Liu family, Shen family, Zhuge family, Guan family, Zhang family and other families are all related to each other by marriage and have become generations of lords and integrated into one.

Although Shen Chen ordered the big family to disband and cancel the lineage of the aristocratic family, there is still no way to avoid it for his direct descendants.

This is also a problem that everyone cannot solve.

At this time and now the fifth generation, although the various families are still hugging each other to keep warm, they are also a lot less familiar. It has long been inferior to Liu Bei and Liu Chan's period, and the officials are like brothers and sisters.

Shen Lin said to Liu Xi: "The ancestors left a will. If the big man is in trouble, he should present a book. Recently, I have seen that His Majesty often thinks about national affairs and forgets to eat and sleep. I think it is time."

"Oh?"

Liu Xi said happily: "Could it be that the King of Chu still left books behind?"

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Shen Lin took out a book from his bosom, knelt down on one knee, raised his hands high and said, "Your Majesty, please have a look."

Liu Xi took it, and on the cover of the book was written the three words "Das Kapital".

When he opened the first page of the book, he was attracted by the content inside, and then opened his eyes wide, like a greedy capitalist who saw money, and hurriedly read it carefully.

He even forgot that Shen Lin was still kneeling on the ground.

Fortunately, an attendant came up to remind him, which brought Liu Xi back to his senses, and immediately gave Shen Lin a seat.

After a while, Liu Xi read a few pages of the book, only feeling hearty, but this book has a lot of content, and he can't finish reading it in a while, so he turned his head and asked Shen Lin: "Ai Qing must have studied this book quite deeply. "

Shen Lin hurriedly said: "After being taught by my father, I have been observing it all day long for decades. It's just that capital has not appeared before, and this book is useless."

"Useless? How could it be useless?"

Liu Xi laughed and stepped forward to embrace Shen Lin and said: "The King of Chu is really a genius in this world. I plan to build a Confucian Temple and a Martial Temple. With the literary talent of the King of Chu, he should be the sub-sage of the Wenwu Temple! With the talent of the King, he should be like the ancestors. In that way, Wen Neng can enter the cabinet, and Wu Neng can enter the military academy!"

Shen Lin said happily: "Thank you, Your Majesty!"

For these founding lords, apart from Liu Chan, there were already signs of suspicion in the late Liu Chen and Liu Xi periods.

Therefore, the Shen family, the Guan family, the Zhang family, and the Zhuge family are relatively introverted. Except for the Xijue, and the descendants of the offshoots who left the family to find their own livelihoods, the main line can basically no longer hold important positions in the court. and other honorary titles.

After the restructuring of the Han Dynasty, it was divided into positions, honors, san and jue.For example, Shen Chen's last position before his death was the prime minister of the Han Dynasty and the vice president of the Military Affairs Academy, Shangzhu Kingdom, Hushi General, and Chu Guogong.

Among them, the prime minister and the vice president of the Military Affairs Council are full-time officials, the Shangzhu Kingdom is an honorary officer, the Hussar General is a casual official, and the Duke of Chu is a title.

At present, Shen Lin has also inherited a certain rank. His military rank is Admiral, and his honorary officers are Zhengzhi Shangqing and Duke of Chu.

But without a real job, there is no real power, so you can only eat and wait to die.

Unexpectedly, after the letter was written, Liu Xi actually planned to reuse him, which made Shen Lin overjoyed for a while.

And Liu Xi got this book and was very satisfied.

Now the dilemma can be solved.

Shen Lin has studied "Das Kapital" for many years, and has long been very proficient. Let him go out to take up a real job, and he can also help him solve these troubles.

In this way, capital can be restrained, and the restoration of the "Renhuan Zhongxing" period of the Great Han Dynasty is just around the corner.