Late Tang Dynasty: I

Chapter 345 Drought in Hedong
Liu Wei was already a little absent-minded. This kind of thing would be embarrassing for anyone.

But when he saw the political commentary, Liu Wei had already forgotten the depression just now.

There are not many words in the political commentary, only [-] to [-] words. If you read it quickly, you can finish it in half a stick of incense. But Liu Wei read it over and over again, and so did Pei Jian. Both of them felt the weight of this article.

It is not that no one has raised this theory, but most of it means that the gentry are greedy and prey on the common people, or that the government forces the people to rebel. No one has ever analyzed this society so clearly.

His Majesty the Emperor proposed the ruling class, separated the soldiers from the landlords, and made the soldiers the ruling class.

But anyone with a discerning eye can naturally see that this gentry is a landowner.

"Land annexation leaves farmers landless, and exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes are imposed, which ultimately fall on the landless farmers!"

"The Huangchao Rebellion was not due to treacherous ministers disrupting the government, nor was it the emperor being immoral. It was the irreconcilable conflict between landlords and farmers that ultimately led to this disaster!"

"This……"

Li Ye took a sip of wine and said, "The truth is unclear. If there is anything inappropriate, let's talk about it now."

Li Ye looked at the reflection of the moonlight on the lake and thought about why China's thousands of years of history are always reincarnations. The key point is methodology.

The basic theory of understanding the world and changing the world.

His Majesty the Emperor did not directly propose materialism. In fact, in his political commentaries, he vaguely proposed the relationship between productivity and production relations. This is the meaning of his existence if these theories can be passed down.

Liu Wei's expression was solemn. He also wanted to argue. In fact, after reading it several times, he still couldn't argue.

To discuss it from the perspective of social class was beyond his cognition.

The two of them thought to themselves: "Your Majesty is worthy of being your Majesty. The hero who can write such heroic poems as 'The country is so beautiful, attracting countless heroes to bow down' must already be aware of the evil policies of the Tang Dynasty!"

"You should take these books back home and look at them first. Number theory, geometry, analytic geometry, physics, and biology will be published all over the world. I will also set up a middle school. These are middle school courses. How can we cultivate a group of proficient people?" Teachers of these learnings, please draw up a charter.

As for this political theory, I also want to put it into the classroom, but before that, I still have to debate it. I want to hold a sutra banquet at Hongru Temple. "

"Sutra-raising feast!"

This is to force them to swallow this shit in front of all the Confucian scholars!
His Majesty the Emperor sneered in his heart. When the history books talk about the decline of a country, they always attribute it to the immorality of the monarch and his inability to reuse talents. His Majesty the Emperor is now correcting this statement. The decline of this country is all caused by the greed of you gentry. , making the people of the world miserable.

Earlier, when Li Ye was fighting corruption, he had already attributed the cause of the world's chaos to corrupt officials and unscrupulous gentry.

"Political Commentary" was passed down from generation to generation. In theory, corrupt officials and unscrupulous gentry were nailed to the pillar of shame. In order to avoid being too sensitive, they were given the title of "landlord".

From now on, to see if a person is a troublemaker, we have to look at how much land he holds.

Those who have thousands of acres of fertile land and hundreds of miles of land must be rebellious officials and traitors!
Li Ye wanted to stop the land annexation in terms of public opinion, so as to create a good political environment for the subsequent implementation of a progressive tax system throughout the Tang Dynasty.

For this reason, Li Ye also added a lock to it.

Military veterans are basically customized, but what about soldiers changing careers?

Li Ye directly issued a decree that all military officers who retired would be demoted one level to their place of origin or residence, and would be awarded official positions by the Ministry of Civil Affairs, or by various provinces, states, and counties according to their grades.The principal and deputy positions at the military commander level must be professional until the age of 50 at most. They are all at the first level at the age of 45, and at the school level, they retire at the age of 40.

If you want to be appointed as an official, you need to meet two conditions. First, you need to be tested for literacy and writing. You can't be an official without being illiterate!
As for the second condition, pre-service training must be carried out for the official positions awarded, and only after passing the assessment can the official be awarded the official position.

Rather than selecting officials through the imperial examination, His Majesty the Emperor made it clear in his edict that: the civil service department of the imperial court and the officials of various provinces, prefectures, and counties would give priority to retired military personnel as officials.

As for downgrading, the military commanders of ace armies will be promoted to the third level, and generally those with military bugles will be promoted to the third level. For miscellaneous armies, the military commanders without military bugles will be promoted to the fourth level, and all commanders will be demoted to two levels. Level, the school commander lowered it to another two levels.

After being converted into a civilian position, the commander of the Ace Army was adjusted from the third rank, which is already the level of Dazhou governor. The capital commander is about the same level as the county magistrate. As for the school commander, he holds various responsibilities below the county level.

Among them, soldiers with military merit are regarded as majors. The first rank of military merit is the ninth rank, and the third rank is regarded as the eighth rank. After the transfer, they are the ninth rank. They can work as warehouse managers in the county government and eat a portion of the imperial rations.

As soon as this purpose came out, the armies were also excited.

Who says there is no way out as a soldier? As long as you dare to fight and kill, and gain military merit, you can become an official just like a scholar!

Li Ye used another method to open up the channels for people at the bottom to be promoted upwards.

What Li Ye didn't expect was that when the literacy campaign was launched in the military, not many people agreed with it. But as soon as the purpose came out, the night school classes were suddenly overcrowded, setting off a craze for literacy in the military.

……

Just when His Majesty the Emperor was working hard on internal affairs and slowly carving out the giant ship of the Tang Dynasty.

Hedong Li Keyong's life has not been easy recently.

There is a severe drought in Guanzhong, and there is also a severe drought in Hedong this year.

Nine times out of ten, the fields will fail. Even if Zhaoyi provided 20 stones of grain and grass, it would be a drop in the bucket for Li Keyong.

Li Ke used his chief adviser, the governor of Jinzhou and the judge of Jiedu, Gai Yu, to say: "Commander Jiedong, the food and grass in the army can only last three months. At least 50 dan of food must be raised. If we release it, we can avoid disaster!"

"I just want to play a few rounds of Grass Valley on the grassland!"

Li Keyong felt miserable. In the past, if there was a drought, the surrounding towns would rob and threaten him, and naturally someone would obediently send him food.Zhaoyi, Weibo, Chengde and Hezhong were all robbed by him.

And now?

It's all tears.

Zhaoyi, Hezhong, Chengde, and Weibo all belonged to the imperial court, and not even Weizhou was left to him.

"Jie Shuai, there are people fleeing in all the states east of Hedong. They go to Weibo, Chengde, Zhaoyi, and there are people in the river. I heard that the imperial court also distributed food to provide disaster relief on the border. Jieshuai, do you want to send an envoy to Bianjing to ask the emperor?" Your Majesty has issued an order to provide disaster relief!"

Li Keyong nodded and said, "The king has this intention. Does Judge Gai think that your majesty will agree?"

Gai Yu said: "Commander Jie, your daughter is now the emperor's virtuous concubine, and your grandson is the King of Jin who has been personally conferred by His Majesty. Is there anyone more noble than them in the world? It's only a few hundred thousand stones." What does food mean?"

(End of this chapter)