When taking stock of Ming Taizong at the beginning, Lao Zhu was stunned!

Chapter 45 Only by making the people rich can the country be strong!

[Zhao Guangyi was constantly frustrated by the successive blows. He no longer wanted to take back his homeland, but only wanted to stabilize the current situation of the Song Dynasty and consolidate his position. 】

[In the fourth year of Chunhua, Zhao Guangyi once said to the prime minister: "Governing a country depends on cultivating virtue."]

[And this sentence also became a style of overall governance in later generations of the Song Dynasty. But although cultivating virtue is useful, can it bring peace to the world?Can it make the country strong and the people safe?Can we prevent foreign barbarians from invading us? 】

[Countless history has told us that this road will not work. 】

[What was the answer when the King of Chu asked the King of Sui: Why did he launch a war? "I am a barbarian"]
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Qin Dynasty.

Ying Zheng looked at the wars between the vassal states mentioned in the miracle, and he was filled with emotion.

At that time, rituals and music had not yet collapsed, and the vassal states still talked about a famous teacher and a just war.

What King Chu said at the time was shocking, but who would judge him later?

Countries that still abide by the previous rules have long since disappeared, and people with vision and long-term vision have joined the ranks and worked hard to become stronger.

It seems that they have upheld benevolence, justice and etiquette, but in fact they are stuck in their ways, do not want to make progress, are afraid of change, and will inevitably perish.
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Han Dynasty, early years.

Liu Bang also read this famous saying of King Chu, and couldn't help but think of his past self: As a commoner, what I want is to break their original rules and shape the world of my Han family! ——
Liao Dynasty.

The Empress Dowager Chengtian laughed instead: "Even the vassal states in the south call themselves barbarians, so how can we in the north be called barbarians! We are the true orthodoxy of the Central Plains!"

[Then Zhao Guangyi also suffered a big loss in foreign affairs, suffered a blow, and turned to focus on domestic affairs. But has he managed domestic affairs well? Apparently he has not. 】

[In the fourth year of Chunhua, a large-scale peasant uprising broke out in Sichuan and Sichuan, giving Zhao Guangyi's slogan of cultivating moral character, governing the country with virtue, and bringing peace to the world a hard slap. 】

[This peasant uprising is not the first, it has already happened. 】

[At the beginning of the fourth year of Chunhua, there was a drought.Small-scale unrest broke out in Jianghuai, Shaanxi and other places. 】

[Farmers’ problems have never been properly dealt with, and this problem is particularly important in Sichuan and Sichuan. 】
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Song Dynasty, the first year of Kaibao.

Zhao Kuangyin seemed to remember something. When he sent troops to attack Hou Shu, he caused a lot of trouble.

The chief general at that time, Wang Quanbin, was lax in running the army and was greedy for money, which eventually led to countless peasant soldier uprisings, and later even the Song Dynasty.Complete opposition, no possibility of recruiting anyone.

And Wang Quanbin killed all the rebels, which finally caused people to boil over.

I thought that the chaos would be completely settled after this, but I didn't expect that there would be an uprising behind Zhao Guangyi. The meaning of the miracle was obviously very clear. This was a conflict that had been going on for many years, which meant that he also had a big responsibility.

Zhao Dezhao also had a certain understanding of the Hou Shu rebellion: "Father, it's not that you have any prejudice against Hou Shu, it's just that Wang Quanbin left a great influence at that time, which caused the people who governed the Hou Shu land to violate the laws and exploit the people."
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In the Song Dynasty, the fourth year of Chunhua.

Zhao Kuangguangyi immediately broke out in a cold sweat. Isn't this the fourth year of Chunhua?

Shu is about to revolt!
Or a massive uprising!
The miracle didn't say what the consequences would be!
He came back to his senses and immediately told the officials: "The people of Hou Shu have been suffering from the world for a long time! Go to Hou Shu and other places as soon as possible, and kill those who are corrupt, pervert the law, and prey on the common people. All the people of Shu will be redressed!" "

All the ministers said, "I will receive the order." But at the same time, some ministers looked ugly. It is impossible that everyone knows about the situation in Houshu and other places, and the reason why the emperor only knows now must have some of their shadows. .

[In fact, the conflicts in Shu are not only in the Song Dynasty, but have existed since ancient times. There are a lot of aristocratic families, bureaucrats, and landlords in Shu.

And they are still annexing land and exploiting local people. 】

Until the establishment of the Song Dynasty, this situation could not be improved.

And the people sent by Zhao Kuangyin after pacifying Shu Shu only maintained the status quo.

This resulted in the people of Shu being continuously exploited, and rebellious sentiments continued to accumulate.

In most areas of the Song Dynasty, the relationship of personal dependence had begun to be reduced. Tenants of landlords in other places could get certain rewards, and finally got their own land and left the landlords.

But this is not possible in the Sichuan and Sichuan areas. Tenants cannot live without their landlords, and it is impossible to save enough money to buy their own land.
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Song Dynasty, the first year of Kaibao.

Seeing this, Zhao Kuangyin already understood.

In order to quickly put down the rebellion, he naturally wanted to appease people's hearts. However, the situation was tense at that time and he did not have enough time to do this. Naturally, he could only rely on these powerful families entrenched in the local area.

Naturally, they did not clean them up too much, but now it seems that if these wealthy families do not clean up, the people of Hou Shu will have no peace.

But he also began to worry. The powerful people and clans in Shu united together, fearing that I would have an impact on the Song Dynasty.

That's all. If landlords and families in other places also have their thoughts, then the Song Dynasty will start to be turbulent again!
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Tang Dynasty, the third year of Zhenguan.

They were not surprised by the peasant uprising in the Song Dynasty. After all, the Song Dynasty was founded not long ago, but what they did not expect was that their descendants in the Tang Dynasty would experience the Huangchao Uprising.

You must know that the Yellow River, Huaihe River, Yangtze River, and Pearl River are the main places in the prosperous areas of the Tang Dynasty. If farmers in these places have large-scale uprisings, the situation in the entire Datang Dynasty may have been in ruins.

And the example of the Song Dynasty is right in front of us. If the local families and powerful people are not cleaned up, the peasant uprising will never stop.

[Tenants in Sichuan are actually mostly called side households in their local area. Although they seem to be the same as tenants, their status is actually extremely miserable. 】

[They cannot move, and are often transferred to different owners with the sale of land, and their wives and daughters are also enslaved by their owners. 】

[And the aristocratic families also treat them like slaves.The number of side households was also very large, accounting for 80% of the population in the Sichuan and Shu regions at that time. These people had to pay land rent to the main household and also bear the tax and corvee duties of the court. 】

[Being exploited multiple times and carrying a heavy burden, this is a huge powder keg. When its fuse is ignited and explodes, it will inevitably cause a large-scale uprising. And the fuse of this powder keg will eventually be ignited under the catalysis of time. 】
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Han Dynasty, the fourth year of Yuanshou.

Wei Qing's eyes lit up as he found what he cared about most: "Your Majesty is gunpowder."

Liu Che's eyes also lit up, and he hurriedly ordered the attendants next to him to relay the passage about gunpowder to the people in the craftsman department intact to see if they could get inspiration.
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Ming Dynasty, Hongwu Year.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at his sons and said: "Only by making the people rich can the country be strong!"

(End of this chapter)