Chapter 36: First Meeting with Hou Mo and Chen Qianhui
The five thousand years of civilization history in China, in fact, is a history of blood and tears. The Qin people conquered all the princes in Shandong in a way of iron and blood, and established an unprecedentedly vast empire. Qin Shihuang was even more a talented emperor. He "destroyed the feudals and established counties", established a complete set of political systems from the central to local governments, and carried out large-scale reforms to the national management system; he implemented "the same writing, the same track, the same system, and the same ties", that is, unify the text and language, unify the currency, the same tracks of the rails, unify the tracks of the rails, unify morality and norms, and unify the weights and measures. He chased the Huns in the north, pacified the south, expanded the territory, and made great contributions.
However, this powerful empire that "sweeps the six worlds and falls all over the world" only lasted for only fifteen years and suddenly collapsed. "One man is in trouble and seven temples are destroyed", the Qin Empire flashed like a gorgeous meteor in the long river of history, leaving infinite imaginations for future generations!
Why did the Qin Dynasty perish? Is it because of the tyranny of Qin? Or did Hu Hai’s troubled country and chaos in politics make the heavens angry and people resentful?
There are many dynasties with the same fate as Qin. For example, the Western Jin Dynasty, from the destruction of Sun Wu in the first year of Taikang (280 AD), the Western Jin Dynasty unifies the world, to the fifth year of Yongjia (311 AD), Liu Cong captured Luoyang City and ended the captive of Emperor Huai of Jin, Sima Chi. In fact, the Western Jin Dynasty only had thirty-three years.
The Sui Dynasty was also tragic. Whether it was Qin, Western Jin, or Sui Dynasty, their establishment background was very similar. Qin ended the battle for hegemony between princes in the Spring and Autumn Period, Western Jin ended the turmoil of the Three Kingdoms, and Sui Dynasty ended the turmoil of the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties. Their fate is actually a microcosm of the thousands of years of blood and tears of the Chinese nation.
Split to unity, poverty to prosperity, and then to natural disasters and man-made disasters, and the world is in chaos. This is the fate of the Chinese nation and a shackle that the Chinese nation cannot get rid of.
The Qin bamboo slips "Eighteen Types of Qin Laws", "Effective Rules" and "Miscellaneous Copy of Qin Laws" unearthed from Yunmeng County can prove that Chen Sheng and Wu Guangdaze Township are the so-called "dead" to be killed after losing their time is a fabricated lie. The tomb of King Xiaowu of Liang unearthed from Mangshan, Yongcheng proves that Cao Cao was accused of being a thousand-year-old tomb robbery. Through the appearance of the problem and reaching the essence, we can draw the conclusion that history is a little girl dressed up.
However, no matter how you whitewash the peace and tamper with it, some things cannot be changed. That is the issue of land annexation. Since the Qin Dynasty conquered the six countries in Shandong, the Qin Dynasty's twenty-class military title system gradually lost its fairness, especially the annexation of the Six Kingdoms War, which made the war go smoother and more smoother and beheaded. The key is that the land in Guanzhong is limited. When there are many doctors (twenty-five tombs of honor land are 2,500 acres), and if there are no more (exemptions, four tombs of honor land are scattered), the land in Guanzhong is not enough to reward Qin soldiers, which makes the people of Qin gradually disappointed the court.
The Jin Dynasty adopted the law of the ninth rank official and made every effort to protect the aristocratic families. The land annexation became more serious. The Sui Dynasty also suffered from insufficient land in Guanzhong to support the four million people in Guanzhong, and a large number of farmers lost their land. Yang Guang realized this problem and moved the capital to Luoyang and Jiangdu, which caused collective resistance from the aristocratic families in the world. The powerful Sui Dynasty fell apart like this.
The Chinese nation was always in a vicious circle. In the early days of its founding, the administration was clear and the country was strong and invincible. However, with the increase of population, land annexation was serious, natural disasters and man-made disasters, and farmers could not survive and had to rebel. In fact, the founding of the Tang Dynasty to the Anshi Rebellion was only more than a hundred years ago. The land in Guanzhong almost became the private land of the aristocratic families. The court had no land to reward Tang soldiers. The hungry Tang soldiers no longer had a sense of loyalty or centripetal force to the court.
War to unity, poverty to prosperity, and then to poverty and war are the curse of the Chinese nation and the mottled blood and tears of the Chinese nation.
If you want to break such a vicious circle, it is not enough to rely solely on expansion. The Tang army attacked the Caspian Sea, but the Chinese, who had very serious local circumstances, would rather beg in their hometown unless they were convicted and exiled, than stay away from their hometown, so the tragedy took turns.
Chen Ying wanted to establish a bank, promote the development of industry and commerce, and complete the transformation of the Chinese nation from a farming nation to industry and commerce. Unless this way, the vicious circle that was confined to the Chinese nation was broken.
Although Li Yuan agreed to Chen Ying build a money house, in fact, Chen Ying still needs to do a lot of things and has a long way to go.
Chen Ying’s headache is that he has no talent at the moment, and Xu Jingzong is one, but Xu Jingzong is not at all concerned about Chen Ying. Although Xu Jingzong has a good relationship with Chen Ying, it is just good. If the court gave Xu Jingzong an official position, it would not be too big, but only the fourth and fifth ranks were needed. Xu Jingzong would definitely draw a clear line with Chen Ying.
Chen Ying is not like other families. The family has their own clans and their own disciples and former officials. They have already formed an alliance of interests, prospering and prospering and prospering. In this alliance of interests, they retreat together, and even if they rebel, they will do it.
Chen Ying was very envious of the family, but there was no way. Who said he was a poor family?
It is difficult for poor families to have noble children. This is not because of hierarchical discrimination, but because it is not on the same starting line, and there is no way to compare. Children of aristocratic families have been studying and sensible since they were young, but children from poor families have to help their adults work from the age of eight or nine, from the time they are aged, farming, picking up firewood, and weeding.
Chen Ying came out of the palace and headed straight for Chen's mansion. However, when he walked to the front of Chen's mansion, Chen Ying thought he had gone to the wrong place. At this time, outside the Chen's mansion, there were sixteen warriors in black clothes standing on both sides of the left and right sides. These warriors held the hilt of the knife in their hands, looked straight and were majestic.
On the street at the door, there was a tall three-horse carriage that was more than 100 feet long. Chen Ying was vaguely familiar with it. It seemed that the purple carriage he encountered on the way back to Chang'an. According to Chen Qi's introduction, it seemed that it was the carriage of the Guanlong nobleman Hou Mo Chen.
Chen Ying walked to the door, and the thirty-two warriors neatly raised their right fists and gently hit their left chest. Chen Ying's eyes narrowed and his brows frowned even tighter.
These warriors actually gave him a ritual ceremony, and they were saluted by their subordinates to pay homage to their superiors.
Chen Ying frowned slightly. He didn't know why these warriors saluted him. He seemed to have nothing to do with Hou Mo Chen? Could it be that Hou Mo Chen wanted to talk to him about something?
Walking into the Chen Mansion, the entire Chen Mansion was quiet and there was no movement. Gao Wenjin did not come out to greet him, and all the servants were gone. Chen Ying shook the handle of the knife in his hand and walked towards the inner hall with great strides.
"Wuron is back!" Yu Qing looked at Chen Ying's return, and his eyes lit up and he quickly walked out of the hall to greet him.
Chen Ying looked at Yu Qing's dress and knew that this was a personal manager, and the real protagonist had never come out in the hall.
Chen Ying walked into the hall and looked at Hou Mo Chen Qianhui who was sitting on the hall owner.
When Chen Ying saw Hou Mo and Chen Qianhui, he suddenly remembered that this was when he was welcoming the ceremony in the suburbs. He winked at himself and signaled that he would not be arrogant.
Chen Ying looked at Hou Mo and Chen Qianhui and became even more confused.
Because Hou Mo Chen Qianhui's expression was very excited, his hands trembled, and he murmured to himself: "It's so similar, so much like it..."
Chen Ying bowed and said, "I dare to ask my father-in-law, what is the name of my foot?"
Chapter completed!