As the boat sailed in the wild, King Qi said: "Since the first emperor ruled the six kingdoms of Shandong, to this day, with the prestige of our Han and Tang Dynasties, we should have expanded our borders for thousands of miles and prevented Yingzheng from being more beautiful than before. It can be thought about, except for Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and Taizong of this dynasty, it seems that we are not doing well.
"If we follow the time steps of the Great Qin's rise, hegemony, unification, and border expansion, at this moment, we should have an immeasurable land."
This is a practical problem, as well as a historical problem. Li Ye smiled, "There are many reasons, the most important are two points. , the ruling class oppressed the people too severely, causing most of the national power to become the private wealth of the powerful.
"The development of the cultivation civilization of the Tang Dynasty is enough to rule thousands of miles of territory. If the development of the cultivation civilization is not hindered, after a few decades, no matter how much land can be effectively controlled, the only problem that needs to be solved is to let the powerful and powerful. come out."
King Qi frowned slightly, "The dignitaries embezzled the country's power?"
Li Ye looked at her and said, "Why do you think Qin became so powerful after Shang Yang's political reform? Is there a lot of void power out of thin air? Of course not. It's just that before that, the nobles controlled a large number of fiefdoms, population, Wealth has not been used for the country, and the potential of the people has not been stimulated to become a national power.
"Shang Yang's reform changed the aristocratic system into a bureaucratic system. In the final analysis, it eliminated the evil spirits crawling on the country and the people to suck blood. In that era, the power of the people became the power of the country to the greatest extent."
King Qi thought for a while, and understood some joints, but he was more confused about some joints.
She was puzzled and said: "After Qin, there will be no nobles? If not, thousands of years have passed, and the imperial dynasty should have no borders. If there were... wouldn't history go backwards?"
Li Ye sighed, facing the Tangtang Weishui with no end in sight, thinking deeply, his eyes were painful.
He said: "People live for themselves, not for the country. Although the country is strong and expands its territory, individuals will benefit, but there are too few people who can control the situation of the country. Even if some people have ambitions, they can only live by themselves.
"After the Qin Dynasty, although there were some repetitions, the feudal nobles in the traditional sense did gradually disappear. However, the landlords did not disappear. In agricultural society, land is the foundation and symbol of wealth. Whether it is an official or a wealthy family, they will wantonly Merge the land and become the new dignitaries.
"The people lost their land, became tenants, or even became refugees. How different are they from the slaves in the pre-Qin period? There is no essential difference. Their fate is involuntary, and their own qualifications for survival cannot be guaranteed. When the power of the country is swallowed up by the powerful, the country is actually Not much power left.
"By this time, the country will be extremely weak. If there is turmoil, whether it is the invasion of foreign enemies, the rebellion of important ministers, or the rebellion of the people, the country will be unable to settle the situation, and it will only perish. The fundamental reason for the change of dynasties is here."
These words made Qi Wang Liu's brows tightly frowned, unable to relax for a long time.
There is nothing wrong with the assertion that a country perishes because of its weakness. The oppression of the people by the powerful will lead to the weakening of the national strength, and the oppression of the people by the state will also lead to the weakening of the national strength.
Compared with the rich and powerful, the common people are low-level ants, but they are indeed the foundation of the country.
"Can't this situation be changed?" King Qi asked Li Ye.
Li Ye said: "Of course it can be changed."
"How to change?"
"If you want to make the world long-term peace and stability, and make the country strong and strong, there are only two words: nourishing the people."
"How to support the people?"
"Giving benefits to the people."
"Equal distribution of national wealth?"
"That's unrealistic. The country can evenly distribute land at the beginning of the country. For example, I went to the equal-field system. But as society changes, the rich with more resources and more strength will inevitably become richer, while the poor without financial resources, Weakness, unable to compete with the rich, will only make you poorer.
Li Ye continued: "The strong get stronger and the weak get weaker. This is an iron law that cannot be broken."
"What should I do?"
"The state must suppress the powerful and prevent them from sucking too much blood from the common people."
"It's that simple?"
"It's not easy."
King Qi was in a daze, but Li Ye looked at the sunset behind the distant mountains, feeling sad.
Suppressing the powerful is easier said than done
In the agricultural society, it is difficult for the country to completely suppress such bare-bones land mergers, not to mention the commercial society, where land mergers turn into wealth embezzlement, and the means of the rich and powerful to suck the blood of the people are more clever and effective, and the country is even more difficult. dealt with.
Speaking of which, to curb land mergers, all you need is to strictly implement the "land equalization system". The dynasty has officials who control the power of states and counties, and an army that controls arms and military forces. Are you afraid that the rich and powerful will rebel
The answer is simple: fear.
really scared.
Officials and military generals are themselves dignitaries and vested interests.
Does the king dare to oppose the world's powerful and powerful, forcing them to cut their flesh and bloodlet them
The king dare not.
The reason why a king is a king is because the dignitaries who hold power and wealth obey his orders. Once the dignitaries do not obey orders, the king will be alone, and the throne will be replaced by someone else.
Does the king dare to disregard the people
dare not.
The reason why a country is a country is because there are people. If the people have no way to survive and rebel, the country will be destroyed and the king will have to be replaced.
Therefore, the land was merged to an extremely serious extent, and the king would appoint people of insight to improve the social situation. But it's just an improvement. As long as the powerful are not suppressed wantonly, it is doomed to be unable to completely change the overall appearance of the country. Therefore, the dynasty's national strength will eventually fail, and it will be destroyed when it encounters turmoil.
The powerful and the common people are naturally opposed.
The latter create wealth, the former deprive them of wealth, this is their respective state of existence.
The powerful must rely on the people to survive, but the people do not have to rely on the powerful to survive, so the people should get rid of the powerful. It's a pity that the power is in the hands of the powerful, and it is precisely because of the power that the powerful can suck the blood of the people.
Only when the dynasty changes, the people can get rid of the dignitaries, but the result is nothing more than creating a new group of dignitaries.
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The country and the powerful are also opposites, but unfortunately, the king who rules the country is the same color as the powerful. The ruler is the most powerful person in the world. If he takes care of himself, he can't take care of the common people in the world.
So Li Ye admired Qin Xiaogong, he dared to use Shang Yang, and he could still succeed in reform.
However, Qin Xiaogong's deeds cannot be copied, it only belongs to that historical period.
No matter what the world says, the common people are just ants and can't help themselves, and the rich and powerful are giants and beasts.
Therefore, the world is not benevolent, and treats everything as a straw dog.
What the common people can do is to become powerful and change their personal destiny. In order to keep the people from rebelling, the dynasty will also give them a step up, so that there are people who lead everyone to rebel, with both intelligence and intelligence, to become part of the powerful, to become vested interests, and to become their own companions.
But this cannot change the reality that the common people are ants.
"How should I change this world? Change this deadlock? Let the ordinary people no longer be sucked by the rich and powerful? Let the power of the country continue to be strong?" Li Ye looked up at the sky.
If this deadlock can't be changed, no matter how brilliant the Tang Dynasty he created, it is destined to be just like the achievements of Yingzheng, Liu Che, and Li Shimin.
In that case, the world will fall into the endless cycle of the rise and fall of dynasties.
In the era that Li Ye lived in, every country seemed to be quite prosperous, but it was due to the development of science and technology, which created more wealth, which made the cake bigger and everyone could share more, so everyone didn't have to starve to death or freeze to death. There will be no rebellion.
However, the relationship between the rich and the common people has not fundamentally changed. Once the development of science and technology stagnates, or the speed of adding wealth to society is slower than the speed at which the rich and powerful embezzle the wealth of the common people, an endless loop will still appear.
The common people can actually tolerate the rich and powerful sucking their blood. Because they are weak and cannot fight against the strong. But when the vast number of people, even the basic living conditions of clothing, food, housing, and transportation, can't be effectively satisfied after all their efforts...
Li Ye thought hard for a long time, but couldn't find an answer, so he couldn't help feeling sad: "Could it be that the glory of the Tang Dynasty I created can only be rich in the end? The prosperity of Chang'an can only be the prosperity with blood? Tang Zimin, will he still be beaten to the bone by the powerful?!"
King Qi saw that Li Ye's thoughts were not in line, his complexion was dark and his breath was disordered, and he couldn't help but change his face in shock. Before she could do anything, he found that even Li Ye's cultivation strength began to fluctuate randomly.
The fishing boat under his feet exploded into powder, and as the aura spread wildly, the air exploded everywhere on the Weishui River, setting off a monstrous water curtain, and countless ships were affected, the hulls were damaged, and people fell into the water!
As a great monk, how could King Qi not know that Li Ye's Dao heart was collapsing!
Once you can't keep your Dao heart in time, even the foundation of your practice will be damaged, that is a situation where your cultivation base will plummet, and even your life will be in danger!
"Li Ye!" King Qi shouted eagerly, and quickly dispersed his cultivation to protect the boats and people on the Weishui River. But her cultivation base is far from Li Ye's, how can she bear Li Ye's irritable aura? In just a moment, she was so shocked that her heart throbbed, and blood overflowed from the corner of her mouth.
The Weishui River was in a mess, and there were exclamations everywhere. Some monks rushed to rescue those who fell into the water, but they were blown away by the power of Li Ye's cultivation.
"Li Ye, you are the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, how can you mess with your mind?!" King Qi shouted in a deep voice.
Suddenly, the scattered and bursting spiritual wind stopped, and Li Ye's wildly dancing clothes and hair slowly fell down.
When King Qi saw Li Ye's face, he couldn't help but tremble.
Those eyes are as deep and vast as the starry sky, as if they contain the power of the galaxy in the universe.
"I want to open up the wisdom of the people!" This was the first sentence Li Ye said after recovering from his contemplation.
King Qi was startled, puzzled.
However, Li Ye had thought a lot and figured out a lot during the time just now.