Scholars unparalleled

But now, Lu Chensheng no longer belongs to Jiang Guo, and he has also been demoted.

There is no need to shy away from talking about this topic now.

"This world?"

Lu Chensheng frowned slightly when he heard this, "I must feel that this world is too dark."

Speaking of this, Lu Chensheng shook his head again and again, "I'm afraid that within a few years, there will be chaos in the world."

"Why do you say that?"

Du Rufang frowned slightly when he heard the words, it could be seen that Lu Chensheng seemed to be extremely dissatisfied with all the countries.

He didn't know much about the other two countries.

But what we can know is that although the people in Dacang Kingdom have suffered from floods, they can still survive in the end, and they are also a land of fish and rice.

"Brother Lu, if you investigate, you will find that the fields in the hands of the common people are gradually decreasing, and they are all in the hands of the gentry and landlords.

These people control a large number of fields. These people can collude with tax officials, change the yellow book, and use many methods such as flying, sending, and spending to register the fields under the names of others to avoid taxes and grains.

As for the common people, not to mention the one-third of an acre of land in their hands is gradually decreasing, some have no land at all, and rent the fields of the gentry, how much food can they get in their hands after a year of hard work?

Even so, the people still have a lot of other labors. Does such a tyrannical government really think that the people have a life to survive?

Once there is a drought, I am afraid that the bones will pile up for thousands of miles! "

Lu Chensheng's face was cold, and he said coldly, in his opinion, such a world should be overthrown.

Du Rufang's face turned pale while listening, "Brother Lu's words are too exaggerated, this matter should not be so serious."

He felt that what Lu Chensheng said was too terrifying. According to what Lu Chensheng said, the world at this moment is already in dire straits.

Seeing that the other party didn't believe it, Lu Chensheng immediately sneered.

"Brother Du thinks that the people in the world can't live a good life, so let's assume that all the people have land in their hands. One mu of land is counted as a good harvest a year, and the harvest of 140 catties of grain is calculated according to Jiang's tax. The field needs to pay three liters of grain!

Four liters of grain is more than 40 catties of grain. This is not the end, and each household needs various corvees. How much grain is actually paid?

Even if a person eats only one catty of grain a day, he needs to cultivate three acres of land to survive, and if a family has five or six people, it needs more than ten acres of land to ensure that the whole family will not go hungry. abdomen.

But this family doesn't need to eat some vegetables and use some salt this year?Don't need some clothes?

Even according to the calculation of one mu of land and one hundred catties of grain, this family has already gone through such a difficult time, why does Brother Du think that the common people are doing well? "

How else can I say that eating two meals a day, even if there are leaves in the meal, already belongs to the prosperous age?

If you calculate carefully, you will know how hard the people in this world are living.

Du Rufang's face turned pale as he listened to it, because the taxes in Great Cang Kingdom were even more serious than those in Jiang Country.

Data will not deceive people. If the data Lu Chensheng said is correct, then what he said is the truth.

Du Rufang's face turned pale and pale, and he didn't know what to say for a while.

Fortunately, just now, he told Lu Chensheng that the common people in the world can live well, how can this be called living well?This is clearly living in dire straits!

Chapter 384 Strategic Objectives

"This Mr. Du is probably a disciple of a rich family."

In the inner courtyard, Qiongyue and the girls were eating happily inside, praising Xiaoyu's craftsmanship for improving a lot.

But after a while, they heard the sound of the dispute in the outer courtyard, and after looking at each other, Qiong Yue shook her head and said.

When she didn't meet Lu Chensheng, she couldn't understand what life in the village was like.

Sometimes it's just being hungry day after day, and then getting through it.

Guaranteed to have two meals a day is a luxury.

It is because of this that Qiongyue understands how hard the common people are and how difficult it is to live.

Even her, the days of being hungry have never been less.

Later, I still met my husband, and my life became more comfortable.

"Thinking about it, it's only the children of rich families who feel that the common people are doing well."

Bai Yi nodded lightly when she heard the words, thinking that as a general, she needs to take out her usual salary to help some soldiers' families.

In some soldiers' homes, if there are so many people, they will naturally not be able to eat.

Many of them died of starvation, and some of them sold their daughters as slaves.

Bai Yi has seen a lot, so he naturally knows how hard these people are living, and he is deeply touched by what Xianggong said.

"I didn't know Xianggong's ideal before. If I knew, I would have turned all those soldiers against me."

When Bai Yi said this, there was a little regret on her pretty face.

Naturally, Bai Yi's prestige in the army was unquestionable, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that he was heartbroken.

But at that time, Bai Yi felt that even the rebellion would not be able to take all the soldiers away.

After all, food was a problem. At that time, I planned to come to Wudeng City, but the logistics couldn't keep up. Recruiting too many soldiers would easily cause panic.

In addition, she didn't want so many soldiers to follow her away from home.

So only 2000 people were brought.

Looking back now, these 2000 people were really too little, and it would not be an exaggeration to bring more soldiers depending on the situation.

Don't put more pressure on her husband, Bai Yi feels that she doesn't know where her husband's limit is.

"Less is less and less is good. If you really take all of them away, I am afraid that you will not be able to leave Chengzhou, and it will be easy to be discovered."

At that time, Bai Yi only brought 2000 people, but the other party realized that it was too late, and gave Bai Yi a lot of time.

If he really took so many people away, he might be discovered immediately.

Qiong Yue comforted her, and Bai Yi felt right after thinking about it, but she didn't worry about this problem any more.

Chu Wu listened and shook his head, "Master Du outside seems to be very talented, but it's only in the poems, how can he know the sufferings of the people."

Although she was the daughter of the household minister's family on the fifth day of the lunar new year, she lived on the street for a long time begging for food.

Naturally, she could feel the pain inside.

Several people were chatting at the side, and Du Rufang outside had a look of despair on his face.

"So, how should it be rectified?"

"Of course it is to reduce taxes for the people, and then strictly investigate the evasion of taxes by those gentry, what's so difficult about it."

Lu Chensheng responded when he heard the words, his tone seemed to be taken for granted.

Du Rufang smiled wryly when he heard it. Is this simple?

If the taxes of the common people are reduced, who will pay the taxes to the treasury?

Da Cang Kingdom's annual expenditure is only so much, and it is quite rich if it is said to be rich.

But the place where the extravagance is spent is also too much, and the money is not enough at all.

It is simply impossible to talk about reducing taxes nowadays.

Apart from this, it is even more difficult to investigate those gentry. These people are entrenched in small places, and they are all local emperors, and they have connections with local officials.

It's almost the same unless the whole place is pulled out.

But once this is done, I am afraid that the rest of the people will be disappointed when they see it, and they will not be able to rebel together.

Naturally, the emperor will not sit idly by, so most likely, this plan will not be passed.

"Brother Lu was joking. Once this method is implemented, I'm afraid that some people will rebel. How can it be done?"

Du Rufang smiled wryly and vetoed the plan.

Lu Chensheng didn't mind either, "Is there any difference? If these gentry don't rebel, there will be other people who will rebel. The people have no land in their hands, and how can they not rebel when they can't eat?

Throughout the ages, how many common people rebelled not because of this?

From the beginning of prosperity, a country will turn to perish in the end, and at that time, the land is concentrated in the hands of so many small groups of people. "

When Lu Chensheng said this, he felt a little bit emotional.

Liu Wensheng's expression changed slightly when he heard it from the side, "Then how should we prevent this from happening? If Brother Lu and your affairs are successful, wouldn't it be like this in the future?"

According to what Lu Chensheng said, the past dynasties seem to be unable to escape this kind of law, so what if Lu Chensheng's affairs come to fruition?So what?

"What's so difficult about it? To depreciate the land is to use other means of making money to liberate the people from the land. They are no longer obsessed with farming and earning a living. The advantage of farming dynasties is the ability to make money per capita. It is quite stable, but there is a limit, and it is impossible to break through."

Having said that, Lu Chensheng shook his head.

In terms of the prosperity of the ancient times, there is no comparison with the ancient China in foreign countries, and that is because of farming.

But again, farming has its downsides.

"There are many ways to make money, but brother Lu, as you said, there is no one to farm, so where does the food come from?"

Liu Wensheng was puzzled, looking at the current appearance of Xinghan City, he also knew that Lu Chensheng had many ways to make money.

There may be many other ways to make money.

It is easy to make money, but how can it be done if there is no one to cultivate the land?

"It's better to find foreigners to cultivate."

Lu Chensheng smiled when he heard the words, "The changes at that time will definitely cause a lot of changes and pressures, and this requires some diversion. Foreigners are obviously a good target."

According to Lu Chensheng's idea, at that time, fertile land will be found on the rest of the continent, and these foreigners will be allowed to cultivate, and they will be suppressed by force during the farming era to limit their development.

In this way, the internal pressure has been relieved, and the food has a source.

The threat of foreign enemies has since disappeared, and there is nothing bad about it.

If the foreign enemy is not suppressed forever, something may happen again, this is not what Lu Chensheng wants to see.

Chapter 385 The Kingdoms of the Western Regions

This idea is also the final strategic goal.

There is no way to achieve it in a short time, but there is no need to worry for the time being.

The two people on the side looked at Lu Chensheng blankly, probably never thought that Lu Chensheng still had such an idea.

From their point of view, the easy-going elegance of a scholar is now completely gone in Lu Chensheng.

What Lu Chensheng has is full of aggression and ambition.

This kind of practice seems to be no different from that of the foreign race.

Lu Chensheng could see the eyes of the two of them clearly, and also understood the meaning in their hearts.

"You are too kind. Foreigners bully us so much. If we don't break their kneecaps, they will be terrified of killing them for generations. When the dynasty declines, they will take advantage of it.

You have to remember that when we are prosperous, we should know that we were born in sorrow and died in peace, suppressed foreign races, and slaughtered them for generations until they were terrified. Even when they saw us in decline, they would definitely not dare to offend us! "

Lu Chensheng's discourse is filled with seriousness. Only those who have seen history and know the massacres encountered by the Han people when they were invaded by foreigners, such as Yangzhou Ten Days, Jiading Three Massacres, etc., can really know what it means to live in sorrow and die Yu Anle.

"But if this is the case, won't it make them feel revenge in their hearts, and it will also make them feel rebellious from generation to generation."

Du Rufang was puzzled.

After being oppressed for a long time, foreigners will naturally resist.

Lu Chensheng's move was too ruthless, he couldn't agree more.

"Send some people to hide among them and lure them to take the lead. Even if we are more ruthless, they will not say anything, and there is a reason to do it."

Lu Chensheng felt that Du Rufang was a bit pedantic.

The continuous suppression will of course make them rebellious, but let them take the lead?At that time, they will get a reputation for not knowing good and bad.

Sometimes things are like this, you need to have an aboveboard mobile phone opportunity, and also have a good reputation, which is actually very important.

By the way, it can also let them know that every time they make a move, they will pay a very tragic price.

In addition, the use of these foreign races also let all those in power at that time know that they should not relax, and they could also train soldiers.

Sometimes there are many benefits to starting a war.

Du Rufang opened his mouth. He felt that Lu Chensheng in front of him seemed a little different from the scholar he knew.