During the period of history from the end of the Qin Dynasty to the beginning of the Han Dynasty, the Records of the Grand Historian used monthly tables rather than chronological tables.
Because the pace of this era is too fast and the intensity is too high.
At the end of the Qin Dynasty, even if a team was formed in a few months and a small territory was conquered, it was only enough to be a younger brother of the nobles of the six countries. Most of them were directly annexed and eliminated by various forces before they could even develop.
If it had not been destroyed by the Qin State, nor annexed by others, and had continued to grow and develop, it might barely be considered a vassal state.
Only in this way can one have the opportunity to participate in the division of fiefdoms under the play, be qualified to be won over by Xiang Yu, achieve the achievement of being crowned king, and become a real prince.
However, he finally became a king and thought that the situation of warlords would once again emerge. However, it turned out that Liu Bang had become so strong that he could destroy an ordinary prince in just a few months.
In this situation, many people have not even managed their territory or built up their organization completely, but the overall situation has already been decided. If they are a little slow, they will never have another chance.
At this pace, princes of average level, unless they are from noble families, will not even deserve to have their names recorded in history books.
Those who were more capable were swept away by Liu Bang before they could even sit on the throne.
Only someone like Xiang Yu, who was already quite good, could fight with Liu Bang for a few more years.
In this era, is Xiang Yu really the only opponent?
Are the others really just chickens and dogs?
Maybe not.
It's really that the level of these two is too high, making the others look like trash.
This kind of thing is scary when there is comparison.
There is harm only when there is comparison.
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This time when the Han army went out of the pass, the situation was much better than when Liu Bang went out of the pass.
One reason is that the princes at that time were still in the stage of barbaric growth.
The second reason is that the Qin army was not killed by Xiang Yu and retained its full combat effectiveness.
In history, one of the reasons why Liu Bang was chased and attacked by Xiang Yu for a long time was that most of his elite troops were on Han Xin's side. The essential reason was that there were not enough troops.
Liu Bang's military ability was not bad. Although he was far inferior to Han Xin and Xiang Yu, it did not mean that he was a scumbag.
At this point in time, while the Xiang Liang Group was still struggling to develop, Su Che had already begun to sweep across other forces.
That's his advantage.
In February, Han Xin destroyed Wei.
In March, Han Xin destroyed Zhao.
In April, Han Xin defeated Dai.
In May, Han Xin attacked Qi.
In June, the State of Yan surrendered...
Soon, in just half a year, most of the world had been included in Su Che's control.
Thanks to Su Che's far-reaching reputation for virtue and his bold move to exempt land taxes, his rule after conquering various places was very smooth.
After gaining control of most of the world, the Dahan Group has grown like a snowball and has become a behemoth.
Under such circumstances, even Xiang Liang's group, which possessed "the bravery of Yu, unparalleled throughout the ages", would find it difficult to resist the overwhelming trend.
Half a year later, the Chu area where Xiang Liang's group was located was pacified.
The world was unified once again.
The two wars of unification brought indelible damage to the six countries and weakened the people's strength. It would take a long time to repair. Fortunately, Su Che had experience in this area and knew how to deal with it.
Crack down on landlords and powerful people, win over the wealthy and powerful with one hand a big stick and the other hand candy, distribute land to homeless refugees, extend low-interest loans, wipe out bandits and robbers, rest and recuperate with the people, stop for a while, and wait for the people.
The only opponent at this time might be the heroic leader of the grassland, Maodun.
This guy is a ruthless person.
Early years.
He made a whistling arrow and trained his men in horseback archery.
Mao Dun ordered: "Anyone who does not follow me and shoot at the target with all his strength will be beheaded immediately."
At first, Maodun was hunting birds and beasts. If someone did not shoot the target intended by the flaring arrow, Maodun would kill them.
Then, Maodun shot his beloved horse with a whistling arrow. If anyone around him did not dare to shoot, Maodun would immediately kill them.
Soon, Maodun shot his beloved wife with a whistling arrow again. Those around him were frightened and dared not shoot, so Maodun killed them again.
After some time, Maodun went out hunting and shot at the Chanyu's horse with a whistling arrow. The people around him followed suit and shot. Maodun then knew that the people around him were all useful.
One day, Maodun followed his father Touman Chanyu to go hunting. He shot Touman Chanyu with a whistling arrow. The people around him subconsciously shot arrows at Touman Chanyu, and Touman died on the spot.
Afterwards, Maodun killed his stepmother, younger brother and all the ministers who disobeyed him, and proclaimed himself Chanyu.
After Maodun became the Chanyu, he attacked the Donghu in the east, the Yuezhi in the west, and annexed the Loufan and Baiyang Henan Kings in the south. He unified the Xiongnu tribes and quickly became powerful.
As the Central Plains was in the midst of war at the end of the Qin Dynasty and had no time to look north, Maodun Chanyu took advantage of his strong army and recovered the Xiongnu territories and counties such as Chaona and Fushi that were seized by Meng Tian, ​​directly posing a powerful threat.
Later, Liu Bang's siege of Baideng was to solve the problem of Maodun, but he ended up getting caught up in it and was in a very embarrassing and dangerous situation.
Fortunately.
Su Che has Han Xin, the nuclear weapon of this era, so he is not so afraid of Maodun.
In addition, after unifying the world, Su Che completely inherited the legacy of the Qin State.
Before this, Emperor Qin Shi Huang unified the world and ascended the throne, but he did not stop his steps. Instead, because of Su Che's world map, he developed the ambition to conquer the world. However, due to the limitations of the times, Ying Zheng's ambition was ultimately not realized.
However, Ying Zheng was not without achievements. He opened up shipping routes and occupied overseas territories. To this day, those occupied overseas counties are still named as territories of the Qin Empire. Because the distance is too far, they do not know that the Qin Empire has perished.
The trade income brought by these waterways cannot be underestimated, especially since Su Che intends to develop business and engage in overseas dumping. Both the Silk Road and overseas trade are top priorities.
For his brand new Han Empire.
Su Che had already figured out how to build it.
Inner ink - this ink is, of course, Su Che's new ink.
As the new saint of Mohism, Su Che pioneered the idea of ​​developing the country through science and technology.
Although he let it go temporarily later, it did not mean that Su Che gave up on this path . On the contrary, he believed that this path was very important.
Improve productivity, increase production, promote commerce, and make people prosperous.
The ultimate goal is to eliminate the poll tax and make it completely invisible. In this way, the pressure on the lower-class people will completely disappear.
Over time, land annexation, the main culprit that led to the collapse of the dynasty, will gradually disappear.
After all, there is no tax on land and no head tax, which greatly improves the farmers' ability to resist risks. Who would be willing to sell the land on which they depend for their survival?
Even if those powerful families used various means and eventually annexed the land, concealed the farmers, and hid the land, the problem is - this part does not have to be taxed. Even if the farmers and land are concealed, it will not affect the country's normal tax revenue!
In ancient times, the essence of the harm of land annexation was the reduction of the country's land tax source.
This will cause problems in three aspects.
On the national side: tax sources have decreased, finances are tight, and we are unable to pay for expensive military expenses, fight wars, or provide disaster relief. We can't do anything.
Socially: The gap between the rich and the poor continues to widen. Workers and tenants are exploited by landlords and pay a lot, but their income is barely enough to maintain their survival level.
In terms of public security: more and more people have been forced to leave their land, and have had to rob to make a living.
In such an environment, once a large-scale natural disaster occurs, it will directly trigger conflicts.
First, food production will decrease, state taxes will be lower, laborers and tenants will be more exploited by landlords, and the number of refugees will increase massively.
With so many people gathered together, it was impossible for them to just sit and wait to die. They could only organize themselves and launch a peasant uprising.
Peasant uprisings need to be suppressed, which costs the country money.
The suppression was ineffective and the peasant uprising turned into roving bandits who traveled across states and provinces and disrupted production.
This further resulted in a decrease in food production, a further reduction in state tax revenue, and an increase in the number of people who had no means of living.
This directly forms a vicious cycle.
If the country is still engaged in a foreign war at this time, it will be even worse.
Ancient dynasties had four major nightmares.
1. The inequality between the rich and the poor caused by land annexation.
Second, agricultural production declines due to climate change.
3. The collapse of rule caused by barbarian invasions.
Fourth, administrative inefficiency caused by the corruption of the privileged class.
These four phenomena complement each other, like the dynasty's lingering nightmare.
No matter how much reformers work, they all die from the same cause.
Every new dynasty will start a new cycle after taking power.
Land annexation - peasant uprising - war wiped out a large population and left much wasteland - farming was encouraged, and the economy prospered - land annexation.
The cycle goes on and on.
Although the founders of each dynasty were able to crack down on land annexation and maintain the rights and interests of farmers in the early stages, over time, with the decline of the regime's capabilities and the formation of a new generation of officials and gentry, the regime would often end with the death of the leader, and the previous cycle would be repeated.
In order to curb land annexation, many figures have come up with their own reform policies.
The policy of granting public land to the people during the reign of Emperor Wu of Han.
Wang Mang's reform abolished private land ownership and implemented nationalization of land, which prohibited private individuals from buying and selling.
Wang Anshi's Qingmiao Law.
Zhang Juzheng's "One Whip" method.
Yongzheng's tax system made officials and gentry work together.
In this kind of things.
Generation after generation of reformers have tried to cure the empire's chronic disease of land annexation, so that the people will no longer suffer from hunger and cold and the country can break free from the cycle of order and chaos.
but.
They all failed.
This time.
Su Che tried again to break this damn dynasty cycle. He wanted to use his own methods to completely eradicate land annexation.
Generally speaking, the essence of land annexation is that farmers’ ability to resist risks is too low.
Therefore, exempting land tax was Su Che's first step.
The second step is to abolish the head tax and completely reduce the burden on farmers.
The Mohist advocacy of developing the country through science and technology naturally also includes hybridizing new and excellent varieties and developing various easy-to-use agricultural tools.
Su Che wants to truly share the wealth with the people.
He was not worried that the common people would forget the kindness of the Han people after they had enough to eat.
With the precedent of the tyrannical Qin Dynasty, all the well-fed common people will know how benevolent the policies of the Han Dynasty are!
This is also the reason why Su Che insisted on Nei Mo.
Use new ink as the foundation.
Then use the law.
This is a school represented by Han Fei Zi. They formulated completely new laws and tried to create a society ruled by law where everyone abides by the law.
Then there is Confucianism.
Confucianism promotes morality to enlighten and open people's minds.
Su Che’s senior brothers are all great Confucian scholars and are just suitable for appointment.
Mohism inside, Legalism in the middle, Confucianism outside.
This is a brand new man constructed by Su Che.
Time flies.
Decades later in the blink of an eye.
The Han Dynasty had been established for several decades, and its national strength had reached its peak.
In Su Che's later years, he finally achieved his original goal - abolishing the poll tax and pushing history into the next stage.
Originally, land annexation would lead to the continuous cycle of dynasties.
And now, Su Che has broken this cycle.
only……
Is this process also a cycle?
Su Che didn't think much about it.
It is enough for the people to live and work in peace and everyone to be prosperous.
Several years passed in the blink of an eye.
Su Che slowly closed his eyes.
He felt that he still had a lot to do.
but.
He has done enough.
You should also learn to let go.
[End simulation]
When Su Che closed his eyes, the simulation ended.
What surprised Su Che was.
When he opened his eyes again, he did not return to the 'Spirit Contract Space', but appeared in a palace.
He looked around in astonishment, and for a moment he couldn't tell whether this was reality or a simulated world.
Not far from Su Che, sat an unruly young man wearing bright red Chu clothing. Who else could it be but the young Liu Bang?
Su Che blinked and asked in surprise: "Where is this place?"
"This is my palace." Young Liu Bang said with a faint smile.
"Your palace?" Su Che was stunned for a moment, but soon reacted. He stood up suddenly, feeling the wonder of this space, and said in surprise: "Is this the Heroic Spirit Realm?"
"Yes." Liu Bang nodded and said, "You passed my simulation perfectly and broke the cycle of dynasty history. Although it was just a simulation, it is also a remarkable achievement. So you are lucky to be here to witness the destruction of the Heroic Spirit Realm."
"The destruction of the world of heroes?" Su Che frowned. All this was consistent with his guess. Just as he was about to speak, he suddenly saw something and couldn't help but look up.
Above the sky.
That was Su Che's simulation scene, and the result was completely changed, even breaking the cycle of the dynasty and entering a completely new process, which caused changes in the way of heaven.
Pictures kept flashing by.
This time there was no text.
But countless pictures.
The study in his youth, the diligence in the Jixia Academy, the proposal to create a new ink, decades of dormancy, the decisiveness of attacking Xianyang, the various new policies to abolish the land tax...
The high-spirited and vigorous when leaving the pass, the disdainful attitude of the princes, the heroic spirit in the duel with Xiang Yu, and then the busyness of unifying the world and the determination ...
Countless scenes flashed by. In the end, Su Che worked hard for decades and finally in his later years, he successfully abolished the poll tax and successfully transferred the tax to other areas...
There is no doubt that this greatly reduced the burden on farmers and created a brand new system, which completely changed history and pushed the era into the next stage.
A real world-changing change!
And in front of Su Che, such an evaluation appeared.
【Inner Mohism, Middle Legalism, and Outer Confucianism. 】
[Overall evaluation: The emperor who found the only way and finally broke the cycle, the only successful reformer in history, and the creator of a brand new world. ]