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Chapter 296 Auspicious
"Go up!"

Following a loud shout from the eunuch in charge of the seal, civil and military officials began to enter the hall in an orderly manner.

The young emperor Liu Bian sat listlessly on the dragon throne, his eyes constantly glancing at Li Qingyuan who was sitting next to him. He wanted to discuss with the Grand Tutor whether he could give him a game cheat or something.

He had endured for half a month and was still beating the so-called big-headed doll. He really couldn't bear it anymore!

But Li Qingyuan ignored him. He was busy with family and national affairs and had no time to play with the child.

As the saying goes, any time traveler has the desire to become bigger and stronger. It means that the emperor of the old Liu family did a good job and he had some other ideas, otherwise he would have euthanized Liu Bian and become the emperor himself!

Before the Song Dynasty, high-ranking officials all had seats when they attended court, but Li Qingyuan's seat was too far forward, basically side by side with the dragon throne.

Some people raised objections to this at the beginning, but after winning the Candy Crush game a few times, everyone understood that the new Grand Tutor didn't care about the so-called family and unspoken rules at all!
Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu can be called the most perfect of the founding emperors. He possessed almost all of the qualities of benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and trustworthiness. However, as an emperor, he placed too much emphasis on personal qualities, which was actually not a good thing for the country.

The veteran heroes who followed Xiu'er to build the empire were all given hereditary titles and fiefdoms, which enabled them to grow and develop and form the prototype of an aristocratic family.

The Five Surnames and Seven Clans of later generations were basically formed during the Eastern Han Dynasty.

These aristocratic families controlled the finances, taxation, security, land, and military of various places. Apart from the name, they were basically no different from the previous feudal states.

However, the aristocratic families have not yet reached their peak, and they have already done their best by being able to gather eighteen princes to fight against Dong Zhuo.

After Li Qingyuan easily annihilated the coalition forces of the Guandong princes and directly sent Lu Bu to Taiyuan to wipe out the Wang family, few people who were not afraid of death dared to step forward!
You have to know that it was a real annihilation of the entire family. Even the earthworms in the ground were dug out and split into two halves.

The reason why those soldiers were obedient was because Li Qingyuan announced that all the land of the Wang family in Taiyuan would be distributed to the soldiers who were going to exterminate the family. On average, each person would get several hundred acres of good land.

In fact, for ancient soldiers, the best reward was to divide the land!

Not to mention the army in later generations that was easily sealed off due to excessive talk, just talking about the two most powerful armies in the feudal era, they both relied on dividing land to maintain their combat effectiveness!
Why was the Tang Dynasty able to destroy other countries in a matter of minutes? Wasn’t it because they really distributed land to the soldiers?
The reason why Yue's army was able to use infantry to fight heavy cavalry was because of the distribution of land!
Although the policy of distributing land can certainly allow soldiers to have 300% combat effectiveness, its use will shake the core of the entire ruling class.

Why was Yue Fei killed? Wasn’t it because he distributed the land without authorization and made everyone afraid!

Fortunately, Li Qingyuan possesses unrivaled strength and righteousness, and the young emperor and the empress dowager are surrounded by his people, so even if someone wants to slander them, they can't.

After all, he is the biggest traitor, who the hell dares to fight him?

Grand Minister of Agriculture Xun Shuang was the first to speak, and he started with the good news:

"Auspicious sign from heaven! The potatoes that the Grand Tutor arranged to plant in Sili three months ago have all been harvested, with a yield of 50 dan per mu!"

Xun Shuang is a bastard, Xun Yu's uncle. The bastard is only in his twenties and serves Xun Shuang.

After hearing this news, although everyone has long known that potatoes seem to be very productive, they were still surprised. At present, the main food crop in the Han Dynasty was still corn. One mu of land could produce at most three dan, or about 300 kilograms. Normally, a person would need two dan per year to barely eat enough!
The reason why modern people cannot eat much food is mainly because they consume too much fat and sugar every day. You should know that when Sima Yi learned that Zhuge Liang only ate one catty of rice a day, he asserted that the other party would not live long, because one catty of rice a day may be considered an excessive intake for modern people, but for the Three Kingdoms period, it could only ensure that they would not starve to death!
In the era before mechanization, middle-aged laborers could only manage five to eight acres of land at the cost of their lives. With the income of three stones per acre, minus taxes, the most they could do was to feed one more mouth!

This is still an ideal situation during peaceful times. If there is any natural disaster or man-made disaster, the country will be doomed. This is also the fundamental reason why the peak population of the Central Plains has remained at around 60 million from the Qin and Han Dynasties to the end of the Ming Dynasty.

Because the food produced can only feed so many people!

However, with the introduction of potatoes and sweet potatoes, the population of the Qing Dynasty suddenly reached 400 million, resulting in the so-called Kangxi and Qianlong prosperous era.

But is this prosperous era really that valuable?
Seems like his character is similar to that of the Sima family?

"What a joy!"

"Auspicious!"

After hearing what Xun Shuang said, even though most of the court officials still felt that the Grand Tutor was arrogant and did not seem like a good person, the output of fifty shi made everyone immediately agree.

After all, everyone is not stupid. The yield per mu has increased more than ten times, which means that they can support more than ten times the number of untouchables, and thus squeeze out more wealth.

As for why high-yield crops such as potatoes and sweet potatoes were already grown on the southeastern coast in the late Ming Dynasty but were hidden and not reported?
If you have 100 million, you will definitely hide it, but if someone else has 100 million, you will definitely ask him to donate it, right?

Besides, all those who dared to go against the Grand Tutor have already reported to the King of Hell, and those who are left will naturally know what to do!
"Yizhou Liu Yan wrote to the emperor saying that Hanzhong Zhang Lu was in turmoil, which made it difficult for Yizhou to communicate with the Central Plains, so he himself could not come to Luoyang to report on his work!"

A few days ago, Li Qingyuan ordered all foreign princes to come to Luoyang to report on their work. Most of them came because they were frightened by his reputation, but it was obvious that there was still a small number of people who could not see the situation clearly.

This old guy Liu Yan wanted to be the second Liu Xiu. He felt that the Eastern Han Dynasty had run out of luck, so he went straight to Yizhou, which is Sichuan, and wanted to watch the world fall into chaos before going out to rebuild the country and revive the Han Dynasty for the third time.

His idea was good, but the implementation was completely different.

Not to mention that in the original historical time and space, he was completely paving the way for Liu Bei. Even now, he is completely seeking death!

"Cao Cao! Sun Jian! I order you two to lead 30,000 troops to first destroy Zhang Lu and then pacify Liu Yan. I want to see the heads of Liu Yan and Zhang Lu within a year!"

Li Qingyuan gave the order directly. Although Yizhou was known to be a natural barrier, with Liu Yan being a guy with high expectations but poor skills, if Cao Cao and Sun Jian could not defeat Yizhou within a year, it would be better for them to commit suicide.

"Here!"

Cao Cao and Sun Jian stood up and responded directly. It is true that some officials were sitting in the hall, but it was obvious that the two of them had not yet gotten a seat and could only stand in the crowd as a background!

(End of this chapter)