vrcanaries Chapter 221 Freeing the Slaves
Chapter 221 Freeing the Slaves
"Therefore, Liu Xiu usually used force to suppress those who took advantage of him. As the saying goes: 'If the tiger doesn't show its strength, you think I'm a sick cat!'"
"You won't listen to reason, you only listen when you use force. Tell me, aren't you asking for trouble!"
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"On the other hand, during this land survey process, because Liu Xiu expressed his ideas with a strict attitude, not only did local powerful clans and other large families in the prefectures and kingdoms rise up in rebellion, but soldiers, bandits and others also got involved."
"Liu Xiu's reaction was to suppress them with harsh measures. These people really don't take him seriously! They insist on playing this game, huh? Just you wait!"
"For example, in the winter of 40 AD, Liu Xiu issued an edict: envoys were dispatched from the central government to various counties and prefectures to promulgate the Law on Reporting and Exposing, which allowed the people to report and expose each other."
"So, Liu Xiu is using this denunciation law to divide the enemy. If these captured bandits hear that they can denounce each other and be executed for every five of them, will they be tempted? Will they continue to band together to resist?"
An old farmer from the Ming Dynasty: That's definitely not true!
Cheng Yaojin of the Tang Dynasty: This method works! Clever indeed!
A bystander in the Song Dynasty commented: "These powerful clans are really just bored and have nothing better to do. They'll definitely be dealt with!"
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"On the other hand, Liu Xiu also made provisions for leaders in prefectures, counties, and even districts who failed to arrest bandits who were rampant in their jurisdictions. He stated that these could exempt them from their crimes and that they could make up for their mistakes by capturing as many bandits as possible."
"In this way, the officials' enthusiasm is mobilized. The more they catch, the greater their credit will be. However, the mistakes these people make are certainly not as serious as those of their leaders, otherwise the final settlement will be difficult!"
"In addition, those who abandon the city and flee to escape bandits are also considered, and can be temporarily pardoned without punishment. However, if they are harboring fugitives, that would be considered adding insult to injury!"
"When Liu Xiu issued the edict, officials in various places breathed a sigh of relief. As long as they weren't punished, that was fine. They were just the group of people who had started the trouble!"
"Afterwards, these officials put even more effort into suppressing the rebellion. At this critical juncture, Liu Xiu again dispatched Zhao Xi and Zhang Zong to suppress it by force."
Historical records state that thousands of the remaining members of the rebellion were implicated in this incident, but the rebellion of local powerful clans was quickly quelled.
A scion of a prominent family in the Song Dynasty: Liu Xiu spent several years fighting to unify the country, so resolving this kind of turmoil shouldn't be too difficult for him!
A farming expert in the Ming Dynasty: People who rebel because their interests are threatened!
Ah Sheng, the fishmonger from the Tang Dynasty: I don't understand what they're thinking!? They're just living a good life!
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Zhu Yuanzhang in another timeline was so angry when he heard this that he blew his beard and glared. He had always believed that Liu Xiu was extremely capable, and although he had heard similar accounts, he was still furious when he heard this!
If these powerful clans were to rebel, in Zhu Yuanzhang's style, he would simply drag them out and behead them! There would be no need for all this trouble!
Zhu Yuanzhang: How about skinning someone alive and stuffing them with straw? (owo?)
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Back to the live broadcast room.
"After this incident, Liu Xiu imposed the punishment of relocation on the leaders of these local powerful clans. Here, let me explain what relocation punishment is. As you can guess from its name, it is a punishment for relocating people, which was originally similar to exile."
"Therefore, Liu Xiu focused on punishing the leaders of the troublesome landlords and powerful clans, relocating them to the vicinity of the capital for easier control, and then allocating them new land to make them obediently farm."
"These people were forcibly relocated here, far from their homes, and have lost their ancestral lands and fields. Tell me, what are they all after? They've lost their land, they've lost their lives, and in the end, they have to start all over again somewhere else. Is this the purpose of your riots?!"
"After that, cattle and horses grazed freely, and the gates of towns were left unlocked, and the whole Central Plains became peaceful."
These local tribal leaders, forced to farm (shocked face (;′??Д??`)): !!
"According to the Records of the Five Elements in the Book of the Later Han Dynasty, the new land rents of various prefectures appeared here, and it was in the seventeenth year of Jianwu (41 AD). In other words, this was two years after the land survey was issued."
"This also indirectly shows that Liu Xiu's land measurement decree has indeed been promoted and has a wide scope. All the prefectures have begun to take this decree as their guide, which has solved the problem of inaccurate household registration and land use in the Han Dynasty and restored the population and land that had been reduced due to war. This has laid the foundation for the later Ming and Zhang era of prosperity."