Chapter 902 Return

Ten miles outside the south city of Luoyang, there is an altar, nine feet and five feet high. There is a hall on the altar, asking the sky. Around the altar, a group of tall palaces were built. Water systems and landscapes are all available. There are soldiers standing guard here, but there are no high walls. These buildings are where the gods and the three emperors are worshipped. The ancestral temple of the Wang family is also set up here. Worship the heaven and comfort the ancestors.

Ten miles outside the east city, there is also an altar, and the same large group of palaces is where the earth and grains are worshipped. Pray for good weather, good harvests, peace and harmony, no disasters, and bless the people on this land.

The doctor of agronomy who studies seeds and farming is here, and this piece of land is all planted by them. Worship and research seeds, improve farming, and increase grain production are of course not in conflict, but complement each other.

The construction of these two buildings started a long time ago, after the repairs in Luoyang City were almost completed and manpower was freed up. As Wang Yan's subordinate, no one would doubt that Wang Yan could not defeat Cao Cao.

In the year 2907 of Huaxia, that is, the year 210 of the Western calendar, Zhengshuo.

The altar outside the south city was bustling with people. Wang Yan was wearing a black dragon robe, a long sword on his waist, a crown on his head, and walked around. In the ancient and desolate yet gorgeous rituals and music, he climbed up the stairs step by step.

In 184, he started the Yellow Turban Rebellion, gathered the Yellow Turban defeated soldiers, and fled to Liaodong. He destroyed Gongsun Du, Wuhuan in Liaodong, and marched west to the grassland.

In 189, he went south to Youzhou.

In 190, he killed Gongsun Zan.

In 194, the battle in Hebei drove Yuan Shao to Henan and took all the land of Hebei.

In 195, he marched west to Han Sui and pacified the three thousand miles of grassland. Buyeo and Goguryeo existed in name only.

In 200, the navy that went out to sea to find grain returned and got all the crops such as potatoes, sweet potatoes, and corn.

In 201, he conquered Henan.

In 202, Zhang Lu and Liu Bei surrendered and got Hanzhong and the eastern part of Yangzhou.

From 202 to 208, he inspected the area under his jurisdiction, went deep into the grassroots, and actively rectified internal civil and military issues.

In 208, he attacked Cao Cao.

Before the spring of 209, the war ended and the mountains and rivers were unified.

In 210, he ascended the throne after offering sacrifices to heaven.

These steps are the path he has walked in the past 26 years. It looks simple in the introduction, and it is actually very simple. Of course, this is for Wang Yan, after all, he is very familiar with this set.

Relatively speaking, the difficulty this time is actually greater than that of the previous Song and Ming dynasties. Because the opponent is stronger and the productivity is lower.

In the Ming Dynasty, he refused to defend the northeast and directly killed the Qing Dynasty. Later, the reason was the peasant uprising organized by Li Zicheng and others, which broke the original social structure. His troops were the strongest and pushed forward all the way.

During the Song Dynasty, he helped his father-in-law to resist Liao and Jin, and then he changed his mind from within and completed the power transition with almost no damage.

Although there was a peasant uprising represented by the Yellow Turbans this time, it did not have a big impact on the original social structure, and they eventually became bandits. Those who took advantage of the situation were all from the wealthy families.

And since someone was a traitor and sent him a message when fighting Yuan Shao, but he still did not escape death in the end, the wealthy families have been single-minded to fight him.

And on the other hand, the lack of productivity and the lack of development in various places have also seriously restricted the speed of development. After all, even now, the people are still not full, and this is the result of his development for more than 20 years, so the difficulty is greater.

But for him, there is a difference between simple and difficult, but it is not big.

Finally, Wang Yan climbed to the top of the altar. In the heavy cauldron, there was a raging flame, and flags were flying in the wind. Civil officials and generals were wearing gorgeous dresses. Elite soldiers in bright armor stood solemnly with their halberds in hand.

This is a kind of heaviness that is unique to China, and in this heaviness, the blood and wisdom of our ancestors for thousands of years are condensed.

The ceremonial officer presided over the ceremony, and Wang Yan was just a machine without emotion, at the mercy of the officials. The major affairs of the country are sacrifice and war. From generation to generation, many things have fixed rituals. It is not very useful, but it represents the inheritance of history and the continuation of civilization. This is the greatest role and is indispensable.

After offering sacrifices to heaven and earth, Wang Yan officially ascended the throne and became emperor, and Guo Jia recited the first imperial edict. After reading it, the messenger soldiers under the altar will take the imperial edict to various places and announce it to the world.

Jia Xu recited the second imperial edict, which was a reward for civil and military officials. Of course, it is limited to senior civil and military officials, and local officials are not included. There are too many people, and it is impossible to recite them all.

The civil and military officials who followed him from the early years to the present are all founding dukes, with various titles. Civil officials such as Guo Jia, Jia Xu, Guan Ning, military generals such as Liao Hua, Huang Zhong, Zhao Yun, and Lu Bu were all made Dukes of the State, and Zhang Wu, who had followed them since the Yellow Turbans, also became a Duke of the State. Of course, there were also the three brothers of Liu Bei, who were in a similar position, so it was normal to give them a Duke of the State.

There were not many people who were given the title of Duke of the Founding of the Country, only more than 30 people.

The rest were Dukes of the County, Dukes of the County, as well as Marquises of the County, Marquises of the County, Marquises of the Township, Marquises of the Pavilion, etc., more than a thousand people were given titles of varying sizes, and many of them were not present.

Zhuge Liang was not made a Duke of the State, not even a Duke, but a Marquis of the County. The main reason was that he had little experience and his only achievement was taking Jiangguan. Compared with the group of people who were made Dukes of the State, Liao Hua pacified the 3,000-mile grassland, which was too awesome, and even Lu Bu, the famous traitor, had fought in the north and south and made countless military exploits, and Zhuge Liang's achievements were really not enough.

But speaking of Zhuge Liang, after the war, Zhuge Liang recommended talented people to Wang Yan, namely Pang Tong, Xu Shu, and a large number of Nanyang hermits who met him.

Zhuge Liang was young and vigorous, so he wrote a letter recommending himself. But Xu Shu and Pang Tong didn't do that. They were stable officials and basically followed the same promotion trajectory as Zhuge Liang. These people were all capable. The children of the common people trained by Wang Yan are indeed much inferior in ability. But this is normal. Are they all talented people? They have talents.

But the base of the common people is large. After so many years, it is not that there are no capable people, on the contrary, there are many. Most of the so-called officials in Luoyang are ordinary people, who have climbed up one level at a time. The vast majority of the various princes who were awarded awards were also the sons of the common people. This is solid proof.

Wang Yan didn't pay special attention to these two people. Someone with the ability would come up sooner or later.

As for other so-called hermits, this is a relatively special group. Their origins are also different, but they are generally aristocratic. There are very few people who are truly from the common people. The main reason is that obtaining knowledge is an insurmountable barrier for the common people, and there are too few channels.

However, these hermits do not harm others. To a certain extent, they can be said to be good to the people and are quite respected. These people all have jobs, whether they are talking or cultivating immortals, they are all good at medicine, and they are also proficient in the Five Elements and Bagua. Some people change with time, and some people really retreat from the world and cultivate themselves, which is quite amazing.

But under Wang Yan, this group of people is in trouble. Because they do not produce and do not have the means of production, whether they are practicing medicine or teaching knowledge, exchanging mental and technical labor for the means of production must be recognized by the government, otherwise they will be punished. The land must also be divided according to head count. If their land is not cultivated well, they will also be punished.

If you want to be an official, you must start as a pavilion chief. If you do not do well as a pavilion chief, you will have no official career in your life. If you want to do technical work, you have to be incorporated. If you don't, you won't be able to do it.

Even if they hide in the mountains, they are not allowed to eat or sleep in the open. Now that the world is settled and the army has no opponent, it is time to search the mountains, clear out the wild beasts, and drive the wild beasts deeper into the mountains to prevent them from going down the mountain to eat people and destroy production. During the process, I encountered a hidden household. I didn’t say a word of nonsense. Once I caught him, he would apply for a household registration and allocate his land.

In short, idle people are not allowed and must work.

Therefore, the number of so-called hermit masters is rapidly decreasing. A few are officials, and a few are opening local clinics or teaching in schools after training. This training is not to teach these people with profound cultural background knowledge, but to convey the ideological spirit of Wang Yanding in depth. They cannot interpret the contents of the textbook at will. It is the most important thing to keep it consistent across the country.

Most of the remaining people are basically engaged in learning. There are also a very small number of people who went to Huashan to join Zhang Lu and go to the mountain to cultivate immortality. This was the only sect recognized by Wang Yan. But these people couldn't escape in the end, because many of Zhang Lu's men were also engaged in learning, but they specialized in Taoism, Yin-Yang, Five Elements and Bagua.

Of course Wang Yan is not so overbearing and does not allow other sects to exist. He has opened up the registration of sects, but the requirements are relatively strict. They must have a clear program and doctrine, and the content must be strictly reviewed. There are also restrictions on the development of believers and sect property. The conditions are too high, and many people cannot meet them.

The reason why registration is open is mainly because the current trend of thought is relatively intense, hundreds of schools of thought are resurgent, and they are experiencing unprecedented prosperity. With Wang Yan's reading speed, he can't even keep up with the publishing speed. Therefore, like-minded people need a place to deeply cultivate their own culture.

Obviously, Wenchang Pavilion cannot accommodate it. This requires them to clearly sort out their ideas and find a place to develop on their own. In doing so, Wang Yan is also using policies to drive them to carry out self-change.

As for developing into various political parties in the future, and then forming a single party to unite and oppose differences, that is impossible. Generally speaking, they are all engaged in research, whether it is theory, application, life, or the universe.

Once you start seeking political power, you want to die. Killing a few people will make you happy for a while. This is a necessary side effect of the development of a prosperous culture.

In other words, no matter what, when it develops to a certain level, it will always seek political power in order to have a greater say. The struggle for orthodoxy is fierce, even more fierce than the political struggle. Struggle is extended and not static in a fixed area. The most important point is the human standpoint.

Back to the title, the title given by Wang Yan is not hereditary and irreplaceable, and the noble groups must be suppressed. Of course, it is not the first generation that suppresses people. In this regard, Wang Yan has always been a good boss and will never do anything to make things worse. There is only one reason to deal with these old brothers who are fighting for the country, and that is that they are tired of living and are restless. It is not his fault.

He suppressed nobles in order to avoid class consolidation and maintain a good upward path. The first generation is strong and the second generation is strong. It is impossible for every generation to be strong. We must do our best to avoid putting idiots in high positions.

As for whether it is not hereditary and whether his subordinates are willing to do it, he has already made it clear that if he is not willing, he will die. He can only guarantee that the descendants of these people can at least live a good life without being too stupid.

This is guaranteed by the system, and there is no need for the state finance to provide money to support waste. It just needs to be liberalized for business. After all, they have strong resources and will definitely make a lot of money from doing business.

Then when the money is short, just clean it up and everyone will be happy...

Sun Ce and Shi Xie wisely chose to leave. They fled to Southeast Asia and took some people with them. As for Lao Cao, the sea trip was ready and he was making final preparations recently. He would leave China for India in more than a month.

In fact, his subordinates disagreed with letting Cao Cao and Sun Ce leave. They also thought that it would be a disaster to raise a tiger, and they might come back to fight them in the future.

Wang Yan also explained the reason for this, and it was decided whether they agreed or not.

What they said certainly made sense, but it was actually useless. Instead of thinking about whether Cao Cao and others would fight back in the future, it would be better to think about whether their descendants would become powerful families again, digging into the corners of the empire, destroying the laws of the empire, fooling the emperor at that time, bullying the people at that time, and causing the people to live in misery and chaos in the world.

At that time, was it really that important whether Cao Cao and others fought back?

Or he sent people to occupy the land outside the territory, and now it seems that it really belongs to him and is indeed under his command. So what about the future? Is it because the emperor is far away from the country, and it has become a separatist regime, which has broken away from the rule and will still plot against China's land.

If there were no Cao Cao and others, Wang Yan would have sent people himself. Whether it is sending Cao Cao and others or sending his own people, the final result will be the same if the younger generation is not capable. So since there are these people with outstanding abilities, there is really no reason not to use them. Compared with killing them directly here, it is a great waste.

Because of the lack of manpower, what Wang Yan can do is to develop all the land in China before he leaves, and initially expand outward. If he leaves, the world will still operate, then what the successor has to do is to drive the younger generations of Cao Cao and Han Sui to continue to expand on the basis of stabilizing the domestic situation and further improving the lives of the people, and let them rule those lands, follow the younger generations of Lao Cao and others, and chase them out.

He can ensure that the successor of power is a good great-great-grandson who is capable of coping with the situation and has wisdom, and he doesn't know what will happen next. The empire fell apart in just a few decades, and this is still a solid foundation. Otherwise, it may not be over in a few years.

In the final analysis, it is problematic to imagine that an ancient centralized dynasty can be passed down for a long time, because it does not conform to the law of historical development. Even if everyone under his rule now knows that there is a continent overseas, it cannot stop the changes here. There may be rebellion, or for various reasons, the constitution may be established in the end. This is not certain.

What is certain is that the Wang royal family will not always be the master. Unless Wang Yan himself is immortal and stays forever...

In this case, why should he care so much. The system has been built, the path has been pointed out, and it cannot be developed further, so why bother to talk so much nonsense...

Whether Wang Yan ascends the throne or not has no effect. There are no opponents inside or outside, just focusing on development. Then follow the development of society, constantly improve the law, and constantly adjust the system.

In general, Wang Yan is a service-oriented government that solves problems for the people. So Wang Yan is more dealing with disciplinary issues. Power breeds corruption, which is normal. He mainly uses an iron fist to maintain the fairness and justice of the government and try to be as clean as possible to maintain overall stability.

The population is increasing day by day. When the world was first unified, the population was only 34 million. After that, the population grew by millions every year, and it kept getting higher and higher.

Correspondingly, the output of grains was also increasing. Because the improvement of crops such as potatoes and sweet potatoes supplemented the consumption of grains, people ate more and more grains. Animal husbandry was also developed, which continuously enriched people's dietary structure.

Thanks to the construction and development of health and medical care, the survival rate of infants has increased year by year, and life expectancy has continued to increase.

This is the credit of Hua Tuo and Zhang Zhongjing, who are real great doctors. Of course, they are not the only two who are awesome, in fact, there are really many awesome people. Many hermits are also very skilled in medicine, and they have also made outstanding contributions. Zhuge Liang can do it all, although his level is not as good as the top people, but he can easily treat ordinary minor illnesses, and he is a capable person.

It is the continuous efforts of these people that have promoted the leapfrog progress of health and medical care. They constantly improve medical records, summarize the different causes of the same symptoms, optimize the compatibility of medicinal materials, and continue to overcome difficult and complicated diseases, and their level is quite high.

Their level is higher than that of the group of doctors in the Song and Ming dynasties. Maybe people at that time were more powerful, or maybe it was really the older it was, because the closer it was to the origin, the more powerful the level of Chinese medicine was.

It even gave Wang Yan some new inspiration, and at the same time, it took out several improved strengthening pills, allowing this group of people to continue to optimize. Whether it is to reduce costs or enhance the efficacy of the medicine, as long as one can do it, it is a good thing. If both points are achieved, it will naturally be better.

At the same time, as time passed, the literacy rate continued to increase, and the number of people with high education backgrounds continued to increase. Wang Yan made great efforts to achieve universal education. At the same time, the imperial examination was opened to select officials. The giant Wenchang Pavilion was constantly split up, and high-level academies and universities were built in various places to provide more development routes.

With the increase in high-quality talents, it continued to promote the advancement of tools and improve productivity, thereby promoting the development of the country. Water conservancy is becoming more and more perfect, land transportation is getting faster and faster, and water transportation is becoming more and more developed.

Thus, it once again fed back to the commercial circulation, prospering the national economy and improving the living standards of the people. Changes in the social environment will further affect the cultural and artistic level. Thoughts have never stopped and have been progressing. China's culture and art have achieved unprecedented prosperity.

Everything is running healthily.

Lao Cao's side is also smooth. They landed on the coast and started to fight without saying a word. They had to fight, and their food could not support that long. The fastest way was to rob. The combat effectiveness of the Han army is not covered, and Wang Yan also equipped them with weapons.

Even if it was an away game or a plain battle, Lao Cao's wisdom and the quality of the soldiers still beat the Tianzhu army back. When the Tianzhu side reacted, Wang Yan had already diligently transported all the soldiers over. Lao Cao easily settled down and began to enslave the Tianzhu people and slowly expand.

Wang Yan actively provided logistics for Lao Cao, or in other words, targeted economic control and plunder. This truth, the people in Lao Cao's camp did not understand in the short term, and even if they understood it, they could do nothing about it.

Because this is the suppression of productivity, they can't resist it. Wang Yan's generals' money has been sent there, which is obvious.

Similarly, the same is true for Sun Ce and Shi Xie. They are not as good as Lao Cao. It's just that Han Sui's side is too far away because it is a land route. But even so, Wang Yan's money is also circulating there, but the trade is not as fast as sea trade.

Wang Yan did not open up sea trade to the merchants under his rule, and he would not do so in the short term. Because although he plundered resources from other places, the development of the country was not good, and there was still a lot of room for growth. After they prospered the country, they would relax their control over them, conduct great voyages, and plunder the world. Now it is still state trade and subsidies for the people.

When he left, it was probably just beginning to be implemented...

Time is the hero's biggest enemy.

There were many heroes in the Three Kingdoms, but they still couldn't fight against time. Even if it was Wang Yan, he had no way. Although he gained a long life in another form, he would repeat the aging process again and again.

When he felt the aging process again and again and realized life, others began to die.

Cai Yong lived to be over eighty years old. He was quite capable and even saw Wang Yan's grandson and his great-grandson were born. He devoted his life to learning and left behind a legendary life.

Huang Zhong also lived to be over eighty years old. Before the attack on Cao, his eldest son died and he witnessed the development of his youngest son.

Liao Hua, the boy who smiled foolishly and gave Wang Yan weapons, died in the winter of his seventy years old. His life was wonderful, but he was not happy in the second half of his life because the world was peaceful and there was no war. Although he still had military power, he still studied various tactics and summarized his own feelings, but there was no opponent.

Huang Zhong was the only one who felt differently from him. The remaining generals all told Wang Yan about their unhappiness. They always said that generals should die on the battlefield when they are strong, instead of losing their teeth when they are old and even unable to control their peeing and shitting.

Jia Xu also died. He used all his knowledge in this life and worked diligently like an old ox.

Guo Jia, the boy who led a donkey and carried all his belongings to Wang Yan to recommend himself, always talked about hiding away from leisure, but in the end he did it all his life.

Liu Bei traveled for half his life and finally found his home under Wang Yan's hands. Although he had no choice but to return, he had no choice at that time. It was also under Wang Yan's wise leadership that he lived to the age of seventy-three.

After he left, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei also passed away one after another. The event of the Peach Garden Oath seemed to be just before our eyes. This time Guan Yu did not leave Maicheng, and Zhang Fei did not get drunk.

Cao Cao had Wang Yan's help to recuperate and lived ten more years, dying at the age of seventy-five. Lao Cao was still quite hard-working, and he was considered to have worked hard all his life. He studied how to deal with Wang Yan in China, and how to deal with foreign races in Tianzhu. He played tricks all his life, and of course, he did not lack women and wine.

After this group of people died, Wang Yan's many wives began to leave. Then came the sons, and then the grandchildren.

No one could understand why Wang Yan hadn't died yet. Many people were looking forward to his death.

Wang Yan didn't live up to their wishes, nor did he have much sadness. He was still taking people to tour the world in his eighties and nineties, which made many people despair...

The commanding heights of the imperial city could see the whole city of Luoyang, because no building was allowed to be higher than the imperial city.

After a hundred years of development, Luoyang City has become increasingly large. The national population is nearly 700 million, and Luoyang alone has a population of 10 million, a real super city.

Standing on a high point with his hands behind his back, Wang Yan couldn't even see the whole picture of the city with his slightly dim old eyes.

One hundred and thirty-four, this is Wang Yan's age this year. At this moment, he is already full of white hair, white eyebrows, wrinkles, and many age spots, and the whole person is wrinkled.

But his back is still straight, his hands behind his back, the wind blows through his wide clothes, blowing his three thousand white hair, still unchanging nature and harmony.

The wind in late summer was very cool, and the sunset reflected the clouds of fire that spread across thousands of miles in the evening. It was very beautiful, and Wang Yan admired it.

Wang Ge looked at the old ancestor's back, and felt a sense of powerlessness, but also a strong respect. There was no way, the old ancestor's life was too wonderful.

"How is this country?" Wang Yan spoke a little hoarsely, without turning his head.

"Replying to the emperor, it is beautiful."

"Hahaha..."

Wang Yan laughed up to the sky, "Beautiful, beautiful..."

Wang Ge didn't understand what was funny, but he laughed along.

Wang Yan laughed for a while, turned his head, and looked at Wang Ge with a smile. He took out the imperial seal from his sleeve and threw it over casually.

He said lightly: "It's yours."

Wang Ge caught the imperial seal in panic and confusion, looked at Wang Yan's indifferent eyes, swallowed the useless nonsense, and immediately kowtowed and knelt. "Grandson will not disappoint the emperor's expectations."

"Go."

Wang Ge kowtowed three more times, stood up and looked at the emperor's back, turned around and went down the tall building, and asked the guards to keep an eye on Wang Yan's movements to prevent any accidents.

After walking a little further, he took the imperial seal in his hand and looked back and forth with trembling hands. He had touched this thing a long time ago, but the meaning was different after all.

"Mandate by heaven, long life and prosperity..."

His voice was shaking violently, suppressing his excitement, he understood what kind of empire it was.

On the tall building, Wang Yan still stood upright with his hands behind his back, looking down at the huge city with deep eyes.

In the sky, the clouds are rolling across three thousand miles...

"It is so beautiful..."

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