Chapter 57 Why Are You So Stupid (1)
"Ahem!"
Zhu Gaochi deliberately coughed twice and opened his mouth, "Inspector Han, what he is talking about now is the new policy of serving as a united official and gentry. You are far away!"
He was really kind. Emperor Taizu Gao killed officials like a massacre of a city. This kind of thing was hard to say or not. It was a taboo for the venerable, so it could not be mentioned again. Besides, the nerd came up and directly touched the murderer, which made people sweat coldly.
But Han Kezhong did not accept this affection and spoke directly, "Your Highness the Crown Prince is such a bad word. You have said that this policy will be in an uproar as soon as it becomes available. Then someone will jump out and sing a rebellion with the court. If the court does not finish posting it, how can we recommend this new policy?"
Zhu Gaochi was choked and rolled his eyes, staring at Han Kezhong fiercely.
"Spending acres of acres is a small profit, while working as a part-time job and paying food together will hurt them!" Han Kezhong said again, "At that time, officials, scholars, and gentry will make trouble, and all provinces of the Ming Dynasty will make trouble. You must first think of the worst when doing things!"
It is definitely going to make trouble.
Zhu Yunyu held the walnut in his hand and thought in his heart.
Not to mention the Ming Dynasty, where the environment is relatively loose, how about the Qing Dynasty?
During the Yongzheng period, the Qing Dynasty was at its peak, and the Qing army's blood was still cold. However, after promulgating the joint efforts of officials and gentry to pay food and work together, there was a case of the examination of the candidates and the examinations, and more than one was held.
Since ancient times, only the imperial court has not enrolled the imperial examination, so how could the students take the initiative to stop the exam?
What is the imperial examination? If the gentry group is the flesh and blood of the empire, then the imperial examination is the main artery of the empire.
How did the Qing Empire fall later?
Some people say Yuan Shikai, and some people say the revolutionary party, but it is not the case.
The fundamental reason for the demise of the Qing Dynasty was that he stopped the imperial examination.
He stopped the imperial examination. What should those scholars from gentry families do? What should those poor students do?
If a country has no support from the grassroots and no upward channels, it is like a person's blood vessels are blocked and will explode sooner or later.
Back then, the Qing army killed so much, and the imperial examinations were everywhere.
However, as soon as Yongzheng's new policy was released, students stopped taking the exam.
The head can be cut off and blood can flow, but the articles of Confucius cannot be lost.
The hair can be shaved or replaced, but the officials and the people are all together to avoid the talks.
"I would like to advise the emperor to think twice about this matter!" Hou Yong, the Minister of Personnel, said slowly, "One-in-one job and paying food, may hurt the hearts of the gentry in the world!" As he said, he paused, "Scholars, gentry, and officials are all three! There is no such three in the Ming Dynasty!"
"What if I insist on promoting it?" Zhu Yunxiu looked at the ministers and his tone was quite relaxed, "Well, I know that this politics hurts the fundamentals of scholars all over the world. They study for privileges, do not pay taxes or pay grain, do not kneel when they see officials, and the people will kneel when they see them. Be an official as a minister, and do not be an official as a gentry."
As he said that, he sighed, "It is said that they helped the court educate the people. In fact, to put it bluntly, they helped the court rule the people in the local area. The court asked for food taxes, and they came to collect them, and the court asked for labor service for the people."
"But they... after all, they still harmed the interests of the country! I still remember a saying, "What is the imperial power that cannot be sub-county, haha! It's far... The people provide for the world but work endlessly and taxes are not limited, but scholars who are officials are arrogant and unfair!"
"I agree with the words of Houbutang!" Zhu Gaochi also said, "Those who win the hearts of the people win the world. In fact, this hearts of the people are the hearts of gentry! The emperor has been like this since ancient times, and privilege is privilege!" As he said that, he kept winking at Zhu Yunxiu, "The king and the literati share the world!"
He said, sighing, "I said something very disrespectful, he cannot go against the current in some things!"
He was really anxious and really scared.
If the Ming Dynasty was done like this, it would definitely be in turmoil within three to five years. He knew the emperor too well, and he would not be ready for what he didn't say. Once he was ready to do it, he would have to overcome all difficulties and implement it to the end.
Go upstream!
"Ha!" Zhu Yunxiu suddenly laughed.
Indeed, Zhu Gaochi was right. In fact, dialectically speaking, this kind of thing was indeed a bit against the trend in this era. He was right. Those who were called Emperor Renzong in history would definitely see the good side of the gentry group to the empire, and the evil consequences that the empire would have to bear if it offends them.
Not to mention the distant future, the reason why the old man was able to conquer the world was because he treated these scholars well and incorporated the Zhejiang West Gentlemen Group led by Liu Bowen, and later incorporated representatives of the Northern Gentlemen Group such as Ling Han and Yang Xian.
But Zhu Yunxiu has this stubbornness, why is the privileged class so superior?
Oh, you have an identity, you have more connections than face and you are superior.
Oh, you have the right, your family has the money, so you are above you.
Oh, you have a high social status and you are above all else!
OK, it's okay, it's okay.
But why don’t you pay taxes?
Why do you not only do not pay taxes or serve, but also have to make profits when the state collects taxes?
Why do you use the privileges given to you by the state, and you are the ones who are more than me?
Zhu Yunxiu can ignore these bad things and treat it as if he hasn't seen it.
But what are the consequences of being invisible?
Several years later, the financial and population land of the Ming Dynasty was ruined, with no soldiers to fight or people to fight.
Where did the money go? Where did the tax go?
At that time, it will not be the court that ruled the world, but the bureaucratic group evolved from these gentry groups.
Think about it in the late Ming Dynasty, it wasn’t that I had no money, but Jiangnan was rich!
But how much did Liao pay and pay the money to train the money? The huge empire, with hundreds of millions of people, only more than 900,000 were in the hands of the imperial court.
And they all shave from the heads of innocent people!
The poor have no way to live, and the rich have no wine and meat.
The soldiers yelled and the people surrendered to the Tartars.
Since scholars are tax-free and privileged, the gentry group can turn the world into a privileged world. These privileged classes control the entire Ming Dynasty, from land to imperial examinations, from imperial examinations to official positions, from official positions to taxes...
After more than two hundred years of development, this tax-free privileged class has trampled the Ming Empire and countless Ming people under its feet.
Then when the dynasty changes, let the poor people pay for their greed! And they just need to shake their tails and beg for mercy on their new owners!
History has given clear evidence and a painful lesson.
Could it be that Zhu Yunxiu, a time traveler, still needs to follow the old path of history?
"The integration of officials and gentry is ultimately the root of hurting scholars!" Zhu Yunxi smiled complicatedly, "Officials are scholars, and the family of gentry must have scholars with fame and fame in their families!"
"You offended the scholar!" Zhu Yunxi smiled self-deprecatingly and looked at Xin Yande, "You are also a scholar, what books did you read?"
"The way of Confucius and Mencius!" Xin Yande replied.
"Okay! The way of Confucius and Mencius!" Zhu Yunxi laughed, "What is the way of Confucius and Mencius?"
As he said that, he looked around for a week, "All scholars in the world said in front of me that the people are the most important, the king is the least important, and the country is the next! "
"Then now you tell me, is the privilege of scholars reasonable? Because they are scholars, they must have privileges. Isn't the articles of Confucius and Mencius learned by scholars all over the world a paradox?"
There was silent in the hall.
Chapter completed!