Chapter 182: Doing hard work and rejuvenating the country
Without common ideas, no matter how many soldiers and horses there are, they are just a bunch of people who cannot withstand the wind and rain. And it is not easy to build consensus and form a unified ideological understanding.
Everyone has their own interests. Starting from their own perspective, the results will naturally be strange and unbelievable. Just like the Han officials, they actually have common interests with the Mongolian nobles. In their view, the Red Scarf Army is more terrifying than the Yuan Dynasty.
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Today's Zhu Jiajun must rectify the source, eliminate misconceptions, and truly achieve ideological unity.
Zhu Yuanzhang's solemn gaze swept over everyone, and finally fell on Liu Bowen. Lao Zhu didn't think that he would agree at all. Just based on what he just said, he could use this head to sacrifice the flag!
Sure enough, Liu Bowen said solemnly: "I am a minister of the Yuan Dynasty. Unfortunately, I fell into the bandit camp. I will die. Please give me a happy life!"
He really wants to die!
Zhang Ximeng spoke before Zhu Yuanzhang: "You haven't said what you just said. Do you agree or oppose it? It is not a gentleman's behavior to avoid the important and take the light!"
Liu Bowen became more and more embarrassed and his face turned red. In fact, when he saw those sixteen words, he had already thought of many things. He wanted to expel the barbarians and restore China.
It is tantamount to treating the Yuan court as a barbarian, annihilating the Yuan court, and restoring the Han family. This is a very powerful call, and it is also the best reason for Han officials like them to join the Zhu family army.
Of course, it is not enough to offset some people's nostalgia for Yuan Ting. There are many factors involved, including personal emotional issues and rejection of the rebels. But in the final analysis, it is still a matter of interests.
That’s why the last eight words came into being, divide the land equally and help the people!
In the historical edicts to the Central Plains, "Li Gang Chen Ji" was used. In fact, by comparing the difference between the two, you can understand the intention of the author. "Li Gang Chen Ji" means that the rule of the Yuan Dynasty collapsed and the principles and discipline were lost, so the people suffered.
Suffering, we crusade against the Yuan Dynasty in order to restore order.
What kind of discipline is being restored? Of course it is the Three Cardinal Guidelines and the Five Constant Rules, the order that Confucian scholars and officials have always sang.
And this slogan also implies a layer of meaning. At the beginning of the founding of the country, the Yuan Dynasty was destined by destiny and established order. Later, the emperors who followed him were too stretched, so they had to raise troops to attack.
This also coincides with many of what Lao Zhu said about the Yuan Dynasty... To put it more bluntly, it was Zhu Yuanzhang's compromise with the old bureaucrats of the Yuan Dynasty and with the entire group of scholars and landlords.
Did the mighty Emperor Hongwu ever compromise?
Nonsense, if he won't compromise, how can he sit on the throne!
The difference between Zhu Yuanzhang and ordinary people is that he has a knife in his heart. Compromise is only temporary. When he has the opportunity, he will definitely fight back. This is how the heads of the Hongwu Dynasty were rolling.
From the beginning of his ascension to the throne, until his death... No matter how much pressure or difficulties there were, Zhu Yuanzhang completed this road and remained consistent, never forgetting his original intention.
Maybe this is the charm of Zhu Yuanzhang!
After Zhang Ximeng's revision, the outline and rules were clearly divided into equal shares of land. In other words, anyone who ignores the annexation of land and lets it go is a big mistake. According to this standard,
It wasn't just Zhao Song who was wrong!
You must know that all landowners from aristocratic families and wealthy families are chasing land. It is their instinct to annex acres of land. Relying on the land to collect rents, enjoy the profits, and be a comfortable rentier has been the consensus of people for thousands of years.
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Once the equal division of land was proposed, that is to say, the annexation of land by the entire Jin gentry landlord group became unfair. It was equivalent to digging up the ancestral graves of the scholar group.
Liu Bowen is so smart, how can he not understand the powerful relationship between them?
But the more he understood, the more frightened he became. The reason was very simple. He could reject Zhu Yuanzhang and become a pure minister of the Yuan Dynasty. In this way, even if he died, his reputation would not be ruined.
His behavior is still in line with the general morals of the scholar group, and some people will even praise his integrity. He can still be recognized within the scholar group.
For many scholars, this is enough. On the contrary, being ostracized by the world and criticized by thousands of people would be an even more miserable end. It would be worse than death, and it would bring disaster to the descendants... Just like Mr. Yan Ge, who became the number one traitor.
And Mr. Xu Ge is still regarded by many people as the famous figure of ZTE, but if we look closely at the actions of the two people, it seems that they are half the same...
Therefore, the lethality contained in the words "equal acres of land" is simply unparalleled and belongs to the three-body star level.
The smarter a person is, the more he understands its power.
Where did Zhu Yuanzhang dig this young man out? He was so cunning and weird that it was hard to resist!
"Everything in the world is not the king's land, and the shores of the land are not the king's ministers. You talk about dividing the land equally, but in the final analysis, the land belongs to the heavenly family, so why is it not the private property of one family!" Liu Bowen's eyes were sharp and he decided to make a desperate fight.
My head can be cut off and blood can be shed, but the truth cannot be lost!
Faced with Liu Bowen's heart-wrenching question, Zhang Ximeng said calmly, "Do you think the whole world is the royal land? All the produce from the fields is dedicated to the royal family? Or maybe one royal family eats up all the produce?"
Liu Bowen was startled, "Of course the emperor's family cannot bear these taxes, but the ministers are the emperor's retainers, and the soldiers are the emperor's personal soldiers. How can they not support the emperor's family?"
"Well said, in the final analysis, we are all the Emperor's family. Then let me ask the scholars in the world, why should we cultivate ourselves, manage our families, govern the country, and bring peace to the world? Why don't we all become servants of the Emperor?" Zhang Ximeng said calmly: "After all, the Emperor
The residence is just a palace, and the food must be eaten separately. There are thousands of courtiers, how can it be just for the emperor... Not to mention the officials in various ministries, running provinces and prefectures, upholding the national laws to govern the people. They are all humble social instruments.
.The common people pay land taxes and support officials so that they can distinguish right from wrong, maintain discipline, and protect the country and the people."
"The emperor cannot govern the world by himself, nor can the emperor enjoy all the offerings of billions of people by himself... After all, the whole world is the royal land. This royal land is distributed equally to the people by God through the hands of the emperor.
Enjoy the fairness of the emperor's distribution, and the people will be convinced, and the world will be peaceful and peaceful. If the emperor's distribution is unfair, the world will be in turmoil, the country will be turbulent, refugees will be everywhere, and rebels will appear everywhere. Someone needs to come out to redistribute the land. And only those who can divide the land well can
Your Majesty the Emperor, sit on the Dragon Throne!"
"What the emperor has is not the land, but the right to distribute the land. The ministers are not the emperor's retainers, but the virtuous people and people with both ability and political integrity selected by the emperor from among the billions of people to assist the emperor in dividing the land.
, maintain good laws and disciplines, protect the people, and serve as public instruments... The emperor inherits the mandate of the sky and obeys the people's will, and the officials receive the emperor's holy order to protect the people. The people support the emperor and the officials with their output, so the heart of heaven is the people's heart, and the will of heaven is the will of the people.
The people long for fairness, and the people want justice. All kinds of fairness, all fairness, only have acres of land at the core! Therefore, equal distribution of acres is the core of the core!"
Zhang Ximeng finished speaking in one breath, and when he looked at the people in the audience, they were all so silent that you could hear a pin drop.
After a while, there were sighs again, and Liu Ji was not the only one who frowned and thought!
There are many masters present, Jia Lu is second to none, and Zhu Sheng's level is also top-notch.
Then there are Li Xi and Tao An, both well-known Confucian scholars.
Besides them, several important officials captured by the Yuan Dynasty were not simple figures, especially Gong Boxui. He participated in the compilation of history and served as a counselor for Tuotuo. He had profound knowledge and superb insights, and was also of the highest level of understanding.
It's just that although Li Shanchang is the head of Zhu Yuanzhang's civil servants (note that the head of civil servants is not the same as the first civil servant), he was born as a minor official and has been busy with specific government affairs.
Hearing Zhang Ximeng's mostly pragmatic speech, he didn't understand. What he said was just a common argument, and even if he became the emperor, he probably wouldn't be able to follow it. It was all flashy stuff.
He looked surprised, but among this group of people, Gong Bosui was the first to stand up and bow deeply.
"Mr. Zhang's eloquent talk made me enlightened. I also have a few words of experience, and I want to express them, but I won't be upset if I don't vomit!"
Zhang Ximeng smiled and said: "Please enlighten me!"
Gong Bo then coughed and then said loudly: "The kings of the Han and Tang Dynasties, at the beginning of the founding of the country, rested with the people, granted the people land, benefited the people, and returned to their hearts. Therefore, the prosperity of the Han and Tang Dynasties was achieved. Although the kings of the early Song Dynasty had the heart to love the people, they did not
Suppressing annexation, although the country is rich, the people are in hardship... Therefore, the country is getting worse day by day, defeated by the Khitan, defeated by the Jin Kingdom, defeated by the Mongolia, until the country is destroyed!"
"The king of the Yuan Dynasty had no love for the people, nor any desire to restrain annexation. Instead, he occupied the fields, squeezed the people, and enslaved tens of thousands of Han people with Mongolians and Semu people. The government was dark, and they were scheming with each other. They did not hesitate to fight for the throne.
He drained the treasury and bought people's hearts. After he ascended the throne, he looted and acted wantonly. How could a king like this not be destroyed? How could a country like this be destroyed? The barbarians would not have a good fortune for the country for a hundred years. This is true!"
After Gong Bosui finished speaking, Jia Lu actually sighed, "Between heaven and earth, with the blue sky above your head and the thick soil under your feet, giving people acres of land is the foundation for them to live and work! Annexing acres of land means cutting off the people's vitality. Since there is no hope for survival,
Naturally, one must rise up to attack, cut down trees into soldiers, and raise an uprising. If one man makes trouble, the country will collapse. The Yuan Dynasty has a million troops, but they are defeated by a stone man. This lesson can be said to be unforgettable!"
Zhu Sheng even touched his palm and said: "The emperor inherits the order of heaven, divides the land equally, and protects the people. The ministers follow the emperor's order and herd the people. Although the people worship the emperor and the officials, they are not the fish and meat for whatever they ask for. The heart of the people is the heart of the people, and the will of the people!"
When Zhu Sheng said this, his eyes were shining, his beard was flowing, and he was full of energy.
"Zhang Qingcheng, what you preach can be said to be the ultimate principle of heaven and earth. There is no way of knowing whether you will surpass Zhu Xi one day!"
With just these words, can he surpass the sage Zhu Xi?
Li Shanchang was still dizzy.
Liu Bowen said coldly: "You guys are boasting, but in the final analysis, you are not just sitting around talking about things, empty talk and harming the country!"
Zhang Ximeng smiled and said, "Empty talk will certainly harm the country, but this statement is not empty talk!"
After he finished speaking, he turned around and bowed deeply to Zhu Yuanzhang, "My lord, I think I should implement the land distribution in the south of the Yangtze River. Please give me your permission!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Jia Lu, Zhu Sheng, Tao An, Li Xi, and Li Shanchang, who was half a beat too slow, all stood up and bowed together, "Please give me permission, superior!"
Zhu Yuanzhang's face turned red. He understood most of Zhang Ximeng's remarks. After all, he had studied with Zhang Ximeng for several years, so he knew what Zhang Ximeng was thinking.
But at the moment, Zhu Yuanzhang doesn't mind the shackles Zhang Ximeng put on the emperor... On the contrary, what he likes more is that Zhang Ximeng treats us as the emperor!
Do we really have the destiny of being emperor?
Lao Zhu's blood boiled all over, "Okay, just do what Mr. Zhang wants!"
At this moment, Zhang Ximeng turned his head and smiled at Liu Bowen, and said calmly: "Now it's not just empty talk, it's about putting it into practice and working hard to rejuvenate the country!"