There are one hill and eight buildings in the Northern Prefecture of the Eastern Jin Dynasty Chapter 2976: Giving practical benefits to the people and winning peoples hearts
Chapter 2976: Giving practical benefits to the people and winning peoples hearts
Tao Yuanming frowned: "If we want to defeat Liu Yu, even from a cultural and theoretical perspective, it is not the Buddhist school's turn. Liu Yu's mortal enemies are aristocratic families and a group of scholars. They have always believed in the ways of Huang and Lao.
, this Buddhism itself was introduced from Western Tianzhu, and it was mostly believed by the Hulu from the northern Fan states. It was not a dominant idea in the Jin Dynasty. To use this to deal with Liu Yu, it is better to look for the Taoist classics of Tianshi Dao."
Doupeng sighed: "Yuan Ming, Yuan Ming, how could you, a smart man like you, not even think of this? I have been talking for a long time just now, just to tell you that Liu Yu's strength does not lie in his pure military talent.
, but because he can win the hearts and minds of the people, not only by the loyalty of a big brother who is willing to sacrifice himself to save his brothers, but also by the method of buying people's hearts and getting close to the untouchables that we find ridiculous. He offends the wealthy family and the entire
The purpose of the gentry group is to distribute the benefits of the gentry to the ordinary people. You think it is ridiculous, even if you hate him as a scholar, the lower class civilians will support him more!"
Tao Yuanming gritted his teeth: "His idea is unrealistic. The reason why the untouchables cannot achieve anything is that they have no culture and no knowledge. Even if they are given fields and farm tools, they can't manage them. What I think of these farmers is the worst."
It is clear that after dividing the land, you just have to scatter seeds and loosen the soil, and then you can be lazy and wait for harvest in the autumn harvest. If there is no harvest, you will rely on the government and the court for relief, or simply go into debt.
Later, he sold his land and became a tenant farmer. Isn’t that how the landless tenant farmers in the aristocratic family estates in Wudi came to be? I have been poor since I was a child and have dealt with these villains the most. I know what the sage said, only women are the ones who
It’s hard to raise a villain, what’s going on?”
Doupeng smiled slightly: "Do you think that the rumors that were spread in the six counties of Jiangbei caused panic and caused many bankers who moved there to oppose Liu Yu? This proves that Liu Yu is doing a thankless job.
Something?"
Tao Yuanming nodded confidently: "Of course, Liu Yu gave these tenants fields, gave them seeds, farm tools, and exempted them from taxes for a few years. It is said that all benevolence and righteousness are fulfilled, but as long as I give them a little guidance and incitement, they will
It will make them believe that from now on, the imperial court will directly collect taxes from them. In the past, well-meaning wealthy families paid taxes for them and provided them with food and drink. In the future, they will have to accept the exploitation of the imperial court. What Liu Yu did in Jiangbei
It only takes a few words from me to make those common people hate Liu Yu. Some people even regard him as the same person as Sima Yuanxian, who can only say beautiful words, but wants to suck their blood.
If Liu Yu hadn't personally gone to Jiangbei to visit many villages and promised to be tax-free for three years, I'm afraid someone in Jiangbei would have rebelled."
At this point, Tao Yuanming paused: "But it doesn't matter. This time Liu Yuren goes on an expedition to Nanyan, I can still make trouble in Jiangbei through Sima Guofan. In recent years, Pengcheng's internal history has been Liu Yilian, a big corrupt official.
He is amassing money without restraint, and I have already caught him a lot here. I am just waiting for the opportunity to spread these evidences in Jiangbei, which will definitely give Liu Yu a big surprise!"
Doupeng sighed: "Your thoughts are still stuck two years ago. Yuan Ming, this is very dangerous. In the past two years, the people in Jiangbei have gained a lot from Liu Yu's distribution of land, fields, seeds and farm tools.
I have gained a lot of benefits. I have accumulated food and wealth that could not be accumulated in ten years in the family manor in Jiangnan. I have obtained benefits that I have never had before. And I really don’t have to pay taxes for several years. These are real benefits.
If you now imagine the incitement you did two years ago, I'm afraid it won't work."
Tao Yuanming gritted his teeth: "It's just three years of tax exemption. In more than a year, they will start to pay taxes. At that time, I will contact those wealthy families and ask the village heads and village chiefs they sent to help.
If the taxes are overcharged, these immigrants will have to pay more taxes than before. They will be collected in the name of the imperial court as Liu Yu said. Then as long as someone causes trouble again and causes some bloodshed during the collection process,
If there are several cases where the government forces the people to rebel, I can guarantee that many people will defect to the various righteous forces represented by Sima Guofan."
Doupeng said coldly: "I'm afraid you underestimate Liu Yu's local business. Nowadays, few of the people in charge of the villages are the ones sent by the original aristocratic families to Jiangbei. Even if there are still some managers from aristocratic families,
They were allotted land themselves and became minor officials, so why should they obey the orders of their former boss? What Liu Yu gave them was more generous than what the aristocratic family gave them. If the aristocratic family could give Liu Yu's conditions, then unless they didn't make any money
Do you think it’s possible to stop sucking blood?”
Tao Yuanming was speechless for a long time, and then sighed: "So, my lord, you mean that we are no longer Liu Yu's opponent in the competition for the hearts and minds of these people? These people have realized that Liu Yu has brought them
Benefits that have never been given by aristocratic families for hundreds of years?"
Doupeng nodded: "Yes, Liu Yu gave away the family's benefits and land to these common people as a personal favor. This kind of person is the most terrifying, because he doesn't even care about future generations, he only cares about future generations.
Thinking about realizing his own ideals, I originally thought that the Northern Expedition was his ambition. Now it seems that we have all been wrong about him. What he wants is to truly make everyone equal in the world and realize that kind of utopia, and it is even more terrifying.
What's amazing is that it is really possible for him to realize this. In the past, although Huang Lao's way and metaphysics talked about the old age and death, and the sound of chickens and dogs, it was just to prevent the imperial power from going to the countryside, so that the noble families of the aristocratic families could
It’s just a matter of controlling the situation at the grassroots level, but Liu Yu, he means it!”
Tao Yuanming gritted his teeth: "So, Huang Laozhi's theory of resting with the people and the so-called "rest with the people" of aristocratic families cannot compete with Liu Yu's theory? Because the noble families of aristocratic families always want to eat profits and get something for nothing, it is doomed.
To drink the blood and sweat of the people is nothing more than a difference between high and low. But Liu Yu's kind of world where everyone has his own land, what he wants to collect is just the most basic tax, which will definitely be lower than the amount that aristocratic families want to collect, and also
It will bring more benefits to the people. If we can't destroy the plan, then Huang Laozhi will definitely not be able to compete with him, right?"
Doupeng's eyes flashed coldly: "That's it. Huang Laozhi said that the style of metaphysics was originally brought out by noble families in order to confront the imperial power and compete with the country for people's power. Their so-called way of heaven, ancient saints
, the former kings are nothing more than using the dead to suppress the living. In reality, they can't compete with Liu Yu's methods. The ones who really want to compete with him for the hearts and minds of the people are these foreign monks. This is why I want you to start studying Buddhist theory.