Zhu Gaochi deliberately coughed twice and opened his mouth and said, "Inspector Han, what we are talking about now is the New Deal where officials and gentry are all on duty, you are going too far!"
He really meant well. When Emperor Taizu Gao killed officials, it was like slaughtering a city. This kind of thing is not easy to talk about and not easy to hear. It is a taboo for the venerable, so this kind of thing is in the past and cannot be mentioned again. Besides, this nerd directly talked about it when he came up.
As for the murder, cold sweat breaks out down one's spine.
But Han Kezhong did not accept this sentiment, and said directly and forcefully, "His Royal Highness, what you said is wrong. You have already said that once this policy comes out, the world will be in an uproar. Then someone will jump out to sing against the imperial court. If the imperial court
If Lei Ting doesn’t finish the post, how can we push forward this new policy?”
Zhu Gaochi was choked up and rolled his eyes, and stared at Han Kezhong fiercely.
"Spreading the land among the people is a loss of small profits, but working as a servant and paying for the food is damaging to their roots!" Han Kezhong said again, "When the time comes, officials, scholars, and squires will all make trouble, and every province in the Ming Dynasty will make trouble. We must do things in a certain way.
Think the worst first!”
There will definitely be a fuss.
Zhu Yunxi held walnuts in his hands and couldn't help but think about it.
Not to mention the Ming Dynasty, where the political environment is relatively relaxed today, how about the Qing Dynasty?
The Yongzheng period was when the Qing Dynasty was on the rise, and the blood of the Qing army was still not cold. However, after it was promulgated that the officials and gentry should pay grain and serve as errands together, there were more than one incident of abandoning the examination that year.
Since ancient times, only the imperial court has not held imperial examinations. How can any student take the initiative to stop taking the exams?
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, others say the Revolutionary Party, but in fact they are not the same.
The fundamental reason for the demise of the Qing Dynasty was that he stopped the imperial examination.
He stopped the imperial examination. What will happen to those scholars who come from gentry families? What will happen to those students from poor families?
A country without the support of the grassroots, and the grassroots has no upward channel, is like a person's blood vessels being blocked, sooner or later they will burst.
At that time, the Qing army was so murderous that it filled the countryside, and as soon as the imperial examination was opened, there were so many followers.
However, as soon as Yongzheng's new policies came out, students stopped taking exams.
It is true that the head can be cut off and the blood can be shed, but the articles of Confucius and Saint cannot be lost.
You can shave your hair and change your clothes, but I don't have to talk about the government and the people as one.
"I would like to advise the emperor to think twice about this matter!" Hou Yong, Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, said slowly, "Being an errand and paying for food at the same time will probably break the hearts of the gentry all over the world!" After saying that, he paused and said, "Scholars, gentry, officials,
It’s all three in one! The Ming Dynasty has nothing but appearances without these three!”
"What if I insist on implementing it?" Zhu Yunxi looked at the ministers and said in a relaxed tone, "Well, I know that this policy will hurt the foundation of the scholars in the world. They study just for the privilege. They don't pay taxes or food, and they don't want to see officials.
If you don't kneel, the people will still kneel when they see them. If you are an official, you are a minister of the emperor, if you are not an official, you are a country gentry."
As he spoke, he sighed and said, "They say they help the court educate the people. In fact, to put it bluntly, they help the court rule the people in the local area. If the court wants grain taxes, they will collect them. If the court wants the people to do the labor, they will be the ones to decide."
"But they... After all, they still harmed the interests of the country! I still remember there is a saying that the imperial power does not extend to the county, haha! It's far away... The people support the world and work endlessly, taxes and food are endless, and scholars do
But the officials are superior, which is unfair and fair!"
"I agree with Hou Butang's words!" Zhu Gaochi also said, "Those who win the hearts of the people win the world. In fact, the hearts of the people are the hearts of the gentry! Your Majesty, this has been like this since ancient times. Privileges are privileges!" As he said this, he kept saying to Zhu Yunxi.
He winked and said, "Kings and scholar-bureaucrats share the same world!"
As he spoke, he sighed, "I would like to say something disrespectful. There are some things that he cannot go against the current!"
He was really anxious and scared.
If the Ming Dynasty were to do this, it would definitely be in turmoil within three to five years. He knew the emperor too well, and if he didn't say anything, it meant he wasn't ready. Once he said something and was ready to do it, he would overcome all difficulties and carry it out to the end.
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Go against the current!
"Ha!" Zhu Yunxi suddenly laughed.
Indeed, Zhu Gaochi was right. In fact, dialectically speaking, doing this in this era is indeed a bit against the trend. He was also right. The man known as Emperor Renzong in history must have seen that the gentry group was good for the empire.
On the one hand, there are also the consequences that the empire will bear if it offends them.
Not to mention, the reason why the old man was able to conquer the world back then was also because he treated these scholars well and incorporated the gentry group in western Zhejiang headed by Liu Bowen. Later, he also incorporated representatives of the northern gentry group such as Ling Han Yang Xian.
But Zhu Yunxi is so stubborn, why should the privileged class be so superior!
Oh, you have status, you have more connections than face, and you are superior.
Oh, you have rights and your family is rich, so you are superior.
Oh, your social status is high, you are superior!
Okay, whatever the fuck is okay, whatever the fuck is okay.
But why don’t you pay taxes!
Why do you not only refuse to pay taxes and serve in the military, but you also have to take advantage of it when the country collects taxes?
Why do you use the privileges given to you by the country to the common people, pretending to be a master like me?
Zhu Yunxi could ignore these bad things and pretend he didn't see them.
But what are the consequences of not seeing it?
A few years later, the Ming Dynasty's finances, population, and land were in a mess, with neither soldiers nor people to fight.
Where did the money go? Where did the tax revenue go?
At that time, it will not be the imperial court that will rule the world, but the bureaucratic group evolved from these gentry groups.
Think about the late Ming Dynasty, it’s not that there was no money, Jiangnan was extremely rich!
But how much did the Liao army collect in total through paying and training? Nuo's huge empire had hundreds of millions of people, but the imperial court only had more than 900,000 in its hands.
And they were all scraped from the heads of innocent people!
The poor have no way out, and the rich are stinking of wine and meat.
The soldiers cried for food, and the people surrendered to the Tartars.
Since scholars are exempt from taxes and have privileges, the gentry group can turn the world into a world of privileged people. These privileged classes control the entire Ming Dynasty, from land to imperial examinations, from imperial examinations to official positions, from official positions to taxation...
After more than two hundred years of development, this tax-free privileged class has trampled under the feet of the Ming Empire and countless people of the Ming Dynasty.
Then when the dynasty changes, let the poor people pay for their greed! And they only need to beg for mercy from the new master!
History has given us a clear proof and a painful lesson.
Will Zhu Yunxi, a time traveler, continue to follow the old path of history?
"The integration of officials and gentry is ultimately harmful to scholars!" Zhu Yunxi smiled complicatedly, "Officials are scholars, so a squire's family must have a scholar with a good reputation!"
"I've offended a scholar!" Zhu Yunxi smiled self-deprecatingly and looked at Xin Yande, "You are also a scholar. What book did you read?"
"The way of Confucius and Mencius!" Xin Yande replied.
"Okay! The Tao of Confucius and Mencius!" Zhu Yunxi laughed, "What is the Tao of Confucius and Mencius?"
As he said that, he looked around and said, "Scholars all over the world say in front of me that the people are the most precious, the king is the most important, and the country is the second best!"
"Now, tell me, does it make sense that scholars have privileges? Because they are scholars, they must have privileges. Isn't it a paradox that the articles of Confucius and Mencius that scholars in the world have learned?"
There was silence in the palace.
After a long time, a voice sounded, "Your Majesty, this is the truth, but this is how it is in the world!!"