Chapter 283 Zheng Guoben () kills three birds with one stone
"Since it is so important, what reason are you going to find to change it?"
Gao pragmatic shook his head and said: "As you said, it is naturally difficult to change such an important system at once, because in a big way, you can even think of this system as some kind of 'foundation of the country'.
So your suggestion just now is very reasonable. You must find a way around it at the beginning. How to get around it? It depends on the reasons the Ming court used to formulate this system in the first place."
Liu Xin raised her eyebrows slightly: "Oh? Then what reason did they use in the first place?"
"The Ming Dynasty established this system, and the official reason was to 'prevent adultery'. Therefore, neighbors have the responsibility to supervise each other, and no idlers or Taoists are allowed to preach in order to prevent them from preaching.
Forming a party and rebelling... So, what do you think I should do to get around this rule?"
Liu Xin shook her head directly this time and said: "I can't guess how you want to get around it, but I feel that the court's statement seems to have a meaning... Do you think the court is insinuating the White Lotus Sect?"
Gao Pragmatic laughed: "This time you guessed it right. The Ming Dynasty really attached great importance to the White Lotus Sect. The reasons mentioned here are indeed largely aimed at the White Lotus Sect, or things similar to the White Lotus Sect.
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Liu Xin frowned and said worriedly: "If this is the case, I don't think it will be easy for you to get around it."
"It's normal not to be easy. How many of the things I do are easy?"
Gao Pragmatic laughed, waved his hand and said: "I won't say much about the past of the White Lotus Sect (Note: It has been introduced mainly in the chapter about "An Da Feng Gong" in the first volume of this book). Their last recognized leader
The leader of the cult, Zhao Quan, had already been sent back to the court by Tumote to be executed. After that, the so-called White Lotus Sect disappeared.
Although there are still people secretly plotting evil under the name of the White Lotus Sect, they are out of control. Nowadays, those who are called the ‘White Lotus Sect’ are just using their name to carry out their own selfish desires.”
Liu Xin shook her head and said: "Are you too underestimated the White Lotus Sect, or too underestimated this tiger skin? I vaguely remember that there was a very large-scale White Lotus Sect uprising in the late Ming Dynasty, and even reached Manchuria
In the middle of the Qing Dynasty, the White Lotus Sect also staged a large-scale uprising, which took a lot of effort from the Qing Dynasty to suppress."
"The two things you mentioned are indeed true." Gao Pragmatic nodded: "There was originally a so-called White Lotus Sect uprising led by Xu Hongru in the late Ming Dynasty, but the real name he used was not
The serious White Lotus Sect is the so-called "Wen Xiang Sect".
Of course, it is okay to regard the Wenxiang Sect as a branch of the White Lotus Sect, because this guy joined the so-called White Lotus Sect in his early years. His master at that time, Wang Sen, was originally a cobbler in Luanzhou and joined the White Lotus Sect in his early years.
, and later claimed to be the leader of the Wenxiang Sect.
In short, after Wang Sen died, Xu Hongru claimed to be the leader of the Wenxiang Sect, but in fact he did not come up with any new teachings. He continued to secretly operate according to the teachings of the White Lotus Sect for twenty years, until he thought the time was right and launched an army.
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Hey, but... this matter is probably out of the question. Because as early as... almost ten years ago, Gao Rui (Gao Xiaozhuang) submitted a report saying that someone was found secretly operating in the Kaiping Industrial Zone, and he had arranged for protection.
A group of capable personnel from the mining team monitored the situation closely.
At first, I thought it was Dongchang and Jinyiwei who were sending people to monitor. Later, Uncle Mo asked the Ministry of Internal Affairs to send people to conduct a secret investigation. It turned out that someone was secretly cultivating followers among the Kaiping miners, and the leader among them was the one I just mentioned.
That Wang Sen. He has two disciples who can be called his right-hand men. One of them is Xu Hongru.
To be honest, I didn't remember the name Wang Sen at first, but I remembered it when I saw Xu Hongru, so this group of people...it's obvious that the end is not good."
Liu Xin was slightly startled when she heard this and asked, "What's wrong, you kill them?"
"They deserve to die, but I will not kill people so simply and crudely." Gao Pingshi snorted and said calmly: "I asked Uncle Mo to tell the Ministry of Internal Affairs to dig up all the shameful deeds these people did behind the scenes.
After the evidence of the crime was confirmed, under my instruction, Gao Rui called in local officials and gathered tens of thousands of miners in Luan and other places for a large-scale public trial.
These damn things, they usually use some of the confusing teachings of the White Lotus Sect to attract people to the religion, but privately they have no conscience and do bad things... Let's put it this way, the evil leaders you know in the future have done.
They have done almost everything."
Hearing this, Liu Xin's face became very gloomy, and she asked angrily: "Then did they pay for it in the end?"
"Of course." Gao pragmatically said: "But something happened a little unexpectedly. I originally planned to disclose the charges so that no one in Kaiping Industrial Zone and even related places would believe these things anymore. As for their heads, I
I still plan to let the court clarify the canonical punishment.
But unexpectedly, what these people did angered everyone present. After tens of thousands of miners and villagers learned the truth, they were all furious. In the excitement of the crowd, they tore these people into pieces on the spot...
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Liu Xin looked a little better and snorted: "You deserve it!"
Gao Pingshi said: "In short, Xu Hongru will definitely not be able to cause any uprising. And I have also controlled some of the sources of trouble that have easily caused trouble in the north in recent years. It can be said that the soil for their success has been basically eliminated."
Liu Xin sighed and said, "The ghost of the White Lotus Sect has been around for several dynasties. Why do you think it is?"
"The root cause is naturally the poor governance of the court and the life of the people is too difficult. At this time, people will seek spiritual sustenance. But the problem is that many people in this era are illiterate, and you cannot ask them to know what is acceptable.
Believe it or not, what is a lie?
At this time, a "famous" evil like the White Lotus Sect will confuse the masses through some seemingly good teachings, and some of them will be encouraged by those who have deep hatred for the imperial court but do not know the true purpose of the White Lotus Sect.
Then he was willing to give everything... not to mention his family wealth, even his wife and children.
In fact, the current White Lotus Sect and various sects, although they secretly develop their followers, most of them are not thinking about such unrealistic things as overthrowing the imperial court. They are just trying to make money and enjoy that.
A kind of aloof and unrestrained wanton behavior.
As for uprisings, most of them are just a small group of leaders who feel that they are powerful enough and want to fight for greater power. Of course, there are also some leaders who may have simpler goals and may really feel that they are doing something for others.
It's a pity that those who practice Taoism...most of them are just crazy people.
These sects are often highly hierarchical, with the leader having great power and very strict control over the believers, so that the believers basically exist around the orders and control of the leader. At this time, the White Lotus Sect actually had no real members.
With their spiritual beliefs, their top-down goals, apart from pursuing greater power and more money, are basically just crazy."
"But according to what you said, I think the less likely the court is to relax its vigilance against this threat, the less likely you are to bypass the road guide system!" Liu Xin wondered.
Seeing that she had changed the topic, Gao pragmatic smiled and said: "Oh, as a minister, if I want to convince the emperor or the officials, in the final analysis, I have to start with the reality - for example, money."
Liu Xin asked in surprise: "Why does this involve money again?"
Gao pragmatically said: "If the emperor believes that the Luyin system has seriously affected the increase in the imperial court's annual income, do you think he will seriously consider abolishing it? If the officials believe that the Luyin system has seriously affected their salary increase, do you think they will
Would you seriously consider abolishing it?”
"But what about threats?" Liu Xin spread her hands: "For the imperial power, is there anything more worthy of vigilance than rebellion? Even if you want more money, you can't threaten the rule, right?"
"So I have to provide them with a way to save money and solve various problems!" Gao Pragmatic said with a smile: "For example, let's relax the road guide system, but let Jinyiwei expand Tiqi, but shift the focus of work to
If we eliminate evil spirits, wouldn't we kill three birds with one stone?"
Liu Xin was startled: "One stone, three birds? Which three birds?"
"The first bird is to open up the roads and promote the prosperity of industry and commerce. At the same time, the major banknotes of the imperial court can receive more taxes. From this, I have an excuse to further increase the salaries of the officials, and at the same time, the internal funds are in the banknotes."
Gold flowers and silver can also increase income;
The second bird is that Jinyiwei expands Tiqi, so that the evil men in the world can be monitored and the business will not be missed. The noble group behind Jinyiwei will also be satisfied, because there is an additional source of KPI, and this source is very safe.
It won't offend anyone at all;
The third bird is that since the Jin Yiwei has shifted its focus to combating evil, can the civil and military officials also breathe a sigh of relief, thinking that this can reduce the occurrence of many inexplicable unjust, false and wrong cases?"
Liu Xin took a breath, looked at Gao Pragmatic in shock, and said: "The ins and outs of your reform ideas today are like an iron chain. I can't even count how many links are connected in this chain."
Gao Pingshi laughed and said: "It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter, it doesn't matter if it's a white cat or a black cat, as long as it catches mice, it's a good cat. In the same way, it doesn't matter whether it's a chain or not, or how many links there are, it can get things done in the end."
Liu Xin was silent for a moment, nodded in approval, and then seeing that Gao Pragmatic seemed to have really finished speaking this time, she pursed her lips and said: "That's pretty much it for the capital matter. Just as it happens, Tianjin Port sent someone
I came to ask, saying that the wind direction has been good in recent days, and asked me when to leave... If you don't have any objections, I plan to leave tomorrow."
This time it was Gao Pragmatic's turn to be startled and asked curiously: "Although I had planned to go south in the near future, but leaving tomorrow...isn't it a bit too hasty?"
"It can't be considered urgent. Yuan'er has already arrived in Bago." Liu Xin suddenly said seriously: "And he came to Feige to pass a message and said something important, which made me feel that I have to go there quickly."
Gao Pragmatic was surprised and asked: "What's the matter?"
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PS: This chapter is only 3K, but it is true that the planned content of this chapter has been written. In addition, I may be busy in the past few days. I guess the additional updates and supplementary updates will have to be postponed, and I can only guarantee one update per day.
From what I know so far, it shouldn't take longer than this week.
