Chapter 90: Emperor Chongping: This son has the talent of Wang Zuo!
"One hundred and twenty chapters, as for the First Lord Liu Han..."
Jia Heng's face turned pale and he was about to speak, but was interrupted by Emperor Chongping's hand. The emperor smiled softly and said loudly: "It would be pointless to say it in advance."
Jia Heng: "..."
It’s you who’s asking, and you’re the one who’s not allowed to talk. Is this the emperor?
Jia Heng paused for a moment, then praised "against his will": "Your Majesty, these words of sincerity are the words of gold and stone."
In this compartment, Dai Quan, the eunuch, poured a cup of tea, brought it to the table, and said with a chuckle: "Master Jia, drink tea."
Jia Heng nodded and thanked him in a low voice.
Due to their personal experiences, these eunuchs often have a narrow-minded nature, look down upon others, harbor resentment, and fight for loyalty.
Emperor Chongping also took a cup of tea and said loudly: "The eldest princess said that you are knowledgeable about history and good at talking about the past and present. When you were explaining the manuscripts of the Three Kingdoms, those who made trouble for the world were from the Yuan family. I deeply agree! But why did the Later Han Dynasty
There was turmoil in the family, but there was no Song and Ming Dynasty, why is this?"
Unlike the eldest princess of Jinyang, as an emperor, Emperor Chongping's methods may not be as scientific and systematic as Jia Heng's, but at a high level, he has the same understanding of the rise and fall of the Later Han Dynasty from different angles.
Because the Three Kingdoms returned to Jin, Jin was the Sima of Hedong, which was not an aristocratic family.
Therefore, when the eldest princess was in high spirits and briefly explained Jia Heng's views to Emperor Chongping the day before, Emperor Chongping did not feel that the commentator was enlightened, but was slightly confused by Jia Heng who held this view.
This means that Princess Jinyang, a "student", is not good at academics. Even though she listened to Jia Heng's statement and analysis in full, she did not explain it all to Emperor Chongping. Therefore, it seemed that she only had arguments and no citations. Pao Ding explained
ox.
Therefore, the refreshing feeling of being in a high-rise building with mercury pouring down the ground naturally did not arouse a trace of it in Emperor Chongping's heart.
Jia Heng was silent for a moment and said: "Your Majesty, that day, Heng was just a scholar, chatting with His Highness Jinyang about history and gossip."
Emperor Chongping said solemnly: "There is no need to hide your ignorance before me. As long as you have something to see, just tell me. Every month I listen to the doctorate of history from Hanlin Academy and Hongwen Hall discussing history."
Over here, the eldest princess of Jinyang cast a pair of beautiful eyes as full as water at Jia Heng, and said with a chuckle: "Jia Heng, the emperor has a magnificent spirit and has the capacity of a holy emperor to embrace all rivers. You just have to come through."
At this time, Li Chanyue also cast a pair of crystal clear eyes at the young man in green shirt.
Jia Heng pondered for a moment, then looked at the pair of eyes and said, "Cao Min and His Highness Jinyang mentioned this matter."
Princess Jinyang's cheeks turned red and she said, "What you said, I forgot about it for a while when I talked to my brother."
Jia Heng said: "Five dynasties were in turmoil, aristocratic families were destroyed, and the five surnames and seven hopes became withered bones in the tomb."
Emperor Chongping's face paused slightly and he remained silent, saying: "That's true."
Jia Heng said: "In the Song Dynasty, official career paths were widely opened, and printing books was cheap, and the family had no chance of revival. However, the local gentry received land donations, tax exemptions and other duties... It was almost the same as the county commanders in the Han Dynasty.
There is no difference between being powerful and powerful.”
But in fact there is still a difference, but it is difficult to explain clearly in a few sentences.
As expected, Emperor Chongping's face was gloomy and his eyes were terrifyingly gloomy.
Powerful people are like onions and need to be harvested regularly, but behind the gentry are retired bureaucrats. They themselves are part of the state machine. How can self-revolution be possible?
They are not even as good as the strong men. The strong men are at least the core layer of the ruling class composed of county guards, county magistrates, and military veterans. They are quite class-conscious. They often destroy families and destroy families. They regard powerful people as fish and meat and kill pigs to celebrate the New Year.
Emperor Chongping took a deep breath and looked at the boy opposite him, he had a different meaning. If nothing else, this boy's previous sentence was insightful and to the point.
Emperor Chongping said: "Why did the Song and Ming Dynasties die?"
Jia Heng was silent for a moment and said: "The Northern Song and Ming Dynasties were destroyed by the barbarians in the north. This can be recorded in history."
When the emperor asked about Song and Ming Dynasties, he was actually asking about this dynasty.
He actually didn't want to discuss this issue all at once because he didn't have enough groundwork.
Not only does writing a novel require foreshadowing, but the rhythm of speaking also requires foreshadowing.
Ancient strategists had a common method called reasoning by using examples.
In order to attract the monarch's idea, I will first tell a small fable to warm up the scene, and then move on. At the same time, I must observe the words and emotions. Some of the words may be very reasonable, but I can't say them at this time. There is a sequence of words.
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Emperor Chongping said: "You can tell me what you think."
Jia Heng said: "The fall of the Song and Ming Dynasties brought about internal and external troubles. In the end, the artifact changed hands and the country was destroyed."
Again, when the emperor asked about Song and Ming Dynasty, he was actually asking about this dynasty.
The dynasty system is undoubtedly a strengthened version of the Song Dynasty and a weakened version of the Ming Dynasty.
But the emperor's question was very tricky, even a little embarrassing.
Because, you have to find commonalities and differences.
These are the final questions among the essay questions.
This is not a question for him. Even the great scholars at that time would have to think about it for a long time before they could answer it.
He felt that this was more like a casual question from Emperor Chongping, and he probably didn't expect him to give any refreshing answer that would make him a minister.
It's more like a teacher's examination of students.
But as a student... he actually wanted to be a teacher.
"Internal and external troubles?" Emperor Chongping's face regained his composure and said, "Where are the internal troubles and where are the foreign troubles?"
Jia Heng said: "The Song Dynasty was troubled by external troubles, without the barrier of clouds, and its military affairs were weak. The barbarians were like sharp swords hanging in the air in the north. It is not surprising that they died outside! The internal worries of the Song Dynasty were caused by three redundant difficulties, which made it difficult for the Song Dynasty.
Chronic diseases have led to poverty and weakness. The reason is that since the Tang Dynasty, warriors have been in power and vassal towns have been a disaster, which has caused chaos in the Five Dynasties.
, the Song Dynasty clung to the ancestral system, clinging to the weak and deficient, seizing local power from the central government, and emphasizing civility and suppressing military affairs, which led to many failures in border affairs... The Song Dynasty also did not restrain land annexation, which made people's livelihood difficult. Later, the Jin cavalry went south, thus having the shame of Jingkang
, to be ashamed of future generations."
The demise of the Song Dynasty is actually very interesting. The Song Dynasty is often called the rich Song Dynasty, but it is also poor and weak. This sounds contradictory, but in fact it is two different things.
The financial black hole caused by the three redundancy issues and national defense issues caused frequent financial crises in the Northern Song Dynasty, but the fiscal revenue of the Northern Song Dynasty was not lacking due to the encouragement of trade.
When Emperor Chongping heard this, his face moved slightly and his heart was shaken.
Three redundant difficulties, strong trunks and weak branches...this is all the opinion of the prime minister and ministers!
How can this be the opinion expressed by a boy over sixteen years old?
Emperor Chongping's reaction was not surprising. Whether it was the art of slaying a dragon or seeing Chen Guo's evil, these were things that only the core circle of the ruling elite could control and see.
In later generations, due to the development of the information society, the key political situation became popular. Sometimes it is true to say the same thing.
Emperor Chongping hid the change in his expression and looked at the young man opposite.
Secretly, this Jia Heng is really different from those Confucian scholars in Hongwen Hall who hold the words of sages and sages.
This son...has the talent of a king!
Because Emperor Chongping had just read the manuscript of the Three Kingdoms, his mental activities had some flavor of the Three Kingdoms.
Jia Heng was silent for a moment and said: "As for the former Ming Dynasty, although there were dark clouds as a barrier, in the 180th year since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the capital was set in Peiping, facing the barbarians directly, and the country could still be maintained when encountering powerful lords. By the time of Jiajing,
, he was not a man of prudence, but was obsessed with mystical cultivation, and he had been in power for decades. The laws of the world were weakened, and the people's livelihood was in decline... He entered the northern grasslands, and there was no danger to defend Peiping, and then the country fell. Fortunately, I, Taizu of the Chen Han Dynasty, Taizong, came to the rescue.
He was born, obeyed the fate of heaven, and recreated the Chinese artifact."
In fact, in this time and space, Jia Heng believed that the death of the Ming Dynasty in Jiajing was more like a "grey rhinoceros" incident.
Even Anda might not be ready to re-enter the Central Plains like Meng Yuan, and then let Taizu Chen and Han take advantage.
Of course, to put it another way, to put it in terms of high emotional intelligence, it means that the Taizu of Chen Han was blessed by destiny.
Jia Heng pondered for a moment and sighed: "If the Song and Ming dynasties were overthrown by their country Zuo, if there are one or two similarities, it may be due to lack of financial resources... As for financial resources, it is nothing more than increasing revenue and reducing expenditure. It is like taking all the baht and using it.
It is like mud and sand, and political affairs are urgent. With the brilliance of the First Emperor and the great strategy of the Sui Dynasty, the second generation died. It is like a desperate military campaign. The leader is angry and raises the army. It is like the prosperity of the feather forest of the powerful Han Dynasty. Especially the edict issued by Emperor Wu to sin against himself.
...But how can the rise and fall of the ages be limited to just two words: wealth and use? The way of rise and fall is the ultimate truth of heaven."
The cycle of governance and chaos in Chinese dynasties has both diversity and unity. We cannot just look for unity and ignore the specific problems faced by each dynasty in different historical periods, otherwise we will commit dogmatism.
Finding the law of uniformity is itself intended to analyze the problem of diversity.
Such as the border troubles in the Northern Song Dynasty and the rise of northern ethnic minorities...
The fall of the Northern Song Dynasty was not only caused by land annexation, corrupt people's hearts, and malfunctioning state machinery, but also some other factors that must be taken into consideration.
Using economic analysis tools to look at the financial crisis in the middle and late dynasties, such as the weak ability to resist natural disaster risks under the small-scale peasant economy, land annexation... is only one of the main angles of the dynasty periodic law, but it does not mean that other angles are all the same.
Incorrect.
Corrupt officials are everywhere, resulting in low administrative efficiency. It even involves changes in the hearts of one generation starting a business, a second generation keeping a business, and a third generation losing a business, as well as changes in social trends... These laws of human nature, unless one runs into the "Great Harmony" society,
As long as human nature remains unchanged, the historical cycle of chaos and chaos will come back in another form.
Therefore, Jia Heng has always believed that if we use the metaphor of a blind man touching an elephant, one method may be more comprehensive and deeper, but other methods may not be completely without merit.
There was something strange in Emperor Chongping's eyes, and he thought of four words repeatedly in his mind: Insufficient finances, increase revenue and reduce expenses.
Isn’t that what today’s big men are like?
The frontier wastes money and food, and millions of dollars are wasted every year. The officialdom is corrupted, and there is a small disaster every three years and a major disaster every five years.
The treasury cannot make ends meet!
Emperor Chongping's face moved slightly, his eyes were aggressive, and he said: "Jia Heng, what about the shortcomings of Chen Han?"
Jia Heng cupped his hands and said: "The common people are just ordinary people, and they dare not speak nonsense about national affairs."
You can talk about the affairs of the previous dynasty in any way, but when talking about the dynasty of this dynasty...it might be 404.
Emperor Chongping's face was calm at this moment. He could no longer underestimate the young man in front of him. He was sitting upright without realizing it. His tone was somewhat solemn and he said in a deep voice: "As the ancients said, those who know how to govern are in the government and the public, and those who know how to leak in the house."
In this world, you are a young man. Even if what you say is wrong, I will still blame you. Maybe in your eyes, I am that narrow-minded person?"
Worried that the young man in front of him would keep his mouth shut, Emperor Chongping even resorted to provoking the generals, which was a bit...not following political rules.
As for the eldest princess of Jinyang on the side, she had already heard that she had a beautiful face, beautiful eyes, and a pair of wonderful eyes, shining brightly at the young man with a look of shameless dignity, no matter whether it was ancient or modern.
"As expected of Mr. Jia, even her royal brother is... solemn about it."
How could she not see the change in her emperor's brother's attitude? If at first he was still making casual comparisons, but later he began to ask serious questions, even quoting scriptures.
I can't help but think of those strategists in the Warring States Period. At the beginning, the monarch was holding the beauty, washing his feet, or smiling playfully, or condescendingly asking, "Sir, what can you teach me?"
The voices were all drawn out, with a careless joking tone.
Then as he listened, the beauty stopped hugging her, her face turned pale, she avoided the banquet and bowed, and retreated to the left and right to ask about military affairs.
