Hong Zhong's move to take sides was not only beyond Zhu Shou's expectations, but also beyond the expectations of all the faction leaders.
Because this is completely inconsistent with Qiantou Hong's usual style.
How could Qiantou Hong, who was able to survive the bloody official career of the Ming Dynasty and live a peaceful life with great descendants and receive such high-level treatment as Wang Shouren writing an epitaph, so easily take sides? And he still chose to stand on the opposite side of the emperor and support the civil servant leader Li Dongyang?
This kind of behavior is quite unwise.
The emperor is the representative of imperial power, and Li Dongyang is the representative of the power of the gentry and the gentry. The contradiction between them exists objectively and is not dependent on anyone's will. Once Liu Jin dies, they will inevitably confront each other directly, and no one can get involved.
.This is a meat grinder. Even a weak boss will find it difficult to escape unscathed once he enters.
When something goes wrong, there must be a monster.
In Zhu Shou's eyes, the smile on Li Viper's face was very mysterious; while Hong Zhong's face was dull and calm, with no emotional fluctuations visible.
Hong Zhong's words were obviously talking about the economic method of recruiting people to reclaim wasteland, but they were actually aimed at Zhu Shou's strategy for the Western Regions.
In the Hejian prefectures, after being massacred by rebels and officers and soldiers, the gentry is now in ruins, the people's livelihood is in ruins, and it is quite a scene of troubled times.
This was the result of a three-way struggle between Zhu Shou, the civil service group, and the rebels. In Zhu Shou's heart, relying on violence to destroy the foundation of the gentry was the right way. As for the construction issues after violence, that was not something that an otaku could consider.
He learned something superficial from a certain great man of later generations, and naturally he could not solve things that even great men could not solve.
For these vacated areas of governance, Hong Zhong prepared to rebuild the foundation of the gentry by calling people to reclaim wasteland: the clan system, the patriarchal system and the Lijia system. It would take several years to rebuild a new group of gentry to replace those who died.
The war-torn old gentry.
As for the origin of this new group of gentry, it does not matter whether they are military households or civilian households. Because the gentry class throughout the Ming Empire will quickly assimilate these dissident elements.
Therefore, Hong Zhong's suggestion is very feasible. At the same time, these landless military households who were transferred are actually cannon fodder prepared by Zhu Shou for the student army to conquer the West.
To fight Turpan, relying solely on a student army of more than 4,000 people is nonsense. A war between countries cannot be carried out without tens of thousands of cannon fodder.
As for the original cannon fodder in Beizhili, they were all led to death by Liu Hui and this group of rebels. Some of them ran away, and the rest were concentrated in the regiment camp. Zhu Shou's original plan was to transfer three people from the regiment camp.
Thousands of cannon fodder, plus 70,000 garrison troops from Gansu, Shaanxi and other places. A total of 100,000 people is enough to fight a war of national annihilation against Turpan.
But Hong Zhong's plan of going up to the house and taking out the ladder immediately swept away the 30,000 cannon fodder.
What else can compare with the temptation of land to this group of landless military households?
Going to the battlefield to fight for the Ming Dynasty, in the final analysis, isn't it just for the woman in the trap and the rice in the pot?
Except for the hot-blooded young people, no one would think about being loyal to the country and conferring a title on the wolf. As long as this proposal is passed, the military households in North Zhili will go crazy. No one will think of the emperor's imperial edict for the Western Expedition.
If Zhu Shou forcibly stops this memorial, then there will be a new batch of Liu Hui and Zhao Hao waiting for the emperor!
Li Dongyang was sure of victory, and everything was going according to plan. Qiang Touhong's memorial directly hit Zhu Shou's Achilles' heel, leaving the emperor unable to parry.
When fighting against the civil service group, Zhu Shou's skills were still far behind.
However, the civil service group based on the world's gentry is not monolithic. Although there are many criss-cross alliances among at least the five cabinet ministers, there are also political enemies who are fighting for their lives.
Even if they are from the same group and have very good personal relationships, when it comes to the level of Pavilion Elders, their origins and personal relationships are all nonsense. Each of the five Pavilion Elders has the ability to establish a sect, and no one will be subordinate to each other.
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The mutual transformation of allies and political opponents usually happens in the blink of an eye. This kind of thing is common in the history of the Ming Dynasty. The most typical examples are Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng, Yan Song and Xia Yan, two pairs of good friends, who went from best friends to
The whole process of the mortal enemy was so embarrassing that I couldn't help but let out a long sigh.
"I don't agree with what Hong Shang said." When Zhu Shou was worried, a pavilion elder stood up and said in a deep voice, "How many acres of land are there in Hejian Prefecture? How many acres are there in Baoding, Zhending and other prefectures?
Ownerless wasteland? Landless people are innumerable all over the world. Using limited land to support unlimited people is actually a way to create chaos!"
Zhu Shou looked at the thin bodies of the Young Master and Crown Prince Tutor, Liu Zhong, the Grand Scholar of Wuying Palace, with tears in his eyes. He was secretly happy in his heart. An old Liu has gone, and a second Liu has come. It seems that my luck is not too bad.
bad.
Otakus don't understand that where there are people, there are rivers and lakes. Where there is power, there are fights.
Liu Zhong's opposition was not because he wanted to help the emperor get out of his predicament, but because he knew Qiantou Hong's flaws!
"According to Mr. Liu's opinion, what should we do?" Qiantou Hong said with a smile, not feeling the slightest frustration of being caught with a sore leg.
On the other hand, Li Dongyang frowned, as if he thought of something bad, because the current situation did not seem to be acting according to his script, and there was a possibility of losing control!
Li Viper's political skills far exceeded those of his peers. When Hong asked Qiantou Hong, he had a premonition of a very bad ending: he fell into Hong Zhong's trap!
Just as he was about to speak out to stop him, he heard Liu Zhong's voice: "Organize the three societies, rebuild Lijia, and return the unclaimed land to the court to reward those who have made contributions to the Western Expedition!"
The three cooperatives are agricultural cooperatives, village cooperatives and communes. Lijia is the urban and rural household registration management system established by Chong Bago.
Liu Zhong's proposal not only took care of the dignity of rebuilding the gentry class, but also took care of the emperor's desire to conquer the West. It can be said that it was comprehensive and did not leave any sloppy eyes.
With so much land hanging in front of them, those landless military households are not willing to risk their lives to kill Turpan Green?
It can be said that since Taizu, there has been no war that has produced the same resources as this one.
Land, the two most sensitive words in China for thousands of years, will bring an extraordinary victory to this Western Expedition!
Hong Zhong and Liu Zhong had a romantic relationship! Li Viper suddenly realized that they did not want to help the emperor, but wanted to use the opportunity of the Western Expedition to wrestle with him.
The Western Expedition is the best opportunity to gain credit and establish a force in the post-Liu Jin era. If he does not seize this opportunity, under the suppression of Li Viper, Qiantou Hong will probably become an official. After all, Yang Yiqing, a young newcomer, is still waiting behind.
Well, with his great achievements in defeating Liu, how can he be dismissed?
On the way to the cabinet, Qiangtou Hong will definitely be ranked behind Yang Yiqing, and even behind Liu Ji. One step behind, and one step behind. In the political arena, there are countless Qianlang who died on the beach, and Hong Zhong is not far behind.
It is not a good life for Shang who does not want to be the elder of the pavilion. After all the hard work, Hong Zhong finally climbed to the high position of Shang. But between Shang and the elder of the pavilion, a step difference is often the end of the world!
And what about Liu Zhong? His qualifications are old enough, second only to Yang Tinghe, but he is also a young and tender elder with a shallow foundation. How can he not accept a talent like Qiantou Hong?
After thinking about the instant relationship between the two people, Li Dongyang smiled bitterly and spent the whole day hunting birds. Unexpectedly, he was blinded by a bird peck.
Liu and Hong sang and harmonized, and closely integrated the strategy of exchanging land for people with the Western Expedition, which would neither offend the emperor nor cause internal strife among the civil servants. It was a stroke of genius.
Just when Li Viper was about to surrender, he heard Zhu Shou ask: "What is Sanshe? Lijia?"
It is normal for an otaku emperor to be ignorant of the basic system of the Ming Dynasty. It is like asking an otaku: If you don't check Brother Gu, can you know the specific data of the sailing battleship?
Zhu Shou couldn't even recognize the senior officials of the third rank and above in the empire, let alone the Ming Dynasty system below the county level. Therefore, when he heard these words, he was like an otaku in later generations who did not have the Internet. He couldn't even express his words and could only stare.
"Three communes, namely agricultural communes, village communes and communes; Lijia, that is, one hundred and ten households are divided into one li. Within one li, the ten households with more grain are divided into ten li, and the remaining 100 households are divided into ten li.
"A, A is headed by A," Liu Zhong replied, "the agricultural cooperative is based on promoting agriculture, showing sympathy to the rich and the poor, and working according to the time, with one or two villages forming a agricultural cooperative. The village cooperative is the village's soil sacrifice
The place of God is commonly known as the earth temple among the people. The commune is the place where the government worships. There is often only one commune for several villages."
After hearing this professional answer, Zhu Shou couldn't help but feel happy. It turned out that the allusion to the People's Commune came from this!
People's Commune? Suddenly, a vague idea flashed through his mind. Although he was an otaku, he had never seen a pig running, and he had always eaten pork. The People's Commune established by a certain great man seemed to be useful in the Ming Dynasty!
Yes, people's communes!
A flash of lightning finally flashed through his mind. Thanks to the almighty network of later generations, he was able to see the millions of gentry who died in political struggles during a certain sensitive period!
If the Ming Dynasty in the early 16th century and China in the early 20th century have anything in common, it is the social conditions in the countryside.
During the Ming and Qing dynasties, various technologies may have advanced, but the social structure became increasingly backward. As a result, in four hundred years, China's rural areas not only did not change much, but also became increasingly ignorant and backward.
Zhu Shou had never studied politics or economics, so he didn't know that his bizarre idea was actually a fatal blow to the foundation of the gentry's survival.
He just vaguely felt that since a certain great man could kill millions of gentry, then as an emperor, he would definitely be able to kill more gentry!
The foundation of the civil service group is the gentry class; and the foundation of the gentry class is the strong control of the grassroots society. This is the fundamental reason why they can repeatedly defeat the emperor Zhu Shou and force him to kill Liu Jin.
We must study the weaknesses of the gentry class and establish a people's commune suitable for the Ming Empire.
This idea gradually took shape in Zhu Shou's mind, so that over decades, it slowly became one of his policy agenda.
As for success and failure, history and chaos, these are not considered by the otaku emperor.
Because, he is just a good-for-nothing otaku who is not even as good as the elite otaku! (To be continued...)