Fa Zheng said eloquently: "In the four hundred years of our Han Dynasty, Wang Mang has the worst reputation. All kinds of derogatory words can be added to him. My lord is a member of the imperial family. Please allow Fa Zheng to say something treasonous."
If so, Fazheng felt that Wang Mang was a little unjust.
In fact, Wang Mang's character has not changed either before or after usurping the Han Dynasty, that is, he has the world in mind and worries about the people. Before usurping the Han Dynasty, he lived a frugal life. In disaster years, he personally rushed to the disaster areas to give alms, and he was courteous and polite.
, and after usurping the Han Dynasty, Wang Mang became emperor but did not live the life of an emperor.
It is said that Emperor Qin reviewed a lot of memorials every day, and Wang Mang was no less generous. Moreover, Wang Mang was not addicted to adultery like other foolish emperors, and lived a very frugal life. He used to give alms everywhere, but after becoming emperor, Wang Mang began to use his imperial power to fight for the interests of the poor.
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The famous royal land system played a great role in resisting the land annexation of wealthy families. The currency reform also suppressed the economic strength of wealthy families. It prohibited the sale of slaves and maidservants, allowing the people at the bottom to remove their status as slaves. The five equals and six managements prohibited usury.
Controlling prices not only greatly weakened the power of wealthy families, but also prohibited the wealthy families from exploiting farmers.
The intentions of these policies are undoubtedly good, and they are also beneficial to the oppressed poor people, but why did Wang Mang fail? Fazheng felt that he was too impatient and unrealistic. All of his policies offended the wealthy and were almost the same as those of the oppressed poor people.
The rich and powerful families are at odds.
Being resisted by wealthy families, none of his policies could succeed. The currency reform led to the proliferation of currency.
Business is in decline, and people are in dire straits.
Wang Mang wanted to suppress the wealthy clans and support the poor, but when the wealthy clans raised an army to resist, did the poor help him? Instead, it was the lower-class people like Red Eyebrows and Green Forest who took the vanguard. Why? It's not that the poor are ungrateful, it's because they were
The wealthy families were suppressed and did not enjoy the benefits brought by Wang Mang's restructuring at all.
So Fazheng feels that in many things, you cannot just look at the starting point, you cannot blindly sympathize with the weak, you must follow objective facts, otherwise you will only bring about your own destruction, my lord, what do you think?"
Liu Zhang smiled. Now he understood the intention of Fa Zheng. He was doing almost exactly the same thing as Wang Mang. He ignored the huge energy of the family, blindly sympathized with the weak, was too impatient, unrealistic, and led to his own destruction.
To be honest, Liu Zhang was also a little worried about killing the clan. He had expected the strength of the clan, but he was not sure that he could deal with this turbulent torrent. However, when he thought of the harm to the clan, Liu Zhang was unwilling to tolerate it. Did he have to
Do you follow the wishes of the family? Even if you unify the world, it will only create a stable environment for these wealthy families to exploit the people at the bottom. So what is the use of unifying the world by yourself?
It would be better to go through two hundred years of chaos in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, let the barbarians come in and kill all the noble families, and then the Sui Dynasty would open a new chapter for China.
Liu Zhang put his head on his hands and pressed his head with his arms to make it more comfortable. Then he said: "Xiaozhi, do you remember what we said in Fucheng? You said five or five, and you bet on one for fame and great success. I said four or six.
I bet on a big man in the world.
Today in Jiangzhou, in this garden, with the number of one or nine, we bet on a bright future, Xiaozhi, do you dare?"
"A clear world?" Fazheng's heart skipped a beat. He wiped out the aristocratic clans and returned benefits to the people. He promoted officials in the four civil servants' offices so that every Han citizen, no matter rich or poor, would have a fair chance to become an official. Even doctors and craftsmen would have channels to show their talents.
Director, such a world is really bright and bright.
But is it worth it to count to nine?
Fazheng was silent, his heart was overwhelmed. The lord in front of him made him feel more and more profound. When he only saw a corner of Xichuan, he had already seen the whole world. After he saw the whole world, he had already thought of turning this
What will the world be transformed into?
The number of nine is a bet on a bright future.
This is no longer a government that unifies the world, but an ideal that helps the world. With such an ambitious lord, what if he dies? A family? If it’s more influential and has more financial and material resources, wouldn’t it be impossible to deal with it?
Fazheng suddenly felt a little timid. What was he afraid of?
Fazheng suddenly understood that what he had always cared about was the result, which was to assist Liu Zhang to unify the world. In order to achieve this goal, he could make any compromise. However, his lord cared about not only the result but also the process. Liu Zhang was unwilling to compromise with the family, even if he knew
Submitting to the family is more beneficial to his own hegemony, and he is unwilling to do so. It is stupid for a ruler to have such a mentality, but at the same time, it is stupid, and it is not worthy of admiration.
If you can trample the filth of the world under your feet, one or nine will be enough.
Fazheng finally nodded and said in a deep voice: "Lord, I dare." His tone was full of determination.
"Aren't you afraid that you will die before your great work is completed?" Liu Zhang said with a smile.
"What's so scary about death?"
"Historical writing is in the hands of literati."
Fazheng let out a sigh of relief and said resolutely: "Lord, Fazheng has figured it out. Even if he dies like Wang Mang without a complete body and remains in disgrace for thousands of years, Fazheng is still willing to follow the lord and fulfill his grand ambition."
Starlight shines in the garden, and the night wind makes the grass blow, as if they are exchanging secrets with each other. It is this quiet night that Fazheng feels that he has truly found the value of existence, and at the same time, it also determines the tragic fate of the Jiangzhou family.
Two nights later, tomorrow will be the tenth day. The Jiangzhou family is quite satisfied with the results of these days. Liu Zhang's order for the Four Imperial Examinations was almost completely resisted. The Fei family has also kept a low profile. The Zhang family is proud of the spring breeze. Yanran is the leader.
The powerful people in Jiangzhou dealt with the great heroes in Mufu and prepared to lead people to surround the county government tomorrow to petition, so that Liu Zhang would retreat in spite of the difficulties.
That night, Liu Zhang found two people, one was Fei Zhao, the head of the Fei family, and Deng Heng, the head of the Deng family, and they entered Liu Zhang's room separately.
Fei Zhao sat next to Liu Zhang. Liu Zhang was still eating. He had been reading the copywriting submitted by Yang Huai, Zhang Ren and others all day, and he had just found his free time.
Liu Zhang asked casually while eating his meal: "Fei Zhao, when I enter Jiangzhou, you are the only one from the family to greet me. I have also investigated the affairs of the Fei family. There are many illegal things, but you are the most restrained of all clans."
Yes, tell me, why?"
Fei Zhao said: "The Han Dynasty has been under the rule for four hundred years. Fei Zhao is also a citizen of the Han Dynasty. Your Excellency is the Yizhou Shepherd granted by the imperial court. When you come to Jiangzhou, Fei Zhao can't deal with the affairs within his family. As for the clan affairs, Fei Zhao really can't control them."
, Otherwise, those descendants will not be allowed to act recklessly."
Liu Zhang picked up a piece of chicken and ate it, took a sip of the soup, nodded and said: "Very good, then do you agree with the four-level examination?"
"Sir, do you want the common people to make excuses, or do you want to listen to the truth?"
Liu Zhang put down the soup bowl, looked at Fei Zhao, and suddenly laughed regardless of his appearance: "Clan Chief Fei is really humorous. For this reason, he is really not suitable for such a mature and prudent job as a patriarch. But I admire him and tell the truth.