Chapter 66: The people who eat melons relieve the gentry
The parade is over, and the goal that Zhu Yunwen wants to achieve has also been achieved.
At the National Day banquet that night, looking at a large group of well-educated people who were arrogant on weekdays, cowering like a quail that had lost their words, Zhu Yunwen's heart was very happy.
There is a power out of the barrel of a gun, and even if the world evolves to a highly civilized era, there will always be a fist with the largest fist at the peak.
Why is this civil official group afraid of Emperor Taizu to the bones, it is not because Emperor Taizu has killed all the way from a beggar to the position of the Ninety-Five Supreme, and he Zhu Yunwen is just a successor, in the eyes of this group of literati, it is just a good fate and outstanding reincarnation technology.
Emperor Taizu set off the empty seal case, why is he not afraid of the chaos in the world, and he is not afraid that the local bureaucrats and gentry will unite to fight against the king's rebellion?
If you want to rebel, just make it, Emperor Taizu can even destroy the Mongols, chase and kill all the way to Mobei, and can you still be afraid of a group of mobs in your place?
Later generations said that Emperor Taizu killed heroes indiscriminately for the sake of the stability of his throne, which is logically unreasonable.
Hu Lan Prison, tens of thousands of people, although most of these tens of thousands of people are implicated family members, but the culprits who were convicted are still the founding heroes and generals in the army, which even includes the son of Feng Sheng, the Duke of Song Guogong, Chang Yuchun, the king of Kaiping, and the son of Deng Yu, the king of Ninghe.
This is tens of thousands of people, and there are hundreds of generals who have fought bloody battles with the Mongols and are not afraid of death, why didn't a single one resist before he died?
What is prestige, Emperor Taizu is called prestige, the hearts of the army and the people in the world are all on Emperor Taizu alone, saying that you are a great general, Zuozhuguo is not good, killing you is not more difficult than killing a chicken.
Emperor Taizu's imperial power is not praised by Sheng Shixian, under his dragon chair is a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood and millions of bones. Who can threaten his throne?
The main purpose of his indiscriminate killing of the ministers is first, for the smooth governance of Zhu Biao after succeeding to the throne, and secondly, because there are too many heroes who founded the country with him, and under the reward, this group of heroes occupies too much land and wealth, which directly leads to the civilian class is still poor, killing 10,000 people and living 10 million people, this account Emperor Taizu calculated clearly.
Today, after Zhu Yunwen shows off his muscles, the next step is to see how the ministers in the court choose, either recognize and stand on Zhu Yunwen's side and willingly accept the next reform, or stand on the opposite side of Zhu Yunwen, follow the example of the world family in the Sui Dynasty, and work together to see if you can also drive Zhu Yunwen off the throne and change the dynasty!
Therefore, like Yang Shiqi, after the banquet, he received an invitation from Xie Jin and went to Xie Jin's mansion to drink a cup of sobering tea.
"Throughout the twenty-first history, the king of today's military parade division, Shiqi has seen it."
Xie Jin's face still had three points of amazement and horror, "Breathtaking, eye-opening." ”
Yang Shiqi picked up the tea bowl, with a little relieved lightness on his face, he stood firmly on the side of the imperial power a few days ago, and the affairs in the cabinet were not less secretly communicated with Zhu Di.
"Slow to say that I have seen it in the history books, that is, the gentleman who tells the story, I am afraid that I can't say that such a strong army is at its peak."
Yang Shiqi sighed, "If you don't see it with your own eyes, who would dare to believe that in just over a year, the soldiers of the Beijing camp have become what they are today." ”
Xie Jin added tea to Yang Shiqi, "Brother Shiqi was decisive and took that step first." ”
When Yang Shiqi chose to stand on the imperial power, Xie Jin was still a little hesitant, after all, the pen and the stick are in the hands of Confucianism in this world, what history looks like, how to write it is all what these Confucians say, although the historian is upright and will not tamper with history, but it is just not to tamper with the general trend of history, and they don't care about smearing a few people.
Look at what the First Emperor and Emperor Yang of Sui have been scolded.
Qin made a wedding dress to wear it, and Tang borrowed Sui Yun for three hundred years.
The first emperor and Yang Guang, the two emperors of the ages, were smeared alive and became unscrupulous tyrants, and he was afraid that if Zhu Yunwen couldn't fight the family group in the future, he didn't know what he would be scolded for.
Zhu Yunwen can't get rid of the notoriety of being a man in the world, and he Yang Shiqi and Xie Jin, who stand on Zhu Yunwen, won't they become Fei Zhong and You Hun?
There are only a few decades in front of him, but there are hundreds of worlds behind him.
Yang Shiqi saw signs of intentional movement, and persuaded again, "I have been reading the cold window for decades, and all I read are sage books; The sage made a promise, and set loyalty, filial piety, benevolence, and righteousness, which is the first thing to be loyal. Whatever His Majesty wants, disobedience to his father is disloyalty and unfilial piety. ”
Insight Jin was still a little hesitant, Yang Shiqi was anxious, "Today's military parade is Your Majesty like us to show the emperor's domineering, the day before yesterday to worship Confucius, it is the emperor's royal road, the king and the overlord go together, all the seas bow their heads, the gentry must not make mistakes." ”
Politics is the art of compromise, and Zhu Yunwen has taken the lead in taking a step back.
You said that the new dynasty was going to sacrifice Confucius, okay, the emperor also went, and the Ming issued an edict to recite the sacrificial text, and Zhu Yunwen gave way to the places.
Today's military parade shows muscles, and the emperor is telling the big guy that he can choose not to let this step, but he still gives you this face, just accept it when you see it.
"What Your Majesty said earlier in the Wenhua Hall is nothing more than the matter of the family's gate valve ring occupying the land."
Yang Shiqi frowned and said, "Everyone has selfish intentions, the court and the local officials, who are not heirs, want to leave a family property for each child after his death, and protect him without worrying about food and clothing. ”
Xie Jin took a hard breath, "What Shiqi said, isn't it that Your Majesty wants to tax the land to us and other scholars?" ”
Since ancient times, there has been no tax payment, thousands of years have been like this, slow to say that the tax has been paid, the Sui Dynasty forward, the court election officials have to go from the local to the center, there is a family gate valve to promote, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty has already reformed a life of the family, and now you Zhu Yunwen has to get rid of the last life of the family?
The family has only one of these few privileges left.
It's easy to get into the imperial examination, and it's easy to get into a high position, and then you tell me that I still have to pay taxes, just like being a common man, so what have I been studying hard for so many years?
Everything is inferior, but reading is high.
It has been the case for thousands of years, farmers do not farm land and pay grain, what do we officials eat? What do you, the emperor, eat?
Craftsmen, lowly people, have no land, can not make a little contribution to the country, all rely on a little craftsmanship to support their families, where there is a disaster, build roads and embankments, a coolie will die.
Businessmen, only for profit, for the sake of yellow and white dung, even the flesh and bones of relatives can be sold, buy low and sell high, is a group of bloodsucking insects.
If the country wants to progress and be strong, who does it rely on if it does not rely on scholars?
Do you want the scholars to pay their taxes too? Wouldn't that be reduced to the same level as peasants, craftsmen, and merchants?
The country will not be a country.
Xie Jin hesitated for a long time, and finally looked up to the sky and sighed, "What Shiqi said is very true, Your Majesty is willing to sacrifice Kong Sheng, so he takes the initiative to retreat." Today's military parade is to tell me that it has a strong army that is wanton and domineering, but it still refrains from self-denial and does not want to do the things of Taizu. ”
Xie Jin also wanted to open it, anyway, my old Xie family doesn't have much family foundation, it doesn't matter if you pay taxes or not, it's a big deal to have fewer children in the future, and it is also worry-free.
When he thought of this, Xie Jin's mood suddenly felt much better, and even suddenly there was a sense of urgency, wanting that day to come sooner, he really wanted to see what kind of expressions those big families would have. If there is a rebellion, Emperor Lao Tzu will calm the world, or will he end up with Emperor Yang of Sui.
Probably, this is not a big deal to watch the excitement.