Zhu Biao knew that his father was not worried about a few rebels, but was angry with himself, and Comrade Zhu was also from a poor background, so how could he not know that as long as the people could survive, it would be impossible for them to think of rebellion.

Although there are some careerists who are confused and agitated, the root problem is still that the people can't survive, even if the Ming Dynasty is established, the people's lives still haven't been improved as they expect, especially in remote areas, which is the people's grievances.

Zhu Biao said with relief: "Father, my Ming Dynasty has just been established, and the lives of the people will get better and better. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang sighed: "We became the emperor and became the father of the people of the world, I dare not say that they are like you, but we also hope that they can be fed and clothed, and they can have land to plant, and stop doing those things that tie their heads to the waistbands of their trousers." ”

Zhu Biao nodded and said: "The people are ignorant, they just want to find a way to live, but those who use the cult to confuse people's hearts should be punished!"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhu Biao and said, "Naturally, we have already ordered Lan Yu to exterminate the rebels." ”

Zhu Biao thought about it and couldn't help but say: "Father, the first evil should be punished, but can those people leave a way to live?" ”

At the beginning of the founding of the country, the Ming Dynasty decided that the rebels, grandfathers, fathers, sons, grandchildren, brothers and people living together, regardless of different surnames, and uncles and brothers' sons, regardless of nationality and differences, were beheaded at the age of 16 or older, regardless of illness or disability."

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned, looked at Zhu Biao and said, "Biao'er, don't be soft-hearted for the monarch!" You are not unaware of the current local situation, the family is about to move, and all parties are watching how we deal with the rebels.

Zhu Biao also knows that now is indeed not the time to implement benevolent governance, too many people are not doing well, and those who want to rebel are eager to try, and the Zhu family can win the world through rebellion, and they may have a chance.

Zhu Yuanzhang's father and son were silent, their words and deeds could not really follow their own wishes, Zhu Ming's imperial power had not yet reached that level, and it could be seen from the continuous rebellions of people everywhere.

The establishment of the Ming Dynasty was successful in terms of nationality, and it made the oppressed Han people become the ruling nation again, but in the economic and political aspects, although the oppression of foreign races was overthrown, for the society, the landlord class's privilege of blood replenishment and oppression of the peasants at the bottom did not change because of the establishment of the Ming Dynasty.

In the last years of the Yuan Dynasty, the people at the bottom had nothing but to accept oppression and rebel, but the landlord class did not rebel, and they could not help but maintain order if they wanted to protect their lives and property.

In large-scale peasant uprisings, the landlords used all their strength to organize private armies to build fortresses to resist foreign intrusion, and this class was composed of officials, local squires, poets and scholars, wealthy generals, and other upper-class figures, all of whom were well-fed and wealthy.

These people have received the best education, have knowledge and organizational ability, and have absolute appeal and prestige in the local area, even if they are independent and do not have a unified command, and their combat effectiveness is also different, but it is undeniable that if they are forced to a desperate situation, they can burst out with a force far stronger and more tenacious than the Yuan Dynasty army.

Moreover, this class became more and more powerful with the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, and the new magnates and bureaucrats had a large amount of capital and became the new landlords. They turned from peasants at the bottom to become the landlords they looked up to in the past, and they became the most staunch supporters of the landlord class.

Of course, with the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, the greatest landlord was also born, that is, the Zhu Ming royal family, which had the support and maintenance of the entire landlord class, and became the leader and guardian of the large landlord class.

Because of this, the problems of the people were put aside, and the Zhu family had to feed the landlord class first, otherwise this behemoth would fight back and make the world return to the troubled times at any time.

Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao, father and son, sat silently on their chairs, and Zhu Biao finally understood why Zhu Yuanzhang in history set off several major cases, implicating tens of thousands of people each time, which was to use harsh punishment to exterminate those old landlords who refused to cooperate during the founding of the country, such as those families who refused to let their children enter the government.

But in how the Ming Dynasty is now inseparable from the support of this class, after the troubled times and wars, the imperial examination has come to a halt, and there is a lack of talents, and the generals are good at fighting, so that they can not even break the case when they govern the place, not to mention the collection of taxes and the people.

As for running schools, there are only a few literati in the entire imperial court, and it would be good to be able to run the yamen of the Beijing Division, where is there enough energy to spare literati to run schools.

Ancient knowledge and its obscurity, it is so easy to learn there, and Zhu Yuanzhang has also established Guozijian and other schools, but the people can't even eat, who will let their children go to school, it is better to go directly to the ground to eat, at least they will not starve to death.

The scholars of the Han family cultivated by the imperial court have no foundation, and if they are sent to the local area, they will be restricted by the officials below and will not be able to do anything, and it will be easier for them to harm you, and it is a big deal to throw dozens of people to dissipate the anger of the imperial court.

And if the poor scholar has fame and land, won't he become a new landlord?

There is nothing to do, the local government can't even collect agricultural taxes, and the generals can't be allowed to lead the troops to the countryside to forcibly collect it.

In the first year of the founding of the People's Republic of China, Zhu Yuanzhang selected a group of suitable family talents, appointed as the local county prefect, political envoy and even the Jiuqing of the imperial court, there was no way, taxes could not be collected, how could the country raise the army, and the army dispersed to suppress local rebellions and foreign invasions.

The landlords are familiar with the local situation, and they will also give face to each other, with the support of the local clans, it is very simple and fast to collect taxes and transport grain, of course, they naturally have to scrape off a layer of oil and water.

In the end, these oil and water were transported to the hands of the nobles layer by layer, and a new network of interests was formed, the original landlords became local officials and grain chiefs, and the new landlords became Beijing officials, and the two combined with each other to form a new ruling class, which could not be interrupted even by the imperial power.

This is also why, whether it is the Yuan Dynasty or the Qing Dynasty, after invading and occupying the Central Plains, you can slaughter the city, but in the end you still have to appease the gentry.

You can't do anything without them, they don't even have to raise troops to resist you, as long as you control the people under you, the officials you send will not be able to collect a grain tax at all, if you force it, then everyone will not pass, how many of you are there.

Of course, as long as the emperor does not betray this class and has the power to defend the entire class, then he, as the largest landlord, has the right to kill other small landlords.

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