The whitewashers' reasoning was that the Yuan dynasty never issued any edict explicitly specifying the four-class system. Their logic is that even if you are slapped in the face, as long as others do not admit to hitting you, then you have not been beaten.

If Japan did not openly acknowledge the Nanjing Massacre, the Holocaust would not have existed?

The United States has not introduced a policy of racial discrimination, so is there no racial discrimination?

Do you have to ask Emperor Mengyuan to issue a special edict, in which it is written who is the first class and who is the fourth class, so that the fourth-class system exists?

The ruler of the Mengyuan Dynasty is not an idiot, why do he have to talk about the fourth-class system? Do you want to provoke the Han and the southerners to rebel?

The fourth-class system is a hierarchy that embodies politics, economy, taxation, servitude, law, culture, etc., which is itself a fact. Do you still need to explicitly declare that the Han people are the fourth class?

A dynasty in which the prime minister can propose to kill all the five surnames of Zhang, Wang, Li, Liu, and Zhao, most Han people are forbidden to take names, and there may be a dynasty with a bunch of people in the village called 3849, and you actually tell me that the fourth-class system does not exist?

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"Brother Qianli is really intellectual, he went into the homeless people alone and persuaded the homeless people to disperse, which is really a good story!" Li Luo laughed on the horse.

Ma Qianli frowned slightly, as if he was deaf to Li Luo's words, which made Li Luo feel a little ashamed.

He knew that Ma Zhiyuan was thinking about things.

After a while, suddenly Ma Zhiyuan pulled the horse and said: "Brother Zhongzheng, there is a reluctant invitation below. If Brother Zhongzheng agrees, it will be an unexpected joy in the following terms. If it is inconvenient to accept, it is also the proper righteousness, and I will never dare to blame it. ”

Here it comes!

Li Luo also reined in his horse and pointed to the hillside not far away, "Brother Qianli, why don't we go up and see the scenery?" ”

Ma Zhiyuan's eyes lit up, "Yes, such autumn light is the time to climb high and look into the distance." ”

Li Luo asked everyone to rest at the bottom of the hillside, and he and Ma Zhiyuan climbed the hillside together and looked north at the sea and the sky.

Now it is the end of autumn, the mountain breeze is slightly cold, and the grass and trees are bleak. The two of them looked at a large village not far from the hillside, and a faint figure could be seen.

"Brother Qianli, your request is for me to be kind to the people?" Li Luo looked at the village and said.

Ma Zhiyuan nodded, "Brother Zhongzheng is really insightful. This is exactly what I am looking for. Although he is a few years older, he admires Brother Zhongzheng a lot......"

Li Luo waved his hand to interrupt Ma Zhiyuan's words, "Brother Qianli, don't say it anymore, since I am the town guard, not to mention benefiting the people, at least let them have a better life." As for the rest, I am also powerless, and I can't help it. ”

Ma Zhiyuan bowed his hand to Li Luo: "Brother Zhongzheng, Gao Yi." In the future, for the Han people in Ninghai Prefecture, thank you first, a Goryeo official. ”

In Ma Zhiyuan's view, the ministers of the Eastern Kingdom (Goryeo) are of course much gentler than the Mongol officials, at least not so barbaric and brutal. If Li Luo was a Mongol or a Semu, he would not have traveled with Li Luo, let alone make this request, which would be causing trouble.

"Brother Qianli is serious. Although he is a Korean, his ancestors are also immigrants from the Central Plains, so he can naturally empathize with the suffering of the people in the Central Plains. On the herdsmen's side, not to mention benefiting the other, they cannot deceive the people and abuse the people, but they must always be comprehensive. Li Luo said.

Ma Zhiyuan smiled and said: "In this way, it is too much to do, Brother Zhongzheng forgive me." ”

Li Luo shook his head, "No." At least let Brother Qianli know his mind, and let Brother Chili know his mind. ”

When Ma Zhiyuan heard this, he couldn't help laughing.

At this time, the mountain wind is getting stronger, blowing Ma Zhiyuan's robe is clear, his big sleeves are fluttering, and he has a good demeanor, handsome appearance, and a long sword hanging from his waist, which looks like a fairy.

And the younger Li Luo is dwarfed.

When it comes to appearance, Li Luo is not far worse than Ma Zhiyuan. He suffers from dressing up.

Li Luo is an extremely realistic opportunist, which is reflected in the clothing, and he is now wearing not Goryeo Zhou clothes, nor Central Plains Hanfu, but Mongolian Sun clothes. Coupled with braided hair and round hats, and a saber without a sword, this all-over temperament suddenly became "biao", and it is difficult to have Ma Zhiyuan's elegant and elegant demeanor.

"Brother Qianli, there is no post station or town around here. Tonight can only be spent in the front village. Ma Qianli pointed to the village not far away.

The village has about one or two hundred households, and it is located by the river at the foot of the mountain, and the scenery is very pleasant, and it looks relatively peaceful.

Li Luo nodded and said, "That's all it can be." Is there a Mongolian chief in this village? ”

Ma Qianli replied: "There must be a chief of such a village, but it may not be Mongolians, and the Semu people may also." ”

Li Luo asked: "Isn't there a Han chief security officer?" ”

Ma Qianli shook his head: "In the south, there are still many Han people to protect the chief, but there are fewer in the north." As for this Qilu Road, it is close to Dadu, but it is where the belly is, and it is impossible to have a Han person as a security chief. Not to mention the chief of the body, the first master can't be the owner. ”

In the Yuan Dynasty, twenty households were one first, and they were also called one village. With 100 households as a guarantee, it is also called a company. The core of the so-called village community system in the Yuan Dynasty is Baojia.

The characteristic of the village community system is that it is "centralized residence and centralized management", which does not allow people to build houses freely in a certain place at will, but concentrates in one community, which is convenient for the management and supervision of the first owner (president).

This has never been done before in Chinese history.

Since the grassroots organizations have a village community system and a baojia chief, does it mean that the imperial power goes to the countryside and the Yuan court government has a strong control over the grassroots?

No.

On the contrary, the central government of the Yuan court had a very loose grip on the people at the bottom.

Isn't that a contradiction? Neither is it.

Because, the village community system of the Yuan Dynasty belonged to the reward system, which was used to house the retired veterans of the Mongolian army and the Tanma Red Army.

The Mongol Empire fought for decades, and many soldiers who had made meritorious contributions were about to retire when they were old, and there were not so many official positions for them, so they were placed in the position of the head of the village community.

At the same time, it can also monitor and manage the Han people. It's a win-win-win-win

The imperial court is equivalent to "dividing" the village community to the chief of the bao, which is similar to business contracting, which belongs to entrusted rule. The annual tax and grain section is poor, and the chief and the owner A are responsible for handing over and collecting it. As long as this is done, the other courts will not interfere.

The chief armor lord has a lot of autonomy, but he has replaced the previous clan power.

Therefore, the village community system has a distinct nature of separation. The position of the chief of the armor can not only be hereditary, but there have even been cases where the chief of the protector died and the villagers were martyred.

Martyrdom in the Yuan Dynasty was very common, and even some Mongolian chiefs could force their Han people to be martyred. In other words, the peasants in the village community did not have much personal freedom and belonged to semi-serfs.

Those who think that the Yuan Dynasty is very free, don't know what to think. The Yuan Dynasty was unprecedentedly forbidden to the sea, and some people also believed that the Yuan Dynasty was very free.

A lot of the black history of the Yuan Dynasty was deleted in the Qing Dynasty. The Qing, who was also a foreign regime, of course did not want the Han people to know about the disgusting things of the Yuan Dynasty. As for wanting to know these things, it needs to be corroborated by historical materials from Japan, South Korea, and Vietnam. All in all, very unfriendly.

What is ridiculous is that when the peasants revolted at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, many of the soldiers were these security chiefs. They are also anti-Yuan, but for the sake of profit, forgetting that they are Mongols.

These stupid people don't want to think that Zhu Yuanzhang, Chen Youliang and others can become bigger, with the slogan of anti-Yuan, and the support of the majority of Han people. How could these security chiefs be supported by the Han Chinese? What is the reason for anti-meta?

If he was lucky, he was annexed by Zhu Yuanzhang and worked for Zhu Yuanzhang. If you are unlucky, you will be destroyed before you toss out of fame.

Li Luo and Ma Zhiyuan went down the mountain together, led the team to continue the journey, and after a while, they came to the wall of the village community.

Due to the large number of displaced people, all the village communities have built village walls to prevent the outcasts and robbers, as well as to prevent the villagers from escaping.

Under the "city gate" of the village wall, there are still village soldiers guarding it. These village soldiers, who are also the force of the chief armor, are used to suppress the villagers. Ironically, almost all of the village soldiers were Han Chinese.

The village soldiers did not have iron weapons, only bamboo guns, bamboo bows, and wooden sticks. Of course, they were armed with slingshots that the Han Chinese could not hold.

Several village soldiers immediately panicked when they saw Li Luo and the others in fresh clothes and angry horses, looking like big officials.

"The villain meets the official!"

A village soldier leader hurriedly threw a slingshot, opened the village gate and came out to kneel to greet him.

Here, I passed by officials more than once, and I stayed in the village, but I couldn't afford to offend. Not to mention that these farmers, even the chief of the guard, can't afford to offend.

Although the chief of the armor is the emperor of the soil in the village and has great autonomy, it is common for him to be dismissed once he angers the county and state officials. What the Yuan court controlled was the right to appoint and dismiss.

"Tell your chief to come out, and say that we will stay in the village." Ma Zhiyuan said coldly.

The village soldier nodded and said, "Yes, yes." "Hurry up and run to the village to ask the security chief.

After a while, only to hear the sound of horses' hooves, a knight rode out of the village, this person is very skilled in riding, he went to the village gate to rein in the horse, the horse has not stopped, he simply jumped off the horse, directly to Li Luo's horse head bowed.

"Respectful Brother Gurchi, the chief of Tangmiao Village, meet the distinguished official!" This Gulchige said in Mongolian.

ps: Please give me the tickets, please.

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