Chapter Seventy-Five: Adding Oil to the Fire?
In fact, Huang Qiong's words were purely nonsense with her eyes open. Not to mention anything else, his second brother in Zhengzhou, gave that heavy gift to Chen Xiangye on his birthday, where did the money come from? In addition to the people's fat and people's ointment of their own fiefdoms, what other sources can they have? I'm afraid that if that King Rui really came according to the ancestral system, he wouldn't be able to come up with such a big hand.
The prince is indeed rich, not to mention that when other princes leave the palace to go to the palace, according to the ancestral system, the emperor will generally reward a large amount of money. According to the number of Yongye fields given, they can generally live a life of fine clothes and food. But the problem is that the money is enough for you to have fine clothes and food, but it is not enough to do something else.
Jia Quan said that King Rui and King Jing fought with the prince in private like black-eyed chickens. They all tried to establish their own power in the DPRK. Woo officials, and the money must not go out like flowing water. Relying on the annual input of Yongye Tian alone, I am afraid that nothing is enough.
Who has no money to do things for you these days, even if you are a prince. Anyway, before you become the emperor, you can't decide the life and death of others. If you want to maintain your own life, and if you want to win over more officials to work for you, don't you want to make money in a big way?
The real situation of the two of them in the fiefdom and scraping the ground to make money is probably only heavier than what the old men said, and it will definitely not be lighter. Because according to the so-called ancestral system of the Great Qi Dynasty, the clan is not allowed to do business. At present, the second king and the crown prince are fighting so fiercely, it is impossible to send the handle to the prince himself.
Under all kinds of restrictions, what else can make money except land? But Huang Qiong had no way to say these words directly. In the face of the emperor's sigh, all he can do now is to open his eyes and say nonsense to comfort his emperor Lao Tzu. As for the more, Huang Qiong still feels powerless.
This involves not only the two princes, but also the prince who now sees himself as a thorn in his side, but more of his mind is on the outside of the domain, and he is more of a threat to his brother, and he has not had time to remove it. This kind of troubled water, Huang Qiong thinks that she doesn't have the strength to go to it at the moment.
At present, the snipe and the clam are competing, although he, a fisherman, does not want to get any profits, but at least he does not want to mix in. No matter who you speak to today, you will cause retaliation from other quarters. And this revenge, I don't have any ability to bear it at the moment. Sitting on the mountain and watching the tiger fight, secretly trying to accumulate strength, is the most important thing to do at the moment.
It's just that although he made up his mind to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, he still felt in his conscience that he couldn't go, and Huang Qiong, who always wanted to do something for those homeless people, looked at the emperor in front of him and gritted his teeth and said: "Father, if you don't say a word, you always feel like a fish in your throat." But if I say it, I am afraid that it will insult the saint, so I don't know whether to speak it or not. ”
"There are only two of us here, father and son, there are no outsiders, what can't you say? How can I be afraid that I can't stand what you say and will punish you? When did you become so timid? When you tricked me into the past, why weren't you afraid that I would punish you afterwards? ”
For Huang Qiong's spitting, the emperor was very dissatisfied. Although he also knew that it would certainly not be a good word for him to make this slippery son hesitate so much. But the emperor still wants to hear who this son will point the finger at? Is it the backstage prince of Jingzhao Mansion, or King Rui or King Jing.
Now that the emperor has opened Chrysostom, Huang Qiong naturally has nothing to hesitate about. Anyway, it's already at this time, whether you say it or not, the result is estimated to be a bird. Thinking of this, Huang Qiong gritted her teeth and said: "Father, the son has been studying in the cold palace before he entered the palace, and he has never lifted or seen the world outside. ”
"What is the livelihood of my Daqi, Erchen neither knows nor has seen. But the more you read the book, the more you understand the truth in the book, and the more people think about it, they will naturally think farther. Of course, this thinking is not the kind of thinking about something that should not be thought about by yourself, but thinking of a certain truth. ”
On the way back, Erchen remembered a sentence in "Historical Records" when he read history books before: Qin tyranny, regarded the people as lackeys, and died in two lifetimes. Although the First Emperor said that he destroyed the Six Kingdoms and ruled the world, the Qin government was harsh on tyranny. The people were unbearable, and a sentence of the prince and the prince would have a kind of Xiangning, which caused a great chaos in the world, so that the great foundation created by the first emperor died in only two lifetimes. ”
"The Yellow Turban Rebellion at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, although there were demonic words such as Zhang Jiao to confuse the public, but it may not have nothing to do with the fierceness of land annexation at that time. Although the Western Jin Dynasty fell to the country, there were reasons for the chaos of the five indiscriminate, but the initiator was the rebellion of the displaced people. Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty opened canals, built palaces, conquered Goryeo, paraded everywhere, exaggerated national strength, and lost the hearts of the people. ”
"Emperor Taizu of this dynasty, although he raised troops in the grass, but it was precisely because of the participation of a large number of displaced people that he finally grew stronger, and finally seized the world, creating a good foundation for this dynasty. The past is not forgotten, the future is the teacher, the king is the boat, the people are the water, the water can carry the boat and can overturn the boat, the people's hearts can not be humiliated, and the people's hearts cannot be bullied. ”
"Father, if the general trend is really like what a few people said, then it is really as dangerous as a pebble. Land annexation has intensified, resulting in more and more displaced people, although they have not been able to satisfy their stomachs. If the common people can't survive, they will rebel, and once people with ulterior motives spread rumors and rise to the top and shout, I am afraid that the general trend of the world will be in danger of erosion. ”
"At present, there are Northern Liao in the north of Daqi, always looking for an opportunity to go south to the Central Plains, and the Uighurs and Tibetans in the west. Nan has always had wolf ambitions and peeped at me in Guangnan. On the surface, it seems to be quiet all around, but in fact, it is surrounded by tigers and leopards. As soon as there is internal turmoil in our court, I am afraid that the surrounding area will immediately return to wolf. ”
Speaking of which, Huang Qiong really wanted to explain to the emperor in front of him what he saw when he read history in his previous life, that the last feudal dynasty in China was able to enter the customs and finally settle down on the rivers and mountains, in fact, it was through the civil strife of the previous dynasty, that is, both ends were taken care of, but in the end neither end could be taken into account. In the end, it was dragged down by civil strife, and the people in that corner of the country were able to enter the customs.
It's just a pity that if he really said it, I'm afraid he would only be treated like a madman or a fool. However, now there are no examples, in addition to the rebellion of the Eight Kings, there is another point that has been ignored by many people, that is, the uprisings of displaced people in various places in the last years of the Western Jin Dynasty have greatly consumed the strength of the Western Jin Dynasty.
Coupled with the Rebellion of the Eight Kings, there was the later Wuhu Chaohua. and the later Northern Wei Dynasty, it was precisely in the great uprising of the displaced people that some subsequent events were triggered. The danger of the displaced is not a trivial matter on the surface. The rebellion of the exiles may not necessarily destroy a dynasty, but it can hollow out the cornerstone of the dynasty.
In fact, in Huang Qiong's view, it is not too appropriate to use the Western Jin Dynasty and the Northern Wei Dynasty, which did not have much external trouble at that time, to compare the current situation. In fact, the most appropriate one should be the Ming Dynasty a few hundred years later. At present, although there is no major war between Northern Liao and Daqi, small frictions on the border between the two countries often occur. There are always one or two big battles with more than 10,000 people every year.
In the current Great Qi, although the burden of military spending is not as great as in the Ming Dynasty, which is the most serious after a few hundred years. But the burden of more than 100,000 border troops on the third line almost consumes about 40% of the annual income of the Great Qi Dynasty every year. Especially on the Qiliao border, almost sixty percent of the more than 100,000 border troops are concentrated. It can be said that the burden, especially the consumption of military spending, is not small there.
And now that the civil strife in Northern Liao has subsided, although the emperor of the current dynasty is still young, the regent Empress Dowager Xiao Sui is also a woman with excellent skills and abilities. Han Derang, who seized the military power of the kings and used a large number of Hanchen, reused his childhood sweetheart, and the country was thriving. All the time, they are preparing to go south to the Central Plains to fulfill the last wishes of the emperors of the Northern Liao.
This Empress Dowager Xiao, Huang Qiong was already famous for a long time in her previous life. knows that the wrist of this Empress Dowager Xiao is not much weaker than the empress who usurped Li Tang's world in the former Tang Dynasty. Just from the fact that she violated the so-called ancestral system and forcibly confiscated the military power scattered in the hands of the kings of Northern Liao, but did not cause great turmoil in Northern Liao, it is enough to see that this woman's wrist is far more comparable than others.
Although he did not have any ambition to be the emperor, the ambition of the Central Plains was not smaller than that of the emperors of the Northern Liao. Especially when I heard that this queen mother is unclear with her childhood sweetheart. Presumably, going south to the Central Plains to achieve the unfinished work of the previous emperors of the Northern Liao dynasties and to quell the criticism in the country is also a common thought of this strong woman.
There is also whether the south side is in rebellion, and from time to time it leads troops into the Annan Li Dynasty on the west road of Kou Guangnan. In fact, the current border troubles of Daqi are not much better than the Ming Dynasty hundreds of years later. At this time, once the inadvertent handling of the displaced people caused civil strife, Northern Liao did not take the opportunity to immediately enter the Central Plains, and Annan did not enter Kou Guangnan, I am afraid that no one would believe it.
However, Huang Qiong also knows that although he has not said everything, this is all he can say, and I am afraid that any more will be too much. The emperor, who was lifted off his son's old bottom, was in a bad mood now. There are too many things to say, I'm afraid that if I don't do it well, I will completely anger the emperor. It is estimated that the emperor doesn't like to hear a word of his words.
Huang Qiong once heard her mother mention more than once that she, the emperor, had always prided himself on Tang Taizong. But this mind must be not a little worse than that open-minded and sincere Tang Taizong. If you really can't stand being stimulated by your truth, you won't be able to become his target for venting. Thinking about the fate of that servant, Huang Qiong wisely closed her mouth.
Sure enough, when listening to Huang Qiong's words, the emperor's face became darker and darker. By the end, the emperor's face was already gloomy and terrifying, and the anger emanating from his body could be felt even by a blind person. When Huang Qiong closed his mouth, the emperor almost said in a voice between his teeth: "You actually dare to compare me to Qin II, a faint monarch like Emperor Huan of the Later Han Dynasty and Emperor Ling, and his heart can be punished." ”
Hearing the emperor's words, Huang Qiong couldn't wait to give herself two big mouths immediately. My mother once mentioned that she was the emperor, and it was difficult to listen to other people's different opinions. Especially in good times, there is also a suspicion of being too narrow-minded. Why did he just want to be happy, but he still didn't control his mouth in the end, and he said everything.
Although his words are not exaggerated, nor are they alarmist, at most they are just telling the truth. These words may not matter in ordinary times, but now the emperor himself is not very happy, and his honest words have not become adding fuel to the fire, and he is typical of nothing to do?