Chapter 658. Frequent Turmoil (3).
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"Your Majesty! Chen believes that these proposals of Lord Zhao may have good intentions, but they are inevitably a little whimsical and unrealistic, the people's farming habits have already lasted for a hundred years, and now they are only a little short of food, and frequent natural disasters like this year cannot happen every year, so why make a big move and forcibly change the farming habits of the people? ā
"Your Majesty, Lord Zhao's suggestions seem to be very good, but they involve many sensitive points, the people's cultivation is the foundation of the country, and the most important thing is to be cautious in every way, and it must not be easily changed, once there is an accident, I am afraid that the people's hearts will be shaken and the people will be swayed! I hope that Your Majesty will be clear! ā
"The minister believes that farming is the foundation of the world, once it moves slightly, it is the turmoil of the society, once it changes slightly, it is far-reaching, Lord Zhao's proposals, it is inevitable that some things are taken for granted, farming is far more sensitive than commercial taxes, if it is not a last resort, it must not be changed at will!"
"Your Majesty, the old minister thinks that most of the irrigation measures in various parts of our dynasty have been perfected, even if the scale is small, but it is enough to use, and there is no need to invest a large amount of silver in construction again, and the silver turnover of the imperial court has improved slightly, and there are still many places where silver is needed, so there is no need to waste too much silver on these inconsequential things. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½ā
Suddenly, hundreds of officials came out one after another, and they all resolutely opposed Zhao Junchen's proposal.
When the officials expressed their positions, they were all full of selflessness, for the country and the people, and they were also full of old men who held the country and were impassioned, as if their positions were all out of a public heart, and there was no personal interest at all.
But what the actual situation is is clear only to them.
The so-called "superficial article" only needs to stand on the moral high ground, and it does not require any technical content, just a face.
For a time, Zhao Junchen became the target of public criticism because of his proposal for agricultural reform!
However, the officials still remember Zhao Junchen's punishment of Guo Tang some time ago, and they still have fresh memories and lingering palpitations about Guo Tang's tragic end, so although they spoke up one after another, their words were quite mild, even if they opposed Zhao Junchen's suggestion, they didn't forget to add a sentence "Zhao Junchen's idea is good" in front of them, obviously worried that they would offend Zhao Junchen miserably, and eventually end up like Guo Tang.
When the officials objected, Zhao Junchen was expressionless, and there was not much surprise in his heart, but he just looked at the generous statements of the officials coldly, and there was a sneer on the corner of his mouth.
The fierce opposition of the officials was originally expected by Zhao Junchen, and it was also something that Zhao Junchen was happy to see.
In fact, Zhao Junchen did not expect his agricultural reform proposal to be passed quickly, Zhao Junchen knew very well that this proposal involved too many sensitive places and harmed the interests of too many people, and it must take a long time of wrestling, arguing, and compromise before it could be reluctantly accepted by the officials, and even if it was reluctantly passed, I am afraid that it is only a deleted version, and it is impossible to have no changes.
This is also a matter of course, whether ancient or modern, Chinese and foreign, the vast majority of policies in the officialdom are often not "the best policy", but "a policy that most people can accept", if they insist on going their own way, forcibly passing, and completely ignoring the interests of others, then they will inevitably be opposed, obstructed, and stumbling by countless people, so that no matter how good the policy is, it will eventually be messed up, Wang Anshi's reform is the most obvious example.
Therefore, Zhao Junchen will not force his proposal to pass without change, as long as the fundamental nature of this agricultural reform proposal has not changed, can alleviate the food crisis in the imperial court, can reduce the disaster caused by the "Xiaoice Period" in the future, then Zhao Junchen can also reluctantly accept.
All in all, taking advantage of this opportunity, Zhao Junchen really wanted to do some practical things.
Moreover, Zhao Junchen put forward so many controversial proposals in one breath, originally to cause controversy and opposition among the officials, after Emperor Deqing saw that the officials opposed Zhao Junchen, he would also know that Zhao Junchen's influence was far less powerful than he imagined, and his vigilance against Zhao Junchen would be quietly reduced, if Zhao Junchen's proposal could finally be passed, then Emperor Deqing would think that Zhao Junchen was asking for trouble, maybe when he would be in trouble, and his vigilance against Zhao Junchen would be lower!
This is Zhao Junchen's most important goal!
Therefore, after Zhao Junchen saw the opposition of the officials, although he was a little disdainful in his heart, he only felt that the officials were short-sighted and selfish, but he was not angry.
After the opposition of the hundred officials came to an end, Zhao Junchen did not give an inch, and slowly spoke again.
I saw Zhao Junchen's expression solemn, slowly glanced at the hundred officials with a cold gaze, and said with a sneer: "Your lords are not responsible for the money and food of the court like your own officials, nor do you need to worry about food and clothing like the people, so naturally you don't have a backache when you stand and talk!" But have you ever thought about it, now that natural disasters occur frequently in various places, if the grain of the imperial court is repeatedly underharvested, and the amount of grain stored in the granaries of various places is getting smaller and smaller, we and other court officials still turn a blind eye and remain unchanged, once there is no food to help the people in the future, it will inevitably breed civil revolt, and at that time, who will be responsible for the responsibility? ā
You are the head of the household, in charge of the world's money and grain, when there is no food to help the people, all the responsibility is naturally your responsibility! Even if you, Zhao Junchen, are unwilling to take responsibility, then there is Your Majesty, the cabinet, and the local feudal officials, anyway, the matter has nothing to do with me!
After hearing Zhao Junchen's inquiry, many of the hundred officials flashed such thoughts.
Of course, they don't show their thoughts.
On the surface, they are still selfless and staunch opponents.
In the temple, the most difficult thing is often to do practical things, everyone is respectful and away, the simplest thing is often to find faults, everyone is familiar with the road!
After Zhao Junchen finished speaking, an official immediately came out again and said: "Lord Zhao, my dynasty is a peaceful and prosperous era, even if there are frequent natural disasters, it is only an occasional thing, next year may be a good weather, now it is just a temporary shortage of food, and when the grain is harvested in various places this year, the situation will naturally improve, why worry about the sky?" Why do you need to risk provoking civil unrest? ā
The official who refuted Zhao Junchen was named Jin Hong, an imperial historian of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, who was born in a family of landlords in Jiangnan and owned thousands of acres of fertile land in the south of the Yangtze River, and the tea and cotton harvested in these fields every year could bring him thousands of taels of silver, so after he saw that Zhao Junchen wanted to restrict the farmers in Jiangnan from cultivating cotton and tea, his opposition was extremely resolute!
However, Jin Hong's views seem reasonable, but they are vulnerable to Zhao Junchen!
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