Can you rely on the Donglin Party to govern the country?

They either boast of morality and etiquette, or pride themselves in honesty and integrity, or are generous and benevolent, or jealous and hateful, and they are indeed a group of gentlemen.

However, Chongzhen Dynasty has natural and man-made disasters, internal and external troubles, and chaos is frequent, and the gentleman can't save this troubled world!

The so-called troubled times produce heroes, in this troubled times, in this era, what is needed is heroes, not gentlemen.

Brilliant and beautiful, it is called heroic; Courage, called heroic.

Heroes are true heroes who have the ambition of Lingyun, the momentum of swallowing mountains and rivers, the amount of Kyushu, and the mind of the four seas, who can save the country from danger and save the people of Li from fire and water.

Donglin Party people are gentlemen, but gentlemen are not heroes, noble character is a gentleman, for the country and the people is a hero, a gentleman pays attention to self-cultivation, can only achieve himself; And the achievement of heroes is to save the country and the people, and heroes can save this troubled world.

Zhang Bin is such a hero in troubled times, he does not only talk about etiquette and morality, he can talk about etiquette and morality for the gentleman, but for the shameless people, he can be more shameless than people!

If he was in the position of Sun Chengzong at that time, he would definitely raise troops on the side of the Qing monarch, let alone Wei Zhongxian, even if he was the emperor and dared to torture and kill his relatives and friends, he would not sit idly by.

You dare to be a scoundrel, I can be a scoundrel than you, you dare to be a scoundrel, I can be a scoundrel than you.

Wei Zhongxian, a ruffian hooligan who was caught by him, can abuse people Xiang, and reason with others, and even talk about etiquette and morality, there is something wrong!

This is the reason why the Donglin Party can't save Daming, reason with the ruffians and hooligans, people can abuse you Xiangdu!

Of course, heroes don't need to advertise themselves, after the success of heroes, the world will praise them, Zhang Bin doesn't want to explain these theories of gentlemen and heroes to Zhu Cihong, Zhu Cihong doesn't necessarily understand these explanations, heroes have their own to do, and Zhu Cihong only needs to be a good emperor.

He then taught: "Hong'er, you have to remember that the king of a country is responsible for the rise and fall of the world and the fate of hundreds of millions of people, so you need to be cautious and think twice before acting. Thou shalt not act hastily according to one's own temperament, do not appoint courtiers according to one's own preferences, and do not listen to slander and harm loyalty, because your words and deeds are related to the well-being of the people of the world. “

Zhu Cihong nodded as if he didn't understand: "Master, I remember, this, how is the country governed?" ”

The way of governing the country, this is a big proposition, the kings of all dynasties are groping, there are successful and failed, the methods of the successful ones are different, to explain all these clearly, I am afraid that a few days are not enough, and Zhang Bin is not all the kings of the way of governing the country have been studied, and it is impossible to comprehensively discuss it.

So, how do you tell Zhu Cihong about this way of governing the country?

He thought about it for a while, and finally figured it out, there are thousands of ways to govern the country, and he can't finish it, so he will teach Zhu Cihong according to what is most beneficial to him, isn't it so that Zhu Cihong can govern the Ming Dynasty according to his ideal method.

How does he want Zhu Cihong to govern the Ming Dynasty?

This is actually very simple, refer to later generations, advocate democracy, vigorously develop the economy, and make the country rich and the people strong.

He probably organized the language, and then said solemnly: "The way of governing the country The kings of all dynasties have their own understandings and methods, which can be described as ever-changing, and they must be analyzed one by one, so I don't know how long it will take, the master can only tell you from the root." "Mencius" has a cloud: the people are precious, the community is secondary, and the monarch is light. "Shangshu" also says: The people are only Bangben, and Bengu Bangning. First of all, you must understand that the people are the foundation of the country, because with the people, the country needs to be built; With a country, there needs to be a king, so the foundation of governing the country is how to let the people live a good life, if the people are not doing well, the country will not be at peace, if the people can't live, then the country can't be maintained. “

This doesn't need Zhang Bin to explain too much, because the Ming Dynasty at this time is an obvious example, the people rebelled because of natural and man-made disasters, and the disaster of building slaves outside, the entire Ming Dynasty has been in turmoil.

Zhu Cihong nodded heavily and said: "Well, master, I know, the people are the foundation of the country, so how to let the people live a good life?" ”

Zhang Bin thought about it, and then analyzed: "If you want to know how to make the people live a good life, you must first know why the people are not doing well." The people's requirements are not high, as long as there is enough food and clothing, the life of the common people at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty is better, because at that time, the Ming Dynasty was vast and sparsely populated, and each household could have more than 50 acres of land on average, in addition to eating and drinking taxes, there can also be a surplus to buy clothes, so the Ming Dynasty is a prosperous era followed by a prosperous era. However, the population of the Ming Dynasty is increasing day by day, and the land in the hands of the common people is decreasing day by day, to now, the average family is only more than ten acres of land, and a few more people can not eat enough, if there is a natural disaster, and then encounter corrupt officials and corrupt officials to expropriate and expropriate, it is even more impossible to live. “

This is easy to understand, because this is the situation in Daming now, but there is one thing that Zhu Cihong does not understand, he is puzzled: "Master, why is Daming's land decreasing day by day?" ”

Zhang Bin shook his head again and again and said: "It's not that the land in Daming is decreasing, but the land in the hands of the people is decreasing, because most of the land has been swallowed up by a very small number of people, and the total amount of land will not be more or less, the more they annex, the less land the people will have." “

The number of ordinary people is increasing, but the land in their hands is decreasing, if this continues, the Ming Dynasty will be finished sooner or later, Zhu Cihong understands this truth even if he is young, these people are going to break the foundation of the Ming Dynasty!

He gritted his teeth and said, "Who are the people who are annexing the land?" ”

Zhang Bin glanced at him embarrassedly, then gritted his teeth and said: "Hong'er, there are some things I shouldn't say, but there are some things you must know, otherwise, I'm afraid that I won't be able to manage Daming if I am tired to death." The land of the Ming Dynasty is about 10 million hectares, and the royal family is no less than 6 million hectares, the land in the hands of the princes, eunuchs and gentry landlords is not less than 2 million hectares, and the remaining 2 million hectares and more than 1 million hectares are tuntian, and the real land in the hands of the people is less than 1 million hectares, that is to say, the land in the hands of each common person is less than one acre, and the yield of one mu is up to three stones, and a common people have to eat six stone grain a year. Do you know? “

When Zhu Cihong heard this, he was shocked and said: "How is it possible, there are only a few royal family members, how can it occupy so much land?" Ordinary people only have food for half a year, how can they live! ”

Zhang Bin shook his head and said solemnly: "Hong'er, you should know that the fief given by the Wanli Dynasty to King Lu is 40,000 hectares, and the fief of King Fu is 20,000 hectares, and they still use their status as a prince to continuously annex land, now, a prince has at least more than 100,000 hectares of land under his name, and even hundreds of thousands of hectares, a county king has less than 10,000 hectares, and more than 100,000 hectares, and there are also Zhenguo generals, auxiliary generals, etc., and now, the royal family of the Ming Dynasty has more than 300,000 hectares. Is it impossible for them to annex six million hectares of land? The common people only have food for half a year a year, so most of the common people are forced to have no way to live, and become tenant farmers under the royal family, princes and nobles, relatives and eunuchs and gentry and landlords. ”

He usually teaches Zhu Cihong to pay attention to practicality, and Zhu Cihong can still do simple arithmetic, Zhu Cihong heard this, slapped his fingers slightly, and then his face changed greatly: "This, this, master, what should I do?" ”

Having said this, the effect is almost the same, Zhang Bin then said solemnly: "Hong'er, didn't you just ask the way to govern the country as a teacher?" With the current situation of the Ming Dynasty, only the development of commerce and expansion of territory is the right way, the common people have no money to buy clothes to wear, so that they can make money to buy clothes to wear; The land in the hands of the common people is not enough, so they will expand the territory and increase the land in their hands, so that the people can have enough food and clothing, and the Ming Dynasty can be peaceful and even prosperous in the world! ”