Chapter 442: Everyone is looking for allies
Wang Mang promoted Wang Tian, but the result attracted the opposition of the world's corporal clans, wars broke out, fifteen years of time, the new dynasty was overthrown, Wang Mang also died and the country was destroyed, becoming the object of insult and crusade among the Confucian scholars of all dynasties.
Whoever dares to say a good word about Wang Mang will be regarded as a chaotic minister and thief, and everyone will be punished.
In fact, if you carefully study Wang Mang's life, you will find that he was able to successfully replace the Han Dynasty and ascend the throne as emperor, not because Wang Mang was so insidious and cunning and deceived everyone in the world. In fact, on the contrary, Wang Mang's ascension to the throne really has some flavor of expectation.
He was born in a family of relatives, the Wang family is wealthy, but Wang Mang is diligent and thrifty, and his reputation and prestige have reached the peak, and everyone in the world is convinced and regarded as a sage in the world.
At that time, the emperor of the Western Han Dynasty was mediocre, and the powerful rose together, annexed the land, and the people were displaced and miserable.
Wang Mang took advantage of this popular grievance, relied on his strong prestige, and replaced the Western Han Dynasty and ascended the throne as emperor in a bloodless way.
When he became emperor, Wang Mang had to solve the land problem, curb annexation, and take care of the poor people...... Therefore, he launched the most important reform of the Wang Tian system, and it was precisely because of Wang Tian that the scholars were completely angered, and they joined forces to oppose it, and the new dynasty was buried.
But in all fairness, these wealthy families also see the problem, and the Wang family is a top wealthy family.
Wang Mang can be called the emperor, which is inseparable from the support of the family.
Rose by the family, and died because of the family!
This is the tragedy of Wang Mang.
From Wang Mang's body, the mental journey of the reformers of the past dynasties can be condensed, and the end is solved.
First of all, in order to reform, it is necessary to climb high enough within the system, and in the process, to win over powerful people, to pull together all the forces that support them, many benefits, promising to take care of their interests...... After painstaking management, he climbed to a sufficient position and got the authority.
That's when reform begins.
But it's really at this time. Reformers often find that the people they want to reform are the same people who support them!
Without a knife against them, there will be no way to start reform. The people were disappointed, and the people's grievances were boiling.
If you attack them, it will be tantamount to destroying the Great Wall and cutting off your foundation.
Once these people who support you turn against the water, the power of the attack is far beyond the reach of outsiders, and the new dynasty will be under this powerful offensive, and the inside and outside should be combined and wiped out.
Wang Mang is like this, Wang Anshi is also like this, he has been looking forward to it for decades, and he is deeply respected by the scholars, once he takes power, he implements the new policy, he is opposed by the collective opposition of the scholar group, and he has been dismissed twice, and the people have died in government.
What about Zhang Juzheng? The same is the case, he gave Xu Jie's bachelor, pretended to be a grandson in the court, accumulated strength, and so on to knock down the high arch, after becoming the first assistant, he suddenly looked back, he wanted to reform the scholar group represented by the teacher Xu Jie, there was no way, Zhang Juzheng could only get in touch with the eunuchs and the harem, and form an iron triangle, his means were obviously higher than Wang Anshi, so a whip was pushed down, and the Ming Dynasty also improved.
But in the end, Zhang Juzheng still can't avoid the fate of people dying and dying.
The reforms he hoped to do were accomplished by a foreign emperor, an emperor who was widely liked by women who had a whole million people in a group of millions of people, and could not throw off the gentry and civil officials, so his reforms could be pushed forward.
Chai Rong asked Ye Hua if he could succeed in the reform, and would he return to Wang Mang's old path?
Ye Hua thinks Chai Rong still has a chance.
First of all, only six years after the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the Shiren group did not grow strong enough to compete with the imperial power.
Secondly, the martial arts group is still there, and this martial arts group has been upgraded and has a strong vitality, which can compete with civilian officials and scholars.
In other words, Chai Rong has a good card in his hand that can deal with civil officials.
"If Your Majesty has the heart to promote, the minister thinks that there is still a chance to succeed, if you miss the most precious time, and then want to push, it will be extremely difficult."
Chai Rong pondered for a long time, and said with a wry smile: "After I inherited the unification, I thought that the most important thing was to use troops abroad, sweep the world, and unify the country. But now, I understand that it is really difficult to solve the internal troubles of Da Zhou! β
Chai Rong rubbed his hands, gritted his teeth and said, "Do it, no matter how difficult it is!" If I don't set the rules, future generations will have countless troubles, and they won't be able to do what they want to do when the time comes. β
Throughout the ages, the foundation and rules have been set for hundreds of years...... And there is only one chance, if it is set well, it can create a prosperous era of three hundred years, and if it is not good, it will be suffocated and aggrieved, and the country and family will be lost, and there will be no sloppiness.
"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that one high and one low should be set, two goals."
"Be specific."
"Your Majesty, this supreme goal is that all land belongs to the imperial court, and that the people have only the right to cultivate, not to buy and sell. Every twenty or thirty years, the imperial court redivides the land to ensure that the cultivators have their land! β
As soon as these words came out, Chai Rong's face darkened, and it would be so difficult to collect all the land!
"Ye Qing, what is the low target?"
Ye Hua couldn't help but be a little disappointed, the so-called first Ming Jun of the five generations, the pattern is also small, and the pursuit is a bit low! Ye Hua was helpless, so he could only say: "The lower goal is to clear the acres of land, implement the average field, and the gentry will pay for the grain in one!" Service! No exceptions! β
The corners of Chai Rong's mouth twitched, this lower goal is actually not low at all, and it is even very difficult!
Let's talk about the acres of land first, but I am afraid that in all dynasties, few can figure out how much land there is.
The gentry and officials were treated favorably and exempted from taxes, which was also a rule that continued throughout the ages.
Not only the gentry, but the Li Tang royal family even gave the temple tax exemption, which made those monks fat. Chai Rong destroyed the Buddha, in addition to melting the Buddha statue to cast copper coins.
It is to destroy the temple economy, and the land under the temple must be paid.
It is very difficult to get the scholars to pay for food, and it is even more difficult to let them serve, and it will be even more difficult, and it will be to the sky!
"Ye Qing, can you discount it...... For example, only pay food, not serve? β
Ye Hua shrugged his shoulders, "Your Majesty, don't talk about it from afar, just say how many people are needed to govern the Yellow River?" If the imperial court implements the division of land, will it be able to mobilize all the people smoothly? No! Why? Because there were many wealthy gentry, they sat on more land and had more wealth, but they did not serve the imperial court. A fishing net has a hole in it, and when the net is closed, there is no fish left. β
"Your Majesty makes an exception for the gentry, and it is impossible to mobilize the people completely without compensation. It cannot be mobilized without compensation, and the Yellow River cannot be repaired, so it can only spend money to hire workers...... How much money can the treasury come up with? β
"Say no more!"
Chai Rong waved his hand rudely, "Since you want to do it, you can't discount it!" I want to ask you now, can the martial artists accept these contents? β
That's the real key!
Chai Rong had to rely on the warriors to reform the gentry.
If the warriors can't accept it, how can we talk about reform?
Ye Hua groaned: "Your Majesty, you should consult King Wei about this matter, maybe his old man can give a more definite answer!" β
Chai Rong had a calm face, and immediately issued an order to ask Fu Yanqing to be invited!
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Inside the palace, the monarchs and ministers discussed their next move, and outside the palace, they were also actively running.
Pei Yu died, and in accordance with Chai Rong's will, his body was thrown outside the city, and the family returned to their humble home with an empty thin-skinned coffin...... Pei Yushi died, and he died in the palace in order to make a speech to the emperor!
There is no need to exaggerate too much, if the courtier is dead, it is to ask for the people's life, it is a faint king, and he has killed the loyal minister!
And there is even more exciting news, it turned out that Pei Yu took the coffin to death, his wife waited at home, and when it was past noon, her husband did not come back, and Mrs. Pei swallowed the prepared poison and died!
At that time, the news of Pei Yu's death had not yet come out, and Mrs. Pei was able to die of martyrdom, which was heroic!
The coffin prepared by Pei Yu was not wasted, and it was just given to his wife.
If it is said that the civil officials are still afraid of holding a funeral for Pei Yu, but for Mrs. Pei's funeral, then there is no scruples.
Someone knocked on Fan Zhen's door.
After being warned by Ye Hua, Fan Zhen has closed the door for many days and has not seen any guests, but there are more and more people outside, all of them are protΓ©gΓ©s, relatives and friends, and Fan Xianggong can't hide!
"Alas, you're trying to kill me!" Fan Zhen sighed and pushed open the door of the mansion.
These people were overjoyed, "Fan Xianggong is really righteous, we have already asked people to invite Taishi Feng, and there are two Xianggong presiding, which is enough to comfort the heroic spirit!" β