Chapter Twenty-Nine: On the Ship
The first floor of the building ship is very large, with hundreds of square meters. It's not difficult to set up more than 30 wine tables. If you really follow the rules of the game to get on the boat with three tokens, I am afraid that the hall on this floor will have to sit next to the table. , but the imperial court understands the minds of these people very well, in order to get on the ship, it is a small matter, and a big thing is to become famous. That's why they will desperately defeat more talents, resulting in less than one layer of hundreds of talents.
Bai Yun was a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, and he once entered the Hanlin Academy at the age of nineteen with the first exception in the imperial examination, and now he is only forty years old, and he is already one of the great Confucians of the Chu State. The scholars present all had high respect for Bai Yunjing, who was sitting at the top.
Bai Yun, who was sitting in the middle of the seat, glanced around at the scholars on the left and right, nodded slightly, and said, "I invite you to come and name it Juju today, but I actually want to discuss it with you." ”
Ye Tianyu was the most talented among these people, so he replied, "I don't know what Bai Gong commands, I will do our best!" ”
All the scholars looked at themselves calmly, Bai Yun smiled with satisfaction, and said, "I also came to you after discussing this matter with the ministers..."
"It took thousands of years for my Great Chu to have such a grand scene, but after three generations of chaotic government, the national strength of my Chu State has been greatly reduced! Today, twenty-three vassal states have rebelled against our Great Chu, and there is not one in the vast land of a hundred! Now Your Majesty is young and playful, ignoring state affairs, and it is useless for our ministers to persuade a hundred times, what good attention do you have, so that Your Majesty will change his mind and help my Chu State restore its hegemony! ”
Bai Yunjing's words can be described as outspoken, telling all the mistakes made by generations of monarchs, and even the current Chu Emperor's ignorance of national politics has been said by him calmly, which shows that Bai Yunjing is a open-minded and upright person.
After everyone's thoughts for a while, someone began to offer advice: "Since Emperor Chu doesn't like political affairs, he can govern the country without doing anything!" ”
Ruling by inaction is the Taoist idea of governing the country, which comes from Lao Tzu. It is said that if the monarch does not compete with the people for benefits, the people themselves will be rich, the monarch will have no desires, and the people's thoughts will become simple.
This set of political ideas is used in few countries, and I think it is too impractical. However, Ying Xuan knew that after Liu Bang set the world, he used inaction to rule, and in less than a hundred years, the national strength increased a lot, and later Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty had the capital to destroy the Huns!
As soon as the man finished saying this, Ye Tianyu chuckled and said, "Ruling by doing nothing is different from changing the law and reforming, although the restoration of national strength is stable, it will take too long, when the Chu State recovers its peak national strength, I am afraid that these vassal states will already ride on the head of my Chu State." ”
Ye Tianyu's words made everyone nod their heads after hearing it, feeling reasonable.
Bai Yun's shocked gaze also turned to Ye Tianyu, and said with a kind smile, "Tianyu, what do you think?" ”
For Bai Yunjing, Ye Tianyu was also very admired, and he didn't dare to be presumptuous in front of him, so he solemnly shook Bai Yunjing, his expression was a little gloomy, and he said, "Although this method can be achieved, it is expected that no one dares to implement it!" ”
A little interest appeared on Bai Yun's face, hoping that this champion could surprise him, and said, "What did you say?" ”
"The reason why the state of Chu is declining is nothing more than a few points. The unclear legal code makes the court untrustworthy! The power of the family has weakened the royal family! There are many officials and the division of labor is unclear, resulting in half the effort in the operation of the system! Although there are millions of soldiers, there is no courage to die! The granaries are overflowing, but they don't know how to starve! Why have all the princes rebelled in these decades? In addition to the fault of the monarch, it is also because of this feudal system that the imperial court has insufficient control over various places! Therefore, the feudal system should be abolished! ”
Ye Tianyu's frivolity was well known in the Chu State, but after hearing these words, the scholars still underestimated Ye Tianyu. Any one of these rules can offend a large number of people if it is implemented, and it will not make the people of the entire Chu State miserable and fall apart!
"This person should be talented, and he said all the shortcomings of the Chu State in a few words. It's a pity that no monarch in the world has the courage to carry out all what Ye Tianyu said. Ying Xuan thought to himself in the bottom of his heart.
The scholar who had previously proposed to rule by doing nothing sneered and said, "Hehe~ Brother Dump Yu!" What you said is inevitably too light, if you really want to do what you say, the world is not in chaos? ”
"Isn't the world chaotic today?" Ye Tianyu glanced at the visitor and asked rhetorically.
Shizi was speechless. For example, today's strife has far exceeded the peak of the Warring States Period, and the reason why the Chu State is okay is because of its strong heritage that makes it impossible for other countries to provoke. But the situation is far different in other regions.
The three kingdoms of Wei, Shu and Wu fought the most ferociously, the Yuan State and the Xiongnu who had just been established in the north also fought fiercely, and the Qing State and the Ming State recently had many sparks on the border, and the war broke out sooner or later. The most chaotic places are Sui, Chen, Wuyue, Nanping, and Fujian in the west, and the dispute between these five countries is often a battle of more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, and the people of the five countries can be said to be living in poverty.
"What Qian Yu said is true, if it can be implemented, it will indeed restore the glory of my Chu State in the short term. It's just a pity that the resistance is too great and it is difficult to achieve. Bai Yunjing was not too surprised by Ye Tianyu's remarks. It can be seen that this is not the first time that this statement has been heard among the ministers, but no one dares to appear on the table, because everyone knows that it is impossible.
The state of Chu has gone through thousands of years, the background is too huge, the system is completely necrotic, and any change has the risk of completely collapsing the entire imperial court! Just as a thousand-year-old building cannot be demolished and rebuilt, the most that can be done is to retouch the surface. Because the stones inside the building have been completely decayed by time, they cannot afford to be rebuilt on a large scale.
"There are too many powerful clans in the Chu Kingdom, we can only avoid their interests in order to be unhindered!"
The person who spoke was the descendant of one of the eight powerful people of Yingdu, and no one misunderstood that he was defending the interests of the family, but felt justified. After all, the powerful power of the world clan is too strong, and their combined strength is enough to subvert half of the Chu State, and there is no need for anyone to come forward to maintain it.
When Xu Ziqing finished saying this, everyone looked at him. Xu Ziqing continued, "We might as well affirm the status of the powerful family, so that we can also get their help, which can play a role in promoting other reforms." ”
Most of the people present smiled coldly in their hearts after hearing Xu Ziqing's opinion.
Let the powerful people help them promote the New Deal? Amusing! Will the code born in that way not have the privileges of the powerful of the world, and can it be used to establish faith? The army, the officials, and even the land, they will come and get a piece of the pie!
Maybe they will not betray the Chu State with the glory of the world, but they are more like countless moths, gnawing at the already festering Chu State! It's just that no one can touch them, they are moths incarnated by tigers, and once they are angered, everyone will come up with a painful price! Even the royal family is no exception...
Ying Xuan secretly thought in his heart, "It seems that the harm of the powerful clan is too great, if you enter Hangu Pass, you must find a way to solve this problem!" ”
Bai Yunjing was able to find a way for this group of scholars, which was enough to see that it was difficult for a minister to move an inch on the road of the new deal.
Ying Xuan carefully observed the changes in the expressions of everyone present, some were thinking hard, some were flat, and several celebrities led by Ye Tianyu had a light smile on their faces. From the smiles of several of them, Ying Xuan felt a strong sense of confidence, and he didn't speak, just because a third of the scholars present were from the world!