Chapter 34: At a Historical Juncture, the Dialogue between Liu Yong and Zhuge Liang (2)
And what have these pretentious, high-minded, high-eyed gate valves done that are beneficial to China?
Rebellion of the Eight Kings! Five nonsense! Dressed in the south!
Check it out! Everything has been drained of the people of Zhuxia...... Blood and tears!
That's why Zhuge Liang's "Teacher Table" wrote: "When the first emperor was there, every time he discussed this matter with his ministers, he didn't sigh and hate Yu Huan and Lingye. The first Han Dynasty was so prosperous, and the Later Han Dynasty was so decadent. ”
The Western Han Dynasty and the Eastern Han Dynasty are both Yan Han, but the national strength of the Eastern Han Dynasty cannot catch up with the Western Han Dynasty, and the Western Han Empire can press the Xiongnu Empire to the ground and rub it at will, while the Eastern Han Dynasty has been disgraced by the small Qiang people in the Western Liang, why?
Gai because Liu Xiu is a strong man, a relative of the Eastern Han Dynasty is a strong man, and the twenty-eight generals of Yuntai are also strong and strong!
From beginning to end, the Eastern Han Dynasty was simply a group of powerful countries disguised as a group! The national strength of the country has been snatched into their own bowls by 1 strong man everywhere outside the Liu family!
Therefore, the Han dynasty that Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang longed for revival was the first Han in the Wenjing and Wudi periods, not the later Han in the Huan Ling period!
"Your Majesty, you must know that the Yellow Turban Rebellion did not destroy the economic situation of the powerful landlords' estates since the end of the Han Dynasty, but made their power more and more inflated, faintly like the sky."
This is especially evident in Shu. You must know that when Liu Yan first entered Shu, he was afraid of the wealthy family in Yizhou, but he didn't dare to establish a governance office in the capital of I. As the topic deepened, Zhuge Liang was obviously interested, "You want to gain national strength from them, forgive the offense...... You...... It's so whimsical! ”
Looking at Zhuge Kongming, who broke through the crux of the current Chinese crux, Liu Yong had to admire the wisdom of the ancients, these people with lofty ideals are at a historical juncture of rapid change, they can see the existence of the problem, but they can't find the direction to solve the problem.
It can be said that Zhuge Liang, Liu Bei, Cao Cao, Zhou Yu, and Lu Su are the last batch of scholars and nobles in China, and they have inherited the fine character of the ancient gentlemen since the ancient times, the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period and the pre-Qin and Han dynasties. With the world in mind, they painstakingly explored the prospects and ways out of China since the late Han Dynasty and the funeral, hoping to restore the supreme glory of the pre-Han Dynasty when "those who offend me and strengthen the Han Dynasty will be punished even if they are far away"!
However...... It's a pity...... They all failed......
Huaxia failed to regain its former glory, but walked down the altar and fell into the abyss...... It wasn't until a dynasty called "Tang" rose in the East that Chinese civilization was pushed to another level.
From another point of view, the reunification of the three countries is not about who is stronger in national strength and who is more economically and agriculturally developed, but who is worse and more stupid!
Sima Zhao sent a three-way army to destroy Shu, and after the destruction of Shu, his son Sima Yan usurped Wei and established the Jin Dynasty that was rotten to the roots.
It can be seen that the so-called Shuntian Jin Dynasty's national strength is obviously declining!
After the destruction of Shu, the Jin Dynasty, which had obtained Bashu and Nanzhong, had to wait until 20 years later to carry out the war to destroy Wu, which also revealed that the Jin Dynasty's national strength was not strong and the internal undercurrent was surging, and the Sima family, which had ascended from the family, urgently needed to consolidate its power.
However, Zhuge Liang, the ancients, did not know a cure for the disease, Liu Yong, as a traverser...... But understand how to crack it.
I remember that in my previous life, Liu Yong once saw it in the Internet Mountain, and some people actually said that the emergence of the gate valve system is a historical necessity, and knowledge and social wealth will inevitably be in the hands of the family under the limitations of the times.
But Liu Yong wanted to say...... The price that such an inevitability brings to Huaxia is too heavy!
"The powerful landlords did not control the army, the prisons and the law, and they were powerless in front of the court." Liu Yong asked knowingly, "Why does the prime minister think that I am shaking the tree?" ”
"Your Majesty, they don't have an army, and the court can amass their wealth by issuing laws, but they can't just sit back and wait, and there is no way to counteract."
Zhuge Liang adjusted his sitting posture and sat more comfortably.
"Do they dare to resist the edicts of the imperial court?" Liu Yong continued to pretend to be puzzled
"Clearly, of course they don't dare, but secretly? The avenue is impassable, and there are still paths! This conversation with Liu Yong was not pleasant when it started, but gradually Zhuge Liang became interested, and he almost thought that the first emperor (Liu Bei) was back again, and he could sit down with him and talk for a long time!
"There are more than 40,000 large and small officials in the imperial court, except for more than 3,000 middle and high-level officials from Jingzhou and other places who have entered Shu, 95 percent of the grassroots officials in other county governments, counties and township pavilions are all from the local landlords and powerful families in Shudi!"
"Your Majesty's snatching of people's money is like killing your parents, if they are linked together, they will be threatened with resignation...... What should Your Majesty do then?! ”
Syllable! Syllable! Syllable!
Liu Yong applauded and looked at his prime minister with a look of relief.
That's right!
This is the history of the landlord Haoqiang to become a family...... Even the root of the gate valve, the state apparatus is full of their power and tentacles from top to bottom, inside and out, and even they themselves are part of the state apparatus, if the emperor cuts them out, then they will go to the officials to counter them......
And the price of their removal from the government is that the state apparatus is paralyzed, a large number of official affairs and lawsuits are not handled, the state's taxes cannot be collected, the normal operation of the imperial court is interrupted, the army's baggage supplies cannot be supplied, and the whole country is in chaos and collapse......
This is probably also the reason why Zhuge Liang is well aware of the powerful situation of the landlords at the turning point of history, but he did not take measures and was indifferent!
To be placed in the future generations, two-legged toads are difficult to find, and two-legged officials can be found all over the street. Can be in the Three Kingdoms Wei and Jin eras, you ...... You can really only find it among the wealthy families of the deceased!
"Then Prime Minister, if the classics such as "Shangshu", "Analects", and "Spring and Autumn" are no longer monopolized by the big families, and the knowledge of books can be spread in a very simple form, and the children of the poor family can also read and write and know all kinds of schools?"
"What if the children of the poor family can also be placed side by side with the children of the family, and the public examination of talents, the court selects the best ones and hires them?"
"What if the court and the county can be full of those poor children who have finished reading the Book of Songs with the fragrance of the earth?"
In the face of Liu Yong's rhetorical questioning, Zhuge Liang gradually felt that a door was opened, he seemed to touch something, and the light of wisdom crossed the dark sky like a comet............