Chapter 176: POV: Wang Chengen's Dialogue with Monarchs and Ministers (Part II)
I opened a new book, but I still like to write history, and if I don't write it, I'm uncomfortable......
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"Forget it, it's not a big deal." The emperor seems to be in a good mood today, maybe the vegetarian food he ate today has played a role, so he didn't get angry, just waved his hand: "Just ask them to fix it, if there is a second time, the stick will be written down, and then it may be better to punish." ”
"The emperor is kind and generous, which is really the blessing of my Ming Dynasty!" Wang Chengen also couldn't understand what the emperor's benevolence had to do with the blessings of the people, after all, from ancient times to the present, the people always suffered, just like the song "Xing, the people suffer, die, the people suffer", but he has long been familiar with these flattering words, so he said it very fluently.
"Otherwise, don't fix it." The emperor thought for a while, and suddenly said: "Such a big palace, I may not be able to finish it in my life, and now the country is in trouble, and there are places where money is used everywhere, why should I take the people's fat and people's ointment to repair the pavilion!" All the people are my children! ”
This little emperor is only seventeen years old, which is the age of ordinary people's hairy boys, and he is the most naughty, but as an emperor, he has to mature and steady, not only to bear his own growth, but also to consider the people of this country, as the respect of the Ninety-Five, but so difficult, this can't help but make Wang Chengen's eyes a little moist, and suddenly feel that this emperor is indeed a blessing for the people, and can't help choking and saying: "The emperor is so thoughtful and self-respecting, it is indeed a blessing for all the people!" ”
But it is precisely because of this that Wang Chengen became more and more unwilling for the emperor to suffer, and he said slowly: "Wei Zhongxian fell, and all the silver he accumulated was taken by Liu Xu, Liu Xu left a small half of it for the foundation, and just sent the rest to the emperor's son-in-law, it seems that there are more than three million taels, and the emperor doesn't have to work so hard!" ”
The little emperor sighed and shook his head: "No, no, these three million taels look like a lot, but in fact, there is not much money." Liu Xu has a good saying, we have 20,000 people in the Ming Dynasty, how much grain, how much silver, divided by 20,000, there is not much money, how can I not be cautious! ”
Speaking of Liu Xu, the young emperor suddenly felt a little sad, and he muttered: "Companion, you say, is it not suitable for me to be this emperor, he is such a talented person, he gave me three strategies, but I can only implement this strategy, but throughout the ages, those who accept the next three strategies, most of them have no good end." ”
Later, Xue Gong gave Liu Bang an analysis of the Yingbu movements, Jia Rang explained the strategy of governing the river for Emperor Han Ai, and Ban Chao killed the Huns in three ways, all kinds of examples, countless. If you want to find any general rules, it is probably that those who take the best policy will have the last laugh, and those who take the next policy will be unlucky.
Liu Xu's upper, middle and lower strategies Wang Chengen heard it clearly at first, but it was precisely because of this that he was more and more afraid to answer this question.
This issue is too much to do, and he is involved in the power dispute between the imperial power of the Ming Dynasty and the scholars. Although since the Song Dynasty, the emperor and the scholars have shared the world, but this power struggle involves glory, wealth and even the life of the family, and no one is willing to let go easily. So this right is like a spring, the emperor is strong, the scholar will tolerate some, the emperor is stupid, the scholar is strong, but in the final analysis, it is still carried out within a certain rule of the game, there will be no person who lifts the table, even if there are such people, such as the Wanli Emperor who wants to abolish the crown prince, in the end he has to compromise helplessly under the attack of the courtiers for many years.
And Liu Xu, he is not as simple as strengthening the imperial power at all, he wants to directly cut out the lifeblood of the scholars!
Liu Xu's Datongism Wang Chengen has also studied some, although he doesn't understand a lot of the content, but he understands some of the most basic terms, this is because the emperor likes to study, not that he is really interested. If the emperor doesn't know anything about it, I'm afraid that his future will come to an end.
He felt that Liu Xu had a good saying, the so-called scholars are the privileged class, and this privilege is reflected in their political privileges and their economic privileges. And these two privileges actually complement each other, and the economic privileges allow them to build schools, help the children of the clan to study, and let them participate in the imperial examinations. Ordinary people are admitted to Jinshi, relying on talent and luck, but they can be cultivated on a large scale, as long as there are one or two Jinshi in a generation of dozens of children, it is enough to maintain the prosperity and wealth of the family. And if the children are admitted to the Jinshi, they can use the family's wealth and connections to develop themselves, grab monetary benefits, and protect the interests of the family, which in turn promotes the development of the family. In this way, mutual promotion and mutual enhancement have made the family more prosperous and powerful, and many families in the southeast have started in this way.
Liu Xu suggested that the emperor should strengthen the imperial power, ask the emperor to equalize the land, collect business taxes, and cultivate cronies, all of which are the roots of the peerless family, and it is strange that these people do not fight with the emperor Liu Xu to the end!
Saying a thousand things and ten thousand, it's not that the emperor is afraid, but that this task seems so slim and impossible to complete!
Just imagine, the 20,000 officials of the Ming Dynasty, basically everyone is a scholar, and everyone has a family to take care of, who will follow the emperor Liu Xu and the two to mess around?
And if there is no support from the officials, who will give them orders?
At that time, Wang Anshi's change was still applauded by the New Party, and Liu Xu wanted to implement his best policy, but he was afraid that no one would follow him to find death. As for the group of scholars under him, they may be able to follow him to castrate, but they will never follow him to compete with the entire Ming Dynasty scholars!
Wang Chengen was well-informed, and heard that on the day Liu Xu left Beijing, the families of the scholars in the capital celebrated and set up drinks to celebrate, so that all the restaurants in the entire capital were crowded - all the cooks were invited to the scholars' homes to organize a banquet!
It can be seen from this that these people hate Liu Xu's ideas and how much they resist his theories!
If it weren't for Liu Xu's fact that he was more or less the imperial prince and the official of the imperial court, and he didn't really take the position, and there were a large number of guards around him, I am afraid that he would not be able to return to Songjiang alive!
This world is really still the world of scholars, even if it is the son of heaven of the Ninety-Five, there are too many taboos and helplessness.
Thinking like this, Wang Chengen said slowly: "Emperor, this is not your problem, it is really Liu Xu who is too whimsical!" ”
Is this whimsical? Wang Chengen didn't know, but he knew that he definitely couldn't make the emperor unhappy, so he could only grieve Liu Xu, although he himself felt that it was not a bad thing to let these arrogant scholars suffer a little.
It's a pity, it's a pity! (To be continued.) )