Chapter 191: The Foundation of National Stability

Shi Bufan does not think that suicide by choosing to do nothing when foreign enemies invade is true "loyalty", and suicide by doing nothing is the act of a coward. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 infoSome people even think that more than 100,000 people in the Song Dynasty committed suicide together, which is loyal ministers and loyalty to the country and nation. But in Shi Bufan's eyes, they are all cowards, they dare to commit suicide, and they dare not fight the enemy. 100,000 people, even 100,000 pigs can pose a lot of threats to the enemy, let alone 100,000! However, they would rather commit suicide by jumping into the sea than fight the enemy. The lack of professional military training is not a reason for them to give up resistance.

However, if these people dare to fight hard, how can there be a chance for foreign enemies to invade? It is precisely because they would rather dare to commit suicide than dare to fight hard, that this is the reason for the invasion of foreign enemies. It's a pity that these guys have brought a very wrong value to future generations, believing that death is the greatest loyalty, and no matter how much performance is made in life, it is not as good as a meaningless death. Perhaps life is the most precious thing for individuals, so that many people subconsciously think that suicide represents giving their most precious things to the country and loyalty. But in fact, for a country, for a nation, a life is precisely the cheapest. You choose to commit suicide rather than contribute to the country, is this worthwhile for you? Therefore, this kind of suicide is an out-and-out coward, incompetent, and incompetent, and this kind of person is not worth advocating at all in the eyes of Shi Bufan, let alone promoting such wrong values. Even if you want to die, you have to pull an enemy as a backstop! As long as you can pull an enemy as a backstop, then you can be regarded as contributing to the country. But they didn't, they would rather commit suicide than pull one as a backrest, that would really be a meaningless death, and they would have no contribution to the country and the nation. This kind of incompetent and incompetent people are praised, but those who are alive, but they have shed blood desperately for the country and the nation, but because they did not commit suicide, their exploits have become cheap, this is really black and white. Too many people value this life, but seriously ignore those who keep this life and continue to contribute to the country. Because most people value their lives the most, but they don't know that for the country and the nation, your life is actually worthless, and what you do is the most valuable.

At that time, after Bufan put forward this statement, the scene was silent. Even Li Shimin had a complicated face and didn't make too many judgments.

"Alright, that's the end of the matter, don't say more. Let's talk about this medical mutual aid. Li Shimin finally said.

Shi Bufan sighed, this Li Shimin is really an emperor in the feudal period. The emperor in the feudal period needed a "loyal dog" rather than a loyal minister, and Li Shimin was also the emperor of the feudal period after all. Although Shi Bufan is reasonable, Shi Bufan's words are beneficial to the country and the nation, and not to the emperor personally. In fact, in fact, the kind of thinking that would rather commit suicide than dare not resist has always been guided by the feudal emperor, intentionally or unintentionally. They hoped that their courtiers would rather commit suicide than resist in the face of slaughter, and such values were guided by ancient feudal emperors from generation to generation, intentionally or unintentionally, which was beneficial to the emperor's personal rule. Therefore, Li Shimin did not agree with Shi Bufan's statement publicly, but he just said that he had been fooled.

Shi Bufan had no choice but not to talk about this topic, and said: "Your Majesty, in fact, there is one of the most important means of mutual medical assistance, which can avoid the gradual concentration of land in the hands of a small number of people. Because ordinary people, once they encounter a catastrophe, they often have to give up their land as the foundation to survive the disaster. Of course, catastrophes are actually the same, and few people have been able to avoid them. And once the people borrow, they may not be able to pay it off for many years, and finally have to use the land to pay off the debt. Those who own land, they can get more food and then continue to repeat the previous process. ”

Of course, there are not many such things as catastrophes, but the daily pain of illness is unbearable for the vast majority of the people. Once a family member is sick, especially a male offspring, it is inevitable that he will have to fight for treatment. However, in this way, it is often necessary to sell the land, and at this time, the price will be lowered, so that after the land is sold cheaply, it will give the family hope for the future, and gradually despair. Therefore, illness is the most common situation in which people sell their land, so as long as the illness is solved, it can solve the problem that most people have to sell their land cheaply because of illness, and finally despair in the future. ”

"As long as the land is secured, the people have the hope of living and working in peace and contentment, and then they are not afraid of despair!"

When Shi Bufan said this, this immediately attracted Li Shimin's attention. Because Li Shimin knew very well that land annexation was the biggest problem in ancient times. It is not that the ancient people did not realize the harm of land annexation, some travelers subconsciously thought that the ancient people did not understand the harm of land annexation, but in fact, the Tang Dynasty people had long understood the harm of land annexation. Since the introduction of the uniform land system, efforts have been made to curb land annexation. Therefore, the so-called trickery to suppress land annexation in ancient times is actually useless. Land annexation, based on the smallholder economic model, will never be solved if it is not replaced by a more advanced mode of production organization. Although the Tang Dynasty wanted to curb land annexation, this was a palliative rather than a cure, because the economic model had not changed, so no matter how much you tried to suppress it, it would be useless.

However, Li Shimin heard that this mutual medical assistance could allow ordinary people to keep their land, which moved Li Shimin. The ancient emperors were deeply aware that only by maintaining the number of yeoman farmers as much as possible, and the more yeoman farmers the better, this is the most stable foundation of the country. The ancient yeoman farmers were like the middle class in later generations, and the greater the number of yeoman farmers, the more stable the society. On the contrary, the smaller the number of yeoman farmers, the greater the land annexation, and the large gap between the rich and the poor, this is the cause of the turmoil. Ancient emperors recognized this and did not need to be reminded by the traverser. And Shi Bufan can give this medical mutual assistance, which can effectively alleviate land annexation.

Because in ancient times, most of the time it was a natural disaster before the large-scale land annexation, of course, natural disasters could not occur every year, plus natural disasters were often indiscriminate blows, even if the landlord's family had no surplus food! Therefore, most of the mergers are scattered and gradual, usually taking advantage of the opportunity to force some people to sell their land when they are in dire need of money. And the illness is a reason why the people have to sell their land. Just like later generations had to sell their houses because of illness, in fact, land and real estate in ancient times were real estate, and they were things of high value. In later generations, there is still medical insurance, and they often hear about this kind of sick and selling houses. However, the medical conditions in ancient times, coupled with the expensive medical expenses, naturally some descendants seemed to have to sell land for ordinary minor diseases.

"Your Majesty, selling land when you are sick is the reason why most of the people have lost their land. Coupled with the exploitation of usury, this became the last straw that crushed the people. The minister asked Qin's money bank to propose a small loan to help the people resume production. The minister does not want the people to despair, and once a person is desperate, it is nothing more than two situations, either to kill himself or to kill others. Therefore, the most important thing is not to let the people despair. If you want to keep people from despairing, you must ensure that they can live in peace and have a stable income. Once they get sick, they often have to sell their land, and they can't guarantee a stable income after selling their land, which will inevitably make them unable to withstand any wind and rain, and they will despair. My medical mutual aid is to let the people strengthen their neighbors and unite their neighbors. And it can avoid the despair of the people and contribute to the stability of the country. ”

"I hope that the emperor will not only implement this medical mutual aid in Wannian County, but also in other counties. Only in this way can we truly avoid the people from being impoverished and despaired due to illness. I heard that many patients would rather commit suicide than drag their families down. Many elderly people choose to commit suicide in order not to drag down their children. And because of this, the children are burdened with a lifelong conscience, and even condemned for unfilial piety. What a human tragedy this is, the children are not unfilial, but they are not filial. And does the old man really want to die? No, they are precisely loving their children. ”

"But such a human tragedy is caused by this disease, a disease that does not seem to be big, but it kills. Even in many cases, the land sold cannot be cured, and the debts owed in this way not only do not save people, but it drags everyone down. I don't want such a tragedy to continue to happen in my Tang Dynasty, it is not good for the country, and it is not good for the emperor. Only by strengthening the mutual assistance of the people, so that everyone can help one family together, can we truly get through the difficulties together. ”

After Shi Bufan said this, Li Shimin also nodded. What he fancied was not a human tragedy, but that land was avoided from being annexed and occupied by the powerful, forming a huge clan of scholars, and also preventing the land annexation of the clan from continuing to expand, and finally the gap between the rich and the poor became wider and wider.

Kong Yingda also helped again: "Your Majesty, this medical mutual aid is really good!" The road is also a trip to the world. This is really the fact that the deceased does not have only his own relatives, and he does not have only his son. Isn't that what this mutual medical aid is? Although I haven't been able to really do it, I see the future, and I will definitely be able to truly achieve this world of great harmony! ”

Kong Yingda, an academic master, opened his mouth, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he was a heavyweight. directly used the words of "The Journey of the Avenue" as an answer, praising this medical mutual aid as not only kissing and not having only children. Although it is only a medical treatment at present, this social insurance has made Kong Yingda see the expectation of realizing the Datong society. In fact, this social security is an abbreviated version of mutual aid, although it cannot really achieve that 'great harmony', but the minimum "great harmony" does. Kong Yingda is not a fool, and naturally knows that this "Datong" is not achieved at one touch. However, Shi Bufan's so-called mutual medical assistance made Kong Yingda see a hope for Datong. That is to say mutual aid through this social security, which is a good start. As an idealist, Kong Yingda naturally has to take the initiative to support it.

Li Shimin nodded, of course he wanted to support, and took the initiative to ask: "Xuan Ling, what do you say?" ”

Fang Xuanling's face was embarrassed, in fact, from the perspective of conscience, Fang Xuanling knew that this mutual medical assistance was definitely a strategy that was beneficial to the people's livelihood, and this strategy was very beneficial to the people, Fang Xuanling knew it very well. However, what can Fang Xuanling say, he knows that this strategy is beneficial to the people, but he is not good to take the initiative to agree. This is also determined by his identity, as the spokesperson of the Shandong Shi clan, he knows very well that this policy is not conducive to the Shi clan's annexation of land. Once the people are not desperate, how can it be possible to sell the land? Didn't the scholars annex a large amount of land by taking advantage of the fire?

On the one hand, there is privilege, of course, only privilege is not enough, but also to take advantage of the fire. However, this mutual medical assistance obviously left the scholars without much opportunity to take advantage of the fire to rob, and once they did not have the opportunity to take advantage of the fire, it was not enough to rely on privilege alone to embezzle the land. Although the ancient scholars had many privileges, it did not mean that they could be embezzled casually without excuses. Because private property is protected, this is an ancient practice. If they embezzle them today without any excuse, then Li Shimin can also destroy them without any excuse. Therefore, if the scholars want to embezzle, they must have some excuses, and if there is no apparently reasonable excuse, they cannot be embezzled.

It can be said that this medical mutual assistance is a huge containment for the Shi clan, and it is an incomparably huge containment for them to expand their strength next, which makes Fang Xuanling have a toothache. But Li Shimin took the initiative to ask him, what did he say? Does he dare to object? Fang Xuanling knew that if he dared to object, it would touch Li Shimin's scales. At that time, maybe Fang Xuanling was really going to be hated by Li Shimin, which was not good for himself.

Fang Xuanling chose to bow his head and remain silent, obviously not supporting or opposing, because he knew Li Shimin too well, and Li Shimin was determined to implement it this time. Li Shimin is very firm in the containment of the scholars, so it is strange that Li Shimin did not adopt such a good policy. This policy is beneficial to Li Shimin and does no harm, and it is strange that Li Shimin does not support it.

"Okay, Xuan Ling, you immediately draft an edict and ask the counties to carry out this medical mutual aid as appropriate. Doctors were recruited to provide food from the local people, and they provided free medical treatment for the people. Half of the cost of medicinal herbs can be reimbursed. Li Shimin said.

Fang Xuanling sighed helplessly, he could only accept such a result, obviously he had no ability to stop Li Shimin in this matter. If he dares to stop it, Li Shimin will definitely know how to kill him. (To be continued.) )