Chapter 232: Household Gathering (6)
"Brother Chen, aren't you afraid of causing a backlash from the Shi clan by doing this? You must know that the strength of the Shi clan is very strong, not to mention anything else, let's just say that our Taiyuan royal family also has a lot of such black households. Are you not afraid of the backlash of the nobles? Wang Ze asked.
In the past half a month, Chen Fei has almost raided the Cui family's pedestal courtyard in Bozhou, and has found almost tens of thousands of black households. These populations are the losses of the Cui family, and in the future, the Cui family will have a population of tens of thousands less to help them farm, so the Cui family must pay a higher price to hire long-term workers to cultivate the land. Or on better terms, to ask the tenants not to leave. Even, when the black households of the Cui family in other states heard that the people of Bozhou could regain their freedom and then obtain land, they began to fluctuate in people's hearts and began to disobey the discipline of the Cui family. Because gaining freedom and obtaining land is a good thing that countless people want.
Although they are also grateful to the Cui family for taking them in in the troubled times, but now that the troubled times are over, if they can be a person again, they are not willing to be a dog. Even the Cui family can't let others be their slaves for a lifetime or even generations because of a life-saving grace, this is obviously impossible. Therefore, this household is in line with the people's hearts, so that they can own the land, and then become a normal free citizen guaranteed by the law.
The only thing that touches is the interests of those big families, and these big families will definitely rebound. And this Wang Ze, he heard that the person who played Baotu Spring with him some time ago was also Chen Fei, who was the recorder of Bozhou and joined the army, so he immediately came over to persuade Chen Fei to stop this kind of activity of making up households and gathering people.
"Brother Wang Zetai, do you say that the strength of the Shi clan is strong, or is it the strength of the people in the world?" Chen Fei asked.
Wang Ze said affirmatively: "If it is all added together, it is definitely all the people of the world, because even the Shi clan is one of the people of the world." However, it is impossible for all the people of the world to be united. Therefore, compared to the unity of the scholars, they are obviously not enough to compare with the scholars. ”
"That's right, the strength of all the people in the world is very huge. Although the scholars occupy a relatively large number, it does not mean that he can oppose all the people in the world. The reason why the nations are scattered is because there is no leader. But once there is a leader, they will burst into unparalleled power. Chen Sheng and Wu Guang back then, to the Yellow Turban at the end of the Han Dynasty, and even the beggar army during the Northern and Southern Dynasties, even if it was the former Sui Dynasty in the end, didn't it make many people rise up and rebel? Let's not say whether these rebellions are just or not. But once they have a leader, the strength that bursts out is absolutely unparalleled. In this world, in the final analysis, people are still people, and talents are the core animals. Although the nobles had wealth, they were not able to have people. Even if a family can have children, it cannot be the opponent of the number of people in the world. Therefore, once the power of all the people in the world is hit to a point, then in the end no one can stop it. ”
"Can the gentry do that? They are able to enslave millions of people today! And although the scholars were in troubled times, they had saved their lives. But they had been working for the scholars for many years. Isn't it enough to repay the kindness of these nobles? Now that the world is at peace, what reason is there not to bring the people back to their free household registers? If you insist on keeping the people in your house as slaves, you will end up being hated by all the people. ”
"If at this time, the emperor takes advantage of this monstrous resentment of the people. Directly stabbing your warriors, what will happen to you? ”
After Wang Ze heard this, he suddenly felt a burst of horror. For if you should have rebelled against the will of the hearts of these people, and kept them as slaves. The resentment in the hearts of the people may become deeper and deeper. And if the people have a leader who takes the lead, then they will eventually burst out with great power.
In the past, it was the national court that exploited the people to give preferential treatment to the scholars. But in case this time, Li Shimin declared war with the Shi clan in the name of liberating the people. The millions of people in the hands of the Nashi who have become half-slaves, so where will they go? Although the scholars saved them in troubled times, they are nothing compared to freedom now. People are ambitious, and in troubled times, as long as they can or can, they don't care about losing their freedom. But now that the world is peaceful, the people must want to have their own wealth. If these big families insist on blocking this general trend, they may eventually be used by Li Shimin, and then take the opportunity to declare war on the Shi clan. Normally, those scholars buy the hearts of the people with fake benevolence and righteousness, but once the people know that millions of people have been enslaved, the ordinary people will also feel the same and will not continue to help the scholars.
"Why are you doing this? You are not a poor family, should you oppose our scholars? If the emperor takes the opportunity to declare war on our Shi clan, then our Shi clan will be destroyed, isn't it very good for you, a poor official? Wang Ze asked suddenly.
Chen Fei laughed and said: "There is no absolute enemy in this world, although I am a cold official, but I am not very disgusted with the Shi clan. The Shi clan is a characteristic of this era, and it is not something that I can change by my strength alone. Even if you kill the seven clans and five surnames, what can you do? When the time comes, there will definitely be a group of scholars again, maybe they are not as good as you! After all, you are a family with countless years of cultural heritage, at least you will not be too cruel to the people. But if there is a group of scholars who are not deeply culturally educated, who knows what will happen to them? It's just a change of soup and not a change of medicine, so I don't expect to be able to wipe out the Shi clan in just a few years. As I said, it will take fifty years, at least fifty years, to destroy the nobles. Brother Wang Zetai, the path of the future scholars, do you want it? ”
"Since Brother Chen is so confident, then I'll wait and see. However, what our royal family is most proud of is to follow the trend and never do anything against the trend. If one day, our warriors are destined to disappear, then I think it will definitely exist in another way. I think that our Wang family can take the first step, and then successfully transform into a kind of 'new Shi clan'. Wang Ze said.
"Brother Wang Zetai is really powerful, and he can see through the essence of this world at a glance." Chen Fei said with a smile.
Chen Fei knew that this Wang Ze was a wise and foolish person. He could see at a glance that there is a difference between the ruling class and the ruled class in this world. In the Tang Dynasty, the ruling class was the scholars, and the ruled class was the common people. After the Song Dynasty, the ruling class became the landlord class. Even in the age of capital, there was a ruling class, and the ruling class at that time was also the capitalists. This Wang Ze is really powerful, and it can be seen at a glance that no matter what era it is, there is a ruling class.
The Wang family represented by Wang Ze has already prepared the idea of changing the class composition of their family at any time. They will definitely not go against the trend, they will just follow the trend and transform their family into a new ruling class. This is the royal family that is not a king, and it is the real hero who can follow the trend. (To be continued......)