Chapter XVII
Dong Liang unceremoniously criticized the Shi clan, and then thought that the Shi clan was actually a parasite in society, and it was useless at all. If they look at the theories of various later generations of Lao Ma, although these scholars ruled the people, they did not bring the slightest benefit to this society, and they were not even as good as the capitalists. The capitalists can lead the people to produce when they are exploiting, and then they can produce a lot of economic value. But what is the use of these nobles? They took ownership of the land, which they then used to exploit the people. In this process, there is no economic value in this, and there is still so much food in the world. With the exploitation of landlords, the total amount of grain in the world is so much, but if it were not for the exploitation of these landlords of the noble clan, the world's grain output would still be so much. On the contrary, if there were no exploitation by these landlords, all the grain would have been able to belong to the people. And these nobles not only did not have any leadership in production, but relied on the exploitation of the common people to maintain their own affluent life. So overall, Dong Liang didn't look down on these scholars at all. If their exploitation can lead to an increase in the world's wealth, then this Dong Liang may also approve of their appropriate exploitation. But they are like this, and it is the same without them, so there is no need for this scholar landlord to save zài. Therefore, it is said that the landlord of the Shi clan is a parasite, and there is absolutely nothing abnormal about this.
But Dong Liang's words made Cai Yan and Cai Yong feel refreshed, but they were shocked. They have never been able to prove the necessity of the preservation of the scholars financially, and if they are serious, then they do not have any justification for the existence of the zài. Their exploitation of the people cannot bring any social benefits, but can only make the people's lives more and more difficult, so Cai Yong also began to reflect on himself, what is the meaning of these scholars? Of course, Cai Yong can think so, and that's because Cai Yong is doing well. If it were other scholars, hearing Dong Liang say this, I am afraid that not only would they not reflect on themselves, but they would find a way to destroy Dong Liang's humanity, and then let Dong Liang's thoughts completely disappear from heaven and earth. Anyway, the scholars are the ruling class of this era, and of course they don't want to be proven useless. Although even the Shi clan is a group of vampire parasites, they will never agree to this, so they have to clean up Dong Liang.
"The scholars are the cornerstone of the imperial court, if there is no scholar clan, who will manage the people? Is it just those illiterate and uneducated farmers? Cai Yan suddenly asked disdainfully.
Cai Yan himself is educated, so he naturally looks down on those uneducated farmers. The cultural penetration rate in this era is indeed very low, so Cai Yan has this capital. But then, Dong Liang's words once again unceremoniously pulled down his face.
"Miss Cai, of course I think that an uneducated farmer is naturally impossible to be qualified as an official of the imperial court. I also have to admit that if an uneducated person manages it, it is definitely a mess. However, if he was a literate farmer, why couldn't he run the court together? Dong Liang asked.
"A literate farmer, how can a farmer be educated, isn't it a scholar who has culture?" Cai Yan said.
Dong Liang couldn't help but laugh and said, "Miss Cai, how are you educated?" Have you been born to know since you were a child? ”
"Of course my father taught me!" Cai Yan said.
"Then can't we teach the farmer?" Dong Liang asked rhetorically.
"This ......" Cai Yan also had nothing to say.
Cai Yan also admitted that his cultural knowledge was taught by his father, so he was not born to know, so why can't he teach farmer culture? And a literate farmer, isn't that a literate person? Isn't it true that farmers can become officials, then become qualified officials, and finally become the management of the country step by step?
Cai Yan felt that she was about to go crazy, because this Dong Liang's words were something she hadn't thought of at all in the past. After all, in Cai Yan's eyes in the past, the scholars were sacrosanct, in this era, the scholars were the ruling class, their natural bloodlines were noble, and the bloodlines of ordinary Hanmen and farmers were lowly. And the scholars were born to be officials, and those farmers were not qualified to be officials at all. But now Dong Liang actually pointed out the biggest difference between the scholar and the farmer in each person, and the so-called scholar in addition to the power of land exploitation, the biggest difference between the so-called scholar and an ordinary farmer is culture. The scholars are educated, but the ordinary people are not, which is the reason why the scholars can become officials and manage the people.
But if one day, any farmer can be educated, and his culture is higher than that of the scholars, will he also be able to become officials? But if that's the case, what's the difference between a scholar and a farmer? The biggest difference between the scholars and the farmers is a cultural matter, but if the culture is popularized, then I am afraid that the advantages of the scholars over the farmers will be gone. At that time, I am afraid that the farmers were also qualified to compete with the scholars for official positions, and even the scholars had to withdraw from the stage of history. After all, the proportion of the population standing in the scholar clan is less than one percent of the proportion of the whole population, but the peasants account for more than ninety-nine percent of the world, so if every farmer has a culture, then what is so special about those scholars in front of the peasants?
In this way, the so-called noble bloodline theory of the scholars is completely a piece of stinky shit, and when the time comes, their so-called nobility will be squeezed off the altar by countless billions of farmers, and at that time, the scholars in the world have to work in person, and then work in person like those farmers to obtain the materials for survival. Then it is not so easy to become officials, they have to compete with hundreds of millions of farmers in the world, and then they can get official positions. Unlike in the past, the identity of the Tongguò clan can easily become an official and then rule over others. Cai Yan is sure that if by that time, the so-called scholar clan no longer exists, I am afraid that the ruling class, that is, the soldiers of flowing water, will not be solidified in a certain family.
In this era, the scholars are inherited from generation to generation, and they are all scholars from generation to generation. But if it is really as Dong Liang said, any farmer has culture, what are the advantages of the Anshi people? And at this time, Cai Yan also became unadmitted, if the scholars did not have the so-called cultural advantages, they were inferior to ordinary farmers. Ordinary peasants can support themselves through labor, but these warriors who cannot lift their hands and shoulders can not resist, they are afraid that they will only starve to death when the time comes.
"Miss Cai, the so-called scholars are all used to it, and if there were no emperors of all dynasties who needed you to manage, you would not be able to be so arrogant. But once everyone in the world has culture, then what are you scholars? When the time comes, you will all be a bunch of people waiting to starve to death. So, in the end, you scholars are of no use at all, and if I want to, I can even gradually exterminate them. Dong Liang said very unceremoniously.
Dong Liang, as a later generation, of course, has more methods than the ancients. In ancient times, the nobles were used to it, and because they were educated, the emperors of all dynasties had to appoint them to help run the country, and then they also inflated themselves and thought that they were a group of people who should rule the people as a matter of course. They used their cultural monopoly to form a class, using public power to devour the land, so that they could threaten the emperor in turn. The emperor of the Three Kingdoms period had no way to solve this problem, but Dong Liang, as a later generation, had many methods. So he is not afraid of the scholars, those scholars dare to blow up, and Dong Liang will dare to raid the house. In this troubled era, having a gun is the king of grass, what can those scholars do?
As long as you are willing, it won't take time for the scholars to be swept into the garbage heap of history. There is no other way than to popularize culture. As for the method of popularizing culture, Dong Liang had already thought about it preliminarily, so he was not afraid of the scholars. The other princes were afraid of the scholars, but they were not afraid of themselves. Not only do they have a lot of female generals, but they also have a lot of ways to popularize culture in the future, and at that time, the scholars were a group of guys who let themselves pinch and flatten, so that they would never dare to go west to the east.
"Miss Cai Yan, you'd better give in, don't let me sue you, the consequences are very strict. Others are afraid of the scholars, but I am not afraid of the scholars. Your status as a scholar and a talented woman may be something that others must take seriously, but for me it is not in the stream at all. If you don't want to, then I will immediately send Cai Yong, the old gentleman, to the street, I am afraid that there will be chaos in Luoyang City, so whether Cai Yong can be an old man is stable is still a question! Dong Liang said.
Dong Liang already likes this kind of game of snatching women, after all, what is he doing in troubled times? As long as you fall in love with a beautiful woman and your strength is strong, you can grab it. Those princes who travel to troubled times and still have to fall in love or something, that is also extremely stupid. What kind of love do you pay attention to in troubled times, then it doesn't matter if you talk about it in prosperous times. But in the era of troubled times, when there was a gun and the king of grass, as long as he was strong, he could grab it. As for whether the woman is willing or not, it is no longer considered, anyway, as long as there is strength in the hand, there are many ways to force them to submit. Anyway, in troubled times, this kind of beauty also goes with the flow, they all belong to the strong, and there is no other choice to do. In troubled times, for those loves, it is far less important than strength.