Zhu Youzhen's words set off a monstrous wave in Hong Chengchou's heart, and Hong Chengchou never expected that Zhu Youzhen would directly pick himself out.

It's going to change the sky!

The establishment of a rural government to change the status quo of the imperial power not going to the countryside will inevitably touch the interests of all the squires, and it will inevitably be resisted by all the squires, Hong Chengchou can imagine how big a storm it will set off in the world if the emperor's ideas are spread!

The squires, who are accustomed to being the king and hegemonic in the countryside, how could they allow such an eight- or nin-grade official as the head of the village to press on their heads? In that way, any secret things they do will be passed on to the court and to the emperor without reservation. How can you secretly accept the surrender of the annexed land? How can we avoid the tax on the land and pass on the taxes that should be paid to the common people?

Thinking about what was going to happen in the future, Hong Chengchou felt scared, and what made him even more frightened was that Zhu Youzhen actually told himself his thoughts directly!

Is this to implement the township system throughout the world? Or are you not afraid to pass it on yourself at all? Or are you not worried about your own spread because you don't have to live tomorrow?

The more he thought about it, the more frightened Hong Chengchou felt, and his body trembled involuntarily.

Although he usually acts as a scholar and doctor, he has a deep kung fu for cultivating qi, and he is known as Mount Tai collapsed in front of him without changing his color. However, now it is not Mount Tai that is collapsing, but the sky is about to fall. And before the sky falls, I'm afraid that I will have no bones left and become notorious after death!

The only death through the ages is difficult, not everyone can see death as home, Hong Chengchou asked himself if he could do it, and he didn't want to die worthless.

"Your Majesty's ambitions are ambitious, and the minister is deeply admired." Hong Chengchou said with difficulty, "However, this is not in line with the ancestral system after all......"

Zhu Youzhen sneered: "If the country can be strong, if the Jiannu can be annihilated and the foreign humiliation can be eliminated, if the people can live and work in peace and contentment without hunger, what is it to change the ancestral system, presumably Emperor Taizu will not blame me if he knows it!" ”

Hong Chengchou shook his head: "Although Your Majesty's idea is good and seems to have a wonderful future, it can't be implemented at all!" ”

"Oh?" Zhu Youzhen said lightly: "Why can't it be implemented?" ”

Hong Chengchou said: "I have thirteen provinces in the Ming Dynasty, thousands of prefectures and counties, tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of townships, and millions of villages. Your Majesty may wish to think about it, if the village system is implemented in the world, how many township and village chiefs will be needed, and where will these low-level officials come from?

Your Majesty now has more than 10,000 Praetorian Guards, and soldiers can be drawn from the Praetorian Guards, but how many people are needed in a county? What about a province or even a province? Is there so many people available to Your Majesty? If you use the original officials, will it not be the same as before? If it is appointed by the state and county itself, His Majesty is not afraid that the state and county officials will collude with the squire, so that the position of the head of the township and village is still in the hands of the squire? Wouldn't it be a change of soup but not a change of medicine! ”

Hong Chengchou's eyes are really poisonous, and he took a fancy to the biggest flaw of the rural system at a glance, that is, he needs a large number of low-level officials, but Zhu Youzhen does not have so many people.

Zhu Youzhen was silent for a moment, and nodded slowly: "You're right, this is exactly what I'm worried about." ”

Hong Chengchou was excited when he heard this, and persuaded: "Your Majesty, since you can't implement it, why don't you give up this idea." As long as Your Majesty makes every effort to govern the country, selects the virtuous and appoints the talents, and clarifies the rule of officials, I will definitely be able to prosper. Why do you have to risk the world and choose this path? ”

Zhu Youzhen said slowly: "I ask you, if I insist on going my own way and insisting on implementing the village system, will the gentry of the world rebel?" ”

Hong Chengchou shook his head: "Of course not, in Daming, where is there the possibility of a gentry rebellion." Although the civilian officials control the government and the opposition, they cannot control the army, and the army of the Ming Dynasty only listens to His Majesty. Moreover, the gentry in this world are not one, and there is no possibility of unity at all. ”

Zhu Youzhen said: "In this case, why can't I do it slowly, I am only eighteen years old, and there is time." Transforming a government in one year and a province in five years will inevitably transform the whole world in a lifetime. ”

Hong Chengchou smiled bitterly: "Where is it so easy? The gentry may not dare to rebel openly, but secret sabotage is inevitable, such as secretly inducing the people to make trouble or even rebel, and even other more violent means. The minister is a member of the gentry, and naturally knows what the gentry think, and for their own interests, many people do not hesitate to do risky things. Your Majesty, if you can guard against one gentry, can you also guard against the gentry of the whole world? Why be stubborn? ”

Zhu Youzhen took a deep breath and said firmly: "Maybe what you said makes sense, but I'm already at the time when I can't do it!" I can compromise, but how innocent are the billions of people in this world?

If they do not change, they will be oppressed for generations, and their children will never have a place to turn over. If I don't change, there will definitely be a risk of losing the country! Huaxia will be completely plunged into darkness! ”

Hong Chengchou shook his head slightly, saying that he didn't believe Zhu Youzhen's words. Although there are homeless people rebelling inside the Ming Dynasty and Jiannu eyeing them outside, it is not the time to destroy the country.

Zhu Youzhen glanced at this guy and didn't want to explain, and besides, he couldn't explain it clearly to people after hundreds of years of sinking. But thinking that Nan Ming lost his last hope because of this fight, Zhu Youzhen was angry.

"I have made up my mind, you don't have to persuade again." Zhu Youzhen said lightly, "Hong Chengchou, now I will give you two paths." One is to defeat the army to the point that the thieves entered Shanxi, embezzled and bribed tens of thousands of taels of money, executed according to the law of the Ming Dynasty, and exiled the whole family; The other is to put aside your gentry identity and plan for me, how to implement the rural system in the world, and how to eliminate the opposition of the gentry at the lowest cost. ”

Hong Chengchou smiled bitterly and said, "Your Majesty, do you still have a choice?" ”

The dignified emperor, the king of a country, actually threatened his courtiers, which made Hong Chengchou a little crying and laughing. But he finally had a way to live, which made Hong Chengchou's heart settle down. As long as you can live, what is the point of betraying the identity of the gentry? Besides, doing things for the emperor is an act of loyalty to the monarch, and it is a matter of course!

As for going against the gentry of the world, as long as the emperor is advised to be careful, do things secretly, and try not to show clues before he has enough strength, it is not impossible to succeed. The most important thing is that the gentry in the world are not one, and it is impossible for all the gentry to collude together, and it is impossible for all of them to oppose the emperor.

And if he can really assist the emperor to complete this, the national strength of the Ming Dynasty will be in full swing, and he may become a famous minister through the ages!

Zhu Youzhen said lightly: "You can choose to die." ”

Hong Chengchou smiled bitterly: "If Your Majesty wants the minister to die, the minister will naturally have nothing to say." If Your Majesty needs the assistance of his ministers to complete the great cause, although the ministers do not agree with it very much, they will do their best to do their best! The ministers read the books of the sages hard, in order to assist the sage, and to rule the country and level the world. ”

Zhu Youzhen finally smiled: "I hope you can match your words and deeds, and I also hope that our monarchs and ministers can have a beginning and an end, work together, prosper the Ming Dynasty, and create a prosperous era again!" ”