Chapter 644: For and Against
Use the prince's money to develop the countryside? The emperor said that it was still very tempting in terms of ideas, after all, the prince spent money to go out, which was to weaken them. Moreover, if the countryside is built well and the national strength is enhanced, the emperor can profit.
However, the princelings are afraid that they will not accept such a proposal, because it affects their interests. It is difficult to get the money back after it has been concentrated from the countryside to the city, because every penny has a use and an owner. So taking the prince as a guide is indeed a way, but there is also resistance.
But the prince himself is willing, he thinks that as long as he does this, he will be safe, and he can also get the support of the royal sister. This is the best of both worlds, anyway, the prince doesn't think that he will lose, and he will definitely be able to govern the county well.
This is not an easy thing to do, after all, it is only now in the Tang Dynasty, it lacks the necessary technology, and the rural resources are too few, so it is impossible to make any tricks except for the development of agriculture.
And although there are benefits to building bridges and paving roads, it is unlikely to pay off in a short period of time. Unlike in the future, you can still engage in tourism, green vegetables and fruits, and even shoot short videos, which can quickly connect the countryside and the city through the Internet and logistics.
The Tang Dynasty can't develop these things, otherwise there wouldn't be an extreme situation like the Song Dynasty. The urbanization of the Song Dynasty was an unprecedented exaggeration, and even became a problem of redundancy in the end.
However, if the selection of the prince is the guide, the princes can spend money to buy fame, and it is okay to spend money without asking for anything in return. It's just that Yun Yao is worried that there will be collusion between the prince and the merchants, after all, the prince doesn't have so much money, so he can only cooperate with the merchants, and the merchants spend money to help the prince accumulate performance, and then the prince will return to the merchants when he ascends the throne.
If you play like this, it's a bit like an election.
However, Yun Yao felt that the princes of the Central Plains should not be at the level of politicians, after all, their education involved a lot of economic problems, and they should know what the consequences would be if they were left unchecked.
is not aimed at profit, but for the position of the crown prince, so that even if you lose money, the prince will definitely throw money. It's just that if you keep rolling in, you don't know what moths will come out in the end.
This is the same as raising filial piety, in the Han Dynasty, the system was originally good, and the selection of filial piety as an official was also a good thing to be morally oriented. But later, it became more and more exaggerated, and half of the "Twenty-four Filial Piety" of the Han Dynasty was no longer normal filial piety at all, but a show.
Ordinary level of filial piety, many filial sons can do it, so how to stand out and how to stand out? It must be exaggerated, how to exaggerate, how to exaggerate, in the end, it is no longer a choice of filial piety, it is simply a choice of bian.
If the crown prince is the guide, the princes may do something serious at the beginning, and later in order to stand out, they will definitely show off their operations. Yun Yao can foresee chaos, but even she can't foresee what the specific operation is, because there is no limit to human imagination, and there is no limit to the lower limit of human beings.
Anyway, Yun Yao can foresee a good thing, and it will definitely turn into chaos in the end. Therefore, it is necessary to change and find a way, no matter how good an idea is at the beginning, it will be out of shape later.
The discussion in the court was very intense, because in the past, it was either the brother who died and the brother died, or the father died and the son succeeded. Now there is an assessment, which is unprecedented.
Many ministers objected because it was not in line with the rule of inaction. The idea of letting the prince be an official is good, but the prince does not necessarily have the talent to be an official, being an official is not the same as being an emperor, what if the prince is not suitable for being an official but is suitable for being an emperor?
Besides, if the future emperor is really familiar with the mess of officialdom, won't these officials be manipulated by the emperor?
Besides, the future emperor is already very noble, if you use resources to buy a good reputation, then the officials will definitely not be able to compare with the prince, if the prince single-handedly raises everyone's expectations for the world's officials, wouldn't it be very difficult to be a Tang Dynasty official?
Of course, there are those who agree, thinking that it is unprecedented to choose a virtuous person as the crown prince from a capable prince, and it is very meaningful, so you can try it.
There are a thousand reasons for support, and there are a thousand reasons for opposition, and this kind of thing still needs to be implemented to see the result.
Considering the relationship between father and son, in order to avoid the recurrence of the Xuanwumen Incident, Li Shimin still decided to promote the policy of the prince under the county, let the prince go down to the county to develop the locality, and at the same time slow down the occurrence of large urbanization.
However, it still needs the support of hundreds of officials, so it must be debated. From the court to the newspapers, and finally to the people, even the envoys to the Tang Dynasty began to discuss it enthusiastically.
Even the princesses began to discuss enthusiastically, and the women of the Tang Dynasty were not as interested in government affairs as men were. Yun Yao read all kinds of opinions, and they all made sense.
"Originally, I just wanted to solve the prince's troubles, but now it has become a national topic, which is interesting." Yun Yao is not a big deal to watch the excitement.
"It's obviously your suggestion, why aren't you in a hurry? Because of you, now I am being targeted, some people say that I am a traitor, and some people say that I am a virtuous minister, and I don't know how to face the ministers. "It's a credit, it's a big problem." The female concubine also believed Yun Yao's nonsense at the beginning, so she wrote an excerpt to explain the role of the prince in the county, but she didn't expect it to become like this, and she suddenly became the core of support and opposition, and she was in a dilemma.
"Being famous is like that, you'll get used to it." Yun Yao said that being famous is this kind of experience that countless people praise and countless people scold, and the face of the horse still needs to be exercised.
"What will happen in the end?" The female colt is worried about losing control.
"Don't worry, you just need to desperately support the prince to go down to the county, at this time, you can't leave a way out for yourself, success will be famous, and defeat will leave a stench for 10,000 years. Only those who support you will always support you. Besides, arguing now doesn't change my father's determination. Because the father wants to solve the problem, and the opponents can't solve it, so the prince will inevitably implement it. Yun Yao knew very well that Li Shimin wanted not only the voice of opposition, but a way to solve the contradiction between him and the prince, whether it was good or not, as long as the contradiction between him and the prince could be resolved, and the future would be talked about later.
It seems that there is a choice, but in fact there is no choice at all.
Just like whether the emperor of the Song Dynasty supports or opposes the change, it doesn't matter if the law is changed, what the emperor wants is control, and which direction is conducive to his control of the ministers, the emperor will choose which direction. So it seems to be a change and an immutable law, but in fact, there is only one answer for the emperor, choose what is beneficial to him.
Li Shimin is the emperor, so he will only choose what is beneficial to him. What the opponents say is very reasonable, but they can't share the emperor's worries.
Li Shimin is quite satisfied with the current situation of Datang, so now he is not worried about the instability of Datang, but about the instability of his position. So he must choose the latter between the possibility of messing up the future of the Tang Dynasty and stabilizing his throne.
This is also the reason why Yun Yao is sure that the prince's lower county will inevitably be implemented, and not only Li Shimin supports it, but the princes also support it. In the past, the crown prince was the crown prince, and depending on the time of birth, this was beyond the control of the prince, but now depending on their respective abilities, the princes are also eager to try.
Of course, there are also princes who have begun to commit bad water, and their own ability is not good, but they can destroy it, and they can splash bad water on other princes. If things are not done well, won't they make them bad?