People are the same.

But people come from different backgrounds.

Such long-term polarization has created a distinction between high and low.

When the lowly people finally couldn't help but break out, a whole new empire was already formed.

This is the state of Daming today.

A new generation of lowly people is completing the transformation of nobility.

Zhu family, Xu family, Feng family, Tang family...... This transformation is unprecedented, because the supreme power of the Ming Dynasty now belongs to them.

And there is no doubt that such a move will shake the power of the old nobles.

The Liu family, the Ma family, the Li family...... Such families, landlords and gentry, and famous families are all working hard to adapt to this earth-shaking change.

Compromises and contentions happen all the time.

To put it more bluntly, it's all about power.

With power, you can exempt yourself from taxes, have your own tenant farmers, let your relatives and friends become officials together, get money, and make others afraid!

People are inherently equal.

But because of various factors, there is a gap in strength and wisdom, so there are followers, and power naturally arises.

When this long-term polarization is created, a pyramid of power is created.

It is human nature that those who have power are unwilling to share the power in their hands with others.

So there are all kinds of ways to consolidate their power.

And there is no doubt that the wang clan, the scholar clan, and the world clan occupy half of this power feast.

The Shi clan, also known as the door, the crown, the wang clan, the clan, the powerful clan, the family, the giant room, the door valve, etc., the difference between this is still very big.

Among them, the gentry are a group of people who have been officials for generations and can pass on their official duties.

It is not enough for one person to be an official, but also for family members and friends, and for future generations.

Gradually, they became a superior warrior.

If you become an official and have a field, one acre is not enough for three acres, three acres is not enough for a hundred acres, and if a hundred acres is not enough, you will continue to expand outward.

If you want to keep your foundation, you have to support your family, and you have to go to trade.

And when the plate is big, you have to set rules, a rule that can be compared with the Ming law.

This is a strict system, and if you enlarge this system, you will find that this is the rule system of the royal family.

If one day the gentry clan is so large that it spreads throughout the empire, another empire is born.

In the face of such an existence, it is certain to be suppressed by the rulers.

And among them, there is a compromise and struggle for power.

It's a long and courageous process.

Zhu Di could even imagine that at this time, the whole incident had been rapidly passed to the hands of the Shaanxi Political Secretary and the stable of the prefect of Xi'an.

Because the gentry never laid down what power they should enjoy and what power they should not enjoy.

But it is precisely because there are people in the family who are officials, and they are still a group of people who are officials, that the entire group of gentry and wang clan has become special.

This was originally peaceful, but with the arrival of Zhu Di, it became turbulent again.

Because compared with the Ma family, which is a relative of the emperor, Zhu Di should become the leader of the gentry family.

If the Ma family wants to keep such power.

It is inevitable to fight.

Fight for what!

Power!

What is power!

I speak, you listen, not you speak, I listen!

Regarding this issue, after 5,000 years of fighting, he didn't understand it, and Zhu Di felt that he couldn't understand it.

There will always be contradictions!

"Your Highness, Your Highness!"

Zhu Di crossed the Zhenyuan Bridge with the soldiers and was walking towards Wangfu Military Town, but he didn't expect Ah Qiu to be looking at the Zhenyuan Bridge beside the snowdrift, and after seeing him, he shouted and shouted and waved!

Zhu Di stopped suspiciously to urge the horse over, only to see Ah Qiu wrapped tightly alone, only revealing Buling Buling's big eyes.

"It can be regarded as finding His Highness, and the slave is about to freeze to death!" After Ah Qiu saw Zhu Di, he trotted in front of the war horse. It seems like I've been waiting a lot of time.

"What's wrong?" Zhu Di asked suspiciously.

Ah Qiu looked left and right, pulled Zhu Di's war horse and moved it to the side, and then said, "Your Highness, not long after you left this morning, guests came to the mansion. ”

"It was the wife of the county lieutenant Liu Jiang who came to visit, and brought three pieces of silk, five catties of dates, a piece of bacon, and seven or eight pieces of mess."

"Seeing that His Royal Highness was not there, Mrs. Liu left after drinking a cup of tea, and the slave maid didn't take it seriously at first, thinking that she was here to talk to His Highness."

"But not long after, Ma Chen's wife also came, and the gifts she brought were about the same."

"There is also the wife of the lord Bo Cui Shicheng, and the messy Li family, Cui family, Wang family, and Liu family are also here, and they all bring gifts."

"The slave maid felt that something was wrong, so I inquired, Your Highness, what do you guess the slave maid heard?"

"What?" Zhu Di got off the horse and pinched Ah Qiu's little face that was red from the cold, it was very cute, but don't freeze it.

"Your Highness, gifts, what is it called, when the northern New Year is young, the official families will give gifts to each other, and we are not prepared, it seems that something is wrong!" Ah Qiu rubbed his hands and took out a gift slip for a long time:

"Your Highness, this is a list of gifts from each family, and the back is the return gift list that the slave and maid have been thinking about for a long time, and the slave and maid don't know if it's right, Your Highness, take a look!"

Zhu Di suddenly realized, patted his head, and felt that there should be a housekeeper in the palace.

During the New Year, Lao Zhu gave gifts to all palaces, and even made boxed lunches to be sent to the homes of various ministers.

The Chinese New Year is the most solemn festival in China, and all officials have to rest for three days, not to mention others.

It's a long tradition.

Unexpectedly, officials and families began to give gifts to each other when they were young in the north.

If this is not returned, not only will his face be lost, but the identity of the old Zhu family's mud legs will not be cleared.

He's about to collapse after a lot of things lately, where do you have the heart to think about these things.

"In this way, Ma Chen doesn't have to return the gift, and the rest will be done according to your wishes."

"In addition, you can write some posts to each family to express your greetings, the family and the officials should be separated, the words of the family means that the king will come to visit when he has the opportunity, and the words of the officials are a little shhhhhhh

"Uh-huh, slave gets it!" Ah Qiu nodded quickly and said, "Then the slave will go back and prepare." ”

"Wait!" Zhu Di smiled and shouted.

"What's wrong, Your Highness?" Ah Qiu turned around strangely.

"Give it to me!" Zhu Di said with a smile.

"Huh!" Ah Qiu stretched out his hand strangely.

Zhu Di took Ah Qiu's hand, took advantage of the situation to lift the war horse, hugged the thick Ah Qiu and said, "By the way, take a little bit of our lovely Ah Qiu!" ”

"This, Your Highness, I'm afraid it's not suitable!"

"There's nothing inappropriate, after all, the time that this king stays with you will be more than the sum of this queen's mother and concubine plus grandfather and father and demon Li!"