Chapter 523: Talking about the Peasants
Li Chenan picked up the wine bowl and raised it to the two.
Su Yi'an hurriedly picked up the wine bowl, and Liu Xia was stunned, and he also took a big sip with him.
He didn't eat the pig's ears again.
Because Li Chenan just said that he wanted to talk to Su Yi'an......
In all dynasties, no matter which country, agriculture must be the foundation of the country!
But the news from Jiangnan said that the next thing the regent was about to implement was the revitalization of industry and commerce!
It is not an agricultural problem that needs to be solved urgently.
He put the problem of agriculture after industry and commerce!
This seems ridiculous to Liu Xiayin.
This is also one of the reasons why he Liu Xia Yin does not like this regent-
The stomach is not full, and the life is hanging, what is the use of the prosperity of industry and commerce?
This is not just Liu Xiayin's thoughts.
It is estimated that the vast majority of the officials in the entire Ning Dynasty do not understand this.
Except for explaining to Wen Zhuanyu and other adults in the imperial study, Li Chenan has not talked about this issue to anyone in depth.
But today he wants to talk to Su Yi'an.
Because Wen Boilyu thinks that Su Yi'an has a talent!
Although Li Chenan abolished the official of the prime minister, the top governor of the three provinces is equivalent to the former prime minister, but it only divides the power of the prime minister.
But the three top officials in the three provinces were appointed on an ad hoc basis.
For example, Cheng Jingting, the servant of the middle Cheng Guogong, this is a helpless move to catch ducks on the shelves.
No one can be trusted!
Cheng Lao Guogong is already very old, not that he is useless when he is old, but his energy cannot keep up with the pace of a series of reform measures implemented by the imperial court.
Therefore, Wen Zhuanyu hopes that Li Chenan can persuade Su Yi'an, if Su Yi'an is willing to return to the court, in Wen Zhouyu's opinion, he is a rare talent.
But Li Chen'an's reform measures are really a bit ahead of his time, and he is more worried about Confucians like Su Yi'an, whose thinking is usually very stubborn.
If they can't change their minds and can't accept their opinions...... Then his great talent has no effect on Li Chenan.
It can even become a huge resistance!
Those who understand Li Chen'an, only Xiao Baozi -
No matter how strong an ox is, if it does not plough the land...... That's not a good cow!
Instead of wasting hay, slaughter and eat meat!
The three took a sip of wine.
Li Chenan put down the wine bowl and looked at Su Yi'an, and asked:
"Sir, why do you think that all the dynasties that have fallen for a thousand years can rarely have three hundred years?"
This is Li Chen'an asking Su Yi'an.
Liu Xiayin also put down the wine bowl and looked at Su Yi'an, not knowing how Su Yi'an would deal with it next.
Su Yi'an sighed for three breaths, stroked his short beard, and said slowly:
"In the eyes of contemptible people, there are no more than three reasons for this."
"Mr. Su, let's hear it."
"First, in the last years of the dynasty, corrupt officials were usually rampant in the temple, but the people were struggling to make a living."
"Second, in fact, the rulers of all dynasties, at the beginning of the founding of the country, attached great importance to the people's livelihood, especially the peasants!"
"When an old dynasty is overthrown, the rulers almost always redistribute the land of the old dynasty to the peasants."
"But the class that really maintains the interests of the rulers is not the peasants, but the scholars and doctors of the world!"
"They, well-read and learned, are the only ones who can help the rulers govern the country."
"As time goes on, the group of scholars will get bigger and bigger, and their hands will grow longer and longer...... And the land is the most important thing to grow food, and food is the most important material of life in any dynasty. ”
"As the power of the scholars grows, they will get involved in all walks of life, including land, for the benefit of their families!"
"They control the law, their connections, their arms, and so on, and they use this power to invade the people, and to take the land from the people at a low price, and the owners of the land become their tenant farmers."
"Third...... Without land, the peasant becomes rootless. ”
"They don't have the ability to resist unknown risks."
"Like famine, like pestilence, like disease...... Any disaster will displace them, so they will take risks and fall into the grass. ”
"The history of a country varies from one to another, but in the eyes of contemptible, if these three points are summed up in one place, it is one sentence."
Li Chen'an raised his eyebrows: "What kind of sentence?" ”
"Unfair distribution!"
When Su Yi'an said these four words, Li Chenan was really impressed by him.
He sat up straight and asked, "What do you think is unfair?" ”
"I think that the first thing is the injustice of education!"
"Reading is a very expensive thing, and the children of farmers can't afford to read at all!"
"They are not people of the rank of scholars in the first place, and their children have no chance of being recommended as officials!"
"The imperial examination was created by the previous dynasty, which was originally a great initiative, which provided children from poor families with a chance to enter the official career, but ......"
Su Yi'an took a deep breath and shook his head: "It's just a cover to hide people's ears!" ”
"Reading is a very luxurious thing, and the poor are already poor, so how can they get money for their children to study?"
"Their class cannot be changed for generations, and the only way to change is to gather and rebel one day when they are cornered!"
"Secondly, the unfair distribution of wealth!"
"The scholarly class, who have the greatest wealth in the whole country, live a life of great pleasure and wine, but the people who feed them have put in the most effort and are destitute...... Everyone wants to live a good life, why are some people born rich and rich, while the vast majority of people are still unable to turn over even after exhausting the efforts of several generations? ”
"This is not to suffer from few, but to suffer from inequality."
"Again, it's the injustice of the law!"
"Contemptible people have been thinking, everyone is a human being, why can't they be punished by a doctor?"
"Why should the poor be bullied by the rich?"
"And the land held by the peasants has been annexed by the rich in large quantities, and there are many dark places in it!"
"Those who hold the law are in the same league as the rich, and the peasants have lost their land, and there is not even a place to cry out for grievances!"
"The resentment that accumulates over time will inevitably lead to the opposition between the two classes!"
"Once this opposition reaches a certain irreconcilable level, as soon as someone waives the flag and shouts...... The world will be in chaos! ”
"So, the smoke rose everywhere, and another vigorous battle began, until this dynasty was overthrown, until another new dynasty was established."
"Repeatedly...... The reason why it is only 300 years is that these contradictions have been a time process from gestation to occurrence and then to end. ”
"The short-lived dynasty is just that these contradictions come faster and erupt more intensely."
"The humble opinion of the contemptible people is roughly like this, so the contemptible people think that if the regent wants to build a strong state, he should start with how to solve the problem that the land of the peasants will always belong to the peasants."
"Instead of starting with industry and commerce!"
"Because no dynasty perishes because of the backwardness of industry and commerce!"
"I wonder if the regent thinks so?"