Chapter 227: Reform Strategies
It's just that there is still a key missing here, who is helping the Lu family and contacting the courtiers of the foreign courts?
The Lu family lives in the deep palace and does not show up all the year round, so they must need a henchman who can run outside and contact with hundreds of officials, who will this person be?
He Qiu slowly guessed in his heart, he felt that there was a high probability that it would be a relative of the Lu family, after all, such a big matter, if it was not a relative, I am afraid it would not be enough to keep it secret.
And so far, I haven't heard that the relatives of the Lu family have come out to be officials, and such a commoner will be very secretive when she runs back and forth for her, and no one will pay attention to the movements of a flat-headed commoner.
Is there really no one behind this? He Qiu wasn't sure.
If all this is the Lu family's plan, then it is too high to think of this woman.
From Zhu Yunwen, who he taught, you can see the shallowness of the Lu family, she would never have thought of such a scheming thing to weave such a big net.
I'm afraid that there are other people behind this who are pushing these things, and Wu Hua of Jinyiwei has been used to take advantage of his desire for power.
King Jin is even more of a fool, being led by others from beginning to end.
The Lu family may also be just a more advanced chess piece in the hands of others, and the most important identity is Zhu Yunwen's mother.
If there is indeed a Wenchen behind this, it is impossible for them to push Zhu Yunxi to the throne, and the importance of Zhu Yunxi to them is self-evident.
has Lu Ben's relationship, and because of Zhu Yunxi's background, as well as Zhu Yunxi's age, all of these are what the civilian clique needs.
Everyone knows that the young king is very easy to control, even if he does not control him directly, it is easy to influence his thoughts.
At Zhu Yuanzhang's age, if the crown prince dies and Zhu Yunwen becomes the emperor, this group of Wenchen who were killed from the imperial examination field and have been up and down in the sea for decades, playing him is as simple as fooling a fool.
But in the end, He Qiu thought about it, and there was no need for him to pursue it to the end, after all, Zhu Biao was not his father-in-law, Zhu Di was.
If it stands to reason, He Qiu should actually be more happy.
Today's thoughts are just out of sympathy for the crown prince Zhu Biao, if he hadn't inserted a lever, maybe Zhu Biao would have lived a few more years and finally died of illness, instead of being murdered like now.
It is precisely because of this compensatory psychology that He Qiu will help Lan Yu and Chang Mao at the beginning, wanting to uncover the truth behind the death of the prince.
But as this truth got closer and closer, He Qiu saw more and more people, and he hesitated a little.
There are so many private things, and even many bigwigs in the DPRK and China, if He Qiu really turns it over, I'm afraid it won't end well.
He Qiu can only bury all these things in his heart for the time being, and may wait until Zhu Di comes to power in the future, and he will reveal them step by step.
At that time, Zhu Di, in the name of avenging his brother, should be able to purge a group of disobedient courtiers.
The turmoil in the case of the death of the crown prince has slowly begun to subside, and although Zhu Yuanzhang is still arresting people, the main goal of the imperial court has been placed on the comprehensive implementation of reforms.
On this day, when He Qiu was teaching the emperors and grandchildren, Zhu Yunwen suddenly stood up and asked.
"Sir, I heard that the emperor's grandfather said that the reform has begun or you mentioned it to him, but recently so many officials and gentry have been opposing these reforms, so that the court is in turmoil, do you think it is because of the reform?"
Zhu Yunwen's words were very sharp, and he almost pointed at He Qiu's nose and scolded, what you brought up is the root cause of the current political turmoil, and He Qiu is a minister who has brought disaster to the country.
Zhu Gaoxu had an angry face and wanted to argue with Zhu Yunwen, but was stopped by the black zone with his eyes.
He Qiu looked at Zhu Yunwen, who was smug on his face, touched the stubble on his chin and said.
"Well, it depends on what you think, Your Highness. When I proposed the reform, saying that I would implement a whip law and integrate the officials and gentry to pay for food, I did not expect that it would attract His Majesty's attention, and I originally thought that such a strategy would not be appreciated by His Majesty. ”
"Since Your Highness has asked so now, and you feel that the reform has caused turmoil in the DPRK and China, then I will also ask Your Highness first, what do the ministers of the DPRK and China think of these reform strategies?"
When He Qiu asked this, he really asked Zhu Yunwen upside down, and he didn't really carefully observe the recitals of the ministers.
It's just that someone has been saying in his ear that the reform is not good, and now in the face of He Qiu's questioning, he can't help but pretend to understand, so he still shook his head honestly.
When He Qiu saw Zhu Yunwen's reaction, he felt a little funny, and he didn't even know why and how the ministers objected, so he asked himself about this topic, Zhu Yunwen was a little simple.
He Qiu got up and glanced at the surrounding emperors and grandchildren, beckoning them to go to the courtyard together, sit on the ground, and start a discussion.
He Qiu first threw out a topic.
"Ladies and grandsons, what do you think the previous dynasties and dynasties died because of?"
When the emperors and grandsons heard this topic, they became energetic and discussed it with a lot of gossip.
Qin died in Junfa, Han died in relatives, Tang died in feudal towns and eunuchs, Song died in political disputes, etc., scattered seven or eight articles.
He Qiu said with a smile.
"You're all right, but you're not right."
"If Qin dies in Junfa, Han will not inherit the Qin system, Qin is completely because the people of the Six Kingdoms are uncertain, and the nobles of all countries have different intentions, and Qin is strict with the people, and when he destroyed the Six Kingdoms, he gave preferential treatment to these nobles, resulting in a lot of power in their hands."
"In addition, the first emperor carried out many projects in his life, and the levy and forced labor were excessive, and the people were not able to make a living."
"As for the many dynasties that followed, it can be uniformly summarized as dying in land annexation."
The two Zhu Gaochi brothers were no stranger to He Qiu's words, and He Qiu had taught them this way when they were in Beiping before.
Zhu Yunwen asked extremely curiously.
"Why?"
He Qiu said simply.
"The Western Han Dynasty died at the hands of Wang Mang, but when Wang Mang ascended the throne, tens of thousands of scholars in the world went to the book together, expecting him to change the law and reform the bad government."
"What was the maladministration at that time? To put it simply, it is said in the Han Book that 'the rich have no place to stand, and the poor have no place to stand'. Ordinary people can't live anymore, so people of insight at that time pushed Wang Mang to the throne, but unfortunately Wang Mang failed to change the situation in the end. ”
"When Han Shizu pacified the world, he made a lot of compromises with all the powerful along the way, so the land annexation problem that existed in the Han family before was not solved, but made the strength of these wealthy families even greater."
"It's just that because of the war, the population was much smaller at the beginning than before, and the people were still able to live. By the time of the Three Kingdoms at the end of the Han Dynasty, even though there was a disaster of party power in the court, it was the Yellow Turban that shook the root of the Han Dynasty, and millions of people could not survive, so they raised the banner and turned against the Han Dynasty. ”
"Most of the reasons for the subsequent demise of the dynasties can be attributed to land annexation, in a word, the small people have no hope of survival, they have resentment against the dynasty, and the foundation of the dynasty's existence has been shaken."
Zhu Yunwen was a little fascinated when he heard this, "Then sir, can the reform you talked about put an end to this phenomenon?" ”
He Qiu shook his head decisively. "Of course not, at most, I am alleviating the land annexation, and it is only a means to treat the symptoms, as for the root cause, I can't do it.
It is even said that as long as people are selfish, they must not be able to do it, after all, everyone is eager to be rich, and after becoming rich, they will want to let such wealth last to their descendants. ”
Zhu Yunwen was even more puzzled, "In this case, why do you need drastic reforms, it's good to be different?" ”
He Qiu was very surprised by Zhu Yunwen's thoughts, you are still the prince of the Ming Dynasty at this level