Chapter Seventy-Nine: Now that the matter has come to this, let's study Confucianism first
Inside the garden.
Xu Shouyun slowly put down the last file, he rubbed his temples, and thoroughly understood the current situation of Great Wei.
【The building will fall】
I thought that the Great Wei Dynasty had just reached the end of its life and fell into a crisis that all major dynasties would encounter, but now Xu Shouyun found that the Great Wei Dynasty was no longer in its last years.
It's about to collapse at any moment.
And this series of problems was definitely not brought about by the empress's accession to the throne, as early as hundreds of years ago, all kinds of mistakes were brewed, laying the groundwork for the near demise.
The demise of a dynasty basically meets the three major elements.
First, the fiscal crisis.
Second, the civil army is strong and the military is weak.
Third, the imperial power is unstable.
Throughout the previous life, the Ming Dynasty died due to financial problems, of course, it was also unlucky to encounter the Xiaoice River period, but the financial problems of the Ming Dynasty were more serious.
The Song Dynasty died because of the strong and weak military, and Zhao Kuangyin, in order to prevent the same thing from happening, greatly weakened the rights of the military generals, resulting in the advanced status of the literati in the Song Dynasty, but a group of inferior forces.
Spending money to eliminate disasters, and eventually raising tigers for trouble, especially in the Southern Song Dynasty, not to mention, the nine-year history of compulsory education is even mentioned in the Yuan Dynasty, not to mention the Southern Song Dynasty, you can see how abstract the Southern Song Dynasty is.
The country has perished, the Southern Song Dynasty is still fighting for power, I set up my emperor, you set up your emperor, scolding each other, without the slightest intention of unity.
This is the consequence of the proliferation of civil servants.
The imperial power is unstable, and it can be seen by looking at Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty that the eunuchs and traitors control the government, call for wind and rain, do whatever they want, and coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes to die slowly.
The Great Wei Dynasty met the above three points.
The financial crisis is terrifying, the scholars are respected too much, all land taxes are exempted, and a group of clan clans are born ten or ten in a hundred lives, and it is an astronomical amount of money to support these people every year.
In addition, these people have their own fiefdoms, do not pay taxes or pay silver, and close the door to hi themselves.
The problem is that you can't give it yet, if you don't give it, everyone will be unhappy immediately, what will you do if you are unhappy? Rebellion.
Brothers, with a knife in hand, follow me, the emperor won't give us food, let's cook and eat by ourselves.
Without the money to collect it, the six departments cannot operate normally, the six departments cannot operate, and all aspects can radiate.
Just like the Ministry of Rites, it stands to reason that the Ministry of Rites has to allocate funds to various places every year to support some high-quality readers, such as sending rice, oil and meat, so that people can survive a little.
Even if the Ministry of Rites has a lot of money, some key provincial governments subsidize high points, and give students a plate to take the Beijing exam.
Then these students study for the exam with peace of mind, and finally take the exam to serve the country, forming a virtuous circle.
But now there is no silver, and the Ministry of Rites still allocates a cent, so let's do it ourselves.
It doesn't matter if the students from good families are poor, but the students from poor families save money and use the strength of the village to take the exam, but they fail the exam, just a little bit, and they want to take the exam again.
Obviously talented, as a result, he became a husband for the children of a large family, or went to the countryside to become a private school teacher, and gave hope to the next generation.
This is the causal relationship, which is also the problem above, radiating the effect below.
The treasury has no money, and the military department is also poor, even if the soldiers have a patriotic heart, they have no money, and they are afraid of death when they go to the battlefield, afraid that their parents will have no one to support, and that their wives and children will not have money to survive.
Therefore, there will be fear, fear, unwillingness, anger, and morale are all good, and at this time, the enemy country will take out a piece of silver and throw it to the generals.
Brother, don't fight, follow the brothers, your monarch is too deductive to you, we are well treated and benefits, as long as you are a spy, you are guaranteed to take off.
Then something very strange will happen, our army of 500,000 and the enemy's army of 800,000 will not be a big problem for a few months.
But suddenly, three days of defeat and countless casualties.
Why?
Because there are enemies in the team, the strongest fortresses are all broken from the inside, otherwise only the number of people will be fought, and the Great Chu Dynasty and the Great Jing Dynasty will unite to fight the Great Wei.
It will take three and a half years, and both countries will have to pay a huge price.
Therefore, the lack of silver leads to the strong and weak civil and military, and the poor and rich in the military.
The final imperial power is unstable, so there is no need for Xu Shouyun to explain, the three kings are regent, the three parties are vying for power, and there is a queen mother in the harem who vaguely feels like listening to the government.
The entire high-level of the Great Wei Dynasty did not recognize the empress very much, and they were even ready to take refuge with a certain prince, just waiting for the time to come, brothers, the knife in hand.
At this juncture, the Great Wei Dynasty also issued treasure money?
Isn't this drinking to quench your thirst?
The issuance of treasure banknotes, the first stage, the class carnival, the six departments have silver, began to spend money frantically, and the United States said that it was engaged in construction, but in fact, it was more or less selfish.
It's like a person who has been hungry for three days and three nights, and when he sees a table full of food, he must be crazy and dazzling.
Will it be swallowed slowly?
After the six departments took the silver, the clan began to take the silver, and the clan took it, and then the military department must ask for it alone, and the military department is a bottomless pit, asking for an astronomical amount in one go.
At this time, an illusion appeared, the power to print money was in the hands of the imperial court, and the money thing suddenly became worthless.
Just like in the previous life, 10,000 in cash is a thick stack, and 10,000 in a bank card is a string of numbers.
Let you give some money to the beggar on the side of the road, you will be a little hesitant to take ten yuan, and let you reward the dancing lady, as if a Huazi closed his eyes.
And then there's the Crazy Print, the Crazy Print.
Any inflation will get out of the way, as long as I print more, the court will not be short of money, Zimbabwe next door smiled and clapped his hands, ah yes, yes, yes, that's it, yes, this taste is right.
In three months, the people will realize that the treasure money in their hands does not seem to be worthless.
Merchants began to increase the value of their items, and the value of the treasure money depreciated wildly.
In six months, the treasure money that was originally worth 100 taels could only buy 10 taels.
One year, good news, great news, the face value of 10,000 taels of treasure banknotes is freshly baked, not 9,008, as long as 998, not 998 taels of silver, is 998 yuan can be exchanged for one.
What do you buy it for, you ask? It must have been bought as a souvenir, and you still expect this thing to be valuable?
Then we can meet the wrath of the people.
A lifetime's savings were emptied in an instant, and people's grievances turned into storms.
A voice sounded, and Da Wei could start the countdown.
These sounds are simply eight words.
Princes and generals, rather have a kind.
So after some calculation, Xu Shouyun came to a conclusion.
The officials who advocate the implementation of the Great Wei Bao Banknote can seriously check it, and they are either spies or brutes.
This is damn harmful.
Fortunately.
The demise of Great Wei is a good thing for him, Xu Shouyun let out a long breath, and it was beautiful.
Putting aside this thought, Xu Shouyun took out the annotated version of 'Gentleman' that Li Yun had lent him.
He doesn't care about the matter of the treasure money for now, and waits for the connector to find him.
At this point, let's study Confucianism first.