Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 4175 The gate valve fell
Xiao Xun then understood that Fang Xuanling was beating him.

It's just that what he couldn't understand was that the Fang family of Qinghe was also a prominent family with a noble family background, and now it was suddenly elevated by Fang Xuanling and his son's two generations of powerful officials. You can be an official if you recommend it, and the lintel has been maintained for generations, and the bells and lanterns are extravagant, why do you turn against yourself?
If "family politics" collapses suddenly, no one in the family except the son-in-law will be able to favor the official position, and if they want to enter the official career, they can only pass the extremely cruel imperial examination... This will be a disaster for all the powerful families in the world.

His Fang family is also in it, why bother to break his own foundation?

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Seeing that he was silent and pale, Fang Xuanling naturally knew what was on his mind, so he stopped, raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead, and said softly: "The aristocratic family dominates the way to ascend, and the common people have no hope of being officials, and the lower class Officials have no hope of being promoted because of their merits, and after a long time, classes are formed, and confrontations between classes arise due to the competition for interests.

The word "class" has existed since ancient times. Jia Yi once mentioned in the book "New Book Classification" that "if there is no majesty in the hall, the height of the hall is almost no more than a foot. The emperor is like a hall, the officials are like your majesty, and the common people Like the land, this is where it is created."

Xiao Xun is also a reader. He knows the meaning of this word, but he is more and more puzzled: "Since people live in groups, due to the amount of wisdom, strength, will, etc., they are naturally divided into upper and lower, high and low, unless people in the world die of old age. If we don’t communicate with each other, otherwise the class will exist forever, and our aristocratic families have all collapsed today, and tomorrow’s class will not disappear, so what’s the use of suppressing the aristocrats?”

He has always believed that the national policy of suppressing clans since His Majesty Li Er began because the clans are too powerful and interfere with state affairs at will. Although nominally unifying China, although the monarch is nominally the ruler of the world, he is actually overshadowed by the powerful.

Suppressing the clans and strengthening the imperial power is the right thing to do, so this is a struggle between the clans and the imperial power.

Although he could not accept it as a representative of the clan, it was understandable that it would be the same if he were the emperor.

Therefore, regardless of the previous Guanlong mutiny or the current support for the King of Jin to fight for the throne, there is no difference in essence. It is the aristocratic family who hopes to gain control of the center through their own strength and seize the power to govern the country, thereby ensuring the interests of the aristocratic family.

But Fang Xuanling mentioned "class"... As long as people's way of life is still living in groups, "class" will exist forever. Today, the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River will be destroyed, and the Shandong aristocratic family will rise tomorrow, and the Guanlongmen clan will prosper again in the future... ...What's the point of being busy?
Fang Xuanling shook his head and laughed, supported Xiao Xun's arm and continued to move forward in the salt field. A small boat was moored on the coast far away, and it was lowering the hanging board, waiting to take the two of them back.

Walking slowly, the voice was clear: "Mr. Nanhai misunderstood. What we did was not to smash the class so that it no longer existed. How could the class be broken? Moreover, the existence of class drives progress and pursuit. The motivation to yearn for a better life is good, but because of the existence of clan politics, the upward path of class is completely blocked. , Generations of ancestors... This will naturally form resentment and cause social turmoil. As long as the family politics is broken and the channel of ascension is unblocked, even the people at the bottom can use their own efforts to improve their class, this is the long-term way for the country."

Imperial power, ministerial power, and imperial examinations... the three-pronged approach can radically cure class ills.

How can the prosperity of one family and one surname compare with the prosperity of the common people in the world?Today the clans claim to be self-confident and control the official career path, but in the future the country will decline and the mountains and rivers will be shattered, and all the clans will become sinners who have been reviled for centuries in history.

Besides, even if the clan politics no longer exists, the background of the clan is still there, so we can't kill all the clan's children, right?Relying on rich background, money, and monopoly on education for hundreds of years, for a long time in the world, those who are at the top of the political ranks will still be the children of the powerful, and there will always be one or two talented and amazingly talented children from the poor. Can be rare.

Giving the people at the bottom the hope of rising can resolve grievances and promote social harmony...

Xiao Xun stopped talking, but asked, "What does Xuanling want Lanling Xiao to do?"

Fang Xuanling was blunt and didn't mince words: "The Xiao family in Lanling is the leader of the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River. As long as they can express their support for the crown prince's ascension to the throne, obey the central jurisdiction, promote the prefectural schools and county schools in various parts of the south of the Yangtze River, and improve the imperial examination system, it will inevitably make the imperial examination system perfect. Looking at the scenery from the whole south of the Yangtze River, the prestige is still intact."

As he said that, he said earnestly: "The Fang family and the Xiao family are in-laws. They were supposed to advance and retreat as one, and share weal and woe. However, now that our ideas are inconsistent, so that we fight each other in battle, and countless people in the world laugh at our ignorance. If we can change course and condemn King Jin's treasonous act, not only will the Xiao family's interests not be damaged, but the Fang family will make compensation."

Xiao Xun is silent, this is giving a sweet date with a stick. As the prince's eagle and dog minions, the Fang family needs to have a stable ally in Jiangnan to completely eliminate the possibility of the rest of the Jiangnan gentry's obedience and injustice. More compensation and concessions should be given in terms of economy and economy.

That is to say, the prince threw out a bone to make the Xiao family betray the entire Jiangnan gentry and become the prince's lackey...

It is conceivable that once he agrees, the Lanling Xiao family can certainly get a huge compensation, but they will be regarded as extinct from the Jiangnan gentry from then on.

But can he not agree?
The prince wants to control Jiangnan, so that the entire Jiangnan will be completely subordinated to the central, and become the real territory of the Tang Dynasty. The first thing to do is to "kill the chickens to warn the monkeys", and single out a family to be severely punished as a model, so as to achieve deterrence The purpose of the group.

As long as I refuse now, there is no doubt that the Lanling Xiao family will become the first "chicken" to be slaughtered. Once hundreds of years of ancestral foundations are overthrown, the children of the family will be scattered and scattered, and there will never be a day to recover...

It was like putting a knife on his neck and forcing him to submit.

But who let the nearly [-] private troops raised by various families in the south of the Yangtze River be attacked by the navy when they were still full of ambitions?

After being silent for a long time, Xiao Xun sighed and said: "This is a big matter, I can't settle it with one word, I still need to go back and discuss with Shiwen Communication, and even consult the opinions of the clan, otherwise even if I agree now, the matter will be repeated , but not beautiful."

Fang Xuanling said happily: "It should be so."

When it comes to the line, future, and even life and death of the family, it is always necessary to discuss with the family and unify their opinions.

The two boarded the boat moored on the shore, the sails were raised, and the boat quickly left the shore. The salt fields changed from large to small in front of them, and finally turned into endless white, with piles of salt standing in it. It's like a world of snow.

Xiao Xun stood by the side of the boat, what he saw was not salt, but piles of money.

With such financial support, the treasury of the central government is full, and it can attack barbarians and expand territories at will externally, and strengthen the power of central jurisdiction internally. Promote to every county and every mountain village.

The foundation of the aristocratic family has been crumbling, and if they try to restore it by force, they can only stand in the way and go against the trend...

After thinking for a while, he said to Fang Xuanling: "Whether to support the prince or not is still a decision among the clan, but I can assure you here that the private army that was defeated by the navy before and now scattered everywhere will be subject to the support of each clan. Restraint will not poison the countryside and cause turmoil in the south of the Yangtze River."

The clan also doesn't want a turbulent Jiangnan. This aspect is in line with the interests of the center, so it's better to sell one.

Fang Xuanling didn't like this, and said with a smile: "It's not necessary, these private troops are unorganized, and they will disperse sooner or later, unless they get the support of some powerful people, they can do harm to one side. I will definitely rejoice, because it means that the share of Haimao will be vacant, and everyone can share the profit, wouldn't everyone be happy?"

Xiao Xun was speechless.

This is to tell him clearly that whoever dares to continue to support the private army behind his back will be fined and confiscated the license of Haimao, and will no longer be eligible for Haimao from now on... The threat of Chiguoguo, but the effect must be very good .

Today, sea trade has become the largest source of wealth for most of the Jiangnan gentry, but this source is firmly in the hands of Huating Town and the Navy, and the reason why the Jiangnan gentry assists King Jin to fight for the throne may not be hopeless In the future, Huating Town will be abolished.

After all, gold, silver, money and silk like sea water flowed in, but they were robbed by the center, and everyone was so heartbroken that it was hard to breathe... But now that they have suffered a crushing defeat, naturally all thoughts have completely failed, and they can only cling to the navy and let them manipulate.

Turning your head to look at the sunset that is slowly falling at the end of the sea and sky, the afterglow of thousands of rays pours on the sea surface, dyeing the sky and sea water red.

My heart is desolate and desolate, perhaps within a few generations, the powerful family that once was so powerful that it could prosper a country and destroy a country will become an old thing in the pile of old papers, blowing away with the wind...

Since Cao Wei's "Nine-Rank Zhongzheng System", the former clans and families have finally obtained a legal monopoly position in politics. For hundreds of years, the clans have controlled all the resources of the land of China, and the people at the bottom can only be enslaved and exploited like dogs. From generation to generation, endlessly.However, now, the death knell of family politics is still ringing. Under the mighty general trend, going against the trend can only be like a mantis' arm being a cart, a mayfly shaking a tree, and there is no power to recover.

And their generation is the sinner of the family.

(End of this chapter)