I am the king of the dead

Chapter 517 Take it out of context, Xiaodaoer

Zhu Qiyu and Hu Wei strolled on the street outside Daming Chaoyangmen. Due to some taboo reasons, Zhu Qiyu didn't go to the river, but just watched the long row of flagpoles on the Tonghui River from a distance.

Almost all the flagpoles became bare. Although the magistrates of Tongzhou and the officials of Shuntian Prefecture tried their best, in the end, there was no way to preserve the black corpses, which had been exposed to the wind and sun for so long. Now only the rope.

But no one dared to say that the flagpole is useless, please withdraw it, Your Majesty.

Didn't that tell His Majesty to hang himself up?
Those flagpoles were pointing upright at the sky like that, it was Zhu Qiyu's edict to supervise the country before he ascended the throne.

"Isn't it late to talk to Nikolaoz today? Why did you come here to find us?" Zhu Qiyu walked a few more steps and sat down on a stone bench in front of an octagonal pavilion, which is a hall of heroes.

There is a swing outside the Hall of Martyrs. There are flowers, fruits and sacrifices in the Hall of Martyrs.

Hu Wei described his discussion with Nicolaus in great detail, and he expressed sympathy for the demise of the Eastern and Western Roman Empires.

Rome has come to an end.

The Holy Roman Empire further west has little to do with Rome.

"Using history as a mirror, we can know the ups and downs." Hu Wei concluded: "One ethnic group, after clearly knowing another ethnic group, has just dealt with a disaster that destroys the country, how to adjust its own response measures to ensure that the interests of the group are not affected. damage?"

"Is there something wrong with this response?"

"If there is a mistake, is the group aware of it?"

"This is one of the important links in the Great Ming Dynasty's great speculation."

It was completely unexpected for Zhu Qiyu to discuss Ming's population policy regardless of differences such as race, political system, and culture.

Unexpectedly, Hu Yan would put aside the facts one day.

Zhu Qiyu frowned and said: "As far as I know, the Ming Dynasty, or the Central Plains Dynasty, has never been troubled by this kind of population self-decline."

"In fact, whether it was the chaos at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty or the ups and downs after the fall of the Song Dynasty, there was no time for such self-destruction."

Hu Wei was silent for a long time, and then said: "Your Majesty, in fact there are."

"That's how the Yongjia Rebellion happened. Like Eastern and Western Rome, the Central Plains Dynasty almost died at the hands of the barbarians."

The Yongjia Rebellion is the Wuhuluanhua in various articles of later generations. In fact, until the Republic of China, the code names given to the Wuhuluanhua by history were the Yongjia Rebellion, or the Sixteen Kingdoms of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, or the Sixteen Kingdoms of the Five Hus.

In the Republic of China, the Puppet Manchukuo was established. In order to create centrifugal force, the Japanese invaders invented the term, and then intended to dismember China's centripetal force.

I probably have the idea that the Wuhu, Hu Yuan, and Taqing are in chaos, so why can't the Japanese invaders be in chaos.

"Your Majesty thinks when should the division of the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties be counted?" Hu Wei asked a strange question.

Zhu Qiyu thought about it seriously and said: "It should be counted from the Yellow Turban Army at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, not the end of the Western Jin Dynasty, when the three horses were in the same position, and the Sima family did not defend the country when it replaced Cao."

"The capture of Emperor Huai and Emperor Min of the Western Jin Dynasty during the Yongjia period was just part of the absurdity of the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties."

Hu Yi bowed his head and said loudly: "Your Majesty is wise, what does Your Majesty think is the reason for the division of the Three Kingdoms at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty?"

Zhu Qiyu looked at the path with frequent fallen leaves and thought for a while and said: "I think that at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the population was increasing day by day, the gentry continued to grow, the powerful and powerful arose side by side, the people had no means of living, and the people had no way of life, and finally had to put their heads on their belts and fight for their lives .”

"As long as there is a stutter, they will not die."

"I personally think so."

"Of course." Seeing that His Majesty did not sympathize with Han Xiandi's experience, but took the stand of the common people, Hu Wei knew that His Majesty is still the one whose people are the foundation of the country, and whose foundation is solid and peaceful.

This is easy to get right, at least Hu Ming knows where his butt should sit.

If His Majesty sympathizes with the tragic experience of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty and Sima's helpless actions, Hu Wei will speak more tactfully.

But when His Majesty spoke, Hu Ming knew that his butt was still sitting on the head of the common people, so he would not be so polite when he spoke.

Hu Wei said with emotion: "In the last years of the Eastern Han Dynasty, counting from the Yellow Turban Army to Sima Yan's pacification of Soochow, it lasted for a full 100 years, and all the people withered."

"But after the fighting was over, the common people still refused to reproduce. At that time, Hu and Han lived together in the north, while barbarians lived in the south."

"Si Mashi has two choices."

"The first one is to follow the advice of the courtiers, move the Hu people out of the territory, and expel the Hu Rong based on Jiang Tong and others' "Moving Rong Lun". .”

"In the end, the Sima family chose to be reduced to soldiers."

"Then the turbulent rebellion of the Eight Kings in the Western Jin Dynasty caused the Central Plains, which had just been stabilized for more than [-] years, to be riddled with holes, and the inward migration of the Hu people became a terrifying force."

"In the end, it led to the tragic experience of the two emperors, Beishou, at the end of the Western Jin Dynasty."

Zhu Qiyu was stunned for a moment. This seemed to be very similar to the way of Western Rome's demise. They were all razed to soldiers, and finally the barbarians who had been razed to soldiers occupied the emperor's throne.

The Sima family's choice is a manifestation of Sima's incompetence. The evaluation of the Sima family in all dynasties has been extremely poor. It is really a unified dynasty, belonging to the Western Jin Dynasty.

"No one was available, which was one of the difficulties at that time. Logically speaking, the war was over, but after 20 years, the population has been slow to increase. Does Your Majesty know the reason?" Hu Wei asked.

Zhu Qiyu recalled for a while and said: "The most famous ones in the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties are the seven surnames and ten families."

"The Nine-Rank Zhongzheng System allowed the gentry to control the government, and the annexation of local land was not properly resolved after the establishment of the Western Jin Dynasty."

The Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties were the era most similar to the Roman legal patriarchal system, the era when the clan system was completely greater than the bureaucracy, and the era when the Jin and Yuan emperors were to be "canonized" by the Langya Wang family.

The reason for the demise of the Western Jin Dynasty was almost the same as that of the Western Rome, and even the process was similar. It was because the people of the same tribe refused to reproduce, so they had to let the barbarians flood the barracks. In the end, the barbarians broke the city and finally abolished the emperor.

The corners of Hu Wei's mouth twitched and he said, "So, the Central Plains Dynasty also experienced that time. The North has been in peace for more than 50 years. Originally, three generations should have multiplied!"

"But until the Yongjia Rebellion, the number of Han people was so scarce that no one could use them."

"This is the wrong way of the Western Jin Dynasty."

Zhu Qiyu agreed quite a bit and said: "I take back the previous assertion, the problem Hu Shangshu said really needs to be vigilant."

"Later, Fu Jian prescribed a prescription for the chaotic world in the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties. He hoped to use benevolent government to alleviate conflicts, thinking that benevolent people are invincible."

"After he destroyed Yan, he still gave Murong Wei and the great general Murong Chui high-ranking officials, and he still held real power. After Yao Xiang was destroyed, he also entrusted Yao Chang, the leader of the Qiang people, as an officer."

"In the end, they all became Fu Jian's reminders."

"In the battle of Feishui, the whip was thrown to cut off the flow, and in the end he was killed and turned into a war of wind and cranes."

"Fu Jian was eventually killed by Yao Chang."

The prescription given by the former Qin Tianwang Fu Jian was to establish a world where all ethnic groups enjoy themselves because of benevolent government, but he failed. It is unknown whether his prescription is effective, but an era of military adventures sent Fu Jian to the guillotine. .

Fu Jian liked an article very much and asked Mencius to meet King Xiang of Liang.

King Liang Xiang asked Mencius, how can we make a survey of this chaotic world?
Mencius said: If you are one, you will rule the world.

King Liang Xiang asked again: How can we unify?
Mencius said: Those who are not addicted to killing can be one.

During the conquest years of the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, massacres of cities were as common as everyday food, and all kinds of people were used as military rations emerged in endlessly.

But Fu Jian fought all his life and never slaughtered a city or a place.

Fu Jian, the former king of the Qin Dynasty, was indeed a model of a benevolent monarch. In the end, because of the word benevolence, Yao Chang, a Qiang man whom he forgave, killed this benevolent monarch in the end.

Hu Wei is discussing with His Majesty the great speculation of the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, which is Fu Jian's speculation.

"Your Majesty, the emergence of the Fubing system in the end is the transformation of the means of labor that His Majesty said, and finally established the heyday of the Tang Dynasty."

The speculation of the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties has been going on for more than [-] years, and it is really from the beginning to the point. I am afraid that it will not be enough to talk about next year's Mid-Autumn Festival.

Hu Shangshu didn't intend to disturb His Majesty to spend the Mid-Autumn Festival with the family in Tai'an Palace, so he chose to make a long story short.

Originally, the heyday of the Tang Dynasty should have blossomed in the hands of Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty, but it is a pity that Yang Guang's dream of recalling Jiangnan is good.

The establishment of the Sui Dynasty was the result of 400 years of great speculation in the Central Plains Dynasty. During these 400 years, the local centrifugal force was completely bankrupt.

Changes in the means of production lead to changes in the relations of production.

Yang Guang just does nothing. With the achievements of 400 years of great speculation, he can also be a perfect man through the ages, but it is a pity that he finally became one of the ten philosophers of Wangmiao.

Hu Wei hesitated for a moment, his eyes became sharper and he said: "Your Majesty, in fact, during the orthodox years, the population was not prosperous."

"I have completed part of the Universal Chronicle, and I have read many local chronicles. The population aged 20 to 30 is less than half of the population born in Xuande ten years old, that is, the population aged 20 to [-]."

"Cheng Ding, who was less than 15 years old during the Zhengtong period."

Zhu Qiyu suddenly widened his eyes, frowned and said: "What the hell?!"

Since the degree was bypassed, Zhu Qiyu requested that the population be counted by age.

15岁以下，15岁到30岁，30岁到40岁，40岁以上等计数。

It will take a few more years to complete the Huanyu Tongzhi, especially the matter of population verification, which is the most important thing in the Ming Dynasty's examination.

As a result, Hu Wei told him that the population did not increase but decreased during the orthodox period of the Ming Dynasty, which made Zhu Qiyu's eyes widen.

Hu Wei hesitated and asked: "Your Majesty Li Xian wrote a letter requesting the abolition of the Tartar officials and the Tartar army, but King Jili refused."

Of course Zhu Qiyu knew about this old incident.

During the earth-shattering changes in Tumubao, Wu Kezhong, Marquis of Gongshun, and Wu Keqin, the governor, were Tatar officials of the Ming Dynasty. The Tatar cavalry led by them went to Yaoerling to resist the enemy.

Zhu Qiyu was a little doubtful at the time, was it because these Tatar officials led the Tatar army and refused to fight hard, so they made a surprise change in the civil fortress?
After Yu Qian finished the battle of the capital, Zhu Qiyu inspected the border defense, and Zhu Qiyu also specifically told Yu Qian to go to Yaoerling to have a look.

Corpses don't lie, the Tatar cavalry was wiped out.

Wu Kezhong, Hou Gongshun, a Hu Ren, injured his leg and was kicked off his horse, but he dragged half of his body and continued to shoot arrows. In the end, he was stabbed to death with all the arrows.

Wu Kezhong and Wu Keqin died in Yaoerling, and the governor Wu Keqin died of dozens of wounds.

Zhu Qiyu has studied the ins and outs of the battle of Tumu Fort many times. During the retreat, the Ming army suddenly turned around, and King Jili suddenly stopped for a decisive battle, which was the main reason for the tragedy of Tumu Fort.

The sudden change in Tumubao had nothing to do with the Tatar officials. Zhu Qiyu did not embarrass Wu Kezhong and Wu Keqin's descendants after being investigated by Yu Qian.

But when Hu Yi mentioned this matter, Zhu Qiyu frowned. Could it be that Li Xian was talking empty talk?

Or was it that there were too many Tatar troops and officials at that time, which aroused criticism from the court?

Hu Wei brought a half-edited Universal Annals from the Imperial Academy and handed it to His Majesty.

"Ding is less than half, the country has no ding and no soldiers to send?" Zhu Qiyu finished reading this half of the Huanyu Tongzhi, which is the part of Jiangsu Province.

Just as Hu Wei said, with less than half of the strong men, Daming has no adults to use.

Zhu Qiyu frowned and said: "But I see that's not the case. I didn't see a shortage of manpower in the battle of the capital, the battle of Hetao, the suppression of the Nanya rebellion, and the construction of the navy."

"Especially in the Hetao area, there are still people who go spontaneously."

"There are still more than 30 Miao people in Huguang hiding in the mountains and refusing to come out. I have no good way to solve it so far. I can only use the farm method to solve the problem little by little."

"The conflict between people and land is in front of me. Doesn't this mean that the population of Daming is too large to let go?"

Zhu Qiyu asked a lot of questions. After such a long time, he always wanted people and things, and he didn't feel the crisis of human beings at all.

But numbers are cold.

The old god Hu Wei was smiling inexplicably. He didn't speak, but watched the autumn wind blowing the fallen leaves and falling to the ground.

He believed that His Majesty the wise could figure this out.

Zhu Qiyu finally came to his senses, threw half of the Huanyu Tongzhi in his hand on Hu Mei, and said with a sneer: "Good you Hu Mei! I almost fell for the big trick of you, an old fox!"

"Ouch!" Hu Wei hurriedly took the half of Huanyu Tongzhi.

Hu Mi played a trick on Zhu Qiyu.

The frame of reference he mentioned at the beginning was the Xuande period.

It didn't say that there were no human conflicts in Ming Dynasty, nor did it say that the population of Ming Dynasty was small, but it was just talking about the terrifying impact brought about by the Order of Winter in the orthodox years.

Since the six ministers joined Wenyuan Pavilion, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the Imperial Academy some time ago to discuss the gains and losses of government orders, there have been great changes.

Hu Yan said with a full smile: "Your Majesty, this is the common way of literati, and it is taken out of context, Xiao Daoer."

Isn't half of the Universal Annals taken out of context?

Zhu Qiyu thought for a while and said: "But this issue is still worth discussing. To make the people happy to have children, you have to spend real money to make them feel that life is getting better, otherwise it is useless to say more. "

"It's the two words you said, hope."

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