Bury the Qing Dynasty

Chapter 293

This is really not wronging him to the Qing Dynasty - as the so-called Tang poetry, Song Ci, and Ming novels all require literacy to understand, and the Yuan opera produced by Meng Yuan and the more popular cross talk and opera in the Qing Dynasty are precisely not You need to know to be able to listen.

The root cause is mainly the problem of literacy rate.

The higher the literacy rate, the higher the popularity of books, the faster the dissemination of various knowledge, and the faster the development of culture, technology, art, philosophy and other aspects.

The reverse is also the same, the lower the literacy rate, the less popular books are, all kinds of knowledge are monopolized by a few people, and the development of culture, technology, art, philosophy, etc. will also stagnate.

Give the simplest example.

Before the appearance of writing, did there exist such things as philosophy and art in the world?
Maybe there is, but it has not been recorded, so naturally there is no inheritance.

After the emergence of writing, various cultures, technologies, arts, and philosophies began to be recorded and passed on. For example, during the Spring and Autumn Period, seal script and bamboo slips had been developed considerably, which is why there were contending schools of thought.

Although after the Qin and Han Dynasties, most of the other hundred schools of thought disappeared in the long river of history, but most of the things that should be passed down have also been passed down.

It was not until the Song Dynasty, with the invention of movable type printing, that books really began to be popularized among the people on a small scale. After Zhu Yuanzhang vigorously promoted sociology, more and more people in the Central Plains could read and write, and novels also became popular. Began to be popular.

One of the more critical nodes here lies in the Song Dynasty-before the Song Dynasty, was Li Er considered a generation of heroes?This dude is also a ruthless guy who leads people to open movies. If he is not a hero of the generation, it is pure bullshit.

(Not to mention Li Er's Xianbei blood, because the Central Plains Tangkou has always been a patriarchal society, and Li Er does not admit that he is of Xianbei blood, but only thinks that he is the emperor of the Han family. This kind of statement was first made by Japanese slaves What came out, including the saying that there will be no China after Yashan, was also made by Japanese slaves.)
However, even a hero like Li Er still has to compromise with the aristocratic family, and the reason for the compromise is precisely because of the knowledge monopoly problem caused by the low literacy rate.

It was not until the moveable type printing technique was developed during the Dasong period that the problem of knowledge monopoly was initially resolved. A large number of books began to spread, and a large amount of knowledge began to spread from the monopoly of aristocratic families to the people.

This is also why Zhu Yuanzhang can unscrupulously prosper Zhulian. In addition to Zhu Yuanzhang himself being an emperor on horseback, he is not afraid of rebellion at all. The most important reason is that the literacy rate of the central plains has increased because of the popularization of books and sociology. Even if Lao Zhu replaces all the ministers in the court, there is no need to worry about the problem of no one available.

At most, it will be a mess for a while, and when the novices who replaced them get used to it, the problem will be solved slowly.

Including the late Ming Dynasty, even if the national power continued to decline due to various natural disasters and man-made disasters, Europa had already shown signs of overtaking technology, and Ming could still fight against the barbarians of the Netherlands and England, precisely because of the literacy rate—— Those scholars represented by Xu Guangqi did not miss the opportunity to learn Europa's technology. At this time, Daming may be a little behind, but there is still a chance to overtake.

And this is precisely the reason why the Qing Dynasty went all out to engage in literary inquisition.

As long as the literacy rate is low enough, no one will think through reading books, and no one will bother with technologies that may cause trouble for the Qing Dynasty.

Therefore, the Qing Dynasty has been stable for more than 150 years. If it wasn’t for Zhu Jinsong, who forced the traverser to suddenly raise his flag to rebel, I’m afraid that the country of the Qing Dynasty would remain stable for decades until the British barbarians knocked on the gate with artillery. Until Hong Xiuquan, the president of Baye, raised his flag to rebel, until the Qing Dynasty was completely cooled.

Similarly, this is also the reason why Zhu Jinsong is desperate to promote literacy and sociology.

The literacy and sociology that started from the time he first occupied Meng Lianggu allowed Zhu Jinsong to have enough available talents in his pocket, and it was batch after batch of talents. Daming's artillery, muskets, steam engines, electricity, etc. And other things can surpass Europa.

More importantly, the literacy rate of Ming Dynasty continued to increase, allowing the people of Ming Dynasty to gradually acquire the ability to read. In addition, the entertainment activities at this time were still relatively monotonous, and the story version of "Hongwu Dagao" naturally had a promotion. soil.

After "Hong Wu Da Gao" was promoted...

Zeng Cheng couldn't help but shudder when he thought that the people of the entire Ming Dynasty knew the provisions of the Law of the Ming Dynasty, and that they might even use the Law of the Ming Dynasty to tie up some officials and gentlemen who committed crimes and commit crimes to the capital for trial.

After a long while of silence, Zeng Cheng waited for a group of bigwigs to bow slightly in response.

The trend is set.

As the students graduated from government schools and even universities one after another, these bigwigs in the court suddenly found that the knowledge they had mastered was no longer monopoly.

Compared with those students who have systematically studied politics, history, and even how to rebel and govern the country, the only advantage these bigwigs may have is the experience accumulated over the years.

However, experience is just experience. What they can accumulate, those students can still accumulate slowly.

Therefore, in the entire court, there is no one who is irreplaceable.

But when Zeng Cheng and other bigwigs were a little confused or even lost, Zhu Jinsong said with a smile: "By the way, I have another idea. Why don't you give advice to me?"

Without waiting for Zeng Cheng and others to ask questions, Zhu Jinsong said on his own: "The most troublesome problem for me now is that our Daming has too few Dingkou, and the other is that our Daming has too few clans."

"There are too few Dingkou and too few clans. These two problems have seriously restricted the speed of our Ming Dynasty's outward expansion. Now we can only watch helplessly as the large tracts of land on Europa and West Kunlun are controlled by the barbarians. .”

After being told by Zhu Jinsong, Zeng Cheng and other bigwigs couldn't help being a little confused.

There are too few Dingkou in Daming, and this is a common topic in the court of the Ming Dynasty. After all, Daming has to relocate some people to Shibian every year, but it has been almost ten years since they moved, and the total is just moving out Not to mention the newly occupied territories, even Myanmar and Jiaozhi, which were captured earlier, have not been filled. The bigwigs in the court like Zeng Cheng are also very troubled by this problem.

However, the topic of too few imperial clans was brought up by Zhu Jinsong, the great Ming emperor, for the first time.

Compared with the problem of too few Dingkou, the problem of too few clans in the Ming Dynasty is even more difficult to solve-it will take at least ten years for the children of Zhu Jinsong, Zhu Erdan, and Zhu Sanshun to grow up.

During this period of time, Zhu Jinsong wants to govern the country, and Zhu Erdan and Zhu Sanshun want to lead troops to fight. Even if Zhu Jinsong, Zhu Erdan, and Zhu Sanshun all risk their lives to have children, how many children can they have?

Therefore, Daming's clan problem is even more unsolvable than Ding Kou Shaotai's problem.

Zhu Jinsong went on to say: "I thought, since the clan is not enough, and our Ming Dynasty has so many territories overseas, so I don't count on the clan for the time being."

"My plan is to take part from West Kunlun. If any of you are willing to go to sea to build a country, you can propose it to me."

"Of course, if you want to go to sea to build a country, not everyone can go. There must be a standard, and these lands can never be given for free. Those who should be given money still have to give money, otherwise Huaiwen Uncle, why don’t you ask me for money to buy a cat every day?”

Zeng Cheng and other bigwigs continued to be confused, and even wondered if Zhu Jinsong was fishing—if he wanted to go to sea to build a country, it showed his ambitions were too big, and he turned around...

Seeing that Zeng Cheng and other bigwigs didn't respond, Zhu Jinsong tapped on the table again and said, "This is what bothers you the most. Everything will be complicated."

"I'm telling you clearly that I want all the land on the whole little broken ball, but I can't manage it myself, and Daming doesn't have that many clans, so I can't count on enfeoffing them, so I can only fight You got your idea, do you understand?"

"Who wants to go to sea to build a country, use the money to buy land from the Ministry of Households, and then spend money to recruit people to go to sea with you to develop, and the land belongs to the Ming court. If we further push down the entrustment, we guarantee that it will not affect the mainland of Ming Dynasty, understand?"

Hearing this, Zeng Cheng couldn't help but asked tentatively: "Your Majesty, isn't this a bit inappropriate?"

Zhu Jinsong laughed and said: "Isn't it right? What's wrong? All feudal states must implement the Great Ming Law, and there must be no less tribute. Even the king is just collecting taxes himself. I support a hundred officials myself, and I have to regard Daming as the suzerain in the future, so naturally there is nothing wrong with it."

Zeng Chengxin said to you, it's really easy to say.

The lord of a country, face the south and be honored, even if he has no military power, even if there is a Ming emperor on top of his head, even if the law of the Ming Dynasty is fully implemented within the feudal country, it looks more like a decoration, but that is still the lord of a country, No amount of money can buy this respect!
More importantly, can you guarantee that the various feudal states will not become chaotic?Can it be guaranteed that no one will rebel?

After thinking about it, Zeng Cheng bowed his hands and said, "Your Majesty, I think this matter is inappropriate. If there is someone in the future..."

Zhu Jinsong waved his hand and said, "What are some people doing? Some people are rebelling? What are you doing as a small pot? Also, I have such an idea now, but how to do it can ensure that Fengguo will not affect When it comes to the Ming court, it will be beneficial to the lords who went out to buy fiefdoms and build a country, this is exactly what I need you to study."

Zeng Cheng suddenly became angry.

Well, after all, you want us to spend money to buy fiefdoms, but also let us limit our own power, and you will still ride on us in the end...

But Zeng Cheng couldn't refuse the temptation of facing Nan Chenggu.

In other words, no one on the side of Zhongyuan Tangkou could refuse such a temptation.

After thinking about it, Zeng Cheng tentatively asked again: "The folks..."

Zhu Jinsong said: "The folks don't allow it. This time, the reason why I plan to let Zhuqing have the opportunity to go to sea to seal the country is also because of Zhuqing's ability to govern the country. No matter how rich the private businessmen are, they understand A fart governing the country?"

"Also, the matter this time is not only aimed at civil servants, it also has to be counted against the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies."

"Let's discuss it yourself later, and see what grades and above can have the opportunity to go to sea to be entrusted, and what about the regulations after enfeoffment. Anyway, you have to study and understand these messy issues. Later, bring me a charter and give it to me."

This can be regarded as the benefit that Zhu Jinsong gave them.

As the old saying goes, if you slap a slap, you have to give a sweet date——Zhu Jinsong has been forcing the officials and gentlemen of Ming Dynasty to make concessions in other aspects. It is naturally much more generous to give.

It's not like a broken place like West Kunlun.

Moreover, Zhu Jinsong was confident enough that Zeng Cheng and other bigwigs would be interested in dividing the feudal state, but after discussing it, these people would only try their best to ensure that the feudal state would not threaten Daming.

Not to mention that the right to canonization will definitely remain in the hands of the Ming Emperor, Zeng Cheng and the others may even dig out official positions such as Guoxiang and Taiwei that have disappeared for hundreds of years from the pile of old papers, and then replace Guoxiang and Taiwei. The right to appoint Wei was handed over to Emperor Ming.

They may even pick up the game of proton, such as how many years the next generation of kings must live in the capital of Ming Dynasty.

To put it bluntly, everyone wants the opportunity to crack the soil and seal the Mao, and the bigwigs like Zeng Cheng also understand in their hearts that the opportunity is a good opportunity, and this opportunity must be grasped. However, only when Zhu Jinsong can make this opportunity Only on the premise that Emperor Ming was at ease could he get this opportunity.

And to reassure Zhu Jinsong, the Ming emperor, the best solution is to limit the power of the feudal lord, and leave military power and legal power to the Ming emperor to decide.

If not, even if people like himself have discussed the regulations, Zhu Jinsong, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, would not pass it, and would only ask for revisions over and over again until he was satisfied.

Of course, before discussing the so-called statutes for going to sea, the most important thing is to settle the matters that Emperor Zhu and his old man confessed, such as the splitting of various ministries, the splitting of the Duchayuan and Yushitai, and the tabloids in Jiangnan. The problem.

No one is a fool, especially the bigwigs in the court like Zeng Cheng, if you glue them with fur, they will be smarter than monkeys!
After Zeng Cheng and other bigwigs all bowed and responded, Zhu Jinsong tapped on the table again, turning the topic back to Tianzhu and Europa.

(End of this chapter)