Bury the Qing Dynasty

Chapter 570
PS: This chapter is to be revised, do not order it for the time being.

A well-known degenerate literati in Zhongyuan Tangkou once said a famous saying: The bottom line is used to break through a little bit, and the ancestral precepts are also used to violate a little bit.

In order to show the people all over the world that he really values ​​agriculture in order to stabilize the hearts of the people, Lao Zhu shyly stipulated that merchants are not allowed to wear silk clothes, and merchants are not allowed to serve as soldiers, take imperial examinations, or be officials. It's no use for birds.

Lao Zhu did not allow businessmen to be officials, some people would first become officials and then instruct their cronies to do business, or directly collude with those wealthy businessmen.

Lao Zhu banned the sea, and Zhu Laosi monopolized the sea trade in the name of searching for Zhu Yunqi.

Lao Zhu engaged the king of Sai to guard the border, and Zhu Yunqi and Zhu's fourth uncle and nephew successively cut down the vassal.

Old Zhu prohibited eunuchs from intervening in politics, so Zhu Zhanji set up an internal eunuch school and invited a group of great Confucians to teach the young eunuchs in the palace to read and write. '

All in all, except that the ancestral system established by Lao Zhu was in place during the Hongwu period, it was really not implemented in the rest of the time, and it also made the later emperors of the Ming Dynasty timid, and had to follow the court if they wanted to open a sea ban Fight with the merchants in the southeast.

Because time has changed and things have changed, after decades or hundreds of years of development in the Ming Dynasty, the rules set by Lao Zhu no longer meet the social productivity at that time, nor do they meet the needs of the emperor, the court, or even the people.

However, the rules set by Lao Zhu must not be completely negated just because the rules set by Lao Zhu do not meet the later needs, because the rules set by Lao Zhu are absolutely in line with the development of the Hongwu period, and it is precisely because Lao Zhu These rules set down allowed Daming to save a certain amount of family property during the Hongwu period.

Zeng Cheng couldn't help trying to persuade him: "Your Majesty, isn't this a bit too much? If it is aimed at those students who plan to enter the officialdom, it's fine, but those who are admitted to the university and the Imperial College have ambitions in the Royal Academy, the military The students in the government, there is no need for them to follow the farming, right? What's more, the students who make a fuss are a minority after all."

"I know that you have a lot of ways to play new tricks on this regulation, but I don't care, I also have a lot of ways to fight you slowly."

"However, a new rule will be added to the law of the Ming Dynasty, that is, all students admitted to universities and the Imperial College will be randomly assigned to farm in various villages for one year, and all students who are officials will also go to the villages to farm for a year. Year."

Those students who came from merchant families instinctively felt that something was wrong—only merchant tax was collected, which was indeed fair to those peasant households, artisan households, and military households, but was it really fair to merchants?Aren't businessmen also risking their fortunes in business?Isn't the money in the hands of businessmen saved little by little?

Hearing the names Hu Wenhong and Zhang Xijin, Ke Zhiming couldn't help but become a bit weird: "Your Majesty Qizuo, Hu Wenhong and Zhang Xijin... they were drinking and having fun yesterday when Hu Yan, Zhang Yang and other students were crying in the palace, celebrating in advance, I have sent someone to send a telegram to the local guards in Jinyi, and if there are no accidents, they will board the train to Beijing tonight."

And being hated by all the students in the world...

"Or I can tell you this, if you feel that I have treated merchants unfairly and feel wronged, you can choose to join the army, work, or farm. I didn't stop you, and the Ming Law didn't stop you, it's all yours." free."

After glancing coldly at the members of the sentient beings again, Emperor Zhu turned around, and ordered as he walked, "I said before that you didn't mess around with Zhang Xijin's little dog, so the death penalty can be avoided."

Emperor Zhu turned his attention to Ke Zhiming again: "How are those bastards Hu Wenhong and Zhang Xijin doing?"

There is an old saying in the hall of the Central Plains, which is called: Heaven's evils are still forgiven, but self-inflicted evils cannot live.

Just like this time, a lot of brainless idiots dared to run to the Weeping Palace outside the Forbidden City just to be fooled by others. Think about the family behind you.

Even if Emperor Zhu was so frantic and angry that he killed thousands of people, Hu Wenhong and Zhang Xijin still had enough backup.

As we all know, any advanced technology is first applied to the military when it first appears, and then slowly spread to the civilians. Under normal circumstances, the technology in the military field is at least one to two generations ahead of the civilian field.

First of all, the students from all over the Ming Dynasty will make a fuss. This riot is not just a few thousand students, but tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of students. No matter how cruel you are, Emperor Zhu, don’t you Can they directly kill tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of students?

"boom!"

What is joy and sorrow?

What's more, both Hu Wenhong and Zhang Xijin exist as spare tires and abandoned sons - if their plan can be successful, Hu Wenhong and Zhang Xijin will be the great heroes of the Hu family and the Zhang family, and the two will be able to get There will be more benefits; if the plan fails, Hu Wenhong and Zhang Xijin will take the lives of themselves and those clansmen who stayed in Daming as the last bullets shot at Emperor Zhu and the Ming court, and use their lives to give the next plan to pave the way.

The second is that the real core members of the Hu family and Zhang family have left Daming, and have gone to Sand Goose, Europa, Silly Eagle and even West Kunlun separately. Those who stay in Daming are some families that are close but not enough to be called core. Members, even if you Emperor Zhu killed them all at once, the Hu family and the Zhang family still have the capital to make a comeback.

These students are doted on by their parents at home and favored by their gentlemen at school. The imperial court squeezes out various subsidies for them every year in the tight budget. After graduation, the way out is far more difficult than others. Wider and wider, they don't want to live such a good life, they have to toss and cry, but who is to blame?

Don't talk about it, killing tens of thousands of students is not the same as instigating a corruption case of tens of thousands of people. When you Emperor Zhu set off a corruption case of tens of thousands of people, the people of the world will applaud, but you want to kill tens of thousands of people. Student, what do you think the students in the world think of you?

……

Wu Zhi is obviously an official lord, and his wife Pan is obviously an official wife, but just because he offended Shi Naian, what kind of bad reputation has become in the end?

Now Emperor Zhu suddenly brought up the old events of the Hongwu period, and also the old events of Yangzhou Shibajia Lane, and those students who were born in merchant families were suddenly choked speechless.

After finishing speaking, Emperor Zhu left the wasteland with Zeng Cheng and a group of old farmers, while those students who were left to continue to open up the wasteland fell into despair-this time it was completely over!

Let the students farm for a year before entering the university and the Imperial College, not only to let them see in advance what is the real suffering of the people, but also to sharpen their temper, so as to prevent these idiots from making any big troubles. movement.

Emperor Zhu reached out to take the information and looked at it for a few times, but the smile on his face became colder and colder.

Emperor Zhu knew what Zeng Cheng meant - it would be fine to assign these students who were making a fuss to open up wasteland. If those students who didn't follow the noise were also assigned to open up wasteland, wouldn't that be another kind of problem for them? Formally unfair?

Seeing that the students who were born in merchant families were all dissatisfied, Emperor Zhu laughed again and said: "I know that doing business is risky, but I also know that doing business can make money , Those merchants who have made money can live a life far superior to that of ordinary people, and can enjoy the benefits that many ordinary people cannot enjoy in their entire lives."

As Emperor Zhu's words fell, those students who were born in merchant families finally figured out what was wrong—Emperor Zhu looked at problems from a different angle than anyone else!
Emperor Zhu's identity meant that he had to look at issues from the perspective of the whole world, and he had to consider the entire Ming Dynasty, while these students who were born among merchants only had to look at issues from their own perspective. , Whether the so-called fairness of the two sides naturally disagrees.

It's just that no matter how something felt wrong, these students from merchant families didn't dare to mention it in front of Emperor Zhu, because the surrounding farmers in Cui Gezhuang and the soldiers of the imperial guards who were in charge of guarding them looked at them even more. Something is wrong, as if wishing to tear them apart.

In other words, isn't Emperor Zhu's way of playing a bit too much?

The social studies in Ming Dynasty are five-year system, starting at the age of seven, counting the county school and the government school for three years each, when a student completes the government school and is admitted to the university, it happens to be the time, and it is precisely the time when the sky is not afraid, the earth At an age that is not afraid, the students at this time are passionate and impulsive. If the guidance is good, it will be a huge boost. If the guidance is not good, it will easily cause big disturbances.

After returning to the Cuigezhuang Farmers Association, Emperor Zhu directly ordered Zeng Cheng and Cui Baoguo: "Afterwards, Zeng Qing will come out with a charter, and brother Cui must be prepared here, so that we can't delay our own farming time. By the way, we should also teach these students how to farm and let them realize the hardships of farming.”

Therefore, when Hu Yan, Zhang Yang and other sentient beings started at the time originally planned,

Hu Wenhong and Zhang Xijin never thought that they would fail. After all, thousands of students were crying and knocking on the palace together. As long as Emperor Zhu was not mad enough to kill thousands of students in a fit of anger, their plan would not fail. possible.

This is called extreme joy begets sorrow!
Ke Zhiming took out another piece of information from his bosom, and then continued: "In addition, Hu Wenhong and Zhang Xijin were too arrogant to openly hold a celebration banquet in advance in the farmer's association compound of Chenjiazhuangzi. Some of the people in Zhuangzi, but someone from the guards of the Peasant Association ran to the Jinyiwei Hundred Households in Songjiang Mansion overnight to report the crime."

Zhu Yuanzhang is obviously a good emperor, but because he is not liked by scholars, isn't his reputation notorious?
There are also Yongle, Chenghua, Zhengde, Jiajing, Wanli, Tianqi, Chongzhen... which one has a good reputation?
Xu Zhendong looked at the pickaxe in his hand, and then at the students not far away who came from merchant families, finally he couldn't help but let out a long sigh, and then raised the pickaxe again.

The point is that there is no solution to this problem.

Information asymmetry.

The same is true of the telegram.

Regardless of whether we can find a way to break through the regulations that the students of the university, the Imperial College, and the students who want to be officials must farm for one year, but at the moment, the students in the world will put themselves and others because of this unreasonable disaster. I hate it so much!

Since the bigwigs of the Royal Academy tossed out the telegraph, although Emperor Zhu and the Ming court have been laying telegraph lines with all their lives, the real application of the telegraph still prioritizes ensuring the five armies, Jinyiwei, and Dongchang. It is for the imperial court and local governments to use. As for the folks, they have not let it go at all. Although Hu Wenhong and Zhang Xijin knew the existence of the telegram, they were not qualified to use it, and they didn't even know how fast the telegram was.

Emperor Zhu's footsteps paused slightly, and then he left without looking back.

Unfortunately, although Hu Wenhong and Zhang Xijin's plan was good, they ignored a fatal problem.

Emperor Zhu shook his head slightly: "I know that this will cause a certain waste of talents, and it may even scare some students who are interested in universities, Imperial College or Royal Academy. I also know that the students who do not follow the trouble are the big Most, but these students..."

As Emperor Zhu said, if you students from merchant families feel that it is unfair, then you can give up doing business. Anyway, there are [-] million people in Ming Dynasty, there will always be people who are willing to do business, and the imperial court still collects business taxes.

Emperor Zhu cast a cold glance at the students who were born in merchant families, and asked, "You think merchants are also one of the people in the world, and you think it's unfair to merchants that I only collect taxes from merchants but not farmers? But have you ever thought about the fact that the merchants have the least number of people but control the vast majority of the wealth, is this fair to the farmers, artisans, and military households with the largest number?"

When Emperor Zhu imprisoned all the scholars who were weeping and knocking on the palace in the tents outside Chengtian Gate,

That's why Hu Wenhong and Zhang Xijin boldly held a celebration banquet at the agreed time.

Seeing that there was a problem, the beheading officer hurriedly reported it layer by layer, and finally arrived at Zhu Yuanzhang's place. Zhu Yuanzhang was also unambiguous, summoned Lao Wang directly, and asked face to face: "Why did you kill someone?"

After Zhu Yuanzhang finished listening, he nodded and said, "It's a good thing to kill an unjust person and save an innocent person!"
Seeing that there was a problem, the beheading officer hurriedly reported it layer by layer, and finally arrived at Zhu Yuanzhang's place. Zhu Yuanzhang was also unambiguous, summoned Lao Wang directly, and asked face to face: "Why did you kill someone?"

After Zhu Yuanzhang finished listening, he nodded and said, "It's a good thing to kill an unjust person and save an innocent person!"
(End of this chapter)