"Your Majesty, something happened."
Wang Wu came in a hurry, his face turned pale, and he suppressed his panic and bowed his hands.
"Inside the Pass?"
Li Xiu raised his eyebrows and asked.
"Your Majesty, news came from the palace. Since the news of reform came out, the court and the people were in full swing, and the ministers impeached advice one after another. This time, the memorials sent by the court were several times more than before!"
Wang Wu was panicked, but Li Xiu's expression was not fluctuating at all.
The so-called "those who win the hearts of the people will win the world" is just a false romance.
In fact, it has never been that those who win the hearts of the people will win the world, but those who win the strength of the people will win the world!
Throughout the dynasties, the emperors and gentry and landlords shared the world, thus ruling the people of the world, and winning the people of the world under a rigorous ruling institution!
As for the people's hearts...
In fact, it doesn't matter!
Under a rigorous ruling institution, no matter which era, the people at the bottom will always be the targets of suppression and exploitation!
Only by exploiting the people, squeezing the people, and allowing the people to be in the stage of seeking food forever can the dynasty have a solid foundation.
As for the people, the lower limit is always the lowest. Even if they really can't survive, they are only a few who dare to be in trouble.
Even in the late dynasty, in the turmoil, the people at the bottom of the class will always be just ants and cannon fodders that are not worth mentioning in the eyes of ambitious people.
After thousands of years of history, only Liu Bang and Zhu Yuanzhang have truly changed their fate from the bottom ants against the will of heaven.
At the other time, even if the people's hearts are in turmoil and without effective organization, they will only be exploited by another organized ambitionist.
Any dynasty is a monarch, aristocratic family, or the current landlords and gentry rule the world, exploiting the people's power, and thus governing the world.
To be precise, what an emperor wants to rule the world is the hearts of scholars and officials, and the hearts of local tyrants who appear without going to the countryside!
These people are the foundation for the rule of the dynasty.
His reform this time was aimed at the gentry and landlord who had begun to praise the world and wanted to rule the world with him, the emperor.
What will be the result be obvious.
This is also an important reason why he has been reluctant to return to Beijing.
He was unwilling to rule the world with today's gentry and landlords, nor did he have to completely eliminate exploitation and corruption. These are obviously impossible.
The most important reason why he slashed himself without hesitation when the country's destiny was just stable was that he did not want Daheng to re-take the old paths of all dynasties!
Otherwise, the north will suffer a long war and its population will drop sharply. In addition, the previous tumor of the Ming Dynasty's royal family will be cut off, so there will not be too much extra land!
Nowadays, Jiangnan is also in chaos for a long time. After it is pacified, the population will inevitably decline sharply, land is vacant, and land annexation will be suspended.
In this way, he only needed to stabilize the internal situation and then pacify foreign enemies in accordance with the past dynasties. Daheng naturally created a prosperous era and had the foundation for the inheritance of national destiny for hundreds of years.
But if that's the only way, what's the point of his coming to this world?
It just made another Han dynasty in history, making the Qing Dynasty completely become history, that’s all!
There has been no change in this country and this nation.
And in this era, outside of the Celestial Kingdom, is a surging world!
A bloody jungle where one step behind, one step behind, and one step behind will be beaten, and a bloody jungle that will destroy the country and the race will be destroyed!
The country of the Celestial Empire will also completely fall into the abyss.
In this era dominated by Confucian culture, science that has already flourished is unlikely to develop completely in this society where Confucian culture dominates and regards others as lowly.
As the emperor, he naturally knew the importance of Confucian culture to rule, and naturally he would not completely veto Confucian culture just because of one-sidedness. After all, completely vetoing Confucian culture that has been passed down for thousands of years means that it will cause fatal damage to the culture of Chinese civilization for thousands of years, which is obviously contrary to his persistence in the purpose.
What he wanted to do was to bury the old crumbs, transform Confucian culture again, preserve the essence of Confucianism belonging to Chinese civilization, and at the same time reverse the situation of Confucianism overwhelming everything, allowing many modern disciplines to be fully rooted in this land and even flourish.
Only in this way can we avoid the endless humiliation of absolute backwardness in history!
He is not a Tartar and does not need to suppress the Han people by suppressing the development of science and technology.
He also did not think that the emperor had to maintain absolutely sacredness. The essence of rights was never to be kept by putting himself on a sacred cloak.
The ancients have already explained that those with strong soldiers and strong horses are the emperor.
Similarly, Daheng’s legal principles and great righteousness are not something that can be brought by God.
It is a perfect ruling institution. Over time, the changes in people's hearts have been subtly transformed, which has formed the true legal principles.
Of course, no matter how much he does, Daheng will never escape the ending of destruction. It is nothing more than the length and shortness of the duration.
But the meat can be rotten in the pot, but it is stolen by outsiders, so he doesn't want it.
Moreover, the old order was deeply rooted, land annexation, collusion between officials and businessmen, oppressing and exploiting countless people on this land.
He came to this era, dyed countless blood and walked to this day, and he also needed to give these people a way out!
Even though it will only last for hundreds of years of national destiny, the foundation he left behind can be enough to prevent the nation from repeating humiliation.
Only by completely breaking the old order and tearing the old hearts of the people, people will get used to the new order dominated by him.
And this order may still have many flaws, but at least, he has no guilt for his heart and his identity as a future generation.
In this process, many people are destined to die, and they are destined to be like slaughtering the Jurchens. Sin is in the present and in the world.
Even if people are enlightened, most people are still ignorant. They never look at the essence through things, and they only simply believe in the facts they think they see.
He has become the thief who has never been easy to usurpate the country, and he may be the best tyrant in the ages!
"Didn't you take the memorial?"
After a long time of thoughts, Li Xiu spoke slowly.
"I've been staying outside the hall."
Wang Wu immediately spoke out.
"Send it here, you can leave."
Li Xiu waved his hand, took a step away, and walked alone towards the side hall.
This is how a later generation is in this era.
He had too many things he wanted to change, but no one could understand most of the things, even the generals under his command.
Under the limitations of the times, when Daheng is now invincible in the world, naturally no one can know or understand the countless worries that exist in his soul that came from later generations.
It is impossible for him to tell others that if he does not change his current situation, he will be very likely to be humiliated in the future. This is obviously impossible.
What he can do is to use power to suppress people's hearts, transform order, guide the world, and walk in his direction.
Just like this sea ban, as long as he releases the sea ban and then cleans up the dirty things in the sea brigade, under the influence of the policy, there will naturally be people going abroad and trampling on the ocean. After someone obtains profits and wealth at sea, it will naturally attract countless people to rush in, and the powerful and wealthy under his command will naturally touch it.
Then, naturally, the navy needs to go to sea and a powerful navy to protect national interests. Everything, naturally, is natural.
Therefore, everything needs to be changed and guided. Otherwise, it is like the sea ban. If it was to avoid Japanese pirates at the beginning, then who would have insisted on the sea ban policy later?
Those who insist on the ban on the sea have never been people who know nothing about the ocean, but who know too much about the ocean, know very deeply, and have a wealthy family. They want to eat alone!
Strictly implement the maritime ban. Any proposal to relax or even release the maritime ban will be frantically counterattacked by them. They want to use policies to prohibit anyone from entering the market, so they can enjoy the wealth of the ocean at will.
And this kind of borer and this kind of chaff are all over the world!
Such a world is obviously and unrealistic to expect to change subtly. If you don’t cut the mess quickly, even the martial arts that he has finally forged will inevitably be eroded and corrupted...
"His Majesty."
Wang Wu tiptoed to bring a team of eunuchs to write a book and spoke respectfully.
"Put it on the table."
Li Xiu waved his hand, and when the eunuchs retreated, Li Xiu looked at the mountain of memorials piled up on the table, his eyes flashed, he stepped forward, picked up one, and glanced a few times, and became familiar with the content of the memorials.
As expected, he advised and opposed the reform strategy and threw it on the ground. Li Xiu picked up another book, and then another book was written down.
One volume after another was read from Li Xiu, but in the end, he couldn't escape the ending of being left on the ground.
Li Xiu's expression became colder and colder during the reading of this memo.
These memorials are either opposing reforms or impeaching Liu Qiyuan, the Minister of Revenue, almost without exception.
"Tell me, what's going on in the government and the country now?"
I don’t know how long it took, but the emperor suddenly spoke as the memorial was scattered.
In the hall, at some point, an Jinyiwei stood respectfully beside the emperor.
"Report to Your Majesty, since the news of the reform has spread, the government and the country have been in full swing, and many officials have directly blocked the cabinet and scolded and scolded. Now the court is in chaos and almost out of control."
"There are also many officials from all provinces, prefectures and counties who have submitted advice..."
“And…and…”
Halfway through the words, the Jinyiwei suddenly felt a little afraid to say it.
"And what, say!"
The emperor scolded!
"And since the news of the reform came out, a large number of officials have resigned one after another. Judging from their movements, most of them have sold their property and moved their families to Jiangnan. Moreover, many gentry and landlords in various places have done this, selling their property and moving their families..."
"The Jinyiwei also captured many spies sent by the fake Ming Dynasty to spread rumors and inspire people, and many officials were talking to the fake Ming Dynasty..."
"OK!"
The emperor's face was as cold as frost, and the Jinyiwei's body trembled, and he fell to the ground with a thump.
It took a long time for the emperor to suppress his anger: "If they want to leave, let them go!"
"Don't stop anyone! Let them go!"
"Subordinates obey the order!"
The Jinyiwei hurriedly retreated.
The emperor stood alone in the hall, staring at the memorials all over the ground, and he knew that this was just the beginning.
No one will be indifferent to the interests involved.
What's more, it's personal interests, which coincide with class interests!
This time, he is the real enemy of the world!
Chapter completed!