Chapter 437: Decisive Battle in the Forbidden City III
"What the Lords here talk about every day is benevolence, righteousness, morality, and education, but in my opinion, it is simply empty talk."
Hao Fenglou paused and continued, "Since Lord Fang has talked about personal interests just now, I will say the truth. Who has no personal interests except sages? The above officials, gentry, and people have their own interests. Of course, my Hao family also has it. The Hao family was granted the title of Luzhou, the sea defense, and the Jiaozhi, and of course there will be personal interests. When the Jiaozhi chaos occurs, the Hao family's fiefdom will also be affected. The Hao family's personal interests are shared with Jiaozhi. If Jiaozhi is in peace, the Hao family will be settled and the Jiaozhi chaos will be gone today."
"What's wrong with having selfish interests? I wonder if Lord Fang, why should Lord Fang argue with me about the matter? Could Lord Fang be the one who is a dog who takes a rat and meddles with other people's business?"
Fang Min couldn't help but say, "I am the official of the court, so this is natural."
Hao Fenglou couldn't help but smile and said, "That's it. You are the official of the court and you are given the salary of the court. It is because you have public funds to support you, so it is natural. So I wonder if Lord Fang is selfish. If the court does not support you, do you think this is not natural? You have public funds to support you, so you can expose other people's selfish desires, but don't forget, if you don't have selfish desires, what do you do to be a official? Being an official will naturally have the benefits of being an official. It is precisely because of this benefit that everyone is rushing to be a gold list to be named. It is obvious that Lord Fang has selfish desires, and the public in the court also have their own selfish desires, but why can't Lord Fang tolerate others having selfish desires?"
Fang Min was speechless. In fact, he wanted to shout openly. I only have public intentions and no selfishness. But then I thought, the commander of the Jinyiwei, Tongzhi, was standing in front of me. If a person like this wants to touch his background, he will be very light after all. If he speaks too much, wouldn’t he dig a hole and bury himself?
Fang Min was a little hesitant for a moment and didn't know how to argue.
But Hao Fenglou no longer gave him a chance. Hao Fenglou said sternly: "So, if you want to solve the Jiaozhi problem, you must start from your own interests, otherwise everything will be empty talk. If Lord Fang wants to talk about your principles, you can go to other places. This is Fengtian Palace, not a place to do beautiful articles."
"Although Mr. Hao is a martial artist. At least he is more familiar with the details of Jiaozhi than everyone is more familiar with, so I will start with this personal gain. Most of the officials sent to Jiaozhi have a slim future, and Jiaozhi is far away from the court, which leads to the government affairs of every prefecture and county being almost controlled by this chief official. The rest of the people can do anything about it. Originally, there were still gentry constraints in other places, but Jiaozhi was different, and Jiaozhi did not have gentry. Why? Because my gentry in Ming Dynasty often needed
If you want fame and fortune, you will be nothing. When you go to the county government, you will have to bow like a grass-roots person. Even if you suffer a loss, you will have no place to sue. The gentry in the past suddenly became a wealthy family, and in the eyes of the county magistrate, they naturally became lambs to be slaughtered. Therefore, officials and gentry can do whatever they want, but they cannot seek fame and fortune and are slaughtered. They will inevitably miss the previous dynasty, miss the Chen family and the Hu family. The officials and gentry are disloyal and the people cannot bear the suffering. If this is not chaotic, what is the law of heaven?"
"So the resigned officials can work in other places, but it won't work in Jiaozhi. Since it doesn't work, why do you have to place resigned? Could it be that in this world, a resigned official can solve everything?"
Hao Fenglou bowed to Zhu Di in the Golden Hall and said, "I think that if the official is not feasible, then I will set up chieftains to benefit the gentry in Jiaozhi. From then on, they will be willing to surrender and let them take over the people under the rule of the court. The court dispatched troops and horses, set up inspectors and supervised the chieftains, and so on..."
"The coastal defense weather is a bad word."
At this time, someone finally couldn't hold back, and it was Jin Youzi who stood up.
Hao Fenglou was so polite that if he asked him to continue saying this, Jin Youzi's understanding of the emperor would be so angry that he really wanted to be grateful.
So at this time, Jin Youzi looked at Jie Jin first, and saw Jie Jin nodding slightly at him, so he had some confidence and stood up and sneered: "You always say that the system of resignation is not good, so I will ask you, how about the chieftain system? Will the people under the rule of the chieftain become a country in the country? The court worked hard to take Jiaozhi, was it just that those Jiaozhi natives? Besides, you said that the resignation oppressed the people, so I asked you, are those chieftains not going to exploit them in the future? You exaggerate the disadvantages of resignation, why don't you talk about the harm of the chieftain? If the court lets the chieftain manage Jiaozhi, this is the real harm to the country and the people!"
Jin Youzi couldn't help but speak, and walked out step by step, looking calm, but every word was aggressive and he was not at all polite.
Hao Fenglou glanced at him, couldn't help but smile, and said, "Is this a fact that the chieftain caused trouble? What harm does the chieftain have? At least it hasn't caused trouble yet!"
Jin Youzi also smiled and said, "The Li dynasty has been in operation for many years and there will be chaos, but it will also be of great benefit to the court. On the contrary, the system of chieftains is really ridiculous..."
Hao Fenglou narrowed his eyes, but said, "If it is ridiculous, what should the gentry of Jiaozhi do? If they are dissatisfied and do not appease them, if they are resentful, they will have to cause trouble for Jiaozhi."
The problem with Jin Youzi is indeed a bit tricky. You can neither set up chieftains, but the problem of resigning officials is also very prominent. Moreover, Hao Fenglou has cut off the path of resigning officials. As long as Jin Youzi dares to say that resigning officials is no problem, Hao Fenglou must bet. Just like before, if there is a chaos in resigning resigning officials, Jin Youzi will bear the consequences.
Of course, Jin Youzi was unwilling to bear the consequences. He was not a fool, and of course he would not be fooled by Hao Fenglou.
He pondered for a moment, and finally gritted his teeth and said, "It is better to regain Zhou rituals and implement the well-field system!"
This statement made many people's eyes lit up.
Zhou Li is really a bit empty, invisible or touched, and everyone has their own understanding. However, everyone knows the well-field system.
It is nothing more than filling all the land with public ownership, and then turning part of the land into official land, and all the rest of the land is distributed to the people. The people must first cultivate official land, and then go back to take care of their own land. The income from the official land is equivalent to the court, and the income from private land is itself.
This system was implemented in the Zhou Dynasty for quite some time, and in a sense, it was much better than the previous serfdom.
Now, Jin Youzi raised the well-field system and the problem arises.
Confiscation of land is not fun. Where does this land come from? In Jiaozhi, most of the land is in the hands of wealthy families and gentry, which is almost equivalent to being robbed openly. In other words, the so-called well-field system is to eliminate this group of wealthy families and gentry and use coercive means to seize their land.
In fact, this system is relatively fair, and it is a good choice for both the court and the people in Jiaozhi.
But the problem is that no matter how dazzling or exciting any system is, it will face some problems. How to implement it? How to implement it? What to rely on to implement it? If it cannot be implemented, no matter how beautiful it is, what is the significance? It may even have negative effects.
But for most scholars, this week's ritual and the Ice Field System are simply dreamy existences. Now Jin Youzi blurted out and immediately caused many people to nod in secret.
Since the gentry and the tyrants in Jiaozhi were disobedient and the court had nothing to do with them, then simply eliminate them. In the court, no one spoke for them, destroyed them, and completely deprived them of their land. For the court, there would be no harm.
Anyway, everyone has nothing to do with the people in Jiaozhi. If they wanted to build a well-field system in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, countless officials in Jiangsu and Zhejiang would have to jump out and fight to the death. However, Jiaozhi is different. After all, there is no connection there, and it will not harm your own interests anyway. It can also fulfill your yearning for the restoration of the Zhou rituals and the Well-field system in the books of sages.
Not to mention them, even Zhu Di could not help but be moved.
He was a ruler. As a ruler, of course he would only consider the advantages of himself. To put it bluntly, the root causes of the Jiaozhi rebellion were two. One was that the gentry did not get any benefits, so he incited the chaos behind him. He used this as a bargaining chip to make the court concessions, and even drove the Ming Dynasty out of Jiaozhi. On the other hand, the people were overwhelmed and the officials forced the people to rebel.
Therefore, to solve the Jiaozhi problem, we must start from these two aspects. The system of liberated officials is indeed not suitable for Jiaozhi. Hao Fenglou's method is to buy these gentry and let them govern the riots for the court. After all, these people are entrenched in Jiaozhi and have a deep root. After all, they are much better than liberated officials.
But now, the well-field system is another export. It takes the method of depriving these gentry of land to buy the people of Jiaozhi, and the government can also take advantage of this. In a sense, the people are all given private land and the government has obtained public land, which is very happy.
The only trouble is, once the imperial court's order continues, are these gentry willing? It involves the fundamental interests of others, and these people are afraid that they will never surrender.
unless……
A trace of murderous intent flashed through Zhu Di's eyes.
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Chapter 2: Delivery to my grandmother’s house. People are typing in the Internet cafe, which is so deceptive. Elementary school students who have no money to surf the Internet are watching everywhere. My brother typed on the keyboard and a group of people watched. Students, you must give me some monthly tickets to suppress the tiger. By the way, if everyone has shortage of books, I would recommend a book to you: "The Peerless Mad Young Master"
Chapter completed!