Xinshun 1730

Chapter 1069 Afterimage of the Evil Dragon ([-])

The many roots of this actually show that the system of the former Ming Dynasty was successful and tenacious for a dynasty.

It's just that it is too successful, its vitality is too tenacious, and when the development of the times brings various problems, it is difficult to solve them.

Those who finally jumped out of the mold tossed around and found that the eggs were useless. In the end, after reflection, the entire scholar-official class was completely reactionary.

If an idealized filter was added, what would the system of idealized glasses in the early Ming Dynasty look like?

If we only look at the bottom, in fact, ideally, we are trying to develop rural self-government, with scholars and others as village sages, to educate the people, to value the village contract, and to curb the gentry.

After the Taizhou School went round and round, with the death of Li Zhi, the remaining people quickly returned to the state of nostalgia for the previous system.

This attempt to religiousize Confucianism by mixing mysticism revolves around "rural self-control, emphasizing rural conventions, and educating the common people."That is to say, "everyone is safe in physiology and does nothing wrong", following the example of "Six Encyclicals" and being more down-to-earth.

If we only look at the rural self-government itself, we often have an illusion, as if this thing is very good, and many things will not be outdated in the future.

Just take a look at a few local township treaties, they are all beautiful.

For example, in marriage, the township covenant states: “Where married couples love each other well, and their children match, this is a century-old fate. The betrothal ceremony does not need to be thicker or thinner, and it should be done according to one’s ability. Those who demand it are definitely hateful.Men can be stingy and vulgar if they can do it, which is especially bad.If you get married in the prime of life, or later one is poor and the other is rich, and the man’s family is poor and the woman’s family is too much, then you can prepare your own clothes to pay off the debts of the children. If the two families are unable to get married, their closest relatives and friends should help. It's also kind and kind to never complain about a woman's Kuang husband.

The meaning is very clear, anti-betrothal gift, anti-dowry, the most important thing is fate, don't care about the thickness of the betrothal gift, just do what you can.

Another example is a banquet, the township promises: In the past, the banquet was simple and simple, but the table was filled with extravagant cups and plates, which is extremely disgusting. From now on, there will be a table for two people in every meeting, and there will be a table for four people. Four dishes and five dishes.Don't limit yourself to vegetables. If there are guests staying with you, just sit out of the house and see someone who has a dish and a fish. You don't think it's too thin. Raise a glass to each other. It's useless to have a big glass. The so-called guests can come, the host can also do it, and the meeting can be Often follow, but the vulgar is not obscene.

The meaning is also very clear, anti-luxury, anti-waste.A table for four people, five dishes; for a small gathering, two people will have one dish and one fish, and drink from small cups.

There are also such things as not taking too many gifts when visiting relatives, respecting the address when meeting, respecting the elderly, and maintaining harmony in the family...

Basically, it all revolves around this set of things.

It all looks beautiful.

But the reality is that the real issue is not discussed at all, "the people in Wuzhong, there are eleven people with land, and nineteen people without land", avoiding economic issues, avoiding ownership issues, and talking about a bunch of eternal moral justice, etiquette and customs.

This degree of fantasy is comparable to September 2000th in the capital of the Japanese Empire. The common people paid their taxes until [-] in the Western calendar, and then tried to solve the problem with the New Life Movement and the construction of rural self-government.

It should be, consistently, in the same vein.

Township covenants, township sages, villages, and township governance, through the "Six Encyclicals" and subsequent variants of the Six Encyclicals, try to maintain the stability of the countryside, educate the people, and ultimately become sages within and kings without.

Therefore, Liu Yu didn't care about these people.

They are Dashun imperial power's favorite grassroots stability maintainers, and they can't make trouble.

If you expect them to organize the people, divide the land equally, and resist violently, it is better to believe that there is a heaven after death.

The protagonists of the turmoil in the Jiangnan area were either slaves or miners like slaves from the previous dynasty, or urban handicraftsmen.

The former is to smash everything with nothing; the latter is to organize life like an army with a little incitement.

He has divided and disintegrated the interior of Yando.

On a larger level, the pretense of "fairness" ticket law reform has divided and disintegrated large salt merchants, small salt merchants, and transport sellers.

These local prominent families were worried that this incident would trigger riots among the poor, or that the problem of salt households would trigger resistance from landless people or tenant farmers.

Their mentality is still easy to grasp.

I was worried that Liu Yu's methods would be too rough, and when the time came, he would directly pronounce the sentence, and the contract would be valid for the grass that was acquired from Yanhu in the hands of merchants, gentry, and rich families.

Then Shioto revolted, which was almost inevitable because it was a deprivation of nothing.Yanhu's rebellion eventually triggered the resistance and riots of the landless and landless people in the countryside, eager to equalize the land and equalize the grass, then it will be troublesome.

But if they are asked to give up the grassland and distribute it to salt households, then they will definitely not agree.

That's why I kept reminding Liu Yu to call the army over.

Once the seed is wrong, press it immediately, and extinguish the flame before the flame is boiled.

And they are actually very afraid of organizing the people, especially if things get bigger and bigger, and more and more people will participate.

Regarding the fight that took place in the county town before, these wealthy gentry were in a stable mood.

This kind of thing has been seen a lot, in fact, it is similar to party disputes, and it is all within the controllable range. It is those professional hooligans who really decide the outcome.

But now, things are procrastinating and making troubles, and more and more people are involved. I'm afraid that in the end it will no longer be under the control of political hooligans.

They are not at all afraid of those who "talk about the interests of the common people". Whether it is the siege of Xu's mansion in the previous dynasty, or Dong Qichang's home raid by the common people, to put it bluntly, they are all playing games among the officials and lords to take the name of the common people.

If the game is too big, the imperial power will feel threatened, so they will find someone to go out to take the blame and take the matter down;

What they are really afraid of is that the troubles will get bigger and bigger, and the people will really think about their own interests, and whether the people who are "competing with the people" in the mouth of the scholar gentry are really themselves.

Regarding this kind of reminder, how could Liu Yu not know what they mean?
In order to reassure these gentry, Liu Yu was perfunctory, saying that he knew it well.

Then he said: "The use of waste salt to reclaim wasteland benefits the country above and the people below. How can it benefit the common people because of personal misfortune and reputation?"

"As for how to deal with the problem of salt households, that is another matter. The problem of grass dumping is not the same as the problem of waste salt reclamation. No matter who owns the grass dumping, it must be cultivated."

"There is no doubt about this, as long as you understand this matter in your heart, you can decide the rest by yourself."

The so-called letting them think for themselves is actually a reminder to these gentry who are related to Caodang but have little to do with Yanyin: Those salt merchants are not the same as you, and the conflict between me and them is irreconcilable, and I will kill them; Unlike you, we can discuss it. I am not the kind of upright official who treats the common people.

At the same time, it is also dividing and provoking the relationship between these gentry and salt merchants: as long as the salt merchants keep Huainan and continue to produce salt, they have a way to control Yanyin, so they may abandon their cars to protect the handsome, shouting slogans for the interests of Baixin, and support The grass yards are equally distributed to the salt households; the grass yards in your hands are likely to become something for them to abandon their cars to keep them handsome.

Because, things have come to this point, and it is impossible to keep it the same.

Either go backwards; or go forward.

Between retrogression and advancement, these gentry, as "grass and false landlords", need to understand which side they should stand on.

"The army in my hand is to guarantee the use of salt to reclaim wasteland, not to fight these grassland lawsuits. Grassland lawsuits, that's your business; hindering land reclamation, that's what the army wants to suppress. I'm clear enough Yet?"

These murderous words made the gentry chill for a while, and they said repeatedly: "I understand, I understand."

When he was about to talk to Liu Yu again, there was a burst of drumming noise from behind, which came from the Confucian temple next to him.

The Fan Wenzheng Gong Temple in the county is just behind the Confucian Temple.After leaving the back door of the Confucian Temple, the Fan Wenzheng Ancestral Hall was right in front of him. Hearing the drum noise from the Confucian Temple, Liu Yu frowned and stepped into the Confucian Temple.

In the Confucian temple, 45 students and scholars clamored in unison.Seeing Liu Yu coming, he stopped clamoring. After all, Liu Yu was no ordinary Qiu Ba, but a member of the court, and these students could still tell the difference.

"Duke, I'm risking my life to scare you, and I'm complaining about my grievances. A few days ago, a local student in Japan, pleading for the people, was injured by a gangster hired by a wealthy businessman. Now he is seriously ill in bed, bleeding in his urine, and the wounded person is nowhere to be seen. "

"Foreignty is light but righteousness is important, and body is light but fame is important. He originally had a heart of compassion and awe-inspiring spirit, and he ran for the benefit of the small people in Yanhu."

"Now he has been given the notoriety of 'malicious incitement' and 'hired by others'. I will risk my life and ask the Duke to rectify his name!"

Liu Yu looked back at the Confucian priests of the past dynasties, starting from the Duke of Zhou, and shook his head at these students.

"If there is no money for medical treatment, I can give some."

"If I want to rectify my name... how can I rectify it?"

"The pen is in your hands, you can write whatever you want."

"The county has never made a decision on this matter, and the court is even more uncertain. It's just some gossip."

"They said that you were maliciously instigated and hired by others. Wouldn't you say that you were pleading for the people and out of righteous indignation?"

"From the county to the court, there is no definitive statement on this matter. How can you let me set things right?"

All the students hurriedly said, "The Duke of the state doesn't know something."

"The people are stupid, and the people have little wisdom. After the fight that day, those people controlled the market and turned black and white. The ignorant people thought it was our fault, and most of them thought it was malicious incitement with money."

"He was originally a child at heart, but now he has ended up like this. That's why we risked our lives to ask the Duke to rectify his name."

Liu Yu snorted and said with a smile: "People's hearts are in the belly, how can I know if he is innocent? You are locals, so you can explain it clearly to the people. Justice comes from people's hearts."

"Besides, as students, you have the responsibility to educate the people. The preferential treatment you receive from the court is for nothing? How do you educate them in ordinary times? How do you educate the people so that they are dull and less intelligent?"

(End of this chapter)