Qianlong: Qing Dynasty?What about my Daqing?

Chapter 318 The official has nothing to do
One petition. No, two petition events.

Ended with a massive brawl, er, maybe a one-sided beating.

The arrogance and righteousness of the scholars are useless in the face of the iron fist of the working class.

In the end, it was Zhongdu's patrol department that dispatched a large number of patrols and arrested a group of people before the incident calmed down.

The workers caught a lot, but the scholars also caught a lot.

But behind the workers are big bosses, and lawyers with college degrees are the bailiffs, and they come out after paying the bail money.

Where did the poor scholars have this money, they were imprisoned for several days, and finally they were released from prison under the operation of some great Confucians.

It can be said that this time the struggle.

New school wins big.

The strength of character of the scholars was not reflected, and the methods of the new students also won the emperor's appreciation.

"Everyone, I have read the petitions of Confucian scholars and Xinxue scholars. The reason why I, Ming Dynasty, was able to drive out the Tartars again and restore China was not due to Confucianism, but advanced weapons. Relying on factories all over the place! Without these, how could we, Ming Dynasty, completely defeat the Qing court in just four years?"

"Forbid Western learning, stop the New Deal, how is this feasible? Does it mean that we don't want the countries of Southeast Asia, the lands of the extreme north (Eastern and Western Leah), the Indian vassals, and Australia, and live behind closed doors, waiting for Europa in the future? People come to open the gate of the Ming Dynasty with strong ships and guns, just like I opened the gate of the Qing court?"

Inside the Qinzheng Hall.

Emperor Zhu sat on the throne, talking eloquently.

There was neither sadness nor joy on his face.

But all the ministers knew the tendency of Emperor Zhu.

They actually do.

If we follow the method in the petition of Wu Xinzhong and his group.

Then wait for the country to perish!
There is no need to wait for Westerners to fight.

Now the vassal states of Ming Dynasty.

If the Ming Dynasty returns to the state of the Qing Dynasty before.

I'm afraid I won't be able to hold back

It may even not only be unable to suppress, but also be beaten.
In the past, Emperor Zhu had tens of thousands of soldiers, and he was able to cross the south of the Yangtze River.

It's like the strong feudal clan under Daming's command now.

Japan has 10,000+ new troops.

The Indian princes also have nearly [-] capable soldiers and horses.

It can be said.

If Daming is weak.

Don't use the Europas.

These feudal states should be ready to move - loyalty is never without reason.

If Ming becomes as weak as Qing.

How could the princes of Japan and India have no ambitions?
Officials of Ming Dynasty are easy to get.

But there are not many pedantic people among the big officials who are really in power.

Even a Confucian official should pay more or less attention to economical use.

And now there are too many officials in Ming Dynasty.

The number has exceeded 25.

It is five times as much as in the Qing Dynasty.

And the pay is quite generous.

If it weren't for the fiscal revenue brought by opening factories and developing commerce and trade, how could the court afford so many officials?

and so.

These 25 Ming officials.

They are all beneficiaries of the New Deal.

This also means.

In fact, the vast majority of the gentry and landlord class did not suffer from the benefits of the New Deal, although they had to pay land taxes.

But it is easier for them to become officials and gain political power than before.

This time and again.

Whether it is a loss or a gain, everyone has a steelyard in their hearts.

Although most of the scholar-bureaucrats are not interested in the new learning, they are not willing to give up the benefits brought to them by the new learning and the New Deal.

This is really quite contradictory.

In general.

The benefits obtained by the scholar-bureaucrat class are still real things.

Their aversion to new learning is out of emotion.

Back then, the scholar-bureaucrats in Jiangnan didn't want to shave their heads.

compared to new learning.

Shaved the tail of a money mouse is more disgusting, right?
But it's not itchy scalp?

Why?

Because Manqing put on a posture that as long as you surrender to me, you will not move your wealth, and you can also exploit and bully the bottom of the Han people with you.

This made those literati and bureaucrats in the late Ming Dynasty who seemed to have more backbone than the current scholar-bureaucrats compromise.

Now Emperor Zhu has not confiscated their land, forced them to shave their heads, refused them to serve as officials in the Ming Dynasty, and completely banned the teachings of Confucius and Mencius.

Then these literati and bureaucrats, why bother to fight against Emperor Zhu in order to avoid most of the land tax by using a little trick?

They don't like new learning.

But the benefits of new learning are real.

Who would give up real benefits for a little bit of personal emotion?
Such people cannot be taught in the sage books of the sages of Confucius and Mencius.

therefore.

Emperor Zhu will break through step by step and challenge the bottom line of tolerance of these Confucian scholars and bureaucrats for the New Deal.

This step-by-step sausage-cutting method really made it difficult for the scholar-official class who were not monolithic.

Someone will always be an official of Ming Dynasty.

There are always people who are reluctant to part with the real benefits.

"Your Majesty, I think that although the petitions of Wu Xinzhong, Du Ruchong and others are biased, their intentions are still good. They are for the sake of the country and the court. Therefore, it is not appropriate to expand this matter. It is best not to pursue it. .”

The first person to speak was Prime Minister Luo Fangbo.

In fact, his prime minister is already a bit out of control.

Because the number of officials in Hunan and Liangjiang is increasing.

Luo Fangbo and Gu Song, two Guangdong officials, have begun to become more and more unfavorable to the balance of the court.

Between Luo Fangbo and Gu Song, it is natural that Luo Fangbo, the head of the country, is more vulnerable to attack.

This time he came forward to protect the six gentlemen, in fact, it was not a compromise.

These six gentlemen are petitioning for the Mingjiao. If Emperor Zhu takes them under the knife, he will probably bear the infamy of being closed-mouthed.

In the future, I am afraid that no one will come to petition.

"I also feel that these scholars have good intentions, the emperor might as well recruit them into the court as officials!" 'Peng Jun suggested.

Emperor Zhu shook his head.

He knew what Peng Jun and others were thinking.

Giving these scholar leaders an official role, on the one hand, it will appear that the court and the emperor are magnanimous, and on the other hand, it will save them from yelling in the newspapers every day.

"Recruit? I won't recruit, I won't do it for Wu Xinzhong and other officials!"

Emperor Zhu said.

"They all want to be officials, but I don't want them to be officials. If they want to be officials, they can go on the right path. They can take Sichuan scholars to ask for the imperial examination. If they pass the exam, they will naturally have official."

The court fell silent.

Everyone sympathized with what happened to the scholars this time.

But
But this time, the performance of the young scholars was too shameful
It's okay to be beaten until you cry and call your mother, and all of them ran away.

How can this convince the emperor that his court can rely on these spineless scholars?

The Confucian scholars in the Manchu Dynasty stopped talking.

They all know.

The emperor just wanted to give those six gentlemen a little bit of trouble.

But I don't want to bear the reputation of being a faint king, a tyrant, and a broken word.

Just then.

Dagong Lin, Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, broke the silence.

"Your Majesty, there is news from the west that the Russian crown prince has led troops into Moscow. Now, maybe he has succeeded."

(End of this chapter)