Father can be an enemy country

Chapter 558 Father is so fond of Niu Boyi
"There are two main difficulties, no harmony and lack of manpower." Zhu Zhen replied in a deep voice:
"Let's talk about the former first. It is said that the right weather is not as good as the right place, and the right place is not as good as the harmony of people. But when we promote the New Deal in various provinces, we will definitely encounter a situation where the government does not cooperate, the gentry are very resistant, and ordinary people do not understand. There is no harmony at all. .”

"Hmm..." Zhu Yuanzhang let out a foul breath. Although he didn't want to admit it, it was a fact. "These civil servants have written letters all day long to impeach your two brothers, slandering you for perverse actions in Jiangxi, and the sky is angry. It can be seen that the facts are exactly as you said."

"Scared, do they hate us so much?" Lao Liu smacked his tongue and said, "I haven't heard much about it."

"Brother was afraid that you were too young to bear the pressure, so he didn't let me tell you." Only then did Zhu Di tell the truth: "As for those who impeached us, they have all been sent to Fengyang by the emperor." Planted a tree."

"That's good." Zhu Zhen heaved a sigh of relief. If someone scolded him and was not punished, he would definitely encourage more people to attack him. By then, a group of flies buzzing around him would be annoying to death.

However, he felt that the punishment this time was a bit light, not like the style of an old thief.

"Only some of them dug holes and planted trees. Others became trees, and some became fertilizers." Zhu Yuanzhang said calmly.

"Okay..." Zhu Zhen saw his eldest brother and fourth brother Qi Qi shudder, and couldn't help swallowing: "It's easy to understand as a fertilizer, what does it mean to be a tree?"

"This is not something you should know at your age." Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head and said:

"You just need to know that there is no one who will not be scolded for gnawing hard bones. Only like Hu Weiyong, who pleases civil and military officials everywhere will not be scolded-but with us and your elder brother here, just treat them as farting."

"Father, Shen Liben confessed that it was Hu Weiyong who instigated him to set up "Regardless of Account Books." Zhu Zhen saw Hu Weiyong jumping around there again today, so he got angry and gave him the opportunity whenever he got the chance. one time.

"Shen Liben had already been executed in a hurry, but Hu Weiyong was not only unscathed, but continued to bathe in the monkey to get crowned."

"We have our own opinion on this matter, don't digress." Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head, not wanting to hear him discuss this issue. "Continue to talk about how to solve Renhe's difficulties."

"It's relatively simple for the government not to cooperate. First of all, we must resolutely implement the official avoidance system of 'Southern officials from the north, and northerners from the south'. Only when they are not in the local network can these officials have a heart for the court and cooperate with the court. work team." Zhu Zhen sighed:

"However, in the fourth year of Hongwu, the selection of officials by the Ministry of Officials had already established the system of 'North-South Transfer', but seven years later, there is still a native of Jiangxi like Xiong Qitai who has been in charge of Jiangxi."

"I have already questioned Zhongshu about this matter, and their reply is that Xiong Qitai is originally from Henan, so it does not violate the avoidance system." The prince smiled wryly and said: "His family fled to Jiangxi in the early Yuan Dynasty. It’s the third generation, so it’s obviously a loophole.”

"We have ordered officials all over the world to report the actual situation of their three generations and in-laws." Zhu Yuanzhang said in a deep voice, "We will implement the avoidance of being an official to the end."

"That's good." Zhu Zhen nodded.

"In addition to officials, there are officials in the government. Why do you only talk about officials and not officials?" asked the elder brother.

"Because of the subordinate officials, they have been rotten for a long time. If the Ming Dynasty wants to have a long-term peace and stability, they must be completely replaced sooner or later. But the operation of the local government does not depend on officials, but on these experienced and cunning officials passed down from generation to generation." Zhu Zhen With a bitter smile, he said:

"Their numbers are far more than a hundred times that of the officials. There is no such condition right now, so we can only let them maintain the situation. As for the Qingzhang, Yellow Book, and Lijia affairs that should be in charge of them, it is more reliable to send another task force. "

"Lao Liu knows it very well." Zhu Yuanzhang nodded approvingly and said:

"The issue of subordinate staff is a long-standing evil, even we find it difficult, so we have to make yellow books, use lijia, and let the villages organize their own tax collection, service, robbery, water conservancy, and self-determination. Litigation other than human life is to prohibit The subordinate officials will go to the countryside again. Since the imperial power does not go down to the county, then the subordinate officials should stop harassing the people.”

Zhu Zhen admired secretly when he heard this, but he didn't expect that the old thief was still an incorrigible idealist. No matter how earthy this earthy utopia was, it also exuded the brilliance of idealism.

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"Let's talk about the big gentry again." When it came to the government's question, Zhu Yuanzhang asked again.

"This group of people are the most reactionary this time, because what the court wants to move is their fundamental interests." Zhu Zhen said calmly.

"Yes." Zhu Yuanzhang nodded deeply and said:

"Those big gentry households have been spoiled by the tax system of the Yuan Dynasty. They have forgotten how the Song Dynasty collected their taxes! I always want to be like the Yuan Dynasty and let the court let them do whatever they want. Let's dream! We just want to be cruel. Clean them up, so that the common people can have a way out!"

"Father is right." Zhu Zhen echoed: "Actually, the second and third items can be said together. The gentry and big households themselves are not to be feared. What is terrible is their control over the common people. They can only pay a little Money and energy can incite the common people to fight against the imperial court, and this is the most difficult thing.”

"Aren't the people in Jiangxi very supportive of the New Deal?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked with a dark face. He always felt that he was always thinking of ordinary people and making decisions for the poor, so he couldn't stand that even the poor were against him.

"The common people do welcome the New Deal, but they didn't support it from the very beginning. For thousands of years, they have been used to being dominated by the country gentry, elders and scholars, so they muddleheadedly work for tigers and do whatever they can to be sold. It's a stupid thing to help count money."

"Lao Liu is right. This is the reason why those gentry dared to say 'the king and the gentry share the world'." Zhu Yuanzhang nodded slowly and said:
"The country is too big, and the people are too far away from the emperor. When we were grazing cattle, even the county magistrate thought it was too far away. I feel that rich man Liu is the king of the whole village, let alone the emperor who is far away in the capital. There is no such concept at all, understand?" Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said:

"In the past, tens of thousands of big gentry families like Mr. Liu were the sky of all common people. The emperor only heard about it, but they would never see the sky outside the sky. Therefore, if you don't cooperate with big gentry families and those scholars, the emperor will not be able to sit. Stabilize the country."

"But this is wrong!" Zhu Yuanzhang changed the subject and said in a deep voice: "Even the emperor regards the world as his own property, as long as he is not a fool, he still knows how to cherish the power of the people and rest with the people. But those big gentry are only for their own family. Think about it, exploit the common people without mercy!"

"They didn't just strip their own tenants, but also colluded with the government to transfer the taxes and service they should have paid to the common people!" Zhu Yuanzhang said more and more angrily: "And they are relying on the authority of the common people. , throw the blame on the imperial court, on our heads, saying that it is the emperor’s old son’s exorbitant taxes, which have made the common people unable to live!"

"This is a lie, a naked lie!" Zhu Yuanzhang slapped the table and shouted angrily: "But the common people are ignorant and illiterate, and they are used to listening to them and believing them. It's just like we believed what Liu De said back then. It will make them feel confident and proudly say, 'The king and the scholar-bureaucrats share the world', fart! That is a naked threat!"

"What do you mean 'the king and the scholar-bureaucrats share the world'? We just don't believe in evil, so we have to change him," Zhu Yuanzhang declared domineeringly: "We will share the world with the common people!"

"Okay, awesome!" Lao Liu couldn't help applauding Lao Zhu.

(End of this chapter)