A small soldier of the frontier army in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 751 Responsibilities
Wang Dou's eyes narrowed habitually, Li Banghua's words were quite sinister, there were so many pitfalls in one sentence.

And what he said casually was so cunning and ruthless. From this, it can be seen that those who occupy high positions and even enter the cabinet are all extremely wise in terms of IQ, but it is a pity that they are mostly used in unnecessary disputes.

Such people fought fiercely with each other, which caused great damage to the government, and it can also explain why there were so many chaos in the court in the late Ming Dynasty.

He stood up slowly, looked at Li Banghua, with anger in his eyes, he shook his head and said: "Mr. Banghua, Mr. Banghua, you let me down, do you know that?"

He stepped down from his seat, looked at Li Banghua with his hands behind his back, and scolded: "In terms of age, you can be my grandfather, why are you so immature? You don't even know what to say and what not to say? Open your mouth Come here, dare to say anything, without thinking about the consequences?"

He angrily reprimanded Li Banghua: "Speaking like this is so thoughtless, it's just a lip service, you were demoted to Xuanfu Town, you really have to blame yourself! Such a poor person must have something to hate!"

Li Banghua was reprimanded by Wang Dou for a while, his face was blue and white for a while, and Wang Dou's tone was like his ancestors, and he was like his children and grandchildren, standing on the ground just shivering, his face turned red, and he hissed for a long time : "The Marquis of Yongning is insulting the lower official? The lower official is full of blood..."

"Who knows if the blood is green or not?"

Wang Dou interrupted him unceremoniously, and scolded: "God punishes the deeds but does not punish the heart, and judges a person not by what he says, but by what he does. If you say that the blood is green, how do I know you? What are you thinking?"

He said: "Besides, is it enough just to have blood? As a minister, have you ever thought about what your responsibility is, whether it is the country's community or your personal name? Is it important?"

He said: "If you have a way, you have to eat a ditch and gain a wisdom. Is that what you should ask? As early as in the middle of the court, you forced your majesty and the princes to be unable to step down, so you had to be demoted. , you are doing this again now, what do you want to do, and what can you do?"

He said: "Is it because my answer is not what you want, and you are going to run to the other side of the wall to hit the pillar? After receiving a few compliments from others, Li Gongzhen was also a loyal minister. He angrily rebuked the thief and died, which severely hit Wang Dou. Arrogant arrogance! Then, and then there is no more, what was the situation before, and what happened later! This is your way of being a minister. You only want to win a straight name, and you have never considered what will happen to the country? Li Banghua , don't make me look down on you!"

Wang Dou yelled again like a storm, which made Li Banghua's mind go crazy, he was tongue-tied and didn't know how to respond for a while.

Zhu Zhifeng and Wei Jingyuan were also stunned, Wang Dou's deafening voice echoed in their ears, torturing their hearts and whipping their souls.

Ji Shiwei had seen Wang Dou speak eloquently before. Fortunately, Wang Pu and Du Xun looked at Wang Dou in surprise, with strange expressions.

Zhong Susu pursed his lips and smiled. Gao Shiyin looked at Wang Dou and thought, "Damn, speaking of words, the general is even more agile than Mr. Qin and Mr. Ye. Is this the legendary both civil and military skills?"

Seeing Li Banghua standing tremblingly on the ground, Wang Dou continued to scold: "There is a way to rejuvenate the country through hard work, and empty talk to harm the country! What do you mean to damage the country with empty talk? It's just like you! You can't speak with your brain, you just open your mouth, and you never think about the consequences. What! You are happy, who will clean up the mess you left behind? To put it bluntly, your behavior is called serious irresponsibility, and it is also called fame and fame!"

He said: "You said that you want to be close to virtuous ministers and far away from villains, and you also said that I will use up the little people and ignore the great sages. If the great sages are all people like you, I would rather not! I would rather have a few Little officials who can do practical things don't want a lot of clean ministers like you. If you don't do enough, you can do more than fail, even Du Xun, Eunuch Du, is better at doing things than you guys!"

Du Xun didn't expect that Wang Dou's anger would be so terrible, his words were eloquent, sharp as a knife, sitting on his seat, he seemed a little silent.

Hearing Wang Dou mentioning himself again, a sense of honor arose spontaneously, and he couldn't help touching his head and laughing, and said to Zhu Zhifeng, the governor of the Xuan Mansion beside him: "Your Majesty is really overrated, for praising our family so much."

Zhu Zhifeng originally got up and took the next seat, but unconsciously, he returned to his seat.

After hearing Du Xun's words, he realized where he was. He snorted with an ugly face, and didn't bother to pay attention to the proud eunuch Du. However, looking at Wang Dou in the hall, he felt thoughtful and felt something. .

Wang Dou finally said angrily: "One glance shows the whole leopard. Now the people in the court are not the people who sit on the table, the people who take bribes, or the ones like you who don't turn their heads and are full of nerves. Wang can imagine that the situation of the Ming Dynasty , it will only get worse in the future, Your Majesty will suffer!"

Li Banghua's heart was boiling, his internal organs twitched like cooking with oil, and his body was trembling all the time.He has been an official for decades, but he has never been reprimanded so sharply, and he is still merciless, leaving no room for face.

Even if there was, he would scold others by himself, and it was his turn to realize how uncomfortable it was.

Especially in Wang Dou's mouth, even worse than the eunuchs he has always despised?
He was trembling, and said with difficulty: "Yongning Hou Yan's dismissal...isn't it irresponsible...and is he just trying to catch fame?"

Wang Dou looked at him and said in a drawn out voice, "What do you think? What do you think?"

Decades of self-cultivation finally calmed down Li Banghua's mood a little. He stiffened his neck and finally screamed: "I believe that I have a loyal heart, and I am worthy of the emperor's grace. I am worthy of the Ming Dynasty, and I am worthy..."

Wang Dou said coldly: "As I said, God punishes deeds but does not punish one's heart. It doesn't matter if you think it or not. What matters is your behavior! Tell yourself, your behavior, in the cabinet, and in the hall just now, is consistent with your actions. Is it beneficial to the country, or harmful?"

He sternly shouted: "You have gained fame, but who will clean up the mess left behind, is it you, no! It's Your Majesty, the emperor in the Forbidden City! You still say that you have not failed the emperor? Or that you are clear of your name?" One, after I die, who cares about his flood? The emperor is just a step tool for his own fame!"

Li Banghua's mind was in a mess again, the opponent in front of him was so difficult, and his words were frighteningly sharp, he tried his best to organize his words, and finally he thought of something: "Marquis Yongning hasn't replied to the official words yet."

Wang Dou laughed: "Don't come with me to change the subject, it's too low-level, too pediatric, it's all left over by Wang."

He slowly suppressed his smile, looked at Li Banghua and said, "However, Mr. Banghua, I regret to tell you that you are not qualified enough to ask me to answer this question. You and I are not familiar with each other, and I haven't read Seeing your talent and seeing your value, you have not gained my respect, so this kind of high-level, heart-wrenching, core strategic topic..."

He glanced at Li Banghua: "How can you let me give you the answer?"

Li Banghua's mind was buzzing, his face was full of veins, and the words "not qualified, what virtue and ability" echoed in his ears.

I heard Wang Dou continue: "If a person once asked me this question, I would answer him, but unfortunately he is dead."

Reminiscence and sadness flashed in his eyes, then he looked at Li Banghua, and said coldly: "Also, you asked me a lot, I'll ask you, of course, you don't have to answer, I won't force it."

He said: "You keep saying that Emperor Gao gave preferential treatment to gentry and valued scholars, and later it was changed to the ancestral system. Tell me, why did Emperor Taizu do this?"

Li Banghua finally regained his sobriety, and his attention to Wang Dou also reached its peak.

Hearing Wang Dou's words, he really wanted to say like Wang Dou: "You are not qualified for me to answer this question."

However, in the end, he still had a gloomy face, and slowly, he said word by word: "The gentry are the pillars of the country and the foundation of the dynasty. It is precisely because of the support of scholars that Emperor Taizu was able to expel the Hulu, restore China, and prosper us again." The Han Family Jiangshan. In view of this, Emperor Gao established the ancestral system."

Wang Doudao: "Yes, it is precisely because of the support of gentry and scholars that Emperor Taizu was able to quickly defeat Meng Yuan, and the Ming Dynasty can continue to do so, with nearly 300 years of national fortune. Although Meng Yuan has a sharp horse, it has no luck for a hundred years, and it also ignores the role of scholars. The reason!"

He said: "It is true that the gentry was the foundation of the country at that time..."

He sneered, "But now, how do they do it?"

He shouted: "The pillars of your mouth, the foundation of the country, are taking the lead in digging the roots of this country. They are like greedy rats. After hundreds of years, they have hollowed out the roots of the entire country!"

He said: "In the early years of the country, there were nearly 4000 million shi in taxes. How much is there now? It stands to reason that the population has multiplied, and various taxes have increased by five times or ten times. Now, half of the tax revenue has been lost, year by year. Low, what a joke!"

He sneered and said: "Why is this so? It is the pillars of your mouth who are taking the lead in tax evasion! They use various means to pass on, conceal, and contribute, and transfer the land tax that should belong to them to others. This is the pillars Why, their quality and style? Where is their gentlemanly demeanor? Usually they are full of moral articles, for the country and the people, and when it comes to interests, they are like the most greedy merchants. What is this called? My wife will also set up a chastity memorial archway!"

The clerk in the hall was recording quickly, and he couldn't help but want to clap his hands and applaud, the general really spoke with great joy.

Li Banghua, Zhu Zhifeng, Wei Jingyuan and others were speechless, their faces turned red, after all what Wang Dou said was the truth.

Even Wang Pu and Ji Shiwei were a little embarrassed, Wang Dou's words scolded them unceremoniously.

Only the members of the shogunate in the hall raised their eyebrows, and many people applauded loudly. They only felt that what the general said reached their hearts. Everyone of them paid taxes, so they naturally felt confident and confident. Scolding croaking.

Wang Dou continued: "There is a strange situation. People who flaunt moral integrity are often not good things themselves, just like Yan Song and Xu Jie in the Jiajing period. Yan Song deserved what he deserved, and his home was ransacked in the end. This is a good thing. But His land property is more than [-] mu. Xu Jie, Xu Ge, who is praised by everyone, has more than [-] mu of fertile land, and there are countless shops of various types. He is a cabinet minister, how can he get so many acres of land? What a big mouse, it and Yan Song are the same breed, no one should laugh at the other, but this strange situation is the general trend of the pillars!"

Wang Dou sneered, what he said was earth-shattering and stunned many people. The old man Xu Ge praised him, who would have thought that his ability to make money is so high?

Li Banghua felt restless, and Wang Dou analyzed them one by one, making him feel naked in front of everyone, but Wang Dou would not let him go, looked at him and said, "It's you, Mr. Banghua, as a cabinet minister. , You have a lot of land under your name. Do you pay taxes according to the system for these properties? You claim to be the country and the people, and you are also a minister of Qingliu. Why don't you take the lead and set an example and pay back the land taxes you have paid? Are you really working for the Holy One? Or are you just talking about it for the country and the people?"

Li Banghua's face was extremely ugly, but Wang Dou pressed him step by step, not letting him go: "You said that the gentry are the pillars of the country, and the foundation of the dynasty is good, but they have failed Emperor Gao's expectations! You, Li Banghua, have also failed Gao. The emperor's expectations!"

He sternly shouted: "Answer me! Feel your own conscience and answer me, have you also become a member of Shushu?"

Li Banghua was speechless, just bowed his head and remained silent. Seeing that Li Banghua would not step down, Wei Jingyuan, the governor of Datong, couldn't help defending him: "Your Majesty, please don't be too demanding. As far as I know, Mr. Li is upright and honest, and he treats his family well. The discipline is very strict, but..."

He sighed: "This is a long-standing malpractice of the past dynasties. How can an individual be able to recover? How many heroes of the past dynasties have lost their heads and blood for this, and their lives and families have perished."

He sighed and said: "The past dynasties have risen and fallen because of this, this is the fate.

Wang Dou said calmly, "It's not about luck, it's about human effort."

He said: "The greater the ability, the greater the responsibility! The gentry and aristocrats of the past dynasties occupied [-]% of the country's financial resources, but they didn't want to take a little responsibility. They were selfish, greedy and stupid, in other words, they were spoiled , The reason for the preferential treatment is too much. There is a saying that a stick produces a filial son, and pampering a dude. Any good person, if he is treated preferentially, will eventually become an abominable person. This is the result of human nature. Read the book of the sage Books are useless!"

Wang Doudao: "These wealthy gentry are constantly digging up the foundation of the dynasty. Every two or three hundred years, they will be dug up and collapsed. This is also the reason why the dynasty has risen and fallen. If these pillars are willing to shoulder their own responsibilities, it will last for thousands of years. , the fate of each dynasty for a thousand years is just waiting!"

Li Banghua finally raised his head, he looked at Wang Dou slowly, and said in a deep voice: "The Marquis of Yongning is so disdainful of the gentry, it seems that there will be no need for scholars and scholars in the future?"

For some reason, he felt slightly relieved.

Wang Dou laughed. He looked at Li Banghua and said with a smile, "I've let Mr. Banghua down. I not only want to use it, but also use it!"

He pointed to his subordinates in the hall: "Scholars are important, how can Dou not know? So when I was in Jingbian Fort, I let my subordinates read and write. Now in my army, everyone can write and count, even me. His subordinate Gao Shiyin..."

He pointed at Gao Shiyin and said with a smile: "Don't look at him as a high-ranking and three-bad guy, his level is comparable to that of a scholar. In my Jingbian army, there are at least tens of thousands of scholars!"

Gao Shiyin was honored to stand up, and greeted Li Banghua: "Mr. Banghua, when you have time, let's recite poems and fight against each other."

Li Banghua's face was ashamed, and Wang Dou continued: "And my generals, my soldiers, and my staff, they are scholars and gentlemen at the same time. They all own a lot of land. My subordinates are A new type of armed force composed of landlords, gentry, and students."

Looking at Li Banghua, Wang Dou said with a smile: "The difference is that they all shoulder their own responsibilities. They are the real pillars of the country. They are the hope of this country, and they are also the hope of this land. They will be destroyed. What can stop their progress!"

Cheers sounded, and Wang Dou continued: "The greater the ability, the greater the responsibility. I don't mind giving corresponding status to those who have wealth, but what I want is for them to shoulder their due responsibilities!"

Wang Dou gave a deep salute to the hall: "Masters, it is my honor to be able to work side by side with you!"

The cheers in the hall rang out once again, and Li Banghua and others lost their minds and could no longer speak.

(End of this chapter)