Liu Yu narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at Liu Muzhi: "Are you really not considering letting local wealthy people serve as the governor of Qingzhou? This issue is what I really want to discuss with you today, because for these local people
What kind of conditions the wealthy families offer is a very important matter in this Guanggu battle, as it determines whether we can win the support of the local Han ethnic groups in this battle."
Liu Muzhi curled up his lips: "Now don't you blame me for not reporting something to you?"
Liu Yu sighed softly: "I know you do it for my own good and are afraid that I will be impulsive, so you suppress some things, but..."
Liu Muzhi shook his head and interrupted Liu Yu: "You are wrong, Jinu, I hide some things from you, not because I am afraid of your impulsiveness. In any case, you are the lord and the king. In any matter, only
You are qualified to make decisions. As a deputy or subordinate, I should not and have no right to hide things. The reason why I hide some things from you for the time being is because I don’t want to damage your bright image or force you to do something.
Make some compromises and choices that go against your true intentions.”
Liu Yu gritted his teeth: "I have my principles, and there are some things that cannot be compromised or compromised. Under my rule, if there are still cases of using power to bully the people, there will also be the kind of seizing people's fields and people."
Wife, I will never let go of hurting someone’s life, whether it’s Jingpachi’s brothers or Jiankang’s family!”
Liu Muzhi sighed: "It's because I know that you will not compromise and must realize your ideal of everyone being equal and the world being unified, so I can't let you deal with these things. You insist on your ideal, you don't
Compromise, you kill those bullies from aristocratic families who bully the people and even kill people, but what is the result? Everyone in the aristocratic families will be in danger, and your enemies will take the opportunity to spread rumors that you deliberately killed the children of the aristocratic family to establish your authority.
The warriors of the Beijing Eighth Party openly seized land."
Liu Yu said sternly: "That's nonsense. Who dares to talk such nonsense and spread rumors? If found, he will be killed without mercy!"
Liu Muzhi's eyes were shining brightly, and he said in a deep voice: "Jinnu, don't be like this. The only thing in this world that can't be resolved more than the hatred of killing one's father and taking away one's wife is taking away one's inheritance and destroying one's children and grandchildren's property. In your case,
In their eyes, the children of the aristocratic families are trash who occupy the manhole and are the worms of the country. But in their eyes, it is what their ancestors left to them. This is how they should be rich for generations. Even if you decide this
The method of delegating titles slowly deprives them of their territory, but that also takes time. They will really be anxious when it comes to the next generation. But now, most people have not reached this level yet. They still go to Wudi to take over the manors and fields leisurely.
I gave birth to a child and lived the kind of life I had before, with no worries about food and clothing and nothing to do.”
Liu Yu gritted his teeth: "This world shouldn't be like this, getting something for nothing, occupying the most land in the world for generations without contributing to the country, shouldn't it?"
Liu Muzhi shook his head: "It shouldn't be, but this has existed in the Jin Dynasty, even in the Western Dynasty, and in Cao Wei for more than a hundred years. It cannot be reversed at once. Why can these rumors be popular among aristocratic families?
Because they are afraid that you will seize their land and destroy their inheritance without any reason or excuse like you did to Wang Yu. You have soldiers and power in your hands. They dare not resist openly, but they have many ways to use non-cooperation.
It makes things difficult for you and makes the country unable to operate. One is management talent, the other is money, food and taxes. Now that you are really separated from the aristocratic family, can you handle these things?"
Liu Yu was silent for a long time, clenching his fist tightly. Finally, he loosened his fist and sighed: "These two matters will take three to five years to resolve. My original intention is to run Jiangbei and open Xiangxu. I just want to establish a
A region that can support the operation of the country without looking at the faces of the aristocratic families. Unfortunately, the invasion of black robes disrupted this process. Jiangbei was destroyed, and before there was time to provide talents and material resources for the Northern Expedition, I could only continue to cooperate with the aristocratic families.
Could it be that because of this, I really can’t make the decision for the people?”
Having said this, a huge sense of frustration surged into Liu Yu's heart, making him suddenly feel sluggish and the lofty ambitions he had just had almost vanished into thin air.
Liu Muzhi shook his head, took a step forward, looked at Liu Yu, and said: "These are only temporary. With the Jingba brothers and people with lofty ideals, including those from aristocratic families who agree with your ideas and are willing to work for you,
Forming a new aristocratic family and becoming a new ruler can avoid these things. The national laws of the Jin Dynasty are actually to protect the people. If the children of the aristocratic families and the owners of the manor abuse the people for no reason and kill people, according to the national laws, they are actually required to do so.
What's counterproductive is that during the execution process, officials and powerful people shielded these children, and in the end these national laws became empty slogans, and some of your actions also gave these guys a false pretext."
Liu Yu frowned: "Are you saying that I didn't severely punish the Shen brothers for killing Shen Yu?"
Liu Muzhi nodded: "Yes, it is against the law for them to kill people. Although you can say that this is blood revenge, taking the life of the informant for his father and uncle, but if you look into it carefully, it will only be more troublesome. Shen Yu was
The Shen family father and son participated in the Tianshi Dao Rebellion in order to report to the court. They were meritorious people. However, they were avenged by the five Shen family tigers who pardoned you afterwards. The whole family was wiped out. According to the national law, all the Shen family brothers should not be executed.
Kill?"
Liu Yu shook his head: "The Shen brothers did not kill Shen Yu for revenge, but saw that Shen Yu had become a local tyrant by informing others, replacing their family's previous position, running rampant in the countryside, and even raping women.
Those who killed the family out of righteous anger also confessed to me afterwards, and there were testimonies from the women who were robbed and their entire families."
Liu Muzhi sighed: "But the local government should be the one to try this matter, not you, the general. The Shen brothers did not submit these evidence to the government, nor did they go to the government to surrender, but they asked you to plead guilty
, with witness testimony, this shows that the Shen brothers have placed you above the government, and because you hold great power, the government does not even dare to impeach and correct this matter that clearly violates national law, nor does it dare to accept this matter.
The result of the case is that the case that should have been solved by Wuxing County and reported to the Ministry of Justice was handled by you. You put the rules of the military above the national law, and even went beyond the government to handle a major case of extermination of a family and sent slaves
Ah, what will those high-ranking families think if you start this? If you take the lead in not abiding by the national laws, how can you ask all the aristocratic families in Wu to abide by the national laws?"
This chapter has been completed!