There are one hill and eight buildings in the Northern Prefecture of the Eastern Jin Dynasty Chapter 5121: Having no choice but to seek skin from a tiger
Chapter 5121: Having no choice but to seek skin from a tiger
Liu Yu frowned and said: "This food and grass has arrived at the official warehouse in Jinling now, why can't I use it? They donated the country's food, grass and military equipment. If I forcibly withhold it, I will follow them slowly afterwards.
Isn’t it okay to negotiate terms and requisition them urgently in the name of military emergency?”
Wang Miaoyin said sternly: "That's not possible, because these noble families have paid enough taxes according to national laws. The excess property left behind is their private property, and the government has no right to forcibly collect it. This destroys the
You have personally set the rules. As for you feeling that they do not pay enough taxes, that is because you have made deals and compromises with these noble families before, allowing them to have enough titles to be tax-free and exempt from military service. This was also the case when you founded the righteousness.
The reason why he was able to quickly gain the support of aristocratic families and defeat the entire Wu region in the battle of Jiankang City."
Liu Yu gritted his teeth: "But now I regret this decision more and more, especially these high-ranking families, who relied on various means to take back all the fields originally allocated to meritorious soldiers. Now
They relied on various tax exemptions and exemptions from military service, and almost turned the land of Sanwu back into the private property of each family, which is not much different from the situation twenty years ago."
Wang Miaoyin said calmly: "Who makes your Jingba brothers incapable of governing the country? They can't even manage each small village well. In the end, they can only sell their land and leave. This is another major mistake of yours.
When it comes to managing officials, who should be appointed as officials does not mean that they have a poor background and can fight."
Liu Yu said coldly: "When our Lanxiang Official School begins to cultivate a large number of grassroots talents, we will no longer be controlled by others. But you are right. I had this kind of agreement with them before. They are in
I have no choice but to exploit loopholes within the laws I have stipulated. In the future, perhaps I will have to let ordinary middle- and lower-class nobles, those who are willing to serve in the army and make meritorious service, and then use their meritorious service as officials, to gradually replace the children of these aristocratic families."
Wang Miaoyin shook her head: "Brother Yu, don't think that everything is too simple or too beautiful. These middle and lower nobles also have their own problems. For example, they also work hard for wealth. When they are from a humble background, they may be willing to work hard, but once
Once you achieve success and gain an official title, you may become a corrupt official like Zhuge Changmin. Children from aristocratic families must at least follow some rules, but these people who have worked hard from the bottom may not even know the rules.
Don’t talk about it, eating and meeting are very ugly. You must have some means to restrain them. Don’t be like Zhuge Changmin and others. When the tail is too big to fall off, it will be difficult to deal with it."
Liu Yu said seriously: "You have good advice, and I will definitely listen to it carefully. However, now is not the time to discuss these future policies. What I am concerned about is that if I don't use Liu Yi as my general, I will use these provisions."
Ordnance, can these wealthy families happily give it to them?"
Wang Miaoyin sighed quietly: "Then you need to bypass Liu Yi and negotiate a deal with them directly. They are attached to Liu Yi only because Liu Yi's military command is willing to arrange enough positions for their children to follow the gangsters.
To achieve military merit, then exchange for a title and serve as an official, can you meet these conditions?"
Liu Yu gritted his teeth: "I have given them these conditions before. During the Battle of Nanyan, a large number of children from aristocratic families who joined the army became officials and became nobles. Otherwise, Wu would not have even paid taxes slowly.
It can’t be collected.”
Wang Miaoyin said calmly: "But Liu Yi gave more. When fighting Nanyan, these children of aristocratic families at least had to join the army to fight, but Liu Yi allowed these people to only have a name in the army and not even join the army.
, just guarding the baggage and grain from a distance in the rear, just like Yu Yue last time, he was just guarding the grain in the rear. If Liu Tingyun hadn't caused trouble and deliberately let Yu Yue go to the front to transport grain, I'm afraid our Yu Yue
My father-in-law will not suffer hardships in Jiangzhou now, but will go directly back to his hometown in Wudi, and together with Xi Sengshi, he will make an offer to me."
Liu Yu frowned: "You mean, Xi Sengshi, or the more than thirty families who have signed a joint name with the Xi family, want their sons and nephews not to join the army and go to the battlefield, but they still want to receive frontline military exploits?"
Wang Miaoyin nodded: "Yes, according to your rules, only by joining the army can you achieve meritorious service and gain titles. However, young men from aristocratic families who are used to being pampered and pampered in the war are fierce and dangerous. When they arrive in the army, they will be uncomfortable in various ways, and even acclimatized.
And those who were injured by the enemy on the battlefield and lost their lives. The demon thieves attacked wildly before, and many children of the aristocratic families died in the battle. This frightened the ladies of many aristocratic families, crying all day long and saying nothing.
I don’t want my precious sons to take risks anymore. I have to listen to the complaints of these mothers-in-law every day, and it’s annoying me to death.”
Liu Yu sneered and said: "The life of their precious son is life, but the life of ordinary people and poor soldiers is not life? In the face of life and death, no one is more noble than anyone else. After all, they are just in the Chinese army.
They do some paperwork and management here in the logistics and baggage area, and they don't have to charge into battle. Even the Jingba brothers who are generals and lead the army, and even Liu Xile himself, have they not been at the forefront on the battlefield? Which time have they not been more powerful than others?
Are they more at risk?"
Wang Miaoyin smiled slightly: "But it is even more risky. The Jingba brothers who charged into the battle fought for the title and power that they had fought hard for, but in the end they gave up again because they had no talent for governing the country. There is no way around it.
Originally, these ordnance and food supplies should be collected by the Jingba brothers and then put into the national treasury. In other words, you can at least ask for it from the brothers in the army, and they will not refuse to give it, nor will they ask for this or that condition.
, It’s a pity that these beautiful ideas all came to nothing in the end. Brother Yu, now is not the time for us to blame others, but to be practical.”
Liu Yu sighed: "Let's just let them stop joining the army and just do military merit in the rear hundreds of miles away from the army. It won't work here. It will damage the morale of the army. Many of Liu Yi's people are mercenaries."
And skirmishers, they don't care about titles and official positions, as long as they let the fight go after the battle, they won't be jealous of these children of aristocratic families who don't go to the battlefield. But it's different here, so if you want to get military merit, you have to go to the battlefield.
, This is my principle here. It doesn’t matter if the wife or head of any family comes to talk. But I can promise that I will use my own life to protect the children of these aristocratic families and let them act together with my Chinese army.
I'll protect them personally, so that's okay." (End of Chapter)
