What is the root of my tyrant?

When asked this question, Chen Changgeng, who had been a royal retainer since his childhood, simply... couldn't answer it!

It’s not that I can’t answer it, it’s that I don’t dare to answer it!

Are you talking about the common people?

This is just to coax the people of the world, who would believe it!

Said he was a civil servant?

Don't tell me a joke, who doesn't know that this Qian Sheng Emperor has never been merciless when killing civil servants. In a rage, not just one person, but dozens or hundreds of people fell to the ground!

what is that?

Then there is only the army, with military officers and soldiers as the foundation...

Of course, tyrants are based on violence!

No one can see such an obvious answer, but... seeing it doesn't mean being able to say it.

Okay, then let’s keep silent!

Chen Changgeng didn't say anything, but Zhu Guoqiang was thinking about it. He thought of Zhu Laosi. Why did Zhu Laosi move the capital? Didn't he have an army as a basis?

have!

However, his foundation is not stable. Whose soldiers and horses are the soldiers led by Zhu Laosi? Speaking of which, they are also the soldiers and horses of the imperial court. Whose soldiers and horses were led by the rebellious ministers and traitors in ancient times?

It doesn’t belong to the imperial court, nor does it belong to the emperor.

Why can they accept it?

"I was reading history books recently. When I was reading the history of Han Dynasty, I read that after the death of Emperor Gao of the Han Dynasty, Lu Pheasant, relying on her status as queen and mother of Emperor Hui, completely controlled the government, made Zhu Lu king, and endangered the Liu family. And Lu Pheasant died. Later, General Zhou Bo asked the soldiers, "For the Lu family, support the right, and for the Liu family, support the left." As a result, all the troops were left-leaning, and the Lu family was defeated. Chang Geng, tell me, back then, in the Han Dynasty, everyone in the army was willing to do so. Leftist?"

Looking back at Chen Changgeng, Zhu Guoqiang asked.

"Your Majesty, the Han Dynasty is orthodox, and naturally it has won the hearts of the people."

His answer made Zhu Guoqiang laugh.

"The same goes for Jianwen! But how many soldiers in Chengzu's army are willing to go out of their way to protect orthodoxy?"

Well!

In an instant, Chen Changgeng stopped talking and even became mute. This matter... is a royal family matter. Your Majesty, Defan is also the queen of Chengzu! You should stop talking about Chengzu!

For a moment, Chen Changgeng felt so miserable in his heart!

Why does the man in front of me always make trouble against Cheng Zu?

He also told his ministers.

Can you hear this?

But the emperor obviously did not hear Chen Changgeng's thoughts and continued to speak.

"In the past few years, I have been thinking about this problem. Why? Why didn't the soldiers and civilians of the world rise up to resist Chengzu when Chengzu was in trouble? Why did Chengzu's soldiers not kill the rebellious officials to protect the orthodoxy, and even invaded from the east and then to the exiles? When thieves arise, who is maintaining the orthodoxy?"

When he frowned and asked, Zhu Guoqiang continued.

"So in the past few years, when I read the history of the Han Dynasty, I would pay special attention to the paragraph "Queen Lu's chaos in the government". What made the Han soldiers and soldiers willing to show favoritism? In fact, after reading it carefully later, I discovered that all the Everything was arranged by Liu Bang, the great ancestor of the Han Dynasty!"

"Oh? It's been deployed a long time ago?"

Chen Changgeng said in confusion.

"right!"

Zhu Guoqiang nodded and said.

"After Liu Bang, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, destroyed Qin and defeated Chu, he not only devoted himself to eliminating kings with different surnames, but also devoted himself to consolidating the political foundation of the Han regime. The most important part of this was the rapid establishment of a powerful military class that was tied to the interests of the Han Dynasty. There is the class of princes surnamed Liu. In the "Five Years' Edict of Emperor Gaodi", Liu Bang granted all the soldiers in his army the title of doctor or above, allowing them to enjoy the land, fields, houses and other benefits they deserve according to their title, and all the soldiers were exempted from all The taxes and corvee of soldiers and their families thus established a privileged class bound by interests."

The key to whether a power can be truly lasting and reliable is to have an interest class that is tied to the power. Even if this measure later reveals many shortcomings, when the royal family is weak and the heroes and relatives are strong,

Under the realistic background, it is a necessary measure to ensure the security of the Liu family's imperial power.

Of course, on the other hand, in the education for the people at that time, Liu Bang deified his own identity and circumstances, thereby taking root in the hearts of the people the concept of the Han regime's "destiny". And the repeated propaganda of Liu Bang's White Snake Rebellion made it even more popular.

Ordinary people have no doubt that the authority of the Han family "is destined to be fulfilled", and after Liu Bang's death, temples to Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty were built across the country, and the people across the country were ordered to worship him on time as if they were sacrificing to gods. This made the imperial power of Liu Bang more powerful.

Legitimacy and divinity take root in the human heart.

But does it matter that this “legitimacy” is popular?

The Ming Dynasty is still orthodox! To put it bluntly, the popular "orthodoxy" is just a powerful auxiliary.

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"Strong meritorious deeds, kinship interest groups and a deeply rooted sense of orthodoxy enabled the Han regime to withstand the impact of storms. After the death of Emperor Gao, even though Empress Lu disrupted the government and made Zhu Lu the king, Lu

After the latter's death, the princes surnamed Liu in Guandong established by Liu Bang immediately "revolted against Lu", and the central military interest class supported by Liu Bang also responded immediately, and the seemingly powerful Lu family was quickly destroyed."

Looking back at Chen Changgeng, Zhu Guoqiang smiled.

"Chang Geng, do you still remember why I granted land to the strong men who defended the city in Jinan?"

"Your Majesty, resetting military households is also..."

In an instant, Chen Changgeng understood His Majesty's intention of setting up military households in the past few years. His intention was to make the soldiers work hard. It was clearly to enable the soldiers to be loyal to the royal family from generation to generation, so that the military households in the world could protect them from generation to generation.

royal.

And what did the royal family give them?

It's land, it's privilege!

It’s a large piece of land, and it’s a privilege that doesn’t mean you have to pay for it!

"Yes, since they are my foundation, I should naturally treat them kindly. Therefore, what should I do with the more than 7 million acres of confiscated land in Shanxi? What should I do? Of course, they should be rewarded to meritorious officers and soldiers. In Shanxi Province, four to

Fifty thousand officers and soldiers are enough! With the Five Military Governor's Office formulating a roster, our Ming Dynasty now has more than 1.6 million officers and soldiers. They are being retired in batches. They are placed in various places and are stationed as military households. Not only are they required

Settled in Shanxi, all provinces and regions in the world should try their best to resettle them. Military households should be scattered throughout the country. As for the money and food they should pay, since they have performed military service, the money and food should be exempted..."

The key to whether a power can be truly durable and reliable lies in having an interest class that is tied to the power to realize its interests!

As long as these more than one million soldiers are firmly tied to their own interests, no one can shake their rule. As for the so-called scholar-bureaucrats, they are nothing more than weaklings worth mentioning in the face of violence.

After thinking for a while, Zhu Guoqiang added.

"Every military household, corvee, grain, grass, and cloth registered in the Holy Dynasty will never be transferred. I will send it out in the name of the imperial edict. These must be customized!"

"Your Majesty, this, this... this is truly a blessing for our soldiers!"

Chen Changgeng, who had found his own position, did not oppose the emperor's decision. After all, the emperor said that this was his fundamental reason for opposing the emperor! You are kidding! Wouldn't that be tantamount to treason?

"Your Majesty, the northern provinces are fine. They have been hit by military disasters many times. With fewer people and more land, they naturally have land to accommodate military households. However, Jiangnan, Jiangnan and several southeastern provinces have always had more people and less land, and the land provided to accommodate the army

household?"

Chen Changgeng's worry made Zhu Guoqiang laugh.

"Didn't we just kill a group of officials who were thieves? Their land was confiscated. Also, those honorable ministers and officials I killed in Nanjing last time, did their fields confiscate? The houses of those who were thieves were all confiscated.

, why didn’t those who surrendered the captives be copied?”

Secondly, the last time we committed murder in Nanjing, we also ransacked other people’s homes, but at that time they only ransacked their family’s treasury. At most, they only ransacked their houses and other businesses. As for those people’s property, they didn’t have it at all.

Copied, the reason is simple. Their fields are distributed in Nanzhili, Huguang, Zhejiang and other places. Even if they want to copy, they must have the cooperation of officials!

Without the cooperation of local officials, they went there to seize the property. Moreover, it was him who "killed without purpose" in the name of Gaozu. Up to now, there is still no conclusion on the matter. How could the local officials cooperate with him to confiscate the property?

"If we seize their fields, we won't have room to resettle military households! Besides..."

Besides, there are so many military fields for guard posts!

Where did those fields go?

Zhu Guoqiang is currently in the capital and has not gone south yet. After he goes south, he will deal with them bit by bit. As for now...
Chapter completed!