"Mr. Qin is just picking up the wisdom of his predecessors."
Then he turned his face and said:
"Your Majesty, Qin believes that when governing the country, we should unleash the inherent shackles of Neo-Confucianism and follow the laws of Legalism and Tao Zhu. Confucianism can take some of the principles of Xunzi and Mencius."
Wei Zhongxian and Zhu Youxiao frowned when they heard this, and the emperor even said:
"Will this overturn the whole situation? Then the world will inevitably be in a turmoil?"
Gao Jingfei nodded:
"It is true, but the hidden dangers in the world have been laid since the Han Dynasty. After the Mangxin Rebellion, it has only eliminated some worms and continued the national destiny for more than 200 years for the Han Dynasty. However, the roots of Confucianism have been in the Song Dynasty.
It was already ruined at the beginning. It has been dominated by the regime for thousands of years, so that they, who have no threats from foreign enemies, will naturally become corrupt within themselves. It is said that "the country has no foreign patients, and the country will perish." Now is the time of the transformation of the throne, let's see
Does Your Majesty have this determination..."
"It is important to know that although the Legalist system is good, dynasties that have adopted the Legalist path have been able to boost their strength for a while, but the Legalist flaws are too domineering and strong. Few people who implement this method can achieve a good end. Moreover, there are many vested interests in this world who have many people who have gained benefits.
If they want to change their money to make up for the court, they may attract a strong counterattack. The situation they face is almost an enemy of the 'people in the world'!"
"I won't talk about the experience of Shang Yang and Wu Qi in the past. In the early years, Mr. Zhang Wenzheng just sorted out the fields and practiced the whip method. Everyone knows what happened. How long has it been since then?"
After hearing this, Zhu Youxiao and the other two were ups and downs for a moment, especially Wei Zhongxian. Although they wanted to innovate immediately and clean up the world of the Great Ming Dynasty, they couldn't help but feel a little worried about the future.
Because although he was not in the same camp as Zhang Juzheng and other civil officials, he was all for the Ming Dynasty and the royal family. Even if there was no change now, he would inevitably be liquidated in the future, especially for the emperor and the ministers.
Fortunately, the emperor's body is now cured by Taoist priests and then he will be better...
Thinking of this, Mr. Wei couldn't help but look at the man in front of him again with gratitude.
Gao Jingfei ignored what they were thinking and laid the groundwork for the above words. He finally got to the point.
"Your Majesty asked me about the way to govern the country. Qin is a little ignorant of his talent, but he also has some simple insights."
"How strong is the country? One is power and the other is money. What is power? A strong army and horse are strong! What is money? The economy of the world is the mutual communication of existence and non-existence!"
The Emperor and Jiu Qiansui couldn't help but nod.
They had thoughts about Mohu before. In fact, they have seen similar theories in books and lectures. However, those books are written in more Hanhu, and I'm sorry to say it so bluntly, especially Confucianism
Literary people like face and are ashamed to speak out for profit to show that they are honest and upright. If the emperor is interested in making money, he will be advised and obstructed by civil officials.
In fact, I was just afraid that the emperor would pay money from their pockets.
Now that I have heard the Taoist words, I realize that the word "power" and "money" are the foundation of a country and a dynasty, and it is truly a true and true saying.
"If Your Majesty wants to take control of the power of the world and control the money of the world, you must first have an army loyal to Your Majesty."
Zhu Youxiao was shocked when he heard this, imagining other scenes that controlled the power and wealth of the world. Even Wei Zhongxian, who was thinking, was immersed in his ears.
But Gao Jingfei immediately poured some cold water on them:
"Just from my perspective, in the past, when I was chasing the grasslands in the north of the Ming Dynasty, and the Jingying Camp in Jiaozhi was already useless. As for the garrisons in various places, although the number of people is huge, there is no need to say much!"
"Looking at the Ming Dynasty, the border troops in various places have the strongest combat power. However, the upper class of the border troops is domineering and greedy, and the lower class soldiers are poor and have many complaints. Most of the soldiers who dare to fight are subordinates of the army, but they still retain their lives when they encounter strong enemies.
I will not kill enemies for the country!"
Tianqi and Wei Zhongxian naturally knew that the garrison had been indecent for many years. Due to the sea tide of the Longqing and Wanli dynasties, there were also famous officials such as Yu Long Qi Hu to rectify, which slightly boosted morale, but since then, those capable ministers were brought to justice.
The ending of the civil officials and the Qingliu people's run was relatively miserable, so no one in the court could use it anymore.
However, the two did not agree with the Taoist saying that the border army was corruption-free.
Gao Jingfei saw the two of them and chuckled:
"I know that Your Majesty and the Governor still have hope for the Ming border army, but I will only say one thing: the living environment of the nine border areas of the Ming Dynasty is harsh, and the border army may have strong combat power, but the conditions of the border army are also the most difficult. Don't say
Compared with the soldiers of the Beijing camp in a prosperous place in Jiangnan, even the guards in Jiangnan are far inferior to those of them."
"You must know that although Jiangnan is rich, it has nothing to do with poor military households. Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the military households who once could support millions of soldiers without spending money have long become slaves to the generals of the military officers of the Guards, but
Compared with the soldiers of the border, they are still better. Even if they have to endure Shangguan’s exploitation, they can eat some brown rice and grains every year. Even if they don’t have enough food, they can still dig some wild vegetables and go down the river to get some shrimp snails to relieve hunger in their stomachs.”
"But how can the border troops have such conditions? The weather in the northern region has become increasingly abnormal in recent decades, especially in northern Shanxi and northern Shaanxi. The change brought about by extreme cold and drought is that the grain production is greatly reduced, and it is gone
Where can people and horses eat and chew food?”
"When the grassroots, tree bark and birds and beasts are eaten up, it will further aggravate soil erosion and sandy land. Without green mountains and green waters, it will be even more impossible to attract birds and beasts. Even farming has become a luxury, which makes the North
How do the people in the land survive? Can your Majesty know what consequences will this people fail to eat?"
As he talked about Gao Jingfei, he also controlled the illusion, forming a specific science popularization picture of the soil erosion process in front of him. It was shocking to see Zhu Youxiao and Wei Zhongxian.
They didn't expect that the situation in the North would be so serious. When they heard Gao Jingfei's question, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but look pale and spit out two words that he didn't want to mention:
"rebel?"
At this time, the emperor and the other emperors no longer thought that the Taoist in front of them was exaggerating.
Because in the past few years, the court had received many memorials from disasters reported by many prefectures and counties in the north. The cold words and numbers did not give them an intuitive feeling. In the past, they usually received such memorials.
Just distribute some disaster relief money.
Now that they saw the scene of Taoist casting spells, the two realized that the natural disaster affected the environment of the entire northern region, and it was not the amount of disaster relief money and food that the court could make up for and prevent.
Especially with the two of them’s understanding of the ethics of those officials, I don’t know how much money and food can be distributed to the victims of disaster relief!
Gao Jingfei heard the emperor spit out those two words, and just smiled and said:
"Most ordinary people will leave their homes with their families and go to other places to ask for stuttering, which is what the imperial court said. However, the refugees are not scary. What is scary is that the refugees are mixed with border soldiers who used to defend their families and the country.
.Without the military pay for many years and the court has embezzled and deducted corruption, it is the best that the military pay in the three-sided areas can be distributed to the soldiers.
"Imagine how those brave warriors who were also affected by the disaster and could not eat enough to stay at their garrison and wait for death? Once these border troops take the lead, millions of refugees will turn into floods and beasts and attack the mainland of the Central Plains!
Qin predicted that when the situation further develops seriously, those border troops will inevitably be the ones who will push down the world of Ming Dynasty!"
This is also a spoiler, in fact, it is the case. Although the latter Jin was the one who got the advantage in the end, it was clear that it was overthrown by the migrant army led by the border army. There are many other famous rebels and Shun army in history.
The rebel leader is the top leader of the Northwest Frontier Army.
Even if Li Zicheng himself was not a border army but a postman, his uncle, the old king Gao Yingxiang, also has a group of old camp teams! (To be continued)