Niu Gui was about to say something, but Xu Wei stopped Niu Gui's action!
He understood the purpose of Lei Damu's words. Niu Gui, Yang Feng, and Zhang Baiqi were all the first-generation senior officials of Daqian. It can be said that they conquered the world of Daqian, and the people in the first ten years of Daqian were The political power is also entirely in their hands.
Back then, Xu Wei relied on them to completely replace the powerful noble families of the Han Dynasty. Now, even though they are old and a bit out of touch with the new era, they don't want to end like this, and with the Prime Minister Niu Gui here, their first A generation of senior management is not completely over.
Xu Wei saw the crowd and said: "Although Niu Gui is not old enough to retire, he is old enough to govern. The position of prime minister is high and powerful. If one person becomes prime minister for too long, it is not conducive to the normal operation of the court. This is what happened back then." That’s why we agreed that the prime minister’s position would last no more than ten years.”
"Everyone has experienced the corruption of the Han Dynasty. The high-level positions are monopolized by several of their big families. Back then, even if you were born into a powerful family, it was difficult to enter the official career. But like the Yuan family, it was the fourth generation and the third prince. The three legitimate sons of the family, Yuan Ji is Taipu, one of the Nine Qings, Yuan Shao is the cavalry general of the Han Dynasty, and Yuan Shu is the rear general of the Han Dynasty. They all became high-ranking officials worth 2,000 shi at a young age! Can you do such a thing? I want to show up at our big show!"
The upper echelons of Daqian are composed of two parts. One part is the people at the bottom who followed Xu Wei in rebellion. They are the lowest people in this era. Those oppressed by this bad world can only become refugees. The other part is the people who later defected to Xu Wei. The remnants of the great Yellow Turban Army, most of them came from small powerful families.
It's just that in the environment of the late Han Dynasty, the upper class had been completely solidified, and there was even a counter-solid circulation similar to that of the Goudahu Kingdom in later generations, because the upper class like the Yuan family occupied more and more positions of 2,000 shi, so 2,000 shi Aristocratic families can only occupy the positions of local powerful people, while local powerful people can only occupy the positions of small powerful people, while small powerful people cannot find a way to enter the officialdom.
This is the reason why the young powerful men in Jizhou rebelled with Zhang Jiao. Take Liu Bei as an example. His grandfather was a county magistrate. He could have been the county magistrate due to his family background, but later even though Liu Bei made meritorious service and became the county magistrate, he was squeezed out. This shows that the upper class of the Han Dynasty has too many people. Now they not only oppress the common people, but even the small powerful and small landlords are oppressed by them. Therefore, in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, these people are most willing to see the Han Dynasty perish!
In the troubled times of the late Han Dynasty, not only ordinary people could not find a way to survive, but even the powerful were in despair. They could only watch their families fall from their original positions step by step, so most of Zhang Jiao's disciples and Qu Shuai They were all dominated by small powerful people who were disappointed with the Han Dynasty. The Yellow Turban Uprising was the rebellion of the middle and lower classes who united to rebel against the upper class of the Han Dynasty!
Many of them have not completely forgotten the hopeless future of the Eastern Han Dynasty. Now that they hear what Xu Wei said, they are embarrassed to continue to be obsessed with their positions.
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They who come from the bottom are better than the wealthy families of the Han Dynasty. Even though they want wealth and longevity, they do not think they deserve it like the wealthy family members of the Han Dynasty. They know the importance of maintaining circulation between the upper and lower classes.
Xu Wei saw that they were a little moved and continued: "Over the years, we have been occupying the top positions of the cadres, but such a lack of circulation is obviously not conducive to the healthy development of the imperial court. This is one of the reasons why I proposed the retirement system. First, now that we are older, the world should be built by younger generations like Wang Guojun, and what we can do now is to help them!"
Guo Daxian sneered: "You all seem to want to be a king, so why bother with the official position here in Daqian? Even if you become the prime minister, it is better than becoming the king yourself!"
Guo Daxian has been a censor for more than ten years, and he can be said to be the person who knows these old brothers best. When he was conquering the world, he was a hero and a hero, but after he became a high-ranking official, a large number of them fell under the sugar-coated bullets. .
He disposes of too many old brothers every year. Greed and insufficiency are the common characteristics of these people. The commissions from meritorious officials are enough for them to live a wealthy life, but they still want more wealth, so that they become the corrupt officials they originally hated. dirty officials.
He now somewhat agrees with Xu Wei's policy of letting them go to the New World to found the country. Only with a small number of these old brothers can the court operate better!
Guo Daxian's cynicism made everyone embarrassed. Most of them wanted to go to the New World. Even if they didn't have this idea, their families, relatives and even their subordinates would push them to found the country. After all, the temptation was too great.
Although Yang Feng and the others felt that they could struggle for 20 years, they did not want to resist Xu Wei like this. Of course, this was also related to the fact that Xu Wei had left a way out for them. Those who wanted to become kings and hegemons could go to the New World to build their own. In the country, those who want to continue to struggle can stay in Daqian and become members of the parliament. This does not mean they have completely lost their rights. With these options, their resistance will be so weak!
Seeing the atmosphere cool down, Xu Wei smiled and said: "It's the same struggle for Daqian in the New World! Just like our old brothers in the South China Sea, after their development over the years, they have now opened up a market with a population of tens of millions in the South China Sea. Now every year we sell tens of billions of dollars worth of goods to the South China Sea, and the South China Sea also provides us with tens of billions of dollars worth of raw materials."
"Had it not been for the development of the South China Sea, our Daqian industry would not have been as prosperous as it has been in recent years. The New World is several times larger than the South China Sea, which can allow our Daqian industry to continue to accelerate the expansion of decades or even hundreds of years. Now Da Qian's territory is already several times larger than that of Da Han. We have spent decades opening up several times the territory for future generations. This is our greatest contribution. The history of our great Da Qian will definitely be recorded. Such a scene, we will definitely leave our name in history!”
Xu Wei's words immediately made the atmosphere here lively! Everyone no longer talked about these unpleasant things, but actually talked to Xu Wei like old brothers about common things!
"The ruling is reasonable. We are changing positions and continuing to shine for big money. The New World is vast. If we develop the New World, we will completely create a new world. With such great contributions, the emperors and generals of the past three generations will have another Whoever can match our contribution will be extremely grateful to us by future generations," Yang Feng laughed.
Xu Wei also smiled proudly and said: "Yes, future generations will definitely be grateful to us. Because of our efforts, they only need to work 4 hours a day and 4 days a week. They no longer need to learn CET-4 or CET-6."
Now, I’m waiting for others to learn Chinese Level 4 and Level 6.”