The long chapter has more than 6,000 words, please give me flowers and distinguished guests ^_^------Separation line------The long dragon shape wins, the Qinhuai River meanders across Jiangning, like a bright pearl, inlaid at the foot of the long dragon; like a giant, with the Qinhuai jade belt
The river is wrapped around the waist, surrounded by mountains and rivers, Zhongshan is surrounded by dragons and tigers, rocks and tigers, beautiful mountains and rivers, and numerous historical sites. "Green water faces Yanmen, and yellow clouds cover Longshan." It is said that Jiangning is a beautiful place.
The Jiangsu Governor's Mansion is located here
The original governor Xu Yue was not living in the governor's mansion now, and he had been escorted to Luoyang, the capital, according to law; but the new governor had not been assigned by the court. So, this dignified governor of Jiangsu, the most important person in the southeast, actually opened the door.
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As an imperial minister holding a nine-segmented staff and a golden ax and going south to investigate Jiangsu officials, Yun Dai's imperial envoy's headquarters is currently located here. It is said that before Yun Dai came here, three important officials in Jiangsu official circles had been locked up and taken to Beijing.
Officials in Jiangsu province should have become headless flies long ago, unable to form a joint force. However, only after Yun Dai arrived did he realize that the degree of corruption in Jiangsu's officialdom was much more serious than he had imagined.
Because for the first time, three important officials of a province were taken away at once, the shock caused was indeed too great. Therefore, in order to stabilize Jiangsu, the imperial court was much more lenient to the officials involved below the three senior officials. This in itself is a understandable measure. After all, it is necessary to catch corrupt officials.
The purpose itself is to consolidate people's support. If arresting corrupt officials only makes people's support fluctuate and the situation becomes unstable, wouldn't it be better not to arrest them?
However, after Yun Dai arrived in Jiangning, after nearly three months of open and secret visits, he really felt that the situation in Jiangning was a bit shocking. Local powerful people bribed Jiangsu officials on a large scale, and then with the support of the government, they concentrated most of the fertile land in Jiangsu. Subsequently, these
Local tyrants have raised land rents, making life increasingly difficult for many tenants, especially those with insufficient male sons in the family, who are even more hungry.
Although no one has been able to solve the problem of corrupt officials from ancient times to the present, Yun Dai is not very worried about this, because his task is just to investigate the current group of officials, and he will not be responsible for them unless they are extremely corrupt officials who have great public resentment.
He won't really sacrifice the golden ax and chop him down. After all, the Jiangsu officialdom is complicated. If you are not careful, you may kill a big force in the court and become angry. In that case, not only Yun Dai himself will be in trouble, but also the whole country.
The Yun family is all in trouble. Although the Yun-Chen Alliance is strong, it is not to the point where no one takes it seriously. The emperor sent Yun Dai here, maybe he had the intention of making Yun Dai offend the major families. Yun Dai
How could you not know?
What he is really concerned about right now is the land problem in Jiangsu. The land rent is extremely high. Most people cannot afford to cast their land. Without land to farm, there is no food to eat. Without food, it is easy for cults like the Qinglong Sect to take advantage of it.
In the end, he naturally turned into a rebel. Yun Dai was very aware of the process of this evolution. Unfortunately, no matter how he thought about it, he could not find a way to solve the problem. It was in the hands of powerful people in those places, no matter whether they took the city by hand or by robbery.
Come here, in short, they are all serious assets now, with land deeds and all. It is impossible for the court to force the land to be taken back, so can they be asked to lower the land rent? Obviously it is impossible. The land belongs to others, and they can charge as much rent as they like.
Rent, if the rent is too high, naturally no one will farm, but there are still people farming, so they can use this to prove that the rent is not higher than it is. They cannot take away other people's land, and they cannot force them to lower the rent. So this matter
It has become a knot that cannot be untied.
Yun Dai is the Minister of Household Affairs. He knows the role of economy very well. Although he may not know the word economy, he fully understands that "food is the first priority for the people". If this Jiangsu - or even the entire Jiangnan - Most of the people have nothing to eat, so the court can no longer expect people to be loyal.
"This is the current situation. Jiangnan... is really rotten," Yun Dai sighed.
In front of Yun Dai, sat a young man in white. He was slender and tall, but had an unusually handsome face. He was none other than Yun Zheng.
The day before yesterday, Yunzheng was inspecting the terrain of Jinlin Villa in Taihu Lake, but he encountered the "sentinel" of the Qinglong Sect. After a long confrontation, he pretended to be enough before Shi Shiran left and returned to Tingshui Villa. Yunzheng felt more and more that time was urgent. After a quick inspection and pointers on the swordsmanship of the Ning brothers, he took Yun Wei and came to Jiangning. As for Li Mo, Yunzheng really wanted to take him with him, but this kid just fell in love with the Qinglong Cult. , saying that they would continue to investigate secretly in order to get more information about them. Yun Zheng was unable to stay, so he had to let him go.
When Yunzheng arrived in Jiangning, he originally planned to go to Dongfang Jiange to discuss the last agreement, but then he thought about it. After all, his uncle was on business in Jiangning. If he didn't go to see him first, it would be unreasonable both emotionally and rationally. , so he came to the Jiangsu Governor’s Mansion first.
When he came, Yun Dai was in distress, because the corruption of Jiangnan had exceeded Yun Dai's expectation, so he now had doubts about whether he should pretend not to know about the Qinglong Sect and adopt a wait-and-see strategy. Originally, he and Like Yun Lan, she felt that if Jiangnan was corrupted and the Qinglong Sect rose up, it would be helpful to the Yun family's situation, so she did not plan to take any action against the Qinglong Sect. However, the current situation in Jiangnan was so bad that Yun Dai felt that in case of Qinglong Sect's If the church started an uprising at this time, it would be difficult for the court to deal with it. In his opinion, the court's public support in Jiangnan has lost 10% to 60-70%, so it would be difficult to fight.
Yunzheng has made rapid progress during this period, and Yun Dai is also a little surprised. He wonders if there are geniuses in the world. Maybe his nephew is born to be the kind of person who wants to "do nothing but make a big splash"? So when he saw Yun Zheng, he told Yun Zheng about the current situation in Jiangsu to see what he thought.
When Yun Zheng heard this, he understood that although he was young and much more senior than Yun Dai in the officialdom, these institutional issues, for a modern man who studied law, he was a standard "standing on the shoulders of giants"
This is a problem caused by China's feudal land ownership system. China's feudal land ownership system began to take shape during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. It was officially established during the Warring States Period. If there are no accidents, it will continue for more than two thousand years. It includes three forms of land ownership: the state. Land ownership, landlord ownership and peasant land ownership
State land ownership, that is, state-owned land. Under the feudal land ownership system, feudal governments and emperors of all dynasties directly controlled part of the land. The imperial villages, royal fields, military villages, and civilian villages of each dynasty were all state-owned land, especially in the Northern Wei Dynasty. , Cao Wei, Sui and Tang Dynasties occupied a large amount of land for the most prosperous countries. On the one hand, it provided material guarantee for the luxurious life of the ruling class, and more importantly, on the other hand, it provided a solid economic foundation for consolidating state power. In feudal society, land was the most important thing. The country controls a large amount of the means of production and the economic lifeline of society.
Peasant land ownership, that is, the land of individual farmers. Although individual farmers own not much land, they have the largest number of people. They pay taxes to the country, perform military service and corvee, which is the main source of fiscal revenue for the feudal dynasty and the national energy (human, material and financial resources).
), so it has been valued and supported by feudal rulers of all ages. All wise kings and saints know how to love the people, nourish the people, and put the people first.
Landownership, that is, landlords own land. Landlords are the wealthy class in feudal society. They rent out land and exploit poor farmers. They are a social role that everyone aspires to. They are rich and powerful, and can easily squeeze into the ranks of state officials. With the help of the state,
The political power is used to protect their vested interests. More importantly, the landlord class has more opportunities to receive education. It is educated and capable. It is a candidate class for state officials. Whether it is economic advantages or culture, the landlord class has become
The ruling class and privileged class in feudal society were a matter of course and a matter of course. Therefore, landlord land ownership would play a very important, even critical, role in feudal society.
Therefore, if the emperor wants to govern the country, he must handle these three types of land ownership, properly handle the interests of the country, landlords and farmers, and coordinate well. The so-called wise king will handle this matter well.
In Yunzheng's view, the current problems in Jiangnan are caused by the typical relationship between landlord ownership and farmers' land ownership. In a feudal society dominated by agriculture, land is the most important social wealth. The amount of land is used to distinguish the rich from the poor.
Landlords and farmers are the only symbols of the two land ownership systems that resulted. The most restless and unstable is the landlord ownership system. The monarchs of each dynasty strictly enforced rule, but in order to consolidate their rule, they had to top-down reforms.
A large number of land and household seals were given to the heroes, clans and nobles to ensure their loyalty to them. As a result, these heroes, clans and nobles not only gained political power and enjoyed various privileges, but also rapidly expanded their economic power and used themselves in politics and politics.
Due to various economic advantages, they annexed a large amount of land. At the beginning of the establishment of a political power, the social economy was in decline, the country was poor and the people were weak, the landlords and farmers were not rich, and the gap between the rich and the poor was not large. Therefore, it is important to care for the people by valuing corvee lightly and paying little tax.
The foundation of the country. With the recovery of the economy, the accumulation of social wealth, and the consolidation and stability of national power, the landlord class relied on its political and economic advantages to begin to expand its wealth-annexing land. There are two goals for annexation and expansion:
State-owned land and farmers' individual land use the strong to bully the weak and rob the land of farmers. The final result is the concentration of land, the increase in the polarization between rich and poor, and sharp class conflicts, intensifying and triggering peasant rebellions and uprisings, attacking the state power, and threatening the entire landlord class.
However, due to the drive of interests, the annexation of farmers' land by landlords will never be enough. Instead, "the more the better" can be coordinated. The only person who restricts landlords from annexing farmers' land is the emperor. In the eyes of the emperor, the country, landlords, farmers (rich people, etc.)
The poor) are the landlord class that cannot be abandoned and are the main source of state officials. The outstanding elements among them are the emperor's right-hand men. They must be given certain benefits (salary, or land rewards) to make them actively and willingly
Land is given to the emperor and the state to serve farmers, and is the main source of national tax revenue. It cannot be exploited excessively, and landlords must be restricted from annexing farmers' land.
Under normal circumstances, whenever land is merged and the polarization between rich and poor intensifies, it is necessary for the country to make adjustments and reforms to limit mergers and alleviate social conflicts to ensure national interests.
This reminded Yun Zheng of the Song Dynasty that appeared in the history of his original world. There was a very famous reform in that era - Wang Anshi's reform. This reform was vigorous, but in the end, it failed.
The provisions proposed by this reform are basically very good, but they failed. Why? First of all, we must look at who benefits and who loses in the reform process. Obviously, farmers benefit and landlords lose; then who
When it comes to reforms, who will implement them? Of course it is officials at all levels, and these officials are all landlords. Therefore, due to their status as landlords, there have been many obstacles to reforms in the past dynasties, with most failures and few successes.
According to Yunzheng's view, it is impossible to solve this problem, at least under the feudal system. In his view, to solve this problem, unless the productive forces are developed to the point of producing capitalism, and the production relations are not
It is impossible to curb the development of this kind of productive forces. The "Glorious Revolution" is really impossible to replicate in China, because China's feudal emperor is too powerful, and the basis of his rule is the landlord class. If you ask him not to restrict capitalism,
, then doesn’t he want to kill himself?
The only way is for the feudal emperor to transform himself and become a representative of the bourgeoisie. This is still very difficult, even harder than reaching the sky. So although Yun Zheng fully understands Yun Dai's worries, he cannot give him a way to deal with it.
It is impossible for him to say to Yun Dai: "Uncle, let me be the emperor, and I may be able to solve this problem."
Yun Dai might have just scolded him a few words after hearing this, but he still wouldn't say this because he really has no interest in the profession of emperor.
When I was a kid, I thought it would be good to be an emperor. I would be the most noble and noble, and I could dominate the world. I could do whatever I wanted, and the earth would shake even if I fart. How majestic! There are queens, three wives, and nine concubines.
, twenty-seventh generation wife, eighty-one royal wives, as well as thousands of female officials and palace maids, lining up to wait for the "lucky one", and those who don't get the chance are in extreme pain; it can be said: it is so good to be extravagant and enjoy all the happiness in the world.
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Later, when I grew up, I suddenly had a whim. Think about it, the emperor really doesn’t have anything to do. I have a computer, a TV, a stereo, a DVD... and I often feel lonely. The emperor is not lucky enough to endure all this. Although
He lives in a deep palace with painted pillars, jade steps and golden railings, but it is empty and has nothing. At night, there is nothing else to entertain except women. How can I have as many programs as I do? At night, I can
When you go out to listen to music, if you get impatient, you can open a KTV box and yell loudly. You can also take a bath, wash your feet, or go to the sauna. After washing, put on a special yukata and enjoy Korean, Thai, and Chinese massages to relax your muscles and bones.
, you can also enjoy wine, tea, coffee...
But if you become an emperor, you will be tired. You have to go to court early in the morning. You have to carry a crown on your head and wear a dragon robe no matter winter or summer. You have to sit upright and serious even when eating. Unlike me, I can do whatever I like. I can sleep in.
I can get up whenever I want; I can go shirtless and drink ice beer and eat seafood, how cool it is! I can also turn on the air conditioner and eat hot pot, which is more ventilated! Does the emperor have such a blessing? No! His dragon chair is carved with dragons and phoenixes.
It's just a hard bench that can make your butt and balls get calluses. How can it be as soft as my big leather sofa? If it gets boring, I can take my electric "horse" out for a ride; the engine is quite powerful, and it's a bit slow when driving.
I didn’t even turn on the car stereo, and whoever I wanted to sing to me had to sing to me.
Okay, now that we have traveled through time, we can no longer enjoy these air conditioners and other things, but there are other things. For example, the emperor's life span is short. It is said that the average life span is only about thirty years old, and being an emperor is always on tenterhooks.
To prevent others from seizing power, there are many emperors who were killed or poisoned in history, and some even hanged themselves...
As for the Three Palaces and Sixth Courtyard, although it seems that the blessings are boundless, Yunzheng recently found that he has passed the stage of endless yearning for the "monogamy and multiple concubines" mentioned by Yi Zhongtian when he first traveled to "ancient times".
In ancient times, the ideal of "picking up beautiful women" has been diluted a lot. Besides, the emperor can have unlimited sexual pleasures. If he, Marshal Yun, really wants to indulge in sexual intercourse, it probably won't be that difficult, right?
Therefore, Yun Zheng just said honestly: "Uncle, even if your Majesty is informed of this matter that you are worried about, His Majesty will not have any good solution."
Although Yun Dai didn't think Yun Zheng could come up with any good ideas, he still couldn't help but feel a little disappointed when he heard what he said. He sighed and said, "This is a sign of chaos."
Seeing Yun Zheng's disapproving look, Yun Dai couldn't help scolding: "Zheng'er, don't think that this happened in Jiangnan instead of Hebei and Shanxi. You must know that our Yun family will not be affected by His Majesty.
How many worries are there, if the ministers of the Wei Dynasty are no longer alive, how can General Mao be attached? If the country cannot be protected, what will happen to our Yun family?
