Based on the time point of this era, the aristocratic family had already appeared more than a thousand years ago, but until the Northern and Southern Dynasties, wars broke out frequently and the situation was turbulent, and the clans that had lost the ability to govern the country were unable to cope with it.
The development of productive forces, the development of papermaking, the increase in the popularity of books, and the implementation of the imperial examination system gradually enabled commoner landlords to enter the court and serve as officials through the imperial examination, shaking the monopoly of the clans in the field of culture and education.
It was difficult to maintain the manor model, which caused the so-called aristocrats in history to gradually disappear.
But when the monopoly on culture and education disappears, will there no longer be such a group?
Liu Jian doesn’t think so. It’s just that the groups that monopolized education and official careers based on the Four Books and Five Classics have disappeared. But as long as there are humans, there will still be classes that use monopoly as a means of oppression.
Human productivity will develop, market economy, production capacity resources, science and technology will eventually replace the Four Books and Five Classics and become the mainstream, and by then, monopoly will be global...
In short, judging from the nature of human development and the plunder of human resources, groups like this will only exist in a different way because of human development and will not become extinct.
If Liu Hong fights against the clan with an attitude that presupposes the elimination or change of the system, then he will be the first to perish.
The thousand-year historical process has shown that relying solely on strategy, provocation, and imprisonment to change the inherent system is nothing more than a drop in the bucket.
Every evolution of living things is inevitably accompanied by a revolution and an outbreak.
When the human body's sufferings accumulate to a certain extent, there will inevitably be a disease, and the process of curing this disease can never be solved by a few internal groups arguing with each other.
In human history, reform and war always go hand in hand.
And a hundred years after the end of the war, greater and stronger productivity will often burst out.
The Han Dynasty has reached its current situation because of the dispute between imperial power and censorship, the dispute between ancient and modern literature, and the dispute between landlords and the poor. Just trying to resolve these contradictions by scratching the surface cannot solve any problems.
Resolving the dispute between imperial power and authority, and resolving the dispute between ancient and modern literature will not bring about higher productivity, nor will it bring about any effective changes.
Regardless of who was the real promoter of the Yellow Turban Uprising, there is no doubt that the internal logic of this uprising was doomed.
Although the pain is severe, it is also the beginning of healing.
Liu Jian did not say these words to Liu Hong, he could only understand them in his own heart.
He just extracted simple principles from this big logic to slowly push Liu Hong to do something.
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"Your Majesty, all the benefits that can be achieved by the party's control this time have been achieved during the Xiping period. The scholars have changed their coping methods. Your Majesty, think about it. Over the years, whether it is Xuanling's filial son or Hongdu's scholar,
Regardless of whether the students from the sect can successfully enter the officialdom, they have never been able to become the mainstream. In the end, what your Majesty wants, you only get three points."
"Hongdu School, filial son of Xuanling..."
Liu Hong reached out and rubbed his temples, muttering to himself.
These were two big moves he made in order to change the system of servants among the nobles, but the final results could not meet his highest expectations. This made Liu Hong quite depressed.
"Then according to Aiqing's wishes, is it necessary to give up the party's imprisonment in accordance with the wishes of Yuan Ji and others?"
"It's not about giving up, it's about giving up slowly. This time Yuan Ji and others asked Your Majesty to revoke the Party's imprisonment in the name of 'clan ritual'. This move can be regarded as catching the attention of the world. In my opinion, the Party's imprisonment is certainly going to be withdrawn."
Yes, but Your Majesty cannot withdraw without any reason, and you will eventually get something that Your Majesty needs."
"Ai Qing, what do you think I need at this moment?"
"I cannot make this decision for Your Majesty. Your Majesty is the Emperor. The Emperor sits on the four seas and controls all the wastelands. What the Emperor wants is beyond my imagination. It's just that some things cannot be rushed. I have been in Zhuoxian County since I was a child.
My father once taught me that food must be eaten one bite at a time and things must be done one by one. Your Majesty, some things cannot be rushed and cannot be accomplished by one or two generations. They need to be worked on slowly."
Liu Hong was silent for a long time, then slowly nodded and said: "I understand what I love about you, but I have one last thing to ask you."
"Please give me your Majesty's words."
"Yuan Ji, the Yongle Shaofu, although he is the second generation leader of the Yuan family, has never taken any action for many years. Now he is acquitted by the party members. As the next head of the Yuan family, he has personally stepped forward. Why is this?"
Liu Jian was slightly silent when he heard this.
His answer this time is likely to affect Liu Hong's attitude and policies towards the Yuan family and the famous families in Beijing in the next few years.
His thoughts changed rapidly, he weighed quickly, and then gave a long salute: "Yuan Ji at this time is quite like His Majesty in September of the first year of Jianning."
When Liu Hong heard this, he naturally understood.
What happened in the first year of Jianning?
September 1911 Coup.
After that, Taifu Chen Fan, General Dou Wu, Shangshu Ling Yin Xun, and servant Liu Yu were all exterminated. Empress Dowager Dou, who was not Liu Hong's biological mother, but enjoyed the treatment of Liu Hong's biological mother, was driven to the Yuntai of Nangong.
The biological mother whom the emperor longed for finally became Empress Xiaoren and moved into Yongle Palace.
Although the September coup was not a seizure of power directly initiated by the young emperor, but a desperate counterattack by the eunuchs, we have to admit that Liu Hong was the biggest beneficiary of that coup.
Since then, he has grown from a child whose hands and feet were restrained to an emperor who can truly enjoy imperial power.
"I understand!" Liu Hong nodded slowly: "Don't pretend to give power to others, the second generation of the Yuan family is determined to stand at the forefront of the court."
"Your Majesty is wise, compared to Yuan Situ, who is nearly sixty years old, the people who will spar with your Majesty from now on will eventually be the second generation of the Yuan family. Your Majesty, it is better sooner rather than later. The sooner you try to figure out the skills and tactics of your opponent, and how to deal with them.
The more advantageous it is to Your Majesty."
Liu Hong was silent for a long time and finally spoke to Liu Jian.
"My love for you is as loyal as Gong Dan's."
Gongdan? Haha...
Liu Jian secretly laughed in his heart, in fact, you just want to think of me as Qu Yuan and Bigan, right?
"I have already reaped all the benefits of the party's governance. Next, I have to find a new approach, right?" Liu Hong asked Liu Jian.
"yes."
But Liu Jian secretly thought: Considering the current shortcomings of the imperial court, all methods are in vain.
Just like a company whose organizational structure or business philosophy is completely ruined, there is no other way but to reorganize.
"Your Majesty, you are gradually pardoning the party imprisonment. This is a great victory for Yuan Ji. In this victory season, if Your Majesty is promoted to the rank of permanent attendant among you, I think you will not encounter too much resistance."
Liu Hong wanted to grant marquisships to the eunuchs, and it took more than a day or two. Once the eunuchs were granted marquisships, the emperor could use this common practice to appoint relatives of powerful people to important local positions, and to a certain extent, expand some of the so-called
Important imperial power.
"Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong just shouted to kill you in front of me, but you asked me to knight them. Don't you blame them?"
Liu Jian said: "The two ministers are just like the ministers, they are all thinking about your majesty, but in different ways."
Liu Hong was silent for a while, then reached out and patted Liu Jian on the shoulder: "But after all, their structure is too small compared to Aiqing."
"Your Majesty, I have one more thing."
"What's the matter?"
"Your Majesty, please transfer me from the Yueqi Camp and still give me the position of Langguan, so that I can better serve your Majesty."
Liu Hong looked at him with some confusion: "Why do you say this? Is a school captain with two thousand dan inferior to a Yilang with 600 dan?"
"I'm just used to fighting alone, that's all."
Liu Hong thought carefully for a while and understood in his heart.
"Aiqing first came to Luoyang from Zhuo County. His foundation is not deep and he is not like others. It is really difficult for you to be appointed as the captain of the first battalion without a good person to help you."
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your understanding."
"However, your appointment as captain of the Yue Cavalry School is my personal order and cannot be changed. Where is the power of God? In this way, you can decide at your own discretion whether to replace or transfer the subordinate officials in the five battalions of the Northern Army. You can make decisions at your own discretion.
I will coordinate with you there, so I don’t need to worry about you."