"Brother, what does the Song Dynasty have to do with us? The Mongols have been driven to Mobei by us, and the Khitans and Jurchens no longer exist. Why are we so unfounded?" Li Shanchang said with a bitter smile.
"The Mongols are not finished yet, they will come back if we relax a little. The Jurchens are still under the rule of the Northern Yuan Dynasty and have not disappeared..." Liu Bowen said solemnly: "As long as we go back to the old path of the Song Dynasty, believe us
, they will all come back, and we will definitely make the same mistake again!"
"That's alarmist, Brother Bowen." Li Shanchang didn't know why Liu Bowen became like this.
Just like he never knew that in the future, the Ming Dynasty would also sink to the mainland and its clothes and clothes would be ruined...
After having a glimpse of the future, Liu Bowen's biggest wish now is to change the future so that the Ming Dynasty will not repeat the mistakes of the Song Dynasty and the Han family will continue to live forever.
That's why he was extremely disgusted with the Song Dynasty's system of "the monarch and the scholar-bureaucrats sharing the world", "emphasis on civility and restraint on military affairs", and "power separation and checks and balances".
Li Shanchang had no way of understanding Liu Bowen's mood, but he knew very well that the only one who could save those officials now was Liu Bowen.
When in trouble, go to Liu Ji, which is the magic weapon he has been adhering to for the past twenty years...
But this time he was disappointed. No matter how much he said it, Liu Bowen still refused to help.
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"Well, you are against co-governance by the emperor and his ministers, so you want the emperor to be a sole husband?" Li Shanchang asked helplessly.
"It is not a bad thing for a wise king to be dictatorial. Especially for the Ming Dynasty, which is full of waste and waiting for prosperity." Liu Bowen said lightly: "I, Emperor Hongwu of the Ming Dynasty, and His Highness the Crown Prince, can be called a great wise king."
"You are confused!" Li Shanchang said in a low voice: "Yes, you have read more than me. Then you should know better. If we don't get a good start when we found the country, it will be extremely difficult for future generations to reform the system."
"Yeah." Liu Bowen nodded, not denying it.
"You should also know that father and son cannot be wise kings for generations. I have no doubt that the superior and the prince, and even the grandsons taught by the superior and the prince, will be wise kings. But what about the future? Born in Shen
In the palace, a future emperor who is better than a woman's hands can easily be usurped by eunuchs and relatives! Isn't this how the Han and Tang Dynasties ended?"
"But the Han and Tang Dynasties were very capable of fighting in the end." Before Liu Bowen figured out the future route, he mainly judged the quality of a dynasty system by whether it could fight in the end.
"At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Hu people could still be frightened, and the Tang Dynasty could still destroy Tubo before dying. This is beyond the imagination of the Song Dynasty."
"Before the Northern Song Dynasty died, it also destroyed the Liao Dynasty..." Li Shanchang argued in a low voice.
"It's just extremely stupid speculation." Liu Bowen responded with a look that looked at poor students.
"The Northern Song Dynasty has never been weak. Didn't Yue Fei, Han Shizhong and the others beat the Jin Dynasty to pieces?" Li Shanchang said unconvinced.
"I, the son of the Han family, think I am invincible in the world." Liu Bowen said proudly: "This just shows that there is something wrong with the Song Dynasty's system."
"Why did you come back again?" Li Shanchang didn't understand. Why did Liu Bowen worry about the subjugation of the country all day long? "Given the fact that the current emperor is in power, those are issues that should be worried about in many generations."
"As the Grand Master said, if we don't get off to a good start when we found the country, it will be extremely difficult for future generations to reform the system." Liu Bowen countered with his own words: "So we must get off to a good start."
"If a monarch rules alone, once a single husband and a common traitor emerges, the people will have nothing to live on." Li Shanchang continued to argue: "The emperor does not distinguish between family and country. He treats the world as private property and treats all officials as domestic slaves. Is this what you want to see?"
"This is indeed not good for the officials, but what's not good for the common people?" Liu Bowen said calmly: "Even if the emperor treats the world as private property and the people as cattle and horses, he must always plan for his descendants and cannot destroy his own property.
In addition, the cattle and horses should be allowed to rest and recuperate.
"But this is not the case for scholar-bureaucrats when they are in charge of government. The world is not their own property, and the people are not their own cattle and horses, so naturally they will not cherish it. They only think about how to turn the emperor's property into their own property while they are in office. When they are new officials,
When I took office, I also wanted a piece of my own industry...
"I would like to ask Grand Master, is it easier to satisfy the emperor and his family; or is it more difficult to satisfy the emperor and the scholar-bureaucrats from thousands of families? Is it a heavier burden on the people?"
"Brother, don't forget your identity. You are a scholar-bureaucrat, not an emperor, nor a common person! Don't sit crooked!" Li Shanchang raised his voice and said angrily.
"It is precisely because I am a scholar-official that I know that scholar-officials are sanctimonious, but in fact they are greedy and selfish. The Song Dynasty and the scholar-officials jointly rule the world, and the Jin Dynasty and the scholar-officials share the world. It happened to be the time when my Han Dynasty was at its weakest. This is definitely not a coincidence!" Liu Bowen said solemnly!
Vocal:
"If I had a choice, I would rather choose the emperor to share the world with the people!"
"Sharing the world with the people? What's the difference between ruling by a king alone?" Li Shanchang couldn't help laughing and said: "A bunch of idiots know how to govern the country? Do they have that ability? Are they worthy?"
"My ideal of 'sharing the world with the people' is not a disguised form of rule by one king, but a real way for the people to rise. Ordinary soldiers can worship thousands of marquises based on their military merits, and be granted the title of wife and son!
"Farmers' sons can also read and write, and step into the official career step by step. Instead of letting scholar-bureaucrats monopolize all the room for advancement for generations, this is what I think of the king and the people sharing the world."
"Then you should persuade the superiors to reopen the imperial examination!" Li Shanchang said loudly.
"The threshold for the imperial examination is too high. Who among ordinary people can study hard for more than ten years? In the end, will they be monopolized by the gentry?" Liu Bowen shook his head and said: "I see how good the common people trained by the emperor are in Guozi studies.
Years later, if I practice more and more, I will have no problem running the country."
"Crazy, crazy! You are definitely crazy!" Li Shanchang looked at Liu Bowen with a pale face, feeling that this old enemy had become so strange and so crazy.
In addition, he didn't sleep all night last night and was not in the mood to eat breakfast. He suddenly felt dizzy.
Thinking that there was still a candy in my sleeve, I quickly took it out and peeled off the candy wrapper.
"..." Seeing the color of the candy wrapper, Liu Bowen wanted to stop him.
Li Shanchang had already eaten it.
Liu Bowen had no choice but to shut up.
After waiting for a long time, Li Shanchang's face gradually turned red. He stood up and said, "We have different paths and we should not work together. I made the mistake of coming today."
"It's not a day or two since we parted ways." Liu Bowen smiled nonchalantly.
"Farewell." Li Shanchang cupped his hands and hurried away without looking back.
"You're leaving now, aren't you going to eat at home?" Liu Bowen looked at his back with a smile.
"Let's do it another day..." Li Shanchang's voice trembled, and his walking posture became unnatural.
But with the belief that he could not die socially like Liu Bowen, he gritted his teeth and insisted on getting on his carriage.
