Seven hundred and eighty-eighth chapter nine words
Zhu Youjian sat on the throne of Qianqing Palace, looking at the nine characters written by Li Zhi on the memorial, sometimes pondering, sometimes thinking deeply.
In the past, Li Zhi's handwriting was not good-looking, and he had to let literati ghostwrite his memorials. But over the years, Li Zhi practiced writing traditional Chinese characters when he had nothing to do. Now his handwriting is not ugly. These nine characters were written by Li Zhi himself. He is an engineer. There is an air of engineer in his background and fonts, which makes Zhu Youjian look a little suspicious.
The nine words written on the memorial are: "Establish a court, equalize land tax, and clarify patents."
Zhu Youjian carefully pondered these nine words and pondered them over and over again.
In the past, Zhu Youjian was trapped in the palace every day, and he could only feel Li Zhi's victorious battles in the memorials, and only knew the true nature of Tianjin's strong army. Occasionally, he heard Dongchang Fanzi report Tianjin's prosperity, but he only stayed at In a concept.
But after traveling around Tianjin and Liaodong this time, Zhu Youjian finally understood what happened in Li Zhi's territory. What he saw and heard along the way really shocked Zhu Youjian.
A civilized and prosperous town and six provinces, with a temperament that does not belong to this Chongzhen period, is slowly rising to the east of Beijing. If the Ming Dynasty in the 21st year of Chongzhen was characterized by the collapse of order and continuous war, this Zhenliu Province is completely on the other extreme, representing the best side of the human world.
Powerful! All the impressions of Tianjin and Liaodong come together, and the final feeling given to Zhu Youjian is two words, powerful, powerful beyond words.
After seeing too much of the bleak life in the capital, and then looking at Li Zhi's One Town and Six Provinces, I really felt like they were two countries.
In the past, Zhu Youjian didn't understand why Tianjin's soldiers and horses were so strong. Now Zhu Youjian understood: Tianjin's soldiers and horses can not only be so strong, but can also be stronger at any time. If Li Zhi gives the order to carry out general mobilization, Li Zhi's entire town The six provinces don’t know how many troops they can mobilize.
After reading Tianjin and Liaodong, Zhu Youjian understood that the Ming Dynasty needed to change.
If things remain unchanged, the Ming Dynasty will collapse.
The events in Henan and Shaanxi kept reminding Zhu Youjian that the gentry of the Ming Dynasty were forcing the people at the bottom to rebel.
The gentry in the world don't know what the bottom line is and what is shame. They only know about cliques for personal gain. Let the children of the family study for a few years and get the title of scholar, and then they have the status of bullying the common people. Moreover, the current imperial examination system has been fester, even if the children are useless Even if you can't get a name in the exam, you can get on the list just by bribing important people.
The examination fraud case of Donglin leader Qian Qianyi and the imperial examination manipulation case of Fushe leader Zhang Pu all reminded Zhu Youjian how corrupt the current imperial examination was and how unworthy the so-called meritorious scholars were.
The most terrifying thing is not that these gentry monopolize social resources. The most terrifying thing is that after these gentry monopolize social resources through disorderly means, they have no idea what order is. For these gentry, the world has no rules except power. They Destroy social rules and rob all social wealth. They never make a big cake, and they don't care who maintains the cake. They only grab the cake crazily.
Such a group will undoubtedly make the pie smaller and smaller, so that the fertile fields will be barren and famines will continue for years. The imperial court with a nominal number of millions of guardsmen will be unable to fight against foreign enemies, and the humble people will be forced to revolt.
The Ming Dynasty was controlled by such a group of gentlemen and gentlemen, and there was only one way to collapse.
In the past, Zhu Youjian also understood that there would be no future for the Ming Dynasty if he continued to work in harmony with the civil servants and gentry. But at that time, Zhu Youjian could not see any other path. At that time, Zhu Youjian seemed to be walking in a dead end with no branches. , knowing that there is a dead end ahead but there is no way to escape.
But things are different now. After looking around the town and six provinces of Tianjin County Prince, Zhu Youjian suddenly discovered that there are other roads to take in the world. Zhu Youjian felt that Li Zhi was hammering down a dead end. With a sudden smash on the wall, the seemingly solid barrier collapsed, revealing a bright avenue.
As long as Zhu Youjian is not stupid, of course he will jump to this avenue without hesitation.
In fact, Zhu Youjian knew that he had the only way to go. Li Zhi's one town and six provinces brought not only a way out, but also pressure to Zhu Youjian. According to Tianjin's current development momentum, in a few years, In ten years, if the Ming Dynasty remains unchanged, the balance between one town, six provinces and the Ming Dynasty will not be maintained.
To put it simply, if the bandits continue to wreak havoc and the court is unable to conquer them, they will always ask Li Zhi to quell them. What will Zhu Youjian do to seal Li Zhi in the future?
To be granted the title of Prince? After the title of Prince is completed, what will be the title?
Zhu Youjian took a breath, stood up, and walked back and forth in the Qianqing Palace.
Yesterday, the decoration workers sent from Tianjin had replaced all the windows of Qianqing Palace with glass windows. The early summer sunshine shone on Zhu Youjian through the colorless glass, giving Zhu Youjian a slight burning sensation on his skin. I feel very energetic.
"Hand in court"
Zhu Youjian stood in front of the glass window, looking at the majestic palace in the Forbidden City, and said in a deep voice: "Only by setting up courts to protect the common people can the interests of the common people and small landlords be protected. The duties of these common people can be protected, Only then will there be people to fertilize the fields and accumulate soil, and only then will there be people to build canals for irrigation, and only then will the grain output be maintained and not decrease."
After hearing the emperor's words, Wang Chengen and Wang Dehua, who were standing behind, looked at each other. They didn't know whether it was because the light was too strong and too hot after installing the glass windows, or because the emperor's words frightened them both. In short, both of them were covered in sweat.
The emperor was still thinking, and said to the palace outside the window: "I only have Confucian scholars as judges in the court, and I have to ask the prince of Tianjin to provide them."
Wang Chengen finally couldn't help it, and he raised his hands and said: "Your Majesty, it would be inappropriate if students of the King of Tianjin were all judges in the courts of the Ming Dynasty."
Zhu Youjian turned to look at Wang Chengen and said, "What's wrong?"
Wang Chengen said: "The power of the King of Tianjin is too great."
Zhu Youjian smiled and said: "Wang Chengen, you don't know that the students trained by the Tianjin County Prince emphasize the word public morality, and are only loyal to justice and not to individuals. Whoever asks them to uphold the code of justice, they will obey. No. Like Confucian scholars, they pay attention to the friendship between 'master', 'disciple' and 'same age', but there are personal relationships everywhere!"
Wang Chengen opened his mouth, feeling something was wrong, but he couldn't tell what was wrong.
Zhu Youjian smiled, turned around and looked out the window, and said slowly: "Juntian Fu"
After hearing Zhu Youjian's words, Wang Chengen and Wang Dehua fell to their knees on the ground.
"Your Majesty, think twice! Your Majesty, please think twice! The policy of equalizing land wealth must never be implemented. If this policy is implemented, the gentry in the world will definitely be in an uproar! The world of our Ming Dynasty will be in chaos!"
