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"Knowing this too early is not good for you. You are young and impulsive, so knowing this will easily show up..."
Huh, there are quite a few princes who have died of illness or been deposed in the past dynasties!"
"Father..." Yu Zhuang was shocked and shouted.
He vaguely saw something amiss in Yu Su's weirdness today.
Yu Su carries an indescribable sense of determination!
However, Yu Su didn't give him a chance to speak at all, and kept talking to himself, "Nothing is isolated. If you want to understand the situation of the government today, you must understand the things of the past.
In fact, judging from your gentleman's fundamental theory, many of the contexts are actually clear.
At that time, Taizu inherited the military merit system of the previous dynasty and swore with all the ministers in the world to kill the white dragon that no one would be crowned unless he had military merit, and he would not be king unless he had the Yu clan!
So after he conquered the world, he bestowed the title of meritorious officials and hundreds of princes from all over the world.
Humph, the people are ignorant. Maybe there are rumors that Taizu was mean and killed heroes indiscriminately.
If they really kill heroes indiscriminately, how can I, Dayu, be able to maintain a stable position?
In fact, Taizu was the most generous to his heroes.
In addition to the meritorious princes, there are also meritorious officers and soldiers at all levels who, according to their titles, have houses and land.
Even when Dayu was founded, the imperial court controlled only one-third of the land.
Other lands have been granted to other clan kings, meritorious officials, princes, and even meritorious soldiers.
The emperor and the heroes truly share the world.
This is what happened later. When Empress Gao died, the princes and heroes responded and supported the Great Yu.
As a result, the relatives of the empress Gao were killed and the situation of the Yu Dynasty was stabilized.
This is what your gentleman said about the foundation of my great Yu.
At least it is the foundation of my old Yu Dynasty!
These people are tied to the interests of me, Dayu, and my Yu family.
Only then can we stand firmly with me, Dayu.
However, in less than a hundred years, the foundation of the world has already collapsed!
Later generations may feel that the responsibility for the collapse of this foundation should lie with Emperor Wu.
At that time, Emperor Wu concentrated his power and used various methods to weaken the power of the kings and princes. He cut their flesh with soft knives and almost wiped out all the heroes and princes.
But what is the real reason?
You should also know that the population is increasing, the land is decreasing, and the big families are annexing the common people.
After Emperor Wu, this matter became more and more serious, causing the situation in the world to become more and more dangerous.
In view of this, Confucianism began to prepare for reforms and tried to reverse this move.
At that time, Dou Fang was just the standard-bearer for Confucianism to launch reforms.
The core purpose is to redistribute land so that the people of the world can survive.
However, you have seen the consequences with your own eyes. What is the result? Everyone in the world is against it.
Because how can we redistribute the land? We can only take it back from the big families and distribute it to the common people.
These people found the Dayu clan from various places, and under the banner of restoring Dayu, quickly attacked and destroyed Dou Fang.
The reason why I, the emperor, started from scratch in just these few years and already owns most of the world.
It sounds like it is destiny, but in fact it is not supported by the wealthy families."
These words immediately made Yuzhuang fall silent and feel deeply trembled.
I think of the civil and military ministers in the Manchu Dynasty, some of them were old and virtuous, some were talented in both civil and military affairs, some were extraordinarily heroic, or some were gentle and elegant.
Above the court, everyone is benevolent, righteous, moral, and full of justice.
But when these surfaces are uncovered, the truth is so naked and frightening!
"Your husband said that I don't want to lay a foundation. Is it possible that I don't know this truth?
However, most of the land in the world belongs to those big clans, and I just tried a little bit to test it, and they beat me back.
Even, in order to warn me, Wang Situ was directly killed!
Tell me, under such circumstances, how can I lay the foundation? Those great clans are the foundation of my new dynasty of Yu."
Yu Zhuang vaguely heard that something was wrong, and thought for a while and said, "Father, it's still different.
During Taizu's time, all the heroes and princes were granted titles by Taizu, and their fields, houses, and lands all came from my Yu family.
But now that those big families already have land and don’t rely on me, the Yu family, how can they be my foundation?"
Yu Su smiled when he heard this and said, "It's great that you can understand this!"
These people are not the foundation of my Dayu. I, Dayu, want to lay the foundation.
You have to have one, well, all the fields, houses and land come from my Yu family’s class...
And these people, who should have nothing, will be grateful to me, Mr. Yu, after they have gained this.
Even because I am afraid that these things will be taken away by others, I will surround myself closely with Yu.
Only in this way can we, Dayu, be able to maintain long-term peace and stability..."
"But my father, even if he has such a... class.
They may be grateful to me, the Yu family, at first, but as time goes by, after dozens or hundreds of years, their foundation will be solid, and they will probably become the same as they are now, right?" Yu Zhuang said.
"That will be tens or even hundreds of years later. Didn't your gentleman also say that by then the foundation of Dayu will be solid.
At that time, even if the foundation begins to deteriorate, the repairs can still be maintained for two to three hundred years with the help of inertia!"
"But, is there no dynasty in this world that lasts forever?" Yuzhuang felt deeply unwilling.
"That can only rely on the efforts of the younger generation..." Yu Su said lightly.
Yu Su, who is used to seeing troubles and started from scratch, is more open-minded than Yu Zhuang on this point.
One generation can only do one thing.
Being able to lay the foundation of a three-hundred-year-old dynasty is already remarkable.
What happens next is no longer something he, the founder of the foundation, can worry about!
In fact, even now, the enemy he faces is extremely powerful.
Even Yu Su himself did not have complete confidence. Many of the previous cold treatment of Prince Yu Zhuang were just in case.
He had already thought about attacking those wealthy clans, but he was just afraid of the backlash if he failed.
That’s why I treated Yuzhuang a bit coldly...
At least after losing, try not to implicate Yu Zhuang.
However, Mr. Tongzhen made this matter clear.
Do you think Tao Xiaowu really said these things to Tai Yuan Gong?
It was clearly passed back to Yusu through the mouth of a messenger.
It is also for the officials of the imperial court and the great families of the world!
Yu Su originally planned to wait until the world was completely peaceful before starting to deal with the big clans.
But now, I have to take action in advance!
In fact, Yu Su was still a little annoyed!
However, a mature politician can suppress his emotions for the sake of the overall situation.
Because while Tao Xiaowu was shouting to him from a distance, he also told Yu Su about another possibility...
In other words, it was for Yu Su to find another powerful ally who could suppress and deal with the big clan!