He recalled when he was in high school in his first life. Although his college diploma in his first life was not as valuable as this life, the competition was still very fierce. He only slept five to six hours a day, which was very hard. He often took the bus.
while falling asleep.
Yun couldn't help but have a nostalgic look on his face. Although he would still find it very hard if he had to go to high school for another three years and vowed never to do it again, he would still miss it very much.
"Master?" Tang Ying suddenly said at this time.
"What?" Yun said subconsciously.
"Shifu, since yesterday morning, I always feel that you are different from before." Tang Ying thought, and said: "How to put it, I don't know how to say it, but I just feel that you are not the same as before.
It’s the same.”
Yun Yilin. This girl named Tang Ying seemed to know him better than Lan Tianhe and was more difficult to deal with. But he immediately calmed down. He had fifty years of experience as an emperor, and he would not be able to connect with someone who did not have much life experience.
Even the little girl can't handle it.
"It's just that we haven't seen each other for a weekend, what's going to change?" Yun said casually.
"No," Tang Ying shook her head: "You just changed."
"Okay, I'll be honest with you." Seeing that this little girl was really hard to fool, Yun could only say half-truthfully: "I went to pay homage to my parents' graves on Friday, and I dreamed about it that night.
My parents and father said to me: Shi He, since your mother and I reunited, I have given you all the burden of reviving the family. You have been under great pressure in the past few years, and you can't even sleep at night. We all know that. At the end of the day
From now on, we will also think about it, our family is a royal family, what family can be revitalized? How can it be our family's turn to revitalize the family? From now on, you just need to live a good life, and there is no need to revitalize the family.
Keep it in mind."
"These are not my father's original words. My father said a lot at that time. I woke up after my father finished speaking. Then, as you can guess, I struggled with it for a long time and finally put it down. There was no pressure.
I will feel relaxed from now on, but of course it will be different from before." Yun said.
Although Yun's words are completely made up, they are not unreasonable. Yun is indeed not under the same heavy pressure as Zhu Shihe. Not to mention that the man named Zhu is still the emperor, even if this land has become a republic, he
Nor would he bother to figure out how to rebuild the Zhu Empire in a modern country. As for whether he can stand out, as a man who just ended his fifty-year career as emperor not long ago, he actually doesn't care too much. He may regret it in the future, and may feel
Living a mediocre life is a waste of life, but at least now, he feels that there is nothing wrong with living an ordinary life.
"Really?" Tang Ying was a little surprised. When Yun nodded, he said happily: "This is great! I have always advised you not to carry so much, but you always don't listen. Now your parents tell you that you
I finally let it go. In fact, it doesn’t matter if you don’t go to college. The welfare of this country is pretty good now, and you have a title, so your life will not be bad. If you go to college and become one of the elites, of course you will be able to do so materially.
Okay, but the pressure you usually endure is much greater than that of the average person. Master, I am not saying that you will definitely fail the exam, but I just advise you not to be under too much pressure."
"But you can't say this to others casually. If you let others know that you don't care about going to college, it will affect their view of you." After a pause, Tang Ying continued.
Yun was stunned for a moment, then realized what Tang Ying meant and laughed. He couldn't help but think: 'So, she is really good for me and wants to marry me. Speaking of which, she and Zhu Shizhen are childhood sweethearts.
, although we have not been classmates and neighbors since kindergarten, we have been classmates since the first grade of elementary school. I have never had such a childhood sweetheart girlfriend. If I really get married in the future, I don’t know what will happen. It’s a pity that Zhu Shizhen is dead.
, and I'm a fake.'
He did start to consider marrying Tang Ying. If he couldn't go to college, then Tang Ying would be a more suitable wife for him. After all, she had good looks, liked himself, no, liked Zhu Shifu, and had at least a good family background.
It's also average. Of course, there is a problem that needs to be solved. Thinking of this, Yun looked at Tang Ying again.
At this moment, Tang Ying seemed to have remembered something, and looked at him and said, "You just called uncle father. You used to call me dad. Calling me father is still too formal. From now on, I'll call you dad." But she
After saying this, I didn't know what else came to my mind, and my face turned crimson.
'She is too familiar with Zhu Shihe, and it is easy to see the difference between me and Zhu Shihe. Even if she is fooled by her parents' dream, it cannot be said that all changes are caused by dreams, right? You have to be careful in front of her.
, and worked harder to imitate Zhu Shihe's every move.'
'And on the other hand, since Tang Ying is so familiar with Zhu Shihuan, if I can completely deceive her, it means that no one can see through my disguise. So don't deliberately avoid her in the future and just interact normally.' Yun thought.
.
They talked for a while, and there were only two minutes left before the end of get out of class. The PE teacher who was the referee blew the whistle, and the people in Yun's team shouted happily. Yun also went up to celebrate a little with them, and then They picked up the football and put it back in the equipment room. Physical education was the last class in the morning, so they didn't go back to the classroom and walked to the cafeteria in twos and threes.
After lunch, Lan Tianhe walked to the dormitory and Yun returned to the classroom. Although Lan Tianhe was a day student, his home was not close to the school. Of course he would not go home at noon. In order to let him have a good rest at noon, his father also became a boarder. In fact,
Most students in the dormitory only sleep here at noon and go home at night.
After Yun returned to the classroom, he immediately took out his history book and the "History Textbook Supplement" and began to read the subsequent history. The next chapter was "Scientific Progress in the Early Ming Dynasty". Yun looked at it briefly and turned over it; the next chapter was "Scientific Progress in the Early Ming Dynasty".
"Relationships with Other Countries in the Early Ming Dynasty". Yun was interested in the content of this chapter, but what he wanted to read now was the second social revolution, so he skipped it and continued reading; the next chapter was "Society in the Early Ming Dynasty"
Development, changes in political institutions and the first social revolution.
Yun thought for a while and did not continue to turn back. There is no doubt that the title of the chapter about the second social revolution that he is concerned about is probably "Social Development in the Mid-Ming Dynasty/Modern Times, Changes in the Political System and the Second Social Revolution."
The second social revolution must be closely related to the first. It would be better for him to read this chapter first and then that chapter.
He skipped the description and evaluation of the political system during the Hongwu period and started looking directly at the system implemented by himself. "..., there is no doubt that among the various systems implemented by Emperor Zhao, the most important ones are the following four: 1,
Implement the enfeoffment system of feudal kings overseas, 2. Create a ruling class with the nobility as the core, 3. Pay attention to the development of industry and commerce, 4. Reform the tax system.”
"As for the content of the enfeoffment system, I will not go into details in this section."
"Creating a ruling class with nobles as the core was a major initiative of Emperor Zhao. It is still difficult for us to know why Emperor Zhao had the idea to do this instead of continuing the system of Emperor Taizu. But there is no doubt that this had an impact on the Ming Dynasty
It is huge. Emperor Zhao was the shaper of the system. During the Jianye period, the system was immature and had power comparable to that of Emperor Taizu. Emperor Zhang was not as powerful as Emperor Zhao, but he also had great power. But from Rui, the fourth emperor of the empire,
After becoming an emperor, his power gradually shrank. When Emperor Cheng succeeded to the throne, although he could still use the civil service group to compete with the nobles, he could no longer pass the decrees that the nobles firmly opposed. If there were not overseas vassals to support the emperor, the emperor's power would probably be
It will become almost as powerful as the monarch of the country."
Seeing this, Yun smiled. This was exactly the system of checks and balances he originally designed. Although the power of the Central Plains emperor was getting smaller and smaller, when there were overseas vassals, it was impossible for the Central Plains nobles to abdicate.
He wanted to seize the throne through various methods, because this would cause ambitious vassal kings in Southeast Asia and the northwest to raise armies, and there would definitely be civil servants and generals in the Central Plains who were still loyal to the Zhu family to defect to the throne. The risk was too great, and the gains outweighed the losses.
He continued reading. "However, the system in which Emperor Zhao created a ruling class with the aristocracy at its core played a very important role in helping the empire to survive the first social revolution smoothly."
"Emphasis on the development of industry and commerce is also a surprising reform of Emperor Zhao. This is not considered an initiative of Emperor Zhao, because as early as the Spring and Autumn Period, under the leadership of Guan Zhong, Qi became a mercantile country; Emperor Zhao was vigorously developing industry and commerce
At that time, he also mentioned Guan Zhong many times, and personally taught "Guan Zi" when giving lectures at the Imperial College and Wucheng School."
"But we also don't know why Emperor Zhao encouraged the development of industry and commerce. In fact, the large-scale development of industry and commerce was detrimental to feudal rule. Historians have put forward many opinions, but they have not been recognized."
Yun smiled and continued reading. "...In any case, during the reign of Emperor Zhao, industry and commerce developed rapidly. In a short period of time, the urban population accounted for 3% of the total population in the country.
It quickly increased to 20%, close to the highest ratio in the Southern Song Dynasty; the total tariffs increased from less than two million in the first year of the 31st year of the Renaissance to more than 5 million in the 36th year of the Renaissance. Of course, this is in line with the enfeoffment system.
Successfully implemented, the conquest of India and direct trade with other countries were closely related. In short, due to the surge in demand and the loosening of the system, industry and commerce were able to develop rapidly."
"Emperor Zhao also greatly improved the status of merchants. Although Princess Changshan's husband was a juren, he came from a family of merchants; the family of Empress Xiaochengzhang (Wenyuan's wife) was also from a family of merchants. Just based on these two arrangements of Emperor Zhao,
It can be seen to what extent the status of businessmen has been improved."
"The last important reform of Emperor Zhao was the tax reform, which changed from mainly collecting agricultural taxes during the Taizu period to mainly collecting industrial and commercial taxes. This was certainly a correct reform. Although there were only a few tax collectors in each county at that time to collect agricultural taxes, it seems that
It seems that there is not much cost, but in fact the hidden cost of collecting agricultural taxes is very high, but it is passed on to the weak landlords and farmers. This leads to the gradual concentration of land to the powerful even if large-scale disasters and wars do not occur.
In the hands of the landowners. The small farm system implemented by Emperor Zhao to take advantage of the short period of time when there were fewer people and more land would only delay the process and could not completely solve the problem."
"And Emperor Zhao's method of collecting agricultural taxes is also very correct. It is difficult to escape tariffs, so the tax rate is set to collect the full amount. It is difficult for shops in the city to determine their turnover, so they collect fixed amounts according to the type of goods sold and the area of the store. This ensures that the industrial and commercial tax
The collection efficiency enables the government to gradually increase the tax revenue received every year, ensuring the normal operation of the country."
"After Emperors Zhang and Rui succeeded to the throne, they did not change the policies formulated by Emperor Zhao. In the last years of Emperor Rui, the urban population accounted for 40% of the country's total population, and industrial and commercial taxes accounted for 75% of the country's total taxes."
"According to a sociologist, by this time, the economic base of the Ming Empire was no longer consistent with the superstructure, and there was an urgent need for change. Either the economic base should be changed to become mainly agricultural again, or the superstructure should be changed to
Businessmen, now known as capitalists, were included in the ruling class."
"The final result is of course that the capitalists were included in the ruling class. In fact, because of Emperor Zhao's reforms, including the establishment of heavy industry factories where the emperor, the royal family and the nobility shared profits, and the profits of the heavy industry factories also exceeded the land rent collected by the nobility in the countryside; and
The vigorous improvement of the status of capitalists made the nobles not opposed to industry and commerce and had already colluded with capitalists. When Emperor Cheng was in power, they completely colluded with each other and formed a new ruling class. Some nobles who did not agree with this lost their power.
He was marginalized, even deprived of his title and became a commoner."
"Confucianism, including the Mingli sect of the Neo-Confucian sect advocated by Emperor Zhao, was also rejected. The purpose of capitalists is to make money. How can they allow the spread of Confucian ideas that regard them as 'five beetles'? Not to mention that Confucianism advocates monarchs, monarchs, and ministers.
Father and son, father and son, and the further development of industry and commerce requires workers to break traditional concepts and gain more freedom, which is a mortal enemy of Confucianism."
"Newspapers had already appeared at this time. The capitalists exposed the dark side of Confucianism in all newspapers across the country, exposed the things Confucius had done that went against his ideas, and discredited Confucianism; they also reduced the proportion of Confucian content in the imperial examinations, and more
Examine the content related to "Guanzi"."
"In the offensive of the capitalists, Confucianism quickly retreated. The capitalists completely controlled public opinion, coupled with the economic foundation they had previously controlled, it can be said that they completely controlled the country. But this is not a good thing: the darkest age of the empire,