"In that case, what use do I need them for?" Emperor Chongzhen said angrily after hearing this.
When Du Yinxi heard what he said, he hesitated a little, and then asked: "What does your Majesty want?"
After saying this, he felt something was wrong, so he added: "Your Majesty, they have been here for hundreds of years and have many old disciples. If only one or two of them are touched, that's fine. But if all of them are touched,
People, I’m afraid it will lead to unpredictable consequences!”
For example, if you just touch Duke Cheng Guo before, as long as you are fully prepared, there will be no problem.
However, the Wuxun Group has sealed so many places since the founding of the People's Republic of China, including the northern and southern capitals, so the number is definitely quite large.
If we really want to attack them all, the so-called cutting off people's money is like killing their parents. It is an sworn hatred. If two or three of the ten people want to resist, considering the current situation in the Ming Dynasty, it will really become
Very serious.
Moreover, the reason why people desire to be ennobled is because they can live with their country. Just like an emperor, they can earn a share of their wealth for their descendants.
At this time, Emperor Chongzhen frowned when he heard Du Yinxi's explanation, and asked a little unconvinced: "They were decorated with martial arts, but in the end they were not good at military affairs. It was they who lost their duty. I raised them."
What's the use? You can't always be a worm in the country, right?"
After hearing this, Du Yinxi admitted that what Emperor Chongzhen said was reasonable. As far as he himself, or the civil service group, was actually in favor of Emperor Chongzhen taking action against the Wuxun Group.
Because civil servants and military commanders are inherently antagonistic.
However, in the current situation where wars are raging all over the country, Du Yinxi comes from the local area. He is well aware that the situation is critical and there can be no more major turmoil, so he has this persuasion.
After Emperor Chongzhen and Du Yinxi discussed for a while, there was no result in the end, and he felt a little irritated, so he went to contact Liu Weichao.
He wants to hear what future generations think about this?
After the video was connected, Emperor Chongzhen told Liu Weichao about the matter, and then asked with a little hope: "What do you think is the best way to do this? Anyway, I don't want them to eat in vain and not work!"
When Liu Weichao heard this, he replied without thinking: "Of course, the hereditary system is actually the biggest unfairness, and it will cause many social problems, such as land annexation, wealth concentration, and the widening gap between the rich and the poor. In short, these things are
The root cause of social instability. The so-called three-hundred-year rule of the feudal dynasty, I feel this is one of the important reasons."
"Yes, I think so too!" Emperor Chongzhen said angrily after hearing this, "They should be abolished!"
Liu Weichao was a little speechless after hearing this. He originally wanted to say, "Don't you know that the emperor is also hereditary?"
But after thinking about it, I still didn't say this sentence. After all, if the emperor is not hereditary, then the changes in this system will be too great, and the ancients will definitely not be able to adapt.
While he was thinking about this, Emperor Chongzhen asked him: "What do you think I should do?"
Liu Weichao listened, thought for a while, and then replied to Emperor Chongzhen: "Actually, your Ming Dynasty still has a very big problem, which is bigger than the Wuxun Group, and it also needs to be solved!"
When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he was very curious and asked in surprise: "What's the problem?"
He understood that the very big problem Liu Weichao mentioned must be related to hereditary inheritance, but he couldn't figure out what could be bigger than the Wuxun Group?
After hearing this, Liu Weichao immediately answered him: "The clan of the feudal lord!"
Upon hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but suddenly realized.
In fact, they themselves had long recognized the problem of the vassal and clan issues in the Ming Dynasty.
For no other reason than the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the imperial court was simply unable to afford the salaries of the feudal princes and clans.
However, under the limitations of their times, such matters involving the vassal and clan could not carry out fundamental reforms, so they began to cheat.
First of all, the births of those vassal clans must be certified by the court. Only those who are certified by the court are considered to be serious vassal clans and will have salaries.
Therefore, those clans that are relatively distant relatives of the current emperor often cannot be recognized by the court, become non-clan clans, and cannot receive salaries.
Later, even those clans that were certified by the court could not even get salaries because the court had no money.
As a result of all this, the Ming Dynasty clan and its affiliated clans were really miserable. They couldn't study and become officials. In the end, they had no choice but to beg for food and do what Zhu Yuanzhang did back then.
After this situation lasted for a long time, the imperial court finally made an innovation, which was to allow these collateral clan clans to participate in the scientific examination. If they passed the examination, they could become officials.
However, this system actually did not improve much for the entire Ming Dynasty vassal clan, and most of the collateral clans were still very miserable.
It's not that the emperor doesn't want to solve this matter. After all, the emperor's descendants may end up in such a tragic end a few years later. If it can be solved, he must want to solve it. There is really no way to solve it, so it will be like this.
At this time, after listening to Liu Weichao's words, Emperor Chongzhen asked with a little hope: "Then what suggestions do you have to help me solve this problem?"
"It's very simple!" Liu Weichao said immediately after hearing this, "Just entrust overseas!"
This idea was not something he came up with on his own, but something he read online and thought it made sense, so he told Emperor Chongzhen about it.
"Female overseas?" Emperor Chongzhen repeated with some confusion after hearing this.
For him, this idea had never come before, and for a while, it was a bit difficult to understand.
This is actually normal. At that time, most people's eyes were limited to the country, at most the small countries bordering the Ming Dynasty, and they still lacked the necessary understanding of the entire world.
No, I heard Emperor Chongzhen add in confusion: "Overseas areas are not the territory of the Ming Dynasty, so how can they be enfeoffed?"
When Liu Weichao heard this, he immediately laughed.
Seeing him like this, Emperor Chongzhen felt that he had made a mistake somewhere, but he still had no way of knowing what it was that made Liu Weichao laugh so much.
Fortunately, Liu Weichao only laughed for a while, and then quickly stopped laughing. He still asked Emperor Chongzhen with a smile: "Do you know what the era you were in was called in our history textbooks?"
"What's it called?" Emperor Chongzhen asked curiously upon hearing this.
Seeing that he listened carefully, Liu Weichao immediately replied: "The Great Geographic Discovery, the Age of Discovery!"
"Huh?" When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he still didn't know what it meant. He didn't know what this statement had to do with his handling of the vassal clan.
When Liu Weichao saw it, he explained to him: "At this time, there are still many places overseas that are unclaimed lands. The meaning of this unowned land is that the local people are still living a life of slash-and-burn farming in primitive society. And there are either
The products are rich, or the geographical location is very good. Therefore, after the Western Yi discovered those places through their great voyages, they declared them to be their territory. Your era, in layman’s terms, is the era of territorial grabs!”
"..." When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he was immediately speechless!
It’s an era of land grabs. This is really rude. Can’t we say it’s an era of territorial expansion?
Thinking like this, he soon had new doubts and asked immediately: "If you are far away from their court, how can you govern the place?"
After hearing this, Liu Weichao had to lament the difference in cultural differences between China and the West. No, in the eyes of Emperor Chongzhen, it was about governing the place!
With this in mind, he explained to Emperor Chongzhen: "Over the Xiyi people, they didn't even think about managing the place well. Instead, they exploited as much of the place as possible, plundered the place, and then transported all valuable things back to their home country.
!”
"Ah..." Emperor Chongzhen was so surprised when he heard this that he was speechless for a moment.
After a while, he said in surprise: "Aren't they just like robbers?"
"No!" Liu Weichao nodded and said after hearing this, "But there is a saying that everything within the range of a cannon is the truth. It seems to be said like this, which means whoever has the strongest fist has the final say!
"
"What about their etiquette, justice and shame?" Emperor Chongzhen asked doubtfully after hearing this.
When Liu Weichao heard this, he asked funnyly: "In the face of interests, why do we need propriety, justice and integrity? Apart from anything else, your Chongzhen Dynasty and your officials, who work hard to exploit the people, embezzle military pay, etc., when have they ever cared about propriety, justice and integrity?"
"
"..." When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he was immediately speechless again.
After a while, Emperor Chongzhen came back to his senses and said with a little confidence, "You want me to learn from the Western Yi, but I am the king of a country, so I have to save face after all, right?"
"..." This time, it was Liu Weichao's turn to be speechless.
It seems that Emperor Chongzhen was influenced by Confucian culture, and no one taught him to be flexible, so he still couldn't turn around!
Thinking like this, he said to Emperor Chongzhen: "Do you think the Western Yi just robbed them naked? Of course they have a reason. They want to bring civilization to their natives! You can use this excuse too!"
At this point, he remembered the previous topic and continued: "No, if you throw all the feudal princes and clans over, you will not only solve the feudal clans' problems, but you will also be more righteous than the Western Yi. You are a serious person."
to benefit the local people!”
"But it must be a wild land over there, and those vassal princes and clans may not want to go there!" Emperor Chongzhen asked again.
When Liu Weichao heard this, he said with a smile: "That's not necessarily true. In some places, there is gold underground! Besides, you are the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, so you can't find a way to drive them out by coercion or inducement.
Otherwise, if they stay in the Ming Dynasty, they will only harm you in the end, you know? "