Chapter 224 The collective was seized? (8500 words for monthly ticket)
Meng Yuan opened his mouth, but seeing that everyone was so welcoming, he finally nodded: "Okay, then I will play the emperor."
I originally thought that with 100 players entering this time, I should be able to make a good splash, right?
Unexpectedly, his image of playing the emperor has become so deeply rooted in the hearts of the people that everyone unanimously feels that he must be the emperor...
Forget it, the emperor will be the emperor.
Although being an emperor means having to appear in every plot in the court, which is a bit troublesome, the emperor in this slice is not as important as Sheng Taizu. He only needs to be a good tool, and there will not be too many possibilities that will affect the level.
A great responsibility for the success or failure of historical slicing.
This role is quite suitable for me.
Soon, everyone finished assigning roles.
After finally determining everyone's responsibilities, everyone stepped across the portal and entered this new slice of history.
…
While the players entered the historical slice, the merchant also secretly conveyed some information to Meng Yuan.
"I'm ready to start reversing this slice of history.
"Moreover, the identity of the demon responsible for this historical slice has been identified."
Meng Yuan was a little curious: "Who?"
The consultant said: "The last person who guarded the Dasheng Dynasty was one of the four demons under the Demon Lord Chi You, the God of Wind Feilian. He was responsible for investigating, so after discovering that something was wrong, he escaped very quickly.
"And this time, the person guarding the Qi Dynasty is also one of Chi You's four great demons, Xing Tian."
Meng Yuan couldn't help but frown slightly: "The Xing Tian who said, 'Xing Tian dances with relatives, but his strong will is always there'? Shouldn't this be a positive character?"
Meng Yuan was a little surprised when he heard this name.
Because in the current cultural connotation, Xing Tian is obviously a positive figure full of fighting spirit.
Shen Shang explained: "Of course this is not the real Xing Tian in history, nor is it the Xing Tian who embodies the good intentions of the Chinese people. He is simply a loser image that has been tampered with, distorted, and alienated by demons.
"The demons have taken over the images of these ancient failed figures and gained power from their distorted images. Once we defeat these great demons in an upright manner, we can reverse, reshape and correct the images of these figures.
"The same is true for Demon King Chi You."
Meng Yuan nodded slightly: "Yes, I understand. So, is this demon Xing Tian good at fighting?"
The consultant continued to pass on the message: "Of course. Among the four great demons under Chi You, since Xing Tian is the God of War, he is also very outstanding in terms of combat power.
"It can also be said that its actual combat power is second only to Chi You, but higher than the other three great demons.
"However, if there are advantages, there will naturally be disadvantages. Each of these four great demons has its own strengths and weaknesses. As for Xing Tian's weakness, it may be that in terms of resourcefulness, it can be basically regarded as none."
Meng Yuanruo had some realization: "It makes sense. After all, it has no head, so what's the point of having a brain?"
Shen Shang said: "In other words, Xing Tian will not bother to observe a single historical figure. Both you and the player can act more boldly without even worrying about revealing the secret.
"Xing Tian will not pay attention to every detail of the historical slice like Fei Lian, and he will not run away as soon as he finds something wrong like Fei Lian.
"However, the golden soldiers strengthened by the God of War Xingtian will probably be more difficult to deal with. We must not take them lightly."
Meng Yuan thought thoughtfully: "So, can the acting skills be relaxed appropriately? The actions in the dungeon also increase a lot of freedom...
"Understood, I will synchronize these messages to the players in a timely manner."
Consultant: "...Okay."
After talking so much, Meng Yuan finally solved the problem by saying "synchronize it to the players".
Obviously, Meng Yuan, as the official sequencer, is just starting the game at this time and is not responsible for formulating the battle plan.
It’s better to leave such complicated matters to the players themselves.
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The white fog in front of me gradually dissipated, and hundreds of players have entered this historical slice.
However, at this time, they did not possess the target character immediately, but temporarily appeared in the sky above Niuzhuji from a God's perspective.
In the distance, the Jin soldiers' camp was filled with murderous intent. Countless Jin soldiers were boarding warships and preparing to cross the river.
On our own side, the Qi army was simply in disarray. As expected, once the Jin soldiers attacked, they would collapse at the first touch.
The navy's large ships were also docked scatteredly on our own shore, with no one under their command.
Obviously, this was the initial state of the Niuzhuji battle ten years later. Once the battle started, defeat was inevitable.
While everyone was observing the situation on the battlefield, some situations that were different from those in the simulation trial appeared.
The first is in the Jinbing camp.
The sky was filled with boundless black air, just like the last battle with Fei Lian in the historical slice of Dasheng Dynasty, blocking out the sky and the sun.
But this time, in the boundless black smoke, a headless giant holding a big ax could be vaguely seen, mindlessly spreading his demonic energy evenly across the entire slice of history.
Part of this demonic energy was used to enhance the fighting will of the Jin soldiers, while the other part was directly sprinkled on the court of the Dasheng Dynasty, naturally possessing some of the officials.
Among them, the main ones are naturally Wen Junshi and other old party officials.
At this time, the players seem to have clairvoyance and all the information can be seen at a glance.
Of course, this was what Meng Yuan deliberately let them see.
At the same time, some unique information about this historical slice naturally emerged in their minds.
Seeing such a scene, the players immediately started talking about it.
"Is that the big monster entrenched in this slice of history?"
"Without a head, could it be said that it is the God of War Xingtian in ancient mythology?"
"What's going on? Are we going to fight God of War Xingtian now? Is this too soon..."
"It should be the image of Xingtian that was distorted and borrowed by demons."
"What is it doing? I understand that it is spreading its demonic energy on the Jin soldiers. After all, the key to this slice of history is the Battle of Niuzhuji. But why is it spreading its demonic energy on the officials of the Qi Dynasty?"
"It's these old parties..."
"Strange, there are also scholar-bureaucrats in these old parties who have read the books of sages, such as Wen Junshi and others. Is this move of the demon really effective?"
"Reading the books of sages does not necessarily lead to awe-inspiring aura, and the demonic aura of demons does not necessarily only have the effect of tampering, but may also have the effect of solidifying and strengthening."
The players talked to each other, and through the pictures Meng Yuan deliberately let them see, they quickly figured out the current situation in this historical slice.
First of all, this historical slice itself is already in a distorted state. For example, Zhao Binfu, a key figure in winning the Battle of Niuzhuji, disappeared, and two historical figures from different periods, Yu Jiaxuan and Wang Wenchuan, were blended into the same historical slice.
This is because the closer to the ancient times, the more serious the distortion of the historical slice will be. Not only the characters in it will be distorted, but the entire world background may also be distorted.
The distortion of the world background is more difficult for the sequencer to solve than the distortion of the characters. After all, if the characters are distorted, they can be corrected by acting, but if the entire world background is distorted, they can only continue to be completed under the background of this world.
mission.
This is tantamount to dancing on a stage set by the devil.
Therefore, Xing Tian had no intention of tampering with the image of a certain historical figure in this historical slice. It was not necessary, and his brain did not quite support such a strategy.
Secondly, the demon in the image of the God of War Xingtian is extremely powerful, so even if it has no brain, it is not that easy to deal with.
Obviously, Xing Tian also knows that he is not good at strategy, so in this slice of history, he found the easiest way to win.
That is to spread his demonic energy on Jin Bing and the old party in the court.
The strengthened Jin Bing has a stronger fighting will, which undoubtedly greatly improved the Jin Bing's winning rate in Niuzhuji.
It turns out that the defeat of the Jin soldiers was due to internal conflicts within Wanyan Hailing's army. Wanyan Hailing was a cruel man. Although he led the army, a fire broke out in the backyard, so he could only force the Jin soldiers to destroy Qi as soon as possible. Because only by destroying Qi could he fight back.
Go back and clear out the coup.
Once he fails to destroy Qi, he will not be far from death.
And the real history is exactly like this, because the Jin soldiers suffered a major defeat in the water battle at Niuzhuji, a mutiny broke out in Wanyan Hailing's army, and the army collapsed without a fight.
After enhancing the fighting will of the Jin soldiers, the huge gap in the number of troops between the two sides will greatly increase the Jin soldiers' winning rate.
As for the old party who spread their evil spirit in the court, they wanted to obstruct Wang Wenchuan's reform as much as possible.
There may be scholars like Wen Junshi in the old party who are knowledgeable and of noble character, but in many cases knowledge and character are not the same as the ability to govern the country.
The short ten years before the Battle of Niuzhu actually determined the national destiny of the Qi Dynasty in this historical slice.
If nothing is done, then the armaments will continue to be weakened, the treasury will continue to be empty, and the battle of Uuzhu will usher in a defeat.
It is not one or two key figures who are blocking the reform, but the entire old party.
Some of these old parties may be motivated by public motives, while others may be motivated by private interests, but in the final analysis, they all try their best to obstruct the new law.
Perhaps people like Wen Junshi really think that the new law is competing for the interests of the people and harming the country and the people. They really think that by abolishing the new law, they are doing a great thing that benefits the country and the people.
But the key issue with Wen Junshi is not this.
His key problem is that he repealed the new law but did not propose his own solution.
The problem of redundant officials, redundant soldiers, and redundant expenses in the Qi Dynasty has long been an indisputable fact, and countless people with lofty ideals hope to make changes.
Wang Wenchuan's solution is to reform, while Wen Junshi's solution is that we don't do anything and encourage everyone to be frugal together.
Obviously, this is complete nonsense.
According to Wen Junshi's method, the entire Qi Dynasty will only slide into the abyss of chronic death. They only care about being able to survive in the present. As for the future, they choose to blindly believe in the wisdom of future generations, regardless of the flood after death.
Therefore, no matter whether Wen Jun actually has talents or personal ethics, no matter what he thinks in his heart, he and the old party have actually become the biggest supporter of the monster in this historical slice.
As long as they are in power, the demons will definitely win the battle of Uuzhu.
In this way, it is not difficult to understand that the demon would spread a large amount of demonic energy to the old party to solidify their behavior.
At this time, Xing Tian obviously did not know that this historical slice had been reversed and that the orderers had entered. For him, this was a historical slice that was about to be captured.
But no matter how you say it, it still uses this snake-oil strategy to push through unreasonably.
After some analysis, everyone has a relatively comprehensive understanding of the current situation of this historical slice.
Then, according to the set goals, they possessed their target characters one after another.
A large number of players were possessed by local officials from various places in the Qi Dynasty at that time, and some were possessed by officials from the Ministry of Industry, Niuzhuji frontline generals or deputy generals.
Chu Ge chose to play Wang Wenchuan.
Among them, only Yu Jiaxuan is not played by players. This is because Yu Jiaxuan, like General Deng Yuanjing, has his own righteousness, and players playing him is a waste of combat power.
What's more, players also want to experience what it would be like to fight side by side with this fierce man from the sky in history.
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Earlier, Shang Shang's small body had been floating in the turbulence of time and space, guiding the power of the Orderer to completely reverse the entire slice of history.
Both sides of Niuzhuji were filled with murderous intent, and a war was imminent.
The Jin soldiers were boarding the ship, while the soldiers of the Qi Dynasty were still walking around casually. The outcome of the battle was already clear at a glance even before it started.
But at this moment, everything around him suddenly began to reverse.
All the Jin soldiers who boarded the ship retreated, and the heavily armed Tiefutu and Guaizima also began to retreat.
We have gone back ten years since the Battle of Uuzhu.
In the vast land of the Qi Dynasty, time was reversed, Wang Wenchuan's New Deal was re-implemented, Wang Wenchuan was dismissed as prime minister, there was a severe drought in Daming Mansion, and the land was thousands of miles away. Wang Wenchuan shouted "There is no need to fear the changes in the sky" and implemented the Green Seedling Law...
Everything was quickly reversed and returned to its original state.
Fifty Cavalry Robbery Camp, Ayun Case, Wang Wenchuan’s New Deal.
The entire historical slice began to move based on these three key events.
The players each possessed the target character and started their own role.
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Another uneventful morning.
Although Wen Junshi is over forty, he is still full of energy.
The corners of his eyes are raised, and his five-willow long beard floats on his chest. He has a sense of oppression as a scholar and a doctor who sets an example for others, and he also has a magnanimous and knowledgeable demeanor.
At this time, Wen Junshi had only one idea.
That is to prevent Wang Wenchuan's new law from being implemented at all costs!
At this time, the court had already had several rounds of quarrels over the Ayun case and the new law proposal proposed by Wang Wenchuan.
The result of the quarrel is that there is no compromise.
The emperor obviously stood on the side of the new party, but the old party's important ministers were coming fiercely, and the emperor obviously did not dare to make any judgments.
After all, the court is composed of officials. Once huge cracks appear within the officials, it will affect the emperor's ruling foundation.
Therefore, the emperor wanted to reform, but he was still hesitant and had not completely made up his mind.
In order to win over the emperor, the old and new parties are engaged in a battle from overt to covert.
Overtly, the two parties were debating scriptures around the Ayun case, debating whether the emperor could replace the law with imperial edicts, and whether the laws of the ancestors could be changed; secretly, the two parties were also using various small means to attack each other and cut off each other's party members.
There is no doubt that there will be no results in today's court meeting.
The reason why Wen Junshi was so sure was because he knew the emperor's character very well.
Even if Wang Wenchuan advocates the implementation of the new law and gradually removes obstacles, the smooth implementation of the new law will take at least a year of preparation.
And since Wen Junshi believes that the new law is harmful to the country and the people, it is natural to block it for as long as possible.
It's just that Wen Junshi didn't notice that several important ministers of the New Party in the court secretly looked at each other and exchanged glances in such a serious occasion as the court meeting.
Chu Ge, who played Wang Wenchuan, quietly raised his head and looked at the emperor at the top.
The emperor, on the other hand, gently winked at him and gave him a secret signal.
That’s it!
The players completed their identity confirmation in an instant, and then they started to fight vigorously.
Since this slice of history has been tampered with by monsters and the risk of being discovered is greatly reduced, we might as well throw off our arms and go for it.
The aloof emperor spoke: "Prince Prime Minister, please tell me the plan of the new law again."
Chu Ge nodded immediately: "Yes, the official family."
Wen Junshi was stunned for a moment, and then he heard Wang Wenchuan read out a new law plan that he had never heard of before in front of all the civil and military officials in the court.
Compared with Wang Wenchuan's original new law plan, this plan has made some changes.
This is a selection made by the players after some research, using future economics and sociology knowledge, and combined with the actual results achieved by Wang Wenchuan's reform.
Among them, the core legal provisions such as the Young Crops Law and the Elimination from Service Law are basically retained, with some minor repairs in the details; while those legal provisions that are obviously less effective after implementation are all eliminated, and only the most important ones are retained.
valid part.
Wenjun couldn't help but frown slightly.
Wang Wenchuan made so many changes to the new law overnight?
You know, obviously yesterday, the law did not contain these contents.
But Wenjun didn't think much about it. Firstly, Wang Wenchuan was a very active person. Although it seemed unsound to change these laws overnight, he could do such a thing; secondly, he could do it.
Now, since the two iconic "evil laws", the Young Crops Law and the Elimination from Service Law, are still there, the nature of Wang Wenchuan's new law will not change in any way.
Wen Junshi still had to object without thinking.
Other old party officials have also prepared their emotions. After Wen Junshi speaks, they will attack in groups and create a fierce opposition to hinder the implementation of the new law.
Soon, Wang Wenchuan had finished reading all the items of the new law.
Wen Junshi immediately said: "The officials and ministers believe that the new law will harm the country and the people, so we must not..."
But before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by the aloof emperor.
"Written admonishment.
"It's not time for you to speak yet, please be patient."
There was a smile on the emperor's face, which seemed to be a very considerate expression for his subjects, which was almost exactly the same as that of the former emperor. But in Wen Junshi's view, he always felt that something was wrong.
It seems that...the original emperor was hard but soft at the same time, but the current emperor is soft but hard at the same time.
The temperaments of the two were so similar that Wen Junshi felt a little dazed for a moment, and even wondered if it was his own illusion.
However, since the emperor has already spoken, he should be patient and find a suitable time to object again.
Other old party officials were also forced to go back.
The emperor continued: "Prime Minister, continue to talk about the appointment and dismissal of personnel."
Chu Ge nodded and took out another document again.
But this time, Chu Ge had just read a few words, and the old party officials in the court were already in an uproar!
Because in this document, all the old party officials were directly transferred from the center of power, demoted to demoted, and exiled!
Before Wang Wenchuan, played by Chu Ge, finished reading, some old party ministers could no longer bear it and jumped out on the spot.
The official environment of the Qi Dynasty was much more relaxed than that of the Dasheng Dynasty. If it was the Dasheng Dynasty, officials would easily provoke the imperial staff by yelling in front of the emperor, but in the Qi Dynasty, the officials would be so noisy in the court that their faces would turn red and they would even want to wait.
It's not unusual to do things on the spot.
These old party officials never expected that Wang Wenchuan would not follow the routine?
All old party officials were driven away indiscriminately. Isn’t this a blatant party struggle? Isn’t this a disregard for court laws and regulations? The most important thing is that this destroyed the political tacit understanding of the entire Qi Dynasty since its establishment!
Want to rebel?
The key is, how could the emperor be indifferent to this?
Destroying people's wealth is like killing their parents, let alone sending all these old party officials out to retire. How could they remain silent?
"Officials, Wang Wenchuan is a treacherous villain. In order to implement laws that harm the people, he does not hesitate to cause trouble to the court. Please remove Wang Wenchuan immediately!"
"In the official family, the ministers dedicated their lives to the Qi Dynasty and died. They worked hard for half their lives and were walking on thin ice. Why did they end up wandering around? When the officials act like this, aren't they afraid of the scholar-bureaucrats in the world and chilling their hearts?"
"Officials, think twice! Don't be deceived by the traitor!"
Some officials of the old party were already furious on the spot and began to curse Wang Wenchuan as a traitor.
Wen Junshi didn't jump out immediately. He was a well-educated person, but at this time he was blowing his beard and staring, trying hard to calm down his mood. Apparently he was shocked by this incident. No matter how well-educated he was,
Almost fainted.
However, the emperor and Wang Wenchuan just smiled and didn't pay attention at all.
The highest official of the Yushitai, Yushi Zhongcheng, spoke.
"Officials, I am about to impeach these people!"
As soon as these words came out, the old party officials who were jumping up and down were all stunned and looked at Yushi Zhongcheng one after another, as if they had met him for the first time.
The censor Zhongcheng completely ignored their gazes.
The officials of the old party jumped up and besieged Wang Wenchuan with great violence, but they did not expect that they were stabbed in the back by Yushi Zhongcheng before the battle began.
It stands to reason that among the censors of the Qi Dynasty, there were a group of people who did their duty, served the court and the public, and were upright.
However, Yushitai will not completely favor either the new party or the old party at this time.
The reason is very simple, because the censors in the Yushitai are also divided into two factions, some support the new party and some support the old party. As the highest official of the Yushitai, it is impossible for Yushi Zhongcheng to completely fall to one of the parties.
Playing both ways is the way to survive in officialdom.
Of course, if the Yushitai discovers that an official has engaged in malpractice for personal gain or other acts of impeachment, they will not hesitate to impeach him or her. However, there are also people in the old party who are honest officials, and they may even be more honest than officials in the new party.
Cleaner.
Therefore, at this time, the censor Zhongcheng suddenly switched sides and started stabbing the old party officials, which really made the old party officials extremely puzzled.
what's the situation?
Wasn't everything fine yesterday? Why did everything change one night?
It stands to reason that there should be some signs and clues for such a big change in the political environment, right?
For Wang Wenchuan to completely win the emperor's support, win over the people in Yushitai, and obtain the support of strong enough political forces, there must be an operational process that consumes a lot of time.
But at this time, these people seemed to have been robbed, and suddenly they all stood on Wang Wenchuan's side.
This is so unreasonable!
The sudden change made all the old officials, including Wen Junshi, who were accustomed to the world, confused.
Censor Zhongcheng read dozens of memorials in succession, basically digging up the misdeeds of some major officials in the old party.
Of course, these misdeeds have been dug up by the players through Wu Desi in the simulation trial before. At this time, it is just a matter of sorting them out. Anyway, they are all true.
As for whether there is a lot of dirt on New Party officials?
Of course there are many, but now that the players have completely replaced the officials of the new party, they naturally cannot make trouble for themselves.
The impeachment of Censor Zhongcheng and Wang Wenchuan's appointment and removal order caught these old parties off guard and were caught off guard.
Wenjun still retained the last trace of clarity in the chaos, so he turned his hope to the superior emperor.
Logically speaking, it is impossible for the emperor to support such naked and blatant suppression of dissidents.
Because this is a partisan struggle!
Which emperor is not afraid of party strife?
The negative consequences of party struggle are not only the serious deterioration of the political situation in the entire court, causing both sides to begin to criticize each other, which greatly reduces the governance ability of the entire court, but more importantly, the result of party struggle must be the emergence of powerful officials
, the imperial power was divided, and even the emperor was ignored.
Therefore, if the emperor is smarter, he should be well versed in the art of balance at this time.
Even if there is a reform, we should always leave a way for these old parties to survive and give them the opportunity to make a comeback.
Otherwise, what if one day the emperor repented and found that both the government and the government were members of the new party, and no one from the old party could be used?
However, just as Wen Junshi was about to speak, he heard the emperor say a few words in an understatement.
"Yes, if you ministers have no objections, please proceed accordingly.
"Retreat from the court."
After saying that, the emperor walked away, even more casually than just going through the motions.
Wen Junshi stood there dumbfounded, with a confused look on his face.
He suddenly felt that the world had changed beyond recognition overnight, and even his past decades of political experience were completely incomprehensible...
Wang Wenchuan smiled at him: "Wen Jianyi, don't think too much, write your book well."
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Ministry of Industry.
Cui Huowang, who had possessed the Minister of Works, wanted to come to the drawings of various weapons of mass destruction in the Qi Dynasty army, and summoned several important officials from the Ministry of Works and several top craftsmen.
These craftsmen were so frightened that they never expected that one day they would be summoned by a big boss like the Minister of Industry.
I just didn't expect that the Minister of Industry was actually quite amiable and approachable, without the official airs that I imagined.
What shocked the officials of the Ministry of Industry was that the Minister of Industry, who was usually obsessed with government affairs, actually looked at these drawings with great interest and gave some opinions.
These drawings are basically weapons used by previous players in the Battle of Niuzhu.
There are loach boats, divine arm bows, bed crossbows, foot armor and firearms, etc.
At this time, the Minister of Industry and Industry was particularly interested in the tug-of-war gun, and even wrote the drawings of a new type of tug-of-war gun himself.
According to him, this new musket was called a flintlock gun.
The goal of the entire Ministry of Industry is to develop a flintlock gun step by step within ten years.
The officials of the Ministry of Industry were stunned for a while, and after a long time they said: "However, this new type of musket seems to be very expensive. I'm afraid the government will not allocate funds..."
Cui Huowang looked at them and smiled: "You don't need to worry about money, it's enough!"
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That night, in Wen Junshi's mansion.
Several important officials of the old party gathered together.
And their topic obviously has only one topic.
Today, there has been a sudden change in the court. From the emperor to Wang Wenchuan, to Yushi Zhongcheng, to the Ministry of Works, and to other New Party officials, all of them looked "no longer pretending" and turned the table over.
This caught them off guard.
But after you feel confused, you have to think about countermeasures.
Many of these important ministers of the old party were senior members of the current dynasty, with high positions and great power. How could they give up so easily?
"Wen Jianyi, in your opinion, when did Wang Wenchuan lay out the plan?" An old party official was still puzzled.
Wen Junshi shook his head slightly: "I don't know either."
Other officials couldn't help but sigh. This situation from the emperor to the new party was like being taken away collectively. No matter how many ups and downs they had experienced in the court, they could only sigh and be helpless when they encountered it.
But Wen Junshi's next words made these old party officials' eyes light up and rekindled their hope.
"Although I know nothing about the reasons for the changes in the official family and the king's prime minister, I know how to solve this matter."
All the officials couldn't help but their eyes lit up: "How? Please give me some advice and make it clear!"
Wen Junshi solemnly said: "Wait!"
Everyone was puzzled: "Wait? When?"
A confident smile appeared on Wen Junshi's face: "The new law is actually a law that harms the country and the people. The officials were just temporarily deceived. Over time, the officials will surely realize the disadvantages of the new law.
“The disadvantage of the new law is not only that Wang Wenchuan competed with the people for profit, but also that it violated the principle of ‘sharing the world with the scholar-bureaucrats’.
“The officials share the world with the scholar-bureaucrats, not with the people. In the final analysis, the important thing is to employ people to implement it.
"Even if the new law can amass people's wealth for a while, there is a certain amount of wealth in the world. It is just hurting the people to enrich the public. How can it last long?
"Once the world changes and refugees are everywhere, the opportunity I have been waiting for will naturally come."
All the officials couldn't help but be stunned.
In later generations, many people knew that Wen Junshi once said, "We share the world with the scholar-bureaucrats, not with the common people." However, they did not know that there was another sentence behind it: it is up to others to implement it.
Translated, it means that the emperor wants to share the world with the scholar-officials. Why? Because every policy of the emperor actually needs the scholar-officials to implement it for him.
If all the scholar-bureaucrats do not implement it, then the emperor's decree will be nothing more than a piece of paper?
By then, the connection between the emperor and the people would be completely severed.
Is an emperor still considered an emperor if he is not supported by the common people and scholar-bureaucrats?
From this point of view, Wen Junshi's view does have some truth. Under the court environment at that time, the emperor was indeed unable to bypass these bureaucrats and scholar-bureaucrats to rule the country.
After all, not every emperor has the energy of a model worker like Sheng Taizu and the full understanding of governance experience from the grassroots to the top, nor does he have the courage to kill all the officials.
Wen Junshi's method is exactly the same as in history.
It all boils down to one word, drag!
At this time, Wang Wenchuan was favored by the emperor, and the implementation of the new law was a foregone conclusion. Even if the old party wanted to oppose it, it would be difficult to have any effect.
In this case, we should retreat in order to advance.
In Wen Junshi's view, Wang Wenchuan's new law is destined to fail because "it depends on people to implement it." In other words, it is impossible for the officials below to properly implement the new law for him, so no matter how good the plan is, the final outcome will be
it's the same.
At this point, Wen Junshi saw it very clearly. So his solution to the Qi Dynasty's three-redundancy problem was not to do anything, because nothing could be done, so just let everyone work together.
Since Wang Wenchuan's new law is doomed to fail, as long as they, the old party, wait patiently and wait until the new law causes chaos in the world and widespread public dissatisfaction, then come back and "rectify everything", it will become a matter of course.
All the officials nodded: "Wen Jianyi is still very cunning! Then we will take a closer look at how Wang Wenchuan will use the new law to harm the country and the people!"
