Chapter 364 Fault Tolerance!
Xia Zhibai's words were serious.
But it's true.
While the Ming Dynasty wanted to maintain a small government model, it also wanted to strengthen its control over the world. Under this extremely distorted situation, it would only become a control over the personal relationships of officials, but it could not achieve a substantial understanding and control of the world.
To govern everything in the world, money and people are needed.
The Ming Dynasty currently has neither money nor people, so it can only ask the officials in the court to work hard as framers to support this sloping house with only one straight pillar so that the house will not fall down. .
But it is unrealistic to want to improve.
Even if Zhang Juzheng was born in later generations, he still could not bring order to the chaos.
The shortcomings of the Ming Dynasty's system were too serious.
And this is inseparable from Zhu Yuanzhang. Zhu Yuanzhang hated the bullying of officials and did not want more "officials" in the world. He only wanted to use more "subordinate officials" in local areas. As a result, there were only three or four officials in a county, and the rest were in the service. "Li", in addition, under the system designed by Zhu Yuanzhang, the court did not have extra money and food, and could not arrange so many officials, and the court could not afford to support so many officials.
This has led to the current situation of being light-headed and heavy-footed.
The legs seem to be standing firmly, but the brain is empty. Once the foot stumbles, the brain cannot make corrections at all. It can only fall forward. If the degree of fall is not enough, it can still rely on inertia to barely support it. , if it tilts too much, it will be smashed directly to the head.
Everyone knows that a wise woman cannot make a meal without rice.
But the Ming Dynasty's failure to cook without rice was ultimately caused by itself.
In order to satisfy Zhu Yuanzhang's own 'preferences', this deformed and distorted system was imposed on the entire Ming Empire. In Xia Zhibai's view, it could only serve as a transition. When the transition was completed, it was time to set things right and get the world back on track. However, no one in the Ming Dynasty had this idea.
They all happily pursue their own personal interests within this system.
The imperial court did not have much actual supervision over officials, and there were too many places where they could get their hands dirty. However, Zhu Yuanzhang felt that he could keep the world running normally by charging only such a small amount of money. In the future, the degree of levy that Ming Dynasty could collect would be very high. He was regarded as He left a great "remnant" to future generations.
All parties feel they have taken advantage.
This also made Xia Zhibai feel very speechless and helpless.
Hear the words.
Zhu Biao was silent.
Xia Zhibai is right. As long as anything is arranged, money and food are needed. This is why many of the policies of the Ming Dynasty are currently in tatters. The imperial court may not have the intention to modify it. It is just a matter of settling accounts, even if it is just reform. When visiting the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the imperial court must first spend at least hundreds of thousands of silver.
The court can't come up with it at the moment.
One wrong step and one wrong step after another.
Perhaps the policies implemented by the Ming Dynasty were wrong in themselves. But at the beginning, who knew that these policies would have so many drawbacks and would leave so many hidden dangers today?
How can we blame it because of the circumstances at that time?
As for the Yinshan mentioned by Xia Zhibai, he didn't take it seriously. Even if it was true, it would cost a lot to go to sea, and the location couldn't be truly determined. So just relying on a few sentences in the ancient book to go to sea to look for it would undoubtedly be like finding a needle in a haystack, and It's not that easy to move back.
Zhu Biao looked at Xia Zhibai and said in a solemn voice: "Is there really no other way?"
Xia Zhibai sneered and said: "Is there any way to have both in this world?"
"Some things are unreasonable in themselves. If you ask for more under unreasonable circumstances, it is no longer forcing others to make things difficult, but just talking nonsense."
"If the imperial court can't come up with money, then naturally there is no way to arrange the passes to collect customs duties. And even if the imperial court arranges them, they won't be able to do it in a short time. The north is still in a state of war, and the war between the Ming Dynasty and the Northern Yuan Dynasty is not over yet. , and along the coast, the court is also beyond its reach. ”
"As for putting effort into going to sea or increasing the casting of copper coins, it cannot be completed in a short time."
"And it also costs money."
"Without money, these cannot be implemented."
"But the imperial court actually has some money at the moment, but it is not willing to spend it on it, because once the effect is not good, the money will be wasted, and no one in the imperial court can take responsibility, especially now that His Majesty is still a A bad temper is the worst way to see money being 'wasted'."
"The Ming Dynasty has entered a dead end to a certain extent." "Reform must bear fruit."
“If no results are achieved, no one dares to carry out reforms.”
"Reform is a thankless task, and the imperial court was very indifferent to it, which further inhibited the officials' initiative. The entire imperial court will only retreat further and further, leading to an increasingly vicious cycle. In the end, everyone will stick to the old ways. The system remains silent ”
"When the world gets a little rotten here, a little rotten there, and the people can't stand it, then the world will be in chaos. But even if the court wants to send troops to suppress it, the first problem it will face is that the court has no money to allocate money and food."
“In the end, I may only be able to give officials a bunch of waste paper ‘Ming Dynasty treasure notes’.”
"So much so that credibility collapsed and no one responded."
Hear the words.
Zhu Biao's expression changed.
Xia Zhibai shook his head lightly and sighed softly: "The biggest problem of Ming Dynasty is the lack of fault tolerance, so that it has to stand still and be blind. It has no money, no people, and only a good voice. Kind of clamor.”
"What can I do?!"
Zhu Biao's eyes immediately lit up when he heard Xia Zhibai mention the word 'fault tolerance'.
He finally understood why he always felt exhausted and powerless when dealing with state affairs.
The reason lies in this fault tolerance.
Because there is no fault tolerance, there is naturally no way to correct it. I can only bite the bullet and keep moving forward. Sometimes when I encounter something that I don’t like, I can only hold my nose and approve it. There are so many problems. The problem lies in this fault tolerance.
Yes.
Ming Dynasty does not have much room for error.
So much so that he could only review state affairs mechanically.
Because there is no other way.
He can only do this and cannot have other ideas.
The difference between the Ming Dynasty and other dynasties lies in this fault tolerance.
Other dynasties can make mistakes, and once they are corrected, they will be revived. However, the Ming Dynasty did not have this opportunity to make mistakes. Once a mistake was made, the situation would continue to deteriorate, and in the end the court could only be a framer.
Fooling is a day.
immediately.
Zhu Biao's eyes dimmed.
Even if you know, what can you do?
What can he change for the world? His father's will cannot be questioned.
Moreover, he didn't have the ability or skill to promote reform in the world. He didn't even know where to start, and his heart was full of confusion.
Zhu Biao sighed and said: "You are right."
"The current choices of Ming Dynasty are indeed a bit narrow, and there is even only one way."
"But the situation is already like this, no amount of harsh criticism is useless."
"Eventually you have to move forward."
(End of chapter)