Chapter 411: Killing Thoughts!
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhu Biao and smiled with satisfaction.
Zhu Yuanzhang said: "We think so too, but we think Xia Zhibai doesn't think enough."
Zhu Biao frowned: "Not enough? What else is not enough?"
He didn’t quite understand the meaning of this sentence.
Zhu Yuanzhang took the 'long paper' from Zhu Biao's hand, pointed at the names on it, and said, "Did you see the names on it?"
Zhu Biao nodded.
He naturally saw these names.
Zhu Yuanzhang said: "They are all bachelors of the Hanlin Academy, and some are students of the Imperial Academy. Xia Zhibai's memorial has written that he plans to let the Hanlin Academy and the Imperial Academy jointly be responsible for compilation, and then unify it. We will choose a day to print out the content, but we think it is not enough. We used to think that these people from the Hanlin Academy and the Imperial College It’s worth using, but recently we feel more and more that many of these people are not worthy of their reputation.”
“These people have indeed read a lot of books, quoted from classics, and talked about the truth, which is very clear, but really let them do something. , but all of them are in a dilemma, or they are strapped for money. We look down on such people.”
"We will follow what Xia Zhibai said and let people from the Hanlin Academy and the Imperial College compile it."
"But in the future, we will also set up another official office to receive opinions from the people, so that the literati and scholars among the people can It can be written for the Hanlin Academy and the Imperial College These articles are my own opinions. We not only want a downward channel, we also want to open an upward channel.”
“We not only want the people to hear the voice of the court, but also want us to hear it. Hear the voices of the people "
"We have been worried before, worried that our descendants of the Zhu family, staying in the palace for a long time, do not understand the sufferings of the people and do not care about the hardships of the people, but from this newspaper, we saw the solution. method, since this newspaper can bring the court to If policies are communicated to local governments across local governments, the voices of local governments can also be collected and presented to us. Without the layers of government in the middle, we can hear a lot of truth. "< br>
Zhu Biao was stunned.
Immediately, I felt deeply that my father was wise.
Zhu Yuanzhang sneered and said: "Not only that, in fact, we have never liked these scholars in our hearts. We think that because we have read more books, we feel that we are right. Moreover, these scholars are extremely easy to form cliques and secretly We are not afraid of collusion, but we are worried that our descendants will not have the ability to distinguish."
"What if these literati say something. If you believe anything, then you are becoming a puppet emperor."
"We will never allow it."
"And these policies of our Ming Dynasty were proposed by Xia Zhibai. , there are basically many problems, but when these policies were proposed when we first founded the country, how many people in the court opposed them and how many people expressed different opinions?”
"So we think Xia Zhibai's idea is good."
"The good thing is that it allows more people to express their opinions, and allows so many people to speak. The truth always becomes clearer and clearer, and we give it to It adds a layer of insurance, allowing local literati to We can also write to the court, so we can see more clearly the benefits and disadvantages of these policies."
"Don't worry about being deceived by these people!"
Zhu Yuanzhang grinned. He stood up with a very proud look in his eyes.
Xia Zhibai has a good idea, but he doesn’t think about it enough and it’s not comprehensive enough.
Since we want to open up information channels, we need to be more thorough. We can't just go down and not go up. This is unreasonable.
Since it is necessary to cut off local officials from "false transmissions" and "false transmissions" of imperial decrees, it is also necessary to reduce local officials' obstruction of real "public opinion" and "people's sentiments" so that the imperial court can have the opportunity to listen. to the real underlying sound.
Zhu Biao was thoughtful.
Immediately, Zhu Biao hesitated and said: "I understand my father's idea, but why do I think it is not feasible? Once the local literati and scholars are willing to submit a letter to the court, , but it is very difficult to deliver these letters to the court. "Secondly, these newspapers can only be published in the capital, and they are not supported if they are further away."
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"And I am worried that these letters will be intercepted!"
Zhu Biao's worries are not unreasonable.
Relying on poor information, local officials can only block the sky in the local area. How can they be willing to let local scholars cause trouble? They will naturally pursue and intercept these letters.
Zhu Yuanzhang smiled coldly, as if he had expected it.
As someone who worked his way up from the local area, Zhu Yuanzhang knew very well what local officials could do. Those corrupt officials would do whatever they could to keep their official positions. No one will be allowed to submit a letter to the imperial court, even if it is only sent to the newspapers of the Hanlin Academy and the Imperial College.
Zhu Yuanzhang put down the newspaper in his hand and said: "Biao'er, do you still remember that before Xia Zhibai went to the north, besides saying that he would open a salt factory in the north, what else did he say?"
Zhu Biao brows He frowned, thought about it carefully, and his eyes lit up.
"Xia Zhibai also mentioned splitting the inns."
"Part of it is for official use, and part of it is for civilian use."
"Now this system has been It was gradually implemented in the north, and the effect was good. Although there are not many people in the north doing business, the court still received a lot of money by collecting this 'road tax'."
"Father, do you mean to promote this method to the whole world?"
Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head indifferently and said: "This is not our idea, this is clearly Xia Zhibai's idea, otherwise he would also There is no need to mention it in the memorial. Let’s take a look at his little thoughts. How could you not see through it?"
"The station is not managed by local officials, but is managed by the government office under the Ministry of Household Affairs."
"It is not directly managed by the imperial court. It goes through the local government and is not controlled by the local government.”
"In this way, even if someone in the local area writes a letter or something, it will be difficult for the local officials to find out, and they have no power to investigate. This Xia Zhibai has a very active mind. While clamoring to delegate power to local officials, he is also secretly doing it. He took over the power of local officials and at the same time continued to increase the 'control' of the imperial court."
"His actions. We are all hindsight in thinking.”
Zhu Yuanzhang squinted his eyes, with deep fear flashing in his eyes. He actually didn’t pay much attention to many of the things Xia Zhibai mentioned before. He didn't take it seriously because it didn't make much sense at first glance, but over the past two years, Xia Zhibai's various thoughts gradually came together.
He even felt that everything was within Xia Zhibai's plan.
Everything is progressing in an orderly manner.
This made Zhu Yuanzhang feel inexplicably timid and uneasy.
He hates things that are out of his control.
Especially these things, which are not controlled by himself but controlled by others, made Zhu Yuanzhang deeply taboo. He once felt like he was being led by the nose. Before Zhu Biao came, , he actually had thoughts of killing.
He wants to kill Xia Zhibai! ! !
(End of this chapter)