Chapter 1486 Fusion
"No, why don't you kill a bunch of people? You are just a little maid." Wen Rensheng refused directly.
"I don't care. You didn't end up in the past. You just let me take care of it. Why did you come out this time?" Xiao Huan rolled on the ground, taking the Persian cat with him.
"Because this time it's an entire planet. I can only control the situation inside. It's too slow to react outside." Wen Rensheng explained patiently.
"It's fine if I'm here, you don't have to be here." Xiao Huan started to push him from behind, trying to push him out.
Of course it cannot be pushed.
Wen Rensheng finally arranged a job for Xiao Huan as a maid holding a fan.
It’s the kind of thing where she plays a fan in the back for half a day, so that she can remember the sufferings of the people and not be dissatisfied all day long.
A few days later, the Queen Mother issued a decree allowing trade with the Westerners. The west side was opened and the east side was also opened.
Seeing this, Wen Rensheng decided to speed up.
Turning at a rapid speed.
Three years later, the court did not confiscate much money. Instead, there were many redundant officials who had to eat because of the switch.
Until Huang Shilang of the Ministry of Revenue personally went to investigate, killed a group of people, promoted a group of people, and made meritorious service to a group of people, the money collected that year had increased five times.
It’s so outrageous.
Empress Dowager Lu decided that she would have to review all appointments of sixth-rank officials in the future.
Those who feel bad will be sent away directly with a knife.
Soon she discovered that there were not enough officials.
Well, she has solved the large number of vacancies of officials caused by the imperial examinations over the years.
The reputation of Empress Dowager Feng spread among the scholars.
It is said that as long as you walk in front of the Queen Mother, those who don’t have a stroke will be cured.
Because of his meritorious service, Huang Shilang was promoted to be the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs and was given the title of Prince Shaobao.
The prince was still a one-year-old baby. The emperor, who had been sleeping for several years, cheered up and was born to a serving concubine.
This concubine is either from someone else's family, or she is Huang Shangshu's daughter.
Well, Huang Shangshu is less than forty years old this year, and he is already a grandfather.
Huang D gradually appeared in the court.
The hallmark of Huang D is to quote the books of Westerners and modify the words of saints.
The sages valued agriculture, while the Westerners valued commerce.
The sage imprisoned the peasants and believed that men farmed and women weaved were the great harmony; the Western feudal lords did not want the peasants in their territories to run around, but they were all scattered. The peasants had opportunities to exploit and go to sea freely.
Huang Shangshu found a few literary talents to write new doctrines. In short, they combined Eastern and Western doctrines to cater to the Queen Mother's preferences.
Submit the article. If the Queen Mother likes it, it will be published. If the Queen Mother does not like it, it will be torn up.
The flexibility of elites who have passed the imperial examination for many years is surprising.
Nillo, who returned to the east again, was also surprised when he saw it.
"There is no trace of the imperial examination here yet. I just told a few monarchs that they are going to throw me into the sea to wake up. I didn't expect the big shots from the East to accept me so quickly. The doctrine he brought with him this time,” he said to the fat monk with a sigh.
“Yes, civil servants are still much smarter than feudal lords. Otherwise, how could they manage such a large territory?”
“The feudal lords’ ancestral positions must be destroyed. Damn it, only if the king centralizes power in the county system can the imperial examination be realized." Nillo decided to do something big.
The basis of the imperial examination was the centralization of power by the king.
He understood this clearly.
If the king has no power and the lords of all sizes make the decision, they will definitely not be happy for officials who have passed the examination from outside to come to their family's hereditary territory to point fingers. They will directly sink these officials into the sea. If he wants to take the imperial examination, he must first become a powerful king and abolish the feudal system.
The Eastern Court was a thousand years ahead in this regard.
It's just that their masters are too stubborn and don't want the people to move.
They are all very hypocritical. They don’t talk about money, and their hands are darker than the last.
And even if you say things that make people confused, you cannot let people speak well and clearly.
There must be all kinds of mysteries and all kinds of metaphors.
Nillo saw the biggest flaw of those civil servants: they had no concept of logic, or they disdained logic, but favored the words of saints, the ancients said, and the system of ancestors.
They don’t know science and rationality, they don’t know how to accumulate and improve, and they don’t understand the category of science. Occasionally, a genius sums up some knowledge, and it will disappear soon.
Because the imperial examination is not allowed.
It is for miscellaneous studies.
The disadvantages of the imperial examination appeared again.
What is tested in the imperial examination and what smart people learn.
"Tell me, monk, why are Easterners so smart but not capable of science and rationality?" Nillo asked in confusion.
“Because they don’t need it. In a nearly semi-enclosed territory, navigation is only an auxiliary, not a necessity for survival. Without the ocean, without navigation, there is no science. Their agriculture does not require science, only experience and labor. They don’t have the necessary motivation to develop science,” the fat monk said with his own insights.
"Ocean? Well, the ocean is changeable. Ship owners and merchants must summarize the rules, refine knowledge, and accumulate it in order to survive in maritime trade. Agriculture is relatively stable. As long as there is water conservancy, there is With the labor force, the landlords can collect rent stably," Nillo said suddenly.
"That's the truth, people's brains are not flexible if they are not used. A rigid mind can be a farmer, but it cannot go to the sea and cannot cope with the wind and waves on the sea. The ocean is free, so it has free soil. Let academics develop." The fat monk felt that his cultivation had greatly improved.
His Buddhist philosophy also changed from the original nothingness to reality, and he began to pursue the true Tao instead of just lip service.
Neither of them knew what geographical environment determines human consciousness, but they still realized this during reincarnation and communication.
The open ocean and the closed land determine the trends of two different civilizations.
"This Queen Mother is very powerful. She can actually deal with so many rigid officials." Nillo then chatted again.
Because it is a monster.
The monk sighed.
The monster is the queen mother, but she wants to develop a dynasty.
It is said among the legends and monsters that monsters bring trouble to Chao Gang, which is obviously a frame-up by the scholars.
Those who bring trouble to Chao Gang are all scholars.
The monster wants a thousand-year dynasty instead, because it can live for thousands of years, and it definitely doesn’t want the dynasty to end casually. Once it dies, it will be in danger.
That monster has no magical power, he is just an ordinary person.
"Because the country is governed by filial piety. When the emperor is away, the Queen Mother is the biggest. Moreover, the Queen Mother is also proficient in power and knows how to promote a group of people to stand in front and act as targets. She hides in the back, and that Huang Shangshu is the target."
" Can’t Huang Shangshu see it?”
“I can see it, but he wants fame. He doesn’t love money, he loves fame after death, and the reputation of innovation is the easiest to spread, whether it is good or bad. , people scolded him at that time, but people in future generations will be grateful to him. What he wants is his reputation in future generations." The fat monk sighed.
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“Master, so many people in the court are scolding you, saying that you have slandered the saints and are blindly flattering. Let’s just step back.” Huang Shangshu’s wife, The lady of the house said worriedly.
"Madam, just scold them if they scold you. The harder they scold me, the more stable I will be. When they praise me, I will step back." Huang Shangshu said with a smile.
(End of this chapter)