Chapter 22 If you miss the calculation, you will die!
“Saint?” Zhu Yuanzhang sneered and walked down step by step from the palace.
His back was already a little rickety, and while he was walking like a dragon and a tiger, his whole aura was completely revealed, and it was getting stronger and stronger, like the scorching sun rising, making people afraid to look directly at him.
“We never think that we are saints, nor do we want to be any saints.”
“We also look down on so-called saints.”
"When our parents died of hunger, where were those saints?"
"When our brothers and sisters died of hunger, where were those saints? We were so hungry that we gnawed leaves and ate dirt, and we were monks and Where were those saints when I was a beggar?”
“Saints?”
“We have never believed in these things”
“We only believe in our hands. ”
"The things you said did make us a little panicked, and they really got into our hearts. They made us feel embarrassed that our whole body was being penetrated. When we heard some of your words, I really wanted to chop you to death with a knife."
“You are embarrassing us.”
“And I know more than you about what you said.”
“I will tell you clearly, in In the third year of Hongwu, a civil uprising occurred in Quanzhou, in the fourth year of Hongwu, a civil uprising occurred in Yangshan, in the fifth year in Chaozhou, in the sixth year in Luotian, in the seventh year in Danzhou, and in the eighth year."
" Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, there have been many local rebellions.”
"It's just that in the past two years, there have been fewer and fewer local rebels, and their scale has become smaller and smaller."
"And all of this is thanks to the 'Zhiding Luyin' you sneer at, we It is true that by relying on this, we have sacrificed the flow and vitality of the world, but what we have gained is the great progress and stability of the Ming Dynasty.”
“We have never been secretive.”
“ We have written it clearly in the "Da Gao" a long time ago that there are people who are tired of living in peace and love chaos. We can test this in the Han, Sui, Tang, and Song Dynasties. Such stupid people have been around for generations. I regret that these stupid people have always been the source of trouble. , there are many people who die one by one, and their surnames are destroyed."
"There are always stupid people in this world who are afraid of chaos, and they cannot be stopped."
"However, there are only a few people in the world who really dare to rebel. Most of the others are stupid people. When they see others rebelling, they also join in the rebellion. However, a large number of these people cannot become a phenomenon. The reason why the world can become a climate is largely due to these refugees. There are suddenly more people. When there are more people, it is easy to cause trouble. When things happen together, it is easy to incite more fools, which will eventually lead to disaster."
"We will not let them move."
< br>“We will condemn them to die in the fields for generations.”
“We don’t have such great ambitions as you said. In our eyes, there is only one family with fields, houses, crops, If you have all the livestock and other things, you don't have to worry about food and clothing, you have filial children and grandchildren who respect their elders in front of the house, and the mature people inherit their father's business, and then the handover continues smoothly, then the world is enough."
"The rich have it. The way of life of the rich ”
“There is no way for the poor to be happy before they have tasted it.”
“Even if you don’t have enough to eat or wear, you don’t have enough to wear, you have a bad harvest due to drought, floods or locust plagues, or you die of excessive hunger, it is still not better than dying in a war. "Is it too much?"
"We have experienced great chaos in the world, and have seen too many people die because of the chaos, fleeing in a hurry, and having no choice. In comparison, let them stay where they are and starve to death. It's much better than letting them flee in a hurry."
"At least someone will collect their bodies."
"Isn't it?
Zhu Yuanzhang walked on his back and walked to Xia Zhibai's side, his eyes full of ridicule and indifference. It was he who ended this troubled world, ended the decades of war, and distributed fields to the people so that they could eat.
This is the greatest love for the people.
Xia Zhibai sighed in his heart.
He already understands.
It's not that Zhu Yuanzhang didn't know the actual situation of the world, but he didn't care at all. Before he won the world, he was indeed among the common people, but after he won the country, he had become a feudal emperor. His emperor was more cruel and ruthless than any other emperor in history.
He is from a poor background and does not really understand what officials want, but he has a deep understanding of what the people want. Based on his past experience as a poor person, having a mouthful of food is a blessing. A great gift.
And him.
He gave the people this meal.
As for asking for it from the people, it should be collected.
Because the people relied on the food he gave them to survive.
All this is natural.
This is also the social law that he has been exposed to since childhood, accepted and mastered.
He was convinced of this.
Zhu Yuanzhang used his own three views to build the empire he created. From the perspective of a poor man, he believed that 'happiness' means having enough food and clothing, and going one step further, it means having a good house, and going one step further, Just eating the national food and not having to work, this is the greatest happiness in the world.
Even in Zhu Yuanzhang's own heart, he was a very benevolent emperor.
Because in history, how many emperors would be like him and care about the clothing and food of the people under their rule? How many emperors would be like him and go out of their way to maintain public order?
It's just that he was negligent.
Human happiness is not only about food and clothing, but also other needs.
And he didn't think about it at all, and he wouldn't think about it.
What he wants is for the Zhu family to be prosperous for generations.
It’s just that Xia Zhibai is confused as to why Zhu Yuanzhang has changed so much.
When he was not yet firmly established in the world, he reduced taxes for local people many times because they helped the Northern Expedition. When Li Wenzhong's soldiers robbed the people, he directly killed them in anger and strictly enforced military discipline. He was even more furious about the officials' bullying of the people, and had been strictly demanding that the soldiers do no harm to the people.
It is completely unbelievable why this emperor, who is rarely recorded in history books and brought "great joy to the people" and "great joy to the people", became completely unrecognizable after only a dozen years on the throne.
Zhu Yuanzhang stood with his hands behind his back, his back facing Xia Zhibai.
"You are the most courageous and bloody scholar we have ever seen, and the most disgusting scholar we have ever seen. But how can a scholar know how to govern a country, and how difficult it is to stabilize the world."
"But we A poor peasant not only secures the world, but also makes the Ming Dynasty prosperous for generations to come.
“We know that the Ming Dynasty we created will last forever. There are many problems, but as long as future generations always act according to the "Da Gao" compiled by us, our Zhu family's legacy can be passed down from generation to generation. We don't need our descendants to do too many things, and we don't ask for any changes. Those are the sources of turmoil. , we just want to completely ban it.”
"Let the people stay in the fields honestly and do their jobs honestly."
"The world of our Zhu family can be passed down forever."
"Eternal generations Yongchang.”
Zhu Yuanzhang opened his hands, his eyes full of excitement, as if he had seen that the Ming Empire he created would be passed down from generation to generation and would last forever, and his descendants of the Zhu family could enjoy it for generations to come. What he left behind.
Xia Zhibai turned around, looked at Zhu Yuanzhang who was full of pride, and shook his head coldly: "Your idea is very good, but it's a pity that you missed one thing."
Zhu Yuanzhang's smile stopped suddenly and he looked at Xia Zhibai suddenly: "What's the matter?"
"You will die!!!"
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(End of this chapter)