Chapter 199 There is no soil for honest officials in the Ming Dynasty!
“We don’t care about these.”
“If anyone really dares to cause trouble, we will let him know that our Ming Dynasty’s sword is still sharp!”
Zhu Yuanzhang will Putting the jade Ruyi in his hand on the table, his eyes became sharp. He stood up slowly, put his hands behind his back, and walked down the high platform step by step. He said indifferently: "You have told us so much, but you just think that our system has Question, you want us to do what you want.”
“But we don’t think there will be a problem.”
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Xia Zhibai.
Xia Zhibai shook his head.
He slightly cupped his hands towards Zhu Yuanzhang and said with a smile: "Whether there is a problem or not is not decided by Your Majesty, but by the people of the world."
"In Your Majesty's opinion, even if If you are dissatisfied, you will take action directly to eliminate all the ugly ones."
"And the Ming Dynasty implements a small government."
"The number of officials is very small."
"Even if most of the officials in the court are killed, the court can quickly replenish them. After all, the temptation of becoming an official is too great, and not many scholars can resist it. Even if there are scholars who do not serve as officials, the Ming Dynasty can still be stable by relying on those scholars who serve as officials."
"After all, in the past dynasties, the Han Dynasty relied on the talents of Pei County to stabilize the world, and your Majesty relied on Huai County. The Western forces have also secured the world."
"The world does not need so many 'scholars'."
"What's more, Your Majesty has been 'educating' the world and asking the world to recite ". "Da Gao" allows officials to study the "Four Books and Five Classics" according to your Majesty's ideas, and to participate in the imperial examinations according to your Majesty's ideas. Over time, the scholars in the world will become what your Majesty wants."
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"How can the Ming Dynasty not be prosperous by then?"
Zhu Yuanzhang smiled.
He did not deny it.
He did think so, and he did so.
Those who have problems are all officials. Since there are problems in the world, just deal with the officials who caused the problems. He understands the local people and their enthusiasm for the government to kill corrupt officials is extremely high. In return, with great enthusiasm, as long as the court kills fast enough and cruelly enough, no matter how big the problem is, it will be eliminated.
Xia Zhibai said calmly: "Your Majesty has killed so many people, have the world's problems been solved?"
"Has the real problem of Kongyin been solved?"
"The Ming Dynasty is in urgent financial need. Is the problem really solved?”
“It’s just hiding its head in the sand and pretending that nothing happened.”
“It only solves the superficial problem, but not the actual problem. The problem has not changed at all. When these contradictions that have been forcibly suppressed by His Majesty cannot cover up the outbreak, who will His Majesty expect to solve it? "
"Do you rely on future generations of emperors?"
"But how much can an emperor do without finances?"
"Even if he can still do what His Majesty did, he will be worshiped by heaven. The palace was slaughtered like a river of blood, but the grievances and dissatisfaction below were resolved?"
"Your Majesty cleaned up the officials in the court one after another, but corrupt officials still emerged one after another, and they were fundamentally bad. No matter how many officials are killed and how many corrupt officials are arrested, the grassroots will always be able to send a steady stream of corrupt officials to come up."
"These corrupt officials who come up will learn from the past and will be even more fooled."
"And your Majesty, don't force the emergence of many honest officials."
"Because the Ming Dynasty's system does not allow it."
Zhu Yuanzhang frowned.
He snorted coldly, a cold light flashing in his eyes.
“Nonsense.”
"When did we stop allowing it?"
"We promulgated the "Great Edict" to severely punish corrupt officials in order to promote upright and upright officials. If these officials under us are really clean, we will not reuse any of them. Passed?”
Xia Zhibai shook his head.
He said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty has listened to what you want to hear for too long."
"There are indeed some honest officials in the Ming Dynasty, but how many of these honest officials were promoted seriously? ?”
Zhu Yuanzhang's pupils shrank.
Xia Zhibai said coldly: "Upright officials have to do things, but there are only four or five local officials in the Ming Dynasty. The court also issues various decrees every year. It is very important to be able to do the court's things well. It’s so rare, how much energy do you have to do practical things?”
“What your Majesty seeks from the world’s talented people is ‘people who have good practice and have the right qualities to appoint them’”< br>
“But these people have no chance to show their talents.”
“Under His Majesty’s system, anything you do will turn out bad, no matter whether the original intention is good or bad.”
"Because there is no money!"
"You need money to do things."
"It is impossible for the imperial court to provide much financial support. Even my salt shop in Kyoto received 50,000 yuan from your majesty. Two taels of silver support, but Your Majesty also knows that this is a loan. In June of this year, I even paid back the interest of ten thousand taels.”
“I have accomplished this. Even so, I still have a lot of complaints about Your Majesty.”
“Not to mention the rest of the world?”
"Building water conservancy, improving roads, education and culture, etc. all require money. Will the court allocate funds for them?"
"No."
"Not only will it not be done, the court will also I will check them, because they have done these things, which is not the case. They must be in cahoots with local merchants and squires, otherwise where will the silver come from? And this check is basically an accurate check, and anyone who does anything will It’s gone.”
“The imperial court will not care whether the ‘collusion between government and businessmen’ is good or bad, it will only focus on the collusion between government and businessmen.”
“What is left is a bunch of officials who bully their superiors and ignore their subordinates.”
“They do nothing and are not responsible for anything. They just need to cater to the superiors.”
“These people even collude with officials and businessmen. , or actively donate part of the money gained from renting power to the court, so as to make oneself prosperous. The matter of selling official positions and titles is clearly marked in the Ming Dynasty. "
“A group of officials who do not get any support from the court just sit there and recite the "Great Edict", hoping that the world will be peaceful and floods and droughts will not happen. Does your Majesty think it is really possible? ?”
"Of course."
"Your Majesty has requirements for the officials of the Ming Dynasty."
"Require them to take the initiative to contribute their family property, so as to help the local stability of the Ming Dynasty."
“Because in your Majesty’s opinion, allowing them to donate their family property is a great gift from your Majesty.”
“But how many such people are there?”
"Does the Ming Dynasty rely on these rare people to govern?"
"Even if there are people who are really willing to destroy their families to help out the difficulties, and actively build water conservancy projects and actively improve the local environment when the court is unable to allocate funds, but these achievements are not How many of them can reach the ears of His Majesty? "
"I am afraid that in His Majesty's heart, this is what officials of the Ming Dynasty should do."
Xia Zhibai sneered and said indifferently: "I don't know what your majesty has learned from reading so many history books, but I have seen something from your majesty. Your majesty studies but is not willing to learn lessons at all. In your majesty's opinion, all dynasties have All previous dynasties failed because they did not actively solve problems. Therefore, Ming Dynasty was different. It was proactive in solving problems. "
"It's just that Ming Dynasty's method of solving problems was very simple and crude."
"Just kill!"
"This method of solving the problem is essentially covering up the problem."
"It is not solving the problem."
"And the Ming Dynasty itself It can’t be solved.”
“Because the system determines it.”
"Any official who proposes a solution is a treacherous minister in the eyes of Your Majesty. They are challenging His Majesty's authority and questioning the foundation of eternity created by His Majesty. Your Majesty only wants to hear what you want to hear. He has long been no longer the one who listens to advice. Such a handsome man.”
“Concealing the problem will only prolong the exposure of the problem, but new problems will continue to appear in the world. When these problems cannot be covered one by one, When it comes time to solve the problem, who can Ming rely on to solve it? Or can the problem disappear by itself? No one can solve it.”
“We can only start over.”
"This is a historical necessity."
"The system that your Majesty has worked so hard to build has actually exposed many problems. The court needs a lot of money and food every year. Under normal circumstances, the court cannot collect it at all. , In the end, we can only rely on excessive taxes and more corvee service from the people. "A little more than a year, even if the people are livestock, they should always provide some fodder."
< br>“The fodder given by Your Majesty is spiritual food.”
“Kill corrupt officials.”
"There are no real benefits at all."
"The Ming Dynasty has fallen into a strange circle. From the imperial court to the local governments, anyone who wants to make a difference, take action, or make changes must spend a lot of money. Money and food, and the imperial court does not have so much money and food, so if it wants to do things, it must take money from the people, but this will increase the burden on the people, and official corruption is serious, so any actions will become bad."
"But. If we don’t do this, we can only watch the world rot.”
“Eventually, the building will collapse.”
“All these problems ultimately stem from His Majesty.”
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"Because His Majesty never thought about actually solving the problem. He only thought about solving the people who raised the problem and found the problem. He thought about covering up the problem. He thought that if he covered his eyes and ears, these problems would disappear."
"His Majesty is unconfident in his bones."
"The lack of confidence lies in his background."
"Your Majesty has seen too many low-level fools, too many The conspiracies and cunning people make it impossible for Your Majesty to trust other people. Anyone who is unsure or undecided will just think that these people are deceiving Your Majesty."
"Especially. Your Majesty has experienced the deception of Yang Xian and Hu Weiyong.”
"I am very taboo about things that I am not sure about, and I don't want to touch them at all."
"Even if I know it may be right, I don't want to try."
"Because Your Majesty "Afraid of being deceived."
"Your Majesty is not only afraid of being deceived, but also worried that his descendants will be deceived, so he wants to turn some of his ideas into 'ancestral methods' so that everything in the world will remain unchanged. But your Majesty has forgotten that your Majesty is born a farmer, but the prince, the emperor's grandson and his descendants are not farmers."
"This world is dark and dark because they are always suspicious and resistant to unfamiliar things. There is no future.”
"If you don't take the initiative to learn, you will never learn."
"In the end."
"You will only be cheated worse."
(End of this chapter)