Chapter 339 The people of our Ming Dynasty are more sad than happy!
"Enough!"
Zhu Yuanzhang flicked his sleeves and became furious.
It had been a long time since he had been scolded like this.
Zhu Biao was so frightened by Zhu Yuanzhang's voice that he trembled, but a flash of determination flashed in his eyes, and he gritted his teeth and said: "That's not enough. I have to finish all the unhappiness in my heart today, otherwise I'm worried that I may never see him again in the future." I don’t have the guts to say it.”
"I still want to say something!"
"My father, in order to strictly enforce the law, promulgated the "Great Edict" on top of the "Da Ming Law", and also used the "Great Edict" to admonish all officials. However, my son is now very confused. What is the "Great Edict" of the Ming Dynasty? "What's more important is the Law of the Ming Dynasty. The father keeps setting rules for his sons and ministers, but at the same time he keeps breaking them."
"Which rule does the father want his son to follow?"
"Without rules, there is no circle."
"But there are more and more rules, and they are added layer by layer, so why are we not breaking the rules?"
"Today's laws of the Ming Dynasty are in vain. All officials must memorize the "Da Gao" under the request of the emperor. But shouldn't we, the Ming Dynasty, focus on the "Da Ming Law"? The officials of the Ming Dynasty have complicated political affairs. They have to devote all their energy to memorizing the "Da Ming Law", so how much time do they have to memorize the "Da Ming Law"? If they can't even remember the "Da Ming Law", how can they be expected to use the "Da Ming Law" to report matters? "< br>
"In the end, wouldn't it be that "Da Gao" replaced "Da Ming Law"?"
"But the "Da Gao" was used by my father to warn the officials, not the people. The people are ignorant and ignorant. How can they understand so many truths? They just want to fill their stomachs all day long. After all this trouble, The common people only resented and cursed their father's "Great Edict", but did not praise it. "
"In addition, Ming Dynasty's salary is also too low."
"I know."
"Father does not want to tax more."
"I want the people to live as well as possible, but the reality is not what my father expected. Land taxes are not much, and various exorbitant levies and miscellaneous taxes are never less. And because the officials of the Ming Dynasty have low salaries, they naturally have to take 'silver' from People, in the end, the money and food saved were handed over.”
"The key court still 'knows nothing'."
"My father is also in a mess about economic measures."
"The Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes were issued in a big way. Although my father said that they were issued to officials, in the end the officials asked the people to pay the bill, but the court did not accept the Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes. In the end, these Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes were reduced to a pile of waste paper, but the people did not I can only look at this pile of waste paper without tears, because their money and food have been replaced by these waste papers, but they still have to pay taxes, pay food, and go to serve, and the people are becoming more and more miserable. "
"I can no longer remember who gave me the advice to my father."
"It's just that I still remember the faces of those scholars at that time."
"They said that the Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes are just a pile of waste paper. The imperial court used a pile of waste paper in exchange for a bunch of white money. They also said that it was a costless thing. It only benefited the imperial court and had no harm. It could also continue to enrich the country's capital. , Erchen also believed it at the time. ”
"But now I have figured it out."
"The Ming Dynasty treasure money has been distributed, but wherever it falls into the hands of officials, doesn't it all fall into the hands of the people? The people have a difficult life. If they can withstand this kind of exploitation, won't they end up selling their children or selling them again? The consequences of selling land.”
“Isn’t this making the Ming Dynasty repeat the mistakes of the Yuan Dynasty?”
"The scholar who made suggestions"
"His heart is worth killing!"
"And if I remember correctly, during the Yuan Dynasty, banknotes were exchanged several times, which eventually caused the world to boil and the people to complain. If not for this, the Yuan Dynasty would not have declined so easily, but our Ming Dynasty is now Even worse. "The Yuan Dynasty's Yuanbao banknotes are still circulated, but they are becoming less and less valuable, but my Ming Dynasty's treasure banknotes are just pieces of paper."
"Never forget the past, you will be the guide for the future."
"Does Ming really not learn any lessons?"
"There are also today's officials in the Ming Dynasty, who are dominated by mediocre officials. My father cleaned the court several times and killed most of the original court officials. The Fengtian Palace was also filled with blood, and my father was worried about being promoted from local places. The officials who come up are unreliable, so they are mostly recruited from places such as the Hanlin Academy and the Imperial College. However, these scholars have all been immersed in studying before and have no knowledge of politics. They participate in political affairs and seem to be rigid. "
"In fact, the silver-like pewter spear head is of no use."
"My ministers have been handling political affairs for so long, and they are still walking on thin ice, fearing that things will go wrong and the people of the world will suffer. However, these newly promoted officials can be said to be old-fashioned and give advice, but in fact they are all words on paper and empty. ”
"It sounds logical, but in practice it is full of problems."
"No matter how many political affairs they helped my father handle, they never went to the place in person to understand the real situation, and they could not understand the sufferings of the people at all. They only saw their own ambitions and pride. My father repeatedly asked officials to be pragmatic, but these officials in the Ming Dynasty continued to How can you be practical if your feet have never been touched by mud?”
"Can a country be managed well by just relying on a few books from sages?"
"I don't think so."
"It's okay for these people to come up with ideas, but most of them won't work if you ask them to do things on the ground. What they learn will always be floating around, and these officials don't have much interaction with the local government. Their words have little influence on the local government." , all depends on the prestige of the court.”
"If one day the imperial court becomes weak, doesn't it mean that the Ming Dynasty may not be able to issue government orders to the Tianfu?"
"The current Ming Dynasty is like having two courts, one is the small court in Yingtian Mansion, and the other is the big court outside Yingtian Mansion. My father's original intention was for the small court to control the big court, but the strength of the big court is too strong ”
"My son is so frightened."
"In the eyes of my father, Ming Dynasty is prosperous."
"But in the eyes of my ministers, the Ming Dynasty was devastated and shocking."
"Private law is higher than national law, the imperial court is not as good as the current administration, the localities are alienated from the central government, and the people are more sad than happy."
"It has only been less than twenty years since the Ming Dynasty was founded."
"My son is afraid."
"My father has sacrificed so much for the world, but with my meager ability, how can I bear the great trust from my father? My body is already weak, so let me move forward along the path of my father. I really can’t do it and I’m powerless.”
"This system designed by my father is, after all, only suitable for my father, not for my sons and ministers."
"It is not suitable for the later emperors of the Ming Dynasty."
"My son, I also want to pay my respects to my father. If I am still the crown prince, if I can still live to be in power, after I succeed to the throne, I will definitely change the world and make the Ming Dynasty's system gradually become more institutionalized and standardized. , not to work too hard, but also to strengthen control over the world in a more reasonable way. ”
"Let power truly be concentrated in the government!"
"Not just the surface!"
(End of chapter)