Buried alive in the Qing Dynasty

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After years of chaos in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, the strength of the gentry in the world was severely damaged, and most of the land they owned was scattered to the hands of farmers.Moreover, the Qing Dynasty was cruel to the common people, and it was also cruel to the Jiangnan scholar-bureaucrats. It was not polite to the Jiangnan scholar-bureaucrats who failed to pay taxes, and directly dismissed their merits. !

Eighteen Jiangnan scholars were beheaded in the Crying Temple Anti-grain Case that happened in the same year!

These two major cases, together with the Tonghai Case, the Ming History Case, and the border relocation along the coast, have put everyone in Jiangnan Shilin at risk. Who would dare to resist and evade taxes?

Although the current ruler of the south of the Yangtze River has changed, the prestige of the scholar-bureaucrats cannot be restored for a while.

So the current tax base is far wider than that in the last years of the Ming Dynasty!

In addition, due to the decrease in population, land has not decreased so much, so the part of the total output of land used to support people is also less than in the previous Ming Dynasty, and the part that bears taxes and apportionments can naturally be more.

In fact, this is a question of the cycle of dynasties... Whether it is the Qing Dynasty or the Xinming, they are actually in the early stages of the cycle of dynasties.

In the early days of the dynasty, its prosperity was also vigorous, so it was naturally easier to do than in the last years of the dynasty.But if the court blindly messes around, it is easy to overturn.If it is ruled by the arch, nothing will be done... Now we are in the midst of great changes that have not been seen in 3000 years!

Therefore, Zhu Heqi had to do it well and bring about an industrial revolution in his lifetime, so that the future of China's Xia dynasty could be considered guaranteed.

But to bring about an industrial revolution...then of course we have to dig out the roots of Jiangnan scholar-bureaucrats!

The Qing Dynasty was so cruel that they wanted to cut off the heads of scholar-bureaucrats!

Zhu Heyi is a saint, so he didn't want to cut off the heads of the scholar-bureaucrats, he just wanted to cut off their lifeblood!

And what is the lifeblood of the scholar-bureaucrats?

Of course it is the monopoly of land and the monopoly of education...and the latter is especially critical!

Moreover, the two can be closed into a ring. If you monopolize the land, you will also control the financial resources at the grassroots level. Only when you have money can you run your own private education well, and if your children are well educated, you can take the imperial examination and become a high official... ...Being a high official can monopolize more land!

In this way, the literati and bureaucrats can not only gradually monopolize the grassroots, but also solidify the class step by step.

If the grassroots are completely controlled by them, then the so-called centralized feudal country will actually be emptied by them... and once the class is solidified, the heroes at the bottom can only hope that the world will be in chaos if they want to stand up.

Chapter 430 Fair, fair, or fucking fair!

"Jianguo, the minister did not fight well in Anqing..."

"Where did the prime minister come from? The battle of Anqing was fought very well! Zhuobutai's heads were all cut off, the entire army of [-] Qing monsters was wiped out, and our loss is less than [-]... This is not good, what? Is it good? Everyone, what do you think?"

While Huang Zongxi and others were busy organizing the Great Ming version of the Jiangnan Advisory Council, Zhu Heqi also ushered in a key player in the first ten days of October in the third year of King Ding Jianguo. , and can pinch Prime Minister Zhuge who knows how to count.

The reason why Zhu Heqi recruited Prime Minister Zhuge to Nanjing from Anqing Mansion, which had just been captured by the Ming army, was of course for the upcoming Jiangnan Advisory Council.

Prime Minister Zhuge also has the status of being one of the eleven former Confucian scholars.

In the past two years, Zhu Heqi, Zhuge Sanhe, Chen Yonghua, Qiu Rong and other former Confucian scholars have been busy conquests, and the meeting of the great scholars has not been held for a long time.

However, whenever Zhu Heqi encountered major issues, he would still ask them for advice through letters—although not all of the eleven bachelors had enough weight, most of them were still very important.

Therefore, after Zhu Heqi decided to convene the Jiangnan Advisory Council, he sent people to Zhejiang to invite Chen Yonghua, to Fujian to invite Zheng Jing, and to Guangdong to invite Zhu Tianwang, Mr. Yu, Su Yong, Zhu Shunshui, Gu Yanwu, Qu Dajun and the others hurried north to Jinling.

By the way, Gu Yanwu's position as a bachelor was made up later. Zhu Da, who originally held this position, really didn't care about politics, so he went to Haizhu University to study knowledge, so he resigned as a bachelor.Zhu Hexi recommended Gu Yanwu as a bachelor.

But Zhu Tianwang, Mr. Yu, Su Yong, Zhu Shunshui, Gu Yanwu, Qu Dajun and the others have not arrived yet.

Therefore, Zhu Heqi, Qiu Rong, Chen Yonghua, and Zheng Jing were the only scholars who greeted Zhuge Sanhe on the pier today.

When Qiu Rong, Chen Yonghua and Zheng Jing heard Zhu Heqi's question, they immediately agreed.

"Jianguo's words are very good! The prime minister rejected Wu Zhou in the west, broke Anqing in the north, wiped out the Qing captives, and beheaded the demon head Zhuobutai. How can you say that the fight was not good?"

"Prime Minister, don't be overly modest. Although the Battle of Anqing is not comparable to the Battle of Zijin Mountain, the Prime Minister must guard against Wu Sangui from the west and the main force of the Qing Demons coming from Luzhou Mansion. He dare not give it a go... ..."

"Prime Minister, in Anqing, you were the leader of a general among millions of troops. Zheng admires you!"

After hearing what they said, Prime Minister Zhuge finally showed a smiling face, as if he had let go of the knot that had arisen because of An Qing's long attack.

Zhu Heqi took a step forward, took Zhuge Sanhe's arm, and the two of them walked into a reception pavilion next to the Longjiangkou Wharf.

Qiu Rong, Chen Yonghua, Zheng Jing, and Zhuge Sanhe's son Zhuge Zhengyang also followed.

This reception pavilion was expanded when Kangxi was stationed in Nanjing. It was said to be a pavilion, but it was actually a pavilion.

Now the weather in Nanjing is a bit cold, a group of Cantonese and Fujianese can't stand the cold, so the little father-in-law Pang Siming asked someone to set up a heater in the pavilion.When a group of people walked in, they felt a burst of warmth and were very comfortable, and then Zhu Hexi led the group to the second floor of the pavilion.

Da Boling was waiting on the second floor of this pavilion. Zhu Heqi asked her to prepare a table of Chaozhou-style snacks and snacks for Zhuge Sanhe to clean up the dust—this treatment, which is Zhuge Sanhe's level Only the veterans and important ministers have.

In addition, although Da Boling entered Zhu Heqi's house, she is also the "founding shareholder" of Xin Daming's business, so she is also eligible to participate in today's meeting... Of course, she wants to support Zhu Hechi unconditionally and without reservation!

The five academicians plus Da Boling sat down next to the wine table on the second floor of the pavilion, while Zhuge Zhengyang and Pang Siming were not qualified, so they had to retreat downstairs.

After three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, Zhu Heqi got straight to the point. He said to everyone present: "King Yanping, Prime Minister, Chen Zhijun, Brother Qiu, Auntie, we can sit here now and have a good drink and talk. In the final analysis, it is ours." The governance of Guangdong and Fujian has achieved very good results... In fact, before we marched into Jiangxi, the strength of our new Ming Dynasty had already surpassed Wu Zhou and Qing Yao!"

The real strength, of course, is not the numbers on the books and the size of the area on the map, but the military, economic and "magic" power that can be mobilized!

Prime Minister Zhuge nodded, and said: "Jian Guo is right! Wu Zhou has a vast land and few people, the industry and commerce within the territory is withered, and the transportation is inconvenient. All we can rely on is Wu Sangui's old capital accumulated over the years and the strength of Huguang. Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, and Guangxi are actually useless.

As for the Qing Yao, at first glance it seems that there is half of the world, just like Cao Wei in the Three Kingdoms period, but the population and financial resources in the north have suffered too much loss in the chaos since the Chongzhen Year.Moreover, the Qing Yao is based on Manchuria and Mongolia, so it is difficult to fully exert the power of the Han people in the Central Plains.Their strength is only on par with Wu Zhou, but their vigor is not as good as Wu Zhou... Jianguo, if we can raise 3000 to [-] million military expenses through this advisory meeting, we should be able to enter Beijing before Wu Zhou! "

Zheng Jing took up the topic of Zhuge Sanhe, and said to Zhu Hechi: "Jianguo, Fujian can raise an additional three to five million taels, and Guangdong should be able to contribute a little more money...as long as Jiangnan and Zhejiang provinces can raise 500 taels." 2000, then there will be a total of 3000 million Northern Expedition military expenses!"

Chen Yonghua also said: "Jianguo, those people in Zhejiang seem to be willing to pay... They just want to hold on to the land for a few more years and make more money. If we want to go north to the Central Plains, we won't be able to do so for the time being!"

Qiu Rong said: "The naval army has now raised 5000 sand ships that can go to the Eastern Ocean (Yellow Sea) and enter the Bohai Sea. They can transport up to [-] people to the north by sea... It is still a bit uncertain to attack Beijing and Tianjin!"

After hearing the speeches of these people, Zhu Heqi suddenly smiled, "Huang Zongxi, Wan Sida, and Huang Baijia probably think the same way, right?"

Several people were taken aback for a moment, and Da Boling hurriedly said: "Jian Guo, what's wrong?"

"Of course it's not right!" Zhu Hechi said seriously, "Who are we? We are the original Confucians...the original Confucians who are the people of the world! Why can we dig out the power of Guangdong and Fujian? Is it because we insist on Take the way of the world for the public?

Is it important to have two or 3000 million silver or to enter Beijing earlier?It's not very important... what really matters is that the world is for the public!As long as we insist that the world is for the public, we will be able to unearth the power of Jiangnan, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, and perhaps Jiangbei in the near future!With such a powerful force, what is Wu Zhou?What is Qing Yao? "

"Yes, but what does the world mean for the public?" Da Boling continued to pass on the topic to Zhu and Qi.

Zhu Hechi smiled and said: "To put it simply, it is fair! Fair! It's still fucking fair! The world is for the public... It must be as fair as possible!

Of course there is no absolute fairness, and the lonely family will not be so confused! "

As he was speaking, he gave a meaningful look at the people present, and said: "I know that people are full of injustice at the beginning... they are born with injustice.

But we must engage in a big fair within the possible range!Because only in this way can the court control more population and land!

At the same time, it can also make the people below see the hope of rising and be full of energy.

It can also prevent those guys who have long been decayed and unable to take on great responsibilities from monopolizing land and population, and becoming a stumbling block for others to make achievements and get rich! "

Zhu Hexi paused, and then said: "Since ancient times, every Han court that can be strong for a while will take some measures to equalize land and suppress mergers... But it is difficult for anyone to do it thoroughly! Therefore, after the founding of the country for a hundred years, Even decades later, the national strength will weaken, and the next step is to barely survive.

And if we want to do it, we must do it thoroughly. Only if we do it thoroughly, can our new Ming Dynasty have a flourishing age of 300 years.

It's not that the world is lonely and dark, but that the world is undergoing major changes unseen in 3000 years.If you want to dominate in such a changing situation, decades of prosperity are not enough, you must have 300-[-] years of prosperity! "

Chapter 431 Where does industrialization start?

Longjiang Estuary, Jieguan Pavilion.

Inside the pavilion, there was silence.

Zheng Jing, Zhuge Sanhe, Chen Yonghua, Qiu Rong, and even Da Boling didn't know how to respond to Zhu Hechi's words.

This great sage Zhu's heart is too dark, right?For two or three hundred years, isn't it just a few decades that can be called a prosperous age?How could there be two or three hundred years of prosperity?Prosperous from beginning to end?Then how did the court disappear?When it's full, it's gone?

It can't be like this!

And... just relying on one round of "Founding Fairness", no matter how fair it is, it is impossible to maintain it for 300 years!

It is not that there is no per capita farmland in history, but the average income is equal, won't it stop after a few decades?

How could Xin Daming be an exception?

"Jianguo," it was Da Boling who broke the silence, "Isn't 300 years too long ago?"

Is it long?Zhu Hechi looked at Da Boling and thought: "You really have long hair but short knowledge and big breasts and no brains! It is 1674 now, 200 will be 1874 years later, 270 will be 1945 years later... this 270 How many soul-stirring events have happened in the world in one year? As long as a country like China fails to catch up and falls behind, it may be hanged and beaten. Once defeated, it may fall into the abyss! Do you know what the abyss means?

A deeper abyss means being expelled from the ball, and the country will be destroyed!

A shallower abyss will also make China one of the poorest countries in the world!

Although Zhu Hechi did not experience the dark age when he was almost expelled from the game, he has experienced the era of poverty and madness!

Otherwise, he wouldn't go to his hometown to do high imitation after finishing university in Beijing... That's really poor, crazy poor!

And when Zhu Hechi learned that China in the early Qing Dynasty was the richest country in the world, even in terms of per capita GDP, it was also among the best in the world, and it might be No. 1. He was really shocked and shocked.

The Chinese people of later generations have struggled for decades, but still have not achieved their goals. During the Kangxi period, it turned out to be the norm, and it was so common that no one cared.

And such a country, which ranks among the best in terms of total quantity and per capita, will become one of the poorest countries in the world after more than 100 years... and it will be poor for more than 100 years, so poor that it is famous all over the world up!

The reason for this disaster is that Yoyo China lost the first industrial revolution and the second industrial revolution, the two industrial revolutions that could cause explosive growth in productivity, and was at the beginning of the third industrial revolution. in a very backward position.

And now, the first industrial revolution has not yet begun... and China, at least the semi-Beijing and four provinces under the rule of Zhu Heqi, is very promising to become the first region to cross the threshold of industrialization.

And the first one entered into industrialization. If it takes its due share in the international zero-dollar purchase market, then it will have a flourishing age of 270 years, right?

He came here with reference to the British Empire... The foundation of Ming Dynasty is much larger than that of Great Britain, and it can even completely assimilate the colonial system.In this case, how can the prosperous years be shorter than the British Empire?

Thinking of this, Zhu Heqi patiently said to the few people present: "In the past, the dynasties that used to equalize the land did not last long. From the perspective of the lonely family, there are two main problems. One is that the number of people breeds more and more, But the land can't grow. But now this is no longer a problem... You should know the vastness of the world and the size of the earth, right?"

"I know, I know..." Zheng Jing knew best, he nodded and said, "Jianguo, I understand what you mean, let's finish all the domestic fields and then go to the overseas fields... But it is not so easy to go to sea. The storm is dangerous, and it can be said to be close to death!"

So industrialize it!Don't you know there is a steam engine?By the way, you really don't know...

Emperor Zhu didn't know how to explain industrialization, so he had to change the subject and continued: "Second, the equalization of land and unequal knowledge, so the people are ignorant and the scholar-bureaucrats are shameless... Shameless scholar-bureaucrats bully the ignorant people and occupy their land , so that the small people have no place to stand. And the scholar-bureaucrats who annexed a large amount of land also tried their best to evade the national tax, which not only cut off the livelihood of the small people, but also cut off the court's salary."

"Equal knowledge?" Zhuge Sanhe was taken aback, "Jian Guo, how do we equalize this knowledge?"

How?Zhu Heqi glanced at him, and said in his heart, "Why don't you hand over the "Zhuge Cheats" first?"

"Of course it is universal education." Zhu Heqi still suppressed his curiosity about "Zhuge Cheats" and talked about the serious business, "It is still the old way in Guangdong. We have to run a large school... when we are equalizing the land, we have to get it." A part of the land is dedicated as a school field to start rural elementary schools.

On top of elementary school, the county government of each county pays for the establishment of primary schools, so that the best among the Mongolian children can enter primary schools and continue their studies.

Governments should also establish secondary schools so that the best of the pupils can attend secondary schools.

And above the middle school, of course, there are universities run by the imperial court and various provinces... After the first batch of college students complete their studies, the imperial court will no longer use imperial examinations to select scholars, but will change to schools to obtain scholars! "

"What? Even the imperial examinations are going to be abolished?" Qiu Rong, the number one scholar with the scar, was taken aback. "Isn't this going to force all scholars to go to Wu Zhou and Qing Yao?"

"What's there to be afraid of?" Zhu Heqi sneered, "Huang Zongxi himself said that the imperial examinations are very harmful. We gradually abolish them and replace them with school selection. What's wrong?"

Zheng Jing, Zhuge Sanhe, Chen Yonghua, and Qiu Rong couldn't help frowning.

It's one thing to say it, but it's another thing to do it!

But Zhu Heqi has already set his mind on abolishing science and holding a school-this must be done!Not only because industrialization requires new talents, but also because Zhu Hechi needs to replace the bunch of corrupt Confucians who are not good at anything except taking exams, becoming officials, corrupting money and evading taxes.

He doesn't need the kind of loyal minister who "talks with his heart in peacetime and repays the king with his death".

Zhu Hexi paused, and then said: "In addition, the method of selecting scholars also needs to be greatly changed... Didn't Huang Zongxi say in his "Ming Yi Waiting for Visits" that today's selection of scholars is too strict and the selection of scholars is too strict? Is being too lenient really a major disadvantage? He also suggested that we should instead use lenient scholars and stricter ones.

The Gu family thinks this is very good. In the future, the six-room three-squad in the yamen can also be included in the official ranks, and soldiers who have passed the exam or have merit but are not suitable for official positions will be recommended by the Ministry of War.In this way, scholars can be regarded as a way out, and they should be satisfied after thinking about it. "

No wonder it's satisfying!

Several people in the pavilion frowned, but they still nodded heavily.

Regardless of whether the scholars in Jiangnan are satisfied or not, they must support Zhu Heqi!

……

The night was already very deep, and the entire Hall of Martial Arts was silent, only Zhu Heqi was still on the eight-foot bed in the sleeping hall with his eyes open and unable to sleep.One of his big hands unconsciously wandered around the body of Da Boling lying beside him, and when he encountered something, he twisted it.

And his other hand was resting on the back of his head, staring fixedly at the ceiling.

Da Boling who was beside him woke him up, and found that her husband was still awake, so she embraced her and leaned against Zhu Heqi, asking in a low voice, "Ah Pao, why aren't you sleeping? I have worked so hard during the day for a few days, how can I do it if I don’t have a good rest at night? Could it be that I haven’t enjoyed myself just now, do you want my aunt to..."

Zhu Heqi turned his head to the side, and smiled at Da Boling, who had a shy expression on his face, "My aunt is still good to me... But now Jiangdong is tentatively settled, and the great cause of anti-Qing and Ming Dynasty is a little bit successful, and various things are intricate. , my prison country has to be thoughtful."

Da Boling is not only Zhu Hechi's woman, but also a shareholder of his Anti-Qing Fuming cause, and also gave all of herself and all the shares she holds to Zhu Hechi.Therefore, she is the only woman in the harem of Zhu Hechi who has a say in state affairs.But she never abused this privilege of hers, so she just blinked and said with a smile: "A Pao, I don't understand important national affairs, but as long as I need you, just open your mouth, and I will listen to you in everything."

Hearing Da Boling's soft voice reassuring herself, Zhu Heqi smiled gratifiedly. It really is her aunt who treats her best!

In fact, he woke Da Boling up on purpose... Now that he encountered a slightly difficult matter, after thinking about it, he still had to ask his good aunt to come forward.

Thinking of this, he first kissed Da Boling on the cheek, and then said: "Auntie, you see, I am now the Lord of Jinling, I am also a sage in charge of the country, and I have this huge Forbidden City... Are women a little less?"

Chapter 432 Industrialization starts from the harem!

Da Boling was a little dazed by Zhu Heqi's question, because you didn't sleep at night, and you were thinking about drafting a concubine!

But Da Bo Ling is Da Bo Ling, and she will definitely respond to Zhu and Qi's requests!