Chapter 15
As he said that, he glanced at Zhu Biao subconsciously, but Zhu Biao shook his head slightly with a solemn expression.
This means that the matter cannot be leaked.
It had been less than an hour since Li Shanchang made his suggestion. Even if the secret was leaked, it would not have been spread to the public…
Only Zhu Di looked confused:”What are the land grant system and the land equalization tax law?”
But no one paid him any attention.
Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao both looked at Zhu Heng with somewhat solemn expressions.
Zhu Di shrank his head, held the milk tea and drank it honestly, but quietly looked at Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao’s face, and looked at Zhu Heng with some worry
“Why are you so excited? Who else should you listen to? Zhu Heng was speechless:”Isn’t this something everyone knows?” Haven’t you read the book?”
But Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned when he heard this, and said incredulously:”Everyone knows? Zhu
Biao also didn’t know what to say:”I have read the book, but this……”
This was a national policy that my father came up with after convening some of the top advisers of the Ming Dynasty.
But listening to Zhu Heng’s tone, it seems that these two strategies are just street goods?
“Sorry, I forgot that we learned different things……”
Zhu Heng was a little stunned.
These two strategies are found in high school history textbooks, and any high school student with a good history will be able to say a few words. However, these were summarized by later generations of experts who studied the rise and fall of dynasties in the past and summarized them from a vast sea of classics.
Scholars in this era only needed four books and five classics to take the imperial examination.
Books are so expensive, and rare classics are scattered all over the place and it is difficult to collect them. Not to mention ordinary people, low-level officials do not have the channels to read some rare history books…
So he comforted:
“It’s okay, none of this is important. Let’s talk about something else. By the way, I’ve been researching a new dish recently.”
“Are there any new dishes?”Zhu Di couldn’t help but his eyes lit up.
Snap.
Zhu Yuanzhang slapped him on the back of the head and said with hatred:”When have you still wanted to eat?”
“Didn’t you also enjoy drinking the milk tea?……”Zhu Di covered his head and felt aggrieved, whispering
“Um?”
“No, it’s nothing, you continue……”
Zhu Yuanzhang had no time to beat him, but looked at Zhu Heng again:”So in your opinion, these two strategies still cannot solve the land annexation?”
“yes.”
Zhu Heng bit the straw and nodded casually.
“Did you think wrong? Zhu Yuanzhang was extremely puzzled:”Those two strategies are very subtle.”
Zhu Biao also nodded repeatedly and looked at Zhu Heng with some suspicion:”The land equalization law can inhibit annexation, and the square field equalization tax can increase the land. How can such good governance go wrong?””
“nonsense.”Zhu Heng rolled his eyes:”I have made up my mind not to go shopping in Goulan. I have also made a plan for this. I will go fishing on the 13th and 5th, fight the landlords on the 24th and 6th, and eat and drink with Zhu Sihu on the seventh day. As a result, you Guess what?”
“Now I have to fish, fight landlords, and go shopping with Zhu Si. I am exhausted.”
“What does it mean to accompany me? Zhu Di cried out:”Obviously you are the one who wants to go every time.”……”
“Can I go if you don’t pay for it?”Zhu Heng glared angrily
“What the hell?……”Zhu Di was so angry that he vomited blood.
Zhu Yuanzhang slapped Zhu Di into silence again. He looked at Zhu Heng and said seriously:
“Are you saying that the policy is good, but people’s hearts are still alive, and the result depends on how well the officials implement it?”
“As expected of a father, you are much smarter than the fourth child! Zhu Heng nodded:”That’s what I mean.””
“There have been many good governance in the past dynasties, but I still say, look at the essence through the phenomenon”
“In essence, all good governance is to prevent the powerful from invading the interests of the people.”
“But here’s the contradiction. Those who implement good governance are all powerful people. If you ask them to cut meat for the people… haha, what’s the difference between asking a weasel to watch the chicken but not eat it?”
“Maybe in the beginning, when there was a wise monarch ruling the world, the officials could control themselves, but as time went by, the monarch became fatuous, and all the previous efforts were wasted.”
“I understand!”Zhu Di suddenly realized it and slapped the table:”It’s the same as asking you to control yourself and not go shopping in Goulan! Zhu
Yuanzhang suppressed the urge to beat Zhu Di, looked at Zhu Heng again and said:”There is also a solution to this method. Confucianism respects the inner sage and the outer king.””
“The emperor has an overview of the power of the world. As long as he leads by example, has the world in mind, and cultivates his morality, he will naturally be able to maintain this good government.”
Zhu Biao also nodded in agreement.
After receiving Confucian education, he has always asked himself in this way. Becoming a saint within and a king outside is the most important guarantee for the long-lasting prosperity of the Ming Dynasty.
However…
Zhu But Heng glanced at them:”Do you believe this?”
“Let’s talk about Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty first. Putting aside the fact that he killed his brother and imprisoned his father, in terms of governing the country, he could say that”the king is like a boat, and the people are like water. The water can carry the boat and also capsize it.” This is considered to be in line with the inner sage and the outer king. ?”
“The results of it?”
“In his later years, he built a palace on a large scale for himself. Some people tried to dissuade him, but he said,”People will be arrogant and carefree when they have nothing to do, and they will be easy to work when they have nothing to do.”’”
“Do you think this is human language?”