Chapter 51: The Ming Dynasty is about to be torn apart

Many people feel that the problem of thinking is not big.

No, at all times, the problem of the mind is always a big problem.

With the ideas of the Enlightenment, there was a great revolution.

Confucianism has always had its own set of ideological control, which can immediately conquer the world, but cannot immediately rule the world, and Confucianism must be used to govern the world, and these views are proven.

Confucianism has its own logic for how to manage a superpower.

This logic is under a moral model. Monarchs, ministers, fathers, sons, fathers, sons.

Today, the ideological confusion has seriously impacted the hearts of people everywhere.

Although Zhu Qizhen has always wanted to change the model of ruling the world together with scholars and doctors, there is this economic foundation here, although it has been shaken over the years, but it has not changed this in essence.

The scholar group under a unified ideological system is the foundation for maintaining the rule of the Ming Dynasty, but this foundation is fragmented. It is likely that the lower layer has influenced the upper layer.

The final result is party strife.

Zhu Qizhen has been the emperor for so many years, of course he knows. There has never been a shortage of political disputes in the center of the Ming Dynasty, even if Zhu Qizhen rarely makes a move now, he has a feeling of doing nothing but doing nothing.

But even so, is there less political strife in the cabinet?

Never.

It's just that there is a difference between political struggle and party struggle.

This is still the same set of values, if each other does not believe in the same doctrine, the value system is not connected, this kind of party struggle is not known how many times terrifying.

Cao Nai's tone became more and more worried, and said: "The morale is declining, the people's morale is declining, and the ministers are even more worried. Instead, he was so busy with his work that the land was barren. This generation is idle in the prefecture and county, gathering tens of thousands, hired by others, but this is not a long-term benefit, once there is a change, just like the change in the south of the Yangtze River, this is the source of cholera, Your Majesty has to be cautious. ”

When Zhu Qizhen heard this, he was relieved.

The same phenomenon, from different angles, can be seen in different situations.

What Cao Nai said can be summed up in one concept, that is, urbanization.

A whip law has lowered the constraints of the land on the people a lot. The development of business requires a lot of labor. So it was natural that people migrated from the countryside to the cities.

Naturally, this migration has also caused a lot of social problems.

This Jiangnan Rebellion is obvious.

Zhu Qizhen didn't come to Jiangnan to solve this problem.

It's just that Cao Nai also saw this problem, and the solution in his heart was definitely not consistent with what Zhu Qizhen thought.

Cao Nai saw that Zhu Qizhen was still silent, and continued: "These two are just appearances, what the minister is afraid of is the change of people's hearts. The people are not in the place, the business is not in place, and the scholars do not think about retribution

Serve the country, but do business and compete with the small people for profit. The officials of the court are not ashamed of their words. In the event of a matter, what is the benefit of me? ”

"Etiquette, righteousness and shame, the four dimensions of the country, the four dimensions are not open, the country is destroyed, and now Your Majesty's forty years of business is today, and I am afraid that such hidden worries can make Your Majesty's forty years of hard work ruined. At the risk of death, I also ask Your Majesty to forgive your sins. ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "What is Qing's crime? In the current situation, what is the plan? ”

Although Zhu Qizhen said a lot about Cao Nai, he was not too cold, but there was one thing Zhu Qizhen had to admit that Cao Nai was right.

Zhu Qizhen has to face a social system that is about to be torn apart.

The system built by Emperor Taizu was to establish the Ming Dynasty into a large rural village, and it was enough to divide the land in the village in peace with each other.

Even with a fixed tax amount, everything that was originally fixed at the beginning.

The annual tax collected by the imperial court from all over the country was a fixed amount.

Military households, artisan households, and other household registration systems hope to be inherited from father to son.

If the world were a picture, perhaps Emperor Taizu's idea would have succeeded.

It's a pity that the world is in motion.

Everything is changing.

Emperor Taizu's system is no longer suitable for today's world. And Zhu Qizhen's changes have exacerbated all this.

From officialdom to Shilin, from Shilin to the people, from rural to urban, from agriculture to commerce, from commerce to industry, everything is changing.

Under this different change, everyone has their own interests.

And these interests are opposing and colliding with each other.

Not that there was no one before that.

And before that, it had never been so intense.

Whether he wants to or not, Zhu Qizhen must face this result, a torn society.

However, Zhu Qizhen never regretted it.

There is nothing to regret either.

Because, if Zhu Qizhen doesn't do this, won't this society be torn apart?

No, the various manifestations of the late Ming Dynasty prove that in the Jiajing period, the various social classes of the Ming Dynasty have begun to tear, but this tear is covered up in internal and external troubles.

And every minister can bridge.

Although the Ming Dynasty died in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, he essentially died from various social problems.

In the face of such a problem, Daming is not without action, and he has also done a lot of things, such as all kinds of righteous and righteous things.

But it's just an official article.

Nothing works.

This is the limit of Confucianism's social governance.

Since such a thing would have come a long time ago, what did Zhu Qizhen have to worry about. Moreover, all social problems can be solved before the development of the productive forces.

For such a thing, Zhu Qizhen expected it in his heart.

However, even if there was an expectation, he

I also want to hear what solution Cao Nai has.

Cao Nai said: "The town is quiet. ”

Zhu Qizhen frowned a little and said, "Calm down? He didn't quite understand why Cao Nai said this.

Cao Nai said: "Since Your Majesty changed the law, the changes in the past ten years have exceeded the changes in the decades since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, and the people are at a loss, just like the mud and sand stirring in the water, which is naturally turbid, as long as you calm down, it will slowly settle down." ”

"Governing the country is like governing water, and it should be done in accordance with the people's nature."

Zhu Qizhen listened to it and realized something in his heart.

There is some truth in what Cao Nai said.

The ruling machine of the Ming Dynasty is not the tens of millions of civil servants in later generations.

No matter how you complain about the administrative efficiency of later generations, but compared with the administrative system of the Ming Dynasty, the administrative efficiency of later generations is basically like a ghost.

No matter how Zhu Qizhen transforms this ruling machine. The innate nature of this system is destined to their limits, and the level of science and technology in this era also limits this.

Therefore, every time Zhu Qizhen changes the law, it is a chore for Ming officials.

This is also the reason why Zhu Qizhen has made concessions to Han Yong over the years.

It's not that Zhu Qizhen is particularly fond of Han Yong, and it's not that Han Yong's ability surpasses that of Sanyang. Instead, Zhu Qizhen found that it seems easy to implement various new laws, but in fact, it depends on the ability of the rulers.

Zhu Qizhen's control of the overall situation is still okay, but this kind of delicate operation is beyond Zhu Qizhen's ability.

In order to complete these operations, Zhu Qizhen had to find an experienced veteran driver to complete this task. And Han Yong is the person he chose.

The completion of the law change is the overload of the Daming machine. Unconventional use.

I think how many officials don't like this kind of busy day by day overtime.

Thinking that many local gentry didn't like it either, the court suddenly changed its original style.

And Zhu Qizhen also knew that he was not a god, although this change was an idea he proposed and was perfected by the ministers, Zhu Qizhen did not think it was foolproof.

If you can be steady, wait, and stop, it may not be a good thing.

But is Zhu Qizhen willing?

Naturally, he refused.

He was fifty years old.

Although he is now in good health and has never been sick, he really knows that he does not have many years left. Heaven didn't have much time for him.

But there are still too many things that need to be changed.

Although there are such and such problems, how can Zhu Qizhen be willing to give up eating because of choking?

And what is Cao Nai's intentions behind these? Cao Nai, did he really think that Zhu Qizhen didn't know and didn't understand? How many years of emperor's career has long been full of Zhu Qizhen's skills to figure out people's hearts, and Cao Nai's careful thinking has never been able to hide from him.