Chongzhen Daming: Starting from Coal Mountain

Chapter 318 His Arsenic, My Honey

"This is really nonsense." Gao Hongtu is really blunt when he speaks this way, "Equal emphasis on civil and military affairs will inevitably lead to the separatism of feudal lords and even the usurpation of power by military officials. Isn’t the frequent regime change during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period enough to explain the problem?”

"So what about the change of regime?" Chongzhen asked back, "Has China's clothing been endangered? Has the Confucian ancestral temple been destroyed?"

"This..." Gao Hongtu was at a loss for words, because whether it was Song Qi Liang Chen in the Southern and Northern Dynasties, or the Hou Liang, Hou Tang, Hou Jin, Hou Han and Hou Zhou during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, they all continued the Chinese clothes and did not destroy the Confucian ancestral temple. On the contrary, after the fall of the Song Dynasty, Meng Yuan entered the Central Plains, and Huaxia's clothes were completely destroyed.

Chongzhen went on to say: "For a dynasty with one surname, the separatist regime or the usurpation of power by military officials is naturally a serious problem, but for Huaxia clothing, the danger of using literature to control military power is even higher than the separatist regime or the usurpation of power by military officials, because military officials are in power. At least it can allow the Central Plains Dynasty to maintain its military advantage over the surrounding barbarians."

Gao Hongtu said with a dark face: "According to what His Majesty said, is it wrong for me to wait for Bao Daming?"

"I didn't say that you did it." Chongzhen said, "I just want to say that whether it's emphasizing both civil and martial arts, using literature to control martial arts, or using martial arts to control literature, these are all not problems."

Gao Hongtu said: "Then where is the problem?"

Chongzhen said: "The problem lies in the distribution of resources or the distribution of benefits. If the problem of unbalanced distribution of resources or benefits cannot be solved, no matter which national policy is adopted, it will inevitably fail."

Gao Hongtu frowned and said, "Resources or benefit distribution?"

"Let's just say it straight, it's land distribution." Chongzhen said, "If you can't solve the chronic problem of land distribution, if you can't restrain land annexation, let alone using literature to control military force, you will turn all civil servants into Li Jing like you. God of War can't save Song or Ming either, because the increasingly serious land annexation will drag down Ming's finances one day."

Gao Hongtu fell into silence upon hearing this.

This is how the finances of the Ming Dynasty were dragged down.

Gao Hongtu couldn't deny this point.

After a pause, Chongzhen said again: "Gao Hongtu, I told you this just to expose you. You civil officials and scholar-bureaucrats are not saints. What about Chinese clothes and Confucian temples? These are just your excuses. You really care about it. In fact, only the cabinet is in power, that is, the power or interests in the hands."

Gao Hongtu's face darkened, and he wanted to refute immediately, but was stopped by Chongzhen's hand.

"Don't be in a hurry to refute, first listen to what I have to say." Chongzhen waved his hand and said, "Gao Hongtu, I didn't have any prejudice against you at first."

"On the contrary, I admire you quite a lot, because you are honest and self-confident, and you are capable."

"I don't dislike you Donglin Party, at least you still pretend to be Daming in your heart."

"So after returning to Nanjing last time, I didn't have too many disputes with you."

"You Donglin Party want to take full control of the cabinet, and I will follow you. The four assistant ministers are all members of the Donglin Party."

"I don't really have high demands on you, and I don't want you to do anything. As long as you Donglin Party stick to your duty and do your own thing well, I will never touch you lightly."

"But your Donglin Party is unwilling."

"You Donglin Party insist on taking away my House of Internal Affairs, and even want to put me to death."

"These practices of your Donglin Party really make me disagree and even more difficult to tolerate."

"If you are allowed to control the government and continue to act mischievously, Shenzhou will sink again, and Huaxia's clothes will be lost again, which will definitely be an inevitable result."

Speaking of this meal, Chongzhen said again: "So I can only uproot the Donglin Party."

At this point, Chongzhen also showed his fangs. Gao Hongtu had expected this, so he was not very surprised.

"Dangerous words to listen to." Gao Hongtu was even in the mood to refute, "Shenzhou land sinking and clothing loss only happened once in the late Song Dynasty, not to mention that it was not caused by the use of culture to control martial arts and the co-governance of scholars and bureaucrats."

"What's more, the establishment of slaves and the powerful Mongolian Yuan are completely unreasonable."

Speaking of this meal, Gao Hongtu said again: "So the situation at the end of the Song Dynasty will not happen again."

"Having said so much, Gao Hongtu, you still can't see the essence of the problem?" Chongzhen said in a deep voice, "I just said that if the problem of land annexation is not resolved, it will inevitably lead to financial collapse, and financial collapse will inevitably lead to a dynasty. The downfall of the dynasty, and the evil consequences of using literature to control military forces will be truly manifested when a dynasty is destroyed."

"Equal emphasis is placed on civil and military affairs. Even if the dynasty falls, it will never be ruined and the ancestral temple will be destroyed."

"Because the military officials who usurped power and the vassal towns in the separatist areas will not want to wear clothes and temples."

"However, once we use culture to control military force, once we lose the force to suppress the surrounding barbarians, it will really lead to the loss of Chinese clothing and the destruction of the ancestral temple!" Speaking of this meal, Chongzhen said: "Those barbarians don't care about Chinese Clothes, but only care about their money rat tails and bald heads."

"How about seeing the essence of the problem?"

Gao Hongtu seemed a little annoyed and ashamed: "I admit that the Donglin Party can't solve the problem of land annexation, but you can solve the problem of land annexation, my lord? Forcibly confiscating the land of honorable officials and gentry for the crime of weaving, and then sell it for a hundred years? Then there will be another unruly and tyrannical emperor, and do it again according to your method?"

Upon hearing this, Chongzhen smiled and said, "Gao Hongtu, are you all worried that I will also be in the south of the Yangtze River?"

"Isn't this the truth?" Gao Hongtu smiled, and said, "After all the land in the north is finished, then it will be reduced to half the land in the south of the Yangtze River. You don't need to deny it, my lord."

"However, I might as well put my words here, my lord, you won't even have the fields in the south of the Yangtze River."

"Unless you can kill all the Donglin party members, all the civil and military officials in the court, and all the tens of millions of Li and common people in the south of the Yangtze River, otherwise you should not dream of equalizing the land in the south of the Yangtze River."

Chongzhen shook his head and said, "If I tell you that I never intend to share the land in the south of the Yangtze River, would you believe me?"

Gao Hongtu said in disbelief, "My lord, don't think others are so stupid. You are not the only smart person in this world. How can you raise money if you don't equal the land? What will you use to recruit soldiers?"

"Gao Hongtu, you know very well in your heart that you will definitely not survive this time."

After a pause, Chongzhen said again: "So I don't need to lie to you. I only plan to equalize the acres in the north of the Yellow River, and never thought of equalizing the acres in the south of the Yangtze River."

Gao Hongtu looked at Chongzhen seriously, as if he was trying to tell whether his words were true or false.

Chongzhen said again: "Land annexation is a huge problem for the emperors of all dynasties, but it is a great help for me. His arsenic is my honey. Only I have a way to turn this problem into a help." .”

"Big words." Gao Hongtu said sarcastically, "There are so many problems that the sages couldn't solve, but you can solve them?"

When he said this, Gao Hongtu couldn't help but a thought flashed through his mind, Meishan enlightened!If Meishan's enlightenment is true, maybe the Holy One will have a solution?
"You don't believe it? Then I will tell you, anyway, there is plenty of time."

Chongzhen smiled, and said: "Gao Hongtu, the Ming Dynasty will soon evolve from agricultural civilization to industrial civilization, and tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of factories and workshops will spring up in the south of the Yangtze River like mushrooms after rain. Come, and so many factories and workshops will require tens of millions of workers."

Speaking of this, Chongzhen briefly talked to Gao Hongtu about the prospect of the industrial revolution.

He went on to say: "If there is no land annexation, there will not be so many land-lost peasants, and if there are no land-lost peasants, there will not be so many workers available, so you say, I will be so stupid as to promote land equalization in the south of the Yangtze River Tens of millions of farmers imprisoned in the ridges?"

Gao Hongtu was dumbfounded.

Hundreds of thousands of factories and workshops?

Tens of millions of landless peasants turned into workers?

An iron car that can travel hundreds of miles a day only by burning charcoal?

Ironclad warships that sail at sea without sails?
Your Majesty, are you afraid that your brain has been burnt out?
Where do so many weird and messy ideas come from?

Chongzhen shook his head and said, "It's a pity, you won't be able to see such a prosperous age."

Hearing this sentence, Gao Hongtu suddenly realized that this was just Chongzhen's trick.

"In this way, the old minister can probably guess your majesty's intentions." Gao Hongtu smiled and said, "If the majesty expects to say some unimaginable things and words, let the old minister take the initiative to confess, but it is wishful thinking, impossible. ! The mind of the old minister is as firm as a rock, and will never waver in the slightest."

Gao Hongtu just regarded it as nonsense made up by Chongzhen.

Gao Hongtu's reaction was already expected by Chongzhen.

At that moment Chongzhen said with a smile: "I never thought of asking you to plead guilty."

Hearing this, Gao Hongtu's heart skipped a beat, and his heart broke.

Sure enough, Chongzhen smiled and said, "What I want is for your three favorite students to plead guilty. As long as they plead guilty, it's equivalent to Gao Hongtu pleading guilty, isn't it?"

"Your Majesty is really scheming." Gao Hongtu forced himself to be calm, "However, it is useless. Yuan Pengnian and the others are as tenacious as the old man, and it is absolutely impossible for them to take the initiative to confess."

"Oh, really? Then let us wait and see." Chongzhen laughed.

After finishing speaking, Chongzhen picked up the wooden oar and rowed back. Gao Hongtu thought about it and also picked up the wooden oar.

After paddling for nearly half an hour, he finally paddled back to the shore. When Gao Hongtu took a closer look, he found three more familiar faces among the crowd on the shore. Who were they?

Yuan Pengnian, Liu Zhengzong and Li Jinglian all looked at him suspiciously.

Teacher!Gao Hongtu seemed to be able to hear the questions of the three disciples, what did you chat with the Holy One in the lake?They talked for such a long time, nearly three and a half hours!

Gao Hongtu wanted to talk, so he talked about his ideas, but he couldn't speak up.

You can't tell the three disciples in front of everyone, the old man didn't say anything, you three don't think about it, if this is the case, wouldn't it be that there is no money here, and you don't ask yourself?

We can only wait for an opportunity to talk about it when we meet in private.

But at this time, Chongzhen would not give them a chance to meet in private.

"Xu Yingwei, send Elder Gaoge back to his residence!" Chongzhen ordered, "The city of Nanjing is in some chaos during this period, you must ensure Elder Gaoge's personal safety, and there must be no mistakes."

"Students lead the order." Xu Yingwei suddenly agreed.

Then he said to Gao Hongtu, "Old Gao Ge, please get in the car."

Gao Hongtu could only glance at his three disciples with gloomy eyes, then lowered his head and got into the carriage.

Liu Zhengzong and Li Jinglian were soon sent away by Prince Qin's sons. Only Yuan Pengnian was taken to the imperial chariot and returned to the city in the same car with Chongzhen and his son.

Zhu Cijiong held down the hilt of the waist knife and stared at Yuan Pengnian vigilantly.

Although Zhu Cijiong is only [-] years old this year, he began to scurry wildly in the spring of this year, and now he has grown to the height of Chongzhen's ears.

Moreover, this kid looks sturdier than Zhu Cilang.

So sitting there kneeling with the handle of the knife still quite intimidating.

But in fact, his worry was completely superfluous, Yuan Pengnian was in shackles.

"Yuan Pengnian, you must really want to know what exactly I and Gao Hongtu talked about in the lake, right?" Chongzhen smiled lightly, and then said, "It's okay to tell you, we just chatted about our respective ideas."

"Gao Hongtu told me the reason for killing the king, and I also told him why I wanted to eradicate the Donglin Party."

After a short pause, Chongzhen said again: "Because there is no one else within a few hundred steps, only the two of us, so we didn't hold anything back and said everything we wanted to say."

"The Holy Majesty is hinting at Yuchen, asking him to admit that he has something to do with the murder of the king and the treason case?"

Yuan Pengnian smiled and said: "If that's the case, I don't need to worry about persuading the Holy Majesty. I only have one sentence at any time. I didn't participate in the regicide case. If I didn't, I didn't."

"The minister and Du Hongyu do know each other, but it's just an acquaintance."

"I really don't know why Du Hongyu murdered the king and conspired against him, and he has nothing to do with him."

"Of course, if the Holy Majesty insists on beating me up because I met Du Hongyu, and accusing me of treason and regicide, I can't do anything about it."

After a pause, he said again: "After all, if the king wants his ministers to die, the ministers have to die."

"Yuan Pengnian!" Zhu Cijiong was furious, "I advise you not to be too arrogant."

"His Royal Highness King Ding, please rest the anger of the thunder." Yuan Pengnian said, "I just tell the truth."

"What a sharp mouth, no wonder Gao Hongtu values ​​you so much." Chongzhen said with a smile, "However, if you think that you have already controlled the public opinion of scholars and Jiangnan, so I have nothing to do with you, then you are very wrong. .”

"Your Majesty's words are serious." Yuan Pengnian said, "How can our Donglin Party be able to control scholars' opinions and public opinion?"

Having said this, Yuan Pengnian went on to say solemnly: "In addition, I also want to sincerely advise the Holy One, justice is at ease, and the eyes of the people in the south of the Yangtze River are discerning!"

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