After five years of teaching support, Daming became an empire on which the sun never sets.

Chapter 495
"Many of our ministers also surrendered from the Yuan Dynasty." Zhu Yuanzhang said silently in his heart, "Because they defected with money and food, they were of great help to the rebels, and even received our reuse and rewards."

"So, Confucianism has been preaching for more than 1000 years, and the thought of loyalty and filial piety, which has been regarded as the standard by successive kings, basically has no effect at a critical moment."

"The idea of ​​loyalty and filial piety can only fool the common people, not the upper class."

"In the eyes of ordinary people, loyalty and filial piety is a hadith."

"In the eyes of feudal nobles, it is shit."

"They have already seen through everything."

"As for the gentry class on the second floor of the pyramid, after the collapse of the pyramid, because they did not climb high enough, they did not fall so badly, and even landed safely." Qin Yu pointed to the bricks on the second floor, and said, "So The dynasty changed, and they suffered very little loss. When you hear this, do you think of anything?"

"I remembered." Zhu Yuanzhang said.

I remember that when he met Qin Yu for the first time, he was worried about one thing: the Ming Dynasty had just been established, and he was short of money and food, so he couldn't do anything.

Where should I get money and food?
It was Qin Yu who told him that those gentry had money and food in their hands.

And those gentry classes cry poor in front of the government every day, and they still eat bran and swallow vegetables.Let the imperial court and government officials have the illusion that they also messed up miserably when the world was in chaos.

If Qin Yu hadn't woken up, he would still be in the dream.

Finally, Zhu Yuanzhang listened to Qin Yu's suggestion.

By selling calligraphy, he made a lot of money from rich gentry and rich households.

"The reason why the gentry have money and food is because they are on the second floor of the pyramid, and they can't climb high. After the collapse of the pyramid in the Yuan Dynasty, they didn't fall badly, and many of them even landed safely!" At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang, Knowing how wise Qin Yu is, "It turns out that he has already seen the essence of the pyramid structure!"

Many modern people are also aware of the ancient social structure of the pyramid.

But they only know its structure, but they don't know how to use this knowledge point.

Everyone has learned the Pythagorean theorem, but how to use it flexibly to solve problems is not something everyone can do.In other words, Qin Yu is not a scumbag in the 21st century.

"When the pyramid collapses, the third layer of officials will not fall badly." Qin Yu continued, "Because they can take refuge in the new dynasty and help the new dynasty build another pyramid."

"That's why there is such a scene in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms". When Cao Cao's army came under pressure, Lu Su told Sun Quan that everyone in the Jiangdong civil and military officials can surrender, but Sun Quan cannot!"

"That's right, that's right!" Zhu Yuanzhang said, "The nobles in the court only cared about their own interests and never considered the interests of the emperor. None of them really cared about the royal family."

Looking at Qin Yu, the more he looked at him, the more he felt relieved: Those officials in the court all considered their own interests, and never considered our old Zhu's family!
And he, as he said many times just now, is in the interests of the royal family.

He is one of us!
Is it because we just married the princess to him?
In an instant, I felt that this person was very kind, a relative.

The relationship between the two suddenly became extremely close.

Of course, the interests of the royal family are tied to the interests of the dynasty, the nation, and the common people.By helping the royal family, Qin Yu is helping the common people and helping the nation rise.

To put it simply, in a feudal dynasty, the emperor, the people, and the nation are a community of interests.

The feudal aristocracy is another community of interests.

The two are opposites.

The protagonists of many novels travel to ancient times, and they don't even understand this basic relationship.

Why is the emperor and the common people a community of interests?Because ordinary people are the first layer of the pyramid, the foundation, and if the foundation is not stable, it is inevitable that the emperor at the top will fall to his death.

This principle has been proved countless times in history.

Why is the emperor and the nation a community of interests?

The demise of the Song Dynasty led to the Yashan sea battle, the demise of the Jin Dynasty led to the five Hus entering the Central Plains, and the demise of the Ming Dynasty caused Yangzhou to lose its head for ten days. Are these historical facts not clear enough?

Then,

Why is the feudal aristocracy the opposite?

Because they squeezed the people for the self-interest of their own family from the beginning.Later, the imperial power was divided up for better personal gain.Without oppressing the people, they have no source of income.

……

"The stability of the foundation of the Ming Dynasty has nothing to do with the feudal aristocrats. Anyway, the Ming Dynasty does not belong to them. After the Ming Dynasty is destroyed, they can still surrender to the new dynasty." Zhu Yuanzhang said,
"Even they rose up to be emperors themselves."

"Thus, for the benefit of their own families, the ministers of the court did everything possible to prevent the emperor from implementing those policies to benefit the people. The emperor's benefit to the people will not benefit them in any real way, but will violate their interests."

"Now you have seen the feudal nobles thoroughly." Qin Yu said.

"Next, let's see how a pyramid collapses." Qin Yudao, "The structure of the pyramid looks stable, but it collapses every less than 300 years."

"why?"

"The most fundamental internal cause of the collapse of a solid building is the foundation bricks on the first floor, which cannot bear the pressure on them and are crushed." Qin Yu continued, "The common external cause is the perennial wind and sun. , the bottom layer has been eroded, and its pressure-bearing capacity has become smaller. At the same time, it has also encountered typhoons, earthquakes and other factors.”

"Earthquakes and typhoons are the alternation of warm and cold climates once every 300 years, resulting in various severe droughts, floods, and locust plagues."

"Being exposed to the wind and the sun all year round, the underlying bricks are eroded, which means that the people's life has not improved, and they have been squeezed by the nobles for a long time, and they have been disappointed with the court and the people are full of resentment."

"Of course, external factors are not the most fundamental. We should focus on internal factors here."

"Do you know why the first layer of the pyramid can't bear the pressure on it after a long time?"

"Why?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked.

"Because as time goes by, the number of bricks in the second and third floors pressed on the first floor will increase, and the pressure on the first floor will increase, while the reinforcement of the first floor will be more and more difficult." I can't keep up with the pace." Qin Yu said, "There are redundant officials in the court, more and more people get something for nothing, and the land annexation of gentry and landlords is serious..."

"The feudal nobles also wanted to have children."

"It's called family prosperity."

"When they prosper, the common people will suffer."

"Did you find that in each new dynasty, there were one hundred officials in the court at the beginning of the founding of the country. By the time of the second generation of kings, there were two hundred officials in the court?"

"And it can't be abolished at all?"

(End of this chapter)