Father can be an enemy country

Chapter 205 Liu Bowen Shakes His Head

It was not until the door of Liu Bowen's house that the king of Chu got off the bull and walked into the gate of Chengyi Bo's mansion with his hands behind his back.

Liu Li was watering the flowers in the yard, when she saw Zhu Zhen, she smiled sweetly and said, "Master Uncle, good morning."

"Well, good morning." Zhu Zhen took out a beautifully packaged small box from his sleeve, threw it to her, and said, "This is a snack from the palace. I'll bring it to you to have a taste. If you don't like it, just throw it away."

"Thank you, little uncle, little uncle is so kind." Liu Li happily took it, opened it, and couldn't help exclaiming. "Wow, what a beautiful dessert."

"Hmph, I haven't seen the world before, there are more styles of dim sum in the palace." Zhu Zhen walked into the study with his hands behind his back with a proud face.

"Don't eat." As soon as King Chu entered, Liu Xiang snatched the small box of court snacks from Liu Li.

"Give it to me." Liu Li reached out to snatch it back.

"You forgot that you gave him laxatives!" Liu Xiang said in a low voice, "He will take revenge on you if you fail!"

"That's right." Only then did Liu Li remember the sweetened candy he gave the King of Chu back then.I still use the medicine caught according to his prescription.

"However, the one I gave him the day before yesterday is fine." Liu Li whispered.

After all, no one would take laxative sugar with them all day long, so what if they accidentally ate it by themselves.

"Anyway, that person is very bad. You don't want to eat his food, and it's best not to talk to him." Liu Xiang said fireproof, antitheft and anti-theft.

"He is our junior uncle, you have to respect the elders." Liu Li shook his head.

"He, elder?" Liu Xiang was very disdainful.

But without paying attention, Liu Li snatched the snack back...

After Liu Li succeeded, he ran away.

"Bring it back to me." Liu Xiang hurriedly chased after him.

"Second Aunt, my brother is robbing me for food again." Liu Li calmly used his trump card and said, wanting to cry.

"Liu Xiang, your skin is itchy again, right?" Liu Jing's daughter-in-law, who was washing clothes, immediately glared at her.

"You're cruel..." Liu Xiang braked urgently, not daring to take another half step.

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In the study, Liu Bowen had been waiting for a long time.Seeing Zhu Zhen smiled sweeter than his granddaughter.

"Come on, hurry up and tell me how the landlords in the south of the Yangtze River act as demons?" Zhu Zhen asked with a smile as soon as he sat down.

"I've said it all, and I don't know much." His Royal Highness Chu first issued a disclaimer, and then said:

"Probably, it seems that they monopolized the imperial examinations, and then took control of the political power. Then they desperately sought benefits for the Jiangnan area, helping their hometown to pay less taxes and so on. As a result, the drought in the northwest was severe, and the people had no way of life. They would not save them. The northeast and the The Tartars have been fighting fiercely for years, and they don't care about it. The imperial court can't collect Liao pay from them...

"In the end, they didn't wake up until the Ming Dynasty died and the Qing army entered the customs. They fought desperately but it was too late. They were killed and killed, and the billions of wealth were all cheap for the Tartars."

"Oh, how stupid, short-sighted..." Liu Ji sighed sadly when he heard the words: "How did the old man's Zhedong comrade become such an idiot insect?"

"It may be that after the Four Books and Five Classics became a stepping stone to fame and fame, scholars lost their public interest in serving the country and the people, leaving only the selfish intention of 'the book has its own golden house'." Zhu Zhen guessed wildly.

The historical knowledge in his stomach is obviously not enough to help him give the correct answer.

"So, the imperial court resumed the imperial examination?" Liu Bowen asked softly.

"Recovered." Zhu Zhen nodded and said: "I don't know exactly when it was recovered, but I know that the later high officials all came from the imperial examination, and they can no longer be high officials by other means."

"What do you mean by that, are the civil servants in control of the imperial court?" Liu Bowen said with a moved expression.

"Yes." Zhu Zhen nodded and said: "The civil servants first controlled the administrative power and financial power, and later through the Ministry of War, they also firmly controlled the military power. I remember that 200 years after the founding of the country, the most powerful general in the imperial court was one who could compete with Xu Da. A comparable general, in the door letter to the chief civil servant, claimed to be a "dog under the door". When entering and leaving the prime minister's mansion, he even had teeth with the door servants.

"At the end of the dynasty, civil servants became more and more serious. Even high-ranking military officials like Zong Bing were restrained by low-level civil officials. Third-rank military officers had to kneel and talk to seventh-rank inspectors, and they would be whipped if they made a slight mistake. But regardless of civil or military, They are all used to it.”

"Hey, isn't this nonsense?" Liu Bowen shook his head and said:

"Although the current atmosphere of emphasizing martial arts and despising literature is not good, the ethos of advocating literature and despising military affairs as His Highness said is even more harmful. Once something happens in the world, when the country needs a brave general who is not afraid of sacrifice, can he get it? Husband Wu Things are as cheap as cattle and horses, and if there are things that are expected to donate their lives, how can one be treated lightly and have more responsibility?"

"What Master said is true, but please don't use classical Chinese," Zhu Zhen said awkwardly, "I don't quite understand."

"You still have the nerve to say it." Liu Bowen said angrily: "If you want to be respected, you can't speak too plainly, which is also convenient for us to make mysteries."

As he said that, he glanced at him and said: "If you are as blunt as your father, who would believe that you are Liu Bowen's apprentice?"

"Oh." Zhu Zhen nodded vigorously. "I just study hard."

"It's more or less the same." Liu Bowen asked with some puzzlement:
"It's okay for the civil servants to control the government and financial power. How did they snatch the military power? The Ming Dynasty is not the Song Dynasty, and it didn't emphasize literature and suppress military affairs. It's more or less the same."

This is not true at all.Boss Zhu was born as a general, and it is the warriors who win the world.Naturally, intentionally or unintentionally, military officers will be treated preferentially.

For example, the "Da Ming Law" stipulates that in all official affairs, as long as the matter involves military officers, even if it is to sue the military officer for "lawlessness and injustice", all legal departments from the central government to the local government have no right to intervene.It can only be handled by the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion and the Metropolitan Commander.

In addition, most of the military officers in this era were heroes of the founding of the country, and the commander-in-chief had the reputation of "Liehou". His dignity was extremely respected.

So even Liu Bowen felt unbelievable when he heard that the future would be 'the most noble and the most humble'.

"This question, the teacher has to find the answer by himself." Zhu Zhen shook his head, his knowledge is not enough to explain the whole story.I can only throw a brick to attract jade:

"I personally think that this may have something to do with the long-term peace. It may also be related to the fact that military officials are all hereditary, and one generation is not as good as the next generation; civil servants have to go through cruel imperial examinations, and the elite is eliminated from the fittest."

"Hmm." Liu Bowen nodded and said, "There is some truth to it."

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One morning, Liu Ji asked questions again, and Zhu Zhen passed away in the middle of answering...

During lunch, Liu Ji still refused to let Zhu Zhen go, and asked him how the civil servants gained military power step by step.

While Zhu Zhen was thinking hard, he suddenly heard the voice of the second brother from outside the door.

"Father, the third son of the Duke of Wei's Mansion is looking for His Highness outside, saying that there is something urgent."

ps. Continue to write, see it tomorrow morning.

(End of this chapter)