No one can disturb my retirement life in the Red Mansion

Chapter 1015: Surrender?

"Don't apologize to me. Tell me, are you ready to give in?" Ou Mengmeng thought about it and looked at Sun Quan.

"These families are not scary, but the inheritance of hundreds of years is scary. If there is a person with the surname Wang, all the people with the surname Wang in the world may run away. Then Cao Cao and Liu Bei will be eyeing us covetously, and I'm afraid they are waiting for an opportunity to attack Dongwu!" Sun Quan said honestly.

"Yes, a single move can affect the entire body." Ou Mengmeng nodded.

In the middle and late Western Han Dynasty, land annexation was very serious, and gradually formed a powerful landlord force that was a trinity of bureaucrats, merchants, and landlords. The Eastern Han Dynasty regime was established with the support of powerful landlords. Therefore, powerful landlords enjoyed political and economic privileges in the Eastern Han Dynasty.

Politically, they controlled the central and local governments; economically, they annexed land and operated manors, gradually forming their own separatist regimes and becoming prominent families.

Aristocratic landlords (also known as aristocratic clans and aristocratic landlords) began to form in the Eastern Han Dynasty, providing the class and economic foundation for the establishment of the aristocratic system during the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties.

The great development of paper quality in the Jin Dynasty was due to the popularity of calligraphy. Of course, it can also be said the other way around, because good paper led to calligraphy. However, it took two hundred years from Cai Lun's improvement of paper to the Jin Dynasty, so it's time for further improvement.

Those noble families all had papermaking workshops, which they also used for their children to learn and practice calligraphy. At this time, calligraphy had already taken shape, so would there be a market for paper that could absorb more water and make calligraphy more textured? The Wang family to which Wang Xizhi belonged was the famous Langya Wang family, one of the noble families in the Jin Dynasty.

These noble families only care about themselves. What does the life and death of the people of the world have to do with them? They don't care who is the emperor. They look down on the imperial power. Otherwise, how could they let Li Shimin, the greatest emperor in history, be disgraced after he ascended the throne?

"Mother!" Sun Quan was a little hesitant. He said this just to apologize and he had to give in.

"Do you know why I have to make paper?" Ou Mengmeng looked at Sun Quan's handsome face. As expected, looking at a handsome guy would make her feel much better. Her voice also softened.

Sun Quan thought about it and narrowed his eyes slightly. His mother never cared about what was happening outside. It was impossible for her to know how domineering these aristocratic families were, right?

"The Wu family is also a famous family. Their original surname was Ji. After the country was destroyed, they took the country as their surname so that their descendants would not forget the shame of the country's destruction." Ou Mengmeng smiled and said leisurely.

Sun Quan nodded. He often mentioned his biological mother with a smug look on his face. What she meant was, of course, that he didn't need to feel inferior because of his surname, as he also had nobler blood.

Sun Quan actually didn't like to hear this. He only listened to it when he was young, but when he grew up, he felt that his mother was saying that the Sun family was inferior to the Wu family in terms of bloodline. However, he didn't want to confront his biological mother, so he kept silent every time.

Now, unexpectedly, Guo Tai also started to speak, but he did not say anything, waiting for her to continue.

Ou Mengmeng tapped his forehead lightly. "Your mother and I think differently. She wants you to know that we are no worse than anyone else. What I want is, are kings, princes, generals, and ministers of different races different?"

"Mother, you are such a fool!" Sun Quan laughed, and he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Sure enough, his mother and his biological mother are different. What he didn't know was that he and Queen Mother became closer because his biological mother was too strong. Now that he and Queen Mother were close, he felt that Queen Mother was indeed an old lady who would never spoil the fun.

In the past year, she always pushed him to the front, letting everyone know that he was the Sun family and the Sun family was him. In this way, the old lady's words could always reach his heart.

Yes, 'Are kings, princes, generals and ministers of different species?' You can't do it, let me do it. I'm not even afraid of the emperor, so why should I be afraid of your big families? Of course, it's okay to feel comfortable, but you have to think of a solution first.

"So you actually want to cut off the source of the problem, make paper and print books, and break the monopoly of these aristocratic families?" Sun Quan thought about it and said, it was because they had disturbed their basic base that these aristocratic families would force them to submit.

"I don't think as deeply as you do. I was just thinking, didn't Mencius say, 'People are the most important, the country is second, and the monarch is the least important'? What we are fighting for now is the hearts of the people. How did Emperor Gaozu of Han accomplish great things? Without Chen Sheng and Wu Guang, how could they fish in troubled waters? Do you see any clues? Others have to break open the door, but if we really want to establish order, it has to be scholars. Making paper and printing books are about cultivating our own scholars." Ou Mengmeng sighed softly.

The imperial examination system is just like the modern college entrance examination. It is a relatively fair way to rise in social consciousness. Now she can't persuade Sun Quan to establish the imperial examination system, but the National Medical Hall is actually laying the groundwork. In the future, when all industries will have to take the examination, why shouldn't you, an official, take the examination? You will be forced to take it.

But the premise is to take it slow and not rush. However, I didn't expect that these families who have not yet become powerful are now anxious. Therefore, the heads of the families who can grow into powerful families are not fools.

She patted his arm gently. "Why did Chen Sheng and his men break through the old barriers? And how could the Yellow Turban Army be so unstoppable at the beginning? In the final analysis, it comes down to six words: 'Fight the local tyrants and divide the land'!"

Sun Quan sat up straight. He said that he was also a local tyrant, okay? The reason why they were able to get rich was because of the Yellow Turban Rebellion. They, the soldiers, were able to rise up in the chaos and had the possibility to compete for the world.

Ou Mengmeng smiled, but patted him gently and let him think about it.

Sun Quan thought about it and felt that the old lady was implying something. He lowered his head and pondered for a while. The old lady first mentioned that Chen Sheng said that the kings, princes, generals and ministers were not of the same species, and then said that it was because Chen Sheng and his men broke through the cracks in the door that Han Taizu had the opportunity to take advantage of it. Therefore, to break through the world, you need these common people, but to govern the world, you still need scholars. Therefore, she made paper and printed in order to cultivate her own scholars.

Now, they want to train their own scholars, but some people are not happy about it. So, they have to destroy these people. Anyway, the world can't get any worse, so what if it gets a little worse? As long as it gets a little worse, they can rebuild the old country!

"Mother, how long will it take to print the book?" Sun Quan took a deep breath. He had to admit that the old lady was actually more daring than his biological mother, but Sun Quan did not find the old lady's behavior offensive.

Now, Sun Quan finally realized that she was different from his biological mother in many ways. Sun Quan did not like the control his biological mother had over his brothers.

For example, one time, my eldest brother wanted to kill an old family in Wu County, but my biological mother didn't allow it. She forced my eldest brother to do it by the well in the backyard, saying that if he killed that person, she would jump in. Although my eldest brother killed that person in the end, when the news spread, everyone praised my mother for her wisdom, but they didn't think about whether this incident would affect my eldest brother's reputation.

In contrast, Wu Guotai never said much. When she had nothing to do, she would watch her reading. He knew from a young age that his aunt loved reading and just wanted to enjoy a comfortable life. Now it seems that he actually underestimated her. She has been reading books all these years. Obviously, she has not read in vain. It's just that she is not as strong as her biological mother.

I just cleaned the keycaps and went back to using my old IBM keyboard. I hadn't used it for a long time, so I cleaned them one by one and almost couldn't pay it back.