Kai Fu Han

Chapter 447
There is very little content in Zhou Xinyuan’s letter.

The main reason is that he read the "People's Xunbao" and was shocked that Liu Xinqi had copied Yanshenggong's mansion, but the matter is a foregone conclusion and there is no way to change it. He just hoped that Liu Xinqi would not kill those descendants of the Kong family without authorization, otherwise it would be in history. Leaving a notoriety in the world is just like Qin Shihuang's "burning books and burying Confucianism".

Liu Xinqi knew that Qin Shihuang's "book burning" did not burn technical and practical books on medicine, agriculture and animal husbandry, etc., and his "confucianism" only killed magicians.

But people in this era don't think so. Their opinions are narrow-minded and controlled by the class who impart knowledge. Therefore, in this era, Qin Shihuang's "burning books and entrapping Confucians" is an absolute evil.

Liu Xinqi did not reply to his father-in-law to explain. He was about to return to Penglai. When the time came, he would visit him and have a good chat, which would naturally resolve the misunderstanding between the two.

Qin Shihuang's "burning books and entrapping Confucians" achieved "the same track, the same writings, and the same principles." This provided the most solid foundation for the unification of China.

Liu Xinqi cleaned up the Kong family in order to clean up the privileges, ensure that the gentry and the common people in the world receive food as one, and ensure the health of the government's finances.

No matter in which era, the mouth of privilege cannot be opened.

"A dike of thousands of feet collapses in the den of ants." Once the hole of privilege is opened, it will be difficult to close it in the future.After all, who doesn't have a relative? You are special, he is special, and the privileged class is becoming more and more powerful.

Later in Zhou Xinyuan's letter, he also predicted the possible consequences of Liu Xinqi's "copying". It is estimated that scholars all over the world will oppose the Xinghan League, leaving the Xinghan League without talents, which will greatly affect the development of the Xinghan League, and even This led to the collapse of the Xinghan League's governance system.

In fact, if Liu Xinqi didn't have the help of the system, what Zhou Xinyuan said might really happen.

But the reason why Liu Xinqi dared to go his own way was because he had a system as his golden finger.At present, the total number of generals recruited has exceeded 5000. With more than [-] absolutely loyal and capable subordinates, Liu Xinqi is not worried at all that the Xinghan League's governance system will collapse.

The worst-case scenario is that Liu Xinqi sends a soldier to every village and every neighborhood. With the soldiers as the "Dinghai Divine Needle", the Xinghan League cannot be in chaos, and no one can be in chaos without it.

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July [-]th, Penglai County, Junyue Restaurant.

There were four people sitting at the dining table by the window on the second floor, two old men and two middle-aged men, drinking and eating leisurely while talking quietly.

"Bo Ji, what do you think of Liu Xinqi's behavior?" asked the old man sitting on the north side of the square table.

"Very bold." The old man known as Bo Ji replied, continuing to read the "Baixun Xun Bao" in his hand.

The new issue of "Minmin Xunbao" has a lot more pages because Liu Xinqi copied the big news of Yanshenggong Mansion, and added some content about the development process of Yanshenggong Mansion. There are a total of eight pages and 32 pages.The price of a catty of food stamps, just counting the paper and printing costs, will really go to grandma's house. Fortunately, the current newspaper advertising revenue is already considerable.

"Song Lao, this newspaper is really good, much better than our Jiangnan tabloids." Bo Ji commented.

There are also some tabloids among the scholars in Jiangnan, all of which are self-funded and distributed free of charge to people in the circle.

"It's you who are so awesome. It's true that your expression remains unchanged despite the collapse of Mount Tai. After such a big incident, you can still calm down and read the newspaper." Song Lao took a sip of wine and a sip of green beans.

"Thinking about me, Li Gang, ups and downs all my life, there is nothing you can't see through. You still haven't understood. In your opinion, this is a big and bad thing. But in my opinion, for Xinghan League, this is not Nothing, the Kong family is just an older gentry."

Bo Ji is Li Gang's name, Song Lao is Xu Han's name, and the other two are their servants.The two of them had been preparing to set off for Dengzhou in February. However, they first encountered a typhoon along the Jiangnan coast, and then the Xinghan Alliance's western offensive strategy began. This caused a great earthquake in the Southern Zhao court, and Xu Han had to return to the court, so the original plan The good itinerary has been postponed again and again, and has never been achieved.

Recently, Xu Han realized that nothing could come of the dispute at court, and the officials had loosened their gaze on him, so he asked for leave to go home and invited Li Gang to go north again.The two arrived in Penglai from the mouth of the Qiantang River in 20 days on a sea-going ship of a merchant from the south of the Yangtze River.

We arrived on July [-]nd and have stayed in Penglai for eight days.

He originally planned to wander around Dengzhou, but after Li Gang entered Penglai, he didn't want to leave.He sent people to collect the past issues of "People's Ten-day News", "Industrial and Commercial Ten-day News" and "Science News", and found a moderately priced inn to stay there. Every day he did not just wander around the city, go to the pier, and When I was wandering around the school, I just visited various restaurants in the city.

"Thankfully you have been to Dengzhou, but you still haven't figured out the source of Liu Xinqi's power." Li Gang said.

"The source of rights?" Xu Han lowered his head and thought about this sentence.

From the people?From Shi?It seems like neither.

"Army?" Xu Han said cautiously, this was his guess.

"Do you understand?" Li Gang raised his head and glanced at Xu Han, then continued to read the newspaper in his hand, as if there was some unique treasure in it.

"I don't think it's the army. Soldiers always have to eat and get paid. Where does this money come from? It's not like Liu Xinqi, the literati, is asking herders to collect taxes for him. Without these literati, how would Liu Xinqi support his army?" Xu Hanyao He shook his head and denied his guess.

In this era, the mainstream thought was that officials were responsible for managing the people on behalf of the emperor, that is, "herdsmen." This is what the word "shepherd" in the official position "zhou shepherd" means.

The king calls himself the Son of Heaven and represents the herdsmen of Heaven.That's why Lao Tzu said: "The heaven and the earth are unkind and regard all things as rudderless dogs; the saints are unkind and regard the common people as rudderless dogs."

In the concept of most scholars, the common people are a kind of "crop", and officials manage the "crop" and harvest "tax revenue".Only a very small number of people can understand and recognize: "The people are the most important, the king is the most important, and the country is the second most important thing. We need to know that the people are like water, and the king is like a boat. Water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize it!"

"Do you think that the Prosperous Han Alliance, like the Zhao Kingdom, relied on civil society to control military affairs?" Li Gang asked.

Xu Han thought for a while, then nodded: "Yes, generally speaking, it is better to use literature to control military affairs. Looking at Luo Chengcheng of the Government Affairs Council, he knows that his power is greater than that of the prime minister."

The power of Luo Cheng, the president of the Xinghan League's Government Affairs Council, was indeed very great, which subverted the understanding of the literati of this era. It is incredible for this kind of "power" to appear in the early stage of the development of a force.

As the supreme ruler of the Xinghan League, Liu Xinqi only focused on general direction and legislation in government affairs, and more than [-]% of the other governing powers were delegated to Luo Cheng and Lu Ren.

What gives people the impression is that the Xinghan League is a true political system in which "the scholar-bureaucrats and the emperor rule the world together".

"You are wrong." Li Gang said.

"Where did I go wrong?" Xu Han was puzzled.

(End of this chapter)