Ming Dynasty: He was ordered to give lectures in prison, but Lao Zhu eavesdropped and made people nu

Chapter 152: Check and balance the civil servant group through eunuchs?
but.

Zhu Ping thought immediately.

If my father were older, he would suddenly become as dim as Tang Xuanzong.

Then the Ming Dynasty will soon face a disaster.

Zhu Xi remembered that in the Tang Dynasty after the Anshi Rebellion, the eunuchs were so domineering that they beheaded two emperors!
Thinking about this, Zhu Xi became worried again.

"Because the power of the eunuch's relatives comes quickly, it is necessary to ensure that they can sit in the official position for a longer period of time."

"They will attack in advance the civil servants in the DPRK and China who threaten their status."

"For example, Liu Xuan, a great scholar in the Sui Dynasty, was slandered by powerful eunuchs and demoted from the court. This was because of his high reputation. Many other ministers were directly killed."

Lin Che picked up the tea cup and took a sip of tea.

While drinking tea, he waited for Zhu Xi to understand what he had just said.

After a while, they started talking again.

"So compared to the accumulation of these unorganized forces, the one who can really accumulate something is the imperial court!"

heard.

Zhu Xiang's clear eyes began to blink again.

"Let's put it this way, the court's accumulation mainly lies in taxes."

"Generally, in the early years of a dynasty, the politics are clear and the country is in ruins, so the tax ratio is relatively small."

"But as the court has more and more things to do, and corrupt officials have begun to take action on taxes, if the court wants to do things and maintain its rule, it must increase taxes!"

“There is a very interesting set of data”

"The taxes collected at the end of a dynasty."

"Compared to the early years of the dynasty, it will be at least seven times higher."

"But the total amount of taxes in the hands of the imperial court is lower than in the early years of the dynasty!"

"The reason why."

"It's just that the entire power structure is corrupt."

"Corrupt officials are rampant and pocket nine-tenths of the tax revenue."

"Half of the remaining tenth can go into the national treasury."

"The power of God still exists!"

After a pause, Lin Che glanced at it, and Zhu Xi, who was attentive, continued:

"And if the court cannot collect enough taxes, it can only continue to increase taxes."

"People are already burdened with extremely high pressure to survive."

“Under successive tax increases, some families were forced to hang themselves or commit suicide by throwing themselves into a well.”

“Some simply abandoned their fields and fled, taking their whole families to the mountains to become savages.”

"What's more, they directly took the people who couldn't bear the heavy taxes and revolted."

"In this way, the court can receive tax revenue."

"It's reduced a lot again."

"In order to maintain rule, we must exterminate the rebellious refugees."

“Knowing that it was just drinking poison to quench thirst, the court had no choice but to continue to raise taxes in the end.”

"It goes on like this until the world is in chaos, and this cycle of death will be temporarily terminated."

"Just like irrigating land, it will gradually lead to salinization of the land."

"But if you don't water the crops, the harvest will not be good."

"It's just that the salinized land after watering will also affect the harvest."

Zhu Ming's expression became even more ugly after Lin Che's attack.

If we say, preventing eunuchs from interfering in politics is a difficult problem that can be solved.

Then what is the tax issue that Lin Che mentioned.

According to Zhu Ping's current knowledge.

He couldn't figure out how to avoid falling into an endless cycle of tax increases.

Lin Che looked at the frowning Zhu Xi and couldn't help but smile:
"You kid, don't always be too aggressive. Be more flexible."

Zhu Xi has no clue at all.

Hearing this, he was a little confused at first, and then his eyes suddenly lit up.

"Sir, I understand what you mean. In the final analysis, we still have to use checks and balances!" "With the great martial arts of the Holy Emperor and the surrender of all barbarians, the day when the world will be peaceful is not far away, and with the peace of the world, the civil servant group will He rose quickly and spread his power throughout the court."

"If there are no other forces to check and balance, then tax revenue will be reduced and imperial power will fall away in an instant."

Look at it from Zhu Xi’s perspective.

Even though Lin Che told so many stories about the eunuchs who brought trouble to the world in class.

But it is really far away from now.

On the contrary, many major cases in the early Ming Dynasty were caused by corruption and perversion of the law by civil servant groups.

As for the eunuchs disrupting the government?
The eunuch who dared to have evil intentions in front of Emperor Hongwu.

No need to wait until the next day.

That night, he would be whipped to death by Emperor Hongwu with his own hands.

Zhu Xi became more and more enthusiastic as he spoke.

He took it out again and said his previous theory:
"Sir, since the corruption of the civil service group is inevitable."

"Then I think we should train eunuchs to check and balance. If they don't have the original intention, teach them what the original intention is!"

"With knowledge, you can improve your moral bottom line, and you can understand what loyalty to the emperor, patriotism, and justice in the world mean!"

"Since we cannot train eunuchs who are worried about the world, they should at least understand that the more they are greedy and the more fierce they fight with civil servants, the faster the court will fall!"

"The imperial court has fallen, and those who depend on the imperial court for food will naturally not end well."

"Furthermore, after reading the book, I won't just use a knife to deal with the twists and turns of civil servants."

"At least it lasts two or three rounds."

This last point is especially important.

Throughout the ages, countless emperors have sent eunuchs to guard local areas.

It’s because of lack of education.

After being tricked by civil servants, he jumped into their trap.

I was so stupid that I lost my head and didn't say anything.

It also brought notoriety to the emperor.

But if you read the book, you will understand the twists and turns of civil servants.

Then he won't be easily plotted and lose the royal face!

Zhu Xi thought his idea was very good.

……

The mansion next door.

Zhu Yuanzhang heard what Zhu Xi said.

He touched the beard on his chin and thought about it carefully.

"Teach the eunuchs the benevolence, righteousness, rationality and faith of saints, and let them read and understand..."

No matter how he thought about it, Zhu Yuanzhang felt that something was wrong.

But according to what Mr. Lin had just envisioned, ministers could never be allowed to dominate.

Now the civil service group is overwhelmed by the Huaixi nobles.

But subconsciously, he wanted to rectify the Huaixi people and prepare to reuse some civil servants.

People like Liu Sanwu, Fu Youwen, Li Boyuan, Tu Jie and others have gradually begun to assume power.

Could it be that, as Mr. Lin said, when the civil servants take power, it will also be a big disaster?

From this point of view, there is some truth to what that brat Zhu Xi said...

"Nowadays, state affairs are becoming more and more complicated. If they are all handled by civilian officials, it will only be a matter of time before they are deceived."

This problem is indeed more difficult.

Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang showed a complicated look on his face.

Worried about the eunuch Luan Guo in the future, he also somewhat agreed with Zhu Xi's idea of ​​letting the eunuch work as a laborer to do some work for him.

We were suddenly in a dilemma!
Prince Zhu Biao silently acted as the recorder.

He wanted to talk to his father, Zhu Yuanzhang, about the dangers of eunuchs interfering in politics.

Then he thought that it was unnecessary for him to talk about this matter. His father had always insisted that internal officials should not interfere in politics, and had put up iron signs at the entrance of the palace.

Thinking of this, Zhu Biao still closed his mouth silently!

(End of this chapter)