People in the Ming Dynasty are lawless

Chapter 494 Warning from the old bad guy!

After the court session, all the civil and military officials of Srivijaya were like eggplants hit by frost. They had no spirit and even their spines seemed to have been pulled out.

This incident was a fatal blow to them.

Their original plan was that no matter who became the king of Srivijaya, they would still be the ones who controlled the basic power.

Now, with the intervention of the Ming Dynasty, even the neighboring Majapahit Kingdom has been conquered. From now on, there is only one country on this island, and that is their Srivijaya.

They had planned it very well before. As long as the Ming Dynasty only collected a little tax from us, we would pay tribute and we could get more.

But what I didn’t expect was that after they came, they never thought about sharing with them, nor did they think about working with them to build their ideal Sanfuqi.

Instead, we dig up their roots as soon as we arrive and tell them, "Don't say so much now, just follow what we in the Ming Dynasty do."

We want to have the imperial examination, we want to study the Four Books and Five Classics, and you should follow suit.

Moreover, we have discovered that the lower-class people and children from poor families here have no channels for upward mobility. Now that we, the Great Ming, have come, we must change this situation. We cannot allow you, the powerful families, to control the government and monopolize trade among the people.

This is wrong, and it violates the rights of all citizens. So we changed it.

As for what will happen to you in the future, we won’t worry about it for now.

If this policy is implemented, it would be like cutting off all their interests at one stroke.

Does this give them a boost of energy?

Can they leave happily after the court session?

When these old-school aristocrats thought about working with a bunch of peasants in the future, they felt as if their spirits were tainted.

Some old people don't care whether they can get promoted or make money.

But they have to think about their own descendants.

Why are our descendants able to rise rapidly in officialdom?
Only then can the people follow them to monopolize the trade?
It depends on the power in your hands.

It all depends on being able to have a say in the court.

They just need to say a word from them and the imperial court may change its national policy for them.

What they do is not a business, what they do is a monopoly.

They monopolize everything of the people. They tell the people to live and they live; they tell the people to die and they die.

After the Ming Dynasty came, if these poor children were allowed to become officials by passing the imperial examination, wouldn't these poor children have to develop their own power?

Wouldn't this allow more people from the lower classes to rush forward?
Do they still dare to do evil?
Those children from poor families have accumulated hatred for hundreds or thousands of years. How can they not take revenge?
This is inevitable; that is human nature.

Moreover, this move is a pure conspiracy. Even if you see the harm in it, what can you do?
stop?

Are you going to tell those poor kids that we should unite and drive the Ming Dynasty away?
is it possible?

Children from poor families are not stupid.

They knew that the Ming Dynasty had given them everything. If the Ming Dynasty was gone, the children of poor families would be driven out by the powerful families, and would be at the bottom of the society from then on.

So with this move, no matter how much resentment those poor children have towards the invasion of the Ming Dynasty, they will follow the Ming Dynasty and become the backbone of the Ming Dynasty in Sanfuqi. They are loyal to the extent that they are willing to sacrifice their lives.

This move was so powerful that it directly shook the ruling foundation of the upper nobles in Sanfuqi.

As these people sighed, they looked at the representative of the old nobles, a white-haired old man who was nearly 80 years old.

His words are powerful and sometimes more effective than those of the king.

Because his family has been passed down in Srivijaya for more than 200 years and has survived two dynasties.

What does it rely on?
They rely on the family members who have spread their branches all over the place.

These family members controlled all aspects of power. After the king came to power, not to mention driving them out, if he wanted to rule and keep Sanfuqi stable and peaceful, he had to rely on these family members.

Therefore, although his position is not as high as that of the prime minister, he is still second only to the prime minister and above everyone else.

Now his expression is not good either.

Because their family survived in Sanfuqi through the same means.

To put it bluntly, the old man doesn't have much real ability. After all, he grew up in a poor family and was pushed to this position by his family.

And for the sake of family plans, he has worked in this position for more than 50 years.

He achieved his current status by outlasting generation after generation.

It’s still the famous saying - as long as you outlive those older than you, you will be the authority.

Now he is the authority.

Everyone looked at him.

The old man was leaning on a cane, preparing to get on the carriage with the help of his servants and go back to his manor to rest. However, the officials gathered around him, each of them very polite.

"Old man, what should we do now? You have to say something. If you don't, we will be helpless. Are we really going to watch the Ming Dynasty implement their national policies in our country? Let the children of poor families come to power by passing the imperial examination? And then divide our power? It won't be that easy."

Someone else said: "Our ancestors fought bloody battles to finally reach our current status. We have withstood so many storms for those stinky people.

Over the years, in the fierce battles with the Majapahit Kingdom and the fights with pirates, it was always us nobles who sent troops to fight.

The common people were just watching from behind. Now that these threats are gone, the people from the Ming Dynasty have also arrived. Then we let them take power and drive us out. Isn't this just crossing the river and destroying the bridge?"

As soon as this sentence was uttered, it won the approval of all the nobles.

Everyone seemed to have a common understanding. They couldn't bear the thought that those children from poor families would be able to enter the upper class with ease in the future.

Normally they refused to hang out with those peasants, and even if they met them on the street, they would deliberately avoid them.

But now, if the Ming Dynasty really implemented such a national policy in Sanfuqi, they would not only have to run into such peasants on the streets in the future, but they might even have to face such peasants in the court.

When they thought of that kind of scene, these nobles felt deep disgust and felt that their lives were being desecrated.

When they thought of this, they felt sorry for their ancestors and the blood that had been shed in their bodies.

The old man felt uncomfortable as he looked at all the indignant people.

As mentioned before, the reason why this old man's family has reached its current status is because of its monopoly on power and private trade.

Relying on their wealth and power, the family's young men bully men and women and act arrogantly. Even the government can't control them. The reason is that all power is monopolized by them.

He himself was born into a wealthy family, and he had been arrogant and domineering since he was young, doing all kinds of evil.

Now that they are old, they will not allow any children from poor families to encroach on their power.

Don't be fooled by his old age. In fact, he has no cultivation and no quality.

He wanted to curse loudly, but now that he was old he had to keep up his dignity, so after hearing these words, he was actually quite happy.

At least now there are so many people who are the same as me, and they really hate those children from poor families who come up to share power with them.

So he thought for a while and said, "What's the point of you complaining to me? If you have the ability, go complain to those people in the Ming Dynasty. If you have the ability, go complain to Governor Xia. Do you think I can do anything?
Do you think I am willing to see this happen? You asked me to make a decision, but I still want to ask you. I got the news at the same time as you. Why should I, an old man, have the final say? "

What he said was a bit rude.

Why should you consider everyone's rights now, just because everyone respected you so much in the past and gave you so much face by relying on your seniority?

However, when everyone thought about his previous actions, they knew that this person was not the kind of person who could really make the decisions.

He is just a clay statue of Buddha brought out by their family. As long as he is allowed to sit in the court, the family members will worship him.

So when everyone heard him speak, they felt that they were being rude.

Yes, he is not a capable person. How could he come up with ideas that we haven’t thought of? Suddenly everyone lost interest.

However, after seeing everyone showing a hint of disappointment towards him, the old man immediately said, "But I do have something to warn you all."

The big guy turned his eyes to him again, waiting for him to speak.

The old man stroked his gray beard and said, "I heard from Governor Xia that all the high-ranking officials of Sanfuqi are under the surveillance of their Jinyiwei, so you'd better be careful in what you say and do after you go back, otherwise if you fall into their trap, they will have a reason to arrest you and take you to Daming to build the Great Wall.

Don't blame me for not reminding you. Before, even the residences of the general and the prime minister were infiltrated by the Jinyiwei. This shows that this group of people is quite powerful. We must not take it lightly.

As I said, since we are all in this together, let’s not fall behind.

Otherwise, if one of us is missing, we will not be able to fight against the Ming Dynasty. There is still a long way to go. After all, we in Sanfuqi are still fighting at home. Even if the Ming Dynasty has thousands of skills and abilities, it is still thousands of miles away and will definitely reveal its flaws in the future.

Even if they can use their powerful force to control Sanfuqi in the first ten years, once Sanfuqi becomes stronger with the support of the Ming Dynasty, I think we will still be able to turn the game around.

The road is still long, so we better be patient.

The highest truth that I have realized in my life is this sentence: everything is determined by time, and time can make everything change quietly.

On the contrary, blind impulse is most likely to lead to the abyss. "

After saying this, he got into the carriage with the help of his servants.

Although he is not a capable person, this guy is almost eighty years old after all, so he has some life experience.

Especially his own resume speaks for itself.

He had no ability at the beginning, and there were many powerful people from different families suppressing him.

But he was not in a hurry, just following behind like a snail. After all the people in front of him had fallen, he became the authority.

After all, he has kept up with the times. After all, he and the older generation are on the same starting line. Now that that generation is gone, he is being respected.

Especially in terms of dealing with time, he is very experienced...

(End of this chapter)