Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 627 A Good Emperor Is Difficult To Be

In fact, before Changsun Wuji asked such a question, Li Shimin had some understanding in his heart.

This time, the members of the aristocratic family bet almost all their power in the court, thinking that the goal they achieved was actually to promote the New Deal.

With the continuous advancement of Datang's various policy reforms, the entire social model has changed, and farming is almost free of taxation. In other words, the era of exploiting the people and annexing land for huge profits has gradually passed. Therefore, there will be fewer and fewer cases where officials use their power to obtain benefits for the family.

But at this time, it seems very uneconomical for the aristocratic family to put the talents in the clan in the officialdom and get a salary of several hundred per month. This amount of money may be a lot for the common people, but for them, the aristocratic family It is said that it is pitifully small. If any business is successful, the monthly profit is more than a little bit.

Therefore, when they develop these talents in other areas and can bring more benefits to the family, they will choose to give up the officialdom.

Of course, they will not resign directly, but choose to use this special way of leaving to achieve their goal of promoting the development of the New Deal.

From a fundamental point of view, the official administration of Jiuyuan County is to pay attention to people's livelihood, public opinion, and civil rights.

This 'people' includes all the scholars, peasants, businessmen and commerce, except the emperor, the top class above all other classes.

If all states and counties in the world were governed like Jiuyuan County, then the imperial power would have very few restrictions on the people.

Because, such as medical care, elderly care, education, and other guarantees that are closely related to the lives of the people, all belong to social groups like the Chamber of Commerce. Over time, the people will become more and more dependent on the social organization of the Chamber of Commerce. There is no such thing as an emperor.

Therefore, these aristocratic families want to transform their talents into leaders of these social groups, and before doing this, they need to promote the development of this new deal to ensure that their people can smoothly help the court solve the problem gesture to take over these social rights.

And as long as they successfully bind their families to the vital interests of the common people and become an existence in various regions, just like the significance of the Jiuyuan Chamber of Commerce to Jiuyuan County, then who can move them?

And when such a situation occurs across the country, the rights of these social groups headed by aristocratic families will basically be invincible in the face of imperial power, because the emperor cannot use power, Taking away these benefits of the people, when the time comes, it is only a matter of time before the imperial power is emptied and the imperial power is eliminated.

This layout is very big and very cryptic, and even a wise man like Fang Xuanling almost fell into a trap. Even though Changsun Wuji had a bad feeling, he hadn't thought of this point for a while. If it wasn't for Sun Xiangfu told Li Shimin most of the content of the first conversation between himself and Wang Hao, and it is impossible for Li Shimin to have any enlightenment at this time.

It is true that Wang Hao wants to eliminate the foreign races and create a world in which the Han people are the only ones, but in his heart, this world should be a world where multiple consortiums jointly discuss governance, and there will be no muddled rulers and chaotic countries.

Therefore, Li Shimin strongly felt that their purpose this time was to attack the imperial power, and even they did not intend to attack the imperial power during their ruling period, but to complete a plan to overthrow the imperial power in the future.

Naturally, it is impossible for him to clearly analyze all the actions of the aristocratic family and the goals they want to achieve. Therefore, after knowing their ultimate goals, how to counteract them, or follow the trend to achieve their own goals is the most important thing. He has to consider, at present, he has not thought of any good way.

However, it is not convenient for Li Shimin to discuss these fundamental things related to imperial power and politics, even with his confidants like Changsun Wuji and Fang Xuanling.

"I have some thoughts on this matter. I am afraid that I will have to discuss it with Zhengming before I can finally come up with a countermeasure. Qu Tuquan, please go to the experimental field and ask Zhengming to come! Forget it, I should go directly to him Bar!

I also ask Fang Qing to write to Chang'an immediately and tell Prime Minister Xiao that the prince's handling is very appropriate. At the local level, the head of the state and road chiefs can be strictly implemented, and he must ensure the normal operation of the various departments of the Chang'an center. If necessary, from the For officials below the third rank, he can exercise the right to suspend his duties for investigation after he negotiates with the prince. "

"The minister obeys the order."

"Auxiliary machine, go back to Jiangling City to take charge of the overall situation! Focus on stability, I feel that those aristocratic families should have a plan."

"The minister will go back now."

After Changsun Wuji left, Li Shimin, Qu Tuquan and a few guards rode out of the city quickly, and headed for the Jiuyuan River Wharf. Not long after boarding the boat to No. [-] Courtyard, Li Shimin heard some news.

What he had expected was not bad, the sons of the aristocratic family had another plan, they mobilized some elderly or chronically ill people from all over the country to come to Shannan Road by boat, and told these people that Yujia was in Jiangling, As long as they are willing to represent the people of the world and petition His Majesty the Emperor, good governance like that in Jiuyuan County will surely be implemented in their hometowns.

"Another boat, full of old, weak, sick..." said the old man who punted, watching another boat pass by him on the waterway along the river.

"What? Old man, have you seen many such boats carrying the elderly, the weak and the sick on the pier recently?" Li Shimin still wore makeup, and, in order to better integrate into the army of square dancers, his attire, Now he looks more like a commoner, and the old man who punted the boat naturally couldn't recognize him.

"Yes! There are a lot of boats coming one after another. I heard that they will go to Jiangling City to ask His Majesty the Emperor for orders. Tell me, is it difficult to be a good emperor?"

"Difficult, why is it difficult?" Li Shimin almost agreed and nodded towards the old man who punted the boat, but when he thought about it, he should be a commoner now, just right, he wanted to know, in the hearts of ordinary people, what is a good emperor? Seeing such an existence, he slammed on the brakes and changed his nod in agreement to a rhetorical question.

"In the past! I don't think it is difficult to be an emperor. When I was young, I was still in the former Sui Dynasty. At that time, the emperor would increase exorbitant taxes in various names, levy Goguryeo, and raise military supplies and salaries before the war. Taxes have to be levied, wars have been defeated, taxes have to be levied on pensions and resettlement, canals are opened, corvees are collected, money and food are collected, and the people involved don’t have time to farm the land. It should be easy to be an emperor, anyway, what's the difference, just open your mouth to control all the people's needs. At that time, we felt that as long as you are not a messy emperor, you are a good emperor.

Now it seems that is not the case.

After our current emperor succeeded to the throne, he set the tax extremely low and reduced it again and again. It is said that in a few years, even the agricultural tax will be completely exempted. In the eyes of the old man, this should be regarded as an unprecedented Good emperor!The common people who farm the land don’t pay taxes anymore. I really don’t know what the emperor and his elders will eat in the future.

But ah!When people's hearts are not satisfied, even if the emperor achieves this level, the people may not all be satisfied.

Some people are old and have no heirs to support them. They want the emperor to help them solve the problem of food. Some people are sick and need to take medicine for a long time. They can't pay for the medicine and want the emperor to pay for it Fei, if the emperor doesn't help them solve it, they will say that the emperor is not a good emperor.

I see, if this emperor can't conjure up money and food out of thin air, it will be difficult for everyone to call him a good emperor, but in this world, who has such great ability!so!It is difficult to be a good emperor. "

What the old man on the boat said didn't have much depth, so Li Shimin listened to it as a joke. Of course, after listening to it, he also felt a little sad.

Perhaps it was because of his improper position. He cared very much about his evaluation in the eyes of the people, and tried to be a good emperor praised by everyone. However, who could satisfy everyone's needs!

Li Shimin, who got into the horns, sat on the bow of the boat depressed, without saying a word, and soon, the boat arrived at the wharf of Yiyuan Town. After he and Qu Tuquan and others landed, it was already dusk.

After crossing the embankment, a few people rented a small awning boat by the pier of the main canal at the gate, and sailed towards Shanghe Village. The people in Hecun began to dance after dinner again.

The drummer is Pu Wang Li Tai. His fat body trembles with the rhythm of the drums, which is very emotional. The dancing venue is next to the main canal. In April, the weather here is getting hotter. Yes, everyone gathers by the river, it will be cooler.

As the awning boat approached, Li Shimin saw the satisfied smiling faces of the people dancing to the rhythm of the music under the lights. It seemed that Sun Zhengming was able to make everyone's faces full of such satisfied smiles.

"The sea of ​​people~ the vastness~ drifting with the current, ups and downs, life~ like a dream~ my dear, come here..."

A "Seaweed Dance" whose lyrics have been changed beyond recognition fully released the joy under the people's voices of various thicknesses and irregular dances. After the song ended, all the dancing people , they all laughed and commented on how ugly the neighbors were when they danced.

"Your Majesty, it seems that Sun Zhengming is also in the crowd. Do you want me to call him out?"

"No need, let's take a look at the side first!" Li Shimin, who got off the boat, found a stone stool at the corner of the venue, sat down, and some people in small swaddling clothes, watching the dance from the side Same, looking at the scene in the dance hall from a distance.

However, he didn't stay for long when Yao Hongxiu came to him with a teapot and a teacup.

After all, this is only a village of [-] households. So many big men suddenly came. Even if the villagers didn't care, Zhang Ke, the guards of the Sun House, couldn't have noticed. Since Li Shimin came here dressed as a commoner, Moreover, if there is an interest in continuing to watch the dance, then everyone doesn’t need to bother him. Yao Hongxiu just treats him as an ordinary foreigner and presents him with a big bowl of tea that peasants usually drink at home to welcome him .

The advantage of a big bowl of tea is to quench your thirst, especially in this hot and dry early summer, Li Shimin drank it by himself, and asked Yao Hongxiu to ask for a few more bowls for Qu Tuquan and others.

"Your Majesty, my husband expected you to come, and he asked me to ask you, what do you think of these dancing people?" Yao Hongxiu asked suddenly after pouring a bowl of tea for everyone.

Hearing this, Li Shimin narrowed his eyes, stared blankly at the crowd for a long time before saying, "Very good."

(End of this chapter)