Chapter 144 Land Annexation! 300-Year Rise and Fall Cycle Rate!

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As soon as Zhu Gaoxu walked out of the prison gate, Ji Gang came to greet him.

It's just that Ji Gang's face is a little pale at the moment, and his eyes looking at Zhu Gaoxu are full of fear.

Yes, fear.

Except for Zhu Di, the Emperor of Heaven, there is no one else who can make this emperor's number one eagle dog feel fear.

Even Prince Zhu Gaochi and Ji Gang didn't take him seriously.

However, he is really scared when facing the King of Han Zhu Gaoxu!

This Prince Han is simply crazy!

Ji Gang heard clearly the content of the conversation between the King of Han and Xie Jin in the secret!

Apparently he took the people away, but he didn't go far enough to hear the two talking.

This is a task assigned by Emperor Zhu Di. Jin Yiwei must monitor every move of Han King Zhu Gaoxu in Beijing!

After all, he is just the prince of Han now, not the prince of Ming Dynasty. Zhu Di is really afraid that Zhu Gaoxu will cause some big trouble.

But now, Ji Gang regretted it so much that he wished he had not heard the conversation between King Han and Xie Jin!

Founded the Ministry of Education, compiled teaching materials, built academies, and brought Cheng Zhu down from the altar...

This Han King Zhu Gaoxu is simply a madman!

If he dares to attack Cheng Zhu, he is making enemies of all the scholars in the world!

How many scholars are there in the world today?

Endless!

Now in the court, there are all civil servants and officials who studied with Cheng Zhu and became officials!

If he really wanted to do this, one spit from each of those civil servants would be enough to drown him!

Thinking about it, Ji Gang couldn't help but pause, and reminded him bravely: "Your Majesty, Cheng Zhu must not move lightly..."

Zhu Gaoxu was stunned when he heard this, and then he reacted.

This guy was just eavesdropping on his conversation with Jie Jin!

But he wasn't angry, after all, this emperor's eagle dog did these unattainable tasks.

"Tsunako, you are said to be narrow-minded and short-sighted, but you still don't believe me!"

"Don't you understand why this king attacked Cheng Zhu?"

Ji Gang: "???"

clear?

I understand you uncle!

I understand that if you do this, you will die an ugly death!

After a few curses in his heart, Ji Gang honestly shook his head.

He is not a scholar, so he will not pretend to understand for the sake of face.

At the same time, Ji Gang was also very curious. Prince Han knew that this matter was closely related, so why did he insist on going his own way?

This is completely a thankless and thankless thing!

Zhu Gaoxu looked at Ji Gang, and he knew that what he was looking at now was Zhu Di's watchdog.

Some words can be passed to Zhu Laosi through this watchdog.

"Tsunako, do you know how shameless scholars are?"

The shamelessness of literati?

This is true!

As the emperor's eagle dog, Ji Gang was the current number one cruel official in the Yongle Dynasty. He was often impeached and cursed by the literati.

If these so-called honest men of integrity and loyal ministers had the guts, they would even want to kill him to vent their anger.

Therefore, between Ji Gang and Wen Chen, they dislike each other and cause trouble for each other.

Of course, everyone hates cruel officials, but compared to military attachés and ministers, literati are more eloquent.

Zhu Gaoxu didn't wait for his answer and smiled to himself: "How shameless are the literati? They shouted that the merchants were despicable and shameless, and they were all disloyal and unjust profit-seeking villains. But which family doesn't have some gray business? ? Otherwise, where will the money and life come from for a big family?"

Ji Gang did not refute, because what the King of Han said was the truth!

Those literati and officials talk a lot about benevolence and morality but never talk about morality and benevolence. They say they don't care about their bodies but are very sincere. When they make money, some businessmen would feel ashamed.

Some scholarly families, on the surface, are from high-ranking families, but secretly control all local businesses. This phenomenon is not uncommon, and can even be said to be common!

"Emperor Taizu Gao set the rules to treat scholars preferentially and to raise and recruit scholars. If they are not given some welfare benefits and certain privileges, otherwise these scholars will not submit to the imperial court."

"But Emperor Gao ignored one thing. Among the benefits provided to scholars, there is one thing: Scholars with meritorious status do not have to pay taxes!"

Ji Gang was also aware of this and looked at Prince Han with some curiosity.

"A scholar with a good reputation is a gentry. Regardless of whether he becomes an official or not, he will try his best to seize land and leave it to his children and grandchildren, so that their children and grandchildren do not have to worry about food and clothing, and can just study and understand in peace of mind, and continue to obtain fame!"

"The first generation gained fame and began to seize the fields. The second generation, under the foundation of the first generation, has better conditions and resources, and it will be easier to obtain fame. They will also follow the old path of the first generation, whether they are officials or not, they will seize the fields first and leave it to themselves. future generations!"

"In this way, the gentry has seized the land from generation to generation. This is what the literati and officials call 'farm, read and inherit the family, read and understand the principles, so as to stabilize the world'!"

Hearing this, Ji Gang was a little confused.

He had heard this statement before and didn't find it strange.

If a gentry does not have any land to its name, can it still be called a gentry?

Moreover, it is normal for scholars to start trying every means to seize fields after they gain fame.

If scholars do not have these privileges and benefits, who would still want to study?

"What on earth does His Highness the King of Han mean? Gang doesn't quite understand!"

"Have you ever thought about it, if the fields are occupied by the gentry through various means, what will happen to the people in Guizhou? What do they do for a living?"

Zhu Gaoxu sneered: "The gentry's land does not need to be taxed. Then one day, all the land in the world will be occupied by clans, nobles, and gentry, and there will be no more taxable land in the world. What tax will the court collect? What will it take? Come to provide salaries to hundreds of officials? What will be used to provide disaster relief and build rivers? What will be used to develop people's livelihood?"

"If that time comes, the Ming Dynasty will not be far from being destroyed!"

When Ji Gang heard these "rebellious" words, he was so frightened that his face instantly turned pale, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead!

However, he had to admit that what the King of Han said was not unfounded!

Because according to Jin Yiwei's intelligence, there are gentry all over the world, and these gentry have a lot of land under their names!

According to the King of Han, if this is the first generation, then their second and third generations will also seize the land!

Generation after generation, in the end, do ordinary people still have land in their hands?

Even a fool can figure it out!

Zhu Gaoxu sighed. This phenomenon is actually very common and is called "land annexation"!

At the end of each dynasty, most of the land annexations caused great chaos. In the end, the dynasty collapsed and the world changed hands.

Moreover, at the end of the dynasty, the world was in chaos, and wars were bound to occur.

After years of war, the population was reduced to a tenth, so the land became free, benefits were redistributed, and the next reincarnation began again.

Later generations concluded that this cycle was about three hundred years, which was called "the three-hundred-year cycle rate of the rise and fall of dynasties."

Throughout the history of the dynasties, there has never been a feudal dynasty that lasted more than three hundred years.

At that time, the Western Zhou Dynasty, the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, and the Western Han Dynasty and the Eastern Han Dynasty did not count. They experienced an internal purge and the redistribution of interests, which was regarded as a new reincarnation.

"Tsunko, the Ming Dynasty field is like a huge melon. The owner of the melon is Lao Zhu, and he is responsible for allocating it."

"After Lao Zhu divided this part among the meritorious officials and relatives of the royal family, most of the remaining melons were distributed to the people of the world!"

"However, there are a large number of people among the common people who are using various means to seize other people's shares, which even far exceeds the previous small portion!"

"In the end, the people who don't get the melon will start to be dissatisfied, start to make trouble, and start to feel resentful!"

"But this melon is only so big. Do you think it will be the end result?"

Ji Gang swallowed and murmured subconsciously: "The melons are destroyed and the people are destroyed!"

Zhu Gaoxu gave him a thumbs up in a funny way, and then ordered: "Send these words to the old man intact, he will make his own decision!"

"I will obey the prince's orders!"

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