Chapter 395: Exterminate the family from the source
Ying Zheng strongly agreed with Qin An's words. Whether there are beggars in the world is the emperor's business. If the emperor cannot feed the beggars, it is the emperor's fault. You cannot blame the beggars.
"Qin An, what you said is very good. As long as the people can live a good life, they will not think of rebellion at all." Ying Zheng said.
Qin An smiled and said: "I didn't say these words, I just repeated what others said.
However, this "Kaihuang Law" is still somewhat unfair. It favors some nobles, officials, and aristocratic families, and does not treat everyone equally.
The saying that the emperor breaks the law and the common people are equally guilty is actually just saying it to deceive the ignorant people. "
"Why is this? Since everyone is treated equally, why should they be targeted differently?" Ying Zheng asked in confusion.
Qin An sighed and said: "Because of the aristocratic families, officials control most of the country's resources. They have money, food, and people.
In the early Tang Dynasty, there was a food panic due to natural disasters. As the emperor, Li Shimin personally came to ask the family to lend food to the court so that the court could tide over the difficulties. "
"When did the emperor become so humble?" Ying Zheng said angrily, his whole body filled with anger.
Qin An said helplessly: "Because the aristocratic families want money and food, and they control most of the country's talents.
What's more important is that the aristocratic families are tied together. Once you touch one of them, the other aristocratic families will unite against you.
First of all, the first thing they will do is resign en masse.
Once he resigns, 70% of the official positions in the court will be vacant, and no one can fill these vacancies.
If this continues, the country will no longer be a country.
At this time, it is not easy for the aristocratic families to elect an emperor. They need people and food. No matter how many troops there are in the court, what's the use? Can't they rely on the army to manage the world?
Both sides know each other's weaknesses, so no one can do anything about the other. Therefore, the emperor can only bow his head.
The aristocratic families would also give the emperor face and lend food to the court. "
"Could it be that from now on the emperor will always be led by the noble family's influence?" Ying Zheng said in a deep voice.
"That's not true." Qin An said, "Li Shimin punished the aristocratic family severely in the end, and finally the aristocratic family became honest.
After arriving, the aristocratic families were very honest and would obey all the court's orders, but the court would not cause trouble for those aristocratic families without any reason.
They are in a relatively peaceful relationship. Even if the old dynasty is destroyed and a new dynasty is established, this relationship will still exist, because the aristocratic families are basically deeply rooted in one place. m.
There is such a saying, a century-old dynasty, a thousand-year-old family. This shows how powerful the aristocratic families are. "
"What a saying: a century-old dynasty, a thousand-year-old family." Ying Zheng asked, "How were these families formed?"
"They were slowly formed starting from the First Emperor. They were originally the aristocrats of the Qin Dynasty. Even if they changed dynasties, they would at most change their names and become the aristocrats of the Han Dynasty.
Over time, they became aristocratic families. The aristocratic families owned a lot of land. Their harvest in one year could feed a country for a month. "
"Hiss." Everyone couldn't help but gasped.
The aristocratic family actually owned so much land, no wonder the court had to sell it to them.
"It seems that the emergence of aristocratic families should be prevented at the source." Ying Zheng said.
Qin An shook his head and said: "It can't be stopped. The most basic reason for the emergence of aristocratic families is land, and then they control all walks of life, which leads to their growing power.
Now even if the land is owned by the state, they cannot be allowed to develop on the land, but you still have to develop business.
If commerce is not developed, this country will remain a poor country for the rest of its life.
Therefore, nobles will become a family from business.
There is a family abroad that has more money than their country. This family can influence the country's economy with just a casual word. "
"You mean the formation of a noble family is inevitable?" Ying Zheng asked.
Qin An nodded and said: "Yes, it is inevitable. There is no way to stop it, because if you prevent them from taking shape, you are preventing the development of business."
"Then do you have any good suggestions? According to you, the existence of the aristocratic family will have a negative impact on the country." Ying Zheng asked.
Li Si immediately said: "Village Chief, this is Qin An's alarmist talk. Even if the aristocratic families want to do something to the country, they don't have the strength."
Feng Quji then said: "Yes, in front of the country, no matter how powerful or powerful the aristocratic families are, they are not the country's opponents."
"Don't say anything, let Qin An speak." Ying Zheng said in a deep voice.
"promise."
Li Si and Feng Quji immediately shut their mouths, and Meng Yi and Meng Wu also obediently stopped talking.
Qin An replied: "Father-in-law, your worries are a bit unnecessary. It is very difficult to form a family in the shopping mall."
"Then there is also a chance to become a noble family." Ying Zheng said.
"Even if there is, it has just taken shape. The state can just pay more attention to it, and then use the law to control them. Once someone breaks the law, it can just arrest them directly.
In fact, it is very difficult to build a family formed by business. As the saying goes, you can only be rich for three generations. So you don't have to worry about this at all.
Besides, when business really rises, the country must be richer and have more talents than the aristocratic families. If you want to deal with the aristocratic families, sometimes you don't need to use power at all, you can directly use commercial means to destroy them.
In business, whoever has more money is basically the boss.
I often say that business can destroy a country. In fact, it is very easy. As long as the credibility of a country is damaged, that country will dissolve on its own. "
"What you said makes sense." Ying Zheng nodded slightly, "So as long as it is solved from the land, the aristocratic family will not harm the country, but it can also make the country richer and more powerful?"
"Yes." Qin An said, "From the beginning of the Qin Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty, there were constant changes in dynasties. In addition to the emergence of weak kings, natural and man-made disasters, there were land annexations.
Therefore, if we want to put an end to this problem, we can only nationalize the land and never privatize it. "
"I understand." Ying Zheng nodded.
Qin An took a sip of tea and continued: "After talking about land, law and family, let me talk about talents.
Yang Jian invented the imperial examination, which was a good thing, a huge good thing. It put an end to the situation of nepotism and allowed everyone in the world to have the opportunity to show their ambitions.
This set off a craze for reading among people all over the world. Children from official families, children from aristocratic families, and even children from poor families began to study.
As long as there is an opportunity to study, no matter what his status is, he will not miss it, which also greatly develops people's wisdom. "
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