"One hundred and twenty chapters, as for the First Lord Liu Han..."
Jia Heng's face turned pale and he was about to speak, but was interrupted by Emperor Chongping's hand. The emperor smiled softly and said loudly: "It would be pointless to say it in advance."
Jia Heng: "..."
It’s you who’s asking, and you’re the one who’s not allowed to tell. Is this the emperor?
Jia Heng paused for a moment and praised "against his will": "Your Majesty, these words are sincere and can be said in stone."
In this compartment, Dai Quan poured a cup of tea with the eunuch, brought it to the table, and said with a chuckle: "Master Jia, drink tea."
Jia Heng nodded and thanked him in a low voice.
Due to their personal experiences, these eunuchs often have a narrow-minded nature, look down upon others, harbor resentment, and fight for loyalty.
Emperor Chongping also took a cup of tea and said loudly: "The eldest princess said that you are knowledgeable about history and good at talking about ancient and modern times. When you were explaining the manuscripts of the Three Kingdoms, those who made trouble for the world were from the Yuan family. I deeply agree! But why did the Later Han Dynasty There was chaos in the family, but there was no Song and Ming Dynasty, why is this?"
Unlike the eldest princess of Jinyang, as an emperor, Emperor Chongping's methods may not be as scientific and systematic as Jia Heng's, but at a high level, he has the same understanding of the rise and fall of the Later Han Dynasty from different angles.
Because the Three Kingdoms returned to Jin, Jin was the Sima of Hedong, which was not an aristocratic family.
Therefore, when the eldest princess was in high spirits and briefly explained Jia Heng's views to Emperor Chongping, Emperor Chongping did not feel that the commentator was enlightening, but was slightly confused by Jia Heng who held this theory.
This is to say that Princess Jinyang, a "student", is not good at academics. Even though she listened to Jia Heng's statement and analysis in full, she did not explain it all to Emperor Chongping. Therefore, it seemed that she only had arguments and no citations. Pao Ding explained ox.
Therefore, the refreshing feeling of being in a high-rise building and having mercury pouring down the ground naturally did not arouse a trace of it in Emperor Chongping's heart.
Jia Heng was silent for a moment and said: "Your Majesty, that day, Heng was just a scholar, chatting with His Highness Jinyang about history and gossip."
Emperor Chongping said in a deep voice: "There is no need to hide your clumsiness in front of me. As long as you have something to see, just tell me. I listen to the history scholars from the Hanlin Academy and Hongwen Hall every month."
On the other side of the room, the eldest princess of Jinyang cast a pair of beautiful eyes as full as water towards Jia Heng, and said with a chuckle: "Jia Heng, the emperor is magnificent and has the capacity of a holy emperor to embrace all rivers. You just have to talk."
At this time, Li Chanyue also cast a pair of crystal clear eyes at the young man in green shirt.
Jia Heng pondered for a moment, then looked at the pair of eyes and said, "Cao Min and His Highness Jinyang mentioned this matter."
Princess Jinyang's cheeks turned red and she said, "What you said, I forgot about it for a moment when I was talking to my brother."
Jia Heng said: "Five generations were in turmoil, and aristocratic families were destroyed and abandoned. The five surnames and seven hopes became withered bones in the tomb."
Emperor Chongping's face paused slightly and he remained silent, saying: "That's true."
Jia Heng said: "As for the Song Dynasty, official career paths were widely opened, and printing books was cheap, and the family had no chance of revival. However, the local gentry received land donations, tax exemptions and other duties... It was almost the same as the county commanders and officials of the Han Dynasty. There is no difference between being powerful and powerful.”
But in fact there is still a difference, but it is difficult to explain clearly in a few sentences.
As expected, Emperor Chongping's face was gloomy and his eyes were terrifyingly gloomy.
Powerful people are like onions and need to be harvested regularly, but behind the gentry are retired bureaucrats. They themselves are part of the state machine. How can self-revolution be possible?
They are not even as good as strong men. Strong men are at least county guards, county magistrates, and the core layer of the ruling class composed of military veterans. They are quite class-conscious. They often destroy families and destroy families. They regard powerful people as fish and meat and kill pigs to celebrate the New Year.
Emperor Chongping took a deep breath, and looked at the boy opposite him, he had a different meaning. If nothing else, this boy's previous sentence was insightful and to the point.
Emperor Chongping said: "Why did the Song and Ming Dynasties die?"
Jia Heng was silent for a moment and said: "The Northern Song Dynasty and Ming Dynasty were destroyed by the barbarians in the north. This can be recorded in history."
When the emperor asked about Song and Ming Dynasties, he was actually asking about this dynasty.
He actually didn't want to discuss this issue all at once because he didn't have enough groundwork.
Not only does writing need to be foreshadowed, but the rhythm of speaking also needs to be foreshadowed.
Ancient strategists had a common method, which was called reasoning.
In order to attract the monarch's idea, I will first tell a small fable to warm up the scene, and then move on. At the same time, I must observe the words and emotions. Some of the words may be very reasonable, but I can't say them at this time. There is a sequence of words. .
Emperor Chongping said: "You can express your thoughts."
Jia Heng said: "The fall of the Song and Ming Dynasties brought about internal and external troubles. In the end, the artifact changed hands and the country was destroyed."
Again, when the emperor asked about Song and Ming Dynasty, he was actually asking about this dynasty.
The dynasty system is undoubtedly a strengthened version of the Song Dynasty and a weakened version of the Ming Dynasty.
But the emperor's question was very tricky, even a little embarrassing.
Because, you have to find commonalities and differences.
These are the final questions among the essay questions.
This is not a question for him. Even the great scholars at that time would have to think about it for a long time before they could answer it.
He felt that this was more like a casual question from Emperor Chongping, and he probably didn't expect him to give any refreshing answer that would make him a minister.
It's more like a teacher's examination of students.
But as a student... he actually wanted to be a teacher.
"Internal and external troubles?" Emperor Chongping's face regained his composure and said, "Where are the internal troubles and where are the foreign troubles?"
Jia Heng said: "Song Dynasty has external troubles, no cloud barrier, and military affairs are weak. Barbarians are like sharp swords hanging in the air in the north. It is not surprising that they died outside! The Song Dynasty's internal worries, due to the three redundant difficulties, became a trap for the Song Dynasty. Chronic diseases have led to poverty and weakness. Since the Tang Dynasty, warriors have been in charge of the country and vassal towns have caused trouble, which has caused chaos in the Five Dynasties. In the Song Dynasty, the Song Dynasty clung to the ancestral system, clinging to the weak and deficient. The central government seizes local power, and in addition emphasizes culture and suppresses military affairs, which leads to many failures in border affairs... The Song Dynasty did not restrain land annexation, which made the people's livelihood difficult. Later, the Jin cavalry went south, and there was the shame of Jingkang. , shame on future generations."
The death of the Song Dynasty is actually very interesting. The Song Dynasty is often called the rich Song Dynasty, but it is also poor and weak. This sounds contradictory, but it is actually two different things.
The financial black hole caused by the three redundancy issues and national defense issues caused frequent financial crises in the Northern Song Dynasty. However, the financial revenue of the Northern Song Dynasty was not lacking because of the encouragement of trade.
When Emperor Chongping heard this, his face moved slightly and his heart was shaken.
Three redundant difficulties, strong branches and weak branches... This is all the opinion of the prime minister and ministers!
How could this be the opinion expressed by a boy over sixteen years old?
Emperor Chongping's reaction was not surprising. Whether it was the art of slaying dragons or seeing Chen Guo's faults, they were things that could only be controlled and seen by the core circle of the ruling elite.
In later generations, due to the development of the information society, key politics became popular. Sometimes it is true.
Emperor Chongping hid the change in his expression and looked at the young man opposite.
Secretly, this Jia Heng is really different from those Confucian scholars from Hongwen Hall who hold the words of sages.
This son...has the talent of a king!
Because Emperor Chongping had just read the manuscript of the Three Kingdoms, his mental activities had some flavor of the Three Kingdoms.
Jia Heng was silent for a moment and said: "As for the former Ming Dynasty, although there were dark clouds as a barrier, in the 180th year since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the capital was set in Peiping, facing the barbarians directly, and the country could still be maintained when encountering powerful lords. By the time of Jiajing, , he was not a man of prudence, and was obsessed with mystical cultivation. He had been in power for decades, and the laws of the world were weakened, and the people's livelihood was in decline... When the northern grasslands entered, there was no danger to defend Peiping, and then the country fell. Fortunately, I, Taizu and Taizong of the Chen Han Dynasty, came to the rescue. Born, I will obey Heaven’s destiny and recreate the Chinese artifact.”
In fact, in this time and space, Jia Heng believed that the death of the Ming Dynasty in Jiajing was more like a "grey rhinoceros" incident.
Even Anda may not be ready to re-enter the Central Plains like Meng Yuan, and then let Taizu Chen Han take an advantage.
Of course, to put it another way, to put it in terms of high emotional intelligence, it means that Taizu Chen Han was blessed by destiny.
Jia Heng pondered for a moment and sighed: "If the Song and Ming dynasties were destroyed by the state of Zuo, if there are one or two similarities, it may be due to lack of finances... As for finances, it is nothing more than increasing revenue and reducing expenditures. It is like taking all the baht and using it. It is like mud and sand, and political affairs are urgent. With the talents of the First Emperor and the great strategy of the Sui Dynasty, the second generation died. It is like a desperate military campaign. The leader is angry and raises the army. It is like the prosperity of the feather forest of the powerful Han Dynasty. Especially the edict issued by Emperor Wu to sin against himself. ...But how can the matter of rise and fall through the ages stop at the word wealth and use? The way of rise and fall, withering and prosperity, is the only way of sincerity and justice."
The cycle of governance and chaos in China's past dynasties has both diversity and unity. We cannot just look for unity and ignore the specific problems faced by each dynasty in different historical periods, otherwise we will commit dogmatism.
Looking for the law of unity is itself also to analyze the problem of diversity.
Such as the border troubles in the Northern Song Dynasty and the rise of ethnic minorities in the north...
The fall of the Northern Song Dynasty was not only caused by land annexation, corrupt people's hearts, and malfunctioning state machinery, but also some other factors that must be taken into consideration.
Using economic analysis tools to look at the financial crisis in the middle and late dynasties, such as the weak ability to resist natural disaster risks under the small-scale peasant economy, land annexation... is only one of the main angles of the dynasty periodic law, but it does not mean that other angles are all the same. Incorrect.
Corrupt officials are everywhere, leading to low administrative efficiency. It even involves changes in the hearts of the first generation to start a business, the second generation to keep the business, and the third generation to lose the business. Changes in social atmosphere... These laws of human nature, unless you run into the "Great Harmony" society, As long as human nature remains unchanged, the historical cycle of chaos and chaos will come back in another form.
Therefore, Jia Heng has always believed that if a blind man touches an elephant as a metaphor, one method may be more comprehensive and deeper, but other methods may not be entirely without merit.
There was something strange in Emperor Chongping's eyes, and he thought of four words repeatedly in his mind: Insufficient finances, increase revenue and reduce expenses.
Isn’t that what today’s big men are like?
The frontier wastes money and food, and millions of dollars are wasted every year. The officialdom is corrupt, and there is a small disaster every three years and a major disaster every five years.
The treasury cannot make ends meet!
Emperor Chongping's face moved slightly, his eyes were aggressive, and he said: "Jia Heng, what about the shortcomings of Chen Han?"
Jia Heng cupped his hands and said: "The common people are just ordinary people, and they dare not speak nonsense about national affairs."
You can say whatever you want about the affairs of the previous dynasty, but when you talk about which dynasty the affairs of this dynasty are in... you might end up with a 404.
Emperor Chongping looked calm at this moment. He could no longer underestimate the young man in front of him. He was sitting upright without realizing it. His tone was somewhat solemn and he said in a deep voice: "As the ancients said, those who know how to govern are in the government and the public, and those who know how to leak in the house." In this world, you are a young man. Even if you say something wrong, I will still blame you. Maybe in your eyes, I am that narrow-minded king?"
Worried that the young man in front of him would keep his mouth shut, Emperor Chongping even resorted to provoking the generals, which was a bit...not following political rules.
As for the eldest princess of Jinyang on the side, she had already heard that she had a beautiful face, beautiful eyes, and a pair of wonderful eyes, shining brightly at the young man with a look of shamelessness on his face, no matter whether it was ancient or modern.
"As expected of Mr. Jia, even her royal brother is... solemn about it."
How could she not see the change in her emperor's brother's attitude? If at first he was still making casual comparisons, but later he began to ask serious questions, even quoting scriptures.
I can't help but think of those strategists in the Warring States Period. At the beginning, the monarch was holding the beauty, washing his feet, smiling playfully, or condescendingly asking, "Sir, what can you teach me?"
The voices were all drawn out, with a hint of careless banter.
Then, as he listened, the beauty stopped hugging her, her face turned pale, she avoided the banquet and bowed, and retreated to the left and right to ask about military affairs.
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