Feng Fu took a sip of tea to moisten his throat. "I was aware of Xiao Letian's problem before in Beijing. He can buy the latest Western weapons, arm soldiers to the teeth, and turn decay into magical transformation." Longxugou, these all rely on the power of money..."
"And this year, Xiao Letian's bank has begun to get involved in the Qing treasury again. The deposits in the household department are not as much as his. It is conceivable how many businessmen he has gathered... Open the window and take a look. This building Naha Port is a city that never sleeps. Even now, the lights are still brightly lit on the pier for unloading goods, and the shops are still carrying out transactions..."
"I asked before. The tax collectors in Ryukyu work three shifts a day, with no rest at all. The wealth in the world is pouring in like the sea water. The merchant power we have lost has made him all It was taken away..."
"If Xiao Letian just reached out to businessmen, then he would not be difficult to deal with. Although everything in the world starts with money, the more money he gathers, the more people will hate him and the more people will miss him. So while mobilizing the power of businessmen, Xiao Letian also hopes to restore Wu family politics."
There was a buzzing sound, and there was a commotion in the study. The civil servants were too sensitive to the word Wu family politics. They were born to be the mortal enemies of the civil servants.
In fact, in Chinese history, before the Sui and Tang Dynasties, there was no distinction between civil and military personnel. At that time, society respected all-rounders in both civil and military affairs. Officials who were able to run the army and calm the people were the real elites of the empire.
But after the fall of the Tang Dynasty and the establishment of the Song Dynasty, which began to consciously overemphasize the status of civil servants, society began to discriminate against military generals.
In fact, this is normal. The Tang Dynasty was overthrown by feudal towns. The Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms were basically the remnants of the feudal forces. Starting from the rebellion of Anlu Mountain, the Central Plains began to suffer from the devastation of military feudal towns. Until the founding of the Northern Song Dynasty, the Central Plains Completely controlled by military groups, the time of war is far longer than the time of peace.
In the 14th year of Tianbao in the Tang Dynasty, that is, in 755 AD, the Anlushan Rebellion began. It was not until the establishment of the Northern Song Dynasty in 960 AD that the rule of the vassal town finally came to an end, with a total of 205 years in between.
Modern people are very unfamiliar with the history of those 205 years. Few people know the details of what happened in the late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, but everyone knows that these two hundred years were the two hundred years of civil war, which were like hell. two hundred years.
The warlords in various vassal towns kill me and I kill you. The common people have truly become cattle and sheep. You coerce me to fight for it. The population has completely turned into resources like cattle, sheep, forests and mines.
People in peaceful times have a hard time imagining what that era was like. Can you imagine that your three-year-old son was thrown into a pot and cooked into minced meat without even looking at him?
Can you imagine that your childhood sweetheart, the girl next door, was kidnapped by bandits and bullied to death in the blink of an eye?
Can you imagine that a mountain village with a good harvest was about to be looted by soldiers in an instant, not a grain of food was left, all the women were captured, and all the men were captured.
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People in peaceful times could not imagine that a skeleton could be kicked out in three or four steps on the street, and a rotting corpse could be found five or six meters away.
Modern people can’t even imagine that when a person leaves his hometown and travels far away, what he worries about is not that others will rob or steal him, but that others will eat him. In that era when bones were exposed in the wild, cannibalism was really serious. Ordinary things.
In troubled times, people are actually two-legged sheep.
It was because of witnessing the tragic experience of the people at that time that the Northern Song Dynasty began to greatly improve the social status of civil servants and began to suppress military generals desperately, because the painful memory was so terrifying that it even became something that the entire Chinese nation dared not touch easily. It’s a scar, so there really aren’t many people who study that period of history.
After the two Song Dynasties, there was the Yuan Dynasty. The Mongolian butcher's knife caused the Han people's suppressed blood and courage to rebound. However, after the Tumubao Incident, the short-lived appearance of the generals ended, and the Ming Dynasty civil servants became powerful again.
During the wars in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, the clever Manchus quickly realized the benefits of the Han civil servants. With the suppression of these people, it was impossible for the bloody bravery of the Han people to rise. As long as the bloody bravery of the Han people was suppressed, then The Manchu nobles did not mind forming an alliance with the civil service system, and the world shared it.
Anyway, as long as we Manchus don’t lose their blood and bravery, it’s best for the Han people to just be two-legged sheep.
To be fair, Chinese history is too long, the main body of civilization has not been broken, and the continuity of written and historical records has not been destroyed. Therefore, any kind of thought can find its own support from the long history.
There are pros and cons to civil servants governing the world. If you say they are good, you can find a bunch of evidence. If you say they are bad, you can find a bunch of evidence. And strong military generals also have pros and cons. You can just pick it out from the long history. There is support for any theory.
Therefore, Chinese politics often falls into very serious internal strife. Both sides, regardless of right or wrong, attack each other with what happened in history and the quotes of countless sages. In the internal strife, the opportunity to change the times is missed.
Feng Fu's analysis today suddenly brought out the hidden worries in the hearts of the civil servants present. People asked in horror, "No way, is Xiao Letian going to become a vassal town? It's terrible. If we rely on businessmen and warriors to build a country, then this What will a country look like? Isn’t it a country of the end of the world, where rituals and music have collapsed?”
"Evil demon, it is indeed an evil demon taught by Xiyi."
At this point in the topic, Zai Chun couldn't understand it. He obviously didn't have enough ink in his stomach to analyze such a complex issue as dynasty change. He asked in confusion, "Is it so serious? The Ryukyu Army forced me to admit it. But the Ryukyu army has very good rules. They never bully the common people and give them money when buying things. The military discipline is very good."
Feng Fu slapped his thigh and said sadly, "This is the most terrifying thing. The army is the army. What should we think about? How can the army have its own thoughts? If it has its own thoughts, it will have its own actions. It will inevitably happen when the time comes." I have other thoughts..."
"Following the orders of their thoughts, they will execute them to the letter. If they don't follow their thoughts, won't they rebel? Your Majesty, you want such an army."
Zai Chun was confused, "But... But, what the Ryukyu army thinks is not wrong. Isn't it good to make the country rich and strengthen its people? Isn't it bad to have strict discipline? Isn't it wrong to love the people like sons?"
"Wrong, Your Majesty is so confused... Only the emperor can do these things to compete for the hearts and minds of the people, and only we civil servants can do it. A bunch of stinky soldiers actually dare to win the hearts and minds of the people. Do you want to rebel?" Feng Fu's expression showed in anger. A bit ferocious.
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