But Zhu Youxiao had to admit that these rebels were not strictly bourgeois, and the rebellion was not a bourgeois revolution.
Because Zhu Youxiao discovered through the administrative orders issued by these rebellious gentry, these people still retained some backward forms of agricultural civilization, feudal landowners, and still respected Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism that bound human nature.
Moreover, he was very tolerant of himself, the emperor who was the worst to them. He neither said he wanted to judge him nor cut off his head. He still just let his favorite ministers around him take the blame;
Moreover, there are requirements for women and ordinary men who have nothing to do with this matter, otherwise they would not have abolished the ban on foot binding that they had just promulgated, and also prevented men all over the world from engaging in other occupations except farming and studying.
Of course, here, what these rebels demand that people in the world can only engage in farming and reading does not mean that everyone can study, but that the gentry only needs to study, and the ordinary people only need to farm well, and the gentry and landlords who study can exploit them.
"What kind of government decree they are drafting now is really hilarious. They have to wait until my imperial army is defeated once before they can draft any political decree. However, the decree these people are drafting is very popular among the gentry in terms of concept alone. welcome."
Zhu Youxiao said a few words, and then asked Xiong Tingbi: "Xiong Aiqing, do you think it is possible for these rebels to win over the gentry with such a decree?"
Xiong Tingbi replied: "Your Majesty, in my opinion, the threat of these rebels is not as great as the refugee rebellion. Although the refugee rebellion cannot make the gentry sympathetic, it can win the response of many people. This is because the refugee rebellion is mostly due to famine. , just want not to starve to death, but the people only want not to starve to death, so they can respond;
These rebel gentry were not unable to survive or have enough to eat. They were rebelling against the imperial court simply because their interests had been taken away. Naturally, it was difficult for them to empathize with the people and they would not win over the people. The people would naturally not respond. Generally speaking, the gentry never act blindly, and most of them have a clear understanding of righteousness and general principles, so they will naturally not respond. Therefore, I believe that the rebellion of these rebellious gentry will neither be responded to by the people nor supported by the gentry;
In fact, in order to strengthen themselves, these rebellious gentry, although the government decrees favor the gentry, in fact, it is difficult for them to give preferential treatment to the gentry who do not support them, because the common people have no money to plunder, and they have no money to make them stronger, so they can only find If the gentry wants money, they can only plunder the gentry who do not support them. Moreover, they cannot get the response of the people, so they can only recruit a large number of unemployed vagrants and ruffians. These people are lazy and love to rob homes and homes. Once these rebellious gentry are gathered together , giving them weapons will only make them worse, extorting, raping, and plundering the Jin gentry, I'm afraid it's inevitable!
Therefore, in my opinion, these gentry and rural warriors will not be able to achieve anything unless they have a decree to restrict military discipline, distribute grain to the common people, and reduce taxes to the common people, then they will be worthy of the court's attention. Just like the Donglu, although they have The Liao people plundered, but they strictly enforced military discipline internally and divided their land and wealth, which made them a far greater threat than other barbarians. "
Zhu Youxiao agreed quite a bit after hearing this. He had to admit that Xiong Tingbi was a far-sighted person of this era, and he was willing to see problems more clearly than many people of this era.
Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but thought: "Fortunately, it was not Xiong Tingbi who rebelled. Of course, smart people like Xiong Tingbi would not blindly rebel just because their own interests were harmed."
"Is there any report on this from Dongchang? How did the rebel gentry treat other gentry in Jiangnan who did not participate in the rebellion?"
Zhu Youxiao asked Wei Zhongxian at this time. He needed to clarify whether these rebel gentry gave preferential treatment to the gentry who refused to join the rebellion.
Wei Zhongxian hurriedly replied: "Reporting to the Emperor, according to reports from the informants of business houses in Dongchang, as Da Sima said, in the place where the rebellion took place, all the gentry who refused to rebel were burned, killed and plundered by the rebels. There was Yan Zhiji, the Minister of Punishment, and his family. He was killed. Sun Yuanwen, the number one scholar in Jiaxu Division of the Temple Dynasty, committed suicide by hanging himself. Ma Chunren, a student member of Liuhe County, was pierced through the chest with a spear and died. Before his death, he shouted, "How can a scholar rebel against the emperor!" There was also Wu Zhiji, a disciple who refused to be a thief. Jump into the river and die.”
Zhu Youxiao fell silent after listening.
Perhaps this is the value of the emperor's orthodox status.
Whether he knows the general trend of the world or does not know it and does so only because he abides by the Confucian way of loyalty to the emperor, his spirit is commendable, and it is enough to show that his identity as an emperor cannot be taken away by anyone.
"They are all loyal ministers! Han Aiqing, give posthumous gifts to everyone mentioned by Dongchang."
Zhu Youxiao said something.
"I obey the decree!"
Han Xu, who had been silent all this time, quickly replied.
Zhu Youxiao didn't know whether these rebellious gentry were really stupid or helpless, and they actually treated the gentry like him who were of the same class but with different ideas.
But he had to admit that this just gave him an opportunity to recruit a group of people to suppress others after he went to Jiangnan in the future.
“How is the situation in Nanjing’s inner city now?”
However, Zhu Youxiao was still worried that some knowledgeable people among these rebels would capture the inner city and use the money and food that the imperial court had hoarded in the inner city of Nanjing but not deported to Beijing to prepare for disasters in the south, to recruit troops instead of using them again. To rob the gentry who did not support their rebellion, or to achieve this goal by massacring the nobles in the inner city of Nanjing. As far as Zhu Youxiao knew, the nobles in Nanjing were also extremely rich. If he was a rebel, he would I would rather kill these nobles than offend the gentry in the world. After all, the reason why the nobles are nobles is because there is the imperial court behind them. Now that they have rebelled against the imperial court, what else are they afraid of?
Therefore, Zhu Youxiao asked Wei Zhongxian another question at this time.
"Back to the Emperor, according to the report from Dongchang, the inner city has not been lost. Li Changgeng, the Minister of War in Nanjing, closed the inner city in time, preventing the rebels from taking over the inner city in time."
Wei Zhongxian replied.
After hearing this, Zhu Youxiao asked Xiong Tingbi: "How long does Xiong Aiqing think Li Changgeng can hold on to the inner city?"
Xiong Tingbi hurriedly replied: "Back to your Majesty, Li Changgeng has been serving as a border minister for a long time. He is quite knowledgeable about military matters and is good at defense. Your Majesty is wise enough to let this person be in charge of the Nanjing Military Department. In my opinion, this person is in Nanjing, even in Nanjing." There are many old, weak, sick and disabled people in the Beijing camp. However, with Li Changgeng's ability to organize the military, coupled with the abundant food in the inner city and the thick walls of the city, if it can hold on until the army arrives in Nanjing, as long as the soldiers and civilians in the inner city stick to it, even the brave warriors of all battles will be defeated. It’s hard to shake such a strong city, not to mention, the rebels are no more than local ruffians!”
Zhu Youxiao nodded.
Since Xiong Tingbi believed that Li Changgeng was fine, Zhu Youxiao no longer worried about the damage to Nanjing's inner city.
But Li Changgeng was not appointed by Zhu Youxiao, but recommended by Fang Congzhe.
As the emperor, he was at the top of power. It was difficult for him to see the talents of all officials, and he did not bother to ask about everything because of the complicated affairs.
But Xiong Tingbi said this, and Zhu Youxiao felt that Fang Congzhe had put some thought into recommending officials, and he could be considered as the first assistant to prepare for rainy days.
"Wei Zhongxian, send someone to ask how the capital is doing now after I left it. What are Fang Congzhe and the nobles in the capital doing?"
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