"The above is what your Majesty and his ministers said after Guo risked his life to remonstrate with your majesty. They still don't want to believe what we heard about the people's thoughts. In their eyes, it seems that one, two or even four or five people are in dire straits. important!"
"Moreover, they still stubbornly and arrogantly believe that they are always trying their best to protect the life and death of the majority of the people and safeguard the interests of the majority of the people! Instead of being stubborn and disregarding the wishes of the people of the world!"
Outside Nandu Railway Station.
In a post house.
Guo Bin said a few words to the colleagues and friends of the Jin gentry who were seeing him off. After saying this, he took a sip of wine and put the wine glass heavily on the table: "That's okay! Guo has tried his best. As for the result, It’s no longer important!”
As he spoke, Guo Bin smiled bitterly: "It's just that Siberia is a bitterly cold place, and I heard that you can only eat potatoes all day long! Once I go, I will never be able to taste this Jiangnan cuisine again."
For a moment, Guo Bin felt poetic in his heart.
At this time, the scholar Geng Yuyuan stood up, bowed to Guo Bin and said: "Mr. Guo dares to anger Long Yan for the world, Geng admires him!"
Then, Geng Yuyuan turned to look at the other civil servants and said: "It's just helpless that your Majesty and his ministers are too arrogant and actually said that the voices of the people we heard were not the true voices of the people. If this is the case, why not let the court listen to the people?" Our true feelings!”
"What does Mr. Geng mean?"
Another scholar, Gao Zhibi, asked.
"Next year happens to be the year of the great competition. Why not take advantage of the time when the princes from all provinces in the country gather in the Northern Capital and go to the Metropolitan Procuratorate to submit a letter to the imperial court! Requesting the imperial court for reform!"
Geng Yuyuan replied.
"Reform? How to change?"
Gao Zhibi asked.
"Of course it is a reform to restore the freedom of the people and limit the power of the monarch! Let your majesty see what our people are thinking!"
Geng Zhiyuan replied.
"This might be a solution!"
"At the beginning, when His Majesty was on tour to the south, our scholars who advocated the return of freedom to the people appealed to His Majesty to reform the law. However, at that time, the scholars who asked the great prince of the world to stop it, ended up fighting among themselves among the scholars, which gave Your Majesty a reason to refuse the reform. It speaks volumes about the people's hearts. If it’s not consistent, it’s better to stick to the old ways!”
“But now, the imperial court is tightening its control over the economy and people’s livelihood, and more and more people are yearning for freedom. Many ecumenical scholars also believe that the imperial court cannot do whatever it wants, especially the restrictions on monarchy. , as well as the fight for local autonomy and the elimination of redundant officials and soldiers!"
Guo Bin nodded at this time, and after saying a few words, he added: "It's still the same sentence, the king cannot conquer any country he wants, or even open up territories all over the world!"
"You may say that the national conditions are like this, but this is not the national condition. It is clearly the king who kidnapped the country and the people for his own ambition!"
"Speaking of overcapacity and unemployment, what are you afraid of? Just destroy the machines and let the workers return to farming!"
"The drop in food prices is also caused by the oversupply of cultivated land. The imperial court has guided the Han people to reclaim a lot of farmland in India, Nanyang, Bangladesh, Myanmar and other places over the years! And these places are still paying land taxes every year. In my opinion, either Let the landlords who own these fields be independent and self-governing, or exempt them from land taxes, especially for the local gentry who have already achieved fame. Grain prices will not fall continuously due to the large amount of grain purchased by the imperial grain bureau and imported into the country. "
"Mr. Guo is right. Like some countries in Europe and the West, the Magna Carta should be enacted. The king must govern in accordance with the charter!"
"Secondly, there are redundant officials, redundant soldiers, and redundant workers mentioned by Duke Guo!"
"There are too many officials in our country today!"
"In the past, a county only had a few people-friendly officials including the county magistrate, county magistrate, and chief registrar, and the rest were just subordinate officials!"
"But now, in addition to officials such as the magistrate, county magistrate, and chief registrar, a county also has officials from various bureaus, and there are even permanent officials stationed in the East Factory and West Factory!"
"In addition, there are no longer just Li Zheng here, there are also all kinds of officials!"
"Before this, the imperial power did not go to the countryside, and the land in Lijia was governed by the country gentry. But now, the court is in charge of everything, so there are too many officials!"
"As for the redundant soldiers, it goes without saying that patrol soldiers who eat public food can be seen everywhere, there are also millions of national defense soldiers, and the imperial army is currently expected to increase to one million!"
"The annual military subsidy brought by it is already the tax revenue of the past few years. Before His Majesty came to the throne, the demand for cotton cloth in the Nine Borders was only a few million pieces, and now it has increased to tens of millions. This is proof!"
"Then there are redundant workers. The number of workers and craftsmen supported by government-run factories is unbelievable. Some large government-run factories have hundreds of thousands of workers and craftsmen!"
"As a result, labor costs were extremely high, and the factory's losses became more and more serious. However, the imperial court never allowed these factories to close, and instead allowed them to benefit the people and let private businessmen operate them. It was also called to ensure strategic resources and technology. The central control is in the hands of the imperial court, and it is forbidden to use private operations to blackmail the imperial court, or even sell it to other countries for huge profits!"
"But also because in order to keep these large factories with serious losses, the imperial court had to use state funds to subsidize them. As a result, to support these loss-making government-run factories, the state expenditures were huge!"
"In fact, the imperial court also powerfully occupied some hugely profitable businesses, and used power to make the profits from many extremely profitable businesses only flow into the court as official funds, and then supplement these losses!"
"If you ban mining within the pass, you will find a ridiculous reason to protect the inland ecology. Why not take advantage of the land and use it for the people?!"
"In doing so, the imperial court is clearly trying to control the benefits of mining in the hands of its own officials through a decree that only allows mining of minerals overseas!"
Geng Yuyuan agreed.
“I summarized it, and the key points for reform are:
1. Establish a constitution to limit the power of the monarch and standardize the government's governance;
2. Increase local autonomy;
3. Eliminate redundant officials, soldiers, and workers;
4. Open the corresponding bans, allow private businessmen to operate the corresponding industries freely, and any goods can be traded freely;
5. Give preferential treatment to the gentry and restrict the production and expansion of government-run factories. "
Gao Zhibi started talking and asked, "I wonder if you guys have anything to add?"
"There is also a strict court consultation system. We cannot only limit the dictatorship of the king, but also limit the emergence of powerful ministers;"
"And the imperial meeting system is the best system to limit the two anyway!"
"Therefore, I believe that the ministers and ministers must be appointed by the court, and the composition of the court cannot be limited to ministers. The people of all provinces in the world must have representatives of the gentry to participate. In addition, the promulgation of military affairs and laws must also be decided by the court! Just like the Parliament of the West!"
Another great scholar named Wang Yiyan started talking at this time.
"Wonderful!"
Guo Bin couldn't help but clapped the table and applauded: "The court system of this dynasty can be said to be the best system of this dynasty! It should be carried forward! Fortunately, the prince mentioned it. I can only lament that your majesty and the previous emperors often did not strictly abide by it. If it can be formed The system is written into the constitution of the imperial court. If the king does not abide by it, the world can attack him! With such provisions, our emperor's empire will flourish forever!"
"We have to mobilize more people so that in the future, the court can see the true voice of the people!"
Geng Yuyuan replied.
"That's right, then I will go back to my hometown and mobilize fellow scholars!"
"I didn't plan to go back originally, so I decided to go back!"
“I’m so shy about going back to organize a cultural gathering to mobilize!”
For a moment, these Jin gentleman men responded one after another.
Therefore, Guo Bin handed over his hand and said: "If we can really succeed in the Ming Dynasty's Reform in the future, then even if Guo dies in a foreign country, he will no longer have any resentment!"
Everyone bowed their hands to Guo Bin.
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