The problem of Ming Dynasty is not only the harsh living environment of Xiaoglacier, but also the most important point.
That is, most of social resources are in the hands of a few people, and these few people are the big landlords, officials and gentry.
If Zhu Youxiao wants to save the Ming Dynasty and realize the resurgence of the dynasty, he must fight his way out and clear out the old landlords and officials.
Then redistribute social resources and improve policy systems so that it can continue.
This is the best and only way to solve the problem.
Every dynasty will face such fate and choices.
Which of the unified dynasties of the Han, Sui, Tang, Song, and Yuan dynasties was not like this?
Either you continue to compromise and depend on those landlords, officials and gentry.
But what awaits you in the end is nothing more than national destruction and personal death, just like the Song Dynasty and the Yuan Dynasty.
They were very good to scholars and officials. In the Yuan Dynasty, the local landowners were even officially managed by powerful landlords, with overwhelming power.
But if you want to fight hard and make a grand effort, you can only choose to format and fight against those officials, gentry and landlords.
Just like Zhu Youxiao now, he must re-establish his own solid and reliable foundation, and then use the new ones with vested interests to eliminate the old ones.
As a monarch and the ruler of a country, he cannot only have the support and support of the army, which cannot last long.
As for those ordinary people, Zhu Youxiao didn't have much hope at all. Their thoughts, knowledge and insights still needed to be greatly improved.
Therefore, the support of local powerful people and gentry is still needed. After all, in the feudal dynasty, they were indeed the mainstay of a country and the cornerstone of the country.
There is no doubt about this. In order for the imperial court to control such a large territory, it needed to rely on local officials, and local officials needed to rely on local snakes to rule the local people.
Who is the local snake? Aren't they just those powerful landowners, wealthy noble families, and officials who have served in local government for generations?
Without their support, to put it bluntly, the county magistrate sent by the imperial court would be worse than nothing.
People in later generations will know that Emperor Chongzhen's policies and decrees were rejected by the courtiers as soon as he left the Forbidden City, or they were said to be unable to leave the palace.
But they didn't even think about it, what exactly caused it? Who can't say something?
In the final analysis, isn't it because there is no support and support from the courtiers?
Isn't that the case with the county magistrate sitting in the government office?
Just compare a county to a country. The county government is the palace, and the county magistrate is the emperor. Without the support of these local snakes, government orders still cannot get out of the county government.
In the Ming Dynasty, there were many cases where county magistrates were sidelined. The power and prestige of the county magistrate was much greater than that of the county magistrate.
In the Ming Dynasty, the county magistrate was really the local emperor of a region.
There is a saying that goes like this: A county magistrate with flowing water is an iron-clad master. This sentence is so insightful that it can be said to have been applied to all feudal dynasties.
What is a county magistrate? Not only is he the master, but he is also the spokesperson for all the local masters.
The seventh-grade county magistrate officially appointed by the imperial court was nothing more than a plaything in their hands.
The reason why such a thing happened is inseparable from the household registration system established by Zhu Yuanzhang. This may be a causal relationship.
And don’t the county magistrates know? Don't you know the actual power and have fallen into the hands of these local snakes?
They must know it, but they won't care about it, and they don't want to care about it.
As long as the county magistrate does not violate their interests, these local snakes will not go against you. After all, they are still their immediate superiors.
As long as they don't make mistakes, find connections and spend some money, they can be promoted as soon as their term is up.
It's just a matter of enduring it for a few years. It's a trivial matter to them.
There is no need to quarrel with a group of local snakes, because their interests and goals are the same, and they are all here for money.
As long as we rely on each other and use each other, we can be greedy and greedy, so why not?
This country does not belong to them, but to the emperor named Zhu. There is no need to offend these gentlemen who have been entrenched in the local area for generations.
Therefore, the collapse and demise of a dynasty system is never accidental, but inevitable.
Therefore, even if Zhu Youxiao does not need it, he can establish himself as a military general, but it does not mean that future generations and successors will not need him.
The influence of Confucian culture was really terrifying in ancient times.
Even in the modern society of later generations, families like the Kong family and Confucian cultural thought still have a high status and influence.
Even when a child is born, government officials have to make a special trip to the door to wait for the result. After the birth, they have to say all kinds of compliments and congratulations.
Is this the case in such a social environment, let alone now?
He cannot guarantee that his children and grandchildren will not be influenced by such a culture that will affect their lives.
Just like Emperor Chongzhen in history, he was deceived by those who only knew how to talk about benevolence, justice and morality.
Moreover, such a system has too many disadvantages and must be reformed.
And what about after the reform? Don't they still need new people and new vested interests to take over their power?
What the emperor has to do is to always maintain this balance and enter a good cycle.
The incident in Datong was just the beginning of his initial reform and purge.
Forming the Royal Chamber of Commerce is just the first step he has taken.
Although these dozen or so merchants are all low-end merchants now, with his support, I believe they will soon develop and expand.
They are the new gainers. If they want to grow bigger and become a truly wealthy family, they must rely on him as the emperor.
In this way, they can form a bundle of interests and stand on the same front, which naturally becomes the foundation of the emperor's rule.
In the future, he will have more choices and ways to deal with deep-rooted profiteers such as Beijing merchants, Hui merchants, and Zhejiang merchants, instead of just relying on killing people to solve problems.
The concept and formation of the Chamber of Commerce had already been formed in the Ming Dynasty, but it was not so formal.
Aren't merchants from Zhejiang and Huizhou merchants' alliances in the nature of chambers of commerce?
Therefore, when Zhu Youxiao said that he would form a Royal Chamber of Commerce, these large businessmen also understood.
But they really couldn't imagine why the emperor would think of this.
But at this time, they didn't dare to have other ideas at all, and they didn't even dare to ask more questions, for fear that they might say something wrong and offend the killer star.
Seeing their unconditional obedience, Zhu Youxiao secretly thought to himself, this bloody knife is more effective than words.
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