Thinking of this, Wang Defa felt much better.
Your Majesty is taking the untouchables as the people, which is a wrong direction.
Because there are several layers of officials between these untouchables and His Majesty!
There are policies and measures to counter.
Since Your Majesty has abandoned the true will of the people, there is only a dead end.
What Ming Dynasty needs is an emperor who takes the blame, not an emperor who makes decisions for ordinary people.
If Zhu Youjian knew what the other party was thinking, he would just laugh and say, "Idiot, times have changed."
There is an old saying that goes, "The king is like a boat; the common people are like water; water carries the boat, and water overturns the boat."
What is ridiculous is that all dynasties have never truly understood what common people are and what public opinion is.
Common people are ordinary people, not rich or powerful people.
Public opinion is what the people really need, not the nonsense from the mouths of powerful people!
"If you listen to what officials say about public opinion, it would be better to go find the crooked-neck tree as soon as possible."
Historically, Zhu Youjian simply listened to the so-called public opinion of the Donglin Party and ended up with a miserable end.
Zhu Youjian simply disagrees with those so-called "people" who would rather be slaves to the subjugation of their country than severely exploit ordinary people.
As for the news blockade, it coerces public opinion to rebel. ,
Zhu Youjian is not even afraid. Do you really think that the millions of silver coins used in information warfare every year over the years have been wasted? '
The rich and powerful people were not of the same mind as the emperor. Zhu Youjian knew this.
But similarly, ordinary people and those with power are not of the same mind.
What those powerful people need is an emperor who is easy to fool and take the blame. Rather than a wise and mighty emperor.
What the emperor wanted was a group of civil servants like Bao Zheng and generals like Yue Fei.
Those with power want the people below to be "sensible."
The people at the bottom hope that those with power and affairs can have a bit of B-face.
Different classes are destined to have different positions!
The reason why people were so easily deceived in the past was ultimately caused by poor information circulation.
If there aren't enough channels to get information, isn't it normal to be deceived into being a gunman?
To put it ironically, the emperors of the Ming dynasty sent eunuchs to collect mining taxes. What does it have to do with ordinary people?
Do ordinary people have mines at home?
Why are the people rebelling? It was because of the wrong method and the manipulation of some thoughtful people that it became like that. ,
In the end, the emperor had no choice but to let it go in order to take care of his reputation.
But now that Zhu Youjian has ascended the throne, why can Ming Dynasty remain stable by collecting taxes from those who are rich and powerful?
Not only because Zhu Youjian has an army of millions, but he has never been soft on the masterminds behind the rebellion.
More importantly, Zhu Youjian strengthened the transmission of information.
Any policy that can be made public will be announced by the Jin Yiwei village by village.
When raising taxes on the rich, Jin Yiwei will also explain that the court is doing this to reduce their burden.
Ordinary people are not stupid, they can clearly distinguish between good and bad.
It opens up the flow of information at the grassroots level and lets more people know about the court's policies. Small-scale rebellions are still possible, but large-scale rebellions are not possible!
At the same time, Zhu Youjian was in the capital looking at these crystal clear glass products and the latest loom in his hands, and couldn't help but sigh, "Times have changed, are the Western barbarians ready to tremble?" "
