"What? Your Majesty ignored the public opinion requests of the world's gentry and decided to convene a public meeting. How could this happen? Those ungrateful people, if Your Majesty listened to those people's nonsense, wouldn't we have to eat 1 less meal per meal? If you only have one chicken, how many pieces of clothing will you lose every year?”
The news spread far away, and some landowners couldn't help but sigh. Update without error@
Your Majesty's previous land reform has caused internal instability among many landlords and local powerful families. .
After all, why did people listen to the head of the family before? Because the head of the family can control the most important property of the family, land.
Now that the land is in the hands of each family, there is nothing to control it. If you want to oppress other people, why should they be oppressed by you?
"No, we have to send someone. Even if we can't speak, we can't let those mud-legged people talk nonsense."
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"His Majesty is going to convene a public opinion meeting. Should we, the head of the family, go?"
"Go, let's go. Your Majesty has ascended the throne. Although our life is much better, if I don't go out tomorrow, what will the people in the family eat?
And even if I go, what will happen? When there are so many people, how can it be your turn to speak? Even if it is your turn to speak, do you dare to tell the truth?
Even if you tell the truth, what will His Majesty think? His Majesty has been on the throne for so many years, and the people still don't have enough to eat. Isn't that a slap in the face to His Majesty? "
"But if we don't go, then all the powerful landlords will go, wouldn't it be even more detrimental to us?"
"What you said makes sense. Let's do this. You bake two cakes in advance. When the time comes, you take the two children with you and talk to the third aunt. You can go there together. If His Majesty does not choose you, remember to say that you My life is much better than before. I can never say that I am still not full after I collapsed.
Those officials don't care about our life or death.
If you bring your two children to see His Majesty, you will be considered to have met a big shot, and the children will be able to brag about their own children. "
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"Father, are you really going to attend this public opinion meeting tomorrow? Your Majesty is already mean to officials. If you go, won't you make His Majesty unhappy?"
"It is precisely because of this that I want to go. This world is not only the emperor's world, but also the world of our officials. Now the emperor has become his one-spoken world.
Some time ago, the Donglin Party was directly labeled as a traitor. If it is not organized, the Ming Dynasty will fall one day. Even if the Ming Dynasty does not fall, we will not have a good life as officials.
We study hard for ten years in cold weather. What is the purpose of it? Isn’t it just to become a master and enjoy ourselves?
Now His Majesty has gone against the grain and imposed on us the shackles of sixteen major disciplines and six points of attention. As a matter of fact, we dared to discuss matters above the court, but we did not dare to offend the emperor at all.
Think about how arrogant those court officials were when they pointed at the emperor's nose and scolded them more than ten years ago. If we don't use this public opinion meeting to speak out now, the civil officials will be like the military generals before. Slowly Become a slave to the royal family. "
"Then will His Majesty kill you? You must know that His Majesty is never merciless in killing people."
"No, the public opinion conference was proposed by His Majesty. What is the people? It's not just those mud-legged people. Local powerful people, landlords, businessmen, nobles, and officials are all subjects of the Ming Dynasty! Since His Majesty mentioned the public opinion conference, I don't think so. Go, it's not that you don't give your Majesty face."
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