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"What your Majesty said is true. We naturally hope that the country will be peaceful and the people will be safe." Representatives of the landowners and gentry said in unison.
At the same time, he couldn't help but cursed "old fox" in his heart.
In their hearts, they really do not want the Ming Dynasty to end, with one emperor and one courtier, one dynasty, and a group of nobles.
After all, if the Ming Dynasty ends and a new dynasty is established, your land and other things will definitely be taken away by the new nobles.
But they don't want to see the country's peace and prosperity.
After all, people all over the world regard land as their lifeblood.
And no one is a fool who would rather be a slave than a good farmer.
If there were no natural or man-made disasters, how could they take advantage of the opportunity to lower prices? How could they get the maximum benefit from the goods at the minimum cost?
But there is no way to say it in front of everyone.
Some things can be said, but not done. Some things can be done privately, but never spoken out.
If you dare to tell the truth, once you go out, everyone will definitely stay away from you. Even your own family will try their best to distance themselves from you. By then, I will really be done for.
"I don't want the world to be in chaos. All the land ownership in the world belongs to me. When the time comes, some people will take advantage of natural disasters or cause man-made disasters to seize my land. The nature of that is not good. It’s the same. When the time comes, the people can come to the capital to complain. At that time, I don’t believe that there are still officials who dare to turn a big issue into a trivial one!”
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Although I have never farmed, I know that a farmer with about ten people, even if the family has 20 acres of land, may not have any money left in hand throughout the year.
If they are lazy, extravagant and wasteful, eating and drinking freely every day and spending money at will, forget it.
But I know they don’t. On the contrary, they are much harder working than many people.
I don’t know whether you understand the suffering of the people in the world, but I know that you never want me to see the suffering of the people in the world. "
"I also know that everyone likes money, but I hope you understand that we are all human beings, and the reason why people behave is because they are human.
"Li Lou Xia·Chapter 19" Mencius said: "The reason why humans are different from animals is that when the common people go away, the gentlemen will survive. Shun understood the common people, observed human relations, and acted based on benevolence and righteousness, but not benevolence and righteousness."
To put it bluntly, if people don’t have the heart of benevolence and righteousness, they are just like animals.
In my opinion, everyone is human, so naturally they should understand what I mean. "
Zhu Youjian said.
In Zhu Youjian's view, the decline of any dynasty begins with the endless oppression of the people at the bottom.
The endless greed from above ruined the dynasty, and it is indeed necessary for innocent people to bear the consequences of the dynasty's destruction again.
Those landlords, gentry, and corrupt officials treat the common people as pieces of fat sheep. They always think that as long as they squeeze them as hard as they can, they will definitely get some oil and water out of them.
But as everyone knows, what was blown out along with the oil and water was the people's hearts.
Everyone has thoughts, and whether they are good or not can be seen at a glance.
Historically, the main force behind the Hou Jin's destruction of China was not the slave-building army, but the surrendered Han armies. Update without error@
They were greedy for life and afraid of death when facing the slaves, and they were indeed brave when facing their own people. .
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