In fact, what Huang Qiong said was just lying with his eyes open. Not to mention anything else, my second brother, who ruled Zhengzhou, gave that heavy gift to Prime Minister Chen on his birthday. Where did the money come from? Apart from the wealth and anointing of the people in his own fiefdom, what other source could there be? I'm afraid that if King Rui really followed the ancestral system, he wouldn't be able to come up with such a big deal.
The prince is indeed considered rich. Not to mention other princes, when they leave the palace to live in the palace, according to the ancestral system, the emperor will generally reward him with a large amount of money. According to the number of Yongye fields given to them, they can generally live a life of good food and clothing. But the problem is that the money is enough if you want to have good clothing and food, but it is not enough if you want to do other things.
Jia Quan once said that King Rui and King Jing fought like black-eyed chickens with the prince in private. They all tried their best to establish their own power in the court. To win over officials, the money must not go out like water. Just relying on Yongyetian's annual income may not be enough.
If you don't have money these days, who will do things for you, even if you are a prince. Anyway, before you become emperor, you can't decide someone's life or death. If you want to maintain your life of fine clothing and fine food, and also want to attract more officials to work for you, what if you don't want to find a way to make money?
The real situation of those two people in the fiefdom causing outrage and making money by scratching the ground is probably more serious than what those old men said, and it will definitely not be lighter. Because according to the so-called ancestral system of the Da Qi Dynasty, the clan was not allowed to do business. The fight between the two kings and the prince is so fierce right now, and it is impossible for them to hand over the matter to the prince themselves.
Under various restrictions, besides land, what else can make money? But Huang Qiong had no way to say this directly. Faced with the emperor's sigh, all he could do now was tell lies with his eyes open to comfort his emperor. As for more, Huang Qiong felt that there was still nothing he could do.
This not only involves the two princes, but also involves the one who now regards him as a thorn in his side, but he is more focused on being outside the vassal, and is actually threatening his brothers, and he has not yet had time to remove him. Prince. Huang Qiong doesn't think he has the strength to go into this kind of muddy water right now.
At present, the snipe and the clam are fighting. Although he, a fisherman, does not want to gain anything, at least he does not want to get involved. No matter who I speak to today, it will cause retaliation from other parties. As for this revenge, I simply don't have the ability to bear it right now. Sitting on the mountain and watching the tigers fight, and secretly thinking of ways to accumulate strength, is the most important thing for him to do right now.
But even though he had made up his mind to sit on the mountain and watch the fight between tigers and tigers, Huang Qiong still felt guilty in his conscience. Huang Qiong, who always wanted to do something for the refugees, looked at the emperor in front of him and gritted his teeth and said: "Father, I have you. If I don't say something, I always feel like it's stuck in my throat. But if I say it, I'm afraid it will insult the saints, so I don't know whether to say it or not."
"There are only two of us here, father and son. There are no outsiders. What can't you say? Why are you afraid that I won't be able to bear your words and will punish you? When did you become so timid? You deceived me back then. In the past, why weren't you afraid that I would punish you afterwards?"
The emperor was very dissatisfied with Huang Qiong's hesitation. Although he also knew that it would not be a good thing for him to make his naughty son hesitate so much. But the emperor still wanted to hear, who would this son target? Is it the backstage prince of Jingzhao Mansion, King Rui or King Jing.
Since the emperor has already opened his mouth, Huang Qiong naturally has nothing to hesitate about. Anyway, it's already reached this point. Whether you say it or not, the result will probably be the same. Thinking of this, Huang Qiong gritted his teeth and said: "Father, before I came to the palace, I have been studying in the cold palace and have never been relieved or seen the world outside."
"I neither know nor have seen the people's livelihood in Daqi. But if you read more books, you will understand more about the principles in the books, and people will naturally think further. Of course, this thought , not the kind of thinking about something that you shouldn’t think about, but thinking about something that makes sense.”
"On the way back, my son remembered a sentence in the "Historical Records" when I was reading history books: Qin's tyranny treated the people as lackeys and perished in two generations. Although the First Emperor said that he would destroy the six kingdoms and unify the world, the Qin government But he was harsh on tyranny. The people were unbearable and the princes and generals were willing to live in harmony, which caused great chaos in the world and caused the great foundation created by the First Emperor to perish in just two lifetimes."
"The Yellow Turban Rebellion at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, although Zhang Jiao and his ilk deceived the public with their demonic words, it may not have nothing to do with the fierce land annexation at that time. Although the Western Jin Dynasty's fall was caused by the Wuhu chaos, the initiator was the refugee rebellion. Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty started They built canals, built palaces, conquered Korea, paraded around, and exaggerated the country's power, which made the people lose all support. In the end, the government forced the people to rebel and ruined the great country?"
"Although Emperor Taizu of this dynasty started his army in the wilderness, it was precisely because of the participation of a large number of refugees that it finally grew stronger and finally conquered the world, creating a great foundation for this dynasty. You will never forget the past and be the guide for the future. The boat and the people are water, and the water can carry the boat but also overturn it. The people's heart cannot be insulted, and the people's heart cannot be deceived."
"Father, if the general trend of the world is as what a few people said, then it is really as dangerous as a pebble. The land annexation is getting more and more intense, causing more and more refugees. Even if you sell your children and sell your children, you still can't have enough to eat. The common people will rebel if they cannot survive. Once someone with ulterior motives spreads rumors and then rises to the top to speak out, the general trend of the world may be in danger of being corrupted."
"Right now, in the north of our Qi Dynasty, we have Bei Liao, who are always looking for opportunities to go south to herd the Central Plains. In the west, we have the Uighurs and Tibetan tribes. In the south, we have Annan, who is always ambitious and keeps peeking at me in Guangnan. On the surface, there are all the surrounding areas. It's quiet, but in fact there are tigers and leopards all around. Once there is turmoil within our country, the surrounding area will immediately turn into smoke."
Speaking of this, Huang Qiong wanted to explain to the emperor in front of him what he saw when he was studying history in his previous life. The last feudal dynasty in China was able to enter the pass and finally establish the Dinghe Mountains. In fact, it was through the civil strife in the previous dynasty, that is, Taking care of both ends but ultimately failing to take care of both ends. In the end, it was dragged down by civil strife, and the nation that was relatively peaceful was able to enter the customs.
It's a pity that if he really said it, he would probably be treated like a madman or a fool. However, there are many examples now. In addition to the Eight Kings Rebellion, there is another point that many people ignore when the Western Jin Dynasty collapses. That is the refugee uprisings that occurred one after another in various places at the end of the Western Jin Dynasty, which greatly consumed the strength of the Western Jin Dynasty.
Coupled with the Eight Kings Rebellion, the later Wuhu Rebellion appeared. And later in the Northern Wei Dynasty, it was the refugee uprising that triggered some subsequent events. The danger of refugees is not a trivial matter on the surface. Although refugee rebellion may not necessarily destroy a dynasty, it can hollow out the foundation of the dynasty.
In fact, in Huang Qiong's view, it is not very appropriate to use the Western Jin Dynasty and the Northern Wei Dynasty, which did not have major foreign troubles, to compare the current situation. In fact, the most appropriate one should be the Ming Dynasty hundreds of years later. Although there is no major war between Bei Liao and Da Qi at present, small frictions on the border between the two countries often occur. There are always one or two battles involving more than 10,000 people every year.
Although Daqi's current military expenditure burden is not as high as that of the Ming Dynasty, which would be the most serious military expenditure a few hundred years later. However, the burden of more than 100,000 frontier troops on the third front consumed almost 40% of Da Qi's annual income every year. Especially on the Qi-Liao border, almost 60% of the more than 100,000 border troops were concentrated. It can be said that the burden, especially the consumption of military expenses, is not that small.
At present, the civil strife in Northern Liao has been settled. Although the current emperor is still young, the regent Queen Mother Xiao Chuo is a woman with extremely outstanding skills and abilities. Seizing the military power of the kings and employing a large number of Han ministers, and re-employing his childhood sweetheart Han Derang, the country flourished. They are always preparing their troops and horses, preparing to go south to the Central Plains to fulfill the last wishes of the emperors of the Northern Liao Dynasty.
This Empress Dowager Xiao, Huang Qiong had already been famous for a long time in her previous life. I know that the skills of this Empress Dowager Xiao are not much weaker than that of the empress in the previous Tang Dynasty who usurped the world of Li Tang. Simply because she violated the so-called ancestral system and forcibly seized the military power scattered in the hands of the kings of the Northern Liao Dynasty, but did not cause any turmoil in the Northern Liao Dynasty, it is enough to see that this woman's skills are far from ordinary people.
Although he did not have any ambition to become emperor, Muma Zhongyuan's ambition was no less than that of the previous emperors of Northern Liao Dynasty. Especially when I heard that the Queen Mother was unclear about her childhood sweetheart. It must be that going south to the Central Plains to accomplish the unfinished work of the previous emperors of the Northern Liao Dynasty and to quell the criticism in the country is also what this strong woman often thinks about.
And whether the Li Dynasty of Annan was raising troops to cause trouble in the south, and from time to time he led troops into the Guangnan West Road. In fact, Daqi's current border troubles are no better than those of the Ming Dynasty a few hundred years later. At this time, if the careless handling of the refugees triggers civil strife, no one will believe that Beiliao does not seize the opportunity to immediately attack the Central Plains, and Annan does not invade Guangnan.
However, Huang Qiong also knew that although he did not say everything, that was all he could say, and any more would probably be too much. The emperor, who was exposed as his son's wife, was originally in a bad mood. If you talk too much, you might completely anger the emperor. It is estimated that the emperor did not like to hear a word of his words.
Huang Qiong had heard her mother mention it more than once that she, the emperor, always prided herself on Taizong of the Tang Dynasty. But his mind was definitely not a little inferior to that of Tang Taizong, who was very open-minded and sincere in accepting advice. If he was really stimulated by his own words and couldn't stand it, he might become the target of his venting. Thinking about the fate of that yamen servant, Huang Qiong wisely kept his mouth shut.
Sure enough, when listening to Huang Qiong's words, the emperor's face became darker and darker. By the end, the emperor's face had become terrifyingly gloomy, and even a blind man could feel the anger radiating from his body. When Huang Qiong closed his mouth, the emperor almost said in a voice between his teeth: "You actually dare to compare me to the second emperor of Qin, the second emperor of Qin Dynasty, the second emperor of the later Han Dynasty, Huan and Ling. You are worthy of death."
Hearing the emperor's words, Huang Qiong wanted to give himself a big mouth immediately. My mother once mentioned that as an emperor, it is difficult for me to listen to other people's different opinions. Especially in good times, there is a suspicion of being a little too narrow-minded. Why did I just want to have fun, but in the end I didn't control my mouth and said everything.
Although what he said was not an exaggeration, nor was it alarmism, at most it was just the truth. These words may not matter in normal times, but now the emperor himself is not very happy. Doesn't his telling the truth add fuel to the fire, and is it a typical case of making trouble?
