Tao Yuanming frowned: "To defeat Liu Yu, even from a cultural and theoretical point of view, it is not the Buddhists' turn. Liu Yu's mortal enemies are aristocratic families and a group of scholars. They have always believed in the ways of Huang and Lao. , this Buddhism itself was introduced from Tianzhu in the west, and was mostly believed by the Hulu tribe in the northern Fan states. It was not a dominant idea in the Jin Dynasty. To use this to deal with Liu Yu, it is better to look for the Taoist classics of Tianshi Dao."
Doupeng sighed: "Yuan Ming, Yuan Ming, how could you, a smart man like you, not even think of this? I have been talking for a long time just now, just to tell you that Liu Yu's strength does not lie in his pure military talent , but because he can win the hearts and minds of the people, not only by the loyalty of a big brother who is willing to sacrifice himself to save his brothers, but also by the way of buying people's hearts and getting close to the untouchables, which we find ridiculous. He offends the wealthy family and the entire The purpose of the noble group is to distribute the benefits of noble families to ordinary people. You think it's ridiculous, even if you hate him as a scholar, the lower class people will support him!"
Tao Yuanming gritted his teeth: "His idea is unrealistic. The reason why the untouchables cannot achieve anything is that they have no culture and no knowledge. Even if they are given fields and farm tools, they can't manage them. What I think of these farmers is the worst." It is clear that after dividing the land, you just have to scatter seeds and loosen the soil, and then you can be lazy and wait for harvest in the autumn harvest. If there is no harvest, you will rely on the government and the court for relief, or simply go into debt. Later, he sold his land and became a tenant farmer. Isn't that how the landless tenant farmers in the aristocratic family manors in Wudi came to be? I have been poor since I was a child and have dealt with these villains the most. I know what the sage said, only women and It’s hard to raise a villain, what’s going on?”
Doupeng smiled slightly: "Do you think that the rumors that were spread in the six counties of Jiangbei caused panic and caused many bankers who moved there to oppose Liu Yu? This proves that Liu Yu is doing a thankless job. Something about?"
Tao Yuanming nodded confidently: "Of course, Liu Yu gave these tenants fields, gave them seeds, farm tools, and exempted them from taxes for a few years. It is said that all benevolence and justice are done, but as long as I give them a little guidance and incitement, they will It will make them believe that from now on, the imperial court will directly collect taxes from them. In the past, well-meaning wealthy families paid taxes for them and provided them with food and drink. In the future, they will have to accept the exploitation of the imperial court. What Liu Yu did in Jiangbei Well, just a few words from me can make those common people hate Liu Yu in turn. Some people even regard him as the same person as Sima Yuanxian. He can only say beautiful words, but he wants to suck their blood. If Liu Yu hadn't personally gone to Jiangbei to visit many villages and promised to be exempted from taxes for three years, I'm afraid someone in Jiangbei would have rebelled."
Having said this, Tao Yuanming paused: "But it doesn't matter. This time Liu Yuren goes on an expedition to Nanyan, I can still cause trouble in Jiangbei through Sima Guofan. In recent years, Pengcheng's internal history has been Liu Yilian, a big corrupt official. I have already caught him a lot because of his excessive accumulation of money. I am just waiting for the opportunity to spread these evidences in Jiangbei, which will definitely give Liu Yu a big surprise!"
Doupeng sighed: "Your thoughts are still stuck two years ago, Yuan Ming. This is very dangerous. In the past two years, the people in Jiangbei have gained from Liu Yu's distribution of land, fields, seeds and farm tools. I have gained a lot of benefits. I have accumulated food and wealth that I could not accumulate in ten years in the family manor in Jiangnan. I have received benefits that I have never had before, and I really don’t have to pay taxes for several years. These are real benefits. If you now imagine the incitement you did two years ago, I’m afraid it won’t work.”
Tao Yuanming gritted his teeth: "It's just three years of tax exemption. In more than a year, they will start paying taxes. At that time, I will contact those wealthy families and ask the village heads and village chiefs they sent to help. If the taxes are overcharged and these immigrants have to pay more taxes than before, they will be collected in the name of the imperial court as Liu Yu said. Then as long as someone causes trouble again and causes some bloodshed during the collection process, If there are several cases where the government forces the people to rebel, I can guarantee that many people will defect to the various righteous forces represented by Sima Guofan."
Doupeng said coldly: "I'm afraid you underestimate Liu Yu's local business. Nowadays, few of the people in charge of the villages are the stewards sent by the original aristocratic families to Jiangbei. Even if there are still some stewards from the aristocratic families, They were allotted land themselves and became minor officials, so why should they obey the orders of their former boss? What Liu Yu gave them was more generous than what the aristocratic family gave them. If the aristocratic family could give Liu Yu's conditions, then unless they didn't make any money Do you think it’s possible to stop sucking blood?”
Tao Yuanming was speechless for a long time, and then sighed: "So, my lord, you mean that we are no longer Liu Yu's opponent in the competition for the hearts and minds of these people? These people have realized that Liu Yu has brought them Benefits that have never been given by aristocratic families for hundreds of years?"
Doupeng nodded: "Yes, Liu Yu gave away the family's benefits and land to these common people for personal favors. This kind of person is the most terrifying, because he doesn't even care about future generations, he only cares about future generations. Thinking about realizing his own ideals, I originally thought that the Northern Expedition was his ambition. Now it seems that we were all wrong about him. What he wanted was to truly make everyone equal in the world and realize that kind of utopia, which is even more terrifying. What's more, it is really possible for him to achieve this. In the past, although Huang Lao's way and metaphysics talked about the old age and the death, and the noise of chickens and dogs, it was just to prevent the imperial power from going to the countryside, so that the noble families of the aristocratic families could It’s just words to control the situation at the grassroots level, but Liu Yu, he means it!”
Tao Yuanming gritted his teeth: "So, Huang Laozhi's theory of resting with the people and the so-called "rest with the people" of aristocratic families cannot compete with Liu Yu's theory? Because aristocratic nobles always want to take advantage of themselves and get something for nothing, it is doomed. To drink the blood and sweat of the people is nothing more than a difference between high and low. But Liu Yu's kind of world where everyone has his own land, what he wants to collect is just the most basic tax, which will definitely be lower than the amount that aristocratic families want to collect, and also It will bring more benefits to the people. If we can't destroy the plan, then Huang Laozhi will definitely not be able to compete with him, right?"
Doupeng's eyes flashed coldly: "That's right. Huang Laozhi said that the style of metaphysics was originally brought out by noble families in order to confront the imperial power and compete with the country for people's power. Their so-called way of heaven, ancient saints , the former kings are nothing more than using the dead to suppress the living. In reality, you can't compete with Liu Yu's methods. Those who really want to compete with him for the hearts and minds of the people are these foreign monks. This is why I want you to start studying Buddhist theory. !”
