At this point, Heipao suddenly frowned slightly and murmured: "Actually, there is still something to be said for Sima Yuanxian. Maybe, to further isolate the Xie family, we can use a corpse to resurrect him."
Yu Yue's face was full of doubts. He looked at the black robe and murmured: "What kind of resurrecting a corpse? This Sima Yuanxian has been dead for many years, how can he still stir up trouble?"
The black robe curled up his lips and said: "I'm thinking that if we want to restrict Liu Yu in the future, it's not enough to rely on Buddhism alone. To attack and restrict Liu Yu, we have to use the righteousness he preaches all day long to attack his own nature. Talent is that everyone is equal to the common people, which is the aspect of benevolence and righteousness. It can be solved with the Buddhist concept of equality of all living beings and practicing good deeds. As for his military merits and titles, winning promotions in wars, and giving people hope, it is necessary to use the righteousness of the Northern Expedition. Come to support it, use loyalty to the emperor and patriotism as the banner, and for this, just follow the other's way and give back to the other."
A hint of excitement flashed across Yu Yue's face: "Why are you doing it to me again? Come on, tell me."
The black robe smiled slightly: "Liu Yu is now using a puppet emperor who can't speak and looks like a zombie to fulfill his claim of being a loyal minister and good general. In fact, he uses the queen Wang Miaoyin to complete his control over the emperor. In the eyes of outsiders, he He revived the Jin Dynasty, was very kind to the Sima family, and continued to fight for the country. He was a loyal minister, but in fact, he was not the emperor, but more than the emperor. Wang Miaoyin was just his spokesperson to control the court. , the Xie family relied on Wang Miaoyin to maintain a de facto alliance with Liu Yu, and also to gain support for him among the aristocratic families, serving as a transit point to mediate the conflicts between the two parties."
"Liu Yu's military merits and the idea of using the title as an official are basically to affect the interests of the aristocratic families, but why do the aristocratic families still support him now? It's because he skillfully used foreign wars to Seize the northern lands of the Hu people, or seize the former Huan Chu lands of Jingzhou and Jiangzhou, and use the benefits of these new lands in exchange for serving as officials for the children of the aristocratic families. The name of being an official is to accompany the army in battles and donate food. Chu Ding has contributed to these foreign conquests."
Yu Yue nodded thoughtfully and said, "Yes, you are right. Liu Yu used the newly occupied territory to share the benefits with both the aristocratic family and the military men. According to his original idea, only the Jingba Party was like this. Only those who have personally fought and shed blood can serve as officials and govern the country after the war. But it is probably Wang Miaoyin and Liu Muzhi who persuaded him and asked him to have a good relationship with the noble family to avoid a fire in the backyard. To be honest, we The Yu family and other Dazhong aristocratic families were summoned by Mrs.
A cold light flashed in the black robe's eyes: "You have taken advantage and suffered a big loss. On the surface, you have gained some benefits and occupied some new territory, but in fact, the Qiu Ba people under Liu Yu are the ones who occupy the territory." What's even more frightening is that ordinary civilians realize that fighting with him will lead to wealth and wealth, which is more promising than farming for you all your lives. Although there are risks, the more battles Liu Yu fights and wins, the more benefits he will get from the war. The more people there are, the more people will be attracted to help him conquer the world. After all, people will only see those who have become prosperous through fighting, and will turn a blind eye to the unlucky ones who were killed or maimed in battle."
Yu Yue said in a deep voice: "Now even the children of the aristocratic families have begun to follow Liu Yu, especially the tributary sons. They are not satisfied with inheriting a few manors and living as small landowners. They also want to live like this. Earn a title yourself. After all, you can only be an official if you have a title. If the land is not guaranteed by power, it can be taken away by others at any time. Within three generations, the head of the family may still take care of these bastards, but after three generations, the After five years of service, who will care about you? In fact, many of the estates that our aristocratic family has newly inherited were obtained from these distant relatives who either left the service or died out, because it is already difficult to grow any more."
The black robe sighed: "The descendants of wealthy families will be born more and more, but the family property will not increase. In the end, the poor people will be forced to marry without wives, and they will have no children or grandchildren. Later, the bastards from distant branches of the family will also Gradually, the manor owner turned into a rich farmer. The so-called family decline is like this. There is no eternal wealth in this world, and it is impossible for all future generations to be rich. Your aristocratic family, the internal fighting among the powerful for the family business, has given rise to Outsiders can take advantage of this opportunity. Now these bastards all want to follow Liu Yu and rely on fighting and meritorious deeds to make themselves famous in the future world.
I am seeking new opportunities. "
Yu Yue gritted his teeth and said, "You are right. The most troublesome problem for our family is that the more descendants we have, the more senior and powerful the family is, the more wives and concubines there are, and the family is full of children and grandchildren. After several generations, There may be hundreds of people in the generation of great-grandchildren. If they cannot obtain new titles and occupy new lands, they can only branch out within their own family. The main branch can only inherit the titles passed down from direct heirs and guard the corresponding titles. The manor and land, while the branches divided up the original extra family property, and finally divided it into smaller and smaller pieces. Our Yu family was brutally massacred by the old thief Huan Wen, so our population is sparse, but we can Preserve the territory of the main lineage clan."
"But families like the Xie family and the Wang family are in dire straits. Some of their descendants can only have more than 20 households of tenant farmers, and there are even six or seven people who share the same estate. This situation will continue for another generation or two. , I’m afraid I really have to work in the fields and become an ordinary farmer.”
The black robe smiled slightly: "So before these people really become farmers, they will find ways to follow Liu Yu to do some military service and earn some titles. In the future, they can go to these newly occupied territories and get more money than in Wu. For land, I no longer have to compete with you relatives who stayed in Wu for family property, right?"
Yu Yue sighed: "It seems that there is only one solution. This is one of the reasons why our big families have to cooperate with Liu Yu, let him expedition north and establish new territory that can accommodate more and more of our descendants. It can be regarded as another kind of entrustment to my nephew."
Having said this, Yu Yue looked at the black robe: "You said, how do you solve the problem through Buddhism that there are more and more descendants of aristocratic families like ours and cannot be settled? Is it true that Buddha has the ability to make countless more people in the world? Pure Land, will the children of our aristocratic families have a place to live and settle down?"
The black robe smiled and waved his hand: "What's so difficult about this? Buddha's power is boundless and he specializes in solving these problems!"
