Chapter 90 Undercurrent surges
Although, in actual practice, as long as there is a problem between the elders and the younger generation, the younger generation will definitely suffer. Just like the case in Nanjing, but the Ministry of Punishment has designated this case as a typical case, so we can't go too far in deciding the case.
It is absolutely impossible to stereotype the division of family property as disobedience and unfilial piety.
Although the property distributed is usually very small, many young people are willing to get freedom.
And Jiangxi is different from other places.
Jiangxi is prone to litigation. This trend has been around since the Song Dynasty and has not changed for a day or two. This may be because the people in Jiangxi are highly literate and know a lot. Many local officials in Jiangxi have been manipulated by Jiangxi lawyers regarding the law.
This makes many people in official circles have a feeling about Jiangxi, that is, Jiangxi has many unruly people. It’s not easy to mix.
I hate lawyers to the core.
Therefore, after the implementation of the new law, it is difficult to say in other places, many places have not responded, although some local officials have tried hard to respond, naturally in order to stand out. It's just that in the overall bureaucracy, the conservatives still account for a huge majority. Due to Zhu Yuanzhang's attitude, they will not express their position. But there are many things that don’t require a statement.
Not doing anything is much easier than doing something. There are many ways, and Zhu Yuanzhang has no way to deal with it.
Of course, as an emperor, Zhu Yuanzhang was unreasonable and confident. You can flip the table at any time. But Zhu Yuanzhang also knew that there was a price to pay. It's not worth it for these petty officials.
This is also the reason why Zhu Yuanzhang supported He Xi in building the city of Beijing. In fact, he was starting a new business in Beijing. In the future, it will replace the current Ming Dynasty bureaucracy.
It's a plan to draw money from the bottom of the cauldron.
And this little Dianshi was considered a loyal person to the people, but he really couldn't stand all the chaos that had occurred since the reform, so he risked his own life.
He mainly talked about many issues.
For example, there are more lawsuits in local areas. Since the new law, the number of lawsuits over local family divisions has increased more than ten times, and there are countless fathers, sons, and couples who are enemies. There are countless cases of unfilial sons and unkind fathers. In a word, the atmosphere is declining day by day.
As a Confucian scholar, this is completely unbearable.
In fact, these problems do not exist, they are just hidden in the family management system. To put it bluntly, if the trend in these days is not forced to the extreme, who would come out to make trouble. Many lives have disappeared silently. The word "family law" has never been affectionate.
It’s just that if I couldn’t see it before, I just pretended that I didn’t know it.
Now we see that the world is in decline.
How many innocent souls are there under the Chastity Arch? No one ever cared.
Of course, there are some real problems. For example, there are too many lawsuits, and many subordinate officials are eating the top and bottom, eating both sides. and many judicial matters. After all, there had never been so many cases before, and the local government had only enough people. Nowadays, there are so many cases, so many affairs, and many things are beyond our control.
So that problems like this arise.
It can be said that, on the whole, Zhu Yuanzhang's reforms starting from the Qing Dynasty were to strengthen local management. To strengthen local management is to increase the affairs of local bureaucracy. Zhu Yuanzhang had no intention of increasing manpower. There is no thought of raising salary.
Zhu Yuanzhang also has the latter. Because Zhu Yuanzhang believed that after He Xi carried out the currency reform and turned the treasure banknotes into banknotes, the currency value of the banknotes would rise back. Even if it is a salary increase for officials.
After King Yan finished reading it, he put down the memorial.
The prince said: "Fourth brother, what do you think?"
King Yan said: "My younger brother has been at the border all year round. I don't know much about things here, and I don't have any opinions."
The prince said: "Do you know why my father asked someone to bring this to me?"
King Yan said: "Why?"
The prince said: "My father probably thinks that I support this person's opposition to the new law. But how is it possible? I'm not that boring?"
The prince felt that this memorial was a warning from Zhu Yuanzhang to him. What Zhu Yuanzhang was talking about was not just this memorial, but the wave of opposition to the new law that was brewing in the Ming Dynasty.
After all, it’s not that everyone doesn’t understand many of Zhu Yuanzhang’s plans. Now many things in New Beijing are being looked at under a magnifying glass.
Many measures have been studied over and over again.
Now that things have reached this point, many things have become obvious.
He Xi's many actions are extremely frightening.
For example, the imperial court bypassed local gentry to recruit people. What does this mean? This represents a threat to the privileges of many families in the countryside. After all, Zhu Yuanzhang had previously agreed that the imperial power should not go to the countryside. The Ming Dynasty's local rule was only in the county town, or in the larger towns within the county town, where there would be colleagues or patrol guards. Elsewhere, almost no one cares.
But now it's different, they don't know each other anymore.
If the rich people in the countryside are only worried about their own interests, many Confucian scholars and even bureaucrats are worried about their own status.
Apart from anything else, many ministers cannot understand or understand the Banking Department, which is the core position in the entire construction of Beijing. As the Beijing city project becomes larger and larger, more and more people are involved, and the system of the Planning Department becomes more and more complete. The difference between the urban system in He Xi's mind and the traditional government-run county system becomes even greater. .
Those who want to be eliminated are always unwilling to withdraw from the stage of history.
The more this happens, the more undercurrents there are in all aspects, and even Zhu Yuanzhang's reputation cannot be suppressed.
Of course, some people are really worried about the future of the Ming Dynasty. For example, the memorial in front of me is just a classic history, and a petty official like sesame seeds and mung beans. If you get involved in this matter, you may very well end up somewhere else.
However, he resolutely submitted the letter, perhaps because of political speculation, but there must also be a belief in petitioning for the people. There is no contradiction between the two. After all, people are very complex.
The prince's attitude became more and more known. Even the more people opposed the reform, the more supporters the prince had in the civil and official circles.
This is why the prince felt that Zhu Yuanzhang asked King Yan to bring this memorial to warn him.
This is also where the prince is helpless.
Although the prince opposed many of He Xi's practices, it is wrong to say that the prince opposed the new law. The prince is opposed to the too drastic promotion of the new law, rather than against the new law itself. After all, the prince has seen the torrent of history and cannot go back.
However, the biggest difference between the prince and Zhu Yuanzhang is the speed and purpose of taking this path.
King Yan didn't know what Zhu Yuanzhang meant, but King Yan understood why Zhu Yuanzhang suspected that the prince had exerted his strength in it. Without him, the letter was from a classic. If the prince was interested, there were a thousand ways to prevent this memorial from being ignored. Appeared in front of Zhu Yuanzhang.
Zhu Yuanzhang has always left room for the prince. In the Secretary's Prison, the prince's influence has always been retained, although Zhu Xiongying is now running errands in it. But most of the secretaries and supervisors were from the prince.
Is it possible that the prince does not support it?
It's just that the prince may have overlooked one thing. His subordinates have their own ideas. Everyone is not a tool, especially the more capable people are, the more so. It is impossible for such people to be other people's puppets and have no ideas of their own.
For example, Fang Xiaoru.
King Yan said: "Brother, if you have anything to say to your father, can't you tell me? Since my father has a misunderstanding, just go to your father and make it clear."
The prince shook his head slightly and suddenly asked: "What do you think of this memorial?"
In fact, he was still asking King Yan what he thought of the new law.
This is also something that the prince has always wanted to find out, and it is also a test to determine whether King Yan wants to participate in the seizure of the heir.
King Yan frowned slightly, knowing that this matter could not be avoided. He thought for a moment and said: "My father is wise and powerful, and there must be a reason for what he did. I am stupid by nature and cannot understand some things, so I just have to figure it out slowly. Since this new law is supported by my father, , there must be no problem. In my opinion, the most important thing is not what laws my father implements, but the memorials of these people below? What are they trying to do? To drive a wedge between the father and son of the Tian family, or do they want to rebel? This One thing cannot be ignored. It will definitely make the people of the world understand who is the master of the world."
