Chapter 46 Encountering Obstacles
There are many things that you can’t just do if you say you’re going to do them, or you can’t do them if you say you don’t.
After all, He Di has broken away from the level of ordinary local tyrants and can make money from another level without caring about that little profit. But others can't. For many people, the benefits that He Di cannot see, feel they can give up, and feel are just small benefits are the lifeblood of these families' survival.
Without these things, they would be no different from ordinary portals.
These people are all He Di's younger brothers, and they only follow the He family's lead in many things. Many things have happened to the He family, and even any family has their blood sucked. Now, the He family just pats their butts and doesn't care. If I change the track, it will be strange if the people below are satisfied.
In this kind of struggle for interests, don't think that the people below are just good men and women. Especially the Guangdong clan.
That's not something to be trifled with.
It is not wrong to say that they are unruly people. The clan power in the south is stronger than that in the north. Guangdong and Guangxi also have Tujia and Hakka problems, and the strong folk customs are unimaginable in many places. It is commonplace to raise a hand and summon thousands of people with a single order.
He Di fooled him like this. I really think the people below are easy to ignore.
He Di still doesn't know who did this.
This made He Di very angry, but there was nothing he could do.
As a local snake in Guangdong, the He family should have been the most well-informed. This incident happened, and he still doesn't know who did it. who is involved. It can only explain one thing. That means he has lost control of the local area.
Many people collectively hid it from him.
He Di had no choice but to do anything about this situation, and the law did not blame everyone. What can he do? Get rid of all the people below. He Di is not the governor of Guangdong. Even the governor of Guangdong would not dare to do such a thing.
If you are not careful, the whole of Guangdong will rebel.
He Di was absolutely indignant at the people below doing this.
They were obviously raising him up as a sign, using the identity of the He family to fight against the imperial court. When the pressure from the imperial court subsided, it would naturally be the He family who would take the lead. Anyway, the imperial court's usual practice was to only punish the culprits without asking for coercion. Nowadays, some measures will be taken to appease the rebel areas.
This is actually a bargaining method between the central and local governments.
Confrontation and hostility are not meant to break up. But let the court know that they are in trouble. They can't stand it. Then the He family was sent to the court to vent their anger, and the court appeased the local area. Everyone is happy.
Generally speaking, the court will make certain concessions.
But the fate of the He family is hard to say.
Of course, the people below cannot be entirely blamed for the He family being like this. In the eyes of these people below, you betrayed your hometown elders by going to Nanjing. If I don’t mess with you, who will?
He Di had no choice.
He knew that confrontation with the imperial court was a dead end. But this cannot be told to the powerful gentry of Guangdong.
It is often difficult for people to understand each other. The soldiers and horses of the Ming Dynasty were not seen in Guangdong. They were very powerful. If He Di said that they were so powerful and all the soldiers came from the sky, they would only think that He Di was scared out of his wits.
Or just been bribed.
It became what it is now.
He Di is riding a tiger and can't get off. He is no longer a human being inside and out.
This is also the impact of the convening of the National Congress on He Xi. The local powerhouses seemed to have risen to a higher level out of thin air through the Dingguo Conference. Before this, no matter how powerful the local tyrants were, they were only influential in their own hometowns. Elsewhere, never heard of it at all.
The Dingguo Conference was held for half a year. This half year is enough for these people to connect emotionally and build connections.
And if you understand the latest court policies, you can only know about many opportunities to make money, such as railways.
In this case, they are different from the original local powerful.
He Di's situation is not a special case. It's just that in Guangdong, it's extremely obvious.
When He Di reached this point, he could only make up his mind to never do anything again.
Become a Cantonese.
After all, if he thinks about his nostalgia again, he will die. During his time in Nanjing, he also established some connections. He had already heard about the great scholar Tie Xuan going south to Guangdong, and maybe it was for him.
He has no choice.
After Tie Xuan arrived in Guangzhou, He Di was the first to come to the door and told Tie Xuan everything he knew, shocking Tie Xuan.
Yes, He Di was right.
Tie Xuan had already done his homework before coming. The first person he circled was He Di. Tie Xuan planned to take He Di's head when he arrived in Guangzhou.
In Tie Xuan's opinion, He Di's head was the most suitable.
No big deal. If the He family in Nanjing were still alive, the He family would be really reluctant to move. After all, the Dongguan uncle lineage has been integrated with the founding heroes. Otherwise, Lan Yu would not be involved. Although the founding lineage is not as good as before, it still depends on who you compare with.
It's not something ordinary people can compare to.
If Tie Xuan wanted to influence someone from the founding lineage, he would have to discuss it with the cabinet, and he would even have to know Zhu Xiongying. Otherwise things won't get done.
Although He Di rebuilt the He family, it was not as good as before.
Not small, after all, the power of the He family in Guangdong goes without saying. The He family alone has a title, and such a family can already shock the world.
However, since He Di is so sensible. It’s hard for Tie Hyun to start either.
With He Di's help, Tie Xuan naturally knew who to target. A large-scale raid on Guangdong was launched. Dozens of families were taken down in succession, but Tie Xuan also felt that something was wrong. this
Without him, the clans in Guangdong are too stubborn.
He Xi's new law is essentially to strengthen the management of people, compress the intermediate level between the government and natural persons, and turn it into the direct management of people by the court. Guarantee of personal rights, etc.
These things are not a problem in the north.
The oppression of people in the north is relatively naked. Also known as Hu Feng.
But it's different in the south. The South is clan.
Clan is a thing that has both advantages and disadvantages. Many things cannot be said to be right or wrong.
While the clan protects people, it also hurts them. Such as clan lynching. But the problem is that these people don't think there is anything wrong with this. It is easy for clans to unite and use it to fight against the government. ,
This is troublesome.
You can't really kill all the enemies who oppose the imperial court.
Tie Xuan's iron fist is no longer easy to handle.
Tie Xuan had to admit that this matter needed to be considered in the long run.
On the one hand, we need to work slowly and carefully. On the one hand, the attack on Annan cannot be delayed.
Killing people cannot solve all problems.
Tie Xuan could only report to the court to explain the special nature of the Guangdong issue.
------Kanshu La
He Xi received Tie Xuan's memorial in Nanjing, and he understood in his heart that now it was not just a problem in Guangdong, but a problem in the whole world.
The power of the imperial court was originally concentrated in the two capitals of the Ming Dynasty. Needless to say anything else. Just talk about the ratio of officials. The two capitals have a large population and many officials. The various departments add up to tens of thousands. At the local level, a county with a population of tens of thousands can have more than a thousand officials, which is enough.
Not to mention, many places still don’t reach this ratio.
The traditional political system cedes a large amount of power to local autonomy. The so-called local autonomy actually refers to these gentry, clans, etc.
He Xi's reform has been implemented to this point, and almost everything that can be done has been done. There will be more and more things that cannot be done and things that cannot be done well.
For example, here in Guangdong. The problem is huge.
The same problem is not just in Guangdong, but also in other places. This is especially true in the more remote mountainous areas. To implement this new policy, sufficient manpower and material resources are needed.
Is there such a thing as tomorrow?
It's hard to say what happened.
If you do it according to He Xi's idea. The number of people in the entire Ming Dynasty's bureaucracy will exceed the number of the army, or even be much larger. With so many officials, I don’t know how much financial support they need.
In the end it's all about money.
He Xi knew that there had to be some compromise. To what extent should the local New Deal be implemented, and under what circumstances would it be appropriate to stop it? Isn't it too much or too little?
He Xi didn't know this either.
But he knows one thing, that is, he must not stop now, otherwise the reforms in various places will encounter major setbacks.
Overcorrection must be overcorrection.
Even if you know, some things can be taken too far. The court must also take the initiative to stop, rather than being forced to stop passively by the local government. The difference between being active and passive may not seem big, but the difference is very big.
Directly affected the authority of the imperial court.
Therefore, He Xi's order to Tie Xuan was also very simple, that is, he must not stop. How to cry together as a family. In addition, he should also give Tie Xuan some sweetness and open a university in Guangzhou. and give some other benefits. The slap must hurt, and the sweetness must be sweet. But things cannot stop.
