Chapter 460: What Is Benevolent Government? This Damn Place Is Called Benevolent Government!
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Abolish slavery!
Just hearing these words is enough to make one's blood boil.
This slave status can be considered to have been passed down for thousands of years. It was not until the Song Dynasty that an official law was promulgated to prohibit the sale of human beings.
The Mongol Yuan Dynasty itself was a slave regime resurrected from the dead. In the Ming Dynasty, although there was no slave status, there was a lowly status.
Zhu Gaoxu saw that Emperor Yongle was a little moved, so he started to deceive while the iron was hot.
"Dad, I, the untouchables of the Ming Dynasty, have always been numerous in number, and my life has been very miserable!"
"For example, the Dan households in Guangdong must stay with the boat all their lives. They must eat, drink, and have sex on the boat, and are not allowed to live or farm ashore..."
"For example, the lazy households in Zhejiang and Zhejiang are not allowed to read or read, and they are not allowed to sit with good people. Untouchable women are not allowed to wear the same color as good people. They must hold umbrellas upside down on the road, and they must wear bells around their necks when walking to show that they are Belong to the untouchables..."
"There are also companions from Anhui, who are also slaves. They are equivalent to serfs of the powerful gentry. They have to work for the powerful gentry all their lives. Oh, not just for a lifetime, but for generations!"
"The descendants of these untouchables are born with untouchables and will remain untouchable all their lives. They can only find untouchable wives when they marry. They will remain untouchable for generations to come. They are all the property of the gentry and powerful men. slave!"
Listening to these narrations by Han Wang Zhu Gaoxu, Zhu Di and the three giants suddenly fell silent.
Indeed, days like this are so desperate!
It's okay that he is a lowly citizen. He has been working as a cow or horse for others for his whole life. His descendants cannot change their status. They are born with a lowly class and are destined to have the same miserable fate as themselves. How can you accept this?
"Most of our untouchable subjects in the Ming Dynasty came from prisoners of war, civilians and criminals' families plundered by war. Their descendants have been slaves for generations and are subordinate to their masters."
"But now, the rich and powerful families in Jiangnan have thousands of servants in their homes. The descendants of these slaves who have signed the contract of sale cannot leave their humble status for generations. In addition to Jiangnan, the rich and powerful in Henan, Shandong and other provinces Slavery is also a common practice among people."
"Are these servants really all untouchables? No, most of them are ordinary people. They became refugees due to natural disasters and man-made disasters. When they had no choice but to sign a contract of sale, they became the slaves of the gentry and the powerful. All the servants and servants must survive!"
Zhu Gaoxu directly pointed out the cruel fact, which made everyone frown.
The good and good people who were originally good were eventually forced into desperation, either due to natural disasters or man-made disasters, and had to sign a contract of sale and became the servants of the powerful gentry.
This is the dereliction of duty of these important officials in the court, and it is also the dereliction of duty of Zhu Di, the emperor of tomorrow!
It's ridiculous that local officials have always been advocating a prosperous age, whitewashing peace, and lavishing attention on others!
But Zhu Di, the great emperor of tomorrow, believed it before and was proud of his civil and martial arts!
As a result, that "peaceful and prosperous age" has now become a slap in the face of my second son, and the slaps are getting harder and harder every time!
Even though Zhu Di was thinking deeply, his old face was a little helpless at this moment.
"Dad, do you know how many slaves there are now?"
"It only has a population of about 200,000!"
"But go and see, there are more than two hundred thousand people of the Ming Dynasty who are slaves and maids in the world?"
"Five hundred thousand, eight hundred thousand, even up to one million!"
This statement is not difficult to confirm, at least it can be seen from the crowds of servants in the homes of these Beijing officials!
There are so many officials in the world, and each person maintains dozens or hundreds of servants in his home, which is almost the same number as a million!
Zhu Gaoxu changed the topic and suddenly mentioned an old incident.
"Dad, you should still remember the Guo Huan case during the Hongwu period, right?"
Guo Huan case!
The three giants and Zhu Di looked at each other.
Not only did they remember it, it was simply shocking!
In the eighteenth year of Hongwu's reign, Guo Huan, the Minister of Household Affairs, and others, colluded with officials in various provinces to cheat and steal official grain. It was later discovered that Taizu was furious and ordered an investigation.
After investigation, Guo Huan and others embezzled a total of more than 24 million shi of grain!
Emperor Taizu Gao was furious and determined to take the opportunity to clean up corrupt officials across the country and launched a bloody purge.
In the end, Emperor Taizu Gao executed all the officials involved in the case, including the ministers and ministers of the six ministries and below, including Ci Lian Zhi and other officials in the province, and tens of thousands of people were killed!
Even the pursuit of stolen food turned into a nationwide commotion. All wealthy people went bankrupt because of it, and countless gentry and powerful people had their homes confiscated and went bankrupt!
This is the "Guo Huan Case"!
Even after so long, the Big Three still feel a little trembling when they think about it now.
That Emperor Taizu Gao broke the backbones of all literati with one bloody case after another!
Zhu Gaoxu looked at the Big Three with a half-smile and said something meaningful.
"Dad, why do you think Emperor Taizu Gao used the excuse of collecting dirty grains to allow the Jin Yiwei to raid their homes and seize those gentry and powerful men?"
Hearing this, Zhu Di's face changed slightly, while the three giants frowned.
"The truth about Guo Huan's case was revealed, and all the officials involved were executed. Did the court really not find the dirty money and food?"
"Even if the dirty food is really hidden by them, it's impossible to implicate so many powerful and wealthy households, right?"
Looking at the smiling Zhu Gaoxu, a terrible thought suddenly appeared in Zhu Di's mind.
"Second brother, you mean... Taizu Emperor Gao did this on purpose?"
"Yes!" Zhu Gaoxu gave an affirmative answer, "In fact, this is not difficult to understand."
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"After the founding and unification of the country in the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Taizu Gao implemented a policy of recuperation and recuperation. The country's agricultural production recovered to a great extent despite the great damage caused by the long-term large-scale wars in the Mongolian and Yuan Dynasties, allowing the population to grow steadily. .”
"In this context, the imperial court has been encouraging the common people to open up wasteland and cultivate land to increase grain production, which requires a large number of people. Where will this population come from? Can't they give birth in a short time?"
"So, the Guo Huan case broke out, or the four major cases that broke out during the Hongwu period all have such a shadow!"
"These powerful gentry, distinguished ministers and nobles were all beheaded, their families were confiscated and their clans were exterminated, and a large number of slaves were liberated. If the court then allocates the land of these powerful gentry to these slaves, wouldn't there be more manpower? Wouldn't the grain production increase? Yet?"
Zhu Di and the Big Three felt their scalps numb when they heard this, and looked at Zhu Gaoxu in disbelief.
Although they were reluctant to admit it, it turned out that what they said might be the truth!
Emperor Taizu Gao only enriched the people, suppressed the powerful, and ordered the liberation of slaves. Originally, the world was in a state of chaos, with hundreds of wastes waiting to be reborn, natural disasters occurred frequently, and people's livelihood was difficult. Under his hard work, the country's power increased rapidly, and the population increased significantly. It really formed a A state of governance!
Seeing that Zhu Di was deep in thought, Zhu Gaoxu looked at the three giants.
"Three of you, what is benevolent government?"
"Aren't those civil servants and gentry complaining every day and implementing policies that are conducive to their own personal gain, but the results are of no benefit to the people? Is that benevolent government?"
"Abolition of slave status, emancipation of slaves across the country, and promotion of social production and national strength, this is the real benevolent government!"
Big Three:"!!!"
Just say it.
Why are you so eager to curse?
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