The Red Mansions

Chapter 93
Reforms are trying to be strong, and the matter is big, so how not to retreat?

Whenever there is a word or phrase spread out that Jia Heng has not yet entered the imperial examination, it will arouse the vigilance and hatred of the civil official group - the three parties of the imperial court.

Throughout history, political reforms will require bloodshed!
Just like the Six Gentlemen of [-], Tan Sitong said, "Reforms in various countries are all formed by bloodshed... If there are any, please start with the successors."

Kang Youwei also said: "Reforms in various countries are all formed by bloodshed... If there are any, please start from the same generation."

Well, this one...

Just now Jia Heng mentioned reform and striving for strength. Except for Emperor Chongping, all the eunuchs and maids in the palace retreated, that's why.

Even just now, Emperor Chongping pretended that he had never heard of the reform, and used the manuscript as an excuse to reward Jia Heng with silk.

Of course, Emperor Chongping advocated thrift and rewarded twenty pieces of Su brocade, which was quite generous compared to usual times.

In fact, there is nothing new in history. An emperor like Emperor Chongping asked Jia Heng about the death of the Song and Ming Dynasties at the beginning, because he was deeply aware that the current Chen Han has seen the disadvantages of the Song and Ming Dynasties everywhere. Guozuo, but today's big man...

Emperor Chongping said softly: "One of the four volumes of ancient books in the Hongwen Museum is a selection of memorials from Linchuan, king of the former Song Dynasty. You can read them slowly."

When Jia Heng heard this, his heart moved slightly, and he cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, it's just that the grassroots still have a merciless request."

Emperor Chongping was surprised, smiled, and said, "What's the matter?"

Jia Heng said: "The grassroots are very interested in border affairs. Can you allow me to consult the local chronicles, maps, armies, and passes of Youyan in this dynasty... and the details before and after the previous wars against captives, such as the battle in Liaodong."

Jia Heng wants to consult these materials, specifically for side matters, to state the strategy.

Emperor Chongping pondered for a while, his heart moved slightly, and he stared at the young man opposite. He remembered that in the scouting report sent by Dai Quan earlier, Jia Heng had indeed learned the art of riding and archery from a cavalry general in the Beijing camp.

In other words, this Jia Hengcheng is a talent for hard work, and just now he mentioned carrying brilliant martial arts and seeking strength through reform, which is already a personal practice.

If you say you are invincible in the world, you can do nothing if you do it. These are some scholars who can only talk and talk.

However, when Jia Heng saw Chen Guohua, he had already practiced it himself before he came up with the strategy, and in the eyes of Emperor Chongping, he became more and more simple-minded and down-to-earth.

Jia Hengdao: "As the grass-roots people just said, the difficulty of frontier affairs lies at the top of the three troubles. The Holy One wants to rule the world, and the grass-roots people are willing to lose a little talent to help the frontier affairs."

He planned to write a strategy book - "Pinglu Policy".

This strategy requires a lot of material support. Only when this strategy is implemented can it be considered as a complete foundation for the political goal of being well-known to the emperor.

As a matter of fact, many people think that a long-winded speech is required for a strategy, or that a long-winded speech is required for a monarch and his ministers to play a correct role, but in reality, a ruler and his ministers play a correct role is often a matter of careful consideration of every word, less talking and more thinking.

Why?

Because firstly, more words make more mistakes, less words make less mistakes, and secondly, only when facing people who don’t understand anything, it is necessary to start with concepts and definitions for him.

Dialogues at the same level of cognition are often concise and to the point, and talk too much, which distracts attention from key issues.

Just now he mentioned the three troubles of the great man, each of which can extend a lot of things, but it is not necessary, because Emperor Chongping knows better than him that this is a trouble in the heart.

But this kind of thing can't be seen by those who are not prime ministers and ministers who are in charge of the overall situation. He can talk about the three troubles of the great man, which is already tacit and unspoken, and it is easy in the emperor's heart.

Of course, mentioning the reform is also to test Emperor Chongping.

It is worth mentioning that Wang Pu's "Pingbian Policy" only has a few hundred words, but the words are pearls, and the strategy set out is first easy and then difficult. Taking the land of wealth and endowment in the Southern Tang Dynasty, first south and then north.

Or someone from later generations said, that's it?I can do it too.

However, Shizong Chai Rong deeply believed in this, and regarded it as a national strategy, which was fully implemented in the Northern Song Dynasty, but... until the God of Gaolianghe, Youyun never recovered.

Wang Shao, who regained the land of Hehuang, wrote "Ping Rong Ce", such as Song Shiji, and there is no long speech, but it is all plain words to the point.

Emperor Chongping pondered for a while, looked at the young man opposite, and said: "Maps, local chronicles, and the details of the enemy captives are all in the Ministry of War. Jinyang, you ask Xia Houying to assist Jia Heng in collecting pictures and texts."

Hearing this, Jia Heng cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

Seeing this, Emperor Chongping also waved his hands, and said with a tired expression, "Jinyang, send Jia Heng out of the palace."

Watching Jia Heng and Princess Jinyang leave, Emperor Chongping looked gloomy and sighed softly.

How easy is it to change the law and strive for strength?
In today's big man, there are fierce disputes among the three parties in the imperial court. Although he has used his strength to bridge the gap, if he wants to change his ways and redefine the latitude and longitude, just as Jia Heng said, the gentry and bureaucrats who have suffered from it will inevitably turn against the sky. Once more ambitious people join forces...the country is in danger!
After all, it is still military power, four princes and eight princes...

Emperor Chongping's eyes were bright and dark, and he was thinking in his heart that if Jia Heng were to attack the Lord of Ningguo...

The more I think about it, the more wonderful it becomes. Jia Heng is a side branch of Ning Kingdom. If he becomes a noble, he will definitely not be tolerated by the Jia clan, nor by Wu Xun, and it will be able to distinguish the power of Rongning and Ningfu in the army.

Dai Quan, who was at the side, said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty has sent someone away, and please Your Majesty drive Kunning Palace for dinner."

Emperor Chongping withdrew his thoughts, stood up, and said: "Recently, let the inner guards secretly protect Jia Heng, and don't let him be secretly harmed by traitors."

Jia Heng asked the right question just now, which reminded him of a person—Jia Yi of the former Han Dynasty.

Both of them are surnamed Jia, they are both young and unparalleled in talent.

However, Jia Yi died young. Every time he reads this period of history, he has doubts. Did Jia Yi really...depressed and died?
Does it have nothing to do with the "Public Security Policy" it published?
Just now Jia Heng proposed to reform and strive for strength, that is to say, he retreated from the left and right. It can be seen that this son is heavy and alert, and has a deep understanding of the advantages and disadvantages. However, there are still some things that have to be guarded against.

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Jia Heng got out of the imperial confinement and got into the carriage. It was the hour of You, and as the carriage drove into the night, he was still thinking about the conversation with the emperor.

Not only the gentry, in fact, the emperor's relatives are honorable, and they rob the base of taxation, which is no less than that of the gentry.

For example, there are farms under the two mansions of the Jia family. This is mentioned in Chapter 53 of the original book "Dream of Red Mansions". few.

Four kings and eight princes, twelve lords, and the generals of the frontier army... how many acres of land, drink the blood of the soldiers, and eat empty wages?
invincible...

The original work of "Dream of Red Mansions", through Grandma Liu's entry into the Rongguo Mansion, through her perspective on the daily utensils, food and clothing of the Jia Mansion, can be seen in itself. What is the concept of one tael of silver for a pigeon egg?
Is Rongguo Mansion the epitome of the honor of the whole Han Dynasty?
Seeing the big from the small, the four kings and eight princes of the great Han Dynasty live extravagantly on weekdays.

Therefore, the theory of mourning the Ming Dynasty, "Shuiguo chanting tonight, Zhuloumeng last night" is not a far-fetched statement that can be refuted.

"But today's Chen Han, even if he wants to change the law, it seems to be more difficult than the previous Song Dynasty, because the current bureaucracy seems to have not even seen a small number of insightful people who betrayed their own class attributes." Jia Heng thought in his heart. thinking.

All reforms are part of the ruling elite circle of insight, who felt the crisis of the dynasty and tried to reform and strengthen themselves.

But the current Chen Han, he seems to have not seen it yet.

"Then learn from Yongzheng, just do not talk, but even Yongzheng was scolded by scholars, and even "Dayijue Milu" was published up and down, trying to get to the bottom of it, but the result became more and more black." Jia Heng thought.

Chen Han established the country for a hundred years, and the society of the Ming Dynasty has accumulated a lot of evils. If you want to eliminate the accumulated evils, you must be strong.

Emperor Chongping has seen the appearance of a strong ruler, but if serving such an emperor is only good at planning the country but clumsy at managing himself, even if the reforms are successful, it is difficult to guarantee that the bird will not be exhausted.

He is not a strategist, he only wants to use what he has learned all his life, and then retire after being successful.

"So, self-positioning cannot be a counselor."

The eldest princess of Jinyang looked at Jia Heng with closed eyes and rested his mind, with a gloomy expression on his crystal and jade face, and a little emotion in his heart.

It's really in the pocket of the awl, and the end can be seen immediately.

From then on, this young man was in the eyes of her imperial brother.

Thinking of this, he jokingly said: "Mr. Jia, Brother Huang gave you twenty bolts of silk, and you just cut a few clothes."

(End of this chapter)