Iron Dynasty

PS: There is more below, maybe a little later.

I don't dare to wait, I just want the emperor to think twice. Now the musket team is extremely powerful. If a general has a different heart, this will be a great threat to the emperor.

Fiji said aloud.

Pang Yukun was also a little worried, he said: Your Majesty, if you continue to improve the status of the army, I'm afraid that the general will become more arrogant, and the arrogance in your heart will despise the imperial power.

Xiao Ming naturally understood the words of the two. This was the ill of the feudal army. After all, the army in this era was only the personal soldiers of the generals.

It's just that what these officials can't see through is that they are turning the army into a royal family. In the future, he can completely punish the generals and the army will not act rashly.

Moreover, these two people are obviously avoiding the important ones. The decree they put forward is to improve the status of the soldiers and let the soldiers enjoy more convenience among the people.

This kind of convenience is similar to the fact that the window of a modern station has a special channel for military personnel, and military personnel enjoy preferential policies such as employment.

After pondering for a while, he said directly: I'm afraid you have misunderstood what I mean, the decree this time is definitely not to encourage the arrogance of the generals, but to allow more ordinary soldiers to feel the court's arrogance towards them. Be considerate, let them understand that they are fighting abroad, and the imperial court is thinking of them, so that the common people can actively join the army to expand the territory of the imperial court, and defend against foreign enemies for the Great Yu Kingdom.

Fiji and Pang Yukun looked at each other, and he said, Your Majesty, it is enough for the soldiers to have their daily salaries. The lower officials thought that even without these soldiers, they would still be able to fight for the court, and they had given them so much convenience. What do you think? Didn't they do their part for the emperor?

Speaking of scholars, peasants, industry and commerce, Xiao Ming chuckled. Today's western countries seem to have entered the modern state model, and the Great Yu country is still strictly hierarchical, which will seriously limit the vitality of the development of the Great Yu country.

He said, Old Fei Ge mentioned the scholar, peasant, business, and industry, but I remembered it. I decided to abolish the title of scholar, peasant, business, and industry. From then on, the people of all classes of the scholar, peasant, business, and industry in the Great Yu Kingdom are all called commoners!

Civilians! Fiji was shocked, he said, What are civilians!

The people under the rule are of equal status, and they are civilians. Xiao Ming said lightly, he expected the shock of Fiji and others.

Since ancient times, scholars, peasants, businessmen, and commerce have been the solidified class of all dynasties. The status of scholars is the highest, so there are all kinds of inferior goods, only reading is high, and the status of businessmen is the lowest, so business was suppressed in the feudal dynasties.

Of course, Xiao Ming does not deny that this kind of system of three, six and nine is very beneficial to the development of feudal dynasties. After all, the feudal dynasties based on agriculture need food instead of deceitful and cunning businessmen who do not do production.

But times are changing. For him, many systems in the Great Yu Kingdom are no longer suitable to compete with the Western state systems of this era.

Maybe he can defeat Western countries with the advantages of technology, but the backward feudal system will eventually drag him down to unify the country of Great Yu.

How can this be, how can these despicable businessmen be on an equal footing with scholars.

Yes, scholars, peasants, industry and commerce are the ancestors' family traditions that have been handed down. How can you say that they will change.

Your Majesty, it is absolutely impossible.

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As soon as Xiao Ming's words fell, the court immediately exploded, especially the officials from Chang'an who were like dead parents.

Although Pang Yukun and other reformist officials were dissatisfied, they were more comfortable with Xiao Ming's strange ideas.

But even so, they now have some ideas. In the past, Xiao Ming only promoted the status of merchants and craftsmen, but now Xiao Ming directly denied the status of scholars.

Xiao Ming was indifferent to the chaos in the government hall. These two things are the two things he wants to promote next.

Before talking about these two things, he had expected to encounter fierce opposition, so at this time he understood that it could not be done overnight, and I am afraid that it would take some time with these officials.

Now there is only one king of Zhao in the north to achieve reunification, and he implemented these two policies at this time to prepare for the development after reunification.

The purpose of raising the status of the soldiers is to make the Great Yu country form a kind of martial style. Too much literary style is a disadvantage of the feudal dynasty, and he must bring this disadvantage back.

The abolition of the four classes of scholars, peasants, businessmen, and industry is for balanced development, so that being an official is no longer the only way out for scholars.

So for Xiao Ming, these two things are very important.

Only after the contemporary Qing Dynasty and the Japanese state were knocked on the door by Western artillery, did they passively change and learn from the West.

Because of suffering and facing the danger of national subjugation, at this time, everyone from the royal family to the common people realized that they needed to change, but now the Great Yu Kingdom has not been invaded by Western advanced civilization, at this time, neither officials nor common people can take the initiative to participate in the change.

This kind of change can only be carried out on his own initiative, which is why he is the emperor.

Only when he has mastered the supreme imperial power can he implement reforms, otherwise those who demand reforms will die without a place to hide.

After all, when he issued such a decree with the prestige of the emperor, he encountered the opposition of so many officials.

However, the response of the officials made Xiao Ming more and more determined to reform. He has been analyzing the current situation of the Great Yu Kingdom these days.

Generally speaking, it is still a stage where the scholar-official class is not lonely, and the civilian class is not yet strong, so his implementation of this decree will be collectively opposed, because he has touched the interests of these scholar-official classes.

Shut up for me! Xiao Ming suddenly scolded the Palace of Political Affairs as if it had become a vegetable market.

The angry words suddenly made the hall quiet. At this time, Xiao Ming stood up and said aloud: Do you think I don't know what you are thinking? Going to the sky, you are not doing it for yourself! There is a day in the year when you will be an extremely noble official, you are not reconciled, why are these businessmen full of copper and ugly, farming mud legs can be on an equal footing with you, right?

Xiao Ming walked from the dragon chair to Fiji and other officials as he spoke.

It's just that you don't think about it. Without the money and efforts of these merchants, this Youzhou, this Jinling City can be conquered so smoothly? Without the people joining the army, how can I fight King Zhao, the Great Yu Kingdom used to be bad What it is like, you forget! Don't you want me to follow the old path of the previous emperor!

Turning to Pang Yukun, Xiao Ming pointed at Pang Yukun and scolded: Pang Shoufu, you have been studying for so long in Bowen College for nothing, and you have returned them all to me. Do you still have any enterprising spirit from before?

Pang Yukun bowed his head in shame. Now that the war is going well, and seeing the unification of the north, many officials began to think about their status and interests, and forgot to be proactive in difficult times.

Being scolded by Xiao Ming, he felt like he was being beaten in the head.