Chapter 411

The important officials of the Manchu Dynasty also frowned and looked discontentedly at the last Merton. Although Wen Chen and the military general fought, they essentially knew that the combination of grace and power was the best choice to manage the southwest ethnic minorities. The two fought only to focus on the other side, and the Mexican family directly opposed this policy, which was not a negation of their previous policy.

"Merton, do you know what you're talking about?" Li Shimin's face sank.

Merton stood out and said, "tell your majesty, I know."

Li Shimin became angry and said angrily, "in that case, tell me! If you can't tell me your ugly Yin Mao, I can't spare you!"

Merton nodded solemnly and arched around: "Your Majesty, your ministers, the rebellion of the southwest bureaucrats has a long history. Your majesty has been courting them for many years. The bureaucrats are vulgar, frequent and ineffective, and have rebelled many times. If they have been courted all the time, I'm afraid the rebellion will continue after ten or a hundred years. However, if they are strongly suppressed, it will damage your Majesty's benevolence and make the bureaucrats stick together. I'm afraid the bureaucrats will die and grieve for the imperial court Deviant. "

Merton understood in his heart that even in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, thousands of years later, the ethnic minorities in the southwest were still rebellious. It can be seen how difficult the southwest problem is.

Li Shimin nodded, which was exactly what he was worried about.

"In your opinion, how should we manage and solve the problem of staff?" Wei Zheng frowned.

Merton arched his hand at Kong Yingda and said, "in fact, what the wine worship Lord said just now has cut into the main points."

Kong Yingda was stunned. He didn't expect Merton to agree with his ideas.

Merton nodded and said, "yes, the crime of rebellion of the staff is the chieftain, and the staff is so innocent, but I don't know how the court will deal with the local provocation after general Niu Zhang breaks through the provocation."

Kong Yingda didn't think about it: "of course, it's to support a bureaucrat leader who is interested in the imperial court to succeed the chieftain."

Merton nodded, "this is the root of the Liao rebellion."

Li Shimin's eyes flashed and immediately understood Merton's meaning.

"You mean that the chieftain system is the root of the repeated rebellion of the Liao people." Wei Zheng suddenly said.

All the officials were shocked. They always thought about where to rebel and counter the rebellion, but they never changed the chieftain system of the bureaucrats.

"Yes, the chieftains of the Liao people are all local chiefs of big families. It is difficult to follow the imperial court's laws. The Liao people only know the chieftain and do not know the imperial court. They seem to be separated from the imperial court and are not controlled by the imperial court. They live in one place and are arrogant. They sit around and watch the sky. If the imperial court reprimands them, they will rebel and make trouble. Even if the imperial court selects a chieftain who is interested in the imperial court, I'm afraid it will be a history after one or two generations Merton pointed the spearhead directly at the chieftain system.

All the officials could not help nodding. Now the staff really feel that they can't beat or scold. The imperial court's control over them is very weak.

"In your opinion?" Li Shimin's face slowed slightly, and he realized that Merton was not talking nonsense, but after careful consideration.

"Change the soil to flow!" Merton said word by word.

"Change the soil and return to the flow!" all officials couldn't help chewing these four words, and their hearts suddenly opened up.

Merton said: "most of the local officials are local big families, who are extravagant and licentious. They rule brutally internally. They regard the headquarters as their own three-thirds of an acre of land. They are inherited from generation to generation. Without being appointed by the court, they naturally have no loyalty to the court. If the local officials are changed into floating officials appointed by the court, like other states and counties, they will rotate every three years, which will strengthen the rule of the court and avoid the expansion of the local tribes."

When the leader of the tribe serves as the chieftain, his tribe will grow rapidly. When the Liao tribe is strong, it will have the capital to rebel and make trouble.

Li Shimin's eyes narrowed slightly and couldn't help looking at Merton with appreciation. This is indeed the best way to solve the increasingly frequent rebellion of the bureaucrats. In his opinion, when the Tang Dynasty unified the world, it was too solicitous to the southwest. All those who belonged to the Tang Dynasty were allowed to pay high officials, resulting in the current tail.

"There is a possibility of rebellion in any place that is not under the jurisdiction of the imperial court! Naturally under the rule of the Tang Dynasty, it should be under the rule of the imperial court, which is great unification!" Merton solemnly said.

The theory of great unification originated from Gongyang's biography in the spring and Autumn period. The king was ordered to make the first month to unify the world, so that all things follow it as the beginning. Therefore, it is said that the officials in the court are people who have read poetry and books. Naturally, they know the theory of great unification and have been pursuing the policy of great unification, but the great unification of the court is more used to rule the Han people.

But Merton's great unification was more radical, and even included the great unification theory in the bureaucrats in the southwest and even the whole territory of Datang.

"Your Majesty?" Feng Zhidai couldn't help but be very anxious and repeatedly objected. "Wei Chen has lived in Lingnan for generations. Naturally, he knows that the southwest Liao people are very united. If the land is changed to flow, I'm afraid it will provoke a collective rebellion among the southwest Liao people."

All officials suddenly changed their faces. Merton's suggestion seemed to be once and for all. If so, I'm afraid the price paid by the imperial court will be extremely heavy. At that time, all parts of the southwest will oppose, and the price paid by Datang is too high. After all, no one is willing to lose their power.

"If you dare to rebel in the southwest, you should ask if the knives in the hands of Tang soldiers are sharp." Cheng Yaojin raised his eyebrows and shouted.

Many generals immediately rubbed their hands, and all were filled with righteous indignation.

Li Shimin's face also sank, weighing the gains and losses in his heart.

"Is it the king's land in the whole world, or the king's officials who lead the land, and there are endless rebellions in the southwest, so the imperial court should really strengthen its rule." Fang Xuanling took a deep breath and said.

Many officials also nodded. Within a year, the staff rebelled three times, and many courtiers were also angry.

"The Tang Dynasty must be in dire straits when suffering from the border. The minister wants to play Merton and provoke the crime of suffering from the border without authorization." Kong Yingda said coldly. He thought that the Mohist school had changed its mind. He didn't expect that the Mohist school was still implementing his radical unification theory, and the Mohist radical unification theory that frightened him still has a market, Many officials have even supported this unified theory.

Kong Yingda couldn't help lamenting that great unification is the theory of Confucianism. It was applied by Mohists. In this regard, what student did the Imperial College teach!

Feng Zhidai is also worried. If he is the biggest chieftain, he has to count the Feng family. The Feng family is the strongest force in Lingnan, and they are backed by the tribe of Mrs. Xian, a Baiyue ethnic group. They change the land to flow, and the Feng family is the first of them.

Li Shimin was in a dilemma. He couldn't help but suddenly saw a calm Merton on his face and said in his heart, "Merton, since you proposed to change the soil to flow, you said how to solve the rebellion of chieftains in the southwest."

Merton smiled with a simple and honest smile and said, "Your Majesty, the situation in the southwest reminds Wei Chen of an experiment in Mozi's Secret works."

"Mozi's secret book!" the important officials of the Manchu Dynasty were immediately quiet. They had heard a lot about this great Mozi's secret book, which made the Mohist School rise again. They didn't expect that Merton would mention it in the court hall again.

"Mozi once did an experiment of boiling frogs in warm water. Frogs are cold. If you put a frog in a pot of warm water, the frog will not stand the high temperature and jump out of the pot and escape successfully. However, if you put the frog in a pot with cold water first and then heat it slowly, the result will be different. The frog wanders in the water because of the comfort of the water temperature at the beginning When the frog found that he couldn't stand the high temperature, he had more heart than strength, and was unconsciously boiled to death in hot water. "

Merton said that the whole dynasty was silent. All the people who could enter the hall were human spirits. Naturally, Merton knew that the frogs in his mouth meant the southwest.

Merton said proudly, "change the tufu first, and then the tuzhou. The chieftain has too much power in the land of one state and one government. The probability of rebellion is the greatest, and the harm is particularly serious."

The courtiers could not help nodding. The local chieftains took the lead in the three rebellious states,

"The second is to seize all favorable opportunities to change the land and return to the flow. For example, some local officials are sent to take over when they have no heir, no successor, or clan competition;"

"Local officials hate each other. After they are calmed down, they will send Liuguan to take over."

"After some local officials committed crimes or rebelled against the imperial court, they were dismissed for crimes and replaced by exiled officials."

"Some local people are dissatisfied with the tyranny of the chieftain and can apply to the court for" changing the land to flow ", and the court naturally responds to the public opinion."

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Every time Merton said a word, the face of the court officials smiled a little more, especially the last one. The local people applied to the court for land conversion, which was too operable.

"In this way, the chieftains in the southwest are like frogs in warm water. They have lost their chance to escape." Merton clenched his fist and said proudly.

The officials of the Manchu Dynasty immediately sighed in their hearts. The original difficult problem that seemed to be difficult to everyone was solved by the Mohist School in a few words. This time, even Kong Yingda could not refute it. After all, this method can not only complete the great unification policy of the imperial court, but also avoid the chieftain rebellion to the greatest extent. Even if there is, it is an itch of scabies and can not cause any big waves. The only thing that made him uncomfortable this time was the theory of Mohism.

"Mo Sheng is indeed a man of great wisdom." Li Shimin breathed a sigh of relief. A big Tang's heart trouble easily found a solution.

"In that case, we should start from Yazhou, Jiazhou and Lingzhou to change the land to Liuzhou. All places involved in the rebellion should be replaced by Liuguan," Li Shimin decided.

"Your Majesty is wise!"

The courtiers bowed down. As a result, there were more vacancies in the imperial court. For the imperial court, this is a real benefit.

Feng zhidayton was very sad at that time. If the imperial court completed the land reform and return to the southwest, the Feng family, which started by restraining the southwest, would naturally lose its role. At that time, the Feng family would no longer have today's glory.

Looking at Feng Zhidai's expression, Merton couldn't help smiling and said in his heart, "I'm also dedicated to my country!"

At the end of this year, the Grand Court meeting officially ended.