Lin Zi Yun came from the modern era.
He had read many books about historical cycles.
As for the reason for the historical cycle rate…
Lin Zi Yun knew this all too well.
He only pretended to count with his fingers for a while before speaking.
"The decline of a dynasty's fate is actually related to two things.”
" Number one: The people!"
" Second: Finance!"
"In summary, it's the people and the finances!”
Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang frowned.
He understood the people.
He also knew about finance.
However, when these two were linked together, he could not understand!
It wasn't just him.
Tang He, who was behind him, was also dumbfounded.
Only Lee Shan Chang fell into deep thought, but his eyes were still filled with confusion.
"Esteemed guest, I would like to ask first, are there more poor people or rich people in this world?”
"Of course, there are many poor people!"
Zhu Yuanzhang was very clear about this.
He himself was born a poor farmer.
It was clear that the number of toiling commoners far exceeded the number of landowners and aristocrats!
"In every dynasty, there are many poor people and few rich people. Usually, in the early stages of the dynasty, because of the various policies of the founding emperor, the poor still have land to cultivate and even have the so-called prosperous times. However, often in the later stages of the dynasty, the poor can no longer live.”
"When the time comes, the ones who rise up are often the poor.”
"Why is that so?"
"Because those landowners control most of the resources of the entire society, and with the continuation of a dynasty, this situation will become more and more serious.”
"Land annexation, wealth is too concentrated.”
"The rich are greedy beyond measure."
"The poor have no place to stand, this is the root of all problems!!”
Lin Zi Yun said.
"Yes!"
Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes were red as he slammed the table.
When he was down and out, as long as he had a place to stand, he would not have been able to walk the path of rebellion!
The poor have no place to stand.
The world would be overturned!
He was too right!
Moreover, when he was the emperor, why did he lay his hands on those wealthy merchants and nobles?
It was because when he was poor, he had suffered greatly from these people!
He knew very well how difficult it was for the poor to survive in the last years of a dynasty!!
Lin Zi Yun's words had revealed the reason behind the rise and fall of the dynasty!
Tang He and Li Shan Chang, who were behind Zhu Yuanzhang, also had an epiphany.
This Tang He was the same as Zhu Yuanzhang, he was also a poor farmer.
As a scholar, Li Shan Chang's family was once considered well-off. However, at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, his family was also in decline.
Both of them had been in the lower class.
Lin Zi Yun's words made them feel as if they had seen the light of day!
"However, esteemed guest, do you know that in the early stages of every dynasty, the founding emperor would often attack the powerful families and formulate relevant policies? But why do these powerful families still become too powerful at the end of every dynasty?”
Lin Ziyun paused for a moment, waiting for Zhu Yuanzhang to digest his words before continuing.
After hearing his words, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately fell into deep thought.
Tang He and Li Shan Chang also began to think.
This was indeed a very serious question.
Han, Tang, Song.
And all the dynasties.
Every emperor who wanted to achieve something would think of ways to suppress the great clans in various places.
All sorts of laws restricting the great clans also came into being.
However, these laws would ultimately be ineffective!
This was a problem that countless heroes had wanted to solve for thousands of years, but they could not!
"Hey! It must be these aristocratic families colluding with corrupt officials, ignoring the law and deceiving their superiors and subordinates!”
"Under the protection of the officials, no one can control these great clans and those despicable landowners!”
Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly said.
When he was a poor farmer, he was oppressed by both the landowners and the bureaucrats.
From what he knew, those landowners and bureaucrats were all in cahoots. Naturally, he thought that it was because of their collusion with the bureaucrats that the power of the aristocratic families and the big landowners in various places expanded uncontrollably!
"Your Majesty, your advice is truly priceless!"
"Just one sentence and I'm enlightened!!”
Lee Shan Chang acted as if he had just realized something and immediately said.
Even Tang He said sincerely," This corrupt official colluding with the landlord is the most abominable thing. The sage is really a dragon among men. One sentence is enough to point out the crux!"”
These two people's flattery was just right.
This made Zhu Yuanzhang extremely confident.
“……。”
Lin Ziyun calmly took a sip of tea.
This Zhu Yuanzhang really hated corrupt officials as recorded in history.
Everything could be blamed on corrupt officials.
And what he said made sense.
However, there were still many limitations.
After all, he was the emperor of the feudal era.
There were many things that one could not see the essence of.
Lin Ziyun put down his teacup and said to Zhu Yuanzhang, who was already very confident,""Esteemed guest, your answer is wrong.”
"Hmm?"
Zhu Yuanzhang was slightly stunned.
Lee Shan Chang and Tang He were also stunned.
"Taoist priest, what did we say wrong?”
Zhu Yuanzhang was very puzzled.
He was a dignified emperor, and his words carried nine tripods. He had always been a man of his word.
Some people said that what he said was wrong.
This was the first time he had encountered such a thing since he became the emperor.
But he did not feel angry.
He just felt puzzled.
What was wrong with what he said?
Weren't the aristocratic families and powerful landowners unable to lose their influence because of the officials 'protection?
This was the truth!
Those officials and landowners were so despicable.
Zhu Yuanzhang had personally experienced it!
Not only Zhu Yuanzhang, Tang He and Li Shanzhang were also surprised.
The two of them could be called heroes in ancient times.
However, their eyes were not as good as Zhu Yuanzhang's.
They all thought that Zhu Yuanzhang was right.
Now that Lin Zi Yun had denied Zhu Yuan Zhang's words.
They were equally puzzled!
"Esteemed guest, do you know how much it took to raise a scholar in ancient times?”
"Can an ordinary family have a literate scholar?”
Lin Zi Yun said.
Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang quickly shook his head.
In the Great Ming Dynasty, most of the people had to run around all day to eat and drink. They did not have the time or money to study.
To raise a scholar, one must have a certain family background.
Ordinary families did not have such ability.
Therefore, those who could read and write were extremely rare in the entire Great Ming.
Most of the people in the Ming Dynasty were illiterate.
It was the same for every dynasty!
"Ever since the imperial examination was created, most of the officials were scholars, and most of the scholars came from rich families. In other words, they came from the families of the landlord tyrants. This formed a situation where officials colluded with the landlord tyrants because they were originally in cahoots.”
"But this is only the fruit."
"It's because the power of those powerful landlord families has already expanded, and they can't afford to lose their tail. That's why they were able to cultivate a lot of scholars, and then let those bureaucrats collude with them.”
"However, this is not the reason why the great clans and landowners expanded their power in the last years of the dynasty.”
"Esteemed guest, you must understand the cause and effect relationship.”
"This is very important!"
Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang nodded heavily.
He was like a student listening to a teacher's lecture.
And Lin Zi Yun was right!
It was the aristocratic families that became powerful first, so all the corrupt officials would collude with these aristocratic families.
If only the aristocratic families were not so powerful.
He couldn't cultivate too many scholars.
How could he control all the officials of a dynasty?
How could they collude with each other?
Zhu Yuanzhang felt that he was wrong!
He didn't even understand the cause and effect relationship.
Why was his brain so useless?!
When Li Shan Chang and Tang He saw him like this, they were shocked.
Zhu Yuanzhang had his own opinions from the beginning to the end.
Although Zhu Yuanzhang was able to be a good person when he started the rebellion, he still maintained the attitude of a superior.
After becoming the emperor, Zhu Yuanzhang's power became even stronger.
Li Shanchang and Tang He were Zhu Yuanzhang's trusted aides, so they had to be careful when they remonstrated in court.
He was afraid of angering the dragon.
When had he ever seen Zhu Yuanzhang like this?
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