Chapter 434 The prosperity of the slave owners
His Majesty’s sacrifice to heaven did not cause any trouble…
It was very reasonable for him to worship the sky at this time. Although it was only a symbolic unification of the country, it was ultimately a unification of the country.
It has been eight years since the Ming Dynasty.
From the 23rd year of Wanli to the 30th year of Wanli, even integers have been more than seven years.
From the initial small mutiny to the capture of the capital, to Yang Feng's entrenchment in Tianjin, and then to the improper handling of the court, eventually causing Yang Feng to attack the capital, to slaughter the capital, and even use the emperor to cause the princes to cause the world to collapse completely.
Then he took the emperor to fight south.
The fall of Nandu and Hongguang fled, and the Ming Dynasty finally fell apart.
In fact, unification has not been completed yet, but we have finally seen the dawn of unification.
It is indeed worth worshiping the heavens.
Moreover, sacrifice to heaven can show his orthodoxy to the world, which is also the first step to regaining people's hearts from the perspective of thought.
After all, everyone understands what this unification is.
There are only three in the imperial court!
Yang Feng had 300,000 troops entrenched in the two capitals of the north and south, and had a population of 40 million. In any era, he could conquer the world at any time.
The five northern provinces are precisely to say that the four provinces have separatist forces with an army of 250,000. So far, the Senate has not been disbanded by orders. Not only has it not been disbanded, but it has already possessed powerful force. To be honest, they can't say who will lose and who will win. There are also a bunch of vassal states in the north, led by Li Chengliang. Li Chengliang was almost caught up with the Liao Kingdom that year. Even those small vassal states had tens of thousands of elite troops, and when they were at the Tang Dynasty, they were at least at the level of the three towns in Heshuo.
Even if the emperor has directly controlled several provinces, he has the final say.
Huguang and Jiangxi did surrender, but the councils of the prefectures, prefectures, counties and counties did not disband with the orders, and local officials were all from the Hongguang Dynasty.
The same goes for Sichuan, Yunnan and Guizhou.
In fact, the Mu family controls Yunnan and Guizhou, while Liu Jing controls Sichuan.
To be precise, what His Majesty the Emperor can really control is Fujian and Guangdong. Even Guangxi has limited control, and Guangdong has actually been gentry everywhere recently...
They were originally waiting for the emperor to start a war with Yang Feng, but were beaten up and stabbed by Yang Feng again and again.
However, he didn't expect that Yang Feng actually obeyed the order.
Why did he obey the order? Why didn’t he fight with the emperor? When the emperor was defeated, it would be the Guangdong gentry’s turn to settle the score with this tyrant. At that time, there would be revenge and revenge.
By the way, the Guangdong gentry was looking at this side like a resentful woman.
In this case, it is reasonable for the emperor to use a sacrifice to the heavens to declare his orthodoxy and to show his strength.
Then the altar in the south of Nanchang City began to be built.
Because His Majesty the Emperor strictly prohibits disturbing the people, this altar was built by mobilizing troops.
In Nanchang, the 12th Army of the Imperial Camp, which was originally adapted from the Chang'an Army, was also stationed in Nanchang. In addition, the second and third armies of the Imperial Camp brought by the emperor from Guangdong, and his personal guards. In fact, there were four armies in total, and the first three were 100,000 troops responsible for the construction.
A three-story three-meter-high earth platform quickly began to pile up, including the temple above.
At the same time, officials from all over the country also came with the order. Half a month was enough, and it would only take half a month to go from Hengyang to Nanchang.
Although Chengtian and other places are farther away, fortunately, the Han River flows downstream. At this time, the paddle boats are already very common. Half a month is enough for this waterway to use paddle boats.
As for the north, of course, we must not be able to arrive.
Students from several major academies also arrived.
They were actually very excited. In their opinion, this was the power of the academy. His Majesty the Emperor would hand over the local government to the academies like Hongguang in the future. The young Confucian scholars were full of confidence and gathered from all over the place to Nanchang City. Especially the thousands of students of Bailudong Academy arrived early under the leadership of Shanchang Shu Yuejing...
"I feel like I'm back then, in the capital..."
Yang Xiangguo stood at the window, looking at the grand occasion of the gathering of green insects on the street, but he suddenly remembered that the green insects did not have such a situation when they were in the capital.
When the green insects gathered in the capital, he was driven to Chengtian Gate to eat a gun.
"They are still growing a little."
He continued.
Indeed, scholars are growing.
Many of these scholars even carry weapons...
This is also part of the retro advocated by Zou Yuanbiao, Shu Yuejing and others. Since they are Confucian scholars, they must be familiar with the Six Arts of Gentlemen, so they must learn to shoot this. However, this is definitely not a bow and arrow, but it is already the era of muskets. Of course, muskets are used. More and more Confucian scholars are equipped with guns. In addition, it is inevitable that a gentleman must learn from Confucius, but the sword at this time is definitely not an ancient sword, but a cavalry sword that cavalrymen are used to using, to be precise, a straight sword.
Anyway, it's called a sword.
So at this moment, most of the green insects walking by in front of Yang Feng were actually wearing swords.
This has even become a sign of identity.
Various beautifully decorated swords show the identities of these new generation of Confucian scholars.
However, in essence, they have not changed. Although their martial ethics have been strengthened, they are still the group that tries to continue the era of gentry and local geniuses...
They are actually more stubborn.
After all, strengthening martial ethics has made their health stronger.
The emergence of Datong Kingdom was not accidental but inevitable. When the gentry had the strength to fight against the imperial power, they had to control the place. Similarly, when they controlled the place, they would inevitably develop in the direction that was most beneficial to them. What was the most beneficial to the gentry? Of course, it was to directly play slavery. What could turn the people in the place into their own serfs?
Why do all my gentry in the Ming Dynasty miss the prosperous era of the Great Yuan Dynasty?
Because they could play serfdom at that time.
In the end, with the weakening of imperial power and the increasing strength of local gentry, they will eventually embark on the path of serfization.
The most common names are different.
The Han Dynasty finally became feudal manorization. What were the subordinates of those manor owners? Aren’t they serfs? The Southern and Northern Dynasties and even the Sui Dynasty were family members. Aren’t the family members just enlarged versions of serf owners?
The Song Dynasty was indeed de-slaughtering, but in fact, with the rise of the theory of the Ash-Tao Gong in the late Southern Song Dynasty, it gradually became serfs. Tenants complained that the landlords were contrary to morality. What was the difference between tenants and serfs? Therefore, Jia Sidao was unforgivable and dared to play the public land law. Hu Yuan's extensive management and tax-keeping system finally allowed the gentry to be free from the shackles and be serfs happily. Although he had to serve a master, fortunately, this master was easy to fool, but unfortunately happiness was always so short that Zhu Yuanzhang, the tyrant, took them back.
Therefore, all my gentry in the Ming Dynasty missed the prosperous era of the Great Yuan Dynasty and hated the Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty.
But in the end, they persisted from generation to generation, ruining Zhu Yuanzhang's system, and then began to become serfly again in the late Ming Dynasty.
A big landlord with thousands of child servants!
Of course, the child servant did not refer to the servants and maids who served them, but their serfs.
The same goes for the Qing Dynasty in the end. Are the landlords in southwestern Shandong who have gradually exercised some power since the middle of the Qing Dynasty still simple landlords?
It has long been serfs.
Therefore, they always have a good impression of alien conquers, because alien conquers only have money, regardless of the life or death of the lower class people. As long as they can provide the alien conquers with the money they need steadily, the latter does not care how they squeeze the farmers. Even if they are serfized, it is no big deal. As long as they can give money to support alien conquers as parasites.
On the contrary, the emperor of his clan must maintain his face.
More or less control over them.
Even if it's just a little bit.
So it is no different to expect these guys to enter the new era by themselves. The result of the strengthening of gentry's martial ethics will only squeeze the bottom class even more ruthlessly. It is not because they engage in capitalism, but they are different. Capitalism does not prevent them from engaging in slavery, and serfization and labor slavery are inevitable. In the past, the textile factories in Xuge's hometown had already used a large number of slaves. Are the contract workers in the bald era still free people? Capitalism and slavery are not inconsistent, and it is not that they cannot coexist. On the contrary, capitalists like slaves, but they just don't like to use this title.
Just change the name.
By the way, America said that we used slaves in the legal sense until the late nineteenth century, and did not delay us being the banner of capitalism.
Therefore, the progress of these scholars in front of him seemed meaningless to Yang Feng.
It is even more harmful to the lower class. After all, in the past, the lower class could carry a hoe for the landlord, but now the landlord is holding a flintlock rifle in his hand.
The poor who can't even eat enough can't afford a flintlock rifle.
The advancement of technology and the increase in military power have made the gentry more convenient, so the workers began to become the main force of rebellion.
Fang Mengshi suddenly pulled him and signaled him to retreat.
Tang Xianzu, wearing armor outside, was riding a horse, and there were dozens of guards behind him. The dramatist has now become a general.
He is wearing three quarters of the Chinese style, and it is becoming more and more like the European plate armor.
Under the free capitalist economy, technological progress is always extremely fast. Since Guangdong introduced this new type of plate armor, Jiangxi's armor merchants have been learning quickly. Although this plate armor cannot be worn by hundreds of thousands of infantry level, the generals began to wear it quickly.
And what hung beside the guard saddle behind him was a flintlock rifle.
Tang Xianzu also returned under the order.
He has been the commander of the Chang'an Army in recent years. After surrendering, he was named the deputy commander of the Grand Governor's Office and the commander of the Tenth Army of the Imperial Camp by Wanli. He continued to guard Guangxin as Chen Ce's deputy.
As soon as he walked over, Shu Yujing, who led these students, was called out, and then dismounted and walked with them. Then Zou Yuanbiao also came over. These people would continue to move forward with each other...
"I always feel a sense of conspiracy in the air."
Yang Feng said.
"Of course it's a conspiracy. Are you just engaging in a conspiracy?"
Fang Mengshi said
"Uh, that's true."
Yang Feng said.
Chapter completed!