Chapter 841: Cancellation of Privileges
It would be impossible for Chongzhen to become the emperor of the ages in this life. Even Zhu Cilang was beyond the reach of the world. Those who truly could become the emperor of the ages must have great achievements.
Some people say that Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty was the emperor of the ages? Zhu Cilang almost laughed at the time. What kind of virtue is Kangxi? He can be called the emperor of the ages.
The wise capture of Oboi, the suppression and withdrawal of the Three Feudalists, the south of Taiwan, and the north of Tsarist Russia cannot be denied, but that is just a conformity to the trend of history. He is still far from the so-called emperor of the ages.
Who can call him the Emperor of Eternal Eternity? Zhu Cilang believes that Qin Shihuang is considered to be the case. Although the others have made great achievements, they are far inferior to the Emperor of First Emperor.
Zhu Cilang is most fortunate that he hopes to travel through time to the Qin Shihuang era. Even if he is an aide, he will be loyal to the First Emperor and kneel down for the rest of his life.
Sweeping the six countries and unifying the country. Creating the imperial system and strengthening the central rule; abolishing the feudal system and changing the county system; writings are the same as the same as the same tracks, the same wheels are the same as the same as the same words, the same words, currency, etc. Qin Shihuang laid the basic structure of China's political system for more than two thousand years, and this is why he can truly be called the emperor of the ages.
Emperor Shihuang was also the idol in Zhu Cilang's heart, no doubt. Even Zhu Yuanzhang, the Emperor Taizu of Zhu family, respected Taizu, but only Qin Shihuang.
However, Qin Shihuang in his later years had made great calculations and failed to calculate that the throne was stolen by Hu Hai. Then, he ended the Qin Dynasty, where the military peak was in full swing.
Scholars in the Ming Dynasty were just too full and used to it.
For example, Chen Qiyou, a juren from Shandong, unexpectedly discovered that some rural areas were in danger of "changing children and eating" during his visit to Beijing, so he once accumulated a lot of thoughts in his mind to serve his motherland.
But after entering Beijing for two or three days, the idea of serving the motherland in my heart could no longer be found, and the farmer who had previously thought of "changing his son and eating" became the brothel singer's "singing music and singing, prosperous and dazzling" and so on.
Emperor Chongzhen was a bad temper again, so he naturally would not be abusive to these scholars anymore.
Scholar, when he sees the official, he will not kneel down and cancel it!
An official is an official, why don’t you kneel down as a scholar? If there is a lawsuit, officials will generally bend towards the scholar. Just because of the privilege of the scholar, this also causes the scholar to be arrogant and domineering.
Even scholars are like this, let alone Juren. Look at the Zhao Juren who is showing off his power, he understands everything. Even in Xiong County, Juren Zhao forced the young lady of the Zhang family tofu to death, but no one cares about it.
The wear privileges were abolished. In the early Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang had clear regulations on the dressing of people from all walks of life, and there were restrictions on what kind of people wear, what styles, and what specifications of clothes. After being admitted to the scholar, he wore a long robe, a square scarf, a long boots on his head, and a elegant blue shirt, becoming a serious scholar who made ordinary people look up to.
From now on, scholars and the people have no more privileges to wear. As long as you have money, you can wear whatever you want. Shades, silks, silks, brocade clothes and food are no longer restricted.
Only scholars can wear blue shirts and long robes. In the future, these are all personal freedom to wear. In order to eliminate the status of scholars in the hearts of the people.
The privilege of exemption from punishment has been abolished. Since ancient times, China has not been punished by scholars and officials. From ancient times to the present, few emperors have dared to kill scholars. With the fame of scholars, as far as students are concerned, they cannot be punished after committing crimes. Even if the crime is serious, they can only be punished after the local education department has cancelled the fame of fame.
No matter whether you are a scholar or not, even if you are a relative of a noble royal family, as long as you have evidence of crime, you will be punished. The so-called privilege of exempting scholars from punishment will no longer exist.
The privilege of etiquette and law is exempted from the privilege of etiquette and law. Scholars cannot sit with the people to have dinner. The people must respect the scholars and receive scholars with high standards. When common people meet the gentry, they must pay homage to the officials.
In the future, the people do not have to be intimidated or fearful when they meet scholars, nor do they have to give the highest etiquette. Instead, everyone is the same person, just a normal meeting gift. Scholars are no longer arrogant.
The privilege of scholars to use slaves is abolished, except for royal relatives and officials above the seventh rank are not allowed to raise slaves in captivity.
When Zhu Yuanzhang made rules, ordinary people could not use slaves in their families, only fame and nobles above scholars could do it. However, slaves and servants are different, slaves are equivalent to private property. However, servants are often hired.
It is not realistic to abolish the slave system at once, at least it is impossible to achieve it at present. Slaves have contracts for selling their bodies, and their contracts for selling their bodies are on their masters. The same is true for concubines, which are property, and the masters can beat, scold, buy, and deal with them at will.
But there is one thing that you must not beat and scold the slave at will in the future. If you force me to death or kill me, you will be punished with the crime of murder in the Ming Dynasty. You should know that before, there were even examples of killing a slave, but only fined money. Such things must not happen again.
As for not beating or scolding slaves at will, if they are forced to die or killed, they will be punished for the crime of murder in the Ming Dynasty. Zhu Cilang tried his best to fight for it. Originally, Emperor Chongzhen was a little hesitant. Zhu Cilang tried his best to punish the evil master, otherwise there would be many slaves who sold their bodies to be persecuted.
These are not the most important. The most important thing is that scholars no longer enjoy the privilege of exempting labor and taxation. This is what these scholars cannot stand the most, which is equivalent to cutting off their preferential rights from the bottom of the pot.
For feudal dynasties, all under the world was the king's land, the shores of the land, and the ministers. Service and tax payment are the foundation of the country. Service means that the people need to be yamen runners in the county, or go to the prefecture to work, etc. However, scholars enjoy the privilege of not paying taxes or serving. Therefore, scholars can hold large areas of land under their name, which can be up to 80 acres without paying taxes.
The reality is that every scholar's home often has tens of thousands of acres of land. These are also the source of tax avoidance for ordinary people.
The juren has a higher social status and directly enters the upper class. He has a certain voice in the county. He is called a celebrity in the county. Some people welcome him to visit and exit.
In addition, Juren enjoys a tax exemption of 400 acres. In ancient times, the harvest of one acre of more than one field could support a person for a year. Juren became the target of local farmers and landlords.
As Emperor Chongzhen settled in Xiongxian, all these generous treatments were completely cancelled. Then, these scholars gathered outside the yamen and began to cause trouble.
All of this was expected by Zhu Cilang. I will take the blame. Zhu Cilang is happy to serve such a thing.
So Zhu Cixuan and his men went outside the yamen.
When everyone saw the prince coming, they became more and more excited.
Chapter completed!