Guizhuang, Lu Fu and others saw Gu Yanwu and Huang Zongxi, the most representative leaders of Jiangnan Shilin, walked side by side. They were stunned and could not help but shake their heads and smile.

Therefore, scholars with different ideas such as Guizhuang and Lu Fu bowed to each other and then started to laugh.

Some brothers who belong to different camps began to come over to say hello due to different ideas.

There are also scholars who were originally friends but had different ideas and started to reiterate friendship.

As the master Zhu Youxiao, who came to Jiangnan to force management, has made Jiangnan Shilin temporarily harmonious.

Of course, it is indeed only temporary. After all, ideas and beliefs are not so easy to integrate.

What is involved in this is the distribution of interests.

It’s just now that Zhu Youxiao, as the emperor, emphasized the awareness of “nationality”, has temporarily put the controversy on hold.

Because Zhu Youxiao emphasized that "national" consciousness is consistent with the outside world, he first snatched the cake outside and then discussed how to divide it.

"Mr. Lizhou, since you want to limit the people, you must first let the court manage the people. However, according to Gu's opinion, if the people in Jiangnan want to completely control the monarch's power, they must first break the clan power and let the imperial power go to the countryside!"

At this time, Gu Yanwu talked about the topic of clan power and imperial power on the way back to the city with Huang Zongxi, and wanted to take this opportunity to test Huang Zongxi's reaction to some of his political ideas.

As a thinker, Gu Yanwu naturally cannot avoid the need to influence other people's thoughts intentionally or unintentionally, conquer other people's thoughts, and then occasionally chat and make private goods through casual conversation, especially in front of famous people like Huang Zongxi.

After hearing this, Huang Zongxi asked very seriously: "Break the clan power?"

"Yes, the first thing to do to break the clan power is to let the clans move, otherwise it will be difficult for the imperial court to implement the people. The biggest problem among the people in Jiangnan is that there are many large clans living in, and there are many large clans covering an area of ​​100,000 or even one million mu. If these large clans do not move, the people will always be in the hands of the big clans, not in the hands of the court. I am afraid that the government will find it difficult to know how many people there are under their rule."

After returning, Gu Yanwu said: "The next thing the court has to do is this. As a representative of the family, you have to find a way to guide scholars from the family to accept the proposal of transferring the family to the clan!"

After hearing this, Huang Zongxi asked: "After the transfer of the tribes, the people were even more dispersed. How can we fight against the government?"

"This requires the establishment of a social organization! Because people organized by clans will not only not fight against the government, but will instead kidnap the government, oppress the people of the small tribe, and then annex the property of the small tribe!"

"If today, the biggest disadvantage is that there are many states and many families, and there are very few social organizations. What is a social organization? It is neither controlled by the government nor the interests and emotions of the clan are connected. It is a purely just organization, such as a charity organization or a health organization!"

"Your Majesty mobilized some powerful people to establish some, but it was not enough, and it was not spontaneous among the people. So when the disaster occurred, the folk clans only knew how to pursue profits, hoarded goods, and even colluded with the government to greed for relief, without just organization, and organized the people to take the initiative to provide relief before the court officials responded, thereby reducing losses!"

Gu Yanwu said.

"Please allow students to think more about this. It is really difficult for students to accept the fact that they can be separated from each other. After all, this is to separate flesh and blood and disobey human ethics. Since ancient times, dynasties have moved wealthy families and immigrated, and few people have been called good governance, but after hearing what the public said, it is indeed beneficial to the country and the people's livelihood."

Huang Zongxi said in embarrassment.

"Okay!"

Gu Yanwu did not expect that even people like Huang Zongxi would find it difficult to accept the national policy of transferring the big clans. He couldn't help but worry that if such a policy really appears, it would still cause great controversy.

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Zhu Youxiao looked out the window and kept walking towards Nanjing City or boarding a boat to return to his hometown. He couldn't help but say to Lu Xiangsheng and Wen Tiren: "There are too many scholars in Jiangnan!"

"This is just a graduate who has fame, financial resources, and there are more in the school."

Lu Xiangsheng replied.

Wen Tiren also laughed and said, "So, when he was discussing politics before leaving the capital, someone proposed to abolish the system of official positions of Enyin. All officials opposed it because there are too many scholars in the world, too few can choose superior officials, and the competitive pressure is too great. At least, Enyin doesn't have to sign up with thousands of people to take the exam for a small official position. Now the officials in the court care about the most is Enyin!"

"Because of this, officials now have no high demands on Enyin. Civil officials and scholarly families no longer dislike the low-ranking military officials of Enyin, nor do they dislike the young and careless officials of the Hanlin Academy, even those who are idle and innocent, even those who are full of research, are willing to accept it, because there are too many people in the world who want to be officials."

Lu Xiangsheng also said.

“In recent years, most of the wealth that the court will plunder from outside, except for investing in infrastructure, has been spent on education. It is normal for many scholars to be large;

But many scholars would rather cross a single-plank bridge to take the imperial examination and become officials. Even if they are fighting for the blood, they are not willing to change their ideas and engage in industry and commerce, or even for craftsmen, even if they are in the army to do some cultural and technical affairs. This is really a headache!

It is really annoying that one would rather just wait and waste your time than go to find another profession first.”

Zhu Youxiao said and pointed at some scholars outside: "Look, many of these scholars have white hair and look older than me. They don't have to give birth, but they just gather together, shout and talk about current affairs, and compare themselves to Yi Yin Guan Zhong, and they just wait to be an official, but there are so many officials!"

"The official position is indeed not enough, not only the official position is insufficient, but the number of Jinshi, Juren and other places is not enough. Although the court has repeatedly expanded its enrollment, compared with the rapidly increasing number of scholars in the world, there are still more monks and less porridges! Many Jinshi are still waiting for officials to be appointed, let alone scholars below Jinshi."

Wen Tiren replied.

Zhu Youxiao recalled the scene of the soldiers fighting each other before, and said, "If you can't wait for the officials to do it for a long time, you will be mentally abnormal. When encountering conflicts, you will be more likely to lose your mind and touch the king's law! No wonder some scholars have become radical before and dare to fight in front of me, or even kill people!"

"What Your Majesty said is that, but for thousands of years, the idea that only by studying high and everything is inferior, it is impossible to expect that within a few decades, the scholars and officials can change their ideas and engage in things other than being an official! It is not just a scholar and official, but among all the people, the idea that being an official is the best way out is deeply rooted."

Lu Xiangsheng replied.

Zhu Youxiao said: "After that being said, the court still needs to guide the literati to change his mind, and not be arrogant, believing that doing other things besides officials is willing to be inferior. In short, this matter must be solved. Hundreds of thousands or even millions of scholars are not allowed to do anything, gather together to cause trouble, and they only focus on the court officialdom! That would easily breed the phenomenon of selling official positions! After all, once the official positions are scarce, it will be equivalent to becoming a hot commodity, and it is naturally very valuable. There will be no one who wants to make a fortune by buying them. Once a person's greed for profit is opened, even if he knows that doing so will kill himself, he will not be able to control himself."
Chapter completed!