Chapter 81: Strange People and Strange Things(1/2)
In fact, the Yan Dynasty was brought to death by himself.
That Xiao Xuan greatly promoted commerce and handicrafts. In the end, food production was not enough, and people all engaged in commerce and were proud of being in commerce.
In the end, no one planted the fields, and no one harvested the fields, so they became deserted.
In the end, it was destroyed by a peasant uprising.
It was created because of the peasant uprising, and it died because of the peasant uprising. It really has a beginning and an end!
Xie Ji thought that the time traveler was really a bit self-righteous, thinking that all policies could adapt to that dynasty.
How many people were there at that time?
There were a total of 80 million people, and the food at that time was mainly wheat and other crops.
Why should we focus on agriculture and suppress commerce? This means that these agricultures were very important in the past.
If everyone is engaged in business, who will grow the food?
When the superstructure is suitable for the economic base, it promotes the consolidation and improvement of the economic base; when it is not suitable for the economic base, it will hinder the development and transformation of the economic base.
The superstructure at that time was the mercantile policy promulgated by Xiao Xuan, but it was not suitable for that era.
You must know that the food at that time was not as surplus as in later generations, and it was all grown by the common people.
Natural business was not suitable for that era.
And that Xiao Xuan thought he was the son of destiny and forcibly implemented the mercantile policy, which was fine in the early stage.
In the later period, everyone went into business. By the end of the dynasty, merchants were everywhere, and the price of food once soared to the sky.
Everyone had no food to eat, so a peasant uprising broke out.
Xie Ji looked at the memory.
Sure enough, the time traveler was tricked to death by himself.
But the time traveler didn’t know that.
Therefore, future generations have a bad look on that Xiao Xuan.
If you think that savages are savages, then as an emperor, you will only do nonsense, which will make the future generations of people miserable.
This emperor was praised when he was in power, but when he died, he was regarded as a counterexample by later generations.
This reputation is not very good.
Xie Ji saw that this time traveler did more than that and forcibly implemented the imperial examination system. Fortunately, there were no obstacles.
The key point is that a law was actually promulgated. The emperor's crime is the same as that of the common people. The problem is that since you have promulgated this law, you have to take the lead and set an example yourself.
As a result, your own son killed someone, and you actually thought that he was right to kill. The ministers would be punished with death for any slight violation, which made the ministers dare not speak out.
What you did was a double standard, no, multiple standards. When he died in the end, the courtiers actually hugged each other and cried. Those were tears shed by being extremely happy.
But since this man's death, that order has become empty, after all, he has not obeyed it.
Why don't you implement the democratic system? Sure enough, you still think in your heart that I am a time traveler? Am I the material to be the emperor? It is my destiny.
God sent me here to be the emperor.
Xie Jixiang, isn't it because your protagonist's halo is too strong and he can't survive no matter what you do? He might not survive even one chapter.
First of all, the person who traveled through time was an unknown person, an orphan without a father or mother? I heard that when he was not yet prosperous, he even pointed at the officials of the Qin Dynasty and cursed at them. At that time, it was a capital crime for a civilian to offend an official, but the time traveler was actually able to instigate the people to kill him.
Kill that official and replace him yourself.
This is a very incredible thing, because at that time Chen She and Wu Guang had not yet revolted, and the rule of the Qin Dynasty was still very stable.
Not only that, the time traveler actually said in public that Qin Shihuang had passed away, even though the news had not yet spread.
That's it? It's really weird that he can still live safely. It's really weird. The protagonist has too much aura.
Wait, will I have the halo of the protagonist, and will I be able to be a prostitute?
Forget it, if you don't have the aura of the protagonist, dying is not worth the gain.
The more Xie Ji thinks about it, the more disgusting it becomes? It's okay for you to seek death yourself, but now the things you do to seek death, don't they leave some pressure on me?
You have healed yourself and become an emperor for eternity. Bah, you are an emperor for eternity who has been reviled by others.
For example, now it has reached the point where businessmen have become dissatisfied, and now the production level has finally improved. As a result, as a result, this business aspect cannot be touched at all.
Once you open up business, these courtiers will definitely refute you with Xiao Xuan, which is a clear example.
Xie Ji thought about it. This man was really awesome. He was able to make the emperor to such a degree that even future generations would be ashamed of him. He was definitely one of the best in history.
This time traveler is really good at what he does.
Since the demise of the Xiao Yan Dynasty established by the time traveler, the subsequent emperors have learned their lesson and continued to implement the policy of not punishing officials as well as treating ordinary people with courtesy.
However, the imperial examination system was retained, but because the imperial examination system was a castrated imperial examination system.
Generally speaking, civilians are not allowed to participate, only the children of officials can participate. Therefore, this further increases the power of noble families.
The founding emperor of this dynasty opened the imperial examination system, which meant that civilians could also participate. However, it was blocked by many people, but a compromise was reached between the two parties.
Allow ten places to be reserved for civilians in each imperial examination.
In other words, only ten people can participate in the imperial examination in each session. These are only those who can participate. It is not certain that they can become an official. The whole army is often wiped out.
And even if you are an official, you are still a small official with no reputation. Therefore, civilians cannot see the future, and most of them are no longer attached to officialdom.
And are there any weird ones? Yes, for example, that Wei Zhenzhi, this person is really lucky, he can actually stand out and win the first prize.
In fact, it was really luck that he won the top prize. It was not his turn.
Here's the thing.
At first, Wei Zhenzhi was the only commoner who could participate in the palace examination.
That imperial examination was very strange, and it was also the first imperial examination since I became the prime minister.
The original person was not very powerful at the time, but the original person was very conceited.
One shortcoming of conceited people is that they want others to listen to them.
He has a strong desire to control and is not allowed to lose control in his own hands.
At that time, during the palace examination, other students who participated in the palace examination were very talented compared to Wei Zhenzhi, so no matter what happened, Wei Zhenzhi would not be able to get his turn.
The original person had just become prime minister at that time and was very high-spirited. Before the palace examination, he asked the students what their ambitions were.
Not all people want to honor their ancestors, govern the country and bring peace to the world, and create a prosperous age.
Wei Zhenzhi replied: As long as anyone gives me enough food and does not violate the principles, I will do whatever they ask me to do.
In this way, I think Wei Zhenzhi is very good.
However, the number one scholar was not determined by him, and he did not want Wei Zhenzhi to be the number one scholar.
The fact is that during the palace examination, all the students talked loudly and talked endlessly.
The emperor was a little impatient, and the other accompanying officials were very satisfied with the students who were talking eloquently, and extended their olive branches one after another.
The emperor was very unhappy, but Xie Ji was not. Although Xie Ji was a little fond of Wei Zhenzhi.
However, if you want me to help you, there is no way. I don’t like to help others.
If you are useless yourself, don't ask me to help you.
The emperor looked at Wei Zhenzhi who was at a loss and asked him, they are all talking about their theories of governing the country, what about you?
How do you think Wei Zhenzhi answered?
He actually said that he had little talent and little knowledge, and had no idea of governing the country. He just wanted to give himself a bite to eat.
The problem is that the emperor is also a weirdo. From the memory of the original person, this emperor is indeed a bit weird, and his weird points are different from ordinary people.
This emperor hated etiquette very much, and he also liked to go against etiquette. If others went west, he would go east, and if others went north, he would go south.
In this way, other officials praised other students for their high talents and true pillars of the country, but the emperor did not think so. He pointed directly at Wei Zhenzhi, who was the number one scholar.
The whole hall was surprised.
Even the original person was surprised, but since it was the emperor who made him the number one scholar despite all the opposition, he was rejected because he was born as a commoner, so he found a leisurely position.
He eats and drinks all day long, and others don't like him, but because he often goes in and out of the Prime Minister's Mansion, because he thinks the food in the Prime Minister's Mansion is more delicious, it must be said that he is also bold.
Others couldn't do anything about him. Although they couldn't stand him, they just let him go.
As time goes by, people have forgotten that he was born as a commoner. After all, officials change quickly, especially when he was killed in the court, dismissed from office, and sent to the frontier. But this has nothing to do with Wei Zhenzhi.
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He continued to eat and wait for death, and he had no great ambitions. It seemed that all he wanted to do was spend his life safely.
But it was because of him that he was able to go smoothly and get promoted almost on his own.
His life was pretty good, he ate and drank every day, and the struggles in the court didn't affect him at all.
Xie Ji was a little envious.
Okay, let’s go too far.
To be continued...