Dialogue between ancient and modern: I create programs, national treasures have spirits

Chapter 89 Good Kill!
"What? This turned out to be a prosperous age?"

"Impossible, absolutely impossible! What kind of common people in the prosperous age look like this?"

"This thing is really a prosperous age? Why are the common people not happy at all!"

"I seem to have guessed it, could it be Mazi?"

The audience was in an uproar.

The scene in front of you is not the dynasty of the last days?
But a flourishing world?
How can this be?

The wider audience, on the other hand, reacted quickly.

If there is a prosperous age like this, it must be the prosperous age of Kangxi and Qianlong!
And Yi Ze's words also corroborated their point of view.

"This prosperous age is called the Kangqian prosperous age!"

"Also known as the prosperous age of the Manchus, the prosperous age of hunger!"

Yi Ze's tone was sarcastic, pointing at the farmers working in the fields.

"Look at this so-called prosperous scene!"

"This is also the only prosperous age where the country is rich and the people are poor, and it is a prosperous age that is based on the people!"

"This is a carnival for the full people, and a movement for the privileged class!"

The sarcasm in Yi Ze's words was even more serious, revealing a hint of sadness.

Mencius once said: The people are more important than the monarch, and the community is second.

In the prosperity of Kangxi and Qianlong, the common people were undoubtedly in the lowest state.

"During the Kangxi and Qianlong periods, the sun never set and sent envoys to come here for exchanges and met the real people at the bottom."

"From the diaries they left behind, we can get a glimpse of the style of this period."

In the picture, lines of writing gradually appeared.

"When they saw some dead pigs and chickens thrown away by the mission, they jumped into the sea to pick up the discarded things.

Dog meat is their usual food. The Dagan people living on the water are always in a state of half-starvation and half-satisfaction, and are willing to eat any food, even if it is rotten.

As for the leftovers from the mission and the tea leaves we used, the Dagan people always greedily scrambled for them. "

In just a few words, it revealed the true situation of the people at the bottom in this prosperous age.

Yi Ze waited for the handwriting to disappear, and he continued: "Maybe the mission's diary is exaggerated, but these facts are indeed indisputable!"

He continued walking, and the picture of poverty was always shocking the hearts of the audience.

That kind of numbness, that kind of spiritlessness deeply shocked every audience.

"When I read Mr. Zhou's article again, I still didn't understand what was in it. I wondered what could be called insensitive. Now I see it!"

"Such a world can be called a prosperous age? I really don't understand!"

"I have read the information before. During the Kangxi and Qianlong periods, the annual income of farmers was about 32 taels of silver, and their expenses were generally 35 taels. Remember, this is only the cost of meeting basic food and clothing!"

"Good guy, you have worked hard for a whole year, and you still owe a foreign debt of three taels of silver!"

"Do you think these are farmers? No, they are tenant farmers. These lands belong to landlords!"

"Garbage prosperity, it's all blown out!"

The audience's reaction was overwhelming.

No one else, because most of the audience are actually ordinary people.

The living conditions of the bottom people in this prosperous age touched everyone's nerves.

Empathy may be difficult to do, but feeling sad about it is a feeling in everyone's heart.

Yi Ze didn't say much, he just led the audience to compare the similarities and differences between the two eras.

One is the rule of Hongwu!

One is the prosperity of Kangxi and Qianlong!

In terms of reputation, the prosperity of Kangxi and Qianlong is obviously far beyond, and this is something that is included in textbooks.

However, just a simple comparison can feel the difference.

At this moment, Yi Ze's thinking is unprecedentedly clear.

Since we want to compare, we have chosen these two eras for comparison.

That might as well make the field of comparison wider!
"This is just a comparison of farmers, and that alone is shocking."

"Next, let's compare the hundred officials!"

When Yi Ze's voice fell to the ground, the surrounding environment has changed.

The imperial city, at the foot of the emperor.

This is Hongwu Dynasty!
Here, beheading!
Here, the blood is overwhelming!
Who was killed?
It is a corrupt official, a dirty official, and a person who perverts the law for personal gain!
At Caishikou, people's heads are rolling, and blood is flowing!

Looking at this bloody scene, Yi Ze didn't feel too much intolerable.

It's just because those who are beheaded here are all greedy and evil!

"Zhu Yuanzhang was born in poverty, and was extorted by corrupt officials since he was a child, so he hated corrupt officials to the bone!"

"After he ascended the throne, it is stipulated that officials who embezzle more than 60 taels of silver will be shot to death!"

There was a bit of joy in Yi Ze's voice.

He continued to introduce, at the entrance of the vegetable market in front of him, the beheaded person was constantly changing as he explained.

"In the 15th year of Hongwu, the officials of the household department colluded with the local government and embezzled property. Zhu Yuanzhang executed all the local officials!"

"In the 16th year of Hongwu, Shangshu Kaiji of the Ministry of Punishment accepted bribes from death row prisoners to replace prisoners, and Zhu Yuanzhang ordered all the families to be executed!"

"In the 18th year of Hongwu, Guo Heng, the servant of the household department, embezzled 400 million shi of grain, and Zhu Yuanzhang ordered the execution of all those involved!
Also in this year, Han Duo and Li Zhen, ministers of the Ministry of Industry, embezzled and accepted bribes, and all their families were copied and executed!

Wang Zhi, the Minister of the Ministry of War, used conscription to accept bribes of 23 taels of silver, and all the staff were executed! "

"In the more than ten years of Hongwu, Zhang Xiang, Minister of Rites, Xinqin, Yuanwailang, and Liu Zhiren, Yushi of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, 61 of them accepted bribes during the incident, and all of them were executed!"

"In the 25th year of Hongwu, Zhao Mian, Minister of the Household Department, and his wife accepted bribes, and both were killed!"

The sharp ghost head knife was raised high, beheading the corrupt official's head.

All the people onlookers clapped their hands and applauded!

Yi Ze looked at the blood and heads all over the ground, and suddenly sighed.

Even though Zhu Yuanzhang was so strict, he still couldn't stop the greed of corrupt officials.

"Zhu Yuanzhang has been in power for 31 years, and he has carried out six large-scale crackdowns on corruption, killing about 15 corrupt officials!"

As soon as the number came out, the audience, who were still a little ignorant, immediately exploded.

"Fuck you killed so many!"

"Oh my God, what is the concept of 15? I don't know if you say it, but it's scary!"

"If this standard is set now, tsk tsk, you guys understand!"

"Old Zhu is definitely the No. 1 anti-corruption in history, no wonder he has such a bad reputation!"

"Officials are all scholars, and finally became an official to make money, and then met Lao Zhu, tsk tsk."

"I understand why many people criticize Zhu Yuanzhang and say he is cruel and murderous!"

"If you just talk about the numbers and not the reasons, everyone will think that this is a tyrant!"

"Hmph! What tyrant? Lao Zhu killed well, so he deserved to be killed. Those who want to be killed don't dare to greedy the people's fat and anointment!"

Caishikou, crowded with people.

Yi Ze watched all this happen with a smile.

Then, he waved his sleeves, and time and space flowed again.

This time, the place where it appeared was no longer Caishikou.

But a magnificent mansion!

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(End of this chapter)