New Shun 1730

"Emperor Taizong also said that humiliating them is more useful than being a licking dog. The more you humiliate them, the closer they will be to you spontaneously. Some people even take the initiative to break with them in order to prove that they are not such a slut."

"Therefore, at the beginning of the founding of the country, more humiliation was done by shaving hair, changing clothes, and Huayi. The more humiliation, the more real talents will join the court."

"First, prove that you are not a slut who can be married to anyone; second, well..."

The staff smiled when he said this. This matter is not a secret, and many people know about it.

But it is obvious that this was done. At the beginning, the entire Confucian group was indeed humiliated by Tang Fu. It did have a good effect. Many people took the initiative to stand up and make a break, trying to prove that they were not, so that a large number of talents were indeed absorbed at the beginning of the founding of the country.

However, some individuals made a break.

But the entire group did not "know the shame and then be brave".

On the contrary, the grassroots are still the same.

Later, humiliation was useless. If you can become an official by cutting a chicken, there are many people who will rush to do it, let alone this little humiliation.

It is only used in times of chaos to recruit those real, ambitious and convinced talents, and the effect is very good.

Indeed, it made them spontaneously and actively prove the legitimacy of Dashun.

The staff said again: "But what is the point of Xingguogong doing this to these Yangzhou students? Don't they really know that they are just dogs of salt merchants?"

"Or do they really not know that they shout the interests of salt households, but in fact they are for the interests of salt merchants and their own interests?"

"They know it clearly in their hearts. And the Duke is not going to select useful talents from them at all, so what is the use of humiliating them?"

"Do you expect them to find their conscience after this humiliation and really work for the welfare of the people, the country, and the world?"

"To a group of people who have no How can it be useful to humiliate people with a sense of shame? Knowing shame and then being brave is for those who have a sense of shame. "

"At the beginning of the founding of the country, it is very useful to humiliate them. After all, in the fiefdoms of Yao, Shun, Yu and Tang, there were always some people with courtesy, righteousness, and shame, people who cared about the world, and wanted to prove their reputation for the orthodox teachings. "

"If you select and use them, the world will be at peace. "

"If you humiliate them, there will be people who will argue about the justice of gaining the country. "

"However, what is the attitude of the Duke of Xingguo towards these Yangzhou students? Even if he wants to carry out greater reforms in Jiangsu in the future, will he really use these people? "

Lin Min hummed, thinking that what the staff said was right.

Even if Liu Yu carried out the reform across the Yangtze River in the future, from Huainan to Xuzhou Prefecture, he would not really employ many of these students in the process of the reform.

And, indeed, those who are really ambitious and really care about the people are probably not in line with Liu Yu's ideas.

If the ideas are not in line, how can they be used?

In Lin Min's opinion, Liu Yu had buried a huge hidden danger in Jiangsu alone, and there would be no shortage of struggles in the future.

For example, the reform of southern Jiangsu, especially the process of tax reform, actually need not be mentioned much.

There were definitely riots and oppositions from students.

But it was basically ineffective against Liu Yu.

First, he had the support of the emperor.

Second, the emperor really had a force outside the imperial examination, and Liu Yu also had a third party outside the imperial examination and the imperial power, new students who were not serious scholars.

After the reform of southern Jiangsu, there was a similar "civil servant" examination.

But those things in the examination, after all, serious scholars and students, most of them could not pass.

However, these "civil servants" were neither officials nor clerks, but non-staff personnel with awkward identities, who were paid by local finances and were hired personnel.

Southern Jiangsu had a developed economy and controlled monopoly foreign trade, not only with the West, but also with Japan, so it was really rich.

Therefore, these non-staff personnel could be supported.

Some scholars felt hopeless and had to try to learn new knowledge. After the riot, some students and gentry also participated in industry, commerce and overseas trade.

Through division and disintegration, some people made trouble and some were suppressed, and finally stabilized with the developed economy and finance of southern Jiangsu.

But it was stabilized, and the contradictions still existed.

Those who read the books of sages could not take the "civil servant" exam, because the exam content was about agriculture, mathematics and the like, and a large number of new students saw it as a good way out.

These "civil servants" gradually replaced the ruling power of students at the grassroots level, especially in urban areas, and completely squeezed the students, leaving them with little room for survival in grassroots politics.

And the salary given by the finance is really not low.

At least better than some students at the bottom.

It seems that this is a good thing: if you feel that you are not capable of crossing a single-plank bridge and passing the imperial examination, then transfer to practical learning as soon as possible, so that you will have a way to make a living in the future.

But the problem is that hope is here. Countless stories tell people that as long as you work hard and study hard, you may pass the exam one day!

Is it to fight for the hope of ascending to heaven once you pass the exam? Or to fight for the reality of making a living honestly?

Furthermore, the exemption of students is nominally based on the difference between gentlemen and common people. But in essence, the court does not pay wages, and exempts some land to let students do some grassroots work.

But after the reform in southern Jiangsu, some grassroots things are also done by hiring people. On the whole, it still relies on its own advantages to make compromises.

In this case, what is the value of students' existence?

Even if the various policies of reform and change are to be implemented from southern Jiangsu and Huainan to the whole of Jiangsu including northern Jiangsu in the future, the problem of students is still not solved.

The staff said that since Liu Yu did not want to use these students, what was the point of humiliating them?

And indeed, even if there are people who really do not become dogs of salt merchants, but really stand up for the people, for salt households, and for the common people with the noble spirit in their hearts, then this is not in line with Liu Yu's philosophy at all.

So from this matter, Lin Min and the staff thought that this would not give them meaningful experience.

If Lin Min really wanted to solve the problem of students, Jiangsu Province was indeed a rare place to try.

Liu Yu did not solve this problem, and did not want to solve it at all, but just suppressed it.

If Lin Min could solve this problem in Jiangsu, it would be quite beneficial to him personally.

Obviously, whether it is industry and commerce or salt administration, many reforms, he Lin Min is not the first credit.

The emperor knows this, and many people know it too.

He needs to solve some problems left by Liu Yu and not solved at all, so that he can get his own credit in this reform that started in the first year of Weixin.

If he does well and the emperor thinks it is useful, he may really climb to the position of prime minister in the future.

So, let's not talk about the whole country, just talk about Jiangsu Province now, how to deal with so many students?

Don't ask them to make contributions, just don't make trouble, continue to give them welfare, tuition, rice, and privileges, and support them?

Or, poor and poor, who can't even get a juren, are not worthy of being considered a scholar? Or, those who failed and repeated until the age of 30 are not allowed to participate in the provincial examination to reduce the number?