amaotonovel Chapter 311
Chapter 311
Chapter 277 Collusion between Officials and Businessmen
The tributes those people gave him were quite substantial, enough to feed Lord Zhou and his family.
But this silver was the blood and sweat of countless people, yet they robbed it of it.
However, this kind of thing is not uncommon.
Fusu shook his head and sighed.
He said solemnly, "Human nature is like this. Over thousands of years, dynasties have changed and political systems have also changed, but human nature has not changed. Human nature is inherently greedy, and it is understandable to want to gain more benefits."
"Even His Majesty is used to such things. After all, he has heard a lot about them and has a better understanding of human nature. He knows that such things cannot be completely eliminated. We are also powerless to eliminate them. We can only increase the severity of punishment."
"Let's see if we can intimidate some petty people. But we probably can't intimidate someone like Lord Zhou. He has no chance to back down, after all, the Zhou family is behind him."
At this point, Fusu thought of the imperial examination system for poor families in later generations, and he had to admit that this system was indeed extremely advanced.
He ensured that children from poor families had a chance to rise above their circumstances, and he also ensured that the political system was not manipulated by those officials.
If the court is full of people from powerful families, it will restrict the actions of those in power.
They need to consider who is behind this person and how powerful his family is. If they are too powerful, they will have no choice but to compromise.
Even the royal family has to be cautious when doing these things, considering how much influence those powerful families have.
If they are all working for the good of the people and benefiting the people, then their existence is justifiable.
But as I said before, that's just human nature. You can't expect people from big families to be saints who won't seek personal gain or do bad things.
Instead of relying on the character of those people, it would be better to use other methods to deter them from oppressing the common people.
Now, those large families have not only failed to play a positive role, but have also negatively impacted the living environment of ordinary people.
It even affects these powerful families in the imperial court. It would be better if they didn't exist. But this is just something Fusu is thinking.
The power of those powerful families is now greater than that of the imperial dynasty, and their combined power is even more terrifying.
The imperial court was unwilling to be enemies with them. If they were to fight, only the lower-class people would suffer. As for whether the dynasty or the powerful families would win, that was uncertain.
Weakening their influence will take a long time and cannot be accomplished overnight.
Fusu had no hope for humanity. This incident was even within his expectations; if it hadn't happened, it would have been a surprise to him.
Although General Chen had witnessed such things, even many, his understanding of human nature was not as profound as Fusu's.
So when General Chen heard Fusu say that, he felt his worldview collapse and even felt that he had wasted his life.
He was somewhat dazed at the moment, never expecting the young master to say such a thing.
But upon closer reflection, I realized that what the young master said made a lot of sense. What happened here had happened before, so it wasn't surprising.
So this isn't a question of good people versus bad people, it's a question of human nature.
But if it's truly a problem of human nature, then surely this issue can't be resolved?
It's impossible to kill everyone, right? Not only could he not do it, but even the young master couldn't.