I am the king of the dead

"Naturally, this is treason, the poison of the country, the disease of man and god, and the same anger of different generations." Yu Qian accused this kind of behavior as treason, but any rampant phenomenon of this kind is like a person drinking the [-]th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. Bowl of arsenic.

Zhu Qiyu immediately said: "What we need to be vigilant about is turning a deer into a horse, just like the business of this collapsed house. For example, I am Hanlin, and interpret the business of the collapsed house as an industry, because building a house will use craftsmen, hire them, and consume liquidity. Assets, and provide a certain amount of material and wealth possession, and provide a living environment, and its production characteristics conform to the characteristics of industry.”

"The business of this collapsed house is interpreted in this way, but the main source of profit is not mentioned. Just like the main source of profit of this collapsed house business, is it really in line with the nature of the industry? Since it is based on power to make money The main source of profit, with the purpose of stripping people and squeezing profits, is a business that collapses, so what is the word industry?"

"This is what we need to be vigilant against. Under new developments, there are deeper hidden tricks."

Wang Ao, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, shivered violently, looking at His Majesty with fear and anxiety in his eyes, His Majesty is lucky to be sitting in the middle of the emperor, if this is not in the position, it is a proper giant beetle of the country, His Majesty knows how to interpret, yes You can't change the facts, you can change the definition.

This level of pointing at a deer is like a horse, and he got caught by accident. He, a cruel official, is no match for His Majesty.

It is not without reason that His Majesty the Emperor is invincible on the chessboard of "Fighting Corruption and Catching Corruption".

"Your Majesty... this, this, this... Even if it's going against the grain, it's still going to worship the ancients. How can you have this ability? This, this... At most, it's just greed for money, buying land, and escaping some righteous gifts. You don’t have the ability to wait.” Yao Kui, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, was a bit awkward in speaking, His Majesty’s words were too direct, directly to the point where Yao Kui was frightened.

The literati and bureaucrats of Ming Dynasty, how could they have such abilities!Taking bribes to buy some land is already the limit of a scholar-bureaucrat!

"Han Shuyan: Farmers and their sons exposed the middle and the wild, did not avoid the cold and heat, scoured the soil, and callused their hands and feet. They have paid grain rent, and paid high taxes. It can't be half." Zhu Qiyu took out this sentence from the Han Shu again.

Because of the high development of Confucianism, the political development of the Central Plains dynasty was particularly mature, but the economic development was a mess. In fact, it was the construction of the state system in the economic field that Yu Qian had always been thinking about.

Zhu Qiyu looked at Yao Kui and said: "When we discuss the land, we just discuss the ownership of the land dryly, but we often ignore or misunderstand the three issues."

"First of all, the first question, when discussing land, often only considers the profits brought about by land ownership, that is, the income from food production, while ignoring the profits generated by the personal attachment of land as a means of production, that is, The issue of hidden households that the Ministry of Household Affairs has only recently discussed has really affected the foundation of Daming’s tax base.”

Yao Kui is right. The economic system of the Central Plains Dynasty has been absent for a long time. In the Ming Dynasty, the fiscal and taxation economy of the Ming Dynasty was at the bottom of all dynasties. The dog shook his head when he saw it.

Even Zhu Qiyu suspected that he did not understand the Yuan Dynasty, so he made this judgment.

It is also possible that Daming is not even as good as Hu Yuan in this aspect. Hu Yuan's tax package system is indeed lazy, but if he can receive taxes, then Hu Yuan is indeed better than Daming in financial affairs, but Zhu Qiyu doesn't know that Hu Yuan The financial and tax situation at that time is out of the question.

The Farm Law of the Ming Dynasty and the two decrees that the breeding population will never be paid are to remove this strong personal attachment, to return the freedom of the peasants, to complete the transformation of the small peasant economy, to increase the number of free people in the Ming Dynasty, and to realize the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty. Freedom to hire at scale.

As for the literati and bureaucrats in the Ming Dynasty, they didn’t even understand the simplest and most basic poll tax in a feudal dynasty. Huahuo is really hard for them.

Yao Kui wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty is wise."

For the first time, Yao Kui felt the absurdity that incompetence can be a virtue.

Zhu Qiyu looked around, and all the officials raised their heads before continuing: "The second question, when discussing land, often underestimate the profits generated by land as the largest and most productive means of production."

"Because since the abolition of well fields, open rice fields, and the abolition of private ownership of slave land, the people of the Central Plains have faced three big mountains from beginning to end, grain rent, high tax, and private demands from the township department, and they mistakenly think that the city is just a matter of course. It should have more social resources and higher labor remuneration, and the countryside is naturally poor, backward, and remote.”

"In fact, farmers under the Daming Farm Law, as far as Guanzhong is relatively poor, with a lot of people and a narrow land, their annual income is about fourteen silver, while an unskilled craftsman in the city, such as an apprentice, such as loading and unloading, can earn about [-] silver per year. The annual income is only about ten silver."

Shen Yi blinked and looked at the emperor in a daze, and said full of doubts: "Huh?"

Looking at Shen Yi's confused eyes, Zhu Qiyu was thinking about how to explain the phenomenon of excess profits generated by natural forces, which is a phenomenon that violates common sense and thinking. To explain this problem clearly, it requires a long and exhaustive explanation of the principles.

Yu Qian flipped through his memo, took out a memorandum about the farm law, tore off a page, handed it to Shen Yi and said: "What your Majesty said is true, the Labor Insurance Bureau under the jurisdiction of Ji Province, the unskilled craftsmen in the city Shen Shangshu knows very well about the annual income, so this share is the income of farmers under the farm method, but in fact...only the farmers before the Ming Dynasty were poor."

"The common people are willing to have children, and they can buy a pair of shoes for them after giving birth. This is the income of the farm law farmers under the high tax of the court."

"Producers' wealth, by definition, is greatest when their labor time is less than that required to reproduce themselves."

Labor is responsible for production, and producers have the most assets, shouldn't it be taken for granted?But that’s not the case. Farmers are poor and suffer. It’s not that they don’t produce enough, they don’t work hard, and it’s not that they don’t want to work hard. It’s that they are under the pressure of the system design.

The reason why Yu Qian tore off a page and refused to show Shen Yi the rest is because everything about the farm law is under the direct management of His Majesty, and Shen Yi, as the Secretary of the Household Department, has no right to directly consult it. Some secrets are secrets. If you can't let people know, you can't let people know.

Shen Yi silently returned the page in his hand to Yu Qian, and said after a moment of silence: "I have no doubts."

Zhu Qiyu flipped through the memo in his hand, and continued: "The third problem is that we often think that landowners or power holders, such as landlords, squires, influential powers, and government officials, can clearly know and determine grain rents. , high taxes, and the amount of self-seeking, how much should it be.”

"Because I don't work, I can't measure the labor income correctly. I often feel that I can squeeze some more out to satisfy my desire to possess materials and wealth. In fact, the people have been squeezed out, and there is no more oil and water to be squeezed out. If you can’t give it, you will starve and die everywhere, which will eventually lead to civil unrest.”

"Landlords, squires, officials, and government officials thought they could eat a little more, but they didn't realize that they reached out to the last handful of rice in the common people's rice jars. By the time they realized it, it was too late, because they were rigid and unresponsive. In the end, this small fire turned into a prairie fire, and just 12 years ago, Song Zhang, the governor of Fujian Province, used his life to prove the objective existence of this problem."

"Similar to this is the first case."

In the end, there was also a civil uprising in the first case, but because of the quick and proper handling, the two sharp blades Lian Gang and Zuo Ding inspected Sichuan and Sichuan, and finally sorted out the officials in Sichuan and Sichuan, which calmed down the anger .

Zhu Qiyu said quite solemnly: "The three problems I mentioned are universal and exist objectively. They seem to be three problems, but they are actually one problem, and that is profit."

"This is the third question to be discussed at this Salt and Iron Conference, and that is the boundary between the real and the virtual. So what is this boundary?"

"When the profit generated by labor is lower than the profit generated by interest-bearing and usury, it is inevitable to avoid reality. , is the time to escape from reality to emptiness.”

"The land is uncultivated, and the land is barren, which means that the profit it generates is lower than the interest rate. In the end, the land is empty and the land without a cone is filled with wilderness."

"If you lose the way and lose the way, you lose the way."

After Zhu Qiyu finished speaking, many courtiers looked at the notes after taking notes, without saying a word.

"What I said is not complicated, nor too in-depth. If there is something you don't understand, you can ask." After Zhu Qiyu finished speaking, he moistened his throat and said quite calmly.

Zhu Qiyu really didn't talk about too complicated things, such as the differential grain rent brought about by the excess profits of natural forces, etc. He just discussed the current social phenomena of the Ming Dynasty and the root causes of industry, virtual property, and derealization. an overview.

"Your Majesty is wise and wise. It's time for the Lord of the Kingdom. I congratulate you!" Yu Qian looked at the dense notes on the memorandum. He really had nothing to say and could only slander.

"Your Majesty congratulates you!" Many courtiers hurriedly bowed their heads and shouted at the sea. Some social phenomena that were previously incomprehensible, after being sorted out by His Majesty, became clear at a glance. If there is a problem, then the problem has disappeared. After the discussion, submit the unresolvable problems to His Majesty for clarification.

Zhu Qiyu stretched out his hand to stop the officials, and then said calmly: "If you have any questions, you can ask them through Zuo Shunmen's memorial. , Three people must have my teacher, and I will work together with you to forge ahead, to make Daming great again, it is the common wish of Daming!"

"It's a happy thing, Shen Yi, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, said that from this year onwards, this Beijing official will award one silver this year, and he has done the New Year's silver. Everyone, have a good year."

The New Year's silver for the Beijing army is more than 60 silver, and each person is three silver, and the Ministry of Households has made a report that each of the Beijing officials will be one silver for the New Year's silver. Zhu Qiyu approved this memorial and announced the matter through the Salt and Iron Conference , a court meeting will be held.

This money is mainly the fixed salary to make up for the poor. It is reissued in the name of New Year's Silver. It is absolutely impossible to let the horses run and not let the horses graze. Zhu Qiyu's treatment for Beijing officials is the highest treatment since the opening. As far as the salary is enough, it is enough to guarantee the needs of life.

After Jiang Yuan heard about it, he looked at Shen Yi and said strangely: "It's more difficult than going to heaven to deduct some money from Shen Shangshu, Shen Bulou. Is this the sun coming out from the west?"

Shen Yi naturally wouldn't say that last year's fixed salary was less and he would make up for it with New Year's silver. He was not annoyed when he was called the nickname of "No Leakage", and said with a smile: "That's His Majesty's benevolence. It's New Year's Eve. Buying two sets of clothes for the children, and adding a piece of jewelry for the wife and daughter? If you entertain relatives, you can’t even get a melon or fruit, isn’t it a joke?”

Shen Yi interpreted this money as His Majesty was giving out New Year's money, and it was only natural for a gentleman to give out some New Year's money.

The reason why Shen Yi was willing to give this money was entirely because it was to maintain the degree of organization and unity of the organization. Shen Yi had never been conscious of the money that should be spent. Xu Youzhen asked for money to dredge waterways. Xu Youzhen was not upset.

If it is money that should not be spent, His Majesty is Zhu Zhu, and Shen Yi has to discuss it with His Majesty. Even if His Majesty can't take it back, Shen Yi has to express the firm opposition of the Ministry of Household Affairs.

Chapter 935 An initial small goal, the sun never sets

No matter how many new policies Zhu Qiyu launched, the basic background of the Ming court is still extremely conservative, and extreme conservative is more conservative than conservative.

For example, Zhu Qiyu proposed the national debt before and perfected its theoretical basis, but the household department of Ming Dynasty firmly held the objection. Finally, after the court discussion, only the national debt of 500 million silver coins was approved. The five-year period is approaching. Or the Ministry of Household Affairs, both have reservations about the re-issue of government bonds.

Having reservations means objecting, and there are very good reasons for objecting, whether it is the state funds or domestic funds are extremely abundant, His Majesty can do whatever he wants, whether it is using troops against Cochin, against Hara and Lin, or going south to the West At the same time, Daming's household and internal funds fully guaranteed the military equipment of the Ming Dynasty, and at the same time, there was still money left over to distribute some New Year silver to the officials of the Ming Dynasty.

Your Majesty is so poor that he borrowed money from the common people. Doesn't that mean that the national money and the internal money are all a bunch of moneybags?

Wang Hu of Ji Province, Lin Xiu, Eunuch of Internal Finance, Shen Yi, Minister of the Household Department, Xiao Yi, Minister of the Household Department, and others believed that the Ming court was not at the point where it borrowed money from the common people and influential figures, and even the Ministry of Rites was a little The criticism, the imperial court borrowed money from the people, what is the system, what is the state, and what is your majesty's face.

In short, for Ming officials, it is still the same. They are ashamed of talking about profit, and the national debt is a very embarrassing thing.

Zhu Qiyu finally decided to suspend the implementation of the national debt after comprehensively considering the opinions of the Ministry of Planning, the Ministry of Households, and the Ministry of Rites.

The last time the national debt was issued, Zhu Qiyu was on a tour in the south, and the national debt became a carnival for meat eaters. Even if Zhu Qiyu was in Beiya, it was not much better. It was not that the people had no money to buy it, but that the national debt was directly sold. The meat-eaters were allotted cleanly, not even a penny was left, and it was not even the turn of the Baoyuan Bureau to distribute it. There were also people who traded it privately, and the price was higher than the issue price. Like subprime mortgages, they can be sold very quickly for arbitrage.

This national debt has become a business, and it is false, so naturally Zhu Qiyu will not issue it anymore.

Regarding the role of national debt, the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Finance have very consistent opinions. In the national system of financial affairs, the roles of national debt and salt are highly overlapping, except that one can be converted into salt, one can be converted into silver coins, and the other is interest-free. , one has interest, and Yanyin can also be exchanged for silver coins. It is better to exchange in Datong Prefecture than in Zhejiang, and there is also a profit margin.

There is another reason why the national debt is not acclimatized and cannot play its role. It is really the national power of Daming, which is too strong. Even Zhu Qiyu, who holds the artifact, does not know where the upper limit of Daming is.

Zhu Qiyu clearly knows that he is not always wise, not every decision is right, just as he said to Prince Zhu Jiancheng, there is no absolutely right person in this world, that is a saint, besides, there is no one in the world saint.

With regard to the matter of giving money for the Chinese New Year, as long as the two big bosses of Ming Dynasty agreed, there was naturally no objection. The last salt and iron meeting before the Chinese New Year was gradually approaching in a lively and serious atmosphere. end.

"Your Majesty, I just received the Tang newspaper." Xing'an put an urgent Tang newspaper in front of Zhu Qiyu, who opened it with a smile on his face.

Wang Yue, a 33 Jinshi from Kang Guobao Minguan, Duntai Yuanhou from Daming, Jingtai [-]nd Grade [-], has already arrived in Luntai City. According to the footsteps, he can arrive in the capital about before the Chinese New Year.

This time Wang Yue is returning to Beijing to report on his duties. After the new year, he will return to Kang Guo to continue to help Wang Fu in his work. The main reason for Wang Yue's return is that he is homesick. Showing their faces in front of the emperor, His Majesty the Emperor might have forgotten them in Kang.

Zhu Qiyu pushed the Tang newspaper to Yu Qian, and Yu Qian smiled after reading it, and returned the Tang newspaper to Xing'an.

Yu Qian said with a smile on his face, "Congratulations."

As for the happy event, there were so many courtiers at the Salt and Iron Conference, and the two did not discuss it in detail. It was just such a small gesture, but it made people feel emotional. Your Majesty still trusts and respects Yu Shaobao as always, just this gesture of handing over the note is so natural , but with such a simple action, when did His Majesty do it to others?

Yu Shaobao's reaction was also very interesting. He returned the pond newspaper to Xing'an instead of His Majesty, and it was his duty to be a minister.

Jun Shengchen Xian, Your Majesty and Yu Shaobao still have no gap, which makes some people with all kinds of small thoughts can only accept those dirty thoughts.

On the way back to Lecture Hall, Zhu Qiyu and Yu Qian had a full exchange of ideas about the Governor of Luzon. Yu Qian very much agreed with the restoration of the Governor of Luzon, and he also understood the candidate proposed by His Majesty, but Yu Qian still didn't quite understand it. After entering Beijing, His Majesty's attitude towards overseas Chinese remains the same without any change.

Zhu Qiyu said quite seriously: "Yu Shaobao, think about it, whether it's the royal family's vassal, or the common people's separation, is it true that after the separation, they are each a family? The expatriates have separated from Daming. The two families are already connected, yes, they are connected by the same kind of blood, I know, but the candidate for the governor of Luzon should be sent by the people of Ming Dynasty."

"Luzon is too close to Daming."

"What your Majesty said is very true." Yu Qian thought for a while, for Daming, this is not a big deal, there is no need to confront His Majesty at all, the matter of the overseas governor is an exploration, and it is all about crossing the river by feeling the stones.

In fact, it has nothing to do with distance. Once this social practice has achieved results, no matter how far or near it is, it will become a rule to send the governor. Once this becomes a rule, it will form a huge vested interest group. I have to use a knife.

Seeing that Yu Qian agreed with his idea, Zhu Qiyu narrowed his eyes and said: "As soon as the conquest system came out, there were a lot of idle clansmen and yamen in the capital. I know that fighting dogs and walking birds is nothing serious, and I feel bored for them."

"I just want to pick on this Luzon, so let them go. Whoever does a good job will hand over the Luzon Governor. Don't you like to fight dogs and walk birds? I will give them an island and let them fight on it. .”

Yu Qian was happy when he heard the words, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, is there a possibility that your Majesty sees that they have no business and is boring for them, but they like it and find it interesting? People are always different. .”

Zhu Qiyu thought for a while and said in a low voice: "Let's not hide it from Shaobao. Of course I know that they are willing to degenerate. I just sit in this position. I can't help it. I just see that they are too idle and find something for them to do."

Zhu Qiyu is an ordinary person, and this group of yamen hang around under his nose all day long. If he has money and leisure, his life should be as comfortable as possible. Get angry.

"However, it's still based on the principle of voluntariness. If you want to go, you can go. If you don't want to, Daming can afford to be a rice bug, and I won't force them." Zhu Qiyu leaned on the back of the chair, after all, let them Voluntary registration, overseas titles, and overseas positions have already been drawn up. Zhu Qiyu wants to support and encourage Daming's yamen and clan relatives to go to sea. If these people go out, they will not harm the people of Daming.

As for their destructive power, how much destructive power they have in Daming, they will only be stronger when they go overseas without the suppression of the court and the emperor.

Yu Qian has quite a lot of experience as an official. He said tentatively: "Your Majesty's edict will spread, and the news will spread. It is estimated that this involuntary will be voluntary."

"I didn't force them. Their parents forced them to be better, and it has nothing to do with me." Zhu Qiyu waved his hands repeatedly and said, he will not take the blame for this coercion, but he said it clearly and clearly, it is voluntary!

As for the yamen and clan relatives who went to sea, who volunteered, anyway, it wasn't Zhu Qiyu.

Yu Qian smiled even more when he heard it: "Your Majesty is also a scholar. For this matter of a scholar, being forced voluntarily is not considered coercion."

A scholar is a frame, and everything can be put in it.

Zhu Qiyu laughed out loud, they are all scholars, they are all carved out of the same mold, they are all cold political machines.

After the supreme emperor of the Ming Dynasty returned to the Imperial Study Room of the Juxian Pavilion in the Lecture Hall, he had been staring at Kanyutu in a daze, thinking about the meaning of the empire on which the sun never sets.

No matter which empire the sun never sets, are they really the sun never sets?

In the colonies, the economy, military, politics, culture, means of production, etc. are all firmly grasped by the capitalists who go to sea, and there may be such a thin feudal relationship with the suzerain country. The suzerain country does not have a strong economy for the colonies. , military, political, and cultural constraints.

If this is the case, the King of Ceylon was captured by Zheng He and sent to the Ming Dynasty for trial, and then Emperor Wen of the Ming Dynasty canonized the new King of Ceylon. Does this count as the territory of the Ming Dynasty?This is a concrete manifestation of military restraint.

If the Jiji is included, then the territory map of the Ming Dynasty, isn't it just a little bit?The entire western and southern oceans should be included in the territory of Ming Dynasty.

Why do these empires of the later generations claim that the sun never sets with a lick of their cheeks, and when it comes to the territory of the Ming Dynasty, it is only counted as the territory of prefectures and counties?The jurisprudence since ancient times, in the hands of these descendants of pirates, can be declared in the form of restraints, but when it comes to the Central Plains Dynasty, it can only be claimed in the four directions?

By fist.

Zhu Qiyu clenched his fists and looked at the Kanyu map. Among the goals of making Daming great again, in terms of territory, the territory where the sun never sets, and the basic confinement of the land of heaven and earth, are part of the initial realization of making Daming great again.

Zhu Qiyu dealt with the official documents as always, and the theoretical basis of Da Ming's fact-based theory has begun to be continuously improved in the process of great speculation.

Hu Wei walked into the Huitong Hall slowly with small square steps. He came to see Nikolaoz and no longer participated in the Salt and Iron Conference. end.

"I've seen Master Hu." Nikolaoz put down the quill in his hand, he was still writing "The Travel Notes of the Roman Envoy to Daming", he and Hu Wei often met, but every time they poked each other's lung tubes, only However, Nikolaoz is really too young compared to Hu Wei. Hu Wei wins every time. Except for the washing of the crown suit, Nikolaoz has almost never won.

Hu Wei looked at Nikolaoz's quill, silently took out the Daming imperial pen, and played with it in his hand.

"What is this?" Nikolaoz frowned.

Hu Yi handed the imperial fountain pen to Nikolaoz, and said with a smile: "The imperial fountain pen produced by the Bingzhan Bureau is not bad, it is much better than your quill pen."

Hu Wei has an imperial fountain pen made by His Majesty himself, but that one, how could he easily show it to others?But the production of this military battle is still the best of the best. Nikolaoz couldn't put it down, but he still gave it back to Hu Wei.

Hu Yan shook his sleeves, took out a sandalwood box, and said with a smile: "I still have a lot, I'll give you two."

Hu Wei was not restrained, and after finding a place to sit down, he took the travel notes written by Nikolaoz, read it for a long time, and then said: "I can't accept it, I'm tired after reading it for a while, but I just saw it. The content, what you wrote, doesn’t make sense.”

"I wrote it in Latin, can you understand it?" Nikolaoz asked with a frown.

Hu Wei took it for granted, "It's just phonograms. As a Jinshi of ideograms, would I be surprised if I learn them?"

As soon as Hu Wei opened his mouth, he spoke in an authentic Junbao accent. His pronunciation was pure and free of any mistakes. In the absence of a language environment, Hu Wei was so authentic that Nikolaoz frowned even more. He has been in Daming for ten years. There is no problem in daily communication. If you want to understand the Four Books and Five Classics, it is a fool's dream.

Hu Yan said cheerfully: "Our Daming translators pay attention to integrity and elegance. Faith means accuracy and does not violate the meaning of the original text; Da means smoothness and is not limited to form; elegance means conciseness and elegance, and they all translate randomly like you group of savages. , His Majesty will be angry."

Nikolaoz was furious. He was a serious Roman envoy. It is no wonder that he was not angry when he was scolded as a barbarian. However, what Hu Ming said was very reasonable and logical. From the perspective of language, he pointed out the backwardness of Roman etiquette. , the translations are all casual translations, there are no rules at all.

Nikolaoz said angrily, "I don't like talking to you. I get angry when I talk to you. It's strange that I fell into your words."

Nikolaoz couldn't beat Hu Mei, he didn't deserve to lose, how many people in Daming could he say Hu Mei?