Chapter 140: Liu Dingzhi's Invitation

Zhu Qizhen knew that Yang Pu and Zhou Chen had a private meeting.

As for what they said, it is not known.

Regarding the fact that Zhou Chen moved closer to Yang Pu, Zhu Qizhen was happy to see it.

The reason is very simple, Zhu Qizhen's energy is limited, and it is impossible to keep an eye on the salt administration all the time, if the contradiction between Zhou Chen and Yang Pu is too deep, Zhu Qizhen is worried about whether the new salt law can be successfully completed.

Can the taxes promised by Zhou Chen be collected honestly. As for the clique between Zhou Chen and Yang Pu. Zhu Qizhen can't say that he doesn't care, but Zhu Qizhen is more confident.

He was confident that even if the two of them really did this, Zhu Qizhen would have a way to settle the score. Now just look at it.

In the past few days, he has even been a little slack off on the government. Every day, I just look at the excerpt of the catalogue first, and then look at the cabinet of the yellow, except for a few people who are not satisfied, they are beaten back, and let the cabinet re-paste the yellow. I don't pay much attention to it. Even the ministers were rarely summoned.

At least not, as before, from the morning to the night, the work is non-stop.

It's not that Zhu Qizhen is obsessed with harem women.

He's even busier than ever.

Because he's writing a thesis. Although it is a classical Chinese version. By the way, fake.

If nothing else, it was because of the idea of the salt empire that made his heart flutter. But in addition to the excitement, he faced the difficulty of moving an inch in front of him.

He couldn't go to Fujian to do this by himself.

So he thought about it for a long time, and he felt that there must be a group of like-minded people with him.

But where did this group of people come from.

First of all, it is difficult for people from the Ming Dynasty to have such a person. For they become sages, and they lose sages. As for the generals, it is difficult to have such a person, it is okay to let the generals fight and kill, but it is not okay to let them do such a thing.

As for the eunuchs, the eunuchs were the emperor's diehards.

It is easy to train a group of eunuchs. However, if a large number of eunuchs are used, it will inevitably arouse the opposition of foreign dynasties and cause a series of things.

And the eunuch's birth defects, I have to admit that many times the eunuch's bottom line is much lower than that of Wenchen.

Zhu Qizhen used a large number of eunuchs, and he himself was not too satisfied.

And even if you train eunuchs, you need people.

Zhu Qizhen can't go to teach the eunuch by himself.

Zhu Qizhen doesn't have to think about it, a large number of civil officials will kneel outside the palace gate to admonish, after all, the protégé of the Son of Heaven in everyone's heart is a jinshi. Now Your Majesty has gone to collect a group of eunuch students, where will you put them?

The first thing Zhu Qizhen had to do was to write out his own point of view, that is, the relationship between division of labor and efficiency, which is the conclusion of the opening chapter of "The Wealth of Nations", the more detailed the division of labor, the higher the efficiency.

This sentence feels almost true to modern people

Straightened. But if this point of view is logically clear, it conforms to the ideological concepts of the people at that time. But it's going to take a lot of work.

Zhu Qizhen suddenly regretted it.

I regret that I didn't listen well when I was invited to speak in the Mandarin Palace. When he writes this kind of article, he always feels that it is not good enough. So he couldn't help but call Liu Dingzhi over.

Because Liu Dingzhi, since he is the champion, the article is also excellent.

Moreover, since Liu Dingzhi joined the office, he has been regarded as a key training by Zhu Qizhen. The relationship between the two is also very close. It is also Liu Dingzhi's official position is not high, and he has many foreign appointments.

This is just that it is not visible in the court.

But those who know will not underestimate Liu Dingzhi, a young man who is just thirty. Many old ministers feel that more than ten years later, among the several cabinet chairs, there will definitely be a place for Liu Ding.

After Liu Dingzhi entered the palace, Zhu Qizhen showed Liu Dingzhi the article he had written, and Liu Dingzhi read it. Although I feel very awkward, because although Zhu Qizhen is written in ancient Chinese, it is still the way the paper is written, and there is even data comparison and so on.

Liu Dingzhi first doubted this statement. Then he carefully studied it himself, and even tried it out in some workshops under the jurisdiction of Daxingzhi County.

In the end, I have to admit that this conclusion is correct.

But he felt that this conclusion was correct, but he still advised Zhu Qizhen not to spread this article in the name of His Majesty, for a very simple reason.

This is true, but it is not a moral article. If it is passed out, it will not become a shining point on the emperor's body, but a stain.

This is called deviating from the holy way.

Zhu Qizhen also understands this very well.

Speaking of which, the political environment of the Ming Dynasty is much better than that of the Qing Dynasty. If an ordinary person writes such an article and puts forward such a point of view, it may not be a strange book. Even Yang Shiqi, Yang Pu and others may still have a word or two.

But the emperor was different.

He naturally stands in the eye of the political storm, and there will be political interpretations of his every move. So there are some things that ordinary people do, but the emperor can't do.

Therefore, Zhu Qizhen had to adopt Liu Dingzhi's opinion and make a fake book.

In fact, this is also the norm in ancient times, that is, to write books in the name of the ancients. The content is true, but the author is fake.

Originally, it was the best in Zhu Qizhen's heart, and to get a name for the Mo family, simply called "The Book of Ink".

But Zhu Qizhen wants to use the ideas here, but he has to consider resistance, after all, now Confucianism occupies the mainstream, to be precise, science occupies the mainstream.

Therefore, Zhu Qizhen decided to entrust a Confucian celebrity.

As for who it was, Zhu Qizhen thought about it again and again, and then thought of Zigong.

The reason is very simple, Zigong is the best among Confucius students, and his diplomatic ability is also explosive, but he is another one

Big businessman.

On top of that, there are no writings.

As soon as Zhu Qizhen decided, the first thing he did was to ask Zigong if he had any descendants in Daming? Jin Yiwei immediately reported: "Duanmu's family is in Jun County, the Daimyo Mansion. There is also a Zigong tomb in the local area, the Duanmu family once entered the Yuan Dynasty, and the generations of the dynasty are all white ding, as for who is the head of the Duanmu family today, but also the local newspaper of the Daimyo Mansion. ”

Zhu Qizhen immediately brought the head of the Duanmu family into the Jingshi secretly.

If you do a play, you will do a full set, since you want to make a fake book, you naturally have to let the Duanmu family endorse it. What they don't want to, Zhu Qizhen has a way to make the Duanmu family willing, and willing to wave the flag and shout, and become a loyal fan of this book.

It's just that in this way, Zhu Qizhen's matter has changed a little.

Before, Zhu Qizhen just wanted to understand the division of labor, so that he could make teaching materials. Cultivate a group of people, even if they are eunuchs, it is easy to do things.

But now if you want to make a fake book, the space in it may not be too little.

Zhu Qizhen was ready to rack his brains and write something that he would have an impression of in later life. It's all about economics, to be precise, it's about ancient economics, and most of them are taken from the "Wealth of Nations" and "Principles of Economics", and then in words that the people of the Ming Dynasty can understand, one by one.

This kind of fake thing, Zhu Qizhen just wants to do it once. So this time, it will be the survival of his heart. Clean it all up.

Liu Dingzhi is his main assistant.

Zhu Qizhen improved the main idea, and Liu Dingzhi planned the layout of the article and wrote the article.

After more than a month, Zhu Qizhen couldn't remember what to write, but Zhu Qizhen still didn't want to easily push out this "Duanmuzi".

After all, there are many things in this, which are the basis for his future changes. It has to be tempered.

Zhu Qizhen scrutinized every day, but Liu Dingzhi couldn't stay.

Liu Dingzhi volunteered: "Your Majesty, the minister is willing to serve as the Tongzhi of the Fujian Salt Transportation Department and implement the salt drying law for Your Majesty." ”

Zhu Qizhen wanted Liu Dingzhi to do things, so naturally there were some things that he did not hide from Liu Dingzhi. Of course, he didn't tell Liu Dingzhi completely, but just said that he wanted to implement the salt drying law, save the imperial court's expenses, and let the price of salt drop significantly, which is beneficial to the people.

And Liu Dingzhi himself also saw the opportunity.

Although the new salt law has not been implemented, there has never been a secret in the officialdom, and Liu Dingzhi naturally knows it, so he regards the salt farm as a place to make contributions.

After all, he is the closest to Zhu Qizhen, and he understands Zhu Qizhen's thoughts best.

Zhu Qizhen asked him to come up step by step from the bottom

Ma Zheng, magistrates, commercial taxes, etc., these things have been experienced one by one, and he also knows that it is impossible for him to enter the six ministries from the appointment of Daxingzhi County, and he always has to be released, so why not find a place where he can make contributions.