Apocalypse made a pleasant appearance, and Liu Zongzhou and Gao Panlong were also full of spring breeze, which made it impossible to see that the two sides had major differences. Everyone first said some beautiful words of compliments to each other, anyway, the emperor's wise ministers are capable of continuing to cooperate with each other, and the future is infinitely bright, which made Tan Jing and others who were waiting next to him dizzy for a while, and then they were a little doubtful that they had read the wrong chapter and passed the wrong will.

After chatting a few words about the good weather and the two drizzles that suddenly came after a long drought, Tianqi asked an academic question, which Liu Zongzhou had just discussed, that is, how the Holy Academy could help the imperial court stop the unprovoked spread of heresy.

Tianqi said, "Does Lord Liu still remember the scene at the beginning of the establishment of the Holy Academy? At that time, I said that the issues we were discussing were all issues that could not be judged whether they were correct or not for the time being, and that it was very dangerous to make public things that were not necessarily correct. ”

Liu Zongzhou said: "The emperor's words are true insight and admiration of the ministers, so the ministers' discussions on the businessmen this time are only limited to private performances, and they do not make their opinions public. Later, the minister learned that Master Gao also performed the same recital, but the minister can guarantee that we did not communicate in advance. ”

Gao Panlong also said: "The minister didn't know in advance that Lord Liu would play. ”

The apocalypse originally saw Liu Zongzhou recommended by ** star, and later saw that Liu Zongzhou was compared to the red-haired ghost Liu Tang in the Donglin Point General Record, so he thought that they were all Donglin Party members and should have similar views. But then I slowly found that the mainstream ideology of the Donglin Party was more radical, they focused on the middle and lower classes, had a certain understanding of merchants and peasants, and would advance on the road of capitalism if nothing else□ Zong Zhou's thinking was more necessary, and his thinking focused on Cheng Zhu Lixue and Wang Yangming's psychology. So when the two said that they didn't communicate with each other, the apocalypse believed it, and the starting point was different, and the focus was different.

Tianqi said: "I believe that you did not ventilate in advance, because although you are all opposed to me raising the status of merchants, but the point of what you say is different□ the focus is to agree to the 20% profit cap limit on merchants, thinking that I allow the shares in their hands to be passed on from generation to generation is a disguised relaxation of restrictions, and the ideological education of businessmen should be strengthened, so that they can recognize the system of profit capping from their hearts‖ when Lord Liu also thinks that if the status of merchants is too high, it will make the people opportunistic and uneasy to farm and work, And then corrupt the social atmosphere, I don't know if Master Liu thinks I understand it right? ”

Liu Zongzhou said: "The emperor is sage. ”

Apocalypse also said: "Master Gao's recital agrees with me to improve the status of merchants, especially for the establishment of merchants, in fact, I only have such thoughts after reading some of your opinions, it can be said that the establishment of merchants itself is your idea, but I have only proposed it. Lord Gao's dissatisfaction with me is that I have raised the status of businessmen too high, according to the meaning of Lord Gao, businessmen can only be under the status of officials, this is what people often say is sympathetic and did not wish to change, I don't know if Lord Gao thinks I am right? ”

Gao Panlong said: "The emperor said directly, although the minister felt that something was wrong in his heart, he admitted that the emperor was right. ”

Tianqi laughed and said: "In fact, Lord Gao's objection is the most unreasonable, in my heart, the officials of the court and China must be closer than the merchants, the ministers of the court and the central government are all my henchmen and I rely on, and the merchants are just the envoys of the imperial court, so Lord Gao does not need to feel unjust." ”

Gao Panlong said: "Wuchen can be crowned as a prince and a marquis, and some hereditary replacements can be understood, after all, others are fighting with their lives, and the emperor said that the status of businessmen will not be higher than that of officials, so why also give businessmen hereditary replacement?" The emperor's words are also straightforward, please don't blame the emperor. ”

Tianqi said: "I like to go straight, and there is a premise that the tall adults don't have to mind the hereditary replacement of √ people's shares, which seems to improve their treatment, but in fact, it is to draw their belongings to the side of the court." If they stop their business activities and violate the limit of the 20% profit cap, or say that they are aided by the enemy, then they will be immediately deprived of all rights, and their hereditary recklessness is only for the shares in their hands, and they do not need the court to spend a penny, and they can tie the capable businessmen and their descendants to the fate of the court without spending a penny, so that the court will no longer suffer from the trouble of lack of money in the future, is the Gao Daren still not satisfied? ”

Gao Panlong said: "The minister is not dissatisfied, but thinking of these businessmen spending all day on wine and many courtiers have to live a hard life, the minister feels that his heart is not a taste." ”

Tianqi said: "How to stop merchants from spending social resources every day, this is something that you Holy Academy and Metropolitan Procuratorate should consider, I mean that consumption tax will be charged if you exceed a certain amount, and it is specified that you will talk about it empty." As for saying that many courtiers live a hard life, I also know that a while ago I said that I used the seventy percent of the silver obtained from the annual sale of the title to set up a fund, and the annual interest was given to the old ministers above the third grade and the heroes who defended the country with a subsidy, I don't know if the Government Council has done this? ”

Gao Panlong said: "The emperor said that the consumption tax will be charged if the consumption exceeds a certain amount, and the minister thinks that it is feasible, which can not only increase income but also stop the trend of eating and drinking. As far as the minister knows, the matter of selling the silver of the knighthood to set up a foundation has been completed, and the money has also been transferred to the household department to set up an account, and then transferred to the money bank for loans. However, this is only for retired officials above the third grade, and there are still meritorious veterans, and many low-level officials have not yet enjoyed the emperor's favor. ”

Tianqi smiled: "I understand what Lord Gao means, and in the next step, I am going to raise half of the fire consumption to subsidize all officials." ”

Gao Panlong was pleasantly surprised: "The emperor did this, that is the gospel of all officials in the Ming Dynasty, but the emperor has just advocated the spirit of contract, and the fire consumption of this money village is to be used to distribute dividends to all shareholders. ”

Tianqi shook his head and said: "In the first year, you need to use silver to turn into silver coins, and the fire consumption is about one percent and I receive two percent, and the share is limited to the shareholders who invest." In the second year, two percent of the fire consumption will be collected, one percent of which is the shareholder's dividend, and the other is the officials' worry fee, which has nothing to do with ♀ the shareholders is that the officials have taken the tailwind boat of the shareholders, including the merchants, I think the tall adults will not have any more opinions on the businessmen, right? ”

Gao Panlong thought for a while and said: "It's really true, the emperor said this, which made the minister a little embarrassed, in the eyes of others, it seems that the minister is a mercenary." ”

Apocalypse hurriedly said, "Why is Lord Gao so arrogant? There is an idiom called Gao Feng Liangjie, which is said to be Lord Gao, you are fighting for the interests of those low-level officials, I admire your mind that is not self-interested and specializes in benefiting others, Lord Liu, don't you say? ”

Liu Zongzhou smiled and said, "Master Gao has no selfish ministers to testify. ”

Tianqi smiled and said: "Lord Gao, there should be no problem here, let's talk about Lord Liu's problem□ Lord Liu said that the problem of atmosphere will not be talked about first, because I have no time to correct the preferences of every people, and as long as I do not interfere in the lives of others, do not infringe on the interests of others, and pay taxes to the state on time and in quantity, it is not a bad thing to work □My lord's I also know a little bit about the ideas of 'Shen Du', but that is a requirement for gentlemen, businessmen are all non-gentlemen who forget their righteousness, so Lord Liu doesn't have to bother to reform them, right? ”

Liu Zongzhou said: "Since the emperor said so, the ministers have nothing to say, and it is indeed difficult to educate all the people who forget their righteousness to sacrifice their lives and value righteousness." The emperor began to say that improving the treatment of merchants actually had another deep meaning, and although the minister did not agree, he also expressed understanding. However, what the emperor said at the beginning was dangerous to make the results public without discussing whether it was correct or not, why did the emperor rush to implement it this time without discussing it? Because the minister received a decree in advance for the Holy Academy to discuss, and saw that the emperor was already implementing it, so he played against it, so he asked the emperor not to blame him. ”

Tianqi scratched his head and said: "This question is a bit complicated, I can't explain it for a while, and I will discuss it slowly later, now let's wait for the matter of debating with Qiao Yingjia and them to be busy, okay?" ”