Although the queen did not conclude that practice is the only criterion for testing truth, her words conveyed the meaning that it is impossible to understand anything without trying to do it. If you want to start a business, you have to take out the money and start trading, if you want to plant the land, you have to pound the soil and sow the seeds, and even if the children want to learn to swim, they have to start by stripping naked and jumping into the water to splash a few times.

Tianqi thought that what the queen said made sense, and turned his head to see Feng Siqin thinking beside him, so he asked, "What are you thinking?" ”

Feng Siqin frowned and said, "The queen mother has a reason and doesn't understand, so you have to give it a try, but the concubine always feels that there is something wrong with it." ”

Apocalypse let out an "oh" and asked, "What do you think is wrong?" ”

Feng Siqin said: "No matter what level of officials must obey the will of the imperial court, because they are appointed with the consent of the imperial court, if the future officials are elected by the people, will they still obey the emperor's will?" ”

Apocalypse said: "This is easy to do, and the elected people can only be appointed with the consent of the imperial court, ensuring that all officials must obey my will." ”

Feng Siqin said: "If the opinions of the upper and lower levels are unanimous, it is good to say, if there is a disagreement, for example, if the people elected by the people cannot pass through the court, will it cause dissatisfaction among the people?" Let's not talk about these, the most worrying thing is that the types of people that the emperor said at the beginning are not good people, and if they are satisfied, others may be uncomfortable. ”

The queen said, "Yes, who are the people in the gang?" is a kingless character, if they make a policy, how many people should they bring bad? Although the concubines have heard in the palace, 'if you want to be an official, you must first rebel and then recruit peace', and the emperor doesn't like the world to be all Liangshan heroes, right? Not to mention the Tessie people, when they come, I know that it is enough to eat and drink for nothing, how can they still be in charge? They should do their part when they come from afar, and who has ever seen a guest in the host's house? Businessmen themselves are mercenary people, and when they become officials, they are afraid that the world will be open-minded for money. ”

Seeing that they were talking about these people as useless, Tianqi thought for a while and asked, "What about the scholars?" They are always good at reading the saints for a long time, right? ”

The queen said: "The emperor opened Enke twice last year, and almost all those who participated in the imperial examination were arranged, and those who made trouble were either uneducated or dissatisfied with the arrangements of the imperial court. Wu Yong rebelled with thieves in the Water Margin, and some of the ministers in the Three Kingdoms who forced Emperor Han Xian to abdicate were also scholars, and scholars were worse than ordinary people when they did bad things. ”

Tianqi couldn't laugh or cry when he heard the queen's words, and asked, "According to what you say, these people should be arrested?" ”

The queen said: "I dare not say whether to arrest the concubines or not, but the emperor should be careful of those ministers in the court, the emperor handed over the major affairs of the court to them, and what are they doing when there is a problem?" In the end, the emperor had to worry about it, and at first the emperor also said that the king of the letter had white hair, which shows how tired these people have made the emperor's own brothers. ”

The queen's words reminded the apocalypse, what is the purpose of her establishment of the Prison Yuan? It's not to help King Xin give some support and help in the direction, why don't Liu Zongzhou and Xu Guangqi express their positions? Elected officials are just the beginning, and then the people will keep putting forward opinions and demands and forming a system, although this can maximize the development of people's wisdom and people's power, but it is like playing with fire, and if you are not careful, it will burn yourself. Although the army can be its own backing and is not afraid of turning the sky upside down, but you can't arrest and kill people if you are not satisfied, right? There had to be a gentle way to control the scene.

Generally speaking, in addition to the use of force, the only way to control the people is ideological propaganda and economic means, and if they can coax and deceive, they can deceive, but if they can't do it, they can solve the problem by giving a little favor; the people who are making trouble now are businessmen and scholars, as well as religious figures and charlatans, and when it comes to deceiving people and giving favors, they are all experienced people, and it seems that they cannot be dealt with by ordinary means. Tianqi also knew that his wisdom was nothing, so he established the Holy Academy and the Bo Academy, thinking that these people are all smart people among smart people, with thoughts, experience and means, and if they don't speak now, I am afraid that there is another hidden meaning, and they should find a way to let them say what is in their hearts.

Seeing that the Empress and Feng Siqin did not have a good opinion of the troublemakers, Tianqi thought for a while and said: "No one is perfect, I can't change these people with shortcomings into saints, and I don't have the time to wait for the people to be saints, we must use these people with shortcomings in the right place, whether he is in the rivers and lakes or in the court, as long as he does not rebel, he is a good person of the Ming Dynasty." You're starting to comment on all of these people one by one, as if they all have some problems of one kind or another, so is there any way to solve them? It's not a good habit to just ask questions and not solve them. ”

Feng Siqin said: "In fact, it's not that there is no way, it's just that we have limited vision in the palace all the year round, and the ways we think are related to what we do. ”

Apocalypse asked curiously, "You started to belittle the scholars as worthless, why are you now revering the scholars?" ”

Feng Siqin said: "Didn't the emperor say it at the beginning? There are no saints who use ordinary people in the right place, just like there is no beautiful jade wearing a hanging piece of Qingtian stone to press clothes. ”

Tianqi thought for a while and said: "In this case, I will listen to your opinions, you are not saints, I also see you as Qingtian stones, but in my heart, your two Qingtian stones are more lovely than any beautiful jade." ”

The words of the apocalypse made the queen very happy, and she pursed her lips and smiled: "The emperor is really good at praising people, but the concubines will only belittle people and won't say what to do, so let Concubine Feng Hui, the female Zhuge say it." ”

Feng Siqin said: "The mother is too humble and has won the award, and the concubine will try to say her opinion." In the past two years, because the imperial store has been well run, it has opened a lot more, and later all the imperial stores have merged with the evergain company, the concubine's brother is in charge outside, the eunuchs are running errands in the middle, and the concubines and other concubines assist the queen mother in managing the accounts. The emperor asked the evergain company to pay taxes and make profits like ordinary people, and the concubines can see from these accounts that the profit cap policy has certain defects, and I think this is also the reason why the businessmen are making trouble in it, in fact, they are not making trouble, they just want to enter the auxiliary government agency to have a certain right to speak when formulating policies. ”

Apocalypse thinks that businessmen are not hateful, but those businessmen who get rich overnight and are not benevolent are hated, which is why he sets a limit on profits, and in his opinion, businessmen who can't get rich overnight are the most lovely. Commodities circulate normally through the hands of merchants, and businessmen cannot do it in vain, and they must make a profit in it, which is what people often say, as long as the businessman makes a profit within the range of everyone's tolerance, no one says anything, but if the businessman profits too much, it must be a violation of the interests of the people, which is also the reason why people often say that there is no treachery, no business, no business, no treachery, and it is also the reason why the apocalypse wants to stipulate a profit cap.

Apocalypse has always thought that the profit cap is a big innovation, and is often proud of it, and now Feng Siqin said that his profit cap regulation is flawed, and Apocalypse felt a little puzzled and asked: "Where do you think there is a flaw?" ”

Feng Siqin said: "The emperor forcibly stipulated that the profit cap for business is 20% and the profit cap for industry is 50%, but he does not take into account regional differences and industry differences. The same is the same business or industry, some places do more people, some places do less, the concubine believes that the cap should be set according to the different industries and regions, the more people who do it means that the profit is high, the profit should be reduced, and the number of people who do it should be increased to encourage people to do it. ”

Tianqi thought for a while and nodded and said: "Yes, the poor countryside is far away and risky, if you still limit the profit of 20%, no one is willing to do business, and where there are many people and more minerals, it is money to dig it out, and at this time, it is too cheap to let them make 50% of the profit, these people should make some adjustments." It should be right to cap profits, and it is also right to distinguish between industry and commerce while taking into account industry and geographical factors, but it is necessary for local governments to formulate policies that are suitable for the local area, and this involves the question of who will participate in the formulation of policies. ”

Feng Siqin nodded and said: "The people of the gang are a disaster, because they are not the most loyal to the court but to the leader of the gang in the first place, and they usually don't see anything when something happens, they will do bad things together, and they can't disband these people, they must be managed in the name of the court." The concubines heard that in order to avoid the retired soldiers from harming the place, the emperor trained them and managed them in the name of the big iron company, whether it is farming or work, and they can be pulled out to resist it at critical moments such as war. ”

Tianqi said: "I only asked Zhao to send troops to monitor them, but I didn't expect to annex and govern them, your suggestion is good, you can give it a try, what else?" ”

Feng Siqin said: "Whether it is the Taixi people or the Wu'er people, including the local monks, Taoists, sorcerers, and goddesses of the Ming Dynasty, they want to preach and practice the most confusing people's hearts, and it is very troublesome that they cannot stop it in the people's market. The concubines think that they can be regarded as people who do business, and their business is to buy or induce people's hearts to them, isn't this robbing business with the emperor? The people are all looking to them, who is still looking to the emperor and the Ming Dynasty? The time and place of their operation should be restricted, that is, they can only publicize their statements in temples, temples, and churches, and if they come out, they must keep their mouths shut, otherwise they will be bullying the market and bullying the emperor. ”

The queen couldn't help laughing when she heard this, she said: "Yes, we regard them as doing business as the same as the emperor, not buying goods but buying people's hearts, and the place where the emperor does business outside has to listen to the emperor, their business can only be done in a fixed store, and they are not allowed to exceed the scope of business. The concubine remembered that a while ago, Sanlang's daughter was sick, she hurriedly went to worship Guanyin and Taishang Laojun, and when she saw the statue of the medicine king, she also had to kowtow a few times. The gods and Buddhas are in charge of the aftermath of death, and the emperor is in charge of the present, which must be distinguished. ”

Tianqi thought for a while and said: "You are right, I want to establish a system that all religions can only manage the affairs of people after they die, and if they dare to take care of the affairs of people now, they are robbing me of business, so I will designate him as a cult and arrest all those people, and it is simply impatient to dare to rob business with me." ”

Feng Siqin smiled and said: "Actually, the first thing the emperor should do is to find the ministers of the DPRK and China to unify their opinions. The queen began to say that she would find a place to test it, and the concubines felt that it made sense to try it on a small scale, and I heard that most of the current scholars are Donglin Party members, why didn't the emperor hand this matter over to the Donglin Party people to do? It's also their fault that they did something wrong, so they can find a way to remedy it, because it is a small-scale trial that can be stopped in time. ”

Tianqi frowned and said, "Why do you only say that you can't do it well and don't say that you do it well?" ”

Feng Siqin said: "It's still the same sentence, the officials are elected by the people, who still listens to the words of the imperial court?" It is necessary to make the elected officials listen to both the court and the people below, these people will not be able to do well at all, at least in a short time. ”