As soon as the sun rose the next day, Wang Wenliang, the captain of the "Jinling No. 1" ship, issued an order to lift anchor.

The three towering chimneys of the "Jinling No. 1" emitted billowing smoke, which was the preparation of the steam engine before setting sail.

In front of the bridge, Wang Wenliang was also preparing before setting sail. The mechanics wiped the command and bridge in a line spotlessly, the helmsman Lao Zhang was already standing in front of the one-man high helm plate, and the first mate Shen Baichuan also came to the bridge to assist the captain in his work, and he was now holding it up to observe the situation on the sea.

The "Jinling No. 1" is a new type of battleship, the invention of the telephone and horn have been introduced to the battleship, on the bridge is placed several telephones and microphones, the captain is checking the telephone, and testing the effect of the conversation with various departments.

After confirming that the call between the departments was normal, he turned on the microphone on the countertop, which connected to all the speakers on the ship, and as long as he spoke in front of the microphone, the speaker's voice could be heard from anywhere on the ship.

"Pounce! Strike! Strike! Attention departments! Attention departments! ”

He tapped the microphone a few times before speaking, and after alerting everyone to attention, he paused for three seconds, raised his voice and ordered: "Set sail!" ”

With a long whistle, "Jinling No. 1" slowly moved......

"Your Majesty, you've set sail!"

Li Derong carried a basin of hot water into Gao Junshan's rest cabin.

Gao Junshan had already gotten up, he had just shaved his beard, and was waiting for the hot water from the guard officer, after he washed his face with hot water, he asked Li Derong: "Have you had breakfast?" ”

"Back to the emperor, I've eaten it." Li Derong picked up the basin, "Do you want to eat here or go to the restaurant?" ”

Gao Junshan said: "Let's go down and eat, the air outside is so good, the sun is shining, and by the way, enjoy the scenery along the coast." ”

Li Derong said: "You wait a minute, I'll arrange it first." ”

Gao Junshan said: "I don't need to trouble you, I can go to the restaurant by myself, you go and invite Tian Ruilong, the Minister of Agriculture, to the second floor, and I will discuss with him." ”

After Li Derong agreed, he took the basin to the back bathroom.

The restaurant is located on the second floor, this is the restaurant in the front building, which can accommodate 200 people at the same time, of course, compared to the restaurant in the back building, it is much smaller, there are three restaurants in the back building (one on each floor), each restaurant can accommodate 2,000 people at the same time.

The layout of this restaurant is similar to that of the Zheng He-class battleship, and if there is one change, it is the addition of lighting equipment to make this restaurant brighter.

Gao Junshan walked into the restaurant, at this time there were not many people eating in the restaurant, they saw the emperor coming, the restaurant that was originally a little noisy suddenly quieted down, Gao Junshan did not affect everyone's meal, he chose a corner and sat down.

Breakfast was a bowl of soy milk, two fried dough sticks, and two poached eggs.

After breakfast, Gao Junshan did not return to the rest cabin, he came to the lounge next to the restaurant, on the side of the lounge by the sea, there is a rest area, where more than a dozen deck chairs are placed, lying on the deck chair can generally bask in the sun while watching the scenery.

When Gao Junshan came here, Li Derong cleared the area, then moved a table and two chairs, then made a pot of dragon wells and retreated to the side.

It became Gao Junshan's temporary office space, and he sat on one of the chairs, holding a teacup and drinking tea while looking at the scenery on the distant shore.

After a while, Tian Ruilong walked over.

"Meet the Chief!"

"Minister Tian, come on, please take a seat!" Gao Junshan raised his hand and beckoned Tian Ruilong to sit on another chair.

Gao Junshan wanted to take this opportunity to have some instructive talks with Tian Ruilong.

"Since you took over the ministry, the work of the ministry has improved greatly." Gao Junshan first praised his Chongwen disciples.

The previous Minister of Agriculture was Li Ministry, because Li Ministry's education level was not high, many of the work was done for him by his subordinates, which directly affected the efficiency of the Ministry of Agriculture.

After a few pleasantries at the table, the two cut to the chase.

Gao Junshan discussed this time about the "whip method" of Zhang Juzheng in the former dynasty.

The "One Whip Law" was an important reform in the field of enslavement after the middle of the Ming Dynasty. It is mainly a summary of the enlistment of a county, and it is all one article. That is, the endowment and service will be merged separately, and then the province will be a province and a province will be conscripted; a stone of silver for each grain; a number of silver per ding; Finally, the service silver and the endowment silver were combined and collected.

Gao Junshan took the lead first: "Zhang Juzheng of the previous dynasty implemented the 'one whip law' at that time, which was very necessary. At that time, there were no less than 1,000 kinds of exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes in the country. It has brought about a series of serious consequences: the peasants are overwhelmed and flee for their lives, causing the country to lose a large number of taxpayers, and the income from land is also reduced; The dispersion of the country's financial resources disrupts the distribution order, and eventually leads to a crisis in the country's finances; Weaken the centralization of power and encourage the expansion of local power. ”

Tian Ruilong said: "The previous dynasty will not be able to implement the 'one whip law', and the implementation of the 'one whip law' has brought a ray of vitality to the former dynasty that is on the verge of collapse." ”

"What is your basis?" asked Gao Junshan.

Tian Ruilong said: "The students have consulted the relevant archives in the Ministry of Agriculture, in the twenty-sixth year of Hongwu (1393), there were 8577623 hectares of land in the country, 10.65 million households, 60.54 million mouths, and in the first year of Hongxi (1425), there were only more than 400 hectares of land left in the country, 9.9 million households, and 50 million mouths. ”

Gao Junshan praised: "It proves that you have used your brains in this aspect, and you know that you can go to the archives of the previous dynasty to check the information, such a court is so immortal!" In just a few decades, the land has been reduced by 4 million hectares, the number of households has decreased by nearly one million, and the number of households has decreased by more than 10 million. ”

Tian Ruilong took a sip of tea and said: "In this case, the previous dynasty launched the 'one whip method', and the students summed it up, and the 'one whip method' brought four major benefits to the previous dynasty. ”

Gao Junshan was very interested and asked, "What are the four major benefits?" ”

Tian Ruilong said: "First, after the previous dynasty changed to the 'one whip law,' the units of the service bank were expanded from Lijia to prefectures and counties, which had a certain regulating effect on the phenomenon of unusually light and heavy burdens on the households in Libei, and the contradictions arising from the issue of servitude were alleviated, which was conducive to the development of the peasants; second, the implementation of the 'one whip law' weakened the personal servitude relationship that had been formed on the peasants for a long time due to the forced servitude system, and the shackles on the peasants were lifted; Fourth, compared with the enslavement system in the early Ming Dynasty, the "One Whip Law" was more suitable for social and economic development and had a certain role in promoting the development of commodity production. Because of the monetization of servitude, more rural products were put on the market, which led to the further disintegration of the natural economy and created conditions for the further development of industry and commerce. ”

Gao Junshan asked his students to think: "Why is the 'One Whip Law' so good, and in the end it still leads to the demise of the previous dynasty?" What lessons should we learn from this? ”

Tian Ruilong really didn't think about this question, he fell into deep thought, but he didn't get any answer, Gao Junshan asked with a smile: "Do you want to listen to the teacher give you an analysis?" ”

"Please teach the mountain chief!"

Gao Junshan picked up the teacup and said, "Drink a cup of tea first, and wait for the teacher to come slowly." ”