In the spring of March, the golden light fills the capital of the Ming Dynasty with high-rise buildings and red walls, and anyone can feel the ubiquitous glory of the empire.

Self-confidence and harmony are perfectly presented in every citizen, with long robes and wide sleeves, brocade floats, folded palms and worship, rich and courteous.

Zhu Houzhao, who went out on patrol in micro-service, was very pleased that he could see such a people, which was his ideal prosperous scene, but he knew that such wealth and tranquility and the self-confidence of a great country reflected in thousands of Li people all needed money to build.

Although the war to regain Cochin is still going on, the people of the empire are already enjoying the benefits of the war in advance.

Because through the form of war coupons, a large amount of private capital, most of which came from scholars (middle class) and magnates, flowed into the imperial court, and the imperial court was able to have sufficient capital to carry out public utility construction in advance.

The widows, widows and lonely have a sufficient subsistence allowance system, and the unemployed homeless will also have professional government institutions to provide employment guidance and training, and beggars will be forced to work if they are lazy, and it is precisely because of this that the weak can be helped, the poor can be helped, the old can be supported, the young can be educated, and the lazy can be managed.

"Alas, the old decay is incomprehensible, the old decay is also incomprehensible! Why is it that today's politics is not the way of the saints, but it has the situation under the rule of Yao Shun, selecting talents and abilities, and stressing faith and harmony...... The old have their ends, the strong have their usefulness, and the young have their ......".

When Zhu Houzhao came to a school and asked one of the old Confucian Tang Jingyi, this Tang Jingyi sighed.

He really didn't understand, as an old Confucian who had experienced the three dynasties of Chenghua, Hongzhi and Zhengde, Tang Jingyi knew that even if it was the Hongzhi Dynasty, it was inevitable that there would be famine, beggars would also have it from time to time, even if it was stealing and abducting, it would often happen, and if it was a year of famine, it would be inevitable to see starvation.

But there is no doubt that the courtiers at that time also worked hard, from the emperor to the prefecture and county, all of them abided by the etiquette and law, did not take the people's profits, did not spend the people's money, and even the proposal to recover the Hetao was not mentioned because of the avoidance of spending military rations.

"When the first emperor, it can be said that the people are in the Ying Dynasty, the clear stream is shown in the temple, the world is virtuous and filial piety, the first emperor is thrifty and courteous, treats the ministers with benevolence, loves the people like a son, Confucianism is the only one, but the people of the capital are also difficult to have the rice in the pot, not as good as now, the poor villagers can still eat three catties of meat a day, and the children of the village can also read Li Du's poems;

However, now he is a man of great skill and skill, and there are many villains and no gentlemen among the ministers of the court, and Confucianism is even more denounced as pedantic! The old man doesn't understand, the old man really doesn't understand!

For example, now this imperial court is not only building everywhere, but also repeatedly conquest! Why can the subsistence allowance for widows and lonely people be increased to five silver dollars per month? There are no less than 100,000 such people in the whole capital, which is 500,000 silver dollars, or 6 million silver dollars a year! Moreover, the imperial court's tax silver back then was not even half of the silver that subsidized the weak people at this time! ”

After Tang Jingyi finished speaking, he couldn't help coughing with a glass of spirits, obviously drinking tea could not relieve the depression in his heart, and he could only relieve his depression with liquor at this time.

Zhu Houzhao was not angry when he saw this, although he could understand that Tang Jingyi, as an old Confucian, was obviously quite dissatisfied with the current imperial court's abandonment of the Confucian concept of governing the country and boldly changing the law.

But seeing that this old Confucian Tang Jingyi was more depressed, the more happy Zhu Houzhao became, because only in this way could it be proved that Da Ming had indeed changed.

Moreover, in fact, Zhu Houzhao knew that it was the great drought period in North China, and according to the original history, there would be a great famine in Beizhili this year, although the Ming court at that time was also considered to be able to provide relief and did not cause major changes.

But in this lifetime, it is clear that the impact of this drought is less, because Daming's food supply base has spread all over the world, and the promotion of sweet potatoes and potatoes has made the Gyeonggi area have sufficient food reserves to cope with the drought.

"Shopkeeper, come two bottles of Xihuashan yogurt!"

At this time, two young gentlemen in a tavern had just finished eating, and one of them, a young man in a green shirt, suddenly stood up and shouted to the shopkeeper who was planning to plate with the counter.

Because in the capital, the major shareholder behind Xihuashan Dairy is the queen, so these wine shops have people from Xihuashan Dairy who use chemical refrigeration to refrigerate and sell Xihuashan cheese.

As soon as the green-shirted gentleman finished speaking, the shopkeeper hurriedly brought two bottles of yogurt in glass bottles, the yogurt was sealed with kraft paper, and the middle glass bottle was engraved with the Xihuashan dairy brand, and a phoenix was painted as a trademark.

This Tang Jingyi may have drunk some wine at this time, and he was depressed because the prosperous world in front of him was not created by Confucianism, so he angrily pointed to the yogurt and said to Zhu Houzhao:

"You see, even the current queen of the mother world no longer embroiders and raises mulberry, guards women's ceremonies, and shows women's virtues, but also runs a business, and a group of villains praise the queen for personal utilitarianism, saying that they have made great contributions to the people, which is really ridiculous! But you have to admit that today's children are indeed faster and taller than the children of the previous generation, but the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics! This is an ancestral example! ”

As soon as Tang Jingyi finished speaking, at this time, the green-shirted scholar couldn't help but answer: "But the ancestor didn't say that the harem is not allowed to do business!" ”

This old Confucian Tang Jingyi couldn't help choking his mouth, and he couldn't speak for a while.

Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but laugh dumbly, he couldn't help but recall that since his empress developed Xihuashan Dairy into a very famous dairy company in the Gyeonggi area, there were indeed many civil officials who could not tolerate the empress's behavior of doing business as the mother of the country, and therefore advised the emperor to stop the empress's behavior.

And what civil officials can bring up is nothing more than etiquette, and there are also reasons why the so-called harem is not allowed to interfere in politics.

But Zhu Houzhao also did not say the reason why the harem was not allowed to do business, and refuted the civil officials back and forth.

It is precisely because of this that the civil government group did not succeed in preventing the development of Xihuashan Dairy.

Zhu Houzhao also knew that theoretically speaking, the magnates, especially the emperor who ruled the empire and the empresses who had a relationship with the emperor, would harm the interests of the common people if they did business.

However, at this time, because the Ming Dynasty was still an absolute monarchy, and it was still fundamentally a family in the world, the interests of the emperor and even the empress were consistent with the interests of the country.

And at this time, the green-shirted scholar just took a sentence, and the younger scholar also stood up: "Brother Ruzhen is right, the queen is indeed not involved in politics today, and the so-called confusion of the old gentleman is actually not just confusion, and it is precisely because the queen can do business that the queen can directly take out three million silver dollars to subsidize during the drought in North China, and even no less than one million silver dollars per year to support poor students. How can there be so much money to help the world! ”

At this time, the green-shirted scholar also directly put the stool in front of the old Confucian Tang Jingyi: "Old man, in fact, there is nothing I don't understand about this matter, from a small point of view, or because it is too narrow, your Confucianism naturally can't explain why the first emperor is more benevolent than His Majesty today, but it is still inevitable that there will be internal and external troubles, and now Your Majesty is strict with laws and taxes, but it makes the country and the people safe."

"But its practical holy science to explain, it makes sense, the previous Ming Dynasty was closed, the total wealth of the Ming Dynasty has not increased, but the number of people is increasing, and the land has not changed, naturally the court is getting poorer and poorer, and the people are getting poorer and poorer."

At this time, the younger young gentleman also took over.

"And now the Ming Dynasty is not closed, although the number of the people is increasing, but the wealth of the Ming Dynasty is also increasing, through trade and opening up territory, the court is getting richer and richer, and the people are getting richer and richer, and even if the court is heavily taxed and the law is strict, whether it is a scholar or a common people, they will not reduce their income due to heavy taxes, and will still increase their income because of the trade and foreign expansion of the imperial court;

The hustle and bustle of the world is for profit, and the hustle and bustle of the world is for profit, Shengxue said that the Ming Dynasty is not isolated and closed, and the Ming Dynasty is just a country in the whole earth, so the Ming Dynasty needs to keep grabbing more benefits from the outside in order to make the people of the Ming Dynasty live a better life and make the country strong!

People are courteous, righteous and honest, but there are only interests between countries, old man, you have admired virtue and Confucianism all your life, and you will naturally sneer at some behaviors of the imperial court, but you have to admit that you can now have the spirit and calm to drink two or two small wines here, eat two or three dishes of sauce beef, and be a gentleman who is Qinggao, it is because the Ming Dynasty has plundered countless wealth through war and colonization, so that you have sufficient pension security. ”

At this time, after the green-shirted scholar said this, Tang Jingyi was speechless, and said even more lonely after a while: "Is it really beneficial for me to be Confucianist in governing the country?" Is there really a prosperous dynasty in the world that governs the country with courtesy? ”

"Actually, the old gentleman can practice it himself, now the Ming Dynasty has made a clear decree, the land of the world is the territory of the Ming Dynasty, so those who have aspirations can be elected as officials from the imperial court, as long as they are born and above the fame can be, and you can ask the imperial court to go to the outside or overseas to choose a place to rule, and the court will grant you the right to rule for thirty years."

Zhu Houzhao also took over at this time, he really hoped that old Confucian students like Tang Jingyi would not sulk in the capital, but go to other places to turn overseas indigenous settlements into places of Confucianism.

After all, within these four seas, we should not only let Western missionaries spread the "gospel" everywhere, but let Western civilization gradually spread to the whole world, and the Confucian scholars, who are typical inheritors of Confucianism in Eastern civilization, should also take the initiative to spread their ideas of loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness.

It is better to turn those natives into obedient people, into obedient people who can obey the law of etiquette.

At this time, as soon as Zhu Houzhao said this, the green-shirted scholar also echoed: "This benevolent brother is right, there are still so many wild places, if you really want to govern the country with Confucianism and reproduce the world of Yao Shun, you might as well apply to be an official outside." ”

Tang Jingyi couldn't help but stand up and arched his hand: "In this case, thank you for the three mentions, Tang will go to the Ministry of Officials to take the exam, and when the time comes, Confucianism will be revived in Yidi!" ”

After Tang Jingyi finished speaking, he brushed his sleeves and left.

And the green-shirted gentleman gestured to Zhu Houzhao: "This benevolent brother, please forgive Hu for being abrupt, looking at your words just now, it is quite similar to a person from the Zhongjun Society, the contemptible person first introduces himself, the contemptible person's surname is Hu, the name is Zongxian, the word is like Zhen, the thirty-third grade student of Zhengde of the Economics and Law Department of Beijing Normal University, and the reserve member of the Zhongjun Society." ”

"Contemptible Zhu Shou", Zhu Houzhao replied.

"You are Zhu Shou? Winner of sixty-seven patents, founder of the theory of Zhongjun Society, and the master of the collection of sacred learning! Disrespectful! ”

At this time, another young scholar suddenly stood up and bowed his hand to Zhu Houzhao: "Xiaosheng's surname is Zhang, his current name is Juzheng, his name is uncle, he is now a freshman in the juvenile class of the arithmetic department of Beijing Normal University, and he is an active member of the Zhongjun Society!" ”

Thunder!

It's really thunderous!

Zhu Houzhao didn't expect that the two scholars he met now were actually Hu Zongxian, a famous anti-Japanese minister in the late Jiajing Dynasty in history, and Zhang Juzheng, a famous politician in the early Wanli period in history.

What Zhu Houzhao didn't expect was that Zhang Juzheng was still a prodigy like in history, he didn't seem to be very old, but he was already a student in the juvenile class, which is enough to prove that he had already started to read the knowledge that others needed more than ten years to learn when he was very young, which is not against the sky.

But what Zhu Houzhao didn't expect was that his tried and tested pseudonym actually surprised the two of them, and he couldn't help but think that his pseudonym seemed to be a little famous, and he couldn't use it, so he had to change his pseudonym.

In any case, Zhu Houzhao was still very happy to be fortunate to meet these two historical figures in advance, and what made him even happier was that these two people were still hot-blooded young people, obviously more youthful and energetic than the portraits in the historical atlas of later generations, just like the Ming Empire, which was also in adolescence and was thriving at this time.

However, Zhu Houzhao didn't plan to have too much communication with these two people, after all, they are not at the same level as each other now.

Because Zhu Houzhao is now the emperor, he is not a commoner, so he doesn't need to pretend to be forced in front of Hu Zongxian and Zhang Juzheng, to win the favor of these two, and then get the favor of these two.

On the contrary, as the emperor, Zhu Houzhao is now looking forward to how Hu Zongxian and Zhang Juzheng will pretend to be forced in front of him in the future and show their extraordinary talents.

In any case, contacting these historical figures at a higher level than historical figures does bring Zhu Houzhao a different feeling, and he is not disappointed that Hu Zongxian, an enlightened official in history, and Zhang Juzheng, who dared to challenge his own class, still did not become rigid people in this life, and still actively accepted new ideas and became progressive young people in the new era of the Ming Dynasty.

Hu Zongxian and Zhang Juzheng are obviously more interested in Zhu Houzhao, compared to Zhu Houzhao's interest in the two of them, after all, the two of them are now asking Zhu Houzhao some questions, just like conducting interviews.

"Mr. Zhu, what do you think of the phenomenon of the most lucrative industries in the world being concentrated in the royal family and the imperial court?"

"Mr. Zhu, what do you think of the relevant decrees of Japan, Taixi and other countries prohibiting silver from flowing into the Ming Dynasty?"

"Mr. Zhu, I don't know something, please explain, you said that the king is virtuous and foolish, and the law has advantages and disadvantages, so you want to make the country and the people forever, do you want to make the king live above the law or should the law live above the king?"

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To be honest, Zhu Houzhao was also a little irritable at this time, he admired the actions of these two people in history, but now the behavior of these two people also made him feel that these two people were like two sparrows chattering in his ear.

"Unaccompanied, Zhu still has something."

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