Chapter 579: The Change of Land, Scholars as Merchants
After an hour, Zheng Kai wrote the names of a few pieces of paper, read some Analects, and then left the class, and Li Gang began to be busy with the day's tolerance.
Xiaochan looked at Zheng Kai's red and swollen palms, so anxious that tears were rolling in her eyes, and she rushed back with Zheng Kai.
Seeing Xu, he finally couldn't hold back his tears, and said, "Madam, look at the hands of the little good official, what kind of beating has been made by that Li Xianggong." ”
When Xu heard this, he hurriedly hugged Zheng Kai in front of him, took out his son's hand and looked at it, he was distressed, and asked, "Does Kai'er hurt?" ”
It was this question that Zheng Kai was about to cry, and replied: "It hurts, it hurts more than my father knocking me to the ground." ”
Xu's heart was even more unbearable, so he took his son's hand to his mouth and blew it, but said: "If you hurt, you have to listen to Mr. and let Mr. play the board less." ”
Xiaochan said again at this time: "Madam, I asked the prince to change the good official to a gentleman, this Li Xianggong is really ruthless." ”
It was Zheng Kai who heard Xiaochan's words, and also said: "Mother, I won't go to Mr. tomorrow, I'm going to find Wu Xuexue, Wu Xuexue teaches well." ”
Unexpectedly, Xu's face changed, and he said: "I have to go tomorrow, Li Xianggong is a serious jinshi, and there are not many jinshi in this world." Strict teachers produce high apprentices, you have to study hard and strive not to be beaten. ”
It was from this moment that His Royal Highness King Zhao suddenly felt that his world had changed and became different from before, that is, his mother saw that he was beaten, and told him to be beaten again.
The five-year-old child could only cry loudly, even if he was beaten, but he came back and began to cry.
Xu Shi was distressed, and hurriedly blew Zheng Kai's red and swollen palm, and only said in his mouth: "Kai'er must study hard and learn more from Li Xianggong's skills." Go to learn literature in the morning, practice martial arts in the afternoon, Luan Jiaoxi is the best at teaching people to practice martial arts, you also have to learn hard. Your father is the most ruthless, and he will inevitably ask you to go to battle in the future, and you must learn martial arts well... ”
As he spoke, tears also appeared on Xu's face. But it also let this big man know that there are some things that must be done, there are no shortcuts, and no one can help him.
In the front office, the seed master and Zheng Zhi were interviewing, and it was obviously a big deal, so he saw the seed master with a solemn face and said: "I'm afraid this matter is not so simple, and it will inevitably cause chaos at that time." ”
Zheng Zhi said: "Xianggong will let it go, and do it from state capital to state capital." This matter has to be like this, you look at the northwest land, there are so many big families in Guanzhong, can they really not support tens of thousands of soldiers? But there are people in these big families who study, and there are a few officials in each clan, so they can't handle it. Those people had countless grains in their homes, and the land was full of money. But it can't be used by the country, and the taxes can be tried to escape, so what? This time, a certain took over Hebei Yanyun, and if he doesn't do it at this time, it will be difficult to do it in the future. ”
When the seed master heard this, he naturally knew that Zheng Zhi's words were reasonable, but he said: "Although this is the case, in this big and small yamen, these big families still need the help of these big families, if there are no big families, how can the errands in the yamen be carried out." ”
The words of the two men were obviously referring to the agrarian reform, that is, to redistribute the land, to liberate the tenants from the land, and everyone to have land. At most, it is to liberate the population, so that the people at the real bottom can have a good food and clothing life. To put it mildly, even the land yield will be higher, and Zheng Zhi's tax revenue will also increase significantly.
"In the Great Song Dynasty, relying on the big families to govern the local people, this law is inappropriate, and it is time for reform. The common people only know that there are landlords, but they don't know that there is a court. No matter what policies the imperial court has, it is not really beneficial to the people. The power of the family is intertwined, often evading taxes, perfunctory to the top, and harsh to the bottom. When the country is in trouble, no one cares, and it is even more difficult for the imperial court to mobilize manpower and material resources. How can a certain rule still act like this? Zheng Zhi said quite excitedly, that is, he had to change according to his own ideas.
"I'm afraid that someone will rebound, and then it will cause civil unrest and turmoil, and I'm afraid it will be difficult to clean up." The seed masters also have a full understanding of the power of these warriors. Which family and which ethnic group also has a family nursing home, there are also confidants, and there are a group of people with vested interests. When these people are entangled, there will inevitably be problems.
Zheng Zhi's brows furrowed a few times when he heard this, and he only said: "If you don't break it, you won't stand up, and you will reward the military first." and then the people. With a knife in hand, see who dares to make a mistake. ”
The Seed Master Center was still a little worried, and said: "King Yan's method is reasonable, but it can only be done properly with grace and power, and it needs to be discussed a few more times." In this way, the force of the rebound can be minimized. ”
Hearing this, Zheng Zhi nodded and said, "For these families, there are naturally ways to make up for it. The country cannot be without businessmen, and businessmen are the lubricant of society, just like the grease on the axle, which can make the frame go further. Business is capital, large families have money is capital, as long as the tax evasion is paid, the rest of the property except the land can be retained. In this way, it can be business, this time to open the palace, the first thing is to encourage trade, the business is also responsible for the royal government, a law with the war, after a few months, the army will enter the grassland, you can choose 500 households to go with you, the seized things, are sold to these 500 merchants at a low price, subject to the first registration, only 500 households. In the future, as long as there is a war, the merchant will follow the method of war. The transportation of grain and grass could be partially paid to the merchants.
The second is the law of maritime commerce, Cangzhou Beidi, the shipyard is manpowered, the sea route is also unblocked, the place of Goryeo and the Japanese Kou, as well as the Jin country, can be traded, that is, the South Seas down, can also trade, the simplest but the sea route down to the south of the Yangtze River, the Jin people now have gold and silver money, but they lack everything, and they want everything, in addition to iron, grain, sulfur and other things, others can be transported to the north. The royal soldiers were in front of them, opening a trade route for them, and as long as they paid all the taxes when they entered and exited the docks, they could be protected by the sailors.
In these two ways, the profits are bound to be considerable. ”
"Xianggong thinks that it is not bad. But it was to let those landlords' families go out to do business, and I am afraid that many people were unwilling. The planter nodded his head, indicating his approval, but he was worried.
"If you don't want to, let them sit and eat empty, and if you are willing, you will naturally earn a lot of money, and it will be difficult in the early stage, and after someone benefits, there will naturally be more imitators. If you have other ideas, then try a butcher's knife. Zheng Zhi knew the worries of the seed master, but this matter could only fall to the seed master to do, and by Zheng Zhi's side, there were only such calm and experienced people in the seed master who could shoulder such a heavy responsibility.
Zheng Zhi also thought of a beginning for these things, and there were still a few big families under his jurisdiction that could bear the brunt, the first was Lu Junyi, the richest man in the Daimyo Mansion, and the second was the three families in Dulonggang. These people were naturally at the very beginning of Zheng Zhi's plan. It is land reform, and the first is Dulonggang. The Zhu family, the Hu family, and the Li family, as long as they give up their land, they will inevitably get greater benefits. Lu Junyi sold almost all the land early.
When the planter heard this, he felt Zheng Zhi's resolute attitude, and he also understood the countermeasures for some things, and there were no other things to ask more, and the rest of the things were naturally to look at the means of the planter, and Zheng Zhi also gave tens of thousands of generals to the planter. In this way, the inspection of officialdom and land reform are carried out in parallel, and the two-pronged approach is to avoid long nights and dreams. The more things are delayed, the more difficult it is to implement, and at this time, Zheng Zhichu is in power, and it is the time to turn the world upside down.
Then he heard the seed master say again: "The matter of opening the government and sealing the officials should also be as soon as possible." This is also to stabilize the morale of the army. ”
This is the old way among the planters. Most of the people who were born and died were waiting for Zheng Zhi to appease, and the method of appeasement was nothing more than promotion to the rank of knight. Soldiers should be careful, and generals and the like should be careful.
Zheng Zhi nodded and said: "This matter is already planned, and it will be completed in a short time, and then a ceremony will be held to open the palace, and on top of the ceremony, it will be announced that the official will be added to the knighthood." ”
The things that should be said today in the planter have also been finished, and he said: "Then the lower official will leave first, start the land matter, transfer personnel, and ask King Yan to handle it more." ”
Zheng Zhi nodded and said, "Discuss this matter with Li Gang again, and let Li Gang cooperate with you." The matter of the land will be accompanied by the matter of the inspection, and where the inspection goes, the matter of the land will follow, so that if you cooperate with each other, you will definitely get twice the result with half the effort. ”
The seed master nodded, got up and said goodbye, and went to order tens of thousands of soldiers and horses. I also know in my heart that soldiers and horses are the basis for the success of this matter.
Zheng Zhi also got up, it was not early, lunch was imminent, Zheng Zhi went to the back.
After Zheng Zhi entered the back office, Zheng Kai rushed again, this time Zheng Kai looked sad, and did not speak, but just followed Zheng Zhi's side.
Zheng Zhi also felt strange, and asked, "Why is Kai'er so sad?" ”
Zheng Kai raised his red and swollen hand and shook it in front of Zheng Zhi, still not saying a word.
Xiaochan beside her naturally wanted to speak for this little good official, and said: "Back to the prince, the little good official was beaten by Li Xianggong this morning, I don't know how many times, and his hands are swollen." ”
Zheng Zhi smiled when he heard this, and said: "My father went to school when he was a child, and he was also beaten by the teacher, so it will be fine in a few days." ”
Zheng Zhi's words were fortunately not heard by the neighbors in Weizhou, otherwise it would have become a lie.
Zheng Kai had nothing to say this time, and the last bit of hope was dashed. Xiaochan had no choice but to pout and remain silent.
Zheng Zhi looked at his son and asked, "What did Mr. teach today?" ”
Zheng Kai replied weakly: "I taught the Analects." ”
"The Analects are good, the Analects are the words of the sages, and the Analects are the wisdom of dealing with the world. If a man wants to be wise, he must learn more wisdom. Listen to it with the Father. Zheng Zhi said with a smile, which means checking homework.
Zheng Kai couldn't, and as Zheng Zhi walked inside, he had to recite it in his mouth: "Zi said: Learn and learn from time to time, don't you also say it?" Have friends come from afar, are you happy? People don't know and don't be ashamed, aren't they also gentlemen?"
Zheng Kai's recitation is naturally the first article of the Analects. Zheng Zhi also learned these words, so he asked, "Sir, do you have an explanation for you?" ”
The gentleman explained, saying that you should study hard and review things often, so that you can learn well. To make friends, you must be affectionate and righteous, like-minded, so that you can gather people's hearts and achieve great things. If others don't understand themselves, they can't be angry because of it, then they are gentlemen. Zheng Kai replied, and the words were also simple.
But Zheng Zhiyan's face changed, and the explanation of the two sentences before and after was fine, but the explanation of the middle sentence was obviously different. Then he asked, "But what did Mr. Li tell you so?" ”
Zheng Kai didn't know why, nodded and said, "Mr. said this to the child." ”
Zheng Zhi nodded when he heard this, and he didn't ask more. But it was Li Gang's thoughts that were revealed in this simple explanation. Li Gang obviously did not teach Zheng Kai as an ordinary student, but mixed the mental skills of the superiors, and even to put it bluntly, it was the emperor's mental skills.
This shows that what Li Gang thinks in his heart is that he has prepared a way to go to the dark.
"Father, what is a friend?" Zheng Kai asked.
When Zheng Zhi heard this, he smiled and said: "It seems that Uncle Hu's grandson is about to be born, and Uncle Hu's grandson will be your friend in the future." ”
Zheng Kai smiled when he heard this, and said: "Is it true that you will have to treat Uncle Hu's grandson with affection and righteousness in the future?" ”
Zheng Kai obviously didn't understand the specific meaning of affection and righteousness, but he also said such a sentence.
Zheng Zhi nodded, raised his hand and stroked Zheng Kai's head, and said, "It is this truth, Mr. Li teaches well, you have to learn more seriously in the future." ”
When Zheng Kai heard this, he changed his face again, he was afraid of Mr. Li's board, but he also whispered: "The child knows." ”