Shangjia was not miserable in the Ming Dynasty, but it has always been difficult to obtain top-level resources. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

If Xie Shen could give them this resource, Shang Jia might not fall into Xie Shen's arms.

This resource does not refer to being an official, and the Ming Dynasty did not stipulate that a merchant could not be an official after that. Zhang Siwei, a cabinet scholar, is not the first assistant of the cabinet after Jin Shang?

Xie Shen's resources to the businessmen are to set up factories and develop industries.

In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, there was a germination of capital, and the reason why it was stifled was because of the problems of its own system.

It is precisely because the imperial court did not prohibit Shang Jia from participating in the imperial examination later, once his children won the scientific examination, they became official gentry.

With a famous official position, you can lie down and make money, who is willing to sell coolies day and night. This is the real reason why the germination of capital has been stifled.

But if businessmen are given the right to set up factories and do business, they will consider the pros and cons.

In the imperial examination, the possibility of a glorious lintel is not impossible, but it is indeed too low.

Instead of pinning our hopes on this, it is better to expand and enhance our strength by setting up factories and doing business.

After all, this is different from ordinary business, it belongs to holding a trump card in his hand, and others have to be scrupulous even if they want to bully.

At present, there is a lot of capital and technology input in the five ports of trade in the Ming Dynasty, and there are many industries that can be done in the future.

Even if you don't think about the future, there are many businesses that can be done right now. Such as weaving mills, paper mills, weaving and dyeing mills, distilleries, and so on.

In fact, the difference between a factory and a workshop is not in the scale, but in whether the management can be standardized and institutionalized.

For example, weaving has existed in Jiangnan in ancient times, and there are countless workshops of dozens of looms, but why it cannot be developed into a weaving factory, it is because it cannot be standardized and there is no institutional thing.

Xie Shen is ready to open an opening to these businessmen, and those with foresight will see the prospect and join in.

Once these businessmen have the strength, they can be used as a sharp blade against the scholars, changing the situation that the Ming Dynasty values morality rather than ability.

Xie Shen had thought about the possibility of transforming the scholar doctor in various ways. In the end, he found that it was impossible to get these scholars to change their own initiative without some external pressure.

Only by setting up a strong opponent can these scholars be afraid to take the initiative to change.

Reform is certainly painful, but after all, it is only in the labor pains. If there is no reform, the Ming Dynasty will definitely follow the old path and eventually perish.

Now it is only the middle of the Ming Dynasty, Xie Shen can completely follow the ancestral system and be a good man and enjoy peace for a lifetime.

But he couldn't bear it, he couldn't watch the Ming Dynasty destroy the system.

If this system is flawed, then change it, and let it go is a coward!

Zhang Juzheng's whipping method is very good, but this alone is not enough, because there is no external pressure against the official gentry class, and the pressure from the top will soon rebound.

As soon as Zhang Juzheng died, wasn't his Wanli New Deal immediately abolished?

Top-down reform will always have such problems, and it will be much better if the business is given benefits and used as the driving force of reform.

It's not just top-down or bottom-up, it's both.

In other words, this is Xie Shen's attempt to reform the Ming Dynasty.

At least you have to do your best to make an effort so that you don't go through this experience in vain.

It's not that he didn't think about supporting the nobles, but the nobles of the Ming Dynasty couldn't support the wall with mud since the change of the civil fort.

Before that, the nobles could also compete with the civil service. But after that, Xungui has completely become synonymous with eating and waiting for death, and it is better to count on them to fight against the gentry than to count on the merchants.

Of course, businessmen also have their own shortcomings, that is, they are almost crazy profit-seeking, which can be adjusted by taxation.

Xie Shen has always thought that the commercial tax of the Ming Dynasty was too low. It is such a rich place in the south of the Yangtze River, and the commercial tax is only 30 taxes and 1, and it will never be added. This is too bad, the business is already profitable and does not allow the tax to be raised, and the result is that the businessmen are rich and the court is poor.

Xie Shen wants to support businessmen to do business, and there is also a condition, that is, to raise taxes.

Of course, in order to avoid a strong backlash, the tax increase can be calculated slowly, starting with a tax increase of 10 and then formulating a ladder tax according to the reaction.

However, in addition to replacing the tax in kind with silver taels, Xie Shen did not plan to change the agricultural tax. First, compared with commercial tax and agricultural tax, this is really not enough, and second, agriculture is the foundation of the Ming Dynasty, and there is no room for mistakes. The peasants were already living a very hard life, and no matter how much taxes were raised, they would not be able to increase the landlords, but would suffer the ordinary people.

Therefore, Xie Shen's reform model can be summed up in one sentence, that is, small reform of agriculture, big reform of commerce, and confrontation with the gentry.

This approach to reform may seem radical, but in fact it is one link after another, and it does not feel too abrupt.

Of course, this is only an idea of Xie Shen, at most it is stored in the draft, and it still needs the approval of the court and His Majesty the Emperor if it is to be implemented.

Of course, before that, Xie Shen wanted to talk to Li Dongyang and Xie Qian first to see what they thought.

Li Dongyang listened to Xie Shen's tirade, was silent for a moment, and sighed: "Siming, your method is going to make Da Ming hurt his muscles and bones." ”

Xie Shen said lightly: "It's better to hurt your muscles and bones than to break your bones, and I'm afraid the old man also knows that some things have been sick to the bone marrow." ”

Xie Qian nodded and said, "Brother Xiya, I agree with Siming's statement. ”

Li Dongyang sighed and said, "That's it, Siming, you first draw up a charter and briefly describe your thoughts." Wait for the old man to see it before deciding how to act. ”

"Okay."

Of course, Xie Shen didn't expect to change Li Dongyang's opinion immediately, freezing three feet was not a day's cold. Li Dongyang himself is an official gentry and landlord, and it certainly takes time for him to see through the problem.

The ancients were not stupider than modern people in many cases, and the reason why many problems cannot be seen through is because of the limitations of history.

And if Xie Shen breaks this limitation and opens this window for Li Dongyang, he believes that with Li Dongyang's political wisdom, he can understand it.

After talking freely with the two bigwigs, Xie Shen only felt a lot hungry, so he laughed and said, "Are the two bosses going to eat in the cabinet?" ”

Xie Qian brushed his beard and said, "Your Majesty has given you a meal, so Siming will also come and taste it." ”

"Dare to disobey!"

Although the food in the palace is not to Xie Shen's taste, it is not enough to take care of it at the moment.

A plate of hot dishes and cold dishes were served in this way, and the three cabinet scholars were waiting for the scribes to eat the meal given by the Son of Heaven in the duty room.

After the sacrifice of the Five Organs Temple, Xie Shen burped contentedly, and found an excuse to leave the cabinet early.

He's going to see my fair lady again. According to Li Yanwen's prescription, My Lady has already taken a few pairs, hoping that her condition will improve.

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