Hai Rui summarized the five major malpractices, Tang Yi couldn't help nodding yes, and clapped his hands secretly, don't look at Hai Rui who looks like a Nanban and doesn't understand things, but he has a pair of discerning eyes and sees the problem thoroughly. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

For example, after the Tang Dynasty Kaiyuan, all the kings lived in the capital, and the branch was self-defeating, and when there was a war, the children of the clan had to lead the troops to fight; In the Song Dynasty, it was stipulated that the title could not be inherited, and if the children of the clan wanted to get ahead, they needed to take exams, be officials normally, and accept inspections, which was not much different from ordinary people.

When it came to the Ming Dynasty, things were troublesome, first of all, the title could be inherited, and Zhu Di, the king of Yan, started by rebelling against foreign domains, and after he took power, he imposed strict restrictions on the children of the clan, and he didn't even think about the imperial examination, and he couldn't even go out of the city, and he became a real parasite.

Don't look at the sparse descendants of the royal family, the vassal king is different, many sons and many blessings, and the limited energy is used on unlimited children, taking the king of Shanxi Jin as an example, the age of Lu rice is 10,000 stones, and in the Jiajing Dynasty, the children of the Jin family have increased to 1851 people, and they need to withdraw 870,000 stones of Lu rice!

The situation of the rest of the palaces is similar, Tang Yi has the information collected from all over the place, all the palaces combined, Lu rice alone will consume eight or nine million stones a year, and in the forty-third year of Jiajing, the grain transported from the south to the capital is only six million stones!

The children of the clan are reproducing like rabbits and mice, and the food reserved by the political envoys every year is not enough to pay for half a year's rice in the palaces.

To put it bluntly, the descendants of the old Zhu family are eating up and dragging down the limited finances of the Ming Dynasty.

Moreover, most of the clans are vulgar and uncivilized, violent, oppressing the people, annexing land, raising thugs, and doing all kinds of evil, and they are listed as the cancer of Tianzi No. 1, which is well deserved.

As for the inner court, frankly speaking, at the beginning of Jiajing, it was still restrained for a while, Jiajing learned the lessons of Zhengde and was strict with the eunuchs, but as Jiajing grew old, the power of the eunuchs re-emerged.

Dispatches from all over the country to guard the town, supervise the army, mine supervisors, tax supervisors, as well as silk, porcelain, salt, tea, copper, iron, cotton yarn...... In short, where there are interests, there are eunuchs.

Don't look at Tang Yi and Huang Jin and others have a good relationship, Huang Jin is also a kind person, but he sits in that position, many things are not something he can decide, greed is almost the nature of all eunuchs, especially after Lu Bing left, Jinyiwei declined, and the power of the inner court re-emerged.

According to Tang Yi's judgment, after Jiajing, the power of the eunuchs will be quickly restored, and even fight against the outer court again.

Officials and gentry, in fact, can be regarded as one, as an official in the court, as a gentry in the township, strict party control of the country for 20 years, the Ming Dynasty's official rule was completely destroyed, the government was bribed, the official was bribed, and there was no law at all.

After Xu Jie succeeded Yan Song, although he had the heart to cheer up, he blindly let himself be gracious, had no determination and courage, and because of prejudice and stubbornness, he fell into party strife, cronyism, and above the Manchu Dynasty, they were all students of Xu Jie.

Hai Rui's last mention is Jiangmen, which is even more deep-rooted, the southeast experienced the rebellion of the Japanese Invaders, the original guard system was swept away, but the military households on the nine sides are still there, and there are nobles in the capital, the north spends millions of taels of military spending every year, but it is still passively beaten, among the gates, it cannot be said that there are no talents, but more than ninety percent are waste snacks, raising them, but it is just a waste of food.

"Seventy percent of the fields in the world fall into the hands of the clan, the gentry, they do not bear the slightest tax, and the remaining ninety percent of the people, cultivating less than thirty percent of the acres, but have to bear ten percent of the tax burden, the people work all year round, but they can't even eat a mouthful of food, every time natural disasters and man-made disasters, the people are displaced, easy to eat, white bones are full of wilderness, it is not empty talk." Hai Rui took a deep breath, his eyes were filled with tears, and he sighed: "The adults are very clever, and they don't want to solve the big drawbacks in front of them, but they want to expand their territory and find fields from overseas. ”

Hai Rui didn't want to say anything about rushing the lung tube, but in the end, he still couldn't help it. Fortunately, Tang Yi will not really have the same knowledge as him, yes, Hai Rui sees the problem very clearly, but solving problems is not his forte.

"Brother Gangfeng, which of the five major tumors you said can be easily cut off? Do you want to move the clan? They have ancestral training to protect their bodies, doesn't Master Confucius also pay attention to his family and country? Besides, there are so many vassal kings, if they provoke a mutiny, how will it end? The eunuchs control the inner court, and they can't move, the officials and gentry, you just see their greedy side, but without them, the world will immediately be in chaos, and the gentry's power comes from the patriarchal law, the three outlines and five constants, and it implicates the old master Confucius, Brother Gangfeng, can you dare to fight with Confucius and Mencius? ”

Hai Rui is afraid of two things in his life, one is the old lady who pulled him to grow up, and the other is the way of Confucius and Mencius, four books and five classics, who have read most of his life. Hearing Tang Yi's words, he instinctively shook his head, the two saints of Confucius and Mencius, benevolence and love of things, how could there be a mistake in the small words and righteousness left behind, it was simply the descendants who misinterpreted the meaning of the saint.

"Lord Tang!" Hai Rui said sharply: "When you founded Tang Xue, you can't wait to slander the way of Confucius and Mencius, you, you have ulterior motives!" ”

"Hahaha, Brother Gangfeng, you are sharp enough."

Tang Yi actually agreed, "For two thousand years, Confucianism has misled the country, if you want to solve the problem of the Ming Dynasty and cut off the five major tumors, you can't rely on Confucius, and even more so on Mengfuzi!" ”

"Does that depend on you, Master Tang?" Hai Rui's eyes were as wide as copper bells, panting like a cow, seeing that the posture was about to pounce, and he was desperate with Tang Yi!

"Me? Of course, I don't have that ability, but I have some things that I want to ask Brother Gangfeng to see. ”

Hai Rui was still stunned, Tang Yi had already dragged him out of the house, all the way to the outside of the small station, and at this time thousands of people had already arrived at the construction site.

Half a month ago, the small station began the construction of the city, and a large number of bricks, tiles, wood, and sediment were hoarded around it, and they were piled up like a hill.

When Hai Rui looked from afar, he saw that there were many women weaving bamboo strips with pillars and beams, but the middle was empty. What does that mean? Isn't it fooling people to make a wall with bamboo strips? Why is Tang Yi becoming more and more abnormal, he has no ambition to save the country and the people, slanders the sages, and has developed to the point of indiscriminate refill? He really wanted to ask out loud, what the hell is wrong with you?

Before they could get a chance, the women who had tied the bamboo frames left, and a group of people wrapped the tied bamboo frames in planks, and after checking that there were no gaps, a four-wheeled carriage pulled the settled mud and sand, which strangely was not yellow, but grayish-white.

This time, someone poured mud and sand with a shovel into a pillar made of wooden planks, and after pouring some of it, someone took a stick and tamped it from above. In about a quarter of an hour, one pillar was filled and the people continued their march to the next.

Hai Rui could see that there was such a pillar almost every three zhang or so, and he didn't understand what it meant, Tang Yi came to a pillar that had been poured two days ago, and asked the craftsman to take the wooden board outside.

"Brother Gangfeng, come and see, can it be strong?"

Hai Rui walked closer, touched it with his hand, it was cold and rough, like a stone, it was fried, dull and muddy, pushed it, and did not move at all.

simply picked up a hammer from the ground, aimed it at the pillar, and smashed it down, bang, bang, let Hai Rui use all his strength, but a little dust fell, and the pillar did not move at all, like Mount Tai!

Tang Yi was not without pride, this was his secret weapon for building the city wall.

Bamboo reinforced concrete!

Cement is undoubtedly the best building material, with cement, there are high-rise buildings, there are wide roads, Tang Yi has long had the intention to get it, but he has a low eye, he has a little knowledge, and his hands-on ability is not good.

Helpless, he could only push the matter to others, Wei Liangfu and Qian Dehong founded the Three Great Halls, and the silver spent alone was hundreds of thousands of taels every year.

There was no reason for them to eat rice idlely, so Tang Yi wrote a letter to Lao Wei, saying that he had heard from the mouths of Western priests that there was a thing called cement in the West, which was cheap and suitable for building city houses, and asked them to make sure to get it.

Tang Yi opened his mouth, and the result was that countless people broke their legs, and it took more than five years before and after, and finally came up with a finished product, pay attention, it is a finished product!

The cement that was burned at the beginning had a lot of problems, and it would crack after drying, and the strength was not enough, and it was not as strong as the yellow mud...... The hard work paid off, and after repeated experiments and explorations, the needs were finally met.

The construction of a small station is an excellent opportunity for cement to become famous all over the world!

Tang Yi said proudly: "Brother Gangfeng, see it, tie the shelf with bamboo, and then pour in the mixture of cement, sand and gravel, and after drying, it is extremely hard, not much better than stone." Every three zhang, build a concrete pillar, the middle of the vacancy is filled with masonry, each zhang high, plus a cement beam, so built out of the city wall, can be cheaper than the previous city building, the speed is more than five times faster, Brother Gangfeng think? ”

What else? It's a miracle!

You must know that the construction of the city has always been a huge project, the green bricks must be specially fired, there can be no slightest mistake, glutinous rice juice and egg white to reconcile the binder, and the brick joints built out cannot be inserted with a knife.

Such fine workmanship, the cost is huge, it is simply astronomical, just the outer city of Jingshi, more than 3 million taels of silver were smashed in before and after, not counting the cost of requisitioning people.

With cement and concrete, a maximum of one million taels can solve the problems of the outer city.

Tang Yi smiled again: "Brother Gangfeng, look at these pillars, as long as the mold is made in advance, a bamboo frame is placed inside, and then concrete is poured, whatever shape you want, you can have any shape, how big you want, strong and durable, and not afraid of fire, you say, what is the easiest thing to use it for?" ”

Hai Rui rolled his eyes, I'm not a fool, of course I'm building a palace.

"Hehe, Your Majesty has built two palaces and two views over the years, three major halls, Nanyuan, Xiyuan, and the cost is more than 10 million, the biggest consumption of which is the giant wood pillar, a golden silk nanmu, just from Nanyang to the capital, the freight is not less than 10,000 taels. If you switch to bamboo-reinforced concrete, a pillar will cost a maximum of fifty taels of silver, tsk, a difference of two hundred times! ”

Tang Yi laughed loudly, "Wood alone can save millions of dollars every year, Brother Gangfeng asked me how to solve the cancer of maladministration, and this is my answer." ”

Hai Rui circled around the cement pillar a few times, which was indeed a good thing, but he still couldn't figure out what this had to do with solving those drawbacks.

"Brother Gangfeng, with the invention of cement, whether the imperial court builds a palace or a city, the cost will be reduced a lot, and the people requisitioned will also be reduced, which will save people's power. As for the cement, the roads and bridges can be overhauled, the transportation is convenient, and the people can be more convenient to transport out of what they produce. ”

Of course, I won't forget that under Tang Yi, it was the most comfortable time for Hai Rui to do things in his life, there was a lot of silver, scattered all over the sky, not only the economy of the southeast took off, but also played a role in drawing salaries from the bottom of the kettle, and no displaced people went to participate in the Japanese invaders, and finally Xu Hai and Wang Zhi surrendered, which was inseparable from Tang Yi's work.

A few years ago, Tang Yi could make such a big fuss, but now that he has cement, he will definitely make a bigger fuss and benefit more people...... Tang Yi patted Hai Rui, who was in thought.

"Brother Gangfeng, for a political country, it is like dividing the bread, you just want to divide the bread evenly, but the people who eat the bread are strong, they are unwilling to eat as much as the weak, if you have to offend those strong people, they will beat you to death. Make the cake bigger, this is the king! (To be continued.) )