Yan Fu was very curious, the emperor changed into a coarse cloth short, or the kind that had been patched. Dress yourself up like a farmer. No, it should be said that he is a farmer, every word and deed, every move is like a real farmer, even the expression is the same.

It is said that the three generations of wealth, dressing and eating, and the cultivation of nobles takes time to precipitate. Li Ming, who had been a false emperor for twelve years, still failed to learn the noble temperament of the nobles, and he had no noble physique. looked at the emperor who was walking on the street and greeting the neighborhood vendors, and the meat jokes caused the neighbors to laugh and scold, and the emperor also scolded and disrespectfully in return, and the market slang in his mouth continued, which made Yan Fuda frown.

In fact, the emperor in front of him is a big old man, sitting and sitting without eating. When it was officially played, don't look at the emperor's upper body sitting steadily. In fact, after a few glances at the case, the emperor's ass didn't stop. The emperor doesn't like too strict rules, and he never cares about ancestral training and the like, the emperor wants to live like an ordinary person. So he laughed and scolded with the ministers, so he wanted to live naturally when he opened the plate and gambled in front of the Manchu generals. The majestic Forbidden City has always been a symbol of the highest power of the country, but the emperor said that it was lonely for one person to go to so many houses, so he simply moved to Yingtai and built a house for himself. It is the emperor's right to decide the world, but the emperor said that he didn't have time to rest all day long, so he re-established the power of the prime minister regardless of the ancestral teachings at that time...... This kind of thing, the emperor has done too much. But such an emperor who always wants to live a leisurely life has an unparalleled vision. He accurately estimated the course of the First Sino-Japanese War, he predicted the Russian invasion, he laid out the South Seas in advance, and he extended his dark and evil hand to the scientific research talents of various countries......

If only he were just a stand-in from a civilian family. Where did you learn such a precise and long-term vision? If he comes from a wealthy family, he has never seen any brothers and sisters contacted. The courtiers had speculated about the emperor's life story countless times, but the emperor seemed to have forgotten his birth even himself. A mysterious-like life experience. Just like the lightning that appeared for the first time, it was so abrupt. Maybe the heavens saw that the land of China began to sink, or maybe the heavens couldn't bear the decline of the Huaxia clan, so a lightning bolt fell from the sky, sending down a holy lord for this withered country. Although he is a little cynical, although he is a little lazy, his eyes are like a beacon in the dark. It pointed out the way forward for the giant ship of China.

The first time Yan Fu met the emperor was twelve years ago in the Shanghai Old Times Newspaper Building, when the emperor was dressed in civilian clothes and always had a confident smile on his face. Yan Fu didn't know why the emperor always looked confident. Even when he was besieged on the Grange Terrace, he never heard that the emperor had the slightest fear. Who taught the emperor vision? What made the emperor's mind?

It is said that the heart of the king is as deep as the sea and unpredictable. The emperor's joys, sorrows, and sorrows are always on his face, and he can be happy all day long when he can pick up a copper plate when he goes shopping, and he can complain for a day when he finds that it is expensive to buy something. In short, you can always see his mood on his face. But in state affairs, it is calm and outrageous.

The First Sino-Japanese War had just ended. The chaos in the court and among the people has not yet been cleaned up, and a country that needs the emperor to fight on the front line should be at ease with domestic construction. But the emperor ignored the opposition of his ministers and sounded the horn of attack, and the two strategies of going south and north were put on the desk of the young staff headquarters. So at the same time as the construction began in the country, the horn of the south brought rich construction funds to the country. At this time, all the courtiers realized that if China wanted to quickly catch up with the great powers, it needed to plunder funds for domestic construction through war.

Ten years later, the southward strategy was limited by the British garrison of Singapore and could not continue and turned eastward. But the plan to go north has not stopped for ten years, except for a short interruption by Japan in the middle of the way. The General Staff Headquarters dedicates an entire room to storing all the materials of the northward strategy. So much so that even the dilapidated house where a hunter temporarily settled is marked on the map. None of the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty thought that the plan to advance northward would fail, and the reason why they were worried was how to make the losses smaller and smaller. Ten years ago, I saw today's world pattern. What kind of exquisite heart should this have.

Maybe the emperor and his talents are not what this era should have, Yan Fu believes that the emperor's eyes have penetrated the time of the next hundred years. Yan Fu also believed that as long as this emperor lived, China would become stronger and stronger, without exception.

"What's the daze, hurry up." Li Ming was very dissatisfied with Yan Fu, who was going faster and faster. There's a lot of work ahead of me.

Yan Fu suddenly understood. Although the twelve years of imperial career failed to develop the aristocratic temperament of raising hands and feet, it also made this emperor reveal incomparable majesty in his words and deeds. Yan Fu smiled. Those officials and literati in the laughing court also have to investigate the emperor's life experience. In fact, there is no need to investigate, as long as he is the emperor of China, as long as he can lead the country to prosperity and strength, what does it have to do with whether he is a Manchu Han in the end? Yan Fu immediately hurried to catch up with the distant emperor, pointed to the bustling crowd on the street, and looked forward to the future with the emperor.

Li Ming staggered and took Yan Fu to the humble dock by the sea. The rays of the setting sun still shine on the sea, and the light spreads out from the calm sea. The cool sea breeze on the surface of the sea blew away the heat of the body, but it could not blow away the fiery hearts of the fishermen. In the distance, there was also a whistle from time to time, which was the return of fishermen who had gone fishing in the sea. Loaded with fresh fish, they sailed towards home on the sparkling sea in the setting sun, and the loud whistle slowly joined together, as if to tell how abundant their harvest was today.

Li Ming didn't speak, just quietly looked at the sea. When the fishing boats in the distance were getting closer and closer with abundant harvest and joy, Li Ming slowly raised his right hand and pointed forward......

As soon as Yan Fu saw that the emperor was pointing into the distance, he immediately stepped forward and said: "The reason why the imperial court built an army to build warships, and why the soldiers fought bravely on the front line, is not to protect the peace of this side and keep the laughter in this world. However, there are still pedantic old literati who slander the imperial court and use military force. Yan Fu stretched out his hand and pointed to the joyful sunset and said, "Can't they see that behind this happy land and laughter are all soldiers fighting bloodily?" ”

Yan Fu also waited for the emperor to sigh and praise a few words. But he didn't wait for a response. He turned his face to see the emperor with an embarrassed face.

"I ......" Li Ming said very carefully, "I just want to tell you, that ...... The biggest fishing boat was my uncle's house. ”

Yan Fu was sweating profusely. The bright red sunlight shone on Yan Fu's face and covered his flushed face, and Yan Fu retreated in a panic.

The Ocean Voyage, no matter how atmospheric the name is, is only a 300-ton fishing boat. Small coal-fired boilers and rudimentary reciprocating steam engines propelled the fully laden ocean-going fishing vessel at 13 knots. Although it is only a small fishing boat, it is one of the first batch of fishing boats designed and manufactured by the private sector in China, and more importantly, all the parts and components on these fishing boats, including the reciprocating steam engine, are developed by the private sector.

This is progress, and this is the confidence of the country. The country's military industry cannot be completed by a small number of large state monopolies. It is necessary to have enough private enterprises to supplement it. Of course, the most sophisticated technology products cannot be handed over to private enterprises to produce, but ordinary accessories can. Spare parts and non-major equipment are sent to private enterprises. It can not only promote the expansion of the scale and technological progress of the private manufacturing industry, but also allow the country's large enterprises to better get rid of the single and repetitive production and manufacturing process, and invest more energy in the research and development of new technologies.

So, when Zhang Wenjian, a wealthy man in Hangzhou, planned to build a shipyard to build fishing boats. Immediately received support from the imperial court. Although only small fishing boats were built, the Ministry of Household still gave low-interest loans, and the Ministry of Industry coordinated some equipment from shipyards in various countries to buy some equipment to the shipyard at a low price and sent personnel to guide the construction of the shipyard.

So in the middle of the previous year, his first fishing boat left the dock. Zhang Zhidong, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry who is most interested in the development of national industry, took the officials of the State Bureau of Quality Supervision to the south for acceptance. The acceptance here is qualified, and the emperor's order has arrived: 50 ships will be given to me first, and other people's deposits have been paid.

The fact that the emperor personally made sales for the shipyard caused a huge shock in the country, and the huge profits attracted the last batch of conservative wealthy people in China to invest their wealth in the wave of national industrial construction. The imperial court also took the opportunity to sell the low-tech factories owned by the state-owned enterprises in exchange for a large amount of cash for the construction of new warships. Among them are the Northeast Standard Parts Manufacturing Factory and Shandong Measuring Tool Factory under the name of Li Ming. And the construction of this batch of new warships brought a large number of orders, which stabilized the confidence of the factory owners who had just bought the plant and were building a new one.

The Ocean is the first batch of fishing boats produced by Hangzhou Shipyard, and the Yang family is no longer a small fisherman driving a wooden boat because of Yang Zaoer's relationship. Yangjia Village. The two Yang Yishan brothers were the first to buy the big fishing boat. With mechanical power, the Yang brothers were able to go to the open sea to catch more fish. Now that the family is getting better, they are already thinking about whether to change to a bigger fishing boat.

"This time the massive construction of ships is in response to the coming war of the Russians. Although China's position in the international community will still be suppressed by the great powers after this war, at least the position of the leader of East Asia is unshakable. After this war, the country will inevitably focus on domestic construction, and the construction of large capital warships will inevitably be suspended. The original plan was to build a batch of 1,000-ton offshore patrol ships, and whether it was possible to hand over some of them to private shipyards for construction. Li Ming looked at the fishing boat returning from afar and suddenly asked.

"Private shipyards? Do they have the technology? Although only offshore patrol ships. But it's also a military product. Yan Fu is a little worried, in the past two years, there have been many private shipyards on both sides of the Yangtze River and along the coast of Jiangsu and Zhejiang. But they have only built three or four thousand tons of bulk ships, and they have not yet formed a scale. handed over the military products to them so suddenly, to be honest, Yan Fu had no confidence in them.

"Although offshore patrol ships are military products, they do not have advanced technology. After the completion of this large-scale shipbuilding, the workers of the shipyard can be sent to these small private shipyards to provide technical guidance. The high profit of military products can greatly stimulate the improvement of the technical ability and scale expansion of shipyards, and the enhancement of the strength of civilian manufacturing is a good supplement to the country's cutting-edge industry. It doesn't matter if the progress will be slower, as long as they can build the warship and deliver it according to the requirements, it will be progress, and it will be the progress of the country's industrial capacity! ”

Yan Fu thought about it and nodded: "At present, military orders are basically monopolized by state-owned enterprises and enterprises under the royal family. Appropriate opening of some products and accessories with low technical difficulty and orders with low requirements can not only effectively stimulate economic and technological development. More importantly, it can accelerate the country's industrial process. Even if they are technically deficient, we can provide technical assistance through the government. What you said is very true, and you will start to arrange it when you go back next time. "This is a public place, so you should pay attention to the title.

The two emperors looked at the approaching fishing boat, chatting in the sea and the sky, until the ocean fishing boat approached the dock and a cable was thrown from the boat.

Li Ming grabbed the cable casually. Very skillfully tied the cable to the stakes of the pier. Yan Fu planned to come forward to help, but he was a powerless literati who couldn't do this rough work. was driven aside by Li Ming to rest.

Yang Yishan didn't know Yan Fu, just looking at this person coming forward to help his brother-in-law, he simply thought that this was a guy invited by his brother-in-law. On the boat, Yang Yishan stretched out his head and looked at it for a while, then said to Yan Fu who was standing aside: "When you are a man, you should have the appearance of a partner, why don't you hurry up and go to the stern to tie the cable." ”

Yan Fu was just a flurry, and immediately turned around and ran to the stern of the boat, picked up the cable and began to tie it up. But the thick cable was not something that he could pull as a literati. And the mooring rope is also skillful and demanding. After a while, Yan Fu was sweating profusely.

"Do you tie a rope like that? The boat does not tighten any cables. Yang Yihai jumped off the stern, took the cable and started the operation, and kept complaining: "Why did my brother-in-law hire a guy who doesn't know anything." ”

"Although this fellow of mine can't tie the cable well, he has the talent to stabilize the country. If you can tie the rope, you are willing to bend down and do things, and you can't be harsh. Li Ming walked over and said to Yan Fu, "Look at your sweat, aren't you tired?" ”

"It's okay, it's okay. Let the owner laugh. ”

Li Ming didn't smile, but looked Yan Fu up and down with a straight face. It wasn't until Yan Fu saw that Li Ming was covered in cold sweat that he spoke: "It seems that it is necessary to carry out lightweight military training for civilian officials, and this physical fitness is necessary to cope with the international environment of great changes in the future." Let's start with running, and officials at all levels have to run a lap around their offices every morning and evening. ”

Don't wait for Yan to reply. Yang Yishan said very unhappily: "You have been dismissed from your official position by the imperial court, don't worry about these worthless hearts." I didn't come to collect the fish yet. ”

Li Ming turned to smile and ran to work, although Yan Fu couldn't do it. But you can always count them. Looking at the fish fished out of the cabin, Yan Fu smiled and said, "This boat of fish must have earned a lot of income." ”

"After three days at sea, the income of a boatload of fish is 6 yuan. However, in addition to coal burning, maintenance and wear and tear, in fact, the net income of this ship is only two yuan and a half. Li Ming, who was working, took over: "I go to sea for 8 months a year, and the average net income is less than 17 yuan per month after 12 a year. It seems to be good, and it is more than the workers who work in the factory. In the early days they used to fish in wooden boats, but now they need to go to the open sea in iron boats, and I have been here for less than two months. The size of the fish they can catch has begun to decrease. This kind of good life has been going on for nearly three years, but there is nothing left. ”

"You mean overfishing?" Yan Fu was a little excited: "Why didn't any local government report this matter to the imperial court?" Are the imperial doctors blind? ”

"Why report? The job of the imperial historian is to control the local government and prevent it from exploiting the people excessively. Nowadays, people's incomes have increased. They are happy to see it, and this is also the political achievement of the local government, why should they report such a trivial matter. As for officials at or above the provincial level, all of them sit in the official office. And I also noticed that the holes in the nets are much smaller today than they were when I got married. ”

"It's a matter of fishing with all your might. No, it is necessary to set up a fishing ban period to give the sea people time to recuperate. ”

"What do you let the people eat during the fishing ban period?" A small official wearing an official uniform walked next to him, Yan Fu knew at a glance that this person was a local tax official, only to see Yang Yishan greet him, take out the crumpled money from his pocket and hand it to the tax officer, and then the tax officer asked him to print a handprint on the account book and write a tax slip to Yang Yishan.

"Don't look at it." Li Ming called Yan Fu, who was secretly looking at the account book, and told him: "Today, my eldest brother has brought back more than 2,000 fish, and the price of the fish I collect is three cents per fish." According to the tax of one percent customized by the imperial court, that is to say, he paid three yuan and six taxes this time, which does not seem to be much for a fish. In a few days, fishmergers from other places will come to me to collect fish. I bought it for a price of four cents, because it cost me money to build this fish storage factory, and the tax fee was four cents per fish. The fishmonger then transports the fish to major cities in the mainland and sells it to the local big fishmers, assuming that the destination is the capital. They count the freight and the wear and tear on the road, even if they are given half a penny of profit for a fish, they will have to buy 6 cents for a fish, because they have to pay a tax of 6 cents for a fish. The local fishmerchant in the capital then bought the fish to the fish shop for 7 and a half cents, which included 7 and a half cents of the tax. The fish shop has to kill the fish according to the requirements of the fish buyer, pay the rent fee of the shop, and pay taxes. That is to say, a fish shop has to sell a fish for 1 cent to make money, and one penny of it is tax money. There are so many taxes that need to be paid in the whole process of a fish, that is, when a fish is brought up from the sea to buy it for the people who eat the fish, the tax on the fish alone accounts for one-third of the price of the fish. If you add in the taxes on the coal burned by fishing and fishing boats. It can be said that more than half of the price of buying a fish is taxed to the imperial court in various names, and the final result is that the price of fish remains high in the end consumer market. An ordinary male worker earns less than 12 yuan a month for working overtime, even if both husband and wife work in a factory, of course, this is only a small part. Even so, for a family of three with a monthly income of 21 yuan, even if you don't save a penny, the total amount of consumption you can spend is 8 cents. The price of a fish accounts for half of the total daily consumption of a family of two workers. Chinese have always been frugal and never spend all their money in a day. If they save half of their income, then a fish is twenty and a half of a family's income in a day. What kind of concept is this, which means that fish is something that only rich and noble families eat. Fish is rich in protein, and long-term consumption has the effect of improving physical fitness. But because the taxes are too high, ordinary people can't afford to eat. Of course, this is just one example that I know, and I believe that most of the goods in the domestic market have this problem. ”

"But in recent years, the imperial court has built guns, cannons, and warships, and it can't be supported without enough taxes." Yan Fu cautiously replied that there are still eight capital ships under construction on the slipway, and it is not possible to reduce taxes at this time. Yan Fu thought about it and didn't say it yet, isn't it like this over the years?

"Yes, the state increases taxes to meet military needs in order to defend against foreign enemies, but wars are always short-lived, and this cannot be the norm for the state. Besides, tax cuts do not mean that taxes are reduced, and tax cuts can stimulate consumption. The principle of small profits but quick turnover is not only effective for businesses, but also has guiding significance for the country. Let's deal with the Russian wave first, and then talk about tax cuts, but we should think about this from now on. ”

"Is it something you can say about whether the imperial court will raise taxes or reduce taxes?" Li Ming was talking here, and the tax officials were very unhappy over there. Is this something you can say about taxation that even he, a petty official, would dare to talk about, and a fishmonger and a fellow openly talk about the government? So he immediately stepped in to stop it.

"Yes, yes, don't say it, don't say it." Yan Fu hurriedly stepped forward to say haha.

Li Ming smiled faintly: "I watched the lunch in the school, and I felt a little monotonous." Why not add a fish to it? It is said that eating fish nourishes the brain. ”

Yan Fu looked surprised: "You really plan to sell fish." ”

Speaking of this, Li Ming looked ashamed: "The contemptible person was taken in by his father-in-law for a while, so he couldn't really eat rice, so he started the business of collecting fish, but I found that the profit in it was still quite large." ”

Yan Fu opened his mouth and muttered: "You can do it if you want, and you will pay anyway." ”

Yan Fu's muttering was heard by Li Ming, and Li Ming suddenly realized: "Yes, it's not that you said I almost forgot." Then it's better not to add fish to this dish. Without waiting for Yan Fu to refute a few words, Li Ming suddenly changed his face and asked, "According to the original confirmation, there should be a glass of milk in the breakfast of each school. Why has the school in Ningbo been officially opened for a year, and I haven't seen it yet? (To be continued)

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