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In the blink of an eye, it was December 25th. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

There is already a New Year's atmosphere in the Jingshi, and there have been a lot of changes in the Jingshi recently, and this New Year seems to have changed a little compared to before, but if you really want to say where the changes are, you can't talk about it for a while.

However, in the sixth cabinet department, the atmosphere is quite relaxed, except for the annoying Jingcha, this year is indeed a good year.

All kinds of news gathered from all over the place, are not bad, especially the stubborn disease of the Ming Dynasty homeless people seems to have suddenly improved, in fact, the biggest problem of the Ming Dynasty is not a certain disaster, now the dynasty has been established for a hundred years, the biggest problem is the problem of the homeless.

Thinking that when Taizu founded the country to the present, the population of the Ming Dynasty has increased tenfold, but the land has not grown, coupled with the serious land annexation, so that many farmers have become displaced because of the loss of land, these people do not produce, in fact, even if they want to produce, there is no land for them to cultivate, so they can only wander around, flooding.

With the experience of the previous dynasty, anyone knows that once people have nothing to do, lose their livelihood, it will cause great problems, Hongzhi Emperor is certainly sage, but the only flaw is not tough enough, so that the problem of annexing land is not only not alleviated, but more and more serious, once a large number of displaced people emerge, the consequences are extremely terrible, once someone is in the center of incitement, the court must quell the rebellion, once there is a civil uprising, this prosperous world can be ruined.

However, no one would have thought that the problem of displaced people had not only become more intractable this year, but had eased it a lot, and there had even been a phenomenon of many squires and landlords asking people to cultivate the land. The reason is actually simple, after a large number of workshops emerged, resulting in a shortage of labor in the city, it is natural to recruit laborers, which solves the livelihood of some displaced people to a considerable extent, and the city is more comfortable after all, so many tenants surnamed Suo brought their families into the city to beg for food, and began to transform into laborers, the most serious place is Jiangnan, so that the rural labor force suddenly decreased, which is also the reason why the squires had to reduce the rent and recruit displaced people everywhere.

The absence of displaced people is actually a political achievement, and many state capitals have sent people to report the good news, which also makes the princes of the court can't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

However, there are people who are happy and some people are worried, although the household department has been happy for a while, but there are also people who are not very happy, there have been people who have written a book, saying that it is the national policy set by Taizu when the farmers are in business, and now the industry and commerce are upside down, and the farmers are chasing the smell of copper, and they no longer have peace of mind to farm, and in the long run, the grain production will be reduced, and there will inevitably be a famine.

Such concerns are not unreasonable, and some people even pointed out that since the rise of the workshop, all over the south of the Yangtze River, many places have appeared in the squires to abandon rice planting and plant mulberry, food is the foundation of the country, once such a thing expands, the problem will be very serious.

These words are actually very reasonable, which is also the reason why the previous dynasties pursued the policy of pre-farming, if even food cannot be guaranteed, what is the use of having gold and silver.

In the court, Zhu Youzhu leaned on the chair with a lazy look, and dozens of Hanlin ministers knelt on both sides.

Obviously, the two sides argued very fiercely, you came and went, and Zhu Youzhu was only responsible for listening, and did not make a sound.

"Prospering business and lowly peasants attract impetuousness, and everyone does not want to farm. Yangzhou a land, there are thousands of acres of land changed to mulberry fields, this year, the household side, the silver tax has increased, but the grain tax is reduced by three or four hundreds, how can it be done like this? Without food, how can the imperial court function? When the people have nothing to eat, should they be allowed to eat porcelain and silk? ”

"Lord Wang, Xingshang is not necessarily a cheap peasant, the most urgent problem under my Ming Dynasty is not that there is no fertile land, but that there is a large amount of manpower but not enough arable land, in the first year of Hongzhi, the court counted out the displaced people at most hundreds of thousands, and now there are millions of them, in the long run, the people have no livelihood, what food to talk about? What's so bad about letting these displaced people do their jobs? ”

Someone sneered and sneered: "All dynasties and dynasties have come like this, and I haven't seen anyone who can't live without silk and porcelain, but if there is no food, the world will be in chaos." After the prosperity of business, the people did not think about labor, but took luxury as beauty, is this the education of the saints? Lord Wu should not forget the matter of the two Jin and the rich. ”

"What does this have to do with the two jins?"

"It is precisely because of the collapse of etiquette and happiness that people's hearts have changed, and everyone regards luxury as beauty, that there are two Jins."

The so-called two Jin Dynasty fighting for wealth, in fact, there are also allusions, talking about the luxury of the Jin people, especially between the rich in order to fight for wealth, leading to a lot of extravagant atmosphere, after the summary of later generations, especially in the Zizhi Tongjian, it is believed that this is an important reason why the Jin people advocated luxury at that time to lead to the death of the country.

"Hmph......" Someone sneered disdainfully: "Since it is a court discussion, then it needs to be discussed on a case-by-case basis, and the Jin people should be scolded for fighting for their wealth, but what the old man wants to say is the livelihood of the homeless people." Besides, now that the imperial court has increased its annual revenue, what's the difference? ”

"What kind of livelihood is a homeless person, it's obviously nonsense."

"You're."

The debate had gone off the rails, and there were faint signs of getting out of control, Zhu Youzhu had to cough to stop these people from continuing to mess around, and then said lightly: "The words of the Qing Qing are all from the bottom of my heart, and I have benefited a lot from listening to them." He continued slowly: "Okay, let's stop here today, disperse, and the scholar Li Dongyang stays." ”

The arguing ministers, no one knows what the emperor thinks, the emperor is red-faced, but the emperor has no difficult idea at all, but it makes people feel a little depressed, and the ministers have to leave one after another, but Li Dongyang is left alone, he and Xie Qian's recital was handed over three days ago, and the emperor has not given a reply, he thought to himself, could it be that what the emperor wants to say is the matter of Jinyiwei and Liu Gong? He held his breath and glanced at Zhu Youzhang, Zhu Youzhang's face was deep and elusive for a while.

In the empty hall, Zhu Youzhu stroked the imperial case, and suddenly said, "Li Aiqing, why didn't you speak just now?" ”

Suddenly such a sentence popped up, Li Dongyang had to answer carefully, Fang Cai's argument is not trivial, this is related to the national policy, and under normal circumstances, if the cabinet minister opposes the national policy formulated by the palace, there will definitely be no good fruit to eat. It's just that now, Li Dongyang can't bear Zhu Youzhang's thoughts.

He pondered for a moment and said: "Weichen didn't dare to speak, because he didn't know the pros and cons of Xingshang, what is the use of sitting and talking about Taoism in this Jingshi, at present, the imperial court should draw up a Qincha, go to the provinces for inspection, and take a closer look, whether the advantages of this Xingshang outweigh the disadvantages, or the disadvantages outweigh the advantages, before they can make a decision, otherwise it would be too hasty to speak rashly." ”

Zhu Youzhu nodded with his head: "This is the words of seeking the country, governing a big country is like cooking a small fresh, everything can not be rushed, there is no clear investigation, how to assert it, you look at those Hanlin, one by one is the Tao, but I think that the truth is the road, but some things are still good to see." ”

Li Dongyang couldn't imagine that he could be fooled in this way, so he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and said, "Your Majesty Shengming." ”

Zhu Youzhu sat on top of His Majesty Dan and waved his hand, and said, "It would be good if I were Shengming, what are you doing with these useless words?" Yes, I have already read the book you handed over to Xie Aiqing a few days ago, Liu Aiqing is the pillar of the imperial court, and it is also my heart, I will never believe that he is a mess, and your words are also very reasonable, but then again, I ordered Liu Chengfeng to handle this case, since Liu Chengfeng thinks that there is a suspicion, I can't intervene, since I want to investigate, then find out clearly, it is good to wash Liu Aiqing's grievances. ”

Li Dongyang couldn't help but get nervous, in fact, in the past few days, many people have come to inquire about this matter, the meaning is very clear, Liu Gong can't be humiliated, and now the reason why they don't take action is because he and Xie Qian have already handed over the book, and let's look at the attitude of the palace first, if the palace approves, it will naturally be calm, but if the emperor refuses, I am afraid that it will not be as simple as a book at that time, these people dare to say anything if they are in a hurry, and when the time comes, they will say something taboo, which is not a good thing.

"Huh? Li Aiqing seems to have something to say. ”

Zhu Youzhu saw that Li Dongyang was silent, and looked at Li Dongyang with a pair of eyes.

Li Dongyang said: "Your Majesty, Liu Gong is an old minister of the Three Dynasties, and now he is recuperating at home, and he has reached the age of not being confused, at this time, Jin Yiwei suddenly did this, which will inevitably make people think that His Majesty is mean and unkind, and he wants to take the opportunity to ...... Liu Gong."

He didn't choose to excuse Liu Jian directly, nor did he criticize Jinyiwei, but started with Zhu Youzhang, Zhu Youzhu is a good person, his words are to tell Zhu Youjiao, let it go, people who don't know it will definitely think that this is the emperor's idea, and Liu Jian has been in power for so many years and has worked hard for the emperor, but now he has fallen into this fate, and he will naturally have something to think about the emperor, so His Majesty must stop this matter if he wants to maintain his magnanimous and benevolent image.

Li Dongyang's wisdom was undoubtedly revealed at this time, and this sentence was obviously very effective, at least Zhu Youzhu fell into deep thought, and had to estimate the consequences of Li Dongyang's narration.

Zhu Youzhu couldn't help but smile bitterly: "On the one hand, you want to investigate the case, and on the other hand, you want to open the net, you are teaching me to be embarrassed, it is better to do this, now that the Marquis of Lianzhou has been investigating for so long, it is better to edict him into the palace to see how the investigation is done on Liu Aiqing's side, if there is no suspicion, it will be revoked immediately, but if something is found, I can only let the Marquis of Lianzhou continue to investigate." Li Aiqing, you have to understand my hardships, besides, I will not let Liu Aiqing suffer anything, and there will be grace when the time comes. ”

(To be continued)