Seeing that his sons finally showed solemn expressions, Wu Fu took a sip of tea and continued: "Those industries in the clan, let's not do it, in the future, those cousins will ask you, if they can help, they will help, and if they can't help, they will give up, and now I don't like the deep-rooted family of the wealthy family." ”

Although Wu Fu is a very popular minister and the ruler of the world, he is just an ordinary child in the clan, or he has influence, but he has no decision-making power, so at his age, he is too lazy to take on the obligations of the clan and plan for the entire clan.

Zhuzi followed Wu Fu when he was very young, and he didn't stay in his hometown much, and many relatives didn't recognize it all, let alone worry, and nodded one after another.

"Big brother," Wu Fu said, "you are the most detached among brothers, and you are good at socializing with people, which is your strength." ”

The eldest son was quite relieved to hear this, and it was not easy to get his father's approval.

"It's a pity to miss it lightly." Wu Fu came to a turning point, which suddenly made his son's face full of shame.

"Your house, you will be in business in the future." Wu Fu said.

The eldest man of the Wu family suddenly knelt on the ground, tears flowed out, and said, "Father, is your son so unbearable in your eyes?" ”

Wu Fu sighed and said: "You are shallow-eyed and frivolous, if you are an official, you will be killed, and your brother will be implicated." Or is it better to do business, donate a civil lord in the future, it is rich and expensive, why not? Besides, traders have never been a cheap business, and if there are talented people among your children and grandchildren in the future, it will be easier for you to enter politics. ”

Only then did the Wu family get up and stand up, still with a sad face.

"Second child," Wu Fu said, "You are quite accomplished in miscellaneous studies, so I think you will take the road of museums and libraries in the future." That is the road of nobility, and the education of children and nephews in the future will also be more imprisoned. ”

Wu Laoer's favorite is reading, tea tasting, flowers and birds, calligraphy and painting, and music...... Simply put, it's a gamer. When he was born, Wu Fu had already entered the office, and his family was wealthy. So he has never been as self-motivated as his big brother. Since there is a library and a museum, the second brother has often lingered and is quite happy.

"Tomorrow, you will go with me to the Horse Mansion to pay New Year's greetings." Wu Fu said.

"Thank you, father, for making it happen." Of course, the second child of the Wu family knew that this colt must be the eldest princess's colt, Fu Mei. Now Fu Mei is in charge of the National Museum, and he is very famous among the scholars.

The eldest of the Wu family glanced at his younger brother and felt a little unfair.

"The third." Wu Fu picked up the tea, "You go to America." ”

"Huh?" The youngest son collapsed to the ground, quickly gathered his legs, and cried: "Father! If your son does something wrong and scolds him, don't drive him away. ”

Now the development of the land in the Americas is a wave, and all the powerful families have also sent people to mine gold mines, reclaim the wasteland and plant, but at most they will send a housekeeper, and even the concubines and distant relatives will not put on this kind of work that is close to exile. Not to mention that the Americas are not at peace. I heard that King Jing had already fought two battles with Xiyi over there.

"You didn't do anything wrong." Wu Fu didn't show any affection, but said: "The land of America is almost like the entire Ming Dynasty, you are spreading branches over there, gaining a foothold in business, and taking care of each other with your eldest brother, no matter what happens on either side, you can have a way back." The so-called three holes of the cunning rabbit, your three brothers may understand? ”

"Then let the eldest brother go. I don't want to go. The young son knelt on the ground and muttered.

"His son can't. You're a good boy. Wu Fu was already a little impatient in his heart. But there was no change in tone.

"Yu'er? How good is he? The third elder of the Wu family asked suspiciously.

"Know the times." In short, Wu Fu already felt a little tired.

As a national ruler, his city government has decided that he will not talk thoroughly. Now I say this, it's really because my son can't make it. If it is a complete instrument, they should arrange these things themselves.

"Actually, the royal family is the leader of the world." Wu Fu stood up. Stretching his waist slightly, he said: "The royal land is heavy on the soil, and the world is heavy on the soil." The royal value trade, and the world values commerce. See for yourselves what the royal family is doing now. Do you still think that business is a cheap business, and the Americas are a place of exile? ”

After that, Wu Fu didn't care about his three sons, and went into the inner hall to rest.

……

"Do you think the emperor is leading the people of the world forward? Wrong! Miss by a mile! Zhu Cihong called the crown prince Zhu Hegui into the inner room of the study, and let Lu Suyao guard the door, and no one was allowed to approach, which showed his prudence.

Zhu Hegui was quite unconvinced and did not answer.

"The emperor was pushed by the people of the world." Zhu Cihong said bitterly: "The so-called one who wins the hearts of the people wins the world, haven't you thought about it carefully?

"People in the world want to farm and live in peace, so the royal family can only cooperate with them and focus on agriculture and farming. If the people of the world want to get rich in business, the royal family can only cooperate with them and encourage industry and commerce. The "Thirteen Strategies for Xingnong" that you submitted, do you want to know whose side you are on? ”

As soon as Zhu Cihong returned to the palace, as soon as he settled his two sons, the youngest son who was teasing and learning to walk, the eldest son Zhu Hegui came in and presented a draft of "Thirteen Strategies for Xingnong".

It's also thanks to his cleverness, it's just a draft, if it is written and sent to it, I'm afraid Zhu Cihong will even have the idea of abolishing the prince.

In the "Thirteen Policies for Rejuvenating Agriculture", the most critical points are: resetting the guards, dismissing the army for farming, increasing commercial taxes, and persuading farmers to persuade mulberry.

Among these four, the first two are slapping Zhu Cihong in the face. This is because the abolition of the health center is the core of Longjing's new policy, which completely integrates the country's land and population and strengthens the country's mobilization capacity. In another time and space, the ability to govern in the early Manchu Qing Dynasty was far less than that of the late Ming Dynasty, when it was degenerate, why did the land and population more than double in the late Ming Dynasty? It was precisely because the Manchu Qing Dynasty abolished the Weisuo that the land and population under the name of the Weisu were inventoried.

Now the re-establishment of the guard post is ostensibly to reduce the financial burden of the state and the army to support itself, but in fact, it has destroyed the mobilization ability of the imperial court and restrained the empire's efforts to use troops to fight abroad. Two generations later, the officers of the guard post degenerated into landlords and re-established themselves as members of the scholarly class.

From this point of view, the papal crown prince's strategy is also a talent.

It's a pity that he has an emperor who has known for a hundred years.

"Father, the Son of Heaven and the scholars rule the world together, didn't the scholars come from the peasants?" Zhu Hegui was not afraid and said: "Now the country is business-oriented, and in the future, the DPRK and China will be villains, and in the long run, the country will not be a country!" ”

"Huh." Zhu Cihong was angry, "The scholar is from the farmer's house? You go and find out, how many scholars and doctors have not done business at home after Wanli of the National Dynasty! Do you cling to the theory of agriculture and industry, but can't you see that it takes the land as its root and benefits industry and commerce? ”

The salaries of officials in the Ming Dynasty were probably the lowest in all dynasties, but the treatment given to scholars in the Ming Dynasty was the highest. Therefore, the Ming Dynasty had poor talents. But there are infinite people who are poor and poor, because when it comes to the process of lifting people, naturally some people will take the initiative to take refuge, even if the family is surrounded by four walls before the lift, they will be rich and rich immediately after the lift.

At the Jinshi level, even if they only have three acres of thin land in their homes, there must be clansmen who do business under their banner, evade tariffs, and give them "filial piety" every year. To put it bluntly, this is dividends. It's just disguised as a gift from relatives.

After all, the crown prince is too young to understand the workings of this society.

"Son, if you focus the country on farming, the income of the state will only come from the land. The burden on the people increased, the income of the court decreased, and natural disasters caused disasters. The status of the merchants could not be improved, so they turned away from the country and cared for their own homes. Regardless of the country. The result? It is the thief who sacrifices the thief and the thief who returns. Zhu Cihong said bitterly.

"Father, if the country is heavy on agriculture. The people live and work in peace and contentment, but where do they come from to rebel and sacrifice thieves? Zhu Hegui raised his head and asked, quite questioning.

Lu Suyao heard the sound inside outside, although she couldn't hear it really, her heartbeat was still abnormal, and she was worried about the emperor. One is worried about the crown prince.

Zhu Cihong faced his son's questioning, helpless, beckoned his son over, took his son's hand, and said softly: "You can see that Shinong is precious." Industry and commerce are cheap, so you should understand that there are three, six, nine and so on in this world, right? ”

Zhu and Gyu seemed reluctant to accept this statement, but nodded anyway.

"These three, six, nine, and so on are like steps, and the father is called a class." Zhu Cihong carefully worded his words, not daring to release the beast of "class struggle" at once.

The thirteen-year-old crown prince already had a certain logical ability, and nodded again.

"There are two broad divisions of classes: the propertied class that controls the resources of society, and the proletariat that does not control the resources of society." Zhu Cihong said: "For individuals, the class is not constant, for example, the children of hired peasants are originally proletarians, and they are educated and motivated, and they have mastered the resources needed for production, that is, they have mastered social resources and become the propertied class." The original children of the eunuchs, because they did not seek to be motivated, sold their ancestral property, and turned from having resources to naked people, which was to retreat to the proletariat. Do you understand? ”

The crown prince thought for a moment and said, "Is this the case in my family?" ”

"Yes, yes," Zhu Cihong was slightly pleased, "Emperor Taizu Gao was originally a destitute person, a member of the proletariat, and later expelled Hu Lu, rebuilt China, and ruled the world, this is the head of the propertied class." ”

The crown prince nodded in understanding.

"But for the whole world, class is constant." Zhu Cihong said: "People go in and out of it, but there will always be people who control people, and people who control people, that is to say, no matter how the world changes, these two classes will always exist." ”

Zhu Hegui thought for a moment and nodded again.

"Now my father asks you, with whom does my family rule the world?"

"Yes...... Co-rule the world with the propertied people. Zhu and Gui thought about it for a while, and although they still couldn't understand the exact concept of social resources, they still got this multiple-choice question right. He immediately said: "Father, give the people land, and they will be propertied people!" ”

"If only you understood that." Zhu Cihong breathed a sigh of relief: "There are two types of property-owned, those who have thin property, and those who are rich. Do you think it is more useful for a farmer with only two acres of land or a wealthy man to speak? ”

The answer to this question of social influence may not be a simple either/or, but the crown prince still chose the latter plainly.

"That's right," Zhu Cihong took advantage of the situation, "On the surface, the Heavenly Family is the most useful and influential person in this world." Actually? What do you think would happen if the people below wanted to get rich in business, and the Heavenly Family was still clinging to the ridges? ”

"They are unfaithful!" Zhu Hegui shouted: "They should advance and retreat with my family!" ”

"Yes, they are disloyal, and the result is true, so there will be a disaster of national change." Zhu Cihong said: "The imperial court is overstretched, but they are very extravagant, and they would rather throw the silver into the water than give it to the imperial court." ”

A murderous aura appeared on Zhu Hegui's face.

"But what can you do? Before the national change, your emperor persuaded him several times, but no one was willing to help, can you raid their home? Zhu Cihong said: "Because you have already stood in another class." Those of them who have mastered social resources regard you as an enemy, who will help you? ”

"My father is too pessimistic, there are always loyal ministers!" Zhu Hegui said with confidence.

"Loyalist?" Zhu Cihong sneered: "You go and see how much silver there is in the loyal minister's house, and how many people listen to what they say." There is a Hai Rui in the Jiajing Dynasty, but unfortunately he is not loyal to the emperor, but to the famous religion! If you want to protect your family and country. The only way is to always stand on the side of the general trend and never go against the trend. ”

Seeing that his son didn't think so, Zhu Cihong said again: "Do you know the King of England? Charles I, he was openly executed by the upstarts of the DPRK, and that was ten years ago. ”

"There are people like in England!" Zhu and Gui were shocked.

"So, it's important to take sides, especially the heavenly family." Zhu Cihong said: "Since Wanli, the national resources have been transferred to the hands of the industrial and commercial clans, and the royal family still stands in the position of the landlord. The result? These business clans are obsessed with demanding higher taxes. Shift the pressure of the state to the land, and if someone wants to raise the commercial tax, they will attack it en masse.

"The dispute between Donglin and the eunuch party is, in the final analysis, a conflict of interests. Therefore, when the eunuch party gained power, the national commercial tax exceeded one million, but the so-called Zhongzheng Ying Dynasty in Donglin could not collect the commercial tax. ”

"This ......" The crown prince has never considered the issue of national taxes, and he was speechless for a while.

"Being a father is not only about business and commerce. At the same time, it also brought Tianjia to the road of industry and commerce. In this way, the imperial court had abundant industrial and commercial taxes. Only peasants who are able to build water conservancy projects and carry out capital construction and truly occupy more than ninety percent of the country can live and work in peace and contentment. Zhu Cihong said: "Now someone wants to bring you back to the old way, let the hard work of the father be in vain, and let the powerful family still monopolize the business profits, what kind of person do you think?" ”

"Yes......" The crown prince just wanted to defend several gentlemen. But he still endured it, and just said, "It's not a traitor." ”

If Zhu Cihong wants to know who is instigating the crown prince behind his back, he doesn't need to ask the crown prince at all, is it fake that those people are really factory guards? In fact, Zhu Cihong doesn't care about these little bugs at all, and those who are really capable know that now is not a good time. If you want the country to change color, you have to wait for this emperor to do it.

Maybe these little bugs are just bait thrown by those people, intent on startling the snakes.

"You will become the Son of Heaven in the future," Zhu Cihong sighed, "The fate of the Heavenly Family is in your hands. If you go against the way of heaven, my family will be shattered. If you can conform to the way of heaven, the country will be eternal. ”

"But this way of heaven is too slim...... "The crown prince was a little helpless.

"Actually, the ancestors have pointed it out to you." Zhu Cihong sighed: "The people's heart is their own heavenly heart. If the people want to eat and eat salt, you must master the salt of the grain; If the people want to be clothed, you must master cotton and silk; If you want to live and work in peace and contentment, you must master the land and the position. Of course, the royal family cannot do it all, so at the core, only the royal family and the imperial court can be in charge. The inferior ones can be more controlled by the royal and the people. If it is the first class, it will be handed over to private capital. Just look at the royal stake in the world's industry. ”

Although Zhu Hegui was full of doubts, he still nodded.

Zhu Cihong called Lu Suyao in and instructed: "Su Yao, sort out a list of royal property details and hand it to the crown prince." ”

Lu Suyao was a little puzzled, but she immediately agreed.

This detail is not difficult to sort out, and the celebrant has to organize it once a month, and then archive it, which belongs to the emperor's family files. If the outer court wanted to know how many family businesses the royal family had, it could only search carefully from the announcements in the newspapers. If you can't be patient and meticulous, it is naturally impossible to know the emperor's layout.

Zhu Cihong believes that with the size of the world, there will be such people after all, but there will never be many such people.

At least there are no such people around the crown prince.

If there is, he will never let the crown prince present something like "Thirteen Strategies for Xingnong", which is bound to be slapped in the face.

Zhu Hegui actually had the opportunity to see this detail a long time ago, because every fiscal year, the celebrant would present a copy to the emperor after completing the plan. The emperor would also order a copy to be sent to the crown prince. It's just that the crown prince doesn't care about these money things, but only takes one last look at the balance, and never looks at the details above.

This time, since his father made it clear, Zhu Hegui finally put up with patience and carefully studied the structure of royal property rights.

To his surprise, his father's layout was not as he said, mastering food, clothing, housing and transportation. The largest stake in the royal family is in only two blocks: oil and coal and iron. In both industries, the royal family holds more than 50 percent of the shares, involving all the major mines registered in the country.

The second is education. Almost every university has a Royal stake, and the weighting varies from wholly owned to 30 per cent, but never less than 30 per cent. This area also has the lowest equity returns, with the exception of Jingshi University and the Royal Institute of Technology, all other schools are in a loss-making state.

And Jingshi University and the Royal Technical College were able to make a profit because most of the imperial court projects were given to them. Wulin University, which also holds shares in the royal family, has almost no profit because it can't get the imperial court project.

Why is that?

Zhu Hegui tilted his head, unable to figure it out.

Then there are the carriage and horse dealers, the carriage yards, the ship yards and the shipyards. This is finally the "line" in food, clothing, housing and transportation, but the proportion is only two or three percent, which is not much, and the imperial court accounts for a slightly higher share, and at the same time there is private capital involved.

Zhu Hegui watched it for a long time, and finally decided to take it and ask Mr. what the mystery is. (To be continued......)

PS: I will be more free today, and I will be less busy at ordinary times, I hope you can understand.