Many of the 'ancestral laws' of the Ming Dynasty actually have a very strong 'Zhu Yuanzhang' color, so they are irreplaceable, and when they are inherited as an ancestral system, most of the time they have their 'form' in vain, but there is no 'god' inside.

This was the case with the early dynasties, which also underwent metamorphosis. In fact, Zhu Yuanzhang was also more casual about the early dynasty in his later years, and even held early dynasties in Youshunmen and Xigong. In the era of Emperor Yongming, the early dynasty underwent a relatively large adjustment, and this adjustment is relatively more 'human', just like the daily early dynasty, that is, two days off every five days, and it is exempt in case of bad weather.

Not only that, the time and procedures have also been adjusted, the Chang Dynasty paid more attention to the performance, and followed the Tang system's 'Chang Shen' system, the court officials did not need to see the king in one piece, but according to the rank and importance of the 'day ginseng', 'nine ginseng', 'four time ginseng' and 'Shuo, Wang'. For example, the assistant of the Ministry of War, Rong Zhengyu, the day of the opening of the exercise, the Governor of the Ministry of Households, the Governor of the Ministry of Rites, etc., were all exempted from the early dynasty.

Because the form is simplified, the time is also delayed by half an hour compared to the past, and there is no need to 'rise from the rooster's crow, and the court is refreshing', which is indeed the gospel of the hundred officials of the previous dynasty. There is also a point of more humanity is that the food has been restored, what Lichun cakes, Lantern Festival dumplings, Dragon Boat Festival zongzi, Chongyang cakes, Laba noodles, etc., Juguanglu Temple has heard in advance, and it has been repeated in the morning and then in the morning, and the food is given in the morning.

All these changes are for the sake of the early dynasty to have a more substantive role, that is, to do things. It is not a trivial thing that can be said as soon as possible, but a corresponding provision has been made, which can be played early and which things do not need to go through the early court.

In this way, the efficiency has indeed improved a lot, at least the emperor and ministers no longer have to suffer from the early dynasty.

This day is the daily morning dynasty, and the emperor is in the Zuoshun Gate to listen to the government, although a series of cumbersome ceremonies have been removed, but some rules are still largely unchanged, such as shifts.

The ministers of the attendants such as the cabinet officials, the things of the brocade clothes and the throne, the Hanlin scholars are listed above the imperial history of the capital, the other Hanlin officials are listed in the hall, the branch is listed in the first place of the subordinates, and the Honglu Temple and the Shangbao Division are listed on the left level, and the three branches and six roads are the right class to serve.

As a female official, Wu Yan is also regarded as an 'ancestral system' when a female official serves the emperor, standing beside the emperor with the emperor, holding a pen and paper in her hand, and recording some important words said by the emperor, which is equivalent to the position of a modern secretary.

In this early dynasty, Wu Yan served Emperor Yongming, and the other was the Qianqing Palace to play the Mao brand, he was the closest to the emperor, so the performance of the ministers under the order was in her eyes, and she finally saw the long-legendary governor of Caoyun.

Today's performance, everyone knows it, but I don't know who will be the first to stand up?

The Honglu officials had already sung the 'recital', but no one stood up, and they were all watching each other. When the second tone was sung, the imperial history class before the Ministry of Cao had already been listed, it was the Jiangxi Provincial Imperial History Lin Qinhe, he came out of the line to face the throne and bowed three times, and then played: "The minister is against land transport, there is only one reason: since the minister is in charge of the Huai'an Mansion of Zhili, he knows its importance in the Cao Yun, and is located in the north and south of the Wu Belt Chu, the place where the Huang Huai Yun meets, that is, the place where the soldiers must fight, and the hub of water control and Cao Yun, Cao, River, Salt, Yu, Yi and other large and small yamen are not less than 30. ”

It is precisely because of its special status that it has brought great convenience to the transit of goods from the north and south, and the windfall profits brought by salt transportation have made a large number of merchants move to Huai'an City, bringing unprecedented prosperity to this place. However, behind the prosperity of Huai'an City, there is a township that has suffered from floods, and the barns are always scarce, the old people are begging, and the door is blocked, which can only be comforted. The vanity and prosperity of commerce is putting the cart before the horse after all, Huai'an used to be called fertile soil, but now it is really poor! ”

"And once it encounters a diversion of water transportation and a change of salt transportation, then ...... Huai'an will fall into a huge decline, and it will be in a state of decline since then, which is not a lie! ”

This statement is also true, but some people don't quite agree, Liu Yikun, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry and a scholar of Dongge University, came out of the ranks, and after bowing to the saint, he said: "The minister just wants to ask Lin Yushi." ”

Emperor Yongming approved.

Liu Yikun turned to Lin Qinhe and asked, "Lin Yushi, you only thought that Huai'an would fall into decline, and you didn't think about other state capitals?" Let's not talk about anything else, let's talk about post delivery, there are 12 water and land post roads connecting the southeast and northwest eight border towns in the southeast and northwest, and there are nearly 2,000 post stations, and the big carts set up by land delivery are to transport materials. So the question arises, do you know how much it costs to transport every fifty bales of hay to the border towns? ”

After a pause, he continued: "You don't need to guess, I'll tell you directly, it's ten taels of silver!" And how much is fifty sheaves of hay worth? A bundle of grass is worth a penny of silver, and a sheave of grass is worth a quarter and a half cent. ”

"For example, the grain and grass supplied by Yulin and Suide, according to this calculation, it is not difficult to know that in order to transport grain and grass to the towns on both sides, the freight cost is nine times the value of grain and grass! And these are all borne by the political secretaries of Shanxi and Shaanxi, to put it bluntly, these expenses are actually borne by the people, so the people in the northwest are suffering. ”

"When you Huai'an is still enjoying the prosperity brought by commerce, have you ever thought about the people in the northwest? The wool carpets that are abundant in the Northwest, and who knows it's a good thing? Can it be exchanged for silver? No! Not only could the people not exchange it for silver, but they had to spend it for tea, salt, and cloth. It can be said unceremoniously, Lin Yushi, no matter how prosperous you are in Huai'an and you are in Jiangnan, but it has not been transmitted to the northwest at all, as long as the roads are not smooth, the northwest will always be depressed and backward. ”

Lin Qinhe frowned, his face was very uneasy, and he was already impatient in his heart, you Liu Yikun have confronted me several times, have I offended you? What do you want?

He was about to explain, but the Cao Governor Qi Meier, who was standing in the Cao train, came out of the ranks, saluted in front of the saint, and said: "Your Majesty, since Liu Ge Lao has mentioned the northwest, the minister also has a few words, and I want to ask Liu Ge Lao. ”

Emperor Yongming thought for a moment and said, "Since it is a concert today, then you might as well open it up and say that it is not a crime." ”

Qi Meier thanked him, and turned to Liu Yikun and asked, "Elder Liu Ge, if the lower official remembers correctly, the question book of last year's post delivery reform was written by you, right?" In other words, in addition to Chang Lao Guogong, you also single-handedly promoted? ”

Liu Yikun's eyelids twitched, looked at him and said, "It's indeed this pavilion, what does Qi Zongcao think is the problem?" ”

Qi Meier smiled slightly, and continued: "I don't dare, it's just that the lower officials inadvertently inquired, in fact, behind this post delivery reform, there are several merchant gangs supporting it, and one of them, presumably you ...... old you."

"That's right, it's the Liu family. The Liu family's Civil Information Bureau is also involved, which is not a secret, and this cabinet can say it generously. ”

"Hehe......" Qi Meier arched his hand to Liu Yikun, and then turned to Emperor Yongming, and said: "Your Majesty, Rong Chen first mentions a past, it may not be pleasant, if it causes unnecessary misunderstanding, then please forgive me." ”

"Quasi-speaking,"

About the two dynasties of Tianqi and Chongzhen, that is, after the rise of the Donglin Party, the emerging industrial and commercial giants in Jiangsu and Zhejiang at that time colluded with it. How to hook it up? Specifically, above the court, it is openly opposed to the imposition of new commercial taxes, and even the imperial court has to resist the collection of mining taxes. Later, the boycott was indeed successful, but the imperial court also needed money, since it could not collect the taxes of the industrial and commercial giants, it could only be imposed on the people, so at that time, almost all the taxes were borne by the people in the north......"

"Hey, what's it called? This is called the right of the rich to speak! At that time, the Donglin Party was above the court, and it was logical to control the government......"

Wu Yan, who was standing next to Emperor Yongming, frowned, she subconsciously glanced at the emperor, and thought to herself, this person's mouth is powerful enough, dare to compare with the Donglin Party, it is more ruthless than killing!

But Emperor Yongming was expressionless, still sitting on the throne.

Qi Meier continued: "In fact, when the minister mentioned this history, he did not compare him with the Donglin Party, but only to illustrate a truth, that all the laws that exist in the world will never be made by ordinary people, but will always be powerful people, and wealth is power. A hundred years ago, the industrial and commercial tycoons in Jiangsu and Zhejiang could still control the Donglin Party, but wouldn't today's business gangs influence the reform? Even if your Liu family is not from Jiangsu and Zhejiang, what is the difference between it and the Jiangsu and Zhejiang giants at that time? ”

These words can be described as heart-wrenching and heart-wrenching.

Liu Yikun listened quietly, his eyes were cold, but he didn't rush to defend himself, and only recalled in his mind what he had discussed with his nephew Liu Jin: 'Why did King Qin kill Lü Buwei? ’

My nephew replied: There is a saying in "Guanzi National Savings" that the country of ten thousand times has a thousand gold Jia, a thousand times the country has a thousand gold Jia, and a hundred times the country has a hundred gold Jia...... If the king of Qin does not kill him, then there will be one country and two kings.

He asked: How can we avoid one country and two kings?

The nephew replied: King Qin's approach was to emphasize agriculture and suppress commerce in order to put an end to Lü Buwei and his ilk, but it was biased.

He asked rhetorically: Is it just bias that all the social crops are wiped out, and how many people are wiped out?

But the nephew said, "How can the sin of wealth be blamed entirely on the merchants?"

"Is it possible to distinguish wealth from merchants?" Liu Yikun couldn't help but shake his head when he thought of his nephew's answer, but at the same time, he was secretly sighing, because Qi Mei'er's words made him feel a trace of pressure, and even a trace of danger.

The Liu family started as a businessman, and he, Liu Yikun, is Jia and Youzeshi, and he has achieved the position of the elder of the cabinet, which is definitely not stupid, at least the political acumen is enough.

He is in a high position with his back to his family, but he is following the path that Lü Buwei once walked, and even the same path that the Donglin Party has taken.

And the integration of politics and business, this is a taboo for His Majesty, and it is also a taboo for imperial power.

"Your Majesty, the minister has something to say," Chang Lao Guogong suddenly stood up.

"Oh? Lao Guogong, please speak, "Emperor Yongming is still standing still."

"The minister thought that Liu Ge's old words were the words of the old man seeking the country. On the contrary, the minister felt that there was nothing wrong with the pursuit of profit and the promotion of reform, and that there was a difference between the two and both. ”

"How so?" Emperor Yongming asked again.

"The minister only thinks that this is a good thing for the benefit of the country and the people, how can it be compared with Donglin? The minister does not have the eloquence of Qi Zongcao, and he can't say a deeper truth, as long as it is for the good of the Ming soldiers, the minister will support it. ”

When Qi Meier heard this, he still smiled slightly, and said: "What the old prince said is reasonable, then the lower officials might as well talk about the soldiers of Caoyun." ”

The old man was silent for a long time, and said, "Mr. Qi, please speak." ”

"As we all know, 'Xu Yun's official ship carries his own belongings for personal use' was an order of Emperor Gaozu, and Hou Renzong also said, 'In the future, the government will not hinder this order', and these two decrees are based on the consideration of appeasing the Caoyun officials and soldiers, and they are allowed to subsidize their own use. Note that this is 'allowed'. But have you delved into the reasons behind this? Since the reform of the Changyun Law, although the burden of the people has been reduced, the Cao army has borne most of the transshipment. ”

"Every year in December, they go to the water warehouses to receive grain, and they are transported to Beijing in April and May of the following year, and they can not be empty until October, and the new year's water transportation is about to begin...... Therefore, half of the smuggled goods carried by the Caoyun officials and soldiers were for personal gain, and half were forced by life. ”

As long as the canal continues to be navigable and the imperial court continues to rely on the supply of Caoyun, the demands of the Caoyun officials and troops can be maintained, which is their only choice to use convenient conditions to maintain the established pattern! There may be many drawbacks to this pattern, but they rely on it to make a living, and this is obviously much more practical than the illusory sea transportation and the immediate land transportation. ”

Wu Yan, who was accompanying the imperial front, was also pondering the words of this general Cao, and with his current attitude, he was obviously disgusted with the intervention and participation of capital, and showed great sympathy for the people at the bottom...... Is this an expression through the mouths of the people, hoping to maintain the established pattern?

Does this mean that he has a tacit understanding of 'cooperation' with local officials related to Caoyun?

Hey, that's hard...... Wu Yan couldn't help but sigh from the bottom of his heart, there are many good things, and he has made so many efforts before, is it really going to be wasted?

"Qi Zongcao," the old man said again: "The old man you said agrees, but please also think about it, is there only Caoyun's officers and soldiers in this world?" ”

Qi Meier still smiled and said: "Naturally, there are not only Caoyun officials and soldiers, but there are not only Caoyun officials and soldiers who are begging for a living on the Caohe River, but also millions of Caoyun workers. Xia Guan only said that as long as the imperial court continued to rely on the supply of Cao Yun, they would be able to make ends meet. ”

Wu Yan was complaining in his heart, what is the difference between this and the market of a purely planned economy? Do you keep them afloat, but keep their humanity intact? The immutability of desire? Can you expect a group of bureaucrats to keep the flow of water flowing?

"So, please Liu Ge, please Lao Guogong, and please think about it, and the next official won't say much else."

You really don't need to say more!

"Oh yes, and ......"

Qi Meier turned to Emperor Yongming again and said, "Your Majesty, this time I entered Beijing with my ministers, as well as more than 30 Cao Gong ...... from the Yizhen section of the river."

Why?