Dolgon said, "Two million stones is not enough. ”

It is really not enough, the most expensive thing to fight a war is the word money and food, and the Qing Dynasty is not short of silver now, some are silver, and the most scarce thing now is food.

Since the founding of the Qing Dynasty, food has never been abundant.

During the reign of Lao Khan, he repeatedly implemented the reduction of Ding due to lack of food.

Killed the Han people in Liaodong from 2 million to less than 500,000.

I didn't expect that now that I have entered the customs and has a rich land in Gyeonggi, I still can't get rid of the dilemma of lack of food.

Hong Chengchou, Ning Wan and Fan Wencheng, the three traitors, are also embarrassed, they actually know the crux of the problem very well, the reason why the Qing Dynasty has never been able to get rid of the dilemma of food shortage, is all because of the Eight Banners system.

The Eight Banners system is a good military move, which greatly guarantees combat effectiveness.

However, in agricultural production, the Eight Banners system can be called a cancer, harmful and unhelpful.

The reason is very simple, since entering the customs and staking the land, the bannermen of the Eight Banners have de facto become large and small landlords, and they no longer go to the ground much, and are only responsible for fighting.

The errand of farming fell on the head of 500,000 coats.

However, the Manchurian bannermen of the Eight Banners were often extremely harsh on coatings.

These coats are skinny and skinny, they can't eat enough, and everyone is responsible for cultivating thirty or forty acres or even fifty or sixty acres, how can they grow well? It's already good to harvest four buckets per mu.

But Hong Chengchou didn't dare to say much about it.

Because the Eight Banners system is the root of the Qing Dynasty, who dares to put a beak?

Dolgon said with a dark face: "2 million stone grain is definitely not enough, let Fan Yongdou and them find a way to buy it from Nanming, isn't Nanming making a silver shortage now?" It just so happens that we have a lot of silver, so let Fan Yongdou and them use the silver to buy grain from Nanming, no matter how high the price is, and buy all the grain they can buy back for me. ”

……

Nanjing Guozijian Yilun Hall.

The work in the work of each section has been reported to the same extent.

Now it's the turn of the medical department to give Fu Shan and Wu Youke in the matter.

The two reported mainly on surgical attempts.

After listening to the reports of the two, Chongzhen said: "Master Fu Qing, Wu Youke, you can actually be more courageous, in addition to practicing with livestock, you can also directly dissect corpses, and use human corpses to teach, isn't it possible for the medical school scholars to understand the structure of the human body faster and more accurately?" ”

"Corpses?" Fu Shan said, "Is this good?" ”

Wu Youke also said worriedly: "Holy Lord, we are just practicing with livestock, and many Taoist gentlemen come to the door of the medical school all day long to scold, if we really use corpses to dissect and teach, these Taoist gentlemen must not go crazy?" ”

"If you're crazy, let them go crazy and ignore them." Chongzhen waved his hand and said, "Just use the corpse to teach." ”

Fu Shan said: "But the problem is that even if we want to teach autopsy, we can't find the source of the corpse." ”

"That's a real problem." Chongzhen pondered for a moment and said, "In this way, I will greet the cabinet, and in the future, if there are more heinous prisoners, the corpses will not be allowed to be collected by their families after they are beheaded, and they will be directly pulled to the medical school as teaching materials, and I will also find a way for you to provide you with a source of corpses as much as possible." ”

Fu Shan and Wu Youke were overjoyed and said: "The ministers would like to thank the saint on behalf of the two thousand scholars of the medical college. ”

"No, you don't." Chongzhen waved his hand and said, "Oh, also, your idea of running a maternity and infant hall is very good, but I think you can do more, you can set up a comprehensive hospital, in addition to gynecology, pediatrics and obstetrics, you can also set up internal medicine and surgery, and the venue can also be expanded, so that more people in Nanjing can be treated, and more medical school scholars can get more opportunities to practice." ”

Speaking of this, Chongzhen said again: "Wouldn't it be much more efficient to do this than the two of you carrying a medicine box on your back and walking around the streets with a group of scholars?" ”

Fu Shan and Wu Youke's eyes lit up.

"Holy Lord, the minister will return to the medical school to prepare."

sent Fu Shan and Wu Youke away, and only Zhu Cihong, Zhu Cijiong's brothers, Wang Wei, the editor-in-chief of the Huangming Times, and Ruan Dacheng in the Propaganda and Education Department were left in Yilun Hall.

"Wang Wei, and Ruan Dacheng."

Chongzhen said: "What's going on with public opinion in Beijing? ”

After dealing with the business, Chongzhen can finally find time to deal with the negative public opinion in Beijing.

Wang Wei said: "Saint, public opinion in Beijing suddenly broke out in early October, that is, after the news that the Holy Lord denounced the Duke of Qianguo as the Marquis of Yunnan and moved to stay in the capital. ”

"Sure enough." Chongzhen nodded and said, "It seems that there are quite a few people who sympathize with the Marquis of Yunnan. ”

"Yes." Wang Wei nodded and said, "Even Elder Lu and Elder Meng Ge are quite unimpressed with this matter, and both Elder Ge think that even if the Marquis of Central Yunnan has had it, it should not be punished so severely. ”

Chongzhen said: "Are there any cabinet assistants behind those imperial historians?" ”

Wang Wei said: "As far as the ministers know, no, most of those imperial historians are following the trend, and they all feel that this matter can not only gain fame but also not be in danger of dismissal, but Li Huicao is an exception. ”

"Really?" Chongzhen smiled and asked, "Why do you say that Li Huixu is an exception?" ”

Wang Wei said: "Because Li Huixu married the concubine of Wei Guogong a month ago. ”

"Concubine?" At this time, Ruan Dacheng interjected, "Shengshang, that is the adopted daughter of Wei Guogong. ”

"That's what it is, anyway." Wang Wei said, "Li Huicao is speaking for his father-in-law. ”

Chongzhen sighed lightly and said: "That is to say, the cause of this incident is that I belittled the Duke of Qianguo as the Marquis of Yunnan, and the initiator was Li Huicao, and then the imperial historians in Beijing followed up in order to gain fame, and many officials also supported it, but the cabinet and senior officials of the ministry did not secretly contribute to the trouble?" ”

"Yes." Wang Wei nodded and said, "That's probably the case." ”

Ruan Dacheng said: "But now there is a public opinion encirclement and suppression. ”

Wang Wei nodded and said, "Yes, Chen Liangyu and Wu Ganlai only defended the saint for a few words, but they were isolated by their colleagues in the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Sixth Branch. ”

"It's so easy."

Chongzhen said: "Then it's better to fight with them." ”

After a pause, he said: "Ruan Dacheng, you are responsible for storytelling, opera, and arranging more scripts of feudal etiquette and religion, and let Liu Jingting tell more stories about the poisonous nature of feudal etiquette, such as beating his daughter to death in order to bind his little feet, and ruthlessly selling his living daughter to a dead person for a secret marriage, etc. ”

"Commandment." Ruan Dacheng happily agreed, he was the best at this.

Chongzhen said to Wang Wei again: "You can find some article masters, preferably those who are highly respected in the literary world, such as Zhang Shenyan, the second assistant of the cabinet, it is very appropriate, ask them to write a few articles criticizing feudal etiquette and religion, and then publish them on the front page of the Huangming Times. ”

"Commandment." Wang Wei arched his hand and said, "When the minister goes back, he will ask someone to write an article." ”

Chongzhen said again: "You can give more money for polishing the pen, and good articles should be given a high price." ”

Wang Wei immediately understood the hidden meaning of Chongzhen's move, driven by interests.

Asking a literary titan like Zhang Shenyan to write an article is still secondary, and the key is to bring together reformers like Zhang Shenyan through tangible interests, and then start a public opinion struggle with conservatives.

Thinking of this, Wang Wei suddenly said again: "Shengshang, there is another thing, half a year ago, the Hanlin Academy also ran a Hanlin Daily, and the layout and content are all imitations of our Huangming Times. ”

"The reason why Li Huicao's letter has such a big influence,"

"It's because he published it on the front page of the Hanlin Daily."

After saying this, Wang Wei said again: "Therefore, once our Huangming Times newspaper publishes an article to refute the poisonous poisoning of feudal etiquette, Hanlin Daily will definitely publish an article to refute us." ”

"What the hell is going to do?" Zhu Cijiong said angrily when he heard this, "Seize them." ”

"I don't need to." Chongzhen said, "Then let them refute it, as the so-called gong does not ring, the reason is not clear, whether the feudal etiquette is good or bad, let the people of the Ming Dynasty judge it." ”

For such philosophical debates, Chongzhen is of course happy to see them come to fruition.

The contention of a hundred schools of thought during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period greatly liberated the minds of the Chinese ancestors and created the glory of the next two thousand years.

The Renaissance from the 14th century to the 16th century also greatly emancipated the minds of the West, making the Western world take the lead in entering industrial civilization and completing the historical transcendence of Eastern civilization.

Almost at the same time, a dispute between mind and science was also staged in the Ming Dynasty.

Under the debate of the master of mind and the great master of science, the foundation of feudal etiquette has been crumbling, and the thought of being restrained by Confucianism for two thousand years has a tendency to break free from the shackles again.

Only a rat-eyed Jiannu would imprison thoughts.

Chongzhen can't wait for the more such speculation, the better, and the wider the scope, the better.

Therefore, it is impossible to ban newspapers, and now anyone can do them.

Of course, if you openly incite anti-Ming and rebellion against imperial power in the newspapers, you will definitely have to be shut down.

Wang Wei and Ruan Dacheng left after receiving the will, and only Chongzhen's father and son were left in Yilun Hall.

Zhu Cihong said a little sadly: "Father, the son of the emperor disappointed you, and failed to be a prisoner of the country, which caused such a big public opinion in Beijing, and also caused a food shortage in several state capitals in Nanzhi. ”

"Hey, how can I blame you for this." Chongzhen waved his hand and said, "You are only a nominal prisoner. ”

Zhu Cihong, the prison country, is really the nominal prison country, and he doesn't even have the power to approve red.

After a pause, Chongzhen said again: "Now I can talk about this food shortage, what is going on?" ”

Zhu Cihong said: "In late September, with the end of the autumn harvest, a large number of new rice entered the market this year, and then the price of rice suddenly collapsed, first in Suzhou, and then in Huzhou, and the price of rice fell directly to five coins and one stone. ”

(End of chapter)