Chapter 89 Journal

Xie Jin is in the journal, and he is simply full of firepower.

There is no reservation. In the peaceful and prosperous times, the bottoms are turned out.

Especially for what the Jiangnan doctors did, all the things were turned out.

Yes. Because the imperial court is strict, what hides acres, evades taxes, and so on. Most people don't dare to do these things, if they dare to do it, Zhu Yuanzhang will definitely let them know their fate. But the scholars, no, it should be the landlords' management of the land, the most basic and indispensable tool, usury, can not be abandoned at all.

Without him, this is a problem of land management philosophy.

Scholars, they never thought of cultivating the land themselves. Nor did they think of investing money in the land to carry out the necessary water conservancy construction. Increase grain production, or improve production methods, so as to increase the yield per acre. to improve their earnings.

These tedious mundane tasks. How could it be that their noble scholars and doctors should do it?

Even so, many gentry collectively built bridges, paved roads, and built water conservancy. However, their main starting point is definitely not to increase the yield per mu and make themselves have better income.

Of course, among the huge group of scholars, there are also some such people, who personally manage agriculture, and even sum up experience and write agricultural books. But that's not the case with most doctors. The income from the land on which they depend does not lie in the rent itself.

Because the benefits of land rent are limited and quite limited.

And the personal dependence of the land and usury are the main source of exploitation by the landlords.

Because of the personal dependence of the land, the tenants' manpower can be used indefinitely, which can be said to be free. This kind of tenant is already similar to serfs. And usury, at the moment of lending, hardly expects the peasants to pay it back. He wants to use usury to exploit the people indefinitely.

Life is their person, and death is their ghost.

The kind that eats people and doesn't spit out bones.

This is why, a large number of people go to sea, and many landlords and scholars can't stand it. Although it is said that most Chinese people are hard to give up their money, it is difficult to make up their minds and leave their homeland until the last moment. And under the persecution of the landlords, they would rather die in the world.

Before, there was no other way out. Now there is only one way to go to sea. The economic cycle of landlords annexing land was broken.

This cost them dearly.

In fact, at the national level, as long as the land is still taxed, it does not matter whether the land is annexed or not. But the problem is that in ancient times, land annexation was the shift of the population from the government to the private sector, and the land went from paying taxes to not paying taxes, from assuming public obligations to not assuming public obligations.

That's where the dangers of land annexation lie.

It can be said that in the matter of opening the sea, it is naturally not perfect, and the nobles monopolize on the surface and secretly do not be innocent. But generally speaking, as long as you are willing to obey the rules of the sea, except for natural disasters, man-made disasters are still rare.

The reason is also very simple. Because everybody is out to make money. And not to come out to kill. The purpose of killing is to make money. And not the other way around.

And the landlords do not make money, but life. It is unpaid labor, it is bloody land.

Talent is their greatest asset. And not money.

In many places, money is simply useless. Even if the poor have money, they can't keep it in many places.

There are many things that have existed since ancient times, and everyone seems to take it for granted that this thing should be like this. Didn't feel anything wrong. And Xie Jin brought these things out of the new and announced them to the world, but they were different.

Many things, not on the scale, not worth mentioning, once on the scale, the gold can't be suppressed.

First of all, there is a problem here, that is, Zhu Yuanzhang has clear regulations on usury. One of them is that the interest cannot exceed the principal. No matter how much money you borrow, you can repay up to twice as much in the end. But how can the people below follow such a rule?

Of course, Zhu Yuanzhang only carried out major surgery on the entire Ming Dynasty, and since the founding of the country, he has been committed to paying taxes on all fields. While attaching importance to the big clans, while suppressing the big clans. Even Zhu Yuanzhang has a booklet in hand, and the family that owns more than 3,000 acres of land is listed.

However, the natural differentiation of human beings is a natural law, which is not subject to human will.

After the new China, there will be a period of division of land. However, it did not take long, probably less than a decade, or even shorter, for the central government to notice a tendency for land to re-accumulate in the hands of a few. In the same situation, what Zhu Yuanzhang did was not as thorough as the land reform in New China. However, the peasants have encountered far more natural and man-made disasters in their land management than they have encountered since the beginning of New China.

The same problem will arise in the face of the weakness of the smallholder economy, where land is again concentrated.

In fact, what Zhu Yuanzhang did at the beginning of the founding of the country has completely changed after orthodoxy. A large amount of land was concentrated in the hands of the gentry. Millions of displaced people spread all over the world, and the disaster relief of the Ming Dynasty also began at the beginning, and the imperial court took the initiative and became passive.

The main thing is that there is not enough money.

If you count the time, it is less than a hundred years.

It is also because of the fact that the power of these gentry is not strong today. Otherwise, they would not have used this means to make their voices heard, and a few people died in the countryside. Even dozens of people are wiped out, which may not be a big deal. It is precisely because the power of the gentry is not strong enough. In the face of the matter of opening the sea supported by Xungui, they can only find a way to stop it in a roundabout way, and maybe get a piece of the pie.

Take the formal channel.

I don't know how many people have died under this accustomed pattern.

Xie Jin's current time can be regarded as digging up the ancestral graves of these people. It even directly shook the foundation of Confucianism.

Yes, Confucianism teaches that benevolent people love others. does not support the economic logic of it. There are some scholars and doctors, who are also heirlooms. Self-cultivation, but the problem is that the biggest proponents of Confucianism, they are behind this economic model.

The two sides are deeply bound.

This is the economic base that determines the superstructure, and Confucianism is willing or not. We all have to face this fact.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the top of the journal, Xie Jin's generous statement, and fiercely criticized. Shaking his head slightly, he said secretly: "No wonder, I want to bury it in the snowdrift." In this life, this kid will definitely not die well. Still, that's fine. Some things should be torn apart. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang wants to continue to change the law. The land is clear, and it's almost there. Of course, the big tomorrow is big. Land clearance in many provinces is still ongoing. But the most important places in Nanzhili, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Huguang, and other places have been cleared.

Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to further change the land system.

This also has to have a reason, Zhu Yuanzhang is too shirtless as the emperor, and there is no room for maneuver. Even Zhu Yuanzhang was ready to let He Xi go back to Beijing to discuss this matter. Now it's all right. Xie Jin bit hard enough. For a long time to come, Nanjing will not be too peaceful.

Zhu Yuanzhang has room to intervene.

As for Xie Jin's personal.

Xie Jin is too composed, too showy. It is difficult for such a person to go to the end in officialdom. The historical Xie Jin used the three words "good holy grandson" to get the joy of Yongle and Renzong, but offended the dead king of Han.

In the end, he died unexpectedly.

And Xie Jin is younger now, and he doesn't know the severity. In order to get ahead, naturally use all your strength. Use the knowledge you have learned to overwhelm Ding Xian. Pave a bright future for yourself.

But he didn't know that he used too much force, and the rigid ones were easy to break. Zhu Yuanzhang was very happy about his approach. But the hatred of the opposing side is all drawn to himself. And the status quo of the Ming Dynasty, if you want to progress from feudal society to the next stage in a few decades, it is unlikely, that is. The Ming landlord class may be weakened, but it will still exist.

Politics is the art of compromise.

Once the above needs to be reconciled with these people, compromise. So what will happen to Xie Jin, who has attracted so much hatred?

The weight thrown out is just an explanation for what is out.

Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang felt that the nature of the country was easy to change and difficult to change. Dancing so happily, it is inevitable that you will pull the list in the future. But that's for the future, and now he's going to give a reward. Zhu Yuanzhang pondered for a moment, and ordered, adding the title of Seven-Rank Hanlin Bachelor to Xie Jin, and invited him to enter the palace to give Zhu Yuanzhang a feast, that is, a lecture.

"Take a leave of absence, I don't have full attendance this month. There is no motivation, and there are some cavin, and there is only one change today."