Chapter 33: The Treatise on the Expedition to the South

Still, the money thing. You can't look at it statically. Look at it dynamically.

Although it is said that the Ming court was in debt. But in fact, He Xi carried out a series of reforms, currency depreciation, additional issuance, new currency replacement, currency value adjustment, and so on.

Not to mention, the rapid development of productivity.

After a monetary magic, many people don't feel anything. It feels like the currency has depreciated, but not by much. But in reality, the depreciation was significant, as can be seen from the ratio between gold and silver and paper money.

But in terms of purchasing power, because of the development of the Industrial Revolution. And not much lower.

And the taxes levied by the Ming Dynasty will also increase to a certain extent because of the currency, if it is said that before the war, the limit of the Ming Dynasty's taxes, He Xi felt that it was within 100 million yuan, but now it is not necessarily.

Of course, this is due to the fact that after a series of reforms, there is a certain expectation of tax growth. It's even more because the money is worthless.

Although it is a national debt of more than two billion, plus the annual interest, it is not a small amount. However, if it is hedged against depreciation, it can only be said to be a preservation of value. It's not even about making money.

Under such circumstances, it is not too difficult to pay off all the more than two billion national debts.

Not to mention, the matter of the southern expedition does not necessarily require a lot of money from the central government. War Bond to understand, Yan Wang is the first person to try. The matter of the Southern Expedition may not be useless.

Moreover, the fact that fighting a war can actually boost the economy. After all, some of the economic systems developed during the war are biased towards war, and there are still a lot of war leftovers.

Fighting a war is not necessarily a good idea.

Fighting a war is also a kind of business.

In He Xi's view, there are pros and cons to such a war. It's okay to fight, it's okay not to fight. It's just that He Xi thought of a good way. That's what to say.

That's right.

He Xi decided to respect the decision of the Dingguo Society.

What is the process of democratic decision-making? He Xi is not too clear.

Democratic centralism is one of a kind. However, ballot democracy is also one. In the new system that He Xi wants to establish, there are also many things that are not clear. He Xi couldn't be sure.

But He Xi is very clear about one thing, this country is willing, and there must be a certain amount of power. At least it is used to check and balance the civil system and the bureaucracy, and even the emperor.

We must also be cautious about the separation of powers.

Because too many things are caused by the uneven distribution of power.

The matter of Zhengnan, since it is any way. He Xi wants to see if this method of decision-making at the meeting of the National Assembly will work? In addition, I also want to give a little sweetness to the people below.

At least give them a sense of participation in the decision-making of national events.

It can also be regarded as a kind of buying people's hearts.

After all, He Xixuan participated in the meeting, and all of them were very powerful. It can be said that they are the kind of people who are not short of money. The bribery of some small favors is not useful at all.

And power is what they crave the most.

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"Today's topic is the theory of the conquest of the south. Your Majesty has something to do with Lord Shousuke, so he won't come." The King of Shu said loudly, "Please also start discussing this matter."

"Your Highness, Your Majesty and Lord Shousuke are not coming. What are we discussing? Is it useful to counsel it out?"

The king of Shu said, "Nature is useful. Lord Shoufu has instructed that the world is not the world of one person, but the world of all people, and the major affairs of the world must be decided by the people, so that everyone can be convinced. So, no matter what decisions are made today. Even Your Majesty will not object."

"What?" The words of the King of Shu aroused the amazement of countless people in the entire hall.

They looked at each other, and for a while no one spoke.

In other words, all the people who came to the congress never thought that one day they would really participate in the decision-making and put the decision to start a war in their hands.

For a while, they just felt like a dream. Can't believe it.

Something must have gone wrong. Or His Majesty and Shousuke, who have other intentions. It's just that I haven't figured it out for a while, and most people are thinking about this thing, why did it develop like this? It's more than thinking about whether to go south.

It's just that there is one person who is an exception, and it is naturally Mu Chun.

Mu Chun didn't know why things were going the way they were at the beginning, but he was ready to be beaten back from the beginning. However, he didn't have time to think about it.

After all, this is what it has become. The most important thing is to make sure that we get more support for this thing to be passed at this meeting.

This is what he proposed, and if He Xi denied it, it would be fine. After all, where is He Xi's prestige, and there are not too many things that He Xi brought back.

There is no shame at all. But now it's up to everyone.

If Mu Chun is uneven, he will damage his prestige.

So, Mu Chun was the first to come out and explain the benefits of the expedition to the south. I won't go into detail here.

However, someone immediately came out and strongly opposed Mu Chun's opinion, no need to look at it, it was a Confucian background. They are against all foreign conquests, and it is understandable. Routine operations of Confucianism.

He was against almost all foreign wars.

At the moment, it is strange not to come out and stop it.

But this matter does not send supporters, such as Song Sheng, who has just been crowned a marquis, and strongly supports Mu Chun.

On the one hand, Song Sheng and Mu Chun also have some friendship. On the other hand, it is the dilemma faced by Song Sheng. That is the reform of the military system, and the entire forbidden army of the Ming Dynasty must be an all-firearms army.

This means that many of the old armies will have to be dismantled. Mei Yin, Song Sheng, the two of them have more than one rank in their hands. Although there were quite a few troops on the Nanjing side, it was easy to do the work.

Without him, when they surrendered, the general trend was gone, and there was no credit to speak of, and naturally in the Beijing system, there was no power and strength to speak of.

However, the old armies of Mei Yin, Song Sheng and others are different.

They all contributed to the reign of the Beijing court, and sold blood.

In this case, when it comes to resettlement and dismissal, it cannot be simple and rude. However, foreign conquest is a good way to resettle. In remote places, there is a need to garrison guards, and the newly fought places are also a lot of additional wealth for the army.

Fight a battle and settle all these old units. And that's a good thing.

And Mei Yin is the prince of the country in the end. Rush out. Fear that the situation will get out of hand. So Song Sheng came out, just right.

Immediately, there were people who opposed the conquest of Burma, which was purely based on the allocation of resources. The Ming court now has insufficient financial resources, the national strength is limited, and the more it invests in other places, it has less for the country.

As for the conquest of the south, more money is spent, and less money is spent on other provinces.

Naturally, they didn't want to.

Soon, Ge Tiangong came out to speak, and he supported Zhengnan. The reason is very simple, there are not too many apprentices and grandchildren of Ge Tiangong in the military weapons production department. Fighting a war is a good thing for him, and for many people behind him.

They can also be regarded as the most primitive military-industrial complex.

The King of Shu naturally does not have He Xi's prestige, and he is also a person who presides over the meeting at the moment. There's no deterrent at all. It's good to be able to keep the whole meeting uncluttered.

In short, it's a lot of noise.

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It's in a gazebo in the harem.

In fact, the distance from the main hall is not counted in a straight line. However, the Nanjing Imperial Palace is stacked with rocks and has been designed with various gardens, which makes it present a completely different temperament.

Flying spring balls, shade and cool breeze, birds contending, it seems to be in the city, just like the initial tranquility of people in the mountains, and naturally there is a sense of leisure.

Zhu Xiongying said: "Uncle, I can understand that for the imperial court, there are benefits to fighting. There are benefits to not fighting. It's just that if you let them fight, I don't think I can talk about anything.

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He Xi said, "Achieving great things cannot be sought by the public. There are so many people and so many opinions that it is almost impossible to please everyone, and there are hundreds of people in the meeting. It's normal to have some arguments."

Zhu Xiongying said, "Then what is my uncle doing this for today?"

He Xi said, "There are some things that are best for some people to find something to do. In front of this situation, in fact, I also have a headache, Your Majesty, do you think this country will be the future, and the future Congress will be a status in the future Ming system? The highest authority?"

Zhu Xiongying was silent for a while and said, "Absolutely not."

He Xi said indifferently, "Yes. Absolutely not. The problem is too big. Speaking of ruling the world with so-and-so, but in fact, the small circle of people who rule the world is more than ten people, which is too much. If there are dozens of people, it is difficult to unify this opinion. It is simply impossible to get a few hundred people in Congress to have an idea. And if it can be done, I'm afraid it's not a good thing. Because of this, such a thing happened. That means there is a major crisis in the world. If you don't deal with it, you'll be ruined."

"The family law of the Song Dynasty is the most suitable to be used here."

Zhu Xiongying's eyes lit up and said, "What does my uncle mean, mixing different opinions? deliberately divides the different factions of power in the Conference."

He Xi said, "Don't do it on purpose, they can't pee in a pot themselves. Just give them something big and not urgent, and let them discuss it. It's like today's matter, the matter of the expedition to the south, is it important? Nature is important. Once Burma is taken and there is an outlet to the West Sea, as long as the railway from Hunan to the West Sea is repaired, the economy of the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty will be able to be developed. But the question is, is this one thing urgent?"

"It's not urgent at all. Three or five years earlier, or even ten or eight years, the same thing at night will not be too much of a problem. Just let them talk slowly."

"This is a meeting of the country, and we must pay attention to it. Without paying attention, it is simply impossible to understand the following situation. But you can't hand over too much power, or something will happen."