If you don't want to be controlled by others and control the silver in your own hands, won't this problem be solved?

Koumao finds himself trapped in a logical loop, so reasonable, but strangely strange, and it seems that this way it should be.

If you don't have any money, find a place where you have it and take it, won't you have it?

This violates the Confucian idea of benevolence and righteousness, but the Japanese are not human, and Chen Youren, who arranged that the Japanese are human, was chopped up by the emperor himself.

The invasion of the Japanese in the southeast lasted for more than 20 years, and there was no pressure from the wind and public opinion to attack the Japanese state, and there was no need to mobilize to fight the Japanese state.

Compared with the northern captives who entered Kou Gyeonggi and fought with the Ming Dynasty for more than 200 years, the Ming people hated the Japanese state even more.

The contradiction between the Ming Dynasty and the Northern Prisoners is very, very complicated, because the Ming Dynasty and the Northern Prisoners are you and me, and I have you, and there are a large number of Han army in the Northern Prisoners, and there are a large number of Tartar officials and Tartar troops in the Ming Dynasty, and most of the components of the Northern Prisoners are also Han people.

Hu Yuan Kublai Khan established Hu Yuan, that is, relying on the Han Shihou in the north, defeated the serious Mongolian Khan Ali Buge, and also put Helin, the land of Longxing, to the sudden once, Hu Yuan was beaten away by Xu Da, you come and go with each other, this contradiction is complex in the political, military, economic, cultural and other fields of mutual influence.

This is where you have me, and I have you.

To put it more simply, the Northern Prisoners can be regarded as sibling infighting, while the Japanese are external thieves.

Therefore, when Guangmao opened his mouth to say that he would fight the Japanese invaders, the courtiers subconsciously did not object, but pondered whether it was worth it for the sake of silver.

It seems like it's well worth it!

Because silver is indeed the core driving force of Zhang Juzheng's new deal, a steady stream of silver rolled into silver coins flowed into the market of the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty for the first time really had a currency that could circulate on a large scale and assume the intermediary of commodity circulation.

"What Guangmao said is not alarmist, let alone unfounded, but a question we must think about, once Tessie no longer imports silver to the Ming Dynasty, how should we respond? A large amount of silver import, bailed out the Ming money shortage, but once the silver stopped importing, the money shortage problem, will immediately come back, at the moment, the premise that the banknote law can not work, where to go in the Ming Dynasty? Zhu Yijun very much agreed with Guangmao's recital in the Huke matter.

Zhu Yijun further said: "Our Ming magnates can't do it, but they are good at mergers, and their sense of smell is extremely sensitive. ”

"In the cold winter, carnivores like to hoard food for the winter, and the meat eaters of the Ming Dynasty are the same, as long as they hide the land and silver, they can survive the severe cold, but the poor coolies will wither like grass mustard in the severe cold."

"In this way, the handicraft workshops that the Ming Dynasty has just had a little bit of a large-scale employment will go out of business because of the lack of silver, or the lack of money, which will slow down the circulation of goods."

"Our friend, the country of Fran of Ctesi, is not invincible in Ctessy, he has many enemies, on the sea he has Rumi (Ottoman), England, France as enemies, on land he has foreign enemies of France and rebellion in the Netherlands, which cannot be contained. He will also be weakened, and it will form an invincible fleet to guarantee the sea frontier, but is the invincible armada really invincible? ”

"How can we ensure the stability of our silver imports?"

In the second year of Wanli, the Spanish king Felipe II Don Juan, was defeated by the Ottomans at sea and occupied the Tunisian region by the Ottomans, and Felipe II lost the hegemony of the Mediterranean.

France and England supported the rebellion in the Netherlands, and at the same time constantly blocked the merchant ships that harassed the Spanish Empire at sea.

The rebellion in the Netherlands meant that the Spanish Empire would lose its largest artisanal workshop, as well as its largest and most stable source of tax revenue.

In the near future, the Spanish Armada will usher in the biggest and most humiliating defeat, and the import of silver will fluctuate to a point that is completely unacceptable to the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Yijun looked at the contemplative appearance of the courtiers, spread his hands and said: "Even if our friends are invincible, he can quell the rebellion, defeat the Rumi, defeat the English, and the French, but Felipe II limited the size of the merchant ships that traveled to and from the Ming Dynasty and the silver transported to the Ming Dynasty, and the import of silver would still fluctuate greatly." ”

"Felipe II's reasons will be very strong, such as his dissatisfaction with the increase in the price of Ming silk, such as his dissatisfaction with the lack of respect in the letter of state I gave him, such as his dissatisfaction with my funding of Antonio, such as his dissatisfaction with the occupation of Luzon by the Ming Island, the war in the Viceroyalty of Luzon, in short, for the sake of profit, it is very easy to find a reason."

The Ming asked Altan Khan to take responsibility for his brother's raiding of the frontier people in the Meal Fort, but Altan Khan would never agree, this is the reason, the Ming will do this, Felipe II will do the same.

There is a lot of pressure on Guangmao to oppose a whip law in the matter, that is to attack the new policy, attacking the new policy is equivalent to attacking Yuanfu, His Majesty's affirmation, let Guangmao know that Zhang Juzheng will not do anything to him.

"Your Majesty is wise." Zhang Juzheng heard His Majesty's analysis, and said from the bottom of his heart that His Majesty does not place matters on the conscience of others, and is already a very qualified king in handling state-to-state relations and proceeding from interests.

As the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, he naturally puts the interests of the Ming Dynasty first.

"Your Majesty, the minister thought that he could send a giant ship to Ryukyu to first wipe out the Japanese who were entrenched in Ryukyu, and the Ryukyu envoy has asked for orders many times." Zhang Juzheng has thought about the silver issue many times, but he thinks that now is not a good time.

But the war can also go with the flow, it can be logical, the Ryukyu envoy asks for his life, this is the king's division, the Ming sailor went to the Ryukyus because the Ryukyu king, the Ryukyu envoy requested, then for the Ryukyus, the sea beam of all nations, the key to the Daming Sea, it will inevitably start a series of cruel struggles with the Wa country.

Then, the war becomes logical.

"Hmm." Zhu Yijun nodded, this is not a court discussion, there is no need to form a decision, Zhang Juzheng, as the first assistant, must comprehensively think and consider the strength of the Daming Water Division, and then make plans and disposals.

The top priority of the Ming Dynasty at the moment is to drive the Tuman Khan to the west of the Daxianbei Mountain, and let the Tuman Khan and Altan Khan fight in the nest, which is the strategic focus of the Ming Dynasty at the moment.

The vassal state of Ryukyu is a tribute every year, and more than 300,000 catties of fish oil alone enter Beijing every year, although this is a transaction, but it has alleviated the shortage of oil in the Ming Dynasty.

Unlike Taixi's suzerain, which only has power and no obligations, Da Ming has both power and obligations when he is the suzerain.

For example, the Portuguese occupied Malacca, and the Ming Dynasty issued a special edict to let the Portuguese leave and return Malacca to Manraka, but the Ming Dynasty did not have a sailor, and it was strange that the Portuguese were willing to listen.

In the fifteenth year of Zhengde, the imperial court agreed: Manraka is a feudal country, and Franco dares to merge it, and I am for benefit, and ask for tribute, which must not be allowed, but it is advisable to let its envoys, express obedience, and order the return of Manraka territory, before allowing tribute. If you are persistent, you will tell everyone and condemn your sin.

and to the kings, and to send an army to restore his kingdom of Manchuria.

But at that time, the countries of Nanyang had long forgotten the Tianwei of the Ming Navy, after all, they had not been punished for more than 150 years, so naturally no one paid attention to the edict of the Ming Dynasty.

The first reason for Guangmao's opposition to a whip law was that the Ming Dynasty was poor and could not be controlled by others.

This reason is sufficient, but it has been fully affirmed by His Majesty and the courtiers, Guangmao is not a lowly Confucian, he opposes a whipping law, not the theory of a lowly Confucian who is afraid of dying of starvation first, but as a scientific and Taoist official, he exercises his power, questions the decree, and raises concerns and questions.

That's what a speaker should do.

Zhu Yijun looked at the sitting straight Guangmao and the dozen or so imperial histories played with him, and continued: "The second reason why Guangmao opposes a whip law is based on the perspective of the examination method, the implementation of a whip law is basically Qingzhang, and the Ming Dynasty will tax and forced labor into one whip, that is: silver, force two differences and household registration, salt money merged into the ground, the imperial court wants to collect taxes, it must clear the zhang, clarify the acres of fields, and apportionment of labor to the acres of fields. ”

"And in order to cater to the examination law, in order to complete the examination, in order to please the Taifu, there will inevitably be local officials, falsely report, overreport the number of acres of land, relying on merit to be promoted, this is what will inevitably happen, in this way, the court sees that the acres of land have increased, and the tax base has become larger, but it is the poor coolies and small landlords who suffer, and the gentry and powerful people have been cleared, and they will try their best to spread the cost to the heads of the small people."

Zhang Juzheng himself opposed a whip law and was extremely cautious about it.

Because he knows very well what kind of people are inside and outside the Ming officialdom, in order to be promoted, unscrupulous, in order to invite merit, it will inevitably lie and conceal the report, and the people will become more and more difficult, in fact, it was only in the ninth year of Wanli that he began to fully implement a whip law, but soon, Emperor Wanli began to liquidate Zhang Juzheng.

In the twelfth year of Wanli, the examination law, the rectification of academic politics, a whip law, a strong military law, six books and one account, etc., were completely abolished.

A whip law implemented by Zhang Juzheng was not implemented for too long, and it was not the cause of the disaster of the Ming Dynasty.

However, Zhang Juzheng's Qingzhang from the second year of Wanli did intensify the contradictions between man and land in the Ming Dynasty, intensified the contradictions between the small people and the gentry, and eventually led to the intensification of the contradictions to the point of irreconcilability.

If you don't know your father, you will die immediately, and if you don't know it, you will die a few years later.

This is the biggest dilemma facing Zhang Juzheng's country.

Guangmao's second objection is about cost.

Who will bear the price of the test method and the method of returning the land to the law? In this 7,000-word book, Guangmao fiercely criticized the Ming Dynasty's bureaucratic corpses, greed, deception, corruption and many other evil deeds, and went further, and even identified the group of Ming scholars as the source of the Ming Dynasty and the culprit of the Ming Dynasty's collapse.

Zhu Yijun only singled out a part, Guangmao's recital said that most of the gentry of the Ming Dynasty were bureaucrats and their descendants of the past dynasties, and he compared the bureaucrats of the Ming Dynasty with the gentry, which was no longer to the point of criticism, but abuse.

"So what to do?" Zhu Yijun looked at Guangmao and asked: "Guangmao, you don't know your father, the Ming Dynasty has a big loss, and the small people are even more poor, how can it be good?" ”

"Chen Cheng doesn't know." Guangmao and more than a dozen imperial historians, you look at me, I look at you, I can only answer truthfully, they have no way, they are as strong as Zhang Juzheng, and they have no good way to solve this problem, let alone them.

Guangmao and the imperial historians are only responsible for impeaching and finding the shortcomings of the decree, you Zhang Juzheng can't solve the problem, what kind of country should you be!

Zhu Yijun said with a smile: "The court is difficult, the small people are difficult, everyone is difficult, so we can only reluctantly make it difficult, Guangmao, is there really no proper way?" ”

Guangmao was silent for a long time, but still shook his head and said, "The minister still doesn't know. ”

Wang Chonggu was eager to try, tried to speak, but stopped talking, he felt that it was better not to speak, to do things quietly, and not to be a bird.

Zhu Yijun obviously noticed Wang Chonggu's hesitation, Wang Chonggu really wanted to speak, but because he was Zhang Siwei's uncle, it was inconvenient for him to speak, and if he didn't speak, he would be scolded, and he would be scolded even more if he spoke.

"What do you want to say?" Zhu Yijun asked with a smile.

"Can you speak?" Wang Chonggu's right thumb kept rubbing on his index finger, he actually wanted to say, he couldn't hold it back.

Wang Chonggu really knows.

"Since it's in Yilun Hall, it's a place to sit and talk about the Tao, it's a place to talk, there's nothing that can't be said, if you can't say it, I just pulled Guangmao to my side in Wenhua Hall and scolded him, and I want to come to Yilun Hall to set up this altar, why do you do this? Say. Zhu Yijun gave Wang Chonggu the right to speak.

The Shangshu of the Daming Criminal Department, the supervision of the Yongding Maoyi Official Factory, the executor of the weak national policy, and the crown prince Shaobao Wang Chonggu, why can't he speak, since Wang Chonggu was taken out of Zhang Siwei's case, there is no reason to fill it back.

Wang Chonggu was one of the ministers of the Ming Dynasty.

"Just give this question in the matter, it seems that the minister has already given the answer." Wang Chonggu listened to His Majesty's approval, and said directly: "The core essence of "The World is Trapped in Mergers and Rescues Hooligans". ”

Zhu Yijun smiled slightly and said, "Yes, when will the big priest enter the cabinet?" The courtiers have recommended several times, and I have issued orders many times, but the chief priest still refuses to enter the cabinet, do you think that I am not courteous enough to the chief priest? ”

"The minister never dare, he really supervised the construction of Dingjian, and he didn't dare to slack off, lest he delay His Majesty's use, and I implore Your Majesty to learn from it." Wang Chonggu was frightened and hurriedly replied.

If Wang Chonggu wants to enter the cabinet, he will give a clear time, he still doesn't want to enter the cabinet, he roasts on the fire rack, Zhang Juzheng and Lu Tiaoyang can withstand the test, and Wang Chonggu asked himself, he can't stand this test.

Roast it, and it's really dead.

Zhu Yijun looked at Guangmao and asked, "Do you know that the Great Priest is discussing?" ”

"I don't know." Guangmao said in amazement.

He really didn't know that Wang Chonggu had such a book, this was poor information, Wang Chonggu's 50,000-word placement hooligan sparse, the main reading group was the emperor and the cabinet, as for the courtiers and imperial historians, they had never heard of it at all.

"Just look at it." Zhu Yijun looked at Guangmao and said, "The second reason for opposition, the performance of the Great Sikou can answer your doubts. ”

"Feng Daban, Zhang Daban, sparse the placement of the engraving and give everyone here a copy."

Zhu Yijun asked Feng Bao and Zhang Hong to start sending Wang Chonggu's recital, which could perfectly answer Guangmao's doubts, and he had already prepared it.

How to ensure the interests of the small people in the Qingzhang, the return of land, and the whip law, the four items listed by Huang Qing are naturally the top priority, and changing the means of production and changing the production relations of the Ming Dynasty are also another method.

This is Zhu Yijun's answer.

Guangmao and many imperial histories have been read for a long time, more than 50,000 words, and it will take a long time to study them carefully, but as long as you glance at them, you will know what Wang Chonggu is doing.

Why did the gentry dare to set up a head pole and hang the displaced people, because the land has a strong personal dependency, to put it more clearly, it is because they have mastered the land and the means of production, and the gentry have the power and violence of life and death in the local area, and the small people are just meat on the board, and the gentry are the knife.

The most important thing is to change the means of production and means of production, and to transform the relationship of strong personal dependence into a relationship of free employment.

It is true that new contradictions will be born, such as the conflict between labor and capital, but this relationship is still more advanced than the relationship between slaves and slave owners, and between long-term workers and large landowners.

Wang Chonggu once again affirmed one thing, that is, Zhang Siwei was wrong.

Indeed, the emperor has the power to kill and take away, but the emperor will never kill for no reason, this is bottom-up and top-down, opposing and unified, which is also what Confucius said: If you are guilty of sin, you will have nothing to pray for.

A decree, judging whether it is fooling the emperor from the cost point of view, can be considered from two aspects: metaphysical and metaphysical.

"I understand." Guangmao hurriedly read 50,000 words, and already understood, why the great priest was able to survive from Zhang Siwei's case, this great priest is really capable, and his ability to survive depends on his ability, this is not only the trouble of the Ming Dynasty, but also exists in all dynasties.

And the Great Sikou seems to have found a completely new solution, at least theoretically, that can work.

There are so many talents in the Ming Dynasty, didn't anyone think of using this method or road? The answer is yes.

In the twenty-fifth year of Wanli, Liang Gui, a soldier and horse division, explored this road, and was refuted by Yang Yingwen in the criminal department at that time.

The reason for the dispute was that the official dynasty in the Lugou Bridge Pumping Bureau was too heavy because of the harsh criticism of the coolies of the kiln people, which led to a civil uprising.

Fifteen years after Wanli, the Wanli Emperor, who lost Zhang Juzheng, set up mine supervisors everywhere to collect money, and the result was a lot of trouble, and the Lugou Bridge Pumping Bureau was just one of the small cases.

There was a civil uprising in the Lugouqiao Pumping Bureau, and some people in the DPRK and China said that they wanted to abolish the Pumping Bureau, and some people said that they wanted to teach the kiln people a lesson, which caused a lot of trouble.

Liang Gui's reason is very similar to Wang Chonggu's idea, all because there are too many displaced people, find something to do for the displaced people, and a little livelihood will not make a fuss, Liang Gui said: The firewood is exhausted and the coal is out, the coal power is very small, the coal farmers are bitter, and the most of them are scoundrels, poor people, once the rod is revealed, it is not possible to read, it is better to supervise the coal mining and work.

Yang Yingwen's rebuttal was the intention of attacking Liang Gui, saying: Coal is a daily need of the people, and Gyeonggi uses more stone coal without firewood. With a small profit of a thousand gold, without taking into account the people's livelihood, Liang Gui promised to help the people, but he tried to take it.

Liang Gui was so attacked that he was terrified, and he asked for a speech.

How did Emperor Wanli, as a referee, express his position?

Emperor Wanli did not express his position, and Emperor Wanli did not reply at all to the debate on the impeachment of the dynasty by the officials in the court, Liang Gui and Yang Yingwen, and the Wanli Emperor, who had been rotten for 12 years, did not respond to this matter.

The Wanli Emperor who lost Zhang Juzheng, neither the courtiers nor the powerful gentry, could only send the mine supervisors everywhere to fish and meat the small people, since the thirteenth year of Wanli did not go to the court, and the Wanli Emperor who was defeated in the fifteenth year of Wanli's ban on extravagance has actually lost control of the court situation.

Did the Wanli Emperor regret liquidating Zhang Juzheng, forcing Zhang Juzheng's eldest son to death, and abolishing Zhang Juzheng's new law, including the examination method of filling in the name of the draft list and the bottom book, so that he lost the power to promote and transfer the courtiers?

Does Emperor Wanli miss the time when Zhang Juzheng was in power, although his life was hard, he was still a little powerful?

It is not clear whether he regrets it or not, but Emperor Wanli still realized the importance of Zhang Juzheng.

In the twenty-fourth year of Wanli, the fire in the Qianqing Palace burned down the official book screen dedicated by Zhang Juzheng, and the Wanli Emperor moved to Qixiang Palace, specifically modeled on the official book screen, and made a small screen around him.

"Records of the Middle" said: Twenty-four years later, the temple resided in Qixiang Palace, and placed a small screen, more than two feet high, and the same was true for the left and right, and was installed in the front hall of Qixiang Palace.

Let a piece of yourself see it, you can't help but think of that person's things, but also to make an imitation of it, often around, Wanli Emperor in Wanli twenty-four years of this move, more or less, a little bit of warmth and regret back then.

Even if Emperor Wanli saw Liang Gui's speech, even if Emperor Wanli approved Liang Gui's recital, who would do it?

Since Zhang Juzheng left, Zhang Juzheng's examination law built with the core of the followers has been completely abolished, and most of the followers have been derogated in the name of Zhang's party. Who's going to do it?!

It probably fulfilled that sentence: when Zhang Gong was there, he didn't feel different, and since the Gong was gone, he didn't see the comparison.

Zhu Yijun can now discuss the implementation of the national decree with the speaker in the Yilun Hall, although Zhang Juzheng just said that His Majesty is wise, but he only has people here, no one dares to fool him as the emperor by reversing right and wrong, because fooling the emperor will really make Taifu angry.

Zhang Juzheng did not speak, and his speech on behalf of Guangmao was entirely based on making the new deal better and making the road to Daming's excitement less bumpy.

After answering Guangmao's second question, Zhu Yijun continued: "Opposing a whip law, in addition to the Ming Dynasty's poor silver and the small people are more miserable, the reason why Guangmao and others oppose a whip law is also since Xingli, businessmen enjoy the benefits of chasing the end, and the peasants' hearts are very inconvenient to the people, the etiquette is broken, and the people's hearts are lost. ”

"This is a problem we have to consider, I will give you an example, the Songjiang Sun family's painting boat business, that is, the merchant can enjoy the fun because of the large amount of silver in his hand, and the prostitutes are fish and meat, and Luo Bingliang, the handsome man of the Nanya, has a slave on the painting boat, Zhao Wuliu, nicknamed Goudan."

Luo Bingliang specially sketched the life of Zhao Wuliu, the servant on the painting boat, outlining the life of Zhao Wuliu for half of his life.

Luo Bingliang told His Majesty how the slaves in Jiangnan lived, and his son Luo Sigong beat the emperor in the palace every day, without any deference, but Luo Bingliang was deferential.

When he heard about these things, he avoided His Majesty from being in the middle of the nine folds and ignorant of the hardships of the poor people, and such a one-sided view of the problem would be detrimental to the country.

Zhu Yijun told the story of Zhao Wuliu, and the business of the painting boat was in full swing, which was a concrete embodiment of the collapse of etiquette.

Guangmao spoke according to the facts.

"Your Majesty, do you want to issue an order to reprimand?" Feng Bao said in a low voice, since this painting boat has been named and criticized, is it better to ban it? After all, the face of the Celestial Empire is very important, so let Li Yashi know, wouldn't it be a surprise to friends?

Zhu Yijun shook his head and said: "Let Sun Keyi do it, he will do this business, pay taxes to the imperial court, and after paying taxes, he is willing to donate money to the maritime academy to promote the development of maritime science, and they will not even pay taxes to others." ”

This kind of thing itself is difficult to prohibit, that is, the court ordered it to be banned, and the gentry were obedient and didn't play? They will only become another way to play, and now this situation is already a scene that all parties can reluctantly accept, after all, the imperial court can still take care of one or two, if it really becomes an underground industry, it is difficult for the imperial court to even take a look.

Some things are like rumors, the more forbidden they are, the worse they become.

"So how do you fix it?" Zhu Yijun looked at Guangmao and asked him what he thought, Guangmao was responsible for opposing it, how to deal with this phenomenon, he had no way at all, not even a saint, let alone he was in the middle of it.

In fact, Zhang Juzheng doesn't have a good way, and some people's hearts are lost, in Zhang Juzheng's opinion, it is bearable.

If you want to do something but are afraid of being scolded, you can't do it.

Zhu Yijun said with a smile: "So far, we have found that some decrees, when they are implemented, are not perfect in themselves, and they cannot be exhaustive, maybe it is not the best, but it is the most suitable decree for the current environment." ”

"When we look at this decree in hindsight, we also need to consider the current situation before making judgments, rather than judging the decree at that time based on the current situation."

"Obviously, a whip method is not omnipotent, and the same is true for the test method, it is not perfect, but it is the most suitable at the moment."

"That's all for today."

Zhu Yijun came forward to respond to a number of questions about the whip law, stood up, and ended the debate on the topic.

Zhu Yijun allowed to criticize the New Deal, oppose the New Deal, find all kinds of shortcomings of the New Deal, and then improve it, but he did not allow nonsense, Chen Youren was personally punished by the emperor, or brought a positive impact, at least these pen correctors, never dare to talk nonsense.

Emperor he really kills.

On the way back to the palace, Zhu Yijun studied a whip method, and Guangmao mentioned that the silver and force two differences and household registration and salt money were merged into the ground, and the acres of land were the tax base, and the collection of money was the appearance of a whip method, and this forced labor and salt money into the acres of fields was its core content.

Translation is actually a matter of spreading the money.

It is unknown whether the Wanli Emperor missed his teacher in his later years and regretted abolishing the New Deal, but after the Ming Dynasty was completely abolished in the twelfth year of Wanli, the building was about to fall, and no one was left to do the Optimus Prime. When Zhang Gong was there, he didn't feel strange; Since the public has not been, there is no comparison. Asking for a monthly pass, woo!!!!!

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