Wang Daokun, Wang Guoguang, Zhang Xueyan, Wan Shihe, and even Zhang Juzheng, they are all farmers in nature, and the problem of silver waste they discussed, and the idea of using assets to multiply and reduce silver waste, is also path dependence, the path dependence of converting money into assets.

The landlords of the Ming Dynasty love to merge and buy land, even Xu Jie's vulgarity is not avoided, and the method given by Wang Daokun is also 'buying land', just like the landlords always like to buy land, the silver of the Ming Dynasty flows into a rapid inflow, and the liquid assets are fixed, which is the purchase of land by converting money into assets.

For example, silver damming and idling, in fact, there is a solution to the two Song Dynasty, that is, the 'green seedling method', if the Ming version of the green seedling method is implemented, you can quickly puncture the silver dam, the silver from the city to the countryside dredging, but also can solve the problem of idling, under the high interest, the silver of the Ming Dynasty will be under the green seedling method, quickly down precipitation.

The only problem is that the Qingmiao Law has harmed the most poor coolies in the Ming Dynasty.

The poor coolies used their own hands to create value in exchange for the inflow of overseas silver, and the class that mastered and could mobilize more social resources used the control of silver with high interest to harvest the poor coolies to form a closed loop, and the poor coolies were stripped of surplus value in production, and then harvested by the scissors of finance.

It is for this reason that Shen Shixing and Wang Daokun disdain the Songjiang School's freedom proposition, and with the height on which Wang Daokun and Shen Shixing stand, they deeply know the basic logic of social operation, that money is never open to the poor, and that money is one of the tools of exploitation, but the Songjiang School's proposition is that only money will be open to the poor.

This is a lie, and they themselves know that they are lying, but they lie too much and deceive themselves.

Zhang Juzheng and these people, their methods are a bit stupid, a little old-fashioned, and even a bit like farmers, obviously there is a simpler way, and the financial method is in front of them, but they choose to take a detour and use the old farmer's thinking to solve the silver problem encountered after the opening of the sea.

"Wang Cifu is busy with state affairs and family affairs, and the children at home are not worried." Wan Shiqiang held back a smile.

Wang Qian made some jokes, this broad young man, in the critical period when Wang Chonggu was verbally criticized and written, made a jealous joke in Taibai Building, for a prostitute, sent a thousand flower baskets, for a time became a joke in the streets and alleys of Beijing, and also made Wang Chonggu quite passive, and his godson had no way, so it became another label on Wang Chonggu.

The lack of a godson is also a loss of personal morality, such as Yang Shiqi's son who abused the countryside, which eventually led to Yang Shiqi being forced to become a leader.

Wang Chonggu is now old, and he can't catch up with Wang Qian.

Wang Guoguang and Wang Daokun left together, when the two of them left, they were still discussing some words similar to auditing, commodities, exchange, and production, Wan Shihe left alone, he had a doubt, and he needed Zhang Juzheng to clarify his doubts, and this doubt was the relationship between Qi Jiguang and Zhang Juzheng.

Qi Jiguang is about to be crowned a duke, His Majesty is very relieved, but there is a question that the emperor is not good to ask, and he needs Wan Shi and this Ministry of Rites Shangshu to run around in the middle.

"Wen Zhang Wuqi, the rise and fall of the tide, the tide of the tide, and the help of the building in the general collapse are really the blessing of the country." Wan Shihe's words are sycophants, boasting about the exploits of the two, what he said is not a boast, what he said is also the truth.

The two Shangshu have left, Wan Shihe left alone, speaking like this, Zhang Juzheng naturally knew that there was something in the words, Wen Zhang Wuqi, it is indeed the blessing of the country, it may also be the disaster of the country, once the civil and military join forces, where will His Majesty be placed? The social resources that the two of them can mobilize now are enough to complete the change of dynasty.

Once the two courtiers and the emperor merge, for the Ming Dynasty, it will be a catastrophe for the country, no matter who wins, it will be the Ming Dynasty who loses.

Authoritarian shock, woe and swagger.

Of course, Zhang Juzheng understood the meaning of these words, he thought for a moment, and said with a smile: "Uncle Dazong is really worried, since Qi Shuai returned the waist card of the Quanchu Guild Hall, there is nothing to worry about, indeed in the eyes of outsiders, Qi Shuai and I have complemented each other for more than 20 years, can their friendship be cut off with just a waist card?" ”

"This is not only the concern of the great uncle, but also the concern of many people in the DPRK who dare not speak."

"Actually, it's just that the Tao is different, and they don't conspire with each other."

"Qi Shuai and Yuan Fudao are different and don't conspire with each other?!" Wan Shihe looked at Zhang Juzheng sluggishly, this was the first time he had heard that Zhang Juzheng and Qi Jiguang had a discord, and it was also a discord on the road.

"Yes." Zhang Juzheng said with a little amazement: "Actually, I lied. ”

"Oh? I would like to hear about it. "The Ministry of Rites is a person who likes to be lively!

To outsiders, it seems that they are united, but it does not seem to be as monolithic as imagined, and this unbreakable political alliance seems to have had differences, and it seems to be very serious.

Zhang Juzheng leaned back in the chair, his expression was a little gloomy, he lost his former grandeur, he looked at the beams of Wenchang Pavilion with a somewhat discrete look and shook his head and said, "There will be a time when manpower will be poor." ”

"I lied to Your Majesty, to the court, to the civil and military officials, to the people of the world, what did I say that the Longqing Peace Conference was just for a short period of time to strike the army and recuperate, to recuperate and recuperate, and to recuperate and recuperate, in order to avenge the blood in the future, in fact, I know very well that the peace negotiation is the end, and the peace negotiation is to completely turn the page and become the past."

Wan Shihe shook his head and said: "No, no, no, what Yuan Fu said is wrong, Altan Khan has been captured, this is not a deception." ”

You can't speak in vain about the facts, Bansheng City is broken, and I am captured.

"This is sophistry, even the world doesn't think I'm lying, but I know that I'm lying." Zhang Juzheng smiled and continued: "In the second year of Longqing, Qi Jiguang went from south to north, and I met him at that time. I told Qi Shuai that his task was to resist the enemy, and not to let the northern captives enter the pass and plunder, which was a meritorious achievement. ”

"That is also the first time Qi Shuai refuted my opinion, he said: It will be connected with a dignified plain and a short blade, and then the captives will be convinced! Li Zhenwu strengthens the army, and the northern expedition to the grassland with a strong army is a long-term strategy. ”

Later, he said bluntly in "Discussion on Military Training" that it is necessary to train a strong army to come out and clear the desert forever in order to maintain stability on the border."

It will be connected with a dignified plain short blade! So the captives were not supported and then convinced!

This is Qi Jiguang's ambition.

Zhang Juzheng made clear the old things, Zhang Juzheng and Qi Jiguang had a fundamental difference in the decision-making of the Beiyu, one advocated defense, the other advocated offense instead of defense, and finally Qi Jiguang compromised.

"I see." Wan Shihe is completely clear.

Zhang Juzheng's face finally became painful, he rubbed his eyebrows and said: "I can actually argue two sentences for myself, for example, I can say that the Lile expedition came from the Son of Heaven, and I am a first assistant, and it is the crime of trespassing. ”

"This is also sophistry, in fact, I just don't dare, I'm afraid, I don't dare to take military risks, what if I lose, after all, I haven't won before, cowardice is cowardice, there is no need to quibble about anything else."

In the second year of Wanli, Li Chengliang conquered Gule Village, which proved that the Ming army still had the possibility of fighting and winning, before that, there was no practice to prove that the Ming Dynasty could win Hulu outside the fortress, and the Ming Dynasty had been losing, losing, and losing.

The general soldiers of Datong, Xuanfu, Jizhou, and Liaodong died one after another, and the general soldiers were still like this, and the soldiers were just grass.

This is Zhang Juzheng's timidity, as the first assistant of the empire, every decision he makes determines the safety of the Ming Dynasty, and he is afraid.

"I'm not as brave as Your Majesty." Zhang Juzheng's expression gradually relaxed, and he said to Wan Shihe with a smile.

In the first year of Wanli, His Majesty gave Qi Shuai a knighthood, and took advantage of Zhu Xizhong's death to go to the Quanchu Hall with a bloody song, persuaded Zhang Juzheng to revitalize the military camp, and then completely handed over the sword of the Son of Heaven and the Beijing camp to Qi Jiguang, which was a big gamble and His Majesty's bravery.

Qi Jiguang immediately gave up being the lackey of the Quanchu Guild Hall, but switched to the emperor, it was his sincere heart that was beating for the country, he was a fierce general in the military field, and his judgment of the situation of the Ming Dynasty and the Northern Capture was extremely accurate, and there was no big victory enough to shine in the annals of history, but he was just rejecting the enemy outside the fortress, just trying to survive.

On the grassland, the Ming Dynasty is gradually losing its prestige, and the heart of disobedience has been brewing outside the plug, and a punch has not been opened, and a hundred punches will naturally come!

When the emperor showed his perseverance in practicing martial arts, when Zhu Yijun secretly attacked the courtiers and knighted them, when the emperor inquired about military affairs, and when the emperor promised Jin Ge an iron horse and vomited like a tiger, Qi Jiguang immediately seized this opportunity.

On the one hand, the responsibility given to him by the imperial court was only to guard the border, but he knew that only defending and not attacking was useless, so his training of the northern border army was equivalent to the intensity of guest soldier training, and he did not go out to fight, so what was the use of hard training?

Hu Lurong horses drink in the suburbs! Killing is a bloody smell in the city!

Then he asks for it with the threat of soldiers, and I respond to the poor, and the money is accepted by the alliance under the city, is it not humiliating?

What a humiliation!

Qi Jiguang knows the basic logic of the military, that is, the opposite side of the fight is convinced, and the enemy who fights flees and does not dare to invade, which is the fundamental way, but the Ming Dynasty at that time could not do it, Qi Jiguang was talented, but at that time, the Ming Dynasty's military, political, Gyeonggi, and wind power public opinion could not do it.

"Perhaps, at that time, in Qi Shuai's heart, I was just a cowardly person who sold his name." Zhang Juzheng said with relief.

"Yuan Fu is vain, Qi Shuai is a reasonable person, knowing that Yuan Fu has Yuan Fu's difficulties, he will not blame Yuan Fu." Wan Shihe comforted Zhang Juzheng, and he also confirmed the doubt in his heart, that is, Zhang Juzheng and Qi Jiguang really parted ways, and even their contradictions and differences were earlier than everyone expected.

Wan Shihe got the answer and left satisfied, giving Qi Shuai the title of duke, and there were no more worries.

And Zhang Juzheng sat in Wenyuan Pavilion for a long time, revealing his scars, how can he not have courage, what he and Qi Jiguang said when they met in private, he didn't say it, and Qi Jiguang wouldn't go around saying it, but Zhang Juzheng knew Wan Shihe's doubts, and still uncovered the scars.

His Majesty is more courageous than him, Zhang Juzheng.

He actually knew very well that Qi Jiguang did not look down on him from the bottom of his heart, and regarded him as a coward, but he Zhang Juzheng looked down on himself, he actually knew that Qi Jiguang was right, but he couldn't do it.

Everything is just right now, just right.

Zhang Juzheng hummed a little song and played a trip to Baduanjin, tired and sweaty, after a month of rest, he learned this Baduanjin, which can be regarded as exercising on weekdays, and the smooth state affairs let him sleep on the pillow now, instead of worrying about it in the past.

Zhu Yijun finally received a joint note from the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Households, and the Cabinet First Assistant, the content of the note is "Silver Waste", which systematically discusses the waste of silver and the way to solve it, and Zhu Yijun agrees very much with these solutions, although it is troublesome, but state affairs have never been simple.

Commodities have two values, one is the use value and the other is the exchange value, which are the two elements of the commodity, and labor contains two elements, concrete labor and abstract labor, the duality of labor determines the duality of the commodity, there is a close internal relationship, but this is not a one-to-one correspondence, close connection and independent relationship.

For example, the various technical books sold in Huangzhuang have a very low use value, materially, it is just a book and some ink, and the price of a book ranges from 2,000 taels to 5,000 taels, but the content of this technical book contains an extremely rich abstract exchange value, which is worth this price.

The diagram of production has defined production, labor, and commodities in detail.

The silver of the Ming Dynasty is composed of the hard work of the diligent people of the Ming Dynasty.

At first glance, a commodity is a simple and mundane thing, but after a little in-depth analysis, it will be found that it is a strange thing full of subtlety and grotesqueness, because labor itself can also be seen as a commodity to be peddled.

Shi Peng, the boatmaster, was still called Shi Liu before he became a boatmaster, and he only needed six wen to fly money for a trip from the warehouse, and in order to pick up and transport one more trip, he would run back to the place where the goods were divided, which was selling labor.

The commoditization of labor can only be expressed indirectly through commodity exchange, that is, it is only when labor is sold and remuneration is obtained that labor shows its commodity.

At this time, an inevitable social problem appeared in front of the case of Da Ming Gong: commodities are the masters of everything.

It is only through the exchange of commodities and commodities that the producers, the poor coolies, can transform their own private labour into labour of a social nature.

It is only when commodities are circulated and exchanged that they will be recognized by society and their use value and exchange value will be highlighted.

This is a major event that endangers the religion of etiquette, and for the Ming Gong of the court, this is incredible!

In the past, it was virtue that determined everything, that is, the abstract spiritual world, which was the master of all things; Now, after the theory of contradiction, the theory of production, the theory of public and private, the theory of class and other works have appeared one after another, these theories seem to have pushed the world in another direction, that is, the material determines everything, that is, the concrete material world, and the commodity is the master.

These two completely opposite theories have become self-consistent under the theory of contradiction, just like the yin and yang fish in the Tai Chi where you have me, and I have you, complement each other, and under the contradiction, the metaphysical abstraction and the metaphysical concreteness are both very important, regardless of priority.

Knowledge and action are consistent with conscience, and contradictions are explained one after another.

In order to study and understand the question of what the essence of commodities is, Daming has had a full discussion, and at this time, it naturally entered the discussion of money.

The essence of money, the function of money, the properties of money and the current assets are efficiently converted into fixed assets.

The financial affairs of the world are based on retention, fixation, and flow, such as the changes of the four seasons, and the operation of heaven and earth. Heaven and earth people, these three talents, stay in the solid stream, these three wealth.

Retained assets are the supply of food, clothing, housing and transportation, fixed assets are the means of production, and current assets are the circulation and exchange of commodities.

At this time, the princes of the imperial court were surprised to find that silver was almost omnipotently terrifying.

It is only necessary to have silver, the general equivalent, which can be exchanged for whatever food, clothing, shelter and transportation are needed, and sufficient means of production can be obtained, and silver itself is a commodity, which can be circulated and exchanged.

And the most frightening thing is that silver itself seems to be a fixed asset, because it can make a profit directly from lending! Production can be bypassed completely!

The thinking and discussion of silver made the Ming Dynasty even confused, and the theory that production and productivity were determined by everything, and material was everything, collapsed in front of silver.

Silver, or money, is terrible, it's almost omnipotent.

This is where Wang Daokun is confused, it looks complicated, but it is actually not simple.

Zhu Yijun was very aware of his doubts and confusion, but Wang Daokun was not clear about his problem at all.

He didn't know what he was wondering about, but he got the answer he was looking for from the complete freedom theory of the Matsue School, and he figured out this question, silver is not a fixed asset, not a reserved asset, not even a liquid asset, but a general equivalent, a commodity.

Interest on borrowing is fundamentally a class-based exploitation, i.e. money never opens its doors to the poor, not even a window.

The Songjiang School of those who advocate complete freedom of the luxury households, famous families, pen positives, brokerage compradors, is completely dormant in front of money, money is like the gods of the real world, omnipotent, the emergence of the Songjiang School and now have gained countless supporters, in fact, it is also a reflection on the essence of silver, but in the process of this speculation, they gradually became slaves of money, completely bowed to the power of money.

I have to say that the creature of Da Ming Gong, in a sense, is a transcendent creature, even if he doesn't know what he is wondering about, even under the constant clamor of these money slaves, he can still find the answer to the question.

But this extraordinary ability is invisible, and the conditions required to manifest it are extremely harsh, but if any condition cannot be met, it will be hidden, and it needs to be politically connected, it needs to be the trend of the times, it needs to be expressed, and the conditions required are too many, just like the commoditization of labor, which can only be expressed in exchange.

"Old peasant thinking." Zhu Yijun smiled and said to Feng Bao: "However, I very much approve of the old peasant thinking of the ministers, and it is best for the Songjiang School not to recite the scriptures in front of me." ”

"Does Your Majesty want to refute them with reason?" Feng Bao asked with some confusion.

Zhu Yijun waved his hand and said with a smile: "No, I will fully agree with this doctrine, since it is said to be completely free, then wouldn't it be wonderful for me to rely on the strength of my soldiers and horses and directly rob them all and take them all for myself?" ”

"It's a wonderful world."

"Huh?" Feng Bao's expression was a little stunned and a little sluggish, he immediately fully understood what His Majesty meant, when the imperial power, with the help of complete liberals, completely broke free from the shackles and shackles on his body, and there were no taboos, I am afraid that these famous families who advocate complete liberalism will be the first unlucky eggs!

Big fish eat small fish, small fish eat dried shrimp, is it possible to expect big fish not to eat fish?

Feng Bao said sincerely: "Your Majesty understands freedom. ”

Under the feudal imperial system, especially in front of the emperor who controlled the armed forces, what is the difference between talking about complete freedom and looking for death?

Zhu Yijun took out another notebook, read it for a long time, looked at the signature in disbelief, and said sluggishly: "Our Ming officials, do you like to turn over cakes so much?" ”

"This... The situation has changed. Feng Bao could only explain it like this.

It is a book of notes given by the Officers and Soldiers Section of the Metropolitan Procuratorate to Zhang Dingsi, in this book, Zhang Dingsi and others shouted loudly, the Beijing division to Datong, Datong to the Hetao gallop road, must be repaired, repaired immediately, not repaired, not a moment, can not wait! The war is not over yet, and it must be repaired!

Prior to this, the officials of Kedao were the main force against Xiuchi Dao, and they were taboo about Suiyuan Wanghua, and even did not agree to the conquest, which was the influence of actuarial wind.

Zhu Yijun called this kind of previous opposition, now support, and repeated behavior as turning over the cake, just like the cake needs to be turned over in the stove, pulling his own mouth is completely different from the boomerang, the boomerang is someone else's own words to refute, and turning the cake is his own opposition to his past remarks.

The reason why the officials of the science and Taoism turned over the cake and this change occurred was because a large number of coal mines were found in Dongsheng County, north of Datong and Yulin in Shanxi, and it was the kind of open-pit coal mine that was very easy to mine, and at the northeast edge of the Dongsheng County Basin, the structural outline of the coalfield was a coal hill with an eastern uplift and a western depression, which was similar to the north and south, and was inclined to the west, which was a real coal mountain.

Ma Gui's song Shuli called this coal mountain, inexhaustible, and from the documents of the army, under the triangular drawing method, the outline of this coal mountain was outlined.

Therefore, the official of the Kedao Dynasty immediately went against the norm and changed from opposing the construction of the Chi Road to the Hetao to supporting it.

Firewood, rice, oil and salt, firewood is the head, this firewood has always been profitable, where is this coal mountain, it is clearly a gold mountain!

The Ming Dynasty actually lacked understanding of the Hetao, and the actual rule of the Hetao region could be traced back to the Sui and Tang dynasties, Shuofang County, Wuyuan County, and Yulin County.

"They want to fix it? I don't have any money, and the state doesn't have any money. Zhu Yijun reviewed the recital, studied the cabinet in the next chapter, shook his head and said: "It's really a group of guys who see money, so repeatedly, there is simply no virtue at all, according to this Zhang Dingsi's statement, now recruit the people to repair the road, immediately transfer, immediately repair." ”

"What are you going to do now? Chi road procurement, need to check the hydrology, survey geography, find a suitable road to repair, just the Ministry of Industry to prepare for several months, Chonggu Chi Road from Wang Chonggu proposed, until half a year later to start construction, this is still in the Ming Dynasty Gyeonggi repair to Shanhaiguan. ”

Zhu Yijun is deeply aware of the difficulty of the project, especially this kind of big project, Zhu Di repaired the official road post road of Nuer Gandusi, and it took 14 years to build, starting from the third year of Yongle and continuing to build until 17 years, which is considered to be the end.

The Ming scholars who are not diligent always put forward completely unrealistic goals in vain disregard of reality.

Of course, the coal mountain is attractive, Dr. Gewu of the Ming Royal Gewu Academy accompanied the army, mapping the hydrogeography of the Hetao area, and the army was basically stable after the expedition was basically stable, before this chidao could be built, of course, Magui had placed a group of prisoners, and carried out preliminary mining and mine preparation in Dongsheng open-pit coal mine.

"Your Majesty, Wang Cifu is here." Xiao Huangmen hurriedly walked in and reported.

"Xuan."

"See Your Majesty, a great thing, Your Majesty, a great thing! Coal, countless coals! Wang Chonggu's eyes are shining, as the general office of the Xishan Coal Bureau, Wang Chonggu knows too well that coal mountain = gold mountain, he knows too well what this means to Daming.

"No courtesy, I already know, don't hurry, sit down slowly." Zhu Yijun motioned to Wang Chonggu to be calm and not to be impatient.

Zhu Yijun hesitated, shook his sleeves, and took out a Tang newspaper from his sleeve, which was the Tang newspaper of the Yuanhou of Duntai, and Wang Chonggu was the second assistant and the secretary of the Criminal Department, so he had no right to inquire about the information of the Yuanhou of Duntai.

"Qi Shuai led his headquarters to march to Fengzhou, and found a gold, silver and copper mountain three hundred miles north of Yinshan." Zhu Yijun handed the Tang newspaper in his hand to Wang Chonggu, and at the same time motioned to Zhang Hong to get something.

Wang Chonggu trembled and opened the music in his hand, looked at it for a long time, and couldn't help but say: "Sleep... God, is there really a mountain of gold? ”

The hinterland of the Ming Dynasty lacks copper, silver and gold, Wang Chonggu was shocked to the extreme by this Tang newspaper, according to the content of the Tang newspaper, this is really a gold mountain!

"This is the Woma gold brought back by the Marquis of Duntai, about one catty and three taels, it is a natural gold nugget found in the mountain stream when the Marquis of Duntai Yuanhou heard that Wara was advancing westward and avoiding Wara scouts, and the texture is not pure." Zhu Yijun pulled open the red satin on the table, revealing the lying horse gold inside, a natural gold nugget that looked like a lying horse, hence the name.

The marquis of this dun platform handed over the gold nugget to Qi Jiguang, and Qi Jiguang sent it back to Jingshi in a hurry, and that place was also named Womagang by Qi Jiguang.

Dr. Gewu, who accompanied the army, went to find the dragon and divide the gold, that is, to find Miao Yin, called Xunlong, that is, to find the big dragon of the ore vein, and found that the place of Womagang is not only gold, but also silver and copper, and there is a high-grade open-pit coal mine twenty miles away.

Wang Chonggu stood up suddenly, clenched his fists and said loudly: "Your Majesty, if you don't take it, you will be blamed!" Your Majesty, give the order to build roads! ”

No wonder Wang Chonggu reacted so violently, when Zhu Yijun received the Tang report, he was not much better than Wang Chonggu.

(Location of Womagang [present-day Oyu Tolgoi Gold and Copper Mine])

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