Zhu Yijun's investment in opening the sea is a typical old farmer's thinking, just like Zhang Juzheng and others stubbornly chose a slower method of asset multiplication instead of a simpler and faster financial method to solve the problem of silver waste before.

Shen Shixing believes that the return on the next investment will fall, so the risk will be apportioned downward, and part of the risk of Kaihai investment will be apportioned by the trading bank to the speculators of the trading bank.

But Zhu Yijun is still insisting on opening the sea, and this time it is still 10 million silver.

In the twenty-eighth year of Hongwu, the number of official fields under the Great Tomorrow was more than 5.35 million hectares, accounting for 63% of the world's acres, only six years later in the first year of Yongle, it had become half of the official fields, half of the private fields, to the sixteenth year of Hongzhi, the proportion of official fields further declined, reduced to 25%, to 1.05 million hectares.

In the eighth year of Wanli, the proportion of official fields in the Ming Dynasty was 14.4%, that is, there were a total of 1,181,600 hectares of official fields, and these official fields included the Huangzhuang, the fields given by the royal palaces, the fields of learning, the pastures of horses, the fields of hundreds of officials, the fields of military tun and the people of tuntian.

It has been nine years since the Ming Dynasty implemented the return of the Qing Zhang, and in December of the ninth year of Wanli, there was only such a little official land, and the rest was all private land.

"Is the continued investment to increase the proportion of official gardens?" After a little thought, Zhang Juzheng understood why His Majesty wanted to invest more.

At this time, the number and scale of Daming plantations, the proportion of government-run plantations is declining, 1.7 million hectares of overseas plantations, only 901,000 hectares of cadastral are official gardens, accounting for only 53%, compared with before, the decline rate is growing, and the number and scale of private plantations are still expanding.

"That's true." Zhu Yijun nodded and said, the means of production belong to the imperial court, Nanyang is the back garden of the Ming Dynasty, if the proportion of the official garden drops to thirty percent, coupled with the objective environment of the plantation hanging overseas, Nanyang may become a nest of pirates that threatens the Ming Dynasty, not the back garden of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Yijun thinks about this issue from the proportion of means of production.

"Then put it in." Zhang Juzheng took a deep breath and asked, "Is there still money in the house?" According to the past, the Quanchu, Quanjin, and Quanzhejiang guilds each contributed 1 million silver, and the national treasury and the internal treasury each had 3.5 million silver. ”

"This gentleman need not worry." Zhu Yijun said with a smile: "I am really rich, richer than the state money. ”

Emperor Daming, who refused to pay even a few taels of Buddha money at the singing ceremony, was the richest man in the Ming Dynasty, and the wealth of Wang Chonggu, a top meat eater, was not worth mentioning in front of the behemoth of the emperor.

Huangzhuang business, only a national cellar with an annual income of 1.24 million silver, this is still one in the Huangzhuang, the main focus of the Huangzhuang is an expensive, selling ambergris, coral, large pearls, exquisite gold and silver jewelry, luxury furniture and other items, Huangzhuang Wanli nine years a total income of 3.72 million silver, plus five hinterland city Bo Division, four overseas city Bo Division, this year into the domestic 3.2 million silver, plantation account for 2.2 million silver, gold silver 1.2 million silver, a total of 10.32 million silver.

The income of domestic funds mainly comes from Huangzhuang, commercial tax sharing, tariff sharing and gold and silver, and its overall scale is highly similar to that of the Ming Dynasty national treasury commercial tax.

Land clearing, government officials, rectification of academic politics, and strengthening the army are what Zhang Ju is doing, and opening the sea, official factories and regiments, and commercial tax reform are the new policies of the Ming Emperor.

Zhang Juzheng's New Deal + Zhu Yijun's New Deal = Wanli New Deal.

Zhu Yijun did not support Wang Anshi's charge on the one hand, and supported Han Qi, Empress Dowager Sima Guang and other old-fashioned factions to clamp and balance Wang Anshi's changes on the one hand.

Zhu Yijun's support for the New Deal is unreservedly supportive, and his attitude is to cut off the mistakes of Mr.

"That'll do." Zhang Juzheng smiled, Your Majesty can do it if he has money, the state money really has no money to spend, you can go to the inner money to beg for food, it is better than during the Jiajing period, the internal money and the national money begged for food with each other, and the pocket was much cleaner than the face.

Zhu Yijun found out that Zhang Juzheng was old.

It's not that Zhang Juzheng has the old age of twilight, but that Zhang Juzheng has a kind of conservatism that is content with the status quo, not as sharp as before, and forge ahead.

This is not an illusion, Zhang Juzheng has not proposed any measures to change the law for a long, long time, but it is the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Households, and the Ministry of War, Wang Chonggu began to charge.

"Sir has been worried about Ding Zhishi and returned to the court, and there seems to be very little opening up." Zhu Yijun chose to speak directly.

Zhang Juzheng was very clear about his state, he said with a smile: "This is a matter of course, Your Majesty is already at the peak of the Spring and Autumn Period, wise and natural, wise and treacherous, heroic and inordinate, and the ministers are left and right." ”

"It's good, it's already good, it's much better than Chen originally thought."

During the month of medical treatment, Zhang Juzheng also thought about it for a month, he was thinking about his position in the court, and finally put himself in the auxiliary position, His Majesty's growth made him happy, but His Majesty always had a natural prejudice against civil officials in his heart, and this prejudice was for self-preservation.

In Zhang Juzheng's view, being able to do this step has greatly exceeded his expectations.

"Sir, isn't it time to return the field?" Zhu Yijun asked.

In the ninth year of Wanli, there were 1,181,600 hectares of official fields, and in the twenty-eighth year of Hongwu, there were 5,350,000 hectares of official fields.

The land movement before the ninth year of Wanli, mainly Qingzhang, was to find out who the acres of land were in whose hands, and the taxes would be levied on whom, and the cadastral (fish scale book) would be taxed, and the matter of returning the land, except for the Songjiang Xu family, Yanzhou Confucius Mansion, Xindu Yang's family, etc., which were killed by the emperor, the rest of the acres of land were not excessively pursued.

Qingzhang is not a thorough land movement, its motive is for taxes, Qingzhang has serious limitations, Shandong, Henan, Sichuan, are Qingzhang's old difficulties, in some of the strong and strong places, the resistance of land Qingzhang is great.

So far, the land annexation of the Ming Dynasty is still serious, the uneven burden of taxes and grains still exists, and because the cadastral is not clear, many tax and grain burdens have been passed on to ordinary peasant households in various names, and the situation of poor coolies being brutally stripped has not been fundamentally improved.

Whether he wants to return the land is equivalent to Zhu Yijun asking Zhang Juzheng if he wants to rebel together.

"Your Majesty, the official factory needs craftsmen, there is no need to return the land completely, and the minister thinks it is good to maintain it." Zhang Juzheng said immediately.

Returning the field? The last one who dared to do this was called Jia Yidao.

The result of this is boiling back to the sky, but Zhang Juzheng can understand why His Majesty mentioned this issue at this moment, the reason is very simple, Altan Khan has been beheaded, there is no real military threat in the north, and it is time to continue to turn the blade inward.

Zhang Ju can understand His Majesty's mood, as the emperor of the family, the people of the world, the people of the world, the Ming annexation at the same time, the invisible hand, let the Ming cover the luxury households to transform to industry and commerce, instead of digging in the soil, to promote the development of Ming industry and commerce.

The liberal ideas of the Songjiang School were desirable in some places, and when most of the luxury households realized the huge profits of industry and commerce, they would automatically transform, and the land between the countryside would naturally return to the hands of the peasants.

"From the perspective of taxes, the proportion of Daming's land endowment has further declined, from 70% last year to 59.2% this year, and the proportion has declined very quickly. Zhang Juzheng did not think that overly drastic measures were conducive to the stability of the dynasty.

Zhang Juzheng further said: "Your Majesty, turmoil is the greatest harm to the poor coolies, because the people have almost no ability to take risks, and the powerful right has enough anti-risk ability, just like when the army is in chaos, the rural gentry in the north can migrate, and when the Japanese are in turmoil, the southeast can move inward, and the people can only be in deep trouble. ”

Xing, the people suffer; Death, the people suffer.

But when it is prosperous, the suffering of the people is not as good as the withering of the world, and the suffering of the heroes rises together, each time the dynasty changes, it must be accompanied by a rapid decline in the population, the vast majority of people are not the children of destiny, in the reincarnation of the dynasty, endless people have become dry bones, although every turmoil, the means of production will be distributed again, which seems to solve part of the merger problem, but what is the cost?

Maintaining stability, Zhang Juzheng has never considered this a derogatory term.

Zhang Juzheng never expected war, but he was never afraid of war either.

"What the gentleman said is reasonable, but I still want to return the land." Zhu Yijun agreed with Zhang Juzheng's statement, he paused and continued: "Cooperate with the census and the legality of the deed of sale, so that the poor coolies can settle down." ”

"The government and factories are already doing it." Zhang Juzheng insisted on his own opinion.

"The number is too small, and the number of craftsmen made by the government and factories is still too small." Zhu Yijun, like Zhang Juzheng, is extremely stubborn.

There are tens of thousands of mansions in Ande, and the poor people in the world are happy.

What a beautiful political ideal this is, His Majesty is at the peak of the Spring and Autumn Period, ambitious, Zhang Juzheng as the emperor, what to do at this time is to encourage, not to pour cold water, Zhang Juzheng is a very popular minister, he knows one thing very well, the ideal country shines into reality, often the abyss.

This was His Majesty's criticism of Confucianism at the beginning, and now this sentence also applies to His Majesty.

"Your Majesty, the Northern Song Dynasty is full of displaced people, with more than 440 Xiang troops, if it weren't for the Jin State sweeping, the Northern Song Dynasty would be able to barely maintain it, and the 2.2 million guards on the nine sides of the Ming Dynasty were unable to conquer, but they were more than enough to defend the territory." Zhang Juzheng made a big circle to remind His Majesty that the steps should not be too big.

Wu Guifang's declaration of emancipation of slaves denied the legitimacy of the deed of sale, cooperated with the census of Dingkou, and the resettlement of displaced people from the land, which seemed to be fine in terms of institutional design, but Zhang Juzheng's opposition was also based on practice and experience.

Sometimes, doing nothing is also a kind of wisdom.

"I still think it's necessary." Of course, Zhu Yijun could understand Zhang Juzheng's opposition attitude, but a thorough land movement, and the cultivator's own land was of great significance to the Ming Dynasty, and Zhu Yijun felt that it was very necessary.

The premise of industrialization is thorough land reform, which is an experience that Zhu Yijun knows but Zhang Juzheng does not know, so Zhang Juzheng is not very clear about what the emperor wants to do, the steam engine is indeed a firework that ignites everything, but it will also be fleeting, if you want to make this flame into a raging flame, you need more people to raise the torch together.

The high degree of annexation of acres and acres brought about a tenant system that was not essentially different from slavery, and tenants were almost equal to slaves, and if they wanted to ignite the industrial fire of the Ming Dynasty, the first thing to change was the relations of production and the release of tenants from the land.

Only in this way will the tenants get rid of the status of slaves, truly have land and property, and increase the enthusiasm and productivity of production, and the adequate development of agriculture can provide a sufficient material basis for industrialization, and at the same time, the tenants will get rid of the constraints of their own deeds of sale, and will be able to give birth and provide sufficient industrial population.

Zhang Juzheng didn't understand His Majesty's insistence, but he thought for a moment and shook his head and said: "Your Majesty thinks it's necessary, then do it, the minister thinks that you can start from Songjiang Mansion, and then from Songjiang Mansion to Nanya, from Nanya to Zhejiang and Shandong, and slowly figure it out, hoping to complete the return of land in ten or twenty years." ”

The difficulty of returning the field is much higher than that of Qingzhang, and the process of returning the field needs to be explored through practice, so Zhang Juzheng means: If the emperor thinks it is necessary, then do it, he will carry it out, and he can bear the infamy in the future.

The pilot place is in Songjiang Mansion, the governor of Songjiang is Shen Shixing, Zhang Juzheng's door, the hardcore Zhang Dang, in Songjiang Mansion pilot, Zhang Juzheng has no idea of prevarication.

Anyway, Daming has sufficient trial and error redundancy, and if it is wrong, at most it will turn over the baked cakes, and when it has not been done, it is not that it will be promoted immediately and implemented nationwide.

"If you want to carry it out, you have three strategies." Since Zhang Juzheng agreed with His Majesty, he immediately chose to advise and return the land on the basis of Qingzhang.

"Mr. didn't agree before, but now he immediately came up with three strategies, which is already prepared!" Zhu Yijun was stunned, Zhang Juzheng compromised, this is still ready to offer advice, not prepared, Zhu Yijun ate the two stone lions at the door!

"I was really prepared." Zhang Juzheng stood up, walked to the museum shelf behind the long desk, picked up a notebook, and handed it to Feng Bao, who handed it to His Majesty.

The cover of this letter has been somewhat oxidized and yellowed, Qingzhang was initiated by Zhang Juzheng, he president Qingzhang for nine years, of course, he thought that the cultivator has his field, and he didn't think about it, he thought about it day and night, but in the end he didn't have the determination to carry it out, he didn't want to make the world boil.

But now that Your Majesty has started this, the world belongs to your old Zhu family, and your old Zhu family is not distressed, what is he Zhang Juzheng distressed about!

Zhu Yijun opened the music and looked at it for a long time before closing the music book, he put the music into his sleeve, and wanted to take it back and study it well.

Zhang Juzheng still has goods in his stomach, and if he is forced again, he can still pour it out.

This is Zhu Yijun's first thought after reading the recital.

Zhang Juzheng's recital has three national policies, upper, middle and lower, rather than distinguishing between upper, middle and lower, it is better to use the process to describe it, which is more accurate.

The first stage, the abolition of slavery, to completely abolish the untouchable, census Dingkou is the process of formulating the Yellow Book, after the formulation of the Yellow Book, announced the abolition of the untouchable, advocacy, excellent, subordinate, pawn, slave and other untouchable, after the abolition of the untouchable, in the legal status, then everyone is treated equally, if this step can not be done, then everything is impossible to talk about, as long as the yamen still supports the deed of sale, the so-called return of land, is a joke.

Shinong industry and commerce are good, slaves and advocates are cheap.

Cheap people are lowly from generation to generation, and they are not allowed to change their careers, they are not allowed to impersonate, and they cannot take the imperial examination, and they are not allowed to take the examination if they are not from the right background.

This is also Zhang Juzheng's next policy, the imperial court does not interfere too much, but only places equal identities on tenants and other people in the law, and let the invisible big hand to regulate the means of production and production relations.

In the second stage, the rent was reduced, and the imperial court imposed that the landlord should not exceed 25% of the land output for the number of tenants rented, and if it was exceeded, it would be punished.

It is also a part of the rent reduction stage, that is, the court uses a variety of means such as silver, ship guides, and tickets to buy land from the landlords, and then sells it to the people, and the land price is paid by the people who buy the land in ten years.

This is Zhang Juzheng's middle policy, the court does not take in vain, not in vain, with silver or other equivalents to replace the acres of land in the hands of the landlord, and then sell it to the people, and then the court through the way of additional levy, recover the land price, complete the land circulation.

This middle policy seems to be so perfect, but in fact, when it comes to implementation, it must be full of loopholes, whether it is a public sale or a ten-year payment of land prices, but if the luxury households and the local yamen collude, it will further become a tool for annexation.

This has Zhang Juzheng's best policy, Etian.

In the third stage, the land shall not have more than 100 acres of land under the name of anyone, otherwise it will be confiscated in vain, and the title deed after the white confiscation will be converted into official land, which will be used by the division to settle the displaced people, and the cadastral shall not be bought and sold, and the unit of li (110 households is one li) shall be collectively owned.

It seems to be the upper, middle and lower three strategies, but in fact, the three processes, combined with the actual situation of the Ming Dynasty, can achieve the second stage, and it is already possible to shout the blessing of the ancestors.

It is difficult to return to the field, Zhang Juzheng knows the difficulty very well, so he wrote nearly 10,000 words freely, and this is still his simple plan, not a specific practice, to the day of practice, there will only be more problems, Zhang Juzheng does not know whether he can do the second stage in his lifetime.

"Sir, great talent." Zhu Yijun put away the music and said sincerely.

Zhang Juzheng bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty Hongyi." ”

His content is not a new thing, in fact, it is a variant of Jia Rudao Guantian Law in the late Southern Song Dynasty, when the Southern Song Dynasty was in danger, Jia Rudao was too anxious, and made a lot of chicken feathers, Jia Rudao was killed by Zheng Huchen, the county lieutenant who escorted him, and four years later, the Southern Song Dynasty died.

In fact, Zhang Juzheng has been doing these things in the second year of Wanli, for example, the court of Wanli has agreed that the ship going to sea, a boat guide, will be exchanged for 10,000 acres of fertile land, and the lower field will be discounted by one-quarter, and the middle field will be discounted by one-half, and Songjiang Mansion has been redeemed, but the main purpose at the beginning was to supply the needs of the sailor.

Now Zhang Juzheng's new policy has a completely different purpose, and the content of this book is universal.

"Sir, I won't mention this matter today, is Mr. not going to go on this trick?" Zhu Yijun asked very seriously.

Zhang Juzheng bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty, Da Ming is already very good. ”

In Zhang Juzheng's view, there is no need to do that step, Daming Zhongxing has become a foregone conclusion, and if you do more, you will be wrong, in case it is really because of the implementation of the new policy, the Ming Dynasty will be torn apart, and that is not the situation that Zhang Juzheng wants to see.

"The most important thing right now is to eat!" Zhu Yijun stood up and said with a smile.

The world is big, and the dry rice is the biggest.

Zhu Yijun had lunch in the Quanchu Hall, returned to Tonghe Palace, went to the Beitucheng camp to parade military horses, sunset westward, Emperor Ming returned to Tonghe Palace, and received the Huangji Gate Song Shu sorted out by the eunuch of the celebrant and the eunuch.

Every year, Zhu Yijun has to meet with foreign officials, county officials, seniors and ordinary people before the Chinese New Year, from a few foreign officials in the first year of Wanli to nearly 1,000 people now.

These anecdotes helped Zhu Yijun understand the current situation of the Ming Dynasty.

In the past few days before the Chinese New Year, Zhu Yijun was not easy, he had to go to Daxing Nanhaizi to meet the family of the Marquis of Duntai, to inspect the Yongding woolen factory, and to meet the kiln workers at the Xishan Coal Bureau, and then to take the queen to the workhouse to check the poor coolies for the winter, which is a common practice.

On the twenty-first day of the lunar month, Zhu Yijun also went to the Da Sima Mansion, Tan Lun's state was getting worse and worse, Zhu Yijun waited for half an hour, and he could only leave without waiting for Tan Lun to wake up.

Tan Lun was waiting for the triumph of the Beijing camp, but the chief doctor said that it would be difficult for Tan Lun to survive this winter.

In the dead of night, Zhu Yijun opened Zhang Juzheng's "Returning to the Fields" and read it for a long time, Zhang Juzheng had no idea what kind of impact a thorough land movement would have on the Ming Dynasty, just like the distribution of the second volume of the class theory that he had not been able to write for a long time, so he did not play it.

But Zhang Juzheng felt that that was right, that was the direction, so he had been thinking about it, breaking the feudal production relations that had existed for thousands of years and releasing the productivity of tenants was no longer deviant, it was a great rebellion.

"Your Majesty, it's time to rest." Wang Yaozhuo walked in with a burst of fragrant wind, and said with a smile, his eyebrows and eyes were like water, and he was full of affection.

Wang Yaozhuo, the last hope of the Ming Emperor's harem, has never been so difficult to compete for favor with state affairs since ancient times.

"Nan Ya slave changed, they shouted out the shovel master and servant, rich and poor, I don't know if they can do it, but I know that Mr. This method of returning the land is okay." Zhu Yijun solemnly put away the song, he had already asked the eunuch to copy a few copies and send them to the courtiers.

The new policy of Wanli in the tenth year is to conduct a census of Dingkou, abolish the law of untouchable status, and return land.

Wang Yaozhuo can understand that her husband will always mention these things to her, Wang Yaozhuo never interferes in politics, but she knows very well that her husband is the lord of the world, and he cares about the people of Limin, is a corporal of etiquette, believes in rewards and punishments, and is diligent in government.

"Your Majesty thinks it should be done." Wang Yaozhuo exhaled like an orchid, and said in a low voice: "Husband, the lady learned some tricks from the old grandmother, show it to her husband." ”

"Oh?" Zhu Yijun raised his eyebrows, since the other party issued a PK application, Zhu Yijun had no reason to avoid the war.

On July 7, after Zhu Xuanshu was born, Wang Yaozhuo has been doing postpartum recovery, which is obviously recovering.

Early the next morning, Zhu Yijun woke up on time from his sleep, looked at Wang Yaozhuo, who was tired, and left lightly.

Wang Yaozhuo knew in a daze that her husband was gone, and the big stove beside her suddenly disappeared, of course she could feel it, she was so tired that she couldn't open her eyes, couldn't break free from the seal of the quilt, and fell asleep again, just holding Zhu Yijun's pillow in her arms.

"Mang Yinglong died, Donghu civil strife, I have a division in Yunnan, we should take more precautions, wait for the day, Mang Yingli despises me for a long time, and will not attack until the battle in the Strait of Malacca is over." Zeng Xingwu, the secretary of the military department, first talked about the events before the New Year.

Only by advancing by sea can Donghu's will to resist be completely eliminated, which was already determined by Tan Lun when he was there.

When Mang Yinglong was there, Mang Yingli made many contemptuous remarks about the Ming Dynasty, such as often saying to the left and right: The Ming Dynasty is in internal and external difficulties, if one day I am the king, I will take this kind of nonsense lightly.

When Mang Yinglong was alive, he didn't dare to provoke Da Ming easily, but Mang Yingli really dared.

"The Governor's Offices of Nagasaki, Ryukyu, Luzon, and Old Port sent congratulatory watches to celebrate the New Year." The Ministry of Rites, Shangshu Wanshi and Lehehe, took out four copies of the notes, which were sent by the four governors' palaces, which can be regarded as an expression of deference.

Wan Shihe looked at the courtiers and explained with a smile: "The main thing is that there is good news from the old port, the Goa Governor's Mansion is in turmoil, and the Eagle Yang Marquis Zhang Yuanxun took advantage of its internal strife to march decisively, and the Twelve Villages of Lianke, now the Goa Governor's Mansion is in the Strait of Malacca, and there is only one Malacca city left, which is isolated and difficult to help. ”

"Good! All right. Zeng Xingwu's eyes lit up, and he looked at Kanyutu, Malacca City and the surrounding small fortresses are extremely difficult to overcome, Zhang Yuanxun's strategy is to flood the water, focus on attacking fortifications, and the castles that are easy to fight have already been pulled out, and the rest are the most difficult.

The Ming knew the importance of the Strait of Malacca, and the Goa Governor's Office also knew that the Governor of Goa and the Governor of Diu joined forces to repel the enemy.

The remaining 12 forts in this city are the most difficult bones to gnaw, and according to Zhang Yuanxun's plan, it will take at least three to six months to conquer the 12 forts of Malacca, and finally take the city of Malacca.

The infighting in the Goa Governor's Palace directly accelerated the process.

The reason for the infighting is that some people want to stay, and some want to leave.

The two-year-long war has caused great differences in the voices within the Goa Governor's Palace, the Ming Dynasty is extremely resolute in taking the Strait of Malacca, and Portugal and Spain are too far away to provide direct military support.

The Portuguese army and the enslavers who were gradually weakened in their will to resist, when food and fresh water began to become scarce, the differences were magnified little by little, and finally there was infighting.

This isolated city no longer affects the passage of Ming merchant ships to the sea, that is to say, the Ming Dynasty has completely controlled the Strait of Malacca.

"It's better to pull out this nail before we can use troops against Donghu." Zeng Xingwu looked at Kanyu Tu and said with a little pity.

There is such a nail nailed in the throat, and it is easy to use force, and life and death are unpredictable.

He was a young Sima from the Jingtang who entered the governor of Sichuan, and when he pacified the Nine Silks, he was extremely aware of the contradictions in the southwest direction, and it was the idea of Zeng Xingwu, the young Sima, to completely calm down and never suffer in the future.

Zeng Xingwu is a conservative.

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