At the beginning of February of the tenth year of Wanli, the second dragon raised its head, on this day, the Beijing division was full of firecrackers, although the fireman in the tower was spread around, and the firecrackers were not allowed to be set off, but the day of the opening was auspicious, it was always to be lively.

The firemen scolded the captains who watched the nine gates for being useless, and they couldn't even watch the firecrackers entering Kyoto, which made them burners.

These days, the Ministry of Industry has been troubled by the officials of the Science and Dao Dynasty, and even the king of Shuntianfu was also scolded, the smell of soot was serious enough, the smell of gunsmoke covered the sky and the sun, the visibility was only twenty steps, and the cyan gunpowder smoke covered the sky over the entire Beijing Division, and it was not completely dissipated until almost noon.

Today, is the official start of the wool factory on the day of the official start of work, the sixth day of the first month has actually been worked, the demand urges the craftsman to run, do not hurry up to start work, those waiting for the goods of the merchants, will be at the factory gate to scold the street.

However, it was not until the second day of the second month of February that the groundbreaking ceremony was held, because the opening bank was to be issued on this day.

After the negotiation of the Ministry of Works, the Ministry of Households, and the eunuch Cui Min, a sum of silver was to be issued to all the craftsmen.

Yongding Yongsheng two woolen factories, a total of 33,000 craftsmen, a total of 270,000 silver profits, this money, was originally Wang Chonggu their old Wang family dividends, and then the old Wang family did not want, this money, to be sent to the craftsman, that is to say, every craftsman of the woolen official factory, will be issued 8 Ming silver coins 100 Wanli Tongbao.

Starting silver, not only two woolen official factories have, but the entire official factory belonging to the Ministry of Industry of the Ming Dynasty, have this system, about 10% of the profits of the official factory, Xishan Coal Bureau is 7 silver 322 Wanli Tongbao per person, and the shipyard is 9 silver 637 Wanli Tongbao per person.

Xishan Coal Bureau is a pound of coal prices, the profit is relatively low, and the heavy asset investment is relatively large, while the shipyard's profits are higher and the investment is more, so last year it was less, and the shipyard's goods have the most added value, so even if it is more input, the dividend is the highest.

New Year, New Atmosphere, Wanli Ten Years, the tenth year of His Majesty's accession to the throne, the thrifty emperor once again burst the gold coins.

This is done entirely to mobilize the enthusiasm of production, the craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty have created countless profits for the Ming Dynasty's internal funds, and it is natural to take out a sum of silver, Zhu Yijun, Zhang Juzheng, Wang Chonggu, are not good people, the purpose of this move is just to spur the craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty to work harder.

Of course, this bad atmosphere has also been criticized by the powerful right, the labor remuneration of the official factory is rich, and at the same time as the payment is scheduled, the children still have schools to attend, and now even the working bank has changed from the standard one silver to profit dividends!

Zhu Yijun's car drove slowly to the Yongding woolen official factory, Zhu Yijun comes every year, so the craftsmen are a little used to this overly active Emperor His Majesty, His Majesty's figure is very common in Beijing, Mu Yu [zhì] wind, never shelter from the wind and dust.

Zhu Yijun got out of the car, and when he set off, Zhu Yijun asked Zhang Juzheng to get in the car and go with him, Zhang Juzheng was stunned and refused, and took the carriage of the imperial horse supervisor with the courtiers to Yongding woolen factory.

"The second volume of Mr.'s class theory, I finished reading it, it was really an enlightenment, and I suddenly opened up, and all the contents that I didn't understand in the past were understood." Zhu Yijun got out of the car and looked at the increasingly busy woolen official factory and said sincerely.

The reason why we want to share dividends is to mention the second volume of Zhang Juzheng's class theory - distribution, the content of this volume is really shocking, although Zhu Yijun did not burn the book, but he also did not open the seal, just gave a copy to the courtiers.

The appearance of the second volume made Zhu Yijun reaffirm his thoughts, Zhang Juzheng definitely has a lot of goods in his stomach! Pick it up and shake it, and you can definitely squeeze out a little more!

This is not an illusion, Zhang Juzheng even conceived the content and inferences of the fourth volume, but he really didn't dare to write it.

The content of the second volume, Zhang Ju starts from the "Book of Han": the farmer father and son exposed the middle field, did not avoid the cold and heat, and rubbed the soil, and the hands and feet were calloused. The grain rent has been paid, and the tax has been paid, and the township has asked for it privately, but it cannot be supplied, so the people abandon the original and chase the end, and the cultivator cannot be half.

The three mountains of grain rent (tenant rent of the landlord), Gao tax (tax of the imperial court), and private demand of the township (local exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes) were pressed on the heads of the people, and the people had to abandon their roots and pursue the end, and more than half of the acres of land were wasted.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the emperor and the court were all hunting in the fields, lazy with women, not eating grains, and not knowing the sufferings of the people, while the scholars and doctors were extravagant in the world and approaching the end, talking more than the acres of farming, the world was in danger and did not know, and they still took pleasure in approaching the end; This situation is even more erosive at the grassroots level, Fangjin County, the fields are long but not cultivated, the city is Yu but not real, although the poor people give the land, it is still cheap to sell it to Jia.

Zhang Juzheng used the content of "Book of Han" and "Treatise on Salt and Iron: Weitong" to talk about the problems of the Ming Dynasty.

This is the fundamental reason why Zhang Juzheng got four natural inferences, because the problem has existed since the Han Dynasty, and the dynasty has changed so many times, and in the Ming Dynasty, the problem is still the same, almost unchanged.

Growing up in the hands of women in the deep palace, the top layer who does not know the world and does not know the sufferings of the people, the threshold of luxury and hedonism is constantly rising, and the farmers who cannot cultivate with peace of mind, and the acres of land can only be sold to merchants at a low price, this is the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty and the last years of the Ming Dynasty.

Once admitting the fact that Daming has entered old age, many problems choose to face directly, but they are not so difficult, closing their eyes and covering their ears, shouting that I don't listen, I don't listen, and I can't solve any problems.

Zhang Juzheng believes that there is a problem with the distribution, and it is a very serious problem. Since the roar of Dazexiang, the civil unrest in all dynasties has never stopped, and the Confucian filial piety looks at this problem, that is, Diao Min is unwilling to keep to himself, and the king is crusading against and pacifying, but the second volume of class theory unveils this reality.

Is it the people's fault that the people have been in turmoil for generations?

Just like the father and son mentioned at the beginning of the second volume, they toiled in the fields all day long, and finally they were stripped by the three parties.

In this paragraph, Zhang Juzheng also cites the Han Dynasty Prime Minister Chao Cuo's book "Guarding the Border and Preparing the Fortress to Persuade Nongli Benshu", as early as the reign of Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty, Chao Cuo gave various methods to persuade Nongli Ben, but Chao Cuo's decree to cut down the feudal domain led to the Rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms, and Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty issued an order to cut Chao Cuo, so that Chao Cuo's performance was completely denied [Note 1].

"Sir, this second volume is well written." Zhu Yijun said again with affirmation, of course he read the natural inferences of the second volume.

But he didn't really care, or he became a puddled Louis XVI, guillotined by the agitated bourgeoisie; or was defeated by the upheaval of the displaced people, and hanged on the crooked neck tree in the back mountain;

As an emperor, if you don't even have the determination to break your bones, what kind of emperor is you?

Ming Wuzong Zhu Houzhao did not have this consciousness, he thought that politics could be compromised, politics could coexist, he thought that his enemy was only the little prince of the northern captives, completely ignoring the cruelty of political struggle and life and death, he thought that it was appeasement, he won the battle in Yingzhou, and from the moment he led the troops to fight, he was already the enemy of the scholar class.

He fell overboard, he fell ill and died, and he didn't even have descendants.

After Dao Ye succeeded to the throne, Jiajing's new policy in the first 20 years has never been revitalized.

Once the emperor has taken up the military power, there is only one way to go, and the holy will will will be dictatorial to the end, and there can only be one will in the whole world, that is, the emperor, and there is no way to retreat.

Since Zhu Yijun began to practice martial arts, this road has long been doomed.

Zhu Yijun compromised now, and the best outcome was also after Zhang Juzheng's death, he died violently, the crown prince Zhu Changzhi succeeded to the throne, the lord Shaoguo was suspicious, and he turned over the cake again.

"Fallacies confuse the public, and fallacies are just fallacies." Wang Chonggu flicked his sleeves and said angrily: "It's completely nonsense! ”

Wang Chonggu was very angry, he didn't want to get in the car at all, he just wanted to be his own powerful man quietly, and be his own luxury household, he was completely deceived by Zhang Juzheng to Wenhua Hall to say his thoughts, deceived into a thief ship, and now he can't get off if he wants to.

"Wang Cifu can be a minister." Zhang Juzheng was not annoyed, and went back angrily, he didn't want to do it, some people did it.

Wang Chonggu wanted to speak and stopped, and finally let out a heavy sound with his nostrils: "Hmph! ”

Wang Chonggu is reluctant to go, he must judge whether this is the only opportunity in this life, let himself get rid of the word traitor, become the minister of the Ming Dynasty, and then in the future, thousands of years later, when someone mentions it, he is recognized, not scolded as a disloyal, unfilial traitor.

This temptation is unbearable for any scholar.

"Haha." Zhu Yijun laughed, and he walked into the woolen official factory.

Today, the emperor has set a schedule to come, the entire woolen official factory is extremely clean, and even begonia flowers and peach blossoms are blooming to welcome the arrival of the emperor, Zhu Yijun is here to send money, and the dust in the cracks of the floor tiles has been cleaned up, for fear of dirtying His Majesty's shoes.

The dividend of 8 silver and 100 copper is comparable to a year's labor income, and the Ming craftsman is only 12 silver a year.

Zhu Yijun entered the woolen official factory, since it was a commencement ceremony, the emperor naturally wanted to symbolically ignite the steam engine, he threw the paper into the stove, the flame ignited the straw, under the weak wind of the blower, the flame of the straw was warm, ignited the firewood, the smoke from the firewood burning covered the coal, the coal was slightly red, and the bottom of the boiler began to heat.

With the smoke rolling, the steam engine in the plant began to roar, the noise of the new 7.5 horse steam engine is smaller than that of the three-horse steam engine, which is the result of the process improvement, the crankshaft drives the flywheel, the flywheel rotates rapidly to drive a group of gears, and the power is transmitted along the transmission shaft to the wool washing factory, and in the workshop, when heating, the turning wool finally changes from manual to mechanical.

The corners of Zhu Yijun's mouth twitched, he had just lit the ignition paper, even the coal was slightly red, and the steam engine began to operate!

Obviously, the high-pressure boiler connected to the steam engine is not this one in front of Zhu Yijun at all!

The emperor can understand Wang Chonggu's worries, the explosion of the high-pressure boiler of the steam engine is a very dangerous thing, the emperor really died in front of the boiler of the Maowei official factory, and the top and bottom of the Maowei official factory and the royal Gewuyuan all had to be buried by the emperor.

Even if there is a safe distance, Wang Chonggu still 'tricks' the emperor, just the meaning.

Zhu Yijun turned around and looked at the representatives of the woolen factory craftsmen who had changed into new clothes to welcome them.

"Send money!" Zhu Yijun waved his hand, didn't gossip, and directly asked the eunuchs, state eunuchs, and knights to start paying money.

If you say 10,000 sentences, it is better to send real money.

The emperor who does not play according to the routine makes the Ministry of Rites Shangshu Wanshi and a little helpless, he has tried his best to make the speech concise, and even most of them are colloquialisms, but His Majesty's posture of handing out money is as elegant as Shahmamaiti throwing silver bags for people to drink tea.

At least in the hearts of the craftsmen, His Majesty's action is very elegant.

Boxes of silver coins and boxes of Wanli Tongbao were carried to the officialdom, more than 100 scribes in the inner eunuch eye, began to distribute this year's dividends, dividends is a box, registered name can be received, according to the shift rotation to receive, craftsmen lined up in a long line, everything is so orderly.

The silver was given to the poor, not to create evil, at least no one in the Ming dukes present thought so, as for the accompanying court officials, no one could say for sure what they thought.

If this money is issued, the subjective initiative that erupts and the technological progress brought about by vitality will bring more and more surprises to the official factory.

Wang Chonggu said from the beginning that the main body of the official factory is the craftsman, before, the official factory was the New Year's silver and the start of the silver, which was a fixed silver coin, and now the craftsman dividends.

Zhu Yijun saw Liu Qiniang, who was going to open meat for the emperor, the original Oiran of Yanxinglou, who was later placed in Yongsheng Woolen Factory by Feng Bao, and now it is still charming, and the adopted child is half old.

Liu Qiniang is a weaver, and she has also become a female gentleman in the women's school because of her reading and literacy.

"Meet Your Majesty, Long live Your Majesty, long live Long live." Liu Qiniang bowed five times and kowtowed three times.

"No courtesy, Qi Niang's demeanor has not diminished back then." Zhu Yijun met with Liu Qiniang, she is one of the representatives of craftsmen, and she is one of the few people who is willing to tell the truth.

Liu Qiniang said with emotion: "Last time I told Your Majesty that there are gambling houses around the official factory, and this gambling house disappeared without a trace in a few days. ”

"All the hard-earned money was given to the gambling house, and it really shouldn't be." Zhu Yijun nodded and said, Liu Qiniang likes to tell the truth, and if there is any problem around the official factory, she will say it.

Liu Qiniang knew that the emperor didn't see her because she still had charm, but to understand the problems of the official factory, she said a little helplessly: "Now the area around the official factory is not a gambling house, it is all a green building, these green house girls, but they don't dare to open a gambling game in the building, but it is also a mess of things." ”

Zhu Yijun shook his head and said: "They are all self-lazy people, and I can't do anything about them, so I can only go farther." ”

The emperor is not omnipotent, Liu Qiniang is very aware of this fact, there are weavers who can't stand the hardship, or can't bear poverty, or envy the fireworks world, and after a year and a half, she went to Qinglou to be lazy.

Liu Qiniang is literate and literate.

She herself came out of the fireworks world and knew that this was indeed an unsolvable problem.

Of course, the imperial court can strictly prohibit it, but these prostitutes will turn into secret prostitutes, which is even more difficult to trace.

Color-eating is also the only way to go.

Zhu Yijun and Liu Qiniang learned about the changes in the official factory, especially the impact of the increase in the horsepower and scale of the steam engine, Liu Qiniang's rhetoric was not optimistic, and Wang Chonggu, the general office, had tried his best to reduce the number of weavers, but there were still 1,000 weavers who were eliminated.

An organization that cannot or loses its metabolic function on its own will inevitably lead to its eventual demise, from small families to small households, handicraft workshops, merchant gangs, and commercial houses, to large imperial courts and national dynasties.

But Qingtai still made Zhu Yijun worry about their lives, but fortunately, there are still people to go to now.

Liu Qiniang saw the emperor, it was with other craftsman representatives, obviously Liu Qiniang knew the emperor, and these craftsman representatives didn't dare to chew their tongues indiscriminately, the emperor just sent money, and he arranged the emperor's scandal, which was unreasonable.

His Majesty the Emperor finally finished meeting the representatives of the craftsmen, Wang Chonggu really breathed a long sigh of relief, obviously His Majesty was in a good mood, every time he met the inspection, Wang Chonggu was shocked, because Wang Chonggu didn't know which people the emperor would choose, and it was impossible for the official factory to have no problems at all, but fortunately, this time, it passed smoothly.

"It's still a little better when Wang Cifu was in charge, when Wang Cifu still received a red, and there were many fewer problems at that time." Zhu Yijun handed over some of the questions summarized by Zhang Hong to Wang Chonggu, and his face finally became a little ugly.

Zhu Yijun further said clearly: "There are really too many administrations of the official factory, all kinds of charge d'affaires, conference offices, and secretaries, and everyone can speak effectively, but the craftsmen don't use what they say?" When Wang Cifu was in charge, there was no such thing at all, who arranged the moths to come in? Find out all in one and eliminate it! ”

"Those who open gambling houses, they are all sent to Suiyuan to repair the road for five years, I want to see who dares to catch them."

If you want to talk about nepotism, Liu Qiniang is also a nepotism, but Liu Qiniang doesn't say anything about her work, and she also holds the position of a teacher.

There are a few more accidents in the factory, there are many idlers in the factory, and they don't work, and they keep pointing fingers, and the efficiency begins to be low.

There are even moths who dare to sneak around and set up gambling houses in the factory.

Liu Qiniang doesn't gamble, she doesn't know, the big boss is very clear about these things, who goes to work, his eyes are red, that is, he hasn't slept all night, and he is gambling on pai gow.

"Obey." Wang Chonggu bowed to the leader's order, and he has been in the Xishan Coal Bureau for more than a year, but he has ignored the woolen official factory.

However, His Majesty's meaning is very clear, and he is not to blame, long-term practice tells Zhu Yijun that the stall is big, and this is all something that will inevitably happen, and if there is a problem, solve the problem, not cover up the problem.

The official factory group building is the lifeblood of Wang Chonggu, and Wang Chonggu will naturally let these moths know to repent.

Zhu Yijun left with the courtiers, Wang Chonggu began to ask in person, I don't know if I don't ask, my face is black when I ask, and I am going to pay close attention to this personnel, in fact, it is very simple to do, refer to the official examination selection method, if you can't pass the exam, you can't transfer to the administration.

Wang Qian poured a cup of tea for his father, and said in a low voice: "Dad, all the silver for Baihuahua has been given..."

Wang Chonggu interrupted Wang Qian's words angrily, and said sharply: "Shut up, you." ”

"Dad, are we going to give up the Jin Party completely? Dad went to the Xishan Coal Bureau more times than he went to the Quanjin Hall. Wang Qian asked curtly, he hadn't read the second volume of class theory, and he didn't particularly understand the sudden dividends, but he gradually discovered that his father's foundation had changed.

Wang Chonggu leaned back in his chair and pondered for a long time before he said dejectedly: "The Jin Party has changed, and it died after the peace was negotiated more than ten years ago, in your eyes, those are uncles and uncles, but if you take a serious look, what you see is nothing more than the process of corpse decomposition." ”

"Is there a person doing things? No. If this continues, the Jin Party will eventually make itself useless and will eventually destroy itself. ”

"You know what? Zhang Juzheng saw that the Jin Party was already decaying more than ten years ago, and I only saw it when Qi Shuai attacked Bansheng. ”

In the original historical line, the Jin Party finally lost its own play, Zhang Siwei's counterattack counted Zhang Juzheng, returned to his hometown Ding died of a violent illness, the Jin Party tree fell and scattered, and there was no moment of cohesion.

Wang Qian's eyes widened, and he took a few breaths before nodding solemnly and said, "Dad is still dad, I can see clearly, I haven't eaten salt for so many years in vain." ”

Wang Chonggu told himself that he was not angry, and there was no one to replace him when he was angry, Wang Qian's unobstructed mouth, father's kindness and filial piety, Wang Chonggu had seen a lot and was used to it.

"Is it possible that Zhang Juzheng is not so powerful, but when Yang Dazai was looking for him, with the situation at the time, he was not allowed to take over the Jin Party?" Wang Qian mentioned an assumption that maybe Zhang Juzheng's gaze was not as powerful as Wang Chonggu thought.

"That's right, people who can watch for five years are already dragons and phoenixes among people." Wang Chonggu pondered carefully, it is true, Zhang Juzheng is powerful, but not so powerful.

Wang Qian asked flatteringly: "Dad, is there a new collection of speculative essays in the court recently?" Show me. ”

"Take it." Wang Chonggu took out the second volume of the class theory from his sleeve and handed it to Wang Qian, this book was not explicitly forbidden by the emperor to be circulated, in fact, it has been scattered in a small area, mainly because the Ministry of Rites is revising and decorating some inappropriate places.

What Wang Qian saw was the original version, which was written by Zhang Juzheng and Fang Xuan.

Wang Qian read the two paragraphs, immediately closed them, and felt that his heartbeat was speeding up, he took the book, stared at his eyes and asked, "Your Majesty didn't behead Yuanfu?!" ”

"Your Majesty likes to see it." Wang Chonggu spread his hands and said: "I said that this is a fallacy and heresy, and I said it in front of Your Majesty, but Your Majesty does not approve of it. ”

"Actually, if you look closely, it makes sense, isn't the contradiction about spears and shields? This civil unrest since ancient times is blindly blamed on the civil unrest, but Dad, think about it, why did Emperor Taizu Gao raise troops, isn't it that he can't survive? Wang Qian read two more paragraphs, and felt that what Zhang Juzheng said was quite reasonable.

Daming has this basis for discussion, because Emperor Taizu Gao's life is known to everyone in the world, and he has not even covered up the experience of begging for three years.

"Everyone can feel reasonable, but only our family can't feel reasonable!" Wang Chonggu was really angry, and said angrily.

His own family is powerful and right, and Wang Qian is the second broadest young man in Beijing!

Wang Qian decided to take it back and study it well, he remembered His Majesty standing in front of the boiler, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty is still wearing green clothes, it's been eight or nine years, not to mention, the green is still very good-looking, and the blue in the ready-to-wear store sells very well." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty is indeed frugal." Wang Chonggu nodded, very much recognized this, His Majesty has invested all the silver obtained from opening up sources and reducing expenditure over the years into the development of maritime affairs, and this time it is 10 million silver, which will be used to develop plantations overseas and increase the proportion of overseas official gardens and official fields.

The weather is getting colder, the drought in the north and the Qianshou are intensifying year after year, and a granary is needed.

"Did you do the skyrocketing price of the ship?" Wang Chonggu asked with slightly narrowed eyes.

Wang Qian waved his hand again and again and said: "No, my father won't let me make money, where do I dare to make this kind of money, there is absolutely no matter." ”

"Tell the truth!" As soon as Wang Chonggu saw Wang Qian's expression, he knew that he had a ghost in his heart, if the rebel son was really not contaminated with cause and effect at all, he would definitely complain that his father was lenient, and he was exactly the same as the faces of the village sages and gentlemen and cheap Confucians.

"Bought a little."

"How much? What little money is missing at home? "Wang Chonggu's fists are hard, worsted wool, ship tickets, King Lu's wedding pearls, and now it's a boat lead!

Wang Qian stretched out a finger and said, "Dad, it's not a little silver, it's crazy, really buy a little." ”

"Ten boat leads?" Wang Chonggu asked with a frown.

"A hundred." Wang Qian's voice was as low as a mosquito's call, faintly inaudible.

Wang Chonggu stood up abruptly and said in horror: "One hundred?! There are only 300 tickets in total, and you received 100 tickets?! Also, you're a big dealer! Where did you get the money? ”

"I earned it last time I poured pearls." Wang Qian was already preparing to escape, anyway, Wang Chonggu was too old to catch up with him.

Wang Chonggu waved his hand and said, "You just toss." ”

Wang Qian hurriedly said: "Dad, I'll sell it tomorrow, Dad, don't be angry." ”

"It's okay, wait until the peak season in April to sell it, this time the imperial court will build a maritime academy in the five hinterland cities, you donate a little of the profits, don't attract hatred." Wang Chonggu didn't care.

Speculating in the market, big fish eat small fish, Wang Qian did it this time to cooperate with the imperial court's decree.

"Huh? Dad, are you serious? Wang Qian asked blankly.

Wang Chonggu said lightly: "Well, really, you just flip upside down, the more you stir up, the better, use all your skills, the sky falls, I will give you all the top." ”

"Dad, don't scare me, I just want to experience the hard work of making money! Dad, I'll sell it tomorrow and donate all the money, I don't dare in the future, I really don't dare. Wang Qian was stunned, this is a little bit of a boat, can the sky fall?

"What if the sky falls? In this world, His Majesty has the final say! Wang Chonggu said in a low voice.

Wang Qian's eyes immediately lit up and asked, "Is this what Your Majesty means?" ”

"Yes, yes."

"Daddy, just look at it! Our new maritime academy in Daming, my Wang Qian has a round! Wang Qian immediately became energetic.

Wang Chonggu's father and son are typical authoritarian worshippers, they don't even believe in the laws of the Ming Dynasty, they believe what His Majesty says, and His Majesty keeps his promise and never breaks his word.

(End of chapter)