Chapter 381: Recovering from war and entering into a peaceful world!
Tongdao Zhu: "Your idea has merit, and I agree with it."
"The imperial court cannot always be so passive. Sometimes it is a good thing to be proactive. However, in this way, the requirements for officials will be much higher, and even the demand for officials will increase significantly. And if they are not understood properly, it will be very difficult. It’s easy to create confusion, and it’s not easy to do what you want.”
Xia Zhibai smiled slightly and said: "Where there is a will, things can happen."
"You haven't done it yet, how can you be so easily discouraged?"
"I do like to take the initiative, because only by taking the initiative can we better face anything in the world. If you are too passive, you will be restricted everywhere. The economy of the Ming Dynasty is now very sluggish and people's livelihood is in decline. Although the court intentionally carried out some controls and plans management, but for the whole world, it is still too passive.”
"It is not enough to stimulate the vitality of the world."
"Besides."
"Since the Song Dynasty, the taxation system of the world has been reformed again and again, but the Ming Dynasty has taken the road of retrogression. This is inappropriate. As a unified dynasty, it should control the world's financial power tyrannically and even domineeringly, thereby controlling the entire world. , and effectively regulate the world economy. ”
"Money can make money."
"And money can greatly affect social trends."
"The imperial court has money to improve the world's economy, boost people's morale, and make people's lives better. It can also form technological breakthroughs through independent regulation and control the flow of money, and then seek greater economic stimulation to make the world better. The economy has recovered and improved faster.”
"Relying on the spontaneous recovery of the people, this time is destined to be very long."
"People's livelihood is difficult."
"The Ming Dynasty was established in the flames of war. From the beginning, this brand-new empire and its subjects should have a clear goal. The Ming Dynasty should not and cannot compare with the ruined world during the war, but should look at it. Go higher, higher than the Han and Tang Dynasties, even far beyond.”
"If the officials of the Ming Dynasty still blindly compare with the late Yuan Dynasty, and even feel complacent about it, then these officials should not stay in the court."
"These people will also be a shame to the world!"
“If you don’t have the courage to climb mountains, don’t have the courage to see all the small mountains, and hang out in the court, they are just dawdling, occupying the latrine and not shitting. Such people seem to be conscientious, but in fact they are extremely harmful to the world, because they It will drag the entire world into a long post-war recovery and prevent it from entering the rapid development of the new era as soon as possible.”
"The destructive power of these people is amazing."
"To this day, I have always been curious about one thing."
"Has the Ming Dynasty recovered from the war? If not, then what exactly has the Ming Dynasty done in the past twenty years? So much so that the world has not fully recovered for so long, which takes an entire generation."
"When the world was settled, the people had houses and fields, but after so many years, the people's families have not improved much. They are still impoverished, and they have not even bought a decent piece of clothing. Should the officials of the Ming Dynasty reflect on this? .”
"What exactly have you done for the people in this position?"
"Even"
"I would also like to ask officials from the Ming Dynasty to personally go among the people to feel the enthusiasm of the people and see whether the people love and support these officials more, or criticize them more."
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"If there is."
“Then why has Ming Dynasty’s policy not changed in these years?”
"Why are we still following the same post-war reconstruction strategy? Are we really trying to succeed in everything we do?"
"Is it the ultimate goal of the court to let the people live as they have just emerged from the war?"
"There are so many officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs here today. You know the economic situation of Ming Dynasty better than I do, and you also know the actual situation of the place now. Twenty years of development, not to mention how many steps have been taken, should at least be stable and upward. Especially when we first got out of the war, there should be a lot of improvement.”
"If not."
"That only proves one thing." "There is something wrong with the current economic system of Ming Dynasty."
"And it's a big problem."
Xia Zhibai's voice, high-pitched and passionate, echoed in the East Palace.
The whole place was silent.
Zhu Tong, Yang Jing, Zhao Mian, Huang Zicheng and others all bowed their heads and remained silent, no one dared to respond.
As officials of the Ministry of Household Affairs, they are well aware of the situation of the accounts. The current situation of the Ming Dynasty has improved, but not much. Even if it were not for the last Guo Huan case, the court confiscated a large amount of family property, otherwise the economy of the court would have been The situation will still be very serious.
As for the reason, they dare not say.
The imperial court can only collect so much money every year. No matter how much money they make, no matter how much they save, it is difficult for a clever woman to make a living without rice. If there is no money, there is no money. Moreover, floods or droughts occur in places in the Ming Dynasty every now and then, and the imperial court's money is always there. It's so tight that I can't spare any extra time to do other things.
There is really nothing they can do.
Zhu Biao looked a little embarrassed. Everyone in the world knew about the problems with the Ming Dynasty's financial system, and who was responsible for the problem, but except for Xia Zhibai, no one dared to say it. As for the nineteen years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, has the world improved significantly? .
No!
Although Zhu Biao didn't want to admit this, it was indeed the case.
The current power of the imperial court is only enough to maintain the normal operation of the place. If it wants to promote more things, the current situation does not support it.
You can't do it, and you don't have the money.
In the face of some emergencies, the court would also impose additional taxes, which has improved somewhat in recent years. However, all of this was actually based on the confiscation of a large amount of family property, and this move directly led to the loss of many landlords in the world. , merchants broke their families.
But in the past, no one thought there was a problem.
Until Xia Zhibai pointed out the real reason.
From the emperors to the officials in the Ming Dynasty, the wars at the end of the Yuan Dynasty were used as a comparison object. The situation in the Ming Dynasty is definitely better than that then. After all, at that time, the war was chaotic and the people were displaced, and this became a problem. key.
Daming's vision is too low.
It was so low that Zhu Biao felt a little blushing and ashamed.
Xia Zhibai took a deep breath and added: "If compared with the war period, the Ming Dynasty can indeed be called a prosperous age, but if compared with the real prosperous age in history, the Ming Dynasty has only just escaped the suffering of the war, but now The Ming Dynasty makes people unable to see the hope and expectation of economic improvement and better life. ”
"The world is filled with two words from top to bottom."
“No money!!!”
"If the Ming Dynasty cannot solve the problem of lack of money, it will directly affect the Ming Dynasty."
"This is not alarmist, but a cruel reality."
"Maybe it's time for Ming Dynasty to change."
"Recover from the wars of the past and step into the real world of peace!"
(End of chapter)