Chapter 790: If a person does not marry, his passion will be lost; if he does not have food and clothing, the monarch and his ministers will rest
Xu Wei went to the memorial and discussed in detail the phenomenon he saw in Japan. The development between the towns and countryside in Japan has been completely unbalanced. It is not unbalanced, but completely unbalanced.
The over-concentration of Dingkou caused the Japanese country to lose the reservoir of countryside, and countryside could no longer provide enough population.
The reason why it is false prosperity is because there is not enough labor force to replenish the cities and towns.
Most of the people pouring into Osaka Bay port towns are young people, because the elderly and children do not have the ability to migrate, and Japan is a long and narrow country without any depth, which greatly reduces the difficulty of population migration.
The population gathered quickly, with more than three million people scattered in the ports along Osaka Bay, while there were only about five million people in the countryside.
After entering the prosperous coastal towns and witnessing the prosperity, these young people immediately began to pursue wealth through hard work or speculation.
Even if they gain wealth, they will not be satisfied. Instead, they begin to pursue fame, then noble status, and finally pursuit of glory after death.
But after all, only a few succeed. In fact, the vast majority of young people who came to the city to make a fortune failed at the first step and failed to make money.
No matter how ambitious you are, you are still in poverty.
The world is so cruel. The trend-setters of the times who stand in the center of the stage are, after all, a minority among the minority. Most people have tried every means, good and bad, right and wrong. All means have been used, but He has never been able to stand up, he has always been a poor coolie, and he lives in anxiety all day long.
At present, there is no shortage of women in the coastal port towns of Osaka Bay, because the population siphon has brought a large number of young people here.
Originally, the life trajectory of the Japanese girls in these towns was to find a poor coolie to marry, live together, have a few children, and spend their lives in a muddle. Those prosperous worlds that were full of money and wealth did not belong to them after all. Own.
But because of false prosperity, these Japanese women have new choices, such as becoming wandering girls and serving wealthy people, such as going to sea to become Nanyang sisters to win a better life.
And the men in the town quickly accepted this fact, and the speed was staggering.
Because they soon discovered that it was not necessary to get married, nor to have children. They only needed a day or two of labor remuneration, and they could go to Youkuo, where wandering girls gathered, and have fun. Why did they need to get married and have children?
The reason why this happened was summarized by Xu Wei in his memorial as follows: living together and dying together, seeking pleasure even if they die.
Some people are born rich or poor, some are noble or lowly, some are talented and smart, some are stupid, some are born beautiful, and some are incompetent. They are all born differently, but everyone must die.
When a person is born, he will die, ten years will be death, and a hundred years will be death. To become a benevolent person will die, to become a bad person, and to become a mediocre person will die.
Since they are all going to die, these poor coolies who live a poor, stupid, and ugly life, after seeing too much prosperity, they can't help but think: Why do they have to have more children and let their children continue to be poor, stupid, and ugly? ?
When people discover that they only need to throw away the responsibilities assigned by their upbringing, they will become happy, because the money they earn can be used for their own expenses, and they can enjoy themselves in time, even if they risk their lives to enjoy themselves. This has become the main trend of thought in these towns.
The trend of thinking that puts survival and enjoyment first based on value comparison is spreading, and a de-responsibility society is generally taking shape.
Oda Nobunaga worked hard. He ordered a ban on wandering girls and arcades. He hoped that through this method, the poor coolies would work harder in exchange for more labor remuneration, start a family, and have children, thereby preventing the overall collapse of the Japanese country. collapse.
But Oda Nobunaga failed, and the arcade was indeed closed, but soon there were private kilns in the streets and alleys. As long as a red lantern was hung in front of the door, everyone immediately understood what the place was about.
Oda Nobunaga could only acquiesce in the existence of verandas in these towns.
In the towns of the Japanese country, something happened that had happened for more than three generations, that is: "If a person does not marry, half of his passion will be lost; if a person does not have food and clothing, the monarch and his ministers will die." ]
This sentence was said by Yang Zhu in the pre-Qin Dynasty. It is a saying that has been passed down for three generations. It means:
People's desires are disappearing. People are unwilling to marry or funeral, or even pursue fame, wealth, and status. All desires are diminishing. They no longer pursue gorgeous clothes, tall houses, and delicious and rich food. The way of kings and ministers begins. disappear.
It’s not that I don’t want to pursue it, it’s that I can’t get it when I ask for it.
"All things live and die together, and different things live and die together; ten years die, and a hundred years die; the benevolent and the saint die, and the ruthless and foolish die; vain fame, honor, and profit are not real; wishing for beauty and fame is like illusory dust; all saints and fools have rotten bones. The dream of prosperity;"
"Valuing oneself, rebirth and one's life. Without marriage, love will be lost, and without food and clothing, the king and his ministers will rest." Zhu Yijun finished reading Xu Wei's memorial.
This is Xu Wei's summary of the Japanese state. Xu Wei connected these things together, observed and thought, and finally came to the conclusion.
The most interesting thing is that Xu Wei gave the Japanese country a good prescription. In fact, the solution to the problem was very simple. It was closed to the outside world and extremely xenophobic.
As long as the country is closed to foreigners and is extremely xenophobic, these problems will slowly disappear and return to the previous version of chaos.
However, the Japanese country was really too close to the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty did not allow the Japanese country to close itself off, and dumped a large amount of goods to the Japanese country in exchange for silver. At the same time, it destroyed weak handicraft workshops and did not allow the Japanese country to roll back the version.
"Xu Wei's memorial is good, very good." Zhu Yijun took the memorial and said: "The development of urban and rural areas must not be unbalanced, and we must not waste food because of choking. To develop cities and towns, rural areas must also develop. Only in this way can there be a sufficient population."
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Feng Bao frowned and said: "Your Majesty, the Ming Dynasty is not a Japanese country. The Japanese country is long and narrow, so it doesn't take much effort for people to migrate to the coast."
The Ming Dynasty has depth. This is what Feng Bao believes is the advantage of the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty is really too big, the countryside is really too big, and the cost of people's migration is really too high. There is no need to worry about what happened in the Japanese country.
"The Ming Dynasty is building Chi Dao." Zhu Yijun shook his head and said: "Feng Daban, look at these big cities with Chi Dao, do they look like water pumps with countless tentacles, constantly extracting people and wealth from the countryside into the city. ”
"Yes, the Ming Dynasty is big enough, and there are enough Dingkou. If you let the big cities draw blood from the countryside, in less than thirty to fifty years, the Ming Dynasty will fall into the dilemma of the Japanese country."
Xu Wei's memorials repeatedly reminded that the problem of Japan was the imbalance of the countryside. Even though there were five million people in the countryside, these five million people were old people, children, and bachelors.
In this era, men were the labor force and began to create labor value at the age of five or six. Therefore, the phenomenon of female infanticide in the Japanese country was also very common. Coupled with war and unstable life, the number of women in the Japanese country was less than that of men, so women were extracted from the towns. Entering the city, the countryside is full of bachelors.
The biggest victims of war are neither men nor women, but civilians. The ability of poor coolies to withstand risks is minimal.
"Do you still remember the mouse paradise I made in Guanghan Palace?" Zhu Yijun looked at Feng Bao and asked: "Do you think it really won't happen in the Ming Dynasty?"
"Your Majesty, you are wise." Feng Bao thought for a moment and shuddered.
Everything that happened in the Japanese country and everything that happened in the mouse paradise of Guanghan Palace came true perfectly.
Those bachelors in the countryside are the lowest level of mouse paradise. They have no desire to reproduce.
The big names and wealthy businessmen in the city are just strong rats, and they attack other rats without any motive at all.
Breeding overflows from the top, and it has been fulfilled in Korea and Japan. What happened in Korea and Japan will also happen in the Ming Dynasty.
Xu Wei also mentioned in his memorial that a group of rentiers were forming in these coastal towns, that is, compradors who relied on the Ming Dynasty's policy of opening up the sea to bring various goods to the port.
In the beginning, these compradors were just errands hired by the Ming Dynasty. They usually maintained very good relations with the Ming Dynasty merchants who came to the Nagasaki Governor's Palace. They also understood Chinese, acted as a bridge for Sino-Japanese trade, and actively carried out trade activities.
But as time passed, the comprador group gradually grew and began to do business in partnership with Daming.
For example, the Akita copper mine in Japan was operated by the Japanese, and the Ming Dynasty was mainly responsible for management and export sales.
Xu Wei also lamented in his memorial that these compradors spent huge amounts of silver to buy various goods from the Ming Dynasty, transferred the most profits out of Japan, and crazily squeezed the local market and poor coolies.
These comprador lackeys even cooperated closely with the Ming Dynasty army. They struck hard at the Japanese famous names who wanted to break their monopoly. They sold all kinds of intelligence, provided hydrological and geographical maps, stirred up public opinion, etc., and resolutely cooperated with the Ming Dynasty army. Take action to consolidate your position.
These comprador lackeys relied on their economic status to continuously gain higher political positions. They even imitated the Ming Dynasty Jingtang and started miscellaneous newspapers to win over Japanese scholars.
In the end, the basic political correctness of "fighting against the Ming Dynasty means fighting against Wang Hua, rejecting advancement, and rejecting civilization" was established, shaping various public opinions that were not suitable for the Japanese country.
This was a situation that Xu Wei had not expected at all. Xu Wei, Sun Keyi and others asked themselves that they hated the Japanese country, and they hated the Japanese country so much that Nagasaki gave a heavy blow to the Japanese country. However, the performance of these Japanese compradors was that they hated the Japanese country even more than Xu Wei and others showed. !
In addition to military invasion, the economy, culture, and politics are all invading the Japanese country, and the latter three are completely completed by the Japanese people of the Japanese country.
"The Japanese country is killing the Japanese country." Zhu Yijun said with emotion.
The Ming Dynasty's opposition to the Ming Dynasty describes the divisions in the Ming Dynasty due to the different positions of various classes. However, this division is only the degree of opposition. Reconciling the contradictions between the various classes is to bridge the contradictions.
Borrowing the heads of virtuous and gentry people from their hometowns can very well relieve the grievances in the hearts of all the people.
But the Japanese people of the Japanese country went further. The Japanese country was killing the Japanese country. The Japanese country was heading towards its own destruction, and there was no sign of stopping.
"Put Xu Wei's memorial into the next chapter of the cabinet and let the cabinet ministers take a closer look." Zhu Yijun handed the memorial to Feng Bao.
"Oda Nobunaga's sister, Oda City, presented the Japanese credential on behalf of Japan, saying that Japan had formulated some wrong national policies and hoped to readjust the relationship with the Ming Dynasty and jointly end the war in Korea." Feng Bao submitted a This memorial is sparse.
Due to the intensification of internal conflicts, the Japanese country had to transfer the conflicts to the outside. It brazenly launched a war of aggression against North Korea and gained a huge advantage, almost swallowing up the entire North Korea.
After the Ming Dynasty sent troops to intervene, the Japanese state was defeated in Pyongyang, Kaesong, and Seoul. When the balance of victory was completely tilted towards the Ming Dynasty and the battlefield was completely unfavorable to the Japanese state, the Japanese state proposed peace.
The Japanese state recognized that China was the source of civilization, and the Japanese learned writing, administration, and religion from China, so the Japanese state was born.
The national policy was wrong. Oda Nobunaga admitted defeat and was willing to withdraw from the Korean battlefield in exchange for peace. At the same time, Oda Nobunaga's credential emphasized the long-standing relationship between the Ming Dynasty and Japan and promised not to repeat past wrong decisions.
Zhu Yijun picked up the memorial and said: "Oda Nobunaga, in his credential, talked about the origin of the Japanese people from the story of the Qin Dynasty alchemist who took boys and girls to the East China Sea to search for fairy mountains."
"I am very disgusted with this statement. For the Japanese, the Japanese will also think this is a very ridiculous thing."
"Of course, I cannot agree with this matter, because I cannot accept the so-called descendants of the Han people who have forgotten their ancestors."
"I cannot agree to all his requests."
Zhu Yijun gave a reply. Oda Nobunaga was indeed shameless. He directly identified the origin of the Japanese country as Xu Fu's eastward journey and told a narrative of good neighborliness and friendship within a strip of water.
Zhu Yijun directly denied this connection. Although he didn't use any curse words, his meaning was very clear. Don't mess with it! nausea!
"Interesting, the battle report received by Oda Nobunaga is probably not a real battle report." Zhu Yijun finished the annotation and said with a smile: "The front line concealed many facts, which made Oda Nobunaga think that the Korean battlefield was still in the stalemate stage, and that it was still a stalemate. A chip in exchange for something.”
"But the Korean battlefield is not a bargaining chip. It is a wound left by the imperial court deliberately to train new tactics and continue to bleed the Japanese pirates."
"And how can he interfere with free trade!"
The Korean battlefield in Oda Nobunaga's eyes should be a stalemate, so he thought it was a bargaining chip. This was shaped by the battle reports given to him by the front line. The front line is also somewhat unclear, thinking that this kind of back and forth is because the Ming army has no way to deal with the Japanese castle;
But Hideyoshi Hashiba knew very well from the beginning that the Ming army was sharpening its sword with Japanese pirates and was not using its full strength at all;
If you stand from a different perspective, you will look at the problem from a completely different perspective.
Oda Nobunaga hoped to withdraw his troops in exchange for Ming Dynasty's support for his decree, and hoped that the Nagasaki Governor's Office would formulate a ship navigation system to limit the number of Japanese ships to Nagasaki.
Oda Nobunaga formulated the charter of "one country, one city", which means that a country can only have one city. So there are so many port towns in Japan and the sea, which will be invalidated under this decree, and each place can only have one large port town. , In this way, the internal conflicts of the Japanese country can be alleviated.
In Oda Nobunaga's opinion, this is a good proposal, which is in line with the interests of the Ming Dynasty and the interests of Japan.
The Ming Dynasty gained North Korea, and the internal conflicts in the Japanese country were completely resolved. Cooperation would benefit both countries, and conflict would cause two harms.
But Oda Nobunaga's order interfered with free trade, which was something the Ming Dynasty would never allow.
Zhu Yijun and the court officials of the Ming Dynasty did not want to change the situation of the Korean War in a short period of time, so Oda Nobunaga's letter of credence requesting peace received a clear response.
The four assistant ministers also posted floating votes, believing that the opinions of the front line should be listened to more on frontline matters. Ling Yunyi and Qi Jiguang did not call for a halt, and there was no need for the court to call for a halt.
Especially on the premise that Ming Dynasty no longer has to transport too much grain and grass to the front line, this battle is indeed the most economical battle for Ming Dynasty.
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"Your Majesty, Wang Qian is here." A small yellow doorman walked in, bowed his head and said.
"Xuan."
"I pay homage to your Majesty. Long live your Majesty. Long live your Majesty." Wang Qian greeted him respectfully. The purpose of this meeting was because the emperor wanted to hold Yanxing Tower Trading Company accountable.
Zhu Yijun said with a solemn expression: "No courtesy, I have heard some bad rumors recently, saying that you, Wang Qian, Wang Yushi, are very powerful. You tell people everywhere that you want to eat blood chips, but you are doing it in front of me. Mian’er, say what you said again.”
"I obey the order." Wang Qian stood up straight, the humility on his face disappeared, and he became a bit arrogant, with a look of disdain.
"This Yanxinglou trading house eats people. What is cannibalism? You come in with your hard-earned money and you can't take away a cent. It's impossible to make money. If I let you make money, then I will make money." What?”
"In Yanxing Tower, I am the biggest bookmaker!"
"I only need to give an order, and everyone will start to smash down hard. If you smash 10%, you will feel pain. If 20% is smashed, you will feel panic. If 30% is smashed, you will hand it over tremblingly. The only chips left.”
"You think you are not afraid? If you don't want to hand it over, I will continue to smash it until you are willing to hand it over!"
"When you see that the valuable notes in your hand are depreciating every day, you will naturally be afraid of losing your entire family and being afraid of bank debt collection. In the end, you can only reluctantly cut yourself off and leave, or simply jump from Yanxing Tower into the Tonghui River. Here, one death will lead to a hundred deaths.”
"How much money do you have if you fight with me? You deserve it!"
"Do you know who I am! Wang Qian, son of Wang Cifu!"
"Once again, if you don't have tens of thousands of silver to spare, don't come in. This is not the place you should come."
After Wang Qian finished speaking, he put away his arrogant expression, bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty, my performance is over."
"Why do you say that?" Zhu Yijun asked with a frown: "In the past few days, the Wenyuan Pavilion has been filled with memorials from the Yushi Yanguan scolding you, including scolding your father."
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"If you scold well, you deserve to be scolded. These words I said are just for people to scold." Wang Qian took a deep breath and said: "I recently discovered that some people go to banks to borrow money and come to Yanxinglou Trading House to gain huge wealth. ”
"This must not be the case. Da Situ has a saying that I deeply believe in. If you borrow money, you must pay it back, no matter what method you use."
"They borrowed money to enter Yanxinglou, and I can't let them make a penny. If they can make money without working hard, they will be in vain. The purpose of Yanxinglou Trading House is to let everyone be a shipowner. To collect gold, not for speculators to speculate.”
"People with debts have lower pressure-bearing capacity and tend to panic more. When the market falls sharply, they can only cut their losses and leave the market."
"Investment is investment, speculation is speculation, these are completely opposite concepts."
Wang Qian noticed a large number of people borrowing money to enter the market, so he chose to smash the market. When someone couldn't stand it and questioned him, he said those shocking words.
These words made the market even more panicked, and the market fell rapidly again.
"Your Majesty, Yanxing Tower is a game between crocodiles, who is more ruthless and ruthless. I hold ten million silver and seven hundred thousand taels of gold in my hand to make money for the court." Wang Qian said again.
He told His Majesty that he must first be responsible to His Majesty the Emperor. Those silver and gold have the emperor's sacred mandate. His power comes from the emperor. People will only be responsible for the source of power. Responsibility for the people is your Majesty's business. It does not matter. Come to him Wang Qian.
"I just asked you to collect gold at a fair price." Zhu Yijun said helplessly: "It's better for you. In three months, 10 million silver turned into 11.3 million silver, earning 1.3 million silver and 720,000 taels of gold. You became It became 810,000 taels.”
Wang Qian took a deep breath and said: "Your Majesty, 1.3 million silver and 93,600 taels of gold have been released. If you just want to collect savings at a fair price, you will definitely lose money. You can only make money to collect savings." , If you don’t make a profit, you will lose.”
Finance is different from other industries. It is a zero-sum game, not a win-win situation. There are only survivors and losers here. If you don’t want to be a loser, you can only be a survivor and put aside all conscience to make money, otherwise you will definitely lose.
They are all silver, which one is fair? Which one or two are evil?
Zhu Yijun kept tapping his fingers on the table, and after a long time, he said: "Okay, what you said makes sense. Some things become more and more chaotic the more I take care of them. I can only say that I respect the destiny of personal choice and respect objective laws. ”
Wang Qian wanted to take the route of independent ministers, cruel officials and gathering sycophants. If he did not follow this route, he would not be able to gain the emperor's trust.
The Ming Emperor decided not to interfere too much. Power is never omnipotent. Too many administrative orders can easily undermine market stability.
The essence of the establishment of Yanxinglou Trading House is that the first purpose is to allow the rural gentry in the north to get a share of the maritime trade. Annual dividends are the only increment outside of the zero-sum game. In order to bridge the gap between the north and the south. Economic disparities and contradictions.
The second purpose was to deliver enough silver to various manufacturing industries. The earliest ship tickets were to provide enough orders for shipyards and become one of the shipowners of the five major ocean-going commercial banks. Later, they were to absorb silver for entities.
Only by understanding these two essences can we understand Wang Qian's approach. On the one hand, he needs to deliver missions to the emperor, and on the other hand, he needs to continue to inject blood into the manufacturing industry.
"Wang Qian, you have to pay attention to your own safety." Zhu Yijun sighed and said: "I will send you some cavalry to protect yourself."
The work Wang Qian did was equivalent to taking out all the dividends from the big ship arriving at the port, converting it into gold, and keeping it in internal funds. This job is a job that kills a thousand people. It would be strange if no one would hate him. .
"Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty." Wang Qian chose to accept it. He knew exactly what he was doing. He needed to save his family after his father died. Only Your Majesty could protect him, so he had to do it to the end.
The only thing Wang Qian is not worried about is that if he works for His Majesty, he will be dragged out and beheaded by His Majesty to use other people's heads to stabilize people's hearts.
Your Majesty is really kind to your own people. Of course, you must be a true member of your own family and be willing to contribute to the greatness of the Ming Dynasty again, rather than hollowing out the foundation.
"Your Majesty, the Ming Dynasty is in some danger now." Wang Qian said with a solemn expression: "Most of the Ming Dynasty officials in the court were taught by the Four Books and the Five Classics. The officials do not understand arithmetic or accounting."
"In the past, most people didn't understand this. Many business owners were deceived by the shopkeepers and accountants, but now, there are accountants from the Royal Institute of Technology in private shops."
Wang Qian saw the danger. Everyone was unprofessional, but private accounts would become more and more professional. The court could not recruit professional talents, so it would become less and less professional.
Now the tax collector Tiqi can bully the people, but in the future it is uncertain who will bully whom.
Zhu Yijun sighed and said: "I am also worried. Even if there is this Dongjiaominxiang Prison, those who are arrested will probably be relatively stupid and poor in academics. Those who are smart will probably go unpunished."
"And it's not just auditing, arithmetic, but also iron horses, chidao, mining, astronomy, etc. This is true. The people are booming, but the court is rigid and conservative. In the end, I am afraid that the court will be far behind the people."< br>
"When the imperial court becomes an obstacle to the progress of productive forces and changes in production relations, how long can the imperial court last?"
"Wang Qian, do you have any good suggestions?"
Wang Qian said tentatively in the interview: "The reason why the imperial court cannot compete with the people is actually due to two reasons. The salary is small and there is no hope of promotion. I will only be an official in the Ministry of Household Affairs in my whole life."
"People are arrogant because of their talents. Some talents will inevitably lead to arrogance. If you are an official all your life, you will definitely not be happy."
"Your Majesty, I have an idea that is not very mature. In fact, when you are an official, salary is not important. The main thing is power. Once you have power, you will not worry about money. It depends on your appetite."
"Can you give a student who is willing to serve the imperial court and performs well, a special status of Enke Jinshi, and then go to Yilun Hall, listen to the holy teachings, observe the government for two years, and then become an official?"
"Huh?" Zhu Yijun sat up straight and said, "Tell me in detail."
Wang Qian was able to pass the Jinshi examination, and he could also manipulate so many smart people in Yanxing Tower. His ability was no problem, but his moral character was a bit lacking. What he meant was that for the students of the Royal Institute of Technology, Open the ascending channel.
The advantage of the imperial court has never been money, but power.
Wang Qian said solemnly: "My father took it for granted. He said that he would cancel the preferential treatment of the rural sages and gentry. It's no wonder that Yuan Fu opposed him. He was too impatient. Such a decree cannot be implemented even after it is formulated. .”
"Your Majesty is sage and wise, so benevolent and wise that he can control all affairs in the world. He is so sincere and sincere that he can understand the feelings of the world. However, your power cannot spread over all the people in the world. Therefore, there are hundreds of mountains and four mountains inside, and there are state shepherds and princes outside. To rule the world.”
"The source of the preferential treatment from the rural gentry and the gentry is that all the senior officials are from the rural gentry and the gentry, which is part of the preferential treatment."
No matter how powerful and wise the emperor is, he is still a human being, so he governs the world together with hundreds of officials.
If Wang Chonggu wants to directly reduce the benefits of the rural gentry and gentry, the first people to oppose it must be the officials all over the world. If the decree is widely opposed, it will not be implemented.
To completely dismantle the preferential treatment of rural gentry and gentry, we need to dismantle the source. To put it more bluntly: if the imperial examination system cannot be abolished, the preferential treatment cannot be abolished.
Wang Qian said in a low voice: "Disciples who graduated from Kowloon University Hall are willing to serve the imperial court. By passing the examination, they will be awarded the special gift of Enke Jinshi. They will go to Yilun Hall and listen to the holy teachings and observe government for two years, and then they can become officials."
What Wang Qian means is to open up new channels for talent promotion.
Zhu Yijun sat up straight and said: "Don't tell others that this is your suggestion. I will push it. You can't handle it."
What Wang Qian wants to do is probably to open the gate of heaven with one order and shake the universe.
(End of chapter)