Chapter 454: If you don’t take it, you will be blamed
Wang Daokun, Wang Guangguang, Zhang Xueyan, Wan Shihe, and even Zhang Juzheng, they are all farmers in essence. They discussed the waste of silver and the use of assets Proliferation, the proposition of reducing silver waste, is also path dependence, the path dependence of converting money into assets.
The landowners in the Ming Dynasty loved annexing and buying land, and even Xu Jie was not immune to this. The method given by Wang Daokun was also to 'buy land', just like the landlords always liked to purchase land, the Ming Dynasty The rapid inflow of silver fixed the liquid assets, which was the buying ground for converting currency into assets.
For example, the silver dam and idling, in fact, there was a solution in the Song Dynasty, which was the 'green seedling method'. If the Ming version of the green seedling method is implemented, the silver dam can be quickly pierced and the silver can be transferred from the city to the city. Dredging the countryside can also solve the problem of idling. Under the high interest rate, Ming's silver will quickly precipitate under the green seedling method.
The only problem is that the Young Crops Law harmed the largest number of poor coolies in the Ming Dynasty.
Poor coolies have worked hard to create value with their own hands in exchange for the inflow of overseas silver. And the class that controls and can mobilize more social resources use their control of silver to provide high The interest, harvesting the poor coolies forms a closed loop. The poor coolies are stripped of their surplus value in production, and then are harshly harvested by the scissors of finance.
It is for this reason that Shen Shixing and Wang Daokun disdain the Songjiang School’s advocacy of freedom. From the heights Wang Daokun and Shen Shixing stand at, they deeply understand the basic logic of social operation. Money is never open to the poor. Money is one of the tools of poverty, but the Songjiang School believes that only money will be open to the poor.
This is a lie. They themselves know that they are lying, but they tell too many lies and they deceive themselves.
The methods of Zhang Juzheng and others are a bit stupid, a bit conservative, and even a bit like farmers. There are obviously easier ways, and financial methods are right in front of them, but they choose to take a detour and use the thinking of old farmers. Solve the silver problem encountered after opening the sea.
"Wang Cifu is busy with state affairs and family affairs, and the children at home are not worried." Wan Shihe suppressed a smile.
Wang Qian made some jokes. During the critical period when Wang Chonggu was being criticized verbally and written, this wealthy young man made a jealous joke in Taibai Tower. He sent a thousand flower baskets to a prostitute, and for a while it became a joke in the streets of the capital. It also made Wang Chonggu quite passive and unable to teach his children, which became another label on Wang Chonggu.
Failure to teach one's children in a good way is also a loss of personal ethics. For example, Yang Shiqi's son abused the countryside, which eventually led to Yang Shiqi being forced to become an official.
Wang Chonggu is old now and can no longer catch up with Wang Qian.
Wang Guoguang and Wang Daokun left together. When they left, they were still discussing words like auditing, commodities, exchange, and production. Wan Shi and Wang Daokun stayed alone. After getting off, he had a doubt that Zhang Juzheng needed to clear up. This doubt was the relationship between Qi Jiguang and Zhang Juzheng.
Qi Jiguang will be ennobled soon, and His Majesty is very relieved, but there is a question that is difficult for the emperor to ask, and Wan Shi and the Minister of Rites need to come between them.
"Wen Zhang and Wu Qi can rise and rise, turn the tide before it falls, and support the building before it collapses. This is truly a blessing to the country." Wan Shihe's words were flattery, boasting about the two men's achievements. , What he said was not a boast, it was also true.
The two ministers have left, and Wan Shihe is left alone. Speaking like this, Zhang Juzheng naturally knows that there is something in his words. Wen Zhang and Wu Qi are indeed a blessing to the country, but it may also be a disaster to the country. , once civil and military forces join forces, where will His Majesty be placed? The social resources that the two people can now mobilize are enough to complete the change of dynasty.
Once the two ministers and the emperor were in conflict, it would be a disaster for Ming Dynasty. No matter who won, Ming Dynasty would lose.
Authority shakes the master, and misfortune comes.
Of course Zhang Juzheng understood the meaning of these words. He thought for a moment and said with a smile: "Uncle Da Zong is really worried too much. Ever since Qi Shuai returned the waist card of Quanchu Guild Hall, There is nothing worth worrying about. Indeed, in the eyes of outsiders, Qi Shuai and I have been supporting each other for more than 20 years. Can our friendship be severed by just a waist card? ”
"This is not only the concern of the eldest uncle, but also a concern that many people in the court dare not mention."
"Actually, it's just that we have different ways and we don't want to work together."
" Qi Shuai and Yuan Fudao are not in conflict with each other!" Wan Shihe looked at Zhang Juzheng blankly. This was the first time he heard that Zhang Juzheng and Qi Jiguang were at odds, and it was on the road.
"Yes." Zhang Juzheng said with a hint of sadness: "Actually, I lied."
"Oh? I would like to hear the details." Wan Shihe, the Minister of Rites, is a person who likes to have fun. !
In the eyes of outsiders, Zhang and Qi are one and the same, but it does not seem to be as monolithic as imagined. This unbreakable political alliance seems to have had differences, and they seem to be very serious.
Zhang Juzheng leaned on the back of his chair, his expression a little desolate and lost his former majesty. He looked at the beams and pillars of Wenchang Pavilion with some scattered eyes and shook his head and said: "Manpower will eventually be exhausted."
“I lied to Your Majesty, to the court, to the civil and military officials, and to the people of the world. I said that the Longqing peace talks were just for a short-term strike, to recuperate, to recharge my batteries, to try my best, and to plan for the future. To avenge blood, in fact, I know very well that the peace negotiation is the end, the peace negotiation is to completely turn the page and become the past."
Wan Shihe shook his head and said: "No, no, no, Yuan Fu Suo. The words were wrong, An Da Khan was captured, this is not a lie. "
You can't talk in vain. Ban Sheng City was defeated, and An Da was captured.
"This is sophistry. Even the world doesn't think I lied, but I know it myself. I just lied." Zhang Juzheng smiled and continued: "In the second year of Longqing, Qi Jiguang traveled from south to north. At that time, I met On his side, I told Qi Shuai that today's matter should be focused on resisting the enemy and not allowing thieves to enter. I told Qi Shuai that his task was to resist the enemy and not let the northern captives enter the pass. "Plundering is a great achievement."
"That was also the first time that Qi Shuai refuted my opinion. He said: We must fight with a short sword in the plains, and then the captives will be convinced." A long-term strategy is to strengthen the army and conquer the grasslands with a strong army."
"Later, he even stated more bluntly in "Military Training Regulations" that a strong army should be trained to clear the desert forever. , in order to maintain the stability of the two sides."
They must be connected with the plains and short blades! The prisoner couldn't bear it and then he was heartbroken!
This is Qi Jiguang’s ambition.
Zhang Juzheng explained the old story clearly. Zhang Juzheng and Qi Jiguang had fundamental differences in their decision-making against the Northern Lu. One advocated defense, and the other advocated using offense instead of defense. In the end, Qi Jiguang compromised. This Such differences on the road will cause great harm to both parties who are gay and have fun together.
“That’s it.” Wan Shihe understood completely.
Zhang Juzheng's expression finally turned painful. He rubbed his eyebrows and said, "I can actually make a couple of arguments for myself. For example, I can say that the Conquest of Ritual and Music came from the Emperor. I am the first assistant to make the decisions. This is a crime of arrogance. The late emperor is in hiding, and your majesty is young. As a minister of the country, I have exhausted my plans."
"This is also sophistry. In fact, I just don't dare, I am just afraid. , I just don’t dare to take military risks. What if I lose? After all, I have never won before. Cowardice is cowardice. There is no need to make other excuses.”
Li Chengliang’s victory over Gule Village in the second year of Wanli proved the Ming Dynasty. It is still possible for the army to fight outside the fortress and win. Before that, there was no practice to prove that the Ming Dynasty could defeat the Hulu outside the fortress. The Ming Dynasty had been losing before, and had been losing, and had been losing.
The general soldiers of Datong, Xuanfu, Jizhou, and Liaodong died one after another. The general soldiers were still like this, and the soldiers were nothing more than careless.
This is Zhang Juzheng's cowardice. As the chief minister of the empire, every decision he makes determines the safety of Ming Dynasty. He is afraid.
"I am not as brave as your Majesty." Zhang Juzheng gradually relaxed and said to Wan Shihe with a smile.
In the first year of Wanli, His Majesty took the trouble to knight Qi Shuai, and took advantage of Zhu Xizhong's death to bring a bloody memorial to the Quanchu Guild Hall, persuaded Zhang Juzheng to revive the military camp, and then transferred the Emperor's Sword and Jingying to the Guild Hall of Chu. It was completely handed over to Qi Jiguang. This was a big gamble and also the bravery of His Majesty.
Qi Jiguang immediately gave up being a lackey of the Quan Chu Guild Hall, and instead turned to the emperor. His sincere heart for the country was beating. As a strong general in the military field, he had great influence on the Ming Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty. The Beilu's judgment of the situation was extremely accurate. There was no great victory that could be remembered in the annals of history. They just resisted the enemy outside the wall and were just lingering.
On the grassland, the Ming Dynasty is gradually losing its prestige, and disobedience is already brewing outside the Great Wall. If one punch is not opened, hundreds of punches will come naturally!
When the emperor showed his perseverance in martial arts, when Zhu Yijun secretly attacked the courtiers and granted titles, when the emperor inquired about military affairs, when the emperor promised to fight and fight with iron horses, Qi Jiguang immediately seized this opportunity.
At first he was regarded as useless, and there was also some frustration in this regard. On the one hand, the responsibility given to him by the court was to defend the border, but he knew that only defending without attacking was useless, so he The training intensity of the northern frontier army is equivalent to that of the visiting soldiers, and they do not go out to fight, so what is the use of all the hard training?
Hulu soldiers and horses drink in the suburbs! The smell of killings can be heard in the city!
Then he asks for help with the threat of military force, and I respond with my poor plan, and accept the money smoothly and accept the alliance under the city. Isn’t it humiliating?
What a shame!
Qi Jiguang knew the basic logic of military affairs. The fundamental way is to make the opponent convinced and to make the enemy flee and not dare to invade. However, the Ming Dynasty at that time could not do it. Qi Jiguang was talented, but At that time, the Ming Dynasty could not do it in terms of military, politics, capital, wind and public opinion.
"Perhaps, in Qi Shuai's heart at that time, I was just a coward who was just trying to make a name for himself." Zhang Juzheng said with relief.
"Yuan Fu is belittling himself. Qi Shuai is a sensible person. He will not blame Yuan Fu if he knows that Yuan Fu has Yuan Fu's difficulties." Wan Shihe comforted Zhang Juzheng, and he was sure The question deep in my heart is that Zhang Juzheng and Qi Jiguang really parted ways, and even their conflicts and differences happened earlier than everyone expected.
Wan Shihe got the answer and left with satisfaction. He no longer had any worries about granting Qi Shuai a title.
But Zhang Juzheng sat in Wenyuan Pavilion for a long time, uncovering his scars. He didn't need courage. He didn't say what he said to Qi Jiguang in private, and Qi Jiguang wouldn't say it everywhere, but Zhang Juzheng knew After Wan Shihe's doubts were resolved, the scars were still revealed.
Your Majesty is more brave than Zhang Juzheng.
He actually knew very well that Qi Jiguang did not look down on him from the bottom of his heart and regarded him as a coward, but Zhang Juzheng looked down on himself. He actually knew that Qi Jiguang was right, but he just couldn't do it.
Everything is just right now, just right.
Zhang Juzheng hummed a little tune and played Ba Duan Jin. He was so tired that he was covered in sweat. After resting for a month, he learned this Ba Duan Jin. It was considered as a daily exercise. The smooth state affairs made him feel happy. He now sleeps as soon as he touches the pillow, instead of worrying about it in the past.
Zhu Yijun finally received a memorial jointly signed by the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Accounts, and the Chief Minister of the Cabinet. The content of the memorial is "Silver Waste", which systematically discusses the waste of silver and the solutions. Zhu Yijun strongly agrees with these solutions. , although troublesome, state affairs are never simple.
Commodities have two values, one is use value and the other is exchange value. These are the two elements of commodities, and labor contains two elements, concrete labor and abstract labor. The duality of labor determines In addition to the duality of commodities, there is a close internal connection, but this is not a one-to-one correspondence, a close connection and an independent relationship.
For example, some of the various technical books sold in Huangzhuang have extremely low use value. In terms of material, they are just a book and some ink. The price of a book ranges from 2,000 taels to 5,000 taels. , but the content of this technical book contains extremely rich abstract exchange value, which is worth the price.
The production diagram defines production, labor, and commodities in detail.
The silver of the Ming Dynasty was composed of the hard work of the hardworking people of the Ming Dynasty.
At first glance, the commodity is a simple and ordinary thing, but after a little deeper analysis, you will find that it is a weird thing full of subtleties and weirdness, because the labor itself can also be seen Doing is a commodity to be peddled. The boat master Shi Peng was called Shi Liu before he became a boat master. He only needed six cents to transport goods from the warehouse. In order to make one more transport trip, he would go back to the place where the goods were distributed. This was selling his labor.
The commodity nature of labor can only be expressed indirectly through commodity exchange, that is, only when labor is sold and labor remuneration is obtained, labor shows its commodity nature.
At this time, an inevitable social problem appeared before the case of Ming Ming Gong: commodities are the masters of everything.
Producers and poor coolies can transform their own, private labor into social labor only through the exchange of commodities.
Commodities will only be recognized by society when they are circulated and exchanged, demonstrating their use value and exchange value.
This is a major event that endangers ethics. For the Ming Gong in the court, this is unbelievable!
In the past, it was virtue that determined everything, that is, the abstract spiritual world, which was the master of all things; but now, after the emergence of works such as the theory of contradiction, the theory of production, the theory of public and private, and the theory of class, these theories They all seem to push the world in another direction, that is, material determines everything, that is, in the specific material world, commodities are the master.
However, these two completely opposite theories have become self-consistent under the theory of contradiction, just like the yin and yang fish in Tai Chi, where you are in me and you are in me, they complement each other and are in contradiction. In short, both metaphysical abstraction and metaphysical concreteness are important, regardless of priority.
Knowledge and action are consistent with conscience, and contradictions are solved one after another.
In order to study and understand the nature of commodities, Ming Dynasty had already conducted a full discussion. At this time, it naturally entered the discussion of currency.
The essence of money, the functions of money, the properties of money and the efficient conversion of current assets into fixed assets.
The financial and economic affairs of the world are kept, fixed, and flowing, just like the changes in the four seasons, and the movement of heaven and earth, cycled over and over again. Heaven, earth and people, these three talents, Liu Guliu, these three wealth.
Retained assets are the basic necessities of life, fixed assets are the means of production, and current assets are the circulation and exchange of commodities.
At this time, the court officials were surprised to find that Bai Yin was almost omnipotent and terrifying.
As long as you own silver, this general equivalent, you can exchange it for any necessary clothing, food, housing, and transportation, and you can also obtain sufficient means of production, and silver itself is still a commodity that can be circulated and exchanged.
And the most terrifying thing is that silver itself seems to be a fixed asset, because it can directly obtain profits from lending! Production can be completely bypassed!
Thinking and discussing about Bai Yin even made Ming Ming Gong feel confused. The newly constructed theory that production and productivity determine everything, and material determines everything, collapsed in front of Bai Yin.
Silver, or currency, is terrible, it is omnipotent.
This is where Wang Daokun is confused. It seems very complicated, but in fact it is not simple either.
Zhu Yijun was very aware of his doubts and confusion, but Wang Daokun was not clear about his problem at all.
When he didn't know what he was doubting, he got the answer he was looking for from the Songjiang School's theory of complete freedom. He understood the problem clearly. Silver is not a fixed asset, nor is it a permanent asset. Supply assets are not even current assets, they are general equivalents and commodities.
Lending interest is fundamentally a kind of class-based exploitation, that is, money never opens the door, or even a window, to the poor.
Those wealthy households, aristocratic families, pen editors, brokers and compradors of the Songjiang School who advocate complete freedom are completely dormant in front of money. Money is like a god in the real world, omnipotent, Songjiang The emergence of the school and the fact that it has gained countless fans now are actually reflections on the nature of silver. However, in the process of thinking, they gradually became slaves to money and completely succumbed to the power of money.
It has to be said that a creature like Ming Ming Gong is, in a sense, an extraordinary creature. Even if he doesn’t know what he is wondering about, even under the constant clamor of these money slaves, You can still find the answer to the question. This kind of non-confusion is the extraordinary power of Ming Gong.
But this kind of extraordinary ability is invisible, and the conditions required to express it are extremely demanding. If any of the conditions cannot be met, it will be hidden. It requires political coordination, the general trend, and expression. There are too many conditions required. More, just like the commodity nature of labor, it will only behave the same when it is exchanged.
“Old farmer thinking.” Zhu Yijun smiled and said to Feng Bao: “However, I very much agree with the ministers’ old farmer thinking. It is best for the Songjiang School not to recite sutras in front of me.”
< br>"Does Your Majesty want to refute them with reason?" Feng Bao asked with some doubts.
Zhu Yijun waved his hand and said with a smile: "No, I will fully recognize this doctrine. Since it is said to be complete freedom, then I will use my strong soldiers and horses to rob them all and accept them all. Isn’t it wonderful to have it?”
“What a wonderful world.”
“Huh?” Feng Bao’s expression was a little stunned and he immediately understood what His Majesty meant. When the imperial power, with the help of the complete liberals, completely breaks away from the constraints and shackles on its body, and has no taboos, I am afraid that these famous families who admire the complete liberals will be the first to be unlucky!
Big fish eat small fish, and small fish eat shrimps. Is it possible to expect big fish not to eat fish?
Feng Bao said sincerely: "Your Majesty understands freedom."
Under the feudal monarchy, especially in front of the emperor who has control of force, talking about complete freedom is the same as seeking death. What's the difference?
Zhu Yijun took out another memorial and read it for a long time. He looked at the signature with uncertainty and said dullly: "Do we Ming officials all like flipping sesame cakes so much?"
"This... the situation has changed." Feng Bao could only explain it this way.
This is a memorial written by the Officers and Soldiers Section of the Metropolitan Procuratorate to Zhang Dingsi during the incident. In this memorial, Zhang Dingsi and others loudly shouted that the Chi Road from the capital to Datong and from Datong to Hetao must be repaired. Cultivation is imminent. If you don’t practice, you won’t be able to do it. You can’t wait even a moment! The war is not over yet, we still need to repair it!
Before this, the officials of Ke Dao were the main force against Xiu Chi Dao. They were very taboo about King Hua of Suiyuan and even disagreed with the conquest. This aspect was due to the influence of actuarial wind.
Zhu Yijun calls this repeated behavior of opposing and now supporting the biscuits, just like the biscuits needing to be turned over in the stove. It is completely different from a boomerang to pull your own tongue. , Boomerang is when others use their own words to refute, while turning over sesame seeds is when you object to your own past remarks.
The reason why Kedao officials turned over Shaobing and this change occurred is because a large number of coal mines were discovered in Datong, Shanxi and Dongsheng County, north of Yulin, and they were open-pit coal mines that were extremely easy to mine. , on the northeastern edge of the Dongsheng County Basin, the structural outline of the coalfield is an uplift in the east and a depression in the west. It runs approximately north-south and slopes westward. It is a real coal mountain.
In Ma Gui's memorial, he called this coal mountain "inexhaustible". From the documents accompanying the army, the outline of this coal mountain was outlined using the triangle drawing method. .
Therefore, Kedao spokesperson immediately changed from opposing the construction of the Chi Road to the Loop to fully supporting it.
Fire, rice, oil and salt, the word firewood is the first, this firewood has always been profitable, this is not a mountain of coal, it is clearly a mountain of gold!
The Ming Dynasty actually lacked understanding of the Hetao area. The actual rule of the Hetao area can be traced back to the Sui and Tang Dynasties, with Shuofang County, Wuyuan County, and Yulin County.
"They want to repair it? I have no money, and I have no money in the national funds." Zhu Yijun reviewed the memorial, and the cabinet will study it in the next chapter. He shook his head and said: "They are really a group of guys who are blind to money. Repeatedly, it is simply There is no virtue at all. According to Zhang Dingsi, the people should be mobilized to cultivate Chidao now, immediately, and immediately."
"Recruit now, what are you going to do? To raise Chidao, you need to check the hydrology, survey the geography, and find a suitable road to build. It will take several months for the Ministry of Works alone to prepare. Chonggu Chidao has been proposed since Wang Chonggu. Construction started only half a year later, and it was still built in the Ming Dynasty's Gyeonggi Province to Shanhaiguan."
Zhu Yijun was well aware of the difficulty of the project, especially such a large project. Zhu Di built the official post road in Nuergandusi. It took fourteen years of cultivation, starting from the third year of Yongle, and it was not completed until the seventeenth year of Yongle.
The industrious scholars of the Ming Dynasty always put forward completely unrealistic goals without considering reality.
Meishan Mountain is certainly tempting. Dr. Gewu from the Royal Gewu Academy of the Ming Dynasty accompanied the army to map the hydrology and geography of the Hetao area. This Chi Road can only be built after the army's expedition is basically stable. Of course, Ma Gui has already placed a group of prisoners. , conducting preliminary mining and mine preparation at Dongsheng Open-pit Coal Mine.
"Your Majesty, Wang Cifu is here." Xiao Huangmen hurried in to report.
"Xuan."
"See, Your Majesty, it's a great thing, Your Majesty, it's a great thing! Coal, countless coal!" Wang Chonggu's eyes were shining, as Xishan Coal Bureau Wang Chonggu knew too well that Meishan = Jinshan, and he knew too well what this meant to the Ming Dynasty.
"No courtesy, I already know, don't be in a hurry, sit down and take your time." Zhu Yijun signaled Wang Chonggu to be calm and calm.
Zhu Yijun hesitated for a moment, shook his sleeves, and took out a Tang newspaper from his sleeve. This was the Tang newspaper of Dun Tai Yuanhou. Wang Chonggu was the second assistant and the Minister of Punishment, and he had no right to interfere with Dun. Information from Taiyuan Hou.
"Qi Shuai led his troops to march to Fengzhou and found a mountain of gold, silver and copper three hundred miles north of Yinshan Mountain." Zhu Yijun handed the Tangbao in his hand to Wang Chonggu, and at the same time motioned to Zhang Hong to get it. Something.
Wang Chonggu opened the memorial in his hand tremblingly, read it for a long time, and couldn't help but said: "Oh my god, is there really a Jinshan Mountain?"
The hinterland of the Ming Dynasty lacked copper, silver and little gold. Wang Chonggu was attracted by this Tang Bao was shocked to the extreme. According to what Tang Bao reported, this was really a golden mountain!
“This is the Woma Gold brought back by Duntai Yuanhou, about one pound or three taels. It is a piece of natural gold that Duntai Yuanhou discovered in the mountain stream when he heard that Wala was marching westward and was hiding from Wala’s scouts. The texture is impure." Zhu Yijun pulled open the red satin on the table, revealing the lying horse gold inside. This natural gold nugget looks like a lying horse, hence its name.
Marquis Yuan of this pier gave the gold nugget to Qi Jiguang, who hurriedly reported it back to the capital. That area was also named Womagang by Qi Jiguang.
Dr. Gewu who accompanied the army went to Xunlong to share the gold. He was looking for Miao Yin. He was called Xunlong, which was Dalong looking for mineral veins. He found that Womagang was not only gold, but also silver and copper. , there is a high-grade open-pit coal mine twenty miles away.
Wang Chonggu stood up suddenly, clenched his fists and said loudly: "Your Majesty, if God does not take it, you will be blamed! Your Majesty, issue an order to build the road!"
No It was strange that Wang Chonggu had such a violent reaction. When Zhu Yijun received the Tongbao, he was not much better than Wang Chonggu.
(The location of Womagang [today’s Oyu Tolgoi gold and copper mine])
(End of this chapter)