Chapter 486 A group of cowards who are far inferior to their predecessors
Zhu Yijun’s behavior did not arouse the opposition of Zhang Juzheng. Zhang Juzheng neither wrote a memorial to persuade benevolence and forgiveness, nor did he face the saint to persuade him in person. He knew very well what the Ming Emperor was doing. What, but did not stop it, the journey to the great road is a very beautiful long-cherished wish, but in practice, in order to achieve the goal, you need to do whatever it takes.
All things cannot grow without Yang, and Yin cannot grow without Yin. We should bear Yin and embrace Yang, and use Qi to think of harmony. This is Zhang Juzheng’s long-term struggle experience.
On March 23rd of the 10th year of Wanli, the Emperor of Ming Dynasty took his queen and eldest son to the Taifu's house to have dinner as usual, which caused a stir in Zhang Juzheng's Quanchu Guild Hall. Xiong Tingbi asked the emperor to set his monthly schedule. The visits gradually became a habit. If he didn't receive a reward every time, Xiong Tingbi doubted that His Majesty would be able to eat up the entire Chu Guild Hall, mainly because the emperor was traveling with too many people.
"Have you not started writing the third volume of Theory of Class, sir?" Zhu Yijun searched for a long time in Wenchang Pavilion, the study room of the Quanchu Guild Hall, but could not find the manuscript of the third volume, or he had not written it. Or it was hidden too well.
Zhang Juzheng said with a slight headache: "It's really gone."
The study was turned over. His Majesty, who has always been known for his stability, always looked like Qi making trouble in the Wenchang Pavilion. Just like the Great Sage, the world is turned upside down.
In the third volume, Zhang Juzheng really didn't write this time. He had already drawn the natural inference and chose to stop moving forward.
“I thought that Mr. Wu was not afraid of heaven and earth, and would not even dare to write an article.” Zhu Yijun knew very well that Zhang Juzheng’s theory of class should have five volumes, but he only wrote two volumes, and he could actually resist finishing the book. The temptation to say it is too restrained.
It's okay. When the time comes, Zhu Yijun will write it down and name it Zhang Juzheng.
Zhang Juzheng avoided talking about this issue and changed the topic: "Wang Cifu has been much quieter recently, but no one is making trouble for Wang Cifu to return to his hometown after becoming an official." , busy putting out fires everywhere." Zhu Yijun's smile was bright and sunny, and this iconic smile was as deceptive as ever. He stretched out five fingers and said in a very surprised tone: "You really don't know this until you see it. I was shocked to see that a seventh-grade supervisory censor actually raised five maids. ”
Five maids and seven children. This is what a seventh-grade supervisory censor can raise. Did you get up? The salary is obviously not affordable, but Ming officials have too many ways to realize their power, and these five outer chambers do not even need him to support them. Naturally, there are people to help, and the brokers active in the capital can always Accurately grasp needs.
There are really very few moral role models like Hai Rui.
When the demonic book spread throughout the capital, the official of the Department of Science and Technology completely ignored Wang Chonggu, and the principal wife began to make trouble. Although they had known each other for a long time, but they were picked on in the open, the principal wife had to In response, the outer chambers were also making trouble, and the Qingliu people were very anxious. During this period, Wang Chonggu lived a quiet life, and Zhu Yijun was also much quieter.
Zhu Yijun stretched out. Even Hai Rui had no good way to get these clear streams. The powerful people who gave these outer chambers did not make clear requirements when giving them away. The main purpose is to form a good relationship and then subtly influence the ministers. You say it is a collusion between officials and gentry, but there is no exchange of power and money, just gifts.
"Your Majesty, I am still cautious about the engineering regiment camp." Zhang Juzheng thought for a long time, but still could not convince himself.
Zhu Yijun thought for a while and said: "Sir, he saw the Dingkou of Songjiang Prefecture and insisted so much."
"Your Majesty is wise." Zhang Juzheng said sincerely, what he wanted to say was correct. It was the census of Dingkou in Songjiang Prefecture. Shen Shixing's census of Dingkou was overfulfilled. It was a template for governors and chief envoys all over the world on how to conduct a census and to what extent it should be carried out.
It was this detailed census list of Songjiang Prefecture that made Zhang Juzheng see the crisis.
"Your Majesty, there are as many as 930,000 children under the age of six in Songjiang Prefecture. Almost every household has children, ranging from one or two to three or four." Zhang Juzheng said what he saw.
In just ten years, Songjiang Prefecture has transformed from a coastal village to the current metropolis. This drastic change process can be regarded as a good observation object for the Ming Dynasty. Rapid urbanization has led to a population decline. With the rapid growth, the social structure will also change drastically, which makes Zhang Juzheng very worried.
"It is a beautiful thing to be able to give birth to a child who is willing to give birth and to be able to support him." Zhu Yijun said sincerely.
“With the increase of huge population, conflicts will definitely become more acute and break out in a concentrated manner, because hunger will definitely make everyone lose their rationality, and the behavior of people who lose their rationality is unknown and uncontrollable. ." Zhang Juzheng began to elaborate on his thoughts on governing the country.
This kind of thinking will be carried out every time the emperor visits. This is a direct communication between the monarch and the head of the officials. Zhu Yijun attaches great importance to this kind of thinking.
The current situation of the Ming Dynasty is: the strict Confucian class system and the new class system after the influx of large amounts of silver coexist at the same time; the small peasant economy and the commodity economy coexist at the same time; the right-wing and powerful families dominate power and The official system coexists at the same time; the Ming law and clan autonomy coexist at the same time;
These four coexistences will definitely lead to two core issues, that is, the land issue and the dominant position of the aristocratic family in power. Almost all The social and political crises of the dynasty were caused by these two core issues.
Census of Dingkou, abolition of lowly status, no longer recognizing bonds of sale, population agglomeration, and abundant commodities will increase the population of the Ming Dynasty to varying degrees. If the upper limit of land supply is exceeded, famine, civil unrest, and war will occur. Redistribution of means of production.
This is the reason why Zhang Juzheng opposed the engineering regiment camp. This dynamic collective production method will promote population agglomeration. In the Ming Dynasty, more and more cities will become million-dollar cities. By then, The population explosion is the beginning of chaos.
In just two generations and thirty years, Ming Dynasty will face this cruel problem.
There is an upper limit to the number of people that land can support. Economic and technological development must allow the upper limit to outpace population growth, so that unrest and civil unrest will not occur. This is Zhang Juzheng's thinking.
"In fact, there is no need to worry." Zhu Yijun said with certainty: "There is no need to worry about a problem that does not exist."
"Doesn't exist?" Zhang Juzheng frowned and leaned back on his chair on, and fell into thinking. This kind of problem cannot be solved by invisible hands, because it cannot be solved at all.
Zhu Yijun thought for a while and said: "This is a non-existent problem, because the surplus people in the current stage will become necessary people in the next stage, and the most important thing is, even if it has not developed to In the next stage, we can also solve this problem through development. "
"The world is so big, it can always accommodate it."
For the Ming Dynasty, the large population is. It is a great good thing that no matter how many times the population increases, there is still a way to solve the problem of food. This way is production, and this way is development.
We are currently in the Age of Discovery, and there is a wide overseas territory that can accommodate the surplus population of the Ming Dynasty.
This is why Zhu Yijun refuted Zhang Juzheng's idea as a non-existent problem.
The court must find ways to solve these problems instead of avoiding them.
"What Your Majesty said makes sense." Zhang Juzheng thought for a moment, but still chose to agree with His Majesty's idea. After Zhang Juzheng carefully considered the issue of population limit, under the current background of development, it does not exist. problem.
It will only exist unless the overall atmosphere once again promotes civil and military affairs, stops pioneering, and restricts the development of industry and commerce.
The growth of population has amplified the seriousness of problems in agriculture, countryside and farmers. However, it can also force the court to solve these problems. For example, the problems of clan autonomy and lynching controlled by rural gentry and gentry are among the people. After the ground contradiction is partially alleviated, you can try it.
Zhang Juzheng had a complicated expression. He thought that the Wanli New Deal could be declared to be temporarily over once the Wanli New Deal was implemented, and it would once again enter a spiral upward cycle. However, the result turned out to be far away. This was of course a good thing, but it was indeed extremely busy. .
The New Deal has no end at all, and there is no other side. It will be on the road for about a lifetime.
“These 6.15 million acres of land in Jiangxi are used as official land and are rented by tenants. They can only be withdrawn but cannot be bought or sold. More than 6 million acres of land is enough to support 100,000 households. There is land for the farmer. "Zhu Yijun talked about the land disposal plan that came out of the clearing this time.
"Is it in vain?" Zhang Juzheng's breath tightened. If this was a direct inspection, then Wang Chonggu's previous secret attempt at Chen Cang would have been in vain. The powerful right will immediately understand that the imperial court has the idea of returning the land. Conflicts will intensify immediately.
Zhu Yijun shook his head and said: "It's not in vain. Governor Wang Lin has finally found his way back. I don't want to cause trouble to Governor Wang. Of course, these 60,000 hectares were purchased at a fair price in silver. Of course, if not If I am willing to accept the court's purchase at a fair price, then I can only lose it in vain. Qingzhang is a national policy, and national policy means that everything must be compromised for Qingzhang. Since you dare to hide, you must be prepared to be punished, otherwise everyone will go against the national policy. Where is the majesty of the imperial court? "
Two times, not three times, this is the basic logic of Zhu Yijun's work.
This is the first time that the imperial court Qingzhang has given conditions. If they choose to go with the country, then the Zheshe households can still retain the cadastre, and the production materials are still theirs. The Zheshe households on the ground in Jiangxi have chosen to hide; buy at a low price, This is the second time that the court has given conditions, which is already very benevolent. If the Zheshe households in Jiangxi are still shameless, then Zhu Yijun will directly confiscate them.
The virtuous rural gentry in Jiangxi is understandable, because Pan Jixun killed the locust plague in all directions in Jiangxi, and the powerful people on the ground in Jiangxi knew that if they did not obey the court's orders, the court would really kill people.
"Indeed, land is a big issue, and a single move can affect the whole body, but Qingzhang's national policy is a road trip, and there is no room for failure." Zhu Yijun's move seems to be to restore the land, but the purpose is still to safeguard Qingzhang's new policy , If we don’t give enough punishment and prevent these hidden big households from losing their land, then it will soon increase from a single case to a massive number.
Will the Qingzhang of Ming Dynasty still be established? Is the new tax system still in place?
"Your Majesty is wise." Zhang Juzheng finally agreed with His Majesty's purchase of these six million acres of land in Jiangxi at an affordable price. He believed that the luxury households in Jiangxi could understand that it is better to cut off the flesh than to lose the head.
Zhang Juzheng said with some embarrassment: "The land in the south of the Yangtze River is extremely expensive in Huizhou. An acre is worth twenty or thirty taels. Today it is only five or six taels, and there are no buyers. Jiangxi has many mountains and narrow land. An acre of land costs sixty-five taels of silver. Where does this money come from? "
"It will be paid in ten years, and the average price is one tael per acre." Zhu Yijun said calmly, the price is natural. It was based on the old Hongwu price. Could it be that we still expected to buy it at the court market price? A fair price means a squeezed-out price. If the price is noisy, the price will be calculated using the 17-grain scale. If the price is still noisy, the price will be given in treasure notes.
In the first year of Wu, that is, the year before the first year of Hongwu, Qian Hegao, a powerful official in Songjiang Prefecture and Hu Yuan official, gathered more than 30,000 people to resist diplomatic relations, build city bricks, oppose land inspections, and oppose the Qing Dynasty. Zhu Yuanzhang sent Xu Da to suppress it. Xu Da killed Qian Hegao in Hengli, and then took over the powerful acres of land at a price of seventeen pounds of grain per mu or one tael of silver.
This is the basis for what Zhu Yijun said about parity. It is a method established by our ancestors. It is so fast to copy homework and solve problems.
Wan Shihe is extremely good at sprinkling water to wash the land. Since the big case of 6.15 million acres of land in Jiangxi broke out, Wan Shihe has been investigating old cases to see how to make the court look decent and the powerful rightists look good. A little bit, and he found it.
Throughout the thirty years of Hongwu, the successful mapping of the Fish Scale Book was related to Qian Hegao's experience this time. Qian Hegao used his own head to prove that Zhu Yuanzhang really killed someone.
But during the Jianwen period, the trend changed, and those who lived in Zsheshe immediately took advantage of the courage of the bear and began to play mergers and hiding again.
"Then let's discount the price by one silver." Zhang Juzheng approved the price. Emperor Zhu Yijun of the Ming Dynasty also killed people. If Yan Shenggong and his family in the Confucius Mansion of Yanzhou had followed the imperial court's order, Yan Shenggong would still be the Duke of the Ming Dynasty; if the Yang family of Xindu did not give in , following the orders of Qingzhang, it is still the home of poems, books, rituals, music and hairpins.
If you don’t give money, it’s nothing. This will indeed arouse widespread vigilance. But if you give money, even though it is less, these virtuous rural gentry are the first to violate the national policy and the king’s order. As a result, these idiots The donkey should kneel down on the ground and kowtow to the Holy Grace and shout for His Majesty's mercy.
Zhang Juzheng is now wary of the New Deal. The development of Ming Dynasty is becoming more and more dangerous, especially for the emperor. "The national funds are in deficit due to Suiyuan Chidao and Suiyuan Mining. Although the Great Situ and the Young Situ never mentioned it, there are still more than two million silver in the internal funds, which can be temporarily dismantled and used." Zhu Yijun Talking about the financial problems of the imperial court.
“It’s far from this point. Salaries and frontier army salaries can still be paid as usual.” Zhang Juzheng did not agree with this proposal. He said with great certainty: “There is money hidden inside and outside the country. There are rules for its use. For example, the gold flowers and grains are stored in the inner treasury, which is specially used by the emperor. The money and grain on the border of Beijing are stored in Taicang, which is specially used for the needs of the military and the state. "
"Your Majesty's money belongs to your Majesty, and it is national property. The financial deficit is only temporary. As long as Suiyuan Chidao and the mining industry make some achievements, the deficit will disappear and it will not be a problem. If it becomes unsustainable, the big Situ and the young Situ are not shameless people and will beg for their own money. "
Regarding the emperor's initiative to explode gold coins, Zhang Juzheng refuted it with his own rules. The emperor should keep the money for himself and spend it. He used fake ones for the wedding and used them twice. It was really a bit. Too shabby.
Your Majesty is shameless, and the courtiers still want it!
"Isn't it necessary to use the old inventory of silver?" Zhu Yijun said with a smile: "No interest is required."
Zhu Yijun does not intend to ask for interest on the money lent from domestic funds to national funds, Jun The national unity has not been dismantled until now, and it cannot be dismantled. It is left-hand and right-hand. The household department is living with a tight belt these days. There are many things that it wants to do but cannot do. This time it is necessary to buy land at a low price. In the first year There are only 600,000 taels of silver, but the Ministry of Accounts has to use the old inventory of silver. After recruiting tenants to rent fields, we can make ends meet.
Taicang warehouse is divided into two warehouses: outer warehouse and old warehouse.
Every year, the Ministry of Revenue will request a report to seal and deposit the million taels of silver number in the outer treasury in the old treasury. Every time the money is deposited, Wang Guoguang will personally keep an eye on it, and then wander around the old treasury for a long time. Only then will he leave with satisfaction. The number one miser in Ming Dynasty is the emperor, the number two miser is Wang Guoguang, and the number three miser is Zhang Xueyan.
Old Treasury Silver This is the capital of the Ming Dynasty. Silver began to be deposited in the third year of Wanli. By the tenth year of Wanli, the Old Treasury had deposited a total of 7.2 million silver coins. This cannot be moved as much as possible. Strategic Reserve.
Zhu Yijun said quite seriously: "Sir, debt is actually confidence."
"This is true for individuals and for countries and dynasties. For individuals, when their income expectations increase in the future, it will They can bear more debts. For example, the boat masters of the Maritime Academy are willing to owe the sixty silver for admission, because they know that they can afford to pay it back in the future. "
"For the country, old inventory. Silver is the most intuitive manifestation of confidence. As long as the old bank of silver is still there, everyone will have confidence in the country. Last year, it borrowed 10 million silver from the private sector. No one thought that the court could not cash it because there was only 7 million in the old bank. "Silver."
"Borrowing national funds does not mean borrowing money without repaying it."
Zhang Juzheng shook his head and said: "What your majesty said is true. It is true that borrowing national funds is confidence." The money has to be repaid, but the money borrowed from the country cannot be repaid, so this hole cannot be opened."
Zhang Juzheng is not worried about His Majesty, he is worried about the future.
Zhu Yijun smiled, understood Zhang Juzheng's concerns, waved his hand and said, "Then just follow what Mr. said."
The national funds can still be recycled, even if Jiangxi's deficit of 615,000 silver is added, it can still be recycled, but the emperor will never pay back the money he takes from the national funds.
Zhang Juzheng’s concerns are justified.
Because in the original historical line, in the tenth year of Wanli, Emperor Wanli made four dowry items: the wedding of King Lu, the birth of the emperor’s eldest daughter, the birthday of the Virgin Mary, and the wedding of the emperor’s sister Shouyang Princess Zhu Yao’e. For this reason, as much as two million silver was withdrawn from the national funds within three months.
Zhang Juzheng led the cabinet and the Ministry of Household Affairs to start a series of petitions, wanting to negotiate prices. In the second year of Longqing, Zhang Juzheng did it once. "Please stop taking out silver coins" finally talked about it from 300,000 to 300,000 yuan. Zhang Juzheng originally thought he could negotiate the price for one hundred thousand silver, but it aroused the resentment of the rebellious Emperor Wanli, and the conflict between the emperor and his ministers became fierce.
In the end, Zhang Juzheng lost because he was ill and could not stop the grown-up Emperor Wanli.
Zhang Juzheng died of illness in June of the tenth year of Wanli. In August of the tenth year of Wanli, Wang Guoguang was beaten as a traitor to the Jin Party. Two months later, Wang Guoguang was deposed as a citizen.
Emperor Wanli had grievances against Zhang Juzheng. Not giving him unlimited money was also one of his grievances.
Now, it's completely the other way around. Zhu Yijun had too much money to spend. Seeing the difficulty in the circulation of national funds, he was ready to borrow money. Zhang Juzheng retorted with the rules, and he was on guard against the emperor's excessive demands for selfish desires.
The spring breeze in March is just right, the hackberry tree on Jiuzhe Bridge has sprouted new buds, and the sweet potatoes by the pond are already quite lush. Zhu Yijun and Zhang Ju are in Wenchang Pavilion, discussing important matters of the dynasty. The eldest son of the emperor Zhu Changzhi chased Xiong Tingbi to play, and Xiong Tingbi was frightened. The eldest son of the emperor liked the waterside the most, and especially liked to let Xiong Tingbi shoot tailless arrows to catch fish. Every time he caught one, Zhu Changzhi cheered for joy.
The bookstore of Lin Fucheng, the leader of the Songjiang School, was blocked.
Mingyufang in Xicheng, where his bookshop is located, is the gathering place for Ming Dynasty miscellaneous newspapers. There are bookshops all over the street. Lin Fucheng's "Xiaoyao Yiwen" miscellaneous newspaper has recently become a sudden rise and has suddenly become the top miscellaneous newspaper. Naturally, it is surprising. I am jealous, especially after Minbao pioneered advertising profit, Xiaoyao Yiwen also has luxury households preparing to advertise on it.
The streets were full of people watching the fun, and there was a lot of discussion. Xiaoyao Hewen was widely opposed by Shilin. He was basically the emperor's lackey. How dare he say that he was a liberal? Are there any liberals who are the emperor’s lackeys? Liberals should be "the standard-bearers for openly challenging bureaucracy and autocracy." This was the expectation of all scholars for Lin Fucheng when he came to Beijing.
Lin Fucheng is so disappointing. He has fallen into the status of a lackey faster than the locals. The local poetry club and bookstore have been fighting with the imperial court for ten years. He is not a lackey yet. On the contrary, Lin Fucheng has not come to Beijing. Within a few months, I just fell off my knees.
Shilin students besieged Guangde Bookstore, making loud noises, and even prepared to rush in and smash the bookstore. The reason why they did not rush in was because the Qiaolou lookout found that the captain of the Wucheng Army and Horses Division was leading The school captains, Shuntian Fu Cheng and the government officials prevented any smashing or smashing.
Yi'ou, the Prime Minister of Shuntian Prefecture, said that if you quarrel, you can't quarrel, but you can't smash, smash, and rob. If you smash, smash, or rob, you will be punished by gathering and roaring, and you will be beaten with a hundred sticks. If you can't be beaten to death, you will be exiled to Suiyuan.
At the end of last year, the British Duke Zhang Rong, the high priest of the Ming Dynasty, passed away. As the eldest son, Zhang Yuangong, the honorary guard, was preparing to inherit the British Duke's title. At this time, Zhang Yuangong would never allow evil things to happen in his territory. Otherwise, if there is a problem with the dukedom of the successor country, Zhang Yuangong will have no place to cry.
"Wangfu Cheng, these scholars are nothing more than this. They are much worse than those in the Jiajing period. At that time, scholars even dared to attack the Huangji Gate and create trouble for the king." Zhang Yuangong looked at this group of scholars and was slightly puzzled. He said with disdain.
A group of cowards who are far less brave than their predecessors. This is Zhang Yuangong’s evaluation of today’s scholars.
“Anyone who has some ambition is either working as a prisoner or an official, or as a local official. Those gathered here are just a bunch of cheap scholars and cowardly people.” Shuntian Prefecture Prime Minister Yi'ou smiled. Then he said, a group of government officials and a dozen school captains intimidated the scholar-bureaucrats who were excited and clamoring to find Lin Fucheng to explain.
The Xunli system is a new promotion system under the examination law. It is completely different from the past appeasement of nepotism. As long as you have a little confidence in yourself, you can start working as an official by asking for a supervisor, so Jingtang Liu Most of the people who came down to waggle their lips and bluster their tongues were cheap Confucians.
"Since there's nothing wrong, why doesn't Wang Fucheng leave?" Zhang Yuangong asked doubtfully.
"I was watching the excitement, why didn't the British prince leave?" Wang Yi'e answered this question very honestly. It is human nature to watch the excitement.
Zhang Yuangong said very confidently: "I am also watching the fun."
Who is not a fun person? There is fun to watch, so naturally you want to see the result of this gathering. It means gathering together to discuss issues. This is allowed by the imperial court. It is forbidden by the imperial court to gather disciples to give lectures, especially for the purpose of making profit.
Talking about the fun, Wang Qian came to the front of Guangde Bookstore, surrounded by people from behind.
Wang Qian is also a fun-loving person. How could such fun be complete without Wang Qian? The Yanguan of Jingtang has now chosen to shut up and no longer dares to criticize Wang Chonggu. The demon book is really too scary.
"Everyone, why are you making noise in front of my door?" Lin Fucheng opened the door of his house, walked out, cupped his hands in all directions, and asked loudly.
"We are all scholars. Don't be disgraced. If you fight on the street, you will be fined fifty silver and given ten sticks. You will be sent to the Xishan Coal Bureau to mine coal for six months." When Wang Yi'e saw the victim coming out, he immediately shouted The rules were read out, and the quarrel was noisy. Fighting was not allowed. Fighting violated the laws of the Ming Dynasty. If you lost the fight, you were sent to Huimin Pharmacy. If you won the fight, you were arrested by the Yamen and fined, corporally punished, and forced to do corvee.
This is to mark the road. You can only make noises, but you can't use force if you can't say it.
"Xie Fu Cheng protected me." Lin Fucheng bowed his head and thanked Wang Yi'e for his protection. In fact, he could have arrested the person after the fight, so that Shuntian Mansion could also complete the exams and targets, but Wang Yi'e Not that way.
After Lin Fucheng thanked him, he straightened his waist and started to engage in verbal battles with other scholars. It's not like he had never done it before. Last time at Taibai Tower, he even beat sixty and didn't lose.
"Anyone, please come forward and have a chat with me!" Lin Fucheng put his hands behind his back, looking like a master. He, Lin Fucheng, can't be an official, so he can't quarrel with these cheap scholars! The most powerful thing about Lin Fucheng is this mouth.
"In your latest anecdote, you advocated that the imperial court minted money, saying, is the money minted by the imperial court enough?" A Confucian scholar immediately stood up and shouted loudly.
Lin Fucheng half raised his head, raised his brows, and asked with a smile: "Who is coming?"
"Jinshi in the eighth year of Wanli, Yang Tongshan!" Yang Tongshan replied loudly.
Lin Fucheng suddenly realized it and said with a smile: "It turns out to be Yang Tongshan. I really haven't known you for a long time."
"Hahaha!"
The crowd erupted. Laughter, this Lin Fucheng's style is really different from that of traditional Confucian scholars. He doesn't even say polite words. Come to think of it, he's just knocking on your door. Why are you so polite?
“Arrogant!” Yang Tongshan’s face turned red. This Lin Fucheng didn’t have the character of a scholar at all.
Lin Fucheng said loudly: "The reason why the imperial court does not mint enough money is because there is copper in Tongbao. How can you spend money on casting iron like you? Cheap money harms the people. The imperial court does not allow you to harm the people, but the imperial court does. Isn’t that right? According to you, people should use cheap money? People in Ming Dynasty should have the freedom to use big money!”
"You really like to ride on the heads of the poor coolies and be your superiors, and you don't even want to give the people the freedom to spend big money?"
Lin Fucheng stabbed his lungs. He was really not polite at all. The hypocritical face of the scholar was completely torn apart.
(End of this chapter)