Chapter 634 It’s what the Ming Emperor was used to
Wang Chonggu has made it clear and direct enough, that is, the reason why he can store six months’ labor remuneration for the craftsmen in the Ministry of Household Affairs is because this is Public money, as long as it is public money, is used like sand. It is equivalent to saying that in the cake of carving up large-scale construction, Wang Chonggu left a little bit for the poor coolies, and it was their own labor remuneration. .
The second thing is that the court has money to do this kind of thing.
The imperial court wants to use this method to restrain all the workshops and merchants in the world, and in the end it will only make the government decrees become useless.
"Two, metaphysical ideas and metaphysical practice, when contradictions and conflicts arise, practice is the most important. "Han Feizi" said: When the world is different, things will be different, and when things are different, be prepared for changes. This is why A saint, if you don't follow the ancient times, you can always break the law. This is the general outline of the reforms in the past." Wang Chonggu felt a headache when he looked at Hai Rui and Shen Li. These two real Qingliu were too troublesome to deal with.
Han Feizi said: The world has changed, and everything will change accordingly. Then we must be prepared to deal with such changes. We should not expect to completely follow the past practices, nor should we stick to the past practices. Routines are allowed to remain unchanged, but you have to be flexible in doing things.
Fake Taoism and fake Qingliu can be dealt with by just bringing out all kinds of black materials, but this kind of real Qingliu, idealists, can only find ways to persuade the other party.
Zhang Juzheng frowned and said: "I very much agree with Ci Fu's point of view. The method of always saving six months' remuneration is not suitable for generalization. It is not that it will not be recognized. I'm afraid this decree It will become a bad government like the Green Crops Law. The Green Crops Law has good intentions, but after it is implemented, it becomes a sharp knife for the people.” I am afraid that the powerful right will have to celebrate, because the powerful right can annex others like the autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves, and eventually form the monopoly they dream of, and then they can collect rent."
"In this world, the strong are the ones. The stronger, the weaker the weak, the rich get richer, and the poor get poorer. The laws enacted by the court also help the powerful to annex, and the final result is a stagnant water with no life left. "
If you only look at it from the perspective of the court, you will see the workshop owners and merchants in opposition to the court. However, the most terrifying part of this decree is the harm it will cause to small workshops. It can be done in one go. After completing the road of annexation, which is difficult to complete in two hundred years, I am afraid that I will laugh out of my dreams.
"What Yuan Fu said makes sense." When Hai Rui heard this, he immediately understood Zhang Juzheng's worries. The theory of contradiction told Hai Rui that nothing has only advantages and no disadvantages. Everything has two sides. See both sides thoroughly and weigh the pros and cons before making a decision.
Zhang Juzheng's New Deal, said to be complicated and intricate, but simple, actually consists of three words: suppression of mergers. His New Deal from beginning to end revolves around suppression of mergers. This is Zhang Juzheng's pursuit. .
Wang Chonggu immediately said: "Besides, there are official factories, and private houses do not dare to go too far. That is the process of wrestling between the government and the people. This is beneficial to both official factories and private houses. Official factories and officialdom, There are many problems in the officialdom, including the Xishan Coal Bureau and the official woolen factories. Only the private sector has enough vitality to curb the unrestricted rigidity, bloat and corruption of the official factories. "
" The market is very fair. If you cannot survive, you will be eliminated. To ensure the vitality of private factories is to ensure the vitality of official factories, and vice versa. "
The truth is easy to understand, starting from official factories. What is important is the dominant position. If the official factory has established a good pattern, then the private factories will naturally not dare to go too far. This is a mutual process.
"Then what are we going to do to enforce it? After the meat eaters and producers sign a labor contract, if the meat eaters don't enforce it, the court will have no control over it. I'm afraid this decree will be a piece of paper by then." Ministry of War Shangshu Zeng Shengwu raised his own questions.
This won’t work, and that won’t work either, so how can we restrain carnivores? Is it going around and around, or is it going back to relying on morality to restrain meat eaters? That's the same as having no constraints.
Wang Chonggu looked around and whispered: "Tax collection."
"Ah, it turns out we have to rely on tax collection!" Zeng Shengwu suddenly realized and looked at Wang Chonggu's approval. Said: "I have no objection."
"I don't have any objections anymore. I've already said that we're going to do a tax audit, so what else is there to say? The tax audit is good, very good." Hai Rui immediately agreed with Wang Chonggu's statement. It seems difficult to save six months' labor remuneration. There is widespread support, and there is a risk of mergers, but tax audits can really kill people.
You won’t be paid for your labor, right? The court has imposed a fine and arbitration, but you still deny it. Then don’t blame the Taxation Yuan for taking notice.
Hai Rui has had too many dealings with these powerful powerful people, and these powerful powerful people are definitely either not available or not given.
The tax collection cavalry of the Taxation Yuan is called a bull-headed and horse-faced horse, and the tax collection reminder of the Taxation Yuan is widely known as a reminder. Any wealthy family that has been issued with a collection of demand notices , even if you are immortal, you still have to shed your skin.
All tax audits by the Tax Inspection Institute must have a reminder. If there is a reminder, the reminder will be issued. If there is no reminder, there will be no reminder. However, anyone who does not hold a reminder to make a collection at will will be considered treason and will be in trouble. , the national code exists and will not be loaned.
This is the experience gained after constant trial and error when establishing a pilot tax office.
Behind every reminder note are countless informants reporting clues. The tax collectors took the Tiqi people to check the accounts and found out from the clues. In order to be worthy of their labor, the tax collectors Tax collectors will do everything they can to collect taxes.
Paying taxes is as inevitable as death.
His Majesty the Emperor who created the Taxation Yuan is really a genius!
“There are two ways to grow wealth, one is creation and the other is transfer, and they remain the same.” Great Situ Wang Guangguang said with great conviction: “Creating wealth is production, slash-and-burn farming. At that time, people could only collect and hunt. Later, people tamed crops and livestock and entered farming. Peaches can be picked in peach orchards without going to the wild and taking risks.”
"Transfer is plunder, which can be violent or reasonable. For example, the Ming Dynasty relied on strong productivity to obtain commodity advantages for many commodities, and then used these advantages to earn price differences through trade. This is reasonable, such as Taixi Relying on more tyrannical force to plunder the ground is violent.”
“The transfer of wealth is always a zero-growth game. If there is a winner, there will be a loser. There will be people who have less money. Therefore, the Ministry of Revenue believes that since we want to adjust the contradiction between meat eaters and producers regarding labor remuneration, we should focus on encouraging production, that is, creating wealth, rather than focusing on transferring wealth.”
"It is true that production is tiring and slow, while annexation, plundering, and expropriation are fast and easy. People are indolent, but this is the responsibility of the court."
Wang Guangguang meant a lot. It is clear that taxation is a means of transferring wealth. The decree issued by Wang Chonggu does not encourage production, only encourages transfer. The Ministry of Household Affairs does not particularly recognize this decree.
Wang Chonggu frowned, thought for a moment and asked: "What is the great advice of Master Situ?"
Wang Guangguang took out a memorial and said: "For those who refuse to use the excuse of business difficulties, If labor remuneration is not paid, and the tax inspection bureau determines that there is no executable property, the private workshop will be transferred to the collective ownership of craftsmen and apprentices, and compensation will be divided into shares based on length of service. For a period of two years, we will try our best to revitalize this private factory. "
"This is to encourage production."
Only the private factory coveted the official factory, but now it is the opposite, and the official factory is the opposite. Coveting Minfang! This made Zhu Yijun on the platform a little surprised. This means that if Kou can go, can I go too?
“Isn’t this just a house raid?” Wang Daokun, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, said in a daze: “If you don’t return to the government for nothing, I’m afraid you will be scolded for competing with the people for profit.”
"If we don't confiscate our homes, won't the imperial court be scolded for competing with the people for profit? Looking through the state records, we can see that the imperial court has been competing with the people for more than two hundred years. Where is the profit?" Wang Guoguang asked immediately.
When you are accused of rebelling, it is best if you are actually rebelling, or have the ability to rebel, then no one will dare to accuse you.
Wang Guoguang’s meaning was very clear. He was going to be scolded anyway, so he might as well do it boldly.
"It is said that it is a house raid, but it is not true, because it is not that everything went to the court in vain, but that everything was lost to all the craftsmen." Wang Guangguang said with a strange expression: "Didn't you notice? Now the government factories and private workshops In between, one goes up and one goes down, but there is no middle, and the private workshops owned by the craftsmen collective are the middle zone. "
The Ming Dynasty people like to compromise, but one side is the official factory and the other side is the private workshop. This lacks a compromise, and now the Ministry of Revenue is taking the lead in exploring a compromise between the government-owned economy, the private-owned economy, and the collective-owned economy.
“A production model in which producers jointly own the means of production. This exploration has actually begun in official factories. After all, craftsmen have the right to share part of the dividends, which can be realized with His Majesty’s reward.” Wang Guangguang Supplementary explanation of the situation.
Wang Guangguang had this idea, not out of thin air, but after seeing the practice of official factories. Xishan Coal Bureau and Woolen Official Factory will all distribute 30% of profits downwards, which is also a certain collective ownership. In the economy, craftsmen occupied certain means of production, and their experience was part of the means of production, and the Ming Emperor distributed dividends in the form of rewards.
Having the power to distribute dividends is a shareholder and one of the owners of the official factory.
“Confiscating the means of production is very suitable to be included in the guarantee of labor remuneration.” Wang Chonggu agreed with Wang Guoguang’s proposal. We have to explore the construction of the system anyway. It is better to start from these people who are unwilling to abide by the law and do not even want to The trend of remunerating people for their labor must begin right now.
"As for the guarantee of labor remuneration, it will be managed by the household houses of all levels of yamen for the time being. We will see whether special legal divisions are needed to implement it in the future. We will conduct a pilot project in Songjiang Prefecture for the time being." Zhu Yijun stamped the floating ticket, Speaking of the pilot place, it’s Songjiang Prefecture again.
The Ming court put pressure on Shen Shixing again. Songjiang Prefecture was the pioneer area of the Wanli Reform.
Hai Rui, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, took out a memorial with nearly a thousand words. Hai Rui summarized it into four points for him, and then summarized these four points into eight words: Horses are released in Nanshan, and literature and martial arts are promoted.
"This censor spoke eloquently and with nearly a thousand words, every word is precise and logical. What he said was very good and right. But what should I do if the enemy comes?" Zhu Yijun had no intention of letting the courtiers speak. First of all, I objected to this article.
The Ming Dynasty’s military expenditure is 12 million silver per year, of which the maintenance of the Jingying and Songjiang Navy exceeds 4.5 million silver. The Ming Dynasty’s military expenditure accounts for more than half of the imperial court’s annual revenue. Ma Fang Nanshan is A common topic, huge military expenditures made the court constrained in many matters, the most typical one being Xiuchidao.
Reduce the scale of the capital camp and navy, and collect taxes on the saved expenses, benefiting all people.
This censor is not a humble scholar. He means that the kiln workers and craftsmen are the best sources of soldiers, and the engineering regiments and battalions are also the best reserves. If we reduce the size of the Beijing camp and the navy, we can Increase the number of engineer regiment battalions from twelve to twenty-four or more to promote construction.
If there is a foreign enemy, you can deal with it with a little training.
The huge expense of training one elite soldier in the Beijing camp can be used to train ten engineers.
This is also a kind of revitalization, rather than disbanding the Beijing camp and the navy.
Zhu Yijun said sincerely: "Yes, the Ming Dynasty has now established the Nagasaki Governor's Palace, and the Japanese pirates have been stopped in the waters of Tsushima, Jeju Island, Nagasaki, and Ryukyu, and can no longer disturb the southeast of the Ming Dynasty. , the Ming Dynasty's Jingying camp defeated Tuman Khan and Ada Khan, and the north gradually became more stable. It seems that it is time to let the horses go to Nanshan, but once the Jingying camp and navy are gone, these crises will return. "< br>
“It’s okay to ignore this.”
No matter how reasonable it is, if the emperor vetoes this memorial, then this memorial cannot be discussed by the court.
"Mrs. Zhongshun, the chief envoy of Suiyuan, came to express his gratitude to His Majesty for sending the great medical officer to Guihua City. She expressed her flattery." Shen Li, the Minister of Rites, took out a memorial. The words above It was so gross that even Shen Li was embarrassed to pronounce it. The emperor was the Immortal Heaven, the emperor was the true god on earth, the emperor was the reborn benefactor of the prairie people, and the emperor was the parents of the prairie people. It could be summed up that His Majesty's kindness was not over yet.
The key is that even a stubborn official like Shen Li feels that what Mrs. Zhongshun said makes sense. The scholar-bureaucrats of the Ming Dynasty scolded the emperor every day, made insinuations, criticized mulberry trees and locust trees. The captives on the grassland were grateful to His Majesty and worshiped him as a god sincerely. It must be said that the wind and public opinion during the Wanli years were indeed magical.
A huge epidemic of smallpox broke out in Guihua City, and the great medical officer Pang Xian was like the Bodhisattva in myths and legends. Wherever he went, the plague would be cut off. And Pang Xian led a group of soldiers who were vaccinated with cowpox, and went into places where the plague was raging. These soldiers were as if they were blessed by God and would not be infected.
The huge smallpox outbreak in Guihua City was actually successfully extinguished under the leadership of Pang Xian.
Now the Lu people have an extra layer of mythological filter on the Ming Dynasty army. They really believe that these are the heavenly soldiers and generals sent by the reincarnation of Emperor Zhenwu.
This is the first time that the prairie people have defeated the raging smallpox, and for the first time they have gained hope at the hands of the disease. When the smallpox broke out, Sanniangzi was already devastated and even prepared to return home. Decades of hard work in preparing to transform the city and destroy it were ruined in one day, and all the savings were in vain.
Three years after the great epidemic, even if Guihua City is still there, it is only in name only.
"Physician Pang, who hangs the pot to help the world and relieves the people, hangs it upside down." Zhu Yijun wrote eight words in his own handwriting and asked Feng Bao to make a plaque and send it to Pang Xian's hometown, making it a glorious lintel in the physical sense.
There was a widespread vaccination method in the Ming Dynasty, but it was variola and was changed to cowpox. This was practiced by Pang Xian in Guihua City. He then conducted experiments in the Jieguyuan and even tried the medicine himself, and finally succeeded.
Without the Jiecuyuan, which His Majesty came to take charge of, there would be no cowpox method. This is indeed the emperor's kindness.
There are also horse bandits and wolf troubles on the grassland. The Emperor of Ming Dynasty sent a young man, Xiong Tingbi, to reach Yinshan with three arrows. This has become a story told by everyone on the grassland, and was affectionately called by the emperor. Xiong Da's younger brother did not disappoint the emperor. The soldiers of the Ming Dynasty were exterminating the wolves, using firecrackers, bows and arrows, swords, guns, swords and halberds. This greatly improved the production and living environment of the grassland.
All of this is the kindness of the Ming Emperor.
"Actually, I just want the gold, silver, copper, iron, coal and alkali from Womagang and Shengzhou." Zhu Yijun couldn't bear the extremely disgusting praise. He received too much scolding on weekdays, so that Zhu Yijun was accustomed to a mountain of critical memorials. Suddenly there was such a laudatory memorial, which naturally caused Zhu Yijun's discomfort.
Capture people? Within three generations, there would be no captives left, and the only people on the grassland would be the Ming people.
On the one hand, the Ming Dynasty implemented benevolent policies in the grasslands, and on the other hand, it was a raging King Kong. It never showed mercy to any traitors who alienated the relationship between the court and Suiyuan.
In fact, the emperor's decrees in the hinterland are the same. For example, the tiger hunting order is widespread in the North China Plain. Inspection departments in various places hunt and kill ferocious beasts in areas where tigers are in danger, and the bounties are also very generous. , after the court verifies it, the bounty will be cashed out.
Maybe it’s because the Confucians are too loud. These benevolent policies are quietly implemented and never become the headlines in newspapers.
The Ming Emperor preferred the hinterland because the cowpox method had not been applied on a large scale and there was insufficient practical experience. The vaccination in Guihua City was of an experimental nature.
The cabinet minister Wang Guoguang said very solemnly: "The Ministry of Household Affairs has proposed a tree planting method to reward those who plant trees in the capital hall. After the Jingzhe, the earth's Qi will be clear. After the Jingzhe, the tree species can be selected according to the earth's atmosphere. They may be sparse or dense. If the sparse is more than one plant, the dense The tree species can be planted in three to five steps. The tree species can be mixed according to the location, and they cannot be unified. It is better to plant trees into a forest, such as ritual and walking trees, etc., except for three years, every thousand. If less than ten plants die, there will be no need for discussion. If there are more than ten plants, the person will be demoted to one level. If there are more than fifty plants, he will be punished by imprisonment for six months. If there are more than one hundred plants, he will be fined one year. Demoted to three levels to see the effects, the minister in charge will be fined for one year. "
"If there is a major disaster, it will not be counted."
"Isn't this too strict? If ten out of a thousand plants die, will they be included in the examination?" Zhu Yijun said immediately. He first felt that the rules set by the Ministry of Household Affairs were too strict, and this was no longer a severe punishment.
This will basically lead to the death of all officials.
Zhu Yijun thought for a while and said: "Da Situ, I also plant land and trees. This kind of tree can live for seven years, which is good. Your requirements are too high, and replanting can only be done before and after the Waking of Insects. Once this order is issued, I am afraid that there will be complaints and it will not be possible. "
In the huge Wenhua Palace, there are twenty-seven courtiers. Only the emperor can farm the land, and only the emperor can plant trees. Zhu Yijun can empathize with it. After all, Before learning how to farm, he couldn't even grow pothos, a plant that can survive in water.
Wang Guoguang bowed his head and said: "So after three years is the time limit, you can replant if it dies. It takes three years to pass the test to give them time to replant."
"It means you can replant. This is also a severe punishment, and the crime is reduced by one level." Zhu Yijun was writing and drawing on the paper, and he was calculating the survival rate. In the end, he asked for the crime to be reduced by one level, that is, if more than 50 of the 1,000 plants dry up and die. You will face the problem of downgrade.
Wan Shihe hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, this is the ancestral law."
"In the 19th year of Yongle, Emperor Cheng Zuwen moved the capital to Beiya and planted the first cypress tree in the Imperial Ancestral Temple with his own hands. People around him protected it and irrigated it. Because of the effective care, the branches and leaves became the first among the cypresses in the Imperial Ancestral Temple. As a sacred tree, the tree-watering official is also called the sacred tree official. "
"Your Majesty, the tree planting laws during the Yongle period were much stricter than those enacted by Da Situ. It took three years to steal ten sticks and forty rods. "
Wan Shihe explained the ancestral law on tree planting during the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty. It started in about three years, and the maximum penalty was death. Depending on the amount of wood stolen, the punishments varied, such as chopping off hands and feet. Corporal punishment was also not uncommon.
Wang Guoguang mainly asked officials to pay attention to tree planting and encourage tree planting, not to control planting or watering.
When the capital was moved in the 19th year of Yongle, Emperor Cheng Zuwen began to encourage tree planting and imposed strict regulations on illegal harvesting. However, planting was not as much as cutting down. After all, after Beiya became the capital, the population began to increase. , the demand for firewood began to grow rapidly, and slowly it became a sleeping law. Laws that cannot be implemented will fall asleep.
Now Ming Dynasty can bring up old things again, mainly because Xishan Coal Bureau can provide 600 million kilograms of coal to the capital a year, and with the continuous expansion of production scale of Shengzhou Official Factory and Womagang Official Factory, This number will further increase, making it possible to plant trees.
"I see, but the crime is still reduced by one level." Zhu Yijun made a serious estimate and said: "You gentlemen do not plant land or trees. You don't know that these trees are actually not easy to survive. So, Let’s try it out in Jingtang and see the results first.”
Planting trees also requires craftsmanship. It’s not just about digging a hole and burying some soil. It also requires fertilizing and watering. It’s too harsh. If the desired effect cannot be achieved and an unachievable goal is set too high, the final result will be unachievable.
"I obey the order." Wang Guoguang saw that His Majesty still insisted and obeyed the order.
The court discussions are still going on, and the decision-making center of the Ming Dynasty is making various decisions in a pragmatic manner. Everything is in order. As the emperor grows up, his prestige is gradually established, and state affairs become orderly.
July is the season when typhoons form in the ocean east of Jilong Island. At the end of June, Taixi's sailboats set foot on the ocean currents, sailing along the North Pacific ocean currents toward the New World.
The fleet consists of a total of twenty-two five-masted ocean-going ships. Each ship is not fully loaded. This is to share the risks of shipping, and also because the poor sailing fleet carries silver and These twenty-two five-masted transoceanic ships could not be filled, and ten of them were delivered to Felipe II for launching a full-scale attack on England.
The flagship of the fleet, under the mast, was tied with a man. He was unkempt, his lips were chapped, his hands and feet were tied to the mast, and he was tied motionless in a strange posture.
The stars are dotted, and the moonlight shines on the blue waves. Under the moonlight, you can barely distinguish the appearance of this person. It is Li Ya, the special envoy of Taixi who has been in the Ming Dynasty for twelve years. In fact, Legas was put on trial without even returning to Thailand.
Marchus came under the mast with a kettle and two pieces of light cake.
"You said you had a good stay in the Ming Dynasty, so just stay there forever. You have to take a boat back to Taixi. Look, you have ended up in this situation." Marcus' tone was full of pity. He broke the cake apart little by little and fed it to Ligas. By the way, he also fed him some water mixed with Guojiao to rehydrate Ligas.
At sea, the most dangerous thing is dehydration. You cannot drink seawater. The more you drink, the thirstier you will become.
Liga Shi’s hands and feet were firmly tied to the bottom of the mast, unable to move, but he still finished eating the entire cake, then sighed heavily and said helplessly: “I’m alive. "
"It's my fault. Living in the Ming Dynasty for too long has made me a giant baby of the empire, so that I have forgotten how dangerous it is to criticize religion in the eyes of the Westerners. "< br>
Giant baby is a term used by Your Majesty to scold cheap Confucians. It means some terrible guys, really terrible people. They are old but not brainy. They are obviously adults, but their minds are like babies.
Legaz admitted his mistake and was tied to the mast. The reason was that among the books he brought back to Taixi was a series of books called "Happy Stories".
The most taboo article in Xiaoyao Anecdotes is the alienation of people by religion. In the Ming Dynasty, this was a topic that could be discussed casually, but in the West, even on ships, this was taboo. After all, everything is God's gift, and then you can be at ease with the violent plunder.
Legasi criticized the emperor's stinginess in his travel notes, and the emperor found out about it. The emperor didn't care, he just said that I was such a person, and removed Legaz from Beizhen Fusi. Released.
In the article "The Alienation of Religion on Human Beings" in Xiaoyaoyiwen, Legaz translated all of it into Latin. Not all adventurers on board were illiterate adventurers, but there were also literate envoys. When these envoys saw these When I wrote the book, I told everyone, which immediately made the sailors on the ship extremely angry.
"You are right, I was used to it by His Majesty." Marcus held his forehead and said: "I can't help it. It is true that the captain is the biggest at sea, but in the face of angry sailors, I can only Tie him to the mast. "
As a captain, this is the limit of what Marcus can do. It is a bit hard to give Legaz water and food, but at least he is still alive.
“When I return to Taixi, I will probably be burned at the stake.” Legas said very pessimistically.
"That's not necessarily the case." Marcus shook his head and said, "It would be better to go back to Taixi. Now there is a very popular sect in Taixi, called the Wisdom Sect, also called the Daming Sect. Their church is The Patriarch of the House of Wise Men is Xu Fan, the Portuguese Minister of State, the son of the murdered chief minister Xu Jie. "
The reason why Xu Fan wanted to build the House of Wise Men and the Ming Sect was actually for one reason. , the politics of Western Europe is still in the status politics, similar to the filial son during the period of promoting filial piety and integrity. In order to secure his position as minister of state, Xu Fan got himself the identity of the wise patriarch of the Ming sect, and spread the Ming sect eastwards with great momentum.
In Xu Fan’s words, fight fire with fire.
(End of chapter)