Chapter 693 Continue to develop until the end of the world
The craftsmen do not want their sons to continue to be craftsmen, because the work is really tiring. In the eyes of Confucian scholars, as long as the sons of craftsmen can read and be literate, They will definitely want to find an easier job to live in. If this continues, when most children are no longer willing to enter the workshop, Daming will lose its product advantage.
This logic makes sense and will definitely happen.
Each of these five methods is a desperate plan that should be used to liberate the family. But looking at this problem from the standpoint of the ruling class, it is easy to draw a conclusion that those five methods are indeed a plan. A good idea is to keep labor cheap, which is equivalent to maintaining Ming's huge production scale, and maintaining Ming's dominant position in commodities.
It can also significantly reduce the cost of official factories and obtain higher profits.
"What method?" Zhu Yijun asked Wang Chonggu curiously what Ming Gong thought of this.
"Your Majesty, just let the people have more children. You still have to study hard. As long as there are more children, the five methods mentioned in this newspaper will all be solved. All you need to do is strictly investigate the baby droppings. , Abandoned babies, if a family has five or six children, there will be a choice, and the official factories will never lack what they call cheap labor. "Wang Chonggu gave his own plan to eliminate the family.
Have more children. The five methods in this newsletter are all too direct. It is better to encourage childbirth.
Zhu Yijun thought carefully and looked at Wang Chonggu, his eyes became extremely complicated. This Ming Gong in the court is more poisonous than these opinion baskets. Each of these five methods is despised. Yes, it would damage the reputation of the court, but Wang Chonggu's method solved the matter without consuming the reputation of the court, and even had a good reputation.
There are three types of unfilial piety. In the environment where having no offspring is the most important thing, the court only needs a gentle push, which is enough.
"Wang Cifu, you!" Zhang Juzheng looked at Wang Chonggu in surprise, his face changed several times, and then he said sternly: "I regret letting you go!" In this case, we should take the opportunity to kill Wang Chonggu instead of leaving him alive. Wang Chonggu's suggestion is really a bit too cruel.
"Your Majesty, I think Wang Cifu's proposal is much stronger than the five suggestions." Hai Rui stood up and expressed his support for Wang Chonggu very clearly.
Hai Rui said with a solemn expression: "Your Majesty, we are opening up the sea right now, and the vast overseas land needs people; and if we have more children, we can select those who are talented in reading and become boat masters. Geotechnical master, accountant, doctor of the Five Classics. If you have too many children, you will force Ming Dynasty to continue to open up the sea. If you continue to guard the so-called two capitals and thirteen provinces of Ming Dynasty, you will starve to death if you can't afford it. When the situation arises, they will tie their heads to their belts and take risks.”
Hai Rui’s meaning is very clear. Only when there are more people can the New Deal continue to move forward. When opening up the sea, you can’t overturn the biscuits. Talents are born. Only with greater probability can we promote the development of productivity, enrich our materials, and make people free.
Zhang Juzheng flicked his sleeves and said loudly: "Hai Zongxian, if you do this, how can the poor coolies live a life of ample food and clothing!"
The more poor coolies there are, the more competition there will be. The more intense it becomes, the entire labor market will always be a buyer's market. Sellers will never have bargaining power. Poor coolies who sell their labor power will have to reduce their labor remuneration. If they cannot obtain fair labor remuneration, there will be no freedom.
"Yuanfu, the New Deal did not allow the people of Ming Dynasty to live a life of adequate food and clothing. As long as Ming Dynasty still has a widespread small-scale peasant economy, no one will have enough to eat." Hai Rui took a deep breath and replied After the North Korea, he had been avoiding conflicts with Zhang Juzheng, but this time they finally bumped into each other.
The commodity economy of large-scale free employment, fair labor remuneration for craftsmen, and adequate food and clothing for most people are an impossible triangle. You can only get two of them, but not the third. You must know that among the poor coolies, craftsmen After all, they are a minority, and there are still farmers who make up the majority.
The formation of a large-scale commodity economy and the fair remuneration of craftsmen's labor are farmers who pay the price, and farmers use their land output to support craftsmen;
With the formation of a large-scale commodity economy, most people have enough food and clothing, and it is the craftsmen who pay the price, which is unfair labor remuneration;
And the craftsmen's labor remuneration is fair, and the majority of farmers also have enough food and clothing. At present, this is a small-scale peasant economy , and it is also the ideal state of the small-scale peasant economy in the pastoral fantasy described by the humble Confucians.
Farmers have suffered a lot of losses due to the closure of the small-scale farming economy.
"Your Majesty, "Mozi" said: Cut off the fingers to save the wrist, choose the greater benefit and the smaller harm. I agree with Wang Cifu's opinion." Hai Rui knew that this might cause some problems , but the main contradiction of the Ming Dynasty now is to get rid of the small-scale peasant economy and enter the commodity economy of large-scale free employment. Only after that can we discuss the fairness of labor remuneration, and can we discuss that everyone has enough food and clothing.
Zhang Juzheng exhaled forcefully. He didn't want to, but he couldn't refute it. He had clear priorities. This was what he advocated. The solid boomerang hit again. he.
Sometimes, Zhang Juzheng also wonders, are the results of the New Deal really good? Was it really the right thing to set out in the first place? Is it beneficial to the people of Ming Dynasty?
"Well, what do Da Situ and Da Zongbo think?" Zhu Yijun looked at the two ministers accompanying him and asked Wang Guoguang and Wan Shihe for their opinions.
"I'm just an accountant. I don't have any opinion." Wang Guoguang did not express his position. He was not afraid of offending others, but he was in a more difficult position as the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue. It was more difficult for him to weigh the pros and cons than Wang Chonggu and Hai Rui. .
"I am a flattering minister who tends to be in favor of others. If your Majesty is right, I will not be wrong." Wan Shihe reserved his opinion. Yuan Fu and Second Fu were both too strong, so he got involved and fell into the trap. If it doesn't work out, it won't change anything, so it's better not to say anything.
"Everyone! I have something to say." Zhu Yijun looked at all the ministers, especially Qi Jiguang and Chen Lin, and then said: "We must use the sword of Ming Dynasty to fight for more for the people of Ming Dynasty. A lot of land, that’s the only way, that’s the only way.”
Zhu Yijun has always been a person who puts Ming Dynasty first. Ming Dynasty priority means that the interests of Ming Dynasty people come first. Bullshit barbarians are not human beings. He does not hide his position.
He was never an idealist. When there were too many people and he couldn't eat enough, he went out, killed and enslaved the Fanyi, and took over all the land suitable for cultivation. He didn't even care about his own Will the imperial power not be able to control the world because of the opening of the sea? He can accept the feudal system of enfeoffment. Anyway, in the end, the meat will rot in the pot.
He doesn’t mind his reputation as an executioner, and he doesn’t mind someone calling him a butcher in the future. As long as there are more people in Ming Dynasty, they are well fed and clothed warmly, he will have achieved what he has always wanted to do to make Ming Dynasty again. Great proposition.
Zhu Yijun is also a scholar. He just told Galileo that ships were built for peace, and he immediately showed his sharp claws.
Zhu Yijun took a deep breath and said: "More efforts are needed to encourage people to go to sea. I have decided to collect all the silver gained from taxation, torture, home confiscation, and compensation since the southern tour, totaling 1,300 Ten thousand silver, all used for sea investment, more shipyards, more ships, more maritime schools, more navigators, more plantations, to consolidate the overseas governor's mansion that has been occupied now, And continue to expand outwards. "
"In the next chapter, the Governor's Palace of Luzon and Old Port, I will establish naval military ports in Luzon and Old Port, and expand the maritime security boundary to the Strait of Malacca. If necessary, You can cross the line."
"Uncle Da Zong, reduce the development period of the Lord to three years. As long as the land is matured for three years and the coastal defense inspection and survey are correct, he will be given to the Lord."
"The Ministry of Household Affairs has issued a decree to offer rewards for star maps and needle maps in unfamiliar sea areas. The rewards are formulated based on multiple criteria such as distance, difficulty, whether the land is easy to cultivate, and mineral resources. There is no upper limit, and even a large sum of money can be purchased for horse bones."
“Continue to develop until the end of the world.”
Zhu Yijun has no good solution. Up to now, the Wanli Reform has gradually entered the deep water area. The contradictions have become more complicated and more difficult. There is no longer any way to pay more. Gaining greater benefits at a small cost is a great thing.
The rest is hard work.
"Your Majesty... you can actually choose to stop." Zhang Juzheng couldn't bear it. In fact, Your Majesty can stop. The purpose of the New Deal is to extend the life of the Ming Dynasty. The purpose has been achieved or even exceeded. Stop here. It's not impossible.
If we continue, the emperor’s posthumous name may become fragmented.
Zhu Yijun smiled calmly and said: "Sir, you know very well that the New Deal, once you start, every step you take, there is a cliff behind you, there is no retreat at all, as long as I stop, our Ming Dynasty will The right-wing, virtuous and gentry will rush forward, tear all the achievements of me and the Wanli Reform to pieces, divide and eat them."
"Young men, just do what I want. "
"Oh, by the way, Uncle Zong, please draw up a charter. If there is a talent like Galileo who can teach himself how to lead stars and cross oceans in three months, he is willing to stay in the Ming Dynasty and give it all to the people of the Ming Dynasty. I must carefully check my identity. If I bring a bunch of rubbish in, I'm afraid the emperor will laugh at me. Of course, if I stay, I won't be able to leave. I'm very stingy. If I leave, I'll be treated as a traitor."
The Ming Dynasty itself has the Tartar official system. It is not difficult to amend the regulations on the Tartar official system to introduce talents. The main thing is screening. The Ming Dynasty has a rich and complete examination system. Foreign garbage Zhu Yijun is not wanted. He was replaced by the emperor's uncle. Zhu Yijun couldn't bear the joke.
The Ming Dynasty was a feudal monarchy. If the emperor was dissatisfied, the consequences would be needless to say.
Zhu Yijun robbed houses in Nanya and got 13 million silver. He originally planned to fill the holes in Chidao in Kaifeng and Jiayuguan, but now it's good that another group of people have been let out.
"Feng Daban, are you having trouble?" Zhu Yijun looked at Feng Bao.
Feng Bao said with embarrassment: "That's not true. Excluding the 30 million silver from Chidao in Jiayuguan, Kaifeng, and the 13 million additional silver from Kaihai Investment, there are only 3 million taels of silver that your Majesty can move, and It's still silver, not silver coins. I'm worried about military connections and won't help."
Zhu Yijun simply calculated the accounts, frowned and said with confusion: "No, why is there an extra three million taels. Money? Where did it come from? ”
According to Feng Bao’s previous report on the internal funds, the construction of Kaifeng Jiayuguan Chidao, coupled with Kaihai’s additional investment, the internal funds should be empty. Reporting that in the past month, another three million taels of silver have been put into the warehouse?
"Your Majesty, the three million taels of silver used by the Japanese shogunate to assist the army were transported from the Governor's Palace in Nagasaki to the Ming Dynasty in April. They have been exchanged for silver and entered the Tianzi Treasury." Feng Bao reported. The source of these three million silver.
It’s not all silver, there are Japanese slaves, wandering girls, and sulfur and other materials, so you have to go to Hong Kong to exchange for silver.
Last year, Oda Nobunaga’s resistance, under the guise of Kumano Navy leaving alone, came into contact with the Nagasaki Governor’s Palace. As a result, two front teeth were knocked out and he failed to win. In order to calm down the Ming Dynasty Furious, Oda Nobunaga signed a subsidiary treaty of the Silver and Brimstone Treaty, ceding the governance of Tsushima Island. At the same time, he had to pay war compensation totaling 15 million taels of silver, 3 million taels in the first year, and the remaining Pay off over forty years.
"The silver from the Japanese country can always be squeezed out if you squeeze it." Zhu Yijun said with a smile: "Three million taels of silver is enough."
At that time, Dao Ye and the Ministry of Household Affairs After four years of fighting, they asked for 2 million taels of silver, but finally got 200,000 taels. Emperor Longqing had a falling out with Zhang Juzheng and wanted 300,000 taels of silver, but they were finally reduced to 100,000 taels and 300,000 taels. Ten thousand taels is enough to build six tombs of the late emperors, which is really a lot.
Besides, the requirements of the Ming army are really not high. They have been owed wages for more than a hundred years, so why don’t they continue to be beggar soldiers? Starting from the ninth year of Wanli, the soldiers were suddenly fully paid. The soldiers were not used to it, and they thought that the Emperor Tianlao was having a seizure. The soldiers who were fully paid were slightly owed a reward, and they would be given when they got it. , it’s not impossible.
You know, the credibility of the Ming Emperor is particularly strong among the soldiers.
"Your Majesty, there are still seven million in silver in the national treasury. If there is any big battle, it is more than enough." Wang Guoguang immediately reminded His Majesty that the world belongs to your Majesty, and the national funds are your Majesty's national funds. If force is used, Your Majesty always thinks about how much money there is in the internal funds, and how much money there is in the court. Since the sixth year of Wanli, one million silver coins have been deposited into the old inventory every year.
“I’m not worried that when the time comes to withdraw money, the fire dragon will burn down the warehouse.” Zhu Yijun’s words were full of ridicule. Wang Guoguang had just stolen one million silver from him. !
Wang Guoguang said with great certainty: "That won't happen. I personally check it every year. If there is one silver missing, I will fight them desperately."
The corner of Zhu Yijun's mouth twitched, he I have already imagined that scene. Wang Guoguang walked around the old warehouse at night with a candle, checking the seals of silver boxes one by one, then opening each box, counting the silver coins before putting them back, then stamping and affixing the seals himself, and then taking photos with satisfaction. Pat the box and walk to the next box.
"Da Situ, you can spend whatever you have to spend." Zhu Yijun said with a smile.
Zhu Yijun ended this small court meeting. Since his southern tour, Zhu Yijun has rarely held court meetings. Only when he encounters major events, he will call all his ministers together to discuss the status of the country. This At one time, Zhu Yijun made many decisions.
The emperor wants to continue to invest an additional 13 million silver in opening up the sea. As soon as this news was announced, Nanya's powerful man almost dropped his jaw. The emperor's money from robberies returned to Nanya. It's just in the form of sea investment, but this big boss didn't come south to rob people's homes? Can you still get money back from the big boss?
Zhu Yijun asked the Ministry of Rites to have a good chat with Galileo, and then Zhu Yijun fully understood Galileo's life. This child has been smart since he was a child.
Galileo was really a talent. Indeed, in history, he was able to withstand the pressure of the Holy See, completely kick open the door of science, and bring the West into the scientific era. Without talent, naturally It's impossible.
Galileo's medicine, astronomy, and arithmetic were excellent, so good that he was almost as good as the Doctors of the Five Classics of the Ming Dynasty and the great medical officers. You must know that Galileo was born in the wild, and the Doctors of the Five Classics of the Ming Dynasty were systematically cultivated talents.
"Galileo actually stole corpses to study anatomy?" Zhu Yijun asked in disbelief as he looked at the memorial in front of him.
Feng Bao said with a strange expression: "He is a bit like His Highness Prince De. He is very persistent and even fanatical about the infinite truth of all things. When he heard that there was a Jiecuyuan in the Ming Dynasty, he couldn't wait to I really want to go to Beiya and visit Zhang Siwei in that room."
"Since he bought "Jieju Lun", he has been reading it without sleep for three days. His explanation of the disease forced him to rest. I am afraid he is still reading it now, and he is eager to read it. "
" Wei Guogong took 50,000 silver and encouraged him to vaccinate against cowpox. Today, Galileo just woke up and he went. I sat there all day at the place where I was vaccinated, watching motionless, amazed by the magic of cowpox."
Galileo was a medical student, and he was extremely surprised by the prevention and treatment of smallpox with cowpox, and he went deep into it. After understanding the theory of cowpox, I sighed repeatedly that the Ming Dynasty was worthy of being a great country.
Feng Bao saw the enthusiasm in Galileo. This kind of enthusiasm was also shared by Zhu Zaiyu and so was His Majesty, but His Majesty's enthusiasm was all for state affairs.
“As long as the Western Holy See does some personnel work, I will not be able to find such talents.” Zhu Yijun was full of emotions. Galileo and Matteo Ricci were different. Matteo Ricci was a missionary, and missionary work was the second priority. His first duty was to translate Ming Dynasty's books into Latin, his second duty. Galileo had a disgusting attitude towards religion and was almost burned to death as a heretic in the seminary.
Judging from Galileo's experience, Zhu Yijun felt that the Holy See's style of doing things was a bit strange, and it always rebelled against others.
As long as the Roman Empire promotes it, the Holy See will definitely oppose it. For example, the Roman Empire advocates bathing and even built countless public baths. The Holy See opposes bathing and closes public baths; ancient Rome promoted polytheism, and the Holy See Make a god; Ancient Rome encouraged scientific research, and the Holy See even banned the word tide, prohibiting the study of any movement of heaven and earth;
The Principality of Florence, where Galileo was located, was one of the birthplaces of the Renaissance. What Galileo learned from elementary school was incompatible with what the Holy See instilled.
Galileo cannot go back unless someone can completely overthrow the Holy See.
Zhu Yijun happily continued to review the memorials. This time there was only one memorial, from Wang Chonggu.
"No, Wang Chonggu is crazy and wants to gradually shut down the coal mining of Xishan Coal Bureau?" Zhu Yijun just read this line and felt that Wang Chonggu was probably crazy, and he actually listened to the opinions of the humble Confucian, Shut down the coal mining operations of Xishan Coal Bureau!
After reading the memorial, Zhu Yijun understood Wang Chonggu’s plan. The reason why Wang Chonggu closed down the Xishan Coal Bureau was that the coal in the Xishan Coal Bureau was too difficult to mine!
The cost of each kilogram of coal mined by Xishan Coal Bureau is eight times that of Shengzhou Dongsheng Coal Field. The coal in Xishan Coal Bureau is less than 100 feet, and wells must be drilled everywhere. Water is pumped, while coal from the Dongsheng Coalfield is mined in the open.
In addition to the high cost, the coal quality of Xishan Coal Bureau is poor and burns into coke. Even the ginseng iron from Liaodong is full of impurities and requires manual hammering and forging step by step. Coal from the Zhoudongsheng Coalfield burns vigorously, at high temperatures, and has few impurities.
If we look at the Dongsheng open-pit coal field, the coal in the Xishan Mountains of the capital has no mining value at all.
Wang Chonggu plans to stop the recruitment of kiln workers from Xishan Coal Bureau from now on, and gradually stop coal mining in five years. In addition to stopping coal mining, he will vigorously expand coking and steelmaking, and will Industry shifted from coal mining to supplying high-quality coke and steel, converting all kiln workers into coke oven workers and steelmakers.
This is an ambitious plan. Once successful, Xishan Coal Bureau will become the steel center of the Ming Dynasty. Once successful, it will also represent another way to break the impossible triangle and industrial upgrading.
Between the commodity economy of large-scale free employment, fair labor remuneration and adequate food and clothing for everyone, there is also the possibility of obtaining all three.
"How old is Wang Cifu this year?" Zhu Yijun asked Feng Bao after reading the memorial.
“I just turned seventy this year.” Feng Bao quickly replied.
Zhu Yijun looked at the memorial in his hand and said with emotion: "A man's heart never grows old. Wang Cifu doesn't believe in fate at all. He must break this seemingly impossible situation."
Although Wang Chonggu did not express any opinions on that article and even proposed a simpler and more effective method, he still did not believe in fate and was not convinced. He insisted on giving it a try and used industrial upgrading to try to break this problem. bureau.
“You see, Wang Cifu is already old, but he is still so energetic and full of vigor. On the contrary, young people like Gao Panlong, who are in their twenties, are already sluggish, smelling of decay and death, leaving It can be heard from far away." When Zhu Yijun was criticizing Wang Chonggu's memorial, he also stepped on Gao Panlong and other Jiangnan scholar-bureaucrats.
"Gao Panlong and others are probably the living dead people that the great medical officer said. They are just puppets wearing Confucian etiquette. They are older than seventy years old, so they are not It's unexpected." Feng Bao thought that Gao Panlong's corruption was normal. Isn't the puppet of Confucian etiquette just a dead person?
The emperor approved Wang Chonggu's memorial, allowing Wang Chonggu to work boldly and confidently. If something happened, he, the emperor, would use money to settle the matter.
While the emperor was reviewing the memorial, Galileo finally learned the vaccinia method at Huimin Pharmacy, and began to help Huimin Pharmacy, which was already short of manpower, vaccinate with vaccinia. He did it very seriously, and the great doctor Official Pang Xian stared at it for a while and then left directly.
Galileo remembered the words of the prophet, that is, practice is the standard for demonstrating everything. If it does not conform to practice, no matter how reasonable the explanation is, it is false and needs to be questioned. Galileo read some Latin By talking about contradictions, he understood the meaning of practice better. From seeing and doing, he began to effectively and actively integrate into the Ming Dynasty.
In five days, Galileo helped 1,200 people and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty who came to be vaccinated with cowpox.
“Maybe I should become a doctor, that is, the chief medical officer in the hospital. I like this job. Patients are so lucky to not be tortured by the disease. The mortality rate of smallpox is more than 30 %, and in the outbreak area, the mortality rate will exceed 90%. You know Xu, once people lose their rules, they are crazier than beasts." Galileo got off work, took off his gloves and mask, and stood by the pool. Washing hands, smiling and talking to another young man next to him.
This is Galileo's new friend, Xu Guangqi from Shanghai County, who is also a top smart man.
The probability of death from smallpox is 30%. However, no one is allowed to enter the outbreak area, resulting in a complete lack of morals and laws. Burning, killing, looting and looting occur all the time, and the mortality rate is as high as It will exceed 90%. Every smallpox outbreak is hell on earth.
Vaccinium prevented the outbreak of smallpox, allowing soldiers, government officials, and doctors who had been vaccinated with cowpox to enter the outbreak area.
"Becoming a great medical officer is not inconsistent with your being admitted to the Ming Royal Academy of Gewu and becoming a Doctor of Gewu." Xu Guangqi wiped his hands. He did not discriminate against the barbarians. On the contrary, he was very impressed by the arithmetic of the Western barbarians. Interested, so he became friends with Galileo.
"Human energy is always limited." Galileo said with a frown.
Xu Guangqi said with certainty: "For you and me, the energy is completely sufficient. The current arithmetic, astronomy, geography, and medicine are actually not too in-depth. His Majesty said: People's The cognitive boundary is a circle. All the doctors who work tirelessly to study the principles of all things make a protrusion on this circle, and then expand the cognitive boundary from point to surface. "
" Perhaps, we can poke out a few more protrusions on the cognitive boundary."
Galileo said helplessly: "Listen Xu, you are really arrogant, but you are also qualified to be arrogant. , but I am different. I have to live first. If I don’t work, I will have no money. The silver coins given by His Highness Felipe are only enough for me to reach Ming Dynasty. Special Envoy Li is willing to support me until I pass the exam for Doctor of the Five Classics. .”
"In the words of Ming Dynasty, it means forming a good relationship. However, I still have to learn to live by myself and cannot rely on others for everything."
Da Ming Huimin Pharmacy is very tight on manpower, and the vaccination method also requires craftsmanship. Xu Bangrui gave 50,000 silver. If he came to the medical clinic to learn about the cowpox method, he would give one pound of eggs, and if he came to the medical clinic to get vaccinated, he would give two pounds of eggs.
The Huimin Pharmacy was overcrowded, and Galileo only got a job opportunity after repeatedly observing and listening to lectures and learning to vaccinate.
Had it not been for the shortage of manpower in the pharmacy, and Galileo was a barbarian who had been granted freedom of movement by the emperor, Galileo might not have been able to get this job.
Xu Guangqi said with a smile: "You are a smart man. You have learned Chinese and you will never die of hunger. Dr. Gewu is our bag!"
Xu Guangqi is a genius, but also a genius. He was a bold man who dared to openly criticize Zhang Juzheng and identified Zhang Juzheng as a traitor. This was his youth and frivolity.
Wang Chonggu asked Xu Guangqi’s name in front of the emperor to protect Xu Guangqi. When Zhang Juzheng was in trouble, he used the big to bully the small. However, Emperor Yuanfu’s response was to directly turn the conflict into friendship. At the villa where he was fishing in Longtan, Zhang Juzheng In front of everyone, he gave Xu Guangqi a badge of the Quan Chu Guild Hall, showing that he did not care about past grudges and had recruited talents, which made Wang Chonggu very angry.
Wang Chonggu never won a battle with Zhang Juzheng.
They are all young people in their twenties. Xu Guangqi has no twilight in him. He is completely different from Gao Panlong, a person who is alive but dead.
(End of this chapter)