Chapter 698: Gold is not pure, and no man is perfect
Galileo needs a letter of surrender for Ming to accept him. This kind of acceptance means seeing him as a human being, not a barbarian. He knows very well about himself Those who pass the examination for Doctor of Science and Technology will also be opposed by those Confucian scholars, and these Confucian scholars are the same ruling class as the priests in Taixi. The biggest thing in common is that they hold power.
This letter of nomination is the cowpox method that the Ming Dynasty is vigorously promoting. This is a simple and effective way to prevent and treat smallpox. Galileo, who has read through the theory of exposition and cowpox, is still puzzled, but He has been able to fully inoculate and even teach others how to breed.
After Galileo said goodbye to Xu Guangqi and Legas, he chose to go south to Zhejiang.
After arriving in Zhejiang, Galileo felt uneasy because the roads were full of soldiers, instead of the frequent trade of goods like Nanya. This was an edict issued by the Ming Emperor, blocking all roads and passes. During the great purge of counter-revolutionaries, this political turmoil plunged the whole of Zhejiang into a kind of deathly silence.
“Such a blockade cannot last too long, because Zhejiang alone has five cities with a population of one million. Under such a blockade, plague, disease, food, clothing, housing and transportation will all be severely affected. The Emperor of Ming Dynasty It has always been claimed that the people are the foundation of a country and the foundation of the country is strong, but no one objects to this order. It is really surprising." Galileo arrived in Hangzhou and asked with some confusion after meeting his medical teacher Pang Xian.
For the first time, Galileo saw the supreme power of the emperor. It was so direct and real. The Holy See did not have such terrifying power at all. It is incorrect to translate the word Caesar into emperor. How could Caesar have such terrifying power? power? It would be more correct to translate God as Emperor, or simply transliterate Emperor.
Pang Xian said with a smile: "The blockade has lasted for half a month, but as you can see, it has not had too bad an impact. Hangzhou is returning to its original prosperity."
"After the Ninth Battalion of Zhejiang was mobilized, the Ninth Battalion that was supposed to go out to patrol against the flood went to arrest people. Is there no one left to fight against the flood? No, Wang Cifu formed six temporary engineering regiment battalions to go out to patrol against the flood."
< br>“Five cities with a population of one million, Hangzhou, Ningbo, Wenzhou, Jiaxing, and Jinhua, have not been too seriously affected by the shortage of rice, grain, grain and oil.”
"On the one hand, the confiscated property was immediately turned into official property after only seven days. On the other hand, what your Majesty captured this time was only from wealthy families with a land of more than 100 hectares, that is, more than 10,000 acres. The impact was not as widespread as expected."
Galileo's eyes widened and he asked blankly: "How did this happen?"
"Reform? The reason why Your Majesty can do this is because he has been conducting legal examinations and fighting corruption for thirteen years, and it has been quite effective. This is not a matter of course, it should be like this. In fact, the Ming Dynasty could not do it before. "I couldn't do it in the early years of Wanli." Pang Xian shook his head and said, not to mention Galileo, a Westerner, who was surprised, even Pang Xian, an authentic Ming Dynasty man, was also very surprised and emotional.
Official administration is the restoration of administrative power and the basic guarantee to ensure that policy implementation will not be excessively deformed. It can be said that without the establishment of laws and the fight against corruption, the administrative power of the Ming Dynasty could not be restored to its current level.
Pang Xian thought for a while and said: "Ten thousand acres of land is very big. The West Lake is only a thousand acres. In Renhe County, it is five acres of land for a wealthy family with an area as large as West Lake. You will be arrested. You must have ten in Zhejiang."
"Compared to Yuan Fu, your Majesty is a little softer."
The emperor's target in Zhejiang is ten thousand. Zhang Juzheng's attack target was one hundred acres or more. Any Jin gentry with more than one hundred acres would either sell their land to the court, distribute it to their tribesmen, or rebel.
Rebellion is impossible. The emperor has 30,000 soldiers in the capital and 30,000 navy troops under his command. These are not half-peasant, half-soldier guard soldiers, nor are they servants and lackeys. They are eighteen silver soldiers a year. The elites whose rewards were calculated separately were reluctant to sell their acres to the court at low prices, so they could only distribute them to their clansmen.
"Galileo, we will be very busy starting tomorrow. During the day, we have to vaccinate soldiers and civilians with cowpox, and in the evening we have to teach the doctors at Zhejiang Local Huimin Pharmacy how to vaccinate with cowpox. It may take a long time. I hope you can You can hold on." The reason why Pang Xian was willing to talk to Galileo so much was because he was useful.
Galileo was smart, studious, and diligent. These were the best horses.
"For a barbarian to be accepted, these tasks are not hard." Galileo did not feel that he was an ox or a horse. No matter how tired he was, he was not as tired as a poor coolie. The trackers on the dock had even their muscles deformed from dragging the canal for a long time. , in terms of social division of labor, he belongs to the extremely relaxed group.
Galileo began to be busy. In his spare time, he also felt extremely emotional that the Holy See was wrong, so wrong.
The Holy See’s idea of trying to spread Christianity in the Ming Dynasty in order to conquer the Ming Dynasty is so wrong. The land of the Central Plains cannot be alienated by religion, because the emperor’s power is too great. This land has been tested If there is a higher ceiling for power, whoever becomes the ruling class will pursue a higher ceiling for power.
This determines that here, religion can only be one of the tools of rule, not rule itself.
At night, Galileo wrote his travel notes in poor and unfamiliar Chinese. He learned how to write travel notes from Legas, but his original intention of writing travel notes was to learn Chinese so that he could integrate into the Ming Dynasty faster. .
[From the prosperous city of Nanjing to the equally prosperous Hangzhou, although this land is not covered with gold as Marco Polo said, it is very close. I heard that before the Wanli Restoration, , the empire's ability to rule has become inefficient in the face of the vast territory, the army has become rotten, the politics have become corrupt, and the civilians have become numb. ]
[All this is indeed true, so much so that Francisco Sander, the governor of the Philippines, believed that only two thousand soldiers were needed to conquer this land. Fortunately, the wise King of Spain did not listen to this Suggestions, and maintained a good relationship with Daming. ]
[If colonial rule is to be implemented, just the short stretch from Nanjing to Hangzhou will require one hundred thousand troops to be stationed. This is still a corner of the vast Ming Dynasty. This is just a trap that looks very delicious. Resistance It will appear at any time, even if the Ming army is defeated, the Ming court is defeated, and the emperor and officials choose to surrender and colonize this place, as long as 10% of the people choose to resist, it will be a frightening and terrifying force. ]
[Even an emperor who is like a god coming to earth will handle this power carefully to prevent bigger accidents. ]
[After the Wanli Restoration, the Ming Dynasty exploded with terrifying vitality, and the root of this terrifying vitality lies in its huge population. In my opinion, this is not a causal relationship, and it does not explode because of the large number of people. It has amazing vitality, which is too complicated to describe. It is actually a contradictory relationship that complements each other. ]
[That’s it for the nonsense. I hope that in my short life, I can understand the principle of preventing and treating smallpox with cowpox, and why objects fall. ]
At this time, Zhu Yijun was under the lime blowtorch, reading a memorial. This memorial came from Shen Yiguan, the governor of Shaanxi. Shen Yiguan did not plead for the powerful forces in Zhejiang. Through Di Bao , Shen Yiguan already knew everything that happened in Zhejiang.
After the selection of new government officials in the sixth year of Wanli and the migration of wealthy households to Beijing to enrich the capital, all the families of all the Jinshi students who passed the Jinshi examination had to move to Beijing. This is the general trend.
After all, after the Jinshi return to their hometown, they will form a wealthy family in the local area. Of course, if these Jinshi stay in the capital, they may join hands with the party to fight.
This also fundamentally cuts off the inextricable ties between the bureaucracy and the local area. In this era of slow travel, after leaving one's hometown, the possibility of returning has become very slim. In the past, I still hoped that the fallen leaves would return to their roots. But passing the Jinshi examination means that even returning to one's roots is a luxury.
Ever since Zhang Juzheng’s parents moved to the capital and Zhang Juzheng’s father was buried in Xishan, the Ming Emperor has consistently implemented this decree.
Shen Yiguan is indeed the backbone of the Zhejiang Party, but he only said four words about what happened in Zhejiang, and he deserves the blame.
Zhejiang did something that even the rebel den in Nanya did not dare to do. Shen Guanguan did not know how to intercede.
Shen Yiguan spent a lot of space in his memorial and talked about one thing, that is, the development of Gansu Province. He is the father-in-law of Gansu and the blue sky master of all people in Gansu. His main energy is We should focus on the development of remote areas such as Shaanxi, Gansu and Ningxia.
The development of Gansu is a difficult problem. The most important problem is drought. The annual rainfall in Gansu is less than six inches, making Gansu's agriculture difficult.
Twelve inches of annual precipitation is a watershed. Above twelve inches, agriculture will flourish. If it falls below twelve inches, agricultural development often outweighs the gains.
Emperor Zhu Yijun of the Ming Dynasty once said: All prosperity of the Ming Dynasty was based on agricultural prosperity.
Without water, there is no agriculture. Gansu needs to find a way to break the situation and find a way to maintain the scale of agriculture. When Shi Maohua was the governor of Shaanxi, he began to explore the road to agriculture in Gansu. Shi Maohua’s initiative was to build water conservancy projects , but he ultimately failed to do it, because building water conservancy projects requires costs, money and food, and the huge return on investment is far away, making everything very difficult.
The biggest problem here is that the cost of water and fertilizer will be much higher than the value of the land output.
The biggest obstacle to the development of an agricultural country is that the gains outweigh the losses. The Ming Dynasty has an actuarial style, which is related to this aspect. This is a long-standing problem.
"Really find a way out for them?" Zhu Yijun looked at the memorial in his hand, with a sunny smile on his face. He was really satisfied with the changes after Gansu was established as a province.
Feng Baoye said with a smile on his face: "If you move a tree to death, you will move a person to death. The living person always has to find a way out."
Gansu has found a way out. That's breeding.
In the eyes of most people, seeds are food, and food can be used as seeds. However, the farming emperor Zhu Yijun knew very well that seeds can indeed be eaten, but food is not seeds.
The grain bulges and deflates a little without delaying eating, but seeds are different. The seeds must be full. Only full seeds will not delay the second year's production. To make the seeds full, water and water are needed. Just the right amount of sunlight and fertilizer is very, very difficult.
We can build water conservancy projects and build canals to divert water from the Qilian Mountains. Fertilizer is easy to say. After Daming had water and fertilizer production, we added the original compost, but the light is difficult to control. When does it rain in a year, when does it not rain, and how many days does it rain? , that’s God’s final say.
But in Gansu, if it doesn’t rain a few times a year and there is enough light, this breeding will become simpler.
“For the scholar-bureaucrats who are not involved in farming, it is actually difficult for them to understand these words. Every step requires practice and exploration. For example, when farming in Java, the locals sow seeds and cultivate during the rainy season. During the rainy season, there is no need to water. Whether you harvest more or less depends on God’s will. The rainfall in the rainy season cannot be controlled. Too much rain and few sunny days will actually affect the harvest.”
“But after the establishment of the Old Port Governor’s Palace. , changed to sowing in the dry season, and built dams and ponds for watering, and the yield became higher. Later, when more people came, they started to build water conservancy and had the ability to drain the fields, and only then did they create the miracle of nine crops in two years." Zhu Yijun said. Feng Bao said sincerely.
Farming is a broad and profound knowledge, but the scholar-bureaucrats of the Ming Dynasty did not engage in farming. In fact, they could not understand the hard work behind Shen Yiguan's concise and comprehensive memorial.
Zhu Yijun can see clearly.
Zhu Yijun picked up the Zhu pen and said to Feng Bao: "Currently, Zhangye can breed 400,000 shi, and these 400,000 shi of seeds can be exchanged for 1.2 million shi of grain. This is still the result of the exploration stage. If we invest heavily, in ten years' time, more than 1.2 million stones of seeds may be produced in Zhangye town alone, and various staple foods, cash crops, fruits and vegetables can be bred locally."
"Your Majesty wants to promote this. Something?" Feng Bao asked hesitantly.
"I plan to give Shen Yiguan 1.5 million silver from internal funds to promote breeding in Gansu. Since water and fertilizer are limited, it is better to support the breeding of this special economic crop." Zhu Yijun did not write. , asked with a smile: "Feng Daban won't be reluctant to give it up."
"Your Majesty, I am worried about robbing the seedlings to help them grow." Feng Baozhen is not reluctant to give up the money, but is worried about one thing, that is, asking too quickly and letting people lose money. Gansu's agriculture, which was already fragile, has turned into a strange scene with monsters dancing around. Gansu's agriculture is too fragile. Your Majesty gave 1.5 million silver, which seems to be a good thing, but it may turn into a bad thing.
Gansu is too poor.
"What you said makes sense. It's just like farming. It's not good to have too much fat or too little." After hearing this, Zhu Yijun thought for a moment, put down his pen and said, "I didn't think about it."
No gold is pure and no one is perfect.
Zhu Yijun is really not the incarnation of wisdom. He just sees that Shen Guangyuan’s hard work has yielded results, so he wants to support him. But if he thinks about it carefully, with the size of Gansu and the scale of breeding, these 150 Throwing down one hundred thousand silver would have the opposite effect. Feng Bao thought carefully and said again: "Your Majesty, I believe that giving money is worse than giving policies. The top priority right now is to build the Chi Road from Kaifeng to Jiayuguan. Only if the Chi Road is built, everything will become natural and fall into place."
“If 1.5 million silver is thrown in directly, there will be more silver and less grain, soaring grain prices, too large a scale of breeding, and falling grain prices, all of which will be detrimental to the development of Gansu Yes, Gansu is too weak now."
"It is better to let Shen Guangyuan form six engineering regiments to build Chidao in multiple sections and reduce the 1.5 million silver to 500,000 silver. It is specially used for the formation of regiments. In this way, the sooner the Chi Road is opened, the more beneficial it will be to the stability of the northwest, and the Western Region can be reopened sooner."
" Good!" Zhu Yijun accepted Feng Bao. It was not without reason that this guy stood out from the group of eunuchs and became the Prime Minister for thirteen years.
Wishful thinking of policymakers often causes more harm than ignorance.
"Your Majesty, Chief Situ and Mr. Wang have been quarreling fiercely recently over the return of farmland." Feng Bao carefully reminded His Majesty that the ministers were quarreling over government orders and the emperor had to intervene.
Wang Guoguang firmly opposed the overly strict specification of one qing. Even if he knew that Zhang Juzheng's goal was to go to the clan, he objected. He thought it was a kind of wishful thinking. However, Zhang Juzheng presented facts and examples, and came up with The results of the execution were shown to Wang Guoguang, but Wang Guangguang still objected.
Right now, this kind of opposition is still being communicated within the ministers. Once this internal contradiction overflows, it can easily lead to party disputes. All those who oppose the New Deal will flock to the banner of Wang Guoguang, and then push Wang Guoguang forward. Light moves forward.
This internal contradiction must be resolved before it spills over.
"Just prepare a few stools on the ruins of Renhe County Government Office, call the ministers, Marshal Qi and Marquis Shuli, and by the way, the Duke of Wei, too, to join in the trouble. Anyway, he is not involved in major affairs of the country. Participate in it, start a fight and let them understand. "Zhu Yijun is well aware of their quarrel.
Xu Bangrui surrendered to the emperor, and Zhu Yijun also gave him the right to participate in major affairs of the country. It did not affect the results, but just participation meant that the Duke of Wei was still the ducal palace of the empire.
The sun was shining brightly in the morning of the next day, and Qi Jiguang, Chen Lin, and Xu Bangrui all arrived as scheduled. They were not stationed too far to begin with and were always around the emperor to prevent accidents and being unable to arrive in time.
“We called everyone here today, it is considered a court meeting and a gathering to listen to what Grand Situ thinks. He is opposed to the land return order. It has been so noisy in the past two days that even the people below started talking about it. , everyone can speak freely, there is no need to be taboo." Zhu Yijun motioned for everyone to sit down and take their seats.
In a small meeting for important matters, Zhu Yijun did not summon all the ministers in his entourage, but summoned the ministers to discuss the state affairs.
"Your Majesty, I do not want to oppose the land return order. It is good to return the land, and I fully support it, but Yuan Fu's one hectare is too harsh." Wang Guangguang first stated his position.
Returning farmland must be carried out. This is the consensus that has been formed since the order to return farmland was proposed. Wang Guoguang’s objection from the beginning to the end was that it was too hasty.
Zhang Juzheng immediately said: "Master Situ, the contradiction is said to be written by me. I know that everything must be done step by step. Three feet of ice cannot be frozen in a day. Managing a big country is like cooking a small dish. State affairs require patience, but there are some things Son, if you overcorrect, you must overcorrect. If you overcorrect, it means there is no correction at all." After the camp left, Zhejiang still went its own way without any changes."
Wang Guangguang said with approval: "What Yuan Fu said is reasonable, but the question is, is one hectare too little? Isn’t it up for debate? From what I’ve seen, there are quite a few people who build plank roads secretly. They bribe officials to return the land to their father-in-law, falsely report their own land, or find someone to hold it on their behalf, or simply change their registration status to a deed to evade government orders. The old story of Xuzhou Coal Kiln, It is still in front of me.”
The former Xuzhou magistrate Chen Wuyin openly responded to the Ming Emperor’s decree to specialize in coal and steel. In fact, the money was spent and the coal kilns were all controlled by the original owner, even if they were replaced. This brand doesn't solve any problems at all.
It is very common to secretly commit crimes.
There are clans in Hangzhou that have begun to change their registration into leasehold. For example, the Zhao family in Qiantang distributed all the land deeds to the clan members, and then immediately obtained the lease contract from the clan members. This lease lasted for ninety-nine years. , going round and round, it’s as if this decree has not been implemented.
Of course Zhang Juzheng knew it, and he immediately replied: "Sometimes, starting is more important than the result. I know what you said, but if you don't stipulate this, how can you form a general consensus? The only way is to give this strong medicine , Only then can a bottom-up and top-down consensus be formed, so that everyone knows that more than one hectare is not legal, and only then can the land be returned successfully.”
“No government order can be implemented at the beginning. It can be fully implemented, and it is all a matter of time and effort, and it is patched up bit by bit in practice."
Zhang Juzheng first admitted that the problems Wang Guangguang said are real and are not scaremongering in order to win.
"Pause, everyone, fruits are in season." Zhu Yijun interrupted the gathering. He waved his hand and asked Zhang Hong to bring the props up. He did it on purpose. As the host of the meeting, Zhu Yijun It was necessary to ensure the direction of the meeting. He made people eat melons and fruits just to prevent the two people from getting into a real fight.
When people are emotionally excited, they are really easily excited.
Some angry words will be blurted out without thinking, and then the relationship will deteriorate due to various reasons.
Wang Guoguang and Zhang Juzheng already had a bit of a quarrel.
"I finally heard it. Both of you are ministers of the country. They are both for the good of the country. We can only quarrel for the smooth implementation of the decree. This is the first prerequisite. Let's agree. Let's finish the quarrel today. Even if this matter is over, we can't hold grudges against each other. It's all for national affairs, not for personal gain." Zhu Yijun said with a smile: "Go on."
Personal gain and the possibility of reconciliation are all out of pocket anyway. Public funds, but these disputes over political orders often develop into life-and-death situations.
Wang Guoguang calmed down a little when the emperor interrupted him. He almost blurted out: Don’t think that you, Zhang Juzheng, are omnipotent! This good order to return the farmland failed, and it will never be possible to return the farmland again after the Ming Dynasty.
Hurry leads to loss, anger leads to unwiseness.
"Yuan Fu, my specific idea is that we can turn one hectare into ten hectares, and then stipulate that the maximum rent must not exceed 37.5%. In this way, the government order will not appear so harsh. Likewise It is also easier to gain recognition from more people. Yuan Fu, you and I know very well that these rural gentry and powerful people are not powerless. They really work together to cause trouble for the New Deal. I'm afraid It will lead to disaster." Wang Guangguang said calmly after taking a sip of tea.
The tenancy rent of three hundred and seventy-five is a number that Wang Guoguang has obtained as an imperial accountant for a long time. It is a number that both tenants and landlords can accept. This makes the decree easier to implement. Only if it is universally accepted Only approved government orders can be thoroughly implemented.
There are some words that are not convenient to say in front of the emperor. What he is actually saying is that the Ming Dynasty is powerful and right-wing. In fact, he has no objection to the emperor making things difficult for these rebels in Zhejiang.
Nanya, as the home of the rebels, did not dare to burn the palace. Zhejiang was so bold that it violated the general tacit understanding.
But as soon as Zhang Juzheng's radical policy came out, people were panicked. No matter how fierce the trouble was in Zhejiang, the fire could not burn the powerful head of Nanya. But once this happened Once such a radical standard is announced, the fire that returns the land will surely burn all over the country, and by then, things will become extremely troublesome.
"Yuanfu, this new policy seems extremely complicated, but its success can only be described in eight words. Ten thousand people work together and the people's aspiration is what they want. This failure also has eight words. The country has lost its faith and people's hearts are doubtful. As soon as this decree came out, people were already suspicious." Wan Shi and this good old man joined the battlefield, agreeing with Wang Guoguang's statement and objecting to the harsh standard of one kilo.
“Hey.” Zhang Juzheng sighed. He looked at Wang Guoguang and said, “I don’t know what Da Situ said, but I still persisted for a while.”
“Look , at this point, Yuan Fu didn’t give any reasons, and just insisted for a while. You have to convince the ministers, and then the ministers can handle this matter together. I don’t agree with you being so stubborn.” Wang Guangguang said. He leaned back in his chair and said a little angrily.
This is not the first time they have quarreled. Zhang Juzheng clearly agreed with his Wang Guoguang's opinion, but he just disagreed.
Zhang Juzheng is very stubborn and showed his stubbornness in listening to any opinions on this matter.
Zhu Yijun's brows knitted into knots. He immediately understood the crux of the problem. Zhang Juzheng's stubbornness was actually because of him, the emperor.
The emperor, the emperor carefully cultivated by Zhang Juzheng, is the core of all New Deals. However, the powerful right-wingers in Zhejiang are rebellious because of their resentment, which makes Zhang Juzheng sincerely worried that once the emperor is really gone, the New Deal will inevitably The sky collapsed.
When he was alive, it was easier to say, but when he died, who would protect the emperor? Who will continue to promote the New Deal?
This is a very complex emotion, not only about state affairs, but also about the friendship between teachers and students. Zhang Juzheng is a living person, not a machine.
The radical standard of Yiqing is actually a punishment and a declaration of power. More serious threats and punishments are used to ensure the safety of the emperor and let the world know the consequences of political assassination.
"Sir, before I started my southern tour, I came to say, why not stop the southern tour, and just take charge of the overall situation in Beiya." Zhu Yijun talked about the day before the southern tour, Zhang Juzheng suddenly I felt a little regretful and said that it would be safer to stay in Beiya instead of touring the south.
“As for this matter, according to what Da Situ and Da Zongbo said, change one hectare to ten hectares, and at the same time promote rent reduction of 375.” Zhu Yijun said to everyone: “This reform, There is also a rule that the maximum number of acres per person is one hectare, and the maximum number of acres per household is ten hectares. "
"What do you think?"
Zhu Yijun gave a compromise, one person per hectare. This standard has not changed, but a household can hold up to ten hectares of land. In addition, the 375 rent reduction is strongly implemented to promote the land return order.
"Otherwise, just for a moment and never change." Wang Guoguang heard that the emperor suddenly mentioned Zhang Juzheng's hesitation before the southern tour, and immediately understood that Zhang Juzheng's other purpose was to warn. After understanding Zhang Juzheng's thoughts, , he suddenly felt that it was okay not to change.
“It is more important to implement the decree.” Zhu Yijun smiled and shook his head.
(End of this chapter)