Chapter 700 Butcher Zhu? No, it’s Zhu Qingtian!
"Do you think the fate of the ancient Inca country could happen to the Ming Dynasty? I don't know, history is always like this. It has its inevitability and its accident." Zhu Yijun said with a smile: "But Our Ming Dynasty was built in iron and fire. It was built in the ruins of the Hulu after the fall of the Southern Song Dynasty. "
History is really interesting. It is an established past and an unknown future. It is not. It will be angry, will not curse, let alone argue. Likewise, it is also the best and most patient teacher. If you cannot learn it, forget it, deliberately ignore it, history books, demons will misinterpret it, or even misinterpret it. It's entertainment, and it won't hit you or scold you.
The teacher of history will only repeat it over and over again, telling you that this is the truth, and you can’t change it no matter how much you make it up.
“So, we need to take the lessons of the ancient Incas seriously. Our arithmetic has not improved for almost two hundred years after Guo Shoujing and Guo Shenxian. This is the lack of effective communication and exchange with the world. Shipbuilding The dangers of seclusion are obvious, but fortunately, there are not many other people in China, but there are many scholars. ”
"These red-haired men can't defeat the Ming Dynasty, and they are just showing respect now. If the Ming Dynasty navy were not so tyrannical, guess if I killed the special envoy Solon, Felipe would have paid the Ming Dynasty two million silver and said it was a personal act or a conquest. Our Ming Dynasty? It must be the latter." Zhu Yijun talked about old things, killing Sauron.
Felipe II blamed Sauron's personal behavior for this behavior, and then gave him two million taels of silver, which was regarded as giving each other dignity, but what if there was no navy so tyrannical? What if Ming Dynasty falls into internal and external troubles?
Since the Zhengde period, Thai and Western sailing ships have traveled across the ocean to the Ming Dynasty, and they have fought with the Ming Dynasty many times. They just did business honestly after being defeated.
"The Han Dynasty is full of loyalty." Zhu Yijun repeated these eight words again, looking at the Inca volume of overseas chronicles in his hand, the more he thought about it, the more uncomfortable he felt.
Is there no Zhongliang in the ancient Inca country?
In the 10th year of Jiajing, after the king was killed, the remnants of the ancient Inca country resisted for forty years and were finally completely wiped out. An ancient country with a population of more than nine million and a civilization that had existed for more than thousands of years disappeared, and its culture Only the murals were left to prove its true existence. The people became slaves and disappeared in the harsh mines, and even their bloodlines were gradually cut off.
Can we really survive relying on Zhongliang? Although history has told Zhu Yijun over and over again, it is indeed possible. When the mountains and rivers were shattered and swayed, the capable people and lofty ideals who came one after another reshaped China several times in the ruins with their blood, and once again made the ancient civilization burst into dazzling vitality.
But... what if the crisis is big enough that no matter how many capable people and people with lofty ideals sacrifice their lives to serve the country, they can't make up for this gap? Is the gap big enough to make capable people feel discouraged?
Zhu Yijun picked up the ink pen and wrote while saying: "The ancient Inca country perished due to isolation, which also revealed a truth, that is, if you fall behind, you will be beaten, if you fall behind, your country will be destroyed, and if you fall behind, you will lose your civilization. All the names will be stolen. There are so many Romes in the West, but none of them are real Rome.”
Zhu Yijun is a pessimist. He likes to be lenient to his enemies. To continuously fill the bottomless abyss behind us and support the collapse of the sky and the earth, it is better to always be ahead of the world. When we are used to being a kingdom in heaven, we should always be a kingdom in heaven. This is the truth.
The world is never peaceful, it is only the sword of the Ming Dynasty that makes Ming Dynasty peaceful.
Zhu Yijun visited many projects in South China, including the Yuejiang Tower. This building was where the Yake people mocked Zhu Yuanzhang. This unfinished building finally started construction again. These Yake people Of course he was dissatisfied, and immediately began to criticize the imperial court for its large-scale construction projects and waste of money and people. He cursed so much that even the people figured out that something was wrong.
How much money does a Yuejiang Tower cost? Are you so hated? The main function of the Yuejiang Tower is to tell the time, which is beneficial to the entire Nanya.
Soon, the people realized that these Yakebi Zhengmen were just scolding for the sake of scolding, and they didn't bother to pay attention to them.
These writers described Zhu Yuanzhang as a ferocious god crawling out of hell, but the people asked, if Zhu Yuanzhang is really like that, how did he go from breaking a bowl to becoming an emperor?
This is where the basic logic doesn’t make sense. If it’s really that bad, where did the Ming Dynasty come from?
Zhu Yijun was too lazy to pay attention to these wind and public opinions, and continued to deal with these memorials from all over the world in the West Lake Villa. It was already very hot in Hangzhou in July, and even the wind in the pavilion was hot. After a complicated political struggle , the life of the Ming Emperor finally became calmer, and he could pay attention to some more specific lives of the people of Hangzhou.
Some newspapers told Zhu Yijun that the best way to kill a person's soul is to go into debt. Zhu Yijun did not agree with this. How could a person's soul be killed? As a Hongyi scholar, Zhu Yijun certainly does not think that his soul will be killed.
But after he arrived in Hangzhou, he gradually recognized this view because he saw some phenomena that made him very disgusted, that is, people had to borrow money to survive.
The victims are not only poor coolies, but also middle-class families.
Zhejiang has five big cities with a population of one million. At this time in July of the 13th year of Wanli, except for the Ming Dynasty, there were no big cities with a population of one million in the entire world, but Zhejiang had as many as five, and these five exceeded one hundred. In the metropolis of Wandingkou, middle-class families are the backbone. However, they are generally dissatisfied with their lives, but there is no way to seek fairer treatment.
At this time, debts came into being. In order to make these middle-class families obedient enough, Zhejiang's rural gentry and powerful right began to use all means. On the one hand, they were extravagant, Competing for luxury means, on the one hand, spending a lot of money.
"The property of the middle man's family is only enough to pay the tax of one household. When floods and droughts are severe, it is inevitable to borrow money and owe money. To pay for the marriage and funeral expenses, the estimated money is tens of thousands, and the rich The number can reach millions. If something good or bad happens to the family, the land will be sold and the residence will be sold. Even if it is paid twice as much, it still cannot be paid. However, the current good or bad expenses will make up for the shortcomings, which is almost twenty times. In the past, it was necessary to have enough money and never run out of money?" Zhu Yijun finished reading a piece of miscellaneous newspaper content.
In a middle-class family, one cannot get up or down, and can barely take care of one's own family. However, when encountering floods, droughts, diseases or lawsuits, one has to borrow money. This is already difficult, but society The trend became more extravagant, and the expenses for weddings, full-month births, and funerals, these favors ranged from tens of thousands of tongbao to millions, more than 20 times the amount during the Jiajing period.
Some people specifically target these middle-class families to borrow money, and the interest rate is a typical loan shark. If you borrow ten taels, you will only be given nine taels. When you pay back the money, it will be thirteen taels. If If you haven’t paid back the money within the agreed year, it will be doubled.
"To go to the capital, it means that wealthy merchants from the Xunxiang Department borrow money in advance for expenses, which is called Beijing debt. Eh? No, what does this mean? Jinshi debt?" Zhu Yijun was stunned and looked at the article in the newspaper. , said with a very strange expression.
Feng Bao quickly bowed his head and said: "This person has to travel a long distance to the capital to take the exam. It's okay to pass the exam this first time, because there are official post offices along the way, and there is not much expense. But the first time If you fail the exam for the first time, you will be in trouble. You can either stay in the capital, but staying in the capital costs money, and becoming a famous teacher also costs money. If you don’t have money, you can only borrow it; If you are tired, there will be no official reward. "
"Over time, people who came to Beijing to take the exam borrowed money to take the Jinshi exam, which was called Jinshi debt, and it was also called Beijing debt. "
Zhu Yijun frowned and said, "How are they going to pay back the money?"
"The person who will pay will be paid when he takes office." Feng Bao replied in a low voice.
"You can earn money after becoming an official and then pay it back?" Zhu Yijun frowned even more. He was already a corrupt reserve before he became an official. It's weird that the Ming Dynasty's officialdom could improve! If things go on like this, the official system will inevitably collapse, corruption and bribery will be everywhere, and extortionate taxation will be extremely vicious. Can Zhen Qingliu survive in this official environment?
Feng Bao's voice was a little lower and he said: "Your Majesty, Juzi, you don't have to pay back the money, just allow these wealthy businessmen from the same hometown to place the land in Juzi's name. , avoiding the land tax can be regarded as paying back the money."
"Well! Tax evasion has become an industry, right?" Zhu Yijun slapped the miscellaneous newspaper on the table, stood up, and pointed at the miscellaneous newspaper. Said: "These candidates and Jinshi are all going to be officials. Before they become officials, they owe a lot of debt. Are there any honest officials in the Ming Dynasty? We need to use the turbid current, and we also need to use the clean stream, but this clear stream is too If there is less, the officialdom will naturally be full of chaos!"
"Feng Daban, tell me, if you are given a post office for the three entrance examinations, and if you are given more rice after entering the capital, can this phenomenon be alleviated?"
Zhu Yijun was keenly aware of the seriousness of the problem. He had already been alienated before he passed the Jinshi examination. This situation will not be fixed tomorrow, and it will be alleviated rather than solved.
"Your Majesty, this is not a matter of giving Yi and Linmi." Feng Bao said in a low voice: "The main expenses for students are not on food, clothing, housing and transportation, but on the endless teacher-appreciation banquets, deer-crowing banquets, poetry gatherings, flower appreciation, outings, etc. For a banquet to cool off the summer heat and drive away the cold, you need to be dignified, and this is another expense. "
Is it enough to provide food, clothing, housing and transportation? Your Majesty stood in front of the gate of the West Lake Villa and looked at the Broken Bridge of the West Lake. There was a gathering held to cool off the summer heat. Which of those scholars was not dazzling? The piles of bits and pieces on your body are just for dignity. If you don’t have what others have, you are poor.
You must have a fan, and this fan must be made of good wood, good paper, and good words; why don’t you hang up a sachet, and why are you embarrassed to go out? This sachet must be made by a famous artist, it is just a piece of junk, I am afraid it will make people laugh; you must have a book boy to bring you some things for going out, including pen, ink, paper, inkstone, and books with seals. A box of books will last half a lifetime of honor and disgrace; At the very least, you must have a female companion. This female companion must know some music, chess, calligraphy and painting, or if you have written poems, how can you sing them?
The donkey cart you took when you went out? The next day you became a joke in Hangzhou.
You need to have a supporting package if you want to be a person. With this supporting package, the money will be lost. No money? It's very easy to handle. You are a member of the family and there are people who lend you money. It doesn't matter if you don't pay back the money.
"Your Majesty, there is a summer gathering at Broken Bridge today, and most of the scholars in Hangzhou are participating in it. This trip costs at least three or four taels of silver. A middle-aged man's house will not have more than three taels of silver left in a year." Feng Bao explained this issue again. Human relations include not only weddings and funerals, but also various entertainments that must be attended.
"What you said makes sense." Zhu Yijun exhaled and said, "My plan is poor."
"Your Majesty has actually solved some of the problems in Zhejiang. This miscellaneous report is a bit of an afterthought. Zhuge." Feng Bao bowed his head again and said: "Your Majesty, sir, I borrowed money in the early years. He passed the imperial examination at the age of sixteen and waited until he was twenty-three before entering the capital to obtain the title. There was nothing he could do. "
Zhang Juzheng was said by Wang Shizhen to show off his power in the temple without even washing off the mud on his legs. The two were in the same ranking. Wang Shizhen looked down on Zhang Juzheng's poor background. Zhang Juzheng also experienced this after he passed the imperial examination. , but Zhang Juzheng had no choice but to pretend he didn't know.
This is a complex issue that even people like Zhang Juzheng find difficult.
Feng Bao continued: "Just to hold a big wedding in Hangzhou, a respectable family will have to spend at least hundreds of thousands of dollars. Even two hundred taels of silver can't afford it. There are three matchmakers and six betrothals. To marry a daughter-in-law, you need a betrothal gift. Marrying a daughter requires a dowry, and when an old man dies in this family, he must be buried with great splendor. This is all money. People in Hangzhou say that they cannot afford to live, let alone die."
" If you don’t have money, you can only borrow it, and if you can’t pay it back, you have to find a way to pay it back. All benevolence, justice, propriety, wisdom and trust can only be forgotten.” But it stopped. Some people called His Majesty Zhu Qingtian. "What the hell? Zhu Qingtian? Didn't they call me Zhu Butcher?" Zhu Yijun was stunned, but he remembered it very clearly. During this month of blockade, even the writers in Hangzhou Prefecture dared to call him Zhu Butcher!
How did you become Master Qingtian?
"It's a long story, Rong Chen will tell you slowly." Feng Bao thought about it carefully and told His Majesty the whole story.
The Ming Emperor's reputation in Zhejiang did not take a sudden turn for the worse when he led troops to suppress the rebellion. Instead, it rose to the same level as Hai Rui. It's like the sky!
This is so strange that when Feng Bao said it, he was a little unable to hold back, but it is indeed the case.
There was a strange wind change on the ground in Zhejiang. Zhu Butcher turned into Zhu Qingtian. This change was reversed within three days of the lifting of the ban.
Except for Renhe County, throughout Zhejiang, the virtuous rural gentry whose family property is less than 100 hectares applaud His Majesty’s act of suppressing the rebellion and killing pigs! Everyone said it was a good kill!
No matter how sharp the emperor's knife is, it will only be aimed at areas above a hundred hectares. Below a hundred hectares, there is actually no need for the emperor to take action. The money is not as much as the money sent by the Beijing camp.
The ground in Zhejiang actively cooperated with the imperial court's actions, fearing that the emperor would not be able to catch them all, and even provided some news about high-end houses, large outdoor rooms, and illegitimate children, so that the emperor could do his best to eliminate evil! In fact, it is because of the ground in Zhejiang, the Ku group is so powerful that those who can borrow money are basically on the emperor's hit list.
When you borrow money, you need to sell your family and property to pay it back. Everyone knows that they will not pay it back, but everyone has no choice. This time, the people behind the promotion of luxury and competition for luxury were all wiped out. The sky in Zhejiang immediately became clear and clear. The emperor's reputation also rose from the butcher to the sky.
The main reason is that many IOUs have physically disappeared because of the creditor, resulting in debts no longer being owed. This reputation naturally started to rise on its own.
"Why do I think Zhu Qingtian's words are just a roundabout way of scolding me?" Zhu Yijun sat on the chair, picked up the newspaper and continued reading.
"Your Majesty, we Ming Ming scholars never bother to beat around the bush when criticizing the emperor." Feng Bao stated another fact. While the emperor was suppressing the rebellion, the pen of the Hangzhou Prefecture was still angry. When it comes to scolding butchers, the Ming Dynasty scholars were very courageous, and there was no way they could be yin and yang.
For example, these literati like to make up dirty jokes about Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di. Zhu Di’s image in Zhejiang is that of a perverted murderer who likes to rape fifty-year-old women.
It’s not Feng Bao’s nonsense, His Majesty’s reputation continues to rise.
Sometimes, when there is no way to solve the problem, violence may not be an effective method. If the weapons of criticism are not effective, use weapons to criticize.
Zhu Tufu's original intention was bad, to suppress the counter-revolutionaries, but he was executed, and the execution became Zhu Qingtian.
Because the blood that the emperor shed violently in order to show the emperor's majesty can be contained in a square, and under the dark clouds established by the debt relationship that has been calculated for hundreds of years, the loan relationship was forced to destroy the family, and forced the family to die. The common people and middle-class families who died without a place to die could not even be accommodated by a Ming Dynasty. The dark clouds dissipated because of violence.
The dark clouds have dispersed, there is no need to blame Lei Lei.
"Your Majesty, this trend of borrowing money is spreading everywhere, which has made the Ming Dynasty full of corrupt officials and debt-ridden commanders. They are greedy, indulge in sexual abuse, and are insatiable in seeking punishment. The people cannot live in peace, just like the potato seedlings, planting the land "In two years, there will be no harvest, and we have to re-cultivate the seedlings and kill the poison before we can continue planting." Feng Bao understood this change in public opinion from the perspective of farming.
In fact, it is the potato seedlings that have been finished, and the Ming Dynasty has lacked an effective finalization and error correction mechanism, so that the Ming Dynasty's power can be metabolized periodically.
This is Feng Bao's superficial opinion as internal minister and does not constitute any policy advice.
Zhu Yijun finished reading the miscellaneous newspaper in his hand. In fact, the most outrageous thing is not the Beijing debt. The most outrageous thing is the longevity debt in the temple. The mother's gold gives birth to the son's interest, which goes on and on, endlessly, so it is called immortality or endless. In fact, it is a pawn shop, a charlatan, and a bank controlled by the temple, which means that money is circulated endlessly.
This temple is supposed to be a place of cleansing and repair, but it also smells like copper.
"Since they all say that I am the blue sky, then I will be the blue sky to the end. Temples in Zhejiang are not allowed to operate pawns, charlatans, or banks. The deadline is half a month, and they have all been inspected. They are a mess, a smoky atmosphere, and have caused great trouble. The masters can't worship the Buddha in peace, right, but I also want to worship the Buddha with peace of mind." Zhu Yijun decided to continue to take action to solve some specific problems.
In the preoccupation with being arrogant, I forgot about these temples.
These temples are big tax evaders. Many rural gentry and gentry have attached their farmland to the temples to avoid the order to return the land. The temples have become places where filth and people gather and gather evil.
The place where the Renhe Xia family, Ying family, Fei family, Cai family, etc. gather every time is between these temples. Zhu Yijun is trying to beat a rabbit with grass. Since it needs to be cleaned up, he must clean up the matter. These temples in the province have grown and prospered after the death of Shi Yao Hao You.
"I obey the decree." Feng Bao felt that there was nothing wrong with this decree. He should check for any omissions and fill them up. It doesn't matter if there are omissions, just make up for them.
“Let’s go out for a walk.” Zhu Yijun planned to swim in the West Lake. The West Lake was at its most beautiful at this time, so he planned to go out for a walk.
Feng Bao said with a troubled face: "Your Majesty, how about tomorrow?"
His Majesty's sudden impromptu decision put Feng Bao in a very difficult position. Because the West Lake was full of people, the emperor would naturally have to clear the streets when he was out on patrol. Especially after a fire burned down the garrison, the Mingti Cavalry became even stricter on the emperor's security.
In Zhejiang, unless necessary, don’t do the same thing as in Nanya and Beiya, doing private visits on incognito servers, as it can easily lead to accidents.
"Let's do it tomorrow." Zhu Yijun thought about it for a while, but he was still not ready to cause trouble for the Tiqi people. The ground in Zhejiang was indeed not very peaceful. He was a very brave man, but not a reckless man. If something slips through the net, sees the emperor, and commits an assassination attempt, the people of Zhejiang who have just taken a breather will suffer another crime.
In the early morning of the next day, Zhu Yijun got up early and brought with him the queen Wang Yaozhuo, the emperor's eldest son Zhu Changzhi, and two concubines, the heroic Guo Yunyao and the gentle water king Xiyue, followed by Chang Long tail, ready to visit the West Lake.
The grand scene of the West Lake during the Wanli period was divided into exterior scenes and four roads. For example, the tomb of King Yue that Zhu Yijun is going to now is on West Lake North Road. If he wants to go to Leifeng Pagoda and Longjing, he has to go to West Lake South Road.
"Husband, I won't go." When Wang Yaozhuolin got into the car, he suddenly looked a little unbearable and said in a low voice.
"What's wrong?" Zhu Yijun asked in confusion.
Wang Yaozhuo said with a smile on his face: "I'm afraid, I have been suffering from morning sickness for the past two days. If I vomited on the way, it would disturb my husband's pleasure."
"Oh? Okay, okay!" Zhu Yijun said with a smile on his face: "My wife is working hard, but the medical officer also said that she is just pregnant, so it's better to do more activities. It's just a matter of interest for us, and it's not as important as my wife."< br>
"Forget it, husband, please spend more time with your two sisters." Wang Yaozhuo shook her head, and she looked at the two timid concubines.
Guo Yunyao and Wang Xiyue have been in the palace for more than a year, but there has been no movement in their stomachs, and they have been to bed many times. Wang Yaozhuo thought that her husband had something wrong with his body, but she did, so the problem was not her husband. But these two sisters.
"That's okay, I just hope that the lady has good intentions and they can understand and won't let down the lady's good intentions." Zhu Yijun glanced at Guo Yunyao and Wang Xiyue and said in a low voice.
Wang Yaozhuo said with a smile: "No, they are not that ignorant."
Guo Yunyao and Wang Xiyue whispered a few words to Wang Yaozhuo again, not knowing that Wang Yaozhuo Yaozhuo said something, which made the two concubines blush with embarrassment, and then they followed His Majesty on the jade carriage and headed towards the Yulian Pavilion, which is the first one on West Lake North Road. Attractions.
We visited Yulian Pavilion, Zhaoqing Temple, Wawadang, Big Buddha Head, Baochu Pagoda and other scenic spots along the way. The two concubines took Zhu Changzhi and were quite happy, but it was just Zhu Yijun's thoughts. When he was not on the road, he mainly went to the tomb of King Yue.
At noon, the car drove to the Tomb of King Yue, which is the tomb of Yue Fei. He was named after his death and was posthumously named King of E.
Japanese invasions were common in the mid-Jiajing period. The tomb of the soldiers who died fighting the Japanese was located next to the tomb of King Yue. Zhu Yijun came here not only to pay homage to Yue Fei but also to pay homage to those who died fighting the Japanese. A loyal and brave man of the Ming Dynasty.
"Dad, who are buried here?" Zhu Changzhi was dragged by the emperor to the Zhongyong Temple. The ancestral hall only had two acres of land. Like the Nanya Ancestral Hall, it only had the main room, left and right wings, and screen walls. Behind the wall, there is a stone tablet recording a person's name and their deeds.
Worshiping the Zhongyong Temple is a must for Zhu Yijun wherever he goes.
"Buried here are all the heroes who protected the Ming Dynasty. Zhi'er, remember, these people are the backbone of the Ming Dynasty." Zhu Yijun took the three sticks of incense from Feng Bao and said solemnly Put it into the incense burner.
Zhu Changzhi was still young. He actually couldn't figure out why his father, the most powerful person in the world, came to such a far place to offer incense to these people. But he knew very well that these people were very important to his father. The two concubines were left behind. Only after the emperor had walked out of the door could the queen enter and burn incense with the emperor. The concubine was not qualified to do so.
Zhu Yijun took Zhu Changzhi and read the contents of the inscription to Zhu Changzhi, mainly the names, how many Japanese pirates were killed, where they were sacrificed, and why they were sacrificed, all to the eldest son of the emperor.
"Dad, are they enshrined here because they killed Japanese pirates? Why did they kill Japanese pirates?" Zhu Changzhi walked out of the gate of Zhongyong Temple and asked with some doubts.
Zhu Yijun said very calmly: "Because the Japanese pirates killed us Ming people, we Ming people must take revenge. If we can't take revenge in this life, the next generation, even ten generations will not be too late. They killed them cruelly. I have killed tens of thousands of people along the southeastern coast of the Ming Dynasty, and millions of people have been displaced. If I don’t take revenge, I will pretend to be the emperor.”
The Emperor of the Ming Dynasty is not hateful, because he will get things done. After Zhu Changzhi grew up, all that was just history.
"I know these three words, King Yue's Tomb. Who are the four people kneeling in front of this ancestral hall?" Zhu Changzhi saw the kneeling statue in front of King Yue's tomb.
Zhu Yijun looked at these three statues and said with a smile: "The four of them are all jokes."
"In the eighth year of Zhengde, Li Long, the commander of the Zhejiang Dusi, made three bronze statues. The kneeling statues, from left to right, are: Qin Hui, Wang Shi, Wan Qixi, and Zhang Jun in the fourth year of Longqing. These four, as well as their master Song Gaozong Zhao Gou, are all jokes."
"Zhi'er, you have to remember that as an emperor, you can be a great man, a saint, a tyrant or a butcher, but you can't become a joke."
"You must remember this sentence If your words turn into a joke, you will be laughed at for thousands of years. You think, it would be really bad if someone laughs and mocks you as soon as your name is mentioned.”
"Dad, can you tell me the story of King Yue?" Zhu Changzhi nodded solemnly. His father was very busy, and he would always remember his father's sincere words.
"Yue Fei, when he was born, there was a big roc flying over the roof, so he was named Pengju." Zhu Yijun was very familiar with Yue Fei's story, so he pulled Zhu Changzhi and began to tell it carefully.
(End of this chapter)