Xinshun 1730

Chapter 987 Stop

The Sichuan issue has a special historical background.That was the beginning of the Northern Expedition of Dashun, the tragic Sichuan-Shanxi tug-of-war, which made Sichuan unable to slow down for many years.

Sichuan, known as the Land of Abundance, should be the center of the southwest region for granted.

However, for a long period of time, Sichuan's population and financial resources were insufficient, and Dashun's previous reforms to the southwest region were based on Xi'an and Xiangyang.

Xi'an cannot be the central area of ​​the southwest.

Xiangyang cannot be the central area of ​​the southwest either.

Only Sichuan and Chengdu can afford the title of Southwest Center.

The current situation in Dashun is here. There is no war in the north, at least a hundred years from now, there is no possibility of war at all.

It will be a matter of time before North Korea becomes counties, but it must wait until the strength is sufficient, otherwise it may scare Japan in advance.

The transformation of counties in northern Vietnam, after the construction of the navy, is also a matter of time.

However, after all, these places are different from the southwest region. Dashun in the southwest region has inherited all the heritage of the Ming Dynasty and is regarded as "Kinai".

The matter in the north is settled, and going south is where the general plan lies.

After nearly a hundred years of recuperation, Sichuan has recovered, which is enough to support Dashun's position as the southwest core area.

An important reason why the emperor supported Liu Yu's Sichuan well salt into Hunan and Chu was that the Southwest reformed the soil and returned it to the local people, and the Lianghuai salt merchants were unable to make efforts.

Going further, the Lianghuai salt merchants in the northern grasslands can't do their best; in Nanyang, the Lianghuai salt merchants still can't do their best.

And fat.

It's useless again.

Is it true that the feudal imperial power's pig-killing, deboning, and meat-cutting knives don't exist?

The salt merchants in the Lianghuai River and Huaihe River had lost their way by themselves, so it was no wonder that Liu Yu and the emperor did the tricks—if they still had the value of selling salt, marketing, sales, and transportation, then they might not be so ruthless this time.

The problem is that they are too comfortable making money on their own. They neither sell nor transport. They are on the road of lending and renting salt. Once the canal is abandoned, they are already worthless.

Therefore, the emperor supported Liu Yu's very bold and radical salt reform policy, and believed that other people's reform directions were tactical. Only Duke Xingguo took a step forward in strategy, and he was the real important minister of the court.

However, the emperor supported the radical reform of the salt administration.

The radical mining industry was liberalized and developed, but the emperor did not support it.

In addition to the factors of chaos, there is another very important point, that is... because of the war restoration policy and inconvenient transportation, Sichuan has really become a model of "benevolence, righteousness and kingship" in recent years.

Although this point, in Liu Yu's view, is unsustainable, could there be another Sichuan-Shaanxi tug-of-war with the founding of Dashun and Malthus' death knights if there are too many people?
But the emperor didn't look at the problem as rationally and coldly as Liu Yu, so he focused on this problem in the second Zhu Zhu's commentary to Liu Yu.

"Since the founding of this dynasty, the population in central Shu has been declining, and many policies of leniency have been adopted. People, acres of land, and salt wells are all lightly taxed, and more policies have been adopted for recuperation."

"In the early years, the population was sluggish, and the dynasty was exempted many times. There are few people but a large land. It is a family of middle-aged people, and there are few big businessmen."

"Aiqing's memorandum a few days ago said that Western merchants entering Sichuan are like entering a land without people. This is the origin of this. They are not good at business, and the people do not lie."

"Everyone in the world has the bad habit of drowning female infants, but the people of Sichuan Province, regardless of rich or poor, must give birth to a daughter. The beauty of this custom is like a peach garden."

"As far as Aiqing's so-called 'industrial and commercial development', the most prosperous places for drowning girls are Guangdong, Jiangsu and Zhejiang."

"During the Chenghua period of the former dynasty, some courtiers said: Wenzhou, Taizhou, and Chuzhou had the worst custom of drowning female babies. This abuse is not limited to the three prefectures, but extends to Ning, Shao, and Jinhua, as well as Southern Zhili."

"Ai Qing said that if you want to cure the custom of drowning girls, you can only develop textiles."

"Give birth to daughters who can work and earn money for their parents, husbands and in-laws, and can be sold as body laborers. The custom of drowning female infants can be lightened."

"Every time I read this, I can't help sighing: Is the progress that Ai Qing often said is going to a point where everyone is ruthless, and everyone is talking about money and profit, and even the relationship between parents and children is unavoidable?"

"This is the way that Aiqing has never regretted despite nine deaths?"

"The world has changed, and I know it. In this world of great contention, the princes are fighting. However, the heaven and the earth are big, and they can fight against the western barbarians by advancing from the southeast. Why don't Aiqing leave a piece of pure land for benevolence and righteousness?"

"This criticism is not based on the theory of the monarch and his ministers, but the arguments of a hundred schools of thought. Confucianism talks about benevolence and righteousness, ink talks about both love, law and power, and Taoism is sage. What is it that you believe in?"

"Aiqing doesn't talk about benevolence and righteousness, but less talk about love, and the study of magic power makes people smile."

"Confucianism has the rule of three generations, Mohism has the love of great unity, Taoism has small countries and few people. Even Buddhism has reincarnation and reincarnation, and Yehui has heaven milk and honey... The world predicted by Ai Qing is so cold, everyone says Li, even family affection can be placed on the scale, I really don't know what is supporting Aiqing to move forward."

This is a rare expression of the emperor's temperament. He said that this is not a discussion between the monarch and his ministers, but an exchange of discernment among a hundred schools of thought.

The emperor knew from the very beginning that Liu Yu was a man with righteousness in his heart.This Dao may include loyalty to the emperor, the country, and the world, but this is only the virtue derived from Dao.

And what about the Tao itself?
Why do Western religions not use hell to attract people?Because we all know that's not good.

But from what Liu Yu said at the beginning that developing the textile industry was the best way to reduce female infanticide in Jiangsu and Zhejiang; from the emperor's theory that Liu Yu was deceiving the Japanese but was terrified after reading it... all these, It made the emperor feel that the world that Liu Yu wanted was more like a devil's den hell than the Dashun of the small peasant economy.

So the emperor couldn't understand why Liu Yu was so keen on the Devil's Cave Hell?

If you believe in Christianity and Hui, it is understandable, for the sake of heaven; if you believe in Confucianism, it is for the rule of three generations...that is all beautiful.

Everyone has a heart for beauty, so why do some people pursue the magic ghost cave as a way of life compared to the rule of the three generations?

If the words of later generations were used, the emperor would even wonder if Liu Yu was psychopathic.

Although the emperor supported many of Liu Yu's policies, the reason for his support was that the emperor had "no way" in his heart, and was just a political animal to maintain the rule and the monarchy.

It doesn't matter if there is no way, it doesn't matter if it is self-righteous, just use it together.

But the emperor knew very well that Liu Yu was not in the same way as him at all, and it was supported by some belief in his heart, which made the emperor quite puzzled.

Of course, the emperor was not going to use this set of morals, small farmers, and rural beauty to persuade Liu Yu, because the emperor knew that if he really said that, Liu Yu would have to continue to go to school again.

Maybe I was still thinking in my heart, yes, it is really strange that the emperor talks about morality and Confucian scholars talk about interests these days.

So the emperor took up his pen and wrote the third paragraph of Zhu Pian, which began with a quotation from a couplet.

[If you don't judge the situation, you will be wrong about leniency and strictness. Later, you must think deeply about governing Shu.]

This time, I did not talk about morality, but purely restored the posture of a political animal, and analyzed to Liu Yu the reasons why Sichuan cannot engage in radical capital industry development.

Sichuan is located in the southwest, with Tibet in the west, Yunnan and Guizhou in the south, and Miao in the east, all of which are areas inhabited by "Yi" people.

Dashun's policy of reforming land and returning locals is very strict.

The previous policy of separating Yi and Han made the conflict between the two sides very deep.

It's fine to maintain this state of "separation, never interacting with each other until old age and death".

Reforming the land and returning it to the locals is reforming the land and returning it to the locals, but this thing is not a policy in the game. It is over with one click, and it takes decades or even hundreds of years of accumulation and change.

The place where the mining industry is developed is not the Chengdu Plain.

Running a mine in that kind of place will definitely lead to serious conflicts between Han and Yi.

Leaving aside, let's talk about the "Thousand People's Pit" case that happened in the capital not long ago. This is only a problem of villains in the capital.

But put it over there, what will it evolve into?
The emperor knew exactly what it was like to engage in industry and commerce.

Relying on the previous policy of "using business to control Mongolia", the profit-seeking businessmen changed the meaning of a word in just 20 years after Dashun recovered Mobei.

The original "An Da" is a pretty good word on the grassland.

But just like "Miss" changed to "Miss" and "Princess" changed to "Princess" in later generations, the word is still the same word, but the meaning is completely different.

It has only been 20 years since Dashun took back Mobei, and then the word "Anda" has become "treacherous", "seeking profit without righteousness", "not honesty", "Han people who lend money at usury", "I associate with you to cheat Your sheep" and so on.

To implement such a radical industrial and commercial policy in Sichuan, the emperor felt that there must be endless lawsuits, endless nonsense, and endless civil uprisings.

This is one of them.

Second, Dashun's recuperation policy in Sichuan, as well as the reform of land return and the previous defense against barbarians and Han, all made Sichuan officials adhere to the idea that "one thing more is worse than one thing less".

It is best to keep it as it is, otherwise there will be too many exchanges, and there will definitely be conflicts and problems between the two sides.

At that time, if a bowl of water is not evenly leveled, there will be a fight.

After the fight, the officials thought that it was bad luck for eight lifetimes, and that there was no hope of promotion in this lifetime.

Therefore, in this environment, officials in Sichuan are more conservative than each other. This is political wisdom.

If we want to carry out radical reforms, we have to rotate the officials in Sichuan, a change in the officialdom, and send those who support the reform and development of industry and commerce.

However, that group of people was too aggressive.

I feel that now that the military reform is complete, I wish I could make some military exploits and fight.

If you don't fight or deliberately create conflicts, how can you make a fortune?

Opening a mine, if something happens, I'm afraid it's not about letting things go, but adding firewood and fuel, work hard!

The former officials were worried that "if one of them misconducts himself, he would start a frontier quarrel and harm his life without gaining benefits."

Radicals, on the other hand, simply "provocateurs, fight when they start arguing, anyway, now that there are good guns and cannons, what are you afraid of?"

And slimy centrists?Can the middle-of-the-road faction handle the various problems in the mixed-ethnic areas?The emperor didn't think about it at all.

And who are the people in the DPRK and China who firmly support the reform?They are all those who are clamoring today to restore the old domain of the Han and Tang Dynasties, and tomorrow clamoring to stain the Vatican with blood to restore the humiliation of the missionary case—I can go, and so can I.

Why?

Because Liu Yu's set neither gives the rule of the three generations, nor does it give great unity and universal love, let alone the beauty of heaven.

Anyone who talks about "benevolence, righteousness and morality", "kingly politics", and "people-oriented" will not be fully supported.There has to be a purpose in everything, right?Why do you want to do this?

Obviously, Liu Yu can't always be said to dig a hole to bury Dashun, the only thing that seems to be a goal, that is, the glory of the Han and Tang Dynasties, and foreign conquest, at least this is a goal.

Although the merchants in Songjiang Mansion rejoiced and thought they would fight again, the emperor had no such plan at all. Reforming land and returning to foreign countries was not all violent means, and it would take time. In the time of slow digestion and "flower seedlings", using such a radical policy will directly intensify the contradiction.

Hit, but not afraid.But it was done with a purpose. If it was for the purpose of "growing seedlings" and "stability", obviously, in the eyes of the emperor, mining was purely going in the opposite direction.

(End of this chapter)