Wanli Xinming

Chapter 125 Argument
When Zhu Yijun came to power, he did not pay enough attention to the management of the canal.After all, he is not an economist, and he has never studied the history of the canal before, so his awareness of the status of the canal in imperial politics is not as high as Zhang Juzheng, Wang Guoguang and others.

In the third year of Wanli, Zhu Yijun's understanding of the canal finally equalized with Zhang Juzheng.The main reason is that in the past two years, Zhang Juzheng and other ministers have attached great importance to the management of the canal. Whenever there is a general memorial, Zhang Juzheng must analyze the pros and cons at length and often need to see it, which subtly changed Zhu Yijun's idea.

Zhang Juzheng pointed out to Zhu Yijun many times that because the capital was the core of the empire, the army and civilian population were dense, and the output of the North China Plain was not enough to support, so the grain and rice transferred from Jiangnan became the lifeline of the empire.

One day, when Zhang Juzheng asked for the fortune of the water again, he said to Zhu Yijun about the importance of the grain: "If you don't get it for one day, you will be hungry. If you don't get it for three days, you will not know what to do." This sentence made Zhu Yijun deeply terrified.

The people of later generations live in an era of extreme abundance of materials, and lack a perceptual understanding of the shortage of materials.After Zhu Yijun crossed over to the emperor, some inconveniences in his life, including some enjoyment in later generations, were ordered one by one to solve Zhang Hong, Zhang Jing and others.

Zhu Yijun has high requirements on the quality of life, such as the development and use of bathroom facilities and daily necessities, which have gradually spread from the palace to the outside in the past two years.Except for the household appliance Zhu Yijun was temporarily unable to do anything, the rest of the enjoyment was not much different from the later generations.

Because of this and transmigrating to the emperor, Zhu Yijun didn't know much about the living conditions of the people.

The local intelligence and silver medals directly reported the hardships of the people, and the text was highly generalized, such as "over [-] people were floating in the house" or "big famine, starving to death" and so on, but there was no detailed description.Zhu Yijun looked at these memorials at the time, as if he was looking at historical documents, and had no skin-to-skin feeling.

But when Zhang Juzheng said to him that "if you don't have three days, you don't know what to do", the fearful eyes and serious expression made Zhu Yijun suddenly realize that although he has lived in this world for two years, he and this world have always been inseparable. estranged.

This feeling is absurd and real, like a dagger slashing through the soft membrane that has been covering Zhu Yijun's body since he crossed, making him feel that he has a flesh-and-blood connection with this world for the first time.

After that day, this feeling became more and more clear, and it was reflected in the daily connection with Liang Gong, younger brother, younger sister and other family members, and in his life with Sun Gan, Wei Chao and others. Assimilate and empathize with him more and more, making him more and more empathetic and resonating with the great Ming of this time and space.

At this time, Zhu Yijun, looking back at his administration in the past two years, many things of Menglang emerge one by one.

Zhu Yijun reflected on himself. For the past two years, he has said that he is very close to the people, but he has long cut off the flesh-and-blood relationship with the people.

Reflecting on himself again, for the past two years, he has treated political affairs like playing a game to clear customs, arbitrarily manipulating the world, but ignoring every order of his own, involving the life and death of millions of people. ——If the time went back to two years ago, many things would have been handled much better.

Comparing this state of mind with when he was fascinated by power when he first crossed over to that day's classic feast, Zhu Yijun felt that he had advanced.His sense of identity with the emperor became stronger and stronger, and his understanding of the missions and responsibilities he shouldered became more and more profound.

Looking at water transportation with this mentality, Zhu Yijun finally realized that every change of the Grand Canal is related to the lives of millions of people on both sides of the canal.

If you can't properly handle and resolve conflicts, just like the reform of the salt government, you will be free to make revolutions, and I don't know how many people will be ruined.Therefore, he very cautiously first resorted to the magic weapon: investigation and research.

With the feedback from the research reports one by one, in June of the third year of Wanli, Zhu Yijun finally constructed the overall impression of the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal.

The relationship between the general waterway and the central and local governments, the stratum distribution above and below the canal, the structure of the people who depend on it for a living, the organic connection between the canal and the major water systems, and the shortcomings of the current waterway transportation system of the imperial court are all detailed. Outline, and finally let him, a different kind of emperor, find the answer to the problem.

With a bottom in mind, the next step is to unify thoughts.When Zhu Yijun was thinking about it, Wang Zongmu, who had been defeated and fought repeatedly, suggested to the court again in mid-August that he wanted to go to sea.

This time, the hornet's nest was stabbed, and with the stormy bullets, Wang Zongmu's position as chief began to crumble.Zhu Yijun continued to let loose on various occasions and drizzled to protect Wang Zongmu.At the same time, he issued an order to the Ministry of Households to ask him to put forward his opinions on the re-opening of Haicao.

On August [-], the household memorial was sent to the six divisions for record and reported to the cabinet.Zhu Yijun sees its content as:
"First of all, the minister talked about the merits of sea transportation. The ministers said that the benefit of all ages lies in the river, and the sea is urgently used for a while. Now the minister proposes to increase the sea transportation by 24 stones. The ministers think that the sea route is difficult to determine, but they should be familiar with this road in case Urgent, there is no need to levy more. In the past, Zhang Huan and others argued that they were equal to the ministers, and said that in the sixth year of Longqing, the grain and rocks were lost, and the ministers would send money to buy them. The ministers did not expect Zong Mu's understanding, so they made a fool of themselves."

"But it was rumored that it was difficult to ask deeply. At that time, the ministers thought that the brave ministers who did the first thing could be forgiven, so as to see the effect later. However, in the first year of Wanli, another seven boats drifted away, and 15 people died. The ministers thought that the food could be supplemented. Human life cannot be redeemed."

"The ministers and others have checked the sea and water in the Yuan Dynasty, and there are three out of ten people who do not encounter wind and waves and drift away. It is true that one of the people who are not able to use sea transportation. Sea transportation must use thousands of material ships, driving a boat with a hundred people, transporting meters and thousands of stones. If you count rivers and waters, then sea Cao one can handle ten river boats, transport fewer soldiers and no risk of overturning, this sea transport is not as good as river boat two;”

"If it is like the Yuan-specialized shipping, there must be guards guarding it to prevent plundering. If the river is used, the thieves will not dare to peep, and the river will benefit three."

"The old ministers and others discussed that the sea transportation began in the third year of Wanli, and the limit was 12 stones, in case of emergency use of the sea. I begged the holy judge."

After reading the memorial, Zhu Yijun felt very unhappy, and he criticized: "I read the memorials of Er and others, and I said all the disadvantages of shipping, but not its advantages; I said all the advantages of rivers and waters, but not its disadvantages. There is no harm, or all harm and no benefit? I have long reiterated with the outline of "seeking truth", but you and other memorials do not see this, and the presupposition is difficult to correct."

"In the sixth year of Longqing, I heard about a stroke, and because of the imperial examination, the court was inconclusive—how can you say that Wang Zongmu's 'self-defeating'? ."

After scolding the Ministry of Household for a while, Zhu Yijun wrote again: "The ministers in the cabinet saw this memorial and did not ask for further explanation, but repeated it with 'please the holy judge'. Does this mean 'seeking truth'?"

"Order the cabinet to apply to the Ministry of Households, conduct serious investigations, and review in detail. If there are any more failures to seek truth from facts, and false statements of pros and cons without verification, I will be blamed!"

Zhang Juzheng handed over the affairs of the Ministry of Household to Zhang Siwei because of the overall planning of water conservancy and other major affairs. He did not read the memorial at all.Zhang Juzheng was also furious after reading it when the Slijian approved the emperor's red hair.

Calling Zhang Siwei to his office, Zhang Juzheng scolded him loudly for a quarter of an hour and almost threw the memorial on Zhang Siwei's face.Zhang Siwei did not dare to contradict, and lowered his head to listen to the training.

Zhang Juzheng was too angry, and felt that he was too much.He softened his tone and said to Zhang Siwei: "Feng Pan, you have been in the cabinet for several months, and the emperor's temper has not yet been fully understood? The emperor's governance, only the words "practical" and "seeking truth", repeated many meetings, repeatedly stressed, You didn't understand?"

"If the Ministry of Household can act out of the public heart, it must discuss the advantages of the sea and the water, and then discuss the disadvantages of the sea and water, and compare it with the river. Since the second half of the second year of Wanli, if there is no comparison between the pros and cons of the memorials of the various ministries, the details will not be supported. Dare to play this chapter. How can you be confused on this matter?"

"Still deceive your inexperience, and deceive Sheng Cong with big words. With the emperor's knowledge, can you be fooled by these bastards? From now on, remember the words 'seek truth from facts'. "

Zhang Siwei was only right, and smiled bitterly: "Yuanfu, I was wrong about this. Jia Sanjin and others also discussed Haicao in this chapter, and their words were very spicy. I didn't dare to report it, for fear of angering the emperor. Nowadays, all the ministers have nothing to say, and the memorial to the Ministry of Household is fair—"

Zhang Juzheng listened, and some false fire rose again.He criticized in a low voice: "I am waiting for the ministers, how can I block the way of speech? Every memorial cannot be detained! If there is something wrong, it is better to suggest that it be played again, rather than holding it in your hands. "

Zhang Siwei asked Zhang Juzheng to wait for a while, then went back to the room to take out the memorial, and handed it to Zhang Juzheng: "I was going to talk to Jia Sanjin, Yuan Fu will take a look first."

Zhang Juzheng watched Jia San's recent performance, which first said that shipping was not feasible, and then followed by Zhang Siwei's spicy remarks:

"Your Majesty handed Wang Zongmu's memorial to the Ministry of Households for discussion, or it may have the meaning of restoring the sea and water. The minister believes that there is a way to escape in the world, so I can take Jiuzhezhang safely; people who have Shenling and Jiang Gui can live, why try to order Wufu to gou Wanyi ? This wise man does not take it, and the foolish man will laugh. Beg for a detailed drink, stop the sea, and put all the grain into the river."[Note 1]
When Zhang Juzheng saw what he said in the memorial, he was indeed very disrespectful to the emperor.The last sentence is almost an order to the emperor, and the analogy is also vaguely mocking.

He sneered a few times in his heart, his eyes turned cold, and he said to Zhang Siwei: "If you give a memorial to the matter, the cabinet can't suppress it. You and I will blame it, and then play it."

　Note: The general idea of ​​Jia Sanjin's memorial is like this, and Lao Mo added a slap in the face.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)