national surname chiming

chapter 90
Shen Shuren's words can stand the test of history, so he speaks very confidently.

If there is a lower-level civil servant on the opposite side at this moment, or a guy who wants to make peace and don't care about right and wrong after collecting money, he may be completely convinced at this moment.

However, Zhang Guowei is a loyal minister with a bit of integrity after all. In history, he was able to throw himself into a lake to die for his country after the fall of the King Lu's regime.It can be said that he and Jiang Dejing were the only ones in the household system in the last period of the Ming Dynasty that could stand the test of integrity.

Decades of thinking patterns made his face more and more complicated the more he heard it. Although he believed it halfway, he still insisted on asking the last question:
"Even if what you said makes sense, then the Qin and Han dynasties emphasized agriculture to suppress business to make the country rich and strong, and the Sui and Tang dynasties also relied more or less on agriculture to strengthen the country. If profit-seeking is indulged and only business taxes are emphasized, what if no one farms the land?
In the past, Guan Zhong promoted sericulture by bullying Lu Jin and tricking Lu people into abandoning millet. In the end, the state of Lu suffered from starvation and collapsed.If my Ming Dynasty continues to suffer from continuous disasters, the people are starving, and the emphasis on commerce and excessive business taxes will not be exacerbated, people will abandon agriculture? "

After hearing this question, Shen Shuren finally lifted his spirits and admired Zhang Guowei a little bit more. At least his attitude was quite upright.

Shen Shuren also changed a very serious expression, and said solemnly:

"This matter really has to be prevented, but the imperial court did not promote business and did not collect more business taxes. In the land of Susong, sericulture and cotton are grown in seven or eight out of ten, and there is no prohibition. So, this is not important. The issue of emphasizing commerce is whether the imperial court has the ability to formulate laws and manage land use.

As for the emphasis on agriculture in the Qin, Han, Sui and Tang Dynasties, the essence is that there were still many uncultivated fields and unclaimed wasteland in the world at that time, and the people were scarce but the wealth was plentiful.The total number of people in the world is not enough to cultivate the fields that are suitable for farming in the world, so we must emphasize agriculture and restrain business to ensure that more fields are planted.

But since the Song Dynasty, the situation has changed drastically.In the Northern Song Dynasty, there may still be undeveloped land in the south.But in the Southern Song Dynasty, even in Fujian and Jiangxi, even in the mountains, any rivers for irrigation were reclaimed.

As for my Ming Dynasty, even the land of Jiangxi has a larger population than the northern provinces. It is a province surrounded by mountains. It can be seen that the land of Han has been completely reclaimed.

When the population of the world is 5000 million and the number of strong men is [-] million, there will be enough manpower to plant all the fields in Han, and it will be intensively cultivated.No matter how many people there are, it will not be productive to invest in the ground.The extra people should naturally invest in industry and commerce, and some of the money that was originally intended to be used for annexing land can be diverted to other industries. "

After the factors of productivity needed in agriculture, no matter labor force or other means of production, have reached the value required by the land, if you invest more in it, there will be no more output. This part of waste is called "involution"——

This very fashionable word in later generations was originally used to describe "wasting labor and ineffective piling intensive cultivation that can no longer increase production".

On this issue, the Ming Dynasty's emphasizing agriculture and suppressing business since Zhu Yuanzhang was obviously problematic.Zhu Yuanzhang did not consider population growth at all, nor did he consider how to actively find a way for the people who continued to grow after "the total population of farming in the world is sufficient and the land reclamation in eighteen provinces in Han is completed".

However, the Ming Dynasty also banned the sea, and it was not possible to colonize overseas colonial immigrants.

On the other hand, there are cold grasslands and deserts in the north and west of the Han land, and steep mountains in the southwest. There is no new cultivated land in the west and north (except for the northeast. If the technology is advanced and you are not afraid of the cold, you can still grab it to farm after the Qing Dynasty is destroyed. Yes, that can accommodate tens of millions more farmers)

Banning the sea is tantamount to cutting off the "search for growth in the total amount of arable land".

If the extra population does not go against the system of the Ming Dynasty, then it will be called hell.

When Zhang Guowei heard this, he was completely dumbfounded and convinced.

Who told Confucianism not to study population growth and how to deal with it from ancient times to the present?Shen Shuren's words suddenly opened up a new world for him.

Zhang Guowei read a lot and was knowledgeable. After a moment of sluggishness, he sighed:

"In ancient times, the people were few but rich, so the people did not fight. Today, people have five sons, but they have five sons. The eldest father has 25 grandchildren before his death. The people are many but the goods and wealth are few. The work is hard but the support is poor, so the people fight -

Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong are what Han Feizi said, "multiple rewards and heavy punishments will not prevent chaos".It is also impossible for Emperor Taizu to see clearly the fate of human reproduction in hundreds of years. This Ming Dynasty really cannot change.

Even if the lijin method will lead to the decentralization of local financial power, its harm is far less than that of Li and Zhang.At any rate, my Ming Dynasty has more provinces and three divisions than the feudal towns of Tang Dynasty. "

The two sides talked about the details of the lijin method, and Zhang Guowei supported and pushed this reform from the bottom of his heart.

Seeing that his attitude had been finalized, Shen Shuren revealed the rhythm of the follow-up advancement:
"Since that's the case, my nephew is not being polite anymore. Let's put it this way, in Huguang and Fujian, my nephew has his own way to find other allies to promote lijin, but in Nanzhili, it is thanks to Shi Bo who pleaded for the country.

The rest of Sichuan, Jiangxi, and Zhejiang can be sandwiched between Huguang, Nanzhili, and Fujian, and each province can be promoted as a province.In provinces that have not been implemented, if business travelers do not leave the province, they will not be levied lijin, and the levy will be levied when they leave the province, which can minimize resistance.

This matter will inevitably be impeached by the officials, but my father will take responsibility for the fault of the initiative.Uncle Shi is only the executor of Nanzhili, and His Majesty will be delighted if he will perform meritoriously.If my father's loss of power appeases the officials' anger, in the future, the method of lijin will depend on Shibo to support the sky. "

Shen Shuren was very measured, and expressed the meaning of "if something goes wrong, my dad will be relegated to Nanjing to take care of the elderly, you go to Beijing" in euphemistic terms.

To put it bluntly, it is not appropriate now, after all, there are four outsider singers singing songs to persuade people to drink.I am not afraid that women will understand those two implicit words just now.

Sure enough, after Shen Shuren finished speaking, Zhang Guowei's face changed slightly, and his expression also changed several times, and finally sighed:
"Six years ago, when I was repairing the sea pond in Suzhou, I met Shen Xiandi for the first time, and I knew he was a man who was eager for justice and donated money. I didn't expect that six years later, the two generations of the Shen family, father and son, would be so loyal. I am ashamed. "

The four girls who accompanied the wine next to him were also in awe when they heard the words.

Today, although Shen Zhifu and Zhang Shilang didn't have a lot of words, they were talking about national finances, and they didn't understand some of the words.But just picking out those who can understand, they all sound so loud.

The key is the spirit of worrying about the country and the people, at least not inferior to Fan Zhongyan.

Among the four girls, only Liu Rushi, who was the oldest and most experienced, frowned slightly, feeling that things were not that simple.

She has seen countless civil servants and scholars, and was once a "prime minister's concubine", but she has never heard of such a person who was so loyal to the country in the Ming Dynasty and forgot about his life.I hope that I am suspicious and judge the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a woman.

However, no one cares what they think.After Shen Shuren heard Zhang Guowei's self-effacing, he just ended pragmatically and lightly:
"Then there will be Lao Shibo. My father has recently organized a sea-transported water tanker, and is going to personally escort the first batch of grain grain this year to the north. After he arrives in the capital, he will report to His Majesty. For details, wait for the court to make a move. My nephew Discuss with Shi Bo in detail, adapt to the situation."

Zhang Guowei nodded, and he was almost drunk, so he got up to leave.Naturally, Shen Shuren also stood up to see him off, and even winked, asking Liu Rushi and Gu Mei to help Zhang Shilang get off the boat.

Liu Rushi and Gu Mei didn't think it was wrong either, they were here to greet and send them off.Zhang Guowei is 46 years old, he is not young anymore, he has also drank some wine, and he doesn't usually take a boat, it will be bad if he steps on the pedal and stumbles.

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While Shen Shuren, Liu, and Gu Ernu disembarked to see off the guests, Li Xiangjun and Bian Yujing who stayed on the boat also changed their restraint just now, and their appearance and demeanor relaxed a bit.

They are still fifteen or sixteen-year-old nobles with little experience in hospitality, and they cannot be compared with Liu, Gu and other seniors who are familiar with their families.I have never taken over the job of serving people alone on other people's boats before, so it is inevitable to be nervous and afraid of making mistakes.

The girls were somewhat curious about their new acquaintances of the same age, and at this moment, taking advantage of Shen Shuren's absence, they boldly pulled Chen Yuanyuan to talk.

Bian Yujing, the youngest, asked casually: "Where is my sister from? You are so beautiful, why have we never heard of it before?"

Li Xiangjun is slightly older than Bian Yujing by one year, and has more experience, so his vision is naturally more accurate.After hearing this, she yelled secretly, and hurriedly stopped from the side:

"Sai-sai, don't be abrupt! Ms. Chen may not be part of our party."

Bian Yujing was taken aback for a moment, and then realized that he might have made a mistake in his first sentence.

She saw that she was invited by Shen Shuren to sing along with the wine today, and she thought that all the women were traveling together, so she didn't think much of it at all.

Sure enough, Chen Yuanyuan's face was a little unhappy for a moment, but he recovered in a blink of an eye.She took a deep breath and said calmly:

"Miss Li don't need to be harsh, and Miss Bian is right. My family name is Chen Yuan, and my stage name is Yuanyuan. I have sung in Kunshan for two years. If it weren't for the young master, I don't know when I would be able to escape from the fire pit.

So, I was just like you.It's just luck, and in the end I was able to serve the young master with a perfect body.The young master spent six to seven thousand taels of silver for me back and forth, even if I don't have a status for the time being, I am content. "

When Chen Yuanyuan said these words, she mentioned the words of perfect body at the end, and she was a little unconsciously proud, as if this could emphasize that she was once the same as the other party, but different.

Bian Yujing knew that her words had made the other party sensitive, and had aroused unpleasant memories of the other party, so she quickly admitted her mistake: "My sister is so beautiful and treats people so well, this is what my sister deserves. My little sister said something wrong just now, my sister must be careful." Don't take it to heart."

On the other side, Li Xiangjun, who had nothing to do with himself, was a little sad after hearing Chen Yuanyuan's simple self-report, as if he was touched by something, and shed tears involuntarily.

She hurriedly brushed the fan across her face inadvertently, wiped away the tears naturally, smiled and gossiped:
"That's really congratulations to my sister. After joining our line of work, I can finally serve my loved one with a perfect body and get a good result. It's really rare."

Chen Yuanyuan is also a careful person, and immediately heard that Li Xiangjun was in trouble, after a little thought, she asked casually: "My sister has encountered something unforgiving, so I feel sad?"

Li Xiangjun smiled helplessly: "It can't be said that you are unlucky. Even if someone like me meets someone who is willing to pay a lot of money to redeem me, he just wants to give me as a gift and seek friendship in the officialdom. This is what our business is all about. The appearance of my sister, there is no one in a million."

The two whispered, and the Shuren on the other side had finished seeing off the passengers, and just returned to the cabin.

He didn't care about Chen Yuanyuan's conversation with Li Xiangjun, but hearing Li Xiangjun complaining that he was going to be sold and sent away also aroused his curiosity and political vigilance.

"This seems inconsistent with history, right? Shouldn't Li Xiangjun be redeemed by Hou Fangyu? Why would anyone plan to buy her as a gift and seek official friendship? Or is it that Kong Shangren's "Peach Blossom Fan" was written blindly and completely inconsistent with the historical prototype?"

Shen Shuren's mind started to function involuntarily.

Thinking of Hou Xun, Hou Fangyu's father and son, and Zuo Liangyu are in the same party, and he had a little grudge with the Hou family and Gong Dingzi the year before last.Shen Shuren thought it would be better to inquire about it, maybe he could find out some tricks or weaknesses of the political opponents.

Yu Wen Yu Wu, Shen Shuren are all going to deal with the Hou Zuo Alliance.

The Hou family represented the conservative forces in the Ministry of Household Affairs. Maybe some old disciples would oppose the reform of the lijin tax system. Zuo Liangyu was at odds with Shen Shuren in the military aspect of the Huguang battlefield.

No matter who is caught, he can hug the grass and beat the rabbit.

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There will be two updates tomorrow during the day.

(End of this chapter)