I'm really not doing business

Chapter 139 It's Broken
Daming does not have ocean-going capabilities, and this is the biggest problem in Daming's maritime trade at the moment. Although Daming can rely on its own advantages in goods, it has won Luzon as much as it wants. , but Daming can't go overseas, the trade route is under the control of others, and Daming is in a passive state.

Therefore, when Antonio wanted to present a gift to the emperor and proposed a franchise, Chen Xuexue did not hesitate. For such a big matter, he, a minister of the Honglu Temple, could not make the decision at all, but he knew clearly that the court could not agree. .

This kind of franchise, Chen Xuehui can understand, is the sole agent, and only Antonio's ship can sell Ming's goods in Lisbon.

Antonio said again: "I can accept 20% punitive tariffs."

Antonio is the heir to the throne of Portugal, but his identity is rather embarrassing. He is an illegitimate son, and his father is the second son of Manuel I, Luis. The embarrassing status of Antonio's illegitimate son determines that he will not be affected by nobles. their support.

But he had a lot of support among the common people, and Antonio was doing this for the throne.

The franchise of Ming goods will be an important tool for him to gain recognition from the nobility, so he hopes to firmly hold on to the franchise in Portugal.

"No." Chen Xuehui said with a smile: "It is impossible for the imperial court to order that merchants in the world sell their products to whom. Even if such a decree is issued, it is just a dead letter."

A decree is really impossible. The imperial court asked the powerful men in the Nanya government to hand over the armored crossbows. The armor of Liaodong was sold to Jiannu and Beilu.

The imperial government's decrees are not as powerful as imagined, and they can strictly restrain the world. It is something that cannot be done, even Emperor Hongwu can't do it.

When the Ming Dynasty was newly established, many old Confucians of the Yuan Dynasty refused to become officials, so as to stop offering themselves to the emperor and deny the legitimacy of the Ming regime.

Emperor Hongwu issued an imperial decree to allow the old Confucian scholars to become officials. Two Confucian scholars, Xia Boqi, uncle and nephew from Guixi County, Guangxin Prefecture, had their left thumbs amputated. interrogation.

Therefore, in the law of the Ming Dynasty, there is a saying: scholar-bureaucrats in Huanzhong are not used by the emperor, and the emperor's will has come. Scholars who refuse to become officials will end up beheaded and ransacked.

When Zhu Yijun decreed to seize the love and restore Liang Menglong and Zhao Mengyou, they had to return to the court as officials.

Antonio said very depressed: "No, Daming can do it. Under the decree of the Ming court, we can no longer buy any raw silk, we can only buy finished silk. I have never seen any country's decree that has Such a miraculous effect."

"Things are not as simple as you imagine." Chen Xuexue did not continue to explain. To clarify this problem, we must talk about contradictions, and only then can we talk about the complex opposition and unity of power from top to bottom and from bottom to top. relation.

Contradictions say that when deconstructing power and contradictions, it is so invincible. The reason why the Ming Dynasty was able to ban raw silk from going to sea was because the merchants in the Ming Dynasty used raw silk to produce silk in their workshops. Therefore, the imperial court’s strict prohibition is one thing, and the cooperation of the rich and wealthy is another. on the one hand.

Prohibiting raw silk from going to sea is a rare consensus between the imperial court and powerful people.

Look at how many troubles have been caused by cleaning up the Zhang, clearing up the encroachment, returning the land, and collecting taxes?

"Then can the Portuguese cargo ship I bring be exempted from the punitive tariffs? I have expressed my sincere respect in exchange for the Emperor Ming's personal forgiveness to me." Antonio changed his style of play. Since he could not obtain the franchise, he would retreat Second, express personal respect in exchange for his personal tax exemption.

"What you want is one thing, no." Chen Xuexue shook his head and said: "Da Ming exempted you from the personal punitive tariffs, which means that you have privileges, and your privileges will bring about even worse effects. People's merchant ships will all be in your name, whether they belong to you or not."

Privileged economy, this is playing on the minefield of the Ming court, because the late emperor's arbitrariness led to corruption in the northwest, such a big thunder in the court, Antonio actually wants privileges?Tomorrow Tiqi kicked down the door and dragged Antonio to the vegetable market to have his head beheaded.

Antonio found that Chen Xuexue was really, really difficult to deal with. This guy could always see his purpose at a glance. He waved his hand and said, "Forget it, I won't offer gifts."

Chen Xuexue said unhurriedly: "Let me remind you, this is Daming. Since you have something His Majesty is interested in, but you are unwilling to show it, Daming has plenty of people. I want you to hand over these things."

"It's so shameless!" Antonio stood up abruptly, and said in disbelief: "I always thought that the Ming court was the kingdom of heaven. This is a business, how can it be so shameless!"

Tong Shi didn't know whether to translate or not to translate.

Chen Xuehui ignored Tongshi, stood up and said calmly, "Thank you for the compliment."

"This place is different from Taixi. The teaching positions, nobles, and wealthy businessmen there have no respect for the imperial court, but here His Majesty is the only piece of heaven in Ming Dynasty, and he is the father of everyone in Ming Dynasty. Either you don't mention it, or Just offer a gift."

"Theoretically, the entire empire, even the earthworms underground, must serve His Majesty."

Shameless?
If the diplomats of the empire can't even be shameless, how can they benefit the Ming court and call Rouyuan people all day long?

The thing about etiquette, righteousness, integrity and shame was taught by the Ming Dynasty to the people of Ming Dynasty, just like a black man with black hair, who is just a farm tool for a plantation, while the Taixi people on the land of Taixi, with their black hair, are noble, authoritative and sacred Same symbol.

Chen Xuehui is not joking, earthworms really want to work hard to turn the soil in Baoqisi's fields.

Chen Xuehui said with a smile: "You can think about it and exchange for a bargaining chip that can be exchanged before it's too late."

Antonio was silent for a long time before he said disheartenedly: "What about the franchise of colored glaze? As far as I know, firing colored glaze is the emperor's own business. This can be done, and the output is not very large. I can ask for some money." Is it? You can't steal it!"

Chen Xuexue stood up and said: "I will report the truth, but you should not expect to have the exclusive right to own this kind of product forever. The imperial court approves it, and it can be up to five years, and then you will change to a better candidate."

"Okay, the deal is concluded, and I will submit your list."

Antonio looked at Li Yashi, frowned and asked: "The court of Ming Dynasty has lost the kindness it used to have."

Antonio partly agrees with Franciscos' opinion. Da Ming is indeed extremely arrogant. His arrogance in the past was to look down on others. A little expression of his sincere respect can bring huge benefits, which is the favor of tribute trade. reward.

But now the court of Daming is still extremely arrogant, but in this arrogance, there is more domineering emphasis on interests.

Li Yashi thought for a moment, and said with certainty: "To be more precise: it's just that it's hard to deceive."

"I agree with your idea." Antonio and Li Yashi also looked at each other with wry smiles, and the Ming court became more pragmatic, which was not good news for them.

"I think the most important thing you should do now is to pay the tax invoice in full, because if you don't pay it clearly, you will become...unfortunate." Li Yashi's expression was full of fear. Taxes are a great horror.

At any time, Tiqi Yamen will deliver a life-threatening talisman to your hand, and it really reminds you of life.

Jiangsu Ge's family was ransacked.

Chen Xuehui reported the gift list and other things to Wan Shihe in detail.

After Wan Shihe heard Chen Xuehui's threat, he frowned and said, "How can you say that? It's already shameless to do it. If you say it, it will look like a gentleman. Don't threaten next time."

"I thought Wan Gong would say something about Rouyuan people, but I just told me not to say it." Chen Xuexue was a little surprised. His wish to go further failed. , salivating, that is Ming Gong who can sit in the Wenhua Palace for court discussions.

Wan Shihe said quite accurately: "Hasn't it already been softened? Just play it in your own name."

His Majesty, the supreme emperor of the Ming Dynasty, held the treasure book of mathematics and couldn't put it down. This can be said to be the crown of the great works of mathematics in the Ming Dynasty. .

For example, there is a "calculation table" in the treasure book of mathematics, which is used to solve equations, etc.;

For example, in Suanshu Baojian, the idea of ​​"analyzing reasoning with words and disintegrating with pictures" is highly praised, emphasizing the importance of the combination of numbers and shapes;
For example, there are clear regulations on "Suan Zhi Gang Ji", such as definitions, such as deductive logic-based token thinking, which is also the reason why there are very few mistakes in the Suan Xue Bao Jian;

For example, Mathematics Treasure Book shows the distinct characteristics of mechanization, proceduralization and structuralization.

Of course, from the perspective of Zhu Yijun's future generations, there are still some mistakes and a lot of incomprehensible places in this book. Zhu Zaiyu took Cheng Dawei, a Huizhou merchant who has already entered Beijing, to make proofreading annotations on this book, combining Taixi Mathematics, a further simplification of mathematics.

Including the use of a large number of mathematical symbols, the comprehensive promotion of lowercase numbers, the writing habit from left to right, the combination of numbers and shapes, standard rulers, the definition of the outline of calculation, tokens, etc.

In Zhu Zaiyu's opinion, these things are very suitable. Mathematical science is inherently difficult, so simplifying it, the easier it is to understand, the simpler the better. It's terrible, it's not something he can handle at all.

"Your Majesty, the study of arithmetic has been abolished in recent hundreds of years. There are two reasons for the abolition: one is the Confucianism who is famous for reason, and the real things in the world; the other is the art of demons and delusions. Reason, can know the coming and going, and nothing will happen. Those who die in the gods have no effect, but the real ones survive."

"Once this book is published, it may provoke criticism from all over the world." Zhu Zaiyu had already completely compiled the Enlightenment of Mathematical Sciences and passed the approval of His Majesty the Emperor, but he dared not release it.

Even Cheng Dawei, an Hui merchant who was in charge of the compilation, held conservative opinions on this extremely deviant but very accurate mathematics enlightenment.

In Cheng Dawei's "Algorithm Tongzong", there are songs about pregnancy and men and women. In Cheng Dawei's view, the right way is the right way.

Zhu Yijun asked with a smile: "Can Uncle Huang understand Tianyuan Technique?"

"Yes." Zhu Zaiyu said with certainty.

"Can Dr. Cheng understand Tianyuan Technique?" Zhu Yijun looked at Mr. Cheng and asked.

"Yes." Cheng Dawei was also very convinced.

Zhu Yijun smiled and said: "Most of the Confucian scholars in Ming Dynasty don't understand Tianyuan Art, so don't be afraid, Uncle Emperor, because they really don't understand."

Gu Yingxiang, a disciple of Wang Yangming, is already one of the few Confucian students who is proficient in arithmetic. When he wrote "Cheyuan Haijing Classification and Interpretation", because he could not understand the Tianyuan technique, he said that "every thin grass can only be calculated by Tianyuan." , and there is no place to start', delete all the content of Tianyuanshu, buy the box and return the pearl, so that it will be ridiculed for thousands of years without knowing it.

It doesn't matter if you don't understand it, if you don't understand it, don't learn it, just delete it all, don't even read it, this is the practice of Confucian scholars in the Ming Dynasty.

This is also the reason why those Confucian scholars who advocated Zhengxue repeatedly clamored for Wang Yangming to enter the Confucian Temple, but they were always blocked by the court. And know it, become sleepy but don't know, delete it, delete it as if it doesn't exist.

Just like this, Zhu Yijun is afraid of them?
Tianyuan technique is to set an unknown number x, and heaven and earth duality technique is to set two unknown numbers x, y. Liu Dajian's "Sky and Kun Kuangan" has the three elements of heaven, earth, and human, etc. Finally, Zhu Shijie created the quaternary technique .

As long as Tian Yuanshu paid a little attention, he would know exactly what he was talking about. Even Feng Bao, Zhang Hong and the little eunuchs in the inner study could understand it. Did Gu Yingxiang not understand it, or did he not read it at all?

If you don't understand and want to vent, then don't blame Zhu Yijun for cursing.

Bypassing the degree, accurate calculation and recording are not without results. For example, the part drawings, general assembly drawings, design instructions and remodeling instructions of the flying wing sailboat have entered Beijing again. Even if the Daming Shipyard is destroyed, as long as you want to do it, you can You can take the blueprints for these flying wing sailboats and build them again in no time.

"The Enlightenment of Mathematical Sciences should be handed over to the Sanjing Factory for publication, and it will be published in the world. If you don't agree, you can play it and argue." Zhu Yijun looked at Zhu Zaiyu, determined the formula for the Enlightenment of Mathematical Enlightenment, and prepared to promote it throughout the world.

In the early morning of the next day, the August sun was shining brightly, and the one-day court meeting began again. Zhu Yijun came to the Wenhua Palace and began to listen to the government at the imperial gate every day.

When Zhang Juzheng found out the first memorial, he was a little absent-minded.

"Yuanfu?" Lu Tiaoyang, the second assistant, reminded Zhang Juzheng, where is the court meeting!What the heck, preside over the meeting!

Zhang Juzheng put the memorials on the table, suppressed his smile with a sullen face, and said, "Yu Menglin of the Hanlin's Enlightenment Book of Zouyan and Mathematical Sciences is the study of prophecy, and the art of demons and delusions should be strictly prohibited. It is against the law of the ancestors." Act of."

This memorial is very long, but the content inside is actually quite empty, Zhang Juzheng continued concisely: "Your Majesty Zhu commented: [-] stones per meter, and the price of silver per bucket is [-] cents and [-] centimeters, how much is the silver. "

"Yu Menglin replied: One thousand five hundred taels of silver."

"Your Majesty Zhu commented: Don't do business in the future."

After Tan Lun listened dully, he was stunned for a long time before he said in amazement: "Yu Menglin is our Daming's Tanhualang, doesn't he even understand this? Ten buckets of stone, one bucket of six cents, two cents and five cents, One stone, six cents, two cents and five cents, one thousand two hundred stones, shouldn't it be 750 taels of silver?"

"Big Situ, did I make a mistake?"

Wang Guoguang said in amazement: "No, it's just a matter of accumulating accumulations in the Yinguan Pass, which is 750 taels of silver."

Zhu Yijun said with a smile: "I was afraid that Yu Tanhua wouldn't figure it out, so I made a joke and made a round number for him, but he still didn't figure it out."

"Hahaha!" Tan Lun laughed out loud as soon as he slapped his legs. After he realized that he had lost his manners, he waved his hands again and again and said: "I am guilty, Your Majesty, I am not trying to destroy the majesty of Fengtian Palace, but it is really... I can't hold back, if he wants to go to the governor's military affairs, wouldn't it be, wouldn't it be..."

"No hindrance, no hindrance." Zhu Yijun waved his hand indifferently, laughing as much as he wanted, Yu Menglin didn't understand, or made a mistake, so why not make people laugh?

Tan Lun can hardly imagine that Yu Tanhua will be the governor of military affairs in the future, and he will pay twice the price to buy food for the military.

Zhang Juzheng continued: "Yu Tanhua was probably not convinced, so he did the calculation again and said in the memorial: he made a mistake, it should be 750 taels, and he still needs to use the method of the memorial."

"Your Majesty also commented: The average of the three is three, two, five. If you want to make A more than B by five, and B more than C by three, ask, how much should each be? Explain the calculation."

Tan Lun asked with a smile, "Then what? Yu Tanhua doesn't know how to count by herself, so don't you know how to ask someone for help?"

"Ashamed to ask." Zhang Juzheng shook his head and said, "Yu Tanhua didn't want to ask, and he didn't know how to do it himself, so he just gave an answer, A should be one or six renminbi, B should be one or two renminbi, and C should be eight renminbi. "

"Your Majesty gave three solutions. Among them, the ternary method of heaven, earth and man, assuming that it is unknown, add three, two, five coins to heaven, earth and man, five coins to sky minus earth, three coins to minus earth, x+y+z=3.5, xy =0.5, yz=0.3, the solution is: x=1.6, y=1.1, z=0.8, substituting into the checking calculation is established.”

It is nothing more than the application of Tian Yuan, Tian Di Yuan, Tian Di Ren Yuan, and Quaternary Art.

"Let me take a look." Wang Guoguang took the memorial, looked at it briefly, and let out a foul breath. This thing is simple, but it is not complicated, but if Yu Menglin is asked to solve it, Yu Menglin probably can't solve it. The answer, with a high probability, is made up.

His Majesty is very proficient in the use of Tianyuan Technique, Wang Guoguang can understand it, and he can understand such a big bad debt of the Ming Dynasty.

王国光感慨的说道：“陛下的另外两种解法，都是差分，(3.5-0.8-0.3)/3=0.8，丙为八钱；或者(3.5+0.5+0.8)/3=1.6，甲为一两六钱，殊途同归。其实还可以(3.5-0.5+0.3)/3=1.1，乙为一两一钱。”

"Wonderful."

"It's good for Yu Tanhua. His Majesty didn't call me to the Wenhua Palace to scold me." Tan Lun said with a smile on his face. He could understand that A was eight coins more than C, B was three coins more than C. Just subtract eight qian, three qian, and divide by three.

"What are you talking about?" Wan Shihe, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, brought over the memorial and felt dizzy for a while. It was broken. If he wants to continue to be this Minggong in the future, is it possible that he still needs to learn arithmetic? !
Wan Shihe suddenly felt that Chen Xuexue was not bad, isn't it called Xuexue?Let him learn it.

Zhang Juzheng took back the memorial and said: "Yu Tanhua still refused to accept it, and even wrote the chapter, and His Majesty asked another question, saying: The official persuaded the grain to be 220 shi, 24 households in the upper and upper households, 31 households in the middle and upper households, 45 households in the lower and upper households, and the upper and lower households. There are 68 households in middle households. There are more households in the upper and upper households, seven dou in the middle and upper households, four dou in the upper and lower households in the middle and upper households, and three dou in the upper and middle households in the lower and upper households. Ask, how much should the fourth-class households have?"

"Yu Tanhua was finally convinced this time. The memorial said: Your minister is dull, and His Majesty's commentary said: Read more."

There are many households in Daming, such as upper upper, middle upper, lower upper, upper middle, middle middle, lower middle, upper lower, middle lower, lower lower, etc. Once there is a war, they have to persuade food, each household is different, Yin Zhengmao encountered this problem when he was fighting against Japanese pirates in Guangdong and Guangxi. It is appropriate for each household to donate how much.

"How much?" Wan Shihe exclaimed.

张居正稍微掐算了一番说道：“上上二石三斗，24户共55石二斗；中上户每户一石六斗，31户共49石六斗；下上户每户一石二斗，45户共54石；上中九斗，68户共61石二斗。”

"Yuanfu is also good at arithmetic?" Wan Shihe said in horror as he watched Zhang Juzheng stretch out his hand.

Zhang Juzheng said with a smile: "Generally, I have nothing to do, I have read two books."

"Is it normal?" Wan Shi and Shen Shen said, if this is considered normal, then what else is unusual?
Zhang Juzheng smiled and said, "It's actually very simple."

"Oh..." Wan Shihe fell silent. Like Yu Tanhua, he didn't know how to solve this thing.

"The method is the same. Wan Shangshu will figure it out after careful consideration." Zhang Juzheng closed the memorial, and Yu Menglin walked a few rounds in His Majesty's hands. The difficulty can be seen, if he asks again, His Majesty should call him to the Wenhua Palace for class.

Wan Shihe sat there blankly, and then the expression on his face changed from fear to peace. During the past two years as Minister of Rites, Wan Shihe felt that the moment he was alive was the moment when he was scolded and wanted to die, but Wan Shihe He also gradually got used to it. The plain and insensitive self would die as soon as he died. Anyway, His Majesty the Emperor, Mr. Yuanfu, and the courtiers did not ask him to do more.

It's good that the errands in hand are done well and there are no mistakes.

"Sir." Zhu Yijun said.

Zhang Juzheng stood up suddenly like a conditioned reflex, bowed his head and said: "The minister is here."

"Sir, why did the court set up a banquet?" Zhu Yijun asked very calmly.

Zhang Juzheng bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty's slack in learning today will be related to the rule and chaos in the future. If you are eager to learn, the gentlemen of the world will admire them. They are willing to stand in the court, serve your majesty with straightness, and assist your virtue and cause peace; if you are lazy, you will be a villain. They all move their hearts, and do evil flattery to gain wealth. If people don’t learn, they don’t know righteousness.”

Logically speaking, the little emperor playing abacus and learning arithmetic is not doing his job properly. Zhang Juzheng, as the teacher of Emperor Yuanfu, should speak up and criticize Chen Shan, so as to help His Majesty get back on track, but His Majesty is doing a good job. The Four Books and Five Classics, the theory of contradictions, and the theory of public and private, so it’s just a little bit of math, and it’s okay to do it. At present, Ming Dynasty really lacks math talents.

"It's true." Zhu Yijun nodded and said: "If you don't learn, you don't know what you should do. If you don't learn when you are young, what should you do when you are old. If you don't cut jade, you can't make a tool. People don't learn, and they don't know righteousness. But these Confucian scholars obviously don't know how to calculate Still unwilling to learn, it is really a bit tired of learning."

"Sir, the old chapter was published to rectify the academic administration. Zhuangyuanlang and Tanhualang don't understand arithmetic, shouldn't they learn?"

"Should." Zhang Juzheng bowed his head again and said.

Zhu Yijun nodded and said: "The enlightenment of arithmetic has been promoted since the Imperial Academy and the Imperial College. From now on, just like me, the supervisor will take a monthly exam on the 29th of every month. The emperor will write the questions and papers. If you fail the exam, you will be fined to copy it [-] times." Let’s announce the top ten people with the highest and lowest scores every month.”

"I will also take the math test on the 29th. The school math test started from me."

"When the yellow list is posted, the characters must be large. At the gates of the capital, the plaques should be posted, so that everyone from south to north can see them. Small plaques should be posted in front of the gates of each square. That's it for now."

Find something to do for these Hanlin and supervising students who are idle all day long and have nothing to do. There is no punishment or reward, it is simply a list.

As long as the supervisors and the Imperial Academy can afford to lose this person, Zhu Yijun will post once a month.

"Minister...obey the order." Zhang Juzheng bowed his head to accept the order after hearing this. His Majesty is already a mature Majesty. The Hanlin and the supervisors are afraid that they will suffer a lot if they beat each other.

"Will the courtier take the exam?" Wan Shihe shuddered and asked suspiciously. He is already at this age, and if he takes the math test again, he will be the last one every month. When the time comes, he will hang himself on the beam , It also saves me from being pointed at.

Both Hanlin and Jiansheng are students, but he is a minister of the Ministry of Rites, so he really can't afford to lose that person.

Ge Shouli looked at Wan Shihe indifferently. He was the Secretary of the Ministry of Households during the Longqing period. He spent a lot of time studying the "Baojian of Mathematical Sciences".

"Furthermore, let's talk about it." Zhu Yijun said with a smile, and continued with the self-study class. He had not only Zhang Juzheng's Four Books straightforward explanation, but also the Enlightenment of Mathematical Sciences and the Precious Book of Mathematical Sciences.

Zhang Juzheng took out a book of memorials and said: "The Minister of Honglu Temple heard that Antonio, the red-haired fan of Taixi, offered some auspiciousness. Please grant the imperial court's permission. He wants the right to monopolize colored glaze. His majesty approved: five years, select franchises. "

"What do you think?"

Wan Shihe immediately expressed his opinion: "The Ministry of Rites made a proposal, and the Ministry of Rites agreed."

Wang Guoguang took the circulated memorabilia, stood up suddenly, looked at the list in his hand, read it for a long time and said, "Antonio has a submissive heart, should we change the franchise of Liuli? Something more valuable?"

Tan Lun took the memorial and said, "What is he going to offer to shock Da Situ so much? Oh! Well, well! Very well! The Ministry of War has no objections."

The courtiers talked a lot. The things Antonio brought were expensive, but they were actually very cheap. To Daming, they were priceless.

Undoubtedly, the court meeting passed unanimously. Zhu Yijun stamped and said: "Tomorrow, let Antonio present the gift. He is a businessman. He has been delayed in the capital for a long time. Isn't it a delay in business?"

Zhang Hong took over the imperial decree, and the next chapter will be supervised by the Ministry of Rites.

When Wan Shihe heard about His Majesty, he bowed his head and said, "It's not easy for Your Majesty to be benevolent, but this is the kindness of Rouyuan people."

This business made a lot of money, Wan Shihe immediately changed his face, from being a barbarian who was afraid of power and not being virtuous, he began to talk about the kindness of soft and distant people. After getting the benefits, Wan Shihe still had the basic political quality of changing his face by saying a few nice words. some.

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