I'm really not doing business

Chapter 213 Xishan Coal Bureau
Zhu Yijun received Zhou Liangyin’s memorial, in which he reported in detail the process of going to the Tuman Khan’s camp for peace talks, and his confusion. As a Confucian scholar who read the theory of contradictions, he has learned to stand on the ground of the people at the bottom , to think about the problem.

In the memorial, Zhou Liangyin also reported the details of the Ming emperor's border trade, and the northern captives brought enough wool and came to Qinglongbao to trade, but the large sections of the discussion were about his thinking about the war.

Zhu Yijun finished reading Zhou Liangyin's memorabilia. This lengthy memorandum is currently under court discussion.

"Da Ming is indeed the son of a farmer, because the wandering and treacherous people in the city are absolutely useless. The best source of soldiers is the frontier soldiers in the military station. Most of them are farmers." Qi Jiguang First of all, determine Zhou Liangyin's core argument, the recruitment of soldiers on the Ming side does not recruit treacherous people who fell in the middle of the city.

Zhang Juzheng took a deep breath, shook his head and said: "His thinking is also right. He asked in the memorial, why the war, such an act of anger and resentment, has continued for thousands of years and will continue. Why do [-] herdsmen come from outside the Great Wall to slaughter and mutilate the people of our Ming Dynasty? And my Ming Dynasty also consumes a lot of people's fat and oil to support millions of soldiers on the nine sides."

While looking at the memorial in his hand, Zhu Yijun looked at the courtiers with amusement. Zhou Liangyin's memorial is not the traditional way of exaggerating the promotion of literature and military. Zhou Liangyin didn't say that.

Zhou Liangyin was thinking about the nature of war.

The meaning of Zhou Liangyin's memorial is: cruel killings and heinous crimes, the initiators of the war are meat eaters, and it is the common people who bear the price.

So the Confucian system of high and low, that is, the order of officials, the order of high and low, is the most stable state of society. The reason why this set of propositions will be widely accepted is for stability.

Zhang Juzheng's reform, the fish and meat gentry, looked at the problem from the perspective of ordinary people, which seemed to complicate things.

Zhu Yijun picked up his pen and began Zhu Bi's memorandum. He shook his head while writing and said, "The answer to this question should be found in public and private theory. The Beijing camp and frontier army of the Ming Dynasty safeguarded the overall interests of the Ming Dynasty. In the first year of Wanli Well, before Ning Yuanbo conquered Gule Village, Daming did not have the ability to go out and fight."

"I am the son of the Ming Dynasty, and I am responsible for the billions of people of the Ming Dynasty."

"I would rather kill others than the people of Ming Dynasty be killed."

Zhu Yijun answered Zhou Liangyin's question without evasion. As the king of the empire, it is the king's natural mission to protect the interests of the empire and the safety of the people. He is the king of the Ming Dynasty, and he puts the interests of the people of the Ming Dynasty first.

Zhang Juzheng and Qi Jiguang looked at each other, and they became more relaxed. Your Majesty is still the reassuring Majesty.

"Yesterday, I received a memorial to impeach Wang Chonggu, saying that since ancient times, the emperor has bribed ministers in order to gather profits? This memorial means that the official woolen factory gave Wang Chonggu a share of the account, and I was bribing Wang Chonggu." Zhu Yijun took out a memorial book, and said with a smile on his face, "I don't know if Da Si Kou agrees."

A very strange angle, a familiar formula, with the righteousness of respecting the power of the Lord, to do some actions that trample on the power of the Lord.

Wang Chonggu fell silent in a rare way. Many things would become strange from another perspective.

He disagreed with this statement, but judging from the authority of the Lord, the truth of the matter seems to be true. In order to stabilize the Northwest, important figures in the Jin Party had to be pardoned. Even if it was a major case of burning the palace, it could only Cut off a strand of Wang Chonggu's hair; for the sake of the imperial court, he had to rely on Wang Chonggu to supervise the official factory.

"The chief minister must not agree." Zhang Juzheng, as the chief assistant, spoke for Wang Chonggu, and the court officials' skill in skinning and seeing bones was proficient. This kind of sophistry made Zhang Juzheng a little angry, and even Zhou Liangyin didn't talk much about lowly Confucianism. That's it.

This is the case in Daming, doing something is as difficult as climbing to the sky, so sometimes the private forgiveness of a supreme emperor is extremely important.

Zhu Yijun drew a cross.

The lowest level of imperial education is to read the Four Books and Five Classics, and the second is to stand on the sidelines and use power to push administrative orders. The best is naturally the way of doing the world for the public. Zhang Juzheng’s education is no problem. He has always wanted to teach a way Emperor of the trip.

"A little nonsense is not worth mentioning." Zhu Yijun criticized the impeachment of the ministers in the memorandum, even though the impeachment seemed to have no flaws in logic, but Zhu Yijun disagreed. In the memorial, he, the emperor, is the one in charge.

Wang Chonggu was more certain about his inner thoughts. The bullshit Ming laws are all royal power, and the court loves money. As long as he can stabilize the official wool factory, things will not become unmanageable.

At this time, Wang Chonggu secretly called Zhang Siwei an idiot.

It wasn't this idiot, he wouldn't be so passive now.

"Your Majesty, I have a memorial for you." Wang Chonggu shook his sleeves, took out a memorial that he had written for a long time, and presented it to His Majesty.

Zhang Juzheng knew the content of this memorial very well, because the content inside was completed by Wang Chonggu and Zhang Juzheng together. During this time, Wang Chonggu has been perfecting his theory, using government-run government factories to resettle refugees all over the world.

This kind of idea has been lingering in Wang Chonggu's mind since its birth, and finally became "The World Is Trapped in Mergers and Rescue Hooligans".

"Your Majesty, some time ago, there was a fight at Meishikou, 12 people were killed and 74 people were injured. This incident is extremely bad, but every time it comes to this time, it will be so fierce." Wang Chonggu didn't immediately come up Instead of talking about his own theory, he talked about a tragedy that happened at the entrance of Xizhimen Coal Market recently.

A total of 12 casualties occurred in Huobing, the capital, the most benevolent place in the world, and a gang fight took place. The reason for this gang fight was a fight for coal.

Wang Chonggu looked at the courtiers, and continued: "There are millions of residents in the capital, and it has become a big deal to use coal for heating in winter. Since the golden hour, a complete upstream and downstream coal supply and demand have been formed around the capital. , Open wells and mine coal in Xishan, and some of the woodcutters lead pack horses, and some rely on people's backs to carry the coal from Xishan to the entrance of the coal market for distribution."

"Every time it rains or snows, the price of coal will increase between ten and twenty times. If the rainy day is muddy, the snow is thick and deep, and the roads are frozen for more than ten days, then the price of coal at the mouth of the coal market will increase." Coal, the price will skyrocket again."

"The price is affected by supply and demand. On weekdays, a catty of coal is at most ten yuan, and when it is the highest, it can skyrocket to hundreds of yuan."

"In autumn, every family stockpiles coal, but the people's life is not easy. It is far from enough to meet the needs of winter, which leads to scrambles. Therefore, coal market mouths fight every year for coal and profit. The people are miserable."

Wang Chonggu clearly explained the causes and consequences of the melee in the coal market. Seasons, weather, etc. caused insufficient supply of coal, which affected coal prices and profits.

"Big Sikou has worked hard." Zhu Yijun looked at the memorial in his hand and said very precisely.

"Ah? I'm dull, I don't understand what your Majesty said about the hard work, I'm terrified, and I can't discern the holy meaning." Wang Chonggu looked confused. As the Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment, it's his job to understand vicious cases, so what's the hard work? said.

You know, for His Majesty, this sentence of hard work is definitely a very high praise. This sentence of hard work is for the interests of the Ming Dynasty, for the livelihood of the common people, and to save the head of Guizhou.

Zhu Yijun didn't answer right away, but passed on the memorial. The courtiers actually knew that Wang Chonggu communicated with the other six books for this memorial.

After the courtiers finished reading all the memorabilia, Zhu Yijun said firmly: "The reason why I said hard work is the result of the practical results obtained after in-depth visits and investigations in this memorandum by the chief commander."

"Da Sikou talked about coal, from how many kilns there are in Xishan, how many kilns there are in Xishan, the price of coal per catty, the number of deaths in Xishan every year, the price of coal carried by woodcutters, the treacherous and private gates along the way, the distribution of coal at the entrance of the city, and the price of coal in the city. Discuss the reasons behind the competition for coal at the mouth of the coal market in terms of merchants' selling, coal consumption by the people of Gyeonggi, etc."

"This memorial has been thoroughly investigated from the phenomenon, to the problem, to the reason."

"When we got here, it was still not enough. In order to let me, the emperor who lives in Jiuchong, understand, he also told a story from the perspective of a kiln dweller. He spent a lot of paintings, just to let me understand what he said. What is it?"

"I am very pleased to receive such a memorial. If the courtiers and officials of the Ming Dynasty can write the memorial like this, the world will be ruled."

Wang Chonggu told the emperor a story about Chen Siliu, a kiln coolie, nicknamed Xiaoliu.

After waking up in the adobe house when I was six, the daughter-in-law nagged that the youngest son would go to school when he grew up, but Shuxiu was too expensive to pay; the father was injured while fighting for coal at the entrance of the coal market. Able to stand upright; the eldest son is 16 years old and dull, packing up his things and preparing to go to work; recently the family is planning to marry the eldest son, but there is no bride price or new house built.

Xiaoliu carried the ax on his back and went to work in the kiln well of Duke Dingguo Xu Wenbi’s house. In the kiln well, water needs to be pumped, the well needs to be supported, and the well needs to be lowered. In the private kiln without any laws, hundreds of people die every year, isn’t it? Because the gas is ignited, it is because of water seepage, which makes pumping unfavorable.

Xiaoliu's father is in charge of being a firewood bearer, carrying coal from the kiln down the mountain, a catty of coal is a penny, and on the way to the entrance of the coal market, he will be divided by the rural ruffians, the city gangs, and the five city soldiers who entered the city. , and finally carried it to Meishikou, encountered a conflict, and was beaten with a stick.

Rural ruffians in the countryside are actually a group of people who are idle among the rural people, get together and run wild in the countryside. These people take shelter of the gentry, and the eldest brother who takes the lead is often the servant of the gentry's family;

The gangs in the city take shelter of the powerful and powerful, acting as thugs for the powerful and powerful;

The draw of points for entering the city is not among the imperial court's financial resources, it is the oil and water of the Wucheng soldiers and horses.

As Zhu Yijun said before, when the common people transport dung out of the city for composting, some sluts in the five cities' soldiers and horses also have to take a couple of sips of soup.

Dispossessions are everywhere. Wang Chonggu did not speak well for the Ming court in the memorial. He described the faces of the soldiers and horses of the five cities and the yamen very clearly, and even spent a lot of space to criticize them.

For example, in the memorandum, Wang Chonggu said that Xiao Liu's cousin from afar was doing coal business, and his life seemed to be much better than Xiao Liu's, but the gangs in this city took refuge in Yamen, and many made things difficult for Xiao Liu's cousin. .

Hearing His Majesty's praise, Wang Chonggu understood what His Majesty was praising, and immediately bowed his head and said, "This Chen Siliu is a name made up by my minister, but it is also the name of tens of thousands of kiln dwellers in Xishan."

This Chen Siliu is not a real person, he is a silhouette of all the kiln dwellers in Xishan. The story of Liu and his relatives, Wang Chonggu told a full [-] words, this memorial is no longer a book of [-] words, but a book of [-] words.

"I'm quite pleased that Da Sikou proposed the idea of ​​opening an official factory to settle down the common people." Zhu Yijun can actually understand why Wang Chonggu wrote this memorandum.

Wang Chonggu is also worried. He actually feels that his time is numbered. The power of public opinion against the king in the court has surpassed that of Zhang Juzheng. traitor.

There are also articles criticizing Wang Chonggu in the miscellaneous newspapers of the capital.

Now Wang Chonggu relies entirely on the protection of the emperor, and Wang Chonggu doesn't know how long His Majesty's protection can last, but doing things well is the root of everything.

For the sake of making money, I should leave a whole body.

Zhang Juzheng told Wang Chonggu that he saved himself by himself, and Zhu Yijun also issued a decree, saying that Wang Chonggu was a good official who embodies the spirit of the imperial court and disregards his own honor and disgrace.

But Wang Chonggu himself did not believe it.

"This memorandum was written by the minister and Yuan Fu in communication, and the long discussions in it were all written by Yuan Fu himself." Wang Chonggu is not willing to use his subjective initiative to do things, so he still brought Zhang Juzheng out to attract firepower.

"Your Majesty, I think that if you want the chief minister to join the cabinet, you still need the chief minister to run the official factory." Zhang Juzheng expressed his intention of recommending Wang Chonggu to the court again with certainty and affirmation.

Everyone has their own field of expertise. Zhang Juzheng is best at government affairs, Wang Guoguang is best at finance and taxation, Tan Lun and Qi Jiguang are best at military affairs, Wan Shihe is best at etiquette, and Wang Chonggu is best at doing things. buy and sell.

"Your Majesty, I have doubts." Wan Shihe did not respond and chose to question.

"Taizai Wan, please tell me." Zhu Yijun nodded, asking Wan Shihe to share his thoughts.

After reading the entire memorial, Wan Shihe sighed and said: "The imperial court has a good intention to supervise the establishment of official factories. There are big officials in the court, so this matter can also be supervised. I couldn't help but think of the reason for the abolition of the official factories in the world during the Hongwu period. .”

"During the Song and Yuan Dynasties, coal was operated by the imperial court because it was too profit-seeking. The price of coal in the Song Dynasty was two hundred yuan per catty. This official coal could not be sold, and the people were not allowed to mine coal. They could only cut wood and carry firewood for a living. Taizu Gaodi For the safety of the people, the official factory was abolished."

Wan Shihe had to mention the government-operated coal in the Song Dynasty, which cost two hundred renminbi a catty, but it couldn't be sold, and the common people couldn't afford it, so it was embarrassing.

The official factory of the imperial court is not only beneficial, but also has disadvantages, and it is a profound historical lesson, the emperor Song Gaozong.

"Our Daming is far inferior to the Song Dynasty in this aspect, and it is already good to be able to make profits." Wang Chonggu's reason for rebuttal is very interesting.

"What Da Sikou said is very true. I was thinking too much. We can't just starve to death just because we are afraid of being starved to death." Wan Shihe's answer was even more interesting.

Wang Chonggu said that the Ming Dynasty simply couldn't live up to the profit-seeking face of the Song Dynasty, two hundred coins per catty of coal?Want to fart.

He was talking based on the fact that some time ago, three people died of heat in the wool-washing workshop of the official woolen factory, and Wang Chonggu was already in a state of distress.

Daming did not have the conditions for the imperial court to seek profit, but if the Confucian scholars of Ming could talk about profit, how could Daming be so poor?
In the Song and Song Dynasties, when there was no large amount of silver inflow, the yearly coins of the Song and Liao Dynasties exceeded 30 taels of silver, and then increased repeatedly.

Daming did not have the wind power and public opinion foundation to promote profit, let alone pursue profit.

The inexplicable dialogue between the two made the courtiers smile knowingly. The Kandao speaker in the court always played its due role in some aspects and from a strange angle.

"I think you can try it." Wang Guoguang looked at Guo Chaobin and asked, "What does Guo Shangshu think?"

"Capable." Guo Chaobin said concisely, and he was not just supervising the imperial tombs and kilns. As long as the court meeting passed, the Ministry of Industry would definitely not hold back.

"If there are craftsmen from official factories, it will be much easier to recruit soldiers." From the perspective of recruiting soldiers, Qi Jiguang believes that craftsmen from official factories will be the first-class source of high-quality soldiers.

The physical fitness of the craftsmen is high, and the craftsmen are the most disciplined, and those who do not obey the rules are prone to production accidents. The recruits are recruited from the craftsmen, and the supply of soldiers in the capital camp will not be a tree without roots and water without a source. , this may be a beautiful thing.

Tan Lun also said very solemnly: "Qi Shuai said well!"

"If you want me to tell you, don't try to be cautious. The silk and wool can be supervised by the government factory, the coal can be supervised by the government factory, and the firewood, rice, oil and salt can also be supervised by the government factory. It's not a franchise. Everyone eats in the same pot. Whoever eats more will be counted, build a factory of hundreds of workers directly on the bank of the Yongding River, and the good days of these merchants lying down and counting money are over!"

The most radical in the court is Tan Lun. The court’s official woolen factory has already had successful experience. The shipyard and the weaving bureau are doing well, and they are directly filled. Eating in one pot is compared to production efficiency.

"Well, Da Sima's strategy is excellent." Zhang Juzheng said in full agreement.

As soon as Tan Lun heard that Zhang Juzheng agreed, he immediately smiled and said: "Yuanfu, that's what I said. It's not that simple to set up a factory. This can't be done even if the big Sikou is exhausted. We should set up more factories, train craftsmen, and train more workers." Officials are the duty."

He himself knew that he was very radical, he had to walk step by step, and he had to eat every bite. If his strides were too big, the court would easily get into trouble.

However, Zhang Juzheng took Tan Lun's suggestion very seriously. If he can't do it now, it doesn't mean he won't be able to do it in the future. This is a good idea and needs to be paid attention to.

Half of the courtiers in the court have agreed to this matter, so we can start to do it.

Zhu Yijun Zhu approved the memorial and said: "Let's start with the kiln wells of the Qianqing Palace. Just talk about it without practicing fake moves. The Qianqing Palace has 120 kiln wells in Xishan. From now on, they will be handed over to the Ministry of Household Supervision. Feng Daban, send a minister to do it well." this matter."

"The minister obeys the order." Feng Bao bowed his head and took the order.

Zhu Yijun took out the emperor's internal money directly from the kiln well attached to the Qianqing Palace to the outer court, which was a capital injection and a signal.

The emperor took out his own kiln wells, and the rich and powerful gentry in the city would be shameless if they didn't hand them over. Of course, in principle, they are voluntary, and those who really don't want to hand them over can keep it for themselves.

This is the same as the emperor's frugality, which belongs to the use of the emperor's special status to support and promote administrative orders.

Emperor Jiajing did this before. If he wanted to clear up the land of his relatives, he first gave up the Huangzhuang, and finally caused all his relatives to betray him.

For the mining of the Xishan Coal Well, Zhu Yijun took out the Qianqing Palace Kiln Well to inject capital. The capital injection of the domestic and state funds in the Xishan Coal Well is 50-[-], and the share is also [-]-[-]. The first phase requires [-] taels for construction. It is roughly equivalent to the construction price of Emperor Longqing's mausoleum.

Wang Chonggu’s memorandum is also a storytelling, attracting investment, telling a wonderful story to the emperor, using the authority of the Ming court, building official factories, relocating the people, repairing roads, reducing the impact of rain and snow on coal prices, and reducing vicious incidents happened.

The story is well told, but whether it can be done depends on the specific practice.

"Your Majesty, it's time to discuss the matter of Da Sikou entering the cabinet." Zhang Juzheng brought up the old matter again and asked Wang Chonggu to join the cabinet to supervise it.

Zhang Juzheng followed the officials because he knew that it was difficult for Daming to do things, and he also knew that the Xishan Coal Bureau was not so easy to land.

The wool business is in full swing. How many people have entered the game, and they even lost their money. Up to now, the private woolen factories along the Yongding River are still completely dependent on the government factories. However, there is only one Eternal Sheng that can be produced by itself, and that is the property of the Compassionate Peace Palace.

The establishment of a factory does not mean that there must be light. After the approval of the court, it is as simple as having light. It is a fairy tale. The implementation and supervision of a project is really too difficult. , only one Wang Chonggu can handle this well.

Pan Jixun, the governor of Jiangxi, is the governor of Jiangxi, but he still leads the governor of the river and is in charge of all kinds of Yellow River, because the management of the Yellow River is really inseparable from Pan Jixun. thing.

"Let's wait until the matter of the Xishan Coal Bureau is finished." Wang Chonggu still refused to join the cabinet. The reason this time was to supervise the Xishan Coal Bureau.

"Before it was said to be an official woolen factory, then it was said to be the imperial palace, and now it is said to be the Xishan Coal Bureau, the big Sikou, when will this be postponed?" Tan Lun asked cheerfully: "Yuanfu has recommended it several times, and if this If you push it down, Yuanfu might get angry."

Wang Chonggu still insisted: "At least we have to wait until the construction of the imperial palace is completed. Right now, we can supervise the affairs of the Xishan Coal Bureau without joining the cabinet."

Joining the cabinet is equivalent to being roasted on the shelf. Wang Chonggu doesn't want to join the cabinet, so it's fine now.

Zhu Yijun saw that Wang Chonggu was still unwilling, and he didn't force it. He would not be rewarded for nothing. It's a matter of getting in, sooner or later.

If Wang Chonggu changed his mind, Zhu Yijun would take out that lock of hair and kill Wang Chonggu.

After the court discussion, Zhu Yijun did not give a banquet as usual, but called Xu Wenbi, Duke of Ding, Zhang Rong, Duke of England, and Zhu Yingzhen, Duke of Cheng, to the side hall of Wenhua Palace to discuss the matter of the Xishan Coal Well.

"The imperial court's taking of your coal wells is not for nothing. The coal wells opened by you nobles in Xishan are considered shares, and dividends are distributed on an annual basis." Zhu Yijun cut to the point and made a promise to the hereditary dukes, Don't take it for nothing, give dividends.

Most of the coal mining in Xishan is the property of nobles. If the imperial court wants to build the Xishan Coal Bureau, it will naturally have a conflict of interest with the nobles. He is not willing to tear his face.

"According to the ancestral system of the Ming Dynasty, this mining operation is in violation of the system. I am willing to hand over all the coal mines to His Majesty." The British Duke Zhang Rong expressed his position on behalf of the minister. He said very clearly and clearly that he did not hand over to the court, but Leave it to His Majesty.

Compared with the outer court, the hereditary honorable officials still believed in the emperor more.

If it is not confiscated in vain, it will also be confiscated by the emperor, so what if it is embezzled by the foreign court?
Xunchen has been in decline for a long time, and he can't fight against ministers. This group of scholars rolled their eyes, and it was an idea. Xunchen are all hereditary officials.

Handing it over to the emperor means that the matter of dividends depends entirely on the emperor's face.

Zhu Yijun deliberated for a moment and said, "The British public security is concerned, and I speak well."

"Your Majesty, not all of these honored officials are loyal to the emperor and the country, but to express your majesty's inspiration, there are always some bugs, please be careful." Xu Wenbi reminded the emperor that there are also many honored officials who are harmful to the herd. This Xishan Coal Bureau may not be able to so easy.

"Duke Xie Ding reminded you." Zhu Yijun said with a smile: "Feng Daban, let's watch."

Feng Bao took out three crane cloaks, three Zheng Wang watches, 27 bottles of national cellars, and three thousand silver coins.

"The ministers will leave." Zhang Rong, Xu Wenbi, and Zhu Yingzhen bowed again, and left directly after receiving their rewards.

Looking at the backs of the three, Zhu Yijun was also deeply moved. Zhu Yijun was actually more worried. These three clearly opposed it. If the emperor and the Duke of the country were to tear each other apart, wouldn't it be a joke for the courtiers?
Fortunately, after all, the Duke of the State is a shareholder of Daming, and the three Dukes of the State did not embarrass the emperor too much by encouraging the court.

"The three princes made a wise choice." Zhang Hongman said with emotion: "They saw that the official woolen factory made a lot of money, and the Xishan kiln made a lot of money in their hands, but when it was in the hands of the court, they It will only make more money, and get favors from His Majesty."

"No matter how you look at it, it's not a loss-making business."

This has to mention the return of land in Nanya by Song Yangshan presided over by Daming. Selling this ship certificate can also keep the income.

The imperial court really didn't take it for nothing, it didn't confiscate it directly, otherwise the Songjiang Sun family would not have a conscience to donate money to the Daming Songjiang Maritime Academy because they earned too much.

"I still have some credibility." Zhu Yijun said cheerfully.

"Your Majesty, I think this matter, because the imperial court supervises the coal bureau, there will be some troubles." Zhang Juzheng and Xu Wenbi have the same attitude. Not all the ministers are good people, and there are many bad people, so there will definitely be some troubles .

"Isn't this sir here? No problem." Zhu Yijun said confidently.

With Zhang Ju in the court, he could indeed do whatever he wanted.

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