I'm really not doing business

Chapter 345: I am the king of a subjugated country, are you not the minister of a subjugated country?

The battle in Luchuan was not worth the gain for the Ming Dynasty, because the soldiers in the Beijing camp of the Ming Dynasty were not familiar with rainforest warfare. When they arrived, they suffered heavy losses, and a soldier in the Beijing camp was very capable when trained. difficulty.

The Imperial Army of the Ming Dynasty is really very valuable. The Ministry of Household Affairs, the Ministry of War, and the internal eunuchs have calculated the logistics consumption of the troops in the Imperial Army of the Ming Dynasty.

When there is no battle, each soldier eats six taels per catty of rice per day, which is converted into six cents and five cents of silver according to the price of rice in the capital; he eats mustard greens, leeks, lettuce, celery, etc., totaling eight taels per day, which is converted into one cent and four cents of silver. cents; three liang of soybeans, which can be converted into seven millimeters and five strands of silver; one tael of meat, which can be converted into one centimeter of silver; one tael of oil, one spoonful of salt, etc. A soldier needs two cents, six cents and three cents just for food and shopping a day. .

There were a total of 10 people in the Ming Dynasty's capital army, and they had to purchase 2630 taels of silver just for food a day, which was nearly a million silver a year.

This treatment is very good. In World War II, the US military, known as the Young Master Soldiers, only ate so much every day.

This is just in Beijing, not in combat. There are fewer choices in combat food, but it is more expensive. Even palm oil pancakes are extremely expensive to transport to the front line.

The capital camp of the Ming Dynasty spent nearly 200 million silver a year. Such a huge expenditure did not include the one tael of New Year's silver each person received from the Ming Emperor during the Chinese New Year, nor the emperor's rewards for each battle.

The Ming Dynasty's capital camp is really very expensive. To maintain such a treatment for 10 people, the Ming Dynasty court needs to see profits. Otherwise, such a huge expenditure will make people inside and outside the court doubt whether it is necessary to maintain such an army.

The Ming Dynasty's capital camp was not unable to make ends meet, nor was it worthless. The re-establishment of the capital camp was just a Tao Tu Mountain in Daming Guard, and it had already earned back all the investment, and even had a surplus.

Once the imperial court suffered a huge financial loss and had to cut back on military expenditures, the speed at which Ming Dynasty declined was astonishing.

Zhu Yijun was very concerned about the rise of the Toungoo dynasty in the Indochina Peninsula, but if he wanted to attack, he could only send the Beijing camp there. When Wang Ji made three expeditions to Luchuan, he took the Beijing camp and the guards from Sichuan, Huguang, and Yunnan. He said: Raise 15 troops. , transfer half of the world's salary, waste teachers and money, use one corner to shake up the solidity of the country, and start the abuse of official titles.

Attacking Luchuan and Taungyu is a very difficult task. There are so many places to spend money. If there are no repeated provocations, conquering cities and territories, and even threatening the Ming Dynasty's rule in Yunnan, there is no need for the Ming Dynasty to waste too much energy. .

In fact, there was a voice in the court saying that the Toungoo Dynasty was the result of the self-respect of the Qian Kingdom to support the bandits. According to the relationship between the Jin Party and the Northern Bandits, this is not impossible. However, when Wang Xiyuan and Zhang Chucheng returned to Beijing to report on their work, they understood A definite indication that this is not the case.

"Your Majesty, when I go to Yunnan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan and Guizhou, Sanxuan and Liuwei are completely different from the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty, and they are also different from Datong in the Xuanfu. There are so many chieftains there that it is too late for the Duke of Guizhou to quell the invaders, so how can they be raised? "Wang Xiyuan repeated the views of his previous memorial.

Zhu Yijun smiled. He agreed with Wang Xiyuan and Zhang Chucheng's views.

keep?Do you still need to raise it?The place was full of bandits, and the city could not be quelled. If the bandits were raised, the first one to bear the brunt would be the Duke of Guizhou. Without the support of the Ming Dynasty, the survival of the Duke of Guizhou would be a problem. During the Wanli years, the chieftains of the Ming Dynasty had great fighting capabilities. Still extremely tyrannical.

It turns out that Jingtang, thousands of miles away, knew very little about the place and had no clear understanding of the complex contradictions there. It rigidly applied the experiences of the Beibei and Jin parties to the practices of the Duke of Guizhou and the Toungoo Dynasty. , is undesirable.

Wang Xiyuan and Zhang Chucheng left the Huangji Gate. Looking at the long queue of foreign officials, they could only sigh with emotion, His Majesty is really diligent.

In previous years, His Majesty's interviews with foreign officials were simply to meet the local governor. Counting the people to be interviewed, there were no more than 15 people. It was over in half an hour at most. It was more or less a superficial job. It was specially done for the sake of enforcing the law for the ancestors. Pick.

This year, to receive foreign officials, there was a long queue in front of the Huangji Gate. All the foreign officials who had returned to Beijing to resume their duties had to meet. At the end of the line, there were frontier soldiers, kiln workers, boat workers, woolen workers and many other workers. , are all waiting for His Majesty’s announcement.

This busy work will take at least a whole day.

Zhu Yijun was happy to meet with foreign officials and ordinary people, and he set aside two days for this.

Zhang Juzheng restored this ancestral law, and Zhu Yijun came directly to do a super double. Zhu Yijun met with subjects from all walks of life and asked them about their most urgent matters. Ways to alleviate.

There were more than a hundred governors, censors, envoys, envoys, commanders, magistrates, county magistrates, county magistrates, county lieutenants, elders and common people from all over the country who returned to Beijing.

It is really useful for Zhu Yijun to meet so many people, because he is the supreme emperor of the Ming Dynasty and the holder of the highest power. Even if these people conceal something, they can still let the emperor who lives in the ninth level understand some of the sufferings of the people.

"Your Majesty, there are only the last two people left." Feng Bao reminded His Majesty. Finally at dusk, the interview came to an end, and even the ceremonial officers changed three times.

The last two people were Liu Qiniang and her adopted child. They were the courtesans who were extremely bold in Yanxing Tower and wanted to eat meat for His Majesty. Later they were sent to the Yongsheng Woolen Factory. This profession would probably not be able to produce children, and Liu Qiniang also Without delaying the others, I adopted one.

Zhu Yijun asked about the official woolen factory. Although Liu Qiniang was very nervous, she answered fluently and did not lose her etiquette.

"I have heard what you said. Is this occupation already so serious?" Zhu Yijun suddenly stretched out his hand and said, "You don't have to say anything. I sent people to investigate, but as soon as you opened your mouth, you were attacked. disaster."

After Zhu Yijun asked, he realized that Liu Qiniang was a courtean herself, and she would be in trouble as soon as she opened her mouth. If a big shot was involved, Liu Qiniang wouldn't even be able to find the whole body.

Liu Qiniang smiled, covering her mouth and said: "Look at what your majesty said, why did Feng Dajue personally place my body in Yongsheng Woolen Factory? If my body is really gone, the face of the ancestors in the palace will not be your majesty's." Where do you put your face? If you don’t look at the monk’s face, you should look at the Buddha’s face. When beating a dog, you still have to look at the owner.”

"No matter how great a person is in this capital, he can't be greater than your Majesty."

Liu Qiniang is indeed a poor coolie, but after all, she has really met Feng Bao. After all, she is an oiran. She has seen a lot of feasting, drinking and changing cups. She has a good understanding of officialdom. Anyone who wants to touch her has to think carefully. , what if the emperor just likes this?

"This tendency of encroachment harms the public and private interests, and there are many in the official factories. But everyone who holds a Sesame Bean-dot seal in his hand is thinking about how to cash it in. What I saw in the official factory is all in this seal." Liu Qiniang shook her sleeves, took out the note and handed it to Xiao Huangmen. Xiao Huangmen walked a few steps and handed it to Feng Bao. Feng Bao went up to the platform and handed it to His Majesty.

Zhu Yijun opened the Zazi, which is a document used to announce an event. It is a kind of official document with no restrictions on the format.

Liu Qiniang obviously didn't know how to write memorials or the format of memorials, so he used the form of notes, which contain what Liu Qiniang saw and heard.

If you take advantage of your position to harm the public and enrich your private life, whether it is purchasing, selling, or even circulating in the market, a large amount of wool will disappear for no reason.For example, Mr. Liu of Yongding Woolen Factory serves as the factory's purchaser and is responsible for purchasing wool. For large orders, he will buy it from traveling merchants at a higher price and then receive a commission; for example, Mr. Chen serves as the warehouse in the factory. Among the 120 three warehouses under his jurisdiction, in just one year, nearly 150 kilograms of wool, 57 bolts of woolen woolen cloth, and four bolts of worsted woolen cloth were eaten by insects;

In just a few years, Yongding Woolen Factory has had a large number of blood-sucking moths lying on the official factory.

"Your Majesty, these worms all have owners." Liu Qiniang reminded very cryptically that these worms may be someone's distant cousins, or they were originally someone's brokers and compradors, and were assigned to Dafa in the factory. Windfall.

"Leave this matter to Wang Cifu. Wang Cifu is still supervising everything in the factory." After thinking about it, Zhu Yijun decided to let the factory conduct self-examination. If Wang Chonggu fails to handle it well and the court's supervision fails, then Zhu Yijun's supervision will be ineffective. Entering the venue, finding clues for this kind of thing is extremely simple, you just need to order all the wooden boxes in this factory.

Feng Bao has already used this trick, and the effect is excellent.

If it still can't be cured, then don't blame Zhu Yijun for being ruthless and ruthless, raising a guillotine to kill chickens and scare monkeys. Whenever he has some power, he wants to cash it in and takes advantage of his position to harm the public and enrich himself. In many cases, it is because the cost of crime is too low and when it comes to punishment for crime, there are people Those who tolerate and protect others, but try their own methods, have a fluke and a herd mentality. It's okay if others take it, why can't I take it? Everyone else takes it, why don't I take it?
But when the guillotine was carried to the official factory and the head fell to the ground, no one took any chances anymore, because if Kazan took it, he would really die.

Zhu Yijun couldn't help but think of Yang Keli, the Yang family of Longtan. The good man saved the land from being barren and used a little money to restore vitality to the fields. Then Yang Keli died in the Yamen of the Ministry of Punishment in Nanjing.

There are many things to be solved, but they are not as complicated as the cheap Confucians repeatedly clamored. They can be solved by turning the tip of the knife inwards. They can arrest people, fine them, and collect debts. If that doesn't work, just kill them to collect the money. Intimidation effect.

Liu Qiniang took the child and left. Zhu Yijun exhaled and sighed slightly. Zhang Juzheng did not follow the foreign officials this time, but chose to avoid suspicion.

In the past, Zhang Juzheng was in the court. When the emperor received foreign ministers, Zhang Juzheng was always there. This time, Zhang Juzheng said that he had other things to do and did not accompany his majesty to receive the foreign ministers. This was a return to power, and Zhang Juzheng abided by every detail. The courtesy of being a minister.

Feng Bao looked at Liu Qiniang's swaying figure and shook his head slightly. The eunuch in charge of the ceremony, the ancestor of the palace, was also responsible for the flower and bird envoy. Go to the dragon bed.

Sanniang has a kind of bohemian beauty. Your Majesty doesn't have much thought. Liu Qiniang can be the courtesan of Yanxing Tower. Her figure and appearance are also first-class. Your Majesty is not interested at all. He just regards Liu Qiniang as Yongsheng Mao. Representative of the factory weaver.

The only woman Your Majesty has devoted his affection to is Queen Wang Yaozhuo.

This makes Feng Bao a little helpless. This ancestor is really not easy to do. The job of this flower and bird envoy is really too difficult!

"Show the Quanchu Guild Hall!" Zhu Yijun stood up and said to Zhang Hong: "If the husband doesn't want to come, can't I go? Call the girl and go to the husband's house to have dinner!"

"I obey the order." Zhang Hong obeyed the leader's order.

After Zhang Juzheng received the notification from the internal officials, he felt a little numb. In the past, only the emperor was the only one who had a chance to eat, but now it's better and he has an extra queen!

The Quan Chu Guild Hall had to dismantle the thresholds to welcome the emperor, and prepare dinner for His Majesty and his entourage. The emperor had to eat. The Quan Chu Guild Hall's annual budget of [-] silver had to be spent on [-] silver. , Fortunately, the Quanchu Guild Hall is celebrating the New Year, and Zhang Juzheng has prepared a lot of things. Fortunately, every time His Majesty comes, he will give some gifts to make up for the shortfall.

Otherwise, the Quanchu Guild Hall would really be destitute by the emperor.

When Your Majesty travels, he is not the only one. There are hundreds of eunuchs, maids, Tiqi, red helmets, and Han generals around him!

When Zhu Yijun arrived at the Quanchu Guild Hall, he wandered around, first looking for a Persian beauty, and secondly looking for a sedan carried by 32 people. He couldn't find either. Zhu Yijun found the new car he gave to Zhang Juzheng. This car was equipped with Ming Dynasty equipment. The latest shock-absorbing system developed by the Royal Institute of Technology, solid rubber tires.

"Very good, I gave it to you for your use. Your mother is old and has trouble going out. This car will make it much more convenient." Zhu Yijun saw the signs of use of the vehicle and was quite satisfied.

"Everything your Majesty gave you is very useful." Zhang Juzheng bowed his head and thanked him. Zhang Juzheng had never used this car. After all, it had the same wheels as the emperor's jade chariot. However, Zhang Juzheng's mother was old and could not afford it. Bumpy, now in and out, easy to use. "I didn't come empty-handed. I'm giving you a good thing, sir." Zhu Yijun took out a sandalwood box from his sleeve. After opening it, he took out a pen with a hard pen tip. This pen tip was made of Gold, copper, and silver alloy, gold:silver:copper is 2:1:1. Pure gold is too soft to be used as a pen tip. Gold with a purity of [-]% is the most suitable as an alloy, and the pen tip is a small copper bead.

This thing is more convenient for writing than a pencil, and the ink is clearer and more durable.

Zhang Juzheng took the pen and tried it for a while, and immediately realized that it was really easy to use. His writing was extremely smooth and his handwriting was clearer.

"This white copper bead is the best material I can find now, but it still needs to be replaced regularly." Zhu Yijun explained the precautions for using the pen. The current production of this pen is extremely rough. If you use a little more force, it will pierce the paper. Small dots won’t hold up the ink, and this ink needs to be shaken a few times before use.

"I thank your Majesty for your kindness." Zhang Juzheng bowed his head and thanked him again. Every time His Majesty got something good, he would immediately think of sending it to the Quanchu Guild Hall for his husband to use.

People's hearts are made of flesh. Zhang Juzheng even had an unrealistic fantasy, that is, the Ming Emperor would not liquidate him after his death. According to general experience, after Zhang Juzheng's death, a powerful minister like him would not Having your grave dug up is an excellent outcome.

Of course, His Majesty has never been a person who plays by common sense.

Zhu Yijun was very relaxed in Zhang Juzheng's house. After eating and drinking, he lay down on the Taishi's chair, pulled up his leg rest, and leaned on it lazily, looking like he was not stingy. This was disrespectful. .

Zhang Juzheng originally wanted to give some advice, but he looked around and saw that this was not a court, but a private house. At this time, there was no need to pay attention to so many red tapes. He sat upright, and there was nothing rude about him.

"Sir, I'm confused." Zhu Yijun looked at Zhang Juzheng and said with a smile.

Zhang Juzheng's mind was buzzing. His Majesty's words had been heard less in the past two years. Hearing this suddenly made Zhang Juzheng extremely vigilant. He asked with a slight doubt: "Your Majesty, are you a little confused when meeting foreign officials today?" "

"Yes and no." Zhu Yijun nodded and shook his head, affirming and denying. The main theme was a so-so, specious.

"Why has Mr. Sir been unwilling to go further with the theory of contradiction, the theory of public and private affairs, the theory of labor and wealth, or to put it more clearly? Why does Mr. Sir insist that it is impossible to distinguish between king and father, king and country, and king and teacher? Discuss politics in private and speak freely. ." Zhu Yijun asked what he had always wanted to ask. Zhang Juzheng insisted on this bottom line to the point of being almost obsessive. Zhu Yijun every time talked about one is one and two is two, distinguishing the king's father, the king's country, and the king's master. When he came, Zhang Juzheng avoided talking about it.

Now that Zhang Juzheng has truly returned to power, and has returned all power to the emperor, and no longer has the strength to wield power again, then this issue can be discussed, otherwise Zhu Yijun breaks the casserole and asks the end, just like asking, Sir, you Why not rebel yet?
Zhang Juzheng looked serious. He thought for a long time before he said: "I know what your Majesty said. I think it is better not to separate this matter, but it is not good if we separate it."

"Sir, what you're saying is that it's wrong to separate, but it's right to mix them up?" Zhu Yijun spread his hands. He didn't agree with Zhang Juzheng's idea.

In Zhu Yijun's view, this gives the king too many missions. These are layers of shackles that put the emperor into a cage called etiquette. The survival of the country is completely linked to the emperor's personal virtue. In this way, The emperor became a man in a box.

The rise and fall of a country only has something to do with the emperor, and has nothing to do with anyone else. The powerful, right-wing, rural and virtuous gentry can shape the king to an infinite height, and then feel comfortable being a moth, hollowing out the foundation of the country.

The reason why Zhu Yijun always insists on separating the king's father, the king's country, and the king's teacher is because he wants to deny the king's unlimited responsibility.

In practice, the Ming emperors did not have unlimited power, and even most of the time, their hands were tied. However, in terms of taking responsibility, the responsibility for the country's subjugation was placed on the emperor.

I am the king of a subjugated country, but you are not the minister of a subjugated country?

Zhang Juzheng certainly understands what His Majesty means. When His Majesty discussed this issue, he expressed more than once that everyone is responsible for the rise and fall of the world. However, as Yuanfu, Zhang Juzheng has always opposed this idea. The world belongs to the people of the world.

Zhang Juzheng insisted that the world is governed by His Majesty alone.

"I think about it from a practical perspective." Zhang Juzheng leaned back in his chair, thought for a long time, and looked at the Ming Emperor. His opinion has always been very clear, that is, a wise monarchy.

When the emperor is wise, the dynasty can accumulate enough confidence. When the emperor is no longer wise and the kings of the Ming Dynasty become dim, they begin to slowly decline. When the wealth accumulated is relatively rich, the decline time As time goes by, I look forward to the emergence of a wise Holy Lord who will lead the Ming Dynasty to reform and reform.

If the family wealth saved is not rich enough and there is no hope for the master of ZTE, then it is a change of dynasty.

"Practical level?" Zhu Yijun asked doubtfully.

"There can and can only be one person who stamps the seal. If there are more people, there will be chaos. The government will have many branches, and the country will not have a country." Zhang Juzheng summed up the first reason for his insistence in a concise and comprehensive way. The person who can stamp the seal can only be One person, not two, three, or more, Ming Dynasty's court officials, the content of the court meeting needs to be decided by His Majesty the Emperor himself. This is a concrete manifestation of imperial power. Only one person can seal it. people.

Too many people can't seal the seal, and the result of having too many branches of government is that the country will lose its generals.

Zhang Juzheng continued: "Your Majesty, from the Eastern Han Dynasty to the mid-Tang Dynasty, before the imperial examination system was perfected, the world was dominated by aristocratic families. Multiple aristocratic families controlled the court's decision-making. Fourteen of the fifteen emperors of the Eastern and Western Jin Dynasties were replaced, and each aristocratic family controlled After gaining power, I wish I could bring everyone in the world into my own home, why is this so?"

"It's very simple. If you can hug someone in your own home, it belongs to you. Anything you can't hug belongs to others."

"Nothing in the world is selfish, and no one is selfish. At the beginning of life, everyone is selfish and everyone benefits."

Zhang Juzheng was the regent of the country, but he did not take everything into his own family. Instead, he chose to reform the old and make new things. In doing so, he betrayed the class approach.

There are only individuals who betray the class, never a collective that betrays the class.

It was Zhang Juzheng's personal choice to choose to change his past, to serve the late emperor, and to be loyal to His Majesty's duty. In this process, there were some people who couldn't understand the eventual parting of ways, such as Gao Qiyu.

"Sir, you are right." Zhu Yijun found that what Zhang Juzheng said was reasonable and well-founded. The Central Plains Dynasty went through more than a thousand years, with dynasties changing and the situation changing. Various systems were tried again and again. Throughout the Eastern and Western Jin Dynasties, fifteen emperors were replaced by fourteen. The evaluation of the Eastern and Western Jin Dynasties is ridiculous.

Although the Eastern and Western Jin Dynasties had unlimited freedom and everyone could be served and eaten, the people suffered from wars and could not guarantee the stability of most people. This system was despised.

Zhu Yijun met so many people at Huangjimen and was already keenly aware of a problem, that is, the Ming Dynasty Official Factory was already infested with moths not long after it was established.

Liu Qiniang, a lowly citizen who was unable to marry because of her past experiences, said: Anyone holding a seal in their hands wants to turn it into cash; Zhang Juzheng, the Yuan Fu Tai who dedicated his whole life for the country Fu said to Zhu Yijun: Everything in the world is unselfish, and no one is unselfish. This has really happened in history.

Zhang Juzheng took a sip of tea and said with a serious face: "Your Majesty, the king, the country, and the king are one. It is actually very simple, because in this way, the emperor is the father of the people in the world, the emperor owns the territory of the world, and the emperor is the leader of the people in the world. Master, you are an example for the people in the world, and the world belongs to Lao Zhu’s family, so there is no need for Your Majesty to go to your own home to hug you.”

"Your Majesty is the only one with male ears."

As long as the world is His Majesty's private property, when Your Majesty makes decisions, he will definitely make decisions for the sake of the world instead of personal considerations. Only in this way can all decisions be fair, just and beneficial to the majority of people in the world.

Everyone in the world is private, but Your Majesty is public.

Zhang Juzheng's logic is very rigorous. It is so rigorous that Zhu Yijun, the first troll in the Ming Dynasty, does not know where to start to refute, because as early as the early Han Dynasty, this point has been made clear. The king is selfless, and as the master of the world, he has no private affairs. .

"Your Majesty, it is indeed wrong for the king, father, king, and master to confuse the private and the public. But if the public and private are really distinguished, how can we find the person who signed and lost the seal? Who is in charge of the country? "Zhang Juzheng discussed how to find the person who sealed the seal after the emperor and father were separated.

"He who has strong soldiers and horses will live there." After hearing Zhang Juzheng's question, Zhu Yijun sighed and answered the question.

Zhang Juzheng also cited the example of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms and told His Majesty that if he really distinguished this concept, it would be the beginning of war in the world.

At the end of the Tang Dynasty, the eunuchs, in charge of the divine strategy army, constantly deposed the emperor and forced the emperor from his supreme position to the ground. The final result was that the emperor would rather have his own kind, and the one with strong soldiers and horses would be in charge. .

History has already given a definite answer to Zhu Yijun's question, so there is no need to make the same mistake again.

"That's it." Zhang Juzheng changed the subject and said, "The other thing is, the ancestors established the law."

"Some of the ancestral laws are no longer suitable for the current situation and need to be modified, while some are in line with the current world situation and need to imitate the ancestors. From the perspective of the theory of contradiction, the ancestral laws naturally have advantages and disadvantages. The method of studying things and reforming is to change them. Keeping the good from the bad is the repair of the legal system."

"Your Majesty, after you sing, I will go on stage. Changes have already taken place before the decree is implemented. Sometimes it moves forward and sometimes it goes backward. A decree has just been issued but has not yet been implemented. In other words, it has just been completed and the decree of the imperial court has been changed. It’s changed, is this really a government order?”

Zhang Juzheng did not give examples to demonstrate, because His Majesty is a scholar who reads history books. During the Song Dynasty, the party struggle was extremely fierce. The reformists and the conservatives went back and forth. Zhang Juzheng did not need to elaborate on the harm of changing government orders day by day. His Majesty knew it very well.

Zhang Juzheng expressed his views from several aspects. Only one person can make a decision, that is, everyone in the world is selfish, but His Majesty is public. From the lessons of history, he concluded that more than one person can make a decision. consequences, and then supplemented his own arguments in terms of policy coherence.

Many of His Majesty's ideas are unconstrained and unconstrained, and the idea of ​​the king, father, king, country, king and master being one, is indeed worthy of discussion. However, this is also the best and most suitable system that can be found at the moment. The system is designed around the supreme emperor.

"Thank you for your guidance, sir." Zhu Yijun finally fully understood Zhang Juzheng's thoughts.

Maybe Zhang Juzheng is right.

　Ask for a monthly ticket, woo! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

　　
　
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