People in Hongwu, from heavenly master to emperor master

Chapter 341 Everyone here is rubbish

"Xiaodao doesn't like great principles, although Xiaodao does not deny that the thoughts handed down by the sages have guiding significance for us.

However, the principles of various schools of thought have been passed down, and in the end they have changed.

Lao Zhuang's Xiaoyao, in the hands of my ancestors, has become a strict five-dou rice religion...

The things left by the most holy teacher have long been changed beyond recognition.

The truth has been passed on for thousands of years, but the world is still the same, and the people are still poorly clothed and hungry.

This is not a natural disaster, but a man-made disaster! "

Zhang Yi pointed to the loom and said:

"Xiao Dao doesn't understand so many great principles, but he just understands that if the people don't have enough food and clothing, any reason is like a castle in the air!"

Zhu Yuanzhang was deeply touched. He had enough food to satisfy his hunger and clothing to cover his body.

This was his best dream ever. After becoming emperor, he forced the people all over the world to grow cotton and other crops, hoping to change this situation.

In the troubled times at the end of Ming Dynasty, the common people changed their children to eat.

Not to mention the principles of saints, even the ethics of being a human being have no place in the face of hunger and cold.

productive forces……

Zhu Yuanzhang repeated these three words, every time Zhang Yi emphasized it.

He can read different things.

"Champa rice makes people in the world have enough food, and this loom makes people in the world clothe themselves!

If you accomplish these two things, your name will definitely be on the history of the future! "

"It's easier said than done!"

Zhang Yi didn't doubt that he could be included in the history books, which was a certainty for him.

But if Champa rice and textile machinery can change the status quo of the common people, that is not necessarily the case.

However, he was too lazy to argue with the ancients about this truth, but changed the subject:

"Uncle, let's sit over there!"

After several people sat down, Zhang Yi made a calculation:

"If the output doubles, our profit will increase several times..."

Zhu's father and son nodded, Zhang Yi said that there was nothing wrong with it.

If the output is twice as much as others, the extra output will be all profit.

These profits depend on the original cost of the gauze. Although Lao Zhu is not very clear about the calculation, it is not a problem that their production profits are three times that of others.

"If we have three times the profit, even if we take out one-third of it, it will fall on lowering market prices, raising labor costs and paying taxes...

Our lives are much better than others, and the production process is managed by assembly lines and other management methods...

The cost can be reduced a little!
With this coming and going, we can also afford the imperial court's taxes..."

Zhu Yuanzhang said:

"The matter of building a factory should be implemented as soon as possible. Where do you think the address will be chosen?"

"Hangzhou!"

Without even thinking about it, Zhang Yi said the most ideal place in his heart.

Hangzhou is the terminus of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal and one of the future transportation hubs.

Although the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal has not been excavated, the Sui and Tang Canals are still there.

Hangzhou Prefecture not only connects the north-south canal, but also connects the eastern Zhejiang canal!

In the case that sea transportation has been banned, this inland waterway is one of the most important considerations for trade.

"Hangzhou Mansion, then choose him..."

Zhu Yuanzhang said:

"Next year, I want a hundred of these looms, is it feasible?"

"Three hundred units are fine!"

Zhang Yi smiled and handed over a design drawing of the factory.

Zhu Yuanzhang half understood and half understood, but he was also attracted by his design. The planning of the factory area in this blueprint is very reasonable.

Lao Zhu simply put it away and took everything according to the order.

"About profit sharing, look, how about giving you [-]%?"

"Forty percent will do, uncle will keep [-] percent, let's get some space!"

In business, you still have to deal with the locality, and you can't do it without management...

Zhang Yi also understood these principles, so he took the initiative to give up the benefits.

The cooperation between the Huang family and his son is also considered pleasant. The pencil workshop that he has hardly ever been to has always given him a stable income.

Especially recently, after the royal father and son used the assembly line to work, the dividends of this workshop have increased a lot.

Since he can cooperate happily, he doesn't want to care about some petty profits.

To put it bluntly, that business is far away in eastern Zhejiang, and he is unlikely to intervene, so trust is the most important thing.

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded. Both parties were not interested in such petty gains, so the matter of dividends was passed by.

"Although Hangzhou is not my uncle's hometown, it should have something to do with it. If uncle needs it, I can ask Liu Ji to greet you loudly!

This guy should still have a bit of face in Eastern Zhejiang!
Let's not do things that violate the law and discipline, so he should be able to save face? "

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled meaningfully:
"Liu Ji..., I'm afraid it will have the opposite effect!"

"Brother of the Zhang family, you probably haven't heard that the people of Zhedong have changed..."

Seeing that Zhang Yi was puzzled, Zhu Biao said to Zhang Yi.

"Because of taxes?"

Zhang Yi quickly realized the problem, Zhu Biao nodded:

"Yes, because of the tax increase. Many people are actually not reconciled..."

The principles of the tax law introduced by Liu Bowen follow Zhang Yi’s idea of ​​robbing the rich and helping the poor, that is, high-income earners are charged more, and low-income earners are charged less.

This is actually against China's tax philosophy for thousands of years.

The feudal dynasty is essentially a process in which the gentry and the emperor exploited the people together. How can the king and the people exploit the gentry in turn?

It's no wonder these people don't make trouble.

"I don't understand. It is clear that the new tax law is better for the people, so why do the people want to make trouble with it?"

In Zhu Biao's tone, there was more loss.

Zhang Yi laughed:

"This is the disadvantage of the imperial power not coming down to the county, and the wisdom of the people not being developed!
Even if there is grace from the imperial court, it will be passed down layer by layer through decrees, but when it comes to the county level, the news needs to be passed on by the gentry!
People are illiterate, they get information, and they need the help of people around them to interpret the information!
This means that the power of interpretation is in the hands of the gentry.

They turned black and white, provoked a little, and it was easy to stir up a popular uprising.

People's hearts can be incited!

Sometimes the truth gets behind..."

Communication studies, naval forces...

Knowledge about this aspect appeared in the minds of Zhu's father and son.

The so-called demagogy is not just Zhang Yi's patent. In fact, for thousands of years, local gentry have also fooled the people in the same way.

The hearts of the people are available, but most of the days, the hearts of the people are in the hands of the gentry.

How to bypass the gentry and control the hearts of the people has become a question that Zhu Yuanzhang pondered.

Zhang Yi didn't take this matter to heart.

When he was fooling Liu Bowen, he had already expected that there would be some backlash in the local area.

This is still the case of Zhu Yuanzhang who has studied Jiangnan, if there is no Jiangnan pirate case.

Emperor will be more difficult.

In the original historical trajectory, Zhu Yuanzhang spent the entire Hongwu Dynasty in order to regain the hearts of the people from the local area, but it was not completed.

With the emergence of the Jingnan and Tumubao incidents, the tide turned, and many of his policies actually existed in name only.

Since he was already much better than before, Zhang Yi naturally wouldn't be anxious about this matter. The Emperor Hongwu still had nearly 30 years left, and he was young, so he could see it.

After knitting for a while, Empress Ma went to gossip with Mrs. Li, and within a short time, Mrs. Li had already confided her heart to her, and was overwhelmed by the old lady's demeanor.

After appeasing Mrs. Li, Empress Ma slowly walked towards them.

"Zhang Yi, I want to take your loom alone, is it possible?"

"Okay, I still have one in my room that hasn't been installed yet. I was planning to expose it to Aunt Li's family. You can take it if you want. I'll send it to Lao Mo later, and he will install it!"

Empress Ma was delighted.

Zhang Yi turned around and said to Zhu Yuanzhang:
"A four-spindle pedal loom on the market is about ten taels of silver. My loom is discounted to 15 taels of silver. How much my uncle invested, I don't care about the land and the factory building. I am responsible for providing the looms for the factory building!
Loom shares, [-]% of the shares, anyway Xiaodao will make up for this part of the share, how about uncle? "

Zhang Yi negotiated a price for Zhu Yuanzhang, and bought a share with the loom.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, a loom cost about six taels, but at this time, it was the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, all industries were waiting for prosperity, and the demand was weak, so the cost of this machine was much more expensive.

Zhang Yi's price of twelve taels was not too much.

As for his Jenny loom, it is not too much to add a premium of five taels.

Zhu Yuanzhang bowed his head and thought for a while, as if he was trying to settle accounts.

In fact, he doesn't care about the money, but since he wants to play the role of a businessman well, he must act like it.

In particular, there is "cloth" in his business, and he can't let Zhang Yi see that she is unfamiliar with the details of the business.

But Zhang Yi misunderstood and said:
"The price of 15 taels is not due to Xiaodao's greed, but Xiaodao's loom business, and there are other shareholders...

The Meng family plotted for the silver left by Lao Meng, so I decided to ask Aunt Li's family to invest the money in me. This business has nothing to do with my uncle!
Since there are other shareholders in this business, it's not good for Xiaodao to give away too much profit! "

Zhang Yi made an account for Zhu Yuanzhang:

"Under normal circumstances, the payback cycle of a loom should be one year. That is to say, in the outside world, the profit of cloth produced by a loom in a year is at least eight to ten taels!
Since the profit of the loom in Xiaodao's hands has tripled, the price..."

"Okay, you don't have to tell me this, sure! But..."

Zhu Yuanzhang said:

"The 1000 taels of silver were left by Lao Meng. If Mrs. Li hadn't given birth to an heir..."

"Uncle is talking about national law, or patriarchal law?"

Zhang Yi interrupted Zhu Yuanzhang and asked back with a smile.

Zhu Yuanzhang took a look, well, this kid wants to talk to him about women half the sky and the liberation of productivity...

Forget it, don't talk about this topic with this kid, Zhu Yuanzhang knows he can't talk about him.

"Sir, it's also true, if the clan is fair, you can still say this.

But just now I heard from the sister of the Li family that Lao Meng is not close to his clan, so what is the use of such clan? "

Zhu Yuanzhang did not expect that Queen Ma would also join in, and he completely surrendered.

"It's up to you, anyway, those people can't do anything to you...

But you are very kind to this mother and daughter..."

"It's just the fate between people!"

Zhang Yi's words are very mature, but the movement of spraying hot water with his hands and carefully blowing them makes people feel inexplicably cute.

This strong sense of contrast made the three of them feel a little dazed.

Lao Mo reported this matter outside.

"Little real man, Kong Na, son of the Confucian family, asks to see you!"

Conne?

When Zhang Yi heard that Kong Na was coming, he hurriedly got up to greet him.

"This guy has been gone for a while...

Let him in! "

Lao Mo didn't move, he was not seeking Zhang Yi's opinion, but the emperor's opinion.

Zhu Yuanzhang remembered that Kong Na also knew his identity, and nodded without any trace.

Not long after, Kong Na, who was a little cautious, followed Lao Mo, apparently Lao Mo had reminded him.

Seeing the emperor, the prince, and the empress laughed and said Yanyan, Kong Na almost knelt down.

Zhang Yi's small Taoist temple can really be seen by anyone.

Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao stood up and said:

"I've seen Mr. Kong!"

Kong Na was young, but he was under pressure that he shouldn't have to bear. He didn't worship, and he didn't.

So he could only bow down as a gift in return.

"By the way, Nene, why are you free to look for me today?"

Kong Na glanced at Zhu Yuanzhang. Strictly speaking, this matter was still related to him.

He didn't want to say it in front of Zhu Yuanzhang, but when he found that the emperor was staring at him, he smiled and said nothing, and Kong Na's courage disappeared.

"Mr. Xu asked me to remind you that you don't go out recently!"

In the end, Kong Na honestly explained his intentions.

"how?"

"Because, you are the one who started the imperial examination in mathematics. After the incident was exposed by the Fourth Highness, it has already spread in the court..."

Kong Na quietly glanced at the emperor and found that no one responded, so he continued:

"Imperial College students, doctors, and teaching assistants went to question Mr. Xu, but Mr. Xu did not admit it.

But looking at the posture, they seem to want to investigate..."

After Kong Na finished speaking, he found Zhang Yi's face was calm.

"and then……?"

"Aren't you afraid?"

Kong Na didn't understand how Zhang Yi could be so calm.

"Everyone who walks, there must be traces!
Although Xiaodao doesn't like to appear in front of others, but when he helped Mr., he was ready to be exposed!

It is already a lucky thing to be able to be pure for a while, so what's the point of worrying about these things? "

"But, many people are looking for you..."

Zhang Yi interrupted Kong Na and laughed:

"They just found the door of Qingxin Temple, so what can they do?"

Kong Na stopped talking, he found that it was indeed as Zhang Yi said, what can these people do if they find him?

The so-called pressure of public opinion must be felt by the person concerned before he will bear these things.

But Kong Na was deeply moved by the shamelessness of his friend.

"It's not bragging, Yang Xian can't do anything to me, so what if there are more of them?
Even if they all come to the trail, one counts as another, they are all rubbish! "

"Okay, that's how it should be!"

Zhu Yuanzhang waited for Zhang Yi to finish speaking, and applauded with high five.

Zhang Yi chuckled, and broke his skills in an instant:

"Actually, relying on the power of the one in our palace, I expect these officials not to dare to act recklessly!

As long as they don't use extraneous tricks, Xiao Dao doesn't have to be afraid of him!

No matter who proposes the matter of entering the imperial examination, it is determined by His Majesty.
Why, they still want to go against the sky and try to make His Majesty change his mind?

Or do you want to accuse His Majesty of listening to the slander?

Pindao would like them to go, but the question is, do they dare? "

"You kid, you can pretend to be a tiger!"

Lao Zhu seemed to reprimand Zhang Yi, but in fact he was smiling so much that his eyes narrowed.

Kong Na lamented that it was one thing for Zhang Yi to be arrogant, but his flattering skills were too good.

He had never seen an emperor with such a human smile.

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(End of this chapter)