Follow Zhu Yuanzhang to conquer the country

Chapter 43: Should the uprising be more thorough?

After Zhu Yuanzhang heard what Zhang Cheng said, he looked at Li Shanchang and Feng Guoyong with cross eyebrows: "Didn't you think of the possibility of ransacking homes to solve the refugee problem?"

Feng Guoyong looked at Li Shanchang.

Li Shanchang closed his eyes slightly, took a deep breath, and then said: "Back to the top, I have thought of it, but I haven't had time to mention it to Mr. Zhang and you yet."

Feng Guoyong also followed up and said hurriedly: "I have thought about it when I return to the top. The reason why I didn't mention it in a hurry is because I am still a little worried. I am worried that this will completely eliminate the possibility of being recruited by Yuan Ting."

"After all, the industries and fields of the Tatar nobles, as well as the gentry and profiteers who served as minions of the Tatars, were all wealthy or noble figures in the Yuan Dynasty. They had swallowed up a lot of industry, land, gold and silver, etc., but once they were confiscated , there will really be no way out.”

"Are you still thinking of a way out for us?"

Zhu Yuanzhang was so angry that he laughed.

Zhang Cheng then followed up and said: "Sir, what they said actually makes sense. If you want to truly benefit the people of the world, it is of little use to copy a few ordinary wealthy businessmen and small squires; only these are aristocrats or related to aristocrats in the Yuan Dynasty. Powers are the ones who have great benefits in the world. Only by copying them can we benefit all people in the world, but doing so will indeed cut off the road to being recruited by the Tatars."

"So, it still depends on the position."

"It depends on whether the superior wants to revolt more thoroughly, or whether he wants to revolt symbolically just to earn an official position."

"The former requires desperate measures and desperate measures to survive;"

"The latter needs to be carefully considered. We should treat the nobles and gentry who are loyal to Hu Yuan with great courtesy, and we should also treat the right-wing country gentry with great courtesy, but we will continue to embarrass the common people and massacre the common people."

"Of course we will follow your wishes."

"As long as you are willing to give us motivation, we will naturally shoulder the moral responsibility!"

"It's just that if the superiors really still have peace of mind and want to leave a way out, and become bureaucrats after Hu Yuan's recruitment in the future, their families may still starve to death in a few generations. After all, in the Yuan Dynasty, many good people Those who are good and obedient will still starve to death."

"Because no matter what, if the uprising is not complete, it will still be nothing more than reincarnation. Today these evil gentry and profiteers dare to collude with the Mongols to enslave the Han people. In the future, the evil gentry and profiteers of the new dynasty will dare to enslave the Han people like Japanese pirates."

"In other words, if they can corrupt the Yuan court nobles today, they can corrupt the new dynasty nobles in the future."

"Chopping the weeds without eradicating the roots means everything is in vain and all the blood is shed in vain!"

After Zhang Cheng said this, Zhu Yuanzhang nodded frequently, his eyes gradually became firm, and he became silent.

Li Shanchang also agreed here because Zhang Cheng clearly requested that Zhu Yuanzhang should give his officials motivation if he wanted to rebel more thoroughly: "The subordinates will indeed follow the leadership of the superiors. If the superiors really want the subordinates not to sway with the Tatars, then what will happen to the subordinates?" Naturally, Liao will not be dissatisfied with the Tatars!"

Feng Guoyong also raised his hands and said, "The same goes for my subordinates!"

"The barbarians have occupied China for nearly a hundred years, and the Chinese culture is almost annihilated because of this. The Han people are also fast becoming barbarians, and the north and the south are even about to regard each other as barbarians."

"As long as the superiors are willing to expel the Tartars and restore China, then the subordinates will dare to risk their lives to accompany them!"

After all, Li Shanchang and Feng Guoyong were middle- and lower-class Han landlord class intellectuals who actively chose to join the rebels, so as long as anti-Yuan could bring benefits to them, they were willing to become anti-Yuan fighters.

Zhu Yuanzhang became even more silent, and was too embarrassed to blame Li Shanchang and Feng Guoyong anymore.

He thought of the consensus reached between Zhang Cheng and him before, that is, if he wanted his descendants not to starve to death for generations to come, he could only try to prevent as many people from suffering from hunger and cold in China, and the consensus he had reached with Zhang Cheng and Yang Yuangao last night. To reestablish the etiquette of Huayi is greater than the etiquette of monarchs and ministers, and the emperor and ministers should have the ambition to ensure that the people are not hungry or cold.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked back at the Yanhuang portrait he got from Zhang Cheng. Because last night, they swore an oath to this end in front of the portraits of Yan and Huang.

"Anyway, the tip of the knife is already licking blood, and the gift from the Huayi people, the gift that the common people will not be hungry or cold, is our ambition. It is better to die for this ambition. How can we have the thought of being content?"

"Besides, the Tatars killed our parents, brother and sister-in-law, how can we live with it?"

As a person who could become the founding monarch in history, Zhu Yuanzhang finally made up his mind and did not choose a safe retreat in the future. At this time, he talked about the political goals he had just accepted not long ago, and looked at Zhang Cheng. The face said decisively:
  "Then copy it!"

"As for how to win over the gentry who are willing to work together to drive out the Tartars and restore Chinese decency, do you have any good ideas?"

After Zhu Yuanzhang said this, Zhang Cheng accepted it.

Zhang Cheng took the initiative and said: "As for wooing, I don't want to mention other industries. It's just that the military is currently paying for food, which involves falling food prices and cloth prices. In order to stabilize food prices and cloth prices, so as not to cause panic, we Government-run commercial banks should be established first.”

"Government-run trading firm?"

Zhu Yuanzhang asked.

Zhang Cheng nodded: "That's right!"

"In order to prevent unscrupulous merchants from taking the opportunity to lower the prices of grain and cloth after the military pay is released, causing the officers and soldiers to panic and worry that the grain and cloth in their hands will become less and less valuable if they keep them, so they will sell off in large quantities, which will lead to Grain and cloth will become even cheaper, even allowing profiteers to take advantage of the situation. When the price of grain and cloth is monopolized by profiteers, we must have government-run trading houses!"

"The purpose is to use silver to purchase grain and cloth at a price higher than the market price when the military pay is distributed, so that the grain and cloth will not drop too sharply, and will remain in a stable state after a small drop, and then sell it when the price is high, and then take it. It is profitable and also stabilizes commodity prices.”

"Isn't this similar to Changpingcang?"

Feng Guoyong couldn't help but ask at this time.

Zhang Cheng said: "There are some similarities, but there are also differences!"

“The profits from the Changping warehouse belong to the government, so it is easy for officials to embezzle the profits, and even destroy the function of stabilizing prices. For example, if you buy good rice and sell moldy rice, you can also directly use the money earned. Misappropriation and dissipation have resulted in insufficient public funds to stabilize prices, but cannot stabilize prices."

"As for government-run commercial banks, they first clarified the profit-sharing system, that is, how much of the commercial profits earned will belong to the government and how much to individuals, and the possibility of operators abandoning the public service for private purposes will be greatly reduced; the business model has also been changed, and the government will not directly operate This kind of store has the function of stabilizing prices, but it has contracted this function to a store that it can only indirectly control, which means that it has no operating rights, only the rights to profit distribution and supervision."

"For example, I can contribute a sum of money, the superior can also contribute a sum of money, or any of you can contribute a sum of money, and then the government can also contribute a sum of money or buy shares with some kind of exclusive privilege, and then everyone can divide the proceeds. The operators are elected by shareholders, and the largest shareholder can veto with one vote and request re-election. If the operator fails to stabilize prices and achieve profit growth, the largest shareholder can also directly remove the operator and request Re-elect the operator.”

"As the name suggests, government-run trading firms mean that the person holding the largest shareholding is often the government itself."

"In this way, although the government can control whether the commercial bank stabilizes prices and stabilizes people's livelihood, it cannot directly participate in the operation to avoid corrupt officials from doing bad things."

"Even if corrupt officials use the power of the government to forcefully disrupt operations, the shareholders will intervene because their interests are harmed. Especially if the rulers at the top also participate privately, they will be more able to directly intervene, and they will be more likely to intervene. We have the motivation to crack down on corrupt officials and ensure good order in the market.”

“In general, the biggest difference between a government-run commercial bank and Chang Pingcang is that it not only assumes the function of stabilizing prices, but is also required to realize this function through profit growth to avoid the function of stabilizing prices existing in name only. , otherwise if the previous Changpingcang system is really implemented, different effects will occur due to official governance. Clear and transparent administration can stabilize prices, but corrupt administration will harm the people."

After Zhang Cheng said that, Zhu Yuanzhang said: "As the official in charge of Chuzhou now, even if we don't hold the largest shares, we still have the motivation to crack down on corrupt officials, and it's huge!"

"But can the higher position guarantee that all the feudal officials who will be in power will be so motivated in the future?"

Zhang Cheng asked back at this time.

(End of this chapter)