Chapter 137 Huang Zicheng’s Thoughts
Ding Xian gave Huang Zicheng a way. If Huang Zicheng can regard the Nanjing ministers as representatives of the future imperial court, then Huang Zicheng will also have a place in the imperial court in the future.
Don't underestimate the surrender.
Even if Beijing pacifies the world, as long as it wants to reduce resistance, it will definitely give preferential treatment to the surrendered ministers. At least some of the surrendered ministers were given preferential treatment. After all, the Nanjing court was the original center of the Ming Dynasty. Although it had gone through a lot of twists and turns, it was not without talents.
No matter what the considerations are, some accommodation must be given.
This is also a considerable opportunity for Huang Zicheng.
Huang Zicheng hesitated for a moment.
Because he knew that to seize this opportunity, he would have to cooperate with Ding Xian. Otherwise, without Ding Xian's support, it would be difficult for him to achieve the position he wants.
Huang Zicheng said: "What do you want?"
Ding Xian's heart moved and he said secretly: "I took the bait."
Ding Xian knew very well that he was not popular in Beijing. He needs a ladder to get over. And Huang Zicheng was the best ladder he found. Take the ride there first, and take your time with other things.
Ding Xian believed in his own methods.
Even Ding Xian is ready to hibernate for a long time in the future. Anyway, he is still young and there is still time to wait for the future. Jiang Taigong did not become famous until he was eighty years old.
He will hold Huang Zicheng in his hands in the future, waiting for some things in the present to be forgotten. There will definitely be opportunities in the future.
Anyway, no matter how hard it is now, it can't compare to when he fell into being a printer.
He has a lot of patience.
Ding Xian said: "You don't need to do anything? Or in front of His Majesty, you already know what to do."
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Sure enough, he knew what to do in front of Zhu Yunwen.
Zhu Yunwen asked Ding Xian about his plan. Can it be done?
Huang Zicheng wanted to tell Zhu Yunwen at that time what a bad idea this was.
Isn't this the way to die?
But Huang Zicheng pondered for a moment, and then shook his head secretly in his heart, because he knew that in his opinion, Nanjing's general affairs had reached a dead end. He was an old man who had followed He Xi, and he understood very well that the Beijing court and the Nanjing court were fundamentally different.
The Beijing imperial court is a modern government. The reason why it cannot be said to be modern is because it still inherits the original factors of the Ming Dynasty in many aspects and is in the transition stage from ancient times to modern times. The Nanjing imperial court was essentially an ancient imperial court.
The imperial court in Beijing tried its best to participate in all aspects of the economy, so much so that a central government with tens of thousands of people claimed to have insufficient manpower. As an ancient court, the Nanjing court was essentially a maintenance-oriented government. Whether it was in terms of many institutions in Nanjing or in terms of personnel capabilities, it was simply a fantasy for them to do what the Beijing court could do.
It's like grafting the wings of an eagle onto a rabbit, as if the rabbit can fly.
In Huang Zicheng's view, the South's chance of victory in the North-South war is to strive to advance northward at all costs once the war begins. No matter what circumstances it encounters, it cannot stop the attack and win before Beijing's complete transformation.
Now, the gap between the two sides is too great. Nanjing is so ill that it will be gone no matter how hard it is.
There is no way around it.
Ding Xian’s idea was a bad one.
But without Ding Xian’s idea, how should we clean up this mess? Huang Zicheng felt a headache.
If it weren't for Ding Xian, Huang Zicheng would naturally have no other idea, just to deal with it. But now Huang Zicheng feels that he should say something.
Huang Zicheng said: "Your Majesty, Ding Xian's idea is good. But it is beyond the capabilities of the court and it is impossible for the court to do this. However, the court should reduce the control area and only control some key industries for the court to own. For example, saltpeter, iron ore, coal, sulfur, grain, and cotton are all minerals. Other things can be put aside for now. The first thing to ensure is that the situation on the front line does not collapse."
Huang Zicheng's words essentially suggested that the Nanjing court exploited various industries.
Actually this is also
It is inevitable.
The biggest difference between the Song Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty.
After the chaos of the Five Dynasties in the Song Dynasty, they expanded their financial resources at all costs. That is, almost all of the money-making industries among the people were in the imperial court. All the profitable industries you can think of were the imperial court's industries. .
In order to support military supplies, no matter what the cost.
Starting from salt and iron, to wine, real estate, medicinal materials, tea and so on.
In fact, it is the same as Huang Zicheng's suggestion, don't worry about new and old money, directly control the industry, and bring each industry into government management, no matter what the means. It must be operated by the government, or it can only be operated by the government, and the excess profits will be handed over to the court.
The two have different approaches but similar effects.
Zhu Yuanzhang started from the common people and had special feelings for them. Therefore, all these industries that compete with the people for profit have been eliminated, and there are not even many barriers in the country.
This is why commercial taxes accounted for more than half of the court's revenue in the Song Dynasty, but in essence, business in the Ming Dynasty was far more developed than that in the Song Dynasty.
The solution given by Huang Zicheng coincides with the policy of the Song Dynasty.
Whether it's suitable or not, Huang Zicheng doesn't know. Overall, it's more suitable than Ding Xian's faint move.
However, this is completely contrary to Zhu Yuanzhang's original intention of loving the people.
At this moment, this was not important to the Nanjing court.
Zhu Yunwen said: "Okay. Sir is a genius in the world. Are you willing to help me?"
Zhu Yunwen was still knowledgeable. After thinking about it for a moment, he knew that Huang Zicheng's method was easier to operate than Ding Xian.
It was not the first time Zhu Yunwen knew about Huang Zicheng. He even knew that Huang Zicheng's wisdom was behind many things Ding Xian did before this. But Zhu Yunwen ignored Huang Zicheng.
Otherwise, it was because of the relationship between Huang Zicheng and He Xi that Zhu Yunwen felt uncomfortable.
Now, he no longer cares.
Huang Zicheng said: "Your Majesty, although I am willing to serve your Majesty, my relationship with Beijing is really hard to convince the world. I ask your Majesty to take back my order."
Zhu Yunwen looked at Huang Zicheng and hesitated for a while, but did not force it.
Seeing Huang Zicheng like this, Ding Xian breathed a sigh of relief. After all, if Huang Zicheng is willing to replace Ding Xian, it is really possible. Huang Zicheng's attainments in new learning were far superior to Ding Xian's.
Moreover, Huang Zicheng's foundation is better than Ding Xian's. Don't think that Ding Xian is in a high position, but in fact, there are not many people in Ding Xian's circle. But Huang Zicheng was different. Huang Zicheng's position in the Imperial College system was unmatched by ordinary people. For a long time, the Imperial College was monopolized by the He Xi faction. Although Yang Shiqi was now a bachelor, he did not dare to be too tough in front of Huang Zicheng.
After the fourteenth year of Hongwu, the Imperial College has always been the main force of officials in the Ming Dynasty. This relationship is such that most officials in the officialdom today can be in the same system as Huang Zicheng. Huang Zicheng is considered a senior brother.
Huang Zicheng hoped that it would be easier for him to form a team than Ding Xian.
And Ding Xian attaches great importance to the position of chief assistant. After all, without the position of chief assistant, he will not be taken seriously even if he surrenders.
But no matter what, the mess in Nanjing resulted in Nanjing being unable to do anything for a long time.
Ding Xian didn't even have the energy to investigate the person behind this incident. Although he knew that there must be someone behind this incident. But now it has no meaning.
He has chosen to abandon Nanjing completely. And contact Beijing.
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"Okay." He Xi couldn't help but said.
By the time the news from Nanjing came, it was already the spring of the third year of Longwu. Overall, Nanjing's new banknotes have depreciated nearly five times, such a huge drop in just one or two months.
It brought a devastating blow to Nanjing's economy.
The Suzhou Rebellion, which had already been put down, has rekindled. After all, such a degree of depreciation will do great harm to the people. Many people take desperate measures when they are desperate.
In this case, Nanjing Jingying can only involve the Jiangnan area, and it will be delayed for a long time to come back.
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It can be said that the current situation in Nanjing, let alone organizing any kind of attack, even retreat, or even large-scale troop mobilization, may not be possible.
After all, the first thing to do is to stabilize the morale of the military and prevent the military from mutiny or defection because of the issue of military pay. Let’s talk about other things, that is to say,
Now Nanjing has been paralyzed within a few months and half a year.
This is a good time to attack.
