Wang Chonggu was humming a ditty and singing, happily telling Wang Qian about the quarrel between himself and Sanniangzi. Wang Chonggu had a fierce quarrel with Sanniangzi over money. Every one of them was based on the perspective of his own benefit. They will not give in to any terms that are not conducive to Ming Dynasty, and they will pursue and attack those terms that are beneficial to themselves.
His verbal quarrel was a real quarrel, which was completely different from the verbal quarrel between Wu Dui and Sanniangzi.
Wang Chonggu said with a smile: "Son, we, both inside and outside the Ming Dynasty, have been like this from ancient times to the present. We are always looking forward to the emergence of a Ming Dynasty master, and we are always looking forward to someone who can understand the state affairs. Everyone, pull yourself out of that mediocre, hopeless and meaningless life, solve all real problems once and for all, and from now on, you will never have to face the real sufferings of life again.”
"Oh, Zhang Juzheng teaches well. Your Majesty learns better. If you have merit, you will be rewarded. This life is very beautiful."
Wang Qian shook his head with great conviction and said: "No one can pull others out of the quagmire and solve all the problems so that there will be no more suffering in life. Based on the theory of contradiction, this is impossible, because when a contradiction conflicts, After that, new conflicts will arise.”
"Only the succession of contradictions can allow the infinite principle of all things to continue to develop. The development of things is not the thing itself."
"If you place all your hopes on one person, it is better to make a wish. The bastard in the wishing pool will shake his head when he hears such an outrageous request."
After hearing this, Wang Chonggu was stunned for a long time and then said: "I now believe that you will definitely pass the Jinshi exam. If you are willing to read the theory of contradictions and understand it, I am very happy to be a father. Even if you fail to pass the Jinshi exam, you can still If you settle down well, you won't end up like Zhang Siwei."
Wang Qian continued: "Zhang Juzheng is a man, not a god. He cannot reverse the decline of the world by himself. In the court, there are Tan Lun and Wang Guoguang as Xinfa's right-hand men, and locally there are Yin Zhengmao, Zhang Xueyan, Ling Yunyi, Pan Jixun, Pang Shangpeng, etc., and in the army there are Qi Jiguang, Li Chengliang, Yu Dayou, Zhang Yuanxun, Liu Xian and others."
"Behind these people is the common expectation of the people of the Ming Dynasty who want to live and work in peace and contentment. Even if Qi Jiguang cannot spread, he still stands in the north. This is not only Zhang Juzheng's protection, but also the expectations of the people."
"It was all these people who came together and worked hard together to hold it up."
"And Zhang Juzheng really found, or even tolerated, and allowed them to play their role."
"Even my father."
"Ah, does this include me? Hahaha." Wang Chonggu smiled very happily. He did do it from the perspective of interests, but what he did was indeed beneficial to the country. Then when the time comes His name is not on the list of heroes, but his name will definitely not be on the list of traitors.
Wang Chonggu shook his head and said: "Son, have you also read Xinxue, especially He Xinyin's rhetoric? You can't believe it after you look at it. He doesn't believe it himself, and he goes around bluffing and deceiving."
"What he said is right. It is indeed the expectation of all the people. But just like a war, the small people cannot decide the beginning and end of the war. The small people can also not decide the rise and fall of the country. Their expectations are not as important to the meat eaters. , is something that cannot be touched, because the general expectation of the people is to let meat-eaters cut their flesh, or to be more clear, to let meat-eaters have a conscience."
"is it possible?"
Wang Qian was silent for a long time and said, "It's really unlikely."
Wang Chonggu sighed and said: "Why am I willing to do things? Don't dare to disobey the Holy Edict? Because evil people need evil people to grind them down. If you want to do things but don't want to be a evil person, you can't do it. Zhang Juzheng is a evil person who has done all kinds of bad things, Your Majesty. He is a villain who is better than his master."
"Maybe the world just lacks such a villain."
As a minister of the Ministry of Punishment, Wang Chonggu did not believe in the law, and even thought it was ridiculous; as a person who worked for the interests of the Ming Dynasty, he did not believe in discussing the matter and analyzing specific matters; as a courtier and one of the decision-makers of the empire, he firmly believed that evil people need to be punished by evil people.
In other words, what Wang Chonggu firmly believes is that the weapon of criticism is not as direct as the criticism of the weapon. This is his practice. It is not that the pain from Zhang Juzheng's combination of punches penetrates deep into the bone marrow. He is no different from Zhang Siwei. .
Wang Chonggu talked about this confrontation with Sanniangzi. He said very accurately: "Sanniangzi advocates a long-term stable supply price, while I advocate a long-term, stable and rapidly growing supply quantity. This is consistent with Your Majesty’s proposition that the sheep eat the horses and weaken the mobility of the grassland people is also in line with the need for the government factories to continue to expand and grow.”
"Of course our family can also make money."
"So, I designed a set of supply prices based on the three-year average supply quantity. For example, the average supply quantity from Wanli 2 to Wanli 4 was 12,000 bags of wool. Then in the next three years, Taking 12,000 bags as the basis, if it exceeds 12,000 bags, for every 10% excess, the wool purchase price will increase by 1%. This cycle continues, and the next three years will be based on the previous three years and the average price. , for this price increase, prairie people will use their own initiative."
Wang Qian looked around and whispered, "Father seems not to have finished speaking."
Wang Chonggu continued: "Yes, if the supply is lower than the benchmark, there will be a price penalty. If it is 10% lower than the benchmark, the price will be reduced by 10%. This is not equivalent to the increasing price increase, but Sanniangzi agreed. The reason why she She agreed because she promised to herd more sheep and raise fewer horses. For Sanniangzi, or Sanniangzi’s supporters, what they are most worried about is that Ming Dynasty suddenly stopped buying it.”
"This is where the raw materials are supplied, or in other words, the huge disadvantage of not having the advantage of goods. Without the advantage of goods, we can only fall into infinite passivity."
"I take coining as an example. In order to keep the money-making matter in Yunnan, Yunnan even stood up to confront Zhang Juzheng and impeached Zhang Juzheng to benefit his hometown! Yunnan is the raw material supply. They do not have the commodity advantage of copper coins. What Yunnan is most worried about is What is it? The copper produced in central Yunnan cannot be cast, but instead it is purchased overseas at a high price."
"This is pragmatic and a concrete manifestation of being able to grasp the main contradiction."
Wang Qian sighed and said: "It is obviously a pragmatic approach, but it has been criticized. One is that it is harsh to people far away, and the other is that my father is only interested in profit. Alas."
"Thanks for the compliment, I couldn't help but be happy." Wang Chonggu said without caring.
"Huh? Praise?" Wang Qian asked dully.
Wang Chonggu said with a smile: "Yes, you said there is no such person who can save others from fire and water, but for the mud of Ming Dynasty, Zhang Juzheng is not the one who made a wish in the bastard pond. The bastards shook their heads and said no. Are there extraordinary talents? I tell Your Majesty, it is better to have rules than no rules."
"This is the reason. The criterion for judging right and wrong should be based on safeguarding the Ming Dynasty, the greatest public interest, rather than the chatter of literati. If they have a loud voice, they are right? They can speak so well, why not? How about converting the Andahan, Tuman, Jiannu, and Hongmaofan?!"
"Father is brilliant." Wang Qian said sincerely.
It turns out that this is the case. No wonder Wang Chonggu worked so hard. Before Wang Qian could understand the theory of contradiction, Wang Chonggu had already started reading the theory of public and private affairs.
Zhu Yijun saw Wang Chonggu's step-by-step method and said that all scholars have dirty minds.
Wang Chonggu introduced negative numbers in pricing and measurement, and used system design to put the grassland into a dilemma. If he wanted to increase the price of wool, he had to supply more wool, and each cycle required more wool, and it was much more. Only then can price increases be achieved.
In this system design, the price reduction of wool is extremely drastic. Once a cycle is reduced by 10% compared with the past cycle, the price reduction will destroy the efforts of the past cycle.
This results in the fact that more sheep must be raised on the grassland. The grassland is very barren and the total amount of water and grass is fixed or even gradually decreasing.
In Sanniangzi's view, Wang Chonggu is very vicious, but she must accept that Daming is willing to give a long-term stable price, which is also a gift to the grassland, and stability is a non-existent thing to the grassland.
The Yuan Dynasty was a dynasty established by the Hu people, so it must have had no border troubles. Every year, the Han princes were ordered by the emperor to go to the grassland to reduce the dynasty.
For grasslands, stability is a luxury, and rules are even more out of reach.
Daming is willing to give a stable price, which is acceptable to Sanniang. At worst, she will go out to grab wool.
The current public-private theory has never been able to move forward, which has prevented the public-private theory from being published in the world. The main reason is that Zhang Juzheng has always refused to separate the king and father, the king and the king, and can only further negate these opposite and unified concepts. , can they be integrated into one.
The theory that Zhu Yijun most hopes Zhang Juzheng can get is that the king represents the majority of the people in the world and performs duties on behalf of the people, and then local officials perform their duties on behalf of the local people.
But this will raise a more terrifying question. If the king cannot represent the majority of the people and cannot perform his duties on behalf of the people, then does it mean that we need to change a king? So what are the criteria for judging?
Power, the supreme power in the world is really too tempting, enough to make everyone in the world take risks for it.
Of course, the exception was Queen Mother Li. After all, he was her own son, and he was very promising, so she just let him go.
Zhang Juzheng knew the little emperor's intention very well, so Zhang Juzheng just ignored it without answering at all, so that the king's father, the king's country and the king's master were still one, and the king always maintained a sacred and inviolable concept.
This is based on actual practice. The productivity or social development of the Ming Dynasty has not yet reached that time. Therefore, Zhang Juzheng’s public and private theory is still an incomplete concept, but it is for the Ming Dynasty now and in the next few decades. That's enough.
Because the definition of public and private is already deviant enough to guide production and life for decades, there is absolutely no need to go further.
Zhu Yijun could only express regret for this.
Wang Chonggu, the great minister, was responsible for supervising the construction of the Ming Dynasty palace. Before His Majesty left Beijing, Wang Chonggu and Guo Chaobin, Minister of Industry, first invited His Majesty to attend the foundation laying ceremony.
This foundation laying ceremony is when the emperor appears, two firecrackers are set off, and then the emperor shovels the soil twice with a shovel, which means that the emperor laid the foundation for the house, which is just a formality.
But this formality was not so formal after all, because the emperor asked Guo Chaobin and Wang Chonggu to talk about how to realize their requirements.
"We plan to use a steel-concrete structure for the building on the central axis." Guo Chaobin stood in front of the foundation and explained his construction plan to the Ming Emperor and several courtiers. This time the construction period was tight, the tasks were heavy, and the requirements were high, and the courtiers were As expected.
The courtiers were already furious. If the little emperor got married on a construction site, all the courtiers in the Ming Dynasty would just find a rope to hang themselves up!
"Wait a minute? What structure?" Zhu Yijun signaled Guo Chaobin to pause and asked uncertainly.
"Steel-concrete, steel-steel, concrete-concrete." Guo Chaobin said very clearly: "We have found a material that meets His Majesty's requirements. It cannot be used for burning fires or tinkering all day long. We will stick a layer of wood veneer on this surface. , the regulations are exactly the same as before, but it can’t be burned at all.”
Of course Zhu Yijun understood the meaning of this word. He originally thought that Wang Chonggu and Guo Chaobin would use stones. After all, the stone processing technology was very mature, but now Guo Chaobin was talking about a cement and steel structure.
"What is concrete?" Zhu Yijun asked again.
"Lime, all lime is refined by fire. After it is transformed into quality, it will never be damaged when put into water. Billions of boats and walls, hundreds of millions of walls, must be used to fill the gaps in the ship planks, and can also be used to sit on them. Piles, the bottom of the ponds at the Upper Fourth Dock and Lower Fourth Dock of Longjiang Shipyard will be smeared with this kind of lime first, and water will be added to cement the gravel to build the bottom." Guo Chaobin brought a condensed pimple and handed it to His Majesty.
The reason for not using stone is very simple. The Ministry of Rites could not allow the use of stone because it was used more in mausoleums in the Da Mingshi House.
Then steel mixing is a good compromise plan, which not only satisfies His Majesty's requirements for a new home, but also satisfies the requirements of the Ministry of Rites for etiquette.
After reading it, Zhu Yijun was very convinced that this was cement, hydraulic lime.
Guo Chaobin explained the process in detail. The reason why lime and clay are used is to increase stability, and steel is an aggregate. Only cement is afraid of collapse, but with steel, it will be much better.
This is Wang Chonggu's archaeological research. He found the building materials for the foundation from the chronicles of Longjiang Shipyard to build a new palace for His Majesty, and veneered it with a layer of wood, which perfectly met His Majesty's needs.
"Let's do it, let's do it." Zhu Yijun agreed to use this building material. He was very satisfied. Mainly because of the several fires in the Ming Dynasty Palace, which made the emperor very passive. Zhu Yijun actually planned to build a stone palace. As a result, Wang Chonggu and Guo Chaobin A big job came out.
Only then did Zhu Yijun realize that it was a common practice in this era to use hydraulic lime to build the base during the construction of shipyards, especially docks.
On this basis, the Ministry of Industry added steel frames.
Zhu Yijun got into the car, looked at Zhang Juzheng and said, "Sir, please ride with me."
"I don't dare." Zhang Juzheng refused to get in the car. If His Majesty took charge, it would be a sign that the king is a saint and his ministers are wise. But His Majesty still has not taken charge, so getting on the car would be arrogance.
Zhang Juzheng was a very polite courtier. He found that the little emperor always had a bad taste. He thought he was not busy enough and made trouble for him all day long.
Zhu Yijun waved his hand and said with waning interest: "Red tape."
The Ming Emperor is out of Beijing!
How many years has it been since the Jiajing Southern Tour was burned down? How many years has the Ming Emperor not left Beijing? But now, the little emperor has left the capital, and his destination is Tianjin Wei.
The ship carrying grain by sea was almost here. The reason why Zhu Yijun went to check it out in person was mainly to see with his own eyes whether this five-masted ocean crossing ship was really as majestic as the Songjiangfu Shipyard said.
This trip to Tianjin Wei has gone through a long period of court discussion. The Chu party headed by Zhang Juzheng highly approved of it, while Ge Shouli and the Jin party fiercely opposed it. The two sides have been fighting for three months, and finally Zhang Juzheng Victory, the little emperor's trip ended smoothly.
According to Ge Shouli, it was the incompetence of the ministers who made the emperor travel so hard, but Zhang Juzheng was one of the high-ranking people, just trustworthy. If His Majesty has never even seen a sea ship, how can he understand the hardships of sea trade? Nothing is as good as seeing it with your own eyes.
Zhang Ju was pressing ahead with the Hai Cao matter, and Ge Shouli was exerting authority over the Lord. It is worth noting that Ge Shouli did not say no, he could not see it, but that he would wait until the emperor got married before going to see it. He thought that His Majesty Now that I am young, I will inevitably get acclimatized when I go out and contract the plague. How can I get it?
Ge Shouli's reasons are very sufficient, and they are recognized by most of the courtiers. Yes, in Ge Shouli's view, the little emperor is like a porcelain bottle that breaks when touched. People in this era are so fragile, and they may travel far away. , if you come into contact with different flora, you will die of acclimatization, especially now that the emperor has not been able to get married and has no children. If he gets sick when he goes out, something big will happen to him.
These two opinions formed a fierce conflict in the court. Finally, after the little emperor performed a 65-pound hard bow and hit all ten arrows, Ge Shouli was shocked to discover that the emperor was not a porcelain vase, but a complete cement block made of steel!
Fourteen years old, a 65-pound strong bow, and all ten arrows hit the mark. What a level this is, and it is weaker than Li Rusong.
Ge Shouli's worry was not unreasonable. The little emperor fell ill as soon as he arrived at Tianjin Wei. However, the next day the little emperor appeared in full swing in front of everyone and attended the ceremony of the grain arriving at the port.
Because the grain ship moved faster, it was one day earlier than expected. The grain ship had arrived at the port, but it had not been unloaded for the ceremony. One more day and one less day. The Nanya escort navy thought it was not important. This was a trial voyage, and the message from the emperor Support is so important!
Your Majesty's willingness to move to Tianjin to take a look is your greatest support for the policy of transporting grain by sea.
The music gradually began to play, and lights were everywhere. The young hero Zhu Yijun stood on the trestle, symbolically checked the seals on the next road, and then pushed the grain truck, completing the entire ceremony.
Zhu Yijun watched the grain boxes being unloaded from the ship one by one, and then piled up in the warehouse at the port. After being inspected and signed and sealed, they would be shipped to Tongzhou.
"Yu Shuai, is this ship powerful?" Zhu Yijun asked Yu Dayou, who was gray-haired and older than Wanli Yuan.
Yu Dayou stroked his goatee and said with a smile: "It's awesome! It's awesome because it can be operated using only wind power. It's awesome because it has a continuous artillery deck. If it's fully loaded, it can have fifty-four guns. It's awesome because it Able to defend the Ming Dynasty’s maritime borders.”
"The Daming Songjiang Shipyard has built a total of twelve such ocean-going ships. After summing up experience and lessons, it will design new ocean-going ships and artillery. Some parts of the design are unreasonable, such as the storage of gunpowder, such as artillery. Due to the design of the ship, the ship’s artillery fire did not have gratings, which caused water to enter the cannon when it rained. It’s strange to say that no one thought of such an obvious mistake before using it.”
"It's normal." Zhu Yijun said with a smile. This is the case with projects. There will always be problems that cannot be considered, and repairs and new ships need to be designed.
"General Manager Guo Rulin and Zhao Shizhen made a gift that was more than two feet long for Your Majesty. Please accept it with your Majesty's approval." Yu Dayou asked someone to bring a small gift, a figure of an ocean crossing ship. Children always like these. As long as the plaything can leave this memory in His Majesty's heart, it will be part of the holy grace in the future.
Zhu Yijun likes this kind of souvenir very much, the more the better.
"Your Majesty, I am old. After completing this errand, I plan to become an official." Yu Dayou is already gray-haired, which is why he escorted the grain back to Beijing this time. He is not Qi Jiguang, who is only in his forties, he is already seventy-three Yes, he had thought about it several times, and finally said it this time.
The Songjiang Navy has begun to take shape, and Chen Lin, the deputy commander-in-chief he carefully selected, can now take charge of his own affairs. It's time.
"There is no need to become an official. How about you stay in Beijing and serve as the right governor of the former military governor's mansion to answer my questions?" Zhu Yijun agreed to Yu Dayou's request to no longer lead the army. Yu Dayou was born in the 16th year of Hongzhi. At this age, he was in charge of the Nanya administration. The navy is indeed no longer suitable. Hard work is one aspect, energy is another aspect.
When Yu Dayou heard His Majesty's treatment, he was stunned and asked: "Isn't this not in line with the ancestral system..."
Since he can't serve, he can just get some treatment and go home. But judging from your Majesty's intentions, he intends to let Yu Dayou continue to use his remaining talents.
Zhu Yijun said in a low voice: "Yu Shuai, my house has been attacked. Qi Shuai will not be able to return to Daningwei for a short time. I can't have an attack yet. Look at these officials who bully me every day. Yu Shuai is sitting in the capital. How dare Xiao An be so arrogant!"
When Yu Dayou heard about it, he found that His Majesty's reasons were sufficient and reasonable. At least he would not be left without anyone in the capital when His Majesty employed people.
"I obey the order." Yu Dayou agreed without any objection. He is not suitable to lead the navy, but he can lead the army. No military exploits are required. As long as he is here, he has a deterrent effect, because his name is Yu Dayou.
Zhu Yijun boarded the Ming Dynasty's first ocean-going ship. When he saw new things, he asked about them, asking east and west, asking about the mast, asking about the waterline, asking about the cargo hold, asking about the gun deck, etc. This ship already had some Steel parts, in connection parts and watertight compartments, steel is better than wood.
During this voyage, two water seepage incidents occurred. Due to the existence of watertight cabins, not a single ship of Ming Dynasty was lost.
When the young emperor welcomed the grain into the capital and celebrated the success of the Ming Dynasty's maritime grain transportation, Sanniangzi and her group came to Daningwei, and then to Taotu Mountain. After seeing a mountain-sized piece of white soil, they were silent for a long time. The Ming Dynasty indeed had a stable supply of clay.
Then Sanniangzi came to the Qinglong Fort at the forefront.
Qi Jiguang is here. Sanniangzi really admires the Daning Guard's defense. It is indeed very powerful.
"The Ming Dynasty is difficult to defeat from the outside, but it is completely rotten on the inside." Sanniangzi looked at the majesty of the Ming Dynasty's capital camp and said.
"Do you mean that I should join the Ming Lord? Who? You?" Qi Jiguang smiled, his tone was very gentle, but with a very clear disdain.
Sanniangzi said slightly helplessly: "Before I entered Beijing, Anda Khan asked me to try to persuade Qi Shuai to defect. I told him that he was daydreaming, but he still didn't believe it. He would not be satisfied until I was scolded."
It was Anda Khan's idea to persuade Qi Jiguang to switch sides at all costs. From the beginning, Sanniang thought it was a bad idea. People like Qi Jiguang would not switch sides even if the little emperor treated him poorly, not to mention the little emperor's ennoblement and generous treatment. .
When Qi Jiguang was in the border town of Jizhou, he could even endure the humiliation of hundreds of households in the capital. Qi Jiguang's loyalty was to the Ming Dynasty, not to any one person.
This kind of person would try every means to kill him, or take advantage of the strife within the Ming Dynasty to bring him down. It would be too difficult to persuade Qi Jiguang to switch sides.
The third wife doesn't mind at all costs. She asks herself how beautiful she is, and it would be her honor to give birth to a child for Qi Shuai. However, Qi Jiguang's family has a fierce wife, and even the grassland people know this allusion. The allusion is mainly used to ridicule Qi Jiguang's fear of guilt and reduce his fear of facing Qi Jiguang.
This kind of self-comfort through unimportant things is extremely common and is not unique to the Central Plains people.
The existence of Qi Jiguang is like a chokehold. To plunder the capital, they must break through Gubeikou and Xifengkou in Jizhou. However, Qi Jiguang's strong army in the north is gathered in the Yongping and Shanhaiguan areas of Jizhou. What else can the Beibei rebels do? Invading the invaders?
Sanniangzi said curiously: "I will leave Qinglong Fort and go to Quanning Guard. Qi Shuai, guess what, will the six groups on the left and right wings of our grassland join forces again to attack the Ming Dynasty?"
"Is there such a good thing?" Qi Jiguang seemed to see the title of the Duke beckoning to him. It is not my intention to be granted the title of Marquis. I hope Hai Boping is just Qi Jiguang's emotion based on the current situation. Qi Jiguang is still happy to be granted the title of Duke. Fight for it!
The third lady was choked. Qi Jiguang said this from the perspective of strength. If the third lady is not convinced, she has to be convinced. If she can't beat him, she really can't beat him.
If they could survive the fight, would the prairie people go about their business quietly and in a well-behaved manner?
"I went to persuade the Tuman Khan to surrender. Not only are there grassland people on the left who are willing to make peace with the Ming Dynasty, but there are also people on the right. To use the most popular words in the Central Plains recently, contradictions are widespread." Sanniang got on her horse, said goodbye to Qi Jiguang, and took a few The ten riders headed towards Quan Ningwei.
Qi Jiguang was thinking about whether to catch up and kill Sanniangzi, but she actually read the contradiction and said, "That's okay?"
Qi Jiguang looked at Sanniang's back and took out a letter from his arms. This was a letter written by His Majesty himself. The content of the letter was, I am doing well in the capital and can shoot a strong bow of 65 kilograms. Everything was going well. Although Wang Chonggu and Sanniangzi had a fierce quarrel, they still finalized the charter for the wool business. Everything went smoothly with shipping grain. There were no shipwrecks. The invention of grain tanks further reduced the number of grain ships sinking.
Everything is fine in the Ming Dynasty. Don't be impatient on the front line, don't be greedy for success, and follow the predetermined plan to completely secure Daning Guard.
What a fart!
My whole house was set on fire, what a fart!
Please give me a monthly ticket, wow! ! ! ! ! ! !
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