Huang Qing is a very interesting scholar. His ability to properly answer His Majesty’s questions is based on his own practice, rather than knowing His Majesty very well. This is the first time Huang Qing has seen His Majesty, and it is also the first time that Huang Qing has guessed who His Majesty is. people.
Before entering the palace to meet him, Yuan Fu specially sent him a message: just say whatever you think, and don't guess the holy intention, because you can't guess it at all.
If the emperor is a black box and needs to enter instructions to analyze it, Huang Qing, as an official for twelve years, actually doesn't know what instructions should be entered to analyze the emperor, so he simply doesn't guess and says whatever he wants.
For Huang Qing, or for most of the people in the world, the emperor was just a symbol that represented the court's decision-making, rather than a specific person. It represented the legal system established by Zhu Yuanzhang.
As for the emperor himself, what he looked like, what he ate, and his preferences had nothing to do with his subjects. The emperor was too far away from Huang Qing and the people below him, so far away that it was like standing on the ground and looking at Jiuzhong. Gods in heaven.
Huang Qing made no guesses and answered the question directly based on his own practice, which happened to be the answer the emperor wanted to hear.
This is a very interesting phenomenon. A low-ranking Confucian like Sun Jigao is being scolded, but a Xunli like Huang Qing was praised by His Majesty the Emperor in the Hall of Wenhua. If you can do things, you cannot be a low-ranking Confucian. If you are a low-ranking Confucian , it will definitely not work.
This is an inevitable rule. Confucians have always talked about xinxing. Confucianism talks about xinxing. Generally speaking, I think I can do it. Confucianism is not the only god in the Western world. It is said that there must be Light is light.
Wang Chonggu set up a woolen official factory and struggled with Zhou Zhang. Until now, he has become a lonely man. He has only basically achieved large-scale production. Even copying is difficult to achieve. The humble Confucians rely on Just think about anything?
Many decisions made by the Ming Dynasty in the past 150 years were influenced by this kind of thinking.
Zhu Yijun looked at Huang Qing and continued to ask: "It is said that Huang Aiqing is very good at farming. I am a little confused. I have observed a very strange thing. It is very contradictory. Governor Song Yangshan of Yingtian and Governor Wang Daokun of Songjiang told me that there are many landless tenants and tenants in the south of the Yangtze River. Servants, some even go so far as to castrate themselves into wealthy families and work as slaves in order to survive, still have to survive."
"On the other hand, Song Yangshan and Wang Daokun told me that there are many wastelands in the south of the Yangtze River, and even the fields are overgrown with grass and acres of land are abandoned."
"Why don't these landless tenants farm the land to make a living? Is it because they are lazy?"
"No! Your Majesty is not like this! The people of Ming Dynasty are very hard-working. It's not that they don't want to, they can't, Your Majesty." Huang Qing became anxious when he heard the emperor's question, and his eyes turned from enthusiasm to doubt when looking at Zhang Juzheng.
As the emperor's master, is this how you teach the little emperor?
But there seems to be no problem... Because in this case, the powerful and powerful people who have the power to speak can completely shift the responsibility to the poor coolies. The poor coolies are lazy and do not want to farm. The poor coolies envy luxury but do not want to farm. If you cannot get rich through hard work, the poor coolies will remain ignorant and ineffective. This is the image of the small people that the gentry, who have had the right to speak, have been trying to portray for a long time.
And it was very successful.
Zhang Juzheng was a little helpless and annoyed, "Huang Qing, what's your look!" The little emperor is taking a test on you, bastard!
It's not that there is a problem with Zhang Juzheng's education. The little emperor is trying to figure out the answer and is asking about your ability, not that His Majesty doesn't understand. His Majesty wants to know if you understand!
Huang Qing thought for a long time before speaking: "As an official, your Majesty once compiled the Ji'an County Chronicle. I traveled from Jiangxi to Zhejiang, and from Zhejiang to the capital. Why can't ordinary people cultivate wasteland?"
"Your Majesty, on the map, there are countless place names of villages, such as Yaojiazhai, Hujiazhuang, Zongjiatun, Majiafen, etc. These village names probably represent a family of clan gentry here. They treat the common people. Words are definitely not good."
"The big households of the Jin gentry are clearly separated from each other in each village. Every plant, tree, and even a mouthful of water belongs to the Jin gentry and the big households. Even if it is a rocky beach, even if it is a salt-alkali land, even if it is a sandy land, it belongs to these big households. Yeah, where the birds don’t poop, the homeless people can’t even use a shovel.”
"In my hometown, in Jiangxi and other places, there is a Zhaowang Village. There is a pole with a human head in front of the village. Anyone who picks up a piece of firewood from the mountain must be decapitated and hung on the pole to show the public. This kind of pole with a human head can be found in various places. names, but most of them are there.”
"When I was in Ji'an, I once handled such a case."
Zhu Yijun couldn't help but think of the rows of flagpoles along the Tonghui River. The traitors who were beheaded by the Yinjie captives would be hung on the poles in public, with stone tablets erected underneath to inscribe their crimes.
When Zhu Yijun was doing this, he was still wondering why Zhang Juzheng, who was persuading Renshu, did not object or persuade Renshu.
Obviously, this kind of head stick was a common phenomenon in the Ming Dynasty, so Zhang Juzheng didn't say much. It was not the little emperor who had learned something bad, but the powerful people in the Ming Dynasty who advertised themselves as great benevolent people who misled His Majesty.
It's not that His Majesty is cruel, but that such cruel powerful tyrants and gentry have led His Majesty astray.
It’s all the fault of the powerful gentry!
"What case?" Zhu Yijun asked calmly.
Huang Qing bowed his head and said: "There is a marriage custom in Jiangxi. You steam a pan-headed lotus cake and then get married. If I can handle the case, it is the pan-headed lotus cake case."
"It is said that a first-class resident of Zhaowangzhuang and his family of four lived in Zhaowangzhuang. They opened ten acres of wasteland and used Zhaojia Spring to irrigate the wasteland. This refugee was hung on a pole by Zhao Dashan of Zhaowangzhuang. Hanged."
"The two children of this homeless family were thrown into the ditch and washed away when the flood came."
"There was only one widow left. This widow was forced to marry Zhao Dashan. When she got married, she steamed this pan-headed lotus cake. However, there was arsenic in the pan-headed lotus cake, so Zhao Dashan's family was boiled. They were all poisoned to death, and the case fell into the hands of the minister."
"Your Majesty, every plant and tree has its own owner."
After Zhu Yijun listened, he was stunned for a long time before he realized that the story he heard seemed to be a love story.
This widow must die. Twelve murders. According to the law of the Ming Dynasty, there is no possibility of forgiveness for the widow. But then I thought about it, this widow's husband and son were killed, and she was forced to get married. What's the point of living? What’s the meaning?
Since the widow took her child with her and followed the homeless man around, she obviously knew that her man was reliable.
This is a poignant love story.
"So what is the meaning of this Jiangxi Steamed Pantou Lotus Cake?" Zhu Yijun asked doubtfully.
Huang Qing said with great certainty: "It's full of happiness and will last forever."
These days, if you marry a chicken, follow the chicken, if you marry a dog, follow the dog. It is extremely difficult to remarry after a divorce, and this pan-headed lotus white cake is actually to let the husband's family not bully their daughter too much. It is a kind of expectation, and it is indeed a beautiful meaning. , full of happiness, long-lasting.
Huang Qing continued: "This is why the refugees can't plant their own crops, because they can't open up wasteland at all. If they touch other people's land or water, they will die. And they are just refugees. No one reports the crime, and even the local government has to tolerate it. Big things are reduced to small things, small things are reduced to small things, anyway, it’s just the refugees who died.”
"If you meet a kind-hearted Jin gentry, although there are not many, there are always some good people who provide water to the refugees. However, in this reclamation, Jin gentry, ruffians, and beetles swarm in, all taking advantage of the refugees. These refugees As soon as a shovel of soil was dug, several bushels of rice were paid in taxes, grain rent, and private requests. Therefore, there was no one to cultivate the wasteland, so the land became barren."
"The only one who can lead the people to reclaim wasteland is the imperial court, because the Jin gentry dare not offend the imperial officials. If the imperial imperial officials died without explanation, the imperial court will investigate. Compared with the heavenly soldiers and generals, their few domestic slaves are not at all opponent."
What Huang Qing said is true. Yin Zhengmao demolished the door and moved the bed, and Ling Yunyi simply killed someone. When facing the court, the Jin gentry was afraid. Now the powerful Jin gentry in Guangdong and Guangxi are very dissatisfied with Ling Yunyi and begged to kill Yin Zhengmao, the surnamed father of the country. Call back.
Yin Zhengmao is greedy, but Yin Zhengmao doesn't kill people.
Zhu Yijun suddenly thought of Hou Yuzhao's book on reclamation. The first is about equalizing land acres, the second is about setting regulations, the third is about strict approval limits, the fourth is about monitoring harvests, and the fifth is about wide reclamation. Equalizing land acres is easy to understand. The significance of establishing taxation regulations is that it determines the share of acres of land to be harvested. As long as there is recourse, the people can arm themselves to resist the tax.
Zhu Yijun once again affirmed that Hou Yu Zhao was truly loyal to the emperor and the country.
When Huang Qing said this, the previous fear of meeting the saint had disappeared. He cheered up. He had to judge whether this was his only chance to meet the saint in his life. Since His Majesty asked To reclaim wasteland, he must clearly explain the necessity of reclaiming wasteland.
He cheered up and said quickly: "If you want to reclaim the wasteland, first of all, if the court's public opinion is biased in favor of the powerful gentry, it will be impossible; secondly, the court must lead the people to reclaim the wasteland, otherwise the people will reclaim it. Acres are just for making wedding clothes for others; then there are these farm tools. The poor coolies have no chance of having any farm tools. If the court does not provide them, they will not be able to dig out good land with hand planes; and finally, there is this If we provide food relief, the fields will become permanent fields in three to five years. How can we continue to provide food, clothing, housing and transportation in these three to five years? These are all issues that must be considered."
Huang Qing effectively talked about the necessary conditions for reclamation from four aspects. First, it is the support and tilt of political policies; second, the court officials must be responsible, responsible, and play a leading role; third, they must provide Poor coolies produce tools; fourthly, the cost of land reclamation must be considered.
As long as we talk about costs, we are talking about policy implementation. If we don't talk about costs, we are talking about cheap Confucianism trying to deceive the emperor.
Government orders that do not talk about the cost are all nonsense. This is Zhu Yijun's conclusion since he took office in the imperial court. He found that it is extremely useful to distinguish whether a government order is to fool him.
Ma Yilong, the teacher of Xu Zhenming, the chief minister of Baoqi Division in the Ming Dynasty, a pioneer in reclamation, and a great philanthropist among the Jin gentry. As a Jin gentry, after Ma Yilong became an official, he has been leading landless tenants to cultivate fields. As a result, Ma Yilong died. All the reclaimed land was usurped by the Jin gentry.
Ma Yilong's failure was that he did not meet the first and second conditions.
Xu Zhenming followed the footsteps of his teacher and also tried to open up wasteland, but failed because Xu Zhenming lacked the first condition at that time.
Hou Yuzhao's great success in reclamation was because he met these four conditions, so he succeeded.
Anything less and he wouldn't be able to do it.
"I think what Huang Aiqing said is very good." Zhu Yijun looked at Huang Qing and said with great satisfaction: "If Huang Aiqing had been the head of the local prefecture and county in the Ming Dynasty, the world would have been governed and the people would have lived in peace."
Huang Qing's ability to move from a civil servant to an official position was not as simple as two brushes. It was not easy to be able to win an official position despite his inferior background.
"Look at the reward!" Zhu Yijun clapped his hands and signaled Feng Bao to give him a standard reward. He thought for a moment and said, "I will give one to Marquis Yu Zhao of Liaodong as a reward for his merits in cultivating the land."
Fifty imperial silver coins, five bottles of national cellar, five feet of woolen cloth, etc., although not much, are definitely not excessive rewards.
Emperor Longqing liked to reward artists who performed at the Aoshan Lantern Festival, and Zhu Yijun also liked to reward, but he gave rewards to loyal ministers, the capital army, officials and craftsmen, and officials, but not to artists or cheap Confucians. Zhu Yijun did not give rewards to cheap Confucians. It's because he hates cheap Confucianism and doesn't give it to artists. It's because he can't see it.
In order to avoid the reward of the ancestral law, the emperor did not look at it at all.
The summons was over, and when Huang Qing left the palace, he still felt a little like a world away. This little emperor seemed like maybe, maybe he was really good. His majesty could understand and listen to what he said. This really surpassed Huang Qing's. out of expectation.
Huang Qing passed by Donghua Gate and saw three lists. The first list was naturally the list of Chinese examinations, the second list was the list of Jiasi Enke Jinshi, and the third list was the list of arithmetic. Transcript.
Only full and zero scores are posted.
Students with perfect scores are basically all on the first list. They can learn arithmetic well, which proves that they have the leisure time to study arithmetic, which proves that they are basically sure that they can pass the Jinshi examination. Those with zero scores basically have no Chinese style, and zero scores basically represent If you don't have any sense of obedience and are deviated from the general direction of the court, how can you pass the Jinshi examination?
"Where's my name! Where's my name?" Gu Xiancheng roared hysterically in the crowd. He received the good news from Sun Jigao yesterday, saying that he was named on the gold list, but after the list was posted today, he searched through the 315-person list, and it was indeed There is no name for him!
"Who is this man?" Huang Qing didn't know Gu Xiancheng. Judging from his silk and satin appearance, he was also a disciple of the Jin gentry. He was just a little surprised why this guy was so angry. Huang Qing had never participated in the examination, so he didn't understand Gu Xiancheng's anger. Where did he come from? His name fell from Sunshan. It should be because he was lost.
Huang Qing asked the students around him. The student around him failed the exam and did not answer, while another Confucian scholar answered the question.
"Gu Xiancheng studied under Sun Jigao. The good news reached the propaganda hall yesterday. This man booked a private room on the third floor of Yanxing Building to invite people to be guests. The invitations were sent out, but his name was not included. Of course he went crazy. "Zhang Siwen said cheerfully.
"I actually failed." Jiao Hong also had a smile on his face.
The imperial examination carp jumped over the dragon gate. They all jumped over and turned into dragons, but Gu Xiancheng was still a fish.
Gu Xiancheng received the news that he had jumped over, but when the list was posted, he did not jump over. After all, he still did not jump over.
Logically speaking, the list of the Chinese-style examinations will never be leaked before the list is announced. However, there are many things in the Ming Dynasty that cannot be judged. For example, the list was leaked in advance. In fact, Wang Qian, Zhang Siwen and other powerful disciples were revealed last night. Already know the result.
This kind of privilege is common, but Gu Xiancheng booked a banquet in advance and couldn't use it. Those who received the invitation had to come one by one and say, I didn't pass the exam and I don't need to come. This is too shameful.
What Gu Xiancheng invited was not from a small family. Gu Xiancheng had to go to the door in person to explain the situation.
Zhang Siwen and Jiao Hong went crazy with joy when they saw Gu Xiancheng going crazy. They would definitely take the arithmetic test next time, but with Gu Xiancheng's sour spirit, they would never be able to pass the Jinshi exam in this life.
"It must be Zhang Juzheng! It must be Zhang Juzheng who changed this list!" Gu Xiancheng suddenly roared, rushed in front of Zhang Siwen, and shouted hysterically: "The only person who can change this list is your father!"
Zhang Siwen took a step forward and said with an angry expression on his face: "I will tell my father, if it was not my father who did it, you will definitely be charged with a false accusation, and the false accusation will be reversed! Can you afford it?"
"It's my father, how can you treat me? What can you do?"
Zhang Siwen completely inherited Zhang Juzheng's arrogance, and directly made Gu Xiancheng's scalp numb in front of so many students.
Even if Zhang Juzheng was able to change the directory, what could he, Gu Xiancheng, do? Let alone Sun Jigao, who in the Ming Dynasty dared to provoke Zhang Juzheng?
Not to mention that the emperor favored the holy family, it was just a dog fight between the ministers. Who can beat Zhang Juzheng? The position of Zhang Juzheng, the Yuanfu, was not obtained by the holy family, but by fighting!
"Brother, please don't blame me for making a mistake." Gu Xiancheng came to his senses immediately, shivered, and broke out in a cold sweat. If Zhang Siwen really persisted in his insistence, Gu Xiancheng would only die.
"Are you awake?" Zhang Siwen put down his momentum, rolled up his sleeves and said: "The list determined by the two presidents and the 18th roommates is not something that my father can change. There is only one person who can change this list. You don't know yet. Who did you offend?"
Jiao Hong sighed and said, "The young man who refuted you at Yanxing Tower that day was Your Majesty."
"Your Majesty... Your Majesty... Your Majesty?" Gu Xiancheng's face suddenly turned pale. The young man from Yanxing Tower was a noble man in his words and deeds. He was quick in thinking and spoke in an orderly manner. He called himself the Huang family of Penglai, and he was from the Penglai royal family!
OK, everything is OK.
The last person His Majesty disliked was named Zhang Siwei. He and a total of 728 people in his party were beheaded and hung on the banks of the Tonghui River!
Gu Xiancheng immediately sensed that something was going to happen and planned to go home immediately. He could no longer hang around under His Majesty's nose. If he wandered around again, something big would happen. Gu Xiancheng didn't want to leave. He also wanted to enter the Imperial College. If he failed the exam this time, there would be another time. , he has to learn arithmetic, he considers himself a smart person, and he is actually not afraid of taking the arithmetic test next time.
But if His Majesty is not welcome, this matter will become serious. Gu Xiancheng's forehead is sweating anxiously.
Another student, looking at the list, sighed and looked at Jiao Hong with extremely complicated eyes. He walked up to Jiao Hong and said, "You win."
This person's name is Feng Mengzhen, and he is second in the examination. The person who ranks first in the examination is Jiao Hong, not Feng Mengzhen. Everyone is a student of Nanya. Feng Mengzhen actually knows Gu Xiancheng's strength, but in the exam, there is a chance of losing. If there is a win, the first one is the first one, and Huiyuan is Huiyuan.
Feng Mengzhen thought for a moment, then showed a relieved smile and said, "It was supposed to be you, but when I heard that you couldn't take the exam, I thought I could get away with it."
Feng Mengzhen and Jiao Hong fought several times on the ground floor of Nanya, but they were always at a disadvantage. It would not be a shame to fail Jiao Hong.
Jiao Hong's ability to curse and write articles was something he had been advised to do, and his mouth offended many people.
When the students were publishing the list, a memorial created a thousand waves in the court. It was led by Guangmao Shizhong from the Ministry of Household Affairs. Twelve censors jointly submitted the memorial, opposing the whipping method with good reasons. After several months, After the observation, major newspapers began to discuss the pros and cons of the whipping method.
There is only one miscellaneous newspaper exception, and that is the People's Daily.
The semi-monthly publication of the People's Daily did not report on the whipping method at all, but concentrated on the working principle of water presses. More than ten water presses were arranged in Beijing to start discharging water, allowing the people of the capital to use convenient water. It also reported Let’s talk about the application of Zhu Zaiyu’s steam turbine in Mao Woolen Factory.
The steam turbine was not first used to lift water. It was placed in the woolen factory mainly to facilitate bypass and improve the steam turbine.
The report in the People's Daily used a very pityful tone to describe the difficulty of landing the first steam turbine, which exploded on the first day.
Zhu Zaiyu's first steam turbine exploded. It was a boiler. The safety valve of one boiler was overweight, which was not discovered during the installation. As a result, an explosion occurred, causing the entire steam turbine to be unable to work. It would take until mid-March to repair it. .
Minbao has a pessimistic attitude towards steam turbines. It is not a problem with steam turbines, but a problem with the Ming Dynasty. The current materials are difficult to make it operate at high speed and stably. If you want to use a steam turbine, you need a high-pressure, high-temperature and high-speed steam environment. All the components are a huge challenge.
A blown boiler is only the first step.
The steam turbine is good, but the Ming Dynasty's materials are not enough to allow it to operate stably and lastingly. Another method is to sprinkle water into the cylinder, cool the steam in the cylinder to create a vacuum, and then realize the crank reciprocating structure, which appeared in the newspapers of the People's Daily. .
What the People's Daily published was just a fantasy, because the People's Daily did not have that much iron material to make this thing.
The Ming Dynasty was short of coal and iron, so the only way to deal with it was the imperial court.
Zhu Yijun asked Zhu Zaiyu to see if the reciprocating steam engine was feasible. He himself went to the Yilun Hall to prepare for the next debate, or to announce to the many ministers led by Guang Mao who opposed the New Deal.
This trend of public opinion was so great that Zhu Yijun had to respond head-on. For this reason, Zhu Yijun specially summoned the editors of major newspapers in Beijing to read it together.
But if these writings are cut off and taken out of context, Zhu Yijun is not powerless, so he will definitely take advantage of the humble Confucianism and tell him that misinterpreting the emperor's words is a prophecy and a serious crime of treason.
Zhu Yijun took out Zheng Wang's watch and looked at the time. According to the hour clock, it was now nine o'clock in the morning and the debate was about to start.
"Your Majesty, I have prepared some documents for your Majesty's use." Feng Bao and Zhang Hong held two volumes of books. These were the opinions of miscellaneous newspapers collected in the inner study, and were based on the new laws. A cheat sheet compiled from the files. This time, after all, His Majesty the Emperor was meeting his ministers outside the palace. This must not be messed up.
"No need." Zhu Yijun said no, but still copied the two volumes of books in his hand.
If I remember something wrong, wouldn't I make a fool of myself in public?
If the emperor makes a fool of himself in public, it is not the emperor's fault, but the fault of the ministers. If the ministers cause His Majesty to make a fool of themselves, they must atone for their sins with their own lives.
Therefore, there is a reason why Hou Yu Zhao was scolded every day. If Hou Yu Zhao had not entered the court with a memorial, Zhang Juzheng would not have established the system of regular court on the third day of the lunar month.
"I will pay my respects to Your Majesty. Long live Your Majesty, Long live, Long live Your Majesty." As soon as the ministers heard the eunuchs shouting that His Majesty has arrived, they began to kneel down and salute.
Zhu Yijun looked at the courtiers, courtiers, many bizhengs and several students of the Ming Dynasty, smiled, waved his hands and said: "Sit down and sit down."
This time it was not a court meeting, the atmosphere was relatively relaxed, everyone had a seat, and Zhu Yijun was sitting on the throne. There was a table with a baffle in front of the throne. Zhu Yijun put two volumes of books on the table, which were his public cheat sheets.
"In the matter of Guangmao, your memorial came to the court, and various newspapers were discussing it. I read your memorial and the comments in the newspapers, and I am convinced." Zhu Yijun first affirmed that Guangmao's memorial was not a contempt of Confucianism. The Tomb Sect is a memorial based on the theory of contradiction.
This memorial is very valuable, and it is valuable that made Zhu Yijun so aggressively come forward to respond in person.
"I thank your Majesty for your praise." Guang Mao thanked him again. His Majesty's affirmation made him relieved. Criticizing a whip method is equivalent to criticizing the Ming Dynasty's New Deal, and it is equivalent to criticizing the Taifu Zhang Juzheng. However, the matter involves the importance of the country, the country, and the country. Guang Mao I have to read this memorial.
"Let me talk about the first thing first. The Ming Dynasty was poor in silver, and the core of a whip method is silver taels. Therefore, the starting point of Guangmao's memorial is that the Ming Dynasty was poor in silver. This starting point is excellent. This is why Mr. Wang still refuses to completely To promote the one-whip method." Zhu Yijun admired Guangmao's attitude very much.
What the cheap Confucians like to say the most is that the Ming Dynasty has all kinds of treasures, and it can be self-sufficient without having to borrow from others. This is a necessary saying in the narrative system of the Celestial Kingdom. For example, when foreign vassals bring gifts to the dynasty, these individuals This is what a cheap Confucian would say.
Guang Mao's memorial begins by saying that the Ming Dynasty had no silver and had to obtain it from foreign sources. This led to an inevitable dependence on the inflow of silver and being controlled by others.
"Guangmao, don't use silver, use treasure banknotes?" Zhu Yijun asked with a smile: "Bao banknotes are considered dirty even if they are rubbed on the body, so silver and copper are not used, and banknotes are not used. Is it possible that my Ming Dynasty does not use money?"
"Of course it costs money." Guang Mao said with a sigh.
"Well, that's it, money is needed, but the Ming Dynasty has neither copper nor silver. Using iron money and treasure banknotes, it is also said that the court is harsh on the people and amassing profits." Zhu Yijun seemed to be asking Guangmao, but in fact he was also asking about it. Say this to all pens.
The Ming Dynasty needs money, and the Ming Dynasty is in a general state of money shortage. Even salt can be used as money. This is the current situation of the Ming Dynasty.
If Ming Dynasty wants to use money, it can only resort to overseas.
Zhu Yijun and Guang Mao reached the first consensus that the Ming Dynasty needed money, and it could only be silver or copper coins, so they all gave it to Wang Xiyuan before going to Yunnan to mine copper.
He asked with a smile: "So, what do you think Guang Mao should do? Guang Mao's worries are very reasonable. The Ming Dynasty is poor in silver and must be controlled by others. What should we do?"
Guang Mao thought about it, frowned, and finally said tentatively: "The Japanese country has a lot of silver. If we don't defeat the Japanese country, there will be no shortage of silver."
Guangmao was a little confused by His Majesty's combination of punches. Baiyin was controlled by others. By taking down the Japanese country, wouldn't it solve the problem of being controlled by others?
This logic is so reasonable.
Guang Mao was not a cheap Confucian. His opposition to the whipping method was well-founded and he was worried about the country. In short, he was loyal to the emperor and the country.
"Yeah! What a great idea!" After hearing this, Tan Lun immediately clapped his hands and said, "Okay, okay, I think it's okay. The Ming Dynasty Navy has been sharpening its sword for several years. Now that Japan can't win, Ryukyu is also okay."
"What a great idea!"
There were many people in the Ming Dynasty who opposed the one-whip law, and Zhang Juzheng himself was one of the opponents. There was no best decree, only one that was suitable for the current environment and more applicable. You want it and you want it, you lose it and you lose it. Please give me a monthly ticket, wow! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
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