Xinshun 1730

Chapter 1031
Passing through the excited merchants, Liu Yu led the crowd to the guild hall where salt tickets for the second half of the year will be opened in a few days. There will be an event to raise shares and establish a salt company in Dashai Salt Farm.

Although it will take a few days, many businessmen have already gathered here.

After entering, met these merchants, and after hearing their expectations, Liu Yu asked Lianghuai Salt Envoy, "What do you think, Mr. Lin, about the drying of the salt field here?"

Lianghuai Salt Envoy has no objection to this.

"This matter is very good. Xu Guangqi of the previous dynasty once made a statement on this matter, talking about the advantages of drying salt and the disadvantages of boiling salt. However, the matter of drying salt must be coordinated with the vote law. Using the method of drying salt will inevitably lead to illegal salt. "

"Salt tax is the second most important national tax, second only to mu tax. The imperial court needs money for water conservancy, disaster relief, war and military training. If there is no corresponding salt law, it should be publicized. Smuggling is rampant, which is not good for the country."

"Salt households in the Huaidi salt field suffer from the pain of cooking salt and the exhaustion of extracting brine. If we can develop a large salt field, it will indeed benefit the country and the people."

Seeing that he did not object, Liu Yu was very happy in her heart, but she caught a glimpse of a man who was obviously not well dressed standing beside several officials in charge of the matter in the distance.

He is neither a businessman, nor someone who works here, nor is he a newly transferred accountant or something. Instead, he is dressed as a scholar. It really looks like a white dove standing among a bunch of black crows, which is quite conspicuous. .

The young scholar looked there, looked carefully, asked this and that, Liu Yu was full of curiosity.

It is not surprising that there are businessmen here, or even criminals, but it is particularly strange that an orthodox scholar appears here.

Out of curiosity, he walked up to those officials, and the officials and the young scholar hurriedly saluted, Liu Yu wondered, "Who is this person? It's strange that there are people here who read sage books and are not officials."

The officer next to him hurriedly said: "Mr. Hui, this is the disciple of a friend of the lower official. His surname is Meng, and his name is Songlu. His husband, the Duke should have heard of it, is Mr. Mianzhuang, who was inherited from the Nandu school of ancient Confucianism."

"Huh? Who?"

The secretary on the side immediately reminded: "Cheng Tingzuo."

"Oh oh oh!"

At this time, Meng Songlu was still bowing and saluting. Liu Yu looked at it and felt very surprised.

It should be said that the thought of their school is the reactionary trend of thought that Liu Yu is most wary of.

As the reactionary trend of thought he is most wary of, of course Liu Yu has read a lot of their books. Although he has not had much direct contact with them, for a purpose similar to understanding the enemy, his general thoughts on these people and their leaders Still know a lot.

He has been wary of similar thoughts since he had not made a fortune. Otherwise, when he was young and caused troubles in the capital, he would not have thought of a way to throw the orthodox Confucian scholars who had conflicts with him to France.

Since the other party is a leading figure of the Utopian School of The Southern Tradition under the banner of retro Confucianism, Liu Yu naturally knows who Cheng Tingzuo is, and also knows some basic theories of their school.

Of course, it is limited to economics and politics, and does not involve things like cosmology, Qi, Li, and Tai Chi.

He was also curious about what Cheng Tingzuo asked his disciples to do here, so he asked Meng Songlu not to be too polite, and asked, "Why are you here? Could it be that your husband also has some capital and wants to invest?"

Meng Songlu hurriedly said, "Mr. Hui."

"Sir, in the past, Zhao Lingrang made paintings that made people feel like they were there. Because he was the grandson of Song Taizu and the son of Qin Wang Defang, he was not allowed to travel far away. Every time Su Zi got a new painting, he said that he must go again. I have come back from sweeping the emperor's mausoleum. Dong Qichang of the former dynasty said: "Painting is the same principle as Zhao Lingrong, and reading is the same. You must read thousands of books and travel thousands of miles before you can succeed."

"Sir, I think so. Moreover, our school of learning always pays attention to practical matters."

"Sir, although Southern Jiangsu's economics is very domineering, if the previous dynasty followed it, there may not be chaos in the world. However, it is complicated and it is difficult to see the whole picture."

"That's why I heard about the affairs of Haizhou, so I asked my disciples to see more, learn more, talk less, and talk less. Late students come to visit, listen to businessmen asking for tickets, and participating in shares."

Cheng Tingzuo was already well-known, and the island-barbarian poem made him even more famous.

The Lianhuai Salt Envoy on the side said: "Since it is Mr. Mianzhuang's knowledge, it is indeed beneficial to do more and see more. If this is the case, you should read more. This salt reform is also part of your study of dividing the fast." The university asked."

Liu Yu still admires the style of their school, but only opposes some theories of their school. However, this school has a great reputation but a small influence.

For one thing, this is originally a northern school of thought, because the foundation of the small peasant economy in North China is very solid.But the cultural center of the world is in the south, and the economic foundation of the south is doomed that this school cannot stand in the south at all.I against myself?I am myself?

Secondly, it is this school, there are too many rules for entering the room, and it is also hard to learn, not only to learn literature but also to practice martial arts, it is very hard.The problem is that those crap things you learn, and you don't take the imperial examination, who is willing to learn?If you have the skills to practice martial arts, wouldn't it be great to do a few more sets of stereotyped essays?
If it continues to develop according to the original situation, this school will be similar to the fate of the pre-Qin philosophers. When they are bullied, they will be recalled by later generations, assuming what would happen to them.

However, with the reform of Dashun, especially the series of policies for developing industry and commerce in southern Jiangsu, Liu Yu knew very well that this kind of utopianism in the name of retro will soon flourish again and spread widely.

After thinking about it, Liu Yu asked, "What does your teacher think about the Sunan matter and the reform of the salt administration?"

He didn't ask about Funing's land at all, because he didn't want to argue about it.

Meng Songlu quickly took out a letter from his arms: "When I was born later, my husband had a letter. I just said that if there is a chance to meet the Duke, I will hand over this letter to you."

After receiving the letter, he read it roughly, then handed the letter to the Lianghuai Salt Envoy next to him, and said with a smile: "Master Lin has read poetry and books. When Uncle Qin married a daughter, where did he come from?"

The envoy of the Lianghuai salt government took the letter and replied without thinking: "The words are from Han Feizi. Uncle Qin married his daughter, but he dressed up his concubine as a dowry, and people in Jin liked his concubine but looked down on Uncle Qin. Han Feizi thinks that it is good at marrying a maid, not a daughter. If the purpose is to marry a maid, then it is excellent; but if the purpose is to marry a daughter, then it is not good. The means must be the end guide."

While talking, he read Cheng Tingzuo's letter, and then handed it back to Liu Yu, admiring: "Cheng Mianzhuang's name is resounding, even if you don't want his knowledge to be the same. The words in the letter, the lower officials think, can also be used for reference."

In the letter, Cheng Tingzuo used the allusion of Uncle Qin marrying a daughter to compare Liu Yu or some doubts about Sunan's development.

The letter naturally took the reform of the salt administration as an example.

It is said that according to the current production level, it is impossible for the people of the whole country not to eat salt.

This is different from silk. If the people all over the country want to wear silk, the current level of productivity must be insufficient.

This is different from food. Even if the food can guarantee enough to eat, then I still want to eat meat or fish, or I want to eat rice but not steamed buns, I want to eat rice but not pancakes.

Salt is salt, no matter how you eat it, you can't eat it.This thing is not a chicken, you can only eat chicken tongues, cockscombs, etc., no amount is enough.

That being the case, with the current level of productivity, is it a productivity problem for the people all over the country to eat salt like making people wear silk?

If not, why are people still unable to afford salt when there is enough salt for everyone, even pickles for every household?

In the letter, Cheng Tingzuo expressed his support for many changes as a whole, but also raised doubts about some things from the perspective of his own knowledge.

Salt is for people to eat.But now, salt has become a moneymaker.

As a result, in Hankou and other places, there are often large salt merchants who, taking advantage of the inconvenience of transportation during the dry season, deliberately set fire to the salt warehouses and salt boats to raise prices and create scarcity.

If it is said that silk, porcelain, ironware, etc. are not enough for the common people, then supporting the development of capital should not be considered such a far-reaching matter for the time being.

So, there is obviously enough salt, and the existing production can definitely guarantee enough to eat. Why do people have no salt to eat?

In Songjiang Mansion, it was widely publicized that a large sun-dried saltworks would be built.Because Songjiang Prefecture has capital, but the merchants there have no sales channels like Yanyin general contractors, so they can't go to a group of bald people to sell combs.

Therefore, the focus of the reform of the salt administration, on the Songjiang government side, sounds as if the focus is on production, not distribution.

Therefore, Cheng Tingzuo vaguely reminded Liu Yu that this is Uncle Qin's married daughter, and he missed the point.

This is not new, and the daydreamers in Europe are thinking similarly at this time.

However, Dashun's thinking here comes from salt.

To be precise, it originated from salt merchants deliberately burning salt warehouses and salt boats during the dry season in order to increase the price of salt.

On the other side of Europe, the thinking of daydreamers comes from spices.

To be precise, in order to guarantee the price of spices, the Dutch East India Company burned ship after ship of spices, poured them into the sea, and even destroyed spice trees on a large scale.

However, their thinking on both sides is still here, not thinking about "the purpose of product production is for use or to make money", "salt production is to meet the demand for salt, or to meet income Taxes and Profits".

At this time, the similar fantasy enlightenment on both sides was carried out almost at the same time, and finally reached the same goal by different routes, which can be regarded as a manifestation of Dashun's commercial development.

It cannot be said that the Dutch felled clove trees and burned spices as a profit-seeking choice for commercial capital; the Dashun salt dealers burned salt warehouses, scuttled salt ships, hyped up salt shortages, and raised salt prices. Is it pure moral corruption?

Liu Yu felt quite happy.

I am happy with this kind of speculation, hype, creating scarcity and raising prices.On the bright side, the business atmosphere is strong and full of vitality. If you want to go to capital, if you don’t even have this, it’s really not worthy.

I'm also glad that Cheng Tingzuo and others' fantasies have finally been fantasized about something with a little meaning. They are no longer just obsessed with Juntian and Jingtian, but consider the problems brought about by the development of industry and commerce.

But the doubts in this letter made him feel extremely dangerous.

The correct idea does not fall from the sky, it must have the basic social conditions, as far as the current conditions...

At the beginning, he had a good relationship with France, and everything else was fine. The thing he was most worried about was that the group of utopians in France would merge with the utopians of Dashun.

There are many French farmers.The degree of centralization in France is known as a small European China.Although the difference is actually quite big, in comparison, it must be more similar to the UK and the Netherlands.

The trend of thought of the utopians in France is very attractive to the utopians in Dashun.

Of course, similarly, the Utopian faction on Dashun's side also has the same huge attraction to France.

On both sides are bastards looking at mung beans, which is very pleasing to the eye.

That's why he threw people to France at the beginning, learning from the east and learning from the west, and learning from the west, influencing each other, seeing each other and hating each other, so you can play around in Paris.

Reactionary does not necessarily sound morally bad. Sometimes, especially in the case of China and France, reactionary things are more tender, warm to the heart, and sound warmer, gentler and more gentle.

As far as the economic foundation at this time and the foundation of the small peasant economy are similar to those in France, they must be running towards abstinence, fantasy, universal love, equality, morality, support for the monarchy and patriarchal system, and towards the idyllic and idealized village handicraft factory, Run wildly in the direction of turning the whole country into a large rural area.

The spread of this idea is very strange.

If Dashun is a stagnant pool of stagnant water, it will soon be annihilated.

If Dashun is not a pool of stagnant water, but moves forward step by step, it will expand its influence very quickly and become a prominent school.

Moreover, every time Dashun takes a step forward, the speed at which he becomes a famous student becomes faster.

Just as the utopians in early Europe may be canonized by the Catholic Church a long time later, the utopians in Dashun will basically become the standard-bearers of true Confucianism during the transformation period.

It can be regarded as the only one who can fight among all factions now, and none of the rest can fight.

Liu Yu took the letter back, gave it to someone to keep it, and asked Meng Songlu, "Do you know what the letter said?"

Meng Songlu shook his head quickly and said: "I have never seen it. The master said that there are some things that I have not yet figured out. Although the doubts and doubts can be analyzed, but the disciple is young and has never done anything, so it is useless to analyze it. Confusion. Therefore, what the teacher said in the letter must be far-reaching, and the disciples don't know."

(End of this chapter)