Xinshun 1730

Chapter 1219 Great Loyal Minister
The place to supervise the town is really not big, but when it comes to asking merchants to invest in road construction, this is a bit of a vain idea.

Dashun is still wary of merchants after all.

Even if we don’t talk about class or rule, we only talk about the lessons left by the previous dynasty: when we had no money in the later period, we sold Yanyin’s franchise directly, and it was still a hereditary right to create a family that didn’t exist until a few years ago. Finally solved the huge pit of the big Yanyin contractor.

There is one thing to say, this place is not conservative at all, but quite radical.Since the pre-Qin period, there has been a group of radicals in terms of politics and economics, and they really dare to try all kinds of paths.From Wang Mang's reform, to the establishment of Huang Tian, ​​to the abolition of state-owned land and comprehensive land private ownership, to the disintegration of the selection of nobles, to Wang Anshi's reform, and the earliest paper money...

Including later generations in history, when the crown was still shining in the world and no one dared to pick it up, the crown was smashed here; Romantic state-of-the-art thought.

The attitude towards merchants is indeed suppressed politically.

But in terms of policy, it can only be said that it is really... "advanced" to the extent that it is similar to the privatization of shock.

With these stories from previous dynasties and enough history as a mirror, when Liu Yu said the words to the Tuqiong dagger, the emperor's worry actually stemmed from a problem.

The logistics brought by the railway are smooth, and Dashun has absolutely no ability to equalize and lose evenly in the Han Dynasty. Under such circumstances, how does Liu Yu view the issue of price differences?

The absolute imbalance of development, the absolute unfairness of silver as a currency, the policy of market-oriented exchange of copper coins and silver, the strong capital in the advanced areas crushing the industry and commerce in the underdeveloped areas...

Is there any provincial tax charged?

Do you want to continue to establish tax customs, regulate prices, ensure the continued development of handicraft industries in various provinces, complete primitive accumulation, and start sprouting on your own?

If Songsu's products arrive in Jiaodong and go straight to Jining, Heze and other places along the railway, should they be charged additional tariffs on these products?
What the bourgeoisie wants is a unified national market and a truly world market.

What the emperor wants is a stable rule, which reflects the people's livelihood. When the goods from Songsu and other places hit the mainland, causing unemployment in the handicraft industry and widespread bankruptcy of small farmers, should we control it?
After the abolition of the canal and the great shipping, Shandong is like a mirror, showing many magical things.

The original economic center of gravity, the area with the most developed industry and commerce, has been completely impoverished in just a dozen years; the economic center of gravity has quickly shifted to the originally barren coastal areas.

In some dyeing games, the Caozhou area is the most affluent place. In the Canal Age, this is true.Linqing Jining as the center of the business circle, radiating five provinces.At this time, there are really not many cities with a population of more than 20 in the world, and the tax customs that ranked among the top eight in the world during the Canal Age are even more resounding.

After the end of the Canal Era and the diversion of the Yellow River, half of the 42 national-level poverty-stricken counties in Shandong were in the Caozhou area.

A lot of things, not so mysterious.It's old-fashioned thinking, way of thinking, backward thinking, etc. It's not even explaining the world, it's just describing the world like a blind man touching an elephant.

The economic base determines the superstructure. Jining, Caozhou, was the richest and most oppressive provincial capital in Shandong, and Jinan had no sense of existence and could only be the provincial political center for hundreds of years.According to the way of mental determinism like this nonsense, can it be said that the closer you are to the hometown of Confucius and Mencius, the more prosperous you will be, and the more developed your industry and commerce will be?
Is the economic base determines the way of thinking?Or does the ideology determine the economic base?

At least, judging from the dismantling of the canal and shipping by sea, I am afraid that matter determines thought, not will determines matter.

Isn't the thousand-year splendor of Yangzhou directly abolished by Liu Yu's series of salt reform policies and changes in transportation and logistics routes?

The emperor may not understand the deep-seated things here.But the real example has been placed in front of the emperor, and it is still a bloody example.

Dashun's army was Liu Yu's biggest reliance in Songsu's reform, and they were cleaning Liu Yu's ass the whole time.From Lingnan Commercial Road and Xijiang Shipping, to Huai'an in Yangzhou, and then to the Gyeonggi Canal,
After the killing, the financial revenue has indeed increased sharply. However, Dashun has also been kidnapped by the existing economic foundation, and has to try to change the strategic focus and carry out a reform around the new economic center to deal with the new and completely different from the past. Happening.

This is what Liu Yu said about people dying forever.

It’s not impossible to go back, but it will cost money to go back. Does Dashun have the money to go back?Rebuilding the canal, cutting mulberry and planting rice, etc., just about anything, the reactionaries can’t afford it because they have no money—the canal has been completely abolished by Liu Yu. It took a lot of effort for Emperor Yangdi to dig a canal, and the reactionaries had to be rich to be able to make a reaction.

The emperor's bottom line at the beginning was Songsu, Kanto, and Nanyang as "outside".For the rest of the place, don't do it.

Lack of raw materials, look outside.

If there is a lack of market, fight outside.

These "outer" areas provided silver, currency, commodity grain, steel, cotton, coal, and so on.

Let's stabilize the inside first.

However, in the end, it was the emperor himself who chose to break the rules set by himself. It was he who considered the benefits of building railways to the rule and wanted to build the railway in the Central Plains.In the end, when the prince wanted to train his team, he had to take a step back and let Hankou go.

Now, who can solve the Shandong problem?

How many important ministers in the court can solve the Shandong problem and the threat of the Yellow River breach?
The rest of the imperial examination ministers in the DPRK and China could not solve the problem of Shandong and the Yellow River breach, they could only tinker.

If you don’t tinker, there are actually two options.

The solution that the emperor thought of was to wait for the Yellow River to burst, not to block the mouth, and let the Yellow River rush out of the river by itself. After the catastrophe and chaos, use the power of natural disasters to solve the problems of people and land in Shandong and the problem of the Yellow River.

Liu Yu's solution is that those who do their best to obey the destiny will win the day, dig out new river channels before the breach, and solve the problems of people and land in Shandong and the problem of the Yellow River by means of migration and development of industry and commerce.

But there is a price for doing things.

It is impossible to want the horse to run and also want the horse not to eat grass.

The imperial court paid, but couldn't afford it.

Let Liu Yu do it. The emperor believes in Liu Yu's ability to make money.The emperor also knew the cruelty of Liu Yu's methods - he said that 5000 million taels might be able to solve the problem. Behind this sentence was that he was going to use brutal methods.Otherwise, it is not counted as repairing the river embankment, but it is only said that the imperial court paid for the relocation, 100 taels per person, and 5000 million people will migrate 50 million people. What is it enough for?

And this is why the emperor thinks that Liu Yu's mind is not so good sometimes.The same cruelty, saving people and relocating after the Yellow River burst is actually more cruel than relocating people in advance.But the difference is that one will be established and passed on as a good story; while the other is destined to be infamous.

Liu Yu's previous reputation was at most ridiculed for "taking credit for his good cure and non-illness".

But after doing this, it is not as simple as taking meritorious service to cure the disease.

It should be said that if he chooses to let the Yellow River burst, then Li Gan is a qualified and high-scoring feudal emperor.

On the contrary, if Liu Yu's thinking is followed to solve the problem ahead of time, then Li Gan is actually an unqualified feudal emperor with low scores.

Because it will be done after the breach, which will boost the ruling ability of the feudal imperial power and strengthen the ruling foundation.

Conversely, it is weakening its own ruling foundation.

At least according to Songsu's method, yes.

In the previous reforms, in the eyes of the emperor, Liu Yu was on the same road with him, and he was actually improving his ruling power, giving him unprecedented power, holding tens of millions of silver in one hand every year, and being able to buy it at a low price. The king of silver to grain and cloth is unprecedented.

And now...

The emperor was silent for a long, long time.

Looking at Liu Yu kneeling on the ground, he recalled many past events.

From the young man full of vigor when he was punished to kneel in the capital, to assisting him step by step to reach the pinnacle of power and resources that the emperors of all dynasties could control.

Even the emperor understood that Liu Yu didn't choose to sue for illness at this time, but to retire, it was actually tantamount to choosing to seek death.

In the past, it may be said that he was still worried about the war in India and Europe, but now he has said it himself, the temple has won, and there is no way to lose.

But at this time, he still didn't sue for illness and retire. On the contrary, he still had to do a big thing, something that must have no way out.

The emperor still remembered Liu Yu's innocence, the sorrow of the universe, and the sigh of reincarnation.

But now, when it's time to retreat completely, like Zhang Zifang swimming from the red pine nuts, he stands up to do things instead.

That can only show that in the eyes of the emperor, Liu Yu felt that he seemed to have found a solution to the sigh of reincarnation, and tried to do it to prove that some things may not only be used in Songsu, or that there are similar Songsu products in other provinces. solution?

Finally, after a long silence, the emperor asked a question that should not be asked.

"Xunqing said: follow the way but not the king, and follow the righteousness not the father."

"Your trip, follow the way? Follow the king?"

Liu Yu didn't even think about it, and replied decisively: "I follow the king, and I also follow the Tao. If the king of Wen and the king of Wu, the Tao is the king, and the king is the Tao, how can there be a distinction between the Tao and the king? There is no assumption in political affairs, and the minister I don't want to assume either."

This sentence, if the latter sentence is not added, actually means "follow the way but not the king".But with the addition of the latter sentence, it seems that it can be rounded. It seems to be saying that now you, the emperor, are the Tao. Without assumptions, how can I answer it?

Responding to this conditioned reflex, the emperor let out a groan, and then asked, "Xiao Songsu's story?"

Liu Yu also immediately denied it: "It's different from Songsu. Therefore, I have to do it. If it's the same as Songsu, why should I do it?"

Then Liu Yu said again: "Your Majesty, there are unpredictable things in the sky. This court should keep this matter in mind. If the Emperor Taizu did not accidentally collapse at the hands of the villagers at Jiugong Mountain, what will happen to the founding of the country, who Do you know?"

"The destiny is unpredictable. Your majesty is wise and mighty, and your ministers are bold. None of the princes can match your majesty's sages. Therefore, you should take precautions when you can still prepare. Otherwise, what your majesty's martial arts can do may not be done in the future." .”

"Externally, the minister advocates taking India first and fighting in the West. Afterwards, the descendants can take care of the affairs of the vassals. This is difficult first and then easy. It is unnecessary to mention the descendants of heroes; the descendants are weak, so there is no need to worry."

"In China, the matter of the Yellow River is God's will, such as the earthquake in Lisbon. Many Westerners say that there are astrologers in this dynasty. Otherwise, why would there be a big earthquake just after talking about the earthquake and flood God here? In fact, it is not the case. Just a coincidence."

"God's will is unpredictable and God's will is hard to know. Birth, old age, sickness and death, no one can predict. I just think that your Majesty is wise and powerful, the court is full of talents, and the treasury is full of gold and silver. It is the time to do things."

"That's right, the world can learn from my loyal heart."

(End of this chapter)