Xinshun 1730

Chapter 397 Wait to Die, There's No Help

Of course, these thoughts cannot be told to Liu Yu that in Li Gan's mind, the boundary of the Celestial Empire is Malacca.

If the door is closed there, Liu Yu's dire prophecy at the beginning will not come true.

Before that, it happened that a trusted Privy Council with seemingly too many powers and responsibilities was needed to formulate a careful plan.

Now that he was about to try to get the Privy Council to provide strategic guidance, Li Gan asked Liu Yu to draw up a list.

One part was to assist Li Yan in Weihai, one part was transferred to the Privy Council as a staff officer, and the other part was in charge of the logistics. First, these departments were set up and repaired after the war.

There is no way around this. Those who are knowledgeable about shipping logistics, who have planned in advance, and who can communicate directly with maritime merchants, can only find people from the navy.

It's really unnecessary to find someone who doesn't know how to do it and give orders blindly.Moreover, sea transportation is much simpler than land transportation. The logistics management of the Ministry of Acquisition and Acquisition needs to be presided over by a noble general.

Soon, Liu Yu drew up a list.

The Privy Council also issued the first order in this war of enlisting the Japanese, printed the official seal of the Privy Council, and ordered the people on the list to come to Beijing at night.

The second order cannot be issued by the Privy Council, but requires the emperor to draft an imperial decree ordering Li Yan to take charge of the sea military temporarily.

The navy is very special. For the sake of efficiency, it was all managed by Liu Yu, so it is a place that doesn't care.The six governments can't control it, the Temple of Heaven's Blessing can't control it, and the navy is not a direct subordinate of the Privy Council, so it can't control it.

The only thing that can be controlled is the imperial decree of the emperor.

The emperor also knew in his heart that the navy would definitely have doubts. If Liu Yu had been in charge for so long, starting from scratch, and suddenly changed generals, there would be no doubts at all. Instead, the emperor would wonder if Liu Yu was deliberate.

It is silent and even more terrifying. How much control does it have over the navy?
So Liu Yu was also asked to write a few letters to explain the situation and warn the navy to obey the order.

It's just that the emperor's imperial decree must arrive first, and Liu Yu's letter must arrive later.

The emperor still had to see how far the navy's bewilderment and doubts could go.

After several manipulations, the emperor smiled and said, "This is the first time I have fought such a brisk battle. There is no need to worry about everything. The Privy Council will operate like this in the future."

Then the emperor asked another question which seemed very strange.

"Liu Aiqing, in your opinion, [-] troops are assembled in Tianjin. If something happens in Songjiang and Guangdong, can they arrive within twenty days?"

"Returning to Your Majesty, if the wind is right, it will be more than [-] days. Logistical supplies, rice stored in the capital, will be no problem."

The emperor nodded, only to feel that a big stone in his heart had completely fallen to the ground this time.

If the south is stable, the world will be stable, and if the money and money are stable, the imperial court will not collapse.

As long as the navy is still in our hands, Jiangnan is like Shandong, and Guangdong is like Henan, and it is no longer a place where the emperor is far away.

If there is a civil uprising, it can be quickly extinguished.

The emperor cast his eyes on Lu Zhilei again, and asked with a smile: "Lu Aiqing, does this conquest of the Japanese look like a market novel where a feather fan is lightly shaken and a powerful enemy is wiped out in ashes? How do you feel?"

From the beginning to the end, Lu Zhilei did not put forward any constructive suggestions. It is not that he has no strategy, but that he cannot keep up with the changes of the times.

But after hearing the plan of the whole battle against the Japanese, he still felt a huge wave in his heart.

At this moment, what he thought of was exactly what Liu Yu said to scare the emperor many years ago.

Japan is like this, if there are foreign enemies to follow suit, how can it be used against Dashun?

The reason why the emperor wanted to overcome all opinions and build a navy, did he also think of this at the beginning?
But after all, he is not the young Liu Yu back then, and he is skilled in speaking. When asked by the emperor, he said: "Your Majesty, I think that you must first practice benevolence before you can become a king. Ying Suo Bo has a plan, and there are more than a thousand soldiers and horses, I am afraid it is useless."

"It is the lesson of the old Japanese country, there are inside and outside."

"Others, build the navy, change the army, this is the end."

"Those inside should promote benevolent government and love the people. This is the foundation."

His words sounded like nonsense, but they actually had the same meaning as Liu Yu's words to scare the emperor back then.

Just used a different direction.

He didn't directly say that if someone comes from the sea, there will be external forces who will be a little bit benevolent to win the hearts of the people, and the internal should cooperate with the external, etc.;

Instead, it went in circles.

One thing is one thing, but when Lu Zhilei said it, it was much more elegant and nicer than what Liu Yu said at the beginning, and the taste changed completely.

The emperor didn't think that Lu Zhilei was pedantic, but also understood Lu Zhilei's implication, looked sideways at Liu Yu, then at Lu Zhilei, and couldn't help but forced a smile.

In his opinion, Liu Yu is a standard desperate faction.

The starting point of those words at the beginning was to say: There is no cure, one year is one year, and the land annexes the disease in this fetus. From Qin and Han to the present, no emperor can cure it, and there is not much in Dashun. When the slogan of "protecting the world" was shouted back then, there were too many compromises, and the root cause of the disease was deeper.

Since it is hopeless, it is better to build a navy, and one more year is a year, so as not to be defeated by Yidi in the future, and Dashun has a big hat comparable to Jingkang on his head.

After you die, who cares about the flood?As long as the name is left in the history, don't leave a comment of "Shun died in Taixing".

But Lu Zhilei represented another faction in the court, full of hope.

As long as a benevolent government can be promoted, many things can be resolved. As long as the internal causes are resolved, external harassment is not a problem.As long as the internal affairs can be managed well, with Dashun's size, Yidi has no chance at all.If every emperor of Dashun promotes benevolent government, it can last forever.

Li Gan could feel this difference in mentality.

From Liu Yu's point of view, Dashun is a leaky ship that can only be repaired to make it sink later.

In Lu Zhilei's view, Dashun is a normal ship. As long as the captain doesn't hit the rocks indiscriminately, the ship will not sink for 1 years.

From the point of view of imperial power and nobles, the emperor felt that Liu Yu was too pessimistic.

In particular, he has not put forward any opinions on internal affairs in these years. If he said that he did not understand, the emperor would not believe it.

It can be seen from Wendeng's reform and Tosa's benevolent government. This person absolutely understands.

But I understand, and I didn’t mention half a word. It was so easy to make a suggestion to change water transportation to sea transportation, but then I pretended to be stupid and didn’t mention it again. Obviously I felt that it was meaningless and impossible.

At least the emperor thought so, and the emperor really didn't expect Liu Yu to be so cruel that "a gentleman stays away from the kitchen", waiting for a catastrophe on the Huanghuai canal to completely cut off the canal, and then solve it.

From the emperor's point of view, Liu Yu's solution was to expand abroad.

Let the population go to Mongolia to reclaim wasteland, go to Ili to plant wheat, emigrate vigorously to the Northeast Whale Sea, and conquer Nanyang so that the poor can't survive. There is a way to go to Nanyang.

Dashun will die sooner or later, but he can die later.But even if you die, the meat will rot in the pot.

Liu Yu has never said this clearly, and it is impossible for him to have the courage to say it clearly, but the emperor can feel from Liu Yu's actions over the years that the most aggressive and vigorous one in the court is actually the most desperate in the court the one.

The emperor also knew that Liu Yu's method would treat the symptoms rather than the root cause, but compared to the thoughts of the imperial court and some great Confucians, this seems to be the only feasible solution.

Yan Yuan's equalization of land, Huang Zongxi's breaking the unification and re-feudalism, Li Shi's 30-year land rent redemption...all sound good, but doing any of them is [-] times more difficult than immigration.

Take the simplest idea of ​​"30-year land rent redemption" here, Li Gan thought, if the imperial court has this ability, what can't be done?
Although Liu Yu's method is costly and laborious, and treats the symptoms rather than the root cause, it is still feasible no matter how you look at it.

At this time, Lu Zhilei also saw the problem, but he didn't dare to speak like Liu Yu. This is a wise person's way of speaking, and it is completely different from Liu Yu's dumb-headed youth, so he asked: "What Ai Qing said?" I also feel the same about the end and the end. It’s just that Aiqing has any good strategies to cure the root cause? Don’t talk about it, isn’t it just empty talk when the previous dynasty lost the world? I can implement a benevolent government. There are not many taxes in this dynasty, but the people are still suffering. You don’t know the reason. The school officials have built a lot of education for generations, and they have been doing the education of benevolence and righteousness. Ai Qing talked about specimens, so is free money and food the basic? Is it the last? If the means of free money and food are the last, What should Ben do?"

Lu Zhilei was at a loss for words for a moment, the emperor sighed and said, "There are three lessons from Japan."

"First, feudalism is definitely not feasible. Now that Western countries are in Nanyang, if they practice feudalism, they must collude with Westerners."

"Secondly, the navy needs to be greatly built. Transporting food and troops by sea is a hundred times easier than on land. The sea covers thousands of miles. If there is no navy, there will be chaos everywhere."

"The third... Hey..."

Speaking of the third, the emperor couldn't help but give a wry smile, and said for a while, "Third, we should implement benevolent government. If there is no chaos inside, why should we be afraid of foreign enemies? It is really like what Lu Aiqing said, if the Japanese are benevolent in governing and loving the people, Ying Suo Bo's Tu Zuo's strategy is even worse. Useless."

After finishing speaking, he looked at Liu Yu again and said, "Eagle Suobo insists on attacking the Japanese, this is a lesson for this dynasty. Aiqing puts her heart into it, and I will know it today."

"Conquest of the Japanese in the war, through the hands of Aiqing, is only a small matter of 200 million taels, and it is not as much as the consumption of reforming the land and returning to the rebellion; I should carefully observe the lesson of defeating the Japanese, so that the people of Qin will not have time to mourn themselves and future generations. Therefore, future generations will mourn and fail to learn from it!"

"The affairs of the people of Qin are separated by time. It is far less vigilant than the country of Wa, which is stripped of water."

Hearing the emperor's emotion, Liu Yu hurriedly said: "I didn't think so much."

"Ah……"

The emperor snorted with a half-smile, glanced at Liu Yu, and asked, "Cure the root cause and the end. Does Ying Suo Bo have a solution to the root cause?"

Liu Yu was about to shake his head like a rattle drum, thinking that Dashun is hopeless, he will die, sooner or later.

The road has come here, in fact, it has become impassable.

Keeping up with the first industrial revolution and engaging in industrialization can save China, but... Dashun will definitely die.

The pain of industrialization is not something everyone can bear.

Compared with Dashun's size, the external market is still too small. Even if it is not industrialized now, as long as Western European countries relax customs duties and implement free trade, Dashun's current productivity is enough to overwhelm the entire handicraft industry in Western Europe.

The disease in this womb can be regarded as the reason why all the good things belong to the rule of three generations and the ultimate ideal is the reason for the retrograde after the contention of a hundred schools of thought. The road ahead is terrible, so we still try to restore the old means of production and means of exchange, so as to restore the old property relations and the old society, or try to force the modern means of production and means of exchange into the frame of the old property relations that have been and will inevitably be broken through by them.

This is true of He Xinyin's Cuihetang; Yan Yuan's Jingtian Wangzheng; Li Wei's 30-year land rent redemption and purchase of public land system is still the same;

You can only circle around in this circle, and you can't get out.

To change the name to something more foreign, Confucianism has developed to this moment, facing the dawn and darkness of the new era, its guiding ideology can only be "economic romanticism": the only way to eliminate the contradictions of capitalism is reaction, and the society will be re-established. Go back to the idealized small production mode.

The big tree that grows from the bud is too scary, if it wants to suck blood, eat people, rotting bones and soul, then I just cut the bud, right?
What is an idealized small production method?It needs to be both ideal and small.

That is, the well field system under benevolence and righteousness, the guild system under benevolence and righteousness, and the village of virtuous people under benevolence and righteousness.

It's actually quite good.

It's just that there are two elements in this sentence.

"Idealization" plus "small production mode".

The latter, the small production model, is easy to say.

For the former, the word "idealization" is tantamount to nonsense.Idealized benevolence and righteousness bring real injustice.

This is the reason why Japan insists on locking up the country, engaging in local production systems, and suppressing businessmen; it is why the former Ming Dynasty designed the world as a large rural area with almost no movement.

This is also the reason why Liu Yu was extremely, extremely afraid of the Confucianism students of Guozijian going to Europe, and why he insisted on sending a group of people from Weihai who had never studied Confucianism to go to Paris, an old revolutionary area.

There are many schools of Enlightenment thought, but Confucian scholars’ cultural genes of Confucianism and benevolence destined them to be the closest to the economic romanticism of the French classical political economics school, that is, the utopian petty bourgeoisie—fortressing the big tree that is about to grow into a fortress. Factions in Germ.

That was the faction that made the orthodox capitalism and the orthodox science and society united and hated it, and the last one that won the honor of the two joint opposition was orthodox feudalism.

The economic base determines the superstructure, and the cultural genes determine the closeness of factions.

It's not that benevolence and righteousness are bad, but that orthodox capitalism is really unbenevolent, and the efficiency of cannibalism is much faster than that of the small peasant economy that takes 400 years to cycle.

Once you accept the "economic romanticism" that integrates Chinese and Western cultures, benevolence and justice, and natural intimacy, this path will go completely astray.

Liu Yu didn't want Dashun to go on the road of "restoring the old means of production and means of exchange, thereby restoring the old ownership relationship and the old society", so he could only expand outward as much as possible, and use external expansion to share the burden of initial industrialization. Pain, transfer the pain to some outsiders.

Gradually raise up this freak that can kill Dashun, and don't let the emperor and the court see its fangs until it has the ability to eat people.

This is also the reason why he was hesitant to think about the textile industry before he got the external market. He would rather invest a huge amount of money in long-term and costly projects such as steam engines and railways than to start with what seems easier. , The textile industry that is easier to make money.

There is no external market, the money earned is internal money, small farmers and small handicrafts go bankrupt every minute, the emperor will definitely smash all the textile machines to pieces for the stability of the country.

What the emperor said about "treating the root and the end" is aimed at the feudal empire of Dashun, and Liu Yu can guarantee this. No one can do anything about it, just wait for death.

Seeing Liu Yu shaking his head vigorously, Li Gan's heart sank, and then he relaxed again.

Don't say in your heart that you don't have a solution to treat the symptoms and the root cause, even Emperor Qin, Han Wu, Tang Zong and Mingzu, who can make the country permanent?
After the depression dissipated, he felt relieved, and asked Liu Yu with a smile: "Whale sea immigration, Nanyang survival, reclamation of Mongolia, migration to the Western Regions, these are all palliative methods, right?"

Liu Yu also laughed, and added: "Maybe the Academy of Sciences can come up with a way to produce ten stones per mu, and I don't know."

"Hahahahahaha... If he can really do it, I will reward him with riding a horse in the Forbidden City and first-class cultural clothes. It is not an exaggeration to make him a Viscount for this achievement."

The emperor just took it as a joke, and after laughing out loud, he didn't believe it at all. He was just thinking about the method of emigrating to cure the symptoms, so he waved his hands and asked people to disperse first. Urgent matter will be summoned to discuss and discuss together.If it is not an urgent matter, you can directly deliver the book to Lu Zhilei, and Tianyou Temple will deal with it according to the procedure.

(End of this chapter)