Xinshun 1730

Chapter 512 The Power of the People
When Liu Yu heard this, he thought to himself that you guys are smart, I don't think this shit is worth it.

But it’s not easy to say this, so I had to say: "This dynasty is enfeoffed but not established, and the title is false. I, the Marquis of Whale Sea, is also fictitious. Thanks to everyone’s trust, but I dare not be this."

A reason that cannot be refuted in this era was used, and everyone felt that it was true.

Some people began to think that Liu Yu's family, not to mention being the only one in this court, was a sign of infinite grace.If Liu Yu were to be the representative of this Laoshizi legal person, many things would be much easier to do.

But listening to Liu Yu using this reason, I also feel that this matter is indeed a bit taboo. Isn't this similar to the sealing of borders by various lands?

If the land can be sealed off, the emperor still has so many sons, how could it not be the turn of Jinghou.

Some people even felt a chill in the back of their head, thinking what did that guy say?If someone finds out in the future, isn't it intended to instigate the whale to tear the ground?How many heads do you have to cut off by then?
"Don't blame the Marquis, I'm the one who waited for Meng Lang. It's really unintentional."

Liu Yu smiled and said, "I know too. You guys think it's good to enjoy the shade under the big tree."

"But no matter how big the tree is, it will be as big as the sky? This matter is approved by the emperor, what else do you have to worry about?"

After finishing speaking, he got up, coughed lightly and said, "Send the emperor's oral order!"

hula la...

The people present were almost like conditioned reflexes, they all stood up and staggered their places, and knelt down in the hall.

Someone in the back had already brought out the incense table and burned high-quality incense.Another man from the palace held a shaft of oral imperial edicts and read them out.

The merchants knelt down on the ground, not daring to lift their heads, straining their ears to hear what the emperor had to say.

The inner officer holding the shaft unfolded the oral instruction, and began to read it in rhythmic rhythm.

The front is another bunch of standard nonsense, and the key point is mentioned later.

"...That's why, Taishi Gong said: The prosperity of the world is for profit, and the world's hustle and bustle is for profit."

"Declaration of Xue Ji in the Song Dynasty: Among the ancients, there was no one who was not good at financial management and became a sage king and minister. Those who shared the world's wealth with the world, such as Dayu and Duke Zhou. There are many people in later generations who do not understand the true meaning of the sages Those who say: Small people are good at managing money, but sages are not for profit. Therefore, there are many people who are not good at managing money. If you ask them, they will say: I am a gentleman, and I don’t do it for profit.

"But do you disdain it? Don't you care? A gentleman is not good at managing money, and the rich man is indispensable for the country's daily use. If a gentleman does not manage money, then all the villains manage money. If there is no limit to the search, how long will the country last?"

"Is it possible to talk about benefit? People can't live without benefit, so why can't we talk about benefit? "Yi" says: Righteousness is the sum of benefits, and righteousness is definitely beneficial."

"The sage does not talk about benefits, but actually uses benefits and righteousness, rather than using righteousness to suppress benefits."

"The great righteousness of the country is to protect the environment and the people, and this is the great righteousness of the community."

"The land of Yezo is located at an important point. Japan is in the south, Rakshasa is in the north, and North Korea is connected. If this place is not real, it will be a catastrophe for the Celestial Dynasty. Therefore, it is the great righteousness of the country to develop Yezo."

"Development of Ezo has brought a lot of benefits. You come here for profit. There is no need to hide it. However, you are seeking profit, but it is in line with the righteousness of protecting the environment and the people. Don't be ashamed to say it."

"Qinzai!"

After the emperor finished reading the oracle, a group of businessmen immediately shouted long live and knocked their heads on the ground with a bang.

If Liu Yu came forward to receive them, he only wanted them to confirm that this matter was feasible and credible.

The emperor's oral order can be regarded as politically defined for them, and it has been stated that "seeking profit and righteousness is the righteousness of protecting the environment and the people", and it is almost as important as making money is being loyal to the emperor and the community. up.

The emperor played a flower gun here.

In fact, many people are well aware that in reality, this distinction between righteousness and benefit, especially when applied to businessmen and landlords, is excessive exploitation and injustice.

How can you seek profit if you don’t exploit excessively?

It’s just that what the emperor said was an abstract affirmation, not specifics.

The emperor was not stupid, of course he knew the consequences of this contractual slavery system, and these businessmen were not benevolent and righteous, nor were they willing to pay for the stability of the border.

But without talking about the specifics, we only talk about the abstract "righteousness and benefit", elevating this matter to the point that profit is the motive and the result is righteousness, and we don't talk about the issue of benevolence and righteousness in the specific details at all.

This is also the emperor's helplessness, that is, Dashun's official ideology is not Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism, which "contradicts righteousness and benefit", but the learning of Yongjia Yongkang School.

But even if Yongjia and Yongkang are "overbearing", they are still within the scope of Confucianism.The emperor couldn't say it so bluntly, he could only go around in such a big circle and come up with such a statement with fallacious logic.

But even if it is just like this, it can be regarded as 300 years old.Since then, no emperor has dared to directly talk about the issue of righteousness and benefit. Even if he wants to make money, he has to cover it up. It is even more impossible to directly say something like "yili and righteousness", which was obviously labeled as heresy after Wang Anshi.

Of course, a group of businessmen will not seek profit because of these few words of the emperor, and will use all their wealth to support the frontier and dedicate everything to the righteousness of protecting the border and the people.

But with this oral order from the emperor, the back will be able to straighten up in the future.

After thanking you, Liu Yu held up the imperial decree and said, "When the headquarters is established in the future, this imperial decree can be placed in the main hall."

"You have also heard the words of the Holy Son of Heaven. The court seeks righteousness, and you seek profit. Scholars, farmers, businessmen, and businessmen are all the people of the Emperor. A gentleman's words are righteous and things are done, and merchants are seeking profit.

A few businessmen wailed loudly and said, "The Son of Heaven is really a saint!"

Those who really couldn't act like this saw everyone crying, so they had to cry. Fortunately, there was some wine on the table, so they touched some in the corner of their eyes quietly. Jiu Shou's eyes hurt a little, and they burst into tears.

After crying for about a while, I stopped my voice.

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In the evening, in the palace.

The internal officials who followed Liu Yu to the original church in Dongjiang Mixiang returned and reported to the emperor one by one what happened there today, how everyone behaved, and what Liu Yu said.

At this time, the internal officials who reported had already left, and on the table in front of the emperor, a bright whale oil lamp penetrated the glass cover, driving away the darkness of the evening.

There are several books spread out on the table.

A book of "Historical Records" is turning to the "Biography of Huo Zhi".

A copy of "Guanzi" and a copy of "The Experience Gains and Losses of the Virginia Company in England, Guizhou and Liguo".

But what the emperor was reading at this time was the memorial to Liu Yujian’s plan to use business to control Mongolia after the war against Raksha more than ten years ago, and what he was staring at was the above sentence "the top must be united with the bottom to control China", and it took a long time Silent.

After a while, he picked up a pen and wrote a word on the Korean tribute paper on the table.

The eunuch serving on the side glanced at it quietly, and found that the word "circle" was written.

Not the circle of the circle, but the circle of the pigsty.

Li Gan stared at the word "circle" written by himself, and the more he read it, the more he felt that this word was really wonderful.

Li Gan also knew that today's oral order might lead to another debate in the court, but he didn't care.

What he cares about is whether the two pigpens of Songjiang and Jingcheng are strong, and whether the pigs raised in them will cause trouble and rebellion in the future.

Merchants have money, but they were originally just fish.

But now, with the deepening of Dashun's military reform, the implementation of the military service system and the retirement system have become a double-edged sword.

On the one hand, Dashun's war potential has increased rapidly, which is beneficial.

As Liu Yu said, the emergence of flintlock guns and bayonets made disputes among nations focus on two things: people and money.

Now that the military service system has begun to be tried in some places, with the help of sea transportation, they can concentrate on training and set up camps. Dashun has a strong and reliable standing army.

Even if it is a war at the level of destroying the country, Dashun can still take out 20 people, and then draw out 20 people who have received military training.Now, he drew his sword and looked around in a daze. Within the range of Dashun's troop projection, he couldn't find a potential opponent who needed 20 standing troops for a decisive battle.

Even as long as the imperial court has money, it will relocate Weihai's arsenal and shipyard to Tianjin and the capital in the future, and as long as the navy can still grasp the money bag of Jiangnan, it will be able to train hundreds of thousands of troops by then.

On the other hand, it is the merchant's money, what if it is united with these retired soldiers?
Now the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been established, and a large number of books on Western politics and history have also been translated. The Western side is not so stable, and the business power in some places is really scary.

This kind of worry, accompanied by knowing more about the situation in the West, will become deeper.

This is not to worry about the situation on the Ezo side, but to worry about the overall situation.There is nothing to worry about in Ezo. As long as the navy is still there, it is useless to make such a fuss about Ezo, and it is still within the control of the imperial court.

Moreover, Li Gan knew very well that the self-cultivating peasants were the cornerstone of Dashun's rule and the most loyal class in Dashun.

Those who have no permanent property have no perseverance.

Those who give birth too much may have different intentions.

Since the owner farmers have their own small property, they are most eager for a stable court; and no one can organize them together except the court.

Therefore, in the matter of developing Yezo, Li Gan still divided some official land and not easy land, and the court also spent money to arrange some retired people there to make a [-]-tax one. Retired soldiers who no longer undertake the rest of their service obligations.

"The top must unite with the bottom to control China", this statement felt a little reasonable more than ten years ago, but now it seems that it is more and more aware of it.

The reason is this, such as the idea of ​​"after 30 years of land rent, the land will be returned to the tenants" proposed by some Confucian masters in Dashun at this time.In fact, it is the upper line and the lower line to control the middle.

The reason why Li Gan was so relieved about the development of Ezo was because of this sentence.

It seems that the contract was given to a businessman, and many people in the court were worried that the tail would not be lost, but in Li Gan's view, this was a good thing for the court.

Will there be fish immigration?Surely there will be.

But the official organization of immigration, is there no more?There will be the same.

However, if the contract is given to a businessman, the Dashun court can mediate and make adjustments, and it will be more conducive to the rule to take a step back.

Bad things are done by businessmen.The imperial court only needs to play the role of the Qingtian lord, which can not only receive money, but also ensure that the local grassroots love the imperial court and count on the imperial court to support them.

In fact, this is already the hegemonic deceit of the Legalists, because Li Gan is very clear about what a contract slave means, and he also knows what a businessman will do for profit.

Just because you know it, you have to pretend you don't know it.Only by acquiescing to businessmen to do this can we develop the Whale Sea, increase the population, strengthen the control of the northern frontier, and completely control Japan and North Korea.

But you have to go there from time to time to be the master of Qingtian, listen to the complaints from the bottom, and deal with them appropriately.Of course, it is under the premise of not affecting the real border of immigrants and paying the full amount of tax package.

When necessary, the land can be directly distributed to the people who immigrated there, and the land rent for the middlemen can be exempted.

Just like the remarks of the great Confucians of the Northern School that "after 30 years of land rent, the land will be returned to the tenants", it is impossible to do in the interior, and it is deeply rooted.Dashun would die if he dared to move.

But outside, in Ezo, especially if one day the power of merchants becomes unstoppable, it will be available, and Dashun will have tens of thousands more self-cultivating farmers who are absolutely loyal to the imperial court and have been grateful to the imperial court for at least 30 years.And this will be the sharpest and most ruthless blow to suppress the merchants if they threaten the imperial power in the future.

It's the same as those good family sons who have special rights, and soldiers who replace any other obligations with blood taxes.

After thinking about it, Li Gan picked up his pen again, and deleted a few words in Liu Yu's memorial more than ten years ago.Smear out the joint characters of "upper couplet and lower one to make middle".Then, next to the smeared out, another sentence was written.

"Use the upper and lower forces to control the center."

After writing, Li Gan stared at the word "Lian" that he had smeared out, and couldn't help laughing.

"You are an honorable son, you are well-clothed and well-fed, and you are affected by high and low, how did you come up with the word 'lian'?"

(End of this chapter)