Xinshun 1730

Chapter 795

Although many low-level dreams will turn into nightmares in the future.But no matter what, it is good that the people of Songjiang Mansion have different visions than before in the face of the new era.

At least, this is no longer a stagnant pool of hundreds of years of lonely reincarnation.

At this time, Liu Yu, who was secretly guiding all this in the back hall of the textile workshop, was well aware of the suffering brought about by social change, and the extreme reactionary trend of thought that would inevitably appear in the special environment of Dashun, so bitter that the people might rather miss the reactionary well field feudalism.

But he didn't want to show too much compassion with no practical use at all, and he didn't ask the machine weavers after visiting the machine households.

After leaving the textile workshop, the group went to several places.

After returning to the Yamen of Fuyin and perfunctory those squires who were entangled in the price of grain, it was time to return to the capital and pay tribute to the capital.

The Governor of Songjiang showed a practical attitude that Liu Yu admired, and explained two things to Liu Yu before leaving.

One is that if you really want to try ten and tax one, reduce corvee and apportionment, and invite Liu Yu to play the emperor after returning to Beijing.It is inconvenient for him, the Governor of Songjiang, to talk about this matter.

Because, if you really want to do this, to put it another way, this is the gentry who pays for food as a errand.There were too many people offended, and the governor of Songjiang felt that his own small body couldn't bear it, and he didn't dare to resist.

The other is Liu Yu's instructions to industry and commerce, and the governor of Songjiang said that he already knew it more or less well.This does not require explicit regulations from the court, and it is best for the court not to explicitly stipulate how to deal with new conflicts between employers and employees.

He will follow the examples given by Liu Yu and adopt different coping methods for different situations.

It doesn't matter whether the governor of Songjiang is out of obedience and good intentions; or whether the governor of Songjiang really has a heart for the community; or whether the governor of Songjiang is just a pure administrative bureaucrat.It doesn't matter what the starting point is, the key is to do it.

After the two things were finished, Liu Yu was quite satisfied and gave a few words of approval.

"This will increase the tax to ten and tax one, and abolish Lijia, Chayin, forced labor, etc. If the trial is successful, it will be considered a good thing for the country and the people. When I was in Wendeng in the past, the local state herdsman Bai Yunhang also His Majesty appreciates the idea of ​​abolishing the poll tax, and even implemented it. You really don’t want to take this opportunity to gain the limelight?”

Songjiang Governor's complexion changed slightly, he quickly shook his head and said, "Marquis Jing, are you joking with the lower officials? Abolishing poll tax and incorporating it into land mu tax is not the same thing as canceling miscellaneous labor and increasing regular tax."

"The former, Bai Yunhang didn't think of it first. Someone proposed it many years ago. Some people even said: the rich have a lot of fields, but they pay less taxes, and the poor have no land, but they have more money." .”

"How can there not be a few knowledgeable scholars in the imperial court? Someone has long said that this tax law that collects taxes according to people is the most unfair. The poll tax is the same, and the salt tax is the same. The poor and the rich, pay But a penny is to the poor, and a penny is to the rich. This coin is as heavy on a silver scale, but it is not so heavy in the world."

"And even if the poll tax is abolished and distributed to the land, the increase will not be much. If it continues to be implemented, there will be little pressure."

"But Jinghou really doesn't know what the abolition of miscellaneous taxes and the addition of regular taxes mean? For small farmers and self-cultivators, the previous national tax, apportionment, increase, regular increase, forced labor, poor money... all kinds of These, when added together, are only a lot more than the eleventh tax. But for the big gentry, as long as they pay the national tax, the burden is indeed very light."

"If you want to make such a change now, you want to make enemies of the gentlemen of the world. Although the officials have the heart to do things, they don't want to be ruined by others. When Jing Hou returns to Beijing, why not ask Mr. Bai, does he not have such insight? He has, but he knows what he can and can't bring up."

"The whale is different. No matter how many slanders there are in the world, as long as His Majesty trusts, who can move the slander? If one day... that... there will be more slander and less slander, but there will be no difference."

Liu Yu laughed loudly when he heard the words: "You are honest. Okay, I know this matter well. You also know things about industry and commerce. You know what you want, and everyone gets what they want."

"Yes, although I don't understand everything, I do understand a little bit. The Marquis of Jing can rest assured." The Governor of Songjiang knew that Liu Yu was obsessed with business and industry, and he responded repeatedly.

After explaining clearly, Liu Yu returned to the port, and all the officials sent him off without mentioning it.

He and those Southeast Asian tribute envoys did not take the same route. Although they all went to the capital, the naval officers he went to meet the saints took the sea route through Tianjin and returned directly to the capital; while those Southeast Asian tribute envoys took the canal line , along the way to see some wealthy cities on both sides of the canal.

The journey was smooth sailing, and after the ship docked at Dagukou, a group of military officers who were going to Beijing to face the Holy Spirit entered Beijing together with Liu Yu.They are now resting in the posthouse, and someone passed on the emperor's oral order, telling Liu Yu to enter the Forbidden City, and the emperor summoned him.

At this time, the capital is busy preparing for the "All Nations Come to Korea" celebration, and everything is busy.The quietest place is only the Forbidden City.

After prostrating, Liu Yu was about to talk about various things in Nanyang, but he didn't want the emperor to ask about Nanyang. Instead, he asked: "In a few days, I want to go south from the canal to Songjiang. What does Ai Qing think?"

Asking such a question all of a sudden seems to have nothing to do with Nanyang, which makes Liu Yu puzzled for a while.

Just as he was about to answer, the emperor said again: "I have thought about this matter for a long time, but I have never had a chance. Now that Nanyang has been settled, it seems that the world is peaceful and the land is as prosperous as the Han and Tang Dynasties. However, although the external is prosperous, there are still many internal problems to be solved. .”

"One is the matter of canal and shipping; the second is the matter of foreign trade; the third is the matter of Jiangnan industry and commerce; the fourth is the matter of raising shares to go abroad, and so on. I also want to go and see in person. Either to understand the sentiment of the people, or to boost the confidence of merchants, Or see and hear the scenery of the south of the Yangtze River..."

"Aiqing's great achievements have been accomplished. After the celebration and the pilgrimage of the Nanyang countries are over, I will follow me on the southern tour. When I arrive in the south of the Yangtze River, I will feel that others are not capable of business and trade. Aiqing may as well take my money. Stop the labor of soldiers and horses, and take the benefits of commerce. I want to do great things, but I am short of money. Aiqing is my humerus, and this matter must share my worries."

The Nanyang matter has already been discussed with the emperor countless times, and Liu Yu has been thinking about it for more than ten years.Going to Nanyang was decided after planning, but the expedition did not cost much, and the fight went smoothly.

As for the matter in the Netherlands, Qi Guogong is still in The Hague or Amsterdam, and there is no news now, and it will not be decided in a short time.

In the eyes of the emperor, Nanyang was not the core of the Celestial Dynasty.

Even the transformation of the Southwest to return the land to the local people, or even the expansion and reclamation of the Western Regions, are slightly more important in the eyes of the emperor.

Regarding Nanyang's attitude, the emperor has three things: make money, let poor people go to Nanyang to avoid rebellion; It's messed up, and you can't fly across the sea. Since the emperor started building a navy, he has understood one thing: how can a small country support a navy?

Now that the Northwest is pacified, the Northeast is stable, Korea and Japan are honest, Nanyang can continue to be developed in the future, and many domestic matters have to be resolved.

The most important thing in the eyes of the emperor at this time is water transportation.

He is determined to abolish water transportation, whether it is because he thinks that the Huanghuai area has become a cancer of the empire, or because the loss along the way is too great, or for better governance of the Yellow River... Of course, the most important thing is because The emperor felt that compared with the matter of water transportation, the remaining matters were more difficult than the other, so he picked the persimmons first.

Dashun seems to be strong and prosperous, but the emperor also understands that there are a lot of internal problems.And among all these problems, the simplest and simplest ones are actually the transformation of waste water into the sea, millions of water workers, and the management of Huanghuai...

Now that the South Seas have been launched and the navy has been established, the conditions are ready for sea transportation to replace the canal and manage the Yellow River.

And to change the canal, this is closely related to the Jiangnan area, because the canal is one of the foundations for connecting the north and the south and maintaining the unity of the empire.At least, this foundation is very important before completely abolishing the water and transforming the sea.

This is not the idea of ​​the southern tour that he suddenly sprouted, it has already been born, but the time was not ripe before.If you go before, it's useless.

Liu Yu didn't know how to feel about the emperor's idea.Seeing the emperor's reasons, Liu Yuzuo asked: "Has your Majesty decided to abolish the water and change the sea? Has this matter passed the court's discussion?"

The emperor denied it and said: "Before the court discussion, I love you first in my heart, and don't spread it to the outside world. The matter of changing the shipping, I had my heart when the Jiangsu Jiedu envoy asked for it. The Yellow River is flooded, and the Yellow River is protected. It has always been a headache. If it is a headache, then solve this problem. If you can’t solve the Yellow River, then solve the canal.”

"The hidden dangers of the society are not headed by the Huanghuai River. However, if corruption, petty officials, renting tenants, etc., or the affairs of landlords and farmers, the Emperor Taizu Taizong can't control it, even if he does, it will be a wildfire. Resurrection and rebirth, all dynasties and dynasties have not managed to understand, I think it is better to deal with those who can understand."

"I went to the Academy of Sciences to learn about it. I thought that after the railway tracks and steam cars were available, I would waste water transportation and build railways, so as to concentrate grain and facilitate the transportation of troops. However, it may take five or six years, or more than ten years." , or even twenty-three years, I’m afraid I won’t be able to wait.”

"Don't mention the canal, Aiqing doesn't need to bother, just manage the money for me. Even if you go to the south of the Yangtze River, you can also be regarded as a platform for Aiqing. In Song, Su and other places, Aiqing just does what no one has done before."

"I want money."

When the emperor said it so bluntly, Liu Yu didn't dare to laugh even if he wanted to.

The emperor had already talked about this point, so he continued to speak some heartfelt words to Liu Yu.

"Everything can't be done without money. I look at the politics of the past dynasties, and each has its own gains and losses. But there are really few scholars to learn from."

"In the former Ming Dynasty, the treasury was extremely poor. Without money, many things could not be done."

"Before the Mongolian Yuan, the tax package law, the world will be in chaos."

"As for the Song Dynasty, many things that were monopolized by the government, such as tea, salt, wine, horses and cattle, and everything needed for people's livelihood, were all monopolized by the government. In addition, there were many craftsmen and there were armies. This dynasty could not learn it. If you learn , the world will be in chaos."

"Going forward, let's not mention the equal land, the common people are all nobles, etc."

"This dynasty has inherited the Ming system, and the treasury seems to have a little more money than the previous dynasty, but it is about the same in terms of grain and rice. Now the price of silver is not the price before the Westerners came to trade. But I also You know, now the small western countries have tens of millions of income, and Aiqing is the one who understands the affairs of the western barbarians best. Whether it is the Netherlands or the British barbarians, they are all the size of a province, a capital, and a state."

"I then thought that Aiqing might have a way to get enough money from the land of three states and two prefectures."

(End of this chapter)