I am the king of the dead

Chapter 253 Triple profit, lawlessness
Hu Wei was a minister of the Ministry of Rites. His main purpose of attending the Yantie Conference was to remind the emperor of Ming Dynasty not to conflict with the rules of etiquette in the process of enacting new laws.

The first time he spoke, he was just reminding of the ban on gold and silver, and the ban on cutting mountains and cutting rocks.

After that, he began his extremely professional cleaning process. Even today, he can't count how many times he has cleaned the floor for His Majesty.

Overall, it shows the professionalism of the Ministry of Rites.

Hu Wei is getting old, he wants to train a newcomer Liu Ji, Liu Ji is an expert at cleaning the floor, even if he is just a rite of passage, no matter what the Emperor of Ming Dynasty did, Liu Ji can make it back, he is better than Hu Wei I can wash it.

On this point, Hu Wei did not doubt Liu Ji's professionalism at all.

He wanted to record the content of the Salt and Iron Conference, and then write it down as an old note and leave it to Liu Ji, so that Liu Ji could take it out and copy it if one day he had more heart and power than he could.

"In the fourth month of the second year of Jingtai, Guisi, went to the Juxian Pavilion in the lecture hall to discuss the calculation of labor and profit with the ministers, and generally discussed the gains and losses of labor and profit."

Hu Wei stopped writing here, thought for a moment and continued to write: "The above statement: The country advances, and the rewards and benefits go hand in hand; the country is equal, and the rewards and benefits are equal; .”

"Let's say again: if you earn [-]%, you can divide the green and yellow; if you earn [-]%, you will salivate; if you earn [-]%, you will get chestnuts out of the fire."

When Zhu Qiyu asked him what he was writing, Hu Min heard it, but he didn't seem to hear it at all.

Why is he distracted?
What made Hu Wei, the professional official of the Ministry of Rites, lost his mind in front of the imperial court?

Hu Wei was thinking about the case of Yan Shenggong.

He also participated in the whole case. It is extremely difficult to pull a fig leaf for His Majesty, the officials, the scholars of the world, and the students.

He participated deeply, and his feelings were even deeper.

His frown got deeper and deeper, how much profit is Yan Shenggong?[-]%?

Is it only [-]%?Not at all!

After the sea trade made a profit, Hu Wei also heard that the calculation of the Confucian government's belongings by the Ministry of Household Affairs Shandong Qingli Department was not only double the profit, let alone ten times the profit.

He has papered for Daming all his life. How many things have he papered over these years?

His experience is extremely rich. When His Majesty talked about profits, he thought a lot.

He looked at the few lines he wrote, these were what His Majesty said, and he seemed to be enlightened.

Hu Wei dipped his ink and continued to write: "If you double the profit, you will be lawless; if you triple the profit, you will be lawless!"

After Hu Wei finished writing, he went on to write: "It is difficult to start a business, but it is not easy to keep it successful. You must work hard day and night. You have neither the strength of civil engineering nor the entertainment of color. Drive on the sidelines, Kui Wen fights hard."

"Although it is said to be conservative, it is actually pioneering. After a long time, the Tao will be transformed, and the customs will be changed, and the world will be harmonious and happy, and a peaceful and prosperous age will be restrained."

Zhu Qiyu saw what Hu Min wrote, and it became more and more outrageous, so he knocked on the table and said, "Hu Shangshu."

"Your Majesty will finish writing soon." Hu Wei hurriedly replied, he finally filled in the last few words, even if His Majesty didn't like what was said later, he would write it out.

Zhu Qiyu took what he had written and shook his head and said: "It's such a reputation again, just delete it."

"It is more appropriate to use common language and colloquialism in front of it, so as to avoid confusion when reading."

"Today's salt and iron meeting is over here. Both Shibosi and Gongshi are settled in silver coins. Don't be so petty. The money will eventually return to our hands, won't it?"

"Okay, let's go."

Zhu Qiyu looked at the salt and iron meeting book in his hand. There was no topic to discuss today. He originally wanted to talk about seigniorage, but he had to wait until next time.

He stood up and instructed Xing'an to distribute the new trial edition of "On National Wealth".

To Zhu Qiyu's surprise, the research on the nature and accumulation of national wealth and people's wealth has only just begun.

But Hu Wei has already written some of the contents of "Das Kapital".

For example, his sentence of double profit means lawlessness, triple profit means lawlessness, and Taoism has exhausted the greedy nature of profit-seeking.

Those who can sit at the height of the temple are all dragons and phoenixes among the people, but the emperor is not strict, and they are the biggest disaster of Ming Dynasty.

The emperor is well-mannered, and they can also think about problems with a vision beyond the times.

After all, there is nothing new under the sun, what happened in later generations, Da Ming also has.

"Your Majesty will be sent off respectfully." A group of courtiers bowed their heads respectfully to see him off.

Yu Qian followed His Majesty to the study, and sat on the opposite side of the chessboard.

Xing'an said with a smile: "This time is the battle of Poyang Lake. Chen Youliang's 65 Han troops besieged Hongdu for 85 days, intending to encircle and send aid."

"I led an army of 20 to Hongdu to Emperor Taizu Gao, and Chen Youliang moved to Poyang Lake."

"The battle of Poyang Lake is about to start."

"A total of 37 rounds."

Zhu Qiyu said with a smile: "I am in charge of the Ming army, and Yu Shaobao is in charge of the Han army."

Yu Qian shook his head, did not take the flag box, shook his head and said: "Xing'an Dadang is the referee, and the minister will not let it go down. It is okay if it is windy and rainy, but the sky thunder and the ground are caught in the tsunami, and the minister is unable to deal with it."

Just kidding, in the last battle of Jingnan, a tsunami was smashed out at the beginning, and the city of Nanjing was directly flooded. Could it be that the East China Sea earthquake came out of the fairy mountain?

Zhu Qiyu said very confidently: "Xing'an will never fall into a tsunami this time."

"Really?" Yu Qian sat up straight and said.

Zhu Qiyu nodded and said, "Really."

The battle of Poyang Lake is actually the prototype of the battle of burning Chibi in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms".

Chen Youliang built a large building ship, iron-locked Hengjiang, and when a gust of east wind came, the fire boat of the Ming Army broke through the iron-locked Hengjiang.

After the Battle of Poyang Lake, Zhu Yuanzhang was called the King of Wu in the south.

It is worth noting that Zhang Shicheng also called Wu King three months before Zhu Yuanzhang called Wu King.

Zhu Qiyu and Yu Qian began to push the chessboard with soldiers. Playing chess is a trivial matter, and the way of persuading benevolence and forgiveness is the real thing.

Of course, Yu Qian didn't know whether it was useful or not. After all, no matter how fast he persuaded him, some guys didn't do as much.

The head grows on the neck, isn't it?

"How is the farm law this year?" Zhu Qiyu asked about the serious matter. He had never put the farm law above the court, and discussed it once. It can be said that he insisted on going his own way.

Yu Qian let out a foul breath, and said with a smile: "The minister will pay for the money."

"Now there are 200 miles, a total of 940 townships, a total of 560 million households, [-] million people, a population of [-] million, [-] acres, [-]% of high taxes, and [-] yuan in silver from the imperial tax. million, excluding Fujian."

"The grain for hard labor is converted into five coins, and the value of silver in the Beijing treasury is 4509 million taels."

This is a relatively uncomplicated set of numbers. Yu Qian did not say the number of acres, yield per mu, etc., but calculated in silver to give His Majesty an approximate figure.

If His Majesty is really doing the accounting, he should go to the Ministry of Accounts. His Majesty is asking about the trend.

At present, the way of high tax storage in Ming Dynasty is that the government pays off the officials, and the food is sent to the storage for the people, and each laborer is about five yuan.

According to the agreement between the great emperor and the common people, the imperial court will only take 200% from the commander in charge of the township Pingku, and then the official will be released to send it to Beijing. Naturally, food will be given. This part will be lost, which is about [-] million stone grain. about.

The 900 warehouses in the two warehouses of Tongzhou, the capital, are [-] million shi rice beams. These rice beams are enough to fight a battle of the capital and the battle of Xuanfu.

Zhu Qiyu paused for a while and said: "In the 13th year of orthodoxy, there were actually more than 0.0638 hectares of grain land in Wanping County, and each mu was converted into six cents and eight cents (480 taels). There are [-] million taels in storage."

"The imperial court underpaid 30 taels of silver."

Yu Qian shook his head and said: "In the 13th year of orthodoxy in the Gyeonggi area, the total amount of Zhengfu, corvée, Yangma weaving silver, Zhuangtian Zili, etc., is less than 300 million taels of silver."

"This year, the imperial court paid 13 million taels more than the orthodox 160 years ago. That's a total of 160 million taels, nearly 400 million shi of rice beams, Your Majesty."

"By February next year, when all the taxes arrive in Beijing, the Minister of the Household Department will laugh his teeth out."

The integrated tax and tax payment promoted by His Majesty is gradually on the right track. At present, the land records of each prince's mansion have entered the capital, and there are many open sources, and the household department is full of fat.

Your Majesty's financial situation is good, and the financial situation of the Ming court is also very good. Jin Lian always smiles at everyone. Although he is still a brave man, having money and food, and sharing both hands without money and food are two different concepts .

Yu Qian made some calculations, and estimated that when the big plan is over, the fields should be cleared.

Yu Qian thought about it for a while, then took another step, walked through a round, and said with a smile: "Does your majesty know why Hu Shang wrote that sentence that is neither strong nor sensual?"

"Actually, in the first 13 years of the orthodox dynasty, the whole Ming Dynasty taxed the capital's rice price into silver. Although the rice price has fluctuated over the years, it is generally stable, about 500 million taels of silver."

"Except for the imperial expenses, there will be some leftovers, and all the leftovers will be used to build temples and halls for sensual entertainment."

It was raining in Xing'an, and he took Yu Qian's words and said: "The four temples in the capital alone cost more than 300 million taels of silver, and the construction of the palace buildings cost more than 200 million taels. Yu Wanliang."

The temples mentioned in Xing'an are all temples built during the orthodox years led by Dalongxing Temple. There are a total of four temples, and the cost is excessive.

Xing'an pulled out Zhu Qiyu's many small flags, and Yu Qian ate all of Zhu Qiyu's ambush soldiers.

Xing'an continued: "The minister and Lin Xiu communicated about this matter, and the real money spent was only a million taels. It was just the officials, relatives, brokers, compradors and others who were in charge of supervising the construction.

The accounts are simply shocking. Surrounding the king of Jili, there is a group of meat eaters, feasting on gluttonous feasts.

Since ancient times, gardens have been built like this.

For example, when the old witch Cixi built two gardens, she wasted a lot of shells and silver from the Beiyang Navy, and of course she also fattened up an unknown number of officials.

For example, the well-known saying "I didn't know Li Hongzhang when I was young, but now I know the true middle hall". Li Hongzhang, who had been a papermaker for the Qing Dynasty all his life, came and left behind 4000 million taels of silver and nearly [-] hectares of fertile land. .

When Empress Dowager Cixi built the garden, I don’t know how many giant rots of the country have been bred.

Isn't the imperial court's system like this, gradually lost?
Yu Qian said with emotion: "The atmosphere in the capital has changed, and the trend of greed for extravagance has intensified. In fact, what Hu Shang wrote is from the bottom of his heart, and there is no exaggeration."

During the reign of Xuande, it was a little bit better. Although Emperor Xuanzong had some hobbies, it was harmless and did not cost too much national money and domestic money. But when it was the turn of Zhengtong years, the whole social atmosphere, along with the prosperity of Wen and Wu, completely changed. , the trend of greed and extravagance is everywhere.

Frugality has become affectation, fame and reputation, and friends have become the norm in the court.

Corruption and peer-to-peer adultery, in the Hongwu period, if they were not skinned, they would end up beheaded.

Even Li Shanchang was punished by the clan because of the word crony.

But during the Orthodox years, corruption and cronyism were the mainstream.

What did Hu Wei write? He said that after a long time, the Tao will be transformed, customs will be changed, and the world will be harmonious and happy, and the world will be peaceful and prosperous.

The overall social ethos is pragmatism, discarding the root and chasing the end, who has more wealth, who has a wider network, who is better at dancing with long sleeves, who is better at fooling the emperor, how can Daming be better?

"Your Majesty is a role model for all people. With every word and deed, all people look forward to their deeds." Yu Qian finally surrounded Zhu Qiyu's dragon and surrounded all the Ming army. In the water battle at Poyang Lake, the Han army in Yu Qian's hands won a complete victory.

65 vs. 20, the advantage is naturally in the hands of Chen Youliang.

Zhu Qiyu scratched his head and began to pull out the flag, convinced that he lost.

He knew what Yu Qian was talking about, and advised Renshu, the translation is the court, not fighting and killing.

But can Zhu Qiyu be blamed?Blame the Great Emperor for not being lenient enough?
I can't.

But there are some people who just live a good life and feel uncomfortable all over. They insist on someone blocking the way of Da Ming's progress and acting like a car with their arms.

Zhao Jin, Zhao Hui, Wan Guan, Zhao Quan, Kong Yanjin, etc., more than one, repeatedly took the initiative to apply to be the chicken that kills chickens to scare monkeys.

Such a strange request, if Zhu Qiyu doesn't satisfy them, how can he be regarded as a kind father of Ming Dynasty?
Naturally, they must satisfy their urgent need for death.

Yu Qian said with a lot of emotion: "I only hope that there will be fewer things that make His Majesty feel bad in this world."

Zhu Qiyu brought up this topic, and said calmly: "Yu Shaobao, is there anyone who will be recommended by the examiner?"

Upon hearing this, Yu Qian shook his head and said, "Your Majesty already has someone in mind, so why ask the minister?"

The bait hung on the hook of Emperor Ming Dynasty was very fat.

The examinees all over the world seem to be disciples of the emperor, but the chief examiner of each exam is the master. The same list, the township party, and the disciples of the master are the sources of the three major cliques of Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Qiyu is giving Yu Qian the opportunity to manage his own power, such as arranging his own people to preside over Jingtai's second-year imperial examination.

In this way, even if the examiner is disciplined and upright, and the student who has won the Jinshi, he must respect the humble disciple.

But Yu Qian is watertight, he doesn't bite the bait.

With His Majesty's fishing method, only ghosts can catch fish!

Yu Qian knew very well that in his current position, the more power he had, the more danger he would have, and he would be one step closer to being a powerful official, and one step closer to being crushed.

I am not afraid of being smashed to pieces, but I am afraid that it is worthless.

Yu Qian is waiting for an opportunity to turn the world against him.

Zhu Qiyu is also waiting for an opportunity to turn the world against him.

Zhu Qiyu said with a smile: "I think Jiang Yuan is the most suitable examiner."

Who is Jiang Yuan?

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