I am the king of the dead

Chapter 627 Natural selection, survival of the fittest

Relief with work is a kind of disaster relief method that benefits and costs nothing in all dynasties of the Central Plains.

For example, in "The Spring and Autumn Annals of Yanzi", during the time of Qi Jinggong, Yanzi built a platform for sleeping on the road;
In the Tang Dynasty, Li Pinren's martial arts order frequently sent officials to dredge the canals;

When Ouyang Xiu knew Yingzhou, he recruited hungry people to overhaul the irrigation ponds, and built farmland water conservancy while relieving the hunger;
When Zhao Ni learned about Yuezhou, he used construction projects to provide relief;
When Fan Zhongyan knew Hangzhou, he built temples and built warehouses and other activities to provide employment opportunities for the hungry people, so as to achieve the purpose of relieving the hungry people.

In the early years of the Northern Song Dynasty, the concept of the imperial court funding public facilities, the corvee system was still popular. With the development of society and economy, the method of forced labor to build roads, bridges, and water conservancy through corvee methods has increasingly shown its disadvantages.

Because of large-scale corvée, it is easy to cause [killing more people, exhausting people's wealth, wasting the world, and displaced people], which means more risks for the Central Plains dynasty under the small-scale peasant economic system.

The financial affairs system of the Song Dynasty was highly developed, and the method of disaster relief, which was beneficial but not costly, was gradually accepted by the court and the people.

Similar to: [Use surplus money to benefit the poor, raise people for profit, and since the hunger is already relieved, so as to achieve people's benefit] Viewpoints commonly appear.

Prospering according to the needs of the rich and the poor became the most commonly used means of relief in the Song Dynasty, rather than simply opening warehouses to release grain.

So Zhu Qiyu asked the Ministry of Industry to give a specific charter at the Salt and Iron Conference. This kind of economic theory that is very similar to "Keynesianism" was not created by Zhu Qiyu. To a certain extent, it is also the law of the ancestors, and there is no Nothing is acceptable.

Not to mention the need to use a sharp scrubbing tool like Hu Wei to scrub the floor.

Why is there no case of large-scale work-for-relief in Ming Dynasty?

Because the Ming court was so poor that they couldn’t support themselves, and the landlord’s family didn’t have any food left, so how could they carry out work-for-relief?

Now the Ming Dynasty is rich and arrogant!
"Your Majesty, the root of this Winter Preface is still the shortage of money." Yu Qian expressed his opinion quite seriously in the imperial study.

The current Winter Preface of the Ming Dynasty is that the money supply is less than the demand, and the Ming court still owes money debts for 80 years. Yu Qian has already noticed that deflation has appeared in many places.

The solution has long been placed on the long table in the imperial study room, the comprehensive collection of Japanese and banknotes.

It is unrealistic to fully levy the Japanese.

The emperor was not happy with the currency law.

In fact, Yu Qian wanted to share with His Majesty about the issue of banknotes again, but seeing His Majesty's lack of interest, he chose to keep silent.

It is the duty of a courtier to speak bluntly, but when and how to advise is a technical task.

Sometimes, courtiers and emperors will not work hard on things like admonishment, and they will eventually become twisted, which will eventually lead to disharmony between the monarch and his ministers.

In the 25th year of Hongwu, after the death of Zhu Biao, the prince of Yiwen, the matter of who would be the prince was put on the agenda.

The courtiers were actually dissatisfied with Zhu Yunwen, the grandson of the emperor, but the white-haired man sent the black-haired man away, and Emperor Gao, the great ancestor who had experienced the pain of bereavement, wrestled with the courtiers, and finally the Sapphire case broke out.

In the 19th year of Yongle, the Ming Dynasty moved its capital to Shuntian Mansion, and Emperor Wen and his courtiers got into trouble again, and finally got into trouble.

In July of the 14th year of Zhengtong, Zhu Qizhen, the king of Jili, insisted on his own conquest. The minister of the Ministry of War, Kuang Ye, and the British Duke Zhang Fu, etc., made a statement and opposed the personal conquest. Yu.

In fact, Yu Qian really wanted to say that Daming could use money to get through this Winter Preface, but he was afraid that if he, the head of the officials, said something wrong, the emperor and courtiers would twist it again.

In the fourth year of Jingtai, when the Ministry of Households and the Ministry of Industry were arguing about the banknote law and the money law, His Majesty asked for advice, and Yu Qian once said that everything is fine.

Because His Majesty is in the prime of his life and has a concubine under his knees, no one dares to make trouble under His Majesty's nose.

For a while, Yu Qian didn't know how to speak, so he sat in front of the case and drank tea, waiting for His Majesty's decision.

After being silent for a long time, Zhu Qiyu finally opened his mouth to talk about the money shortage. This is a fundamental problem and cannot be forgiven at all.

Zhu Qiyu said with a rather heavy expression: "Actually, Yu Shaobao knows it well, and I know it too. Only relying on Japan's silver mountain can only alleviate the money shortage in Ming Dynasty."

"Your Majesty is wise." Yu Qian knew that what His Majesty said was the truth.

Daming is like a bottomless pit, no matter how much gold and silver is thrown into it, it will be like a stone sinking into the sea.

The Ming Dynasty, or the Central Plains Dynasty, was still unable to break through from a small peasant economy to a commodity economy. The root cause was that the money supply of this land could not satisfy the gluttonous stomach of this land.

Without sufficient general equivalents, it was impossible for the Ming Dynasty to transform from a small peasant economy to a commodity economy.

Daming is still short of copper and silver, which makes the barren financial affairs of Daming worse.

Zhu Qiyu stood up, paced back and forth, and said as he walked: "In a general sense, currency is equivalent to wealth. This is true for the common people, and it is also true for the imperial court."

"Among the three types of assets, fixed, liquid, and reserved, currency has three attributes. There is even a view in Nanya and Songjiang Prefecture that there is no kind of asset that is as reliable as gold and silver."

"Households wear out and lose value over time; livestock get sick and die if left uncared for; stored food spoils and rots."

"Only gold and silver are forever!"

Yu Qian was a little puzzled. He thought for a while before he said: "Your Majesty said at the Salt and Iron Conference last year that national strength and national wealth are the total output of Ming Dynasty and the annual income from land, labor and consumable assets. On this point, I think Your Majesty's words are very kind."

"I think that it cannot be summed up in one word. Gold and silver are wealth."

Yu Qian and His Majesty agree that national wealth should not be just general equivalents such as gold, silver, copper and iron.

What Zhu Qiyu and Yu Qian said was the first principle of mercantilism: wealth is made of gold and silver.

"On a land without large-scale gold and silver mines, gold and silver can only be brought if the export value is higher than the import value, such as our Ming Dynasty." Zhu Qiyu mentioned a concept, which has a more familiar name, called trade surplus.

The second principle of mercantilism is primitive accumulation through trade surplus.

Yu Qian immediately understood the meaning of His Majesty's two paragraphs, and said with a frown: "So, Songjiang Mansion's ethos of admiring luxury, competing for luxury, pursuing wealth, and fighting for wealth comes from this, because it is located at the mouth of the Yangtze River. The thoroughfare is half the world, the place where the world's department stores are distributed."

Yu Qian finally understood the reason why His Majesty was so wary of the extravagance in Songjiang Mansion from the very beginning, because His Majesty knew that it would definitely appear.

Sure enough, it is His Majesty, who has never failed in financial affairs.

The two principles of mercantilism are the cornerstones of the prevalence of money worshipers, just like the myth that the seven days created the world and Pangu created the world.

Zhu Qiyu seemed to have thought of something, and suddenly smiled and said: "Actually, the Song Dynasty was very strong. The development speed inherited from the former Tang Dynasty, and the culture was at its peak. However, the disaster of emphasizing culture over military affairs, the party disaster, and the two disasters for 300 years are cultural failures."

"If this trend of valuing extravagance and fighting for wealth starts from me, wouldn't I really become the king of subjugation?"

Zhu Qiyu laughed at the word "king of subjugation".

Yu Qian quickly bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty is the Lord of England, how can the country be subjugated? Gold and silver are not the only criterion for measuring the wealth of a country."

Military, political, cultural, economic, etc. are all criteria for measuring the strength of a country, but in terms of gold and silver, it is too narrow.

Yu Qian knew that this was actually His Majesty's worry, but he was a little confused. What does this have to do with the dispute over money and banknotes?

Zhu Qiyu spoke faster and faster and said: "Opening the sea is to expand Daming's exports, and to allow merchants to take the goods produced by Daming and exchange them outside for more gold and silver."

"The Bureau of Chaoguan City takes [-]% of the points, and Nayin deducts [-] points, in order to bring back gold and silver, and suppress these gold and silver, and add more currency. Without currency, there will be no transactions, and without transactions, there will be no assets. "

"More currency allows Daming to accumulate more assets."

"More asset accumulation will inevitably lead to competition, so we must limit or even punish monopoly behaviors caused by using power to rent-seek, limit malicious competition, and make competition generally fair."

"Natural selection, survival of the fittest."

"In order to produce products with lower costs and higher profits faster under the same resources within a limited time, the workshop must improve its productivity."

"Productivity has been improved in an all-round way! Only when the Ming Dynasty goes up and down can there be comprehensive and structural changes."

"With the overall improvement of productivity, the people of Ming Dynasty can live a good life. The children of the common people in Guizhou can also go to school. Only then can the whole Ming Dynasty have more opportunities. The children of ordinary families can also get ahead, so that the people of Ming Dynasty can live a life of food and clothing."

Zhu Qiyu's words are finished, this is the fundamental reason why he has refused to use banknotes for a long time. He is the emperor and the father of the ministers and people in the world.

The law of banknotes will lose the motivation to accumulate wealth and assets from the source, lose the environment of natural selection, and finally lose productivity improvement and social comprehensive and structural reforms.

From imperial silver coins to Jingtai Tongbao, the cornerstone of Ming Dynasty's new economic policy is the new monetary policy. Once the banknotes are issued, the entire cycle of money laws established will be completely destroyed.

During the Hongwu period, Emperor Gao, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, went from a beggar who knocked bowls for three thousand miles and begged for food for three years, and finally sat down to the Emperor Gao who was ninety-five years old. corrupt.

Therefore, there is only one way to go to the end.

Yu Qian hesitated to speak, but in fact he had a lot to say, and he didn't say the words of remonstrance in the end.

He was afraid that His Majesty would screw up.

How can there be so many things in the world where Ding is Ding and Mao is Mao?

Taking official positions as an example, the Ming Dynasty had an imperial examination system, but it also had a system of grace, a hereditary military honor system, an inspection system, and even a ceremony system. Chen Xun, who was waiting outside the door, was not the same as the Ming dynasty ceremony. ?
Politics is chaotic, and it is a means to solve problems and alleviate class conflicts. There is no one policy, but one alley must go to the end.

In the first 60 years of the Ming Dynasty, there was a military campaign, thirteen Northern Expeditions, two expeditions to Jiaozhi, and three expeditions to Luchuan. In the next 24 years, it began to promote literature and military affairs, and some even emphasized literature over military affairs, leading to a relaxation of military preparations.

His Majesty is obviously a bit of a dead end, and the method of money and the method of banknotes can be regarded as a solution.

In fact, Yu Qian still has the same attitude. The law of money can be used, and the method of banknotes can also be used. It all depends on how His Majesty makes a choice. As long as His Majesty makes a choice, the rest is up to the courtiers.

Yu Qian is especially good at the system of the country. For Daming, a strong decision-maker is needed. Yu Qian understands the truth that all dragons without a leader are snakes.

No matter what decision your majesty makes, even if you want to cross the desert of Tianshan Mountain to the west, gold and iron horses, and tens of thousands of miles away to pursue the Oirats who are going west, if you kill them, you will first avenge the ghosts of the civil castle.

As long as His Majesty wants to do it, it can be done.

What Yu Qian is most afraid of is the master of the world, he is indecisive, and that is the misfortune of Ming Dynasty.

If a king, the lord of the world, has doubts about his own choice, it will be a real winter day for Ming Dynasty.

Yu Qian thought for a while and said with a three-point smile: "Your Majesty, Mencius said: If you enter, you will have no family and soldiers, and if you leave, you will be invincible to foreign patients. The country will perish, and then you will know that you are born in sorrow and die in peace."

"The shortage of money is the shortage of money. It's not a bad thing. When disasters come, blessings depend on them. When blessings come, disasters subdue them. As His Majesty said, the four seasons are in the prelude to winter, and those who wash away the sand when the waves wash away turn into gold."

Money shortage is inevitable, and it will be a hidden danger that has plagued Daming's financial affairs for a long time, but hidden dangers are not necessarily a bad thing.

In order to solve the problem of money shortage and continue to find a solution for the Ming Dynasty, it is necessary to find more gold, silver, spices and precious stones overseas.

The winter preface caused by the money shortage also happened to allow Daming to carry out metabolism, discarding the chaff and saving the chaff.

"Good words are nothing but words, let Yu Shaobao say it." Seeing that he had persuaded Yu Qian, Zhu Qiyu was also secretly relieved.

This time the Winter Prelude came rushing towards him, and when Zhu Qiyu was dealing with it for the first time, it was also the first time he became an emperor, and he also had a little bit of doubt about [or else the method of banknotes]. Yu Qian's words made Zhu Qiyu decide: still follow the method of money.

Xing'an, who was standing next to him, mentioned his heart in his throat, and finally let go. Xing'an was very worried that His Majesty would quarrel with Yu Shaobao. His posture was like the atmosphere of death, kindness and righteousness, and leaving tonight. Xing'an was also under great pressure. big.

Zhu Qiyu relaxed, and said to Xing'an: "Xing'an, get the cards."

"Come on, Yu Shaobao, I'm free today, play [Anti-Corruption and Catch Corruption] chess and cards with me, this time I added a few new tricks, it will definitely open Yu Shaobao's eyes."

Yu Qian looked at Chen Xun who was about to become a snowman outside the window and said: "Your Majesty, Chen Xun is waiting to see you outside. Bachelor Chen is old, please have mercy."

Only then did Zhu Qiyu remember that Chen Xun had been announced to see him, and he looked at the little yellow gate and said, "Announce Chen Xun."

Chen Xun knocked off the snow from his body, straightened his clothes, and then went into the imperial study to meet the ceremony. Zhu Qiyu gave Chen Xun a seat, and then played "anti-corruption and arresting corruption" with Yu Qian.

Standing by the side, Chen Xun was dumbfounded. Your Majesty is at fault. If Your Majesty is a minister, he might be a corrupt official!

After playing a few games, Yu Qian threw away the chess and cards in his hand, abandoned his son and conceded defeat, and said with emotion: "The last time I heard that Your Majesty had a hand-to-hand conversation with Wang Ao Wang Shilang, Wang Shilang also lost consecutive games. He lost all afternoon. Your Majesty deserves it." It's...unbelievable enlightenment!"

Wang Ao is the left servant of the Ministry of Officials, and the second official of Wang Zhi, the heavenly official of the Ministry of Officials. After returning to Beijing from the Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, he has been working hard on the anti-corruption field. In the field of anti-corruption, Wang Ao can be said to be the No. 1 of Ming Dynasty.

But it is such a person, in the game of anti-corruption and catching corruption, and the game of cats and mice, he has never defeated His Majesty once. It can only be said that His Majesty is indeed talented and intelligent in corruption.

Fortunately, His Majesty is not a minister, but an emperor.

Speaking of Wang Ao, Zhu Qiyu said with a little helplessness: "The same is true for Wang Shilang. I have already said that there is no king or minister on the chessboard. Let him try his best, but he just refuses to do his best."

"Your Majesty is humble." Yu Qian knew Wang Ao.

That afternoon, Wang Ao was really afraid that His Majesty would lose face at the beginning of the game, so he had some reservations, but after three rounds, he became really angry and tried his best, but he couldn't catch His Majesty's sore foot holding the [greedy] chess. , After repeated defeats and repeated battles, in the end they all lost red eyes.

Wang Ao returned to the yamen that afternoon, without saying a word, he was in a daze for half an hour, his face was ashen, and his soul was lost.

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