golden scales

In the late autumn of Chongzhen's 22nd year, the emperor's southern tour became more and more certain.Taichang Temple came forward to buy court clothes and discuss the regulation of the nobility, which is officially confirmed that this matter is true.

When the news was finally confirmed, Wu Weiye was sitting on pins and needles in Lu Daqi's villa in Beijing.

Lu Daqi was 22 years older than Wu Weiye, and he was also a senior of Donglin. He sat on the main seat without saying a word, silently releasing his coercion.His four sons, Lu Qian, Lu Yuan, Lu Mi, and Lu Pu, and his two sons-in-law, Li Shi and Zhang Xiangchong, sat beside him.In addition, there were a few new scholars, all of whom were students of Lu Daqi, who also sat on the spot without any suspicion, and Wu Weiye was the only outsider.

Wu Weiye really regretted why he agreed to Lu Daqi's invitation and came to the banquet.

Sure enough, there is no good feast, no good banquet, no good meeting!

"Meicun," Lu Daqi finally broke the silence, "Nowadays, Ke Dao is busy seeking profit practically, who is going to persuade and satirize him?"

The censors of the Metropolitan Procuratorate were instigated by Zhu Cihong to open their guns and completely betrayed the civil official group.The sixth department has become a financial audit department, with its power greatly reduced, and the imperial edicts that can be refuted are limited to money.As a result, the "defensive ministers" set up by the ancestors have no place.

If you want to persuade the emperor not to act rashly, the only way left is the newspaper.Even if it is directly reported from the Secretary of General Administration, such content will be transferred to the "Emperor Ming Bulletin" and will not be included in the cabinet draft.

"This," Wu Weiye hesitated for a moment, "There must be someone."

"The speech officer can't speak, the affairs officer dare not speak, who else can say?" Lu Daqi raised his beard: "You must know that Emperor Yang was also a smart person, but because he couldn't tolerate the advice of his loyal ministers, he ended up in ruins! "

Wu Weiye said: "Now the way of speaking is still smooth." He was coping with it, but he raised his vigilance in his heart: I don't know why Lu Xian asked himself to come here.

He is quite self-aware of his abilities, if he is not asked to write, he is probably handed over.

Now Wu Weiye has been transferred to the Schenren Division.It can also be regarded as the chief penholder of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and has no other abilities other than these two aspects.

"Smooth? Does the newspaper count too?" Lu Daqi said in a serious tone, "Who knows if it's read or not!"

——I still watch it, but I don’t pay attention to it.

Wu Weiye thought to himself.

"Meicun, as a minister of the Ming Dynasty, there are some things that you have to say." Lu Daqi said, "For example, the matter of Shengjia's southern tour this time. It is a waste of money and people..."

That's what happened!

Wu Weiye is in the center, of course he knows the truth.Without waiting for Lu Daqi to finish his definition, he hurriedly said: "Sir, what you said is wrong!"

The rest of Lu Daqi's words were suppressed in his chest, so he could only say: "What's wrong?"

"The Shengjia's southern tour is not a waste of money." Wu Weiye immediately said: "All expenses come from internal funds, not a cent of the national treasury. How can we say that it is a waste of money? Moreover, the purchase of Shengjia along the way is irritating to the people. It’s a good thing for the circulation of goods.”

"Doesn't Meicun know about driving tickets?" Lu Daqi asked coldly.

Of course Wu Weiye had heard of it, and he had actually seen it.

The so-called driving ticket is the license issued by Taichang Temple.It clearly states the name, place of origin, and even the appearance of the person who will accompany you, so you can use this to accompany you when the time comes.

"Is there any problem?" Wu Weiye pretended not to know.

"Now this ticket has been sold to 3000 taels among the people, and there is still no market for it, hum. It will make money!" Lu Daqi said coldly with a pale face.

"There are still people who give away the honor of being a driver." Wu Weiye pretended to be surprised and said, "It's really stupid!"

"It's the middle officials who are selling it!" Lu Daqi pointed out the root cause: "Which one can be sold, which one can't be sold? Is the Ming Dynasty a country of etiquette, or a country of merchants? I really don't know!"

Wu Weiye nodded: "Sure enough, there is no ethics. However, I am not very surprised that those vertical eunuchs did such a thing. Why don't you expose it in the book?"

"Your Highness is extremely strict, are you really arbitrarily arbitrarily advocating this matter?" Lu Daqi's face was dark, not because this matter was too unbelievable, but because he saw that Wu Weiye was pretending to be stupid with him!

When did even an honest person like Wu Weiye learn this trick in the officialdom!

After Wu Weiye served as the local magistrate, he was no longer that generation of poets who only had innocent feelings.

"Is there any evidence?" Wu Weiye asked.

Lu Daqi remained silent, but his son-in-law Li Shi smoothed things over and said, "This matter has already been spread all over the city, what evidence is needed? Besides, even if there is evidence, so what? Wouldn't it still be the same search if another eunuch came? It is good to persuade the Holy Majesty to dispel Nan Xing's idea from the root."

Wu Weiye shook his head and said: "You see the harm in this matter, and I see the benefit, so I can't do it!"

——If you want to go, you go, there are so many Jinshi in your family, why bother to pull me?

Wu Weiye had already made up his mind.

"Meimura, you!" Lu Daqi became angry when he saw that his most likely allies in Beijing refused to stand up.

These three words are just like "throwing a cup for a sign". Lu Daqi's son, son-in-law and students all stood up to criticize Wu Weiye for being alone and refusing to preside over his ministers.It was inconvenient for Wu Weiye to speak harshly to Lu Daqi's four sons, and it was not easy to break his face with Li Shi and Zhang Xiangchong, but he had no scruples about a group of new Jinshi.

"Look for your teacher to preside over the court." Wu Weiye said bluntly.

Their teacher is the current Chief Assistant Wu Zhen.It stands to reason that the relationship between a teacher and a student is like a father and son in officialdom.It's a pity that the crown prince doesn't like the existence of this kind of relationship very much, so even if Wu Tong chooses "heir to the political legacy", he doesn't dare to be too presumptuous, but just finds a few people with good qualifications to lead him into the new official system.

In front of these Jinshi educated by Lu Daqi, although their articles can be published, their practical work is not taken seriously by Wu Sheng, and he is even more worried that they will cause trouble for him, so he has long rejected them, as if they were strangers, and refused to be kind.

Everyone was choked by Wu Weiye, and they couldn't be justified in saying strange things.

Wu Weiye happened to say to Lu Daqi: "Mr. Zi, Shengjia Nanxing may have one or two indecent things mixed in, but the benefits will be even greater. Is it a wise man to blindly waste food because of choking?"

Lu Daqi said coldly: "I really don't know how it will benefit the country!"

Wu Weiye didn't know how to explain it for a while.

If nothing happens, everyone lives a self-sufficient life, which sounds good indeed.However, the life of this "Taoist" is limited to people's lust and accidental experience.If they are really allowed to live like this for a long time, they will definitely go crazy-this is why human society has not stayed at that stage.

The economy needs a pull.

Shengjia Nanxing is a rare driving opportunity.

From Beijing to Nanjing, the goods and goods along the way will move with the convoy.Merchants from the Northwest and Southwest would rush to the canal along the canal with their hometown specialties, hoping to be selected once in a while.The flow of goods also puts forward higher requirements on traffic conditions, which increases the investment in road construction and provides more jobs.

The hotels and catering in the area where Shengjia passes will directly benefit and stimulate the growth of the tertiary industry.When the southern tour is over, these remaining service industries will face a choice: whether to close down or develop new markets.

In the original historical time and space, many times of experience have told people: There are of course those who sit and wait to die, but more people will still work hard and make a living under the drive of **.

It all shows that capitalism has sprouted in the middle and late dynasties, and this southern tour is exactly the watering of this sprout.

With such a far-sighted view of the overall situation, even Wu Wei can only see an outline, and Wu Weiye is even more ignorant.

Not only the commodity economy has been stimulated, but the handicraft industry will also be stimulated.

People have always wondered what kind of life attitude Ouchi is like, and whether the gold bricks paved in the Forbidden City are made of real gold.This time, following the emperor's southern tour, the palace where he was going to stay along the way happened to put the lifestyle and skills required in the palace into the folk.

Due to the unscrupulous arrogance of the wealthy in the late Ming Dynasty, these skills will be adopted even if they are worth thousands of dollars.The more people use it, the higher the cost requirements will be, which naturally becomes the driving force for technological reform.

……

If Zhu Cihong's desire to build steam engines, tanks, trains, iron ships...is a technological stimulus, then the southern tour is a commercial stimulus.

The former cannot be accomplished overnight. Similarly, the Southern Tour did not just go away.

"Starting from this year, we will carry out local security clean-ups and commodity supply inspections, which will not take place until the next year at the earliest." Zhu Cihong said to his father.

Emperor Chongzhen was very disappointed and felt that he had waited too long.Of course, he can understand the purge of law and order, which takes into account the safety of the royal family.The commodity supply inspection system is also very important. The supply capacity and storage capacity of each region are different, and inspections must be carried out. Otherwise, what will happen if tens of thousands of people cross the border without food or drink?

"But you don't need to wait so long, right?" Chongzhen said.

"Father, I want it." Zhu Cihong said: "Actually, this is already the fastest. My son considers that the journey is two thousand miles long, and the climate changes greatly from north to south, so a special weather bureau was set up to record the time and time of each place. Choose the most suitable time to go out according to the weather, weather and temperature. In fact, if this work is run for three years, you can see the general pattern..."

"One year is enough." Chongzhen waved his hand: "The year after next is the year after next."

One more year of delay, and the economic stimulus can be maintained for one more year.

Think about the important events of future generations, such as the Olympic Games and the World Expo, which one did not start preparations four or five years in advance?It's just that the emperor really doesn't have that patience, and it's impossible for Zhu Cihong to say clearly: Father, this time I'm using your name to stimulate the country's economy and stimulate domestic demand... His identity is not an economics teacher, but a filial son!

Zhu Cihong was not worried that time was too tight, and there was no time to build roads or palaces in the local area.

Because all entrepreneurs have a trump card:

Bounce!

There are always surprises, so a delay of a few days is always understandable.

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