golden scales

Seeing that his sons finally showed serious expressions, Wu Hao just took a sip of tea and continued: "We don't need those properties in the clan. In the future, when those cousins ​​ask you, they will help if they can. Bang Zeshe, today I don’t like deeply rooted wealthy families.”

Although Wu Zhen is an extremely personable minister and the ruler of the world, he is just an ordinary child in the clan, and he may have influence, but he has absolutely no decision-making power. Therefore, at his age, he is too lazy to undertake clan obligations and plan for the entire clan. up.

The scholars followed Wu Tong when they were very young, and they hadn't stayed in their hometown much. Many relatives couldn't recognize each other, let alone worry about it, so they nodded one after another.

"Brother," Wu Xin said, "you are the most unconventional among brothers, and you are good at communicating with people. This is your strength."

The eldest son was quite relieved to hear this, as it was not easy to get his father's approval.

"It's a pity that I was so frivolous." Wu Tong made a turning point, and immediately made his son's face full of shame.

"Your house, you can start a business in the future." Wu Sheng said.

Da Lang of the Wu family immediately knelt on the ground, tears streaming down his face, and said, "Father, is your son so unbearable in your eyes?"

Wu Zhen sighed and said: "You have shallow eyes and a frivolous temper. If you become an official, you will surely kill yourself and implicate your brothers. It is better to be a businessman. In the future, donate a private title. It is both rich and expensive. Why not do it? Besides, traders have never It’s not a cheap career, in the future, if your descendants have the talents of the sky, silver bullets will open the way, and it will be easier to enter politics.”

Only then did Wu Jia Dalang get up and stand up, still with a sad expression on his face.

"Second child," Wu Chen said. "You are quite accomplished in miscellaneous studies. I think you should take the road of museums and libraries in the future. That is the road of cleanliness, and you should pay more attention to the education of your nephews in the future."

Wu's second favorite is reading, tasting tea, flowers and birds, calligraphy and painting, music... Simply put, he is a player.When he was born, Wu Zhen was already an official, and his family was well-off, so he never had the self-motivation like his elder brother.Since the establishment of the library and museum, the second elder brother often hangs around, quite happy.

"Tomorrow, you will come with me to pay New Year's greetings at the son-in-law's mansion." Wu Chen said.

"Thank you, father, for making this happen." Of course, the second child of the Wu family knew that this son-in-law must be the princess's son-in-law, Fu Mei.Fu Mei is now in charge of the National Museum.He is very famous among scholars.

The elder of the Wu family took a look at his younger brother, feeling somewhat unfair.

"Third," Wu Yan picked up the tea, "You go to America."

"Ah?" The youngest son collapsed on the ground immediately, quickly gathered his legs, and cried: "Father! If the son did something wrong, don't bother beating and scolding him. Don't drive him away."

Now the development of the land of the Americas is on a wave, and all powerful families have also sent people to mine gold mines and reclaim wasteland for planting.However, at most, a housekeeper will be assigned, and even bastards and distant relatives will not be given this kind of work that is similar to exile.What's more, America is not peaceful. I heard that King Jing has already fought two battles with Xiyi there.

"You didn't do anything wrong." Wu Yan didn't show any emotion, but said: "The land of America is almost as long as the whole of Daming. You will spread out there, do business and gain a foothold. Take care of each other with your elder brother. No matter where If something goes wrong, there is always a way out. The so-called three caves of the cunning rabbit, maybe the three of you understand?"

"Then let the eldest brother go, I don't want to go." The youngest son knelt on the ground and muttered.

"His son is not good. Your kid is good." Wu Sheng was already a little impatient in his heart, but his tone did not change.

"Yu'er? Why is he so good?" the third child of the Wu family asked suspiciously.

"Familiar with current affairs." Wu Tong put it simply, already feeling a little tired.

As the prime minister of a country, his city government has decided that he will not speak clearly.Now I say this because my son is not good enough.If it is a tool, they should arrange these things themselves.

"Actually, the royal family is the leader of the world." Wu Yan stood up, stretched his waist slightly, and said, "The royal family values ​​land, and the world values ​​land. The royal family values ​​commerce, and the world values ​​commerce. See for yourself, What is the royal family doing now, do they still think that business is a cheap business, and America is a land of exile?"

After all, Wu Xuan didn't care about his three sons, and went to rest in the inner hall.

……

"Do you think the emperor is leading the world forward? Wrong! Big mistake!" Zhu Cilang called the crown prince Zhu Hegui into the inner room of the study, and asked Lu Suyao to guard the door. No one was allowed to approach, which shows his prudence.

Zhu and Gui were quite dissatisfied and did not answer.

"The emperor was pushed away by the people of the world." Zhu Cihong said earnestly: "The so-called those who win the hearts of the people win the world, haven't you thought about it carefully?

"People in the world want to farm land and live in peace, so the royal family can only cooperate with them, emphasizing agriculture and farming. People in the world want to do business to get rich, and the royal family can only cooperate with them and encourage business. The "Thirteen Strategies for Prospering Agriculture" you submitted , have you figured out whose side you are on?"

As soon as Zhu Cihong returned to the palace, he had just settled down with his two sons, the youngest toddler son who was teasing, and the eldest son Zhu Hegui came in and presented a draft of "Thirteen Strategies for Prospering Agriculture".

Thanks to his cleverness, it is only a draft, if it is written as a memorial and sent up, Zhu Cihong may even have the idea of ​​abolishing the crown prince.

In the "Thirteen Strategies for Prospering Agriculture", the most critical ones are: reset the guards, stop soldiers for farming, increase business taxes, and encourage farming and mulberry.

Among these four, the first two are slapping Zhu Cihong in the face.Because the abolition of health centers is the core of Longjing's new policy, which completely integrates the country's land and population and enhances the country's ability to mobilize.In another time and space, the ruling ability of the early Qing Dynasty was far inferior to that of the late Ming Dynasty. Why did the land and population more than double in the late Ming Dynasty?It was precisely because the Manchu Qing abolished the Weisuo, and the land and population under the name of the Weisuo were investigated.

Now that the guards are set up again, on the surface, it will reduce the financial burden of the country, and the army will support itself, but in fact it will destroy the mobilization ability of the imperial court and restrain the strength of the empire to use troops to fight abroad.Two generations later, the guard officers degenerated into landlords and became members of the scholar-bureaucrat class again.

From this point of view, the Pope Prince, a strategist, is also a genius.

It's a pity that he got an emperor with a century-old insight.

"Father, the emperor and the scholar-bureaucrats rule the world together. Didn't the scholar-bureaucrats come from the farm?" Zhu Hegui said without fear: "Nowadays, the country emphasizes business. In the future, there will be small talkers in the court. If things go on like this, the country will not be a country!"

"Ha," Zhu Cihong was amused, "Scholar-bureaucrats come from farms? You go and find out how many scholar-bureaucrats have no merchants in their families after the Wanli Dynasty! You cling to the theory of scholars, farmers, businessmen, but you can't see that they use the land as their foundation." Root. Do you want to benefit yourself by doing business?"

The salaries of officials in the Ming Dynasty are probably the lowest in history, but the treatment given to scholars in the Ming Dynasty is the highest.Therefore, there were poor scholars in the Ming Dynasty, but there were endless promotions for poor Jinshi, because when it reached the level of Juren, there would naturally be people who would take the initiative to seek refuge.

When it comes to the Jinshi class, even if their family has only three acres of Susukida, there must be people from their clan doing business under their banner.To evade tariffs, give them "tribute" every year.To put it bluntly, this is a dividend, but it is disguised as a gift from relatives.

After all, the crown prince is too young to understand the operation of this society.

"Son, if you put the country's focus on farming, the country's income can only come from the fields. The burden on the people will increase. The income of the court will decrease. Natural disasters will cause disasters. And the status of businessmen is difficult to improve, so they will be with the country. Abandoned and detached, only caring for one's own family and disregarding the country. The result? It's a robbery and a new comeback." Zhu Cihong said earnestly.

"Father, if the country puts emphasis on agriculture and the people live and work in peace and contentment, where would the rebellion come from?" Zhu and Gui raised their heads and asked, rather questioningly.

Lu Suyao heard the sound inside from the outside, although she couldn't hear it clearly, her heartbeat was still abnormal.One is worried about the emperor, and the other is worried about the crown prince.

Faced with his son's questioning, Zhu Cihong felt helpless, called his son over, held his hand, and said softly: "You can see that scholars and farmers are the most expensive, and businessmen are cheap, so you should understand that there are people in this world. Wait, right?"

Joo and Kyu seemed unwilling to accept this statement, but nodded anyway.

"These grades are like steps, and my father calls them classes." Zhu Cihong carefully worded his words, not daring to let out the beast of "class struggle" all at once.

The 13-year-old Crown Prince already had a certain level of logical ability, so he nodded again.

"Classes are roughly divided into two classes: the propertied class who have mastered social resources, and the proletariat who have not mastered social resources." Zhu Cihong said: "For individuals, class is not constant. For example, the children of farm laborers are originally proletarians. Studying and progressing, mastering the resources needed for production, that is, mastering social resources, and becoming a propertied class. The original sons and daughters of officials, because they did not seek to make progress, sold their ancestral property, and changed from having resources to becoming naked people. It's a retreat to the proletariat. Do you understand?"

The crown prince thought for a while, and said, "Is this the case in my family?"

"That's right," Zhu Cihong was slightly relieved, "Emperor Taizu Gao was originally a poor man, but a member of the proletariat. Later, he expelled the barbarians, rebuilt China, and ruled the world. This is the head of the propertied class. "

The crown prince nodded, expressing his understanding.

"However, as far as the whole world is concerned, the class is constant." Zhu Cihong said: "People come in and out of it, but in the end some people control others, and some people control others. That is to say, no matter how the world changes, the two Classes are always there."

Zhu Hegui thought for a while and nodded again.

"Now I ask you as a father, with whom does my family rule the world?"

"It's... to rule the world with the property owners." Zhu Hegui thought for a while, and although he still couldn't understand the exact concept of social resources, he still got this multiple-choice question right.He immediately said again: "Father, if you give the people land, they will be property owners!"

"It's good if you can understand this." Zhu Cihong breathed a sigh of relief: "There are two types of property owners, those with little property, and those with a fortune. Do you think a farmer with only two acres of land and a man with wealth Wanguan Juren, who speaks more usefully?"

The answer to this question involving social influence may not be a simple one or the other, but the Crown Prince chose the latter simply.

"That's right," Zhu Cihong took advantage of the situation, "On the surface, the Tian family is the most useful and influential in the world. In reality? If the people below want to get rich through business, but the Tian family still sticks to the fields, What do you think is going to happen?"

"They are unfaithful!" Zhu Hegui exclaimed: "They should advance and retreat with my family!"

"Yes, they were disloyal, and the result is indeed the same, so there will be a catastrophe for the country." Zhu Cihong said: "The court is stretched, but they are extravagant. They would rather throw money into the water than give it to the court."

A murderous look appeared on Zhu Hegui's face.

"But what can you do? Before the national change, your ancestors asked for help several times, but no one was willing to help. Could it be possible to raid their homes?" Zhu Cihong said: "Because you have already moved to another class, they These people who have mastered social resources regard you as an enemy, who will help you?"

"Father is too pessimistic, there are always loyal ministers!" Zhu Hegui said confidently.

"Loyal ministers?" Zhu Cihong sneered: "Go and see how much money loyal ministers have in their families, and how many people listen to what they say. There was a Hai Rui in the Jiajing Dynasty. It's a pity that he is not loyal to the emperor, but to the famous religion! If you want to protect Jia Bingguo, the only way is to always stand on the side of the general trend and never go against the trend."

Seeing his son's disapproval, Zhu Cihong said again: "Do you know the King of England? Charles I, he was publicly executed by the upstarts in the court. That was ten years ago."

"England also has such reckless people!" Zhu Hegui was quite shocked.

"So, it is very important to stand in line, especially the Tian family." Zhu Cihong said: "After Wanli, the national resources have been transferred to the hands of the businessmen, while the royal family still stands in the position of the landlord. The result? These businessmen blindly demand Increase taxes to transfer the pressure of the country to the land, and once someone wants to mobilize business taxes, they will attack them in groups.

"The dispute between Donglin and the eunuch party is, in the final analysis, a conflict of interests. So when the eunuch party gains power, the state's commercial tax exceeds one million. But Donglin's so-called crowd is benefiting the court, but the imperial court can't collect commercial tax."

"This..." The crown prince had never considered the issue of national taxation, so he was at a loss for words.

"Being a father not only promotes industry and commerce, but also brings the Tian family to the road of industry and commerce. In this way, the imperial court has sufficient taxes for industry and commerce, can build water conservancy, carry out basic construction, and truly occupy more than [-]% of the country's peasant talents. Live and work in peace and contentment." Zhu Cihong said: "Now there are people who want to bring you back to the old way, to let the painstaking efforts of being a father go to waste, and let the powerful family still monopolize the business profits. Who do you think this kind of person is?"

"Yes..." The crown prince just wanted to defend the gentlemen, but he endured it and said, "It's not a traitor either."

If Zhu Cihong wanted to know who was instigating the crown prince behind his back, he didn't need to ask the crown prince at all. Could it be that those people are really fake factory guards?In fact, Zhu Cihong didn't care about these little bugs at all. Anyone who was really capable knew that now was definitely not a good time, and he had to wait for the emperor to do something if he wanted to change his country.

Maybe these little bedbugs are the bait thrown out by those people, with the intention of scaring the snake away.

"You will become the son of heaven in the future," Zhu Cihong sighed, "The fate of the Tian family is in your hands. If you go against the way of heaven, my family will be smashed to pieces. If you can follow the way of heaven, the country will naturally last forever."

"But the way of heaven is too small..." the crown prince felt helpless.

"Actually, your ancestors have pointed it out to you." Zhu Cihong sighed: "The heart of the people is the heart of heaven. If the people want to eat and eat salt, you must master grain and salt; if the people want to wear clothes, you must master cotton and satin; To live and work in peace and contentment, you have to control the real estate and position. Of course, the royal family can’t take care of everything in one hand, so at the core, only the royal family and the imperial court are in charge. The second-class can be controlled by the royal family and the people. Once again If you wait, it will be handed over to private capital. Just go and see the equity held by the royal family in the world's industries and you will know."

Although Zhu Hegui was full of doubts, he still nodded.

Zhu Cilang called Lu Suyao in, and ordered: "Suyao, sort out a list of the royal property and hand it to the Crown Prince."

Lu Suyao was a little puzzled, but she agreed immediately.

This list is not difficult to sort out. The Supervisor of Rituals has to organize it once a month, and then archive it, which belongs to the emperor's family archives.If the foreign court wants to know how many family properties the royal family has, they can only search carefully from the announcements in the newspapers.If this kind of patience and meticulousness cannot be achieved, it is naturally impossible to know the emperor's layout.

Zhu Cihong believed that given the size of the world, there would be such people, but there would never be many of them.

At least there is no such person around the crown prince.

If there is, the crown prince will never be allowed to present something like "Thirteen Strategies for Xingnong" that is bound to be slapped in the face.

In fact, Zhu Hegui had the opportunity to see this list a long time ago, because every fiscal year, the supervisor of ceremonies will submit a copy to the emperor when he completes the report.The emperor will also order a copy to the crown prince.It's just that the crown prince didn't care about these money matters, he just took a last look at the balance and never looked at the details above.

This time, since the emperor made it clear, Zhu Hegui finally took the patience to study the royal property rights structure carefully.

What surprised him was that his father's layout was not as he said, mastering basic necessities of life, food, housing and transportation.The Royal's largest equity is only in two pieces: oil and coal and iron.In these two industries, the royal family occupies more than 50.00% of the shares, involving all large mines registered in the country.

The second is education.Almost every university has a royal shareholding, and the proportion varies from wholly-owned to 30.00%, but it will never be lower than 30.00%.The equity return in this area is also the lowest. Except for Jingshi University and Royal Institute of Technology, all other schools are at a loss.

The reason why Jingshi University and Royal Institute of Technology can make profits is because most of the imperial court projects are given to them.Wulin University, which is also owned by the royal family, has almost no profit because it cannot get the imperial court project.

Why is that?

Zhu Hegui tilted his head, unable to understand.

Then came the carriage and horse dealership, the carriage factory, the boat dealer and the shipyard.This is finally the "travel" in food, clothing, housing and transportation, but the proportion is only [-] to [-]%, which is not too much, and the imperial court holds a slightly higher share, and private capital is also involved.

Zhu and Gui looked at it for a whole day, and finally decided to ask Mr. what is the mystery behind it. (to be continued~^~)

PS: I will make more and more when I am free today, and less and more when I am busy. I hope everyone can understand.