Good son-in-law of the Ming Dynasty

What should be done with the residence newspaper, and what content should be published, is related to the important affairs of the new monarch's personal administration.For this reason, Su Mu was actually sent by the Queen Mother Zhang and the emperor to be the governor of the General Administration Department, and he was actually a little guilty of producing such a report that was all about boasting about the Holy King.

Even if Mr. Wu attracted firepower in front, once the matter is exposed, there is no guarantee that he will not be dug out by the civil servants.

At this time, Su Mu suddenly woke up.Empress Dowager Zhang and the emperor actually valued him very much. In order to protect him, Su Mu, they sent Wu Shiqi along with him.

Thinking of this, Su Mu didn't care about bumping into bad luck, and strode into the hall.

The two of them bowed to each other: "Su Mu, my subordinate, has seen Huazuo Tongzheng and Wu's experience."

Neither Wu Shiqi nor Hua Cha paid any attention to Su Mu, they still looked at each other like red-eyed bulls, with heavy snorting sounds from their noses, obviously on the verge of an explosion.

Su Mu pretended to smile calmly, straightened up, and refilled their teacups with some water.Pretending to be nonchalant, he asked, "Dare to ask, my lords, what is wrong with this edition of the mansion newspaper?"

Hearing his question, Huacha ruthlessly threw the just-published sample draft on the table: "In this issue of the mansion newspaper, there is an excerpt from the magistrate of Shangyuan County, which said that there was a wealthy family in the area who mortgaged their land. Buy [-] looms and attract weavers with high salaries. This brochure cannot be published.”

Su Mu was secretly relieved when he heard that what he said was another matter, not any opinion on the mansion newspaper he compiled.

Pick up the sample from the table and turn to that page.

In fact, he also had some impressions of this brochure, which said that the rich man saw that textiles were profitable.He gave away the land under his name under low pressure and started a textile factory.Although the scale is small, it will be ten times as profitable as farming in one year.

As for the land he mortgaged, after the people in the bank took it, they didn't hire anyone to cultivate it, and let it go to waste.

The reason is simple - labor in Nanjing is too expensive.

Generally strong labor, if you go to a weaving factory, or go to the water transport to work.It only takes two or three months, and it is worth a year's harvest of farming.

Therefore, there are not many people farming.The reason why most people don't abandon the wasteland is that they grow and eat for themselves.

This is also a unique phenomenon of economic development to a certain stage, which Su Mu has seen a lot in later generations.

This is a purely economic behavior, and it is difficult for others to say anything.

But the problem is, other people in that person's clan saw that this person's life was so strong that it didn't benefit the clan, so they became jealous.So he sued him for the reason of abandoning the land and ruining the ancestral property, saying that he wanted to take all the land back to the public.

If the land has been abandoned for several years and its fertility has been exhausted, it is considered to be completely deserted.

After this matter went to court, the magistrate also felt that it was really a big deal.The rich family who started a textile factory was sentenced to hire farmers to re-cultivate the abandoned farmland.

The reason why Su Mu compiled this matter into the mansion newspaper was that he didn't think too much about it, he just found it interesting.In fact, since the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the buds of capitalism have flourished in the south of the Yangtze River, gradually affecting all aspects of society.The new way of production and lifestyle will inevitably have a certain impact on the relatively closed and rigid society, presumably some people of insight have already realized this.

Although this case is not big, it is representative to a certain extent.Conflicts involving productivity and production relations, scissors difference in industrial and agricultural products, private property rights and patriarchal society.

Su Mu was also bookish, so he casually included this memorial in this issue of the mansion newspaper.In his view, this is a signal of the germination of new productivity and production relations. It is very valuable as a specimen, and it should be collected to leave some historical materials for future generations.

Since Master Hua didn't find anything inappropriate in this issue of the mansion newspaper, Su Mu didn't have anything to worry about.

Since he doesn't want to publish this article, just don't post it.

After hearing his words, Su Mu smiled and said to Hua Cha: "Hua Zuo Tongzheng thinks there is something wrong with this matter?"

Hua Cha snorted: "As a magistrate of Shangyuan County, it is the responsibility of the local Zhengyin official to reward Nongsang. The rich man abandoned his business and must be dealt with strictly. Publishing his book in the residence newspaper, wouldn't it be a gift to the world Is it a signal that the court wants to encourage business?"

Only then did Su Mu suddenly realize that the status of industrial and commercial owners in this era is very low.The mainstream view in the society is that there is a certain amount of wealth in the world, and businessmen do not generate wealth, which is within the scope of the crackdown.

For the imperial court, this is a big issue of right and wrong, and it cannot be sloppy.

He hurriedly said: "This issue of the Di Bao was compiled by the lower officials. Since Hua Zuo Tongzheng said so, the lower officials will take it down and put another one up."

Seeing what Su Mu said, Hua Cha nodded in satisfaction: "Okay, let's do it this way."

"How can it be like this?" Wu Shiqi was drinking water from his cup, when he heard the words, he slammed the club heavily on the table, and reprimanded Su Mu: "Su Mu, I thought you were a scholar with integrity before, but I don't want you to blindly vote for your boss. Well, look at your current appearance, you still have the seeds of reading on your body. There is nothing wrong with this Shangyuan County booklet. Isn’t the farmland of the rich households hired to cultivate it? Besides, today’s imperial grain National taxes are mostly paid in money, and don’t necessarily have to be in kind?”

Hua Cha was furious: "Isn't this the "One Whip Law" discussed by the cabinet? The late Emperor said this new law when he was there. On the surface, it seems that it can solve the embarrassment of the government in one fell swoop, but in fact there are many loopholes and drawbacks. Section is not feasible."

Hearing what he said, Su Mu was taken aback. Didn't he come up with this whip technique, but not many people knew that Su Mu was the one who started it.

Mr. Wu retorted: "Why is there a loophole? I have worked in the local government for a year, and most of the local taxes are paid directly in silver and copper coins. As for the real goods, to be honest, it is too troublesome, and there is a lot of manpower and material resources consumed. That's the real downside."

The old gentleman is not a person who can't change his past. After working as a local official for a year, he has changed from an idealist to a pragmatist.

In the final analysis, Mr. Wu's political ideas are still consistent with Su Mu's in many ways.

However, at this time, Su Mu didn't care about being happy, he just felt that the old man was really busy.Huacha wants to withdraw this manuscript, just ask him to withdraw it, what are you doing out of the ordinary?

"A local job for a year?" Hua Cha suddenly sneered loudly: "I have forgotten that Mr. Wu has been an official in Yangzhou for a few months, and later even became a transfer envoy of the Changlu Salt Transport Envoy. Great official, so majestic, so murderous!"