I am the king of the dead

"Mr. Hu said that this is also the way of benevolence and forgiveness."

Zhu Qiyu looked at Zhu Jiancheng, thought carefully about these two ways of benevolence and forgiveness, and asked with a smile: "Then, as a prince, prince, and future emperor, what do you think should be done?"

Zhu Jiancheng hesitated for a long time, and then tentatively said: "I think Mencius is right. The emperor and the court can't bring meat eaters to eat people, but Mencius didn't give a way. Master Hu said the way. Wang Xueshi said that he wanted the emperor to practice virtue, and billions of trillions looked up to him and believed that he would do it."

"According to Wang Xueshi, as a son of heaven, it is enough to cultivate virtue, and everyone in the world should follow suit. The reason is very good, and the logic is very smooth, but I think it is useless..."

Zhu Qiyu looked at Zhu Jiancheng and continued to ask, "Why do you think it's useless?"

Zhu Jiancheng said quite seriously: "Saints like Confucius and Mencius, their virtues and their words have been passed down through the ages, but even the family of Yan Shenggong can't follow their virtues and principles. To truly touch people’s hearts, it still needs to be put into action.”

Zhu Qiyu said quite satisfied: "Cheng'er, you have already understood the four words Confucian skin and Fagu."

Zhu Qiyu couldn't help thinking of the sentence that Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty said when he was educating the prince, the prince is also the one who messed up my Han family. Later, Emperor Han Yuan really missed the Han family.

Under the training of Hu Mei, Zhu Jiancheng finally understood a lot of truths in the world. Although he didn't understand at that time, he took notes carefully, and when he encountered something in the future, he would naturally understand it.

Of course, the weapons of criticism cannot replace the criticism of weapons, and material power can only be destroyed by material power.

"So I'm wondering whether Mr. Hu's father is right or Mr. Wang is right." Zhu Jiancheng expressed his doubts. He was a little confused when he changed teachers.

Zhu Qiyu looked at Zhu Jiancheng and said with certainty: "You already have the answer. You call Teacher Hu's father is teacher's father, and you call Wang Xueshi is bachelor."

The words Hu Wei said were indeed cruel enough, and they had left a deep imprint on Zhu Jiancheng's heart. These imprints had already affected Zhu Jiancheng's world outlook, values, and outlook on life.

"Thank you, father, for clarifying the confusion." Zhu Jiancheng also suddenly realized when he heard that, it turned out that he already had the answer in his heart, and he just needed his father to confirm it.

Zhu Qiyu looked at Zhu Jiancheng and said: "From tomorrow onwards, follow me to the Beijing camp to practice military horses. As a son of heaven, if you don't have military talent, God will not reward you, but you still have to master horseback riding and bow shooting."

"Be careful yourself. At the beginning, Li Chengqian broke his leg because of riding and shooting. Later, his personality became eccentric. Be careful that someone will attack you."

When Zhu Qiyu spoke to his son, he didn't have so many cloudy words. He was straightforward and told him that the prince is not so easy to do, especially now that Zhu Jiancheng has a younger brother, who is also the first son, the second heir of Ming Dynasty, and the old party members What kind of crazy thing will you do when you find that you can't change the deep-rooted three views of the prince?

Zhu Jiancheng stood up, looked at his father, straightened his chest and said: "When my father was here, Mr. Hu, I explained to my son why my father refused to move to live in the palace. My son will always remember my father's teaching!"

It is not easy to be a prince in the past dynasties, and protecting yourself from harm is the top priority.

Zhu Jiancheng left, Zhu Qiyu looked at Zhu Jiancheng's back and smiled, and continued to review the complicated memorials.

He was appointed as the third rank of the imperial censor of Zuodu, and the governor of Nanjing Grain Store, Xuanxuan, once again wrote a letter to beg for the bones, but Zhu Qiyu was still not allowed. Xuanxuan is an extremely clean and honest official. If it wasn't for Hai Gangfeng Hai Rui, Xuanfu would be the most honest official of the Ming Dynasty, the governor. In the 12 years of Qianliang, there has never been a single mistake.

There was a bamboo box behind Xuanxuan's salute when he took office, and he was called a layman. At that time, Zhu Qiyu thought he was putting on a show. As a result, in the past 12 years, this layman was still a layman, and he refused to be greedy for ink. The salary is indeed enough for his family.

Jiangnan money and food is the lifeblood of Daming, it is the key inspection target of Ji Sheng, and the key anti-corruption target of the Anti-Corruption Department. Wang Ao and Ji Sheng have been watching for more than ten years, but they have not found any problems.

At the same time that he was not allowed to become an official, Zhu Qiyu posthumously bestowed Xuanxuan's father, Xuangui, as a senior official, Zuodu censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, his mother Liu, and stepmother Zhang as wives. Brocade, weaving auspicious cloud patterns, Jingtai Zhibao riding seams and stamping, besides the solemn imperial decree, there are also a bunch of gifts, in addition to this, there is also a first merit card, which was given to Xuanxuan.

The emperor of the Ming Dynasty can take out the jacquard colorful brocade for mounting, obviously Xuanxuan has been approved by the emperor.

In this cumbersome memorial, what makes Zhu Qiyu quite dissatisfied is that someone impeached Yuan Bin. The reason for the impeachment was that Yuan Bin was unfaithful to the Japanese. In the Seto Inland Sea, China was established as the assistant, and Yuan Bin was impeached for being disloyal to His Majesty.

Knowing the Japanese is a big crime, and it really needs to be labeled, Tang Xing is the one who knows the Japanese the most.

Zhu Qiyu asked Xing'an and Lu Zhong to find out what was going on, only to find out that it was Yuan Bin who blocked some people's money.

Yuan Bin’s Shanye Yuan Gongfang occupies three major silver mountains in the country of Japan. The Japanese silver is directly sent to the national and domestic funds every year, causing the Ming sea merchants to sell goods to the country of Japan. Sulfur, Japanese women, copper and other things.

"I just made a rule to exile Xiguan, a town north of the Tianshan Mountains. Look, someone bumped into me." Zhu Qiyu took the memorial and said to Xing'an: "The Minister of the Ministry of Officials, Wang Ao, is staring at him. Zuoshu, I don’t even know how I died.”

Wang Yu, You Buzheng of Guangxi, was born in Ninghai, Taizhou Prefecture, Zhejiang Province. His family has been a maritime merchant for generations. Wang Yu’s memorial is obviously an extension of the imperial court’s inability to “compete with the people for profit”. The Ming Dynasty is very big, and Zhu Qiyu can tolerate criticism. Voice, if it's just this melody, Zhu Qiyu wouldn't do anything to him.

The point is that this Wang Yu is a corrupt official and has already been targeted by Wang Ao.

There was a civil uprising in Guangxi that broke through the prefectures and counties, and it has been put down by the Guangxi military officer Taining Hou Chen Jing and the Guangdong military officer Ou Xin.

Ye Sheng, the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, and Wu Zhenjie, the censor of the capital of Guangxi, both passed the inspection of the anti-corruption department, but Wang Yu, the right minister, did not. Wang Yu indulged his nephew Wang Shou to guard the Guangxi government treasury. Wang Shou didn't dare to burn the warehouse with fire dragons, and extorted money in order to close the warehouse, which caused Miao people's livelihood to change.

This matter was still supervised by Xu Youzhen, the governor of the Xiupinglu Canal in Guangxi.

Wang Yu's beheading was shown to the public, and his family members, including Wang Shou, were exiled to Xiguan, which was the final result of Zhu Qiyu's handling of this civil uprising. Wang Shou and other important criminals will be executed after the court meeting is over after the investigation and supplementation is over.

It will take at least a year for this to come and go. This is a manifestation of the rigidity of the Ming system, but it can also avoid the occurrence of unjust, false and wrongly decided cases.

According to Yu Shiyue, Shangshu of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, the facts of the crime are clear, and all the stolen goods were obtained. Xu Youzhen found nearly 50 silver from Wang Shou's house, which was enough to hack ten times. To handle the driver's license case, Yu Shiyue had no choice but to follow the procedure and let Wang Yu live in prison for an extra year.

Yu Qian didn't know what to say about this case. The governor of Nanjing Grain Reserve Xuanxuan just showed the integrity of the literati and gave the literati a long face. Here, the right minister Wang Yu committed 50 yuan of corruption When the big case came, His Majesty relaxed a little bit from the knots of civil servants, and Wang Yu tightened up again.

Reality be damned.

Among the captives of the Miao people's rebellion, there was a list of castrated Miao people who were going to enter the palace. Zhu Qiyu originally planned to criticize Zhu directly, but suddenly saw a name, circled him alone and said: "This Wang Zhi from Dayengxia, Guiping County, Guangxi, sent to the palace. Go to King Yi's mansion and be a great companion to King Yi."

Wang Zhi, a close comrade-in-arms of Zhu Jianshen of Emperor Xianzong of the Ming Dynasty, a friend of Bo Wangyue of Weining, Duke of Xichang, perfected the martial arts system, presided over Chenghua Liting, and lived in Liaodong for a long time. He was one of the few eunuchs in Ming Dynasty with military talent.

9 Chapter Eighty

"Your Majesty, the Salt and Iron Conference is about to begin." Xing'an carefully reminded His Majesty the Supreme Emperor that the ministers of the monthly Salt and Iron Conference have arrived at Juxian Pavilion and are waiting for His Majesty the Emperor.

Zhu Qiyu reviewed the last memorial. This is a memorial from Jiaozhi. There are many poisonous snakes in Guangxi, Guangdong, and Jiaozhi. Regarding how to eliminate poisonous snakes and how to treat snake venom, the governors of Jiaozhi in Guangdong and Guangxi have come up with specific plans. The Xie Jie Yuan also started a whole round of discussions on the issue of snake venom.

The research plan given by Jie Jieyuan is very inhumane, but the Ling Chi criminals in Xi Jie Yuan have been deprived of their qualifications as human beings, so Zhu Qiyu still criticizes this kind of Ling Chi criminal plan.

Ran Siniang hadn't come to the backyard for six months. Zhu Qiyu wondered what Ran Siniang was studying, but every time they met, Ran Siniang, who was a little tired, kept silent about her work.

Zhu Qiyu picked up the memo, looked it over, and came to the Salt and Iron Conference Hall in Daming. The Salt and Iron Conference lasted for 15 years, and the 167th Salt and Iron Conference was held as scheduled. Seven volumes of 160 were not written, and only about [-] volumes were written. Not every session of the Salt and Iron Conference has something to say, and most of the consecutive sessions are discussions on one issue.

Hu Wei was still alive, and the compilation of "Jingtai Salt and Iron New Theory" was completely presided over by Hu Wei. After Hu Wei passed away, the compilation work was handed over to Yao Kui, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, and Li Binyan, envoy of the third department of planning and provinces.

The [-]-volume "Jingtai Salt and Iron New Theory" is also a must-read for Confucian scholars in the Ming Dynasty. If there is no way to express one's position, then it is not so deliberate to test some views on the theory of salt and iron, and to put on a layer of learning.

"See Your Majesty, Your Majesty's Blessings."

"Your Majesty is mighty!"

When civil and military officials greeted each other, Zhu Qiyu stretched out his hand and signaled everyone to sit down and talk. The Salt and Iron Conference was not a serious political meeting. It can determine the direction of financial affairs.

There are many topics in this salt and iron conference.

"Your Majesty, there is some money shortage again." Shen Yi, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, raised an issue at the beginning of the article, and then began a summary.

The Ministry of Households discussed the money law and banknote law again. With the gradual improvement of Ming's productivity and the continuous enrichment of commodities, Daming may fall into the money shortage again. Li Binyan, the third secretary, also expressed his concern about the money shortage.

The Ministry of War put forward a very interesting point of view. He believed that war has a compensatory effect on the economy, that is, the blessing of war disaster.

In the view of the Ministry of War, technological discovery and progress during the war can partially increase the productivity of individuals or regions, and then drive the improvement of the productivity of the entire society.

After Zhu Qiyu heard everyone's remarks, he said: "We should first be clear about one thing: productivity is equal to purchasing power, not a special commodity such as money. To measure purchasing power sounds really absurd, even against common sense. .”

"Let me think slowly, how to explain this kind of economic phenomenon that goes against common sense more subtly. If you can understand that productivity is the essence of purchasing power, the Ministry of Households will understand why I still insist on money law, and the Ministry of War will also understand. Even if it is not a war in one's own country, war is never a blessing."

In the 15th year, the Emperor of Ming Dynasty launched many wars abroad. From the 14th year of Zhengtong, the Ming Dynasty has experienced the Battle of the Capital, the Battle of Xuanfu, the Battle of Jining, the Battle of Hetao, the personal conquest to suppress the rebellion, the reunification of Jiaozhi, the expedition and the forest , Restoring the Old Port, the Battle of Liaodong, and the ongoing expedition to Kang.

Really, when it comes to Shiquan martial arts, the emperor Zhu Qiyu really has Shiquan martial arts.

The ones that can really be regarded as the scale of the battle include: the Battle of the Capital, the Pro-Conquest to Counter the Rebellion, the Refuge of Jiaozhi and the Expedition to Helin, and the rest are just the continuation of these four key battles.

His Majesty the Great Emperor, who has been emperor for 15 years and launched four large-scale wars, has the nerve to say that wars are not blessings?

"Yes." Zhu Qiyu said with a smile: "Everyone, listen to me tell a story."

Yu Qian's heart shivered, and he sat up straight with a serious face. It's fine if His Majesty doesn't tell a story. Whenever he tells a story, Yu Qian trembles a little. Haoyou, if you are not careful when eating pork, you will be hit hard by the dying pig, but when the sheep is facing the knife, it will only tremble non-stop.

Yu Qian thought that there were no people like sheep in this world. As a result, most of the Tianzhu people under the Timur Kingdom were sheep.

Going to India to grow cotton has become a new way for the rich and powerful of the Ming Dynasty to make a fortune. The scale of the cotton industry in India is almost surpassing the scale of the cotton industry in Songjiang Prefecture.

The Tianzhu people don't even need to be castrated, they will work obediently. The religion there can only be said to be more conducive to the rule of the invaders after many invasions and improvements.

Zhu Qiyu looked around and said: "Today, I drove out in a car and smashed the door of a rice noodle shop, but I am the emperor, and the owner of the rice noodle shop disturbed the holy driver, so it will be good if I don't cut him down. I won’t pay him for his appearance.”

Yu Qian immediately bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty, this story is unreasonable. Jin Yiwei will not let such a thing happen, and His Majesty will not not lose money."

His Majesty asked the eunuchs to pay for some snacks, let alone such things.

This kind of assumption can be assumed by others, but it cannot be assumed on His Majesty. The emperor, whose holy name is innocent and meritorious, has no loss.

Even His Majesty the Emperor himself cannot tarnish the honorable name of His Majesty the Emperor.

Zhu Qiyu thought for a while, and then said: "A family member in a certain yamen was eager to buy rice, so he kicked open the door of the rice noodle shop, bought rice and walked away, a group of people gathered around, chattering Talking about the door of the rice noodle shop and the rice bags lying on the ground, after a while, some people began to think rationally."

"This rice buyer who is good at rational thinking said: There is a good side behind this bad thing. Look, this door is broken. Does the craftsman who repaired the door have a job? If the door is never closed Bad, this door business, how can you make money? The craftsman who repairs the door takes the money, and then goes to buy things from other merchants. Doesn’t this promote the economy and consumption? Does it promote employment? And then come to this Here comes a fallacy."

"The yamen family who kicked the door are not only not a scourge of society, but also great benevolent people who benefit everyone."

Zhu Qiyu unscrewed the teacup and asked the officials to consume the absurdity of this story.

Wang Hu, the right servant of the household department, asked puzzledly: "I am stupid, although I feel that it is not right, what this person said is indeed reasonable, it seems that this door is broken, but it is a good thing, what is the problem? Woolen cloth?"

Hubu Langzhong, Guozijian Jijiu, and Jixing Wu Jing pondered for a moment and said: "The owner of the rice noodle shop is the one who suffered the loss. He should have gone to the tailor's shop to buy a piece of clothing with the money from repairing the door, but he couldn't go to the tailor. Buy ready-made clothes, because the money goes to the artisan who repairs the door, not to the tailor."

"The positive role played by the doormaker should have been the role played by the tailor in the clothing store."

"We ignore the tailor because the tailor never appears in the story and won't appear, which is a typical fallacy."

"Of course." Zhu Qiyu clapped his hands and said with a smile: "Sure enough, he is a teacher of arithmetic, with rigorous logic."

"Let's first look at the statement of the blessings of war given by the Ministry of War. Huge acts of destruction can benefit people endlessly. This is obviously wrong. According to the Ministry of War, war seems to be beneficial to the economy, even beyond the reach of peace. It seems that what you can see is the "miracle of production" that can only be realized through war, and the "accumulation" or "stagnation" of huge demand during the war will bring prosperity after the war."

"Is it really?"

Zhu Qiyu posed a question, and after getting everyone to think about it, he gave a definite answer: "That's not the case. The fallacy of the blessing of war is nothing but the fallacy of breaking the door with an extremely bloated vest."

Jiang Yuan immediately said: "Your Majesty understands what your Majesty means, but if the war does not take place in the four directions of the Ming Dynasty, it will not cause serious damage to the production of the Ming Dynasty, and it will not have a fundamental impact on the production system of the Ming Dynasty. Destroying anything of value will cause net loss, misfortune, or disaster, which is military disaster, but Ming has obtained a series of production materials such as land, population, and minerals.”

"For Ming, being able to win a war that doesn't happen in its own country can be regarded as a blessing in war."

Zhu Qiyu was taken aback when he heard that, could it be that Jiang Yuan followed Nikolaoz to practice low moral advantage?If you say these words in such a grand manner, aren't you afraid that the Taoists will point to Jiang Yuan's nose and call him immoral?

Zhu Qiyu nodded and said: "What Jiang Shangshu said is reasonable, so it is necessary to distinguish between internal and external. When destruction occurs in the country, war is not a blessing. This is the fundamental reason why foreign wars cannot be rushed and civil wars cannot be delayed."

"Military disasters in the country are pure destruction, withering the lives of the people and ruining the lives of the people."

Jiang Yuan's words even touched on Wang Hua's core theories. This is a special conference on financial affairs, so we won't discuss Wang Hua's issues too deeply.

Zhu Qiyu said that war is not a blessing, but an internal economy, while Jiang Yuan said that the blessing of war is an external economy.

Even in foreign wars, will the productivity compromised for military operations affect domestic economic development?Affecting domestic production, is it a concrete manifestation of the fact that war is not a blessing?The emergency state of military control in wartime can indeed do great things with fists, but the degree of impact on the economy depends on the intensity and duration of the war and cannot be generalized.

Who is wrong, Zhu Qiyu or Jiang Yuan?Or do you have to fight for a right or wrong?

No.

This is the Salt and Iron Conference. It is not necessary to argue about right or wrong, but to study financial affairs and the long-term impact of Ming's economic activities on Ming.

The focus of Zhu Qiyu and Jiang Yuan is not on who is right and who is wrong, but on discussing the economy itself.

Zhu Qiyu continued: "Obviously, through the phenomenon of breaking the door, we will find that as much as the productivity is destroyed, the actual purchasing power will be destroyed as much. In fact, the destruction of productivity is the biggest for the lives of the people."

"People supply what they produce to others in exchange for what they want, and supply creates demand, because supply is demand at the end of the day."

"Just like the imperial silver coin in my hand, demand and supply, productivity and purchasing power are just two sides of the same coin."

After Zhu Qiyu explained clearly what he said at the beginning, productivity is purchasing power, he looked at Shen Yi and continued: "Why have I been unwilling to implement the banknote law? The continuous motivation of the maritime merchants of the Ming Dynasty to bring back Wuhua Tianbao from abroad to the country, the lack of credibility of the banknotes of the Ming Dynasty and so on.”

"If you look at it from the fallacy of breaking the door, one of my worries about not mobilizing the law is false prosperity."

"People use the amount of money to measure their wealth and income. The habit of measuring their wealth and income has long been ingrained, so as long as they have a few more banknotes on hand, they think that they are better off. There are fewer things than before."

"The illusion of false prosperity caused by inflation makes it easy for people to indulge in the false prosperity brought about by this inflation, and behind this false prosperity is the continuous over-issue of currency."

"It's like smoking the three treasures of fortune. Knowing that the number of over-issued banknotes is far greater than the development of productivity, but the false prosperity brought about by over-issued currency will make everyone, including the emperor and the court, want to If you take another sip, you will be inhumane and ghostless while you are inhaling.”

"And if the over-issued currency can evenly flow into the hands of everyone in Ming Dynasty, then this kind of inflation will be borne by the whole people, and it is not unacceptable. But the reality is that the over-issued currency always flows to places that should not flow, It can be a prince or general, it can be powerful, it can be a carnivore, but it cannot flow into the hands of the people of Ming Dynasty."

"Through inflation and the channel of controlling currency over-issuance, the princes and princes will be able to control the rich and right. The capital income obtained in the process of over-issuing currency is far more than inflation, and the wealth income of the common people is far lower than inflation. It is the invisible sickle that is harvesting the lives of the people of Ming Dynasty."

"All the costs of the false prosperity brought about by the excessive issuance of currency will be borne by the people at the bottom of Ming Dynasty."

"It is true that the money law has various disadvantages, and it is even easy to cause Ming Dynasty to fall into the winter sequence, but compared with the winter sequence, the harm brought by false prosperity is not something that Daming can bear at the moment. When we design the system, we must first What should be considered is that the people are the foundation of the country, and the foundation is solid and the country is safe."

From the corruption of the money seal in the late Northern Song Dynasty to the corruption of the Daming banknotes in the Hongwu period, history has proved countless times that the adverse effects of over-issuing currency, but no one in the Ming Dynasty has studied it. What kind of logic is behind this, Zhu Qiyu said clearly in vain.

This is to use the invisible sickle to continuously use inflation, and through inflation means, the wealth of the common people will continuously flow into the pockets of the powerful and powerful, and harvest the lives of the common people.

Yu Qian really understood why His Majesty refused to implement the banknote law. In fact, it is very simple. Gold, silver and copper are naturally currency. These minerals taken from nature, even if Daming wants to make more money, he has a very high use value And exchange value, gold in troubled times, is the truth.

Li Binyan said quite accurately: "Your Majesty's fallacy of breaking the door reminded me of one thing. When I was in Songjiang Mansion, there was a plague, and even Xingang was closed for three months. This is almost equivalent to So there was a war in Songjiang Mansion, and after the war, I found out that what His Majesty said was indeed true, after the war, or after the productivity was destroyed, the people's needs would definitely not be exactly the same as before the war."

"The so-called false prosperity appeared. Outings in gardens, lingering temples, and tourists were full of tourists. They were praised by writers as retaliatory consumption. The prosperity of Ming Dynasty was just a carnival for meat eaters. The people were struggling to make ends meet. It even needs to open a warehouse for relief."

Chapter 981 The Panacea to Cure All Illnesses

Yu Qian has never doubted His Majesty's wisdom, even if His Majesty has never caught a fish, even if His Majesty has no military talent, only firearms are accurate, but Yu Qian never thinks that His Majesty is not wise enough, on the contrary, Yu Qian has always been highly supportive Almost all decisions of His Majesty, at some point, have to be pulled by the Emperor of Ming Dynasty to prevent Yu Qian from making too big strides.

This is already the 166th session of the Salt and Iron Conference, and even though His Majesty is on his own expedition and on his southern tour, he is still supplementing the theories related to Ming's financial affairs.