Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1387, You Should Let You Taste the Suffering of the Common People

"Your Majesty, what Xu Gong and Li Gong said is very true~"

"The new learning is crooked and evil. It is not enough to be the way. Only my Confucianism is the right way. It is the way of governing the country in Anbang."

"With the rise of new learning, our Confucianism will decline. If things go on like this, the righteous way will collapse, the country will be in turmoil, and human ethics and morality will all be lost. My Ming Dynasty is in danger!"

"Yes, Your Majesty, you must strictly prohibit new learning, strongly support and encourage me to follow the Confucian righteous way, get to the bottom of the matter, and restore my bright future."

"Your Majesty, a new learner, who does not learn to be loyal to the emperor at the top, does not know etiquette, justice, and shame at the bottom. The learning he is taught is all ingenious tricks, which make people lazy and slippery. They should be strictly prohibited."

"..."

Ministers one after another stood up continuously, and each of them regarded the new learning as a wild beast, as if it was constantly destroying Ming Dynasty.

I can't wait to completely overthrow the new learning now, so that they can keep their Confucianism, clean up the roots, and Ming can continue to prosper and prosper.

Liu Jin carefully looked at the ministers who stood up one by one. These ministers were not high-level, that is, officials of the fourth and fifth ranks, and they also had a characteristic, they were all relatively old.

In addition, these officials have another characteristic, that is, they belong to the traditional gentry, and they have a lot of fields in their homes. They used to live a good life by collecting tenants and renting them all their lives.

However, with the rapid development of capitalism and colonialism, they did not have time to keep up with the development trend of the times, did not set up factories, and did not actively set up plantations overseas.

To put it simply, it is the bonus of the new era. They have not tasted a bite, but their original foundation has been completely shattered by the impact of the new era.

He owns a lot of land, but he can't find anyone to cultivate it for himself, and the family does not receive much rent. It is no longer possible to live a decent life by relying on rent as before.

Therefore, he has always been the person who opposes new learning, capitalism and overseas colonization the most.

In their view, Daming should return to the way it was before, immersed in the beauty of the Ming Dynasty, and farmers should be tightly bound to the land, farming the land for them from generation to generation, and treating them as cattle and horses.

What they need to do is also very simple, that is, to study, test for fame, and at the same time, when they have money, they will continue to acquire land, own more land, and collect more rent.

This is the life they want and are familiar with, instead of opening some factories, going overseas to build some colonies, etc. These are too strange and unfamiliar to them, and they are afraid, opposed, unwilling to accept, and even To snuff it out.

It is said to be opposed to new learning, but as more and more ministers stand up, there is a faint tendency to oppose the establishment of factories, workshops, immigration and overseas colonization.

"...Your Majesty, I believe that the scale and number of factories should be limited. The number of factories is increasing, and the scale is getting bigger and bigger. A large number of farmers leave the land to work in factories, resulting in a large number of fertile fields in the south of the Yangtze River. Jiangnan is a land of fish and rice, but this year, the grain production in Jiangnan has dropped significantly."

"The fertile land is barren and uncultivated, and there are a large number of profit-seeking people who use a large amount of fertile land to grow mulberry leaves to raise silkworms for huge profits. There are also businessmen who use fertile land to grow tea, cotton, mulberry and so on."

"In the long run, Jiangnan, which was originally a land of fish and rice, will no longer produce a grain of grain, not to mention other places. According to the time, our Ming Dynasty will face an unprecedented famine, the country will be shaken, and the society will be in turmoil."

Some officials from the south of the Yangtze River sadly mentioned the situation in the south of the Yangtze River to Emperor Hongzhi. The land was uncultivated, and it was either barren or used to grow some random things. Anyway, in their opinion, growing food is the fundamental. As for Planting other things is a waste of land.

Hearing that the official said that the number and scale of factories should be limited, some bigwigs in the DPRK finally couldn't sit still, especially those officials who have only started investing in factories and workshops in recent years.

"Your Majesty, I think this statement is wrong~"

Hubu Shangshu Zhong stood up. He was also a traditional official at the beginning, but in the past two years, several of his sons have also invested in several factories, and the business is very good. There are many, many, many.

When someone said that the number and scale of factories should be limited, he immediately became anxious. If you oppose new learning, you should oppose new learning. If it is properly related to factories, the number and scale should also be limited.

This is not to own the old life.

After finally setting up a few textile factories and cement factories, the business is booming, and the money is happy. If my factory can't find workers or closes down, why don't I go to the northwest wind?
"Over the years, our Ming Dynasty has insisted on expanding its territory to the outside world, and at the same time moved a large number of people to the newly acquired territory. This in itself will lead to the loss of the population of our original two capitals and thirteen provinces in our Ming Dynasty. Naturally, there will be some land No one plows it, but most of it is also some dry lower fields, and the upper fields must be plowed by someone."

"Secondly, a farmer works hard in the field for a year, and the income is not enough to feed the family, but in the factory, at least four taels of silver a month is enough to feed the whole family and have a surplus. If the two husband and wife work together in the factory, they can save dozens of taels of silver after a year."

"Common people can not only eat enough to eat, but also eat meat. Is this compared to the past when they worked hard to farm the land and still can't get enough to eat? The common people naturally know how to choose, and there are fewer people farming. It’s also a normal thing.”

"As for saying that there will be a famine in the south of the Yangtze River, this is pure nonsense."

"The total grain production in the south of the Yangtze River has decreased, but the population has also decreased. With the loss of a large number of people, the food needed will also decrease. Although the land is barren, there will not be famine, let alone sweet potatoes, corn, etc. As a supplement, there is Nanyang rice, so there is no need to worry about food issues."

"Grain prices in the Jiangnan area have fallen for eight consecutive years, which is enough to illustrate this point. If there is a real shortage of food, the price of food will not fall."

"I believe that the establishment of factories and workshops should be vigorously encouraged, because a factory can easily feed thousands of people, and can produce a large amount of cloth, cement, etc., which greatly enriches the commodities of our Ming Dynasty and enriches the common people. life."

"For the problem of idle land, more receivables are to learn from Liaodong, Hezhong, Huangjinzhou and other places. The right way is to use mechanized farming to improve efficiency and cultivate more land with less manpower."

"It's not the so-called closing of factories and driving people back to the countryside to farm. If farming can make people live a better life, people will naturally farm. If workers in factories can't continue, workers will naturally leave."

The sound of the bell was loud and clear, and every word was clearly transmitted to every corner of the Golden Luan Hall.

"What you said is right~"

"A large number of people in my Daming Pass have migrated overseas and outside the pass. It can't be said that these people will be relocated back, and the good land they got will be given to those barbarians, right?"

"Some people don't want to make progress and don't know the hardships of farmers. Let them experience the hardships of farmers. They will know why no one is farming."

"Yeah, yeah, they just stand and talk and don't feel pain in their backs. They only think that no one will cultivate their fields, and there will be no tenants to collect. They feel that they need to close the factory and let people go back to farm for them. Is this possible? "

"If you can't even eat enough to grow the land, who will farm the land?"

Soon, people who supported Zhong Zhong also stood up one after another. There is no doubt that these people are people who have enjoyed the dividends of the times. Almost everyone has factories, workshops, commercial firms, overseas plantations, etc. behind them. .

For them, the money they received in exchange for the little grain they received from tenant rent was insignificant compared to the money they made money from factories, workshops, commercial banks, etc.

Let them collect the tenant rent as before, and collect that little grain?I can't even look down on it.

Hearing these ministers' words, Liu Jin's mouth also showed a smile. Over the years, the role of pulling many people to set up factories together has been reflected.

If you are not in a hurry, someone else will.

Wanting to limit the number and scale of factories is undoubtedly against the big capitalists in the DPRK and China, and naturally some people will stand up to oppose it.

Look at Emperor Hongzhi on the dragon chair again. He has no expression on his face, and he knows what is going on in Emperor Hongzhi's heart without even thinking about it.

Emperor Hongzhi and the crown prince were the largest capitalists in Ming Dynasty, and they had extremely large industries. There were countless factories, commercial firms, overseas colonies, plantations, etc. under their command.

Now to limit the number and scale of factories, isn't this digging into Emperor Hongzhi's pocket?

What's more, these people still want to get people back to the countryside to farm, and repeat everything that has been repeated for thousands of years?
This is absolutely unacceptable to Emperor Hongzhi, and he will not allow such a thing to happen.

"Your Majesty, I think what Zhang Gong said is true~"

"Although some people are high in the temple, they don't know the suffering of the people, and they even threaten to drive people back to the land to farm for them and let them collect rent."

"Then these farmers live without food and clothing."

"They are opposed to the new learning, thinking that what the new learning teaches are ingenious tricks and dirty things, which will make the common people lazy and work hard, so I think they should be allowed to taste the hard work and go to work. Experience the hardships of farming, instead of stretching out your hands for food and opening your mouth for food, picking up the bowl to eat and then putting down the bowl to scold your mother."

Liu Jin stood up and expressed his attitude sonorously. Don't you think the things taught by Xinxue are useless?
Didn't you say that you want to bring people back to the land to cultivate it?
That's good, you go and taste the taste of farming first.

"Well, what Ai Qing said makes sense~"

"Well, anyway, it's the Haiqing River Banquet now, and all the ministers of the fifth rank and above in the court, including me, will harvest ten acres of wheat and grind it into flour to experience the hard work of farming."

"However, I just said that the things taught by the new learning and the things that come out in a blink of an eye are ingenious tricks. The ministers who are indiscriminate must use the most traditional methods to harvest wheat and grind flour. After all, you can't be lazy and play tricks. People have to be diligent That’s fine, using machines will make people lazy.”

When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, he immediately laughed, and immediately issued an order.

(End of this chapter)