Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 195, for the country and the people to open the sea ban
"Yeah, even fishing is allowed."

Li Dongyang nodded. Only in the age of famine would he understand the preciousness of food. Now that there is endless food in the ocean, it is natural not to stick to the rules and stick to the ancestral system.

"If you just want to lift the sea ban, it is not an easy task. The scholars in the south of the Yangtze River will definitely oppose it."

After thinking about it, Li Dongyang felt that this matter was not easy to facilitate. He naturally knew about some situations in Jiangnan. It was not that no one had proposed to lift the sea ban before, but almost all of them were unanimously met by Jiangnan scholars. be opposed to.

The interests involved in this are huge, and the opposition forces involved are also beyond imagination. In the Ming Dynasty, the power of Jiangnan Shilin was absolutely not to be ignored. Especially in the middle and late stages, they almost controlled the entire government. It's what they say.

"It is indeed not an easy task, but you and I should share the worries of the king. Even if it is difficult for the country and the people, we should do our best to facilitate it."

Zhou Jing nodded, but said in an upright manner.

Although he claims to be a pig, he often stares at Emperor Hongzhi's inner money, and at the same time spits on Emperor Hongzhi's face to remonstrate, but in the end he is actually an upright person who dares to offend his face and speak out.

Zeng Shangyan said: "Foreign relatives seek promotion without meritorious service, seek rewards for lack of effort, and hold feasts and banquets to waste too much, resulting in the emptiness of the national treasury, which should be suppressed vigorously."

This remonstrance alone offended those imperial relatives and relatives. You must know that Emperor Hongzhi is a good man, so those relatives and the princes of the old Zhu family often asked him for rewards.

For example, Zhu Youxuan, king of Yong, asked to collect taxes from the Hengzhou tax department and the Hebo office of Hengyang County, but Zhou Jing said that he could not agree.Xiaozong accepted Zhou Jing's opinion and ordered that from now on, the palace should not ask for collection of taxes from various places.

Chongwang Zhu Jianze asked for more than [-] miles of beach land in Henan, but Zhou Jing said that it was not suitable to give it; Xing Wang Zhu Youzhu asked for more than [-] hectares of Chima's river ponds and land near the lake, Zhou Jing even went to Sanshu to persuade him.

There are also Emperor Hongzhi's two younger brothers-in-law Zhang Yanling, Marquis of Shouning, and Uncle Jianchang, Zhang Heling. These two brothers would ask Emperor Hongzhi for land, salt, mines, etc. every now and then.

Emperor Hongzhi was a strict wife, but also a soft-hearted good man. The two brothers almost agreed to every request, and Zhou Jing wrote admonitions again and again.

This almost offended the two Zhang brothers to death, and made the Zhang brothers hate him to the bone.

From these examples, we can know that Zhou Jing is actually a minister comparable to Wei Zheng. Zhang Tingyu's evaluation of him: Jing Gangjie is upright, good at admonishing, although he is serious about disobedience, he is not provocative.

Of course, we can also see from another aspect that in fact, many systems of the Ming Dynasty were still very good, and some systems left by Comrade Zhu Yuanzhang are still very good, such as the salt introduction system.

But often the first to destroy the system is the emperor himself, so that the good system cannot be effectively implemented all the time.

Although Emperor Hongzhi was highly regarded in history books, he was really a good man. The descendants of the old Zhu family, relatives of the emperor, etc. often found all kinds of things, such as salt, land, taxes, etc., he almost had everything. promise.

Not to mention anything else, just for Yanyin, he rewarded hundreds of thousands of Yinyin to the Zhang brothers one after another. This Yanyin can directly go to the salt farm to extract salt, and then sell it.

Other merchants had to work hard to transport grain to border towns in exchange for Yanyin, but these relatives of the emperor could easily find Emperor Hongzhi to reward Yanyin.

This occupation is extremely serious. The output of the salt field is limited. Naturally, the salt imports from the royal relatives and relatives cannot be neglected. Those merchants who worked hard to transport the grain in exchange for the salt imports cannot produce salt. This is a big deal It dampened the enthusiasm of salt merchants to transport grain.

This is also the reason why the salt import system could no longer be implemented in the Hongzhi Dynasty. The occupation of the nest by the relatives of the emperor was so serious that some salt merchants had to wait in line for decades to get salt from the salt field.

Naturally, there would be no merchants who would foolishly transport grain in exchange for salt, and the system of paying for grain could not be implemented, and the frontier military's expenses would not be guaranteed.

Therefore, in the fifth year of Hongzhi, Ye Qi wrote that the opening center for grain should be opened for silver. Salt merchants do not need to transport grain to border towns, they only need silver to get salt.

One by one, the salt introduction system in the payment of grain can no longer be implemented, and has to be changed.

This change, although in a short period of time, the court has increased the income of one million taels of silver every year, but the amount of this silver has become less and less, and the military expenditure of border towns has become larger and larger, and the military needs cannot be met. , the combat effectiveness became lower and lower, and finally formed a vicious circle, which directly dragged the Ming court to death in the late Ming Dynasty.

If you say a thousand things and ten thousand things, you can't blame the people below. If you want to blame, you can only blame the emperor, because they themselves did not abide by the rules of the game and broke the rules of the game.

(It’s a bit far-fetched, just take a look)
Zhou Jing is an upright person, working in the position of Minister of the Ministry of Finance, he is well aware of the difficulties of the court and the sufferings of the people, so seeing the huge harvest of this ocean fishing, he naturally thinks to work hard to lift the sea ban and let the coastal areas You can fish in the sea, get more food, and feed more people.

This is something that is of great benefit to both the country and the people. It was okay to not know it before, but now that I have seen it with my own eyes, I can't ignore it. This is due to his consistent character.

It is precisely because of his integrity and daring to advise directly that Emperor Hongzhi reused him and put him in the position of Minister of the Household Department. Even though he stared at Emperor Hongzhi's internal money every day, sometimes Emperor Hongzhi was very angry. But it never occurred to me to replace him.

"What Duke Zhou said is true, I am really ashamed!"

Hearing Zhou Jing's upright and awe-inspiring words, Li Dongyang quickly said with admiration, Li Dongyang is a smoother person, and he considers things more comprehensively and thoughtfully, but he is obviously a virtuous and good minister who can be reused by Emperor Hongzhi.

"How about writing a book together after you and I return to Beijing?"

"That's exactly what I mean, to open the sea for the country and the people."

Zhou Jing showed a smile on his face, looked forward, looked at the spacious road and said: "And this cement, I will definitely ask Liu Jin for the production method. Such a magical tool should be vigorously promoted to the whole world. A wide range of avenues will be built within the scope."

　In fact, people are very contradictory aggregates. Emperor Hongzhi was a good emperor and a good person, but in many cases he did some things that hurt the people of the world. Being too kind to the emperor's relatives is a typical example. The Zhang brothers are arrogant. Domineering, enclosing land and occupying nests, wantonly robbing the interests of the people, he is only criticizing at most, and has not done what an emperor should do~~ Regarding the Zhou Jing, the description in this book may feel a little bit hatred in front, But in fact, he is still a person with a positive image, he is considered a good minister~ I hope you don’t spray me~
　　
　
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