I am the king of the dead

Chapter 935 Losing the way, losing the way, that is, losing the way

"Then what is vain karma?" Yu Qian asked the emperor what he was most concerned about.

If it is true to debate the scriptures, Zhu Qiyu can't even argue with the Minister of the Ministry of Finance who is in charge of making money.

Because Shen Yi didn't talk about immortality and immortality. What Shen Yi said was that there would be thousands of sacrifices. What Shen Yi said was what His Majesty thinks, thinks, thinks, and does. Shen Yi really used the theory of eternal life to argue with the emperor about the theory of shaking the past and shining the present, but the emperor really couldn't argue.

Zhu Qiyu never fought against the wind, and he was resolute in rejecting all kinds of flattery. Yu Qian's question quickly shifted the Yantie Conference from discussing the emperor's longevity to the main topic.

It made Shen Yi look like he wanted to argue with the emperor, but he couldn't speak anymore. His Majesty and Yu Shaobao knew how to grasp the wind direction of the meeting.

Zhu Qiyu replied succinctly: "An industry whose main method of profit is to make money from money or to make money from power is a false business."

"For example, the transaction of selling one's life, such as Fei Yiying's dismantling of all the three-masted ships of his family to subscribe for shares, such as loan sharks, such as Song Gaozong and Zhao Gou's Cuju team, which was openly sold, such as Wucheng soldiers and horses controlling the city. Going in and out of the door, resulting in the business of collapsed houses, such as hoarding goods and speculating on the necessities of food, clothing, housing and transportation, such as excessively raising the price of some gold and stone things in epigraphy, and then making profits. .”

"I understand!" Yu Qian suddenly realized, carefully wrote down the notes, looked at them again and again, and said in doubt: "What about the brothel, is it real or not?"

Zhu Qiyu thought for a while and said: "Not everything is black and white, and the industry is the same. For example, Li Binyan built a craftsman city in Songjiang Mansion. The houses built in this craftsman city seem to be free of charge and live for free, but In essence, it is still provided to craftsmen in the form of lease and sale, but the price is realized by deducting labor remuneration."

"And the price...a house with five rooms and three shelves, and a family of five, only needs two silver, which is roughly a month's salary for craftsmen."

In the eyes of the craftsmen, the houses in Craftsman City are free, because they only need to wait for the distribution.The cost is paid in advance by the government factory, and then this part of the cost is removed at a fixed rate when the salary is fixed every year. The cost of the house in the craftsman city itself is very low, and the collective building of the house is already extremely luxurious, even street lamps.

You only need to know that there are no street lights in the Daming Palace, and only Tai'an Palace and Jiangwu Hall have street lights.

Moreover, the advance payment for this part of the Craftsman City was completed as early as the second year after the completion of the Craftsman City.

Zhu Qiyu went on to say: "Then Li Binyan's construction of the Carpenter City in Songjiang Prefecture is a business of building houses, and the business of building collapsed houses is also a business of building houses. Their most essential question is whether they are using the public for personal gain and using power to make money. Whether a sharp knife that peels off the people is squeezing the remaining wealth in the hands of the people is the basis for judging the truth."

"The same is true for brothels. If it is just a place where you play, play, sing and listen to music, it is naturally an industry, but if there is a kiln with strong personal attachments and forced to receive customers, it is a virtual industry, which belongs to the category of making money with power, and this brothel The boundary between the kiln and the kiln is extremely blurred, in fact, it can be generally classified as false karma."

Power is relative and a mutual relationship. In many cases, it simply refers to the authority possessed by the court, but in a few cases, such as in a brothel, a bustard has absolute power over prostitutes, even if they are known for elegance, It is an extremely, extremely, extremely common phenomenon for a brothel that claims to only sell art but not to sell itself to force customers.

Which girl does the rich and powerful, the wealthy businessman like, and the owner, shopkeeper, and procuress of this brothel care about the wishes of the woman in the world of fireworks?
Industry is to realize people's possession of wealth and material, quantity and quality, and the long-cherished wish of pursuing a better life, which is the common demand of Ming Dynasty.

They are all building houses, one for the purpose of providing a safe, comfortable and clean living environment, and the other for the purpose of stripping and stripping, reaching out to the last penny in the pockets of the people or even putting loan sharks to make the people heavily in debt, so as to achieve super Economic personal attachment is the goal, which one is industry and which one is false karma?

"I understand, Your Majesty is wise." There were thousands of words in Yu Qian's heart, and finally gathered into one sentence, which was the seemingly polite words of Shengming.

Zhu Qiyu looked at Yu Qian and took a sip of tea. The nectar covered the top, and he was full of sweetness. He looked at Yu Qian and asked: "Yu Shaobao, referring to a deer as a horse, distorting black and white, putting on hats and wearing hats, confusing right and wrong, isn't it causing endless harm?"

"Naturally, this is treason, the poison of the country, the disease of man and god, and the same anger of different generations." Yu Qian accused this kind of behavior as treason, but any rampant phenomenon of this kind is like a person drinking the [-]th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. Bowl of arsenic.

Zhu Qiyu immediately said: "What we need to be vigilant about is turning a deer into a horse, just like the business of this collapsed house. For example, I am Hanlin, and interpret the business of the collapsed house as an industry, because building a house will use craftsmen, hire them, and consume liquidity. Assets, and provide a certain amount of material and wealth possession, and provide a living environment, and its production characteristics conform to the characteristics of industry.”

"The business of this collapsed house is interpreted in this way, but the main source of profit is not mentioned. Just like the main source of profit of this collapsed house business, is it really in line with the nature of the industry? Since it is based on power to make money The main source of profit, with the purpose of stripping people and squeezing profits, is a business that collapses, so what is the word industry?"

"This is what we need to be vigilant against. Under new developments, there are deeper hidden tricks."

Wang Ao, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, shivered violently, looking at His Majesty with fear and anxiety in his eyes, His Majesty is lucky to be sitting in the middle of the emperor, if this is not in the position, it is a proper giant beetle of the country, His Majesty knows how to interpret, yes You can't change the facts, you can change the definition.

This level of pointing at a deer is like a horse, and he got caught by accident. He, a cruel official, is no match for His Majesty.

It is not without reason that His Majesty the Emperor is invincible on the chessboard of "Fighting Corruption and Catching Corruption".

"Your Majesty... this, this, this... Even if it's going against the grain, it's going to worship the ancients. How can you have this ability? This, this... is at most greedy for money, buying land, and escaping from some righteous gifts. No." Yao Kui, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, was a little awkward in speaking, His Majesty's words were too direct, directly to the point where Yao Kui was frightened.

The literati and bureaucrats of Ming Dynasty, how could they have such abilities!Taking bribes to buy some land is already the limit of a scholar-bureaucrat!
"Han Shuyan: Farmers and their sons exposed the middle and the wild, did not avoid the cold and heat, scoured the soil, and callused their hands and feet. They have paid grain rent, and paid high taxes. It can't be half." Zhu Qiyu took out this sentence from the Han Shu again.

Because of the high development of Confucianism, the political development of the Central Plains dynasty was particularly mature, but the economic development was a mess. In fact, it was the construction of the state system in the economic field that Yu Qian had always been thinking about.

Zhu Qiyu looked at Yao Kui and said: "When we discuss the land, we just discuss the ownership of the land dryly, but we often ignore or misunderstand the three issues."

"First of all, the first question, when discussing land, often only considers the profits brought about by land ownership, that is, the income from food production, while ignoring the profits generated by the personal attachment of land as a means of production, that is, The issue of hidden households that the Ministry of Household Affairs has only recently discussed has really affected the foundation of Daming’s tax base.”

Yao Kui is right. The economic system of the Central Plains Dynasty has been absent for a long time. In the Ming Dynasty, the fiscal and taxation economy of the Ming Dynasty was at the bottom of all dynasties. The dog shook his head when he saw it.

Even Zhu Qiyu suspected that he did not understand the Yuan Dynasty, so he made this judgment.

It is also possible that Daming is not even as good as Hu Yuan in this aspect. Hu Yuan's tax package system is indeed lazy, but if he can receive taxes, then Hu Yuan is indeed better than Daming in financial affairs, but Zhu Qiyu doesn't know that Hu Yuan The financial and tax situation at that time is out of the question.

The Farm Law of the Ming Dynasty and the two decrees that the breeding population will never be paid are to remove this strong personal attachment, to return the freedom of the peasants, to complete the transformation of the small peasant economy, to increase the number of free people in the Ming Dynasty, and to realize the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty. Freedom to hire at scale.

As for the literati and bureaucrats in the Ming Dynasty, they didn’t even understand the simplest and most basic poll tax in a feudal dynasty. Huahuo is really hard for them.

Yao Kui wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty is wise."

For the first time, Yao Kui felt the absurdity that incompetence can be a virtue.

Zhu Qiyu looked around, and all the officials raised their heads before continuing: "The second question, when discussing land, often underestimate the profits generated by land as the largest and most productive means of production."

"Because since the abolition of well fields, open rice fields, and the abolition of private ownership of slave land, the people of the Central Plains have faced three big mountains from beginning to end, grain rent, high tax, and private demands from the township department, and they mistakenly think that the city is just a matter of course. It should have more social resources and higher labor remuneration, and the countryside is naturally poor, backward, and remote.”

"In fact, farmers under the Daming Farm Law, as far as Guanzhong is relatively poor, with a lot of people and a narrow land, their annual income is about fourteen silver, while an unskilled craftsman in the city, such as an apprentice, such as loading and unloading, can earn about [-] silver per year. The annual income is only about ten silver."

Shen Yi blinked and looked at the emperor in a daze, and said full of doubts: "Huh?"

Looking at Shen Yi's confused eyes, Zhu Qiyu was thinking about how to explain the phenomenon of excess profits generated by natural forces, which is a phenomenon that violates common sense and thinking. To explain this problem clearly, it requires a long and exhaustive explanation of the principles.

Yu Qian flipped through his memo, took out a memorandum about the farm law, tore off a page, handed it to Shen Yi and said: "What your Majesty said is true, the Labor Insurance Bureau under the jurisdiction of Ji Province, the unskilled craftsmen in the city Shen Shangshu knows very well about the annual income, so this share is the income of the farmers under the farm method, in fact...only the farmers before the Ming Dynasty were poor."

"The common people are willing to have children, and they can buy a pair of shoes for them after giving birth. This is the income of the farm law farmers under the high tax of the court."

"Producers' wealth, by definition, is greatest when their labor time is less than that required to reproduce themselves."

Labor is responsible for production, and producers have the most assets, shouldn't it be taken for granted?But that’s not the case. Farmers are poor and suffer. It’s not that they don’t produce enough, they don’t work hard, and it’s not that they don’t want to work hard. It’s that they are under the pressure of the system design.

The reason why Yu Qian tore off a page and refused to show Shen Yi the rest is because everything about the farm law is under the direct management of His Majesty, and Shen Yi, as the Secretary of the Household Department, has no right to directly consult it. Some secrets are secrets. If you can't let people know, you can't let people know.

Shen Yi silently returned the page in his hand to Yu Qian, and said after a moment of silence: "I have no doubts."

Zhu Qiyu flipped through the memo in his hand, and continued: "The third problem is that we often think that landowners or power holders, such as landlords, squires, influential powers, and government officials, can clearly know and determine grain rents. , high taxes, and the amount of self-seeking, how much should it be.”

"Because I don't work, I can't measure the labor income correctly. I often feel that I can squeeze some more out to satisfy my desire to possess materials and wealth. In fact, the people have been squeezed out, and there is no more oil and water to be squeezed out. If you can’t give it, you will starve and die everywhere, which will eventually lead to civil unrest.”

"Landlords, squires, officials, and government officials thought they could eat a little more, but they didn't realize that they reached out to the last handful of rice in the common people's rice jars. By the time they realized it, it was too late, because they were rigid and unresponsive. In the end, this small fire turned into a prairie fire, and just 12 years ago, Song Zhang, the governor of Fujian Province, used his life to prove the objective existence of this problem."

"Similar to this is the first case."

In the end, there was also a civil uprising in the first case, but because of the quick and proper handling, the two sharp blades Lian Gang and Zuo Ding inspected Sichuan and Sichuan, and finally sorted out the officials in Sichuan and Sichuan, which calmed down the anger .

Zhu Qiyu said quite solemnly: "The three problems I mentioned are universal and exist objectively. They seem to be three problems, but they are actually one problem, and that is profit."

"This is the third question to be discussed at this Salt and Iron Conference, and that is the boundary between the real and the virtual. So what is this boundary?"

"When the profit generated by labor is lower than the profit generated by interest-bearing and usury, it is inevitable to avoid reality. , is the time to escape from reality to emptiness.”

"The land is uncultivated, and the land is barren, which means that the profit it generates is lower than the interest rate. In the end, the land is empty and the land without a cone is filled with wilderness."

"If you lose the way and lose the way, you lose the way."

After Zhu Qiyu finished speaking, many courtiers looked at the notes after taking notes, without saying a word.

"What I said is not complicated, nor too in-depth. If there is something you don't understand, you can ask." After Zhu Qiyu finished speaking, he moistened his throat and said quite calmly.

Zhu Qiyu really didn't talk about too complicated things, such as the differential grain rent brought about by the excess profits of natural forces, etc. He just discussed the current social phenomena of the Ming Dynasty and the root causes of industry, virtual property, and derealization. an overview.

"Your Majesty is wise and wise. It's time for the Lord of the Kingdom. I congratulate you!" Yu Qian looked at the dense notes on the memorandum. He really had nothing to say and could only slander.

"Your Majesty congratulates you!" Many courtiers hurriedly bowed their heads and shouted at the sea. Some social phenomena that were previously incomprehensible, after being sorted out by His Majesty, became clear at a glance. If there is a problem, then the problem has disappeared. After the discussion, submit the unresolvable problems to His Majesty for clarification.

Zhu Qiyu stretched out his hand to stop the officials, and then said calmly: "If you have any questions, you can ask them through Zuo Shunmen's memorial. , Three people must have my teacher, and I will work together with you to forge ahead, to make Daming great again, it is the common wish of Daming!"

"It's a happy thing, Shen Yi, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, said that from this year onwards, this Beijing official will award one silver this year, and he has done the New Year's silver. Everyone, have a good year."

The New Year's silver for the Beijing army is more than 60 silver, and each person is three silver, and the Ministry of Households has made a report that each of the Beijing officials will be one silver for the New Year's silver. Zhu Qiyu approved this memorial and announced the matter through the Salt and Iron Conference , a court meeting will be held.

This money is mainly the fixed salary to make up for the poor. It is reissued in the name of New Year's Silver. It is absolutely impossible to let the horses run and not let the horses graze. Zhu Qiyu's treatment for Beijing officials is the highest treatment since the opening. As far as the salary is enough, it is enough to guarantee the needs of life.

After Jiang Yuan heard about it, he looked at Shen Yi and said strangely: "It's more difficult than going to heaven to deduct some money from Shen Shangshu, Shen Bulou. Is this the sun coming out from the west?"

Shen Yi naturally wouldn't say that last year's fixed salary was less and he would make up for it with New Year's silver. He was not annoyed when he was called the nickname of "No Leakage", and said with a smile: "That's His Majesty's benevolence. It's New Year's Eve. Buying two sets of clothes for the children, and adding a piece of jewelry for the wife and daughter? If you entertain relatives, you can’t even get a melon or fruit, isn’t it a joke?”

Shen Yi interpreted this money as His Majesty was giving out New Year's money, and it was only natural for a gentleman to give out some New Year's money.

The reason why Shen Yi was willing to give this money was entirely because it was to maintain the degree of organization and unity of the organization. Shen Yi had never been conscious of the money that should be spent. Xu Youzhen asked for money to dredge waterways. Xu Youzhen was not upset.

If it is money that should not be spent, His Majesty is Zhu Zhu, and Shen Yi has to discuss it with His Majesty. Even if His Majesty can't take it back, Shen Yi has to express the firm opposition of the Ministry of Household Affairs.

　The stereotype of peasants being poor is only that the peasants in the Central Plains are poor. The peasants abroad are all owners of the means of production. They own the means of production and are property owners. It is a skill to turn the property owners into poor people through a series of system designs. , there were probably no scholar-bureaucrats in Ming Dynasty.Solemn apology: There was a problem with the data in the last chapter. The main reason is that Jun was converted into catty and then converted into ton. There was a mistake in the conversion. Sorry, it has been corrected.Ask for a monthly ticket, woo! ! ! ! !
　　
　
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