I'm really not doing business

Chapter 486: A group of cowards who are far inferior to their predecessors
Zhu Yijun's behavior did not arouse Zhang Juzheng's objection. Zhang Juzheng neither wrote a memorial to persuade benevolence and forgiveness, nor did he face the saint to persuade him. He knew very well what the Ming Emperor was doing, but he did not stop him. The journey to the great road was a beautiful long-cherished wish. , but in practice, in order to achieve the goal, it is necessary to do whatever it takes.

All things cannot grow without Yang, and cannot grow without Yin. Bearing Yin and holding Yang, and injecting Qi into harmony, this is Zhang Juzheng's long-term struggle experience.

On March 23, the tenth year of Wanli, the Emperor of Ming Dynasty took his empress and eldest son to the Taifu's house as usual to have dinner, which caused chaos in Zhang Juzheng's Quanchu Guild Hall. Xiong Tingbi gradually became obsessed with the emperor's regular monthly visits. After getting used to it, if he didn't get a reward every time, Xiong Tingbi doubted that His Majesty would be able to eat up the Chu Guild Hall, mainly because the emperor was traveling with too many people.

"Have you not started writing the third volume of Theory of Class yet?" Zhu Yijun searched for a long time in Wenchang Pavilion, the study room of the Quanchu Guild Hall, but could not find the manuscript of the third volume. Either it was not written or it was hidden too well. .

Zhang Juzheng said with a slight headache: "It's really gone."

The study was turned over, and His Majesty, who was always known for his stability, always turned things upside down in Wenchang Pavilion like the Monkey King making trouble in the Heavenly Palace.

In the third volume, Zhang Juzheng really didn't write this time. He had already drawn the natural inference and chose to stop moving forward.

"I thought that Mr. Wu was not afraid of heaven and earth, and would not even dare to write an article." Zhu Yijun knew very well that Zhang Juzheng's theory of class should have five volumes, but he only wrote two volumes, and he was able to resist the temptation of writing a book. It is really amazing Too restrained.

It's okay. When the time comes, Zhu Yijun will write it out and name it Zhang Juzheng.

Zhang Juzheng avoided talking about this issue and changed the topic: "Wang Cifu has been much quieter recently, but no one is making trouble for Wang Cifu to return to his hometown after becoming an official."

"These 615 million acres of land in Jiangxi are official land. Tenants can only rent the land and cannot buy or sell it. More than million acres of land is enough to support households. There is land for the farmer." Zhu Yijun said this The land disposal plan came out of the second clearing.

Zhu Yijun thought for a while and said, "Sir, he must have seen the Census Dingkou of Songjiang Prefecture, so he persisted so much."

"Your Majesty is wise." Zhang Juzheng said sincerely. What he wanted to say was exactly the census of Dingkou in Songjiang Prefecture. Shen Shixing's census of Dingkou exceeded the task. It was a lesson to the governors and chief envoys around the world on how to conduct a census. , there is a template for every step of the census.

"Your Majesty, I am still cautious about the engineering regiment camp." Zhang Juzheng thought for a long time, but still could not convince himself.

"Your Majesty, there are as many as 930,000 children under the age of six in Songjiang Prefecture. Almost every household has children, ranging from one or two to three or four." Zhang Juzheng said what he saw.

This kind of thinking was carried out every time the emperor visited. This was a direct communication between the monarch and the head of the officials. Zhu Yijun attached great importance to this kind of thinking.

When the demonic book spread throughout the capital, the official of Kedao no longer cared about Wang Chonggu, and the principal wife began to make trouble. Although they had known each other for a long time, when someone picked them out in the open, the principal wife had to react. The people in the house were also making trouble, and the Qingliu people were very anxious. During this period, Wang Chonggu's life was quiet, and Zhu Yijun was also a lot quieter.

Five outhouses and seven children, can a seventh-grade supervisory censor afford this? The salary is obviously unaffordable, but Ming officials have too many ways to realize their power, and these five outer chambers do not even need him to support them. Naturally, there are people to help, and the brokers active in the capital can always help. Accurately grasp needs.

It will only exist unless the overall atmosphere revives civil and military affairs, stops pioneering, and restricts the development of industry and commerce.

For the Ming Dynasty, a large population is a great good thing. No matter how many times the population increases, there is still a way to solve the problem of food. This way is production, and this way is development.

"Is it for nothing?" Zhang Juzheng breathed heavily. If this was a direct inspection, then Wang Chonggu's previous secret attempt at Chencang would have been in vain. The powerful right-winger would immediately understand that the imperial court had the idea of ​​returning the land, and the conflict would immediately intensify.

The New Deal has no end at all, and there is no other side. It will be on the road for about a lifetime.

"What Your Majesty said makes sense." Zhang Juzheng thought for a moment, but still chose to agree with His Majesty's idea. After Zhang Juzheng carefully considered the issue of population limit, he found that it was indeed a non-existent problem under the current development background.

Zhu Yijun stretched out. Even Hai Rui had no good way to get these clear streams. The powerful people who gave these to the outer chamber did not put forward clear requirements when they gave them away. They mainly wanted to make a good friend. Fate, and then subtly influenced Kechen. You said it was a collusion between officials and gentry, but there was no exchange of power and money, just gifts.

"With the increase in the huge population, conflicts will definitely become more acute and break out in a concentrated manner, because hunger will definitely make everyone lose their rationality, and the behavior of people who lose their rationality is unknown and uncontrollable." Zhang Juzheng began to explain in detail. Explain your thoughts on governing the country.

There is an upper limit to the number of people that land can support. Economic and technological development must allow the upper limit to outpace population growth, so that unrest and civil unrest will not occur. This is Zhang Juzheng's thinking.

"Doesn't exist?" Zhang Juzheng frowned, leaned back on his chair, and fell into thinking. This kind of problem cannot be solved by invisible hands, because it cannot be solved at all.

Zhu Yijun shook his head and said: "It's not in vain. Governor Wang Lin has finally found his way back. I don't want to cause trouble for Governor Wang. Of course, these 60,000 hectares were purchased at a fair price in silver. Of course, if you refuse to accept the imperial court's purchase at a fair price, , then I can only be in vain, the Qingzhang is a national policy, and the national policy means that everything must be compromised for the Qingzhang. If you dare to hide, you must be prepared to be punished, otherwise everyone will go against the national policy, so where is the dignity of the court? "

"In fact, there is no need to worry." Zhu Yijun said with certainty: "There is no need to worry about a non-existent problem."

In just two generations and thirty years, Ming Dynasty will face this cruel problem.

Census of Dingkou, abolition of lowly status, no longer recognition of prostitution, population agglomeration, and abundant commodities will increase the population of the Ming Dynasty to varying degrees. If the upper limit of land supply is exceeded, famine, civil unrest, and redistribution of production materials will occur.

We are currently in the Age of Discovery, and there is a wide overseas territory that can accommodate the surplus population of the Ming Dynasty.

"It's a beautiful thing to be able to give birth to a child who is willing to give birth and to support him," Zhu Yijun said sincerely.

This is why Zhu Yijun refuted Zhang Juzheng's idea as a non-existent problem.

This is the first time that the imperial court has given conditions to the Qingzhang. If they choose to go with the country, the Zheshe households can still retain the cadastre, and the means of production are still theirs. The Zheshe households on the ground in Jiangxi have chosen to hide; it is the second time that the imperial court has purchased it at a fair price. It is very benevolent to give conditions. If the Zheshe households in Jiangxi are still shameless, then Zhu Yijun will confiscate them directly.

Zhu Yijun thought for a while and said: "This is a non-existent problem, because the surplus people in the current stage will become necessary people in the next stage, and the most important thing is, even if we do not develop to the next stage, we still have This problem can be solved through development.”

Zhang Juzheng had a complicated expression on his face. He thought that the Wanli New Deal could be declared to be temporarily over once the Wanli New Deal was implemented, and it would enter a spiraling cycle again. However, the result was far from foreseeable. This was of course a good thing, but it was indeed extremely busy.

"That's right, our Ming Dynasty gang is busy putting out fires everywhere." Zhu Yijun's smile was bright and sunny, and this iconic smile was as deceptive as ever. He stretched out five fingers and said in a very surprised tone: "This You really wouldn’t know it until you look at it, but you’ll be shocked when you see it. A seventh-grade censor actually has five outhouses, tsk tsk.”

Is the Ming Dynasty Qing Dynasty still going to do it? Is the new tax system still in place?

It was this detailed census of the population of Songjiang Prefecture that made Zhang Juzheng see the crisis.

In just ten years, Songjiang Prefecture has transformed from a coastal village to the current metropolis. This drastic change process can be regarded as a good observation object for the Ming Dynasty. Rapid urbanization has led to a dramatic increase in population and social structure. There will also be drastic changes, which makes Zhang Juzheng very worried.

The coexistence of these four types will definitely lead to two core issues, namely the land issue and the dominant position of aristocratic families in power. Almost all social and political crises in dynasties are caused by these two core issues.

Again and again, no more three, this is the basic logic of Zhu Yijun's work.

This is understandable for the virtuous rural gentry in Jiangxi, because Pan Jixun killed the locust plague in all directions in Jiangxi. The powerful people on the ground in Jiangxi knew that if they did not obey the imperial court's orders, the imperial court would really kill people.

The growth of population has magnified the seriousness of problems in agriculture, countryside and farmers. However, it can also force the court to solve these problems, such as the issues of clan autonomy and lynching controlled by rural sages and gentry. After the contradiction between man and land is partially alleviated, , you can try it.

This is the reason why Zhang Juzheng opposed the engineering regiment camp. This dynamic collective production method will promote population agglomeration. In the Ming Dynasty, more and more cities will turn into millions of cities. By then, the population will surge, which will lead to great chaos. start.

There are really very few moral role models like Hai Rui.

The court must find ways to solve these problems instead of avoiding them.

"Indeed, land is a big issue, and a single move can affect the whole body, but Qingzhang's national policy is a road trip, and there is no room for failure." Zhu Yijun's move seems to be to restore the land, but the purpose is still to safeguard Qingzhang's new policy , If we don’t give enough punishment to prevent these hidden big households from losing their land, then it will soon increase from a single case to a large number.

“The world is so big, there’s always room for it.”

The current situation of the Ming Dynasty is: the strict Confucian class system and the new class system after the influx of a large amount of silver coexist at the same time; the small peasant economy and the commodity economy coexist at the same time; the powerful and wealthy, the aristocratic families occupy a dominant position in power and the system of officials in accordance with the law coexist at the same time; the Ming Dynasty law and clan autonomy coexist at the same time;

"Your Majesty is wise." Zhang Juzheng finally agreed with His Majesty's purchase of these six million acres of land in Jiangxi at a fair price. He believed that the luxury households in Jiangxi could understand that it is better to cut off the flesh than to lose the head.

Zhang Juzheng said with some embarrassment: "The land in the south of the Yangtze River is extremely expensive in Huizhou. One acre is worth twenty or thirty taels. Now it is only five or six taels, and there are no buyers. There are many mountains in Jiangxi and the land is narrow. How can one acre of land be bought? Sixty-two and a half cents, where does this money come from?”

"It will be paid in ten years, with an average price of one tael per mu of land." Zhu Yijun said calmly. The average price is naturally based on the old Hongwu price. Do you still expect to buy it at the court's market price? A fair price means a squeezed-out price. If the price is noisy, the price will be calculated using the 17-grain scale. If the price is still noisy, the price will be given in treasure notes.

In the first year of Wu, which was the year before the first year of Hongwu, Qian Hegao, a powerful official in Songjiang Prefecture and Hu Yuan, gathered more than 30,000 people to resist the construction of bricks and stones in the city, the inspection of the land, and the Qing Dynasty. Zhu Yuanzhang sent Xu Da to suppress it. , Xu Da killed Qian Hegao in Hengli, and then collected powerful acres of land at a price of seventeen pounds of grain per mu or one tael of silver.

This is the basis for what Zhu Yijun said about parity. There is an ancestral law, and it is so fast to copy homework and solve problems.

Wan Shihe is extremely good at washing the land with water. Ever since the big case of 615 million acres of land in Jiangxi broke out, Wan Shihe has been looking into old cases to see how to make the court look decent and the powerful people to be more dignified. Sure enough, he found it. .

Throughout the thirty years of Hongwu, the successful mapping of the Fish Scale Book was related to Qian Hegao's experience this time. Qian Hegao used his own head to prove that Zhu Yuanzhang really killed people.

But during the Jianwen period, the trend changed, and those who lived in Zheshe households immediately took advantage of their courage and began to engage in annexation and concealment.

"Then let's discount it by one silver." Zhang Juzheng approved the price. Emperor Zhu Yijun of the Ming Dynasty also killed people. If Yan Shenggong and his family in Yanzhou Kong Mansion had followed the imperial court's order, Yan Shenggong would still be the Duke of Ming Dynasty now; if the Yang family of Xindu had not bothered , following the orders of Qingzhang, it is still the home of poems, books, rituals, music and hairpins.

If you don’t give money, it will be in vain. This will indeed arouse widespread vigilance. But if you give money, even though it is less, these village sages and gentry are violating the national policy and the king’s order. As a result, these stupid donkeys should kneel on the ground and kowtow. Holy grace, shout that Your Majesty is merciful.

Zhang Juzheng is now wary of the New Deal. The development of Ming Dynasty is becoming more and more dangerous, especially for the emperor. "The national funds are in deficit due to Suiyuan Chidao and Suiyuan Mining. Although the Great Situ and the Young Situ never mentioned it, there are still more than two million silver in the internal funds, which can be temporarily dismantled and used." Zhu Yijun Talking about the financial problems of the imperial court.

"It's far from this point. Salaries and frontier army pay can still be sufficient as usual." Zhang Juzheng did not agree with this proposal. He said with great certainty: "There are rules for the storage of money inside and outside the country, such as the storage of gold flowers and grains. The inner treasury is specially used for the imperial court, and the Taicang, which stores money and grain on the edge of Beijing, is specially used for military and state needs."

"Your Majesty's money belongs to your Majesty. The deficit in the use of national funds is only temporary. As long as the Suiyuan Chi Road and the mining industry make some achievements, the deficit will disappear on its own. It is not a problem. If it becomes unsustainable, it is not impossible for the Great Situ and the Young Situ to wipe it out. People with dignity will beg for food.”

Regarding the emperor's initiative to explode gold coins, Zhang Juzheng refuted it with his own rules. The emperor's money should be kept for himself. It was a bit too shabby to use fakes for the wedding and use them twice.

Your Majesty is shameless, but the courtiers still want it!

"Don't you need to use the old inventory of silver?" Zhu Yijun said with a smile: "There is no interest."

Zhu Yijun does not intend to ask for interest on the money lent from the internal funds to the national funds. The monarchy and the country have not been separated until now, and there is no way to separate it. This is the left hand and the right hand. The Ministry of Revenue is living with its belt tightened these days. There are many things. I want to do it but I can't do it. This time I have to buy land at a low price. In the first year, I only have 600,000 taels of silver, but the Ministry of Household Affairs has to use the old inventory of silver. After recruiting tenants to rent fields, we can make ends meet.

Taicang warehouse is divided into two warehouses: outer warehouse and old warehouse.

Every year, the Ministry of Household Affairs will request a report to seal and store the million taels of silver numbered in the outer treasury in the old treasury. Every time he deposits money, Wang Guoguang will personally keep an eye on it, and then wander around the old treasury for a long time before leaving with satisfaction. The number one miser in the Ming Dynasty is the emperor, the number two miser is Wang Guoguang, and the number three miser is Zhang Xueyan.

Silver in the old treasury was the capital of the Ming Dynasty. It began to deposit silver in the third year of Wanli. By the tenth year of Wanli, the old treasury had a total of 7.2 million silver coins. This was a strategic reserve that could be moved as long as possible.

Zhu Yijun said seriously: "Sir, debt is actually confidence."

"This is true for individuals, as well as for countries and dynasties. For individuals, if their future income expectations increase, they can bear more debts. For example, the boat masters of the Maritime Academy are willing to owe the sixty silver to study, because they know that in the future , can afford it.”

"For the country, the old bank of silver is the most intuitive manifestation of confidence. As long as the old bank of silver is still there, everyone will have confidence in the country. Last year, it borrowed 10 million silver from the private sector, and no one thought that the court could not honor it. Because there are seven million silver in the old treasury.”

“It’s not like borrowing national funds and borrowing internal funds will never be repaid.”

Zhang Juzheng shook his head and said: "What your Majesty said is true. Indeed, debt is actually confidence. National funds borrowed from internal funds have to be repaid, but internal funds borrowed from internal funds have to be borrowed but not repaid. This hole still cannot be opened."

Zhang Juzheng is not worried about His Majesty, he is worried about the future.

Zhu Yijun smiled, understood Zhang Juzheng's concerns, waved his hand and said, "Then just follow what Mr. said."

The national funds can still be recycled, even if Jiangxi's deficit of 61.5 silver is added, it can still be recycled, but the emperor will never pay back the money he takes from the national funds.

Zhang Juzheng's concerns are justified.

Because in the original historical line, in the tenth year of Wanli, Emperor Wanli used four events as the wedding of King Lu, the birth of the emperor's eldest daughter, the birthday of the Virgin Mary, and the wedding dowry made by the emperor's sister Shouyang Princess Zhu Yao'e. Within a few months, as much as two million silver was taken from the national funds.

Zhang Juzheng led the cabinet and the Ministry of Household Affairs to start a series of petitions, hoping to negotiate a price. In the second year of Longqing, Zhang Juzheng did it once. "Please Stop Taking Silver Liangshu" finally talked about it from 300,000 to 100,000 silver. Zhang Juzheng I originally thought I could negotiate a price, but it aroused the resentment of the rebellious Emperor Wanli, and the conflict between the emperor and his ministers became fierce.

In the end, Zhang Juzheng lost because he was ill and could not stop the grown-up Emperor Wanli.

Zhang Juzheng died of illness in June of the tenth year of Wanli. In August of the tenth year of Wanli, Wang Guoguang was beaten as a traitor to the Jin Party. Two months later, Wang Guangguang was deposed as a citizen.

Emperor Wanli had grievances against Zhang Juzheng. Not giving him unlimited money was also one of his grievances.

Now, it's completely the other way around. Zhu Yijun had too much money to spend. Seeing the difficulty in cash flow, he was ready to borrow money. Zhang Juzheng retorted with the rules. What he was guarding against was the emperor's excessive demands due to selfish desires.

The spring breeze of March is just right, the hackberry trees on Jiuzhe Bridge have sprouted new buds, and the sweet potatoes by the pond are already quite lush. Zhu Yijun and Zhang Ju are discussing important matters in the Wenchang Pavilion, and the eldest son of the emperor, Zhu Changzhi, is chasing Xiong Tingbi to play. , Xiong Tingbi was frightened. The eldest son of the emperor liked the waterside the most, and especially liked to let Xiong Tingbi shoot tailless arrows to catch fish. Zhu Changzhi cheered every time he caught one.

The bookstore of Lin Fucheng, the leader of the Songjiang School, was blocked.

Mingyufang in Xicheng, where his bookshop is located, is the gathering place for Ming Dynasty miscellaneous newspapers. There are bookshops all over the street. Lin Fucheng's "Xiaoyao Yiwen" miscellaneous newspaper has recently become a sudden rise and has suddenly become the top miscellaneous newspaper. Naturally, it is surprising. I'm jealous, especially after Minbao pioneered advertising profit, Xiaoyaoyiwen also has luxury households preparing to advertise on it.

The streets were full of people watching the fun, and there was a lot of discussion. Xiaoyao Yiwen was widely opposed by scholars. He was basically the emperor's lackey. How dare he say that he was a liberal? Are there any liberals who are the emperor’s lackeys? Liberals should be "the standard-bearers for openly challenging bureaucracy and autocracy." This was the expectation of all scholars for Lin Fucheng when he came to Beijing.

Lin Fucheng was so disappointing. He fell into the status of a lackey faster than the locals. The local poetry club and bookstore had been fighting with the imperial court for ten years. He was not yet a lackey. On the contrary, Lin Fucheng became a lackey within a few months of entering Beijing. Kneel down.

The Shilin students surrounded Guangde Bookstore, made a loud noise, and even prepared to rush in and smash the bookstore. The reason why they did not rush in was because the Qiaolou lookout found that the captain of the Wucheng Army and Horses Division, together with the school captains and Shuntian Mansion, The Prime Minister led the government officials to prevent any smashing or smashing.

The Prime Minister of Shuntian Prefecture, Yi'e, said that if you quarrel, you should quarrel, but you can't smash, smash, and loot. If you smash, smash, or loot, you will be treated as a gathering of people, and you will be beaten with a hundred sticks. If you can't be beaten to death, you will be exiled to Suiyuan.

At the end of last year, the British Duke Zhang Rong, the high priest of the Ming Dynasty, passed away. As the eldest son, Zhang Yuangong, the eldest son, was preparing to inherit the title of British Duke. At this time, Zhang Yuangong would never allow vandalism, vandalism, and robbery to occur in his territory, otherwise the title of Duke of the country he would inherit would be lost. When the problem was solved, Zhang Yuangong had no place to cry.

"Wangfu Cheng, these scholars are nothing more than this. They are much worse than those in the Jiajing period. At that time, scholars even dared to attack the Huangji Gate and create trouble for the emperor." Zhang Yuangong looked at this group of scholars and said with a little disdain.

A group of cowards who are far less brave than their predecessors. This is Zhang Yuangong's evaluation of today's scholars.

"Anyone who is a bit ambitious is either working as a prisoner or an official, or working as a local official. The people gathering here are just a bunch of cheap scholars and cowardly people." Shuntian Prefecture Prime Minister Yi'ou said with a smile, and a group of government officials , a dozen school captains intimidated the scholar-bureaucrats who were excited and clamoring to find Lin Fucheng to explain.

The system of officials is a new promotion system under the examination system. It is completely different from the past tolerance of nepotism. As long as you have a little confidence in yourself, you can ask for a supervisor to work as an official, so Jingtang stays and talks. Most of them are Confucians.

"Since there's nothing wrong, why doesn't Wang Fucheng leave?" Zhang Yuangong asked doubtfully.

"I was watching the excitement, why didn't the British prince leave?" Wang Yi'e answered this question very honestly. It is human nature to watch the excitement.

Zhang Yuangong said with great conviction: "I am also watching the fun."

Who is not a fun-loving person? If there is excitement to watch, it is natural to see the results of this gathering. The gathering is to gather together to discuss issues. This is allowed by the imperial court. It is forbidden by the imperial court to gather disciples to give lectures, especially for the purpose of conspiracy. Profit is the purpose.

Wang Qian, who was talking about having fun, came to the door of Guangde Bookstore, surrounded by people in front and behind.

Wang Qian is also a fun-loving person. How could such fun be complete without Wang Qian? The Yanguan of Jingtang has now chosen to shut up and no longer dares to criticize Wang Chonggu. The demon book is really too scary.

"Everyone, why are you making noise in front of my door?" Lin Fucheng opened the door, walked out, cupped his hands in all directions, and asked loudly.

"We are all scholars. Don't be disgraced. If you fight on the street, you will be fined fifty silver and beaten with ten sticks. You will be sent to the Xishan Coal Bureau to mine coal for six months." When Wang Yi'e saw the victim coming out, he immediately read out the rules loudly and went back to the quarrel. If you fight, you won't be able to fight. If you fight, it violates the laws of the Ming Dynasty. If you lose, you will be admitted to Huimin Pharmacy. If you win, you will be arrested by the government officials and fined, corporally punished, and forced to do corvee.

This is to mark the road. You can only make noises, but you can't use force if you don't want to say anything.

"Thank you, Prime Minister, for protecting me." Lin Fucheng bowed his head and thanked Wang Yi'e for his protection. In fact, he could have arrested the person after the fight, so that Shuntian Mansion could also achieve certain test scores and targets, but Wang Yi'e did not do that.

After Lin Fucheng thanked him, he straightened his waist and started talking to other scholars. It's not like he had never done it before. Last time at Taibai Tower, he even beat sixty and didn't lose.

"Anyone, please come forward and have a chat with me!" Lin Fucheng put his hands behind his back, looking like a master. He, Lin Fucheng, can't be an official, so he can't quarrel with these cheap scholars! The most powerful thing about Lin Fucheng is his mouth.

"In your latest anecdote, you trumpeted that the imperial court minted money, saying, is the money minted by the imperial court enough?" A Confucian scholar immediately stood up and shouted loudly.

Lin Fucheng half-raised his head, raised his brows, and asked with a mocking smile: "Who is coming?"

"Jinshi in the eighth year of Wanli, Yang Tongshan!" Yang Tongshan replied loudly.

Lin Fucheng suddenly realized it and said with a smile: "It turns out to be Yang Tongshan. I really haven't known him for a long time."

"Hahaha!"

Laughter burst out from the crowd. Lin Fucheng's style was indeed different from that of traditional Confucian scholars. He didn't even say polite words. Come to think of it, he just knocked on his door. Why are you so polite?
"Arrogant!" Yang Tongshan's face turned red. This Lin Fucheng didn't have the character of a scholar at all.

Lin Fucheng said loudly: "The reason why the imperial court does not mint enough money is because there is copper in Tongbao. How can you spend money on casting iron like you? Cheap money harms the people. The imperial court does not allow you to harm the people, but it belongs to the imperial court, right? As you do So, people should use cheap money? Ming people should have the freedom to use big money!"

"You really like to ride on the heads of the poor coolies and act like a superior, and you don't even want to give the people the freedom to spend big money?"

Lin Fucheng poked his lungs. His words were really not polite at all, which completely tore off the hypocrisy of the scholar.

(End of this chapter)