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Chapter 561: The edict to abolish lowly slave status is extremely benevolent and meritorious, and the countryside and fields are full of miserable people.

Zhu Yijun asked Antonio to pay attention to personal safety, especially to prevent assassinations and military coups. This is all based on experience. In the Tang Dynasty, just because the eunuch controlled the Shence Army, the eunuch could depose and establish nine emperors in a row. This is military It is inevitable that the power is not in one's own hands.

Such things have happened again and again since ancient times in the Ming Dynasty. History is a good teacher, and history teaches everything. Therefore, the more you read, the more you can see clearly. But it is somewhat difficult to tell these things to friends who have not experienced them. The attitude of a teacher.

But Antonio took a trick and leaned against a big tree to enjoy the shade!
I can't, but Daming can!

Anyway, his purpose was to prevent Portugal from falling into the hands of Spain. The Ming Dynasty was on the other side of the world, and the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty would not turn Portugal into a county anyway.

This is Antonio's biggest confidence in taking shortcuts.

From Antonio's flattery, Zhu Yijun thought that if he didn't pay back the money, he didn't think outside the box or make a leap forward. He just felt that Antonio acted so submissively just to deceive and sneak attack on him, the creditor, and make him the creditor. Sorry to collect debt!
If it were completely transformed into a king and became like the Ming Dynasty, wouldn’t it be an enclave of the Ming Dynasty in the West? He was already one of his own, so how could the Emperor of Ming be embarrassed to ask for money?
The Ming Dynasty would not have asked Zhengmao for a war loan. When he first attacked Luzon, Zhengmao had used the royal court's food and salary to fight the war. There was neither a loan nor interest.

Ming Dynasty and Luzon are gradually becoming one, so there is no need to worry about them.

The main money Antonio owed was the galleon worth 250,000 yuan. This was the principal, the high interest during the war, and the huge accounts that eventually rolled up. The Ming Emperor had already recovered the original investment, and now it has been extended. Interest is pure profit.

Feng Bao and Zhang Hong can understand His Majesty's thoughts to some extent, but of course they won't say it out loud. His Majesty's little thoughts will just stay in their hearts.

"Special envoy, His Highness Antonio did not repay the money in advance this time. Does he have no money?" Feng Bao changed his angle and explained why His Majesty said that, and brought the topic to the issue of Antonio not repaying the money in advance.

Marcus suddenly realized that His Majesty was afraid that Antonio would default on his debt because he saw that Antonio had not repaid the principal more. If he did not repay the loan in advance, he would have to pay interest!
The Sword Master is actually not suitable to be a diplomatic envoy, because he is indeed a bit upright.

Marcus quickly bowed his head and said: "The extension interest given by your Majesty is actually not too high. His Highness has made a lot of money by collecting and distributing goods from the Ming Dynasty. His Highness plans to keep the silver in the country and follow His Majesty's example in investing in some workshops. Ni Deland and England were affected by cotton and had a large number of craftsmen. How do you say that? "

"Plant a sycamore tree and a phoenix will come."

"You have learned Chinese very well. You have learned to use common idioms. Not bad. That Sauron has been saying all day that Antonio is not suitable to be king. From my point of view, he is still very suitable. He thinks very clearly. As the head of a country, He needs to have a long-term vision. It is true that before he was the captain, the immediate crisis was imminent, but now that he is the king, he needs to have a longer-term vision, which is good." Zhu Yijun nodded repeatedly after hearing Marcus's explanation.

Marcus said slightly embarrassed: "This is the queen's suggestion."

It was actually not convenient for Xu Fan to express his position on this matter. Antonio wanted to pay back the money, but Xu Fan stopped him. How would the Ming Dynasty treat him? Moreover, Xu Fan was not in the Ming Dynasty, and it was not clear whether the Ming Dynasty needed more silver. Xu Fan actually wanted to make some investments, but due to the Ming Dynasty's opinion, Xu Fan could only shut up. Instead, Duchess Katarina suggested Just right.

Of course, the Ming Dynasty viewed this positively. Antonio's debt was extended for a full thirty years. If Portugal can really develop and pay off its debt completely, then this war loan is likely to become Zhu Yijun's most successful investment. one.

"That's it. If you have any questions, remember to ask Daming's ocean caravan to bring them back and write down the situation and problems clearly. Daming can also provide some help, such as goods, such as the management of official factories, etc. Daming is very good in this regard He still has rich experience." Zhu Yijun made a promise that if he asked for help, he would naturally help.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Marcus solemnly thanked him again. The Emperor of the Ming Dynasty was not the kind of monarch who would ignore everything after being enthroned and let him fend for himself, even if His Majesty did it for money, for the debt and interest. , can this kind of holy family be bought with money?
The foothold of the Ming Dynasty's ocean caravan in the West was Lisbon. The reason for choosing Portugal over Spain couldn't be simpler. Because it was profitable, Portugal had to return part of the profits from collecting and distributing Ming goods to the Ming Dynasty. Antonio owed His Majesty the money, so he had to return it to the Ming Dynasty. Pay back the money.

Except for repairing Chi Dao, Emperor Zhu Yijun of the Ming Dynasty never did any loss-making business.

Did Antonio or Portugal know that they were actually working as wage earners for the emperor by distributing goods?
In fact, Portugal is very clear about it, and Marcus also made it very clear in his memorial. Portugal is well aware of this both inside and outside the country, but to remain independent, something always has to be paid, as is the case with everything in the world. You can't make all the benefits. Your Majesty extends it for thirty years, and the annual interest rate is only 4%, which is not expensive.

If you find someone to take care of you, you will naturally have to pay a protection fee. How can there be so much love for no reason in the world?
This debt and interest are actually protection fees. In addition to providing protection, Portugal also obtained the power to collect and distribute goods from the Ming Dynasty's ocean-going fleet. This transaction is not a loss for Portugal.

Zhu Yijun and Marcus chatted for a long time, mainly about Taixi. Zhu Yijun got to know Taixi better. Now Taixi is in the stage of getting rid of religion and coming out of ignorance.

Zhu Yijun was convinced that he had interfered in the historical process of Taixi.

To get rid of religion, you need to launch a war, and war requires the consumption of a large amount of silver. Only a huge amount of silver can form a centrifugal force, allowing more people to actively participate in sailing adventures, and then complete the bloody primitive accumulation.

And the Ming Dynasty is actively opening up the sea and swallowing up the world's silver, which makes the wave of anti-religion in the West somewhat lacking in foundation.

Wars, especially religious wars, are very expensive. The French royal family was originally very wealthy, but because of the two religious wars, the royal family's savings were emptied, making the royal family fall into poverty, and its influence began to plummet.

The French royal family suppressed the Huguenots who spread wantonly in the country. Because the royal family's funds were completely exhausted, they could only shake hands with the Huguenots and make peace with them. This Huguenots were an opposition to the Holy See and an anti-Catholic protestant. One of them, Henri de Bourbon, recognized King of France, joined this sect.

From a secular perspective, it was Henry de Bourbon who was using the power of the Huguenots to seize the throne of France.

Felipe II once tried to help, because everyone belongs to the Catholic camp, and it is naturally Felipe's obligation as the guardian of the Holy See to suppress the opposition, but Felipe can't do anything about the bad situation in France.

The power of the opposition has spread, and the Bourbon family has gained recognition and support from the common people and nobles. The Bourbon family itself is also the spokesperson for the interests of the emerging bourgeoisie.

From the perspective of the theory of contradiction, the Valois dynasty of France has actually perished. It is dead and needs to wait a few more years to be buried.

Using copper as a mirror, you can straighten your clothes; using ancient times as a mirror, you can know the ups and downs; using people as a mirror, you can know gains and losses.

Zhu Yijun systematically understood the humanistic features of the Western and Eastern countries. Of course, he could also wait for Wan Shihe, the Minister of Rites of the Ming Dynasty, to compile the Overseas Fanguo Zhi before reading it. It was just a casual chat with Marcus to communicate feelings.

The Emperor of the Ming Dynasty was convinced that it had an impact on the historical process of Europe and the West, but Zhu Yijun had no interest in exploring whether the world would become a better place. He only cared about the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Yijun, an emperor who completely prioritized the Ming Dynasty.

June of the 11th year of Wanli was extremely hot. The scorching sun was scorching the earth. It had not rained for several days. The trees in the capital hall were drooping. The cicadas were neighing crazily, making the noisy passers-by even more upset. There was chaos, and even the air was filled with layers of heat waves. At this time, the Emperor of Ming Dynasty did not stop the court discussions on the grounds that the heat was unbearable, nor did he stop receiving foreign guests.

"Today was supposed to be a day for envoys from various countries to meet, but it was canceled because of the extremely hot weather." Zhang Juzheng reported something at the court meeting.

Zhu Yijun asked doubtfully: "What does the hot weather have to do with the audience?"

"I'm a little choked." Wan Shihe said with a complicated expression.

Zhu Yijun thought for a while and said: "Let's go to see them. I already know the demands of these Fanyi envoys. Once I see them, I will let them hurry up and do their own things."

Feng Bao said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, you are indeed a little bit panicked. Even Prince Lu's Palace has sent people back to Taichang Temple to work as musicians."

The gifts sent to the emperor from various countries, especially the beauties, were carefully selected to ensure that they had no body odor. For example, Cindy Celia, the saint of the Western Holy See who washed clothes in the laundry department, did not have body odor.

But the beauties from all over the world in Prince Lu's Mansion slipped through the net. After Prince Lu Zhu Yixi smelled it, he gained wisdom. Now every summer, Zhu Yixi stays away from those beauties from all over the world, because the body odor of beauties from all over the world is really... It was so shocking that even Zhu Yili, who liked beauties from all over the world, could not accept it.

Empress Dowager Li did not allow Zhu Yirui to have too much contact with the beauties of the world. The rebellious King Lu did not listen at all, and Zhu Yirui was given a severe boomerang.

Based on natural selection, anthropogenic selection, survival of the fittest, and the elimination of the fittest, the Jieguyuan proposed the theory of superiority of the Ming people. Since ancient times, the population has been large, and every drastic change in the world has been a screening. Anyone with too much experience cannot escape the war. , Dogs in war are good helpers in searching for people. When they find people, they find wealth and food. After repeated screenings, less than 5% of people in Ming Dynasty have body odor. This is proof of the theory of the victory of Jieguyuan.

Zhu Yijun agreed with the idea of ​​natural selection and the survival of the fittest, and it was published in Di newspapers all over the world. However, Zhu Yijun chose to ban the theory of superiority and not allow it to be spread around the Jiecu Academy.

"Okay, I'll listen to your advice." Zhu Yijun chose to agree with the opinions of his ministers. Wan Shihe and Feng Bao both persuaded the emperor out of consideration for His Majesty. Naturally, they had their reasons.

Zhu Yijun's meeting with the foreign envoys was postponed for two days because of the intense heat. It was not until June 13th that heavy rain washed away the intense heat, and Zhu Yijun received these foreign envoys at the Wenhua Hall in the afternoon. .

Envoys from various countries submitted their credentials. The credentials of each country had already been submitted to the Ministry of Rites, and Zhu Yijun had also written a reply, so it was just a process.

The Holy Roman Empire has another envoy, and he seems to be from a noble family. There is no big deal. He just follows Felipe II's galley and comes to join in the fun. England is still the same, and its request is still to trade with the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty asked the Ming Dynasty not to sell cotton cloth, but this time it wanted to buy a five-masted transoceanic ship. The Ming Dynasty refused due to limited production capacity. The special envoy John could not even go to the Wenhua Hall to meet the saint.

In the end, Sauron did not express his dissatisfaction with Felipe II in front of the emperor, but sang praises to the emperor, because if he really offended the Ming Emperor, the Ming Emperor would really sell firearms to the special envoy from the Netherlands. Lun chose to slide and kneel directly, bypassing the intermediate link.

The whole interview process ended in an orderly manner, and nothing happened.

Another year passed, and Zhu Yijun looked at the back of the foreign envoys leaving with emotion.

When I first met Marcus, he was still a ten-year-old child. At that time, he still had to hide behind Zhang Juzheng. Now Marcus has some ridges on his face and some gray on his temples, and Ming Dynasty The emperor has become a well-deserved emperor of the empire and can protect Zhang Juzheng from wind and rain.

Even in the scorching hot weather, people still worked overtime to build the marvelous Zhengya Bell and Drum Tower outside Donghua Gate. The Ming Dynasty planned to build the Chidao from Tianjin to Mizhou, and also began to build official factories and groups. Everything was So methodical.

When the emperor was in a very beautiful mood, someone would naturally jump out to make the emperor's mood worse, and this time it was Lin Fucheng, the pen editor of Xiaoyao Yiwen.

"Master Lin, do you have to take advantage of my good mood to pour cold water on my forehead to calm me down?" Zhu Yijun slapped the table and said angrily.

Lin Fucheng wrote a new issue of Xiaoyao Yiwen, titled "People are Cheaper than Donkeys", and sent it to Wang Qian for review, who then presented it to the emperor.

In this issue of Xiaoyao Yiwen, Lin Fucheng once again begins with his experiences in Baoding Prefecture.

Lin Fucheng stayed with a farmer in Qizhou. The farmer was afraid and cooked a bowl of porridge with the little millet left in the rice vat. Lin Fucheng drank the porridge and gave him fifteen cents. He could not give more, so he would give the farmer more. It will be bad luck.

Lin Fucheng had little experience in going to the countryside, but Chen Mo reminded him that he must not give more. Otherwise, once the villagers find out, it will be the day when their families are destroyed. The people in the village will remember that there are more than just countrysides in the countryside. The simplicity of the people, and the wandering bullies who rob, burn, and steal. If the nobleman pays more, and the family pays a little copper instead of complaining about the nobleman's buckling, thieves will be interested in this family, and that's when the trouble will begin.

When thieves are looking for heads, bullies come to ask for money, and even when bandits come down the mountain to plunder and borrow food, the villagers will point to this family.

Don’t give too much, as giving too much will harm others.

Chen Mo was born in a humble background. He was a child in the village and knew these things very well. Lin Fucheng was frightened in a cold sweat after hearing Chen Mo's description. He thought it was a good deed, but it was harmful to others.

At this farmer's house, Lin Fucheng saw a farm tool called a windmill. This farm tool was damaged and was obviously broken.

The grain windmill has an inlet to put the dried grains in, and then rotates the hand-operated bellows. The hand-operated bellows will generate high wind pressure when rotating. Open the air door to blow out weeds, grains, etc. , the grain slides out from the outlet.

Chen Mo was born in poverty. He repaired the windmill in three strokes and five divided by two, and recorded the size of the thing in detail. It was really easy to use, but Lin Fucheng was a little confused when it broke.

It is simply strange that such useful farm tools should be left broken at home.

Lin Fucheng started chatting with the farmer. Unfortunately, the farmer was not good at words and couldn't explain why. Lin Fucheng asked around. After three to five days of observation, Lin Fucheng finally understood why agricultural tools like the windmill were abandoned. broken.

Landowners all raise livestock, and grain is one of the feeds for livestock. The grain windmill will blow the grain everywhere, so people are specially asked to use wooden shovels to lift it, and it must be done well, so that the grain will not be blown everywhere. Running around is enough, but gradually the windmill will break down.

A wooden shovel can lift two stones a day, while a windmill can lift more than twenty stones a day.

Lin Fucheng looked and observed little by little in the countryside, and found that deep plowing in the fields did not use animal power, but human power.

The word "deep cultivation and careful cultivation" itself refers to the work that oxen should do, but it is done bit by bit by people. Even donkeys are not used, and livestock are not used. They just use people.

There are generally four or five donkeys in a village, and these four or five donkeys are used exclusively for pulling carts, not for farm work.

Lin Fucheng discovered that the fundamental reason is that humans are cheaper than donkeys.

At first, Lin Fucheng believed that there were too many people in the Ming Dynasty. If you don't do it, there will be others. The labor supply is too sufficient, and the landlords who own the means of production can do whatever they want, taking and taking away.

But after a deeper understanding, Lin Fucheng found that the problem was not that simple.

Because the land is becoming barren, it proves that the labor force is not too abundant. If that were the case, then the land should be full of crops, instead of the way it is now, with patches of fields being barren.

Later, Lin Fucheng discovered that there is another layer of supply and demand behind this, which is the natural closure of the small-scale peasant economy. As a result, as long as the landlords produce enough food for themselves, they can store food for about three years. There is no need for additional production, because the roads It is not smooth. Those who are short of food have no money to buy it, and those who have money to buy it are not short of food.

Therefore, extra output is a gift to the tenants, which is generally established in the countryside.

At this point, Lin Fucheng still did not give up his aggressiveness. He insisted on thoroughly observing the problem. He found that the iron plow and cattle farming had generally disappeared and had completely become human farming.

Lin Fucheng summed it up at the end of this issue of Xiaoyao Anecdote: "The imperial edict abolished the status of humble slaves, and benevolence is the most meritorious. The countryside and fields are full of miserable people." ]
"This Lin Fucheng, Zhao Tiqi, go and tear his mouth open!" Zhu Yijun was very angry.

This Lin Fucheng really could stand and talk without pain in his back. How long had the Ming Dynasty been busy up and down to abolish the slave status? It finally worked, but fortunately it didn't cause any bad consequences.

Fortunately, the Gosochi incident was settled smoothly, otherwise it would have been a civil uprising that would spread to the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty.

Two hundred years later, the United States abolished slavery and started the Civil War!
Zhu Yijun was even prepared for a war in order to abolish the slave status, but Lin Fucheng denied it with just a touch of lip service?
"He has no solution at all, but he gives some ideas and solutions. If there is no solution, he just farts! I am so angry!" Zhu Yijun saw the fun this time and saw it on himself. This crooked poem even made him laugh. Yes, the meaning behind the words is that the emperor issued an edict to abolish the slave status. It was abolished, but the production relations did not change, and the miserable people will still be miserable people after all.

"Let me see, he just doesn't want to live anymore. If he doesn't want to live anymore, okay, I'll have someone visit his grave next year!"

Lin Fucheng talked about it before, but did not mention the emperor. Zhu Yijun stayed out of the matter and watched the excitement, and even fanned the flames. However, this crooked poem suddenly hit the Ming Emperor on the head. Zhu Yijun was young and had high blood pressure. Come up.

"Your Majesty, do you want to go?" Zhao Mengyou asked tentatively.

Zhu Yijun was silent for a long time, panted several times, and then calmed down and said: "Forget it, he is telling the truth. Zhang Hong, please bring Mr. Tian Shu."

The phenomena mentioned by Lin Fucheng, the transformation of the productivity of the Central Plains from "everything is a coincidence" to "everything is a human being", the grain mills mentioned are broken, the people mentioned are cheaper than donkeys, the The Ming Dynasty's iron plow and oxen farming turned into human farming, and the mention of the closure of the small-scale peasant economy, and the phenomenon that closure led to insufficient demand and eventually led to land waste, are all true.

Because Zhu Yijun also farmed, he knew that not a single word in Lin Fucheng's noisy article was false.

The one who walks the walk is just faithful - Zhu Zhongxing.

These words were written by Zhu Yijun on the screen wall of the Royal Gemological Garden. He made such demands on other people in the Ming Dynasty, and he also made such demands on himself. Since Lin Fucheng told the truth and did not take the words out of context, nor did he mistake a deer for a horse, he cannot be punished.

"Your Majesty, there is something unfortunate about Master Lin. If you tell me, Your Majesty will not be angry." Feng Bao bowed his head and said: "Master Lin's house was robbed and stolen. More than 800 taels of silver were not lost, but he was the one who lost it." The notes from the trip to Baoding were lost.”

"Who did it?" Zhu Yijun was stunned, and his mood improved instantly. That notebook was Lin Fucheng's hard work! Zhu Yijun hesitated to see it, so Zhu Yijun directly asked the Three Classics Factory to copy a copy.

Feng Bao bowed his head and said: "Wang Qian, many people have hinted to Mr. Wang openly and secretly that Lin Fucheng cannot continue to write like this. Wang Qian had to find someone to steal Guangde Bookstore."

"Stealing yourself?" Zhu Yijun laughed straight away, and his mood improved a lot. It was also the ability to withstand stress that he had developed through years of being irritated by cheap Confucians. It was just a few acid words, and he stopped being angry after being angry.

Wang Qian did a ridiculous thing when he was sixteen or seventeen years old. Someone offended Wang Qian, so Wang Qian sent someone to climb over the wall at the other person's house and cut off a lock of the other person's hair as a warning.

After Wang Chonggu found out about this incident, Wang Qian's legs were almost broken. He knelt in the ancestral hall for three days and three nights. If Wang Qian's mother hadn't cried and begged, Wang Chonggu had spared Wang Qian, and I'm afraid Zhu Yijun would have also I won’t recognize him anymore.

After being taught such a lesson by his father, Wang Qian had a way of doing things.

This time, I was stealing from myself. I was somewhat forced and had no choice but to steal Lin Fucheng's material library, so that he could not write anything.

In fact, the ready-made solution lies in the hands of Zhu Yijun. The broken grain windmill in the farmer's home was used by the family when he was still a self-cultivated farmer. As long as he becomes a self-cultivated farmer again, the grain windmill will come back, and the iron plow and oxen will return, and the land It won't be wasted.

Zhu Yijun took the Huantian Shu in his hand, looked at it again and again, and finally handed it to Feng Bao and said, "Put it back."

Like the banknote method, the time has not come yet and the banknote method lacks an anchor, and the return of farmland needs more channels to ensure that uncontrollable chaos will not occur in various places due to the return of farmland.

Making banknotes and restoring fields are things that Zhu Yijun wanted to do but has been unable to do.

The purpose of the New Deal is to make the Ming Dynasty better, not to make the Ming Dynasty fall into war and make the people suffer even more when it rises and dies.

People in troubled times are not as good as dogs in prosperous times.

"Don't Guangde Bookstore still have 800 silver? Tell Wang Qian to fine him 400 silver so that he can remember it!" Zhu Yijun finally decided to use Lin Fucheng's money to vent his anger!
"Your Majesty, sir, I'm asking for an audience outside the royal study." Xiao Huangmen hurried in and bowed his head.

"Xuan."

Zhang Juzheng hurriedly walked in. After bowing his head and paying homage, Zhang Juzheng frowned and said, "Your Majesty, that Lin Fucheng has such a bad mouth. He has no control over his words and likes to talk nonsense. Your Majesty, please don't take it to heart."

Zhang Juzheng had obviously seen what Lin Fucheng had written in advance, and was worried that His Majesty would be angry and came over to take a look.

"When you're angry, you won't be angry anymore. I can't send someone to stop his mouth when he tells the truth. Just write if you like, but don't publish that sour poem so that no one will find it. He's in trouble." Zhu Yijun looked at the first edition of Xiaoyao Yiwen in his hand and crossed out the sour poem.

Lin Fucheng really couldn't handle it. There were not many loyal ministers in the Ming Dynasty, but there were many who pretended to be loyal.

"Your Majesty, I have a happy event here." Zhang Juzheng held his hands and said with a smile on his face: "The Imperial College and the Sanjing Factory have finally finished engraving the Yongle Grand Ceremony."

"Oh?! Okay!" Zhu Yijun stood up suddenly, nodded repeatedly and said: "Okay, okay. There will be rewards, lots of rewards!"

The task of printing "Yongle Dadian" was originally given to Zhang Siwei. Later, Zhang Siwei became a room full of specimens, so the matter was handed over to Zhang Juzheng as president. After ten years, the Yongle Dadian was finally completed. .

This means it can be released on a large scale.

The best way to prevent books from being lost is to print them and then distribute them on a large scale. If they are distributed everywhere, they will not be lost.

As early as the completion of the revision in the fifth year of Yongle, the doctors and officials of the Ministry of Rites submitted a memorial to be published and published, but the work was too expensive. After the reprinting in the 30th year of Jiajing, Lu Kejiao of the Nanjing Imperial College wrote a letter suggesting that the memorial be published, but it was also too expensive. , but not published.

It's all caused by poverty. In fact, this problem also existed in the early years of Wanli. Let Zhang Siwei mess around, just not giving him serious work and letting him waste his time.

(End of this chapter)