Wanli Youming

Chapter 175 The emperor who loves the people, the excellent chief assistant

Chapter 175 The emperor who loves the people, the excellent chief assistant

"Your Majesty is able to know so many people's sentiments, and has also taken the initiative to think of ways to benefit and calm the people, which shows that His Majesty is diligent in governing and caring for the people!"

"The minister issued an order from His Majesty to add the item of benefiting the people to the purpose of the new policy on the basis of enriching the country and strengthening the army. Then, according to the actual situation of the people, he thought of some ways to guide it, so that all the people above and below can increase their profits and make the country more prosperous. Prosperity and Prosperity!"

"Instead of blindly frugal and not open source."

"These methods coincide with what His Majesty proposed."

"In addition, the minister has drawn up detailed rules on how to better use the internal funds and state funds obtained from the people for the people, and then feed back the state funds and internal funds."

"Although His Majesty loves the people like a son, and far surpasses those who read sage books like ministers, His Majesty's money and the court's money cannot be spent in vain."

"Gentlemen and merchants are more cunning than ordinary people, and they are more difficult to deal with."

"Therefore, we need to have institutional precautions instead of giving money or technology directly, so as to prevent them from getting the money from His Majesty and the court, and it will be lost, and they will not do things sincerely, or if they do things honestly and become bigger, they will turn against the court and Your Majesty. To coerce His Majesty and the imperial court to not only give him money, but also to give him power, and even make chaos for him."

"Even if His Majesty lets the royal relatives or domestic slaves use His Majesty's money to do it, you have to guard against them spending money instead of doing practical things, which will cause conflicts in the Tian family in the future, and Your Majesty will also fall into it at that time. Killing is ruthless." , If you don’t kill them, the country will be in a dilemma.”

"That's why I drew up the relevant detailed rules, and please read them, Your Majesty."

Zhang Juzheng spoke at this moment, and took out a thick playbook from his sleeve, bowed and held it up with both hands.

Zhang Hong took it and handed it to Zhu Yijun.

Zhu Yijun didn't expect that Zhang Juzheng had thought of this long ago, and even drew up the detailed rules, which really took his old words of asking for reform and benefiting the people to heart.

Zhu Yijun couldn't help thinking, no wonder Zhang Juzheng's eyes lit up when he said that just now, because he realized that he and he wanted to go together.

But in fact, Zhang Juzheng was not only surprised because Zhu Yijun thought the same as him, but because he wanted to give money to Huimin based on Zhu Yijun's words and deeds, he saw that his emperor's student really cared about the people In fact, they are also willing to spend energy to understand the people's sentiments, and even take the initiative to use Jinyiwei to understand some social problems that have arisen after the implementation of the New Deal.

You must know that an emperor who is willing to passively listen to some opinions in response to problems is already considered a wise emperor.

What's more, he is still the emperor who will take the initiative to find out the problem.

This is the reason for Zhang Juzheng's real surprise.

He found that the emperor's student he trained was not willing to be diligent because of his great achievements, but he really loved the people, even more than him, and treated the people as human beings.

Because in fact, according to Zhang Juzheng's original philosophy, the best way to solve the problem of refugees who increased after the implementation of the New Deal is to wait for them to become rioters and directly exterminate them.

After all, doing so does not harm the interests of the landlord class, and even benefits the landlord class.

The reason is also very simple.

For example, the increasing slum dwellers in the area of ​​Jiuling Mountain, after going into the mountain to reclaim fields through their own hard work, and setting up various small workshops such as papermaking and tea making, will be targeted by the local dignitaries and tyrants and eager to annex them. .

In addition, the handicraft industries established by these ordinary people also seized the market of the local dignitaries and gentry.

After all, most Han people advocate frugality. If they have a choice, they would rather use cheap, inferior products than expensive high-end products.

Therefore, the local dignitaries and gentry naturally hated these squatter refugees who came here to develop, and also wanted to embezzle their industries and fields to increase their own interests.

In addition, there is already xenophobic psychology.

Therefore, the local dignitaries and gentry supported the local officials to increase the exploitation of these squatter refugees, and even directly forced them to rebel, and finally wiped them all out, devouring the interests of these squatter refugees together.

In history, Zhang Juzheng chose this way.

After the refugee shantytowns in the Jiuling Mountain area were forced by the government to rebel against the people, he asked Pan Jixun and Deng Zilong to send soldiers to encircle and suppress them, and physically eliminated more than 8 refugee shantytowns who had migrated to the Jiuling Mountain area due to landlessness.

In the end, it was directly ordered to close the mountain, and this place was later called Guanshan.

Zhang Juzheng, Pan Jixun, and Deng Zilong are all capable ministers, but they are also landlords, so it is normal to make such choices.

After all, even if they support the New Deal and carry out reforms, it is only to maintain the rule of Ming Dynasty, not to say that they are really for the people of the world.

Therefore, Zhang Juzheng chose to use the method of exploitation and direct extermination in history to solve the problem of refugees and shanty towns.

For example, Zhang Juzheng also advocated direct extermination of Han, Yao and other people who migrated to the mountainous areas of Guangdong and Guangxi to cultivate terraced fields, because they refused to be exploited by the government and resisted.

Zhang Juzheng gave Ling Zhenyun, who was in charge of military affairs in Guangdong and Guangxi at that time, the command to "remove major incidents, kill thieves as soon as they are seen, and don't question their background", that is, they don't care about injustice, just kill them.

Under the instructions of Zhang Juzheng, Ling Zhenyun beheaded and killed more than 4 civilians within four months.

Although this can be regarded as a solution to the contradiction between people and land, it is just that the solution is very cruel. If it does not solve the problem of the government forcing the people to rebel, it simply only solves the rebellion of the people.

Generally speaking, Zhang Juzheng's position has always been on the side of the big landlords.

His blows to civil servants who opposed him were gentle compared to his blows to refugees

It's just that in this life, the great leader, Emperor Zhu Yijun, came from the civilian class of later generations.

In addition, Zhu Yijun was born under the influence of more than ten years of education in later generations and the social environment in which the consciousness of nation, country, and civil rights has emerged. I really have some compatriot feelings for my Han people, and have the kind of psychology from a more advanced civilized society that respects the weak's right to life and right to earn a living, and requires the New Deal to benefit the people in addition to being rich and powerful.

Zhang Juzheng was loyal to the emperor, and his reforms had offended most of the powerful officials and gentry in the world. Only a few people such as the emperor supported him, so he had to compromise, and gave up the means he would have chosen, and was willing to really follow The way of the sage is to treat the common people with benevolence, and to solve the problem of increasing the number of refugees and shanty towns with the method of suffering the local dignitaries and gentry.

At this time, Zhu Yijun had to admit that Zhang Juzheng was a qualified and excellent bureaucrat.

Once he chooses to obey the emperor's will, he will conscientiously implement it for the emperor, and plan the corresponding system for the emperor in advance, so as to ensure that the will of the emperor is perfectly reflected, so he has already prepared for it. Fine print.

"I'll take a closer look when I go back, sir, let's talk about it now."

Zhu Yijun also said something with a smile.

Zhang Juzheng clapped his hands and said yes, and then said: "Your Majesty Qizuo, logically, the landless people are all gangsters, and there is no need to worry about their life and death. If there is chaos and troubles, we can only cut their flesh to mend their sores!"

"But right now, if you want to benefit the people and take precautions, you should first set up an official office to plan the prosperity of the country and the people."

"The official office controls the pros and cons of the world and decides on the reforms of the local government, and then asks His Majesty to allocate money to rejuvenate the country and enrich the people."

"Moreover, it is necessary to appoint high-level officials to supervise and supervise the progress of the project and operation, and to supervise the appropriation of funds, instead of directly distributing the money. It is expected that one or two powerful officials can make one or two decisions after receiving the money. When things come to an end, it may be a waste of money, even if the money is issued, it must be issued in a lump sum, and it cannot be issued in one go!"

"In addition, a guarantee system should be established so that those who ask His Majesty and the imperial court to allocate money to increase their financial interests must first hand over a part of the funds as a guarantee before they can get the money allocated by His Majesty and the imperial court, so as to prevent them from spending too much money and not paying for it. If things can be done, the imperial court really wants to beat chickens and eggs, spend money and get nothing, and even cause civil uprisings because the people who work can't get wages, even if this person is ransacked and wiped out, I'm afraid it will be difficult to solve the problem of waste of money and money. The problem."

"Leave some guarantee money to force them not to be serious and not to speak seriously, and it can also clean up the aftermath, so as to prevent unemployed homeless people from not being able to get their wages and becoming rioters after they fail to do something."

"Mr. still has a comprehensive consideration."

Zhu Yijun said with a smile, and nodded his head: "My money, the court's money, can't be spent in vain, everything must be done in order."

(End of this chapter)