Chapter 836: Jizijuan cramming (fourth update, please vote!)
Lian Guoshi also laughed and said happily: "Brother Yu is a little bit hypocritical. I just want to hear Ziying's point of view. Every time I hear your thoughts and opinions, Brother Yu will feel suddenly enlightened, benefited a lot, and have a long aftertaste." ah."
"Haha, Brother Jun Yu exaggerated, but I feel that when our officials in Da Zhou do things, they focus more on being an official, and ignore that being an official should first do things. The purpose and results of doing things must be unified. Only in accordance with Doing things with our own intentions, achieving goals, achieving results, and conforming to our intentions is the duty of being an official. However, many of us find it difficult to achieve this even though we are Jinshi candidates."
Feng Ziying’s words were a bit convoluted, but Lian Guoshi still understood. His face became serious and he nodded: "Ziying, Brother Yu, I hope to hear your opinions today."
"Okay." Feng Ziying was not polite, "When I explain my ideals of becoming an official, I will first ask some questions about the current situation of our Great Zhou Dynasty for you and me to discuss. After confirming the basics of our views, After we agree, this will help me explain my future ideas in the next step.”
Lian Guoshi nodded, "This is what it should be."
“The first question, brother Jun Yu, what do you think is better and worse between the Great Zhou Dynasty and the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty? How is the situation in the eighth year of Yonglong compared to twenty years ago, that is, the twentieth year of Yuanxi?”
It was a big question at the beginning, and he was a little confused when he asked about Lian Guo. Even though he was born as a scholar and had been practicing in the Hanlin Academy for several years, he still felt that this question was a bit difficult to answer.
After pondering for a long time, Lian Guoshi said: "It depends on how to say it, or from what aspects. The Great Zhou Dynasty was basically established on the ruins of the former Ming Dynasty. Taizu's Northern Expedition, from Nanzhi, Jiangxi to Shandong and Northern Zhili has experienced wars, but to be honest, compared with the situation after the Northern Expedition of the Ming Dynasty expelled the Northern Yuan Dynasty, the situation at the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty was much better. At the founding of the country, the officials were clear and the people were calm, and the internal situation was definitely good. Yes, but at that time the remnants of the former Ming Dynasty still existed, and the Mongolian tribes in the north still existed..."
“Well, how does it compare with today?” Feng Ziying asked with a smile.
After practicing state affairs for a long time, he sighed, "It should have been better back then. Maybe the people's livelihood and prosperity in various places were not as prosperous as they are now, but the conflicts between the government and the people and the conflicts between the people and the gentry were far less intense than they are now. The troubles of foreign enemies, although the Mongolian power in the north was also very strong at the time , but in Brother Yu’s personal opinion, it is not as threatening as the current Jianzhou Jurchen.”
“Okay, how does it compare with the 20th year of Yuanxi?” Feng Ziying asked again.
Lian Guoshi sighed again, "Ziying wants to say that the 20th year of Yuanxi is a dividing point, right? The 20th year of Yuanxi should be the most prosperous time of our Zhou Dynasty. Whether it is foreign enemies or internal troubles, we are at the best At that time, the imperial court had abundant financial resources and local public security was excellent..."
Seeing Lian Guoshi sighing and shaking his head in embarrassment, Feng Ziying didn't feel sorry for herself.
"What about now? Since the 20th year of Yuanxi, our country in the Zhou Dynasty seems to have begun to have bad luck. There have been severe droughts in the north, floods in Huguang, and Japanese pirates in the south of the Yangtze River. The Japanese pirates in Renchen started in the 32nd year of Yuanxi. The rebellion lasted until the thirty-eighth year of Yuanxi, and finally exhausted the financial resources of the imperial court. Well, we cannot attribute all this to the Japanese Rebellion of Imchen. From the fifteenth year of Yuanxi to the thirty-second year of Yuanxi, there were eighteen years The Supreme Emperor visited the south of the Yangtze River six times, on average once every three years. How much did it cost?"
Feng Ziying’s unceremonious questioning left Lian Guoshi speechless.
Everyone in the imperial court has always tacitly agreed on the reason for the current tight and difficult predicament. Liuxiajiangnan and the Japanese Rebellion in Imjin are the biggest reasons, and there is no other reason to explain it.
In a sense, the Six Expeditions to the South of the Yangtze River resulted in a large amount of treasury emptiness, the prevalence of extravagance in the South of the Yangtze River, the prevalence of officials selling their posts, and the prevalence of corruption, which in turn affected the protection of the nine-border defense.
The imperial court's control over Liaodong declined, which made the Japanese powerful minister Sekihaku Toyotomi Hideyoshi feel that he had an opportunity in Korea, which led to the Imjin Japanese Rebellion.
In turn, the six consecutive years of the Imjin Japanese Rebellion directly brought down the finances of the Great Zhou Dynasty. After the end of the Imjin Japanese Rebellion, the imperial court was no longer able to maintain its original guarantee and support for the statues in Jiliao Town. It also contributed to the Jurchen Jurchen in Jianzhou in disguise Taking advantage of the opportunity to rise, this becomes a vicious cycle.
"The current situation is definitely better than it was in the 42nd year of Yuanxi. But Ziying, I know what you want to say. The problems and holes left by the Supreme Emperor have not been completely solved until now. This will definitely require a process." Lian Guoshi thought for a moment before continuing: "The princes of the imperial court are also working hard to find countermeasures, but..."
"Jun Yu, I think that if we want to do something, we must first determine the goals, then refine the goals, and then find and designate corresponding strategies one by one based on these detailed goals." Feng Ziying stopped arguing with Lian Guoshi and opened up her own ideas. , "The current situation of the court is only slightly better than when the emperor succeeded to the throne. In fact, the first year of Yonglong is already a very dangerous time. The emperor may not be exhausted because of his Zen position, right?"
There is no answer to this. Everyone understands it, but they cannot say it. Only these two people can say it.
Lian Guoshi nodded slightly.
"If we can't find the correct solution strategy and path to the current situation, I'm afraid we will soon fall into trouble. The strategy of opening up the sea has slightly alleviated the court's financial crisis, but this is treating the symptoms rather than the root cause..." Feng Zi English Qi is very determined. He proposed the strategy of opening up the sea, so he naturally has the confidence to make a judgment.
"The biggest problems we are facing now are: first, the Jurchens and Mongols, who are invaded by foreign countries, need to increase their investment in border affairs; but the bigger problem is internal worries. There are several aspects of internal worries. First, the imperial court has a serious lack of financial resources, which directly restricts the development of border affairs. Expenditures on border affairs, water conservancy, post roads and many other aspects; the second is the administrative atmosphere in the central and central regions. Corruption is rampant among officials, but they do not think about how to change the predicament of the imperial court. Many officials stretch their necks to run for official positions, giving and accepting bribes. The third is the pressure on land and food brought by population growth. There are only so many mature fields, but the population is growing too fast, and newly cultivated land is limited. Otherwise, there is insufficient fertility or irrigation difficulties. Once floods and droughts occur, , the refugees will quickly swarm, and then be used by those such as the White Lotus Sect and the Wenxiang Sect, posing a huge threat to the local area..."
Feng Ziying said five or six things in one breath, which made Lian Guo Shi nod his head repeatedly. These were all stated clearly, but he did not summarize them.
"There are so many problems, how to solve them? There are so many things, where should I start?" Feng Ziying looked at Lian Guo Shi and asked with a smile: "I hope Brother Yu can teach me."
Lian Guoshi smiled bitterly, "Ziying, please stop teasing Brother Yu. If Brother Yu had this ability, he wouldn't have been idle in the Hanlin Academy for several years. Brother Yu really wants to hear your thoughts now."
"Brother Jun Yu, I have a lot of ideas, but I am unable to realize them, so I am willing to take the initiative to go to small places like Yongping Mansion to see if I can find some opportunities to realize some of my inner thoughts." Feng Ziying spread her hands, " After all, it is actually nothing more than a problem of people and money. All these problems will ultimately come down to these two points: money and people, what do you think, brother Junyu?"
Lian Guoshi thought about it and felt that although Feng Ziying said it in a vulgar way, it made the truth clear. As long as money and people are not a problem, what else is the problem?
"Then how to solve the problem of money and people?" Lian Guoshi asked eagerly. He thought that Feng Ziying should have a rather grand but not necessarily rigorous idea. Maybe he could join in and help him improve and even implement it. Now No, then at least we can have a goal.
"The problem of silver is the most realistic and urgent. The strategy of opening up the sea is an indicator strategy and can solve the problem to a certain extent, but it is far from enough."
Feng Ziying knew that she needed to instill theoretical knowledge of the industrialization process into them. This was difficult, but she had to do it. If not enough people understood and supported her views, if she wanted to realize her dream under such a system, it would really be difficult. It can only be a dream turned into a fantasy.
"..., the traditional land tax is far from meeting the needs of the court, so where does the strategy of open source come from? Sea trade is one aspect, but we should see the huge increase in sea trade brings about the impact on silk, tea, porcelain, cotton cloth, medicinal materials, There is a huge demand for iron, salt and other items. Nanyang and Western Yi need our silk, tea, porcelain, cloth, medicine and iron. Japan and Korea need our silk, tea, iron, porcelain and paper. Mongolia and Uzbekistan They need our tea, salt, iron, cloth, and porcelain over there, these are what we in Dazhou are best at..."
"In addition to the needs of sea trade, the greater demand actually lies within us. To give a simple example, the people's demand for ironware can never be met, and the price of ironware and iron materials is the biggest problem restricting demand. Once solved In addition to the cost and quality problems of iron materials and iron tools, the demand for firecrackers and artillery alone is massive..."
“…, the reform of the commercial tax system is imminent, but we can’t do it yet. We can only do it step by step. The reopening of Zhongshu Ke and the preparation of the Ministry of Commerce are actually an opportunity,…”
"...Finally, let's talk about people's issues. My understanding of people is that there are two issues. One is the livelihood of the people. People need to make a living. The court should give them enough ways to support their families. Farming is one way. , opening a workshop to let them work is also a way, going to sea to fish and run a boat is also a way, serving as a soldier is also a way to provide food. We need to adopt multiple strategies at the same time, but the most important thing is to give them fields and let them work in the workshop. It should be the easiest way and the way to absorb the largest number of people..."
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