Fang Congzhe breathed a sigh of relief.He couldn't help but secretly think: "Your Majesty didn't plan to be like Taizu who wanted to kill all the powerful people in the world except for the Zhu family, but was dissatisfied that many powerful gentry don't take the emperor and the court in their eyes. ”Fang Congzhe himself also recognized the phenomenon of the world's powerful gentry becoming more and more disloyal to the monarch and the imperial court.He also agreed with the view that the world's powerful gentry should not be too selfish and not be disloyal.Moreover, Fang Congzhe now clearly knows that the real way that His Majesty the Emperor wants to realize that everyone in the Ming Dynasty wants to adopt is indeed not to "rob the rich and help the poor", but to let his magnates plunder the outside world with the emperor and act domineering, not the royal way.Fang Congzhe is not a conservative person who adheres to the righteous path of Confucianism, so he does not object to His Majesty the Emperor's proposition.But Fang Congzhe had to admit that the Ming Dynasty occupied the richest land in the world, and it was already a vast land, whether it was plundering or earning a large amount of silver, it was meaningless to improve the lives of the people in China.Because there is not much abundance in the land outside.In terms of people, there are still many displaced people in the country who have not been settled, and snatching them back will only add their mouths to eat in vain.As for gold and silver, whether it is snatched back or earned, it cannot be eaten or worn, and in the end it will be turned into jewelry and utensils into the homes of the rich and noble, which is not beneficial to the people.Moreover, Fang Congzhe also had to admit that if he really wanted to encourage foreign expansion, it was difficult to guarantee that there would be no disaster of feudal towns and the emergence of local forces that the imperial court could not control.Therefore, Fang Congzhe had to say again: "Your Majesty's intentions, the minister has understood, but what the minister wants to say is that in fact, except for my Ming Dynasty, the land of Zhufan is really barbaric, like chicken ribs, even if it takes all the benefits, it is difficult to make everyone of my Ming people rich, but in order to govern its place, I have to spend a lot of money and food." ”"You're right, but to realize that everyone in the Ming Dynasty is rich, it is not only by external profits, but also by innovating farming, water control and other skills!
The advent of iron tools can allow more people to participate in farming, and make China unified, otherwise why bother to enter the land of China in some places that were still called wild at that time?
In addition, after the appearance of this curved plough, many small fields in the hills and mountains in the south had the opportunity to be intensively cultivated, making Jiangnan, Huguang and other remote areas in the south gradually rich; It can be seen that if I innovate the corresponding skills of the Ming Dynasty, I can make the wild land become rich. ”Zhu Youxiao said and said: "In addition, in fact, I don't know if I can realize that everyone in the Ming Dynasty is rich, but the imperial court must work hard in this direction, and must realize that everyone in the Ming Dynasty is rich and realize the goal of the Ming Dynasty as the world of great harmony.
Otherwise, as long as the world is peaceful and there are no internal and external troubles, the Son of Heaven and the scholars, including the people of the world, will be lazy, and then the entire Ming Dynasty will sit and eat empty!
So, we meat eaters have to have such a goal!
Either to make external profits, or to find ways to innovate skills to increase grain production, this is what I, the Son of Heaven and you, the powerful gentry, should do in the community, instead of exhausting the people's land and scraping the people's wealth!
”Zhu Youxiao said.After Fang Congzhe heard this, he was empowered.As one of the most shrewd officials of this era, he naturally understood Zhu Youxiao's true goal of realizing the prosperity of everyone in the Ming Dynasty.Even Fang Congzhe had a feeling of comprehending the true taste.Fang Congzhe, as the head assistant of the cabinet of the Ming Dynasty for many years, and even the sole ruler of the cabinet for many years, has won the trust of Wanli for a reason.The reason is that although he is also an official, he still has a sense of responsibility for the society, and he is not a person who only cares about the interests of his scholars.Moreover, Fang Congzhe is also a person with his own political ambitions, otherwise, he would not have proposed some tax reform measures during his tenure as the first assistant of the Wanli Dynasty.In addition, Fang Congzhe, as a mature politician, naturally knows the truth that it is better to concentrate on making the cake bigger, with a better score.Therefore, Zhu Youxiao's current strategy of cultivating new elites loyal to the emperor, that is, the new elite, and at the same time setting the goal of achieving the prosperity of everyone in the Ming Dynasty under the emperor's rule, and thus seizing foreign profits and increasing productivity together, is very much to his appetite.Therefore, Fang Congzhe said excitedly: "Your Majesty's use of iron tools and Quyuan plough as an example to cite the effect of technique innovation is really a unique theory, and Your Majesty's goal of achieving the goal of everyone's prosperity is indeed the goal of the imperial court's progress, which is indeed the great harmony advocated by the Book of Rites, and it should be the driving force for future generations to forge ahead. ”"That's right, so, we have to use this as a layout, unite loyal and ambitious people, innovate all kinds of skills of my Ming Dynasty, master the best skills, and then use this to take advantage of the world, those who only care about their own wealth behind the scenes, either honestly return to me, beg for a bowl of soup here in me, or die without a place to bury!"
Then, Zhu Youxiao said with a smile.Zhu Youxiao was very pleased that his cabinet chief assistant Fang Congzhe understood his deep meaning, and secretly sighed that it was indeed a drum that did not need to be beaten with a heavy hammer.This made Zhu Youxiao have greater confidence in the next Ming reform.Because Zhu Youxiao believes that his advantage is only a few hundred years of knowledge more than the smartest people in the world, he can formulate some national strategies that may be prescient, but when it comes to implementing these national strategies and using means and stratagems, he may not be as good as some of the smartest people of this era.Therefore, Fang Congzhe can understand and agree with Zhu Youxiao's point of view, which is indeed a very gratifying thing for Zhu Youxiao.In this way, Zhu Youxiao can let Fang Congzhe draw the blueprint he wants for himself, and let Fang Congzhe, who is well versed in the rules of Ming officialdom, implement his strategy."
Your Majesty is the sage of the Holy Dynasty, and anyone who is not loyal to His Majesty should be punished!"
Fang Congzhe replied directly."
If everyone in the world can have such an awareness as Yuanfu, why should I be prone to butchering knives, but the current situation is like this, although there are many people who read the books of sages, but there are few people who really put me in their eyes, so this strict government has to continue, and the beheading of Qian Qianyi and other people who cry for the temple is just the beginning, and next, there will be more non-subordinates who will be killed!"
Zhu Youxiao said with a smile.Then, Zhu Youxiao said: "But at the same time, we also have to make a good layout for Mongolia, Korea, the Japanese Kingdom, the Ryukyu and the West, which should be warned, which should be fumed, which should be trained, and which should be suppressed, all of which need the imperial court to come up with a unified charter, especially for the extermination of the Eastern Captives, the military and political strategy is to consume its troops in the form of wheel warfare, so what about foreign affairs, what about money and food, should we take advantage of the opportunity of the rise of the Eastern Captives to expand the interests of the Ming Dynasty in Korea or the Mongolian tribes?"
These need to be determined as soon as possible!
”"Your Majesty is very true!"
Fang Congzhe replied, and his heart sneered: "It is certain that Your Majesty has these insights now, and it must be Xu Guangqi, who pays attention to practical learning!"
When this person was in the temple, he advocated taking advantage of the opportunity of the Dongyu rebellion to send additional officials to North Korea to train Korean soldiers and horses, and asked North Korea to assist the Ming Dynasty in destroying the Dongyu!
”"In addition, the court must quickly find out what new skills are worth promoting, what are the new crops worth promoting and planting, what are the capable officials who need to be reused immediately, and what other powerful craftsmen I have in the Ming Dynasty, in addition, foreign Fanyi, will only preach and can not bring new skills or new knowledge to the Ming How to treat, although it is a mission, but can give the Ming Dynasty new skills and new learning, these must have a charter, and there is a sovereignty issue of these places such as Haojing Macao and Dongfan Island Taiwan, Whether or not the West should settle in these places has to draw up a charter!
”Zhu Youxiao continued, and Fang Congzhedu responded one by one.He had to admit that he, the head of the cabinet, was busy next.His Majesty only needs to move his mouth, and he must give a specific charter.Even if additional officials are sent to North Korea, they have to weigh the interests of all aspects before they can determine which officials to recommend to His Majesty to send to North Korea, because the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty is very complicated, there are Donglin Party, there are those who are close to themselves but don't like their son's faction, there are those who are close to their son but don't like their own faction, and there are so-called neutral lonely ministers, and then there is a distinction between the north and the south.