"Your Majesty, in the opinion of the ministers, there are still many ills within the dynasty that have not been eliminated, although they have not yet fully appeared, so they have not yet reached the point where they will greatly affect the long-term peace and stability of the empire, but we cannot help but prevent them from happening!
For example, the phenomenon of chaebols becoming bigger is already something that cannot be ignored, although they do not own a large amount of land like the previous clans, nobles, and gentry, but they have a lot of wealth, and then control the world, and in the long run, it may affect national politics!
Therefore, the imperial court should still focus on internal innovation and elimination of evil, and do less reckless military things, and use the products of other countries to make up for the shortcomings of the country, so that it cannot eradicate internal evils. ”Liu Hongxun put forward his own views at this time.He preferred that His Majesty the Emperor would continue to focus on internal reforms, as he had done in the past to suppress the interests of the gentry, nobles, and clansmen in Jiangnan, and to suppress the big capitalists who had risen by participating in the shareholding and operation of government-run industries, and who had changed from owning a large amount of land to owning a large amount of wealth, so as to prevent these chaebols from becoming the real masters of the empire in the future.Zhu Youxiao was not angry about this, he knew that what Liu Hongxun said was right, and he also admitted that Liu Hongxun said this at this time.After all, before Liu Hongxun became an auxiliary minister, he did not start to emerge and participate in the government-run operation like Bi Ziyan and Zhu Xieyuan as early as the beginning of Zhu Youxiao's accession to the throne when he started the government-run industry, so Liu Hongxun was more willing to continue the internal reform.Zhu Youxiao just glanced at Bi Ziyan and Zhu Xieyuan.Zhu Xieyuan didn't speak, he was a representative of the military circles, he couldn't express his opinions at will, he could only follow the emperor's baton, and he must have the consciousness that the emperor had to give him his life, otherwise he would be transferred out of the Privy Council by the emperor, and even end up with a cunning rabbit and a lackey.Bi Ziyan has no such scruples, he is the head of a hundred officials, and the current operation of the Ming Dynasty depends on him, and the emperor will not easily replace him.For example, Zhu Youxiao did not listen to the will of the Donglin Party at the beginning of his ascension, and easily replaced the first assistant of the cabinet, Fang Congzhe.Therefore, Bi Ziyan stood up at this time to refute Liu Hongxun's suggestion, and said: "The minister thinks that the layout of the world and the establishment of regulations for the maintenance of the basic world order are not only the responsibility of the Celestial Empire, but also the thing that must be done for the interests of the empire. ”"In addition, in the opinion of the ministers, if you want to continue to carry out internal reforms, suppress the chaebol, or even directly deprive the chaebol of their benefits, it is not in accordance with the law, and the people of our Han family must not be slaves, and their private property cannot be deprived at will, no matter whether they are noble or low, otherwise, where is the dignity of our Han people?
In addition, whether it is a tax increase on the chaebol or a raid on individual chaebols, there is no law to avoid the concentration of wealth in a few!
”"Instead of concentrating the interests of the magnates and gentry in the court and then distributing them among the common people, which has led to countless conflicts and radical changes, it is better to expand the interests of the empire in the world, and then divide the profits taken from the whole world among the officials and the people.Bi Ziyan said."
But what if the world's profits are gone?"
Liu Hongxun asked Bi Ziyan rhetorically, and said: "It will also cause complaints from all over the world, and once the Ming Dynasty is weakened in the future, it will be counterattacked!"
In short, transferring domestic contradictions to foreign countries is a matter of treating the symptoms rather than the root causes. ”"By that time, the industry of the empire had already developed a new one, enough to continue to alleviate the contradictions, and the steam engine was known twenty years ago?
And now the giants of the Academy of Sciences have begun to design generators, use water to drive turbines with magnets, and cut magnetic wires, and then generate electricity through copper coils, and are still developing electric motors, once they are really successful in the future, they can use the power of nature such as rivers, lakes and seas to produce endless wealth, and then what ills can still be solved by this. ”Bi Ziyan said.Liu Hongxun replied: "No matter how fast the machine improves, it can't catch up with the greedy speed of people's hearts!"
Can't just count on the giants, don't suffer from widowhood and unevenness, does Motosuke really think that the uneasiness of society and the dissatisfaction of people's hearts are just because they don't eat enough and don't eat well enough?
But although the cold door has stinky wine and meat, the stinky Zhumen is already the delicacies of the mountains and seas!
”"It's not that I don't support internal reforms, but governing the country is more pronged, the main and the deputy are mutually reinforcing, and the gap between the rich and the poor must be curbed internally, but the main thing is to rely on external profits and technological improvements, otherwise there will be frequent major reforms, internal struggles, and people's hearts will be uneasy!
Now that the dynasty has made great efforts to govern the country, the world is prosperous, the country is peaceful and the people are safe, and it is not like the beginning of the country, which is full of crises and the people's livelihood is withering, so there is no need to make drastic measures and use extraordinary methods, which will lead to chaos. ”"Now the Ming Dynasty is suitable for mild art conditioning, and not suitable for the previous big battle, after all, such as today's public is not beautiful, especially since the eighth year of the Apocalypse, disasters have become more frequent, five years of drought, three years of locust plague This rare catastrophe is unheard of, unseen, if you make a big move, it may backfire, and transfer the unfavorable things of the celestial phenomena to the outside to bear, which is the best way at present."
Bi Ziyan said.Liu Hongxun said: "But after all, this is a failure to deal with the fundamentals, and the Ming Dynasty cannot be stable for a long time!"
”Zhu Youxiao saw that none of these two people could convince anyone, so he said, "Okay!
In my meaning, this generation can only do the things of one generation, not the last resort at the beginning of the throne, I can't bear to be too harsh on my own officials and people, Bi Aiqing is right, now is not the beginning of the throne, even if you want to do mean and unkind things, you have to transfer to the outside world to be mean and unkind, otherwise how to talk about the supremacy of the Han people!
But the Han people in my country should not be too arrogant and disobey the laws of the emperor's country, otherwise, I will not be spared. ”As he spoke, Zhu Youxiao said: "Let's draft the decree, the regulations of the global basic order, you will discuss which regulations should be written, which must be in line with the virtues of Confucianism, but also have the essence of expanding the interests of the empire!"
Otherwise, what is the point of ruling the world?
”"Yes!"
Bi Ziyan waited for a reply.Liu Hongxun was a little lost in his heart, he could see that His Majesty the Emperor began to lose his former vigor as he grew older and the situation changed, and he also began to seek stability, and began to have greater ambitions, and the domestic reform could no longer satisfy him.Bi Ziyan knows his emperor better than Liu Hongxun, he knows that his emperor has always focused on the pattern of the world and the expansion of civilization, and the imperial power of a country is not the end of his reign, he also knows that His Majesty is doing this to benefit his own magnates who mainly control wealth rather than land, so he put forward the concept of 'Han supremacy', in order to serve His Majesty's ambitions today.As a result, Bi Ziyan is now interested in the recently popular ideas of "the inviolability of Han private property" and "Han women should also have greater freedoms."
Because the former can make the emperor admit that his wealth cannot be deprived at will, and the latter can stimulate consumption.