area51novel Chapter 566 1 Arrow 3 Eagles
Chapter 566 1 Arrow 3 Eagles
Chapter 566 Three Eagles with One Arrow
3307 million taels of silver.
And it's just a month for the fourth phase.
That's it...you don't have to do anything, just print a few words on the newspaper and you're done?
What do you think, how incredible!
And what is even more surprising is that, with such an income in one month, it would be a terrifying 4000 million taels of silver in one year!
This number has even surpassed many investments in the palace.
No wonder Zhu Di was dumbfounded at this time, and was so shocked that he couldn't speak for a moment.
Seeing that Zhu Di was silent, Zhang Anshi and Hu Mu didn't dare to speak either.
As for the other Wenyuange Grand Scholars, they were also dumbfounded in shock.
This piece of Anshi is simply a ruthless money-making machine, and the speed of making money is beyond people's imagination.
"His Majesty……"
After being silent for a long time, Zhang Anshi explained from the side: "3307 million taels is certainly a lot, but... Next, with silver, the post office plans to do some work on printing, paper, and ink! Printing is of high quality and low price, and the post office has penetrated into every corner of the world to provide convenience for the soldiers and civilians who order. In addition, the number of newspaper orders can continue to be increased by adding newsstands everywhere. Naturally , The compilation of newspapers is also the top priority..."
Hearing this, Zhu Di slowly regained his composure.
He already understood the model of Zhang Anshi and the Post Office.
Speaking of it, 4000 million taels of silver this year seems to be picked up, but in the final analysis, it is a bonus for laying post stations and newsstands.
If there were not countless postmen who dedicatedly delivered newspapers to thousands of households, it would have been difficult to achieve. Whenever the common people want to read newspapers, they only need to sit at the door of their homes and get newspapers at their fingertips.
With these, it is the basis for the continuous spread of newspapers. Only when the newspapers are spread more and more people buy newspapers, can the income increase.
At this time, Zhu Di couldn't help admiring Zhang Anshi's foresight.
The post office seemed to have spent a lot of money at the beginning.But in fact, the imperial court not only penetrated into the villages and prefectures and counties all over the world, but also strengthened the message of the soldiers and civilians all over the world, and even earned a lot of money from it.
This can be said to kill multiple birds with one stone, and it is considered light to kill three birds with one stone.
So Zhu Di thought for a while, and then said: "The postal department still needs to do its best. If there are not enough people, we will recruit more people! If the newsstands and post stations are not enough, we will continue to add more! There is no need to report this matter to me. The postal department can decide on its own."
With Zhu Di's words, Zhang Anshi knew that it would be more convenient to do things in the future.
So Zhang Anshi smiled and said: "My Ming Dynasty has tens of millions of people, even if one adult reads newspapers every day, that's tens of millions. What's more, the contents of the newspapers, many of the contents of the mansion newspapers, are all from the imperial court. The government decrees and news! These news, without going through others, are directly conveyed to the ears of ordinary soldiers and civilians. In my opinion, they are of great significance. Therefore, I think that the postal department really needs to work harder. Do not be complacent."
From Zhu Di's point of view, it would be great if the newspaper could directly implement what he said.
From Zhang Anshi's point of view, the truly frightening thing about this newspaper is that it completely eliminates middlemen from making the difference.
You must know that before the New Deal, almost all the will of the imperial court had to be interpreted by officials at all levels, and even after they arrived in the local area, they had to be interpreted by local scholars, Baochang and Jiachang.
On the surface it is the emperor's will, but in fact, how to interpret it and how to interpret it is almost in the hands of scholars!
In this way, it is really hard to say whose will this is.
The essence of the New Deal is actually to break down the middlemen, the scholars, so that they cannot monopolize the economy through the New Deal on land, and then through the reform of officials and the adoption of a new tax law, the taxpayers in these places will be completely cut off. !
Today, the promotion of the Post Office and newspapers is essentially diluting their right to speak.
Economics, personnel affairs, and publicity, these three points are completely cut off from the scholars, then... Over time, this rentier class that has been entrenched for thousands of years will naturally and inevitably weaken.
Naturally... this is not something absolutely just.
Because in essence, the deprivation of the scholar class was completed by the upstart and business class after the birth of the New Deal.
These merchants who gradually controlled the promotion business through bidding, established workshops, controlled a large number of craftsmen and laborers, and owned a large number of sea-going ships to control transportation. The moral level of these people may not be higher than that of the previous scholars. more noble.
It's just...the reason why Zhang Anshi supports them, apart from Zhang Anshi's own unparalleled interests in it, is because...scholars are outdated, they can't adapt to the new social structure, or In the new social structure, there is no place for them.
But the latter can continue to expand the wealth of the world, accumulate a huge amount of wealth, and make the entire Ming Dynasty start to gallop towards a new road.
These things have nothing to do with morality.
This is like the population inventory. The essence of this hidden household is the cake of the scholar class. Every time a household is hidden, they can benefit from it. Therefore, even if it is found out today, as long as there is no New Deal, then after a long time, it will be There will be new households hidden by them, thus falling into a vicious circle.
But for the upstarts and merchants, the more hidden households, it means that a large amount of high-quality manpower has been tied to their land by scholars through various means.
This huge population has become a vassal of the scholars, and it is a waste of money to have to engage in such low-value production activities.
And if such a huge population can be released, it will definitely be a great thing for the merchants to celebrate.
Therefore, as long as the New Deal is still in place, and the upstarts and merchants slowly begin to gain some power, then... they will definitely do everything possible to track down the hidden households.
It can be seen that the contradiction between the two is almost irreconcilable!
And this kind of situation, Zhang Anshi knows very well, in fact, this is not uncommon in the history of later generations, just like the Glorious Revolution in Britain, or the Civil War in the United States. On the surface, the banner of religion and black slaves was held, but in reality In reality, it was just a duel between emerging workshop owners and manor owners.When the contradictions have accumulated to a certain extent, the two sides cannot reconcile and have to solve the problem through war.
Now Zhang Anshi prefers to boil frogs in warm water. Although there are irreconcilable contradictions between him and scholars, and in recent years, many scholars have died directly or indirectly at the hands of Zhang Anshi, but Zhang Anshi still hopes to pass A more peaceful way to complete this transition gradually.
If not, it may be that the blood flowed adrift, and the ground was red for thousands of miles.
This is the last thing Zhang Anshi wants to see!
And Zhu Di obviously didn't think so far, but he was in a good mood at this time, and couldn't help but beam with joy at this time, saying: "The Post Office has found out more than 1000 million hidden households, and it has achieved such a good result. Hu Qing's family, you are a successor."
Zhu Di said this to Hu Guang.
In fact, when Hu Guang heard that there were more than 300 million taels of silver in January, he was relieved for a long time, and the heart that he raised was finally able to rest.
In fact, even if the hermit was found out and even worshiped as Jiuqing, Hu Guang was still worried.
After all, checking so many hidden households is tantamount to offending everyone in the world to death, but the vast majority of the credit, in His Majesty's mind, is still recorded on Zhang Anshi, his stupid son, who was taken for granted. Gun makes.
But when he heard such benefits, Hu Guang finally felt relieved!
This is all right, he landed safely, with tens of millions of taels of silver a year in net profit, just based on this, he knows that no matter how many people in the world will hate his son, His Majesty will definitely try his best to keep it.
As long as Daming is still alive, his son will definitely not suffer.
Now, His Majesty's words are followed by others, which makes Hu Guang's heart burst into joy. Suddenly, the haze on his face has been swept away, replaced by a happy smile, but he is trying to put on a modest look and said: "Your Majesty, I am very ashamed, dog..."
But the words didn't go on, and Zhu Di interrupted: "I see, a son shouldn't be a son of a dog, but you are a father, so it's appropriate to call him a dog father."
Hu Guang: "..."
A bunch of emotions that he was about to blurt out were suddenly blocked in his throat!
Hu Guang opened his mouth, determined to keep silent.
Zhu Di continued: "The Metropolitan Procuratorate needs to be purged. This matter is handled by Wenyuan Pavilion. There are many negligence among the officials in the world, and they are friends with the local gentry. I have repeated orders, and they dare to hide such There are too many hermits, and they really deserve death! This matter... must be investigated to the end, Wenyuan Pavilion, the Ministry of Officials, Dali Temple and even the factory guards... must severely arrest a group of heinous criminals, and they must not be lightly forgiven."
As soon as Zhu Di said this.
Yang Rong, who had been silent for a long time, said: "Your Majesty, at this moment, I think it's better to just pursue too much. If not... I'm afraid... it will cause trouble within Xiaoqiang. You might as well issue an order. As for other Yes, talk about it later."
Zhu Di looked up at Yang Rong.
He knew that Yang Rong and the gentry were not in cahoots, but were in the court. As early as a few years ago, Yang Rong was one of the few academicians in the court who supported the New Deal.
Therefore, others dare not speak out, for fear of making Zhu Di suspect that this person is in league with criminal officials and gentry, but when Yang Rong speaks out, it will never arouse Zhu Di's suspicion.
Zhu Di didn't mean to anger Yang Rong, but said: "If you don't punish severely, it will be hard to get rid of this hatred. What do the people of thousands of households want to do?"
Zhu Di lowered his brows and said, "If I appease them, they will only become more unscrupulous. Yang Qing doesn't need to say anything."
After hearing this, Yang Rong had no choice but to shut up, his eyes were full of worry, and he could only sigh silently in his heart.
It's been a long time since he came out, and Zhu Di drove back to the palace contentedly.
All the great scholars also returned to Wenyuan Pavilion.
At this time, the academicians were ready to implement Zhu Di's oral instructions, and were ready to settle accounts after the fall.
Yang Rong looked worried, but Hu Guang was flushed.
Seeing that Yang Rong didn't come to congratulate him, Hu Guang felt some hidden worries, so he went to Yang Rong privately and said, "Is there something wrong with Mr. Yang?"
Yang Rong didn't hide it from him, and sighed, "I'm just a little worried."
"Worried?" Hu Guang said, "Worried about my son?"
Yang Rong was a little speechless, but he still said patiently: "This old man is a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion. What he cares about is naturally the people of the world. Why should my son worry about me?"
Hu Guang could only smile awkwardly, and then said, "But what are you worried about?"
Yang Rongdao: "The way to govern is to control people's hearts at any time. The result of this post office has been announced. It not only deprived so many hidden households, but also caused many people to suffer. At this time, if Your Majesty adopts a tolerant attitude and temporarily stabilizes If you live in people's hearts and don't pursue it, then the world will be peaceful, and as for the settlement, it will be a matter of the future, and there are plenty of opportunities."
"However, when many people suffered huge damage, they suddenly shouted to be beaten and killed to investigate their crime of deceiving the emperor. This caused many people to be hit repeatedly and made them lose all hope. Mr. Hu, this old man came to ask you , when you know that you have nowhere to go, and you are going to destroy your family anyway, what choice will you make?"
Hu Guang was in a hurry, and said: "You just destroyed the family...you..."
Yang Rong's face turned cold, and he couldn't help saying: "The old man is asking you."
Only then did Hu Guang realize that he had made a slip of the tongue. He thought about it carefully and said, "You mean... shattering the jar."
Yang Rong stroked his beard, the worry in his eyes became more and more intense, and he sighed: "This is very possible."
Hu Guang thought about it seriously, and then said: "But... how can the imperial court's officers and soldiers be allowed to be presumptuous?"
Yang Rong shook his head quietly and said: "Although the officers and soldiers are brave, once the rebellion is suppressed and the army is deployed, it means that a lot of money and food will be wasted! A thousand rebels need ten thousand soldiers and horses to surround them. If it is wiped out, if there are wars everywhere in the world, not only will countless people suffer greatly, but the officers and soldiers will also be exhausted. How much money and food will the court need to pay? How many people will suffer from the war?"
After speaking, he sighed again: "Hey, when your majesty is angry, you can bleed to the oars, but we are Wenyuange University Scholars, and we can't act on our emotions in everything. After all, we have to be cautious."
Hu Guang frowned, subconsciously said: "What Yang Gong said is not unreasonable, but His Majesty is getting angry... In my opinion, it is better to wait for some time before speaking."
Yang Rong nodded, knowing that there is no good solution now, but he said: "I'm afraid that time waits for no one!"
Time passed quickly, but a few days later, a report was sent to the capital in a hurry.
In Wenyuan Pavilion, all the scholars were dumbfounded.
It was the news that the chief envoy of Fujian and the chief envoy of Guangxi announced the rebellion.
The situation in Fujian is especially serious, because the one who raised the rebellious flag was of course only a local clan in Fujian, but the report said that the scholars and the people were vying for attachment, and there were tens of thousands of people.
Even among the chief envoys, there are many officials who have attached themselves to them.
These [-] people broke through quickly, no, to be precise, it was almost the place where the rebels passed by, and they were invincible. Among the nine counties they passed through, five counties had no soldiers at all. Chu County was breached, but the other two counties were already in jeopardy.
All of a sudden, people's hearts fluttered.
For Yang Rong, a native of Fujian, he was certainly worried, but what he was even more worried about was that he actually had some mental preparations before, but he didn't expect that the reaction would be so fast.
It can be seen from this that the information channels of the scholars are much faster than he imagined.
Now due to the huge losses after the investigation of the hidden households, coupled with the fear that the court may pursue them, many people simply broke the pot and fell.
As for the others, I'm afraid they are sitting on the sidelines and watching, many people are looking forward to seeing a joke!
The psychology of many people is not necessarily to hope that Daming can be destroyed, but...the bigger the rebels make trouble, the more troubled the court will be, and the more troubled the court will be, then under this urgent pressure, it is necessary to investigate all the phenomena that have been investigated before. Don't blame the past, otherwise it may stir up more civil uprisings.
And this is obviously a dream for all departments and state capitals in the world.
Because of this, what Yang Rong is more worried about is that the states and counties in the world may not be active in countering the rebellion. Next, in terms of recruiting food, recruiting civilians, and even rewarding the counter-insurgency army, they will inevitably obey the law and violate the law. Slow down the speed of countering the rebellion, and the longer the rebellion lasts, it will mean suffering for the people of Ming Dynasty.
"Hey..." After reading the report, Yang Rongchang sighed and said, "Go see you immediately."
Apart from this sentence, he didn't say anything else, and all the great scholars were also speechless at this time.
Everyone had an audience, and Zhu Di was promoted to his seat. In fact, Zhu Di had already known the news of the rebellion.
He didn't show any gaffe, and even looked normal.On this point, Zhu Di is not bragging. As a rebellious ancestor, he doesn't think much of these small troubles.
Therefore, without waiting for the scholars to speak.
Zhu Di laughed: "These rebels are really ridiculous. They didn't take advantage of the chaos to attack Fuzhou immediately, but they traveled hundreds of miles and raided counties. They really didn't distinguish between serious and serious. Besides, they recruited scholars and people, appointed officials and made wishes. , but only take the official position of gentility, it is really crowned with a monkey..."
"Your Majesty..." Yang Rong stood up and said, "The traitor is ignorant, but His Majesty still needs to be cautious. The traitor raided everywhere, and the people suffered greatly. , Blood flowed like a river. I think that the most urgent thing at the moment is to take three strategies."
Then, he said sternly: "One, quickly amnesty the world."
"Secondly, for the rebels... need to recruit elite soldiers and generals immediately to wipe them out."
"The third..."
Speaking of this, someone suddenly interrupted: "The minister thinks that the first article, the world's amnesty, is very inappropriate."
After the voice came out, the hall suddenly fell silent.
The monarchs and ministers looked in the direction of the voice, but it was Zhang Anshi who spoke.
(End of this chapter)