Chapter 1543, the other side of external expansion
"First of all, make sure that everyone can have something to eat, and secondly, let's consider who is full first~"
When Emperor Hongzhi heard this, he immediately fell into deep thought.
"This is actually similar to what we talked about before about land and farmers."
"Regarding the distribution of resources and property, land annexation is serious, farmers' living space is continuously exploited and squeezed, and eventually there will be a change of dynasty."
"The problem with the cake now is essentially the same."
"It is really simple and popular. It clearly explains the essence and the essence of governing the country."
Emperor Hongzhi couldn't help but nodded in his heart, and he understood it all at once.
"Of course, the cakes that can be made on this day are always difficult to improve by leaps and bounds. Often for a long period of time, the speed of making cakes cannot be improved much, and it is always maintained at the same level.
within."
"And sometimes when there are natural or man-made disasters, the amount of cakes produced will be reduced. If there is not a good distribution system that can not allow everyone from top to bottom to get a bite of the cake, there will inevitably be
Something went wrong.”
"People who can't eat the bread will steal and rob other people's bread in order to survive. All kinds of problems in society will emerge one after another. Bandits will appear everywhere. If more people can't eat the bread, then
It is no longer a problem of bandits, but it has turned into a peasant uprising and riot."
"Once that time comes, the society is in turmoil, and the peasants are unable to make pancakes with all their strength, and the pancakes produced will be even less, and the conflicts will further intensify. The nobles and gentry above will also have no pancakes to eat, and their status will still be lost.
We will be affected by the rioting peasants."
Liu Jin emphasized the importance of the distribution system and improving productivity is indeed very important.
But even when productivity has been very developed in later generations, economic crises will still occur. Under economic crises, even if capitalists throw away the milk, they will not give it to the poor who are about to starve to death. This is not a problem of productivity.
But there is a big problem with the distribution system.
The distribution system is actually more important than improving productivity.
Of course, when productivity increases significantly, the fault tolerance rate of the distribution system will be higher. Even if something goes wrong, it can be adjusted quickly if there is enough wealth.
After hearing this, everyone immediately nodded.
"How to make a big pie and how to distribute the pie. It's a good explanation."
Emperor Hongzhi said with emotion, going straight to the essence through many complicated phenomena and clarifying the essence of the operation of society and the state.
"Make more cakes and make reasonable distribution~"
Zhang Mao also followed up and said: "The purpose of colonization and foreign plunder is actually to have more cakes, but these cakes are plundered by other countries."
He thought of Ming Dynasty's current external colonial activities and spoke out at once.
"Yes, since ancient times, countries have been constantly competing and plundering each other. Of course, it is not just countries, but also nations."
“After all, land and resources are limited. If other countries take more shares, we will lose one share. If we take more shares, we will have more land and resources, and there will be more pie for distribution.
"
"It's just like our Ming Dynasty expanded its territory and acquired vast lands such as Liaodong, Western Regions, Nanyang, and Huanghuangzhou. Our people who immigrated to these places can own hundreds or thousands of acres of land at will.
, would this be possible without external expansion?”
"It's simply impossible, because our land in the thirteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty is very limited. Anyone who owns hundreds of acres or thousands of acres of land can be regarded as a big landowner."
"Perhaps from a moral perspective, this external expansion and wanton looting are acts of bandits and barbaric acts, but they are all for themselves."
"When you become stronger, you can acquire more resources and wealth. If you don't occupy these wealth and resources, someone else will. But when they become stronger, you don't do it for moral reasons.
For these things, the amount of internal pie is not enough and there is no reasonable distribution, which leads to internal turmoil and weak strength."
"These powerful countries will come and snatch your bread, your land and resources."
"Just like in the past, every winter, the nomadic tribes in the north would go south to plunder our Central Plains. They robbed our wealth, so they could survive the winter smoothly, feed more people, and become stronger."
"And we have been robbed, lost our wealth, and had our homes destroyed. We have become weaker and weaker, and will become more dangerous in the long run."
Liu Jin nodded solemnly, this involved another external issue.
The bald eagles of later generations encountered huge crises several times. They relied on printing money to transfer internal problems to the world and let people around the world pay for them. This
It is an extremely clever way of plundering. Without relying on guns and guns, it invisibly absorbs the wealth of the world and nourishes itself.
In history, during the Age of Discovery, the rise of Europeans was definitely not due to their technological breakthroughs, but to the law of banditry that they had always believed in.
Through their great voyages, they carried out colonial plunder around the world, robbed huge wealth, and became stronger and stronger, while other plundered areas became weaker and weaker.
The final result is that white Europeans occupy the most land and resources in the world, and at the same time they have the right to speak globally and are at the top of the food chain.
"Let's go back to our original question~"
"What happened in Nanjing is essentially a matter of distribution. A lot of cakes were produced, but when it came time to distribute them, they wanted to eat alone and not give a single bite to the farmers who produced cakes. So naturally, Nanjing would
things."
"I believe that things like this will definitely happen in the future. People are greedy, and society is complex and ever-changing. It is easy for there to be times when wages cannot be paid, and times when someone wants to live alone."
"So if we want to maintain a good cycle in this country, we must formulate strict rules and formulate a reasonable distribution system to ensure that everyone can have a bite of the cake, and at the same time, there is enough room for when problems arise,
There should be enough fault tolerance.”
"Wages are paid on a monthly basis. This prevents people from wanting to live alone while leaving a certain amount of leeway. If wages are not paid for a month, everyone can still go to other places to work, and they will not hang themselves from a tree all at once."
Liu Jin returned the topic to what happened in Nanjing this time, and also to the issue of why wages should be paid once a month.
After everyone listened, they nodded and understood the reason.
In the final analysis, in order to maintain a good cycle, a certain fault-tolerant mechanism can also be established.
If you are forced to pay wages on a monthly basis, if you do not manage well, you will naturally go bankrupt. Anyway, if you do not know how to operate, it is very easy to be unable to pay wages at the end of the year.
A reasonable system eliminates those who are not good at management and at the same time ensures the interests of everyone.
"I support the introduction of laws. The payment of wages on a monthly basis is indeed more beneficial to everyone."
Liu Jian also stood up to express his support. No matter from which aspect, he, the chief minister of the cabinet, has no reason not to support it. After all, he is the head of the ministers and still has to make decisions for the people of the world.
"I support it too~"
Li Dongyang also nodded solemnly.
"I also support you~"
When other ministers saw this, they quickly expressed their support.
In fact, everyone is feeling bitter in their hearts. Now they probably won’t be able to use money as freely as before, and they will have to keep more working capital.
"Well, then the matter is settled like this. Liu Jin, you can draft a memorandum later and write down the relevant regulations in detail. Then you can send it to the world later and ask all places to strictly implement it."
Seeing that everyone had no objections, Emperor Hongzhi nodded with satisfaction.
This matter is actually something that benefits the country and the people, and he, as the emperor, naturally supports it fully.
Then he thought for a while and said: "Liu Jin mentioned in his memorial that he would reduce the number of places for the scientific examination in South Zhili. What do you think?"
After hearing Emperor Hongzhi's words, everyone suddenly became energetic again.
This matter is a big deal. The number of scientific examination quotas is related to the number of officials that a place can produce in the future. The number of scientific examination quotas in a province is related to how many officials your place can produce in the future.
Historically, Jiangxi has always been the home of the Ming Dynasty's scientific examinations. However, in the late Ming Dynasty, the number of scientific examination places in Jiangxi was greatly reduced. This move was like a move to draw money from the bottom of the cauldron. From then on, Jiangxi's
It began to decline continuously and never regained its former glory.
Everyone present knew very well that once the decision was made to reduce the number of scientific examination places in Nanzhili, it would be difficult for Nanzhili to have a situation where only half of the imperial officials in Jiangnan would appear again.
If it were normal times, everyone would definitely oppose it, because everyone is more or less related to officials from Jiangnan, and many of them even have a close relationship.
But this time, because it involved matters in Nanjing, and at the same time, it also involved the Jiangnan gentry's opposition to the imperial court's imposition of commercial taxes, Emperor Hongzhi was extremely angry.
Originally, according to Emperor Hongzhi's wishes, Liu Jin was going to go on a killing spree in Jiangnan this time, which shows how angry Emperor Hongzhi was about the Nanjing incident.
Now Liu Jin considered the overall situation and did not kill people wantonly. He just dealt a severe blow to the original gentry, businessmen, and families in Jiangnan. This is already a good situation.
Now we have to pull out all the firepower and completely cut off the continued vitality of the Jiangnan gentry. No one dares to stand up and express their opposition.
