"Guan Jia, you are so kind to the nobles. It is a blessing for these nobles to have an emperor like Guan Jia for several generations." After Xu Huizu and others had left, Lu Yi stepped forward and gave him
Yunhe poured tea, then beat his back and couldn't help but say.
"Haha." Yunxi laughed a few words and said nothing. Not only because there was no need to talk to Lu Yi, but also because he wouldn't understand it if he did. It was a waste of time. If Wen Yuan was already fifteen or sixteen years old at this time,
He would definitely bring Wenyuan with him to listen to the whole process, and then explain the truth to him in detail; but Wenyuan is only eight years old now, and he is still young, so he can't understand it, so he can only give it up.
But in fact, the truth is very simple. It is something that Chinese political textbooks fail to talk about: the superstructure is compatible with the economic base.
From ancient times to the present, from the center to the outside, the ruling class has always occupied the vast majority of the country's overall wealth, and no country is exception. If the status quo and the system do not allow them to do so, they will find ways to circumvent the system, ultimately rendering the regulations ineffective.
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Yunxi has selected the nobility as his allies in ruling the country, which means that the nobility has been included in the scope of the ruling class. To repeat, the superstructure is consistent with the economic base. Since the nobility is already the ruling class, they must seek sufficient
Wealth serves as the economic base and thus corresponds to the superstructure.
If he still adheres to the original system, and the country, in fact, the royal family represented by the emperor, takes over profit-making industries such as salt and iron, two situations will occur: First, they will enter the downstream industries and use their power to squeeze the people.
Businessmen can thus obtain huge profits; the second is to collude with the managers of state-owned industries internally and externally to harm the public and enrich private interests, and even become managers of state-owned industries themselves to gain more direct profits.
The former situation is that of the Song Dynasty. In the Song Dynasty, the emperor and the scholar-bureaucrats ruled the world together, but the salt, iron, wine and other industries were controlled by the court. On the one hand, they occupied extensive land, and on the other hand, they used all means to seize the market in downstream industries. There was a general named Liu in the Song Dynasty.
Guangshi once used eight thousand soldiers to transport goods for his business, and he proudly called himself the 'Contemporary Tao Zhu Gong'.
I won’t go into detail about the latter situation, as everyone must know which era it is.
Both of these situations cannot be allowed to happen. They are both typical elite economies. In the short term, because the country’s actual economic situation is inconsistent with the system, the economic system is ineffective, which is equivalent to encouraging powerful people and officials to destroy the national system and harm national interests.
; In the long run, the aristocrat economy oppresses private capital, preventing the emergence of a free market, and the country will always be stuck in a vicious circle and unable to develop further. Anyone who says that capitalism was able to develop in the Song Dynasty or the late Ming Dynasty in history should just go to sleep.
It is impossible for a crony economy to develop capitalism. Before the Opium War, China only had a weak chance to develop capitalism, and that was the unification of the country with the Zheng family as the representative of the maritime merchant class in the late Ming Dynasty.
Therefore, Yunxi could only take the initiative to give the nobles channels to obtain huge wealth, allowing them to be temporarily satisfied with their current wealth, and took the opportunity to establish the country's economic system, leaving private merchants with a relatively free market and channels for investment and wealth. It was not that he was interested in
Well, nobles, but it has to be like this.
Among the several profiteering industries currently controlled by the state, Yunxi decided to hand over the steel industry to the aristocracy after careful consideration. The steel industry has high investment and high returns, and the larger the scale, the greater the returns, which is suitable for the richest aristocratic children in the Ming Dynasty; the other two
The two most important profit-making industries were brewing and salt. He planned to completely open brewing to the public, while salt would continue to be controlled by the state. First, it would still be an important source of income, and second, it would be used as an auxiliary means to count the country's population.
The above content flashed through Yunxi's head, and he came back to his senses immediately, laughing and scolding: "What do you know! You are talking too much here!" He then said: "Go down and ask the guards to go to Princess Ningguo's Mansion and Prince Zhou's Mansion to arrest me.
My second aunt and Youdou called, I have something to tell them."
"Officially, Her Royal Highness, the eldest princess of Ningguo, should be at the women's school in the imperial city." Lu Yi agreed first, and then said carefully.
"I forgot." Yunxi patted his head: "I forgot that the girls' school has a bathing break in the middle of every month instead of every fifth day, so they are still going to school today. The second aunt should also be in school. Then you
Just go on your own and go to the women's school to ask the second aunt to come."
Lu Yi agreed again and was about to leave. But Yunxi suddenly stopped him again, thought for a while and said: "You go and tell all the teachers and students in the women's school that I have decreed that starting from this month, the women's school will be renovated."
There are two holidays in January, three days off on the 13th, 14th and 15th of each month, and two or three days off on the 28th, 29th and 30th of each month (some months do not have a 30th day). July
Take a rest for a whole month to escape the heat."
"In addition, let the second aunt and Youdou enter the palace when it's time to have lunch at noon and go to Kunning Palace. I want to chat with them while eating."
"Yes, official."
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"Dad!" Seeing his father coming home from work, Tang Saier jumped over and shouted.
"Good daughter." Tang Jingyu said with a smile first, then noticed the new clothes on her body, his face suddenly became surprised, and asked his wife He Miao: "What's going on? Why did you buy such good fabric for her?"
make clothes?"
"Our family didn't buy this, it was rewarded by the second young master in the mansion." He Miao said.
"How can the second young master reward our family with such fine fabrics? It can't be true?" He suddenly became worried. He looked at his wife carefully and felt that it didn't look like it, and then looked at his daughter.
"Where are you thinking!" He Miao knew what he was thinking as soon as he saw his eyes, and said hurriedly: "If the second young master really has that kind of intention, I can't let them succeed even if I am killed on a pillar; Sai'er is just
How could he be so small as you think!"
"That is how the matter?"
"It was Sai'er who chose to be the eldest lady's companion, so the second young master rewarded her with something."
"Sai'er has chosen the young lady's companion?" Surprised, Tang Jingyu spoke louder: "What on earth is going on?"
He Miao knew that he was sent out to escort the housekeeper to the countryside the day before yesterday. He just came back now and didn't know what happened. He explained: "Not long after you escorted the housekeeper out of the house the day before yesterday, Eunuch Deng came to us.
The courtyard where I live said that the second young master’s daughter is also seven years old this year and is going to start studying. I have chosen two little girls of about the same age to be my reading companions to accompany her to study together.”
"I didn't want Sai'er to run for election, but our Sai'er is so lively and good-looking that Eunuch Deng remembered him and insisted on Sai'er running for election. I couldn't refuse, so I had to agree."
"I thought that with so many servants in the house, it would be easy to pick two girls who are more suitable to them than Sai'er, but I didn't expect Sai'er to be chosen in the end."
"She was also taken to meet the two young masters in the mansion, and even met the current His Majesty, who also rewarded her with something. After that, Sai'er was asked to come back first, and she would go to accompany the eldest lady when the invited gentleman arrived in a few days.
read."
"She has met His Majesty!" Tang Jingyu, who didn't know that he had met him, was even more surprised and shouted out.
"yes."
"This!" Tang Jingyu didn't know what to say. They lurked in Beijing to find ways to deliver the news and work hard to overthrow the Ming Dynasty. But his daughter met the emperor and received a reward from the emperor. "It's so great, I never thought
Something like this will happen in the future.”
"Who says it isn't?" He Miao also said. Even though she had known about it for a day and a night, she was still surprised.
"By the way, not only that, His Majesty's eldest daughter, Her Royal Highness the Princess, also said that she has a affinity with Sai'er and gave Sai'er a jade pendant. That jade pendant can be sold for at least hundreds of dollars. Everyone is very interested in Sai'er.
I'm so envious." She added.
Tang Jingyu didn't know what to say this time. The fortunes their family had after entering Beijing were really great. If they really just wanted a stable life, they wouldn't be happier than this. But their purpose in entering Beijing...
"That's all, let's take it one step at a time. We are just pawns in the hands of the people above. It's useless to think too much." After a while, Tang Jingyu said: "Miao'er, write a letter and explain these things.
Write everything down and give the letter to the person sent to contact you when he arrives in the capital. We must be honest with Brother Xu." The four families who came to the capital knew about this matter. If he didn't say it, others would say it. It's better to do it yourself.
Be more honest.
"I knew I would do this. The letter has been written and waiting for you to see." He Miao took out a letter and handed it to him.
Tang Jingyu took a quick look at it and thought there was nothing wrong with it, so he handed it back to her: "Keep it well and don't throw it away."
"Don't leave the jade pendant given to Sai'er by the eldest princess. Find a place to hide it. It may be useful in the future."
"I got it." He Miao put away the letter and saw that there was nothing more to say. He glanced at his daughter and said hurriedly: "Okay, okay, let's not talk about this anymore. Look at Sai'er, you don't even dare to speak."
"It's dad's fault." Tang Jingyu took off his coat, picked up Tang Sai'er, and said to her, "I only focused on talking to your mother and forgot about you."
Tang Sai'er had been staying aside just now, not disturbing the incomprehensible conversation between her parents. Seeing that they had stopped talking, she smiled and said, "Dad, my daughter forgives you."
"Sai'er is really daddy's daughter!" Tang Jingyu praised her and said, "Daddy has two days off today and tomorrow. Sai'er, do you want to take a walk around the capital?"
"Think!" Tang Sai'er said immediately.
"Okay, I'll ask Mo Li and the others if they will have a rest tomorrow and go around the capital tomorrow. From now on, whenever dad takes a break, as long as you are free, dad will take you around the city."
"Daddy is so kind." Tang Saier said happily.
'Dad is just trying to compensate you.' Tang Jingyu said in his heart. (To be continued)