Qi Tai was the same. They had never thought about the situation where Fan Guo dared not sell things to the Ming Dynasty, but he thought of another point: "Your Majesty, food is necessary for people, and they have to buy it no matter whether the price is high or low, but other things can be Is there anything that everyone can buy? People no longer grow food. If no one buys a certain kind of agricultural product or they are only willing to buy it at a low price, wouldn’t it be the same as the low price of grain and hurting farmers.”
"Qi Qing, you forgot about clothes. Clothes are also necessary for people." Yunxi said.
"Does His Majesty want all farmers to grow cotton? Then the price of cotton will inevitably fall sharply, which will still hurt farmers." Qitai said.
"No, what I mean is that there may be other crops that you haven't thought of that can make farmers earn more money than growing food." Yunxi said.
In fact, the entry of Nanyang grain into China will only make things that happened in history happen in advance. Historically, with the development of the economy in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the benefits of growing cash crops were far greater than growing grains. Farmers in Jiangnan and Guangdong have switched to economic crops. Crops increased the price of food in the Ming Dynasty, which affected a series of subsequent events.
Qitai thought for a while, and suddenly thought of something, and said repeatedly: "Your Majesty, we must not allow cheap grain from Nanyang to enter the Ming Dynasty in large quantities."
"Why?" Yunxi asked.
"Your Majesty, even if what your Majesty said is right, farmers are now growing food. Planting other crops will not happen overnight. However, a large amount of grain from Nanyang entering the Ming Dynasty will quickly lower the price of food. The food grown by farmers will Failure to sell it will result in a family living in poverty and having to sell their land to survive. This will cause rapid annexation of land. Your Majesty, land annexation is a sign of national destruction!" Qitai said excitedly.
Hearing Qi Tai's words, Yunxi thought deeply about what he was thinking of, and suddenly broke out in a cold sweat! He immediately said: "I will immediately issue an order to restrict the import of grain from Shanghai and Baoan."
Yunxi was not just frightened by land annexation. In his view, the development of industry is accompanied by the concentration of agricultural land, the efficiency of agricultural production is greatly improved, and farmers are transformed into agricultural workers. Of course, he is still opposed to the current concentration of land. , because now that the landowners have annexed the land, they will not manage it properly, but rent it out to landless farmers for planting, which has no benefits except the concentration of wealth. He is mainly frightened by the large number of bankruptcies of farmers.
Historically, it was a long process for farmers to switch from growing grain to growing cash crops. First, a small number of brave people switched to growing crops. After these people finally made money, their neighbors followed suit, and finally spread to the entire Yangtze River Delta and Pearl River Delta. triangle.
If a large amount of Nanyang grain were suddenly imported into the Ming Dynasty, a large number of farmers would likely go bankrupt. In the past dynasties, homesteaders, urban handicraftsmen, and small businessmen were the foundation of the country's stability. If they were all finished, the country would be finished as well. With the current government's actions It is absolutely impossible for farmers to quickly start planting cash crops without sufficient capacity.
Han people are different from Westerners. Westerners engage in sheep-eating and cannibalism, causing a large number of farmers to go bankrupt in a short period of time. Farmers can move to cities or go overseas, but Han people will definitely rebel. It would be okay if the country forced them to immigrate to other provinces. If they are forced to immigrate overseas, they will find ways to flee or even riot; and the urban handicraft industry will not be able to rapidly expand in scale to accommodate so many people for employment.
Moreover, the large influx of grain from overseas into the Ming Dynasty will also damage the interests of rural landowners, quickly intensifying the conflicts between landlords and businessmen. Now that most of the officials in the Ming Dynasty are from rural areas, their interests will be severely damaged and they will resolutely oppose Yun Xi's foreign policy.
After the open policy, any reforms promoted by Yunxi would be held back by countless people, and nothing would be accomplished. Even if he killed these people and replaced the officials, the same would happen.
‘Sure enough, if you take too big a step, you will get hurt easily. Any radical reform will not be successful in the end. Let’s let the process take its time.’ Yunxi thought.
"Qi Qing, you have thought very carefully and reminded me to make a contribution to the Ming Dynasty!" Yunxi said.
"Your Majesty is ridiculously complimentary. Even if I didn't think of it, with so many officials in the Ming Dynasty, sooner or later someone would think of it. I don't dare to take the credit." Qitai said. But even though he said this, he was a little proud in his heart.
"Hey, having said that, it was Qi Qing who remonstrated with me and stopped me. I have always made clear rewards and punishments." Yunxi immediately called Jin Shan over and told him: "Draft the edict, Minister of the Ministry of Revenue Qi Tai, Duke
Zhongti Guo,..., was awarded the title of Zide Doctor."
Jin Shan didn't know what they were talking about just now, and was a little surprised, but he immediately started to draft the order. Qi Tai opened his mouth to refuse a few more words, but could only kneel down to thank him.
This incident quickly spread among the officials in the capital. Officials who were very slow about the economy did not realize that the interests of the landlords would be harmed if they allowed a large influx of overseas food, so they did not realize the conflict between the landlords and big businessmen.
Regarding class conflicts, they mainly praised Qi Tai for his courage to remonstrate directly, and by the way, they praised the emperor for actively accepting remonstrances.
Yunxi breathed a sigh of relief. Not only because the class conflict was not exposed, but also because the officials ignored his hair.
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"According to the imperial edict of the Emperor, the winter assistant officer Jie Jin,...,..., is now appointed as the editor-in-chief of the "Da Ming Dadian". I hereby express my gratitude." At the court meeting on July 20, Yunxi's attendants read out this sentence
Imperial decree.
When the civil servants collectively attacked the nobles at the beginning of this year, Yunxi came up with the temptation of compiling the "Da Ming Dadian" to divert the attention of the civil servants. This temptation was so great that all the civil servants' attention was attracted.
The collective attack on nobles also ended immediately.
But because Yunxi delayed it for too long, everyone was already a little tired, and the attention attracted by this matter was minimal; and Xie Jin had completed the finishing work of "Yuan History", Yunxi officially announced that Xie Jin would serve as the director
Editor-in-Chief.
Of course, Yunxi also appointed five deputy editors at the same time. They were all well-educated people in the court, people who could memorize the Four Books and Five Classics from beginning to end and then from end to end. Yunxi talked with them about the meaning of the classics in a few sentences.
You will be stunned.
However, Yunxi had no choice but to appoint these people. Xie Jin's talents have been fully demonstrated, and he is very good at both personal editing and organizational editing. It may be okay for these well-educated scholars to operate on their own, but their organizational ability is likely to be close to zero.
But the prestige of these people was too high, and it would be impossible to organize such a literary event without arranging them. Therefore, Yunxi and Xie Jin gave a good explanation, asking him not to have any expectations on the organizational abilities of these five great scholars, and not to arrange any organizational work.
give them.
Xie Jin knew it himself and nodded in agreement.
The cabinet officials around Yunxi have also put their names on the list, and they can get involved in it in their free time.
Even Xue Xiyang was a little moved. On the night of the first day of August, Xiyao and Yunxi were having dinner and said, "Your Majesty, can you let Xiyang do something in there?"
"I know that Xiyang is just a scholar and doesn't have a literary name, but I can always copy and write."
"No! The most important thing for him now is next year's provincial examination. As long as he wins the imperial examination, I can appoint him as an official even if he fails to win the imperial examination later. You tell him next time, don't always think about these things." Yun said. Xi said.
"But,..." Xiyao wanted to say something else. He heard Xiyang say that this is a grand event for literati, and if you can get a job in it, you can leave your name in history.
"He will definitely be able to leave his mark in history as an important minister of the Jianye Dynasty of the Ming Dynasty in the future. Don't think about anything else." Yunxi said.
"Well, husband, I will definitely tell him the next time I see him." Xiyao said hurriedly when she saw what Yunxi said.
Yunxi said "hmm" and lowered his head to continue eating. Today he went to inspect the martial arts hall and the army again. He was very hungry because of the heavy physical exertion. He wanted to finish the meal in front of him immediately.
However, his idea could not be realized. Yunzhi suddenly said: "Brother Emperor, has Song Hu arrived in the capital?"
Before Yunxi could speak, a girl who was sitting one person away from Yunzhi suddenly said to Yunzhi in an angry tone: "You kid only thinks about these things every day. How can you act like a lady like this?"
Yunzhi made a face at her and said with a smile: "I was thinking about this for you, Sister Shangxi, but you blame me."
Shang Xi blushed a little when she exposed this matter. But after all, she grew up in Xi'an, and her aunt was Mongolian. She was not as shy as some harem girls, so she said, "What's the use of you thinking about it."
Yunzhi wanted to say more, and Bao Qing asked: "Why, what does that person named Song Hu have to do with Shang Xi's niece?"
"Aunt Sixteen, you don't know that Song Hu and Sister Monk Xi are going to get married with six rites." Yunzhi smiled at Bao Qing.
Even though Shang Xi was thick-skinned, he couldn't stand it any longer. He put down his job and stood up. Seeing Yunxi smiling at the side and showing no intention of intervening, he said, "I actually arranged it for you. Let's see if I won't punish you." She walked away.
Yunzhi also stood up and dodged, and the two of them laughed for a while.
Yunxi looked at it for a while and then stopped him, and the two of them hurriedly separated.
However, Yunxi immediately said: "Shang Xi, I have already met Song Hu today. He is indeed good-looking and capable. You have found a treasure."
"Hey, brother Huang, you are also teasing your sister." Shang Xi pouted.
"Brother Huang is telling the truth. When Brother Huang summons him in two days, you will know by hiding behind the curtain and taking a peek. Brother Huang is definitely not telling lies." Yun He said again.
However, he did not make fun of her again. He knew that Shang Xi and Yunzhi were different, and they were not used to him talking and laughing freely with his sisters, but in order to please him, he had no choice but to cooperate.
However, these two words of his aroused the imagination of Chang'an Princess Shang Xi. Although Yunxi often joked, she never said such things casually, so she was full of beautiful fantasies about Song Hu for a while, and about tomorrow's future. I am even more looking forward to the one-sided meeting.