"First of all, we must count the hidden households to ensure that the Dingkou of the Ming Dynasty is within the scope of the court's knowledge. Therefore, we must implement a major plan to clear the fields, formulate field books and fish scale books to reduce the occupation of labor itself."

"Secondly, we must try our best to control labor information in the hands of the court! Reduce the need for merchants to rely on labor information to form a plural and plural accumulation of labor!"

"Finally, we must improve the laws of the Ming Dynasty and give the officials of various prefectures and prefectures to weigh the support of the seal and righteousness of seals and seals when approving such cases!"

"Yes, these are the three things that I think of."

Li Xian felt that what he said was very clear.

Zhu Qiyu said in agreement: "You are right."

Li Xian said in confusion: "I am stupid."

Your Majesty did not have any open description of these three advices. Are you dissatisfied with these three advices?

Zhu Qiyu thought about it and said calmly: "I have already done a large-scale Qingtian and Ji Ding during the Hongwu period, and it took ten years to complete the Yellow Book and Fish Scale Book."

"In the Song Dynasty, when the labor materials were controlled, they were all officially established. Whether it was salt, iron, coal, alum, etc., they even chose the official exclusive business."

"The starting points of these official franchises are excellent. For example, Wang Anshi's reform of Qingmiao Law, when formulating policies, it said: principal and interest are repaid according to the two taxes, and each collects two cents of interest."

"But in the end they all became Qingmiaodai and the Qing rice money in our current Ming Dynasty."

"Two-point profit has become five-point profit, and even ten, fifty percent profit."

"I think Emperor Taizu Gao was wise. During the Hongwu period, the official smuggling office and other matters were abolished, and the ban on digging mountains and cutting stones were determined, and the encouragement of agriculture and mulberry trees was not a foolish decision, or even wise decision."

Different times and different contradictions, the government decrees that need to be implemented are also different.

The official office was abolished during the Hongwu period. The thought behind it was that at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the heroes rose up, the common people were in danger of protection, and the population was extremely declining.

Zhu Yuanzhang was a very wise monarch. The many decrees he formulated may seem a little clumsy to the eyes of their descendants, but at that time, it was the most suitable.

"I'm doing all the things you said. This idea is not wrong. On the contrary, I agree with your ideas very much."

Zhu Qiyu smiled and said, "But we still have to do things in a realistic way. We have to walk step by step and eat food one by one."

Zhu Qiyu is very acknowledged by Li Xian’s ideas, and he did not describe them.

The current productivity cannot be achieved, and it requires more population, more talents, and more knowledge to promote the development of productivity, and ultimately this can be achieved.

Li Xian bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty is wise."

Zhu Qiyu took a sip of tea and asked with a smile: "So this is your fifth question? Is the essence of the conflict between merchants and labor?"

"This contradiction is complex, and it contrasts with the four contradictions you mentioned before. We need to think about its essence for a long time."

"For example, the official franchise during the Northern Song Dynasty, during the late Northern Song Dynasty, when Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty, there was a phenomenon of one pound of coal for two hundred cents."

"Lin'an manure dominated Song Gaozong Zhao Gou, and even sold a pound of manure for six cents."

"In other words, the official warehousing still accumulates in a form of splinter and scattering, with production and surplus value as the goal. The ability of private rights to encroach on public rights by hoarding money, land and labor is still there and is not restricted."

"The craftsmen, soldiers, people and the court we organized will definitely cause self-destruction. Does this mean that this path is wrong?"

Zhu Qiyu talked about the Northern Song Dynasty, but he just took the Song Dynasty as an example.

The Ming Dynasty was heading towards the road Li Xian mentioned, Shijing Factory, Shengzhou Factory, Ma'an Factory, and Jianghuai Factory, and was gradually organizing craftsmen, sergeants, and people to produce.

The Labor Protection Bureau is in the capital, Jiuzhou outside the mountains, and Fujian to ensure the labor remuneration of all people in the Ming Dynasty, major plans, inspections, and examinations. Qingtian and Jiding are also being carried out simultaneously.

So, what if it is corrupt?

Li Xian became dull. He thought he had found the answer to the question. He thought he had found the direction. When he cleared the fog, he realized that there was more fog waiting for him behind him.

There is no end to the sea of ​​knowledge, and there is no way to the mountain of books.

"Your Majesty, what should I do?" Yu Qian asked curiously.

Zhu Qiyu smiled and said nothing. He did not answer this question in depth. This required the Ming Dynasty's productivity to reach a sufficient level before he could explain it, and it was just an explanation, not a solution.

Yu Qian was helpless. Your Majesty should have some ideas, but if Your Majesty doesn't speak, he can only think about it himself.

Li Xian thought for a long time and said, "Your Majesty, is it necessary for merchants to control labor through labor materials and then strip away surplus value?"

"If this is the case, there is no explanation for some problems."

"For example, among the salt merchants, the transport merchants still need to travel, but the merchants do not need to travel or work materials at all, so they make a lot of money."

Among the salt merchants, there are also transport merchants who communicate back and forth, and there are also owners who sit in various cash gates to set up the market. The major owners finally elected a general merchant to negotiate with the court and discuss various things about salt and iron.

If you rely solely on labor materials to control labor and strip off surplus value, it seems that it is completely impossible to explain clearly.

Zhu Qiyu thought seriously and said with a smile: "Wu Jing once asked me a similar question for you. He asked me if the imperial silver coins were liquid or fixed funds?"

"There is no doubt that even if it is liquid, it is fixed and reserved for money."

"Then I will change the question. Are I the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, the King of the Destroyed Country, or the King of the Revival of the King of the Revival?"

When Li Xian heard this, he quickly bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty is the hero of Zhongxing."

How can this discussion of financial affairs involve the matter of a king who is devastated?

Zhu Qiyu smiled and said, "In the eyes of many people, I am a rebellious person, and various policies are also a strategy for the destruction of the country. In their eyes, I am a king of the destruction of the country."

"But in the eyes of others, I am wise and natural, and both literary and artistic, but I do not value my ability. I have made some pioneering moves, lenient and strict, and simplicity and principles."

"I am actually me, the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, that's all."

"The phenomenon I want to talk about is universal, and in most cases, it is opposite and unified."

Li Xian's face showed a confused expression.

Zhu Qiyu sighed, Li Xian is a smart person, but once he is involved in this kind of opposition and unity, even if he involves a little dialectical thinking, he will be unable to turn around.

In fact, there are many oppositions and unity of this dialectic in reality.

For example, the wave-particle duality of the well-known light.

Newton proposed that light is particles, and Huygens suggested that light is electromagnetic waves, and both sides came up with countless evidence to prove their correctness.

Until Boer emerged from nowhere, he appealed to the principle of complementarity and finally established the wave-particle duality.

There are Schrödinger's cats, etc., similar natural phenomena, which are all dialectical opposition and unity.

However, Zhu Qiyu used vulgar words to explain it, and Li Xian was already a little confused when he heard it.

What emperor? What king who destroyed the country? What lord who revived?

What is this and what!

Zhu Qiyu looked at Li Xian's confused eyes, carefully considered it and said, "The "Laozi" observes the story: "Disaster is where blessings depend; blessings are where disasters depend."

"So hence, he said: whether there is or not, whether there is a supportive birth; whether it is difficult or easy to form; whether the length and short form are in line; whether the height and the bottom are in line; whether the sound is harmonious; whether the front and back follow each other."

"Mingli said: It is both this and that, both true and false."

Observe categories: observe phenomena; seek reasons: find problems; understand the truth, analyze the causes.

Seeking: Find a solution.

Observing the species, seeking the reason, understanding the truth, and seeking the Tao is a very common way of thinking for the Daming Taoist scholar.

The opposition and unity he mentioned were somewhat difficult to understand for the Taoist scholars of the Ming Dynasty.

That's very simple, just translate it into something they can understand.

No one knows translation better than me!

Li Xian immediately realized that this was the same as existence or non-existence, difficulty, length, height, and inferiority. The flow and fixation of wealth, process and result are all related to one and the other!

"Your Majesty, I understand!" Li Xian bowed his head.

I'd said it earlier.

Yu Qian smiled and everyone knew the skill of Hu Yi, the Minister of Rites, clearing the floor, but in fact, His Majesty himself understood these things?

It’s Hu Yi who needs His Majesty, not His Majesty who needs His Majesty!

Zhu Qiyu looked at Li Xian as if he was enlightened, full of doubt. Why can't he understand the common words and texts? He can understand the translation?

Li Xian frowned and asked, "Your Majesty, can you find a way to make these merchants settle in the status quo?"

"What I mean is to cut off the flow of their wealth and make them more stable."

What Li Xian said actually means in the Shilin.

There is a very kind fantasy in the Shilin, that is, after the merchants can eat and rent, they can settle down and then decline.

There are many people who think this way in ancient and modern times, both at home and abroad, such as the famous economist Keynes, who has a beautiful vision, that is, the carnivore dies quietly.

It is just to look forward to the powerful, wealthy businessman, put away his fangs, tie his bells to himself, and cut his sharp claws to let them pry off their fangs.

For example, various letters to promote beautiful homes.

But countless historical evidences are a fallacy.

Zhu Qiyu suddenly thought of an old news and said with a smile: "When I talk about this, I remembered an old thing."

"On June 19, 2018, the fifth year of Hongwu, Emperor Gao of Taizu made an iron list to warn Duke and Marquis of the Duke and Marquis, and strictly enforced the precepts of Duke and Marquis, saying: The king and minister can live in their lives, have a rock in the country, and enjoy endless wealth and honor in the homes of the heroes." (Seventy-four volumes of the Records of Taizu of the Ming Dynasty)

"But in fact, if this iron list is cast, there is no monarch and minister who have been in their prime, and the family of heroes enjoys endless wealth."

Li Xian and Yu Qian looked at each other. Of course they knew this. Not long after the iron list was cast, the killings that started from Liao Yongzhong ran throughout the entire Hongwu period.
To be continued...