The Navy won a great victory and the people were greatly boosted. Ten days after the Navy won triumphant victory, two ships of grain and grass from the salt merchants arrived at Jinzhou Port, which was just in time to celebrate the reopening of the Laotie Mountain and Water Road with practical actions.

For Liaodong, this is a golden lifeline. Salt is cooked from the sea and it is almost cost-effective. It uses salt as a faucet to exchange food and grass to help the Liaodong army, and the taxes drawn are drawn to build a navy. In turn, the navy protects the trade of goods.

After more than a year of hard work, Liaodong's career finally embarked on a virtuous cycle.

Zhu Zhi also tasted the sweetness of the harvest in Liaodong in the 27th year of Hongwu. The rice in the two acres of paddy fields cultivated next to the military camp achieved a good harvest, with an average yield of 300 kilograms of grain per mu.

The rice production left Yao Shan dumbfounded. He could not believe that rice could be produced in the bitter and cold places in Liaodong. But the success of his practice left him with nothing to say.

"Your Highness, without practice, there is no right to speak. Shan is convinced by your words." Yao Shan looked at the baskets of golden rice and bowed to the ground with conscience.

Zhu Zhi helped him up, and he felt so satisfied. But he had stuttered rice native to Liaohe Plain in that world. He had already had an answer to such an experiment, but for these deadly hard-working elements who read the script, he had only spent half a year to educate them.

Zhu Zhi said: "Haha, please come on. Not everything in the world can be practiced. Sometimes you have to absorb the experience of your predecessors.

But things always change. At some point, some things can be confirmed in a few months or even years.

There is still half a year before the beginning of next spring. Ke Yi can transform paddy fields and select excellent rice seeds to sow. Don’t rush to spend too much at the beginning. Planting tens of thousands of acres of land a year, and slowly exploring can reduce the risk. “

...

The officials and merchants walked into the Liao Palace together, looking at each other with big eyes, and the officials were talking about how to discuss matters with a group of merchants. The merchants were worried about how to chat with a group of officials.

No one knows what medicine is sold in Zhuzhi gourd.

The prosperity of the economy gave Zhu Zhi more room for maneuver in choosing strategies, and he boldly proposed an economic strategy for the Haixi Jurchens.

In the past, the Jurchens were closely related to the Liaodong economy. Tea, salt, iron and other materials in Liaodong were all necessary strategic materials for the Jurchens.

So when he arrived in Liaodong, Zhu Zhi could only let Liaodong merchants continue to do business with the Jurchens. First, in order to expand the tax source, and second, the Liaodong army was not ready. Once the source of supplies for the Jurchens was cut off, it would easily arouse the Jurchens to launch troops south.

But now it is different. Liaodong soldiers are good at food and food, and the treasury has sufficient funds and food, which is enough to allow Liaodong to launch a trade war with the Jurchens. Moreover, 70% of Liaodong's troops have been sorted out and can go out to the frontier to fight at any time.

In turn, the lack of these strategic materials can further weaken the Jurchens' strength.

"...From today, a bag of salt, a brick of tea, a piece of iron, and a piece of cloth will not be allowed to flow into the Jurchen territory. The support of all merchants is needed here, so please come here to discuss this matter. Please give me any opinions.

I won’t talk now, and I won’t talk anymore after that.” After that, Zhu Zhi sat back on the chair of the Grand Master, picked up the tea bowl, and observed everyone’s movements.

Li Dachun's face is the worst.

Because his main business was to go to the grounds of the Jurchens and Mongolians to buy cattle and sheep and return to make profits. Since Zhu Zhi encouraged him to open up a trade route deep into the Hu land, Li Dachun's caravan has spread across the Baishan, black water, grasslands and deserts, and is also responsible for transporting goods to other merchants in Liaodong.

If such a trade war was launched, it would be a loss of half of his business.

Chang Kun's face was not very good. He had two largest subway sales, one was Peking and the other was the Jurchen. This was equivalent to breaking his arm.

Tie Xuan was one of the plan's plan. He stood up and agreed: "What Your Highness said is that banning salt and tea weakens the people, and banning iron and weakens the army. What if the incident happened for a few months, the Jurchens would be in trouble without fighting."

Guo Ming did not say a word, and the God of Wealth in Liaodong was unhappy. He discussed this with him before. Guo Ming had strongly opposed it, but in the end he thought that the King of Liao was both his superior and his brother-in-law.

Even if you disagree, you can only reserve opinions.

Guo Ying said: "What if the Jurchens raised troops toward the south because of this?"

Yang Rong said: "Report to the Marquis, I think the position is that the Jurchens in Haixi will be settled sooner or later. The best way to do this is to kill two birds with one stone. Not only can the real power of a woman, but it will eventually inspire her to raise troops.

In this way, they will jump into the trap within the range we designed, and my Liaodong troops were just famous for their troops. "Guo Ying thought about it and felt that doing this was a bit dark. If it was black, it would also inspire others to hit him, but he would no longer speak.

After a while, seeing that no one was talking, Zhu Zhi said, "This is a major plan in Liaodong, but it needs the support of Liaodong merchants. You are all the leading figures of Liaodong merchants. I wonder what are your opinions."

Zhao Zhengxiong replied without thinking: "The court needs to fight, and the people suffer some losses. Lao Zhao still understands this. Without saying anything, I, Zhao Zhengxiong, listen to Your Highness. From tomorrow, we will not be able to trade with the Jurchens for a penny."

He smiled and said, "Your Highness is like a god-given parent. If you say something, even if you are a small sword and a sea of ​​fire, I will take over the transaction from the north from tomorrow." But the other two did not respond immediately.

This is easy to understand. Zhao Zhengxiong was born as a soldier. Since the country needs merchants to sacrifice some interests, he gritted his teeth and accepted it. Besides, although his fur business would suffer losses, there were still cattle and sheep in Mongolia. As for Wu Tianci, there were too many forests in Liaodong at that time, and his furniture transactions were mainly in the North China market. The trade war had the least impact on him. He was equivalent to giving Zhu Zhi a favor for free, so he quickly took a photo.

After a while, Li Dachun said: "Originally, the court needed it, and we should cooperate as subjects, but the business of villains is closely related to the Jurchens. If that were the villains, the villains would really not be able to do it."

Chang Kun pondered for a while and said, "According to Article 5 of the Fair Trade Order, if merchants suffer business losses due to court policies, they can receive compensation from the government.

May I ask if Your Highness is considered the scope of this article?" As soon as Chang Kun said this, it immediately caused a commotion among the officials, and everyone whispered.

In the Ming Dynasty, the government implemented a policy, and as a businessman, he had always had only obedience, so there was no reason for the government to compensate.

Zhu Zhi did not expect that Chang Kun actually raised the issue of compensation from the government. He was surprised and happy, but was surprised that if the compensation was really a expense for the Liaodong treasury, it was because the merchants in Liaodong already knew how to take the initiative to fight for their own rights.

Zhu Zhi thought for a while and said, "Shopkeeper Chang, what you said is legal, but the treasury is indeed unable to fully compensate for the losses caused to your transaction.

Do you think this is good? First, you calculate the account of the losses, and after reporting it, Liaodong Dusi will discuss with you a solution."

Several businessmen looked at each other. Unexpectedly, Zhu Zhi agreed so readily. Chang Kun said: "Thank you for your grace. If the court needs it, we will support it with all our might. The villain promised that no matter how much the loss, the villain would bear half of it.

"Everyone also agreed.

Zhu Zhi said: "Please go out for today's matters and don't reveal a single word. I don't want the Jurchens to be prepared when they hear the wind." Several merchants took the order and said retreat.

As soon as the merchants left, Guo Ming couldn't sit still and stood up to report, "Your Highness, I have something to say. I was cut off the Jurchen transaction, and the commercial tax lost a lot. Now if we still have to compensate the merchants, we can't bear it.

"When Guo Ying saw his son jump out to object, he quickly gave him a stern look to stop him from talking.

Guo Ying said: "Your Highness, please forgive Ming'er for being unreasonable, but there is no such reason in the world. We beat the Jurchens to protect the safety of Liaodong. The merchants also benefited, and I still can't understand the compensation."

Yang Rong also said: "Your Highness, after more than a year of hard work, the Liaodong Treasury has finally got some foundation. If such compensation is made, the Liaodong affairs will be in trouble again. Please think twice."

Zhu Zhi was very helpless when he listened to the unanimous opposition from the ministers below. It has been thousands of years since the people are the people, and officials are the officials, and the officials can just let the people go. When have you ever considered what to do for the people? The people's property can be seized and seized at will.

It also calls it protection of them. How efficient can a society maintained by illusory etiquette rather than actual interests? Can human thoughts really overcome inner desires? I am afraid no one has ever thought about it.

Zhu Zhi said: "Everyone said it makes sense, but I have to ask two points. First, what does the court do; second, why do the people pay taxes?" As soon as this statement came out, everyone stopped talking.

Yes, they never thought about such a problem, nor did they connect these two issues together.

After a long time, Yang Rong said: "The emperor is the king, the people are the ministers, the people serve the king with loyalty, and the king treats the people with etiquette. This is the general and precepts since ancient times.

When you say that the people pay taxes to maintain the court, just like a son supporting his father, this is an eternal truth.”

Zhu Zhi’s most disgusted with is this kind of unrealistic way of doing things and is about to speak.

Yao Shan stood up and said, "Shi Yang made sense, but there are some different opinions on humble positions. Since the court is a king and a father, should they protect their ministers; and since the people support the king and a father, they should be protected by the court.

If you follow the contractual relationship that Your Highness once said, this should be the relationship between the court and the people.

I have been responsible for immigration and agriculture in Liaodong for more than a year. I found that the government treated the people with contracts, and there were few people who did not fulfill the contract. Although I didn’t know why this happened, many business tasks were done naturally and twice the result with half the effort.

Therefore, Bei Zhi agreed with His Highness's statement of compensation to the merchant." Guo Ming next to him snorted coldly.

Qu Yuan also stood up and said, "I agree with Brother Ke Yi's view that the merchants paid taxes for the country, and I thought it was like buying a protected power from the court.

Just like when we issue land deeds for newly reclaimed land, this is a contract between the court and the people. When the people reclaimed land, the court naturally needs to protect their ownership of the land, which includes not being occupied by others, and of course it should not be occupied by the Tartars. Therefore, the court should resist foreign humiliation; of course, if the people pay taxes and fulfill their obligations, the court should not occupy the land of the people.

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Yang Rong said: "Yun Fei's words make sense, but why can the court exempt people from taxes, so the people cannot fulfill some obligations for the court?

In other words, the court treats the people with courtesy, but the people cannot be loyal to the court, even the statement of your contract cannot be reasonable. "Qu Yuan was speechless and didn't know what to say. It seemed that Yang Rongdi's retort was difficult to answer.

Seeing his subordinates argued over this issue, Zhu Zhi turned his mind to joy. It seems that the practice of various officials in different jobs over the past year has achieved results. Officials like Yao Shan and Qu Yuan have been responsible for specific business on the front line and dealing with the people every day have already developed some contract concepts in the vague way.

These concepts continue to sublimate in the process of practice and the collision of new and old ideas, and one day they will eventually become nirvana.

Zhu Zhi said: "Let me answer Mianren. My father has repeatedly instructed his sons and ministers that the court treats the people as their children and avoids competing for profit with the people.

So I think that the father’s lesson is about this right and obligation. After accepting the people’s taxes, the court should naturally protect the people. This is the court’s obligation; the people should cooperate with the court’s policies, which is the people’s obligation.

But the court should avoid competing for profit with the people, which is the guiding principle of the balance point between the two. That is to say, the court, as a big person, should not compete for profit with the people of the small family.

As for the issue of loyalty to the people, since the people sometimes have to cooperate with the court's policies, once the court's policies endanger the interests of the people, the government has an obligation to make up for the losses of the people, because the court and the people have already signed a contract on this issue before, and as the court, it is necessary to fulfill the contract. Even if there is a loss, it cannot break the trust of the people.

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Guo Ming was still a little dissatisfied and said, "Then Your Highness did not answer, why can't the people suffer losses because of their loyalty to the court?"

Guo Ying became angry: "Beast, stop talking." In his mind, even if there is something wrong with his son-in-law, as a family, he cannot sabotage it in public.

Zhu Zhi said: "Master Taishan asked him to tell me that this is better than holding it in his stomach. The people can be loyal to the court, but this is under the principle of conscious and voluntary people, and the government cannot make any forced or induce actions.

But there is a question that is certain. Since there is a contractual provision in advance, the government should implement it. This is the right and obligation. The government cannot break its trust from the people."

Zhu Zhi knew that he could not make everyone understand through a conversation, and he would not be so stupid that he could change his stubborn thoughts for thousands of years by relying on himself alone. He could only slowly sow seeds.
Chapter completed!