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Chapter 1097 Longqing New Deal (Part 2)

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    In terms of financial reform, it is completely different from the shyness of rulers in previous dynasties who were ashamed to talk about profit. In Gao Gong's "Righteousness and Benefit View", for the first time, he did not shy away from the public interest view of "gathering people is wealth, and managing money is righteousness".  Officials at all levels are required to distinguish between public interests and private interests. If they are creating wealth for the country, then "benefit is righteousness."

    Under the guidance of this thought.  Gao Gong believes that making money is a useful learning for sages.  'Husband's "Hong Fan" eight politics, the first food and goods; "Yu Tan" three things, and finally the prosperity of life.  ¡¯ So financial management is the most important task of the king¡¯s government!

    This is not only a vigorous criticism of the non-utilitarianism of Neo-Confucianism in the Song and Ming Dynasties, but its real purpose is to call on governments at all levels to pay attention to the practical knowledge of economic life, and to do practical work for the economic recovery and fiscal relief of the Longqing Dynasty.

    So how to do it specifically?

    It is different from the rulers of the past dynasties when they thought of making money, they "take more from the people".  Gao Gong believed that if one wanted to make money, one should not only collect money by squeezing one's surname, but should "open up the source of wealth" and "save money".

    Let¡¯s talk about throttling first. Gao Gong believes that it consists of ¡°saving¡± and ¡°saving¡±.  The so-called "frugal use" means that the imperial court calculates the annual income before spending it.  All useless endeavors, unnamed rewards, and unnecessary expenses are all saved.  This will not only reduce the burden on the common people, but also use the saved expenses for disaster relief and military expenses in a timely manner.

    As for "savings", it has been raised to the height of "a major national event" by Gao Gong, so what method should be used to save, and how should the country's annual income be distributed to be reasonable?  Gao Gong proposed the "three into one" method, that is, the annual income is divided into four, consumption expenditure accounts for three quarters, and the remaining quarter is used for savings.  In this way, accumulating savings for three years can reach three-quarters of the annual income, which is just enough to provide food for one more year.  By analogy, in nine years, you can get a balance for three years of expenditure, so that even if "the year does not go well" or encounters a famine, you can be prepared and safe from danger.

    So how to 'open up the source of wealth'?  In addition to the traditional construction of water conservancy, restrictions on mergers, and farming for the people, Gaogong also gives the industry, commerce and finance an unprecedented positioning.  Previously, "emphasizing the root and suppressing the end" has always been the basic economic policy pursued by all dynasties and generations, and has always been respected by the rulers.  Although since Chenghua, there have been many calls for emphasizing commerce, but it is Gao Gong who can really stand in the ruling position and transform the idea of ??emphasizing commerce and businessmen into a national practical economic policy.  He believes that agriculture is related to the national economy and the people's livelihood, and it should be given more attention, but on the other hand, the development of industry and commerce cannot be ignored.

    Of course, in Gao Gong's view, agriculture is the foundation of a country. As long as everyone has land and everyone works hard, the country can have a steady stream of wealth.  And his mercantile thought was born on top of his emphasis on agriculture. He saw the fundamental relationship between agriculture and commerce, that is: commerce has been an industry for mutual exchange since ancient times.  Without the intermediary of merchants to put agricultural products on the market, farmers will not benefit, and a good year is no different from a disaster year;  Buy at a profit.  From this point of view, the relationship between agriculture and commerce is interdependent, and the development of industry and commerce can also further promote the development of agriculture.

    As for how to develop industry and commerce, Gao Gong proposed that the status of merchants should be improved first.  Shangshu asked the emperor to get rid of the long-standing malpractices, no longer cleverly set up names, indiscriminately exploit, and arbitrarily squeeze the merchants, and no longer secretly ask the merchants for management fees, and no longer make things difficult for the merchants.  For business transactions with merchants, the imperial court should evaluate the goods and buy them at market prices, and should not default on the payment for the goods. Even if there is no silver in the treasury for a while, it should be transferred from other places to protect the interests of the merchants.  He also issued an edict to all the yamen to check how the officials and the people of the previous dynasty were convenient, and the law was in place, so please do it.

    Of course, the merchants that Gao Gong refers to are actually small merchants and handicraftsmen. He did not comment on the big merchants and large factory owners in the southeast, nor did he introduce any targeted policies.

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    The specific financial reforms were carried out by Zhang Juzheng. In fact, since he took charge of the household department in the last years of Jiajing, he has been vigorously implementing it, but because the old officials in power such as Xu Jie, Ge Shouli, and Zhao Zhenji regarded his methods as aggressive and obstructed them everywhere, so it was difficult to move forward.  .  But over the past few years, there has been considerable progress in all aspects. Now under the banner of Gao Gong's comprehensive reform, it is natural to be able to tell the whole story.

    Zhang Juzheng's reform plan consists of three parts, spending cuts, tax reform, and currency reform.

    Let me talk about the first reduction of expenses, except for those "useless activities, nameless rewards, unnecessary expenses" mentioned by Gao GongAs for military reform, Shen Mo is solely responsible.  Similar to Zhang Juzheng, since he took charge of the Ministry of War, he has carried out reforms in various aspects step by step.  , "Military generals' children will be educated in school" and so on, all have been discussed and completed with Gao Gong before, and they are only being implemented slowly.  Compared with Gao and Zhang who were in the whirlpool, his situation seemed much calmer.

    The only thing that caused quite a bit of controversy was his suggestion that the internal supervisor should be dismissed this year to review the Beijing camp, and the emperor would personally hold a "big review".  The grand parade is a grand military parade. The last grand parade was in the Wuzong Dynasty, and it has not been held for nearly fifty years.  As soon as it was put forward, many ministers objected, saying that this was a waste of money and waste of money, and it was a bad idea of ??Silence to please the emperor. Is there any enemy in the world who is intimidated by your military parade?  If you have money, you might as well help the family members of the border guards.

    However, soon, those guys who only knew how to talk fell into the bitter sea of ??Gao Gong's rectification of officials, and they all had to rely on silence to help them out. Who would dare to provoke him?  So no more objections.  However, Emperor Longqing, although he was indifferent to various reform strategies, was very interested in the "Dayue" On the one hand, the successive years of warnings in the capital forced the emperor to pay attention to border defense;  , riding a steed, and pretending to be a great general, for an emperor who is like being kept in a deep palace, it is really exciting

    So an edict was issued to hold a grand parade in autumn.  As the edict spread, the generals from all walks of life were all excited, and stepped up their drills one after another, trying their best to overwhelm the group of officials in front of the emperor and show their faces.

    On the side of Mo Mo, he also began to step up preparations for military resources. He asked Gao Gong to agree to add a Langzhong, two Yuanwai Lang, and four principals to Wu Dui's deputy in charge of the military industry.  The production of the main factory.  And a death order was issued, and the production tasks issued by the Ministry of War must be completed with quality and quantity.

    At the production mobilization meeting, he made it clear to the participating officials and the person in charge of the arsenal that all these armors and ordnance will be used on the battlefield, and whoever has a problem will be punished severely.  In order to ensure the quality, he also ordered another doctor of the arsenal's cleaning department to conduct strict inspections of all the ordnance in the warehouse, and not allow a single unqualified ordnance to be in the warehouse, otherwise he will be executed without mercy.

    After hearing Mr. Shen Ge's murderous lecture, everyone knew that he was going to be serious, and no one dared to fool him anymore.  Zhu Xixiao, the younger brother of Cheng Guogong, who attended the meeting as a representative of the producer, had to point out that the whole arsenal was willing to contribute to the expulsion of the Tartars, but if it produced according to the highest standard, the cost would increase sharply.  The payment is far from enough.

    "I've already calculated the difference," Shen Mo looked at Zhu Xi Xiaodao: "It's 800,000 taels. The Ministry of War will pay the money in three installments within half a year."

    Xu Wenbi wanted to open his mouth, but he didn't expect Shen Mo to figure out their production costs and profit margins. It's just that the factory earns too little, and it's really useless.

    "As long as it can be completed on time and with high quality," Shen Mo said with a slight smile, "The Ministry of War will reward everyone with an additional 200,000 taels." It is impossible for the horse to run fast without eating grass.

    After hearing this, all the factory owners had no objection. Zhu Xixiao said with a sneer: "Although it is not enough, but it is a duty to share the country's worries. We will take this job."¡ª¡ª

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