It's just that this third step seems to be a little farther away now, and it seems that it is a bit too loud to say it rashly, and even too ambitious, so you have to think about it.

Seeing Feng Ziying holding the cup and groaning silently, Guan Yingzhen did not urge.

The strategy of opening the sea was proposed, and this son must have had some calculations, but later there were more and more contents filled in, but I am afraid that it also exceeded Feng Ziying's expectations.

It is estimated that many things are slowly spread out, only to find that there is a piece missing here, and there is a difference, and it is slowly filled in, so that it can support a governance program that can be called the largest after Emperor Yonglong ascended the throne.

However, in Feng Ziying's view, this is not a policy outline at all, it is purely a countermeasure taken out under an emergency, which was to solve the strategic food and salary of counterinsurgency and Forte in western Xinjiang, and then to solve the strategic security of the nine sides, especially Liaodong, and then finally connected the open sea trade with debt and taxation, forming such a four-like.

The imperial court of this era basically does not have a decent strategy for governing the country, let alone the purposeful strategy of modern national governance, collecting information - investigation and research - putting forward governance opinions - specific implementation and implementation - comparison feedback - revision and improvement - summarizing this kind of governance is basically impossible, or it is more like a simple inertial action, some steps are in line with some of these links, but in fact there is no real initiative to take measures to fundamentally solve the problem.

Basically, it is to adopt emergency management, follow the previous system, if there is a difficult problem, find a way to solve it, if there is no special, then make do with it, more like a small country and a small country and a small people's inaction, but like the Great Zhou, a vast empire that spans thousands of miles, how can it be solved by inaction?

"Official, well, if you ask for this, if the disciple shirks or cares about him, it may seem to be disrespectful to you. However, in the past two years, the disciple went to the western Xinjiang and went down to the south of the Yangtze River, and he also had a lot of contact with the Hanlin Academy, and even had exchanges with the cabinet ministers and many colleagues in the six ministries. ”

Feng Ziying combed her thoughts, Guan Yingzhen is a more practical person, which is slightly different from Qi Yongtai's slightly idealized and upright and Qiao Yingjia's realistic and philistine, he pays attention to both the heart and the traces.

"Before answering your question, can the disciple ask you a few questions?" Feng Ziying said suddenly.

After Guan Yingzhen was stunned for a moment, he smiled self-deprecatingly, "Well, isn't it right for the student to ask the teacher?" But Ziying said this, there must be some tricky or difficult questions to answer, well, for the teacher to know everything, or to answer for the teacher's point of view. ”

"What does the official think of the current situation of Da Zhou?"

Guan Yingzhen, who had anticipated Feng Ziying's question, replied calmly: "It can't be said that it is dangerous, but it can also be called difficult. ”

Seeing that Feng Ziying was a little disapproving, Guan Yingzhen knew that the other party felt that he was too optimistic, but he still insisted on his own point of view, the foundation of the Great Zhou is still there, even though there are many problems, but it is not to the point of being out of control.

Feng Ziying continued to ask, "What do the officials think are the main dangers?" ”

Guan Yingzhen did not hesitate, "The external Jianzhou Jurchen threat is increasing, and the Tatars are still powerful, although it is not obvious now, but once it eases up or encounters one or two bears and tigers, it will become a problem for the elbows and armpits of the Great Zhou, but this is not the most dangerous, including the crisis of the Great Zhou." ”

"Oh?" Feng Ziying's face was calm.

"The financial resources of the imperial court are depleted, the food and salary for the nine sides are increasing day by day, the land annexation in various places is becoming more and more obvious, and the people bear the burden of taxes, which leads to many common people to vote under the gentry, and the gentry hide the land population, which in turn makes the income of the imperial court decrease day by day, coupled with the increase in population and the fact that most of the days in the north are not good in the past 20 years, and the floods and droughts are continuous, if there are one or two major disasters, the imperial court's poor relief may cause great chaos,......"

Guan Ying paused for a moment, "The Ningxia rebellion, if it is not handled effectively by the imperial court, I am afraid that it will cause an uncontrollable disaster, but even so, the hole has been pierced and must be repaired. ”

"Official, is there anything else?"

Guan Yingzhen hesitated for a moment, "The relationship between the Emperor Taishang and Prince Yizhong and the emperor is confusing, and it is also a hidden worry. ”

didn't say much, but Feng Ziying understood in seconds.

"And what is the main cause of this?" Feng Ziying asked again.

This is a bit of a difficult question to answer.

Guan Yingzhen did not evade, and he did not intend to evade himself as a disciple.

Since you are out of the mountains and into the office, you will inevitably encounter these, and you don't even dare to face it, what else can you talk about?

"There are many reasons, the twenty years of the north are really bad, almost ten years of seven droughts, the people are too consumed, and the foreign enemies are constantly expanding, such as the Jurchens, and the Renchen rebellion has also brought a great burden to the imperial court, well, there is another reason, the emperor Taishang was sluggish in the later period of his reign, and the extravagance was too much, which directly led to the mediocrity of the officials in the DPRK and China, and the greed for ink became a trend,......"

This official teacher really dared to say that Feng Ziying had a little more admiration.

"Population growth has also brought some problems, some places have more people and less land, such as Fujian,......, and the yield of rice and wheat per mu has not increased significantly since the previous and Ming dynasties, which also forces people to find more ways to make a living,......

Almost, Feng Ziying's perception of Guan Yingzhen has deepened, she can perceive the long-term impact of unfavorable times, can see the pressure brought by population growth, and dare to speak outly about the harm caused by the neglect and desolation of Emperor Yuanxi in the middle and late periods, which is enough to show that Guan Yingzhen has the level of a qualified official.

"Official, what you said is also what the disciple has observed, but the disciple thinks that the key lies in two points, the contradiction between the increase in the tax revenue of the imperial court and the increasing contradiction borne by the people, the increase in food and salary caused by the increasing pressure on the defense of the border areas and the contradiction between the increasingly depleted financial revenue of the imperial court, these two contradictions are actually a problem if they are carefully analyzed, the population of the people is increasing, but the basic necessities of life such as food and cloth to meet the needs of the people are growing weakly, once there are natural disasters, rebellions, wars and other impacts, Then it will immediately detonate and break the string that has been taut at all. ”

Guan Yingzhen took a deep breath, "Do you think Kaihai can solve these problems?" ”

"It can't be fundamentally solved, but it can be alleviated, or it can buy us some time to find a solution, or in other words, to solve the problem we just said, we need to take multiple measures at the same time, not one way, which strategy can completely solve it." Feng Ziying shook her head.

"Oh?" Guan Ying raised his eyebrows.

"For example, opening the sea can expand maritime trade exchanges, increase the tax revenue of the imperial court, relieve the pressure of the empty treasury, and at the same time open up the Denglai-Korea-Ezo-Haixi, Savage Jurchen trade routes, and support Haixi and Savage Jurchen to attack and harass the rear of the Jianzhou Jurchens, which can reduce the pressure on our frontal battlefield in Liaodong and win time for us, and reclaim Dongfan, and even Ezo, which can reduce the pressure of displaced people in areas that have suffered natural disasters for a long time to a certain extent,......"

Guan Yingzhen interrupted Feng Ziying's words, "Ziying, what you call winning time, then I want to ask, what can we do to win time?" What can be done to change the increasingly difficult situation now? ”

Guan Yingzhen asked to the point.

Feng Ziying always said to win time, time is won, what can be done, what can be done to improve the predicament?

The situation is getting worse and worse, even if the offensive on the Jianzhou Jurchens side can be suppressed by the attacks of the Haixi and Savage Jurchens, and even the peace with the Mongolian left flank, but what can it be?

The road for ordinary people to make a living is still difficult, and if there is a slight natural or man-made disaster, they may fall into a desperate situation, and if there are demons like the White Lotus Sect fanning the flames in it, it may be another rebellion.

"What the officials want to ask is how to solve the growing tax needs of the imperial court and the increasingly difficult and difficult living conditions of the people, well, a large part of this is the contradiction between the increasing taxes, right?" Feng Ziying said lightly.

Feng Ziying also hit the nail on the head, this problem was actually explained too much on the Internet forum in the previous life, and in the final analysis, it was the problems encountered in the development of productivity and production relations.

According to the traditional theory, that is, the reincarnation of dynasties, natural disasters, plagues, and wars take turns, so that the population is sharply reduced, and then the winner is king, and the new dynasty continues; Or it is necessary to take the reform of the productive forces production system, and take the path of combining expansion and overseas reclamation with accumulation, so as to alleviate domestic contradictions.

Of course, no one wants to take the first one, but the latter one, will it work in Da Zhou?

In the previous life, Zhang Juzheng's reform was also the collapse of the middle way, extending the life of the Ming Dynasty for several decades, but can the Great Zhou be able to do it now?

I am afraid that it is not enough to clear the land, and we have to take Yongzheng's paving into the mu to relieve the pressure, but then again, I am afraid that taking this path will intensify the contradictions in the upper strata on the one hand, and on the other hand, will it interrupt and delay the changes in the production relations of the productive forces that could have gone to the germination of capitalism? Or is it the way to improve by combining the two?

Feng Ziying felt that if she wanted to follow Zhang Juzheng's path, she might not be able to accumulate hope without 20 years.

But can Da Zhou survive for twenty years?

Without the continuation of the reform like Zhang Juzheng in the previous life, the rise of Jianzhou Nuzhen seems to be more fierce than in the previous life, but Xiaoice River comes more frequently, and Feng Ziying is really not sure if he can survive it.

So even if you can't do it now, you have to point out a way to the people you can influence, and push them to try to do it first, so that you may be able to stand on the shoulders of giants and pick up a falling peach in the future?

It's a beautiful idea, but Feng Ziying knows very well that she may have to do a lot.

"Official, I have two types of ideas, it depends on when you think you should do it." After Feng Ziying thought it through, she told it calmly.