Lian Guoshi also laughed, and said happily: "Brother Fool is a little vain, I just want to listen to Ziying's point of view, every time I listen to your thoughts and views, Brother Fool will feel suddenly enlightened, benefit a lot, and have a long aftertaste." ”

"Hehe, Brother Jun Yu is exaggerating, but the younger brother thinks that when our officials in Da Zhou do things, they focus more on being officials, and ignore that officials should first do things, and the purpose and result of doing things should be unified.

Feng Ziying's words were a little twisty, but Lian Guo still understood, his face became serious, and he nodded: "Ziying, the foolish brother hopes to hear your high opinion today." ”

"Okay." Feng Ziying was not polite, "When the younger brother expounded his ideal of being an official, the younger brother first asked some questions about the current situation of our Great Zhou Dynasty for you and my brother to discuss. ”

Lian Guoshi nodded, "This is the way it should be." ”

"Then the first question, Brother Jun Yu thinks that the current Great Zhou Dynasty and the Great Zhou Dynasty are better or worse, and what is the situation in the eighth year of Yonglong compared to twenty years ago, that is, in the twentieth year of Yuanxi?"

As a big question, I asked a little confused about practicing state affairs, Rao is that he was born as a champion and has been practicing in the Hanlin Academy for several years, but he still feels that this question is a little difficult to answer.

After pondering for a long time, he practiced state affairs before he spoke: "It depends on how to say it, or in what aspects, the Great Zhou was basically established on the ruins of the former Ming Dynasty, Taizu's Northern Expedition?" From Nanzhi and Jiangxi to Shandong and Beizhili, they have all experienced wars, but to be honest? Compared to the situation after the Northern Expedition of the former Ming Dynasty expelled the Northern Yuan? Much better for the opening of the Great Zhou? In the founding of the country, the rulers ruled clearly, and the people's minds were determined? Surely the internal situation is good? However, at that time, the former Ming Yu Party still existed, and the forces of the northern Mongolian tribes still existed,......"

"Huh? How does it compare to the present? Feng Ziying asked with a smile.

Practicing state affairs for a long time before sighing? "It was better at the time? Maybe the people's livelihood in various places is not as prosperous as it is now? But the contradictions between the government and the people and the gentry are far less intense than they are now? Enemy trouble? Although the Mongol forces in the north were also very strong at the beginning, in the personal perception of the foolish brother, they were not as threatening as the current Jianzhou Jurchen. ”

"Okay, what about the current and Wonxi twenty years?" Feng Ziying asked again.

Lian Guoshi sighed again, "Ziying wants to say that the twenty years of Yuanxi is a demarcation point, right?" The twentieth year of Yuanxi should be the heyday of our Great Zhou? Whether it is an external enemy or an internal trouble, is it at its best? The imperial court is rich in money? Good local security? ……”

Seeing Lian Guoshi sighing and shaking his head in embarrassment, Feng Ziying was not concerned about himself.

"And now? Since the twenty years of Yuanxi, it seems that our Great Zhou has begun to pass unfavorably? The drought in the north for many years, the flood in Huguang, the harassment of the Japanese invaders in the south of the Yangtze River, the Renchen Rebellion that began in the 32nd year of the Yuanxi Dynasty lasted until the 38th year of the Yuanxi Dynasty, and finally exhausted the financial resources of the imperial court. ”

Feng Ziying's unceremonious questioning made Lian Guoshi even more speechless.

For a long time, everyone in the court has tacitly agreed on the reasons for such a difficult predicament, and the Liuxia Jiangnan and Renchen Rebellion are the biggest reasons, and there is no other reason to explain.

In a sense, that is, the six visits to Jiangnan led to the emptiness of a large number of national treasury, the prevalence of extravagance in Jiangnan, the prevalence of officials selling official positions, and the prevalence of greed for ink, which in turn affected the guarantee of the defense of the nine sides.

The decline of the imperial court's control in Liaodong made the Japanese minister Sekihaku Toyotomi Hideyoshi feel that there was an opportunity in Korea, which led to the occurrence of the Imjin War.

On the other hand, the six consecutive years of the Renchen Wars directly dragged down the finances of the Great Zhou, making the imperial court no longer able to maintain the original guarantee support for the two towns of Jiliao after the end of the Renchen War, and also contributed to the rise of the Jianzhou Jurchens in disguise, which became a vicious circle.

The joint relationship between the two made the impression of the Emperor Taishang in the minds of the northern scholars very bad.

"The current situation is definitely better than in the forty-second year of Yuan Xi, but Ziying, I know what you want to say, the problems and holes left by the Emperor Taishang have not been completely solved until now, and this will definitely take a process." Lian Guoshi thought for a while before continuing: "The princes of the imperial court are also trying their best to find countermeasures, but they are just ......"

"Junyu, I thought that we should first determine the goal, then refine the goal, and then find and specify the corresponding strategy according to these detailed goals." Feng Ziying didn't tear up her mouth with Lian Guoshi anymore, and picked her own thoughts, "The current situation in the imperial court is only slightly better than when the emperor succeeded to the throne, in fact, the first year of Yonglong is already a very dangerous time, and the emperor may not be exhausted, right?" ”

There is no way to answer this, everyone understands it, but they can't say it, only when these two people can say it.

Practicing state affairs bowed slightly.

"If you can't find the right solution strategy and path in the current situation, I'm afraid that you will soon fall into a predicament, and the opening of the sea has slightly alleviated the financial crisis of the imperial court, but this is a palliative treatment rather than a cure,...... Feng Ziying's tone is very firm, and the strategy of opening the sea was proposed by him, so he naturally has the confidence to judge.

"The biggest problem facing at the moment, one is the Jurchen and Mongolia, which need to increase investment in border affairs, but the bigger problem is internal worries, and there are several internal worries, one is that the imperial court is seriously underfunded, which directly restricts the expenditure in border affairs, water conservancy, post roads and many other aspects; The second is the atmosphere of local government in the DPRK and China, where corruption is rampant among officials, but they do not think about how to change the predicament of the court and localities, and many officials stretch their necks to run for officials, and it has become tacit to give and accept bribes; The third is the pressure on land and food brought about by population breeding, there are only so many ripe fields, but the population is growing too fast, the newly cultivated land is limited, or the fertility is insufficient or irrigation is difficult, once the flood and drought disasters occur, the displaced people will quickly swarm up, and then be used by those such as the White Lotus Sect and the Wenxiang Sect, bringing a huge threat to the local area,......

Feng Ziying said five or six things in one breath, and nodded again and again when he said that he had to practice state affairs, these were all on the surface, but he didn't synthesize them.

"There are so many problems, how do you solve them? With so many questions, where do you start? Feng Ziying looked at the practice of state affairs, and asked with a smile: "May Brother Jun Yu teach me." ”

Lian Guoshi smiled bitterly, "Ziying, don't make fun of Brother Fool, if Brother Fool had this ability, he wouldn't have wasted himself in the Hanlin Academy for a few years, Brother Fool would like to hear your thoughts now." ”

"Brother Junyu, the younger brother has a lot of ideas, but he can't realize them, so the younger brother is willing to take the initiative to go to a small place like Yongping Mansion to see if he can find some opportunities to realize some of his inner thoughts." Feng Ziying spread her hands, "Speaking of which, in fact, it is nothing more than the problem of people and silver, all these problems will eventually fall on the two points of silver and people, what does Brother Jun Yu think?" ”

Lian Guoshi thought about it for a while, and felt that although Feng Ziying said it vulgarly, it was a clear word, as long as silver and people are not a problem, what else is the problem?

"Then how to solve the problem of silver and people?" Lian Guoshi asked eagerly, he thought that Feng Ziying should have a rather grand but not necessarily cautious idea, maybe he could join in, help him improve, and even implement, not now, then at least there can be a goal.

"The problem of silver is the most realistic and urgent, and the strategy of opening the sea is an indicator strategy, which can solve the problem to a certain extent, but it is far from enough."

Feng Ziying knew that she needed to instill theoretical knowledge of the industrialization process in her, which was very difficult, but she had to do it, not enough people to understand and support her views, if you want to realize your dream under such a system, it can really only be a dream to turn into a fantasy.

"......, the traditional Tianfu is far from meeting the needs of the imperial court, so where does the open source policy come from, sea trade is one thing, but we should see the huge demand for silk, tea, porcelain, cotton, medicinal materials, ironware, salt and other things brought by the great increase in sea trade, Nanyang and Xiyi need our silk, tea, porcelain, cloth, medicine, iron, iron, Japan and North Korea need our silk, tea, iron, porcelain, paper, Mongolians and Wusizang need our tea, salt, iron, cloth, porcelain, this is what we are best at in the Great Zhou,......"

"In addition to the needs of sea trade, in fact, the greater demand lies in our interior, for a simple example, the people's demand for iron is a can never be satisfied, and the price of iron is the biggest problem restricting demand, once the cost and quality of iron and iron are solved, the demand for guns and artillery alone is a large number of ,......"

"......, the reform of the commercial tax system is imminent, but we can't do it now, we can only take it step by step, the reopening of the Chinese book branch and the brewing of the Ministry of Commerce is actually an opportunity,......

"......, finally let's talk about the problem of people, I understand that people are two problems, one is the livelihood of the people, the people need to make a living, the court should give them enough way to feed their families, farming is a way, starting a workshop for them to do work is also a way, going to sea to fish and running boats is also a way, being a soldier and eating food is also a way, we must take multiple measures at the same time, but the most important thing is to give them fields and let them go to the workshop to work, this should be the easiest and the way to absorb the most people,......"