Chapter 417 Context, Pick-up, Deal

Yang Reform listened to Sun Chengzong's revelations, the whole person was dizzy, originally unclear, unclear, incomprehensible, incomprehensible, and incomprehensible, if Sun Chengzong's statement corroborates each other, then the entire history of the Ming Dynasty will live, become understandable, and can figure it out.

Yang reformed and pondered for a long time, and finally digested Sun Chengzong's words.

"In other words, in order to restrict me and prevent me from having too strong and too big power, the courtiers deliberately pulled my back tuǐ, did not let me collect taxes, did not let me add salt classes, etc., right?" Yang reform put aside the rest, concentrate on asking this question, this problem is the core problem of the entire Ming Dynasty, if this problem is solved, then, the Ming Dynasty hidden in the dark mí fog, have gradually unraveled, a clear context of the Ming Dynasty will appear in front of their eyes, whether they do things by themselves, or the layout, you can follow this vein to do, according to the saying, is to catch the medicine according to the prescription.

"Yes and no, it's not for Your Majesty, it should be said that the courtiers are for the emperor, and the unwritten rules and ...... formed spontaneously after Taizu and Chengzu don't let the emperor have too many and too strong rights, and if necessary, you can even sacrifice some things...... if you can't suppress it from the front, it will also be suppressed from many sides, anyway, for this purpose, the courtiers will spontaneously give a certain amount of support......" After Sun Chengzong said this, his face was relaxed, not as sad as just now, so melancholy.

"Therefore, from the burning of Zheng He's nautical charts back then, the navigation was prevented; Later, paper money turned into silver; to the later literati leaders; And then there are fewer and fewer salt classes, and these always have something to do with this? Yang asked reform.

“…… It can be said that it is,...... In short, as long as the imperial power is weakened, the courtiers will always spontaneously support it, but it is just a matter of how much...... "Sun Chengzong said it, and there is nothing to say, this kind of absolute taboo is absolutely something that cannot be said, and it is also used to talk about it."

Yang Reform has figured out why there are so many "self-harm" and "self-castration" actions in the Ming Dynasty, not to mention anything else, just burning Zheng He's navigation data can not make people understand, if it is a normal person's thinking, it will not be burned, even if there is no money to engage in navigation, do you have to burn navigation data? Preserving words and documents is a fine tradition in China, Yang Reform has not understood before, but now compared with Sun Chengzong's words, it is understood that the literati and doctors of the Ming Dynasty in order not to let the emperor's power too strong, too big, so even the information was burned, and the emperor's thoughts were forever extinguished, everything was to suppress the imperial power, understand this, and the rest will be easy to understand.

There is also the matter of changing paper money into silver, the original Ming Dynasty has been in front of the world, but it has been pulled back by the civil officials, and the West has taken the road of hard currency again, if the Ming Dynasty has been on the road of paper money, history may not be the same. According to the current statement, it was the lack of civilization at that time, the lack of economic development, and poor management, and the inability to apply paper money at that time. In fact, this understanding is wrong, the banknotes issued by the Ming Dynasty and the US dollar issued in the 21st century have one thing in common, that is, there is an absolute endorsement of force, it is enough to have this, what economic development is not developed enough is far-fetched, with the absolute endorsement of force, do you dare to say a word? No matter how bad the paper money is, no matter how bad the anti-counterfeiting is, it is the same as the United States in the 21st world, even if it is full of debts, but as long as there is an endorsement by force, you have to buy it in the same way.

Yang Reform has always believed that the economy of the Ming Dynasty could not afford to play with paper money, and as the textbook said, paper money fooled the people, and the people were unwilling to use paper money.

The quality of the banknotes is not high, can't you use a little better paper? The Ming Dynasty didn't have good paper? The handwriting is blurred, can't the Ming Dynasty print clear words? Is it intentional or does it not have the conditions and ability to do a good job of paper money and manage it well? The difference between the Ming Dynasty and the United States is that the United States has a relatively good banknote management system, and the Ming Dynasty, except for the emperor, no one wants to do this well, especially the bureaucrats who actually implement it, because the better they do, the greater the damage they may suffer. ,

Paper money is endorsed by a country's credibility, in the final analysis, or rely on the country's armed forces, the country's armed forces in the Ming Dynasty that is the emperor's forbidden, that is, how strong the force, how strong the banknotes can be, how strong the banknotes are, how strong the banknotes are, how much money the emperor can take out at any time, how much energy, how much power, this is absolutely unfavorable to the civil officials, the greater and stronger the emperor's power, it is inevitable that the things of the Taizu will be reproduced, so, Paper money, an advanced means of payment that conformed to the trend of history, was forcibly yellowed by the civil officials, forcing the emperor to abandon the use of issued paper money and use silver as a backward means of payment.

Thinking through a lot of things, Yang Reform was thoughtful.

"Listening to Master Sun's words, I have understood a lot of things," Yang Gai said with a smile: "Today, I have gained a lot, hehe, but, according to Master Sun's words, these maritime merchants and the bureaucrats who represent them should restrict me, how can they seek my support?" Don't you know that once I have the power of the sea, their lives will not be so good, and I will collect taxes, which I can't understand. "Yang Reform has figured out a lot of things, but at this point, he is confused.

Sun Chengzong's whole person was also much more cheerful, not as melancholy as just now, and said, "Does Your Majesty think that they won't pay taxes now?" Does Your Majesty think that they are having a better time now? In the past few years, there have been many battles with the Yi people, and the pirates have been suppressed, which is enough to explain the problem,...... It stands to reason that they should participate in the suppression of His Majesty, however, the old minister also said that the more this goes forward, the more sī profits will be mixed, it stands to reason that suppressing the imperial power is suppressing the imperial power, and it should not be joked about the national fortune, and the salary that should be issued at the border pass should be sent down, but later, it is no longer a pure restriction of imperial power, but seeking sī profit, many people under the guise of restricting imperial power, but put salt tax, tariffs, other taxes, etc., into their own pockets, for the sake of sī profit, this rule is getting weaker and weaker, so, It is not surprising that they talked to His Majesty about this in the early court...... "The more Sun Chengzong spoke, the more relaxed he became.

"......, can you elaborate on that? I don't seem to understand it yet. Yang reform's mind was filled with too many things at once, and he couldn't understand so many things for a while.

“…… Your Majesty, originally, in consideration of restricting the imperial power, the courtiers would not let Your Majesty understand the affairs of the sea too much, let alone mention shipbuilding or anything to Your Majesty, and even the transportation had to go through the inland rivers, so how could they ask Your Majesty to build a large number of sea ships? …… As the minister said, now what is more important is profit, is silver, now, those maritime merchants walking on the sea, they have to pay taxes to the Yi people, otherwise they will be robbed by the Yi people, or robbed by pirates, so, their lives are not easy, they need a safe sea, so, they must find a reliable backer, Yi people can't do it, the official army is unreliable, originally counting on a pirate leader, but also recruited into Beijing by His Majesty, Your Majesty so high standard to appease this pirate, He also asked Zheng Zhilong to write down all kinds of things about the Yi people, which made those maritime merchants feel that the affairs of the sea could not be covered by the méng, so it was better to take the initiative to take refuge in the majesty to obtain the protection of the majesty, and it was better to hand over the silver to the Yi people than to hand it over to the emperor, at least the reputation of the majesty was more ......reliable, only after the sea was peaceful, they could earn more silver, and they could have the life to use the silver......" Sun Chengzong said faster and faster.

“…… In addition, His Majesty's previous great construction of warships and the recruitment of warriors from all over the world made those maritime merchants feel that they could not cover Your Majesty, and since You can't cover Your Majesty, then they will turn around and join Your Majesty,...... With His Majesty's strength at sea, it is easy to wipe out pirates and pirates, and with His Majesty's reputation, he is much more reliable than Yi people and pirates, so those maritime merchants have no choice but to test His Majesty instead......"

Yang Gai listened to Sun Chengzong's words, only to realize that there was something strange in this, there were N twists and turns in it, and then he thought about how he built the battleship in the first place? Under what name did the courtiers agree? Thinking about it, it seems that the Japanese are still used as an excuse, saying that the Japanese are fierce and vicious, with gold and silver all over the ground, and they are bent on attacking the Ming Dynasty. The second is to fight a special war to aid Korea, in addition to ferocity, it is ferocious. With the threat of hundreds of thousands of fierce pirates, the ministers reluctantly agreed to build a battleship, and now it seems that it is really a good excuse, otherwise, it is impossible to pass. ,

"Huh...... After listening to Master Sun's words, I seem to understand a little, that is to say, in the Wenhua Hall today, that guy represents a group of maritime merchants in the south of the Yangtze River, and wants to stand on my side? ”

"Back to Your Majesty, yes." Sun Chengzong agreed.

"In this way, isn't the united front of the courtiers that restricts the imperial power collapsed? Got a gap? Yang Gengai figured out the ins and outs of this matter and said with a smile.

"United front? …… This...... Yes, Your Majesty, there is a gap, and there is more than one place, originally this restriction of imperial power was a spontaneous rule, which was acquiesced by the courtiers, and it would not be broken easily, but more and more people have mixed sī li into it, for example, the salt class that was supposed to supply the border army's salary and silver was put into their own pockets by some people, so that the border army was declining day by day, and Liaodong caused great changes, this is a joke about the national fortune, some people have long been dissatisfied with these people, but because of this relationship, they can't say it explicitly...... don't say anything else, This rule restricting the imperial power has long been broken, so it is expected that some people will not abide by this rule, not to mention, His Majesty's understanding of the sea is far beyond the expectations of these people, building warships, hiring a fleet of Yiren, recruiting powerful pirates, understanding the situation of Yiren, and so on, so, for the sake of profit, this already broken rule, some people are naturally unwilling to abide by it, so there is also a matter of asking Your Majesty for silver,...... It depends on what His Majesty thinks and does......" Sun Chengzong carefully analyzed the ins and outs of this again.

Yang Reform understands it, no wonder, it turns out that these maritime merchants are cornered, so they "greeted" themselves in the early court, using such a hidden method, yes, for the sake of interests, everything is for the sake of interests, for the sake of interests, you can abandon the interests of the country, hollow out the military salaries of the border army, for the sake of interests, this united front of the offensive and defensive alliance will naturally not be observed.

"Hehehe, interesting, that is, the courtiers, and the forces behind them, are not monolithic?" Yang reformed quickly captured something.

"Back to Your Majesty, that's exactly the case, the courtiers have never been monolithic, for their own interests, fighting each other, tearing down the stage, this is commonplace, and even a certain party, a certain faction has a constant struggle, it's just that when restricting the imperial power, they are just connected again......" Sun Chengzong said.

"Interesting, that is, I can pull a faction, fight a faction, and the thing I want to do will be much easier?" After clarifying the inside story of the Ming Dynasty, Yang Gai found that there were still quite a lot of things he could use, not as tragic and pessimistic as he thought before.

“…… Your Majesty, in fact, there are already a group of people around Your Majesty, not to mention those nobles, many people in the court still support Your Majesty, not to mention anything else, Shi Shoufu, Lao Chen, Xu Zixian and other people will definitely support Your Majesty; There are also people such as Lin Zhu, who are not high in power but have a good reputation, they are also optimistic about His Majesty; For another example, in fact, there are still many people who have bought His Majesty's stocks, at least they will not oppose His Majesty's ...... too much, and now with this Jiangnan maritime businessman, there are more people on His Majesty's side......" Sun Chengzong analyzed.

"......" Yang Reform didn't expect that he still had so many people to support him, so his chances of winning were actually quite high.

"Of these, you are the more reliable; There is no problem on Xungui's side, there is money to earn, so they will naturally follow me; Lin Zhu's group of people are considered centrists, and I can tie them up with educational investment such as libraries, at least I will not oppose me; As for these people who bought stocks, it's hard to say, maybe while following me to make money, while scolding me, hehe, but, I'm afraid that when the time comes, I will announce that I will take over some businesses in Jiangnan with Liulizhai, and I'm afraid that they will hate me for not buying enough stocks and scold me, forget ......it, let's stop this batch of maritime merchants who greeted me first...... "Yang Reform said with a smile, sorting out the context of the Ming Dynasty, Yang Reform was extremely refreshing, and his mood was quite comfortable.

"Your Majesty, if this group of Jiangnan maritime businessmen and the people behind them join, then Jiangnan will undoubtedly open an opening, and it will naturally be much more convenient when they act in the future." Sun Chengzong knew what the emperor was talking about, and it would undoubtedly set off a bloody storm in the future, and if there were people inside Jiangnan staring at it, it would undoubtedly be more convenient to do it.

"So, now it's a matter of how to win over this group of people." Yang Gai said. ,

"It's all up to Your Majesty ......to decide," Sun Chengzong said.

Yang Gai began to think about how to use this batch of seamen who asked him for silver to make a reasonable excuse, since others "greeted" and "played" with him, he must take the move, and also get cards.

"Master Sun, in this way, you see if it will work." Yang Reform thought about it for a long time, and finally felt that there was a good way to accept the tricks handed over by this group of people.

"Your Majesty, the minister is here."

"That's what I think, since those guys want me to pay them to build ships, or some of the money to build ships, then it's better to do this, simply, I give him an invoice, and if there is an invoice, I will give him one percent, or even two percent of the silver to build a ship......" Yang Gengai thought about it and came up with this method.

Sun Chengzong was obviously stunned and said, "Your Majesty, what is an invoice?" ”

"Hehe, invoice, let's not talk about this first, in fact, I want to pay for them to build a ship, it's nothing, I actually welcome this kind of thing, after all, the more ships there are, the more workers are needed, and the more immigrants can be accommodated, which is beneficial to mitigating the impact of natural disasters, and I am willing to do whatever is beneficial; Moreover, the greater the maritime trade, the more tariffs we will collect in the future, right? I plan to subsidize them according to the size of the shipbuilding, and the small boat starts from one percent, and the larger the ship, the more I will subsidize, even if it is twenty percent, I am willing to ......" Yang Gai fell into deep thought, and while pondering, he expounded his plan.

Sun Chengzong has already heard the mí confused, the emperor is really a lot of silver, there is nowhere to huā, for immigration, it will not be like this, the shipbuilding in the south of the Yangtze River is not something that the north can imagine, the ship is terrifyingly big, if the emperor is really willing to give them twenty percent of the silver to build a ship, I am afraid that they will even dare to build a treasure ship, according to the emperor's method of huā money, those people in the south still break their brains to build a new ship? I'm afraid that I can't stop without hundreds of thousands of taels of silver every year.

"Your Majesty, is this too high?" Sun Chengzong felt that the emperor's way of making money was different, and the emperor's thinking was also different.

"Uh......, not tall, not tall." Yang Gengai said with a smile.

"But, Your Majesty, for every ship you build, Your Majesty will give twenty percent, in case the ship gets bigger and bigger, isn't it? ......, besides, how does Your Majesty know if it is a new ship? Isn't it a bit ...... to make such a promise, "Sun Chengzong didn't mention it directly to the emperor, your tone is too big, according to the corruption ability of officials, you don't have millions of taels of silver every year, I'm afraid there is no way to do this."

"Hehe, it's okay, I'm free, the bigger the ship is built, the more I like it, and I will never break my word, as for the money that cheated me, didn't I just say it? I want to get an invoice, every time I build a ship, the shipyard will issue an invoice according to the cost of the ship, and then take the invoice and go to the tax supervisor I set up in Jiangnan to exchange 20% of the silver......" Yang Gai said with a smile, to deal with tax evasion, the invoice is undoubtedly a good way, fight hard, and you can't get rid of it.

"This ......" Sun Chengzong listened freshly: "But, Your Majesty, who will send this invoice?" ”

"Hehehe, this invoice is naturally paid in my tax supervisor, and the registered shipyard will have it, hehehe, now, there is also a Nanjing shipyard registered in my tax supervisor to pay taxes, naturally only this one can issue an invoice, with Zheng Huaizhong's ability, naturally there is no bad thing......" Yang Gai explained with a smile.

"Clever plan, wonderful plan...... Your Majesty, in this way, blocking the mouths of those maritime merchants, and letting those maritime merchants see His Majesty's methods, they are naturally convinced. Thus the ship was made; and can prevent His Majesty from being deceived by the people below; and let the seamen get the silver; The most absolute thing is, Your Majesty, you can do this business in your own home again,......" Sun Chengzong looked at the emperor in surprise, why would the emperor come up with such a whimsical solution?

"Not only that, there are invoices to give subsidies, those shipbuilding shipyards, want to build ships, must want to get invoices, this naturally has to go to the tax supervision to register and pay taxes, hehe, anyway, this is a good start, and when the tax payment in the future has become a practice, I will collect business tax, and there will not be much hindrance......" Yang Reform said with a smile, this invoice is a real thing, in the future world is also a thing with Chinese characteristics, very suitable for China's national conditions, but also a threshold, no registration, no tax is cool, However, if you can't issue an invoice, you are destined to be not strong, you can't do it big, you have to be bigger and stronger, and you can't pass the invoice level. In the same way, in the Ming Dynasty, if you want to get your own twenty percent of the subsidy, it is impossible not to register, not to pay taxes, and so on to register into a scale, pay taxes into a habit, tax collection is a matter of course, you are not willing to pay taxes no one forces you, you can't issue invoices, naturally you can't enjoy a lot of treatment, naturally can't do some business.

"Your Majesty is smart, Your Majesty is smart......" Sun Chengzong looked at the emperor with amazement, no wonder the emperor had to implement this tax supervision before, and said that he would pay taxes voluntarily and never force it, now it seems that the emperor has already had a plan, this strategy is profound, it is really a genius.

"Hehe, it's nothing, those maritime merchants and the forces behind them want to take refuge in me, and at that time, I can't just talk about it, hehe, I have paid taxes, this is a good excuse." Yang Gengai said with a smile.