"What the Queen Mother said is extremely true!"

After getting the curtain man's statement, Wu Xiang's momentum was suddenly as majestic as a mountain.

"If righteousness does not meet the hearts of the people and the power of the country, it is false! Not only in the Qing Dynasty, since the Qin Dynasty, in all dynasties, all the rivers and mountains are asking for only two words: survival! How to make the country change its color, the society for thousands of years, this is our righteousness! Righteousness can only come from a national policy, so how can we first raise righteousness and then set a national policy? ”

"The Queen Mother is wise and far-sighted, and she supported me to survive the previous catastrophe, and only under the guidance of the Queen Mother, can I continue to sit and watch the Nanban situation, lie down and taste the courage, and seek revenge. Today, what we are discussing should be based on the Empress Dowager's pillar theory, and then mention those who are Taoist and etiquette teachings, which are not beneficial to the country, are either the anti-war of the Southern Barbarians, or the straight room of the Duke of Yan, and their hearts can be punished! ”

Wu Xiang smashed down two big hats, and the Qing school with Hanchen as the core had nothing to say, but his face was still ugly.

Zhang Tingyu hurriedly came to wipe the paste: "What Wu Zhongtang said is extremely true, we should be honest and introspective, and we must not be bewitched by Nanban and Yan Guogong." It's just that the Queen Mother is soft-spoken, and the court is afraid that she has not yet understood the Queen Mother's painstaking efforts. The benefits of a country are great, and there are still too many unclear points about how to divide the pillars evenly and unite the hearts and interests. Everyone's words are also confused by this, I don't know what new insights Zhongtang has on the national policy? ”

Hearing this, not only Wu Xiang was speechless, but Ru Xi also frowned. What Zhang Tingyu said is exactly the predicament that the Qing Dynasty is currently in, although it has set the national policy of opening up industry and commerce, seeking profits from pillars, and waiting for changes steadily. But this is only the spirit of the general picture, and there are still many problems in how to adjust it.

The Manchurian people have the benefits of the Manchurians, the court has the benefits of the court, and the localities have the benefits of the localities. How to coordinate the interests of the three is a big project, if the distribution is not good, the three parties conflict, do not wait for the southern and northern expeditions, they will break up first.

Prime Minister Yan Huang spoke up, and a group of Hanchen made noise in the ears of the Queen Mother. The ideas are obviously not conducive to the Manchurians, "What questions do you have about the national policy?" The Queen Mother has approved the Ministry of Internal Affairs to manage the industrial and commercial affairs of a country, and the financial, trade, mining and metallurgy, grain, salt, tea and horse industries are all licensed to operate. Nanban industry and commerce entered the Qing Dynasty, and they were all taken over by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Share the profit with the Ministry of Internal Affairs. ”

"The provincial customs located at the various passes are directly managed by the Ministry of Households, and the local financial bureaus are directly managed by the yamen of the financial affairs. It's all very clear, what's so confusing? ”

The national policy listed by Yan Huang was the new policy implemented by the Qing Dynasty after the Jiaqing Emperor ascended the throne. The essence is to hold the benefits of industry and commerce, gold and even the Southern Barbarians into the Qing Dynasty in the center. On the surface, it is to open up industry and commerce, but in fact, it is to open and unify the system of imperial merchants and official merchants in the past in the form of licenses.

The power of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Households, and the provinces is all concentrated in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and is managed by the team of the Ministry of Internal Affairs appointed by the Queen Mother. These revenues were used to support the Manchurians, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs expanded the system for this purpose, set up various industry supervision yamen, and gave a large number of Manchu people. At the same time, the licensed imperial merchants, officials, and merchants were also required to set up superintendents in the industry, and a Manchurian sent by the Ministry of Internal Affairs served as superintendents. Oversee the accounts and business operations.

In addition to the imperial merchants, officials and merchants, the people also obtained nominal free industrial and commercial rights. It's just that the threshold for buying a license is very high, and the cost of light and shade is not something that ordinary people can afford, and the silver is enough, and it depends on the face of the Internal Affairs Office, even if you buy it, there is no strong relationship. It was also the end of being eaten dry by the full supervisor.

Of course, the scope of industry and commerce is too broad, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs cannot cover everything, nor can it be all-encompassing. Therefore, only the important industries are drawn into the jurisdiction, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs will temporarily let go of the simple business as long as it does not pass through the province. At present, it is necessary to operate banks and ticket numbers in Daqing, and to engage in shipping. Or mining, large-scale weaving, and north-south trade, especially grain, salt tea, horses, and other businesses, have to buy licenses. And cooperation with Nanban industry and commerce is a ban on the Ministry of Internal Affairs. …,

If there is any industry that rises in the future, it will be profitable. Of course, the Ministry of Internal Affairs will not let it go. Every year, the Ministry of Internal Affairs issues new licensing regulations, and in short, the most active and lucrative businesses must be placed under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

The Empress Dowager Cichun was able to win the unanimous support of the Manchu people, because this national policy could bring at least a few million taels of silver every year, as well as tens of thousands of dispatches, there was no shortage of fat, and the Manchurians no longer relied on the money and grain of the acres to live, and their lives were much happier than in the past.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs controls the bulk of domestic industry and commerce, while the provincial customs are a medium-sized fishing net covering all inter-provincial trade. Although this part of the profit nominally belongs to the Ministry of Households, the personnel power of the provincial customs supervision is controlled by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which is also the old practice of banknotes since the Shunzhi Dynasty.

In addition to the large industrial and commercial and provincial customs, the gold is a large net with a fine mesh, covering the small industrial and commercial affairs of the local area. The Qing Dynasty governed the local government with the yamen of the Lijin Affairs, and the advantages were twofold, one was to divide the four into six, the local four and the central six, and the other was that the personnel power of the head of the local Lijin Bureau was also in the court.

In summary, the national policy of the Empress Dowager Cichun was to carry forward the old policy of the Qing Dynasty, with the Manchu group controlling the control of domestic industry and commerce, and all active industrial and commercial activities were placed in the hands of the Manchus, and the related benefits were of course exclusively enjoyed by the Manchus. This policy can be implemented smoothly, and at the same time, it can also be greatly profitable, of course, thanks to the general environment of north-south exchanges.

Zhang Tingyu sighed: "The national policy is good, but the central hand is too tight, and the local situation is uneven, so I am afraid of internal disputes." ”

It is rare for this Feng Dao to speak for profit, and what Zhang Tingyu said is the complaint of the Qing school and the local government. In Zhang Tingyu's view, the local bureaucracy with Hanchen as the core is also the pillar of the country, and even the foundation of the pillar. If they are not allowed to share in the benefits enough, the foundation of a country will be unstable. At present, the national policy of the Qing Dynasty has given too little benefit to Hanchen and the localities. If Hanchen could not be united with the Manchus, the pillars would be divided, and the Qing Dynasty would be in danger of collapsing.

Although there is still money and grain in the local area, due to the rise of industry and commerce, the imperial court also focuses on forgiveness in order to stabilize the people under its rule, and at the same time increases the proportion of money and grain retained in the local area. However, with the rise of industry and commerce, the people's hearts collided, and the efforts of local governance were ten times greater than before, and it was difficult to maintain the situation by relying only on the money and grain of the land and the sharing of the gold bureau. If you don't be ruthless to the people, it is difficult to reproduce the old story of "three years of Qing Governor's Mansion and 100,000 snowflakes of silver".

If there is no benefit in being an official, the scholars will not rush to it, and if the scholars are suffering from being an official, the Han elites will have no way out, and the Han elites will not be attached to the Manchus, so they will flock to industry and commerce in large numbers, and even take refuge in the Nanban. So the hearts of men gradually decayed. The Qing Dynasty's rule over the localities and the Han people will gradually weaken......

Yan Huang was about to speak, but Ru Xi sighed again: "What Zhang Zhongtang said is not unreasonable, I am the pillar of the Qing Dynasty, and I am also a Manchu and Han family." It's just that the bread of a country's benefits is so big, and if you divide it, you will lose him, and it will be quite difficult for the mourning family, what is Zhang Zhongtang's opinion? ”

Zhang Tingyu wanted to speak and stopped. He originally wanted to propose to increase the proportion of local distribution of profits and gold, and at the same time further increase the proportion of Tianding's money and grain in the storage area, but the Queen Mother's words had blocked this method, how could he speak again.

Wu Xiang rolled his eyes. He said: "Nanban has always had a way to make food for the outside, so it is not impossible to borrow it. Even if the industry and commerce under the control of the Ministry of Internal Affairs have to pay license fees and have a certain tax burden every year, there is still an endless stream of people who buy licenses. This shows that the benefits of industry and commerce are huge, and the internal affairs government cannot eat the profits alone, and if it is allowed to be allowed to share in the profits......"

Zhang Tingyu suddenly realized, and said: "The ministers are invited to implement the industrial and commercial registration system, and where is the industrial and commercial government in charge." The local government can also collect some citizenship taxes. ”

The Manchu ministers discussed a lot, and they all spoke out against it, and the big industry and commerce were all Manchu people who benefited alone, how could they let the local government let Hanchen share the profits? ..., Ru Xi said: "In order to stabilize a country, everyone must be considerate and courteous......"

The pie-sharing meeting entered the substantive negotiation stage, and finally the queen mother made a decision. After Zhang Tingyu's proposal was accepted, the local government could also get some profits from the big business, but it was not in French, and the imperial court only acquiesced to the provincial government to collect a small amount of money through acres of land and recruitment. Since it is not in French, this money is naturally not public money, but a small treasury of local bureaucrats.

Lijin and Tianding's money and grain can't be moved, after all, the imperial court still has to control the place through this system. If the local government has too much money and food, it will have the confidence to resist the imperial court. This is a basic national policy that cannot be touched at all.

The national policy has been improved, but the Qing faction is still not satisfied, and wants to ask the Queen Mother to be a Qing Daoist. It's one thing to do what to do, but you can't shake how to say it. Otherwise, the Qing Dynasty took industry and commerce as the banner and would not be on the same road as Nanban? People's hearts are on par with the southern barbarians, how can the Qing Dynasty protect the country?

Ru Xi said in a deep voice: "The current national policy of the Qing Dynasty is only forced by the situation. I have to think that what Qing and others said is very reasonable! The foundation of righteousness cannot be changed! The Taoist system cannot be changed! The Qing Dynasty must always adhere to the rule of Confucianism, adhere to the principles of monarchs and ministers, adhere to the Manchu and Han families, and must not embark on the road of the Southern Barbarians! No matter how prosperous the industry and commerce are, no matter how friendly the north and the south are, these three must not be moved! ”

She raised her voice again: "I in the Qing Dynasty must be wary of those remarks that use the evolution of the times as an excuse to demagogue people's minds to move closer to the Nanban!" We must not let the Qing Dynasty change color! Remember that the Southern Barbarians will not die in the heart of the Qing Dynasty! Although I have communicated with Nanban, it does not mean that I have to open people's hearts. Mourning family Yuner and other ministers of clean and righteous spirit, set up a book and cultural affairs yamen in the military aircraft department to strictly manage the hearts of the people of a country. Not only to control the demonic theory that fell to the Southern Barbarians, but also to advocate the righteousness of the monarch and the minister, and to correct the Qing Dynasty! ”

Zhang Tingyu and Qingliu's faces were red, and they all claimed to praise the Empress Dowager's wisdom, which was not only their political demand, but also a great benefit in governing speech and writing, which was not touched by the Manchu people, and belonged to the Han people exclusively.

Ru Xi then changed his tone: "Vigilance against foreign enemies and internal traitors is the first priority, but those corrupt Confucians, under the pretext of righteousness and Taoism, slander national politics, resist industrial and commercial affairs, and people with ulterior motives also take advantage of this to do things that harm my Qing Dynasty, and these people are also my enemies of the Qing Dynasty!" Of course, these people also have something to use, after all, they are by no means fellow travelers with Nanban, but they must not be allowed to jump on the stage and ruin the situation of my Qing Dynasty! For these people, it is necessary to use it and be vigilant, and if they jump too hard, they must use the means of thunder and thunder! ”

She finally concluded: "Governing the country is like cooking a small fresh, neither let the fire go out, nor let the fire be too big, and the ministers must keep in mind that I must guard against the outside and the inside." Fang Cai said that the righteousness should also be changed, not that the righteousness should be changed, but that it should be extended again, and the harm on both sides can be clarified. ”

In the twentieth year of the Holy Dao and the tenth year of Qianlong (the first year of Jiaqing got the next year), the supreme instructions of the Empress Dowager Ruxi were transmitted from the court to the localities, and finally precipitated into the heart of the pillars of a country. The national policy of the Qing Dynasty was established, and the general righteousness was also expanded to "under the premise of not changing the Taoist system, not changing the program, and not changing the true character of the Manchu and Han dynasties, rejuvenating industry and commerce to save the country". The pillars of the people are at peace of mind, promoting the development of industry and commerce, and at the same time, the policy of strictly controlling speech and people's hearts has also been rolled out in an all-round way.