Qin Shuhuai's mouth was bulging, and he was almost choked, so he quickly picked up the teacup and poured a cup of tea, and then swallowed it. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

also smiled, and joked to the visitor, "Could it be that Brother Tai is also here to steal food?"

The young man laughed and said, "What's so delicious about this kind of jujube cake? If you want to say it's delicious, the osmanthus jujube paste in Jiangnan Yipintang is delicious, but it's a pity that this thing can only be kept fresh for less than twenty hours, and it can't be chilled." Jiangnan is more than 2,000 miles away from here, and since the imperial court abolished the post station, it can no longer be eaten. ”

Qin Shuhuai said, "What's so difficult about this? As long as you have money, hurry up, and there is a way to deliver it to you, commodity economy!"

"The commodity economy? The young man smiled bitterly and said, "It's a pity that other rich sons can be like this, but I can't." ”

Qin Shuhuai said, "What's not to do? I don't think you look like you're short of money." Could it be your dad...... Oh no, Lord Lingzun won't give you money to spend?"

The young man smiled, "Brother Qin is really funny when he speaks. Although osmanthus jujube paste is good, it is not expensive in the south of the Yangtze River, but it is extremely extravagant to transport it to the capital. Do you know how much manpower and material resources it will take to transport this road to the capital within 20 hours? How can people with lofty ideals such as us take the lead in opening up this trend?"

Qin Shuhuai shook his head and said, "Brother Tai's words are wrong. Extravagance can mislead the country, but it can also benefit the country. ”

The young man raised his eyebrows slightly, groaned, and said, "What do you say about this?"

Qin Shuhuai said, "Some people are extravagant, and some people make money." Take this osmanthus jujube paste as an example, let's calculate how many people can make money. First of all, to send osmanthus jujube paste from Jiangnan to the capital within twenty hours, it takes at least twenty fast horses to relay, so the horse breeder first makes money. And to raise twenty fast horses, you need at least one small horse farm, and a small horse farm needs at least ten workers, then ten more workers make money. In addition, you need at least ten horseback riders along the way, which makes ten more people earn money. The owner of the inn and the servant made money again. If osmanthus jujube paste sells well in the capital, Yipintang will not only hire more workers, but also increase the purchase of raw materials. In this way, those who grow osmanthus and jujube can make money. If you have money, you will have food, so you see, how many people can be fed by the business of osmanthus and jujube paste alone?"

The boy frowned, thoughtful.

Qin Shuhuai said again, "Osmanthus jujube paste is like this, and other things are even more so. If we can fully circulate and trade freely, how many people can be fed? Brother, just imagine, how many peasants in our Ming Dynasty have no land to cultivate? If these people wander for a long time, they will inevitably have heresies, and I am afraid that they will be a disaster for the Ming Dynasty. ”

In fact, due to the unprecedented land annexation of the current Ming Dynasty, a large amount of cultivated land was concentrated in the hands of a small number of feudal kings and landlords. The peasants had no land to cultivate, and the people had already risen in revolt. It was these peasants who eventually forced Chongzhen to the coal mountain. If the imperial court did not have a suitable way to guide these peasants and let them have something to do, then history would repeat itself.

There are only two ways to give the peasants something to do, one is to develop industry and commerce and absorb a large number of landless peasants, and the other is to let those vassal kings and landlords return the land to the peasants. Obviously, the second point is now impossible, so he only said the first.

The young man pondered for a while and said, "Brother Tai is not trying to emphasize business and suppress agriculture? Agriculture is the foundation of the country, if everyone is a businessman and eats, wouldn't the country be even more uncultivated?"

Qin Shuhuai said again, "Brother Tai is wrong again. The peasants' reluctance to cultivate was not the result of merchantization, but the concentration of land in the hands of vassal kings and landlords, and it was their unwillingness to farm. Not to mention anything else, let's just say that the emperor rewarded King Fu with 2 million mu of land, and King Fu was willing to take care of it? With these two million mu, King Fu only needs to hire people to cultivate 100,000 mu to have no worries about food and clothing. What about the remaining 1.9 million acres? The land belongs to the blessed king, and if he does not plough it, no one else can plough it. This is just the Fu Wang family, how much land in the Ming Dynasty was so idle? Even those landlords in the south of the Yangtze River who are willing to cultivate the land under their names will give their tenant farmers a pitiful commission, and the tenant farmers will not have enough to eat, so they will naturally think about other livelihoods! Those so-called scholars and doctors in the court talk a lot about the fact that all the people are going to the end of the day, going to the farm to eat, and farting! If there is a field to plant, where can so many people leave their hometowns to beg for a living! They just stand and talk without backache!

The young man's face was a little ugly, he pondered for a while, then smiled reluctantly, and said, "What Brother Qin said is really eye-opening. ”

As he was talking, a loud laugh suddenly came from outside the door.

"Hahaha, I heard Shuhuai Xiaoyou scolding again!"

Qin Shuhuai took a look and saw two people coming in at the door. One was an unbearded man, about fifty or sixty years old, slightly fat. The other is Sun Chengzong.

Qin Shuhuai immediately saluted like Sun Chengzong, "The kid greets Mr. Zhixian." ”

But I was surprised to see Sun Chengzong bow deeply to the young man!

"The old man sees the emperor!"

What is the situation with me?

Qin Shuhuai was petrified on the spot, and he couldn't speak for a long time with his mouth open.

This kid is Chongzhen?!

The beardless man beside Sun Chengzong saw that Qin Shuhuai didn't move for a long time, so he said sharply, "Bold, don't you kneel down and salute when you see the emperor?"

It seems that he is a eunuch, but he is not wearing a eunuch uniform.

Qin Shuhuai immediately knelt down with a puff, kowtowed, and said, "Grass people Qin Shuhuai, knock on the emperor, long live my emperor, long live long live!"

Chongzhen smiled and said, "Brother Shuhuai, don't be polite. ”

Qin Shuhuai still didn't get up, made a look of sincere fear, and said, "The grass people just talked nonsense and rushed into the saint, please forgive the grass people for their capital crimes!"

Chongzhen personally got up and helped Qin Shuhuai up, "Brother Qin's words are to the point, let me stop suddenly, what's the crime?

After that, he glanced at Sun Chengzong quite disappointingly, and said, "It's really not the right time for the teacher to come, I have a good chat with Brother Qin." ”

At this time, Chongzhen, humble and thrifty, thirsty and high-spirited, does look like a generation of masters!

Sun Chengzong was stunned for a moment, then laughed and said, "In this way, the old man will go out for a spin." ”

With that, he turned around and went out.

Chongzhen said to the eunuch, "Wang Sili, you can also go out." Guarding the outside, no one is allowed to come in without my will. ”

The eunuch owed a debt and said, "Yes, Your Majesty." ”

Qin Shuhuai looked at the eunuch and thought to himself that this person should be Wang Dehua, right? The current celebrant Bingbi and the imperial horse supervisor palm seal are in charge of the security and defense of the Forbidden City. That is, he finally opened the door to welcome Li Zicheng into the city.

Seeing that the door was closed, Chongzhen took a plate of pastries, pulled Qin Shuhuai to sit on the ground, and said, "Come on, come on, I haven't heard the truth for a while." Brother Qin, you can tell me the truth for a while. ”

From Chongzhen's eyes, Qin Shuhuai saw a young man full of ambition, a heroic lord who aspired to the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty, not a suspicious and self-destructive king of the Great Wall. Back then, Chongzhen once said that I am not the king of the dead country, but the ministers are all the ministers of the dead country, which may also make some sense.

Chongzhen saw that Qin Shuhuai was stunned, and said, "Brother Qin, don't worry too much, if you are also like the ministers of the court, it will be too boring." I want you to tell the truth, and I want to hear the truth. Brother Qin, is it okay?"

Chongzhen sat on the ground like a very ordinary teenager, calling Qin Shuhuai Brother Qin, sincere and sincere, which made Qin Shuhuai feel surprised and shocked.

He thought of the scene when Yongzheng and Nian Qianyao sat on the steps of the Jinluan Hall and chatted.

It's just that Nian Qianyao, who laid the foundation for Yongzheng's birth and death, did not end well in the end.

Qin Shuhuai's heart was tumbling, he hesitated for a long time, and finally couldn't help but say, "Your Majesty, it's not difficult to tell the truth, it's difficult to listen to the truth, do you really want to listen to the truth?"

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