Chapter 472: The Content of the Memorial

The content of the memorial from the Institute of Anatomy included four aspects: Natural Selection, Human Selection, the Theory of the Superior Winning, and the Theory of the Inferior Being Eliminated.

The Theory of the Superior Winning means that the excellent will prevail, which serves as evidence for the distinction between the Hua and the Yi, while the Theory of the Inferior Being Eliminated means that the foolish and weak will have no descendants.

Of these four assertions, Zhu Yijun only adopted the first two, choosing to ban the latter two. This is because the combination of the Theory of the Superior Winning and the Theory of the Inferior Being Eliminated, when added to the "complete freedom" faction among the liberals, would make the exploitation of the people by the powerful and influential families of the Great Ming seem natural and justified.

The common people of the Great Ming are the most diligent, hardworking, and kind-hearted of people; as long as they have a piece of land, they can find a way to survive, but it is often the case that the rich own vast stretches of fields while the poor have no place to stand.

Therefore, Zhu Yijun would choose to ban any theory that might clamor that exploitation is natural and justified, even if the facts were indeed so.

Moreover, these latter two arguments have such strong inflammatory power at this moment; if something like "barbarian paste" toiletries were to be produced, it would be a manifestation of complete loss of control.

"Hungry, I eat the flesh of the Hu captives; laughing, I drink the blood of the Xiongnu" is merely a rhetorical device, not a literal description.

The people are the foundation of the state; when the foundation is solid, the state is peaceful. This is the highest guiding principle of the Great Ming's Wanli Reform.

The reason Xu Wei wanted to petition the imperial court for paper currency was that he held an extremely insidious idea: to use bad money to drive out good money. This method is extremely insidious; the daimyo of Japan would certainly use the currency issued by Oda Nobunaga to exchange for paper currency, and then continue to exploit the people below.

When other metals are mixed into metallic currency, there are two types of currency in the market: one is the original currency without impurities, and the other is the currency with other metals added.

Even if their face values are equal, and even if the law grants them equal value, people can distinguish between them. Thus, they will save and keep the currency without impurities (good money) and use the currency with impurities (bad money) for transactions and circulation. Therefore, good money will inevitably decrease in circulation in the market, and only bad money will circulate.

This is "bad money drives out good money."

This understanding actually appeared as early as the Han Dynasty.

Before Wu Di of Han minted the Five-Zhu coins on a large scale, in the fifth year of Emperor Wen of Han, in the fourth month, Emperor Wen, who ruled by doing nothing, abolished the law against private minting and allowed private minting of coins. The imperial court completely abandoned the right to mint coins, and the minting of metallic currency in the Central Plains was in an era of absolute free competition. At that time, all vassal states could mint coins; the Rebellion of the Seven States was a situation caused by the lack of unified currency and the dispersion of the right to mint coins.

The coins of Liu Pi, Prince of Wu, and the official Deng Tong spread throughout the world, eventually leading to the Rebellion of the Seven States.

Wu Di of Han took back the right to mint coins and used iron-fisted methods. From the Red-Side Five-Zhu to the Shanglin Three-Office Five-Zhu, and then to the complete restoration of the ban on private minting with the penalty of death, Wu Di of Han spent a very, very long time.

Did the Great Ming's stamped silver coins and Wanli Tongbao experience this phenomenon of bad money driving out good money? Naturally, it existed. The quantity of Wanli Tongbao was truly too small; once minted and exchanged by the people for red copper, very little would circulate in the market.

In the view of the Songjiang School, the only way to solve the problem of bad money driving out good money is free minting. The imperial court should completely open up the right to mint coins, allowing everyone to mint currency. In a completely free competitive minting environment, coins with poor reputations would not be accepted and would slowly disappear; while coins with good reputations would be accepted by many and become the winners of the competition.

Logically, it seems feasible.

But Lin Fucheng gradually abandoned this claim later, because the Great Ming is poor in silver and short of copper. The result of free minting would only drive the price of copper to a terrifying height, and the money used by the people would become thin iron coins with no copper at all. Lin Fucheng discovered that under freedom without any restrictions, money (precious metals) would only flow like water to places where money is not lacking and pile up.

Lin Fucheng soon changed his claim: given the status quo of being poor in silver and short of copper, the imperial court should completely monopolize the right to mint coins, and private minters should be executed.

This logic is also self-consistent.

As long as all those who dare to mint privately are killed, there will be no private "flying money," no bad money, and naturally, there will be no talk of bad money driving out good money. The establishment of this logic must be based on the credibility of the Great Ming imperial court. If the imperial court, for the sake of profit, puts no copper at all in the Tongbao, this logic would be completely untenable.

Fortunately, the Great Ming is actively exploring copper routes. Yunnan copper is being mined, and the Emperor, who is usually stingy, invested three million silver to develop the eleven huge copper mines in Luzon. The Great Ming is also actively exploring the copper mountains of Wamagang. Countless evidence shows that the Great Ming is actively exploring copper routes, which are used not only for minting coins but also for casting bronze cannons and other items.

This is a very positive signal. The Great Ming imperial court often "flips the pancake" and has no credibility to speak of, but the Great Ming Emperor's keeping of his word is also known to all. At the age of ten, His Majesty made a promise to General Qi to "swallow the world with golden weapons and iron horses." Nine years later, His Majesty began to fulfill his promise. This is a fine story of a sage monarch and a wise minister, a story that even the lowly scholars dare not criticize.

If you can't solve the problem, solve the person who created the problem! Every person in the Great Ming has the freedom to use good money!

Lin Fucheng has sufficient evidence to prove the harm of non-unified currency to free trade: in the Holy Roman Empire, traveling 1,000 li from Hamburg to Dresden requires eleven types of currency and paying thirty-five transit taxes. Currency chaos is a terrifying disaster for free trade!

Whoever destroys the Great Ming's monetary policy is destroying the Great Ming's free trade!

This is Lin Fucheng's claim of freedom. The freedom he wants to realize is freedom for everyone in the Great Ming, so his claim moves from one extreme to another.

Obviously, the two solutions provided by Lin Fucheng are not applicable to Japan.

Because Japan is also short of copper, lacks scale, and has no mature experience. The dispute between "imported money" and "privately minted money" is the most intuitive manifestation. Japan has no way to mint money completely freely.

And the status quo of the daimyo's domain system also makes it impossible for Oda Nobunaga to use iron-fisted means to eliminate those who mint privately.

Whether it is complete freedom or complete prohibition, Japan cannot do it.

Xu Wei, the Governor of Nagasaki, used a long memorial to discuss his thoughts on Japanese currency. As long as the Great Ming opens up the supply of paper currency, Xu Wei can use paper currency to completely defeat Oda Nobunaga's coin minting.

Zhu Yijun has Oda Nobunaga's minted coins in his hands; these were sent to the capital by Xu Wei.

Oda Nobunaga minted the Tensho Oban, one ryo of gold, made of oval-shaped gold two inches long. Although it is said to be one ryo, it is actually only about half a Great Ming ryo (15g). There are also Oban one ryo silver, Koban one qian silver, Bunroku Tongbao, etc.

"Is this level of quality supposed to be currency? If the minting is not exquisite, it is equivalent to not minting." Zhu Yijun looked at those gold, silver, and copper coins of various sizes and took out two Great Ming stamped silver coins from his sleeve. The silver coins were perfectly round, the patterns were incomparably clear, the back was inscribed with "One Ryo," and the front had the words "Wanli Tongbao" with double wheat ears below.

Feng Bao looked at the difference between the two currencies and said with a smile, "A tiny, insignificant country."

By comparison, the Great Ming's silver coins are more like works of art. In fact, in the Great Ming, silver coins really are works of art.

For these silver coins that are full weight and exquisitely crafted, the orders from the Mint of the Directorate of Imperial Armaments have already been scheduled until the 12th year of Wanli.

The Great Ming silver coin has a face value of one ryo. There is only one face value, but one coin in the market is worth about one ryo and two qian of silver because of the silver coin's unique anti-counterfeiting properties.

The Great Ming has craftsmanship that can fake anything, making it difficult to distinguish true from false silver ingots in the market, and various counterfeiting methods emerge one after another. However, the stamping process of silver coins is not something that can be mastered by the common people. A hydraulic screw press cannot be manufactured by private workshops. One only needs to glance at a silver coin to determine its authenticity.

Large transactions often involve thousands of ryo of silver. It is self-evident which is more convenient: cutting open silver ingots one by one to check for authenticity and counting silver coins. Most importantly, there is no need to worry about receiving fake silver and losing everything.

Great Ming silver coins are extremely popular among the people. The Mint of the Directorate of Imperial Armaments works day and night, but still cannot supply enough. The main reason is the lack of silversmiths; machines can produce more, but silversmiths are hard to come by.

"If the minting is not exquisite, it is equivalent to not minting" is Zhu Yijun's consistent claim, and he insists on executing it. This is also a part of the Great Ming Emperor's credibility.

The silver content of the silver coins from the Directorate of Imperial Armaments is 92.5%, not more, not less, just right. It can ensure the strength and wear resistance of the silver coin, and also ensure that the Emperor can collect the minting tax. The Great Ming silver coins have serrated grooves. The reason for doing this is to prevent people from deliberately wearing down the silver coins.

Grinding a circle off the silver coin and piling up those silver shavings is another form of "fire loss."

After the Directorate of Imperial Armaments discovered this phenomenon, they immediately took countermeasures. The serrated grooves are not very deep, but as long as the grooves disappear, it means that the silver coin has been tampered with.

It is no wonder Xu Wei is full of confidence. Oda Nobunaga's currency really has no other use except for exchanging for paper currency. The advantage of economies of scale has once again been manifested.

Zhu Yijun took out a small abacus, calculated it with a clatter, and said, "The Nagasaki Governor's Office will exchange paper currency worth one guan for three qian and five fen of silver. This exchange ratio is seven qian of silver for one guan when the Governor's Office exchanges it for the daimyo. Will the Nagasaki Governor's Office suffer a loss? The imperial court only cares about printing, taking that thirty-five percent, while the Governor's Office is busy running around, also taking thirty-five percent."

The Paper Currency Bureau is under the Ministry of Revenue and has no more than three hundred people. The Great Ming doesn't spend much money raising this group of printing craftsmen for paper currency. Three qian and five fen of silver is quite a lot of profit. However, the Nagasaki Governor's Office not only has to support the Governor's Office but also the garrison and the merchants, and provide rewards for merchants who collect intelligence.

Zhu Yijun worried that the Nagasaki Governor's Office would harbor resentment due to suffering losses, leading to a split. For vassals, Zhu Yijun's basic policy is still to cherish them.

"Your Majesty, Xu Wei, Sun Keyi, and the others will not treat themselves badly." Feng Bao shook his head and said, "Just holding trade fairs every year, the share is enough for the Governor's Office's expenses. Anyway, paper currency is almost like getting it for free..."

"Hmm." Zhu Yijun nodded. The minting tax is an incremental item, which will make the Nagasaki Governor's Office's life better.

For Xu Wei, the imperial court managing the life and death of the overseas Governor's Office is already a huge favor. As for benefits, with the Great Ming's support, what is there to fear about not being able to grab them?

What is interesting is that the Luzon and Jiugang Governor's Offices refused to use Great Ming paper currency. In the words of the State Surname Zheng Ma and Zhang Yuanxun: Ryukyu, Luzon, and Jiugang are the old lands of the Great Ming, how can they be mentioned in the same breath as the Nagasaki Governor's Office? Whether Nagasaki will become a real territory and county, the State Surname and Zhang Yuanxun will not comment, but Ryukyu, Luzon, and Jiugang will definitely become real territories and counties.

Let Japan enjoy the blessings of Great Ming paper currency.

The Great Ming is the Heavenly Dynasty, minting a currency specifically for Japan. If this isn't a blessing, what is? Others want it but don't have it!

"Is this scholar a bit too stupid? Send him to Liaodong to reclaim wasteland." Zhu Yijun reviewed a memorial and wrote more than a hundred characters in a flowing hand.

He was a Jinshi from the eighth year of Wanli. This Jinshi was very puzzled by the current policies of the Great Ming court. The memorial was hundreds of characters long, and the core question was: he believed that most of the powerful families were people of both virtue and talent, so why should the imperial court be so harsh?

When Zhu Yijun saw the memorial, he thought of Zhou Liangyin from back then. Zhou Liangyin went to Liaodong and still talked nonsense after returning, so he was exiled to Daning Guard by Zhu Yijun. All these years, he has been diligently farming behind Hou Yuzhao, the Marquis of Loyalty and Patriotism.

Zhou Liangyin hasn't made such stupid remarks for a long time. On the contrary, he always submits practical experience in farming these years.

People change. Zhu Yijun intends to send this Jinshi to Quanning Guard to reclaim wasteland, do some down-to-earth work, and farm the land; these thoughts will all fade away.

However, Zhu Yijun still explained the Jinshi's doubts. He wrote a vermilion comment on the memorial: 【Why use a knife to exploit the powerful families? Has your family ever brought hair when eating meat? These powerful families are always clean and innocent. You can't find a single evil thing they have done, so naturally, you think they are virtuous and talented. But they control the trade of a county, a department, and a prefecture. Why do they need to do evil themselves? Just collude with the court officials, and they will harvest millions.】

【Can the "ice gifts" and "charcoal gifts" of the capital officials be taken for free?】

This kind of doubt also fills the imperial court, especially among the newly promoted Jinshi. They are not yet clear about the basic logic of social operation, so they are puzzled why the local gentry, powerful families, generations of poetry and ritual, elegant speech, perfect conduct, gentle as wind and rain, humble gentlemen, are never treated gently by the imperial court's new policies.

Doing evil? Where is there any evil?

Those fields ran to their names by themselves; it was the villagers who felt the master was bitter and tired and voluntarily offered them.

Zhu Yijun felt more and more that the "Discussion on the Reinstatement of Supervisory Officials in the Song Dynasty" written by Wang Chonggu was very necessary. Before being an official in one place, it is indeed necessary to accumulate some experience.

The Great Ming Emperor received the first report on the census of households and population, from Shen Shixing, the Governor of Songjiang Prefecture, who completed the census assessment the fastest.

Shen Shixing now wholeheartedly wants to inherit Zhang Juzheng's mantle and become the Chief Grand Secretary. He is putting all his effort into brushing up his political achievements. He does the assessments the imperial court has, and he does the assessments it doesn't have. He is indeed doing quite well.

Songjiang Prefecture now has five counties: Qingpu, Shanghai, Huating, Fengxian, and Nanhui, with a total of 525,000 households and a population of 【number missing】. Among them, there are 【number missing】 sailors, and more than 2,000 registered boatmen. Shanghai county alone has as many as 620,000 people. The four ports of Xingang, Qinglong, Shanghai, and Desheng have more than 【number missing】 two-masted ships, more than 3,000 three-masted ships, and more than 40 five-masted ocean-going ships, not counting sand ships and sampans.

Previously, the Ministry of Revenue expected the population of Songjiang Prefecture to be over 1 million, but Songjiang Prefecture was the first to complete the census, and the population exceeded 2.5 million.

It is truly the thoroughfare of the river and sea, the metropolis of the southeast.

This completely exceeded the Great Ming court's expectations for Songjiang Prefecture. As the bridgehead for opening the sea, Songjiang Prefecture's population siphon effect is extremely obvious, and the population is still gathering.

Development can cover up most problems, and development can alleviate most contradictions.

In Songjiang Prefecture, where the contradiction between people and land is sharp, after opening the sea, the contradiction between people and land is no longer so important. No matter what workshop they go to work in, they can find food to eat. At worst, they can work for the imperial court. Songjiang Prefecture is still in a stage of rapid development. Various markets, wine warehouses, military passes, government offices, Confucian schools, Buddhist temples, immortal halls, merchant shops, and brothels are all being built.

The census in the capital hasn't been finished yet, but Songjiang Prefecture has already finished it. This is not because the capital officials are disloyal, but because Songjiang Prefecture did it first. As a place that often pilots new policies, Songjiang Prefecture had detailed registration of incoming and outgoing people at the beginning of opening the sea. This is also thanks to the active cooperation of the Sun family, the first powerful family in Songjiang.

Sun Kehong did not want to be the whetstone for the navy. Leading the Songjiang Ocean Trading Company, he knew the strength of the navy too well. What kind of powerful family could collide head-on with that combat power? Only those who have never seen the navy would not fear the navy, so the Sun family always remained respectful.

Back then, when overthrowing Xu Jie, Sun Kehong helped out to vent his private anger. After the private anger was vented, he lacked the courage to turn against the imperial court.

On the surface, the Sun family is a family of poetry, ritual, and official caps, but their family is also the owner of the largest painting boat business in the Great Ming. The painting boat business even reached Nagasaki. Are painting boats not doing evil? The women on those boats are tools for the Sun family to collect wealth. As far as Zhu Yijun knows, when guests get excited, some even throw people into the sea. If they die, just pay some silver.

Similarly, Shen Shixing, the Governor of Songjiang, reported the construction progress of the "Youlong" and "Feiyun," and everything is proceeding at a speed exceeding the plan.

Wang Daokun and Shen Shixing underestimated the effect of the two million silver the Great Ming Emperor threw in. Without money, it is really difficult to move an inch; with money, it is really smooth. According to the current progress, it is expected to be completed one year ahead of schedule, that is, at the end of the tenth year of Wanli, the "Youlong" can officially complete its voyage. After the Bohai Bay thaws, it will sail to Tianjin Guard for His Majesty to review the navy's honor guard.

Chen Lin, the Regional Commander of Songjiang and Earl of Loyalty and Bravery, has raised a question more than once: enriching the country and strengthening the army is the main thread of the new policy. The capital garrison's martial spirit is something His Majesty can see every day, but His Majesty has never seen the navy's martial spirit with his own eyes. This is unfair. Is it just the capital garrison that is loyal and patriotic, while the navy is just eating salary for nothing?

Therefore, when the "Youlong" arrives at Tianjin Guard, the Great Ming navy requests that a portion of the fleet come together to ask His Majesty to review the navy's might.

Zhu Yijun has already approved the memorial, and the Ministry of Rites has also drafted the regulations. There are ancestral laws that can be copied, so copying homework is naturally fast. On the seventh day of the sixth month of the seventh year of Yongle, Emperor Chengzu Wen reviewed the navy's honor guard. Just follow the etiquette drafted by Hu Ying, the then Junior Vice Minister of Rites.

Zhu Yiliu always felt that the Emperor's life was not easy, especially for his imperial brother. Even a donkey in a mill would have to call him "big brother" if it saw him.

Government affairs are quite clamorous and boring, all full of human hearts and ghosts, deceit and intrigue. Seeing too much makes one doubt whether there is any kindness in human nature. Many things cannot be done as one wishes, because the result of doing as one wishes is that government orders cannot be implemented. Everything must be thought about several times. If one thinks too little, it may cause problems that cannot be ignored.

On the ninth day of the third month, Zhu Yiliu's grand wedding began. Empress Dowager Li doted on Zhu Yiliu extremely. Except for not using the Emperor's honor guard, the scene of the grand wedding was not inferior to the Emperor's grand wedding at all. However, Empress Dowager Li looked at the row of twelve beauties from all over the world calling her mother, and her face was extremely ugly, gloomy enough to drip water.

In the Great Ming's narrative of the distinction between Hua and Yi, these barbarians, the beauties from all over the world, are no different from livestock that can speak.

One princess and two concubines are all Han people. These twelve beauties from all over the world are just an addition. In the four years of the Emperor's grand wedding, there were only five people in the harem. On the day of Zhu Yiliu's grand wedding, he got fifteen people. The foreign officials shouted about ritual and law all day long, but when it came to this, they remained silent.

Zhu Yiliu was overjoyed and kept making a fuss until the evening, when the grand wedding ceremony finally ended. The absurd things only then began. That night, fifteen people served Zhu Yiliu together!

The key is that Zhu Yiliu also let the palace maids spread it everywhere.

The next day, the whole capital knew. The officials who heard the news began to submit memorials to persuade His Majesty to restrain the Prince of Lu. The imperial clan is the face of the Great Ming. The elder brother is like a father. As the Emperor, he must restrain the Prince of Lu's behavior. Taking barbarians is fine; your prince likes this, and the Great Ming has such precedents. After all, Emperor Taizong's harem had Korean concubines. But to be so absurd that the whole court knows it is still damaging to the court's face.

All over the streets of the capital, people were discussing Zhu Yiliu's martial prowess, but it was in bed.

It's simply nonsense.

Empress Dowager Li was also so angry that she cursed, but she couldn't bear to punish Zhu Yiliu, so she prepared to kill all those beauties from all over the world.

Zhu Yiliu's grand wedding made both the inner and outer courts jump around.

"Speak, being so absurd, what exactly do you want to do?" Zhu Yijun carefully observed Zhu Yiliu's footsteps as he walked in. They were not unsteady, and when he paid his respects, his breath was strong, not like someone whose body had been hollowed out by beauty.

Zhu Yiliu knelt on the ground, bowed his head, and said, "With such a fuss, I can safely eat, drink, and wait for death. Imperial brother, your younger brother has already had a grand wedding, which means I am an adult. Some people with full ambition will inevitably have crooked ideas. If your younger brother is so absurd, no one will have ideas about your younger brother."

A grand wedding means that Zhu Yiliu is no longer the younger brother who follows his brother, blowing bubbles with snot in his nose and playing with mud, but the Prince of Lu of the Great Ming.

Zhu Yiliu was born in the imperial family. All these years, he has been following his imperial brother. The elder brother is like a father. Zhu Yijun has always taught him carefully. Zhu Yiliu does not want to become a sinner of the Great Ming.

The Great Ming has not had a case of the younger brother succeeding the elder brother. The farce between Emperor Yingzong and Emperor Jing of Ming must never be repeated by his side. Zhu Yiliu simply decided to go all the way and create a great absurdity. Let's see who dares to provoke him.

For the sake of the Great Ming's revival, the lights in the study of the Tonghe Palace shine until the midnight hour as usual, and he has to get up at the third watch the next day. Zhu Yiliu knows his imperial brother's hard work and cannot bear to see his imperial brother's hard work go to waste.

"Why bother." Zhu Yijun shook his head. In the future, in the judgment of the Spring and Autumn Annals, Zhu Yiliu will only have one label: absurd. The Great Ming pursues immortality through fame. In the future, whenever someone mentions him, it will be the two words "absurd."

Zhu Yiliu bowed again, bowed his head, and said, "Why does the imperial brother bother."

"Alright, stop kneeling. I will talk to mother. The twelve beauties from all over the world you dote on won't die. You make such a fuss every day." Zhu Yijun waved his hand, signaling Zhu Yiliu to be excused and speak.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Zhu Yiliu kowtowed, stood up happily, raised his eyebrows, looked left and right, and said, "Imperial brother, the taste of the beauties from all over the world is extremely wonderful. It would be a pity not to taste it."

"I will count to three. If I can still see your figure, I will break your legs. Get out! One, two..." When Zhu Yijun stretched out his second finger, the Prince of Lu ran away in a flash.

Zhu Yijun was not angry, but his expression was extremely complicated. This younger brother had been following him since he was blowing snot bubbles. Of course, he knew that Zhu Yiliu's nature was not bad, and he would not speak wildly. Just now, Zhu Yiliu's nonsense was just acting.

The acting was too poor and was seen through by Zhu Yijun. The Emperor is surrounded by movie stars. Zhu Yiliu's acting skills are really not enough to look at.

The imperial family is the most heartless.

Zhu Yiliu didn't even call him brother anymore. When he spoke, it was either Your Majesty or Imperial brother. Before, Zhu Yiliu didn't like such formal titles, always feeling that family members calling each other like that was distant.

Now, it is distant. In the future, he is a minister, not a younger brother.

What can Zhu Yiliu do? As a successor qualified to inherit the throne, he can only behave so absurdly. Like the farce between Emperor Yingzong and Emperor Jing of Ming back then, where they fought with swords?

So Zhu Yiliu can only be so absurd.

Wang Chonggu began to clean up the official factories. In Wang Chonggu's own words, as long as no imperial relatives or nobles stuff people into the official factories, the official factories can be clean. As the top-level architect of the Great Ming's official selection, who is he afraid of?

In the process of promoting the "Three Meetings and Three Musts," Wang Chonggu established the "People-Benefiting Pharmacy" in the official factory group. The wool official factory alone had fourteen People-Benefiting Pharmacies, while the Xishan Coal Bureau had as many as twenty-seven.

The People-Benefiting Pharmacy is a medical office, specializing in seeing doctors for Great Ming craftsmen with fair and cheap medicinal materials. The consultation fee is not expensive.

Zhu Yijun was very curious about this People-Benefiting Pharmacy. After careful inquiry, he learned that Wang Chonggu found a book called "Simple and Easy Prescriptions for Hygiene" written by Hu Ying, the evergreen tree of the Great Ming. This medical book mainly deals with common diseases, advocating simple prescriptions, and most of the medicinal materials are fair-priced.

This "Simple and Easy Prescriptions" was revised by the great physicians of the Institute of Anatomy, correcting some errors, recording some common diseases that were not recorded, simplifying the prescriptions, and the new medicines of the Institute of Anatomy would also be supplied to the People-Benefiting Pharmacy.

The Great Ming Official Factory Group Law has been strengthened again.

The reason it is called "Simple and Easy Prescriptions for Hygiene" is that the core of the whole book is prevention. Doing a good job in hygiene and preventing illness is more important.

Zhu Yijun also specifically asked someone to take the medical book and read it carefully. It must be said that Hu Ying is a master of ritual and law, and also a medical scientist.

The reason for setting up the People-Benefiting Pharmacy is also very simple: to improve production efficiency, so that craftsmen with rich experience can work for the official factory for more time, to ensure sufficient benefits.

Up to this point, the Great Ming's development has entered a contradictory era.

The "Labor Party," or radical faction, led by Wang Chonggu, supports opening the sea and is striving to create more material, or commodities.

The "Zhang Party," or conservative faction, led by Zhang Juzheng, supports opening the sea for more currency, specifically silver and yellow copper.

These two contradictory claims actually coexist and grow together under the theory of contradiction, and have reached a state of yin-yang balance and mutual supplementation, which really surprised Zhu Yijun.

Is more material important, or is more currency important? These are two claims that are incompatible like fire and water.

(End of chapter)