Chapter 611: Strange Rationalization

The official factory group construction method is actually a compromise of the Great Ming imperial court to imperial power, a typical case of "political success through bribery." The Great Ming imperial court pulled the Emperor onto the carriage, which is equivalent to pulling the imperial family and imperial power onto the carriage, firmly binding the official factory group construction with imperial power. Whoever moves the official factory is provoking imperial power. The bribe is the profit sharing of half of the annual profits.

When Wang Chonggu explored the official factory group construction method, he deeply understood the two systems of the Great Ming's early dynasty: the military colony guard system and the resident craftsman system. One was the Taizu High Emperor, and the other was the Taizong Wen Emperor.

Wang Chonggu discovered that the powerful and wealthy gentry in Jiangnan, led by Yang Shiqi, requested the imperial court to purchase the useless Longjiang Shipyard seven times in the early Zhengtong period. Even though Empress Dowager Zhang refused the first time on the grounds of not selling the ancestral foundation, there were still seven requests, and finally, it was burned to the ground.

At this time, Wang Chonggu determined to firmly bind the official factory group construction method with imperial power. The banner of "ancestral foundation" had to be guarded even by the Emperor. Even if it was rotten or burned down by a big fire, it could not be annexed by this bunch of bastards. After the last big fire at the Longjiang Shipyard, under the erosion of time, it slowly became a ruin.

Everyone in the world is for themselves, and the Emperor is no exception. The political proposition advocated by Yu Qian that "the world belongs only to the Emperor" is also a utopia. The reality is that the Emperor will also be selfish, and the official factory becoming the Emperor's family property is the method Wang Chonggu found in the tortuous road that is not the best but can be used.

And now, someone has again and again set their sights on these "scrap metals."

"Clamoring that land abandonment is because the official factory group construction absorbed the labor of craftsmen is just the beginning. As long as the wind power public opinion affects the imperial court's decision-making, then the next step is to purchase. Even if the imperial court refuses to purchase, it can let the official factory purchase and subscribe in the trading house." Wang Qian talked about the specific means of encroaching on public property. One is to purchase the "inefficient" official factories directly into their hands, and the second is to plan slowly.

After all, some assets, even that foolish Emperor Hui of Jin knows, are chickens that lay golden eggs, such as overseas plantations. They only need minimal maintenance costs to obtain huge benefits. Rubber, sugarcane, palm oil, rosewood, coconut, abaca, tobacco, tea, etc., after all, Japanese slaves, eunuch slaves, and black barbarians are all cheap labor. These economic crops are also hard currency.

How does wind power public opinion affect the imperial court's decision-making?

Actually, it is simple. Wind power public opinion is to carry out saturation-style round-robin bombing through various conspiracy theories, lies, and out-of-context quotes, just like a person holding a big loudspeaker shouting in the ear. Over time, "three people make a tiger." These lowly Confucian remarks continuously erode the solid public order and good customs, hollow out the foundation, and then reshape the public order and good customs, and then use the reshaped public order and good customs to influence the decision-making of laws, decrees, military and political affairs, economy, and so on.

The Great Ming experienced this many times more than a hundred years ago. The transition from opening the sea to the closed-door policy was a typical case of this kind of wind power public opinion reshaping public order and good customs.

Zhu Yijun could not manage his own aftermath, and no one could manage it, but in his hands, no one should think about it! These scrap metals, even if they are rusted through, don't even think about touching them.

Li Zhi and Lin Fucheng had arrived long ago. They had been waiting in another private room, waiting until the Emperor and Wang Qian finished talking about the Yanxing Building trading house, before the two came to the "Tian" private room.

"It is truly a great honor for the two proprietors to hold a welcome party for the two of us. One is the only son of the current Grand Secretary, and the other is the noble son of the head of the military nobility. Thinking of me, Lin Fucheng, a commoner, being able to have the two of you hold a welcome party for me, I really have no regrets even if I die." Lin Fucheng sat on the chair and said with great pride. His posture was very relaxed.

Zhu Yijun observed the sitting posture of Lin Fucheng and Li Zhi. Li Zhi was a madman, a genuine madman, but sitting opposite the Emperor, he was still involuntarily restrained. His buttocks were only half on the chair, his eyes dared not look around, his speech dared not be arrogant, and he didn't even dare to be too loud. When Wang Qian poured tea for him, he held the teacup with both hands.

The more respectful the color, the more extreme the etiquette, not daring to say a word.

Being disrespectful in front of the Emperor would lead to being taken away for a court beating, even if it was Zhang Juzheng, it would be no exception. Of course, the Emperor was reluctant.

And Lin Fucheng was completely different. He leaned on the back of the chair, looked left and right, and his speech was very casual and free, and also very bold.

It was obvious that Lin Fucheng still had not noticed the true identity of Young Master Huang after Li Zhi's multiple hints.

"Young Master Huang, when I was on the grasslands, I got a book, which can be considered a strange story, for Young Master Huang to see for fun in his spare time." Lin Fucheng took out a book and made a gesture to hand it over.

Li Zhi's face changed greatly, and he snatched the yellowed book. He was sweating all over his forehead. For a moment, Li Zhi wished there was a fire pit in front of him, and he would jump into the fire pit with this book, so that no one would know what was written on this book.

"What's wrong? Bring it here for me to see." Zhu Yijun looked slightly puzzled and let Feng Bao take the book.

Li Zhi secretly said "It's over!" Everything was over. His hands hung down naturally, leaning on the back of the chair, feeling hopeless. There was nothing worth lingering in this world anymore. He only hoped that the Emperor would not exterminate his clan. His face was ashen, like mourning for his parents.

Lin Fucheng only felt that Li Zhi's reaction was very strange. When he first got this book, didn't Li Zhi also read it with relish? Why couldn't he share it with Young Master Huang?

Sharing one person's happiness with two people is two portions of happiness! Li Zhi simply didn't understand sharing.

Zhu Yijun flipped through it simply, looked at Lin Fucheng with a normal face, and could only say that this guy was sometimes really smart, and sometimes really stupid. This matter involved prophecy, and Lin Fucheng dared to show it to him. His courage was not ordinary.

The content of this book was "Gossip about the Old Zhu Family," "Zhu Di proves that my mother is my biological mother 170 years later," and "The story that the Emperor and San Niangzi have to tell."

The original name of this book was "Mongolian Origin," which was a historical material of the Mongolian barbarians. This book was originally a book recording Genghis Khan, Kublai Khan, and other Mongolian Khans, but the glory of Mongolia had already become the past, and no one read it when it was written, so it became gossip about the Great Ming Emperor's Old Zhu family.

In order to attract people's attention, they really used every means possible.

Zhu Yijun flipped to the chapter involving himself and was dumbfounded. His scandal with San Niangzi had noses and eyes in the book, and there were even detailed descriptions of large sections.

"No, when San Niangzi entered the capital, it was the first year of Wanli. At that time, the Emperor was only eleven years old. He had the heart but no strength!! Can you consider the age problem when making things up?!" Zhu Yijun looked at the content above, dumbfounded. Even the posture was there.

San Niangzi's first visit to the capital to see the Emperor was on the foundation of the Imperial Pole Hall. At that time, the central axis of the Imperial Palace was burned clean by a big fire. Zhu Yijun was in danger at that time, hiding behind the iron triangle of Empress Dowager Li, Feng Bao, and Zhang Juzheng, shivering.

Li Zhi was already so nervous that he couldn't speak. He was not afraid of death, but dying for making up jokes about the Emperor was really too ugly. He couldn't accept this way of death.

"Why don't you say it's a joke?" Lin Fucheng said quite naturally.

"Good, it's the latest chapter." Zhu Yijun flipped through this book. The space about him was very long, and it had been written to the latest, keeping up with current events.

San Niangzi adopted a daughter. This was reported to the imperial court. Adopting a daughter meant she had made up her mind. The Suiyuan Administrative Commissioner was a flowing official, not a hereditary chieftain. San Niangzi didn't even adopt a foster son. But in this book, this adopted daughter of San Niangzi was secretly born with the Emperor, and everyone called that daughter the Fourth Princess.

It really kept up with current events. Even when she was pregnant, there was a very clear timeline. One year, San Niangzi entered the capital to send wool and encountered a heavy snow day. At that time, there was no road, and she could only spend the New Year in the capital. That was the time she got pregnant. The child was secretly raised in the capital and survived the age when it was easiest to die before being brought back to the grasslands.

"The logic in this book is actually quite complete." Zhu Yijun finished reading the whole collection of stories and had to admit that the person who wrote the story had very rigorous logic, because San Niangzi's political stance was completely a reconciliation faction, that is, a reconciliation faction where the Great Ming and the grasslands became one.

Politics is very complex. Everyone's decision in the torrent is closely related to the trend of the world. To understand political activities and positions, one needs complex information, and this book understands several problems of the Great Ming attacking the grasslands from another popular and easy-to-understand angle.

This book answers several questions. The first is why San Niangzi was determined to follow the imperial court after entering the capital to see the Emperor. The real reason is the change in national strength. When San Niangzi saw the Emperor on the foundation, she knew that the sky had changed, but the book summarizes it concisely: because San Niangzi is the Emperor's mistress, simple and rude.

The second question is why San Niangzi remained motionless when the Great Ming attacked Altan Khan and surrendered impatiently on the day Bansheng City was broken. The real reason is naturally the powerful strength of the Great Ming's heavenly soldiers and generals, which made people unable to resist. It is also to practice the proposition of complete reconciliation. This is the joint effort of the reconciliation faction, not San Niangzi's decision alone, but the book summarizes it as: San Niangzi is the Emperor's mistress.

The third question is why the imperial court took Suiyuan but did not kill everyone, but chose to establish Suiyuan and then promote the King's transformation. San Niangzi is still the person in charge of the Suiyuan area and is active in political activities. The Great Ming invested more than 30 million silver to develop mines and roads and vigorously promoted fixed animal husbandry instead of nomadic life. Why did the Great Ming spend such huge costs to carry out the King's transformation?

The real reason is for the stability of the border and the mineral resources of Suiyuan. The book summarizes it as: San Niangzi is the Emperor's mistress.

There are also things like why the wool business is uniformly distributed by San Niangzi? Because the Great Ming discovered that the grassland people could not calculate the accounts clearly. Arithmetic is like a heavenly book to some people, but the book summarizes it as: San Niangzi is the Emperor's mistress.

In short, everything is because San Niangzi is the Emperor's mistress, making things fully rationalized.

And the fact that San Niangzi is the Emperor's mistress, in the eyes of the grassland people, is the sincerity of the Emperor's King's transformation of the grasslands.

Yes, in the eyes of the grassland people, this is sincerity. The book does not spare any praise, praising the beauty of the relationship between San Niangzi and the Emperor, praising the Great Ming Emperor's golden words, saying what he does, not letting his woman suffer grievances, and also letting the grassland people not worry about the Emperor going back on his word.

Because of the harsh environment, the levirate marriage system on the grasslands is still very popular. The behavior of women marrying their husband's uncles, uncles, sons, nephews, nephews, etc. after their husband's death is the levirate marriage system. So this relationship of San Niangzi will not be considered San Niangzi's betrayal, because San Niangzi herself was snatched from the Oirat by Altan Khan. At that time, San Niangzi married Altan Khan at the age of nine.

In the book, this is a tragic love that is loved but cannot be obtained, but because of the livelihood of the grassland people, for the sake of the country and the people, the lovers can only live apart, can only meet three times a year when sending wool, and cannot stay together for a long time. It is somewhat like the story of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl.

"It's simply nonsense!" Zhu Yijun finished reading the whole book and slapped the table: "Lady Zhongshun is a political figure. I, the Great Ming Emperor, respect her efforts for the grasslands and the Great Ming to live and work in peace and contentment!"

"This book is widely circulated on the grasslands, and the grassland people recognize it relatively well. Lady Zhongshun, the Suiyuan Administrative Commissioner, seems to be acquiescing to the spread of this book. After all, it is not easy for a woman to be in charge." Lin Fucheng could understand why San Niangzi acquiesced to the spread of such rumors.

Because the spread of such rumors can stabilize her position. San Niangzi promoted two ten-thousand-households, and these two ten-thousand-households later betrayed her and defected to Altan Khan. Now, because such rumors are spreading, these two ten-thousand-households have now defected to her door again.

If this rumor were true, then if they rebelled on the grasslands, the Emperor would definitely spare no effort to pacify them.

Lady Zhongshun is mainly in the Hetao area, and the east of Suiyuan is managed by San Niangzi. As a woman, there are many inconvenient places to manage. If she uses the fox to pretend to be the tiger, it will be much simpler.

For political figures, fame is also a tool that can be used.

This sentence is equally applicable to Zhu Yijun. Everything is for the sake of stabilizing the rule.

Zhu Yijun flipped through his gossip and looked at Zhu Di's gossip. As he looked, his blood pressure rose. The book said that in the first year of Hongwu, Yuan Shundi was beaten by Xu Da and fled Beijing. When Yuan Shundi fled in a panic, he left behind a Da Concubine. The Da Concubine was already pregnant at the time. Later, this Da Concubine was included in the harem by Zhu Yuanzhang, and three months later, Zhu Di was born.

Zhu Di is a Mongolian prince, so Zhu Di's five expeditions to the desert are actually going home. Otherwise, why is he so familiar every time he goes to the grasslands to fight?

If you can't beat Zhu Di, make rumors about Zhu Di to get some psychological comfort.

"In the first year of Hongwu, our Taizong Wen Emperor was already eight years old and could dance with guns and sticks! Nonsense, it's simply nonsense!" Zhu Yijun slapped the table angrily: "Editing the current Emperor, the Emperor can pinch his nose and admit it for the sake of the King's transformation of Suiyuan, but editing the Chengzu Emperor is unbearable."

"I will report to the Holy One and ban this book."

"Wouldn't that confirm that the Emperor and San Niangzi have an affair?" Lin Fucheng said blankly.

Zhu Yijun wanted to ban this "Mongolian Origin" book. Spreading rumors is easy, but refuting rumors is hard. Many times, the more you refute, the more people believe it. The way to deal with rumors is often another rumor. As long as the Great Ming bans this book, it will be yellow mud falling into the crotch, and it will never be clear.

"Choose the lesser of two evils." Zhu Yijun thought for a while and decided so.

Actually, it is very simple. Zhu Yijun's gossip can at most be considered a romantic affair, but the rumor about Chengzu Wen Emperor involves the problem of his biological mother. If Zhu Di knew that the grassland people slandered him like this, he would probably jump out of Changling and continue the Northern Expedition.

"I have another book here, 'Examination of the Two Histories'." Lin Fucheng took out another book and pushed it to Young Master Huang. This was also gossip.

Li Zhi looked at Lin Fucheng in disbelief. Why did this guy start testing between life and death as soon as he returned to the capital?

Wang Shizhen, the leader of the literary world during the Jiajing period, who played in the mountains and water while serving as the Governor of Yunyang and got together with Wang Xijue's daughter, Wang Xiangu, who ascended to heaven, wrote "Examination of the Two Histories." In "Examination of the Two Histories," he turned the Crown Prince Zhu Biao, the Prince of Qin, and the Prince of Jin into concubine-born, not born by Empress Ma.

Wang Shizhen wrote this because Xie Jin also wrote this in "Heavenly Jade Genealogy," saying that Zhu Biao, the Prince of Qin, and the Prince of Jin were not born by Empress Ma. During the Yongle period, Zhu Di personally refuted this.

Saying that Zhu Biao was concubine-born is too against the sky.

Scholar-officials are like this. The Emperor still wants to think about the rationality of things. The status of Crown Prince Zhu Biao in history is unique. No one believes this even if it is said. And scholar-officials flatter for the sake of flattery, and they consider a lot.

In the words of the Wanli period, Xie Jin did not have any backbone or righteousness. In order to coax the Emperor to be happy, he even dared to say that Zhu Biao was not born of the main wife.

What is Zhu Biao's status? The Crown Prince who listened to politics starting from the tenth year of Hongwu.

The Prince of Qin, the Prince of Jin, and the Prince of Yan were all border princes. In that era of war and chaos, they were the princes who truly commanded troops. If they were not born of the main wife, could they be allowed to guard the important places of the past dynasties?

There had been no controversy for 170 years. By the Jiajing period, books like "Examination of the Two Histories" and "Remnants of Removal" appeared, turning these main-wife-born ones into concubine-born ones. Isn't this nonsense?

Wind power public opinion is like this, hollowing out the foundation of cognition bit by bit, thereby shaping new public order and good customs, and finally influencing the decision-making of the imperial court.

The Great Ming is experiencing such a thing.

"These mouths of the lowly Confucians, even if you tear them apart, you can't stop their stench!" Zhu Yijun threw "Examination of the Two Histories" aside and said sharply: "Demon books, they are all demon books."

These imperial scandals, taken out in front of the Emperor, are looking for death, but Zhu Yijun did not implicate the innocent. Lin Fucheng just took it out as a joke to share with Young Master Huang, who likes to watch the fun.

After Lin Fucheng shared the fun for the Emperor, he talked about the alienation of people by religion. This topic came to a temporary end here, because it had been studied clearly enough. Lin Fucheng classified Lamaism into the religion of ignorant witchcraft and determined that Lamaism was no longer suitable for the current era.

"Why can't we study deeply the alienation of people by power?" Zhu Yijun mentioned the previous topic.

Compared to the alienation of people by religion, the discussion between Lin Fucheng and Li Zhi on the alienation of people by power was really too superficial.

"This can't be talked about at all." Lin Fucheng shook his head and said: "The Emperor is indeed very enlightened, widely opening the path of speech, and the gathering in the capital is popular. There is everything to say, and the Emperor never blocks the gathering, but this alienation of people by power involves the powerful and wealthy, and I am afraid it will not end well."

"It is equivalent to betting one's life that the powerful and wealthy have a conscience. It is a sure loss."

Li Zhi looked at Lin Fucheng, his eyes almost popping out with anger. At this time, he knew to avoid the powerful and wealthy, and he knew that the powerful and wealthy could take your life!

When sharing the Emperor's scandal, why didn't you see you avoid it?!

Prophecy is a serious crime to hold, especially when taken out in front of the Emperor! What is the difference between this and scolding a bald donkey in front of a monk?

"Then what about the alienation of people by money? This also involves the powerful and wealthy." Zhu Yijun also knew that the alienation of people by power was a topic that was not easy to touch, and it was easy to trigger a kind of controversy, that is, Zhang Juzheng, the Grand Secretary for twelve years, the teacher of the Emperor who once acted as regent, had a few points of respect for the Emperor.

"Young Master Huang, I have a fifth-rank official position! It is an official-selected official! Just a rich merchant, why can't I talk about it! The old man of the Qu family, Qu Hexing, worked hard to build the foundation, but it was ruined by the rebellious son Qu Youming and grandson Qu Daocheng. Let's talk about the alienation of people by money starting from the rise and fall of the Qu Mansion!" Lin Fucheng said very affirmatively.

The official-selected official class is above the gentry class. This point is undoubtedly established in the Great Ming, so Lin Fucheng is not afraid of these rich merchants at all.

"But it is destined to lack a part, because power-money transactions and power rent-seeking are not easy to discuss." Zhu Yijun told Lin Fucheng the difficulties he might encounter.

Discussing the alienation of people by power, religion, and money is actually discussing the impact of these three on all levels of society. The official-selected official class and the hereditary official class are all in the rivers and mountains of the country, and it is inevitable that they will be mentioned, and there will be resistance at that time.

"Young Master Huang's words are reasonable, still need to be cautious. If there is trouble, I may have to trouble Young Master Huang." Lin Fucheng thought about it again and again. This topic must be done, and he can only seek shelter from the powerful and wealthy. If there is trouble, he will ask Young Master Huang. Anyway, Young Master Huang is a person who can reach the sky.

In the Great Ming's wind power public opinion, there is no figure of Qi Jiguang. The Great Ming's lowly Confucians treat Qi Jiguang as if he doesn't exist, avoiding him if they can.

The Emperor and Wang Qian held a welcome party for the two Five Classics Doctors. Naturally, it was because they were worth it. At least their trip to the grasslands gave the imperial court some handles for the King's transformation. They were meritorious officials.

Lin Fucheng shared many things he saw on the grasslands. At the end of May, the capital was already very hot, and the cicadas had already started their endless chirping, but the grasslands were still very cold, and the temperature difference between morning and evening was huge, so they had to wear a robe that was easy to put on and take off. They took it off at noon and had to put it on to keep out the cold in the morning and evening.

In the twelfth year of Wanli, at the end of May, it was the Opening of the Wine Inspection in the capital, which was a carnival festival for wine. The capital became more and more lively, and far away in Manila, Luzon, Yin Zhengmao and Deng Zilong were also looking into the distance on the Manila pier. The news from Davao, Mindanao, said that the great sailing ship had arrived as scheduled.

The national surnames Zhengmao and Deng Zilong had solemn faces and stood straight. They were not personally welcoming the special envoy of the West, but a group of special people. Chen Dazhuang led a class of maritime defense inspectors back to the East, and there were also the ashes of twelve maritime defense inspectors. Activities in the West were also dangerous. These twelve maritime defense inspectors died in the pioneering cause.

The mast of the great sailing ship appeared within the horizon, and then slowly sailed towards the port. The sails were slowly lowered, the ship speed slowly decreased, drawing lines of water patterns. The barge began to tow. When the great sailing ship entered the port, the water cannons began to fire, forming a water gate. The great sailing ship slowly passed through the water gate.

The sound of horns and drums sounded one after another, solemn and solemn. This was the "Green Mountain Iron Bone Song" composed by the Emperor's uncle Zhu Zaiyu, specifically used for the establishment of the Loyal and Brave Shrine and the sacrificial music. Everything was to welcome the loyal souls home.

The Western envoys were ordered not to disembark. Chen Dazhuang led the maritime defense inspectors, holding twelve bone ash boxes and slowly walked across the long pier.

"Home." Yin Zhengmao, whose temples were already gray and whose back was even a little hunched, took the box from Chen Dazhuang and said in a low voice. His voice was very low, floating into the distance with the wind.

Inside was a foster son of Yin Zhengmao, a real foster son, not a slave to avoid the Great Ming law. He was a foster son Yin Zhengmao accepted when resisting the Japanese in Guangzhou. His name was Yin Linghai, originally named Xiao Liu, from Qiongzhou. His father died and his mother remarried. He grew up eating food from a hundred families, coming from the waves and going from the waves, making a living by panning for pearls.

In the Battle of Dianbai Port, Xiao Liu, who was already a guest soldier, saved Yin Zhengmao's life. Yin Zhengmao thanked him for saving his life, accepted him as a foster son, and changed his name to Yin Linghai. Yin Zhengmao treated Yin Linghai as his own, even better than his own son.

Yin Linghai was a "white strip in the waves." The ocean was his home. He followed Yin Zhengmao to fight between the great oceans, fought for more than ten years, and unfortunately died in the ten thousand miles of blue waves, leaving only loyal bones to return.

"Xiao Liu, home, home." Yin Zhengmao held the bone ash box and kept repeating this sentence. He walked a long, long way, walked to the Luzon Loyal and Brave Shrine. The Loyal and Brave Shrine stood with a giant monument. Behind the giant monument was a piece of green grass with a road surface paved with square stones. Here, hundreds of loyal and brave heroes were buried.

"The heroic soul sleeps long!"

Chen Chengyi, the general manager of Tongxiang Town, had a voice of sorrow, echoing between heaven and earth. Three rows of maritime defense inspectors fired guns at the sky, announcing to heaven and earth that the heroic soul had returned home.

Yin Zhengmao put the bone ash box into the tomb, watching the sealing soil cover the bone ash bit by bit. Yin Zhengmao did not cry. He was the Governor of Luzon, the King of Luzon. No matter how sad he was, he had to show his toughness. Xiao Liu finally returned to his roots and his soul returned to his hometown.

Only after the remains of the twelve maritime defense inspectors were all buried did Yin Zhengmao allow the Western envoys to disembark.

"Governor, the shipyard discovered traces of opium." The clerk of the Shipping Department responsible for the inspection discovered opium on the ship. It was opium, not tobacco. Opium was the opium ball explicitly prohibited by the Great Ming.

Yin Zhengmao frowned and said: "These red-haired barbarians, violating the Great Ming's ban! Go and see."

A drug-sniffing dog might be wrong, but several drug-sniffing dogs barked incessantly at a corner, slightly anxious and scratching, obviously there was a problem. ===== CHAPTER 612 =====