The Head of the Ming Dynasty Spared His Life

"In my Ming Dynasty, the tax in the ninth year of Yongle was 3000 million taels of silver. But what about now? Now the tax of my Jiajing Dynasty, plus the salt tax, is not even 500 million! Why did the Ming Dynasty develop for more than 100 years and the population increase? How many times, the tax is not advancing but retreating? Why is the imperial court powerless to relieve the disaster every time my Ming Dynasty encounters a disaster? Why is my Ming Dynasty’s military expenditure getting less and less, and it is even unable to resist the Japanese pirates?"

Wang Xijue said loudly.

Jiajing was very moved, and stared closely at the face of that student Wang Xijue.

He just felt that the state affairs were getting more and more difficult, but he never thought about it so deeply.

"Every time the dynasty is changed, the population will be greatly reduced, and the land of no man will increase a lot, and the social conflicts will become less acute. In this way, the country will have room for growth, so that a new round of growth can be carried out. This is the so-called prosperous age Really~xiang!"

Wang Xijue said loudly: "Therefore, as long as there is no fundamental change in the production method of our Ming Dynasty, there will be no change in the history of our Ming Dynasty. Nowadays, the annexation of land in the world is extremely serious, the rich are connected with fields, and the poor have no place to stand! Seventy percent of the land has been controlled by big landlords and big businessmen, seeing natural disasters and man-made disasters are getting bigger and bigger, and the number of displaced people is increasing, don’t you adults wake up?”

Zhang Juzheng stood up and roared angrily, "Shut up!"

He is a man of insight who presided over Zhang Juzheng's reform in history, and a top talent in the bureaucracy to support the country. How could he not know that land annexation is really the root cause of dynasty change?

"If our dynasty does not carry out overseas colonization, we can still reform!" Zhang Juzheng sternly said: "Your Majesty, in the previous Chenghua dynasty, people with insight have already proposed a whipping law. It is to abolish privileges, check out the country's land, and pay taxes on the land. So that the annexation of the land will not harm the foundation of the country. I am confident that through this whipping method, the country can be enriched and the army strengthened."

Jiajing nodded approvingly to Zhang Juzheng. It was the first time he met this young official with extraordinary knowledge and abilities.A mere sixth-rank official who can come up with such an eye-catching strategy as a whip method is definitely a talent.

"But the whip method you proposed is just tinkering!" Wang Xijue said with a disdainful smile: "Wang Anshi's reform method has the same content! But the Northern Song Dynasty perished because of it! How dare you say that your whip method can completely Carry on?"

Zhang Juzheng was speechless.

Wang Xijue said loudly: "The essence of the so-called whip method is to let the landlords restrain themselves! Spit out the benefits they have eaten! This has touched the most fundamental interests of the landlords. Don't say that you Zhang Juzheng is just a mere sixth-rank student at the moment. Even if you are the chief assistant now, even if the emperor supports you, can you single-handedly overthrow the landlords of the world? Even if you can do it alone, what if you die? Once you die, the reform will still have to be abolished, how can we guarantee that Daming will continue to survive?"

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Zhang Ju's face turned livid.

Wang Xijue said loudly: "But... Overseas colonization is possible!"

These words are quite imposing!

"With overseas colonization, the landlords of the world will have investment channels. They will not only focus on the few lands in front of them, but will focus on the endless overseas. And the people of my Ming Dynasty also have The way to survive. In the event of natural disasters and man-made disasters, the land can no longer be planted, then go overseas, become a sailor, a farmer, or a miner! You can always survive! The Ming Dynasty will not perish because of this! What’s more, because of overseas colonization, the country’s finances will not be destroyed. Relying heavily on land taxation can realize the diversification of customs taxation and commodity taxation. The national treasury is full, even if there are natural and man-made disasters, we can carry it through!"

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Jiajing nodded fiercely, his face turned red~running a lot.

Today's discussion, in fact, greatly exceeds the scope of the emperor and the feudal scholar-bureaucrats.If the emperor hadn't spoken first, the speaker was innocent, and he could speak freely, such topics as Wang Xijue's talking about the fate of the country and the survival of the Ming Dynasty would definitely beheaded more than a dozen times.

Hearing Wang Xijue (actually Yan Song) talking about the future of Ming Dynasty and the prospect of avoiding the country's demise brought about by land annexation, Jiajing seemed to see a hope all of a sudden, a possibility that has not been recorded in the 24th history.

Breaking the possibility of its prosperity and its sudden death.

In the second match, Li Chunfang VS Wang Xijue, Wang Xijue won.

The Confucians were dumbfounded.

They did not expect that the focus of the debate between the two sides today is not the study of Confucius and Mencius at all.

Being led by Yan Song's debaters, the topic went awry as soon as it came up, and went straight to colonization and the country, which had nothing to do with the way of Confucius and Mencius.

How does this make the great Confucians who say they are invincible but powerless in action intervene?

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Chapter 329 The champion was scolded and fainted [6]

The third game is about to start.

Zhang Juzheng's face was ashen, he pulled Tang Ruji who was the last to argue, and muttered a few words.

Through the previous two debates, he had already seen clearly that the combination of Yan Song's research on "The Rise of the West" and the national conditions of Ming Dynasty had reached the point of perfection and perfect fusion, which made Emperor Jiajing's eyes shine.

It is almost impossible to defeat Yan Song's side on the topic of the country's rise and governance.

Going on like this is purely looking for abuse.

Then there is no choice but to abandon practice, return to nothingness, and come up with the theory of a gentleman and a villain.

This is what they are good at and have the most advantage of these straight ministers. It has nothing to do with the way of Confucius and Mencius.

Tang Ruji came to the stage, coughed and said "[-]": "A gentleman means righteousness, and a villain means profit. The reason why our heavenly kingdom dominates East Asia, and all parties come to the court is because we have the essence of Confucianism, enlightened all peoples, and let everyone All parties agree. If we change our course and treat the surrounding countries as colonists, with strong ships and powerful guns, and continuous expansion, the surrounding countries will definitely regard us as enemies. Younger. My Confucian holy religion even has mercy on the neighbors around me, let alone people from neighboring countries? How can I have the heart to colonize him in a cruel way?"

When many scholars heard this, they nodded. This makes sense.

But Yan Song cursed in his heart after hearing this.

Stupid ~ force Confucianism.

This is the stupidest part of Confucianism.

It's okay for you to implement benevolent government to the people of your own country.

But you still implement a benevolent government to the people in the surrounding countries?

You gave them all your kindness, who knew they were all wolf-hearted?

Yan Song knows how in the future Japan, North Korea, Vietnam, and Nanyang, all the younger brothers and good neighbors in the East Asian Confucian cultural circle, will ride on Daming's head and shit~ shit shit.

Brother Keng, one is better than the other.

He glanced at Li Zhi.

Li Zhi stood up and walked towards Tang Ruji.

Tang Ruji took a step back in fright.