Chapter 29 The fundamental dispute (2)

As soon as Xie Jin said this, the civil servants nodded one after another, and Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes swept towards Zhu Zhi, as if asking him what he could argue.

Zhu Zhi came out and bowed to Zhu Yuanzhang and his ministers, and then said calmly: "The prosperity of the Yin and Zhou dynasties and poetry must be to calm the people and teach them when they are rich.

When a sage governs the world, he must enrich the people. The Book of Changes says: "The great virtues of heaven and earth are called life, and the great treasures of sages are called position; how to maintain the position is called benevolence, and how to gather people is called wealth. "Money is the reason why emperors gather people to maintain their position, cultivate all living beings, obey the virtues of heaven, and govern the country and the people.

Shang is the power to communicate the existence and increase wealth flow.

Business is not wrong, the key is how to induce it. It is precisely because business has various disadvantages and benefits that my son-in-law issued the "Fair Trade Order" in Liaodong, which restricts the behavior of merchants through the situation of the law and strives to play to their strengths and avoid their weaknesses.

In the three years since the promulgation of the order, it has basically become a trading standard for all walks of life in Liaodong, including the government. As long as a contract is reached, both parties must act within the scope of the contract. “

The contract Zhu Zhi mentioned is neither new to everyone present, but it is not so easy to understand.

In ancient China, there was no contract between the monarch and his subjects. Even between the market, it was purely maintained by the private credit system. It was enough to pass on the word of mouth. It was formed in writing contracts for any transaction.

At most, in some real estate and land transactions, there will be house deeds as proof of purchase and sale.

Xie Jin also said: "What Your Highness said is reasonable, but today's discussion is between Liaodong merchants and the Tartars. This kind of behavior of capital and enemy is caused by His Highness's shelter.

Your Majesty, the pros and cons of business is that the husband speaks of the husband and the mother speaks of the husband and the mother speaks of the mother and the mother, and it can be settled for the time being. However, the act of covering up the businessmen and condoning the enemy must be investigated."

It was so amazing, Yang Jing thought to himself that what he was most happy to see was the party of Yan Wang who was entangled in business pros and cons, which was something that the vine roamed Guagua and Vines for a while. It was just that this person bypassed these branches and vines and attacked directly at the actual behavior.

Zhu Zhi said: "My sons dare not wear this hat of the enemy. Whether in war or peace, there will be trade in the border areas. Since the 15th year of Hongwu, Liaodong has been under the Ming Dynasty and has always been engaged in business with the Tartars.

At that time, the three guards of Duoyan were expected to open the market conditions. If it were to do business, it was already a tradition. How could it be taken to the head of the minister? Furthermore, even if the government did not support it, the people under the rule were tempted by profits and were scrambling to trade with the Tartars.

How can I block the border defense without a wall? So I organized a Liaodong joint account with the government to participate in the government. Unified deployment and management of the transactions between the Tatars.

Doing so can not only increase government taxes, but also control trade with the Tartars; in the third way, even if you use great efforts to cut off all transactions with the Tartars, you will force the Tartars to launch troops south.

The fourth and most important point is that here is a list of transaction goods between our Liaodong Lianhao and the Tartars in the past two years. Let’s take a look. 60% of the so-called enemies are jewelry, utensils, clothing, glass and other non-strategic materials.

Grain, tea, salt, etc. have dropped to less than 40%. The children believe that luxury goods occupy the lives of the Tartars. Let them become dependent on these goods and gradually achieve the goal of weakening their ambitions.

"As he said that, he handed the list of goods to the eunuch and submitted it to Zhu Yuanzhang.

Originally, Yang Jing was thinking about whether to help, but now Zhu Zhi plays this card very useful, and can weaken his power through trade. The charge of the enemy cannot be confirmed no matter what.

After Zhu Yuanzhang saw it, he asked someone to circulate it to the officials. Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Don't bother with this issue anymore. What the King of Liao said makes sense. If the Tartars have no way to survive, they will naturally go south to invade.

If there is a normal way of trading, it may be stabilized. The crime of the enemy will be exposed. "As soon as these words came out, Zhu Zhi suddenly felt that he had a lighter momentum and that the two charges had been reduced by one.

Gao Wei came out to report: "Even if this is reasonable, it is quite evidence to make friends with foreigners and privately sign a contract with the Li Dynasty. Your Majesty, the ancients said that the country is not as good as the king. The system is also true.

As a vassal king, how can he make a private contract with foreign vassals without the court communicating with the Li Dynasty? This is clearly a deception of the emperor and an unruly act. "This statement was like a bomb that hit the court.

The most chance of an autocratic dynasty is to deceive the emperor and usurp the court, which can completely kill people in political struggles.

There was a silence in the court. When the Yan King party saw this, it was naturally unnecessary to say anything. The ministers who were good at Zhu Zhi were even less likely to say anything, and they could not say anything. They would leave a handle for the other party. So Yang Jing and Lian Zining were anxiously planning countermeasures.

A minister was transferred from the civil servant class and said, "Since ancient times, Goryeo has been a vassal of my Chinese vassal, as early as the reign of Emperor Guangwu of Han.

Goguryeo has been conferred as king; Tang Gaozu Li Yuan has conferred the Goryeo King Gao Jianwu as the Prince of Liaodong, Baekje King Fuyuzhang as the Prince of Dingfang, Silla King Zhenping as the Prince of Lelang, and the Three Kingdoms have been conferred by the Tang Dynasty.

Therefore, from ancient times to the present, no matter who has become king, Goryeo has been vain to China.

Goryeo, the Li Dynasty, also praised our dynasty. Although he had not yet been granted the title of His Majesty, the Li Dynasty's status could only be a vassal king in the end.

The fief of His Highness with His Highness of Liao is a land of the same level. How can negotiations between the same level be considered usurpation? Moreover, from the perspective of the matter itself, the King of Liao did nothing wrong. First of all, the Li Dynasty engaged in trade with the Jurchens and destroyed our dynasty's plan to conquer the Jurchens. The King of Liao treated him as a polite first and then a soldier.

I think the crime of the King of Liao is not usurpation, but just to support the prince Lu Chao of the previous dynasty. There is still no conclusion on the final status of the Li Dynasty. His Highness of Liao is also a selfish cause for his support to him with his ministers' opinions."

Everyone looked in the voice and found that it was Huang Zicheng, the attendant of the Eastern Palace. He actually stood up and spoke for the King of Liao, but this was a different taste in the court.

His few words lightly put the Ultimate violation and resolved the invisible punishment. Indeed, if Zhu Zhi usurped the Ultimate, it would be to place the Li Dynasty at an equal position with the imperial court. This would not be acceptable to the high-ranking Ming Dynasty.

It turned out that many people judged that Zhu Zhi was losing power among the princelings based on the actions of the crown princelings, so when Huang Zicheng stood up and spoke for Zhu Zhi, everything changed a lot.

Seeing this trend, several more people from the prince's party immediately jumped out to expel Zhu Zhi's crime of usurpation.

Gao Wei was speechless for a moment and didn't know how to refute Huang Zicheng and his gang. At this time, Xie Jin jumped out and said, "Your Majesty, Lord Huang is very right. The Li Dynasty is indeed on par with the King of Liao.

But after all, His Highness the King of Liao is His Majesty's local minister. Whether in public or private, the King of Liao should take the imperial court first and support Wang Luchao in private, which is equivalent to achieving his own goals under the guise of the court.

If everyone is like His Highness, then is there any official business in this country? Your Majesty clearly understands it." Huang Zicheng bypassed the issue of usurpation and instead attacked Zhu Zhi's selfishness.

Yang Rong stood among the civil servants without saying anything. It was not until this time that he left the list and said: "Your Majesty, Yang Rong is trusted by the court and appointed as the chief minister of the Liao Palace. I have something to say about Wang Lucha.

At that time, the Li Dynasty was in trade with the Jurchens, destroying the strategy of King Liao besieging the Jurchens, and also held 50,000 troops to confront our Liaodong by the Yalu River.

At that time, considering that the court still had no conclusion about the Li Dynasty, I gave His Highness an idea to send Wang Lucha to Tanluo to restrain the Li Dynasty. The responsibility lies with me. Please punish Your Majesty.

"Zhu Zhi knew that Yang Rong wanted to lose the car and protect the coach, and that he was equivalent to pleading guilty to knowing Jin's charges.

Zhu Zhi naturally understood and said, "Father, as the emperor, the emperor, is a local vassal king stationed in Liaodong, all military and political affairs are at most. How can he let his subordinates take the blame? The emperor knows the fault of his son, please ask the emperor to punish him."

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Okay, don't sing a double act for me here. Yang Aiqing, see how to punish the crime of King Liao."

Yang Jing stepped out and smiled bitterly: "If you follow the laws of the Ming Dynasty, your highness will only have dereliction of duty at most and will not constitute any serious crimes. I don't know how to measure punishment."

Zhu Yuanzhang said: "Since that's the case, the King of Liao will be fined two years of salary, 10,000 acres of fiefdom, and stay in Beijing for one year; the Chief Secretary Yang Rong will be fined one year of salary, allowing you to return to Liaodong and make meritorious contributions. The King of Liao, you will be convinced by punishment like this.

"The fiefdom and salary are not very important to Zhu Zhi. He was just going to be transferred from Liaodong for one year to inspect the capital. This is an unacceptable punishment.

But how could Zhu Zhi say no at this time? Zhu Zhi and Yang Rong knelt down and said, "Thank you Lord Long's kindness, I am willing to take the crime."

Zhu Yuanzhang said again: "The crime is determined and the punishment is also punished. Let's settle the business matters in Liaodong and the status of the Li Dynasty today. Everyone has any ideas."

Yang Jing stepped out and said: "Emperor, Liaodong, under the rule of the Liao King, has outstanding political achievements in recent years. If we measure the pros and cons, it is definitely more beneficial than disadvantages. Therefore, the emperor might as well continue to follow the special policies given to Liaodong when he was in the vassal state to see how the effect is. If it is appropriate, it can slowly spread to other places.

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The King of Yan and his gang seemed to have satisfied the punishment for the King of Liao and no longer care about this issue. Regarding the Li Dynasty's issue, they finally decided to enthrone Li Chenggui as the king and named the country "Korea".

A crucial dynasty meeting finally came to an end, and Zhu Zhi became the biggest loser on the surface.

Zhu Zhi was in a heavy mood along the way, and even when he returned to the inn, he still said nothing. The punishment for staying on campus was said to be light or serious.

The key is that you cannot manage Liaodong within one year. This is the year before Zhu Yuanzhang's death. How important it is to Liaodong, how can you do it if you are not there.

Thinking of the troubles, Zhu Zhi smashed the tea bowl heavily on the table. Yang Rong arranged the gift for tomorrow's birthday. As soon as he entered the house, he happened to see Zhu Zhi's actions.
Chapter completed!