Imperial Master of the Ming Dynasty

After Xia Yuanji finished reading this "Philosophical Correspondence: Alienation, New Nobility and Psychoanalysis of All Classes in Ming's Future Society", his heart was filled with many mixed and inexplicable emotions.

"Master Jiang, you really have the ability to see thousands of miles with a candle!"

"The immortal looks down upon the long river of history, how terrifying it is!"

"Not only can it point out the possible development direction of the Ming Dynasty in the future, but it can also clearly analyze the new social classes that will emerge. This ability is really unheard of and unseen!"

Not to mention that Xia Yuanji's thoughts were changing a thousand times, but the few ministers who were passed around next, even those with a calm demeanor like Huang Fu, were secretly shocked.

I am surprised that this suspected immortal named "Jiang Xinghuo" has such a terrifying insight into the fog of history. It is really amazing.

How many people in this world can give a detailed description of the direction of future social evolution?

Huang Fu asked himself, if strictly speaking, I am afraid that only this "Jiang Xinghuo" can do it.

What's more, the derivation hypothesis given by Jiang Xinghuo is not a castle in the air, but is almost closely related to the "Eight Strategies for Reform" submitted by Dao Yan.

Huang Fu thought about it carefully, and found that the "new aristocracy" was a new social class in the imagination, and its military merits must be inseparable from the fifth strategy of "nation-state" and the eighth strategy of "reshaping the vassal system".

It was these two seemingly inconspicuous reform measures that allowed the Ming Dynasty to expand overseas, lift the moral constraints of the vassal system, and remove the theoretical constraints of the traditional "China-Barbarian Debate" in acquiring colonies.

Huang Fu believes that the clans in the "new aristocracy" are also inseparable from the clan assessment that has been implemented some time ago.

Originally, the clan assessment had little to do with the ministers, so not many ministers paid attention to it. However, Huang Fu was a careful person. He clearly remembered that the clan assessment management method included the clan's work. At that time, he thought it was just about running the Imperial Manor.

At the moment, it seems obvious that the content of this clan's work points to the vast overseas colonies and markets of the Ming Dynasty in the future.

These two words are explained in the letter, and it is not difficult for Huang Fu to understand them.

Similarly, the two new social classes of "manual workshop owners" and "manual workshop workers" were also created based on overseas trade needs and the development of agricultural technology.

This is inseparable from the third policy in the "Eight Strategies of Reform", which is to completely re-clear the land and expand the use of agricultural land and chemical fertilizers.

Although some things, such as the "iron horse that eats coal" mentioned by Jiang Xinghuo during his lecture, Huang Fu was not clear about.

But in fact, even Britain's first industrial revolution did not start with the steam engine.

Although according to a common view in Jiang Xinghuo's previous life, industrial change mainly refers to the use of machines to replace labor in production, thereby causing changes in production methods, the machines here must not be directly equated with steam engines.

Machines are commonly used in production. In fact, they appeared in the textile industry, especially the cotton, wool, linen, silk and other textile industries. They were the first industrial sectors to undergo industrial changes relying on water power, steam and machines, and were also the first products of modern production methods.

The invention of Arkley's water-powered spinning machine is often regarded as marking the beginning of British industrial change.

The Ackley water-powered spinning machine was improved from the water-powered spinning machine of the Yuan Dynasty.

What I want to say here is that this statement is not the invention of history, but in the "Agricultural Book" of Wang Zhen of the Yuan Dynasty, there are detailed records of water-powered spinning machines. Wang Zhen called this water-powered spinning machine "water-powered spinning machine". The "big spinning wheel" is a textile machine invented in the late Southern Song Dynasty and popular in the Yuan Dynasty.

The "Big Water Spinning Wheel" is specially used for twisting long fibers, and is mainly used to process linen yarn and silk. The hemp spinning wheel is larger and different from the human-powered spinning wheel. It is equipped with thirty-two spindles, including rotating spindles, twisting, water wheels and transmissions. The four parts including the device are driven by two leather ropes to run thirty-two spindles. The hydraulic drive can add one hundred kilograms of linen yarn per car per day.

Wang Zhen introduced its structure, performance and usage at that time in detail, and attached a brief drawing of this machine, thus confirming with conclusive evidence that the world's earliest hydraulic spinning machine did exist in China. .

As for why Daming didn’t promote it

It is also related to the system established by Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang of the Ming Dynasty. Zhu Yuanzhang advocated that men farm and women weave in rural areas. Planting is the foundation of the Ming Dynasty.

Lao Zhu’s experience is that if you don’t have a full stomach, everything else is just nonsense.

Therefore, the textile industry can only be developed as a sideline industry, and the problem of irrigation water rights in rural areas also seriously hindered China's first industrial revolution in the Ming Dynasty, when water was turned into large spinning wheels.

Closer to home, Huang Fu still agrees with the fact that overseas trade caused the formation of large-scale handicraft factories in the Ming Dynasty.

Because the example of the Iron-Blooded Song Dynasty is there, it is not without precedent.

As long as the emperor was determined to engage in overseas trade, it was indeed possible for handicraft industry and commerce to prosper and become a new social class.

While several ministers were circulating, Zhu Gaojiu followed Zhu Gaosui into the room quietly.

To Zhu Di's surprise, his silly son didn't say anything, but stood behind him honestly, without even asking for an extra seat.

Later, several ministers finally circulated the correspondence between Daoyan and Jiang Xinghuo.

As the top level of the Ming Empire's bureaucracy, the six ministers, no matter how poor their abilities were, were only relatively poor, but their vision and structure were all there.

They all realized one thing clearly.

Changes in the law can indeed support new beneficiary classes.

Whether they are the "new aristocrats" who must rely heavily on imperial power and the existing temple system, or the "manufacturer owners" who can be transformed from some of the more enlightened gentry class, they actually pose no threat to the emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

In other words, in their foreseeable years, there is no threat.

Because of the reform, the core temple system and military system of the Ming Dynasty were not modified.

Zhu Di, who relied on the army to rise to power, still firmly controlled the military power of the Ming Empire. With military power in hand, the military meritorious officials in the "new aristocracy" helped Zhu Di occupy the market for dumping Ming products; the members of the clan were attached to the Ming Dynasty. Agent of Yu Daming State Assets.

At the same time, "manufacturers" were just tools to help the emperor produce handicraft goods.

In that case, the changes to the imperial examination system, the restoration of Xunzi's status as the Five Sages of Confucianism, and the promotion of the theory of sage kings in "Eight Strategies of Reform" were also intended to cooperate with the Reform and enhance the status of imperial power.

"One link after another, a perfect fit."

Huang Fu sighed with emotion and thought to himself.

Dao Yan looked at the different reactions of several ministers and finally spoke.

"Everyone, do you still have any questions about the issue raised by Minister Jian just now about supporting the new beneficiary class?"

Jian Yi thought for a while and then said casually: "Old minister, I still have a question."

"oh?"

Zhu Di, who thought that the situation was settled after Dao Yan pulled out his big killer weapon, became energetic at this time and asked: "What does Jian Shangshu want to ask?"

"Since Your Majesty plans to imitate the Song Dynasty and vigorously promote overseas trade to achieve the same prosperity as the Song Dynasty, I dare to ask Your Majesty whether he will fall into the debate between Wang Anshi and Sima Guang about national wealth again?"

When Zhu Di heard the name Wang Anshi, his head hurt.

Why can't we get around this "sister-in-law" who has been dead for who knows how many years?

Here is an issue that everyone present knows.

The dispute between Wang Anshi and Sima Guang about national wealth is that Wang Anshi believes that "those who manage money well will not be endowed by the people but will be used by the state", while Sima Guang believes that "the goods and wealth produced by heaven and earth are limited to this amount, and if they are not among the people, then In the public house."

At first glance, what kind of granite-headed old-school guy is Sima Guang? How can the world's wealth be fixed?

But this means that in the Song Dynasty, the economic situation was not the same.

On the contrary, the economic situation of the Northern Song Dynasty and the Southern Song Dynasty was quite different.

In the era of Wang Anshi in the Northern Song Dynasty, although the country vigorously developed commerce, the main body was still agriculture, and the agricultural tax and the corresponding head tax were of course fixed.

However, Wang Anshi's proposition is different from Jiang Xinghuo's theory.

Wang Anshi's "Those who are good at managing money, the people do not add taxes but the state uses money" refers to the reform and reform to bring the middle class, that is, the corrupt officials, into the hands of the state as much as possible. In other words, it is the monopoly of the imperial court. Come and do it.

It is still using the public power of a feudal country to seek wealth. It is not much different from Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty who specialized in salt and iron and recollected the money that could not be collected.

This is the problem that Jian Yi has not heard of the relevant volumes of "On National Destiny".

And in the eyes of everyone's surprise, Zhu Gaoxu actually spoke at this time!

Zhu Gaoxu talked eloquently. In just a few words, he summarized the relevant content of "On National Destiny" taught to him by Jiang Xinghuo, and explained Jian Yi's doubts clearly.

"Is it actually a big watermelon? It doesn't sound impossible."

Jian Yi frowned slightly, but finally accepted this statement.

After all, although Jian Yi is not a bureaucrat like Xia Yuanji who specializes in economics, since he is the first of the six ministers, he still knows a little about these things.

The second prince Zhu Gaoxu, who had not seen him for a long time, suddenly stabbed the six ministers in the butt with a small knife and opened their eyes. His behavior was completely different from that before he was imprisoned, which even surprised several ministers who did not know the inside story.

Zhu Gaochi, who was sitting on the chair, looked back at his second brother with a gentle smile.

But at this glance, Zhu Gaochi immediately discovered that this brother he had not seen for a long time had indeed become different.

Zhu Gaoxu's sharp edge has become much more restrained, and he no longer has the attitude of "father is the boss, I am the second boss, and Tian is the third boss".

"Since you ministers have no objections, let's move on to the last topic." Dao Yan said.

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