Wanli Youming

Chapter 174

Chapter 174

"But what I said is the truth!"

"If it hadn't been for the emperor's efforts to rule the country and Duke Jiangling's implementation of the New Deal, I would have died in prison long ago, and I would never have met Sister Laidi again. If I could marry her, I would still have a son and a daughter, as well as my current family business. , can increase the income of so many clansmen, and also allow you brother Lingyu to get a lot of dividends from me, so that you can sleep all the flower boats on the Qinhuai River."

"Otherwise, is the monthly money given by your Brother Lingyu's house enough for Brother Lingyu to drink flowers and wine?"

Liu Quexian replied.

Snapped!

Wang Changgeng slapped the table, stood up abruptly, and looked at Liu Quexian with fiery eyes.

Liu Quexian leaned on the back of the chair, looked at him calmly, and asked, "What's wrong with you?"

Wang Changgeng snorted, then walked away in a huff.

"Brother Lingyu!"

Seeing this, Liu Quexian quickly got up and called out to his classmate and friend.

Wang Changgeng ignored him, but still got into the carriage without looking back, and after getting into the carriage, he muttered: "Now you love to talk against me instead of telling me, and you start to tease me, are you still friends?" ?!"

Seeing Wang Changgeng leaving, Liu Quexian ignored him and didn't say anything. He just continued to sit back on the chair and asked the maid to clean up the unfinished chess game. Sunshine, he looked at "Juzheng Weiyu" written by Zhang Juzheng, which he bought at a high price in Beijing.

"Why did Wang Shishu leave in such a hurry?"

"Didn't you say he was going to stay for dinner?"

At this time, Laidi came back from the city with a vegetable basket on her shoulders, watched Wang Changgeng's carriage go away, and asked about Liu Quexian.

After the mid-Ming Dynasty, the southern commodity economy developed, especially the rapid development of the textile industry. Because many women were the main force in spinning and weaving, they began to bear economic expenditures in their families, and their social status improved. The so-called jealous women and shrews in this era.

Even later, there will be female generals in command, such as Qin Liangyu and Qin Liangyu's daughter-in-law.

Of course, the most famous shrew in this period of Ming Dynasty was Qi Jiguang's original partner.

Turning back, just because women's social status has improved, women have begun to show their faces, especially in the south, where women can be seen in many cities and towns.

Today, Laidi often goes to the market to choose ingredients in person, without worrying about gossip from the villagers, and can invite friends to go together, and also agree on a certain day to go to a certain city together, and a certain day to go to another city.

Gradually, in future generations, it will evolve into that a town will only open on the third, sixth, or ninth day, or the market will open on the sixth, seventh, or ninth day. A town to sell goods.

"Sister is back!"

After Laidi asked, Liu Quexian hurriedly got up and put down the book, and walked quickly with a smile.

In this era, wives often call their brothers and friends the same as their children, that is, they call them uncles.

Therefore, the Uncle Wang mentioned by Laidi is Wang Changgeng.

Liu Quexian's eyes were only on Laidi, and Laidi took some vegetable baskets full of meat, melons and fruits from his hands, smiled and said: "Don't worry about him! You can cook something delicious for me alone. !"

"Are you arguing again?"

"I think he seemed a little angry when he left."

Laidi asked while walking towards the kitchen.

Liu Quexian said: "No! Leave him alone!"

"Aren't you going to apologize? Aren't you worried that he won't recognize you as a friend?"

Laidi asked.

"not going!"

"I can't always apologize and give in. I didn't do anything to apologize to him, but it's just a matter of fact. Besides, I'm not his servant, why must I obey him?"

Liu Quexian also replied with some resentment.

After hearing this, Laidi smiled, and then stopped Liu Quexian who was about to come in at the doorman in the kitchen: "Give me the vegetable basket, you don't want to come in!"

Liu Quexian was taken aback when he saw this, and said with a smirk, "Sister, there are no gentlemen here, only us."

"No! You are a husband now!"

Laidi refused.

Then, Laidi pursed her lips and looked at the girls she bought behind Liu Quexian: "They are all looking at you, the master."

Seeing this, Liu Quexian withdrew his foot from the threshold, and asked, "You bought people back this time, can the family property arrange jobs for them all?"

"I plan to teach them how to embroider first, and then arrange to go to the embroidery workshop."

"They agreed that during the period of learning embroidery, they don't need wages, just let us feed them, and help clean the embroidery workshop by the way."

"So it won't add much spending."

"So, I thought, buy some if you can. Now the gentlemen in the city (town) are selling their slaves out because of the thing you said that they want to promote the integration of officials and gentry. Especially those little girls who haven't kept their heads, many of them are kicked out of the mansion, and they live in the market, where they will only be bought by the flower boat, and let an innocent girl be ruined for nothing!"

"I was sold here and there in the past. If I can buy one more, I will buy one more in the future so that they can work and support themselves and become independent couples."

At this moment, Laidi spoke up.

Liu Quexian nodded after hearing this: "Sister has a kind heart, just like a female Bodhisattva."

Laidi gave him a gouged look, and immediately smiled again: "Your mouth is more and more honeyed!"

Then, Laidi became serious again and asked him: "Should we expand the scale of our embroidery workshop? Didn't you say that my embroidery work can be top-notch when sold in Suzhou and Hangzhou?"

"It can't be expanded yet!"

"My current fame can only guarantee the normal operation of a small embroidery workshop and a small weaving workshop. If I expand it, it will be a tiger's mouth. Let's talk about it after I become a Juren. It is best to expand after a Jinshi. It’s expensive, I’m afraid I don’t dare to covet my big embroidery workshop.”

Liu Quexian answered at this time.

Laidi nodded.

She also understands that without power, a bigger business is only for others.

"I just want to grow bigger, so I can hire more people, so that there are fewer slaves. Although it is hard work to be our hired workers, at least you won't be beaten and scolded, you can set up your own family, and you can go back to your hometown to see friends. "

Laidi said while washing the meat.

Liu Quexian nodded: "I know, but it's not just a matter of my failure in the current exam, but also a matter of money!"

"With my current status, I am not qualified to borrow money from big families, especially the nobles from the Xu family and Nandu. If I go to borrow money, I will only be eaten flesh and skin!"

"I dare not borrow money from them until I have official status, so that I don't have to worry about me borrowing money from them, and they don't take the opportunity to eat me flesh and skin."

After hearing this, Laidi nodded, tied the apron on the outside of the horse-faced skirt, rolled up the sleeves, revealing two white arms, and stood inside the door to cut the meat.

Liu Quexian stood outside the door, letting the breeze blow the scarf on his head, and looked in the direction of the Forbidden City.

He didn't know when he would be there to make a name for himself, and then he could make a bigger career.

……

"Sir, I'm thinking that the imperial court can actually set up a commercial bank that specializes in lending silver dollars, let's call it a bank, and Zhang Juzheng can support some officials and gentry engaged in industry and commerce, and further divide the officials and gentry. .”

"After all, the purpose of the reform and elimination of evils established today is not only to be rich but also to benefit the people. We must really take the people's livelihood and desires to heart."

"According to my review of some chapters about the census and the investigation by Jin Yiwei, I learned that after the implementation of the New Deal, the number of landless refugees has increased, and crimes have also increased."

"Although many big households dare not oppose the New Deal, they dare to transfer the losses caused by the court to the small people!"

"They released slaves and servants to reduce expenses, causing a large number of homeless people to appear in the local area, and most of them were old and young people of little value. The nursing homes of local government offices began to be unable to afford so many old and young people."

"Many girls were also sold to brothels to be raised as playthings for the rich and powerful in the future."

"At this time, encouraging some gentry engaged in industry and commerce to expand their operations will allow them to employ more landless people."

"In particular, the middle and lower class gentry, who are mainly responsible for hiring small people, should be encouraged by the imperial court to become bigger! Provide them with some financial support or institutional guarantees, and not allow bureaucrats or powerful officials to oppress them. In this way, many problems can be solved. With regard to the issue of landless refugees, it is difficult for the imperial court to create a lot of arable land for a while, but it can increase many jobs through such a policy.”

"For high-ranking officials and gentry who are engaged in industry and commerce, loans can also be given to support them in cross-sea operations, or I can directly contribute domestic funds to invest in shares, and the imperial court can also ask the Ministry of Households to request foreign funds to invest in shares after the ministry's discussion, so that more refugees can work. Do."

"In particular, a big tea merchant who can use many old and young to pick tea, or a big cloth merchant who can let many women embroider, so as to prevent the old and young from being self-supporting, and prevent many women from falling into prostitution and still becoming powerful people Playthings, and hurt the morals of the world."

Zhu Yijun was in the West Room of the Wenhua Palace that day, and he also talked to Zhang Juzheng about his hope that the imperial court would end the financial industry and encourage business and commerce.

And Zhu Yijun gave Zhang Juzheng the Zhang Zou and Jin Yiwei Zou about reporting the results of the population survey:

"Sir, you can see that the refugee problem is actually so serious that a large-scale civil uprising is likely to happen!"

"For example, Wang Zongmu, the governor of Jiangxi, said that in the area of ​​Jiuling Mountain in Yichun, Yuanzhou, there are more than 13 shacks who make a living from papermaking, wood mining, and mining!"

"Although this is related to my not allowing you to wipe them out as rioters and increase their number, the imperial court can't ignore these squatter refugees."

"According to the Jinyiwei Daily, they earn very little from papermaking in the mountains and forests. They can only guarantee that they will not starve to death. First, because the officials are powerful and right-handed. It relies on low prices to make profits, so the profits are very small.”

"And once there is a catastrophe or business routes are affected, when they can't make a living from papermaking, wood mining, or mining, they will have troubles. Therefore, the imperial court is obliged to help them with low-interest loans or share shares in the form of skills, so that they can be better. Be richer, so as not to become a vagrant again in the event of a catastrophe."

Zhang Juzheng's eyes lit up after hearing this.

(End of this chapter)