When Shao Zhi stood up, all the nine ministers in the East Pavilion knew that this had nothing to do with discussing the matter, and the nature had become a party dispute.

It is indeed a national policy to abolish corvee and restore commerce, but the content is still very professional after all. The Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Industry, which really have a say, have not spoken yet, but the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Ministry of Punishment jumped out first.

Zhan Hui's motives are currently unknown, but Shao Zhi's motives are known to everyone.

He opposed Zhan Hui purely because he supported Chen Yunfu.

Zhan Hui was not surprised at all that Shao Zhi would stand up against him. He refuted Chen Yunfu, and Shao Zhi naturally wanted to side with Chen Yunfu.

"If I say anything wrong, Shao Butang can speak out."

Zhan Hui put on a paunchy posture and said: "Today, His Royal Highness the Prince summoned the nine ministers to discuss the "Abolition of Corvene and Restoration of Shang Shu" written by the general envoy. All colleagues should know that everything should be said."

Zhan Hui's words gave this a predetermined nature and discussed the matter based on the facts, not because he disliked Chen Yunfu.

Shao Zhi originally wanted to explain that the reason for his opposition was not party strife, so he followed Zhan Hui's words.

"What Zhan Yushi said is true. Nine ministers are gathered here to discuss this state matter. I think these four suggestions mentioned by the General Secretary are very good."

“Where does good come from?”

"The people of the world have been working hard for a long time. Just because it has been passed down for thousands of years does not necessarily mean that it is right. Redundant, harsh, and bad government should still be abolished when it is time to abolish it. Today's General Secretary proposed this "Abolition of Corvene and Restoration of Corvene"

"Shang Shu" can be described as good governance at the right time."

Zhan Hui sneered, but he was not in a hurry to argue with Shao Zhi. He was still Jiuqing anyway, and he still had basic qualities. He had to let Shao Zhi continue.

"As for the restoration of business status, although businessmen do have their shortcomings, we cannot stop eating because of choking, let alone beat all businessmen in the world to death just because there are some bad apples among them.

Merchants can benefit from connecting the north and south and promote the flow of money and goods, which can not only enrich people's livelihood, but also replenish the national treasury. These are also real benefits."

"The average price seems absurd, but what Zhan Yushi said was taken out of context. The General Secretary explained the average price very clearly in this book. The average price seems to have caused a loss to the treasury. However, since

In the long run, it will store wealth among the people, which will be of great benefit to stimulating the recovery of people's livelihood and promoting the development of the northwest and southwest."

"Finally, let's talk about the camp official discussion. This is a powerful supplement to the second and third articles. It can also play a role in restricting businessmen from growing bigger. Businessmen must not only use it but also guard against it. The most important point is that

As mentioned in the official discussion, the official business can guide the correct direction of business and better control the national economic trend."

Don't think that Shao Zhi understands Chen Yunfu very well. What he said is actually a simplified retelling of the core meaning of "Abolition of corvee and restoration of business".

Mr. Shao has been dealing with the Three Laws Division all his life. If you ask him to recite the "Da Ming Law" and open his mouth, he will know nothing about the abolition of corvee and the restoration of business.

Of course Zhan Hui could hear it, so he disdained it.

He also said that you, an old boy, only talk about things as they are, but you have some wise opinions of your own. It is all nonsense from the textbooks and following the trend.

Before Zhan Hui could speak, Yu Lun, Minister of War, stood up.

"I think what Shao Butang said makes sense, and I also support the Tongzheng envoy's "Abolition of Corvee and Resumption of Shang Shu"."

The turn was so sharp that Zhan Hui almost turned around and turned to look at Yu Lun in disbelief.

How can you, a minister of the Ministry of War, join in the fun?

Not to mention Zhan Hui, even Chen Yunfu was stunned.

But it soon became clear why Yu Lun supported him.

Yu Lun served in the Ministry of Justice from the 6th year of Hongwu to the 15th year of Hongwu. In the 16th year of Hongwu, he served as Minister of War and was exempted from the post in the same year. In the 17th year of Hongwu, which was last year, Wen Xiangqing, the Minister of War, was killed because of his involvement in the Guo Huan case, and the six departments were empty.

, Yu Lun was re-appointed as Minister of War.

This is an old subordinate of his father-in-law, Shao Zhi.

Moreover, he was able to resume his career because he benefited from the Guo Huan case. In other words, he benefited from the Chen Yunfu case!

Therefore, no matter which angle you look at it, it is reasonable for Yu Lun to be on his side.

Thinking of this, Chen Yunfu glanced at Shao Zhi, and as expected he felt relieved when he saw the look in his eyes.

After Zhan Hui was initially stunned, he quickly recalled Yu Lun's political career, and he understood and secretly resented it.

Just as he was about to regroup and launch a counterattack, Zhu Biao, who was in charge, spoke.

"Is this "Abolition of corvee and restoration of business" feasible? What are the opinions of the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Industry?"

You are being biased!

Zhan Hui felt aggrieved in his heart. Just as he was about to fight back, he was interrupted by Zhu Biao, so he could only swallow the loss of face due to the rebuttal.

But the topic had already been brought to an end, and he couldn't dig into Zhu Biao's old accounts, so he had to sit back with his nose pinched and swallow his anger.

Ge Xun, the Minister of Household Affairs, was the first to stand up. He glanced at Shao Zhi first, then coughed lightly and said.

"The revenue and expenditure of the Ministry of Household Affairs in the past two years is still very good, but it is probably not easy to support the complete abolition of corvee. Therefore, we should first ask Xu Butang of the Ministry of Industry to explain how much pressure the abolition of corvee will put on the national treasury.

explain."

Don’t think what Ge Xun said is useless nonsense. His statement that the revenue and expenditure of the Ministry of Revenue is excellent is already a show of support for Chen Yunfu. As long as Xu Ben, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, does not cause trouble, the Ministry of Revenue can do more in terms of financial resources.

to actual support.

After all, Ge Xun was transferred from the Ministry of Punishment to the Ministry of Husbandry, and he used to be colleagues with Shao Zhi.

Xu Ben stood up and after a while he said, "Before we talk about abolishing corvee service, I have a question I would like to ask the General Secretary first."

Chen Yunfu sat down with a solemn expression and stretched out his hand to guide him.

"Excuse me, Xu Butang. I will tell you everything I know."

"With the abolition of corvee service, the imperial court will have to pay wages for workers. How much do you plan to set the wages?"

Others said that they had not said a nutritious word until now, and it was Xu Ben who started talking about the focus.

"In ordinary private labor, wages vary. The situation in each province is different, and the daily wages of laborers are also different. It is better to adapt to local conditions."

"Since we talked about adapting measures to local conditions, I will introduce it to the general secretary and colleagues."

Xu Ben talked about it: "In the south of the Yangtze River, the daily wages of water transport workers are thirty cents, in Guangdong and Guangxi it is twenty cents, in Shandong and Hebei it is thirty cents, and in the northwest it is cheaper, about fifteen cents.

.

Then we will follow the policy of adapting measures to local conditions. Last year, the Ministry of Industry built the Jiangnan Water Network and recruited 20,000 migrant workers for sixty-eight days. According to the daily wage of 30 taels, it was 600,000 taels, which is 600 taels of silver.

, sixty-eight days, forty thousand eight hundred taels.

The construction of the Yellow River embankment in the Henan section took 136 days and took 47,000 people. Henan workers were paid 20 cents a day, and the total cost was 127,840 taels.

...

It is easy to abolish corvee, but the money the country spends on it in more than a year will be as high as 1.68 million taels of silver! I don’t know if the General Secretary has any idea of ​​this number, but I can tell the General Secretary this way

, if the Ministry of Industry has to increase its budget by 1.68 million taels every year, then the budget of the Ministry of Industry next year will reach a huge 6 million taels!

My annual income in the Ming Dynasty does not have six million taels of cash, and a large part of it has to be offset by grain and treasure banknotes. So I would like to ask the General Secretary, if the budget of the Ministry of Industry is so high, then Baoyuan next year

Does the bureau need to mint coins again, and the treasure banknote raising department needs to print money again?"

"Of course not."

“Then where will this huge deficit come from?”

Xu Ben stretched out his hand towards Chen Yunfu: "As long as the General Secretary has the ability to solve the wage problem, the Ministry of Industry will be the first to support the abolition of corvee!"

This is General Chen Yunfu’s army!
Chapter completed!