Chapter 576: Juntian? The people depend on His Majesty!
Officials advance and the people retreat, allowing the official industries to continue to be the main body of the Ming Dynasty, and even allowing workers to hold shares.
Zhu Youxiao was quite shocked after hearing this. He did not expect Bi Ziyan to have such insights.
You should know that employee stock ownership is a very advanced management system in later generations.
Although everyone knows that this will help the company become stronger, few bosses are willing to do this. Most of them are puppets of capital than to be on par with employees and share profits.
At this time, Sun Chuanting also had an idea and said, "This is a solution!"
"However, from the perspective of the minister, this is not enough. The equal land system in the Sui and Tang dynasties should be restored. The land in the world is also collected from the country and divided equally among the people! The court is specialized in the world, because the wealth in the world is the land. Since the wealthy families exploit tenants by privately adding land and renting, and the middle-class wealth goes bankrupt due to selling land, they are not allowed to buy and sell land."
"That's right! People in the world can have private wealth, but only the right to distribute land and wealth must be in the hands of the court."
Lu Xiangsheng also followed suit.
"You are right."
Zhu Youxiao replied.
He had to admit that the ministers in front of him who received Confucian education since childhood also had an advantage. He was not deeply influenced by the West and cared too much about the market like his time traveler in his later generations. And these people still had the idea of the world being the public, otherwise there would not be a person like Wang Mang.
"Your Majesty, I think it is not too much, but I should be cautious, especially if the land is forcibly taken over to the court, it may lead to the Wang Mang Rebellion, and the land is forcibly distributed to the people, and there is also a suspicion of abolition of land and land transaction contracts! In this way, it will damage the prestige of the court."
But at this time, Zhu Xieyuan said something inappropriately, which was to pour a basin of cold water on the ministers who began to advocate publicization.
Just because Zhu Xieyuan's family was a big landlord, although he admitted that Bi Ziyan and others were worried, he really could not accept Sun Chuanting's radical proposal to share the landlord's land with the people.
"I also believe that the distribution of land is inappropriate, which can easily lead to unrest. Today, it has been implemented to spread the land into a mu, and officials and gentry will pay the grain together. Whoever is in the hands of the land will not affect the official treasury. As for the people, if the land is exploited too much, they can go to the factory to do work."
Wen Tiren also replied.
"There are not so many factories, and the factories must be built on land! The landlords who occupy land can enjoy the benefits by collecting rent and not paying labor are not income! It hinders the increase in social wealth and distributes as much as possible to producers, so they must divide the land! I know that all the public have abundant fertile land, but how can they keep private property in governing the country?"
Sun Chuanting replied.
Seeing that Sun Chuanting was so tough, Zhu Xieyuan expressed the need to divide the land, and emphasized that collecting rent is not a job for labor, and bluntly stated that governing the country cannot save personal gain. As a ruler, he had to consider it for the sake of national interests, so he softened his breath and said: "Collection of rent is not a job for labor, but it is not desirable. However, the land accumulated by large households is also accumulated by people's hard work and rashly seized it, which is indeed contrary to the original intention of the court to encourage the people to create wealth!"
Then, Zhu Xieyuan compromised and said, "Your Majesty, in my opinion, can you limit the rent of land first? If anyone dares to exploit it excessively, then take away his land, it will be considered a famous master."
"Your Majesty, I also believe that what Mr. Zhu said is a pertinent view. In addition, in order to prevent land mergers, more landlords appear, resulting in an increase in the profits of food rent and prevent unworthy descendants from selling land to survive. The land transaction can be explicitly prohibited. Traders will seize their land, which is considered to be a famous teacher."
Wen Tiren replied at this time, like Zhu Xieyuan, although he was a big landlord, as an auxiliary minister of the court, he did not dare to care about his own interests completely.
"How can innovation be so warm and tender! Without dividing the land, there will always be people who won without any effort!"
Lu Xiangsheng was as radical as Sun Chuanting and supported direct distribution of land.
The chief assistant Liu Hongxun couldn't help asking at this time: "If you really want to divide the fields, wouldn't your Majesty's imperial farmland also have to divide them?"
Lu Xiangsheng then shut up.
Sun Chuanting is not easy to speak anymore.
Zhu Youxiao couldn't help laughing. Yes, he was also a big landlord, but he was afraid he was the biggest landlord. If he really wanted to divide the score, he seemed to be the complete distribution of land in the people.
"The fields cannot be divided for the time being. The meaning of my royal farm is to protect the power of the monarch and not to steal the power of the court if those with ulterior motives!"
Zhu Youxiao said decisively and asked, "Do you guys understand?"
"I understand!"
Liu Hongxun and others immediately replied.
As the emperor, Zhu Youxiao did rely on possession of the imperial village, a means of production, to support his Imperial Army and thus protect his imperial power.
And he is naturally unwilling to lose his power now.
It's not just because he really loves the feeling of being alone in power.
But he really couldn't guarantee that without imperial power, the people of the world would no longer be ruled.
When Sun Chuanting heard Zhu Youxiao say this, he also understood the emperor's concerns, so he dispelled the idea of collecting land as state-owned and comparing the land in the world.
Lu Xiangsheng was the same, and said: "Although the land cannot be divided, as we just discussed, land rent must be strictly restricted and land transactions must be prohibited!"
"Should this be the case."
Zhu Youxiao replied.
"Your Majesty, I think, should I also consider that if someone suddenly encounters a family's accident, it is urgent to exchange land for money and temporarily overcome difficulties. If it is not allowed to trade, is it too heartless?"
Liu Hongxun asked.
"Then you can mortgage it, you can mortgage it to the official bank, which is equivalent to being sold to the court."
Lu Xiangsheng replied.
"feasible!"
Zhu Youxiao’s first lecture.
But at this time, Liu Hongxun stood up and looked distressed: "Your Majesty! It is indeed desirable for Mr. Lu and others to say that the emperor is far away from home since ancient times, and it is a problem that the imperial power is difficult to go to the countryside. Therefore, I am worried that even if the imperial decree is issued in this way, there will be people who will violate the court's sutras, or even those who are too lazy to enforce it. For example, the slaughter of the veterans of Kashima this time was caused by ignoring the emperor's power. Therefore, the old minister believes that the people still have to rely on His Majesty to always care about it!"
As Liu Hongxun said, he bowed deeply to Zhu Youxiao and said, "Old minister begs Your Majesty not to be lazy. Only Your Majesty can rule the world!"
After hearing this, Zhu Youxiao sighed and said, "But people cannot always rely on wise monarchs, polite officials, heroes, and others! The important thing is to rely on themselves, and the people are the same, and they must learn to fight for their own interests!"
"But this time, the veterans of Kashima took the initiative to fight for it, but they were still slaughtered. However, those who eat profits still need to be fair and righteous, so that the world can be clear and clear."
Liu Hongxun replied.
Chapter completed!