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Chapter 124 Argument

As expected by Zhang Juzheng, after Jia Sanjin's memorial was sent up, the emperor was not angry at all. Instead, he criticized the memorial and ordered the courtiers to discuss the canal affairs, "Anyone who can benefit the state can speak freely."

After Jia Sanjin's memorial was circulated, the already noisy imperial court was more like a ladle of water being poured into a hot oil pan. In a short period of time, everyone who felt they were qualified to speak in the court signed up one after another.

Because Jia Sanjin said, "I believe that there are barbaric paths in the world, and we can take Jiuzhe Mountain; people have ginseng and ginseng, and ginger and cinnamon can keep their health, so why try to order blackbirds to keep them safe?" This sentence is powerful and spicy enough, so this is a memorial to follow the trend.

Everyone cited this point of view to say that sea transportation was not feasible. For a time, Jia San was in the limelight.

However, there were many knowledgeable people in the imperial court who realized the huge advantages of sea transportation. Therefore, when the emperor dismissed the memorial to the Ministry of Household Affairs and allowed it to be reintroduced, the voices supporting sea transportation gradually became more numerous. Although there were more voices that did not support river-cao transportation.

, but it also has considerable momentum.

In September of the third year of Wanli, Hanlin compiled a memorial written by Luo Wanhua, which completely refuted Jia San and left the opponents of shipping in the imperial court speechless for a while.

Luo Wanhua's memorial does not have the gorgeous rhetoric of the former Zhuangyuan volume. The core content is three tables. The content of the first table is the data of the Yuan Dynasty's use of sea transportation for grain transportation from the 20th year of the Yuan Dynasty to the 2nd year of Tianli.

statistics.

The table is divided into five columns, the first column is the year, the second column is the starting quantity, the third column is the arrival quantity, the fourth column is the loss amount, and the last column is the loss proportion.

The highest loss rate was in the fourth year after Haicao started. Due to a typhoon, the loss rate reached a quarter. In the remaining years, it was mostly below 5%.

From the second year of Yanyou to the first year of Tianli, due to the progress of the shipbuilding industry in the Yuan Dynasty, sea-going ships became stronger and the number of crew members was greatly reduced - the loss dropped to an astonishing less than one percent for more than ten consecutive years.

The lowest year was the second year of Zhizhi, when 3,251,140 shi were shipped, reaching 3,246,483 shi, with a loss of 0.1%.

Four!

In his memorial, Luo Wanhua calculated the average loss ratio of shipping in the 46 years of the Yuan Dynasty: 1.6%.

After finishing this table, Luo Wanhua made a second table? For Taizu, in the early days of Emperor Chengzu, the loss of grain transportation by sea to Liaodong and Beijing? Basically, the average average was about 4 or 5%, because during the Taizu period

It's really not as good as the sea-going ships from the early Chengzu period.

Luo Wanhua pointed out that the loss data of Wang Zongmu's trial sea-going canal in the sixth year of Longqing was also slightly higher than 1% - at this time Wang Zongmu used professional sea-going ships.

The third table is the water transportation loss table using canals to transport grain. The format is the same as the previous table? It also counts the shipment volume and arrival volume. This loss ratio is simply invisible. Starting from the 14th year of Yongle to Wanli, He

The consumption during the water transport process is about twice the arrival amount? That is, the annual water transport task is 4 million stones. However, the canal and the people on both sides of the river who make a living from this consume 8 million stones!

Since the advent of the memorial genre, Luo Wanhua was probably the first to draw tables in the memorial. These three tables and a few words easily pointed out a point that everyone knew? But they all turned a blind eye.

The fact? It vividly exposed the inefficiency of the Ming Dynasty’s use of river canals.

Luo Wanhua finally argued in the memorial: "Anyone who sees these three tables need not talk about the use of seas and rivers."

"After the founding of the Ancestor, there were endless discussions about restoring maritime transportation. During the reign of Emperor Xianzong, Qiu Rui entered the "Supplement to the Explanation of the Great Learning" and spoke highly of the benefits of maritime transportation for eternity. During the reign of King Sejong, there were many obstacles in the way of transportation, and the discussion about restoring maritime transportation became more intense. However, why could it not be revived?

?When in power, we stick to the old ways and dare not break them and then set our ears!"

"The first emperor opened the customs at the source of the problem, and the sea has been peaceful for several years. The pirates have disappeared and the Japanese pirates are less frequent? This is the time to restore the sea-cao system! The minister's intention is contrary to the popular opinion, the sea-cao system should be the main one; retain it

The river canal is worth 120,000 shi per year, just in case of emergencies, and the rest is all sea canal!"

This memorial that uses data to speak for itself is so powerful that the officials who opposed Haicao led by Jia Sanjin were defeated.

Immediately, Jia Sanjin, just as Zhang Juzheng expected, read a book "Commentary on the Use of Tables to Describe Matters in Governance" at lightning speed, and happily admitted that he was blind and had only heard rumors and empty words to disrupt the government.

.

Jia Sanjin scolded himself in the memorial. Not only did he ask for punishment, but he also suggested to the emperor that in the future, all ministries should submit memorials and use tables to explain everything clearly - and praised Luo Wanhua, saying that he was

Exemplary implementation of the emperor’s policy of “seeking truth from facts”.

This coquettish move almost broke the waists of the courtiers, and the one with a bad temper almost rolled up his sleeves and beat him. But when Jia San met people, he said: "You can correct your mistakes if you know them, and there is no great virtue." "A gentleman will be happy after hearing this.

If you hit me, you are a villain... Oh my god, you are really hitting me!"

Because the model memorial created by Jia Sanjin did not involve the issue of Cao troops and transport troops on both sides of the canal, there were very few objections focused on these two matters.

At this time, the opponents had no time to change their focus. Because the emperor had already criticized Jia Sanjin's memorial, graciously forgave him for his previous disrespectful remarks, and highly appreciated the view that "tables describing matters are beneficial to governance."

, requesting everyone to use tables when writing memorials in the future, just like Luo Wanhua, and to speak meaningfully.

This is certainly true, but now it is too late to investigate the current situation of the Cao army, farming and transportation. While everyone was in a trance, Wang Guoguang from the cabinet came to read another book.

This book is called "A Proclamation for Each Province Concerning the Canal to Establish Customs and Collect Commercial Taxes to Replenish the People's Wealth." The central meaning is this: I, Wang Guoguang, support Wang Zongmu and Luo Wanhua's proposal to reopen the canal, but the canal cannot be abolished.

, what a pity.

What should we do? For each province involved in the canal, you will repair the canals within your jurisdiction, and then the court will allow you to set up customs and collect taxes according to the tax rate set by the court. Is this a cross-river tax? The court will not charge you a penny, and will give it to you to use as compensation.

Over the years, the imperial court has depleted the people's manpower of various provinces, and at the same time, this expense is also used to ensure the daily maintenance of the canal.

After this copy was posted, Zhu Yijun did not waste a day, and it was immediately published in the Di's newspaper. At this time, there was a commotion all over the world. The chief envoys and transshipment envoys of the provinces involved in Cao Cao immediately posted the copy, and they all said that Comrade Wang Guoguang was good, and he was a great leader of the country.

, is the cutest person in the cabinet!

All the local officials involved in the canal can think that if the sea canal is changed, the days when the canal can be opened to obtain central subsidies will be gone forever. However, as the anti-corruption efforts of this dynasty become more and more intense,

The risk of earning this black money with your head is getting higher and higher. If there are low-risk ways to make money, who would still use the old tricks?

These local officials were just thinking about this when they saw the memorial of Wang Guangguang published in the newspaper. Well, it was our former common comrade-in-arms Comrade Wang Guangguang who was the most considerate!

The provinces that did not involve water transportation were also very keen on it. They came to this book one after another and asked if it would be okay for me to build some water conservancy facilities in the territory and then charge a toll. The imperial court replied that of course not, only the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal can collect tolls.

Of course, the imperial court has included the construction of water conservancy facilities and road facilities as the focus of performance evaluation, and ranked it above culture and education, with the weight listed second, only behind the protection of people's livelihood. If local officials renovate the roads and rivers within the territory,

Well, it goes without saying that performance appraisals can count.

With Luo Wanhua's initial declaration, Jia Sanjin's rebellion, and Wang Guoguang's initial declaration, all three came down, and the momentum of opposition to shipping became somewhat unpopular.

There were a few strong-willed officials in the affairs of the capital who brought up the Cao army to talk to the transporters and asked the imperial court what to do with the 40,000 Caojun and 300,000 transporters on both sides of the canal who directly depended on the water transport for food?

There are a large number of small traders who open restaurants and run tertiary industries in granaries and docks. What should ordinary people do? It adds up to millions!

Before the pro-shipping faction could reply, Pan Jixun also started writing.


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