It is indeed not enough. The most consumed thing in war is money and food. The Qing Dynasty is not short of money now, there is plenty of it, but the most scarce thing now is food.
Since the founding of the Qing Dynasty, food has never been abundant.
When Lao Khan was in power, he had to reduce his population many times due to lack of food.
The Han people in Liaodong were killed from 2 million to less than 500,000.
Unexpectedly, now that I have entered the customs, sitting in the fertile land of Gyeonggi Province, I still cannot get rid of the dilemma of food shortage.
The three traitors, Hong Chengchou, Ning Wan, myself, and Fan Wencheng, were also lamenting. In fact, they knew the crux of the problem. The reason why the Qing Dynasty could not get rid of the dilemma of food shortage was all caused by the Eight Banners system.
The Eight Banners system was a good move militarily, which greatly ensured combat effectiveness.
But when it comes to agricultural production, the Eight Banners system is a cancer, harmful rather than helpful.
The reason is very simple. After entering the customs and enclosing land, the bannermen of the Eight Banners have actually become large and small landowners. They no longer go to the fields very much and are only responsible for fighting.
The task of farming fell on the shoulders of 500,000 Baoyang.
However, the Manchu bannermen of the Eight Banners were often extremely harsh on coatings.
These people are so skinny that they don't even have enough to eat. Each of them is responsible for cultivating thirty or forty acres or even fifty or sixty acres. How can they do a good job? A harvest of four bushels per mu is already pretty good.
But Hong Chengchou and the others did not dare to say anything more about this matter.
Because the Eight Banners system is the root of the Qing Dynasty, who dares to criticize it?
Dorgon said with a dark face: "Two million stones of grain is definitely not enough. Let Fan Yongdou and the others find a way to buy it from Nanming. Isn't Nanming experiencing a silver shortage now? We happen to have a lot of silver, so let Fan Yongdou and the others use the silver to buy it from Nanming.
Grain, no matter how high the price is, buy me all the grain you can buy."
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Nanjing Imperial College Yilun Hall.
All departments have reported on their ongoing work.
Now it's the turn of the medical department to give to Fu Shan and Wu Youke.
The two reported mainly on surgical attempts.
After listening to the reports of the two people, Chongzhen said: "Fu Qingzhu, Wu Youke, you can actually be more courageous. In addition to practicing with animals, you can also directly dissect corpses and teach with human corpses. This is not something you can do to medical schools.
Scholars can understand the structure of the human body faster and more accurately?"
"Corpse?" Fu Shan asked, "Is this okay?"
Wu Youke was also worried and said: "Your Majesty, we just use animals to practice, but many Taoist teachers come to the door of the medical school all day long to yell and curse. If we really use corpses to dissect and teach, won't these Taoist teachers go crazy?"
"Let them go crazy and ignore them." Chongzhen waved his hand and said, "Just use the corpse to teach."
Fu Shandao: "But the problem is, even if we want to teach autopsy, we can't find the source of the corpse."
"This is indeed a problem." Chongzhen said after pondering for a moment, "In this way, I will say hello to the cabinet. In the future, if there are any heinous criminals, their families will not be allowed to collect the corpses after they are executed, and they will be taken directly to the medical school to be used as teaching materials.
And I will also find a way for you to provide you with corpse sources as much as possible."
Fu Shan and Wu Youke were overjoyed and said, "I would like to thank you on behalf of the two thousand scholars from the medical school."
"No need." Chongzhen waved his hand and said, "Oh, and your idea of setting up a maternal and infant hospital is very good, but I think you can do more. You can set up a comprehensive hospital. In addition to gynecology,
You can also set up departments of pediatrics and obstetrics, internal medicine and surgery, and the space can be expanded, so that more people in Nanjing can be treated and the medical school students can get more opportunities to practice."
Speaking of this meal, Chongzhen said again: "Wouldn't it be much more efficient to do this than the two of you carrying a medicine box and leading a group of scholars through the streets?"
Fu Shan and Wu Youke's eyes lit up.
"Your Majesty, I will return to the medical school to make preparations."
After Fu Shan and Wu Youke were sent away, only Zhu Cihong and Zhu Cijiong brothers were left in the Yilun Hall. The editor-in-chief of Huangming Times Wang Wei and the missionary department were all assigned to Ruan Dacheng.
"Wang Wei, and Ruan Dacheng."
Chongzhen said: "What is the public opinion in Beijing?"
After finishing the business, Chongzhen could finally take time to deal with the negative public opinion in Beijing.
Wang Weidao: "Your Majesty, the public opinion in Beijing suddenly broke out in early October, after the news came back that your Majesty demoted the Duke of Guizhou to the title of Marquis of Central Yunnan and moved him to the capital."
"Sure enough." Chongzhen nodded, "It seems that there are many people who sympathize with Dian Zhonghou."
"Yes." Wang Wei nodded and said, "Even Mr. Lu Ge and Mr. Meng Ge disagreed with this matter. Both of them believed that even though the Marquis of Dianzhong had committed a crime, he should not be punished so severely."
Chongzhen asked: "Are there any instructions from the Prime Minister of the Cabinet behind those imperial officials?"
Wang Weidao said: "As far as I know, there is no such thing. Most of the imperial officials are following the trend, thinking that this matter can gain fame without the danger of dismissal from office. However, Li Huei is an exception."
"Really?" Chongzhen asked with a smile, "Why do you say Li Huei is an exception?"
Wang Weidao: "Because Li Huie married the concubine of Wei Guogong a month ago."
"Concubine?" Ruan Dacheng interrupted at this time, "Your Majesty, that is the adopted daughter of Wei Guogong."
"That's what happened anyway." Wang Wei said, "Li Huie is speaking out for his father-in-law."
Chongzhen said softly: "That is to say, the cause of this incident was that I demoted the Duke of Guizhou as the Marquis of Dianzhong, and the initiator was Li Huei. Then the imperial censors and officials in Beijing followed up one after another in order to gain reputation.
Young officials also supported it, but the cabinet and senior officials in the ministry did not secretly add fuel to the flames?"
"Yes." Wang Wei nodded, "That's probably it."
Ruan Dacheng said: "But now a public opinion campaign has formed."
Wang Wei nodded and said, "Yes, Chen Liangmo and Wu Ganlai just defended the Holy Father a few words, but they were isolated by their colleagues in the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Sixth Section."
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Chongzhen said: "Then just start a verbal fight with them."
After a pause, he then said: "Ruan Dacheng, you are responsible for story telling and opera. You should arrange more songs about how feudal ethics are harmful to people. You also want Liu Jingting and others to tell more stories about how feudal ethics are harmful to people. For example, they tortured their daughters alive in order to bind their feet."
Beating her to death, or ruthlessly selling her living daughter to a dead man for a ghost marriage, etc."
"I accept the decree." Ruan Dacheng happily agreed. This is what he is best at.
Chongzhen said to Wang Wei again: "You can find some writing experts, preferably those with high moral standards in the literary world. For example, Zhang Shenyan, the deputy minister of the cabinet, is very suitable. Ask them to write a few articles criticizing feudal ethics, and then publish them on the front page of Huangming Times.
To make headlines and change customs, we should start with newspapers. How can we not use this position?"
"I accept the decree." Wang Wei cupped his hands and said, "I will ask someone to write an article when I get back."
Chongzhen said again: "You can pay more for writing. Good articles should be paid high."
Wang Wei immediately understood the hidden meaning of Chongzhen's move, which was driven by interests.
The second step is to ask literary figures like Zhang Shenyan to write articles. The key is to bring together reformists like Zhang Shenyan through real interests, and then start a public opinion battle with conservatives.
Thinking of this, Wang Wei suddenly said: "Your Majesty, there is one more thing. The Hanlin Academy also launched a Hanlin Daily six months ago. The layout and content are all imitated by our Huangming Times."
"The reason why Li Huei's memorial has such great influence,"
"It's because he publicly published the memorial on the front page of Hanlin Daily."
Having said this, Wang Wei added: "So, once our Huangming Times publishes an article criticizing the feudal ethics for poisoning people, Hanlin Daily will definitely publish an article to refute us."
"How can this be done?" Zhu Cijiong said angrily upon hearing this, "Seal them down."
"No need." Chongzhen said, "Then let them refute. As the saying goes, if the gong is not beaten, it will not ring, and if the reason is not argued, it will not be clear. Let the people of the Ming Dynasty judge whether the feudal ethics are good or bad."
Of course, Chongzhen was happy to see such philosophical speculation come to fruition.
The contention of a hundred schools of thought during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period greatly liberated the minds of the Chinese ancestors and created glory for the next two thousand years.
The Renaissance from the 14th century to the 16th century also greatly liberated Western thinking, allowing the Western world to take the lead in entering industrial civilization and completing the historical transcendence of Eastern civilization.
Almost at the same time, the debate between Xinxue and Neo-Confucianism also took place in the Ming Dynasty.
Under the speculations of the masters of Xinxue and Neo-Confucianism, the foundation of feudal ethics has been crumbling, and the thoughts that have been restrained by Confucianism for two thousand years have tended to break free again. Unfortunately, at this time, the Ming Dynasty perished.
The wave of ideological emancipation also came to an abrupt end after the slaves entered the Guan Pass.
Only short-sighted slaves can imprison their thoughts.
Chongzhen wished that the more such speculations, the better, and the wider the scope, the better.
Therefore, it is impossible to prohibit the publication of newspapers. Nowadays, anyone can publish a newspaper.
Of course, if a newspaper openly incites anti-Ming and rebellion against imperial power, it will definitely be shut down.
Wang Wei and Ruan Dacheng left after receiving the decree, leaving only Chongzhen and his son in the Yilun Hall.
Zhu Cixi said with some sadness: "Father, I have let you down. I failed to serve as the supervisor of the country well, which caused such a big public opinion in the capital and caused food shortages to break out in several state capitals in the south."
"Hey, how can I blame you?" Chongzhen waved his hand and said, "You are only a supervisor in name."
Zhu Cixi, the supervisor of the country, was really a supervisor in name only, and he no longer even had the power to criticize the red.
After a pause, Chongzhen said again: "Now we can talk about this food shortage. What is going on?"
Zhu Cixiang said: "In late September, with the end of the autumn harvest, this year's new rice entered the market in large quantities, and then the price of rice suddenly collapsed. First in Suzhou, and then in Huzhou, the price of rice fell directly to five cents per stone."