Because in Zhu Gaochi's view, this so-called "Ye Qi Reform" directly affects the fundamental reason for the demise of the Ming Dynasty!

In the eyes of later generations, there were many different opinions. Some said that the demise of the Ming Dynasty was lost in Wanli, some said that it was lost in the eunuch party, and some said that it was lost in the refugees...

But the most important thing is that the demise of the Ming Dynasty is directly related to the financial destruction!

There is no money to appease refugees, no money to suppress Li Moucheng, Zhang Mouzhong, no money to go to war with the Later Jin...

Because of lack of money, Chongzhen took out even the gold and silver utensils and even copper pots in the palace for military expenses in his last days!

However, this is just a drop in the bucket!

Still no money!

The fundamental reason why the Ming Dynasty lacks money was not that civil officials were corrupt. For a country, there were corrupt officials throughout the dynasties, and the integrated property was still very objective.

But the root of the moneyless disaster in the Ming Dynasty was buried as early as the fifth year of Hongzhi!

The biggest cancer is the "Ye Qi Reform"!

In the early years of the Ming Dynasty, under the strong and strong army of the Ming Dynasty, the Mongols retreated to the north of Mo, but even so, their power was still very strong.

Therefore, in order to ensure the peace of the border, the Ming Dynasty began to set up military towns at the border of Shanhaiguan in the east and Jiayuguan in the west to prevent the Mongols from invading.

At first, the four towns of Liaodong, Datong, Xuanfu and Yansui were established.

Later, three towns in Ningxia, Jizhou and Gansu were added, and then two towns in Taiyuan and Guyuan were added during the Hongzhi period, which are the "nine-side important towns" of the Ming Dynasty!

Although Jun Town has been established, it is far from enough to have cities and people!

Before the troops were moved, food and grass were the biggest problem. At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, food was the biggest problem, but at the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, all the people were in ruins and feeding hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses on the border was a huge project for the Ming Dynasty.

Moreover, Zhu Yuanzhang did not dare to add too much burden to the people after the troubled times.

Therefore, in the third year of Hongwu, Minister Yang Xian proposed to Lao Zhu that he was paying food and raising food, specifically:

The government bids for private bid based on the number of military rations needed in the border town!

The winning merchants transported grain to the border military town. After the grain was transported, the government issued salt inlets to the merchants. Then the merchants used the salt to obtain salt and then sold it to designated areas for profit.

This method was approved by Lao Zhu.

First of all, it was used as a pilot in Datong Town and soon promoted the entire Ming Dynasty! For the first born Daming, the benefits are far greater than the disadvantages.

If there is a method of clear salt, nothing is good at opening the middle!

The harvest of grain is a powerful guarantee for the Iron Cavalry of the Ming Dynasty!

Thinking of this, Zhu Gaochi couldn't help but take a deep breath and said:

"Anyone who set up a hundred thousand troops and went to a thousand miles to fight, the people's expenses and the public's service cost a thousand gold a day. Those who are chaotic outside and sluggish on the road and cannot handle things will be 700,000 families."

"Grandpa went north eight times, and my father Zhu Di went north five times!"

"Every time, it greatly weakened the power of Mongolia and defended the Ming Dynasty's border."

"These wars consumed countless military rations and horses, but they did not cause the extreme public grievances during the reign of Emperor Wu of Han."

"The credit for opening is unparalleled!"

When it comes to the opening of food, Zhu Gaochi's eyes showed a look of admiration.

"The food collection in China is only suitable for the wise ruler who knew the pros and cons of the Ming Dynasty. Obviously, Hongzhi was not listed here, and he could not see the disadvantages of the Ming Dynasty at that time!"

"Not only that, it's getting worse!"

"After the opening, Daming used "huge profits" to attract businessmen, and one of the most direct harms caused by the Ming Dynasty was the salt induction and super fire!"

Speaking of this, Zhu Gaochi couldn't help but sigh.

He Ling, who was beside him nodded thoughtfully, naturally had an understanding of the history of the Ming Dynasty in the heavens and the Ming Dynasty, and also knew what Zhu Gaochi said.

Originally, the ratio of grain to salt intake exchange should be determined based on the cost of transporting grain and the profit of salt, and the number of salt intake should be determined based on the production capacity of salt.

Therefore, the output of salt limits how much grain can be transported to the border!

But the Ming Dynasty did not ignore this point at that time. In addition, a large number of royal relatives and noble officials used their power to invade salt and invade salt.

According to the provisions of the Ming Dynasty:

The family members of the Supervisor and the fourth rank and above are not allowed to make profits in China!

But the officials at that time knew to use their relatives' identities to invade salt sulli.

Especially the royal family, they were even more unpredictable in this regard. Emperor Xiaozong of Ming, who was known as a benevolent king, gave salt indices to his relatives of the royal family several times, and then followed suit!

This also leads to many merchants having salt intake but no salt to cover, so they can only wait in the salt field to get salt.

As the opening-middle system was destroyed, the salt-free situation began to intensify.

In the late Chenghua year, there were more than 5 million salt induced in Lianghuai Salt Field alone that could not be withdrawn, and there was even a situation where the business was maintained for decades, which greatly damaged the enthusiasm of merchants.

This has led to fewer and fewer businessmen starting a China Salt business!

This leads to a crisis in border food!

Thinking of this, He Ling nodded and thought:

"In fact, according to the situation of the Ming Dynasty at that time, these problems were not unsolvable! If you exchange salt intake as soon as possible, you will vigorously crack down on the phenomenon of the royal family's foreign relatives using salt intake indiscriminately."

"It can effectively solve these problems!"

Upon hearing this, Zhu Gaochi couldn't help but look at He Ling with approval and said, "Yes, it seems that those books have not been read in vain during the period of recovery."

He Ling smiled and said, "This is natural!"

Seeing him like this, Zhu Gaochi also said: "It's a pity that the key to everything is not the policy, but the implementation."

"But, Hongzhi's bastard took the worst approach."

Hearing Zhu Gaochi at first saying that Hongzhi was a pretty good junior, but now he is a bastard, He Ling couldn't help but curl his lips secretly.

"It's faster to turn your back than to read books, and you're getting more and more emperor-like."

However, He Ling could also understand why Zhu Gaochi scolded Hongzhi as a bastard.

In the fifth year of Hongzhi, Ye Qi, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, proposed the method of collecting silver and receiving salt quotations, which was approved by Emperor Xiaozong, which is what later generations called "opening the middle and breaking the color"!

From then on,

Merchants no longer need to transport grain to the border, they only need to pay silver to do salt business.

This method has an immediate effect!

Within one year, the treasury increased its revenue of more than one million taels of silver!

However,

Ye Qi's reform violated the original intention of Kaizhong system.

This is an essential difference!

Because the problem of military food is solved while raising grain.

The problem of treasury revenue is solved.

More importantly, the Ming Dynasty at that time put the military food problem behind the scenes for the immediate income of this million silver.

Not to mention the opening-middle system, it caused a chain reaction such as farmers' border control.

Fortunately, when Emperor Hongzhi and Zhu Youzhang were reigned, the border troubles of the Ming Dynasty were not severe, so they did not show too much disadvantages!

But it laid the trouble for the Ming Dynasty in later generations, that is, the rise of the Jurchens!

Until the 46th year of Wanli, Nurhaci used the "Seven Great Hate" to declare the world and rebelled against the Ming Dynasty! Then the decades-long border war between the Ming Dynasty and the Later Jin Dynasty began.

But since the Longqing switch was turned on in the Ming Dynasty, a large amount of silver began to flow inward!

From the Longqing to Chongzhen period, the silver flowing into the Ming Dynasty was as high as more than 300 million taels!

In the late Ming Dynasty, the commodity economy was unprecedentedly highly developed. The entire Ming Dynasty was very rich overall!

But the treasury of the Ming Dynasty was so poor that it shook the past and the present!

Wanli collected mining tax, Wei Zhongxian collected commercial tax, and Chongzhen paid three additional taxes. Even though there was a person who was extravagant, no matter how he calculated, he should not be as poor as Emperor Chongzhen was a copper pot!

The increase in military ration costs year by year and the depreciation of soldiers' military pay.

Afterwards, with the cancellation of the food production period, no one would be foolish to go to Jiubian to open up land and farm. The border areas were becoming less and less crowded!

There are naturally fewer businessmen, so...

Everything is so expensive!

When the food was being collected, the border was about one tael of silver and one stone!

After the silver was paid, he sold him five taels per stone! The soldiers received military pay, but in addition to spending money, they could also leave some money for their families, but now they are not even enough.

So the soldiers are naturally full of complaints!

Once the military pay is not paid on time, a "pay pay" will occur.

In addition, suppressing or appeaseing the so-called rebels in various places also requires a large amount of silver.

There were many capable officials in the Ming Dynasty at that time, but no matter how good the plan was or how feasible it was, no matter how money it was, no one could continue to implement it!
To be continued...