"Daming Dynasty 1566", as a masterpiece of domestic historical dramas, has many classic characters. These characters are worthy of careful scrutiny, and the most distressing role is that I think nothing is better than Shen Yishi.
Shen Yishi's tragic ending actually seemed to be a foregone conclusion when he appeared. The richest man in Zhejiang Province, he can buy Yun Niang for 200,000 taels of silver, and he can contract for the entire silk business in Zhejiang. He is an official merchant who works for the manufacturing bureau in the palace. In fact, in the eyes of ordinary people, he is a vertical The person who enjoys the glory and wealth is a happy person, but he is the lowest person in the whole play. The society he lives in and the profession he is engaged in are destined to be a lowly status person. The policy of emphasizing agriculture and restraining business has been implemented in ancient society for a long time. "Science, peasants, industry and commerce" also ranked businessmen at the bottom.
provoked the imperial court and took over the national policy of changing rice to sang, and his ending was clearly revealed.
As an official merchant of the Manufacturing Bureau, his task is to serve the Manufacturing Bureau and serve the emperor. Part of the silk he weaves is for the emperor, the palace, and the clothing of the palace. The emperor must reward officials and those foreign countries. The envoys who came here all needed Shen Yishi’s silk, and on the other hand, they relied on these silks to be sold to supplement the national treasury. Just like this national policy of changing rice to mulberry, Yang Jinshuilai of the Manufacturing Bureau and Xiyang The merchants in the United States settled the business, 500,000 horses of silk, these silks were woven by Shen Yishi, from the common people either sold fields or bought silk as raw materials, weaves 500,000 horses of silk, and then sells the money To make up for the emptiness of the treasury. The other part is that Shen Yishi, in order to preserve his position, and for the convenience of the officials to greedy ink, the silk he weaved was corrupted by the officials, just as it was written on his bill "Jiajing 21st Year to the present, 20 years , Four weaving, five governors, but Hu Butang, Hu Zongxian and Shen had no accounts, and the rest of the Gongtang princes were insignificant. In 20 years, more than 4 million silks were woven and turned over to the Manufacturing Bureau 2.1 million. For horses, the officials shared the profit of more than one million horses, and the rest was used as capital to buy raw silk." Although Shen Yishi is nominally the richest man in Zhejiang, in fact, most of his money was turned over to the treasury, and most of his money was greeted by officials, and he had nothing.
So he is the most helpless person in the play. He was even born in a family of merchants. He was full of talent, social status, and national policy. He could not participate in the imperial examinations and could not take the official career path. Unfortunately, he was full of talent. , But he did not give up, relying on the upper position of the manufacturing bureau, and became an official businessman. Although he has a little relationship with the government, the businessman is a businessman after all. After all, he is the person with the lowest social status. The status of a businessman makes him only wear Commoner, as an official and merchant, only drank boiled water, and bribed the superior Longjing to those officials. A businessman is a businessman, and he will never be on the path of official career. Although he is conscientious and dedicated to serve the court, the internal officials of the Ming Dynasty have been rotten. He wants to do better for the country and realize his full ambitions. Relying on the corrupted officials, he had to be involved. On the one hand, he served the court and on the other, he became a tool for corrupt officials to make money. So he knew his end a long time ago. If officials at all levels were honest and self-defeating like Hu Butang, how could the state treasury be in deficit today, "If you spend too much up and down, you will plunder the people, and if the people's rebellion is imminent, you will plunder them. Quotient".
But the last straw that was crushed to death was that he used the name of the Manufacturing Bureau to buy the people’s food cheaply, although under the pressure of Hai Rui (in fact, he had another plan) to lend the people’s food. Relief, but he has committed a big taboo, that is, a businessman is involved in politics. As a businessman, a person with the lowest social status, it is absolutely impossible for him to interfere in political affairs.
actually started from Yan Shifan’s ruined embankment and flooded fields. Only when the people’s fields were bought cheaply could it be possible to weave 500,000 silks in half a year. In fact, this is also quenching thirst by drinking poison, which will arouse popular change. Hu Zongxian was also resolutely opposed. Due to Hu Zongxian’s opposition, Yan Song and Hu Zongxian were also separated by Yan Shifan’s obstruction, so Hu Zongxian could no longer intervene in changing rice to sang. Yan Shifan recommended his disciple Gao Hanwen to assist in the completion. The national policy of changing rice to mulberry. However, Gao Hanwen is actually a man with the help of the pot. He went to complete the change from rice to mulberry, and the solution proposed by Gao Hanwen was incorrect.The surname rebellion is also because of Gao Hanwen. At this time, Hu Zongxian just raised the problem of his strategy to Gao Hanwen, avoiding a civil revolt, and standing on the opposite side of Zheng Michang and He Maocai. Zheng Bichang and He Maocai also knew that as the chief executives of Zhejiang, they succeeded in changing rice to mulberry without inciting civil rebellion. This is actually a great achievement, but if one of them goes wrong, they will die without a place to bury them. They also planned to break the jar.
Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau represents the palace, the emperor, holding the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau brand to buy people’s food cheaply, you can dump the pot to the emperor, it’s your monarch for money, regardless of your survival, you rebel It was not me, Zheng Michang and He Mao, who forced you to rebel. It was the emperor's disregard for the livelihood of the people. Shen Yishi used the sign of Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau to buy people’s fields cheaply. It was also influenced by Zheng Bichang and He Maocai, but he knew that this matter was bad for the palace and bad for Yang Jinshui, so he had done a good job long ago. With two-handed preparation, it is a good thing to buy land, but once the people are more excited, he can also take the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau and go to the disaster relief under the name of the palace.
But the consequence of this incident is that the food from the farmland was taken to the disaster relief. Then, how to change rice to mulberry? The war in the southeast is tight. Hu Zongxian and Qi Jiguang fight the Japanese pirates on the front line. The soldiers are starving and fighting. In the military pay, since the change from rice to mulberry failed, it must also need money to support the rear, so money must be made. That’s why the cabinet issued an order to copy Shen Yishi’s wealth in the name of a businessman. Shen Yishi is the richest man in Zhejiang. The deposit must be enough to supply the rear soldiers on the front line. But I never expected that all the wealth of the richest man in Zhejiang was only one hundred silk.
Therefore, Shen Yishi is one of the most distressing roles in the play. Although he is full of ambition and talent, he is unable to display it because of his status as a businessman. With his hard work, he finally became an official business and had the opportunity to get ahead. Be loyal and conscientious for the emperor, but because of the corruption of the Ming Dynasty, he became a victim.
