What followed was a memorial from the Metropolitan Procuratorate impeaching the army for money-grabbing.
Huang Kongzhao, the imperial censor, believed that soldiers should defend the country and guard the borders as a matter of course, rather than serving as soldiers for profit. For a long time, it would develop bad habits in the army, and even threaten the center before the battle.
Liu Xuan, the Supervisory Director of the Supervision Department, was responsible for curbing bad habits in the military and strictly preventing military generals from forcing the central government.
For a time, memorials to impeach Yu Kang and Cao Yi came like rain, and everyone believed that soldiers should not interfere in politics.
He also believed that the emperor should not favor the military so much, as it would contribute to bad trends in the military.
There are also censors who believe that soldiers should be separated from property, and those officers who are full of money should be eliminated from the army.
The Ming Dynasty allowed officials to speak, and speech was very free.
Zhu Qiyu announced He Qiaoxin, Qiu Jun, Peng Shao and others.
"Your Majesty, the Northern Army only has merit and wealth in mind. It has no great ambition. I'm afraid it will be difficult to control it in the future." He Qiaoxin always spoke boldly.
Qiu Jun was even more bold: "Your Majesty, you are still able to suppress the army. When you control Bintian and the prince ascends the throne, how will you suppress these elite soldiers and generals?"
Zhu Qiyu squinted at him, "I, no other emperor can stand your foul mouth."
Even in the Ming Dynasty, no one in any other dynasty dared to advise like this.
"Peng Shao, what do you think?"
Peng Shao had served the emperor for more than a year and was familiar with the emperor's character. Since the emperor had ordered people to discuss matters, he wanted to hear the truth.
"I don't think it's as serious as Qiu Xingxing said."
"After all, you are in your prime. If there is any problem in the army, an imperial edict can quell it."
"It's just that once this kind of trend is formed, it will cause great harm and harm future generations."
"Your Majesty, why do we, the Ming Dynasty, strongly oppose the massacre of the city? Because the soldiers after the massacre are like beasts and difficult to control. People's hearts will also change because of this, and they are as difficult to control as wild beasts."
"Just like you relaxed the restrictions on slaves and did not allow the common people to keep Han slaves, but allowed them to keep barbarian slaves. But how can those gangsters have any conscience? They mostly use Han slaves to fool the government."
Peng Shao is so courageous, no one dares to uncover this pot.
After all, this was the result of the emperor's efforts. After the slaves were released among the people and the sea was opened, the second government order was the slave release order.
But he revealed it directly, regardless of the emperor's face.
Zhu Qiyu looked unkind: "What are you talking about in the army? Why are you tearing your teeth?"
Doesn’t the emperor know?
Just say that in the eleventh year of Jingtai, how many good people disappeared? He reads memorials every day, what doesn't he know?
However, the pros outweigh the cons.
"Your Majesty, this is the same truth."
Peng Shao said seriously: "Everything has its pros and cons. If you want your soldiers to make a fortune, you have to endure the bad custom of soldiers going on strike and asking for credit before the battle."
"It takes hundreds of years to cultivate a good atmosphere, but it can become bad overnight."
Zhu Qiyu glanced at him, just say that human nature is evil.
"Do you have any good ideas?" Zhu Qiyu asked.
"Your Majesty's idea of enriching the army is supported by all my ministers."
"But a gentleman loves money and gets it in a right way. If you are rich, you must have the right way to get rich."
"If the central government encourages robbing and killing, then won't the spirit of hard work, hard work and hard work that our Chinese nation has cultivated for thousands of years be abandoned?"
"Why is China, which has lasted for five thousand years, still monolithic?"
"It is because our thoughts are unified, and it is the Confucian concept formed from the Qin and Han Dynasties, that our China will unite after long divisions and continue to inherit."
"If His Majesty encourages robbing and killing, then if this kind of thinking spreads, wouldn't it be possible to become king and dominate with swords and guns? Will the country ever have peace?"
Therefore, China will not colonize.
China's ideology has determined that it will not colonize, never.
Even if the emperor tried his best to promote colonial ideas, people in the world still believed that this would cause chaos in the country and the disintegration of the world, so they stopped colonization.
Only small countries would think of colonizing other countries.
A big country doesn't need colonization at all.
Big countries themselves wear shoes. They are most afraid of being colonized by others, rather than colonizing others.
"Peng Shao, do you mean that my opening up a new world is inconsistent with the traditional thinking of the Ming Dynasty?" Zhu Qiyu frowned.
Peng Shao said without fear: "Your Majesty, is the new world more important? Or is the foundation of the Ming Dynasty more important?"
Zhu Qiyu looked unkind: "I want them all."
“There’s no such thing as the best of both worlds.”
"If your Majesty wants a new world, you must allow such ideas to spread. By then, the Ming Dynasty will most likely repeat the sudden collapse of the Tang Dynasty."
"How majestic was the Tang Dynasty? Its territory was no less than that of the Mongol Yuan Dynasty, and its control was much higher than that of the Mongol Yuan Dynasty."
"But if you are wary, you will die. In more than ten years, it took a sharp turn and collapsed."
That's right.
The Tang Dynasty was an era of great expansion for the Han nation. The great era of Han style was no less than the European colonial wave in the 19th century.
As a result, the prosperous Tang Dynasty collapsed suddenly. If it had just been content in a corner and endured like the two Song Dynasties, the Tang Dynasty would not have collapsed so suddenly.
The Mongolian Yuan Dynasty was different. The Mongolian Yuan Dynasty was completely a slave system and was only responsible for collecting taxes. It did not care about the local areas at all. The local areas had a high degree of autonomy. Therefore, the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty had an astonishingly large territory, but it had little control over the local areas, and it fell very quickly.
Zhu Qiyu wants to take full control of the new territory and cannot lose the original basic territory.
There is no successful case in Chinese history.
Qiu Jun whispered: "The prosperous Tang Dynasty fell due to the disaster of feudal towns, and our Ming Dynasty actually controls many provinces far away from the center. Aren't these places the new feudal towns?"
He Qiaoxin agreed: "Your Majesty, the capital is far from the border, and the longest time for government orders to arrive is three days. If it takes more than three days, the central government will not be able to control the border."
"You don't need to look at Meng Yuan."
"The Mongolian Yuan Dynasty was different. The Mongolian Yuan Dynasty only collected taxes and did not care about the land. Today's gentry tree has deep roots and is a result of the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty."
"Moreover, the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty was composed of four khanates. Places like Jiaozhi and other places were part of the Xuanwei Division like the Ming Dynasty. They had no actual control at all."
"If we consider the vastness of the dynasty, the Ming Dynasty is the largest, with the largest actual control area and the largest command area."
"And you have expanded the territory of several provinces, which is the largest in history."
"But I am worried that the current territory is just a flash in the pan."
The three of them told each other that Zhu Qiyu was autistic.
In the Ming Dynasty, officials were allowed to speak freely. Zhu Qiyu was quite tolerant in this regard and allowed everyone in the world to tell the truth.
Although the truth is hard to hear and harsh, I still want to hear the truth.
"After all, do you also think that the many provinces I gained will be lost when I die?"
Zhu Qiyu raised his eyebrows.
The three of them knelt on the ground, not daring to speak.
"I moved more than 10 million people from Jiangnan, can't I still control the new land?" Zhu Qiyu was very angry.
"Your Majesty, does a person's ambition have anything to do with which country he is from?"
Peng Shao said lightly: "Since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, how many people have been kings and hegemons? Aren't they people from the Ming Dynasty?"
On the contrary, by moving so many people from Jiangnan, there is a greater chance of trouble.
If you want stability, you need to station more troops.
And if the army hangs alone for a long time, it will also develop dissent. The chaos in the feudal town is just around the corner.
If it’s too far, it means it can’t be actually controlled.
"Then according to your opinion, why don't I just stop bothering? Just throw everyone into the sea and sink them?" Zhu Qiyu acted rogue again.
He acts like a rogue if he can't say anything, and Zhu Qiyu's usual skills are his.
"Your Majesty, since I support you, you can't stop eating because of choking, you can always come up with a perfect strategy!" He Qiaoxin kowtowed.
He is different from others. His father, He Wenyuan, is a member of the emperor's family, and he is a close official of the emperor. The wealth of the family is tied to the emperor.
"I also believe that everything depends on human effort, and there will eventually be a solution." Peng Shao smiled bitterly.
The territory is too big and cannot be controlled.
Now it's just coaxing the emperor.
Qiu Jun said: "I think it is feasible to enfeoff the new provinces to the kings and let them manage them."
Obviously these kings are the emperor's dozen eldest sons.
"If the prince is young, he can build the royal palace first and let the courtiers take care of it. When the prince comes of age, he will become a vassal."
Qiu Jun's method is the only solution now.
Set up external vassals and let the prince become the king.
In fact, it is still China. If we want to have real control, we must have trains.
"Mr. Qiu, do you still want to repeat the Battle of Jingnan?" Peng Shao thought this was a bad move.
"This is the only way."
Seeing the three people arguing, Zhu Qiyu realized that this was not what they were discussing today, and they had led them astray.
"My lords, I hear what you are saying. It seems that these provinces are on the verge of collapse. I am still here and cannot be lost."
Emperor Tang Ming also thought so, but what was the result?
Zhu Qiyu was furious: "Will I also become comatose in my old age?"
The problem is that these three are very courageous, and no one of them spoke, as if to say: Yes!
Zhu Qiyu was so angry: "Sooner or later I will be made stupid and violent by you villains."
"Your Majesty, please kill me first!" Peng Shao, a stunned young man, kowtowed heavily.
"roll!"
Zhu Qiyu calmed down for a long time, then thought it was ridiculous and refused to get angry with them:
"I have only been in my thirties this year. It will be at least twenty years before I fade away. After all, these other provinces will still be in the 20th year of the Ming Dynasty, right?"
“Is it impossible to think of turning these outer provinces into introspection within twenty years?”
"After all, it's just a matter of distance."
"As long as the distance between the world is shortened, those other provinces will eventually die in the pot of Ming Dynasty."
There is a lack of trains.
Seeing that the emperor was not angry.
Peng Shao became even more courageous: "If your Majesty is foolish and no one advises you, please punish the Imperial Procuratorate and the Supervision Department!"
"Do you want to piss me off to death?"
They had all been uncovered, but Peng Shao refused to open and pick up which pot!
Zhu Qiyu, however, liked Peng Shao and the others: "That's all. I should have killed you all before I fainted, and I won't care about a few dead people."
"Peng Shao, do you think I am a wise king now?"
Peng Shao kowtowed respectfully: "Your Majesty is diligent in government, loves the people, and appoints talents to innovate. He regards the great unification as his sage, is open-minded, has good internal affairs, and is good at power strategy. He is as wise as Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty!"
"Since I am still a wise king, why don't you take advantage of my loyalty and kindness to serve the country with all your loyalty?"
Peng Shao actually rolled his eyes. Any good word can describe you, but loyalty, kindness, and kindness can't be used. How many people have you killed over the years? Don't you have any idea?
"I am willing to devote myself wholeheartedly to Your Majesty." Peng Shao and others kowtowed.
Zhu Qiyu has a distinct personality, great advantages, and equally huge shortcomings.
He is headstrong and suspicious, vicious and ferocious, and will use any means to achieve his goals. He may appear to love the people but actually loves power, and he is especially afraid of death.
"Then let's talk about returning to the army." Zhu Qiyu knew that as long as the train appeared, the distance could be shortened.
He has already established the Academy of Sciences, ordered talents from all over the world to be admitted, and set up science and technology trees. It is only a matter of time.
As long as he lives long enough and is not unconscious, he can turn the provinces into the interior.
Therefore, he wants to exploit oil and use asphalt to build roads all over the world to shorten the distance between them.
"I do not approve of the Northern Army going south to Laos and Cambodia to grab credit." He Qiaoxin said directly.
Qiu Jun and Peng Shao also disagreed.
But Zhu Qiyu was thinking that it would be okay to dispatch a group of Northern troops. The Northern troops were strong enough in combat and would definitely do things more efficiently than the people in the south of the Yangtze River.
Like Laos, there are only a few cities, all scattered in villages. Some places have extremely difficult roads, and some are near mountains and forests.
Transferring the Northern Army can solve the problem once and for all.
After all, these are the elites of the Ming Dynasty.
He sent the three of them away and invited Hu Hui back.
"The veteran feels that it is better to mobilize the Northern Army than to recruit ordinary people. After all, these people who want to immigrate have a lot of resentment towards the central government. Once weapons are given to them, the land of Lao Cambodia will never have peace."
Hu Hui was worried that these people would become bigger in the local area and break away from the rule of Ming Dynasty.
"Adjust it and let Yu Kang lead the troops!"
The emperor made the decision.
Yu Kang was chosen mainly because Yu Kang had experience in massacres and originally wanted Yang Xin to go. However, Hu Hui believed that there were too few generals around the emperor and Yang Xin was needed to defend him.
Zhu Qiyu summoned Yang Xin into the palace to comfort him.
Send 200,000 Northern troops south to Laos and Cambodia to make money.
now.
Xiang Zhong was based in Ryukyu and sent many envoys with gifts to various forces in the Japanese country, mainly hoping to recruit troops in the Japanese country.
The King of Ryukyu was respectful to Xiang Zhong, after all, this angel's official position was a bit high.
Xiang Zhong is the chief military officer of the Bohai Sea Navy and is in charge of a navy of 150,000 people.
There is also a very high Wenxun, who is in the second rank and is in charge of the minister.
When Xiang Zhong was stationed in Ryukyu, he helped Ryukyu defeat several Japanese pirate raids, allowing King Shangde of Ryukyu to see the capabilities of the Ming Navy.
I heard that there are as many as 700,000 such navy masters!
The people of Ryukyu originally had no surnames. The surnames were given to them by the Ming Dynasty. However, those who are now in power in Ryukyu are mainly the thirty-sixth surnames of Fujian who were granted permission to enter Ryukyu by Emperor Taizu.
Ryukyu is small, but its strategic location is extremely important.
After Xiang Zhong entered Ryukyu, he took his boat around and found that this place was worthy of being called the Jinliang of the Ten Thousand Kingdoms. All trade from east to west passed through this place, and it was still a strategic hub for Japan.
To the north is Tsushima Island, to the south is Ryukyu, and Japan is sandwiched in between like a sandwich cookie.
He entered the Japanese country mainly because he coveted this place.
I heard that Guo Deng and the others captured Cambodia. If he persuaded Ryukyu to join the Ming Dynasty, his contribution would definitely be higher than that of Liang Yun.
Liang Yunzhen was depressed. He had been idle for many years by the emperor and became a naval officer. He thought he would shine on the Japanese pirates, but the Japanese pirates were surrendered and he could only go to develop Baozhou Prefecture.
Xiang Zhong helped Ryukyu recover several islands occupied by Japanese pirates, demonstrating the power of the Ming army.
The delicious food and drinks in Ryukyu provided for the Ming army, but there were so many Ming troops that Ryukyu was depleted in a few days. Xiang Zhong brought 30,000 troops and hundreds of ships with gifts.
Not much was given to Ryukyu, but a lot was given to the major forces in Japan, mainly to recruit troops on their territory.
Xiang Zhong stayed in Ryukyu for twenty days. King Shangde went to Xiang Zhong to cry and beg the Ming Dynasty to support him with some food.
"Your Majesty, as soon as the Heavenly Soldiers are used in Ryukyu, I will settle the accounts on my own. There is no need to go to the country to pay." Xiang Zhong said in a bad tone.
King Shangde wanted to explain, but Xiang Zhong wouldn't listen.
After another ten days of eating, Ryukyu was completely eaten.
Xiang Zhong led his troops into the royal capital and urged Ryukyu to supply food.
"Your Majesty, Ryukyu has run out of food!" King Shangde thought of bribing Xiang Zhong, but Xiang Zhong lived alone on a small island and did not interact with the Ryukyu people.
"Your Majesty, I have already said that I am temporarily stationed in Ryukyu. The food for the Ming Dynasty will arrive in a blink of an eye. I will return it to you in Ryukyu when the time comes."
"Sir, we really have no food. If you don't believe me, go find it."
Xiang Zhong was very unhappy: "That's all, Ryukyu is disrespectful to our superior country, and I will not suffer such cowardice in Ryukyu. I will return immediately and ask Your Majesty to make the decision."
"I've delayed His Majesty's important matter. I don't know if Ryukyu can afford it! Farewell!"
After that, Xiang Zhong left angrily.
On the way, Guo Mao complained a little: "Just take it down, why waste the time? It's just a small country, let's destroy it in one battle."
"We still have to do business with the Japanese country. It's best to ask the King of Ryukyu to submit the document and send it to the country to be raised."
Xiang Zhong had a profound view. Why didn't the emperor eat this piece of meat?
Because if you want to eat it, you will definitely become enemies with the Japanese state. The Japanese state is the Warring States Period, an era of shining generals. This era is full of capable people.
The emperor coveted Japanese warriors and wanted to use Japanese warriors to open up the land of Baiyue.
This is different from Lao Cambodia. These two places are not fat but meat, and they are in a hurry to resettle the population, so they have to be attacked.
Ryukyu is a piece of useless food. Ming Dynasty did not like it and was not in a hurry to eat it.
"Your Majesty, the Ming army is really preparing to leave Ryukyu!"
King Shangde's head exploded with a bang: "What should I do if I offend the country?"
The King of Ryukyu quickly went to the Emperor to explain.
But he didn't try to retain Xiang Zhong because the Ming army was too hungry and Ryukyu really couldn't afford it.
Zhu Qiyu received a memorial from Xiang Zhong to urge him to raise grain.
"Xiang Zhong, his strategic vision is excellent. He is a handsome man."
"Leave the matter of Ryukyu to him, I won't ask."
Xiang Zhong will do this little thing well.
Just waiting to take over Ryukyu.
Ryukyu could not accommodate many people, but its strategic location was important enough.
But after the Ming Dynasty occupied Japan, Ryukyu's strategic position was no longer important.
Liang Yue had already opened up a waterway, and Zhu Qiyu asked him to go south and open up a route to Luzon Island.
Zhejiang is also immigrating, moving to Baozhou Prefecture, moving to Zhoushan, and moving to small islands on the sea.
These islands were once occupied by Japanese pirates.
Now that the Japanese pirates have been cleared, it is time to move some civilians up there and completely occupy them. These are offshore areas and there is not much risk.
The health centers in Zhejiang were also moved from the mainland to the islands.
Not only Zhejiang, but also all coastal provinces are immigrating to the island, flying dragon flags and including them in the fish scale register.
"Send a message to Xiang Zhong and speed up the recruitment of soldiers."
Zhu Qiyu made an explanation and continued to read other memorials.
The main reason is the memorial submitted by the Ministry of Household Affairs. This year's weather is good and there is a bumper harvest. However, the cold in the north came too early. Many livestock in Rehe froze to death, causing great losses to the herdsmen.
Grain prices in the north are stable and salt prices are slowly declining.
With the birth of briquettes, coal prices fell, but briquettes are indeed not as easy to burn as black coal.
Rehe has been completely completed by the end of the year, and the entire Rehe has been built. Next year, the territory can be continued to be pushed outwards to build the Hanzhou capital.
The movement of wood from the south to the north will benefit the entire north.
Especially after the development of Jiaozhi, tropical wood has become cheaper, and people are buying wood to build houses and cement houses.
The Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development also calculated the number of factories this year. In the eleventh year of Jingtai's business, there were as many as 17,000 new factories opened, and the total number exceeded 30,000. Business was booming.
There are also detailed tree planting amounts, how many trees were planted and how many died.
The details of the entire eleventh year of Jingtai are all above.
Zhu Qiyu watched it with gusto.
More than 200 cities have been built in Rehe, and up to 570,000 acres of wasteland can be cultivated.
"So many? Li Bing and Wang Shu have made great contributions!"
Rehe is famous for its canned meat. After a year of hard work, Rehe has been completely built and is expected to become self-sufficient within ten years.
Zhu Qiyu was very satisfied with this speed.
"Is Song Jie here?" Zhu Qiyu had previously ordered Song Jie to guard him and asked Liu Pu to go to Rehe.
"Go back to your Majesty, it's freezing in the north. It's much slower if you come overland." Feng Xiao reported back.
"He will announce it when he arrives. I will ask him personally."
Zhu Qiyu read all the conditions in Rehe and pondered: "There is not much cultivated land that can be reclaimed in Rehe, and it is difficult to feed too many people. This is a limitation."
"I have said before that using wool to tie up the grassland, the development of sweaters and woolen trousers has already begun to bear fruit."
"We should increase our efforts to purchase breeding sheep from world businessmen and improve the breed of sheep."
Zhu Qiyu said and remembered.
Finished watching Rehe.
Seeing Liaoning, Li Xian's three years in Liaoning opened up a new side to Liaoning. Liaoning has completely transformed from a war-torn and uninhabited province into a wealthy province.
In particular, Anshan Iron Works has become a top priority in Liaoning.
Shang Ren will definitely continue Li Xian's policies, and Liaoning's development will be prosperous.
Jilin next door, through Wang Lai's political and economic means, has made all ethnic groups surrender and moved a group of people there, but the population is still very small.
On the other hand, Ningxia's development surprised Zhu Qiyu.
Less than two years after Yuan Jie took office as governor of Ningxia, more than half of the construction in Ningxia has been completed, and it is expected to be completely completed by the end of the 13th year of Jingtai.
Ningxia is fighting, building and developing at the same time.
This year I planted corn, but a lot of it died, and the harvest was very poor.
Mainly, corn is not adapted to the climate of Ningxia and needs to be cultivated slowly. Now that seeds are not so scarce, there is plenty of time for Ningxia to develop slowly.
Ningxia also makes woolen textiles and canned meat. They do whatever Rehe does. They even do good business by being close to and trading with the Oara tribes.
Looking at Gansu again, last year, Gansu was digging wells, planting trees, and building cities.
Except for Hami in Gansu, all construction has been completed.
What supports Gansu is precisely oil. Oil is mined from Yumen Pass, boiled into kerosene and asphalt, and then transported and shipped, making Gansu prosperous.
Prospered by oil, this border province has suddenly become a province of kerosene lamps. Gansu is the most popular province in the world for kerosene.
Corn cultivation in Gansu has been very successful. However, corn is very demanding on fertility, and agricultural fertilizers cannot provide sufficient nutrition for corn. Now Xu Jue is developing fertilizers.
In the eleventh year of Jingtai, Gansu was not only self-sufficient in food, but also sold a batch to Ningxia.
"I was right not to transfer Fan Guang to go there."
"Kou Shen is really awesome."
Zhu Qiyu was very satisfied with Kou Shen's approach.
After Chen You's death, Man Su'er attacked Hami and Suzhou, but did not gain much advantage. Kou Shen made peace with Man Su'er and was willing to trade with Man Su'er.
It's a human trade.
It’s not that Gansu is short of people, it’s that construction is short of people.
There was no other Eastern Chagatai Khanate, and it must have a lot of people, so it started trading with the Ming Dynasty.
Groups of slaves entered Gansu to exploit oil.
The Ming Dynasty was particularly short of oil. At present, only Yumen and Yan'an have oil, which is not enough to pave roads all over the country.
Kou Shen actually sent people to discuss oil trade with Man Su'er.
The Eastern Chagatai Khanate actually existed!
In Kuqa (Kuxian), there is an open-pit oil field that has been exploited since the Yuan Dynasty.
Today, the Eastern Chagatai Khanate mines it and sells it to the Ming Dynasty.
Barrels of asphalt from Gansu and Shaanxi were sent to the capital.
Under the leadership of Yao Kui, three asphalt tracks have been built.
One is from the capital to Tianjin, passing through Tongzhou, Xianghe, Wuqing, and then to Tianjin and Dagu.
The construction of this asphalt road took 1.7 million people and took seven months. 120,000 slaves and 70,000 civilians died.
One is from Beijing to Chengde, passing through Shunyi, Huairou, Miyun, Chaohe, Luanping and Chengde.
It took 3.2 million people and took 14 months to build, and 240,000 slaves died.
One is from Beijing to Zhending, passing through Marco Polo Bridge, Liangxiang, Zhuozhou, Dingxing, Ansu, Qingyuan, Dingzhou, Xinle and Zhending.
It took 2.1 million people and took nine months to build, and 40,000 slaves died.
The three roads were built at the same time and were completed before winter.
The roads built are large roads, which can drive four carriages at the same time. They are four lanes. There are post stations and military stations on the road, and no one is allowed to come on casually.
"Yao Kui is capable, but he really doesn't save me money."
Zhu Qiyu smiled bitterly. It was indeed fast to build three roads at the same time, but it cost a lot of money.
The main reason is that materials are scarce and there is too little asphalt.
A memorial from the Ministry of Household Affairs stated that Yumen Oil Plant and Yan'an Oil Plant employed 7.4 million oil workers, working day and night, with 570,000 oil workers, 30,000 transport ships, and 1,700 sludge removal ships...
Zhu Qiyu didn't want to watch it, his flesh ached!
Are the people in the northwest making money from me?
Fortunately, the labor costs are low enough, and if you want to go up and walk on the asphalt track with a checkpoint, you will have to pay, and it is estimated that the cost will be repaid in ten years.
The Ministry of Industry estimates that the asphalt road will last for a hundred years, and the remaining 90 years will be earned.
It is equivalent to the Daming Expressway.
The cost of repairing one mile of land is about 17 yuan, which is 20 taels of silver. It is too expensive.
I feel bad.
Can you stop recruiting so many people and save me some money?
According to Yao Kui's design, in the twelfth year of Jingtai, a trunk road leading from North Zhili to Liaoning, Shanxi, Shandong and Henan was to be built.
If there is enough asphalt, an asphalt road will be built directly to South Zhili.
"Feng Xiao, how much money do you have in your internal funds?" Zhu Qiyu asked.
"Go back to your Majesty, after excluding the money needed for immigration, there are still 320 million left."
Fortunately, the Jiangnan gentry had a strong foundation.
"Your Majesty, if we build roads like this, the internal funds may not be enough to build the interior of the Ming Dynasty, let alone the border areas?"
Feng Xiao reminded: "Building roads is just one thing, there are also water control, education, and war, which are all big tasks."
Zhu Qiyu was a little desperate: "Where can I find the money?"
"How could your slave know?" Feng Xiao rolled his eyes: "Didn't you say that the Japanese country owns it?"
"The Japanese country is at war, and its fighting power is not weak. Once they break their brains, I will find a way to develop their silver mines."
Zhu Qiyu suddenly had an idea: "I can sell arms to them and let them dig up the money for me!"
"Isn't Qiu Jun writing economic theory? Let Qiu Jun do it, I will drain the Japanese country of money!"
It's really a waste to build roads.
This is different from later generations, which used paper pieces to build roads. The paper pieces can be printed at will, but not the money. The money is limited.
There are good things too.
Looking forward, Zhu Qiyu found out that according to statistics from the Ministry of Household Affairs, the revenue to the state treasury this year was estimated to be 23 million silver, reaching the highest fiscal level since the founding of the Ming Dynasty.
This was despite exempting several provinces from taxes. It was not money from inflation in the late Ming Dynasty, but more than 20 million from the period of severe deflation! An era of super strong purchasing power!
The main source is commercial tax.
Transporting wood from south to north, building bridges and repairing roads, and various projects promoted the rise of merchants in batches. The emperor killed him in the front, and merchants rose in the back.
From commercial taxes alone, Ming Dynasty earned 13 million taels of silver.
This is the highest since the founding of the Ming Dynasty.
Another big tax payer is actually the Guangzhou Shipping Department.
After the Ming Dynasty demonstrated its national power, countless merchants came to the Ming Dynasty to trade. Although the Ming Dynasty killed people ruthlessly, things did sell well all over the world, and the whole world could not do without the Ming Dynasty.
In the eleventh year of Jingtai, the net profit of Guangzhou Shipping Company reached 2.7 million taels.
Because the emperor issued an order to buy things from the Western Yi on a large scale.
In the eleventh year of Jingtai, countless Western goods and books poured into the Ming Dynasty, especially books. The Ming Dynasty paid high prices for them.
Secondly, there are seeds. Originally, Portuguese merchants would never sell them to the Ming Dynasty.
But after being massacred several times by the Ming Dynasty, the Portuguese merchants became honest and sold not only corn seeds, potatoes, sweet potatoes, peppers, peanuts, and cassava seeds.
The price is also high, and the merchants do not blink an eye and buy directly, including saplings and crop seedlings.
In the eleventh year of Jingtai, potatoes and sweet potatoes also appeared in the south.
The central government has issued an order to popularize new crops in the world. With more people, there is greater strength, and new crops are being planted on wasteland throughout the country.
Greatly speed up the spread of new crops.
A large number of Western books entered the Ming Dynasty, and Zhu Qiyu ordered Siyiguan to translate them for scholars all over the world to study.
The emperor loved books, and naturally the world loved books.
Western Yi books were proliferated in the Ming Dynasty, and many people were learning the Yi language and wanted to visit the Western Yi.
A large amount of porcelain, silk, and tea were sold to the West.
After the sea is opened, the Ming Dynasty will loosen control on goods and allow merchants to trade with Western barbarians privately, but they will need to pay tariffs.
“The Guangzhou Shipping Department is doing a great job.”
“Next year, Qinzhou City Shipping Department, Quanzhou City Shipping Department, Baozhou City Shipping Department, Camo City Shipping Department, Shanghai City Shipping Department, Tsuima City Shipping Department, Tianjin City Shipping Department, Dalian City Shipping Department, and Dengzhou City Shipping Department will be added. and Ningbo Shipping Department to increase trade with foreign countries.”
"If tariffs and commercial taxes can support the finances, my reforms will be a great success."
Zhu Qiyu continued to look down.
The Ministry of Household Affairs also writes about the prosperity of Guangdong, especially after the Japanese pirates were eliminated, Guangzhou's trade showed a surge.
Guangdong and Guangxi also prospered completely. Guangxi prospered because of the timber business and road construction, and Guangdong prospered because of foreign trade.
Together with the memorial.
Zhu Qiyu's heart was surging: "This is my Ming Dynasty!"
"Your Majesty, I believe that the main reason for the development of trade is immigration and construction, and you are spending money on these. If immigration is stopped and construction in the north is completed, trade will inevitably shrink." Feng Xiao said.
"Feng Xiao, you are insightful."
Zhu Qiyu nodded: "Yes, I am spending money to immigrate, build cities, and build roads to subsidize the local area. This kind of prosperity is false prosperity."
"Only when I no longer interfere with the market, the market will still prosper and provide sufficient business tax for Ming Dynasty, then it will be truly prosperous."
"However, it can also be seen from the growth rate of factories that people's lives have become better and the demand for daily necessities has increased."
Although Zhu Qiyu doesn't know much about economics, he also knows what prosperity is.
Either build a bunch of houses or become prosperous.
True prosperity requires primitive accumulation.
But the Ming Dynasty was not colonization at all, but immigration. Not only did immigrants not accumulate money, but they also borrowed money. This was unable to promote the industrial revolution.
We have to find a way to create a group of costless labor force, let them work day and night, and all the profits will be returned to the central government, so that we can have primitive accumulation.
slave!
The last page of the memorial to the Ministry of Household Affairs states that there were 1.47 million slaves in the eleventh year of Jingtai. By the time the memorial was copied, there were only 270,000 slaves left.
"You really don't save money for me. I paid for these slaves!"
"Wang Wei is told to go and buy again. If they are not sold in Siam, go to Bangladesh and India to buy. There are so many countries in India and there are so many people. If you give me money, they will definitely sell. I will buy as many as there are!"
Zhu Qiyu opened the memorial submitted by the Flood Control Department.
The first Sizheng, Wu Fu, died of illness this year. He was succeeded by the eunuch Lian Zhong, a eunuch who served as the chief of the Flood Control Department.
Mainly because Lian Zhongzhen has this talent, and secondly because he inherited the mantle from Xu Wei.
The memorial is very long, writing down all the situations of the year in detail. In fact, there is a monthly report every month, and everything is reported to the palace.
These must be filed and reviewed by the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Supervision Department.
To control the Yellow River, control it starting from the mouth of the Yellow River.
Spending money from internal funds is costing people.
Originally it was for the common people, but later there were slaves, and even the dangerous jobs were all done by slaves. This made Ming people dissatisfied, thinking that they were making less money.
Poverty is more terrible than death.
Everyone in the world knows that working for the emperor is the most fair and stable way. There is no need to worry about not being paid, and there is no need to worry about not being able to receive compensation when the person dies.
So many people want to exchange their lives for pensions.
Flood control was very slow in the first year because the mortality rate was too high.
After getting slaves in the second year, the progress accelerated.
As of October of the 11th year of Jingtai's reign, the treatment of the Loop has been completed, and it is expected that the Yellow River will be completely cured within five years.
But what a waste of a slave.
In the eleventh year of Jingtai alone, 760,000 slaves died.
Nowadays, slaves are scarce. The flood control department asked the central government not to carry out massacres and transport slaves to the Yellow River.
"You can't use people like this to chase progress. It's all my money!" Zhu Qiyu gritted his teeth. Lian Zhong really didn't save money for him.
In winter, the Flood Control Department does not rest.
In winter, we work on water control in the south, connecting waterways, cleaning up tidal flats, blowing up rocks, etc.
The Iron Smelting Department also called for scarce slaves and asked the central government to transport more slaves to the iron factory.
In the past, there was no need for slaves, and the one who died was Akito.
The emperor felt sorry for the people, so he used slaves to support them, but the money they spent was the emperor's money.
After Zhu Qiyu read the memorials of the Flood Control Department and the Iron Smelting Department, he took up his pen and re-reviewed the memorials.
After the approval, he opened the memorial submitted by the Ministry of Industry.
The Ministry of Industry has written down all the work conditions of Jingtai for eleven years.
Zhu Qiyu frowned: "Repair the palace? What kind of money is this?"
"Your Majesty, you need to install the glass in the palace." Feng Xiao reminded.
"Why did you spend 170,000? Is that much?"
"Your Majesty, this servant knows something about it, because the wages for working in the capital are much higher. After all, the people in the capital are now rich."
"That's a bit expensive. Let the Ministry of Household Affairs check it. How much does it cost to install glass?"
Zhu Qiyu is sometimes very generous, and sometimes he is very stingy.
"My slave obeys the order."
After reading the memorial all afternoon, Zhu Qiyu stood up and moved his body.
Taking advantage of the emperor's break, Feng Xiao said: "Your Majesty, Concubine Shu sent me to ask, would you please go to Yonghe Palace?"
"Oh? Concubine Tan has unique insights into Indian medical books?"
Zhu Qiyu became interested: "Let Yonghe Palace prepare meals, and I will go to Yonghe Palace to have dinner."
With that said, he took the royal chariot to Yonghe Palace.
Tan Yunxian is holding a pen at the moment, writing and drawing, and there are several apprentices around him serving the pen and ink.
When he heard that the emperor was coming, he immediately put down his pen, stood up and knelt to greet him.
"I told you there's no need to salute. Get up quickly."
Zhu Qiyu stayed in the Nuan Pavilion for a while, and then came in after feeling the cold on his body. Seeing the writing on her desk, he asked, "Are you studying Indian medical books?"
"Nothing can be hidden from Your Majesty."
Tan Yunxian signaled to wait for the meal, and when he was about to go to the dining hall, Zhu Qiyu waved his hand: "Just eat here."
She asked for it to be brought over.
"Your Majesty, Hua Tuo died and the Qingsang Sutra was lost. This is a pity for Chinese medicine."
"This Indian medical book has unique insights into surgery."
"After I finished reading, I was enlightened, but I was still half-convinced, so I said that this infusion would stick something into the blood. What if something happens?"
Tan Yunxian transcribed some contents in medical books that he did not understand.
I plan to invite the old lady to come and have a detailed discussion with the old lady.
"Did you know that wine can disinfect?" Zhu Qiyu asked her.
"Of course I know that the army is equipped with strong liquor for disinfection." Tan Yunxian replied.
The use of wine for disinfection has a long history, and Daming Dynasty was very skilled in using it.
"For the same reason, you can also disinfect it after infusion, so you won't get sick." Zhu Qiyu sat down to eat.
"Your Majesty, I am talking about inserting something into the blood."
"I think it's okay."
Zhu Qiyu chewed slowly and said: "It's better to find a few slaves and test it out."
"But this will probably frighten the people, and impeachments will continue among the government and the public." Tan Yunxian is worried about her reputation. After all, she has two princes, and there will be a third one soon.
"Don't do it. Let the people from the Taiyuan Hospital do it. There are many slaves in the Ming Dynasty. Just grab people from any country you want and try them."
Zhu Qiyu coveted modern medicine very much.
Because he is afraid of death.
"Your Majesty, this Indian medical book is in the same vein as the Chinese medical book, but there are some contradictions, such as here..."
Tan Yunxian took out the marked paper and showed it to the emperor: "Look here."
(End of chapter)
