Chapter 202
Cheng Shijie's biggest advantage is that he will not be restricted.
In name, Liaodong is the Liaodong of the Ming Dynasty. In fact, neither the Ming Dynasty court nor Emperor Chongzhen had very limited influence on Liaodong.
Although Liaodong was conquered by Cheng Shijie, because there was no local gentry class in Liaodong, there was no local gentry class to hinder Cheng Shijie, and Cheng Shijie, the Duke of Haiguo, had various privileges in Liaodong.
Whether it is legislation or the introduction of any regulations, Cheng Shijie does not need to ask anyone for instructions. At most, he can keep Liaodong nominally belonging to the Ming Dynasty.
In Liaodong, the person who serves as the director of the General Administration of Taxation is Yang Yuniang. This person holds Liaodong's money bag in one hand and Liaodong's tax revenue in the other. But on all of Cheng Shijie's issues, Yang Yunniang will never create obstacles.
In this regard, Yang Yuniang is very clear about her position. She was originally an insignificant little woman, but her destiny changed after meeting Cheng Shijie. It was Cheng Shijie who made her successful, not Yang Yunniang.
On this point, Yang Yunniang made a very clear distinction. She also knew her very thoroughly. Cheng Shijie could appoint her as the president of the bank or the director of the State Administration of Taxation, or he could let others fill this position. In fact, there were countless people in Liaodong who were willing to serve Cheng Shijie.
The nineteen members of the Liaodong Management Committee (added by Yang Qingyun on behalf of the health system) include Song Xiance, Lin Xuzong, Chen Guodong, Zhou Yandong, Shen Mingyu, Zhang Yu, Zhao Wencai, Shen Shikui, Li Zhixiang, and Yuan Shiliang, including Jin Qiaoer, Xie Zongze, Xie Jinglin and Zhang Huaize are both Cheng Shijie's people, not Cheng Shijie's people. Only four professionals, Chen Zilong, Song Yingxing, Fang Yizhi and Yang Qingyun, are not considered Cheng Shijie's die-hards.
Cheng Shijie retained these four people as the main opposition in order to serve as catfish for these committee members. With these four people, the members of the management committee would think more comprehensively when doing things.
While Zhu Weiti and others were having a picnic by the Yulong River in Xinghai City, Cheng Shijie wrote three articles. The first one was about the protection of children in Liaodong.
Many parents in the Ming Dynasty were in fact unqualified according to the standards of later generations, especially those parents who had daughters or many daughters. When they encountered difficulties, their first natural thought was to sell their goods. Girl, if you are lucky, you can be sold to a wealthy family as a maid.
Being able to become concubines, they are considered to be doing well, but the most pitiable ones are those girls who are sold to brothels, their lives are ruined, and some are even groomed to be skinny horses.
Of course, the son will also be sold, but this is the last resort. In other words, if he has no way to survive, he sells his son so that he can survive. Usually, when they sell their son, it is their own death.
In ancient times, when describing a person's difficulties, one would say that he was selling his son or daughter. But the problem is that selling a son and selling a daughter have different natures and different uses.
Before the 1980s and 1990s, and even now, laws in many rural areas were not deeply rooted in the hearts of the people and were not integrated into China's rural society. The rules that make people abide by are not people's legal concepts, but the ethical and moral concepts formed in rural society.
Chinese laws are imported and transplanted from foreign countries. They have no roots in Chinese society and can easily grow crooked. Secondly, there are still too few truly smart people. There are still too few wise people. There are too many fools and too many ignorant people.
Cheng Shijie remembers very clearly that in later generations, Moujing launched a very famous public opinion control program called "Under the Sky", which resulted in a large number of idiot followers in China. According to Moujing’s bizarre logic: “China is very backward, so it should reduce emissions!” “Mothers who smoke smog will develop tumors in their fetuses.” “From 1960 to 1970, in the first ten years of Britain’s pollution control, not only did the economy not regress, but GDP Instead it doubled.”
Anyone with any brains should not believe Jing. This guy is a bribed public intellectual. He even publicly thanked the "Ford Foundation" at the end of the film. Of course, many people have done this to shoot themselves in the foot. , under the manipulation of Moujing, the common people were screwed.
The construction of the rule of law should be based on national conditions, rather than blindly studying. Regarding the legislative work of the "Liaodong Minors Protection Law", of course it is not Cheng Shijie's words. There are times when he is not objective enough and emotional when considering issues. , so he can decide whether to enact this law, but how to enact it needs to accept the will of the masses.
That is to say, let the Liaodong Management Committee select people with healthy parents and full descendants from Lushun, Haizhou, Jinzhou, Fuzhou and other places as representatives, and then organize everyone to discuss it. This representative must not be determined based on cultural level and status, but based on class, occupation, and place of origin.
In addition to the legislative work of the "Liaodong Minors Protection Law", the second is the directly promulgated law "Liaodong Prohibition of Foot Binding". This article does not require argumentation, but is a law that reflects Cheng Shijie's will. Cheng Shijie directly stipulates that for one year, Women who don't put enough inside will be fined.
Of course, although Cheng Shijie's cumulative method may indeed punish even the richest people to the point of bankruptcy, the problem is that this time is too slow, so correct the mistake in time and increase it tenfold. Since the first year was a fine of ten taels of silver, the second year was a fine of twenty taels of silver, and the third year was a fine of forty taels of silver...
Ordinary people would not bind their feet anyway, because they need to work. In the Ming Dynasty, only the daughters of wealthy families who did not need to work would bind their feet. Of course, not all daughters of wealthy families would bind their feet, at least what Cheng Shijie had seen. Miss Xu Si, her feet were visually estimated to be about eight inches, which would be considered big feet in future generations.
Considering that nowadays, Liaodong is facing a serious shortage of teachers, followed by a lack of funds.
But the problem is that education is the top priority for future development. Even if you lose your underwear, you still need to do what needs to be done. Secondly, there is the issue of strategic reserves of grain.
In the Ming Dynasty, food was life. It can be seen that this year, more than 36 million acres of land in southern Liaoning have been reclaimed. As long as it lasts until the autumn harvest, Liaodong will have enough food to resettle more refugees and people. In this way, This will allow the development of Liaodong to enter a virtuous cycle.
There is no mature method to learn from in this regard. It is foreseeable that the food in southern Liaoning will be mainly potatoes, corn and sweet potatoes. Of course, sweet potatoes can also be transported to Jiangnan in exchange for high-quality rice. This requires a large number of ships and large sea vessels.
Lushun Shipyard is actually manufacturing a large seagoing ship made of 5,000 materials. However, during the keel laying stage, it was discovered that the keel was deformed and the problem is being solved.
It seems that development needs to be done step by step, and we cannot eat a fat man in one go.
Just when Cheng Shijie was preparing to publish the "Liaodong Minors Protection Law", "Liaodong Women's Prohibition of Foot Binding Regulations" and the "Trial Draft on Liaodong Compulsory Education".
Xie Jinglin discovered a very surprising question.
North Koreans do not know about the Musan Iron Mine, and the Musan Iron Mine has not been discovered by North Korea, and North Korea does not pay attention to this area. It is estimated that the North Korean royal family does not know how big Musan is and what it contains.
After learning about this situation, Xie Jinglin immediately revised his original plan of action and decided to purchase Xianning North Road as a residential area for Ning Haijun's family.
On April 16, the sixth year of Chongzhen's reign, Xie Jinglin formally met with King Li Zhu of North Korea.
Li Hui was a king who came to power through a coup. He was originally the nephew of Li Hui, the king of Guanghai. With the rise of the slaves, Li Hui, the king of Guanghai, refused to assist the Ming Dynasty and secretly sent a letter to the slaves, which led to rebellion and alienation. Li Shu and Shen Jingzhen (Li Jian's cousin) decided to launch a coup to overthrow King Gwanghae.
On the second night of March 12, the third year of Tianqi, the coup plan was officially launched. After the coup was successful, Li Zhu ascended the throne and granted amnesty to King Injo of North Korea. This coup was also called "Injo Anyway".
Li Zhu immediately sent Li Qingquan as an envoy to the Ming Dynasty after "anyway" to inform him of the "anyway" and asked the Ming emperor to canonize him as the king of Korea. However, the Ming Dynasty believed that he had usurped the throne and delayed the canonization.
With the entreaties of the North Korean envoys and the help of Mao Wenlong, the Ming general stationed in Chudao (Phi Island) in North Korea, the Ming Dynasty decided to approve Injo's canonization based on the strategic consideration of "alliance with North Korea to control slaves". On April 20th of the fourth year of Tianqi (1624), Injo received the imperial edict of Mingxi Zong from the returning envoys. On June 3rd of the following year, the Ming envoys and eunuchs Wang Minzheng and Hu Liangfu presided over the canonization ceremony. Injo Domestic legality has also been confirmed.
Li Jian was a pro-Ming faction, so after the victory in Haizhou, he immediately congratulated Emperor Chongzhen and participated in the captive ceremony held in December of the fifth year of Chongzhen.
Although Xie Jinglin's status was not high, he came to North Korea on behalf of Cheng Shijie, so he was warmly received by Li Zhu.
During the dinner on April 16, Li Zhu proposed to Xie Jinglin that since Jian Nu was about to make a move in the near future, he hoped to request Liaodong Governor Cheng Shijie to reinforce North Korea.
The so-called Jiannu was about to move, but it was just the Jiannu cavalry under Hu Erqi's command running wildly along the Yalu and Tumen rivers. This fake move frightened Li Shu. Although it is very easy for the Ming army to defeat the slaves, the problem is that the North Korean army is too weak.
It was like fighting against the fifth scum, and Li Zhu really felt insecure.
Is it possible that Xie Jinglin's previous actions were: "It's not impossible to increase the number of troops in North Korea, it's just inconvenient! Let the Ning Navy officers live in North Korea. The Ning Navy officers will be homesick and will inevitably cause trouble. Mr. Cheng is planning to increase the total number of troops stationed in North Korea to 12,000 People and horses, but the problem is that once the families of these soldiers join the army, there will be 50,000 to 60,000 people, which will put too much pressure on logistical supplies."
What Xie Jinglin said is true. After all, there is almost no autumn in Liaodong. Once autumn begins, the temperature may drop significantly anytime and anywhere. It is even normal to snow in September. Once it snows, food cannot be transported. Summer is easy, but the problem is that there is no food in summer.
There was a big war last year, and Liaodong, which was not originally wealthy, is now very tight on grain reserves. Now Cheng Shijie is buying grain from Jiangnan.
Li Zhu also felt that what Xie Jinglin said was true. If North Korea was allowed to bear the supply problem of Ning Haijun, an army of 12,000 troops would be affordable. No matter how bad it is, North Korea is still a big country, with a population of tens of millions.
But the problem is, if you include the family members of the army, it will be a big problem. North Korea has a lot of land, but the problem is that there is not much arable land, and North Korea also has to support its own army.
Li Zhu was a little anxious.
However, Jin Zidian, the prefect of Seoul, was an experienced official. He heard the hidden meaning in Xie Jinglin's words. Just because it is difficult to handle, does not mean it cannot be handled.
Jin Zidian pulled Xie Jinglin and asked, "Mr. Xie, how can the Chinese army rush to help?"
Xie Jinglin said: "Unless there is another way!"
"In what way?"
Xie Jinglin pointed to the topography of the Yalu River and Tumen River basins and said: "This is the junction of the Ming Dynasty and North Korea. If one or two guard posts are set up here and the land is allocated to the guards and soldiers to farm, then the soldiers will not have to bear the burden. The supplies can also be used to defend the slaves, isn’t it killing two birds with one stone?”
Jin Zidian also felt that this suggestion was a good idea: "I wonder where Mr. Xie thinks it will be used as a guard base for the Chinese army?"
Xie Jinglin did not ask for Maoshan for the first time, but pointed at Mingchuan County on the map. Of course, the so-called counties in North Korea are roughly equivalent to the counties in Ming Dynasty.
Except for some mountainous areas in the central and western parts of Mingchuan County, most of the area is the alluvial plain of Mingjian River and Yulang River, with cultivated land equivalent to three to four million acres.
Jin Zidian shook his head and said, "You can't do this here!"
Li Zhu didn't even have much impression of North Hamgyong Province. His biggest impression was that North Hamgyong Province was very mountainous and there was almost no flat land.
Finally, after discussion between the monarchs and ministers of North Korea, they decided to give Maoshan to Cheng Shijie.
But the problem is, Xie Jinglin disagrees: "Your Majesty, as the sovereign state, the Ming Dynasty will never take advantage of the vassal states. Although Huining, Qingyuan, Zhongcheng, Qingxing, Wencheng, Funing, Shanqian plus There are currently eight towns in Musan Town, as well as Pi Island and Jeju Island, but the Ming Dynasty cannot take the land of North Korea in vain."
"How about giving me eight taels of silver as a gift!"
Li Zhu's idea was that with Daming blocking the slaves in the north, he could sleep peacefully. If the Japanese pirates from the south came again, Daming's father would take care of the dwarfs.
Xie Jinglin shook his head and said: "Eight taels of silver is too little. It will make people all over the world laugh at the Ming Dynasty. Otherwise, each land has 10,000 taels of silver, totaling 100,000 taels of silver. It can be considered as purchased by Duke Hai. Place Ning Haijun’s officers!”
In this way, Xie Jinglin spent one hundred thousand taels of silver to buy eight towns in North Korea: Huining, Qingyuan, Zhongcheng, Qingxing, Wencheng, Funing, Shanqian, and Maoshan, totaling more than 14,800 square kilometers of land.
Yes, that’s right, it’s 100,000 taels of silver. If Phidao costs 10,000 taels of silver, it’s a bit expensive, then Jeju Island and Musan are too cheap.
The two parties formally signed an agreement, and Cheng Shijie officially became the owner of Pi Island and Jeju Island. In addition, the eight towns also became Cheng Shijie's private territory.
Of course, these one hundred thousand taels of silver were not paid directly to North Korea in silver, but in the form of weapons and equipment, but the prices of these equipment were very low.
For example, the actual cost of a spear was more than four taels of silver, so it was sold for five taels of silver each, a total of one thousand. In addition, there were also horizontal knives worth three taels of silver, a total of one thousand horizontal knives. Cheng Shijie also very generously gave Li Zhu, the vassal king, a thousand sets of armor and equipped North Korea with an army of 3,000 men.
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If we really talk about it, many people can’t believe that North Korea has more than 500 kinds of minerals. Especially in later generations, North Korea’s mineral resources accounted for 80% of its mineral resources.
North Korea has the world's largest rare earth deposits and is expected to double the world's current known rare earth oxide resources. At the same time, North Korea’s magnesite reserves rank first in the world. Among the top ten minerals are tungsten, molybdenum, graphite, barite, fluorite, etc. Its iron ore reserves are also among the top ten in the world, ranking first in Asia. . In addition, North Korea has been known as a "gold-producing country" since ancient times, and gold often occurs symbiotically with silver, copper and other minerals.
Unexpectedly, North Korea is actually a born tycoon, and they have mines. On the contrary, although South Korea has more arable land than North Korea, its mineral resources are less than one-seventh of North Korea.
Maoshan Iron Mine is the largest iron ore in Asia. The largest iron ore was originally located in Dataigou, Qiaotou Town, Benxi City, Liaoning Province, but Maoshan Iron Mine has prospective reserves of 5 billion tons. More importantly, 28% of this huge iron mine is open-air. The underground portion is 72 percent.
Without Cheng Shijie, the Maoshan Iron Mine would have been discovered in the 1930s, more than three hundred years later.
The problem is that this is an open-pit iron mine, which means that the actual population of Mushan is not large, otherwise it would have been discovered long ago.
The agreement officially came into effect on April 30, the sixth year of Chongzhen.
At the same time, Cheng Shijie dispatched a team of more than 1,000 engineering and technical personnel to Maoshan, including 40 engineering offices at any time.
Cheng Shijie was very disgusted with those European colonists. Their behavior was too simple and crude. Regarding this, Cheng Shijie's approach was relatively mild.
Following the Engineering Bureau and technical personnel to Maoshan was a convoy of about 600 people. This convoy was a veteran of the Ning Navy. These veterans were more or less physically disabled, such as missing a few A finger or a toe. After all, the battle between Ning Haijun and Jian Nu took place in winter, and too many soldiers suffered frostbite.
When North Korea saw that Cheng Shijie kept his word, he immediately sent five to six thousand people to Maoshan, and he also put his hanging heart into his stomach.
Regarding how to develop Maoshan, Cheng Shijie positioned Maoshan as the future steel capital. Maoshan not only has iron ore, but Wencheng also has coal. The natural conditions for steelmaking are already there.
With the control of these eight towns, the Shuangcheng Guards also began to expand, connecting with Maoshan to the south. They can attack when advancing and defend when retreating. Of course, at the current stage, human resources in Liaodong are also very scarce. To develop Maoshan, it is impossible to leave No help from North Koreans.
"Want to have a full meal?"
"think!"
"Then give us a job at Shuangcheng Development Group. Here we have fresh fruits, sweet milk, delicious steamed buns, and delicious dishes!"
Although the Shuangcheng Development Group also carries swords and guns, the well-dressed, tall and powerful Ning Haijun soldiers are a typical image of imperialism.
The Korean people are very poor, the local agricultural planting technology is backward, and the food production is extremely low. Coupled with the excessive taxation by the Korean government, the life of ordinary Koreans is not easy.
Ning Haijun Shuangcheng Development Group does not directly distribute money in Maoshan. In this place, money is not useful for materials. Korean workers work for Shuangcheng Development Group, and their daily payment is grain, food or salt, cloth and other materials. Various supplies.
Working for the Shuangcheng Development Group, the income gained far exceeds their original farming or hunting. Of course, the prey obtained by the Koreans from hunting can also be sold directly to the Shuangcheng Group. In addition to the prey, there are also local specialties such as mountain ginseng. Medicinal materials and so on.
Thanks to the hard work of North Korean workers, a simple and huge temporary camp is rising from the ground, with tents that can be quickly erected and fences surrounding the camp.
Gradually, the wooden fence of the camp turned into a stone wall, the stone wall turned into a city wall, and the original small town slowly turned into a magnificent city.
Daming Shuangcheng Development Group brought not only supplies to Maoshan, but also living habits. For example, they wake up every morning and wash their faces and brush their teeth, then have breakfast and drink some tea in the afternoon.
The development work of the Shuangcheng Development Group in Musan began to develop rapidly. The Ming people and the Koreans got along very harmoniously. The guards of the Shuangcheng Development Group were not like the colonial army. They had strict military disciplines and could not act randomly. .
Then the Maoshan Pier, highways, and inns on the Tumen River slowly appeared...
The North Koreans do not dislike the Ming people, but are very envious of them. As for the Shuangcheng Development Group's interests in North Korea, Cheng Shijie is not worried at all, because the eight bureaus have a total of more than 7,600 garrison troops. Of course, if you count Pi Island and Jeju The island's garrison has nearly 25,000 troops.
If the 25,000 elite Ning Navy officers cannot guarantee Cheng Shijie's interests, it's time for Cheng Shijie to reflect on himself.
The most important thing about adopting the core of harmonious coexistence and win-win cooperation is that in this way, both sides will benefit. Ning Haijun can ensure North Korea's border security, and the local people will also have the opportunity to work and receive material compensation.
At this time, Maoshan has actually turned into a huge construction site, a residential community for Shuangcheng Development Group employees, a military camp for the guard team, a logistics camp for the exploration team, temporary barracks for workers from the 100-household engineering office, and around docks and ports. A warehouse with a huge area.
At this time, the warehouse was filled with grain, various tools and daily necessities from Liaodong. Maoshan City is still divided into four parts: the Administrative Committee management area and the living area, the military control area, and the commercial area. The Administrative Committee management area includes military camps, warehouses, and office areas. The living area is still the traditional two-story brick building of the Ming Dynasty. .
Today's Maoshan City has about 10,000 Ming Dynasty people living here. The city is more than ten times larger than the original Maoshan Town. The most important thing is the road. One road was built and then another. These are wide and flat. Roads are something that Koreans have never seen before. In fact, not many people in Ming Dynasty have seen such roads.
This is a cement road.
(End of chapter)
