"Why do people care so much when they are greedy for profit! For example, even if some officials know that they want to peel off the skin and get the grass, they also know that the court has Yanglian Yin and Rongyang Yin, but they can't help but be greedy, can't they?
This is the bad nature of human nature!
Besides, it is not as simple as fame and fortune. First of all, Your Majesty is Your Majesty after all, and he occupies the legitimate position in the world;
Secondly, our Majesty is very kind to the common people. Fang, Xu and others originally held the same ideas as the ancient Confucians and were different from the modern Confucians, so they actually regarded the homeless people as the people. Therefore, they also thought that although the emperor was cruel But not ungrateful, although extreme but not stubborn! Although he is not a benevolent king, he is actually a wise master!
Therefore, they do not think that the emperor intends to make them slaves, or in other words, they are now willing to be the emperor's lackeys! "
Zhao Nanxing smiled and started talking again.
"No matter what, we can't let the Xu family betray us like the Jiangnan gentry again, and let the imperial court use the Xu family to seize profits from the people! The official decided to send people back to Jiangnan as soon as possible. First, he organized a secret association of like-minded people. The imperial court did not allow us to form an association. , we insist on forming an association! How can we resist the bad government without forming an association?! It’s just a dead ear! Then, we just want to find a way to destroy the Xu family’s cotton yarn industry. No matter what secret skills the Xu family has obtained through the inner court in the cotton yarn industry, we have to put them to death. Damn it, get this skill!"
Man Chaojian gritted his teeth and said.
"I hope you can make it."
Zhao Nanxing smiled.
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“Whether it is through large-scale construction projects to feed these refugees, or immigration to Shibian, Liaodong, as well as the subsequent military supplies, and the increased expenditures on raising integrity and honor, we will still have to spend a lot of money and food in the future;
Last year, we could use the tax collected from Nanzhili to support the expenses, but now we cannot continue to clear the land immediately; instead of continuing to clear the land, the return of fire consumption to the public will not increase much income. It can only curb the local over-exploitation of the people. Therefore, these expenses this year and next year must rely on new inputs. In addition, the Habayashi Guards need to expand their troops and the Ordnance Manufacturing General Administration needs more money and food;
Therefore, I have decided to continue to expand government-owned industries. First, your Xu family’s cotton yarn industry must continue to expand its scale. Second, Shang Gongjian’s flying shuttle loom must be established as soon as possible for promotion. We still use the old method. I recommend it. Several reliable wealthy businessmen from Jiangnan took care of this matter and went to Jiangnan to build new weaving factories to increase national interests. "
Zhu Youxiao still insisted on the Wenhua Palace Jingyan, and the Jingyan still became a place for Zhu Youxiao and Xu Guangqi to discuss matters alone.
At this time, Zhu Youxiao proposed his idea of using flying shuttle weaving technology to build a new government-run weaving factory in Jiangnan.
After hearing this, Xu Guangqi couldn't help but said: "Your Majesty, if you are kind enough to ask me to recommend a few reliable merchants to run the government-run weaving factory, it would be fine.
However, I am worried that this will affect the interests of ordinary people in the south of the Yangtze River. Previously, the Xu family's cotton yarn had always followed His Majesty's instructions and did not dare to increase the scale or reduce the price without authorization. It continued to collect local yarn, so that the Xu family basically only took low-cost products. profit;
But now, if the scale is increased, the price of cotton yarn must be lowered to squeeze out the sales share of cotton yarn occupied by other merchants. After all, the cotton yarn that Westerners need to purchase is limited!
In this case, other merchants will be even more dissatisfied, and even ordinary yarn merchants will have to sell cotton yarn to local cotton yarn shops at a lower price. In addition, I also saw the cloth woven by the flying shuttle loom. , both in texture and width, are superior to homespun cloth. Therefore, once shuttle looms begin to enter the weaving industry, they will attract Westerners to purchase large quantities without expanding the scale, taking away the benefits of other cloth merchants, and thus hurting ordinary weavers. Therefore, please be careful, Your Majesty. "
"I have also considered what Ai Qing mentioned, but apart from using new skills to increase the profits of the official business to make up for the increasing money and food expenditures of the court, there is no better way; otherwise, it is to increase the land and give it to the people of the world. This is It will make it difficult for more people to survive!
Or increase business taxes on the gentry all over the world, which will make the gentry all over the world even more dissatisfied, which is not something that can be done now;
Or continue to clear the land, and also clear the land in other provinces except Southern Zhili. This will dissatisfy the vassal kings and nobles who have farmland, and will also dissatisfy the border generals who have elite servants;
The only way to increase the profits of the official business is to use new skills. If the profits of ordinary weavers and cotton households are damaged, the court can make up for it. In the past, the major tooth shops did not give them much profit, but they can make up for their family needs so that they will not go hungry. Just die, I can give them a larger share of the profits wrested from the big households, and expand the scale so that they can directly become workers in the government-run workshops. They are not the weavers in Jiangnan who can only feed themselves now, but have monthly salary. For weavers, the monthly salary is not even low, which at least allows them to support their families and have some savings;
As for the big cotton yarn and weaving companies, we can only suffer them. They have made so much profit from smuggling cotton yarn and cotton cloth for generations, and they did not pay a penny to the court. It is considered polite that the court did not punish them!
Besides, if they lose this livelihood, they will not be unable to live. Which of these large households does not have thousands of acres of fertile land and which does not have a complete range of industries? Anyway, this is the only way now!
If the imperial court wants to enrich the people and the country, reform finances, and increase revenue, it must suffer a certain type of people; either the gentry or the common people, and if any of them is willing to earn extra money with the imperial court, they will naturally be able to make more money. The richer. "
Zhu Youxiao looked at Xu Guangqi as he spoke.
Xu Guangqi began to think deeply, and after a while he said: "In that case, I have no objection. Now it seems that this is indeed the most appropriate strategy. I only hope that more big families can understand the general situation, follow the general trend, and would rather use new skills together with the imperial court." Earn profits from foreign affairs, rather than being stubborn and just thinking about not letting the imperial court take away your own profits and refusing to comply with the imperial court's arrangements."
"In that case, do it immediately!"
"You know better than I do that the wealthy businessmen in Susong, Jiangnan have far-sightedness and great righteousness. They should come to Beijing to discuss with you as soon as possible. Not only must we discuss how to deal with this matter, but we must also discuss how to deal with the large number of ordinary cotton households and farmers. The latter must deal with the bankruptcy of the Orihu households. This is the key to helping them and the court continue to make profits from new textile techniques in the future. As long as they win over the cotton households and the Orihu households below, everything else will be fine! "
Zhu Youxiao gave the order with a firm tone.
"I obey the decree!"
Xu Guangqi replied.
And Zhu Youxiao continued: "You are still the Minister of the Ministry of War, so you and Lu Jiude will continue to recruit new Yulin Guards. From now on, the Ministry of War will be mainly responsible for military supplies dispatch, recruitment training, and post-war recruitment. The rest of the pension matters are left to the veteran generals of the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion;
Among them, recruitment and military supplies are the two most important things. Next, I will make a decree for you, as a scholar of Dongge University and Minister of War, to supervise Gyeonggi, Shandong, and Liaodong, mainly to inspect places such as Huangzhuang, Tianjin, and Qufu. The civil and academic situation, as well as the military and political situation in Liaodong, prepared for the recruitment of Yulin Guard recruits in Huangzhuang, Tianjin, and Qufu and encouraged Shandong refugees to immigrate to Liaodong; therefore, places such as Huangzhuang, Tianjin, and Qufu, especially Tianjin and Qufu must carry out activities to complain and express gratitude to the emperor, so that the refugees and the former tenants of Qufu know that it was me who saved them and allowed them to live a stable life again, and let them understand who made them homeless in the past. , and then have the heart to serve the imperial court in the future, and know the meaning of loyalty to the emperor! "
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