Xu Zhenming nodded: "I understand this truth. Wu Qianxian from Busan in the past has told me this truth. You can rest assured."
"That's very good."
"Also, I wonder if the kingdom is willing to explore more iron ore and coal mining in the hinterland of our kingdom?"
Shen Chengmin asked with a smile after speaking.
Xu Zhenming couldn't help but ask: "What do you mean by this?"
Shen Chengmin said: "That's right, our kingdom is mountainous, and thanks to the country's protection, our country has been able to maintain peace for many years and its population is increasing day by day. Therefore, our country is willing to invite the country to mine in our territory to further benefit the small areas of our kingdom." People, by the way, it can be regarded as a little filial piety expressed by the kingdom for the king and father of the country; but we must be allowed to participate in the dividends. This is not because we are greedy for profit, but to make our kingdom more capable of ensuring the smooth profit of the country's mining and suppressing domestic tyrants. right."
Xu Zhenming smiled and nodded: "You are striving for blessings for your people, and I naturally agree!"
Then, Xu Zhenming said: "But since you so want to win holy grace for your own people, why don't you make more efforts?"
After hearing this, Shen Chengmin raised his hands and asked: "What more efforts should I make? Please give me advice!"
"You should not just allow the government-run mining industry of the Kingdom of Heaven to open mines, but you should also completely open up sea and border restrictions to the Kingdom of Heaven."
"Of course, both officials and citizens of your country can come to your country to invest money and start businesses. Naturally, you will still have to pay dividends and taxes."
"And by doing so, wouldn't it further increase your kingdom's tax revenue and solve the problem of your kingdom's increasing population?"
"It can also check and balance the wealthy and powerful industries in your kingdom, because the officials and people of the Kingdom of Shang come to your kingdom to set up industries only to make money, not to fight for power. If they really want to rule your kingdom directly, why should they keep your royal court?"
"In addition, the craftsmanship skills of the Celestial Empire are far greater than yours, and there are more talents of all kinds than you. If you come to the kingdom to do practical work, your country will only be richer than it is now. If you can only produce three pieces of cloth a month, you can If the number is increased to four, the day will come when everyone will be protected from the harm of freezing!"
Xu Zhenming explained his views at this time.
After hearing this, Shen Chengmin thought carefully for a while, and then suddenly handed over to Xu Zhenming: "Then please ask the superior country to support me to become the leader of the kingdom to discuss politics. If you can, I will vigorously promote this matter!"
The leader in charge of political affairs is equivalent to the prime minister in North Korea.
Xu Zhenming nodded after hearing this.
A look of joy appeared on Shen Chengmin's face.
There are many enlightened scholar-officials in North Korea today who no longer resent the Ming Dynasty's coming to North Korea to station troops, do business, and even build roads and develop minerals.
Because they have to admit that Ming Dynasty is indeed better in technology and management, and it can indeed increase the income of many people in North Korea, and the increase in people's income can also increase their taxes.
King Li Huan of Korea and his ministers stationed troops in Busan and Tsushima during the Ming Dynasty, and even built military depots along the way, and opened many weaving mills and mines in these places. The one-time tax did not cause large-scale civil unrest, and many people accepted it calmly.
The reason is naturally that many Korean people earned a lot of money working for the Ming Dynasty in places such as Busan and Tsushima Island. Mainly because the Ming Dynasty really paid them for their own cotton sales.
Therefore, many people in North Korea now have money in their hands. Although a lot of their income has been confiscated by the court, it is still better than starving to death without land or property before.
And that's why.
Li Huo and some of his ministers also discovered that the Ming Dynasty's development of their kingdom was beneficial to rulers like themselves. Not only did the revenue from the treasury increase, but internal peasant uprisings were also reduced a lot, and they could more confidently ask the Ming Dynasty to teach them a lesson. Foreigners and Japanese pirates came to harass me from time to time.
Shen Chengmin was this kind of scholar-official, and he was willing to further open up to the Ming Dynasty. Soon after, the Ming Dynasty officials stationed in North Korea instructed the King of Korea to let him serve as a leader in political affairs.
As soon as Shen Chengmin became the leader of the government, he began to petition the King of Korea to allow further opening up of the Ming Dynasty in the economic field.
"Our country is the most loyal vassal state of the Celestial Empire. We should use our material resources to accomplish the great cause of the Celestial Empire and win the favor of the Emperor of Heaven."
"Therefore, I agree with Shen Qing's memorial."
"Welcome the officials and people of the Celestial Dynasty to come to the kingdom to do business and give lectures."
North Korea's King Li Huo also agreed to Shen Chengmin's request after he made the following report.
At this time, Shen Chengmin said again: "Your Highness, I think that although our country has this intention, the officials and people of the country may not be willing to come to Korea. This is because Japan is a land directly under the jurisdiction of the Celestial Empire. There are not many taxes and the population is The benefits are more and cheaper, so we can’t just agree, we must also have policies that can attract the officials and people of the State to come to our country to do practical work.”
Li Huo nodded: "You are a person who understands, so you should do so. To pass on Gu's will, the government should formulate a series of policies to attract Shangguan officials and people as soon as possible. You must treat Shangguan officials and people who come to our country with courtesy. They Everything must be handled with caution, don’t be careless!”
"If the officials and people of the Supreme Court commit illegal acts in court, they should not ask questions if they can. If they can, they should not arrest them. If they can not arrest them, they should not imprison them. If they can, they should not imprison them! In fact, because the crimes are so heinous and they need an explanation, they must first obtain the consent of the Emperor of the Busan Celestial Dynasty. , to show our sincere heart, so that the officials and people of the Kingdom of the Kingdom of China will know that we are good at courtesy, and they will be more willing to come to Korea to help our kingdom become more peaceful and peaceful!"
After Li Huo said this, all the ministers bowed their hands and said yes.
Zhu Yijun also learned about this from Xu Zhenming's memorial not long after, and also received a memorial from the King of North Korea asking for Ming's official and private funds to further come to North Korea to express his favor.
"According to his wishes!"
"The Li family always respected the emperor and Ming Dynasty, and they also followed our Chinese etiquette, writings and customs. Their people should also be my pure sons and should be blessed by them."
"Therefore, I not only approved what he said, but also regarded it as the country that deserved the most favor, that is, the most favored nation. Therefore, I ordered the cabinet to discuss an appropriate tax reduction for the goods coming from Korea. In the future, all other vassals come to China. Whatever the minimum tax on goods is, North Korea will pay the same import tax! But North Korea also has to do the same, but they must use our silver dollar coupons to settle goods."
Zhu Yijun is no stranger to this, so he is happy to influence North Korea in the economic field first.
The reason why Zhu Yijun required North Korea to use silver dollar coupons to settle goods in order to obtain most-favored nation status was to avoid the outflow of silver dollars, and to use banknotes such as silver dollar coupons to control North Korea's economy in the future.
King Li Hao of North Korea did not refuse, because the people who controlled the most national goods in North Korea were actually his royal family and scholar-bureaucrats. Most of the goods exported from North Korea to the Ming Dynasty every year were their goods, so Zhu Yijun promised to give him most-favored-nation status if he used silver dollar coupons. Naturally they agreed.
As a result, more and more government-run industries and private industries in the Ming Dynasty crossed the sea to open mines and factories in North Korea because the import taxes collected in the Ming Dynasty were low, and North Korea gave special treatment to the Han people who lived in the Ming Dynasty, and they all made a lot of money. few.
This is especially true for industries with relatively low technical thresholds and higher labor cost requirements, such as mineral development, spinning, and equipment assembly.
Wuxi.
"They are all going to North Korea?"
After Gu Xiancheng and Gu Yuncheng got the decree from Shen Shixing to establish the crown prince, they returned home from the capital feeling disappointed. As soon as Gu Xiancheng returned home, he heard Gu Xuancheng, who was running the family business at home, say that many of his old tenants were going to North Korea. No more renting their fields.
Gu Xuancheng replied: "Yes, more and more people are going to sea in the Jiangnan area. Everyone is saying that they can make more money in Korea and Japan and live more comfortably than in Jiangnan. Even the local officials treat Han Chinese like themselves. To be polite, everyone just wants to go there and make a lot of money before coming back, and they don’t want to rent our land anymore.”
"Going out of your hometown for personal gain is unfilial and disrespectful to your ancestors!"
Gu Xiancheng cursed and said, "That's why Taizu also opposed people leaving the county and set up a road diversion system. It's a pity that this system has been abolished now."
"It's useless to be reasonable. Not only are there people who want to go to North Korea, but there are also people who want to go to Japan, and some even want to go to Myanmar."
Gu Xuancheng replied.
"This is what is inevitable when we use Zhang Taiyue's teachings to govern the country!"
Gu Yuncheng said something to the side at this time, and said: "Taking profits from outside means that people will also run outside, then filial piety and loyalty will be annihilated, and the world will be corrupted! Everyone will hate farming even more, so that My hometown is full of profit-seeking people, and even the entire country is full of profit-seeking people!"
"That's right!"
Gu Xiancheng nodded, and asked Gu Xuancheng again: "Isn't it useless to lower rents and interest rates?"
"It's no use!"
"They just don't want to be sharecroppers! Even if we lower the rent to a minimum and lower the interest rate to be lower than that of a government-run bank, they would rather go to a government-run bank to get a higher-interest loan specifically for going overseas."
Gu Xuancheng replied.
(End of chapter)
