After listening to Qiu Hui's words, Zhu Heji laughed.
Having no shortage of land is the key to achieving "Datong"!
After all, we are now an agricultural society, and industry and commerce are just the icing on the cake, and they can also be regarded as the foundation.
If land is scarce and everyone regards land as their lifeblood, then forget about establishing "Datong" in a place like Chaozhou where clan power is very strong... Most of the land in Chaozhou is under the name of the clan. Those who occupy a relatively large area are powerful clans. During the Qing Dynasty, the powerful clans in Chaozhou were still full of martial virtues, and armed fights often broke out, and they all lived together in castle-like enclosures.
You want to equalize their fields, but they won’t fight you? The third prince Zhu and the third grandson Zhu couldn't do it at all.
On the contrary, the current situation with fewer people and more land and a powerful enemy is more conducive to the power of Prince Zhu, Grandson Zhu and Qiu Hui to use the "Assimilation of Original Confucianism" route to entire the four counties of Chaozhou.
Thinking of this, Zhu Heji smiled and told everything about his thoughts.
"My father-in-law, except for the smaller number of people in the four counties of Chaozhou in our hands, everything else is pretty good! There is enough land, Dahao Commercial Port is a gateway between China and foreign countries, and there are also two industries: salt and sugar. Recently, the war between fire and salt Gunpowder has also developed... By the way, my son-in-law has recently figured out a business making sugarcane bagasse wine, which is also very promising."
"What? Can sugarcane bagasse make wine? Can that be such a good thing?" Qiu Hui raised his eyelids, seeming to be interested.
Zhu Heji smiled: "My father-in-law, it is not difficult to make this sugar cane wine... By the time Shuzhen gets married, we should be able to produce it in large quantities."
"So fast?" Qiu Hui said, "But this wine needs to be aged a little longer."
Zhu Heji smiled and said, "My son-in-law has his own way to make this wine age faster... and keep it delicious!"
Artificial aging and flavoring of wine are not difficult tasks for Zhu Heji.
Qiu Hui nodded and said with a smile: "I hope I have to taste it carefully!"
Zhu Heji said with a smile: "When the wine is ready, I will send you a few jars!"
"How many tanks?" Qiu Hui laughed, "Do you want to get me drunk to death?" He paused and then said: "But it's a good deal to make wine with bagasse... Here in Chaozhou, sugarcane bagasse There’s no shortage!”
Zhu Heji said with a smile: "My father-in-law, you see, we now have four industries that can bring in money: salt, sugar, gunpowder, and sugar cane wine, as well as the sea trade in Dahao. There should be no shortage of money. , if we can take a longer-term view and be a little frugal, we can spend a sum of money on opening factories, running schools, and reorganizing land. Once these three things are done, we will have Datong in Chaozhou! "
Qiu Hui was a little confused when he heard this, "The purpose of clearing the land is to equalize the land... What does opening a factory or a school have to do with Datong?"
Zhu Heji smiled and explained: "Of course it does matter! Let's talk about the school first. The school is a place to teach and educate people. It is also a place where we spread the principles of the world for the common good and the world's great harmony. If it is set up well, it will not only help us and other original Confucianism cultivates successors, and also allows young people in Jieyang, Chaoyang, Chenghai, and Huilai counties to have books to read. After reading books... they will have the opportunity to stand out in the future!
As for setting up factories, my son-in-law plans to start up the four factories first, which are the saltpeter factory, gunpowder factory, winery, and copper foundry... But my son-in-law does not plan to live alone, as he will not be able to make enough money. If we all make money together and get rich together, we will have great harmony!
Therefore, the skills of collecting saltpeter, making granular gunpowder, brewing sugarcane wine, and casting copper coins and copper utensils can all be passed on to the folks in the four counties of Chaozhou. Of course, you still have to pay attention to the rules of apprenticeship. After the apprentices become masters, even if they want to start their own business, I will support it. "
After hearing what Zhu Heji said, Qiu Hui already understood. He nodded and said: "The purpose of setting up schools and factories is to recruit apprentices and pass on skills. If the relationship between master and apprentice is 10%, then they are people in the same boat!"
That’s right!
Who is Zhu Heji? Grandson of Zhu San! Whoever wants to worship him as his teacher must be the disciple of the Third Grandson of Zhu, the disciple of the Third Grandson of Zhu, and the additional disciple of Emperor Chongzhen!
If the Third Prince Zhu and the Third Grandson of Zhu were to fail, then why would Emperor Chongzhen’s disciples and grandsons all have to be executed at once?
Moreover, what the Qing Dynasty did in Chaozhou over the years was indeed unreasonable. Not to mention the Chaozhou people who were enemies of the Qing Dynasty, how many Chaozhou people who took refuge in the Qing Dynasty as dogs ended up with a good end?
Therefore, as long as the master-disciple status is only 10%, these apprentices and the clans behind them will become Zhu Heji's best friends, and they will naturally accept Zhu Heji's "Great Harmony Transformation".
Of course, Zhu Heji's "Great Harmony" was not to break up the Chaozhou clans, but to promote the great harmonization of Chaozhou based on clan units. Allocate land on a clan basis, set up clan schools, allocate taxes, corvees and military service, and support each clan to set up handicrafts such as saltpeter factories, gunpowder factories, wineries, and copper factories. In addition, Zhu Heji also planned to use his own Chemical knowledge has helped Chaozhou's sea salt and sugar industries to upgrade to the next level, thus forming several advantageous industries with high added value.
In this way, Zhu Heji could not only organize the clans in Chaozhou through the "Great Harmony Transformation", but also achieve industrial upgrading and popularize education. It was really like killing multiple birds with one stone!
Once this is done in Chaozhou, the same model can be replicated throughout Guangdong.
At this time, other places in Guangdong were similar to Chaozhou. They were all tortured by the Qing Dynasty. They were all clan-based societies, and they had not yet completely recovered!
As long as Guangdong can be integrated into a "Great Harmony Society" and reach a level where per capita output value, income and gun ownership exceed those of the United States, then of course it will be no problem to bulldoze the Manchus.
After the Manchus are bulldozed, "Chaozhou-style Datong" can still be promoted to the whole country!
The country's current population is only 30 to 40 million, and there is still so much land. It also has internationally competitive "mid-to-high-end industries" such as silk, cotton, tea, porcelain, and sugar. There are also a group of "preparatory colonies" nearby, such as The United States before the Civil War was no less generous!
Is there any reason why America's Hu can't be cut off?
Thinking of this, the smile on Zhu Heji's face was hard to hide!
Chen Yonghua, who is responsible for managing Taiwan's civil affairs, has been listening carefully to the words of Zhu's father and son, Qiu Hui and others. The more he listens, the more he feels that this "great assimilation" is going on!
Not only can it be done in Chaozhou, but it can also be done in Taiwan... Once done, the population of less than 200,000 on the island of Taiwan can be used as 300,000 or 400,000.
Just when Chen Yonghua wanted to ask Zhu Heji for advice on how to do the "bagasse brewing" business and replicate it in Taiwan, Chen Shangchuan, the "island owner" of Longmen Island in Qinzhou Bay, spoke first: "Jianguo, Shiziye, Qiu We can build an army slowly. The most important thing now is how to defeat the two Tatar soldiers, Shang Kexi and Mi Sihan! I heard that they are mobilizing soldiers from Guangdong and Fujian provinces. It’s about to be pressed up.”
The Battle of Jieyang seemed to have frightened the Qing army in Guangdong. Although the commander of the Shang family's army in Mianhu Village was replaced by Shang Zhixiao, this guy seemed to be more cowardly than Shang Zhixin, lying in Mianhu Village without moving.
The Guangdong Admiral Yan Ziming lay down in Puning, Chaozhou General Liu Jinzhong returned to Haiyang and lay down, and the Xushun Gongfu Banner Army led by Deng Guangming and Zhang Mengji lay down in the upper reaches of Beixi... in a circle. Zhu San and his son were helpless because of the situation, so they could only "plant the fields" first and create Datong.
But since Chen Shangchuan mentioned this issue, Zhu Heji wanted to hear his opinion.
Zhu Heji asked: "General Chen, in your opinion, how should we deal with the soldiers from Guangdong and Fujian provinces?"
Chen Shangchuan said: "Your Majesty, I suggest that you first build a fortification wooden fence around Jieyang Island, stock up on grain, grass and gunpowder as a long-term plan and lure the enemy to encircle you. After Shang Kexi's army arrives, then use the partial division militia to rely on the fortification and attack. During the confrontation, thousands of elite troops were sent out to join forces with the ministers and jointly capture the overseas Qiongzhou Island as the basis for resisting the Qing Dynasty!"
