Chapter 76 A successful start
But the victory or defeat has been determined, does it mean that Xu Huizu likes He Xi?
No, it doesn't mean.
Xu Huizu even felt that many of the problems in today's world were actually caused by He Xi. ..
Without He Xi's reform ideas, the prince would not have conflicted with Zhu Yuanzhang. If there had been no reform, Zhu Yuanzhang probably would not have sent Zhu Xiongying to take charge of Beijing.
Even in the last years of Hongwu, Xu Huizu already had a perfect set of rhetoric in his heart.
The death of the prince is related to the struggle for political reform. Taizu was not sure whether the reform was good or bad, so he let Beijing serve as a pilot for the reform, while Zhu Xiongying studied nearby and waited for it to be implemented nationwide in the future. This led to the split between the civil service systems of Nanjing and Beijing. Zhu Yunwen has already contacted some people who are opposed to the reform. Or maybe it's Fang Xiaoru's rise to power.
Therefore, Zhu Yunwen certainly committed a heinous crime. But He Xi is the source of all evil.
Even if some details are ignored, Xu Huizu's judgment cannot be wrong.
Xu Huizu felt that Zhu Xiongying was orthodox and he would be loyal to Zhu Xiongying, but for He Xi, he just felt that the world would be better off without He Xi. But this ambivalence does not prevent him from standing on the side of the winner. He even wanted to see if the situation in the world could be what He Xi had expected.
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Ding Xian didn't know that Yao Guangxiao was running for him.
If Ding Xian comes forward, the Lu family and the Fu family will naturally agree. In addition, the Duke of Wei and the Duke of Cao came forward, and then the Duke of Ying was not able to survive alone. So the entire honorable circle agreed. Many people below also agreed.
So the situation was fed back to Ding Xian.
It’s not a small good, it’s a great good. It’s like the world and the earth come together to draw strength from each other.
It was almost as if Ding Xian had drawn a circle around Jiangning Town, and all the wealth in the world was concentrated in Jiangning Town.
Of course, there are many problems here. The biggest problem is the construction of Jiangning Town.
It is actually not difficult to set up a factory. But to set up an industrial zone, there are a lot of things to do.
Beijing New Town itself is a major infrastructure project. By the way, a lot of land leveling work has been done near Beijing, and roads, bridges and security have also been built. etc.
These things are also done in Jiangning Town. Many things are even more troublesome.
For example, the flood control projects needed in Jiangnan.
While in Beijing, He Xi built a large lake in the south of Beijing. It's Nanhu. It becomes a place where the surrounding water flows together, thereby avoiding Beijing’s floods. This also assumes many tasks for the construction of industrial zones. But the South is different from the North.
The south has many mountains and rivers. Especially the Yangtze River is not far away.
Looking at the city of Nanjing as a whole, Nanjing actually has an irregular shape. The reason for this is because the mountains and rivers have changed the city of Nanjing. When Nanjing city expansion encounters these obstacles, it has to make concessions in other aspects.
And it is impossible for Nanjing to give up its place. Because if Nanjing is not backed by mountains, it means that the terrain is very low. Easily washed away by floods.
The same problem applies to Jiangning Town. Jiangning Town is bounded by the Yangtze River to the north and mountains to the south. If flood prevention is not done well. Washed away by flash floods. The loss would be huge.
This is not the same as farmland.
Of course, when floods rush through farmland, there will naturally be considerable losses. But the problem is that if you just soak in water and don't take too long, the crops can still support it. After all, they are all rice. But factories are different. Just add a little water, soak it for a while, and it's almost done.
The entire project is very large.
It requires a lot of money. Even if Nanjing has mastered new construction technologies such as cement, it will still require a lot of silver.
Fortunately, Ding Xian still has skills. Acquisition of land in advance. They did some tricks on the land acquisition. Depressing people's land acquisition fees. It should be noted that Zhu Yuanzhang was very kind to the local people in Nanjing. I have said before that during the Hongwu period, Nanjing and several prefectures and counties near Nanjing had almost no taxes.
Coupled with Zhu Yuanzhang's personal supervision, there was almost no land annexation near Nanjing, and all large pieces of land were either owned by the guards. Or it was a reward from the imperial court. no other
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Therefore, Ding Xian's land acquisition slightly raised the price for the people below, and the people did not dare to resist the court.
Then they sold it to these nobles who used it to build factories at a high price, and made a lot of money from it. Ding Xian did not get any of this money, but invested it all in the construction of Jiangning District. It is estimated that the construction of Jiangning Industrial Zone will be successful in less than a year.
Of course, Ding Xian didn't do nothing.
He just instructed his family to set up a construction company to undertake construction projects in Jiangning District, which can be regarded as learning from Beijing's experience.
In this way, Jiangning District is on the right track.
This made Yao Guangxiao a little disappointed. He expected that Nanjing would start changing banknotes early due to economic problems, but it did not succeed. However, even so, this matter is not far away.
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Originally, Jiangning Town had white walls and black tiles, and many rivers. In later generations, it is a proper Jiangnan water town atmosphere. After all, the style of Jiangnan water town in later generations was probably formed in the Ming Dynasty. But now, this place no longer exists.
It was pushed to the ground by countless workers.
Trench after gully was dug. They are all used to drain water.
It can be regarded as adapted to the climate of Jiangnan.
At this moment, Zhu Yunwen came here with more than a thousand guards.
Seeing this scene, he turned to Ding Xian and said, "Ding Shoufu, you did a good job."
Ding Xian said: "This is all due to His Majesty's great blessing."
Zhu Yunwen said: "No need to flatter me, I said you did a good job, it is true." At this point, Zhu Yunwen sighed softly and said: "You can get all the nobles to support you this time, it means that what you do is very good." Good. Otherwise there would not be such a situation. If I, the Ming Dynasty, can do this, why should the Northern Thieves worry?"
In Zhu Yunwen's view, the south has always been strong and the north has been weak. The reason for the current situation is not because of anything else. It was because of the disunity within the Nanjing court that this situation occurred. If everyone in the Nanjing court listened to him, they would have been defeated by Beijing.
Therefore, in Zhu Yunwen's view, Ding Xian's ability to bring these people together to work proves that Ding Xian is indeed the leader.
But Zhu Yunwen didn't know that this was actually a blow. If he knew this, I don't know how he would feel.
But Ding Xian is very sober.
Although Ding Xian didn't know that he had been beaten, he had a clear understanding of the current situation. He said: "Your Majesty, this is not the merit of me. The prosperity of the world is all for profit, and the world is full of chaos. For profit. These people are just greedy for profit."
"Even if there are no ministers and someone else is in charge of this matter, the situation will be like this. However, many people in the world are like this. There are many people who are mediocre and greedy for profit, and there are few people who are upright and upright. Therefore, if you want to use them, you must Move it with benefit."
This sentence is Ding Xian's personal experience.
"Move it with benefit." Zhu Yunwen said. As he spoke, he looked at Ding Xian, thinking about Ding Xian's private money-making behavior, and said nothing. He felt in his heart that he probably had to use Ding Xian for profit.
However, as long as Ding Xian can get things done, a small amount of money is nothing to Zhu Yunwen.
Zhu Yunwen asked: "How long will it take for these factories to start operating, and how long will it take for us to make money here?"
Ding Xian said: "I estimate that it will probably be next year."
It is estimated that Ding Xian set up an ambush. But there are not many. Once an industrial zone is built and put into production, there is money to be made back. How much time it will take is hard to say. Fortunately, they are both in the textile industry, and the cloth produced by machines is now cheaper and easier to use than homespun cloth.
As long as it is produced, there is no need to worry about not being able to sell it.
Therefore, only the production and debugging time is counted. It will probably be available by the end of the year.
It means leaving yourself some room next year.
Zhu Yunwen sighed and said, "You are the chief assistant. You know, can you postpone this matter until next year?"
Ding Xian also knows that Nanjing's financial difficulties cannot wait until next year.
Although Ding Xian went on a killing spree, no
Whether it was to clean up Fang Xiaoru's party or to fight corruption, in short, he made a lot of money from the scholar-bureaucrats, and the money went directly into the national treasury. But it still couldn't make up for the court's consumption. War is simply a bottomless pit. It is impossible to use gold and silver mountains to be useful.
