Wanli Xinming

Chapter 277 Countermeasures
From the beginning of the 12th year of Wanli, more than 20 prefectures and counties including Hangzhou, Huzhou, Jiaxing, Suzhou, Chuanzhong, and Zhangzhou have successively reported civil uprisings. He also sent the imperial decree to the local government from the capital.

After the first quarter of brewing, the ground fire burning under the soil suddenly burst out from some cracks, and the ruler of the burning empire felt a pain in his heart!

On the third day of April, a large-scale gathering of weavers in Zhangzhou Fucheng attacked the weaving factory and was crushed by Zhangzhou Fucheng.Within a few days, a large number of bankrupt raw silk mills attacked the silk reeling factory, drawing out the weavers who had been suppressed by force, and soon spread to the iron industry and cotton spinning industry.

In the chaos, the Zhangzhou government mishandled, resulting in soaring local food prices, making life more difficult for a large number of handicraft workers who have lost their jobs.On April [-]th, the city finally rioted, the prefect fled in a panic, and the city was no longer owned by the imperial court.Immediately, the chaos spread to Foshan and Shunde, and gradually spread to the northeast. The Jinyiwei National Security Bureau secretly reported that Suzhou, Hangzhou and Jiaxing also showed signs of instability.

Wang Yupu, the prefect of Zhangzhou, knew that the crime was unforgivable. After settling his family, he committed suicide by hanging himself, becoming the first high-ranking official of the fourth rank to die due to the "Jiangnan Civil Revolt".

Ten fingers are long and short, and the emperor can't ask every local official to make no mistakes. Wang Yupu committed suicide, so it is not appropriate to implicate his family, otherwise, no local official in the world would dare to act and take responsibility.

Zhu Yijun and Zhengshitang held a meeting overnight to study how to deal with the chaos in Jiangnan.This is not the time to review the policy. The most urgent task is to quickly pacify this mess and then sort it out slowly.

At the end of the 11th year of Wanli, the National Security Bureau had secretly reported that there were signs of instability in various parts of the south of the Yangtze River. Zhu Yijun urgently issued an order to stop the transportation of sea water to the north and transfer grain from the north to the south to stabilize food prices in various parts of the south of the Yangtze River.This was also the first of its kind for the Ming Dynasty to transport grain from north to south. Governor Wu Dui of Haicao was stunned when he saw the decree.

The pain caused by the destruction of handicrafts by industrial production does not have many good solutions in any country or in any historical stage.Especially in the feudal society, the organization and mobilization power of the grassroots were different from those of the new China in later generations. Zhu Yijun did not have a very good job except for arranging relief early and asking the local officials to guide the unemployed to live on the newly occupied land. means.

Although the steam engine has not yet been invented, the large-scale application of water power and animal power, combined with the high efficiency of the new machines, has caused large-scale bankruptcy of Jiangnan handicraftsmen.

However, the effect of the new industry on absorbing the population has not yet appeared - due to the insufficient supply of money, the per capita income of the entire South has limited growth compared with the past, and the consumer market is not enough to accommodate the products of the old and new production modes. Commodities like Shunde ranunculus have become unsalable. general problem.

Zhu Yijun has thought about these issues.But he was a little bit lucky, thinking that as long as the people of the world had something to eat, they would not rise up to fight.Moreover, the reform of the currency value is no trivial matter. Zhu Yijun always feels that he can only make a decision after he has sufficient precious metal reserves to support it. Now the consequences of indecision have appeared.

At the imperial meeting, Zhang Juzheng took the Zhengshitang to sort out the information in the entire Jiangnan region, and then put forward a disposal plan: first, the Guangbao decree, ordering the governors of Guangdong and Guangxi to mobilize new troops to quell the civil unrest in Zhangzhou and Shunde; Second, all localities immediately began to make preparations for bombing to prevent the spread and recurrence of the chaos in Zhangzhou; third, immediate distribution of relief food.All states and counties with signs of instability should immediately register the unemployed and provide food subsidies until the crisis is eliminated.

The above three measures can be regarded as palliative measures and cannot be maintained for a long time.In order to fundamentally solve the chaos in the south of the Yangtze River, the political affairs hall was divided into two factions: Wang Guoguang and others believed that the currency reform must be promoted immediately, and various projects of food-for-work were carried out in Jiangnan to absorb the unemployed and promote a sharp increase in the income of the people; Zhang Siwei and others believed that the imperial court should restrict the issuance of licenses for new trading companies in the Jiangnan region, and reduce the production capacity of new businesses, so that the unemployed people could regain their livelihoods.

As the prime minister of the cabinet, Zhang Juzheng believes that both factions are justified, and the court should pursue a two-pronged approach.Due to the fierce quarrel, the political affairs hall failed to reach an agreement and petitioned the Holy Inquisition.

After Zhu Yijun heard it, he pondered and said, "What is the situation in Japan, Burma, North Korea, Siam, Annan and other places now?"

When the officials in the court heard it, they wondered where the emperor's pole had gone.The director of the Military Intelligence Bureau, Liu Shouyou, accompanied the last seat. At this time, he got up and echoed back: "The situation in Myanmar is the best now. The city of Yangon is half completed, and Governor Luo Xingyuan has moved from Bago to Yangon."

"Japan is still in chaos. Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Shibata Katsuya have fought many times, and they have both won and lost. Many daimyo have been involved, and the two factions are clearly divided. It depends on who can decide the fate of the battle."

"There is no end to the party struggle in the Li Dynasty in North Korea. At the end of last year, Li Ye expelled Song Yinggai, Park Jinyuan, Xu Yu and other Eastern leaders from the court and ran to the borders; now the Westerners are entrenched in the court, and the minister speculates that Li Ye will soon be Will adjust again."

"Siam had previously wanted to expand the land, and was ordered by the Governor of Burma. Now it has stopped, and there is no chaos."

"The Mo Dynasty and the Li Dynasty in Annan have been attacking continuously. The Mo family has sent envoys to Beijing many times, hoping that the court will decide for him. The governor of Myanmar has not interfered."

After the brief report was completed, everyone in the Political Office had already drawn a picture of the surrounding situation in their minds.But apart from a few people Zhang Juzheng and Wang Guoguang, no one knew what the emperor meant by asking these places first.

The emperor then asked: "What are the most affected industries in Jiangnan today?"

Wang Guoguang said: "Returning to the emperor's words. Silk reeling is the first, cotton spinning is the second, silk is the second, iron-making is the last, and the rest of the industries, although there are impacts, but there are few practitioners, it is not a cause for concern."

Zhu Yijun knocked on the armrest of the dragon chair, lost in thought.The large conference room of Wenhua Hall fell into silence for a while.Zhang Juzheng looked up at Zhu Yijun from his seat. He knew in his heart that the emperor's decision would not accept Zhang Siwei's opinion.

After thinking for a while, Zhu Yijun stretched out his right hand and pointed at Yin Yingyuan, the imperial decree drafting the imperial decree in the conference room, and said, "Record my will." Yin Yingyuan and Yu Menglin next to him quickly picked up the brush and prepared to draft the imperial decree.

"Send my will to the customs. From now on, cotton, iron, silk, and raw silk will be exempt from tax. For all other goods, export tariffs will be increased by one-third."

"Jingshi Bank and Nanjing Bank will open on another day, and the central bank will issue small-value silver bills, Wanli silver dollars and copper dollars, and prepare gold and silver to prevent backflow runs on silver bills;"

"Decree Pan Jixun, the imperial court urgently allocates 250 million taels to speed up the progress of the Huanghuai water conservancy construction. It is decreed that the state capitals in the south of the Yangtze River should immediately adjust the water conservancy and road construction plans for this year, and report to the imperial court before the end of next month. On the previous basis, at least The amount of work should be increased by one-fifth, but not more than one-third."

"It is decreed that the Governor of Burma will immediately mobilize troops and horses to destroy the Le dynasty within half a year. The provinces, states, prefectures and counties south of the Yangtze River will organize refugees to emigrate to Burma and Annan. Mo's will be destroyed together."

"Those who send imperial officials to Korea and Siam to pass decrees, and those who bring the imperial court merchants to do business in the two countries shall not be taxed."

"Wang Shu'an, immediately organize the auction of the shares of North Korea, Japan, Nanyang, and Xiyang Hailu Commercial Road. Those who do not hold more than [-]% of the shares will not be issued a license for trading teeth, and they will not be allowed to trade with other countries. Only gold and silver are accepted for this auction. "

"Notify Ling Yunyi and dispatch warships. If you are complacent in the east, north, and within the four seas, all Chinese ships without the imperial court badge will be confiscated."

"It is decreed that Luzon, Manlajia, Sanfoqi, the Governor of Macau, etc., whoever trades with China, if there is no customs clearance stamped goods, will be confiscated. Ling Yunyi wants to block the smuggling holes, and Xiyi wants to earn money. Money can only buy more tax-free goods!"

"I have ordered Hai Rui to give him the King's Order flag and to patrol Jiangnan on my behalf. If there are local officials who disregard the people's livelihood and treat the common people harshly - from the fourth rank and below, Hai Rui can directly ask the king to kill him; for those of the fourth rank and above, Hai Rui Rui Ke played first and then played later, so as not to delay the opportunity."

"I decree that the newspapers in the two capitals will immediately do a good job in guiding public opinion, and do a good job in analyzing and publicizing the articles I have mentioned.

"I decree that the king of Japan, a small island country, pretends to be the emperor, and regards me as a master who can be deceived?"

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