Back to Ming Dynasty with Industrial Revolution System

Chapter 153 Little Ice River

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, there was roughly an ice age, and the winter was so cold that people didn't want to go out, especially Chu Yun, who was used to having a heater before.

Now he is staying in his house in Liaodong City, where charcoal is burning in the stove to make the house warm.Although burning coal and charcoal is acceptable, it is easy to cause soot poisoning and there is too much dust in the house.

Chu Yun directly asked his subordinates to report to his mansion.Later Jin's palace in Liaodong City was sealed up by Chu Yun.He didn't want to work in that kind of palace, firstly, the efficiency was not high, and secondly, it was inevitable that he would make a fuss.In fact, Chu Yun planned to bulldoze these palaces and build a slightly modern office building, but after all, these palaces will become cultural relics in the future, and they will also be spoils of war to show off to future generations, so let's keep them for now.

"The cold wave a few days ago froze many livestock and people to death. Officials from all over the country are working hard to deal with the aftermath. Since this matter is temporarily included in the performance appraisal at the end of the year, no one dares not to do their best." Chen Ting followed Chu Yun to Liaodong City, the center of power of the Liao Army began to slowly tilt towards Liaodong City.

Liaodong City had to deal with the Ming army on the Ningyuan defense line, the Mongolian army in Liaohetao, and the Jurchen army in Jianzhou at the same time, so Chu Yun had to sit in the city himself.

"We did a lot of preparations before winter, but we didn't expect the losses to be so serious. It must be even more difficult for the Jianzhou Jurchen and the Mongolian ministries to survive." Chu Yun leaned on the main seat, staring at the flames in the stove. flames.

Before Chu Yun crossed over, he didn't know the hardships of ancient people's life, and he didn't feel the difficulty of life until he lived for more than a year.At the end of the Ming Dynasty, although coal and charcoal could be burned for heating in winter, coal was relatively rare, and burning firewood for heating was the common way of heating for ordinary people.But firewood also requires money, and if you don’t have money, you have to cut down trees yourself!Some displaced poor families and some elderly people will really be frozen to death by the cold wave.

That is to say, Chu Yun used the industrial revolution system to increase the output of coal, so that some people in southern and eastern Liaoning can use the coal produced by the Liaojun mining field in Shangfu.Of course, the price of coal at this time is still expensive.

"Yes, I listened to the dictation of the people who escaped from Jianzhou. Thousands of people died of freezing and starvation in Jianzhou, and tens of thousands of livestock were lost. This time, Huang Taiji's life is not easy." Chen Ting said.

"Well... When the weather gets warmer next year, we can win without fighting." Chu Yun was secretly pleased.Little Binghe was not only miserable for the Ming Dynasty, but also for the Jurchen people in Jianzhou in the north. They lost their capital and were hit by a cold wave. It is estimated that after this winter, they will be devastated.

"My subordinates have heard that several tribes in Mongolia are also in a food crisis, and Houjin cannot provide them with enough food. If we give them some benefits at this time, they may betray the Jurchens and fall into our arms." Liu Xingzuo in the house said.

At this time, Liu Xingzuo's status in the Liao Army was not low. He was a few giants in the military. He had already helped Chu Yun seize Liaonan and Liaodong.

Chu Yun shook his head after hearing this.

"We searched for food at a high price in the past few months, and we still have a balance for this winter. Even if we give some of the food to the Mongolian tribe, it will not affect us. Doesn't the military leader think this is a good opportunity?" Liu Xingzuo did not agree with Chu Yun Surprised by this interesting suggestion.Based on his understanding of Chu Yun, Chu Yun should be thinking about how to kill Huang Taiji and the others every day, there is no reason why he would give up this good opportunity to make things worse.

"You know, the easier it is to get something, the easier it is for people not to cherish it. At this time, if we take the initiative to ask the Mongolian tribe to provide them with food, they will sit on the ground and raise the price. When they are at the end of their lives, kill all their cattle When feeding sheep, they will take the initiative to kneel here and beg us to give them food." Chu Yun said slowly.

Hard enough!Liu Xingzuo and others couldn't help looking at Chu Yun who seemed harmless to humans and animals.It is estimated that tens of thousands of Mongolian tribesmen will die because of Chu Yun's decision.

"By the way, this is the paper for the final assessment of the official training class. Western bookkeepers and experts have already corrected it. Please ask the military master to review it." Chen Ting pointed to the wooden box on the book, which is for the test The test paper involves several aspects of finance, taxation, administration and economy.

Last time, because the financial system almost collapsed, Chu Yun vigorously cultivated new bureaucrats. The first batch of officials who were trained in the Academy of Sciences were finally about to graduate after several months of training.Sure enough, it takes a century to cultivate trees and ten years to cultivate people. To train enough new officials, a few more rounds are needed.

"Is there any outstanding talent?" Chu Yun asked.

"Guo Shouzhong, an official of Jinzhou City, was rated as a first-class by all the judges, which is amazing." Chen Ting replied.

"Oh?" Chu Yun was a little surprised, "Take his answer sheet here."

Chu Yun took Guo Shouzhong's answer sheet and briefly looked at it.Although Chu Yun doesn't know much about the knowledge in these fields, and this knowledge is still the common sense of the West around the 18th century, but with Chu Yun's eyesight, he can still tell the good from the bad.

"This Guo Shouzhong can do it, but I don't know how his character and actual work ability are?" Chu Yun couldn't help secretly admiring when he saw that Guo Shouzhong was able to flexibly use Arabic numerals, double-entry bookkeeping, and simply explain the principles of modern economics on the answer sheet. .

If this Guo Shouzhong lived in the modern age, he would be a top student. If his character and practical ability were decent, he could be reused.

It can be seen that the Ming Dynasty did not lack talents at all, but lacked the correct guidance for talents.Thinking about the need for these intelligent and hard-working talents to study stereotyped essays, Chu Yun felt sorry. If the hundreds of millions of people in the Ming Dynasty were enthusiastic about science and encouraged production, they would have left hundreds of streets in the west.

"Guo Shouzhong was a Jinshi during the Wanli period. Because he offended Dongchang, he was dispatched to Jinzhou City as a small official. These years, he was somewhat depressed, but he worked diligently. And he is a well-known dutiful son. After the daily work is finished, I go home to eat with my old mother." Chen Ting replied.

"This year's performance appraisal, if he can get the first grade, let him go to Liaodong City to be in charge of financial work, just to apply what he has learned." Chu Yun plans to promote his own civil service, "In addition, if he gets the first grade in this test, we will Reward them personally."

Everyone couldn't help but envy them. As the first batch of students, these people are destined to rise to the top in the future.Officials like Guo Shouzhong who were buried by the court did not expect to become important financial officials in Liaodong.

"When I confirm their final results, I will start the second training session, and there will be a third and a fourth training session in the future." Chu Yun said, "How is our preparation for the Merchants Fair?"

"Businessmen have already arrived in Liaodong City one after another, and we can start in three days."

　There is one more chapter later. .

　　
　
(End of this chapter)