Chongzhen: I am the king of prosperous times

Emperor Chongzhen tasted the sweetness of the sea trade dividends of opening up the sea to the outside world. In view of the current complicated situation, land annexation is still severe, especially the control of the southern provinces, showing a downward trend of continuous decline.

Emperor Chongzhen wanted to change the situation and had a certain degree of initiative.

In order to open up new sources of revenue for the treasury, gather the ever-increasing number of bankrupt groups, and alleviate the threat of food shortages, it is necessary to expand the many layouts around sea trade without excessively violating the baseline of "produced by the land".

Don't look at the fact that there are many officials from the south of the Yangtze River in the imperial court of the Ming Dynasty to protect the interests of the groups they represent, but what is hidden under the general trend is the tone of the opposition between the North and the South.

The prosperity of the Jiangnan provinces in the Ming Dynasty was beyond ordinary people's imagination.

Whether it is circulating silver, developing industry and commerce, or hoarding silver, all of them are extremely huge.

On the other hand, the northern provinces of the Ming Dynasty were squeezed by official corruption, frequent disasters, the rebellion of Jianlu, and the Mongolian and Tartar border forces. The overall development trend shown is a declining pattern of decline over the years.

If in the next few years, Emperor Chongzhen can take the northern Zhili as the core base, drive Shanxi, Shaanxi, Henan, Shandong and other northern provinces to dump through a number of foreign ports, deepen the promotion of primitive industrialization, gradually adjust the industrial structure, and gradually To promote tax reform and improve various systems and new regulations, the situation we are facing will be completely reversed.

The road has to be walked step by step.

If you want to take such a path that has not been taken before under such a complicated situation, you must face many challenges and difficulties.

"Does Your Majesty want to open a port like Tianjin under the rule of Liaodong?" Hearing what the Son of Heaven said, Chen Yansheng gradually understood and expressed his thoughts.

"good."

Emperor Chongzhen nodded and said: "I plan to build a number of ports in Qinhuangdao, Jinzhou, Jinzhou, etc., aiming at Tianjin to develop inward sea trade.

In layman's terms, these ports in eastern Liaodong are not external, but only internal, so as to meet the needs of grain, cotton cloth, salt, tea, iron, etc. under the rule of Liaodong.

After these ports are prepared, for the troops guarding various places in Liao, they will no longer directly allocate food, cotton cloth and other needs, but will convert all of them into "new money", and send a special escort team to transport them to Under the name of Liaodong Governor's Mansion.

In the future, the Liaodong Governor's Office will coordinate the purchase of food, cotton cloth and other daily needs involving the various armies in Liaodong, which can reduce drift and corruption during the transfer process.

The above-mentioned needs alone can attract many Ming maritime merchants to lead famous fleets to various ports in Liaodong through Tianjin Port in Zhili. "

Chen Yansheng: "..."

If these ideas mentioned by the emperor can be implemented one by one, the changes in the pattern will undoubtedly be earth-shaking.

Most of the remaining drift and corruption will be cut off in Liaodong alone.

The development of inward ports will gradually prosper and develop.

Tianjin, which undertakes the required work, will take advantage of this opportunity to grow further.

The new system of money established by the imperial court will gradually expand the scope of circulation.

The collapse of official administration in the Liao region will gradually be narrowed and rectified.

"Your Majesty, if this is the case, I'm afraid there will be a lot of controversy and criticism between the government and the opposition." Chen Yansheng restrained his mind, looked at the emperor and said, "After all, I really want to do this..."

"You don't need to worry about this."

Emperor Chongzhen waved his hand and said: "As far as the local implementation is concerned, the Qing family can do a good job, and the disputes and struggles involving the court will be resolved by me.

The division of labor is clear, and our monarchs and ministers will work together to get this job done.

In the future, the burden on Tianjin will become heavier and heavier. After all, the continuous opening of the sea will inevitably touch the vested interests of many groups, especially those in the southern provinces.

It is necessary to select and train as many talents as possible, and gradually improve the internal structure of Tianjin Zhili Prefecture, so as to deal with risks. "

"The minister obeys the order."

Chen Yansheng bowed immediately.

In order to find a breakthrough, when Tianjin withdrew its guards and set up a prefecture, Emperor Chongzhen spent a lot of money and devoted a lot of effort.

In the eyes of Emperor Chongzhen, Tianjin is like a child he gave birth to. He really wants to watch Tianjin grow up gradually, and one day he can relieve his worries.

"Your Majesty, I have one more thing to do."

Chen Yansheng thought for a while, then leaned forward and said, "It's not a problem for me to select a group of talented people to go to the region you mentioned to build an inward port.

However, the selected group of talents did not have the corresponding fame, but they want to..."

"First, send them out in the name of Tianjin Prefecture."

Emperor Chongzhen interrupted: "Tell the dispatched talents, who can make corresponding achievements in the port to which they belong, and help the country and the court to relieve their worries, then I will issue an order to simply pull them out.

At the same time, before these ports take shape, they are directly under the jurisdiction of Tianjin Zhili Prefecture, free from local constraints, and they can do it freely without any scruples. "

The increase of weight under the rule of Ming Dynasty is much more serious than imagined. If you want to accomplish something in Ming Dynasty, you must grant the privileges that should be granted.

The talents that Emperor Chongzhen needed were not simply selected through the imperial examinations. He needed compound talents and professional talents to promote changes in various fields.

Whether or not the inward-looking port in the east of Liao can gradually develop will affect the follow-up planning of Emperor Chongzhen, so he will never allow any problems to arise.

The conversation with Chen Yansheng lasted for a long time.

During the conversation, Chen Yansheng learned a lot, especially he had a clearer understanding of Tianjin's future development.

"My lord, is it true that the internal factory will gradually withdraw from the management of the batch of industries under the rule of Tianjin and be handed over to the Tianjin prefecture?" Looking at Chen Yansheng who was leaving, Wang Chengen, who was accompanying him, said hesitantly.

"Well, we can start to do it."

Emperor Chongzhen stood with his hands behind his back, and said with a serious expression: "The development of Tianjin will affect the whole of Beizhili. Too many levels and adding cages are not good for Tianjin.

There are many industries controlled under the name of the inner factory, not bad for a place like Tianjin.

After this matter is completed, all the eunuchs from Tianjin will be transferred back. I have other purposes and ask them to share. "

"The slaves obey the order."

Wang Chengen bowed and saluted.

As long as the eunuch group of Ming Dynasty is limited to their scope and marked with red lines, they can still help Emperor Chongzhen to implement many plans and deployments.

Now Wang Chengen leads the inner factory, Cao Huachun leads the east factory, and Fang Zhenghua leads the west factory, which can be said to help Emperor Chongzhen solve many troubles, especially the value and influence of the internal money economy built by this inner factory. Both are extremely strong.