Chongzhen: I am the king of prosperous times

Chapter 585 Development is the first element (2)

"While this move can play a positive role in the development of Ming Dynasty and the stability of the Liao region, we must also avoid the situation of breeding tigers."

Lu Xiangsheng frowned slightly, looked at Chen Yansheng and said, "Before the Jiankuu was unified, the way Daming adopted for the Jurchen ministries of the Three Guards of Jianzhou was no different from the current form.

If Li Zicheng's Liaodong rebel army is allowed to continue to develop like this, and secretly buy firearms and artillery produced by our Ming Dynasty, it is difficult to guarantee that such threats will not arise.

Moreover, under the circumstances of the war, Li Zicheng's troops will never be able to win all the time. Once the firearms or artillery they equipped are captured by the Eight Banners of Jianlu on the battlefield..."

Chen Yansheng said with a smile: "Governor, if that's the case, the situation will only become more favorable to our Ming Dynasty. This is not what your majesty said, but your Majesty's conclusion.

The military industry industry that we are preparing to build in Tianjin, through the routes opened up, the firearms, artillery and other ammunition that Li Zicheng's troops are dumping are actually the first-generation models developed by our Daming Armed Forces Institute.

At present, the Armed Forces Institute is concentrating the corresponding manpower to conquer the new stage of firearms, artillery, etc., so as to enhance the benchmark combat power of our Ming army.

What His Majesty said was that it would be best for Jianlu Eight Banners to seize a batch of firearms and artillery through the battlefield, so as to drag them into the arms race. "

Lu Xiangsheng: "..."

What Chen Yansheng said made Lu Xiangsheng suspicious, although Lu Xiangsheng was not very clear about the concept of 'arms race'.

But also think of some.

"Your Majesty wants to use this method to continuously train military personnel under the rule of Tianjin and lay the foundation for the next stage of military industry development?"

Lu Xiangsheng frowned slightly, met Chen Yansheng's gaze, and said in surprise: "And through the dumping of firearms, artillery, etc., let Li Zicheng lead the Liaodong Rebel Army to help my Ming Dynasty contain the Jian captives on the surface, and continue to obtain the land of Liao in private. Various resources?

As for Jianlu Eight Banners, on the one hand, they fought against Li Zicheng's troops on the battlefield, and on the other hand, they threw precious resources into useless military industries? "

"It's really the general idea."

Chen Yansheng nodded and said: "Leaving aside the Liaodong Rebel Army and Jianlu Eight Banners, Governor Lu is also very clear that the development of local industries will inevitably require a large number of skilled craftsmen.

But if there is no stable dumping area and hot-selling industrial products, it is impossible for these industries under the rule to develop in a stable and orderly manner.

This is an extremely tedious process.

Now relying on the needs of orders from the Liaodong Rebel Army, the military industry, smelting, shipbuilding and other industries under our Tianjin rule are all developing in an orderly manner compared to the previous scale.

Through these positive developments, it indirectly drives the development of other industries, and then spreads to prefectures and counties near Tianjin, forming an overall upward trend. "

Lu Xiangsheng nodded in approval.

indeed.

Behind the recent development of Tianjin, it also indirectly promotes the corresponding development of other prefectures and counties in Beizhili. As soon as this trend is not obvious, changes can be formed all the time.

The most intuitive manifestation is that around the Grand Canal, an inland river artery, various commodities such as grain, cotton cloth, tea, silk, sugar, etc. are constantly increasing, which in turn makes Beizhili and Shandong successively. The amount of customs duties that have been clarified and the amount of tariffs levied are also slowly increasing.

"If this trend can be maintained, then many problems of Ming Dynasty can be solved step by step."

Chen Yansheng continued: "Now I understand that the reason why His Majesty wanted to withdraw guards and set up a mansion in Tianjin was to open a hole in the north.

Through this kind of positive development, and then gradually promote the changes in the northern provinces, the process may be very long, but at least it is changing.

Like in the past under the rule of the northern provinces, when serious disasters occurred, the imperial court was passive in disaster relief, but now it is integrating local disaster relief, disaster prevention and relief, etc. into local development. "

"It is indeed the trend."

Lu Xiangsheng narrowed his eyes slightly and said: "If you look at the current trend, His Majesty will inevitably make corresponding adjustments and rectifications on tariffs, commercial taxes, mining taxes and other tax items in the future.

The reason why I don't get involved in these tax items now is to guide the various changes maintained by the northern provinces to grow vigorously.

When a large number of large-scale chemical workshops appear in Beizhili, Shandong, Henan, Shanxi, Shaanxi and other places, and those bottom-level groups that have gone bankrupt can be diverted to these industrial fields, then they will start to do these things. "

The current situation of the Ming Dynasty is actually quite embarrassing. The economic model based on the land is gradually shrinking due to the influence of the Little Ice Age.

However, the primitive industrialization conceived by Emperor Chongzhen is still in the embryonic stage of development. Whether this bud can take root and grow is still something that no one can say.

After all, this is a road that Daming has never traveled before, and no one knows what will happen in the process.

"Precisely with such a macro concept, what we can do is to gradually and clearly implement all the things that have been set before."

Chen Yansheng couldn't hide his excitement and said: "The lower officials really want to see that Daming can drive adjustments and changes under the rule through actively opening up the sea.

If during this process, the wealth accumulated in the national treasury can become more substantial, then His Majesty can use this to reform the bad government, rectify the administration of officials, deal with the changing situation, and then lead the Ming Dynasty to the road of rejuvenation. "

"The idea is beautiful, but the reality is cruel."

Lu Xiangsheng sighed softly, looked at Chen Yansheng and said, "Only in the current stage of development, I have encountered many obstacles and obstacles in the North Zhili side alone.

We are shouldering a heavy burden, we must not make mistakes in every step of the road, and we must not make mistakes in every decision, otherwise the harm will be infinite.

This is especially the case in the Zhili prefecture of Tianjin that you are in charge of.

Regarding the dumping of arms, it is still necessary to submit secret reports to His Majesty on a regular basis, and to keep abreast of changes in the Liao territory to avoid the occurrence of tiger breeding. "

"The governor taught you the lesson."

Chen Yansheng nodded in response: "For these things, the lower officials will definitely be more cautious, and absolutely avoid such hidden dangers from happening. After all, the current Daming cannot afford any changes."

Under the macro-control of Emperor Chongzhen, with talents like Lu Xiangsheng and Chen Yansheng, and under the actual control of the local government, Daming is undergoing a silent change.

Perhaps this kind of change is relatively long, but for the disaster-prone Daming, the Daming is full of holes, but it can play a positive role in checking for leaks and filling in the gaps. This is what Emperor Chongzhen wanted to see. There is no shortcut, and we have to go step by step.

(End of this chapter)