Daming: I, the emperor who trains the carpenter

Chapter 499 The people in Henan are eager for a new deal!
"These guys!"

Zhu Youxiao really didn't expect that throwing these guys to Liaodong would produce such an incredible effect. For a long time, Daming has been promoting the Jurchens to plant soybeans.

It's just that, Huang Taiji is not confused, how could he honestly let you handle his food lifeline?

Therefore, Huang Taiji still firmly suppressed this group of Jurchen nobles, and resolutely forbade them to plant soybeans. This symptom was not allowed to appear.

Originally, what Huang Taiji did was relatively successful. Even if these Jurchens wanted to sell to Daming, the two sides didn't trust them very much, so the idea of ​​planting soybeans was suppressed.

However, since Wei Gong came to this group of great minds, he immediately opened up this link.

You can't trust this group of Ming merchants to buy soybeans, but I can. If you make money, I'll share it with you.

You are afraid that Huang Taiji will be dissatisfied if you can't buy food. It doesn't matter, I will buy it, and I can lower the price.

At the beginning, the scale does not need to be too large. Let's start on a small scale first, and when the scale becomes larger in the future, everyone can make money lying down.

Formation of cliques, smuggling, tax evasion and tax evasion are really played by Wei Gongchao and his group.

Moreover, you really can't say that people like Wei Gongchao are trash, and they actually did a lot of things for Huang Taiji. etiquette.

The etiquette thing was played by Wei Gongchao clearly.

Huang Taiji was pleasantly surprised to find that after this group of Han people arrived, the Jurchens were not as scattered as before, and the eyes of the people around him looked at him with respect.

This made Huang Taiji very pleasantly surprised, and the idea of ​​changing the Houjin to the Qing Dynasty and the Jurchen to the Manchu in his heart became more and more intense.

Huang Taiji originally believed in Han culture and had profound attainments, and Wei Gongchao's level is not bad. He can always talk about Huang Taiji's heart, and the two of them can always sit and talk until late at night.

In particular, because of the exchange of interests, Wei Gongchao actually had a pretty good relationship with this group of Manchu nobles.

In Huang Taiji's eyes, Wei Gongchao is his good subject.

In the Jurchens, the dignity is serious, and Wei Gongchao is his own God of Wealth.

Even Wei Gongchao's relationship with Fan Wencheng is good, even if he is new here, even if he has been reused by Huang Taiji.He also maintained his respect for Fan Wencheng, with a humble and gentlemanly attitude.

Of course, in private, Wei Gongchao still gave Fan Wencheng a lot of benefits. Some ginseng and animal skins were also directly sold to Daming through Wei Gongchao.

In Wei Gongchao's own eyes, he is the first minister of the Great Gold, so what if he was greedy for a hundred million?
Zhu Youxiao looked at the memorial again and again, and after a long time, he said slowly, "Master, isn't this Wei Gongchao really a spy you arranged for the Jurchens?"

"emperor!"

Zhang Haogu said helplessly: "I swear to the sky, absolutely not. You see, didn't this Wei Gongchao take all his family members to Liaodong? Where would a spy do that?"

Zhu Youxiao retracted his gaze, and said, "This Wei Gongchao is really my Ming's Zhongliang!"

"I think that if you want to buy this soybean, you should pay more for the price in the early stage, and the grain given in the early stage should be more sufficient!"

Zhang Haogu smiled: "That's it, at most three to five years, if we reduce the food a little bit, the Jurchens will collapse without a fight!!"

Zhu Youxiao nodded slightly: "Master, this is the real killing without blood!"

Zhang Haogu just smiled: "Your Majesty, if you want to thank you, you must thank Wei Gongchao. This person is my great loyalty!"

Zhu Youxiao laughed, and Zhang Haogu said again: "Your Majesty, this food is the most important thing, and you still need to be careful!"

Zhu Youxiao nodded: "The past few years have been a genius man-made disaster!"

"Your Majesty, the water conservancy projects in Jingshi and Shandong have been built for almost two years. Now, several reservoirs have also been built. As long as the water can be adjusted and the water can be stored, the food in Jingshi and Shandong this year will be nothing. The big problem, my plan is Huguang and Henan!"

"Huguang and Henan!"

Zhu Youxiao pondered for a while, then slowly said: "Master, do you want to implement the New Deal in Henan, Hubei and Hunan?"

"My lord, that's exactly what I mean!"

Zhang Haogu said slowly: "Your Majesty, the three places in Henan, Hubei, and Hunan already have the feasibility of the New Deal. In addition, this year's civil service examination has passed, and the minister's plan is to let the newly recruited The government officials are temporarily working in Shandong and the capital, and in addition, a group of government officials will be selected from the capital and Shandong to go to Henan. The minister’s plan is that Henan will quickly promote the New Deal, while Hubei and Hunan can be released first!"

"Huguang is cooked, the world is full"

We are talking about Hunan and Hubei. If Huguang Province has a bumper harvest, the country's food will be guaranteed.

During the Song and Yuan dynasties, Hunan's grain production had developed greatly, but the national grain production and sales center was still in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas. There was a folk proverb "Su Changshu, the world is full".

However, during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the rural areas of Jiangsu and Zhejiang switched to cotton planting and became the center of the national cotton textile industry. Food in Jiangsu and Zhejiang could no longer be self-sufficient and had to be imported from the Huguang area. As the saying goes, the grain production in Hunan has greatly increased.

In fact, let alone Ming Dynasty, even after a few hundred years, eight of the top ten provinces in China's grain production are northern provinces.

Even Anhui and Jiangsu's main grain producing areas are in Jiangbei instead of Jiangnan. On the one hand, Jiangnan has a higher degree of urbanization, but don't forget that the land of Suhu Lake is very small, with an area only a few tenths of the North China Plain. Even if it is cooked eight times a year, the total output cannot surpass the smallest province in the North China Plain.

The crux of the problem now is the food issue.

Shandong and Jingshi can guarantee grain income. However, with the expansion of trade, especially when the south begins to purchase grain from the north on a large scale, the production of Shandong and Jingshi is not enough. At this time, it is necessary to continue to expand grain production.

In addition, on the Shaanxi side, another natural disaster is visible to the naked eye this year, and food still needs to be mobilized from the capital and Shandong.

It is imperative to implement the New Deal in Henan.

The two lakes can be released for a while, and the feudal kings of the two lakes still have certain influence.

However, now there is only one Zhou king left in Henan, and the other kings have been cleaned up. In addition to the past two years, there is a group of experienced government officials who can just implement the new policy.

"Your Majesty, the people of Henan are eager for new policies. If the new policies in Henan are successful, they can be promoted in Hunan and Hubei!" Zhang Haogu said slowly.

Zhu Youxiao nodded: "Okay, since that's the case, then follow what the master wants!"

(End of this chapter)