Daming Jingtai: I am the eternal benevolent king

Chapter 354: The strictest export ban in history, you are allowed in but not allowed out!

In a blink of an eye, winter is coming.

The twenty-three years of Jingtai are coming to an end.

At the year-end meeting, Geng Jiuchou personally made the year-end summary.

In the Ming Dynasty, there was no case of starvation in the whole year, and the average annual fuel consumption per person reached one tael! In other words, all 300 million people in the Ming Dynasty had one or two ounces of oil in a year.

Those who did not starve to death were able to eat oil again. This was a particularly remarkable achievement.

This is something that can never be achieved in a small-scale peasant economy.

The most astonishing thing is that one foot of cotton cloth is consumed per person.

It is equivalent to saying that people in the Ming Dynasty can buy clothes to wear instead of knitting their own clothes. This is an upgrade in consumption concepts, and it just shows that the people have money in their pockets.

It also benefited from falling cotton prices.

The Ming Dynasty has been planting cotton in the Western Regions since the beginning of this year.

The Western Regions have a tradition of growing cotton. Cotton has been grown since the Western Han Dynasty and exported to the Han Dynasty. After the Ming Dynasty took control of the Western Regions, it planned to make good use of the land in the Western Regions and grow cotton in large quantities.

The planting of cotton in the Western Regions naturally led the Hu tribe outside the Western Regions to follow suit and export it to the Ming Dynasty. Cotton was sold well in the mainland, and the price was driven down.

In addition to cotton from the Western Regions, Ming Dynasty also planted cotton on a large scale in Baozhou Prefecture and Luzon.

In order to starve the natives of Luzon to death, the Ming Dynasty did not grow a grain of grain in Luzon, forcing the natives to compete with wild beasts for food.

The Ming Dynasty even cut down trees frantically and carried out a policy of extermination of the natives. No one was left, not even slaves, not women.

In the Ming Dynasty, all food was transported by boat.

Luzon is full of cotton fields. The immigrants used to sell cotton at high prices and buy grain at low prices, and they lived a very comfortable life.

Baozhou Prefecture, on the other hand, cultivated grain and cotton while embracing the Han people. It killed and appeased the natives, guiding them to go down the mountains to plant and become Han people.

This year, Baozhou Prefecture actually made a profit. It went from eating central relief food to being responsible for its own profits and losses, and even making small-scale profits.

Gao Ming stayed in Baozhou for twelve years and made great contributions.

Leveraging on the momentum of Baozhou, Fujian also changed its original decline. It was planted with mulberry trees and mulberry orchards everywhere. Raw silk was produced on a large scale, and several raw silk giants emerged.

Not a grain of grain is grown in Fujian, but mulberry trees are planted instead, making it the largest silk production base in the Ming Dynasty.

This was due to the food supply from the two lakes, which gave Fujian ten years to abandon its original ecological model and transform into a mulberry planting base.

Only then did today’s Fujian silk and Fujian tea come into being.

Guangdong and Zhejiang also followed suit and gave up growing food on a large scale, instead planting mulberry trees, looking for porcelain kilns, and firing porcelain.

The Central Committee does not object to this. If such a wealthy province is tied up in food production, it will really be a waste of resources.

However, the center can only support the transformation of one province at most, so it will start with Zhejiang and then Guangdong, unless half of the two provinces can be transformed and the other half can remain unchanged.

What the emperor means is that there is no need for Guangdong and Zhejiang to imitate Fujian and plant mulberry trees. They can develop in an all-round way. They must make good use of their geographical advantages and develop high value-added industries.

Industrial reform in the mainland provinces is imperative.

The core is to transfer low value-added industries to border provinces, such as growing food, to the Northeast, to Borneo, to Siam, and to develop high value-added industries in the interior.

In this way, Ming Dynasty would never dare to give up the border provinces because of stomach problems.

The emperor is even planning to implement a single-industry structure in the border provinces, making them dependent on the hinterland in order to survive.

Even if there are rebels occupying a province, they do not have a complete industrial chain and cannot dominate the province.

"This year's national treasury revenue exceeded 9000 million! As high as 9126 million!"

Geng Jiuchou's words shocked all the ministers in the court.

“The province with the highest fiscal and tax revenue is Jiangsu!”

"The top three are Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and South Zhili, followed by Guangdong, Fujian, North Zhili, Jiaozhi, Guangxi, Shandong and Shanxi."

"The bottom ones are Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Ningxia, Mongolia, Turks, and Tatars."

Because Sichuan is too small and located inland, it is still preparing for war. If Chongqing Province is included, Sichuan as a whole can be ranked in the top ten.

"The government that pays the most taxes is Shanghai."

"Then there are Hong Kong Prefecture, Suzhou Prefecture, Hangzhou Prefecture and Huanzhou Prefecture."

"With so much fiscal and tax revenue coming in this year, there is a prerequisite that none of the agricultural tax will be confiscated."

"The cabinet has made a decree. Starting from the 24th year of Jingtai, agricultural taxes will be stopped, and major grain-producing provinces, major prefectures, and major counties will be commended and rewarded!"

Geng Jiuchou has been recovering for several years, and his health is getting better. He did not go to Sanya to spend the winter this year.

The courtiers were agitated.

But Li Xian had a sad face. The more money the central government collected, the less secure he became. He was always worried that if the commercial tax was cut off and the agricultural tax could not be collected, wouldn't the Ming Dynasty collapse?

There are many people who are as worried as him, such as Yao Kui, Shang Ren, Peng Shi, Li Bing and others.

"Gentlemen, please be quiet."

Yao Kui stepped forward and knelt on the ground: "Your Majesty, I have some advice."

"Yao Qing, please speak." Zhu Qiyu guessed what Yao Kui was going to say.

"Your Majesty, to tell you the truth, this veteran of taxation business feels empty in his heart. He always feels like he can't put his feet on the ground."

Yao Kui smiled bitterly: "The Ming Dynasty has always been a country that collects agricultural taxes. Although there is a commercial tax, it is just a drop in the bucket."

"Now that the central government wants to abolish the agricultural tax, I am worried that if the commercial tax does not come in, how will I live?"

Zhu Ying, who had entered the cabinet, came out of the office and saluted: "Mr. Yao Ge, you are a bit worried. How come you can't collect business taxes?"

"Humph, what kind of virtues do businessmen have that you don't know, Zhu Shijie? They evade taxes, can you say they definitely don't exist?"

Yao Kui turned around to see Li Bing: "Li Shangshu, tell me, how many tax evasion cases have you handled this year?"

"Since 1721, this is still the reporting center. How many places will there be? There are probably too many, and there are many that cannot be checked." Li Bing supported Yao Kui.

"Listen, it's more than a thousand!"

"There are more things we don't know, and even the center doesn't dare to investigate."

"Now that the central government is directing those businessmen to eat, businessmen have become the main force supporting the central government. Will they seek political status?"

"Would you support someone to become an official? The veteran believes that he will definitely do it. When people have money, they will want power."

"When these businessmen and supporters move to the center, will we, the gentlemen, have the final say in the center? Or will the businessmen have the final say?"

"Also, the Ming Dynasty only relied on commercial taxes, so it was walking on one leg."

"What if the leg is broken? What if the businessmen feel that they have not received enough benefits in Ming Dynasty, so they turn around and support others?"

"Is the Ming Dynasty capable of killing merchants?"

"Now that the world is closely connected, they can transfer their assets and escape from the Ming Dynasty. The world is so big, where can the Ming Dynasty find a few merchants?"

Yao Kui's argument left Zhu Ying speechless.

"Mr. Yao Ge is right. The Ming Dynasty relied entirely on commercial taxes. It just walks on one leg."

Li Xian said: "The animals that walk most steadily are the animals that walk on four legs. People who walk on two legs can't run as fast as animals. If you walk on one leg, you can't walk more than a few steps and you will fall down."

"With the emphasis on business, the people have been swept away by the wind of businessmen, and our traditional Chinese virtues are no longer there."

Li Xian said angrily: "Especially as the central government pays more and more attention to merchants, then merchants will inevitably use chicken feathers as arrows to dominate the people and even seek political status."

"I am happy to receive this money this year."

"But there is indeed an abyss in front of us. If you are not careful, you will fall into the abyss. I feel worried about the future."

Wang Fu, Li Bing, Shang Ren, Peng Shi, and Lin Cong all knelt on the ground: "I all think that Mr. Yao Ge is right. Li Shoufu's words are very true."

Lin Cong said loudly: "The old minister said something arrogant. When Your Majesty is here, you can still control the merchants. When Your Majesty is gone, who will frighten the merchants?"

More and more courtiers knelt down.

Zhu Qiyu's face was as dark as water: "You gentlemen, get up first, who has a good idea?"

They all shook their heads, there was no good solution.

"Can we collect agricultural taxes again?" a courtier asked.

Peng Shi immediately shook his head: "Agricultural tax is a drop in the bucket. When it collected the most, it was only more than 10 million. Where can we collect 90 million? With the current expenditure of the imperial court, more than 10 million is nothing. The expenditure is over 50 million.”

The key is that it can't be collected.

Tax exemption has become a habit and an established fact.

"Wei Chen has an idea." Yu Zijun stood up and said.

"Say!"

Yu Zijun said: "The ability of merchants to become big depends on the support of the central government."

"If the central government stops supporting merchants and ends up doing business on its own like a shipping company, we will definitely make more money by doing monopoly business, and we will naturally be able to check and balance private merchants."

"Fiscal revenue has also increased, and private merchants will not be able to form a force and shake up the central government."

State-owned enterprises!

It turns out that the concept of state-owned enterprises existed in this era.

Shang Ren spoke: "Shilang Yu underestimated the greed of human nature. If public enterprises are promoted and the capital is owned by the court, then who will devote themselves to the public? Not only will they not work for the court, but they will also go out of their way to put money in their own pockets. When the time comes, Except losing money is losing money.”

"Yes, people are not saints, especially the people at the bottom who have not read the books of saints and have only private thoughts in their hearts. How can there be a court?"

Li Xian said seriously: "If we promote public enterprises, we will inevitably lose money everywhere."

"In order to turn losses into profits, the central government can only relax the official system and let people from companies come in to serve as officials. However, this messes up the administration of officials."

"Except for special positions in the Ming Dynasty, only those who are Jinshi can be officials."

"And after passing the Jinshi examination, who will go to work in any company? Even if they go, do they know how to do business? Isn't it true that laymen will guide experts and end up in a mess?"

Li Xian has a thorough understanding of human nature.

In fact, the sage Confucius had a thorough understanding of human nature two thousand years ago, taught it to his students, and compiled the Analects of Confucius.

Families like the courtiers also engage in business, but they are essentially political families. Politics comes first, and business is just a means to maintain politics.

They are the ones who support the Center the most, because when the Center is gone, they will be the first to be unlucky.

"Master Chief Assistant, this is the best way at present."

Yu Zijun insisted: "Every method has loopholes. If there are loopholes, just fix them. Besides, the public enterprise center has never done it before, but you can give it a try."

Zhu Qiyu coughed lightly: "Why haven't you done it before? Isn't it the Royal Commercial Bank?"

The courtier was stunned, isn't this your private property?

They are all your domestic slaves, you have absolute power to dispose of them, and all profits and losses belong to the internal funds.

"Yu Zijun raised this point very well. This is called a state-owned enterprise, and it is a national enterprise."

Zhu Qiyu stood up and walked down Danchi: "The Royal Commercial Bank is a state-owned enterprise, but all profits and losses belong to internal funds."

"There are also state-owned enterprises in the center. The ordnance factory, Shuima Station, gunpowder factory, iron ore factory, and salt field are all state-owned enterprises."

"It's just that the central government didn't compete with the people in the past."

"We don't do any business in depth. We only do monopoly business, such as ordnance, gunpowder, iron ore, etc. These are important weapons of the country and cannot be left to the private sector."

Zhu Qiyu walked to Yu Zijun and helped him up: "So the center will monopolize it."

"I did a lot of business with these people, but I gave them all rewards because I didn't want to be known as competing with the people for profit."

"Actually, Yu Qing has a good idea, using state-owned enterprises to balance private capital."

"The chief assistant is right to be worried. Human beings are all self-interested animals. They are greedy to get what they want. It is human nature and understandable."

"But you can't stop eating because of choking, and you can also change your thinking."

"Take the Shipping Department as an example. Daming can undertake foreign trade, that is, engage in foreign trade, and sell some domestic monopoly products to the outside world."

This statement dumbfounded the courtiers. Ordnance has been exported, and the money has been kept in the ordnance factory, that is, in the Ministry of Household Affairs.

With the salt monopoly being broken, the imperial court only had a monopoly on ordnance, and iron was a semi-monopoly, allowing private sales in small quantities and not exporting.

Gunpowder, saltpeter, oil and other important supplies are an absolute monopoly, and these are completely loss-making and there is no way to make money at all.

"Your Majesty, you have confused me. Ming Dynasty has liberalized all industries and does not implement monopoly." Li Xian asked all the questions that the courtiers wanted to ask.

"Chief Assistant, think about it carefully." Zhu Qiyu smiled.

"Your Majesty, please stop being so secretive." Li Xian couldn't think of anything even after racking his brain.

Yu Zijun said, "Your Majesty, are you referring to patents? But since we monopolize patents, we can't collect taxes from all countries?"

"Gentlemen, the monopoly you think of is a monopoly on raw materials."

Zhu Qiyu said with a smile: "In the past few years, I have been emphasizing branding and even restricting the export of raw materials."

"To put it bluntly, raw materials are low value-added products, the products produced are medium value-added products, and branded products are high value-added products."

"Can Qiu Jun explain these terms to you?" Zhu Qiyu asked Qiu Jun to come forward.

It has been more than ten years since the publication of Economic Theory, and all courtiers understand it.

"So, the ministers have been thinking that monopolizing raw materials, such as salt and iron, is useless."

"Private businessmen may seem to be making money, but in fact they are only making small amounts of money."

"They won't make any money at all!"

"Li Bing, bring the financial report from the Ministry of Finance."

Zhu Qiyu unfolded his memorial: "Look, tea exports this year have reached a terrifying 100 million tons!"

"How much is the tariff revenue? Only seven million!"

"What else can I say? These merchants have a hole in their heads!"

"Qiu Jun, explain to them where the trap is!"

Qiu Jun was also confused. He was engaged in economic theory, but he didn't know how to do business.

"You still have to learn."

Zhu Qiyu smiled and said: "Exporting 100 million tons of tea, what is the concept?"

"For all nations, tea is a necessity of life and indispensable in daily life!"

"And tea is only available in the Ming Dynasty!"

"Do you know what the concept is?"

"Monopoly! Absolute monopoly!"

"And how many tea gardens are there in the Ming Dynasty? Which province in the south does not grow tea? Is it because there are too many tea gardens that the ministers don't take tea seriously?"

"Li Bing, are you saying you want to expand tea exports?"

Zhu Qiyu sneered: "Are you really stupid? Seven million has deceived your eyes?"

"Why don't you think about it? The things you don't value are rations and indispensable things abroad."

"Let me tell you this."

"All races in this world eat meat. If they eat meat all year round, what will happen if they don't eat a bite of green vegetables?"

"Constipation! I can't poop out!"

Zhu Qiyu said: "Why is tea so popular? Because tea can draw them out, otherwise it will suffocate them to death!"

The courtiers looked at each other, how could this be possible?

Who wouldn’t eat a mouthful of vegetables? How disgusting would it be to eat only meat?

"Your Majesty is right. Mongolians and Westerners don't eat vegetables." Wang Fu said.

"So, tea is a necessity in their lives."

"Rather than eat shit, they have to drink tea!"

"do you understand?"

Zhu Qiyu said: "Next year, Ming Dynasty will not export a pound."

"With deflation, His Majesty has made the world unable to drink tea, and the price of tea has skyrocketed."

"In this way, Xiyi will suffocate to death, and will even launch a tea war at all costs."

Wang Fu's eyes lit up: "Your Majesty means that by taking advantage of Xiyi's weakness and adding the price of tea, we can earn not just seven million, but more money!"

Zhu Qiyu looked at him with admiration: "Wang Fu is right."

"Not only can tea not be exported, tea trees must also be treated as contraband and are not allowed to be taken out of the country. All passing ships must undergo strict inspection."

"Tea trees can only be found in the Ming Dynasty, and tea leaves can only be produced in the Ming Dynasty!"

"Ignore them for a year, and if the price goes up next year, I'll earn them 70 million!"

"Do you think it's too expensive?"

"Hey, do you know how to increase the added value of your product?"

"Building a good brand and well-packaged products will not only make IWC feel expensive, but also feel that it is worth the money!"

Zhu Qiyu was confused when he saw the courtiers.

How can you get value for money when the price is ten times higher?

If they can't get value for money, no one is stupid. They will look for other alternatives and even go to war. This is unnecessary.

When doing business, it is best to use economic means. If nothing happens, go to war. That is the mad dog Osman.

"Who has gone shopping for groceries?" Zhu Qiyu looked at all the ministers in the palace, but none of them had bought groceries.

"It's not appropriate to buy groceries. Have you ever been to Goulan House?"

Zhu Qiyu asked with a smile: "How much does it cost to be a guan'er? How much is an oiran? How much does it cost to pick up guests outside? Do you understand?"

The emperor's metaphor is very inelegant, but it is very appropriate.

Yu Zijun reacted: "Your Majesty means that we want to build a high-end tea brand and will not export low-end tea in the future."

"It's high-end."

Zhu Qiyu opened his arms: "Look at my dragon robe. It costs more than one million yuan. If you treat this as a commodity, do you think it is expensive?"

Who dares to compare dragon robes?

"Say it boldly, don't compare it to a dragon robe, treat it like an ordinary piece of clothing."

Only Li Xian could speak out: "Who wears the clothes? If ordinary people wear them, they are naturally not worth the price, but if your Majesty wears them, they are worth ten thousand gold."

Zhu Qiyu rolled his eyes at him and held his stinky feet.

"That's a metaphor."

"Wang Xizhi's calligraphy, how about comparing prices based on size? As for my calligraphy, if it is not signed, no one will want it if it is thrown on the street, right?"

"The word "Shang Ren" is hard to come by among the people!"

"If there is a calligraphy and painting dealer today who signs Shang Ren's name on a piece of calligraphy, the calligraphy will be worth ten thousand gold."

Zhu Qiyu didn't know whether it was appropriate or not. Anyway, he said that only when you have a brand can you be high-end.

The courtier was thoughtful.

"I understand a little bit what your Majesty means."

Li Xian wondered: "But what does this have to do with state-owned enterprises?"

"Stupid."

“Can the private sector create high-end brands?”

"Can we create a brand that satisfies the nobles of all nations? No! This brand can only be built by the central government personally, spending huge sums of money, and integrating the industrial chain."

"Isn't a state-owned enterprise formed?" "As long as orders are signed with nobles from all over the world, state-owned enterprises will continue to supply goods. It will take time for private brands to occupy the highest-end market, and during this period, the center will have the balance of private capital. of state-owned enterprises.”

"Think about it again, is Wang Xizhi's calligraphy really the best throughout the ages? Are later calligraphers really that far behind Wang Xizhi?"

"After all, isn't it just bragging? When everyone speaks for themselves, it becomes a golden sign! We have to know how to publicize it! Let's see what the world likes and believes in, and we will use these things to promote it!"

Zhu Qiyu taught me step by step: "Don't limit your thoughts to tea."

"Spices, cotton, silk, woolen textiles, and even sugar, wine, butter, and cheese can all be made into brands."

"As long as the central government promulgates a policy not to allow a grain of spice to escape the Ming Dynasty, the nobles of all countries will not be able to eat the spices. Let's make a beautiful package, tell a beautiful story, the price will go up, and then sell it to them."

"Don't forget, all the products in the world are produced in Ming Dynasty."

"Without Ming Dynasty, the world will die."

"All high-end brands, the hub can completely operate as a monopoly."

Qiu Jun asked: "Your Majesty, are only state-owned enterprises allowed to export? Private enterprises are not allowed to export?"

"Of course everything is allowed, except that the export of raw materials is not allowed, and the export of unbranded goods is not allowed. Everything else is allowed."

If private capital is restricted, fiscal revenue will be reduced, which Zhu Qiyu does not allow.

"Then how to build a high-end brand? High-end brands are definitely more expensive, private brands are cheaper, so we are not competitive?" Qiu Jun was speechless.

"Who has the pricing power?" Zhu Qiyu asked him.

"Center." Qiu Jun said.

“Strictly grade products to increase pricing power.”

Seeing that Qiu Jun didn't understand, Zhu Qiyu asked him: "Qiu Jun, I want to ask you, is it good for your servant to drink tea?"

Qiu Jun was stunned and shook his head.

Not to mention the servants, even the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, how many people can't drink it? Isn't it just arty?

Suddenly, he suddenly realized: "Fengya, the nobles of all countries also talk about elegance, it is a face. As long as high-end products give them enough face, they can be sold at a high price."

"They still have to thank us."

Look at those ancient tea trees. Why are their prices so high? Isn’t it because they have something to do with elegance? It tastes really good, but how many people can understand it?

To put it bluntly, it is just taking advantage of human weaknesses to make money.

Zhu Qiyu laughed and walked back to the throne: "So, since we want to build a state-owned enterprise, we should not make those low-end products, but make high value-added, high-precision products."

"Only the most sophisticated ones can make the most money in the short term."

"Similarly, domestic companies will not be able to catch up for a while, so Ming Dynasty will have enough time to find other three legs to balance the four legs."

The courtiers thought thoughtfully, and according to the emperor's idea, it was necessary to integrate various industries and then form small brands.

This is an opportunity to prosper your family.

The family can take advantage of the opportunity to acquire a group of small businesses and form a brand enterprise.

"You gentlemen seem to have forgotten that this is the place with the strongest consumption power in the world."

Zhu Qiyu pointed to the land under his feet: "It's the Ming Dynasty."

"For example, the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty are the most powerful consumer groups in the Ming Dynasty. Even your servants are all middle class."

"Do you consume the same as the common people? The common people eat brown sugar, do you also eat brown sugar?"

"Let me tell you, the palace's expenditure this year is 700 million. Which item is not the best?"

“Aren’t these the best things the best brands?”

In the Ming Dynasty, consumption has upgraded. People have begun to buy cotton cloth, and wealthy people have begun to buy ready-made clothes. The middle class will definitely upgrade further and will definitely use the best products.

But this is the best and cannot be divided specifically. Naturally, brands will be born, and brands of different levels will be born.

"I originally wanted to say it, so let's talk about it together today."

"Since the 24th year of Jingtai, we have strictly controlled the export of corn, potatoes, sweet potatoes, cassava, yams, peppers, persimmons, onions, spices, tea and other Ming specialty crops, especially seeds. Not a single grain is allowed to be taken out of Ming Dynasty! "

"Including rice, wheat, sugar cane, olive trees, palm trees, rapeseed, pig species, sheep species, beef cattle species, farm cattle species, etc. that were cultivated in the Ming Dynasty. Everything is included."

"And all folk inventions, especially those related to agriculture, especially chemical fertilizers, are not allowed to be brought out of the Ming Dynasty."

"There are also books and patents! Not a single word is allowed to leak out!"

"Starting today, the Patent Office will switch to a code book to secretly write patents and place them in specific locations. Different people will write them randomly. Each other is not allowed to know the specific contents. If any insider leaks out, the Nine Clans will be killed immediately!"

Zhu Qiyu said sternly: "The Ming Dynasty can sell finished products, but it cannot sell raw materials, and it is not allowed to sell seeds!"

"Once discovered, the ten clans will be executed! The whole clan will be in Ling Chi! The bones will be crushed and the ashes will be thrown away!"

"Starting from the 24th year of Jingtai, any merchant ship passing through Malacca must undergo detailed inspection. Ships outside Malacca are not allowed to leave the country!"

The courtiers knelt on the ground: "I obey the order!"

"Tell the world immediately."

"Especially tea trees, silkworm seeds, porcelain firing methods, seeds improved by the Ming Dynasty, secret brewing methods, textile secret methods, livestock, oil smelting methods, iron ore mining methods, karez manufacturing methods, machinery developed by the Ming Dynasty, etc., Nothing related to the national destiny is allowed to leave the country."

"The second thing is books. No one is allowed to take books out of the country without the permission of the central government! Ming people who are leaving the country are not allowed to copy the contents of books without permission!"

"Then there are medicine, mechanics, and chemistry. All research results are compiled into code books and stored uniformly. They are not allowed to be disclosed to anyone, and they are strictly prohibited from being taken out of the country."

"From now on, Ming Dynasty will implement a monopoly on the entire industry, and any industry will have a worldwide monopoly."

"The Ming Dynasty only allowed the export of finished products, such as clocks and spices."

"You can ask merchants to learn about the tastes of various countries, make different spice packages, and sell them to them. It is strictly forbidden to leak the formula!"

"The secret method of improving seeds of the Department of Agriculture is set as a special state secret. All secrets are compiled in code books and are strictly prohibited from being taken out of the country."

"Speaking of the recipe."

"Starting from the 24th year of Jingtai, we must ensure the strictness of the formula for the people across the country, and the formulas of all walks of life must be strictly protected."

"Any formula must be given the strictest protection. The formula is not allowed to be sold, and in particular, no formula is allowed to be taken out of the country."

"This formula, including food formulas, pharmaceutical formulas, fertilizer formulas, wood formulas, etc., all formulas are not allowed to be taken out of the country."

"Since the 24th year of Jingtai, we have protected local specialties, built local brands, strictly prohibited local specialty seeds and formulas from leaving the country, and encouraged and supported the sale of local specialties."

"Nothing within the Ming Dynasty is allowed to be taken out of the country without official permission. Only finished products can be sold. No raw materials are allowed to leave the country!"

"Everything in the private sector must be patented. The formula does not need to be disclosed to the patent office, but to register the company and patent, the patent office must use a code book to copy, and multiple people take turns to copy, and no one knows the secret recipe."

"Starting from the 24th year of Jingtai, no cultural relics in the country are allowed to flow out of the country!"

"The so-called cultural relics include poetry, calligraphy and painting, places of interest, porcelain and ceramics, and even tables, chairs and benches used by ancient people. They are all included in the cultural relic sequence and can be traded domestically, but they are not allowed to be taken abroad."

"And speed up the flow of foreign cultural relics into the country!"

"Contemporary literati's calligraphy treasures and manufactured treasures, such as calligraphy in Shang Dynasty and fine porcelain fired in Jingdezhen, will also be valuable in the future and will not be allowed to flow out of the country."

"Also, folk poetry, plays, novels, songs, stage plays, musical instruments, dances and other literary and artistic treasures are not allowed to leave the country."

"Starting from the twenty-fourth year of Jingtai, the Ming Dynasty will implement the most stringent protection laws."

"Everything within the Ming Dynasty must be protected and not allowed to leave the country."

"Everything from abroad must be brought back home at an accelerated pace. I support all the collections that need to be collected, the learning that needs to be studied, the promotion that needs to be promoted, and the planting that needs to be planted."

The courtiers were confused, you are Pixiu, you can only get in but not get out, right?

In the Ming Dynasty, nothing was allowed to leave the country, and everything from abroad was imported inside, and people had to study like crazy and study like crazy.

Li Xian smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty, I understand that you protect seeds, raw materials, and books. But what's the use of these cultural relics if they can't be exported abroad?"

Cultural relics are definitely worth more the more you buy them.

The most annoying thing is that they even protect folk scripts? Free? What's the use of that thing?

Zhu Qiyu sneered, don’t you know that LV is copying Tang Dynasty bags, what can’t capitalists do?

"I'm telling you, I will protect the water of Ming Dynasty!"

Zhu Qiyu said: "I don't even allow the water of Ming Dynasty to leave the country!"

The courtiers were all confused, right?

The tribute system from ancient times to the present has been that if the Ming Dynasty has good things, it will be given to other countries. This is why many things originating from China have been transformed and become their things.

For example, there are too many karez, oil extraction equipment, palm trees, coconut trees, onions, clocks and so on.

In the end, I found that none of them were from China. After further inspection, I found that they were all from China.

"Can foreigners understand Ming Dynasty's poetry? What's the point of talking like a chicken to a duck?"

Zhu Qiyu asked: "Do they have the ability to appreciate beauty?"

"Were the cultural relics of the Western Yi people appreciated in the Ming Dynasty? This is why these cultural relics exist. There must be people who know how to appreciate them."

"Don't think these things are not important. Let me tell you, these things are very important. Does a poem teach people anything about life?"

"If they wake up after reading this poem, become a figure like Alexander, and lead troops to attack Qin, will you be afraid?"

But the problem is that many of the poems are from Western Yi!

How many books on ships have you bought from India, Timurid, Ottoman, and Europa, and how many poems, articles, and music have been translated?

But you restrict leaving the country. Have you ever done this?

That’s someone else’s thing!

"I don't care, whatever is in Ming Dynasty belongs to Ming Dynasty!"

"Indian writing, Babylonian writing, Arabic writing, and Egyptian writing are all from the Ming Dynasty!"

"Can't you?"

Zhu Qiyu acted rogue: "I can do it, can they?"

"India doesn't even have a decent book now, what kind of inheritance do they need? Forget it!"

"The Arabs have been destroyed, and their writings are useless! I don't dislike those things now, I have already given them face!"

"And that Persia, Persia has been occupied by Timur for more than a hundred years, I don't even know!"

"Persian culture has returned to the Ming Dynasty. Do you have any objections?"

"I bought them all with money. Timur sold me all the books in their country. Even many buildings in Persia are only found in the Ming Dynasty."

Zhu Qiyu smiled evilly: "They don't value their own culture and have cut off civilization. What does that have to do with me?"

The Ming Dynasty imitated one Persian and Arabian building and toppled another.

Some even moved things to Daming and directly knocked down the original building.

Timur and Osman had no objection. As long as Ming Dynasty gave them money, they didn't care what the civilizations of Persia and Arabia were like. Those were not their countries. They were invaded by foreigners!

Just like Mongolia, if they lose China, they don't feel bad at all, but they can still live well when they return to Mobei.

Timur even gave everything in Persia to the Ming Dynasty in the name of a truce, only asking the Ming Dynasty not to fight.

"If they want to find out their roots, they can only come to me."

Zhu Qiyu suddenly said sharply: "This is the result of a broken country, even civilization will be cut off!"

"Do you also want to destroy your country and your family?"

"Do you also want the five thousand years of Chinese civilization to be cut off?"

The courtiers trembled and all knelt on the ground: "I don't dare."

"China has been living here since the Yellow Emperor and created an extremely splendid civilization, which is why we, the descendants of the Yan and Huang emperors, are now here!"

"China was also occupied by the barbarians. It was Emperor Taizu who reshaped the Han people's clothes!"

"I understand this kind of personal pain!"

"I don't want to make the same mistake again!"

"Therefore, I will not allow any possibility of harming the Ming Dynasty to occur."

"Culture must not be exported at all."

Zhu Qiyu said seriously: "The Ming Dynasty wants to monopolize existing books to the highest degree. No one is allowed to take them out of the country, and the literati who go out are not allowed to write silently!"

"I obey the order!" The courtier knelt on the ground.

Li Xian thought thoughtfully. The emperor's cultural monopoly was probably aimed at the countries outside the Western Regions. This was to cut off the courtiers' desire to Hanize the foreigners.

The emperor was determined to destroy the family, so he moved the Ming people over and enfeoffed them.

The ban is necessary.

Zhu Qiyu had been thinking about it for a long time, and this time he suddenly proposed that to make high-end tea, he must monopolize the tea trees.

Tea plantations cannot expand westward for the time being, because Ming Dynasty cannot fully control it after leaving Malacca.

After all, human nature cannot stand the test.

They must first promote the existing tea garden brands, and then expand westward. They can only eat at the low end, and the high-end market has long been monopolized by the mainland.

After some discussion, Geng Jiuchou continued to make a report.

Millions of acres of new cultivated land were added in the Ming Dynasty, mainly due to the reclamation of Heilongjiang.

Only the coastal part of Heilongjiang is valuable. After crossing the Sanjiang Plain, the value becomes lower and lower. However, oil was discovered on Sakhalin Island.

It was said by the indigenous people of Sakhalin that their ancestors had seen oil.

The Ming Dynasty sent people to look for it, but they couldn't find it after several years of searching, so they speculated that it might be there, but it was too difficult to mine with current technology.

The population of Heilongjiang reached 1400 million, mainly because it treated hundreds of thousands of Huerha people, freed some meritorious slaves, and kept sending female slaves there.

The largest marine fish canning factory in the Ming Dynasty was built on Ezo Island. Because Ezo Island is one of the places with the most marine fish in the world, it has attracted many businessmen to invest since it was incorporated into the territory of Heilongjiang.

Especially after King Waling was buried here, the Royal Trading Company also invested here, and King Toku also came to invest, and the cannery on Ezo Island was developed.

Ezo Island has become a prosperous area in Heilongjiang.

Jilin has a population of over 2700 million.

This year, 200 million Han women married in Jilin, and the number is still increasing.

The main reason is that those who moved there were the second oldest children in the family, and they wrote letters to their parents. Their parents knew that they were living well in Jilin, and their daughter-in-law would be able to take care of themselves.

Life in the mainland is not as good as that in the Northeast, and the men pay a lot of betrothal gifts, so Han women are getting married there one after another.

The Turkic population exceeds 9000, and the Tatar population is .

The population of Mongol Dusi exceeds 200,000, and the natives of Huairou, the fishing village, also exceed 10,000.

It is enough to send people to take care of these wild places.

There are frequent exchanges between the mainland and Northeast China.

It ignited the transportation industry, and opened a series of cruise ships, traveling between the mainland and the Northeast all year round.

Since the twelfth year of Jingtai, the central government has tried its best to build Shenyang into a holy place for Buddhism. Most of the things brought back from India were hidden in Shenyang, making Shenyang the city with the most temples in the world.

After ten years of development, Shenyang has become a veritable Buddhist capital, and many ascetics make pilgrimages to Shenyang.

Liaoning was already rich. After having the iron factory and the Buddhist capital, and being located on a major transportation road and the thoroughfare of five provinces, it became even richer.

In the 2700rd year of Jingtai, Liaoning's population exceeded million, and the economy of Northeast China ranked first.

Similarly, North Korea relies on its advantages in the strait to become the second largest economy in the six northeastern provinces, with a population of more than 10 million.

From a completely poor province to a powerful inland province.

At the time of the reconquest, the courtiers thought that they were so poor, what was the use of having too much money?

No one says North Korea is poor now. The cultivation of cold-resistant rice and corn has made North Korea self-sufficient.

In addition, the garment factory has a mature industrial chain, and with its unique geographical advantage, surrounded by the sea, it has already accepted customized orders.

This year in North Korea, among the 10 million people, no one died of hunger.

The population of Northeast China is approaching over 100 million.

The Ministry of Household Affairs estimates that by the end of the 24th year of Jingtai's reign, the population of Ming Dynasty may exceed 400 million.

Geng Jiuchou talked for two and a half hours, his mouth was dry, and he finally finished. The results of the Ministry of Revenue in the past year were gratifying.

Then the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Rites, and the Ministry of Punishment made reports in turn.

Finally, it was Li Bing’s turn from the Ministry of Finance.

"The total turnover in the bank this year has exceeded 10 billion!"

"And by the time Wei Chen wrote the memorial, the bank deposits were as high as 7 million!"

"Banks everywhere are operating well."

“There was no default, loss of money, or personal enrichment.”

"The Ministry of Finance announced that the total revenue from the lottery this year was 170 million. All this money was used for road construction. The Supervision Department has checked it, and Wei Chen has personally reviewed it. All of it has been used in practical ways."

The courtiers were shocked when they heard that the lottery revenue was so huge.

The Ministry of Finance has three types of income, which are not included in the Ministry of Household Finance: bank income, lottery income and income from events.

All three are financed by the Ministry of Finance.

Lottery income must be invested in infrastructure construction. It is not allowed to be spent randomly or invested in other places. When the infrastructure is completed in the future, it will be used for social welfare institutions, such as libraries, public toilets, etc.

"This year, a total of 12 major competitions and 72 minor competitions were held. We basically broke even and did not lose money."

The events include sports and cultural events, with the majority being Chinese events.

After more than ten years of operation, this is the first time I have not made a loss.

In the past, this loss was supported by internal funds, while the profit went to the finance department.

The taxes and fees collected by the Ministry of Finance must be paid to the treasury of the Ministry of Accounts. The Ministry of Finance is only responsible for collection. Their real source of income is bank income.

"You have to make money after holding a competition."

Zhu Qiyu winked at Feng Xiao, and soon a eunuch brought out a tray with a sphere on it.

"Your Majesty, does this look like football?" Li Bing saw it.

The football is made of pork belly and rubber.

The Royal Merchant Company cut rubber trees and developed hand-rubbed rubber, which was made bit by bit by hand just to make this football.

Although the technology is not yet good, at least the world's first football has appeared, and basketball and volleyball are also fast.

If the emperor likes it, it will definitely develop quickly.

"Yes, it's football. The previous football was hard and unplayable. This new football is different. Li Qing, give it a try."

Li Bing actually patted it a few times and found that it had good elasticity and was very soft.

"Can we use this as a football in the future to attract more people to play? If we run it for a few more years, not only will we not lose money, but we will also make a lot of money." Zhu Qiyu asked with a smile.

Li Bing said yes.

Courtiers all try football, after all, men all have a football heart.

"Your Majesty, what kind of material is this made of? I have never seen it before?" Li Xian actually kicked it twice.

Zhu Qiyu was speechless: "How old are you? Don't show off your old waist."

"It's made of rubber trees."

Li Xian was shocked. The central government has always opposed planting rubber trees because rubber trees are useless. Who knew this thing could be used for football?

But the center has planted a lot of them, and they are all used to make footballs?

He picked up the football and felt the material, thoughtfully.

"Look, this rubber has many uses, even greater than oil."

Zhu Qiyu stopped spoiling the story: "Li Bing, continue."

(End of this chapter)