Daming: The most ruthless tyrant in history

Chapter 252: Ancestral system?Then let’s argue the law!

Public opinion is a kind of public opinion feedback at the social level. Its special incitement, conformity, and dissemination often make some people behind the scenes, out of various considerations and calculations, make some bad guidance and achieve their own goals.

Public opinion is a double-edged sword.

If used well, it can strengthen the foundation of rule. If not used well, it will definitely cause some kind of chaos.

Zhu Youxiao knew exactly how powerful public opinion was, so he had been making various arrangements around the dominance of public opinion, of which Huangming Times was only one part.

"... In other words, if the Shaofu wants to set up mining, smelting, ironware, textile and other mining areas and workshops in various prefectures under the rule of Beizhili, it will cost at least several million taels of silver?"

The emperor's voice came from Dongnuan Pavilion, which made Bi Ziyan, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, who came to see him, stop in his tracks. Just this sentence made Bi Ziyan frown.

What kind of mining area and workshop are being planned and how many millions of taels of silver will it cost?

What does the emperor want to do?
"Bi Shangshu, please come into the palace."

Han Zanzhou, who was leading the way, saw Bi Ziyan stop and said with a smile: "Your Majesty is summoning the ministers of the Shaofu. Knowing that Bi Shangshu asked for an audience, he specially ordered our family to invite Bi Shangshu. But let me say one more thing. Before the matter is clarified, Lord Bi, please don’t interrupt.”

With that said, Han Zanzhou stretched out his hand to signal, Bi Ziyan nodded slightly, then lifted up his robe and walked towards Dongnuan Pavilion.

At that time, a map was hanging in Dongnuan Pavilion. Zhu Youxiao stood with his hands behind his back, and Sun Guozhen, Yu Yinggui, Shao Jiechun, Lu Guanxiang and other young ministers gathered around him.

When Bi Ziyan walked into Dongnuan Pavilion, he attracted some people's attention.

"Your Majesty, the few million taels of silver are only the initial silver needed."

Sun Guozhen, who was beside the emperor, glanced at Bi Ziyan who came in, then pointed to the map in front of him and said: "Take the coal industry in Xishan area as an example. In order to facilitate the mining, transportation, screening and sales of Xishan coal industry, the Shaofu is here The Xishan Coal Bureau was specially set up to control the many coal mines controlled by the inner court."

"Only the Xishan Coal Bureau has resettled more than [-] Liao residents and refugees. If their families are included, the number has reached more than [-]. The place where these groups live is Huangzhuang in the Xishan area."

"Coal mining and transportation require sound road support. The Xishan Coal Bureau has been specially established since then, with an investment of 10 taels of silver. Until now, it is under the jurisdiction of the coal field, iron workshop, smelting workshop, and war bureau. The workshops signed corresponding business contracts and then began to turn losses into profits."

"Similarly, the Shaofu also invested a lot of money in the coal field, ironworks workshop, smelting workshop, and workshops under the jurisdiction of the War Bureau in the Xishan area, and produced honeycomb briquettes, various types of Only by gradually mass-producing civilian ironware, various agricultural ironware, and various iron materials can we stabilize the deficit."

While Sun Guozhen was explaining, Bi Ziyan looked serious. Looking at the map in front of him, the circled areas on it reminded Bi Ziyan of something.

In the past period of time, there have been many more products in shops inside and outside the capital, which are sold to the outside world under the banner of Shaofu's supervision.

For example, the imperial stores in the capital sold glass, mirrors, perfumes, soaps and other items at high prices, which became popular among many wealthy families in the capital.

In the convenience stores in the capital, iron stoves, briquettes, kitchen knives, iron pots and other items are sold. The prices are low, but the quality is very good, and ordinary people buy a lot of them.

"Your Majesty, the Shaofu wants to set up mining, smelting, ironware, textile and other mining areas and workshops in Shuntian Prefecture, Baoding Prefecture, Yongping Prefecture, Tianjin Sanwei and other places. One of the important expenses is the cost of hiring labor. superior."

Yu Yinggui followed closely and said: "In the past period, the number of people settled in Huangzhuang in the counties under the jurisdiction of the Shaofu in Beizhili exceeded nearly 200 million. In the past, spring plowing in Huangzhuang included the Haihe River water conservancy project. The Shaofu adopts a work-for-relief method, as long as they have enough to eat.

However, this time the construction of mining areas and workshops requires direct payment of labor. If this expenditure can be reduced and only daily rations are ensured, then at least it can save..."

"no!"

Zhu Youxiao waved his hand and interrupted: "Since we are planning to build mining areas and workshops, we cannot follow the idea of ​​​​relief for work. We must make them rich, especially the craftsmen among them, and they should become rich.

The imperial village under the jurisdiction of the Shaofu can take care of them for a while, but it cannot take care of them for a lifetime.

Since they have worked hard, they should earn the money they deserve. In this way, even if they don't have land, they can get the money they deserve every month after the mines and workshops are built, and then they can support their families and even settle in real estate in various places. "

"Your Majesty, when will Tianjin Port be effective?"

Lu Guanxiang stepped forward at this moment and said: "I am in charge of food distribution. If these mining areas and workshops tighten their belts and prepare to build them, even if they can make a corresponding amount of money, there will be so many out-of-work groups. The grain produced by Li, coupled with the dependence on water transportation for grain transportation from the south to the north, may be difficult to support.

What's more, there are still a large number of tenants in Beizhili. The size of this group cannot be estimated. If they no longer rent land and make a living in the mining areas and workshops under the jurisdiction of Shaofu, then this part of the grain will The demand will be greater.

Now the military and river management bureaus under the jurisdiction of the Shaofu are struggling with the daily supply of food. If there is no new food supply, no matter how much money is allocated from the internal funds, it will take a lot of effort. A number of mining areas and workshops are planned to be set up in the northern border of Zhili to resettle bankrupt refugees and refugees, and money will be paid monthly. However, once food prices are driven up due to shortages, I am afraid that the stability of northern Zhili..."

Is this the fundamental purpose of the emperor's plan to open the Tianjin port and prepare for the establishment of the Tianjin Thirteenth Bank?
Place a large group of bankruptcies?
When Bi Ziyan heard this, his eyes changed. When he looked at the hanging map again, many things he had not figured out suddenly became clear to him.

"Your Majesty, when you open the Tianjin Port, do you want to open up sea transportation in addition to water transportation?" As soon as Lu Guanxiang finished speaking, Bi Ziyan stepped forward and said.

After saying this, all the ministers of the Shaofu gathered in the palace looked at Bi Ziyan. "Bi Qing is here."

Zhu Youxiao turned around and said with a slight smile: "Not only that, there are many ideas for opening Tianjin Port. If Bi Qing is interested, you can go to Yuan and look at the documents and files. I will clarify the state-owned economic structure with the young master first. "

At this point, Zhu Youxiao stopped smiling and looked at Lu Guanxiang and the others.

"The opening of the Tianjin port will be very soon. I have issued a decree to Chen Qiyu. Tianjin Sanwei has clearly selected the site. When the Tianjin Thirteenth Bank's bank raising and stock purchase is completed, the follow-up will be..."

State-owned economic structure?

Hearing the novel vocabulary spoken by the emperor, Bi Ziyan was doubtful, but at this moment, Han Zanzhou stepped forward and motioned Bi Ziyan to go to the imperial case.

Under the guidance of Han Zanzhou, Bi Ziyan saw a thick stack of documents and files. The Shaofu meeting in Dongnuang Pavilion was still going on to discuss the preparation of the state-owned economic structure. At that time, Bi Ziyan was Looking at the documents and files, a door to a new world opened.

This part of Zhu Youxiao's clear idea was known to Bi Ziyan, but Bi Ziyan's heart also set off a storm!

"Bi Shangshu~"

"Bi Shangshu?"

After an unknown amount of time, Dongnuan Pavilion became quiet. Sun Guozhen and other ministers of the Shaofu left. The sky outside Dongnuan Pavilion was getting dark. Han Zanzhou stepped forward to remind him, but Bi Ziyan did not respond. This made Han Zanzhou couldn't help shouting more. Twice.

Ok?
When Bi Ziyan came back to his senses, he saw Han Zanzhou.

"Bi Shangshu, the emperor calls you."

Being reminded by Han Zan on Monday, Bi Ziyan turned around and saw that the emperor was still standing in front of the map, seeming to be thinking about something. This made Bi Ziyan reluctantly put down the files he was holding and walked quickly towards the emperor.

"Bi Qing, what do you think of my idea?"

Zhu Youxiao, who was staring at the map, knew that Bi Ziyan was coming and said with a smile.

"I'm stupid."

Bi Ziyan, who was about to bow and salute, heard what the emperor said, hesitated for a moment, and looked at the emperor's back, "Can you understand this, your majesty wants to take the Tianjin Port as the leader, and the Tianjin Thirteenth Bank as the supplement, accompanied by the Shaofu during this period , Shuntian Prefecture and other departments have made clear arrangements to prepare and develop a state-owned economic structure and stimulate private industries, thereby absorbing the bankrupt groups gathered in Beizhili. Even if this strategy is feasible, it will also absorb refugees from various places adjacent to Beizhili. Tell them to quit farming and engage in handicraft-related fields?”

"The overall idea is this. I will focus on the development of economy, roads, water conservancy, shipping, mineral deposits, smelting, handicrafts and other fields under the rule of Beizhili."

Zhu Youxiao turned around, looked at Bi Ziyan and said: "If this idea can be realized, the imperial court will have the right to take the lead in changing tax items such as mining tax, commercial tax, customs tax, and customs duties under the rule of Beizhili. The most important thing is to absorb these bankrupt groups so that they can have new livelihoods, and the stability of local order is also guaranteed."

"But if this happens, there will definitely be considerable controversy and differences between the government and the opposition."

Bi Ziyan frowned and expressed his worries, "Especially allowing the Western Yi to stop for trade. This has never been done in the past. What's more, no one knows what the Western Yi's intentions are. just in case……"

"No such event!"

Zhu Youxiao waved his hand and interrupted: "Ai Qing, you are the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue. You probably know the situation of the treasury better than I do, right?

Let me tell Aiqing this way. In the next few years, I will not be too involved in the various arrangements involving the Ministry of Household Affairs, but the revenue from the treasury must increase, so I plan to promote my plans in Beizhili. It not only helps relieve the national treasury's difficulties, but also has the idea of ​​​​balancing the gap between the north and the south.

What Aiqing has to do is to control the overall management of the household department and implement what he wants to do step by step.

What I have to do is to run Beizhili well and explore a new possibility for the Ming Dynasty. Your affairs are very important, and my affairs are also very important. "

"The truth is this truth."

Bi Ziyan said: "But Your Majesty, no matter how well you think, if you really want to do this, there will definitely be a group of people who will discuss things based on the ancestral system, and the situation may be difficult to calm down."

"Is it made by ancestors?"

The corners of Zhu Youxiao's mouth turned up slightly, "If they really talk about the ancestral system, then let's argue. Anyway, I can find the right person to do the job. I just need to control the direction. I have enough time and Use your energy to have a good discussion with those who want to discuss things based on the ancestral system."

This……

Bi Ziyan was stunned when he heard the words, and his hanging hands trembled slightly. He didn't know what kind of changes the Ming Dynasty would experience by then. Although he recognized the emperor's plan in Beizhili, this plan had never been done before. It happened in the Ming Dynasty. No one can tell what kind of problems will arise and what kind of things will happen...

(End of this chapter)