Daming: The most ruthless tyrant in history

Chapter 288 Construction begins
Qianqing Palace.

Dongnuan Pavilion.

"This batch of bills specially made by the Shaofu basically meets my requirements."

Zhu Youxiao showed an expression of approval and looked at the bond notes made by the Shaofu. "These bills will be handed over to the Supervisor of Ceremonies, with the seal of the Supervisor of Shang Bao, and the treasure of the imperial edict will be sealed. After the seal is completed for use by the inner court, the Shaofu will make a seal and mark the anti-counterfeiting mark." Seal, etc., the Young Master must make it clear as soon as possible that the most important thing for bonds issued to external parties is to prevent counterfeiting and wear and tear."

"When all these bills are printed, the preliminary preparations will come to an end. The Young Master will start drafting official documents and issuing notices to the outside world. The corresponding details of the bonds must be clearly finalized. There must be no loopholes or hidden dangers. There must be no mistakes in this matter. Any omissions.”

"Please wait~"

Lu Guanxiang, Yu Yinggui, and Shao Jiechun, who were standing in front of the emperor, heard what the emperor said and raised their hands to bow in preparation. But at this moment, Sun Guozhen stood up.

"I have advice!"

What Sun Guozhen said interrupted Lu Guanxiang and others, which changed the atmosphere in Dongnuan Pavilion. Liu Ruoyu, who was serving in front of the emperor, looked at Sun Guozhen in surprise.

"What does the Qing family want to say to me?"

Zhu Youxiao put down the bond coupons and looked up at Sun Guozhen, who was bowing and saluting, with a faint smile on his face. It was obvious that he was not surprised at all by this scene.

"I dare to ask for remonstrance, and I ask your Majesty to punish me."

Sun Guozhen, on the other hand, had a serious expression, "Since His Majesty issued the decree to the Shaofu, asking the Shaofu to gather a group of craftsmen to make special bond coupons, focusing on anti-counterfeiting, wear and tear, etc., I have always had a doubt in my heart, why did Your Majesty issue it to the outside world? If you sell bonds, if you issue bonds, how should the world view your majesty? How should the world view the imperial court?"

really.

Zhu Youxiao smiled, stretched out his hand and rubbed his nose. Apparently, Zhu Youxiao had anticipated Sun Guozhen's question in advance, because the issuance of bonds, in the current concept, is external borrowing.

No matter how much interest is paid, the payment of principal and interest when due is still an external loan!
If this kind of thing is really done, it will definitely attract a lot of people's attention and heated discussion.

Look, the emperor has no money to spend, so he started to plunder it from the people.

"Do you all think so, too?"

Zhu Youxiao was not in a hurry to answer, looked at Lu Guanxiang and the others and asked with a smile.

When the emperor asked this question, Lu Guanxiang, Yu Yinggui, and Shao Jiechun showed different expressions on their faces. Although they did not answer, their expressions showed what they were thinking.

"Liu Ruoyu."

Seeing this, Zhu Youxiao smiled and shook his head, then stretched out his hand and said to Liu Ruoyu: "Go and pull out the development map of Beizhili. I want to discuss important matters with you."

"The slaves obey the order."

Liu Ruoyu hurriedly bowed in response, and then walked aside. On the other hand, when Sun Guozhen and Lu Guanxiang saw this scene, they all looked puzzled.

As a government office that is different from the foreign affairs department, the Shaofu is nominally an official for the palace, but deep in Zhu Youxiao's heart, the Shaofu carries a heavy responsibility and burden. It is precisely this that makes Zhu Youxiao He has enough patience for the civil servants of the Shaofu. After all, there are too many plans and deployments that require a group of reliable people to handle them. Zhu Youxiao plays the role of commander-in-chief.

"My lords, don't be stunned. Come with me."

Seeing all the officials of the Shaofu standing there, Zhu Youxiao stood up from the throne and said with a faint smile: "The things I am going to talk about next involve a lot of secrets, so they must be kept secret."

"The ministers obey the order."

Sun Guozhen and others were busy bowing and responding.

Different from other government offices in the outer court, in the special Shaofu, no matter which branch, there are the most rules, especially the strictest confidentiality regulations. No matter who dares to leak the secrets of the Shaofu to the outside world, not only himself He will be severely punished, and his colleagues will also be punished accordingly. Many punishment measures are even specified, the lightest of which is never to be hired. It is precisely because of this that the outside world knows very little about many things done in the Young Mansion.

Rules are rules.The system is the system.

If you want to accomplish great things, you must strictly abide by the rules and systems. If there is no such premise, then no matter how much you do and how many achievements you achieve, there will eventually be a thunderstorm.

In order to ensure that there would be no trouble in the Shaofu, Zhu Youxiao had successively established the guidance, auditing, supervision, internal security, prison and other clean-up departments in the Shaofu from the very beginning to ensure that there would be no mistakes in all aspects. This is Zhu Youxiao Attitude.

The purpose of explicitly promoting the "Integrity Bank" in the Shaofu is to protect the welfare benefits of the Shaofu so that those who work can receive corresponding rewards. The monthly salary received by officials at all levels in the Shaofu is much higher than that of officials at the same level in foreign dynasties.

However, since there are good welfare benefits, there will be many corresponding rules and systems, especially for corruption. Zhu Youxiao has set a red line. If anyone dares to corrupt more than 20 taels, as long as he is found out, he will be sentenced to death without any further explanation. , and officials from the same government office were also asked to watch the execution.

Closer to home.

"Everyone knows that around the capital, the Shuntian government office is taking the lead in gathering many bankrupt groups to use work-for-relief methods to improve the appearance of various parts of the capital."

Under the watchful eyes of the ministers of the Shaofu, Zhu Youxiao stood in front of a map, held up a baton and said: "This is the same thing as the rectification of the Haihe River system and the relocation and development of the military bureau that the Shaofu had clearly done before. Type of construction.”

"As far as I know, the overall trend of the various projects led by Shuntian Prefecture is pretty good, but there are still some problems. Sun Chuanting reported to the emperor that there are more than 60 people working in various places in the capital, and there is no internal money. Nearly 50 taels of silver have been allocated before and after, but if we want these major projects to be completed on schedule, there is still a shortfall of nearly [-] taels."

When Sun Guozhen and Yu Yinggui heard this, they all frowned slightly. They knew these things, but they didn't know about spending so much money.

"Your Majesty, the Shuntian government office is taking the lead in carrying out large-scale construction projects. Will the Ministry of Household Affairs not allocate money?" Sun Guozhen thought for a while, looked at Zhu Youxiao and bowed.

"After all, preparations for rectifying the Haihe River system have been carried out in Shuntian and Yongping Prefectures. The Guidance and Auditing Departments under the Shaofu Prefecture have jointly calculated an account before. If they want to complete the matter as scheduled, I am afraid that at least Tens of millions of taels of silver are needed, and this is based on the fact that the Shaofu is temporarily in charge of the military affairs department and can calcine cement as soon as possible."

"Does the Qing family think there is money to allocate from the Ministry of Household Affairs?"

Zhu Youxiao asked with a smile.

"..."

With one sentence, everyone fell silent.

"We really need to pay close attention to the matter of calcining cement in the Bingzhan Bureau."

Zhu Youxiao calmed down and continued: "Cement cannot be calcined and cannot form a large-scale industry. This is very passive for the Shaofu.

Sun Qing also said just now that a renovation of the Haihe River system would cost at least tens of millions of taels of silver.

And the current gold and silver reserves in the internal funds are sufficient if not used for anything else, right?
But the crux of the problem now is that the various departments and bureaus under the Young Mansion have many things to implement. We can't abandon other things and only focus on rectifying the Haihe River system, right? "

"What about getting local officials involved?"

Sun Guozhen frowned and said: "Just like the rectification of the Haihe River system, if corvees are imposed in various places in Northern Zhili, at least 4% of the silver can be saved."

"no!"

Zhu Youxiao directly rejected it and said with firm eyes: "What has been established cannot be overturned. In order to rectify the Haihe River system, we must ensure that 10 young people are dispersed to work in various places, and their efforts should be rewarded. Those who perform well can be After the sections of the Haihe River system were completed, he was transferred to the River Affairs Yamen to work as an errand.

Now there are too many bankrupt groups in the Ming Dynasty. They have no land in their names. In order to survive, they have to leave their homes and migrate. This is a great threat to the rule. I must find a way to solve this matter.

Therefore, in addition to the above-mentioned things, I plan to clarify a batch of construction plans to gradually attract refugees from all over the country to work in various places in Beizhili to ensure that they can support their families through work. The early stage will be based on the work-for-relief model, and the mid-term payment will be based on The mode of grain distribution will be based on the mode of distributing money in the later period.

This batch of construction plans will successively set foot in Beijing, Tongzhou, Tianjin, newly established Tangshan and other places, and clearly prepare for the establishment of various industrial fields such as smelting, forging, coal industry, textile, daily necessities, mining, and manufacturing. At the same time, it will also successively Clarify water conservancy, Chi Road and other infrastructure. "

Zhu Youxiao decided to issue bonds externally, using the Huangzhuang land as the anchor. This was definitely not a whim. He wanted to gradually mobilize and develop the market by absorbing private hot money, so as to attract private capital to participate. Ensure that his overall strategy for developing and constructing Beizhili can gradually become a reality over time, and is by no means a blueprint without any guarantee. This is a difficult start, but Zhu Youxiao must start it well!
(End of this chapter)