Daming: The most ruthless tyrant in history

Chapter 950 Journey
"Your Majesty, can the industrial upgrading of the military industry in Gyeonggi Province be delayed for half a year?"

Xiyuan.

Ok Hee Palace.

Chen Mingyu, the chief counselor of the Southern Study, stepped forward to advise despite great pressure, "The Yongle-style musket and artillery production line was upgraded in the military industry of the capital last year. In order to meet the needs of the military industry, the corresponding upstream and downstream industries have also been allocated funds to support a batch."

"It hasn't been long since then, and we have to directly allocate special funds to upgrade the level. Even if the upgrade is done in installments and batches, the pressure on the treasury is still huge."

"I second the proposal!"

Wang Jiayan followed closely and said, "Because the Yongle-style muskets and artillery have been put into production, the original Hongwu-style muskets and artillery production lines have all been dismantled and will be relocated to Liaodong, Tianjin, Hanzhong and other places. There are also corresponding upstream and downstream industries that will be removed or eliminated from the Shaofu Department. This matter has not been completely completed yet."

"Now there are improved Yongle-style muskets and cannons. This is undoubtedly a waste of the treasury silver. The most important thing is how to settle the batches of people and how to stabilize the floating situation."

"The Military Affairs Bureau has not coordinated well on this matter. If we do things this way, it will undoubtedly be a huge loss to the interests of the country."

The two people's words resonated with many people.

The hall became lively.

As the think tank in front of the emperor, the Southern Study is more inclined towards government affairs, drafting various decisions and offering various suggestions. The industrial upgrading in the military industry should not be coordinated through them, but the industrial upgrading in the military industry involves specific special funds, so the Southern Study must first make an initial draft, and after it is approved by the court in front of the emperor, it will be handed over to the Upper Study for further improvement, and then sent to the corresponding officials for implementation.

As time went by, each specific reform was promoted or pushed forward, and the officials around Zhu Youxiao also made corresponding fine adjustments to their powers and responsibilities. This was done to find out the gaps and avoid any losses and mistakes during this period.

Zhu Youxiao sat on the throne and glanced at the ministers in front of the emperor. From what they said and some of their expressions, Zhu Youxiao knew that Chen Mingyu and his group of ministers from the Southern Study had many ideas and differences on this matter.

“Let’s talk about the conclusion first.”

After an unknown amount of time, the hall fell silent. Zhu Youxiao leaned forward and said calmly, "All that you criticize and cannot understand is actually my intention. Whether it is the Military Preparation and Cleaning Department or other departments, they are all doing things according to my will."

A word stirred up a thousand waves.

Chen Mingyu, Wang Jiayan and other ministers of the Southern Study all showed expressions of astonishment. They had never imagined that such a waste of resources and special funds was actually done intentionally by the emperor.

But why?

You must know that intensive handicraft manufacturing was proposed and consolidated by the emperor. It is impossible for the emperor to be unaware of the above issues.

"In your eyes, as long as the initial standard system of intensive manual manufacturing industry involves technology, production, talents and other aspects, it can be directly applied in the capital and the surrounding areas after the expansion and construction is completed."

Zhu Youxiao lifted his sleeves and continued, "But you have overlooked one point. The standard system is built on a certain basis. The capital and the surrounding areas are at the forefront, followed by Tianjin, Liaodong, Hanzhong and other places. However, the distance between them is too far. Talent exchange and transfer can be carried out, but the scale is too small."

"If we want to make intensive hand-made manufacturing really take root in Ming Dynasty, we must build it on industrialization, but what exactly is industrialization?" "I think it's about volume."

"You all think that I am wasting resources and special funds by doing this, but have you ever thought about whether the most cutting-edge technologies can really cover everything at once? Without the foundation of the previous stage, the results of the next stage are directly transferred to the area without a foundation. Isn't this just a castle in the air?"

Chen Mingyu and the others were silent.

In fact, in terms of production technology and productivity improvement, Zhu Youxiao knew that this would be a long journey. Especially the continuous advancement of technology. If he wanted to gradually promote it in the Ming Dynasty, there would inevitably be problems such as regional generation gaps and industrial transfer. There was no way around it because the territory of the Ming Dynasty was too vast.

A set of standard system covering various fields requires decades of sedimentation and accumulation before it can truly achieve rapid development and achieve full blossoming in all fields and regions.

A simplest example.

Percussion flintlock rifles can now be produced in the military industry in Gyeonggi, Tianjin, Liaodong, Hanzhong and other places, but no matter the quality or output, the other places cannot compare with the military industry in Gyeonggi. This is caused by people on the one hand, and by the different development of supporting industries on the other.

And now.

Zhu Youxiao wanted to eliminate military industries such as percussion flintlock rifles and their supporting upstream and downstream industries from the mainstream industries in the capital, and disperse them to various places. Among them, a group of people who were not selected for the next stage of development would also be diverted to various places.

The development of Ming Dynasty's intensive handicraft manufacturing industry cannot be represented by just the capital region. It must be represented by a comprehensive summary of all parts of Ming Dynasty.

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How should the standard system in various fields be reflected?
Isn't it just about getting more and more people to recognize this system?
Now the Ming Dynasty not only lacks field industries, but also lacks talents in these field industries. After understanding the underlying logic, Zhu Youxiao no longer thinks it is a waste.

After all, in many places in the Ming Dynasty, even what intensive handicraft manufacturing was had not been fully understood. How could this be called a waste?
"As for the matter of special funds, you just need to make it clear. If there is a gap, I will find a way to solve it." After saying this, Zhu Youxiao said calmly.

It looks like another round of bond sales is coming.

When Chen Mingyu and the others heard this, they immediately thought of something in their minds, but this was also what they were worried about. These bonds were good to use, but the deficit continued to rise. If the principal and interest could not be repaid in the future, what would the court do?

Bonds, a new product, have gone from being initially disapproved to being seen as the most solid option for preserving and increasing value. As long as a company issues them for sale, people will rush to buy them.

The reason for this change is that no matter which bond matures and is redeemed, the corresponding company has never defaulted, and this credibility has spread among the people.

But no one knows that over the past few years, the scale of bonds issued by the Shaofu has been rising year by year. If this continues, if they cannot be repaid in the future, many people dare not think about it.

But many people don't know that Zhu Youxiao had already thought of a solution in his heart. Not to mention anything else, just in the military industry that has formed a generational development in the Ming Dynasty, with the continuous advancement of the Ming Dynasty's military reform and the comprehensive replacement of the army and navy, these armaments that are bound to be eliminated, and even warships, will be sold in batches.

The above things may be backward in the Ming Dynasty, but not necessarily in other places. The rapid development of the military industry will inevitably be accompanied by arms trade, not to mention that the Ming army will continue to expand outward during this period. This series of combined punches will not only solve the bond deficit, but will even directly stimulate the in-depth development of various fields in the Ming Dynasty. If this road goes smoothly, the Ming Dynasty will not only siphon off a few vassal states, but siphon off more vassal states, and even hostile forces.

(End of this chapter)