I'm only seven years old, Lao Zhu, you let me supervise the country?

Chapter 275 Encouraging Landlords to Transform!Contract to build roads!
But no matter what happened to Zheng He.

The affairs that the Ming court had to deal with still could not be delayed, and Zhu Yunxu still had many things to worry about.

The matter of land reform is proceeding in an orderly manner. Although there have been some small episodes, they have been resolved, and countless Zhejiang officials have also been dismissed.

With the help of a seasoned and prudent official like Wang Dun, Zhu Yunxi hardly needed to worry about it.

What Zhu Yunxuan is really worried about now is the price issue after the continuous issuance of more paper money and continuous distribution of money to the people.

On Zhu Yunxuan's way back to the capital from Yangshan.

What he saw and heard told him very clearly that the price of goods in the capital of the Ming Dynasty had begun to soar uncontrollably!

Just because sweet potatoes are also being promoted rapidly, there are still some grain reserves in Daming.

Still within the acceptable range.

But if it continues, prices will inevitably rise to a level that is unacceptable to the people!Perhaps... the story of the Third Reich will be repeated in Ming Dynasty!

The 50 Mark piece of bread might really happen in Daming territory!

And at that time... all it takes is a mustache-like figure to stand up and shout, and the Ming Dynasty will disappear in the blink of an eye!
This is not alarmist, but a fact that is entirely possible!
But Zhu Yunxi couldn't tell anyone about these things, so he could only endure these things in silence and try his best to find a way out for Daming.

If you want to suppress prices, the first choice is naturally to enrich Ming's material output.

The money received by common people and landlords can be spent.

And as long as there is money with purchasing power, there is no problem of depreciation.

However, this was temporarily impossible to implement because of Zheng He's loss of contact, so Zhu Yunzhen could only resort to the next best thing and find a way to consume a large amount of wealth.

Let all the money in the hands of the landlord be spent.

Otherwise, the landlords and gentry have a lot of money in their hands, but they can't find a place to use it, and seeing the soaring prices, the money in their hands keeps depreciating.

They will be anxious too!
They have literally lost their land for sustainable food production!

But what you get is banknotes that may depreciate into waste paper at any time. Who can be in a hurry?
So Zhu Yunxi had to find a way to find some way out for these landlords.

Invest money in sustainable and profitable material production.

Let them see hope.

And the way Zhu Yunxi helped them think of was to make them transform!
From the land, transfer to other directions.

From the original landlords and gentry, they became capitalists one after another.

Although none of the capitalists is a good thing, it has to be admitted that compared with the landlords and gentry, the capitalists are quite progressive and superior.

The help of capitalists to the circular operation of social wealth is really great!
Zhu Yunxi can only help them transform into capitalists and shift their goal from hoarding more land to acquiring more wealth.

In order to make the money in their hands work.

Rather than hoarding it in the warehouse to eat ashes, and let the money circulate in the market of ordinary people, and compete with ordinary Ming people for food.

Let food prices soar.

As for how to transform landlords into capitalists, Zhu Yunxuan mainly set two directions.

The first direction is that the imperial court will contract the road construction project to the landlords, let these landlords actively invest in road construction, and then obtain income from the imperial court.

This can be said to be a best-of-both-worlds solution.

One is that the cost of building roads by the imperial court must be more expensive than that of landlords and gentry.

After all, after the landlord transforms into a capitalist, he will definitely squeeze the labor force.

Let the labor force work overtime as much as possible to obtain more benefits.

As a result, the construction period has become shorter and shorter, and the efficiency has been greatly improved.

On the other hand, if the court were to do the construction, it would not be able to urge the people to work overtime because of concerns about public opinion. In this case, wouldn't it be similar to the original corvee?

It may make the people resent the imperial court.

The landlords and gentry had no such concerns. The court used the hands of the landlords and gentry to transfer this level of resentment to the landlords and gentry.

The more the people hate, the more they rely on the court.

The imperial court only needed to punish a few landlords and gentry at the critical moment to quell the public's anger.

Isn't it beautiful?

Secondly, the cost of road construction by the imperial court must be much more than that of the landlord.

Firstly, it is unavoidable to be greedy in all aspects, misappropriating a little here, a little there, and generally exceeding the budget by a little, but there are almost the same problems.

On the contrary, the more stringent the review, the more it delays the construction schedule.

Let the pace of road construction be much slower.

It's not worth it by any means.

So it's better to set a price directly, let the landlords and gentry take over the project, let them contract the project, organize the workers themselves, and let them build the road.

At that time, the imperial court can completely let go and carry out land reform.

Reduce a lot of clutter.

It’s even cheaper and time-saving, so why not do it for the imperial court?
As for the landowners and gentry, they can get a lot of money from building roads, which is a considerable profit, and it also gives them a suitable destination for their money.

Let the landowners' money flow.

It is even possible to let these landlords and gentry bear the cost of road construction first, and the imperial court will finally distribute it.

eased the financial pressure on the imperial court.

There are hardly any disadvantages to be seen!
The only drawback is that there may be collusion between officials and businessmen, which will breed a large number of moths and make corruption rampant.

Just like in the previous life, if you want to contract for a certain project, you have to give gifts.

As a result, a large number of officialdom culture and wine table culture have been derived.

Who doesn’t know that engaging in projects and engineering projects is the most profitable?
But what is different from later generations is that Zhu Yunzhen still has Jin Yiwei in his hands!And one of the sharpest knives!

Zhu Yunzhen had only one word for these corrupt officials: kill!

"Grandpa Huang is right. This is what the Jinyiwei is for. After killing all the officials and causing resentment, replace the commander of the Jinyiwei."

"If it's a big deal, just replace Jinyiwei with East Factory and West Factory."

"This is really a knife that is so good that it can't be used any more!"

Having made up his mind, Zhu Yunxi gave his order without further delay.

"Let the people in the Advisory Office sort out the progress of the construction of the national road and check, and there are still roads that have not been repaired."

"Report everything."

"And report the price to Gu Gu as well."

Soon, an official document was presented, followed by Yang Jing, the minister of the counseling office.

Yang Jing was holding a map in his hand, on which was the official map of Ming Dynasty.

There are also lines connected one after another with various markings. Obviously, the lines above are the national highway lines to be built.

Zhu Yunxi inspected it carefully.

The most complete road built today is the section from Songjiang Mansion to Yingtian Mansion.

And there is another way, although it is intermittent.

But most of it has been completed, and that is the road from Yingtian Mansion to Peiping. This is a national road that can go directly from Yingtian Mansion to the border between Daming and Beiyuan!
"Not bad." Zhu Yunxi first affirmed the progress of the construction of the national highway.

Then he said, "Gu intends to contract out the construction of roads to landlords and gentry."

"The technology is still led by the imperial court, but the specific construction is all organized by the contracted landlords and gentry."

"Forget about roads like these that are being built."

Zhu Yunxi pointed to the national highways under construction on the map, and pointed to the planned national highways that had not yet been constructed, and said, "Like these national highways that have not yet started construction."

"Let's put it all together, set a total price, and contract it out."

"Tentatively, in half a month, a bidding conference will be held."

"Let all landlords and gentry who are interested in bidding come to the capital. As long as they are confirmed to have the ability, they will be contracted out."

"In the future, everything will be done in accordance with this charter."

"The imperial court invites bids, the gentry bids, and the project is contracted to the landlord and gentry."

Zhu Yunxuan was not discussing with Yang Jing, but giving orders directly in a commanding tone.

Although Yang Jing had many doubts in his mind.

But he didn't dare to ask any more questions, so he had to accept the order, turn around and go down to do what His Highness Taisun wanted.

It's just that Yang Jing couldn't help thinking in his heart... let the landlords and gentry contract to build the road?Can this thing work?
His Highness Taisun's orders are always unheard and unseen.

And after Yang Jing left.

Zhu Yunxi still didn't stop thinking about it, and letting landlords contract to build roads was just one of his ways to solve rising prices.

To put it bluntly, the root cause of rising prices is too much money in the hands of ordinary people.

And there are not enough goods available for purchase and consumption.

Food is just one of the commodities!

Zhu Yunxuan cannot conjure food out of thin air now, but commodities... it is possible!
In response to rising prices, Zhu Yunzhen's second measure was to open a factory!Let the landlords and gentry who are unwilling to contract to build national roads invest money in setting up factories!
Get involved in production and construction!

Let more and more commodities circulate in the Ming market.

It can also slow down price increases.

Maintain the purchasing power of banknotes. In this way, although there is no way to curb the rise in food prices, it can also slow down the depreciation of banknotes.

When there is sufficient food in the future, the rise in food prices is just a normal market fluctuation.

Innocent.

It will naturally return to normal in the future.

Increase the confidence of the people of Ming Dynasty in paper money. After all, paper money, to put it bluntly, depends on the people's confidence in the court!

Confidence is strong, no matter how much more banknotes are issued, the people are willing to pay the bill!

But if confidence is weak, just a slight price fluctuation may lead to tragic consequences!
"It's time to open a factory... But if you want to open a factory, given the current size of Jinling City, it is not suitable."

Zhu Yunzhen was thinking silently in his heart.

The capital must be expanded!

Zhu Yunxi planned to open the first batch of factories in the Ming Dynasty in the capital.

After everyone realizes the benefits of factories, they will gather in Shanghai and start factories in large quantities!
Manufacture goods and dump them abroad!

(End of this chapter)