Daming: I am the most powerful emperor grandson, please abdicate the throne

Chapter 183 Dumping goods and plundering raw materials

The status of merchants has never been high.

In Zhu Yuanzhang's perception, most merchants are profiteers, and even if there are good ones, they are not much better. He does not show his face to the princes and grandsons to do business, and the Daming Bookstore is the maximum limit.

Even with Zhu Xuan's influence, Zhu Yuanzhang's view of merchants had changed, but the change would not be great.

He still felt that merchants were not a good thing.

In Zhu Song's view, the patent proposed by Zhu Xuan was completely commercial and would even expand the scope of commercial activities, which was contrary to Zhu Yuanzhang's decrees and policies.

"Xiao Yunxuan, it's best not to have this idea of ​​yours again."

Zhu Song reminded: "It is wrong to do business, and it will destroy the household registration system established by my father."

If he really did this, he was worried that his nephew would miss the throne.

Zhu Xuan said: "I know what Uncle Twenty said, but business is not necessarily useless. Does Uncle Twenty know what is the basis for continuous progress and development of a certain technology or certain things?"

Zhu Song didn't know and asked: "What is it?"

"Benefit!"

Zhu Xuan said: "As long as there are benefits and people see that technology patents can be converted into benefits, there will be people who continue to research, and there will be people who are keen on learning science and developing science."

Zhu Song can realize how important science is. Guns and cannons and Yingtian ships are the results of science.

If science progresses, it will be able to do more things in the future and develop faster. It will indeed be more effective than what was simply dedicated to Zhu Yuanzhang.

If some things or technologies are donated, they will become exclusive to the royal family and will not be allowed to exist among the people, nor will they be able to develop. Science and technology will not progress, and may even be lost.

Profit is the basis for promoting technological progress, and Zhu Song agrees.

"The development of Confucianism to the present is driven by interests. It meets the needs of emperors of all dynasties, and Confucian scholars will continue to study Confucianism. There are Cheng Zhu and others, and it has developed until now."

Zhu Xuan continued: "Looking at the hundreds of schools before Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, after they were deposed, they were no longer needed by the emperor. Even if there are still people who can inherit them, who can inherit them and develop them to this day?"

Zhu Song felt that he was going to be persuaded by his nephew again.

I want to make two objections, but I don’t know where to start.

He was silent for a long time and could only say: "The truth is like this, but you just can't do it. This is completely contrary to what my father wants. Even if you can develop and progress, you must not do it."

Zhu Xuan continued to give his reasons, trying to convince Uncle Twenty first, and said: "I think Grandpa Huang will agree in the future. Let's continue to use the loom as an example. For example, the loom before the improvement can be made in one day. It can weave ten pieces of cloth, and after improvement, it can be twenty or even fifty pieces. The quantity is greater, and the time spent is about the same. The farmers who weave cloth can get more income, improve people's livelihood, and increase tax revenue."

Regarding this, Zhu Song finally found a reason to refute and said: "According to what you said, Xiao Yunxuan, there will be more and more cloth in our Ming market in the future. What should we do if there is too much to use up? Many people see weaving cloth If they can make money, they will give up farming. What will the people of Ming Dynasty eat? You can't eat cloth, right?"

"These problems are actually easy to solve."

Zhu Xuan had already thought of a way to deal with it, and said: "First of all, the farming problem is mainly due to the low grain yield. We, the people of Ming Dynasty, cannot achieve the conditions where a small number of people farm and produce grain to feed the majority of the people. If it can be solved This, everything is easy to talk about.”

Zhu Song felt that it was simply impossible for a small number of people to farm and feed the majority, and asked: "How is Xiao Yunxuan going to solve this problem?"

Zhu Xuan said: "Improve food production, but our current food cannot do it. I need to go to sea again and go to other lands to find high-yield food."

Potatoes, sweet potatoes and other things are still in America.

In the current time period, there are still several decades before the discovery of the New World.

But none of this is a problem.

Zhu Xuan is confident that he can go to America in advance and bring back potatoes, sweet potatoes, and corn.

Now I just bring up the relevant content with Uncle Twenty in advance so that Uncle Twenty can be prepared.

Zhu Song thought for a while and then asked: "I temporarily agree that there are more productive grains overseas, but the excess cloth or the large quantities of goods produced through scientifically improved tools cannot be used by the people of Ming Dynasty, so what can we do?"

Zhu Xuan smiled and said: "This is easier, sell it overseas!"

What Zhu Xuan needs to do next is to dump goods, plunder raw materials, and accumulate capital. Capital is bloody.

This is even more true for capital accumulation.

But Zhu Xuan doesn't care about these.

Because what he wants to suck is the blood from outside the Ming Dynasty. Within the Ming Dynasty, as long as the internal situation is stabilized and the gap between the rich and the poor is not too large, and the corruption in the capital accumulation stage of the West is not allowed to occur, it is enough.

He doesn't feel any psychological pressure at all when dumping goods abroad.

It’s all overseas anyway!

When the capital accumulation is almost complete and the development of Ming Dynasty is almost complete, it can be transformed.

There are also economic regulation, etc., which will be brought up by Zhu Xuan in the future.

"Grandpa Huang told me yesterday that we are ready to lift the sea ban. The DPRK and China should have discussed this matter."

Zhu Xuan said: "There will be no restrictions on overseas sales, and it can also increase a lot of income for Daming."

What he wants to do is not only to sprout capitalism, but also to thrive.

Zhu Song found that he was almost convinced by Zhu Xuan.

These words may sound reasonable, but in practice, they will definitely make the father angry to death.

"No, still not!"

Zhu Song shook his head and continued to object: "Xiao Yunxuan, you must not do this."

"Uncle Twenty, be braver."

Zhu Xuan said: "However, I am not ready to do this in Daming yet, but I am in Annan and have already tried it."

Before leaving, he had the spinning jenny made.

That was the beginning of the Industrial Revolution!
  In the Annan region, employment relationships have emerged.

The textile industry is a labor-intensive industry. The wages of Annan people are generally relatively cheap. Zhu Xuan even lowered the price.

The money earned from Annan's cheap labor will eventually be invested in the construction of Ming Dynasty.

That money will still flow into Ming Dynasty.

As for whether the Annan people would have food to eat if they were not engaged in production, it was not Zhu Xuan's consideration.

In the worst case, let the people of Guangdong and Guangxi produce more grain, and then sell a batch.

The wages paid to the Annan people eventually flowed into the Ming Dynasty through the sale of grain.

When the time comes for Annan's pilot project to show that it is effective, Grandpa Huang will transfer it back to the Ming Dynasty.

The premise of all this is to wait until potatoes are found in America.

It is necessary to satisfy the premise that a small number of people can farm and feed the majority of the people.

And as Zhu Song said, implementing these in the Ming Dynasty would destroy the household registration system of Grandpa Huang, and we had to find a way to get Grandpa Huang to change his household registration.

Zhu Song said: "I am not as favored as you. How dare I be bold? There is no problem in doing anything in Annan, but I must not appear in front of your grandpa."

He also reminded Zhu Xuan sincerely.

Even if you are favored again, if you keep going like this, you may be relegated to the cold palace.

Because it's very rebellious.

(End of this chapter)