Daming: Brother, there is no future for monks, let's rebel

How easy is it to convince hundreds of officials?
On the day before the Great Court Meeting, Zhu Yuanzhang took them to Jishou, and let them experience the effect of a train on the train used for experiments, and everyone became dumb.

Anyone can see how convenient this train is.

The iron carts made of underground coal and iron ore can be turned by boiling some water, which is much more convenient than horse-drawn carts.

In terms of speed, riding a horse is not as good as a train, and there is no need for people and animals to exert force on the train, and it is directly driven by power, and it can travel day and night for twelve hours a day.

Which is better or worse, you can see at a glance.

However, after thinking clearly about the convenience of the opening of the train to Daming, the courtiers also began to consider their own interests.

The emperor of the Ming Dynasty cannot always be Zhu Yuanzhang. The courtiers saw Zhu Yuanzhang's cruelty, and they were willing to be a frank courtier, but they did not expect short-term benefits, but long-term benefits.

If Daming changes emperor in the future, he will definitely not be like Zhu Yuanzhang. At that time, it will be their chance... If not, then wait.

Why do you say that the family has survived for thousands of years?
Because when the dynasty was strong, they chose to attach themselves to the imperial power and establish an image of loyalty and patriotism. When the dynasty declined, they began to suck blood, and when the blood of the dynasty was drained, they changed to another dynasty.

Family, that's it.

There is no so-called country, they only have their own 'home'.

Zhu Yuanzhang named the country 'Hongwu', and his iron-blooded wrists kept the officials silent. At this time, they all gave up the benefits they could get at any time, and chose to establish their image of loyalty to the emperor and patriotism, and then look for opportunities to suck blood later.

However, if Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to build railways on a large scale and drive the trains to all directions, he would instantly break the geographical restrictions and strengthen centralized rule. The days when these nobles wanted to dominate the local area will be gone forever.

For these large families, this is a disadvantage.

But there are also advantages. They can take advantage of the convenience provided by the train to export local products and improve their family heritage through business.

Business can create a lot of wealth, and it was Zhu Yuanzhang's tacit approval. The exchange of business can make these officials earn a lot of money.

Make money first, and talk about the rest later.

Those who responded quickly chose to agree with Zhu Yuanzhang immediately.

For example, Liu Bowen.

When Liu Bowen saw the train and thought of the great changes brought about by the popularization of the train to Ming Dynasty, he immediately stood up to express his support to Zhu Yuanzhang: "The appearance of the train can help His Majesty accomplish a great cause for thousands of years. Before that, I was stupid, so I apologize to Your Majesty."

As he said that, Liu Bowen bowed his waist and apologized, and then said to Zhu Yuanzhang: "Your Majesty, Jiangsu and Zhejiang are located in the southeast of Daming. The geographical location is particularly important, and it is also an important port to overseas enclaves. If your Majesty wants to build a train road, it should lead to the Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions first. .”

"No, no, the railway to the north should be built first, passing Huaixi and other places along the way."

Li Shanchang came out to stop it immediately, and said to Zhu Yuanzhang: "Your Majesty, the cost of building a railway leading to the whole country is astronomical. The treasury is difficult to support. I have a little family money, and I can use it all to build the railway for Your Majesty."

Why do you let Liu Bowen take advantage of the good things?
I, Lee Sun Jang, can do it too!
Soon, more and more courtiers joined the ranks of investing in railways.

After Zhu Yuanzhang heard it, his brows were filled with joy, and he looked down at the ministers who were vying for investment. He looked down at the courtiers.

Don’t you all want us to build railways and trains?

Are you so active now that you see the benefits?

snort!
Now Zhu Yuanzhang is a bit arrogant. Facing the courtiers vying for it, Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand and said, "Let's leave this matter to Qi Wu. If you have any ideas, go talk to Qi Wu."

No matter in private or in front of outsiders, as long as Zhu Han is around, Zhu Yuanzhang always calls him "Qiwu".

Moreover, Zhu Yuanzhang knows Zhu Han's methods. He is not a man who plucks the wild goose's hair, let alone an iron rooster. When doing things, Zhu Han pays attention to a win-win situation, and at the same time, he will also maximize the interests of Daming.

Zhu Yuanzhang thought that there was a big gap between Zhu Han and Zhu Han when it came to business negotiations, so he sensibly handed over this matter to Zhu Han.

The courtiers who had been arguing just now, when they heard that Zhu Yuanzhang wanted them to talk to Zhu Han, immediately chose to stop attacking each other. Almost all of them subconsciously focused their attention on Zhu Han.

When discussing business with Zhu Han, you need to be careful, otherwise you will have to count the money for him if you are sold by him.

"Everyone, your majesty and I have felt your heart for Daming. On behalf of your majesty, I would like to express my gratitude to all your lords."

After speaking, Zhu Han lowered his head and bowed.

After the ministers saw it, they turned sideways again and again. Who would dare to accept Zhu Han's thanks on behalf of the emperor?

"Don't dare! Don't dare!"

"This is the duty of a courtier!"

Hu Weiyong: "His Royal Highness, you are a villain. I am willing to go through fire and water for Ming Dynasty."

He said it as if he was so loyal.

Zhu Han ignored Hu Weiyong, and then continued: "My lords, the train and the rails symbolize the heavy industry of my Ming Dynasty, and coal, iron and salt are the lifeblood of my Ming Dynasty, symbolizing the backbone of my Ming Dynasty. This is absolutely impossible. What can be handed over to others can only belong to Daming!"

After hearing Zhu Han's words, Zhu Yuanzhang was very satisfied.

But then, Zhu Han changed the subject and continued: "However, the train skins can be provided by you. If it does not affect the national policy of Ming Dynasty, we can add train skins for you. You only need to pay some fees, and we will also You don’t need much, ten cents per catty, you can transport the materials you want to where you want to be delivered.”

The lifeblood belongs to Daming, but the benefits... we can share.

Zhu Han smiled and said to the ministers:

"My lords are all ministers of Daming, and your Majesty has seen all the painstaking efforts of Da Ming, so I want to take some out and reward my lords, but you have to wait, the current [-]-section train skin is not enough. To meet the needs of the court, wait for the craftsman to increase the kinetic energy of the train, and when the train is added to thirty or forty knots, it will be able to meet the needs of the adults."

"..."

Ah, this...

When the courtiers heard Zhu Han's words, they couldn't help but looked at each other.

The big cake Zhu Han drew for them was a bit unacceptable. Now the train has just reached thirteen knots, and Zhu Han said that it will be increased to thirty knots before they can use it... How long and what month will it have to wait?
On the contrary, Zhu Yuanzhang was a little moved when he heard Zhu Han's words, and he had been to Jishou and saw the train in advance. At that time, the train was only three knots. Now it has only been half a year, and it has increased to thirteen knots. It is estimated that he has not waited for the train. If it is covered with Daming, the train skin can be increased to [-] knots.

This is not a big cake, this is the fat hanging in front of your eyes, as long as you work hard, you can eat it. Seeing the lack of interest of the courtiers and feeling that he was deceived, Zhu Yuanzhang was very happy... He couldn't wait to see Until the courtiers are deflated...

Zhu Yuanzhang was sure that Zhu Han had dug a big hole for the courtiers and was waiting for them to jump into the hole.

"My lords, do you think it will take a long time for you to use the train?"

Zhu Han smiled brightly, and then continued: "However, I can provide you with another way of cooperation. We build railways, and in some transportation hub cities, we need certain transshipment warehouses, such as Yingtian, Beiping, Chang'an, etc. Important cities need cargo transshipment warehouses, if your lords want to cooperate with Chaotang, we can cooperate and win-win."

Freight forwarding warehouse?

Although this is the first time everyone has heard it, after thinking about it carefully, there is indeed something wrong.

Cargo transshipment is to gather all the surrounding goods in one place, and then use the convenience of trains to transport the goods to various places. In this way, the role of the cargo transshipment station and the wealth it can create can be imagined with one mind .

Isn't this better than wrapping train skins?

Li Shanchang immediately rushed ahead of Liu Bowen, and said to Zhu Han: "I am willing to do my best for Daming!"

"The minister is willing!"

One by one, the ministers stood up and expressed their willingness to invest in the construction of a cargo transfer station with the court.

Investment, of course, is first come, first served.

Zhu Yuanzhang was a little depressed when he saw the courtiers scrambling one after another, and Zhu Han never refused to come.

Such a lucrative business, how good it is to do it yourself, why let the minister interfere?
On the way back, Zhu Yuanzhang told Zhu Han what he thought, and Zhu Han laughed when he heard it: "Brother, they are taking the money for us to use now...the places I told them, even the railways How can we build a railway station if we haven’t paved the way?”

"..."

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard Zhu Han's words, he immediately understood: "You mean, we are empty-handed white wolves?"

"It's not empty-handed white wolf, but to make an industrial layout in advance."

Zhu Han explained to Zhu Yuanzhang, "Brother, we need to master coal, iron and salt, and at the same time, we must also master some other things. The cargo transportation station mentioned to the ministers is nothing more than a point of interest. The cargo transfer stations in villages and county towns are the most important."

Zhu Yuanzhang was puzzled: "Why is this? Cities like Chang'an and Beiping should be more important."

"It's different. Those big cities don't need us to say, they are important in themselves, but for Daming, the grassroots is more important. We have mastered the grassroots, which is equivalent to grasping the front and back ends."

Zhu Han made a gesture, "Brother, this officialdom is different from the mall. As the master of the world, as long as you master the raw materials and consumers in the mall, it is equivalent to grasping two basic markets. We don't need the interests in the middle." With everything in our hands, those ministers will naturally submit to us."

"Okay, you can figure it out, and you can rest assured when you do things."

After Zhu Yuanzhang finished speaking, he immediately asked a question about the railway: "July [-]th, are you going to build the southern railway first, or the northern railway first? We think that the north and the south are both important, but we can't tell which is more important."

"south!"

Zhu Han directly chose the south. He said to Zhu Yuanzhang: "The north has been calmed down, and Ming no longer has enemies, and our next goal is mainly overseas. If we manage the south well, it will be more beneficial to Ming's next strategy. There are canals in the north. , can also be transported by sea, the problem is not very big.”

As for the northwest direction, it has just been calmed down there, and the people are still in the stage of recuperation.

In summary, it is more appropriate to take the lead in developing the railway in the south.

Seeing what Zhu Han said, Zhu Yuanzhang didn't say anything.

He felt that the north was equally important, not targeting the mainland of Daming, but the territory of other countries occupied through the Western Expedition. If Daming's railway was erected on their border, who would dare to resist?

But what Zhu Han said was the truth. Daming's current strength cannot build all the railways at once, even if it uses all the prisoners.

In the final analysis, there are still not enough manpower.

After thinking about this, Zhu Yuanzhang said to Zhu Han: "Seventh Five-Year, the development of craftsmen we planned before, we have to start, we have to let Daming have millions or even tens of millions of workers! Only in this way can the development of Daming be satisfied."

After finishing speaking, Zhu Yuanzhang felt that he was a little out of choice.

Now that the population of Daming is just [-] million, it is indeed a bit too much to rashly increase the number of craftsmen.

But when Zhu Han heard this, he shook his head and said, "Brother, 1000 million is not enough, at least 5000 million! But the people of Ming Dynasty like land more, we have to find a way so that the people who have become craftsmen don't have to worry about it. "

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't think of a way, so he directly pushed the matter to Zhu Han: "We can't think of a way, you have a lot of ideas on Qiwu, you can do this, we trust you."

"..."

Zhu Han smiled helplessly, "Brother, if you just believe me, I will lose my leg."

"How is it possible that others don't understand you, and we don't understand you? At worst, let's find you an assistant."

Zhu Yuanzhang did not give Zhu Han a chance to refuse, and directly stated his plan:
"Tell me, who are you looking for? Hu Weiyong or Liu Bowen, you choose one of them."

Zhu Han snorted coldly and looked at Zhu Yuanzhang: "Children only make choices, and I want them all!"

"..."

this kid!
Zhu Yuanzhang turned his back and didn't agree, and there were only five working prime ministers under him.

Zhu Han wants to leave two at a time, so who will he find to work when there is no one around?

Do you want me to find someone to work again?
If one plan fails, another plan will be made.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhu Han: "Qiwu, you use Hu Weiyong or Liu Bowen, this is only the first condition, not two, we have other conditions."

"What conditions?"

Seeing Zhu Yuanzhang's malicious appearance, Zhu Han was a little uncertain about the conditions Zhu Yuanzhang said.

This is to pinch one's weakness, are you sure you will agree?

Zhu Han thought about it... He really wanted to challenge his weakness.

Zhu Yuanzhang pretended to be inscrutable, and waited for a while before saying to Zhu Han: "I heard that Zhou's firm has brought in a group of foreign beauties, each of whom is selected according to your preferences. They are beautiful and smooth. Now the Zhou's firm is looking for a madam to train them, and it is said that each of the foreign beauties to be trained must have [-] martial arts."

When Zhu Han heard Zhu Yuanzhang's words, his eyes lit up unconsciously... He couldn't wait to challenge his weakness.