Hongwu Survival Guide

The 'subsidy' strategy was confirmed, and the problem of the flow of excess steel caused by the rapid increase in production was finalized, and the next step is the specific implementation plan.

First of all, if you want to achieve the three-year steel production target of 1 to 2 tons, Taiping Iron and Steel Company cannot be the only one.

This is not to say that Taiping Iron Mine does not have the potential to meet the production target alone. After all, the reserves of 10 billion tons and the annual production target of [-] to [-] tons are only equivalent to one hundred thousandth of the iron ore scale.The problem is that, not to mention the present, even hundreds of years later, another key to consider is transportation.

Steel is very heavy.

For example, producing steel in Taiping and transporting it to the north, let’s say Shandong. That and direct iron making in Shandong, where the cost increases, are simply two different concepts.

In practice, of course, this cannot be done.

Therefore, in addition to the Taiping Iron Ore Company, which must be focused on development, other provinces, at least in Ming Dynasty, must also have corresponding official iron smelting enterprises in order to 'source materials locally' and reduce costs.

Speaking of this, Taiping Iron and Steel Company is not the only subsidiary of Daming Iron and Steel Group that plans to control the national iron and steel production. The other is Yizhou Iron and Steel Company, which was remotely set up in Yizhou, Shandong Province when Zhu Yuan was in Mingzhou.

Also supporting the Yizhou Coal Company.

The operations of the two companies are very good. Not only have they provided a large amount of coal and steel for the army in front and Mingzhou in the rear, but they have also helped Shandong solve the problem of some refugees. These are templates that other provinces can refer to in the future.

Secondly, another inspiration arose during the discussion, which was finalized by Lao Zhu on the spot.

Steel subsidies can be combined with the subsequent population and land registration.

Because of taxation and other issues, in this era, the phenomenon of hiding population and land in places is very common.Now, the country is giving away things for free, do you want them?If you want, you have to register.

The topic is further extended.

Not just steel subsidies, such as the education for all that will be widely promoted in the future, this is also a project listed in the first three-year plan.So, if your child wants to go to school, if he wants to go to school, he has to register.

Chinese obsession with education...

Just take Lao Zhu as an example. The Zhu family belonged to the bottom of the society where people farmed everywhere, so they were better than the refugees at the lower bottom. Even so, Lao Zhu was sent to a private school by his parents when he was a child. However, it can be seen that as long as there are a few conditions, Chinese parents will not give up the education of their children.

In short, the following policies can actually be linked together and interlocking.

After such a discussion, after steel, it is another topic.

Xiushi.

Now that the dynasties have changed, even this time it is much more thorough than before, and even the Bei Yuan is gone, so it is time to write history.

The motion was proposed by Song Lian.

Regarding this matter, the opinions of the people at the scene were also different. Most of them were in favor, but there were also those who opposed it. The reason was that the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty was a foreign regime and was not orthodox in China.

However, Lao Zhu obviously had an idea in his mind, and after a simple discussion, someone immediately made a decision.

build!
Zhu Yuan also agrees with this.

What is China?
Zhu Yuan felt that that sentence couldn't be more appropriate, it's called "if barbarians enter China, China will stay".Since the Yanhuang era, the Chinese nation has been continuously integrated for thousands of years.

This time it's just one more fusion.

In the future, according to Zhu Yuan's plan, there will inevitably be more fusions.

That being the case, it is necessary to open up the pattern now, and not be petty and entangled in any messy "debate between barbarians and Di Di".

Thinking about this in his heart, when Lao Zhu pointed it out, Zhu Yuan said something else: "My ancestors, "Yuan Shi" must be revised, and it must be completed very seriously. It will take ten, eight, or even longer. Time is of the essence.”

Old Zhu was obviously surprised: "Why?"

As a super pragmatic pragmatist, Lao Zhu agreed to revise "Yuan Shi", just to respect the practice of the past dynasties, but he never thought of spending ten or eight years doing this kind of thing.

It has been so historically.

Compared with the history of other dynasties, which took decades or even generations to compile and compile, "Yuan History" was completed quickly in only six months, so it became the worst one among the 24 histories, and later generations got a 'Yuanshi sloppy' evaluation.

Zhu Yuan once turned it over, it was really 'sloppy'.

Many events and characters at that time obviously had follow-ups worth recording, such as the expansion of Timur. As a result, they all stopped abruptly in the first year of Hongwu, so that later generations wanted to study the Yuan Dynasty, but found that historical materials were really scarce.

Thinking of this, Zhu Yuan ordered his courtiers to hang a small world map on the blackboard at the end of the conference table, and then said: "My ancestors, and everyone, take a look at this world map. The territory of the former Yuan Dynasty, including the present is still The great khanates that existed spanned tens of thousands of miles, and we have only one-tenth of them in Ming Dynasty. Compiling "Yuan History" is equivalent to our recognition of the orthodoxy of the Yuan Dynasty, which actually means that, as an orthodox We have the legitimacy to accept the former Yuan territory in terms of legal principles. Don’t underestimate this legitimacy. This can help us eliminate a lot of unnecessary resistance in the future expansion of Ming Dynasty. No exaggeration, one 'legitimacy' is worth millions of troops."

The relevant argument comes from an article I once read somewhere.

I remember that the article said that this was the purpose of Lao Zhu's "Yuan History", but Zhu Yuan felt that Lao Zhu probably didn't expect it to be so deep.

Judging from someone's actions such as rebuilding the Great Wall after the founding of the country, Lao Zhu was quite satisfied when he won the Central Plains and surpassed the Song Dynasty in territory. Others, someone more just confirmed the name of a vassal.

Probably if you surrender to me, we will live in peace.

For this reason, Lao Zhu also listed a long list of "countries not conquered" in "Emperor Ming Zu Xun".

In the final analysis, this is the limitation of Lao Zhu, or the limitation of most emperors in the entire feudal era, and the most fundamental reason behind it is the limitation of productivity in the feudal era, which led to the weak expansion of the dynasty.

Indulging in expansion may actually drag down the country.

This time it was different.

Zhu Yuan has already shown everyone the prospect of the industrial age, and looking at the vast area stretching tens of thousands of miles, I didn’t dare to think about it before, but now... Many people in the meeting room couldn’t help remembering what someone said during the presentation that day .

One hundred thousand troops, one hundred thousand food and grass, ten days to reach!

In the future, if there is a train that travels thousands of miles a day, it will only take ten days to travel thousands of miles.

This was unimaginable in the past.

The current situation is that if it is not a risky raid, the normal march of the army will take half a month to travel a thousand miles.Marching thousands of miles, it may take a year and a half at every turn.

Let's talk about the concept of "legitimacy" given by Zhu Yuan, everyone understands this even more.

Just like the Youyun Sixteen States that China has been thinking about for hundreds of years.

This time, it was finally taken back.

Just like when the army arrived in Shaanxi before, the local military town chose to surrender without a fight. On the one hand, it was because of the coercion of the army. Just right.

Lao Zhu, who was sitting at the top, also thought more and more and felt that it made more sense. He nodded, and subconsciously wanted to speak. After a little hesitation, he turned to Li Shanchang: "Since that's the case, Baishi, the matter of compiling the "Yuan History" is up to you." Are you going to handle it?"

The first thing Lao Zhu thought about just now was his baby's 23rd grandson.

However, he soon realized that Zhu Yuan already had enough things to do, and with his frail body, there was no need to come here in person.After all, Lao Zhu agrees with the truth, but subconsciously, Lao Zhu still feels that such things as compiling history are just killing chickens, and there is no need for a sledgehammer.

Lao Zhu also believed that the 23rd grandson of his family would not care.

Besides, this is another job for my old brother, so that someone will not always feel left out.

Ok.

If you still have to get busy, there will be fewer things.

Li Shanchang didn't guess Lao Zhu's specific thoughts, but he noticed the subtle movement change of his protagonist just now, and understood that he first intended to face the young man before turning to himself.

This made Li Shanchang feel that his master still values ​​his authority.

Just like Tuotuo, the Prime Minister of the Yuan Dynasty, presided over the compilation of the three histories of Song, Liao, and Jin. According to the practice of the previous dynasty, he should be the one to compile the histories.

Moreover, this can leave a reputation.

After all, he was born as a Confucian scholar, so Li Shanchang couldn't help but attach importance to certain things in his bones, and immediately agreed: "I will live up to my lord's entrustment."

Zhu Yuan really didn't care, and didn't want to host.

Not that energy.

Moreover, I quite admire Lao Zhu's reaction.

If Lao Zhu just asked him to host this matter, but he refused and passed it on to Lao Li, the scene would be very embarrassing.

I wanted to stop here, but after thinking about it temporarily, Zhu Yuan continued: "My lord, Yuan'er has some suggestions."

Old Zhu nodded.

Zhu Yuandao: "As the so-called 'know yourself and know your enemy', just taking advantage of the opportunity of compiling history, we need to fully sort out the land outside the Great Wall and even further to the west. Economy, culture, history, etc., we have to collect and compile them, the more detailed the better. If we fully understand these, in the future when the Ming Dynasty sends troops to take over those lands, we can also adapt to local conditions and get twice the result with half the effort."

Lao Zhu unconsciously raised his arms and pointed at Zhu Yuan: "That's fine, it's a good idea." After speaking, he turned to Li Shanchang: "Baishi, you can write it down."

Li Shanchang was subconsciously reluctant.

Zhu Yuan assisted at the right time: "My ancestor, how about I do this?"

Lao Li suddenly showed a look of alertness.

But Lao Zhu got it right, waved his hand and said: "It has been given to Baishi, so you don't have to fight, just take care of your own affairs."

Lao Li was moved again in an instant.

It's rare that my lord is still facing me now.

In the conference room, other people watched the interaction between the three monarchs and ministers, some understood, some didn't understand, and some misunderstood, but no one interrupted.

It wasn't until Lao Zhu ordered to speak freely that everyone opened their mouths to offer their own suggestions.

The matter of compiling history was finalized, and then came the next topic.

It was noon in a blink of an eye.

Old Zhu's thoughts were still unfinished, and the matter was not finished, so he simply asked the imperial dining room to bring over lunch, everyone don't leave, eat and continue.

I don't forget to care about my baby's 23rd generation grandchildren.

Do you want to go back early?
This is baby, don't get tired.

He also said that someone could send the minutes of the meeting to Zhu Yuan later.

His ancestors were like this, of course Zhu Yuan had to dig out his heart and soul.For the bright future of Daming, today... I will not take a nap!