The Great Industrial Ming Dynasty Started from Beiping

Chapter 181 Dividing the government according to local conditions
Ying Tianfu.

Taichangqing Huang Zicheng and Minister of the Ministry of War Ru Yu, the conflict between the two has become public, and they are in a turmoil.

Ru Yu is the minister of the Ministry of War, with greater power than Huang Zicheng and sufficient qualifications.

Huang Zicheng was born in the 18th year of Hongwu Tanhua, and he studied with the East Palace. The way the Pope's grandson governed the country has a great influence on the prince.

Although Ru Yu was younger than Huang Zicheng, he entered office earlier and followed the route of Guozijian.Huang Zicheng was nine years older, but he took the right path of the imperial examination, and came third in the imperial examination.

The two have their own advantages and disadvantages. Ru Xun, who is nine years younger, is a member of the old school, while Huang Zicheng, who is nine years older, is a member of the new school.

There are discords in all aspects of political opinion. The attitude of the new party to the vassal king should be more radical, firmly support the theory that the vassal king is wronging the country, and believe that the official title of the vassal king should be abolished.

The old school believes that the achievements of these years show that the contribution of the vassal king to the country should not be denied, but peaceful means should be adopted to collect the rights of the vassal king to prevent the vassal king from becoming powerful and threatening the court.

The new faction is headed by Huang Zicheng, Qi Tai, the left servant of the Ministry of War, and Fang Xiaoru, who is raised by the local government. The combined forces are not small.

In short.

The old school and the feudal lord have been fighting and cooperating for many years, and they have formed a tacit understanding, while the new faction, which has not had much contact with the vassal king, does not recognize this tacit understanding, thinking it is a compromise with the feudal king.

For example, in the future history, the conflict between Ru Yu and Huang Zicheng even made it impossible for them to live together. After Zhu Yunqi ascended the throne, Huang Zicheng became the assistant minister, and Ru Yu was immediately dispatched to Henan.

Zhu Yunqi adopted the strategy of Huang Zicheng, Qi Tai, and Fang Xiaoru to cut down the vassals, completely abolishing the real power vassals, and even physically eliminated several prestige vassals without leaving any room, including Zhu Di, the king of Yan.

At that time, Zhu Di really didn't think of rebelling.

His Yanshan guards were transferred to Daning by the imperial court, and officials and generals were sent to take over the guards in Beiping. Zhu Di had only a few hundred guards left. During this process, Zhu Di never resisted, pretending to be crazy to save his life.

Until an official from the Chief Secretary of Beiping tipped him off, confirming that the imperial court had decided to arrest him and go to Yingtianfu, and if he resisted, he would be killed.

After retreating step by step and forming the most unfavorable situation, Zhu Di made a desperate decision to rebel.

Yao Guangxiao came back from Yingtian Mansion and brought back the news of the discord among the courtiers. At this time, the imperial court's order for Jinzhou and Fuzhou was also issued.

Zhu Gaochi was originally an old impression, accustomed to the political atmosphere in the middle and late Ming Dynasty.

A vassal king must first bribe the eunuch to inherit the title, and a general must bribe the officials to inherit the title, otherwise he will not be able to inherit it.

It seems that I was wrong, the officials in the early Ming Dynasty, the vassal kings may win over, for example, the officials reported to Zhu Di.

In the face of the power competition between feudal lords and military generals, officials have not yet reached a consensus to form a unified confrontation front.

"Is there any movement in Yingtian Mansion about the food stamps?" Zhu Di asked first, with a serious face and worried heart.

The matter of food stamps has been on his mind for a long time, for fear of provoking his father's reprimand.

Yao Guangxiao rushed back to Beiping from Yingtian Mansion. The journey was full of dust and dust. Although his face was haggard, he rushed to the palace immediately.

"Ye Xixian, the censor of the food stamps, has mentioned it before, but this matter has not caused any movement, and the sage has not responded."

"That's good." Zhu Di heaved a sigh of relief, and asked in confusion. "Why is he playing? Shouldn't it be Yan Dun."

"It's a good thing."

Yao Guangxiao said with a smile: "It shows that Yan Fantai's attitude tends to be old-fashioned, and he has a certain kind of goodwill towards the palace, and he will not grasp the slightest thing and hold on to the palace."

Zhu Di did not refute, but agreed with Yao Guangxiao's opinion.

Zhu Gaochi, who was on the side, saw that both Zhu Di and Yao Guangxiao thought of Yan Dun so much, so he had a new idea.

Yan Dun's performance, and after Zhu Yunqi took the throne, he adopted a new policy of reducing the vassal, did not trust this person, and replaced him with a new chief envoy.

Then you can make a fuss out of it.

According to the industrial theory of later generations, the last stage of industrial development is to promote agriculture. Beiping already has the prototype of industry and has reached the point of promoting agriculture.

Agriculture must be supported by the Chief Secretary.

The development of Beiping's agriculture is tantamount to strengthening the rebellion of the palace.

The corners of Zhu Gaochi's mouth curled up.

Seeing Zhu Gaochi's smile from the corner of his eyes, Zhu Di felt a headache, wondering what the boss was up to.

The boss planned one project after another, without a moment's rest, as if he was tirelessly enjoying it, and in the end it was all up to him.

Zhu Di was a little tired.

From the previous Liaodong war to the bank incident, one after another, Zhu Di really wanted to take a breath and live a stable life for a few days.

"Boss, take a break." Zhu Di said proactively.

Yao Guangxiao was stunned, not knowing what the prince said, Zhu Gaochi was also taken aback, how did Zhu Di know what he was thinking?

Zhu Gaochi said with a smile: "The emperor has been working hard for decades, and he has never stopped for a moment. The father has taught his son to learn from the emperor many times. The son follows the father's teachings and is not tired at all."

Zhu Di couldn't help touching his chin, feeling helpless in his heart.

"My son's thoughts will definitely make Yan Fantai very happy." Zhu Gaochi said confidently.

Zhu Di was noncommittal: "Talk about it first."

"Peking Parallel Province has a total of 37 six counties in eight prefectures, 130 states, and a population of only 260 million."

"In the area of ​​Huguang and Zhejiang, the local government promoted water conservancy, reclaimed wasteland and cultivated fields, and developed countless acres of land."

"The Beiping government cannot imitate the efforts of the southern provinces to open up wasteland, because the people's power has to supply the frontier guards, which makes them unable to do so."

"The increase of Beiping guards was built on open land and opened up on wasteland."

"However, the guards are responsible for both the military and the farmland. It is not easy to open up wasteland. Not only cannot it be self-sufficient, but it also needs supplies from the south."

"Especially the guards in Kaiping, the guards in Daning, the guards in Liaodong, and dozens of guards. Most of them need supplies from the south. From soldiers, weapons, gunpowder to food, cloth and salt, everything cannot be separated from the interior."

Zhu Gaochi talked freely.

In the past two years, he did not waste time. Not only did he establish China Heavy Industries, but he was already very familiar with Beiping's military and political systems.

"Different from the mainland, the main force for land reclamation in Beiping Province is the guard, that is, the military field, which has nothing to do with the government."

"The establishment of the 23 guards in North Parallel Province and the five independent institutes were all built on open land to reclaim and develop acres of land. There are still a lot of wasteland in more water-poor areas."

Zhu Di's expression became serious.

No matter how much the boss instills industrial theory in him, when it comes to the fields, he will still treat them as the most important thing.

He had already guessed what the boss was thinking. The boss had introduced to him before that using a steam engine to pump water could build aqueducts.

The river water is introduced into the canal, and the fields are irrigated through the canal, turning the wasteland into a treasure land.

Like Zhu Di, Yao Guangxiao also guessed what Zhu Gaochi was thinking.

Cooperate with the government to build water canals and develop fertile fields.

Yan Fantai must agree to this matter. With such a huge political achievement, no official can refuse this temptation.

With this benefit, Yan Fantai still has the nerve to obstruct the palace?

It is definitely not enough to ignore political achievements. The official title is the most important thing. Yan Dun is an old school, different from the new school, and has the conditions to cooperate with the palace.

"Does the king agree?" After explaining the thoughts in his heart, Zhu Gaochi asked deliberately after seeing Zhu Di's expression.

Zhu Di glared, no matter how big or small, he was joking with Lao Tzu.

Zhu Gaochi smirked a few times, and accepted it as soon as he saw it.

China Heavy Industry provided steam engines for free, and the government stopped other labor services this year and devoted them all to digging ditches.

After learning about it, Yan Dun did not hesitate to go to Shu, asking the imperial court to support the Beiping government in building the farmland, according to the old practice of Huguang, Zhejiang.

Naturally, the court would not refuse such a thing.

In Beiping's Lugou River, Baoding's Baigou River, Yishui River, Zhulong River, Zhendingfu, Shundefu, Guangpingfu, Hejianfu, Yongpingfu.

The eight prefectures mobilized and organized civilians to dig ditches and build pumping stations at the water sources, using the characteristics of water to flow into ditches through ditches and irrigate the fields.

This plan is the same as the construction of water conservancy and irrigation in the early days of later generations. It also relies on manpower to dig countless ditches.

However, Zhu Gaochi naturally knows that today's management system is not as good as that of later generations, and cannot reach the level of later generations.

As long as a few points are achieved, it is an incredible thing.

It seems difficult, but Zhu Gaochi has learned from it and knows how to do it.

The Hongqi Canal built in the 60s in later generations did not have any modern equipment or pumping equipment, and it was in the Taihang Mountains, passing through more than a thousand hills, and it was still perfectly completed.

There are many mountains in the Miyun area of ​​Beiping, and the terrain becomes flatter as you go south. It is an endless plain, and the geographical advantage is a hundred times and a thousand times stronger than that of the Red Flag Canal.

Therefore, Zhu Gaochi put forward a request to use the characteristics of water as much as possible according to the idea of ​​​​Hongqi Canal, to flow into the canal with its own weight, and to irrigate countless acres of fields.

In the end, China Heavy Industry sent skilled craftsmen to cooperate with the artisans recruited by the government to survey the land in Bafu.

Combined with the pumping steam engine, build a pumping station at the water source.

And in order to support the government's farming, China Heavy Industries sold shovels, picks, hammers, steel brazing and other tools to the government at cost prices.

For this big deal, Zhu Gaochi doesn't plan to make money, just feed the workers.

For such a large project, it took only two months for the preparatory work.

"The young prince's sophistication is really indescribable." Yao Guangxiao said with a meaningful smile, and Zhu Gaochi asked amusedly, "How indescribable."

"The government won the favor of the Wangfu, not only will it not stop the action of the Wangfu, but also put all its energy into the construction of the ditches, and it will not take care of the Wangfu."

"Hahaha, the master is indeed a master, and no one can hide it from anyone." Zhu Gaochi smiled proudly, looking for something to do with the government, and when he is busy, there will be no such nonsense.

Zhu Gaochi put away his smile, and said softly: "The prosperity of the world is for profit; the world is for profit."

"Confronting the government is the worst policy, because there is a steady stream of knowledge. If you remove one Yan Dun, there will be ten more Yan Dun behind. The best policy is to find common interests and turn enemies into friends."

"Good." Yao Guangxiao showed admiration.

(End of this chapter)