The Great Industrial Ming Dynasty Started from Beiping

Chapter 444 Zhu Di Coaxes Zhu Yuanzhang

"Your grandfather often goes out of the palace. Every time he comes back, he will mention the construction of the Yangtze River Bridge and praise the Ministry of Railway Engineering."

Zhu Gaochi looked at Zhu Di's secret letter.

"Everything is fine in Yingtian Mansion as a father, but the state affairs are serious. As the eldest son, you should come to Beijing as soon as possible."

When he saw this sentence, Zhu Gaochi's willingness to go to the capital dropped a bit.

Isn't this just a cow and a horse?

Regarding matters in Peking, I took care of Zhu Di's future cabinet in advance, which saved me a lot of energy.

He knew that Zhu Di had proposed to Zhu Yuanzhang that he also wanted to create a cabinet to help him share the burden, but Zhu Yuanzhang rejected it.

Zhu Yuanzhang, other things are fine, but at work, I like to do it myself too much, and I don't think about who can have the same energy as him.

"Father is trying to coax me to go to Yingtian Mansion."

Zhu Gaochi was dissatisfied.

Fang Kuan, Tang Yun and others were amused by the young prince's words, and they all showed honest smiles.

They are about to go to the capital.

A bright future is beckoning to them.

The little prince wanted to be lazy and didn't want to go to the capital as soon as possible, but they couldn't wait any longer.

Zhu Gaochi saw everyone's expressions and could only sigh that these people were indeed lucky.

These mid-level military attachés eventually became nobles of the Ming Dynasty. Although they relied on their hard work, many of them did not even have a chance to fight.

"You take the third battalion of new troops to the capital and exchange defenses with part of the Forbidden Army. My father will naturally tell you how to do these things."

"But I want to warn you that Jianghuai has an extravagant atmosphere, but the military atmosphere cannot be relaxed. I will go to the capital next year. If the atmosphere of the new army is loose, I will make trouble for you."

Beijing.

At the foot of the god.

But it's also the place where it loosens the fastest.

Zhu Gaochi was very worried about whether the new army in the Beiping environment could resist the temptation of the Jianghuai area.

This isn't a worry born out of thin air.

How many strong armies can grow through hardships, only to be destroyed by extravagance in the end.

"Don't worry, little prince, we will definitely lead the new army." Fang Kuan and the others said, clasping their hands.

"The ethos of the new army, you have to take the lead when you go to the capital. I don't want to see you now when I see you."

"There are also things about railway construction. I think Grandpa Huang will be very unhappy. They are all headaches."

Zhu Gaochi couldn't help but touched his forehead.

to now.

Sixty battalions have been reorganized in the north, which is 18 new troops, with an annual military salary of more than three million.

Coupled with various armaments, daily training, and high-standard meals, the actual annual military expenditure is nearly [-] million yuan.

Zhu Gaochi is not going to expand the new army anymore.

The 18 new troops are enough to stabilize Peiping and train officers, providing a foundation for future expansion of the new army in the south.

"The third battalion of new troops is the first batch sent to the capital. The second batch and the third batch will be sent later, and your first batch is the key."

"Whether it is Grandpa Huang or King Father, who has high hopes for you, don't let the small things make the big mistakes."

Zhu Gaochi warned and warned again.

Everyone couldn't help but feel funny.

They are indeed descendants.

They all like to reason with people.

Day two.

Under the leadership of Fang Kuan, the Third Battalion of the New Army took a railway train and entered Shandong. The railway in Shandong was not yet open to traffic.

The march of the third battalion began to resume the traditional marching method, and the military supplies were supplied by local governments.

to the opposite.

The Forbidden Army, composed of 2 people, went northward and was reorganized by the new army in Peiping.

The army hadn't arrived in the capital, but Zhu Gaochi's letter had already been delivered to Zhu Di.

"This kid is really annoying."

"It's really annoying."

As soon as Zhu Di finished speaking, Zhu Yuanzhang came back with a dark face, cursing along with him.

From the construction site, he already knew that the Ministry of Railway Engineering had given up the construction plan to build the Yangtze River Bridge in Yingtianfu.

The "good friends" he had chatted with these days said goodbye to him one after another, packed their bags and went to Huguang Province.

According to these good friends, these key technical personnel are going to support Huguang.

Since there is no "super project" in Yingtianfu, they will be useless if they stay here. Instead, it is Huguang who can display their talents.

"They are all treasures. They were just transferred away." Zhu Yuanzhang was very reluctant to let go.

"Father goes out too many times."

Zhu Di couldn't help but remind him.

"Your son rebelled against me, and you inherited the family business I left for you. You father and son have hardened their wings, and now you dislike us as an old man, don't you?"

Zhu Yuanzhang scolded.

There was a fire in my heart, but it was suddenly brought out by Zhu Di.

Zhu Di was dumbfounded by the scolding, what kind of words are these.

"How dare my son have such thoughts, heaven and earth will not tolerate it." Zhu Di quickly got up to comfort him.

"Anyway, you and your son are working together, and our old man is an outsider."

"The Forbidden Army was dispatched to Peiping, and your new army from Peiping is coming to the capital, so there will be no room for us in the future."

"We don't force it. Your father and son will give us a field for the elderly when the time comes, and we won't hinder your father and son's eyes."

Zhu Yuanzhang became more and more addicted to scolding, and his heart became more and more happy.

I used to be reluctant to scold my eldest son.

I didn't expect scolding my son to be so cool.

The eunuchs in the palace were like wooden figures. They lowered their heads when they couldn't bear it anymore, and the corners of their mouths curled up uncontrollably.

"Father, how can your son be such a beast?" Zhu Di ran to Zhu Yuanzhang and knelt down.

"It's all Chi'er's fault. He said it was good to build the railway bridge in Yingtianfu, but he changed his mind when he said he changed his mind."

"Let's call him to the capital, and your old man will beat him with a whip to vent his anger."

Zhu Di coaxed Zhu Yuanzhang.

The two father and son lived together day and night for more than a year, and Zhu Di worshiped Zhu Yuanzhang, let alone a person inferior to a beast. He didn't know why Zhu Yuanzhang was angry.

It's strange to say.

Now, in terms of political affairs, the emperor is letting go more and more, and even no longer checks the memorials he approved.

It seems that my father is satisfied with his talents and no longer worries about his ability to govern the country.

But Zhu Di was also very worried about his father.

My father's temper is getting weirder and weirder, and sometimes he is as unreasonable as a child.

"The reorganization of the forbidden army into a new army was approved by the emperor. If the emperor changes his mind, the son will notify Beiping to cancel this military order."

Zhu Di said sincerely.

After hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang returned to quietness, and said calmly: "If you want to change the military and state affairs, you can change it as soon as you say it, and we asked for the change of the forbidden army to the new army."

"My father seems a little depressed recently, and my son doesn't know how to relieve himself. My son is really stupid."

Zhu Di looked concerned.

"Today, there is a piece of good news for my father that this year's summer tax has been coordinated. Although the autumn tax will only be paid in February next year, my son estimates that this year's tax can already be as high as more than [-] million shi."

Zhu Di was very happy with the tax revenue of more than [-] million shi of grain.

"We have long made a decree that the annual tax revenue shall not exceed [-] million dan. How did we receive more than [-] million dan?"

Zhu Yuanzhang was not only not happy, but even more angry.

Different from the concept of later generations, Zhu Yuanzhang has a little peasant thinking.

The current Daming inherited the two-tax system started in the Tang Dynasty. The summer and autumn taxes collected from the local government each year reached 700 million shi in the past few years, and the entire government and army of the Ming Dynasty could not run out.

Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang decreed that the entire number would be collected from now on.

How to reduce the power of the people is what Zhu Yuanzhang has been doing all his life.

From the construction of the army, the purpose of focusing on the guards and reducing the burden on the people, to the setting of the upper limit of taxation, we can see Zhu Yuanzhang's intentions for the people.

But Zhu Yuanzhang forgot one thing.

The population will reproduce, and the reproduction of the population will also open up more acres.

By the end of the Ming Dynasty, due to the tax collection system caused by this ancestral system, the two taxes of each generation did not exceed 3000 million shi.

Even if he knew that the finances were insufficient, the emperor would not be able to collect more if he wanted to, unless the reform of the tax collection system was carried out.

In the end, with the increase of population, the rise of management costs, and the development of the economy, but the tax revenue did not increase, Ming's finances fell into poverty.

While the total amount of tax revenue has not increased, the power of reaching out has continued to increase.

Under this situation.

In the Ming, Ming and Qing dynasties, there had already been a three-year Qing prefect and a social atmosphere of extreme corruption of [-] snowflakes, but the fiscal revenue of the Ming Dynasty was far inferior to that of the Qing Dynasty.

This is also one of the reasons.

Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang, who was in such a psychological state, was not only not happy when he heard that the tax revenue he would receive this year would exceed 3000 million shi, but was very angry.

Zhu Di couldn't laugh or cry.

In fact, Zhu Di, who had a better education environment than Zhu Yuanzhang, had a vision that surpassed Zhu Yuanzhang in some aspects.

But Zhu Di will rebel against the superior in the future, so in order to stabilize his status, he must grasp the ancestral system established by Zhu Yuanzhang to prove his legitimacy.

Zhu Di quickly explained: "Peking is not like Yingtianfu paying taxes now, and Yingtianfu doesn't need to supply Beiping. Instead, it saves expenses."

in other words.

The original Beiping, Daning, Liaodong, Shaanxi Xingdusi and other areas were the areas where the Ming Dynasty financed expenditures.

Although these areas no longer pay taxes like the imperial court, they do not need financial transfers from the imperial court. Instead, they leave more food in the south.

"The 3000 million shi of tax revenue received this year is not like the ordinary people receiving more, but it is due to the increase in productivity in the north."

Hearing Zhu Di's explanation, Zhu Yuanzhang came to his senses.

"Old."

Zhu Yuanzhang sighed.

Zhu Yuanzhang felt very empty when he was so busy with Zhu Yunwen in the past, but suddenly he was free.

He had made many "good friends" on the construction site, but now they suddenly left him.

But Zhu Yuanzhang will not be bored soon.

"Oh shit."

"This big guy."

"Good stuff."

The new Beiping army finally arrived in the capital. In the camp prepared for them by Ying Tianfu, Zhu Yuanzhang looked at all kinds of weapons and couldn't put them down one by one.

Fang Kuan, Tang Yun and others, even though they were talking about princes on the road, when they saw Zhu Yuanzhang in the capital, they immediately knelt down.

Just like offering treasures, pull out all kinds of weapons one by one.

"saint."

"There is a cannon in the library called the Baizi Lianzhu Cannon. One shot goes down and sweeps across the area. Is the saint interested in seeing it?"

"Quickly, pull out our Baizibaobao."

Zhu Yuanzhang roared excitedly.

"okay."

There is certainly nothing to say about Zhu Yuanzhang's charisma. These new army generals from Peiping were always around Zhu Yuanzhang.

(End of this chapter)