The Great Industrial Ming Dynasty Started from Beiping

Chapter 488 Zhu Di’s question

The garrison of the Hami New Army went to Jiayuguan.

After learning the news, the team of the Exploration Department, which passed through the desert, returned with the garrison. They traveled 20 miles. The camel team traveled [-] to [-] miles every day for [-] days.

The team is small and it is not a large army traveling, so it means traveling lightly. If it is a large army marching, it will take longer.

If it is a civilian transporting supplies for the army, it will take even longer.

"When will the railway be opened to traffic?"

"It's expected to be by the end of the year."

The surveyors belong to the Railway Engineering Department of the Western Region Province, so they can answer it.

"Twenty days is enough for me to make two trips from Xi'an to Peiping, including back and forth." Shou Wei sighed.

With the production capacity of steam engine locomotive factories, it is no longer a rarity.

There is even a steam engine locomotive in Jiayuguan every three days. Instead, a large number of railway carriages have been eliminated.

The cost of maintaining a railroad carriage is at least ten times that of maintaining a steam engine train.

"If it weren't for the transfer of the railway headquarters and a large number of veteran workers transferred to Yingtianfu, it might have been opened to traffic by now."

The staff laughed.

"The capital is the capital after all." The guard nodded.

"It's not just the capital."

Having seen the shadow of Jiayuguan, the group breathed a sigh of relief and was in a good mood. The dullness on the road became active.

"Hami and Yili are making too big a deal. If it is not suitable for growing cotton, the cotton yield and quality are better than those in the mainland, and it is really unprofitable."

The staff member shook his head and said.

"I heard you say that there are a lot of minerals."

Guard asked curiously.

"The minerals explored in Shanxi contain little sulfur and are easy to mine. The main reason is that they are not available in large quantities. So far, they have not been explored, and there are still several mining areas in Senan."

The staff believe that the mines in these areas alone are enough to last the Ming Dynasty for hundreds of years, and the mining costs are low.

Guard was speechless.

too big.

The area south of Hami, Yilibali and Guilichihan covers an area of ​​nearly 200 million square kilometers.

However, during the period of great population growth in the world in the 60th century, there were only more than one million people. Among these more than one million people, there were also 200 Han people. In the late Qing Dynasty, the population was just over [-] million.

Population is not the decisive factor.

However, there are only a few hundred thousand people in an area of ​​200 million square kilometers. It is self-evident what this means.

"what?"

The guards met the battalion commander and were shocked by the leaked news.

Their camps are to be withdrawn.

“First, let’s take a look at who is trying to destabilize the region and clearly distinguish who is the enemy and who is the friend.”

Zhu Neng barged in with a smile on his face.

"Captain."

The guard hurriedly saluted, but he didn't expect the governor to be there.

Zhu Neng returned the military salute.

"We are not afraid of frontal combat, but the situation is different. Guilichi is not a mediocre person, and we must treat them with care."

The concept of guerrilla warfare was proposed by later generations, but the reality of guerrilla warfare has existed since ancient times.

Whether in the north or the south.

The north is bordered by endless deserts, while parts of the south are bordered by endless mountains.There is a folk song like "The officer has ten thousand soldiers, and I have ten thousand mountains; when the soldiers come I go, and when the soldiers go I return them."

"We evacuated, what should Ankh Timur say when asked?"

"It doesn't matter, we have sent people to inform him and let him take precautions. As for whether he will listen or not, I think he still has a lot of thoughts."

Zhu Neng said calmly.

Since they garrisoned Hami, although Tuotuo has been leaning towards the Ming Dynasty, only Anke Timur has wavered.

He was willing to submit to the Ming Dynasty, but he did not want the Ming Dynasty's army to move into Hami.

Hami's railway will be opened to traffic in a few months. In fact, the section north of Jiayuguan is already open to traffic, but it is not open to traffic.

Zhu Neng received the news.

Ghost Lichi wants to harass their station in Hami. As the saying goes, you are not afraid of thieves stealing, but you are afraid of thieves missing you. There is no way to guard against thieves for a thousand days.

Although the new army only has more than [-] people, Zhu Neng believes in their combat effectiveness.

Fight head-on and rely on camp defense to avoid fear of multiple enemies.

But guerrillas are the lifeblood.

Zhu Neng didn't want to take a gamble and directly withdrew the small battalion of new troops, unless Anke Timur agreed to the Ming army's massive invasion of Hami.

There is a stranger beside Zhu Neng.

"This is the manager of the Military and Commercial Joint Office..."

Following Zhu Neng's introduction, the slightly fat middle-aged man next to him had a big mouth and his front teeth were visible in his smile.

"Military-Business Joint Office?"

The defense only knows about the Military-Industrial Joint Office, and the Military-Commercial Joint Office is still because of Ma Wangxuan, because the Military-Commercial Joint Office was established by Ma Wangxuan.

It was the first time that Defiant met someone from the Military-Business Joint Organization. What was this organization for?
With doubt.

The guard returned to Hami together with the middle-aged man.

……

Beijing.

After the workers came to the city, it opened everyone's eyes to see that it could still be like this. Although a long time had passed, there were still discussions among the market people.

Zhu Gaochi heaved a sigh of relief.

The hot weather in June has passed, and Zhu Yuanzhang is living well. It seems that history has changed a bit after all.

Focusing on the reform of grain points, Zhu Di discussed with officials from the six ministries and paid attention to the implementation of Yingtian Mansion.

Yingtianfu is different from Peiping.The entire Beiping Province initially had a population of 200 million, while Yingtianfu Province had a population of tens of millions, five times that of Peiping.

Moreover, the proportion of military households in Beiping is also high, which is completely different from the situation in Yingtianfu Province.

The smooth grain reform in Bac Parallel Province is not only due to the development of industry and the improvement of agricultural productivity, which has liberated a large amount of human resources from the agricultural population, but also due to the population environment of Bac Parallel Province.

"According to the inventory of the 26th year of Hongwu, there were 65 households in the country."

"Excluding urban houses, there are nearly [-] lijia in the countryside. With the organizational strength of the local government, they are unable to control them."

Yu Xin, the Minister of Household Affairs, was full of worries about the trial implementation of grain points.

“A mix of old and new.”

Zhu Gaochi said, "The trial of grain points is mainly focused on grain merchants. For local areas, the old status quo is still maintained."

And Zhu Gaochi didn't believe the officials' statistics.

Because Ming Dynasty is too big.

A little less here, a little less there, and it adds up to a staggering number.

The government has insufficient manpower to begin with. How can we implement the inventory policy? In addition, for the sake of our own political achievements, we must underreport.

Originally it was [-], but if it was reported as [-] or [-], the government would still have a balance, which is equivalent to the small treasury of the local government.

In the early Ming Dynasty, the moisture was still a little smaller.

Then by the middle and late Ming Dynasty, this water turned into sea.

Yu Xin was relieved when he heard that the emperor's grandson was not unreasonable and did not demand force.

The former emperor's grandson's big move in the capital shocked everyone.

It also made everyone realize the truth.

The emperor's grandson indeed dared to do it and had the strength to do what he wanted to do. What made people even more speechless was that the saint and the prince did not stop such a ridiculous thing.

Zhu Gaochi also knew.

If local organizational relationships remain unchanged, then controlling national grain production means losing at least half of the expectations.

But running a big country is like cooking a small dish. It needs to be adapted to local conditions, just right and not too much.

"Although it is unchanged now, it does not mean that it will not be changed in the future. The Ministry of Household Affairs needs to make preparations and will be in place within five years."

Zhu Gaochi emphasized.

Yu Xin did not refuse.

With the expansion of railways, people all know that times have changed, and there has been a qualitative change in local control.

Previous local patterns will also change.

Zhu Gaochi was not surprised.

Although the scholars of the Ming Dynasty were limited by the limitations of the times, it was not that they were stupider than anyone else, nor that they did not understand economic principles.

Being able to think of ways to open up China and let the North and South economies interact and achieve an excellent domestic demand model has proven that people currently have a deep understanding of the economy.

Zhu Di saw that there was no doubt about the food points, so he asked Xiang Jianyi.

Jian Yi took out the regulations of the Ministry of Personnel.

"This is the list of selected cabinets. Please take a look at it."

Zhu Di took it from the eunuch.

In addition to the old people from Peiping, the people on the list also included talents recruited by Zhu Di from Yingtian Mansion. They showed a satisfied smile.

"There is also a list of personnel dispatched to Peiping."

Governing the country cannot be separated from talents. The Peking model has been set to be promoted nationwide, and a large number of officials who are familiar with the Peking model are needed.

Zhu Di asked the Ministry of Civil Affairs to select officials to go to Peiping, and at the same time transfer officials from Peiping to various places.

It not only lays the foundation for the promotion of the Peking model, but also strengthens his prestige and eliminates the influence of the Huang Taisun family as soon as possible.

While Zhu Di was discussing with the officials, Zhu Gaochi looked at the cabinet list submitted by the Ministry of Personnel. There were many acquaintances in it.

Reform from top to bottom is far easier than reform from bottom to top, but top-down is also inseparable from bottom-up and they complement each other.

The reform of the military households in the garrison and the rise of factories were both from the bottom up, while the promotion of the cabinet was from the top down.

The six ministries are leveraged from the cabinet, and the world is leveraged by the six ministries.

Such as school.

After Zhu Gaochi left Wuying Palace, he asked someone to come and understand Jin. This scholar went to Peiping himself and then followed Zhu Gaochi south.

Xie Jin is on the cabinet list.

It's not that Xie Jin is the most talented.

But the current situation, regardless of talent, qualifications, or position, makes Xie Jin the most suitable.

Zhu Gaochi wanted to change the Imperial Academy and the Imperial Academy.

Schools cannot be established in rural areas.

Schools can only have social studies, which are those run by big local families.

Because the rural population is too scattered, only cities can.The concentration of population in the same city gave the foundation for the rise of schools.

Therefore, there were government schools, state schools, county schools, and even the highest school, the Imperial College, all over the Ming Dynasty.

According to Zhu Gaochi's request, all local government schools, prefecture schools, and county schools need to include the new textbooks from Peking School.

At the same time, a school and training institution dedicated to cultivating teachers were established in Beijing and Peking.

"You still have to be careful in the imperial examination." Zhu Di came suddenly.

"Prince."

Xie Jin quickly saluted, and Zhu Di waved his hand.

"The imperial examination will not be cancelled." Zhu Gaochi said with a smile.

Even the British in later generations have been proud of creating a civil service examination system for them and abolishing the original official system, thinking of their advanced nature.

The imperial examination has never been a cancer.

Failure to develop is a cancer.

Seeing that Zhu Gaochi understood the importance and had nothing to do with the school, Zhu Di asked Zhu Gaochi how he planned to start in the Western Regions.

(End of this chapter)