The Great Industrial Ming Dynasty Started from Beiping

Chapter 522 Ming Dynasty will definitely do it

Having seen the buildings of later generations, would you place your eyes on the so-called buildings in Peking that are only a dozen stories high?Zhu Gaochi had a smile on his face.

But it's really not shocking.

What is shocking are the "country bumpkins" who have never seen the world.

Zhu Di was shocked.

Not only Zhu Di was shocked, but Zhu Yuanzhang was also shocked.

The Shanghai County Wharf quickly entered the peak season after the beginning of spring. Thousands of ships flooded in at once, and at least fifty large ships were docked at the wharf.

Like a dense cloud covering the sea.

The two father and son were wearing casual clothes, no different from ordinary father and son, and a group of people were quietly following them.

But this time it’s not a private visit via incognito.

In order not to alarm the people, the local officials knew about it.

The prince regained and opened up thousands of miles of land in one fell swoop, and his reputation suddenly reached its peak, and no one was qualified to question it anymore.

The former prince's line and the former emperor's grandson's line were exiled and deposed. As time went by, the general trend was determined.

As for last year's major case, everyone has to admit that the prince's status has been firmly established and no one can shake it.

Something unprecedented in history.

The emperor rolled up his sleeves and acted as a treasurer, the prince did not supervise the country but led his army to conquer the country personally, and the youngest emperor's grandson supervised the country.

Such a grand occasion, overnight, became the state of prosperity described by literati.

"There are so many boats."

Zhu Yuanzhang saw many large machines that he did not recognize.

"Shanghai County's geographical environment makes it the most advantageous port in Ming Dynasty. Although it was built later than the docks in Jinzhou and Tianjin, it has already surpassed them."

The steward at the dock said cautiously.

Opposite him was the old emperor in the playbook. The steward was so excited that his lowered hands couldn't help but tremble.

So excited.

This cow, he can brag for a lifetime.

Not only was the manager excited, but the officials next to him also wanted to express themselves and said: "All kinds of goods and materials are bundled and packaged. There are rules for large and small packages. They are not packed randomly."

A group of people were walking along the pier wearing regular clothes. Those who didn't know it thought they were the managers of the pier.

The tallest buildings on the pier, apart from the lighthouse, clock tower and water tower, are various cranes.

"Crack."

The sound coming from the distance made Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but look over.

"The small one uses traditional manpower to make a small boom, and the big one that makes sound uses a large crane powered by a steam engine. The crane uses the crane to transport the goods on the ship to the trucks at the dock."

There are many trucks transported on the railway tracks, filled with various goods.

There are also cargo ships carrying tied iron materials. A truck requires four horses and is transported from the Tianjin pier.

The pasture model of the grassland, coupled with the horse administration in the interior, and the horses eliminated from the northern railway system.

The most important thing is the large area mode, which provides more horse feed and bean feed.This has provided the country with abundant livestock power, which has become a demand driving force to supplement industrial development.

Wuchang Prefecture will be built into an iron smelting center, the largest steel production base in Ming Dynasty, but it will take time to catch up with Miyun District.

Fujian's iron smelting industry has been acquired and taken over by China Heavy Industries, and its output is also increasing, providing a large amount of iron materials for railway construction in the southern region.

Therefore, at present, the supply of iron materials to Yingtianfu and Zhejiang provinces mainly comes from Beipingzhou.

"The internal railways laid at the dock can be transported directly to various warehouses."

The manager said: "Then each warehouse can be transported directly to the Shanghai Railway Station, and then transported to railway trucks by crane, and transported to all parts of the country via railways."

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned.

Zhu Yuanzhang already understood what industry was.

It’s just that the south has a large population, the rich are getting richer, and the poor are even unable to put on their pants, so I couldn’t help but ask.

"We see that your wharf is mainly machine-based, so why don't you use civilian laborers? There are many rich people in the south, and there are also many poor people. With only a small amount of wages, you can recruit a large number of civilian laborers. Your costs will also be reduced. Common people I also got a livelihood.”

The steward said quickly.

"It is the request and plan of the China Heavy Industries Headquarters. I heard that it is the instruction of His Royal Highness the Emperor Taisun."

Hearing that it was his grandson who meant it, Zhu Yuanzhang had doubts, but he did not continue to ask. He did not want to embarrass himself in public.

Zhu Di couldn't help but want to laugh.

When he was in Peiping, he couldn't understand many of his son's actions. He often thought that his son was young and had omitted something.

I wanted to give some advice, but instead I was told a lot of truth.

People.

It feels good to talk to others about great principles, but when others talk to you about great principles, it is not very pleasant.

What's more, the other party is still his son.

As for my father, he likes to tell others the truth the most.

Later, he met his grandson, who often taught him great truths. After many times, Zhu Yuanzhang got used to going to construction sites in person.

The feeling of being lectured by grandson was even more uncomfortable. The old man refused to admit defeat and chose to practice it himself.

Why come to visit Shanghai County.

Because the taxes in Shanghai County reached an astonishing figure last year, both father and son wanted to come and take a look.

How can this small county have such huge financial resources?

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the huge Shanghai County Wharf and felt its power, feeling full of complexity and discouragement.

"Ugh."

"Why did the emperor sigh?"

Zhu Di took a step forward and asked with concern in a low voice.

"We have always been proud of our own vision, but I didn't expect that it seems that many of them are wrong." Zhu Yuanzhang sighed.

In many aspects, Zhu Yuanzhang did have limited vision.

But hundreds of years of development cannot be adjusted according to the development process, so it is not Zhu Yuanzhang's responsibility alone.

Many policies of the Ming Dynasty were indeed wrong.For example, the cabinet.

The cabinet is an advanced political product. Although it is not the cabinet of the modern West, it does belong to a progressive system.

There is just a problem with the selection of the cabinet.

Officials should be selected from local officials with experience in governing, rather than from the imperial court.

Selecting from the imperial court can indeed handle national relations better, but having no experience in local governance is a big shortcoming.

There are few people like Zhang Juzheng who can take the initiative to leave the court, give up the shortcut for rapid promotion, and travel to places to learn governance experience. Not everyone can be as lucky as Zhang Juzheng, and have the opportunity to return to the court after leaving the court.

Therefore, Ming Dynasty was fortunate to have Zhang Juzheng, and there was only one Zhang Juzheng in Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Di didn't know how to comfort him.

Say it one way or the other way around?
Finally, the two father and son took a special car to leave the Shanghai County Pier, got off at the Chunhua New Town Station, and browsed around the new town.

Food stamp bank headquarters building, industrial planning department, economic regulation department, capital construction department, technological development department, science and technology department, military household economic cooperative...

In a building, there are more than a dozen large signs hanging on the walls.

Building buildings and sharing buildings has become a trend, not only for many departments, but also for many private businesses.

"Why was the military household economic cooperative's sign taken down?" Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but ask.

The new cabinet minister Yang Pu, who had just been transferred to the capital from Peking, quickly explained: "The military household economic cooperative is a transitional product. Now that the conditions are ripe, its functions will be transferred to the Fifth Army Governor's Office and the garrison offices at all levels. absorb."

Zhu Di felt like the passage of time.

The Military Economic Cooperative was the earliest organization founded by my son. Unexpectedly, it was only in its ninth year and it was about to be banned.

The functions of the Fifth Army Governor's Office have been expanded, and they are more focused on the management of military households and no longer interfere with the military.

It turns out that the functions of health offices at all levels have also changed, from managers to organizers and service providers. Although this step has not been reached yet, it is moving in this direction.

The staff of the Military Household Economic Cooperative were transferred to the health offices at all levels to provide fresh blood and bring new management models.

Better soldiers and simpler administration.

Zhu Di remembered his son's remarks.

The so-called streamlining of troops and administration has not reduced financial personnel, but it has indeed eliminated some yamen and institutions with duplicate functions.

but.

The number of officials and servants who feed the government has greatly increased, the state's lower-level management has increased, and expenditures have increased several times.

However.

Ming Dynasty's fiscal revenue has also increased at an alarming rate. The expansion of commercial taxes, the stability of food stamps, and the use of various food stamp banks and the tax collection method of food stamps have achieved amazing results.

Moreover, the food is controlled by the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty has no shortage of money and food now. How to spend it is a headache.

It was almost evening when we left Chunhua New Town.

The special car entered the capital directly through the railway, and finally transferred to a four-wheeled carriage and entered the Wenhua Palace. From Chunhua New City to the Wenhua Palace, it only took half an hour for the two fathers and sons to be on the road.

"In order to ensure the development of industrialization."

Upon hearing his father's question, Zhu Gaochi responded immediately.

It is difficult for a country with a large population to move from an agricultural country to an industrial country. France, the most advanced country in Western civilization in history, is the most backward on the road to industrialization.

80s of the nineteenth century.

The iron output of Britain, France, Germany, and the United States is 660 million tons, 86 tons, 150 million tons, and 160 million tons respectively.

In the fourteenth century, France's population was one-third that of the West, and its culture and economy ranked first in the West.

By the [-]th century, it was at the bottom of the pile.

why?
A large population brings a large amount of cheap labor, which cannot provide more profits for machines to replace manpower.

Technological changes are based on market demand.

Manpower is cheaper than machines, so of course the market chooses manpower.

For a period of time in the Jianghuai region, with the development of the economy, labor prices became higher and higher, and there was an opportunity to promote machines to replace labor.

The advanced technology of the late Ming Dynasty, such as Suzhou Iron and Steel, proved that there was a large demand for steel production in the Jianghuai region.

Steelmaking requires a large amount of coal mines and pig iron, which indicates that there is a huge industrial chain behind it, and it can be seen that there are already signs of an industrial revolution.

However, with the bankruptcy of agriculture in the north, the impact of foreign populations created a large number of cheap labor and hindered the development of the industrial revolution.

Zhu Gaochi explained.

What does that mean.

He wants to ensure the income and living standards of workers, promote industrialization, prevent cheap labor from impacting these industries, and vigorously promote machinery.

Intervening with administrative means is his response to ensure the great development of the Chinese model.

"Isn't it a bit unfair?" Zhu Di was not satisfied.

"Get rich first and get rich later."

Zhu Gaochi was equally helpless. The development of affairs always requires a process, and the process is destined to be sequential.

this is the truth.

The development of Western countries and the long industrial development career period are not the Chinese model, but a model that is a million times crueler.

“Only by realizing the end of the first stage of industrialization as soon as possible and through the social resource allocation model can everyone reap the dividends.”

Zhu Di quickly found Zhu Yuanzhang and explained to his father.

"I'm afraid some people will forget this promise." Zhu Yuanzhang murmured.

"Father."

Zhu Di said softly: "I believe that our Ming Dynasty will definitely do it."

Zhu Yuanzhang was afraid that he would not survive that day.

He is from the common people. Although he has his own desires, he does still care about the common people. In his eyes, it is difficult for officials to have good things. The most harmful thing to the common people is the officials.

So he has been keeping a close eye on officials all his life.

Zhu Di nodded vigorously.

He is still alive, his son is still alive, and the relay of three generations will definitely fulfill this promise.

(End of this chapter)