The Great Industrial Ming Dynasty Started from Beiping

Chapter 523 The Fifteen Kingdoms of the Ming Dynasty

In fact, in general, the people of the Ming Dynasty lived a good life. As an agricultural country, although development was slow, the period of stability was also long.

Zhu Di came solemnly and warned himself. In the dead of night, Zhu Gaochi sat behind the desk and looked through the reports of various departments.

Just like everything has its advantages and disadvantages, great economic development brings about the destruction of balance, and the gap between rich and poor is wider than that in agricultural society.

If left unchecked, this is what modern Western industrialized society will look like.

People live in misery.

Just like the Qing Dynasty.

The former is exploited to the greatest extent by capitalists, and the latter is exploited to the greatest extent by slave owners.

Zhu Gaochi looked at the models of the Social Theory Research Laboratory, the Workers and Peasants Population Distribution Project Team, and the Social Population Distribution Estimation Numerical Model Calculation Team.

The numbers weighed on him.

The people of the Ming Dynasty are recorded in Western records of the [-]th century, such as "History of the Empire of Greater China" and "Great China Chronicles".

"The wealth of this country is admirable. Besides being rich in all kinds of corn and everything necessary for life, they also sell to foreigners all the most expensive commodities in the East."

"There is no shortage of long-lived and happy people in all the provinces, and many energetic and healthy old people can be seen."

"Chinese people readily praise their neighbors for any virtues and bravely admit their inferiority, while people from other countries don't like anything else except things from their own country."

"When Chinese people see products from Europe, even if they are not exquisite, they still let out an exclamation of admiration. This humble attitude is really worthy of admiration, especially in a nation whose talents surpass others. For those people who are blind and deliberately belittle what they see, It's a humiliation."

"They are, number one, extremely clean, not only inside their houses but also on the streets."

"They generally have three or four necessary or public rest-houses in the streets, well arranged, so that those who are busy with their official duties do not soil the streets, and get their supplies from there. A similar method is used on all the roads in the country, and some The city’s streets are navigable, like Venice, Italy.”

“In this big country, people have abundant food, are well-dressed, and have gorgeous furnishings in their homes. In particular, they work hard and are big merchants and traders. All these people, together with the fertility of the above-mentioned land, make it rightly called the world. The richest country in the world”

This is the record left by countless Westerners after returning to the country.

The spiritual wealth of the ancients sometimes looks healthier than that of later generations.

Confident, powerful, and civilized, China is the land of etiquette and the kingdom of heaven that all the countries in the world imitate and learn from and respect in their hearts.

Then in the Qing Dynasty, including the so-called prosperous age of Kangxi and Qianlong.

Macartney, a British politician and diplomat, visited the Qing Dynasty during the Qianlong period and left notes after returning to China.

"There is staggering poverty everywhere, people are dressed in rags and even naked, and the rubbish we throw away is being eaten by others."

"No progress can be made there."

"People live under the most despicable tyranny and live in fear of being beaten."

Recorded by British officer F.A. Lindley in the [-]th century.

"After passing through Shantou, Xiamen, Fuzhou, Shanghai and other places, wherever I go, I always try to get along with the locals. I find that they all deeply hate the current rulers."

"Most people attribute cruelty, ferocity, and duplicity to the nature of the Chinese people. In fact, this is mostly caused by the evil Manchu Qing government."

"These people have been accustomed from their infancy to the horrors of bloodshed and torture, just as their ancestors had been slaughtered by the Tartar conquerors during the last two centuries."

"The endless persecution of the rulers made them numb and degraded. The slave mark of shaved heads gave them an unnatural mark."

"The tyrannical autocratic system has destroyed and devalued their spirit. Their lives and property are completely in the hands of the most despicable and unpopular officials, and in the hands of judges who can only be tempted by bribes."

"Anyone who rebels against the unjust rule of a foreign emperor will be cut to pieces by a thousand cuts, executed at a languid time, and beheaded at the slightest suspicion. Anyone implicated in rebellion cases will be killed without mercy."

"Is it any wonder, then, that the Chinese have been tainted with the cunning and deception usually reserved for the weak and oppressed?"

This British officer described the origin of the braid spirit very well.

Why do Chinese people get into the pigtail spirit.

The truth of history may be concealed for a while, but as long as the world is still in circulation, the truth will be revealed one day.

Only by remembering history can we avoid suffering and prevent future generations from repeating the same mistakes. It is the responsibility and obligation of every tribesman.

Zhu Gaochi looked at the data in his hand and saw that Beiping had already exploded and the population growth was spreading outwards, as well as the nationwide population explosion that would occur in a few years.

This is the Confucian thought of advanced agricultural technology, stable society, and the greatest unfilial piety, coupled with the huge power brought by industrialization.

The population explosion, but productivity has not kept up, has brought about a society that has entered the "population trap theory".

The larger the ratio, the poorer the per capita population is.

The economic base determines everything.

This is also the reason why France has one-third of the population of the West and is the center of Western civilization, but it ranks at the bottom of the wave of modern industrialization.

In modern times, the population growth rate of Western countries has exceeded that of France, thinking that their industrialization development will be smoother.

France, on the other hand, entered a "population trap theory" society and was unable to develop. In the end, it relied on not closing itself off and introducing new technologies, which ultimately avoided bankruptcy.

Later generations of China also fell into the "population trap theory" society and only escaped from the trap after paying huge sacrifices and pains.

Whether the speed of industrialization development can exceed the speed of population explosion has become the key to the current Ming Dynasty.

If it exceeds, then everything goes up.

The large well system, the people-oriented system, etc. are strongly guaranteed.

And if the gap gets bigger and bigger, then all policies will go bankrupt.

The development of society is not static, nor does it mean that everything will be fine after the first stage of victory.

In later generations, many modern countries in the West went bankrupt. They had support and funding, but the Ming Dynasty did not. Only the jackals everywhere around them would eat everything on the corpse of the Ming Dynasty.

Day two.

More than a dozen scholars, including the cabinet, came to Wenhua Hall.

"Just look at the birth population in Peiping."

Zhu Gaochi asked with a smile.

The crowd nodded.

Zhu Gaochi stopped smiling and showed his true feelings, his face full of seriousness.

The relaxed environment for future generations of Western workers was won by their ancestors through hundreds of years of struggle.

The Chinese workers did not, and the great men noticed it, so they always emphasized the spirit of ownership, hoping that they would understand that they need to fight for their own well-being.

It's a pity that the manpower is limited, and the things that have been promoted by overthrowing the seedlings are destined to lose some workers' spirit.

The same is true for Ming Dynasty.

The development of industrialization does not happen naturally due to the height of social consciousness. It was promoted by Zhu Gaochi.

So the same thing.

Zhu Gaochi does not believe that people today can solve the big problems that will happen in the Ming Dynasty during the industrialization development process.

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't do it, and neither could Zhu Di.

They can delay the process, but if they cannot solve the core problem, it will eventually break out. The later it breaks out, the greater the energy accumulated and the greater the damage caused.

For example, Ming Dynasty.

The late Ming Dynasty should have died long ago.

As a result, it dragged on until the end, and the death was too untimely, and the damage caused was too great, giving foreigners a chance to conquer.

Not only could the Ming Dynasty die, but it could also die early.

But the Ming Dynasty can perish, but the world cannot perish.

The concept of nation-state was proposed by the ancients very early.

It is a pity that the Ming Dynasty died too late, which led to the death of the world, causing great sorrow and loss to the Chinese civilization.

The new cabinet minister, one of the Three Yangs in history, who was the original sensation in Peking, asked, and Yang Pu took the initiative.

"Golden State used many eunuchs. During the construction process, there were many injuries and illnesses, which promoted the development of medicine in Golden State."

"Golden State Medicine has undergone vigorous development in medicine after a lot of research."

"The development of industrialization has promoted the development of the agricultural machinery industry, as well as the prosperity of the fertilizer and pesticide industries."

"People's food is richer. According to the doctors in Jinzhou, the energy in people's bodies has greatly increased. Not only does their life span increase, but illnesses such as wind and cold can no longer easily kill people."

"The improvement and unified standards of midwifery forceps and delivery technology show that the development of productivity has brought about changes in all aspects."

"As a result, Peking's birth rate has reached an astonishing level."

Isn’t that 10,000+ newborns?

Yang Pu didn't understand why His Royal Highness the Emperor Taisun was worried. He thought it was a good thing.

Zhu Gaochi smiled.

In the ninth year of industrialization, a number of talents on the road to industrialization have indeed emerged.

But they still have limitations.

Because they might as well stand on the shoulders of those who came before them.

If the growth of Peiping's population is only the current height, Zhu Gaochi can accept it, but he knows that the most terrifying thing is the peak.

From Peiping to Jinzhou, then Daning, Kaiping, and starting from this year, Shaanxi and Shanxi also began to grow significantly.China's originally advanced agricultural technology has been combined with a larger material base, and the changes brought about are shocking.

North Parallel Province has a deep degree of industrialization and faster statistical efficiency.

This year, the number of births minus the number of deaths in Bac Parallel Province has reached a natural increase of more than 16.

In less than two years, Shaanxi and Shanxi, as well as Henan and Shandong will catch up with this data.

Wait until it develops to the south.

The population naturally increases by more than 300 million every year. As the base increases, the numbers become more terrifying as time goes by.

If this is the case, Zhu Gaochi can still think of a way.

But what I fear most is the peak.

In the second decade of later generations, amid wars, natural disasters, and turmoil, the population still incredibly increased by [-] million.

Britain is scarier.

In Britain during that period, the working class lived a very hard life, but the population growth rate reached its peak.

Both China and the UK have this peak, both in the second decade.

same.

This peak lasted less than ten years.

What is the concept of natural population growth rate?
The Ming Dynasty, with a population of 7000 million, grew by 120 million people a year. Even if it only had a peak period of five years, it would still be a population growth of 600 million.

Fifty-six million more mouths.

Later generations often attribute poverty in those years to policies, but in fact it was mainly a problem caused by population growth.

Otherwise, a certain plan would not be designated as a national policy.

Zhu Gaochi's grandfather before he traveled through time, a couple gave birth to nine children. This was the case for many elders of the same generation in the countryside.

The food, clothing, housing and transportation of eleven people, relying on less than ten acres of farmland for one family, is a terrifying concept in a country dominated by agriculture.

Britain has a huge colonial supply, and its population base is small after all. The increase in population is only a few million after all, and can be easily wiped out.

China is different.

For the same development, India's external environment is more relaxed than China's. Why is India's economic development not as fast as China's?Because he didn't solve the problem.

Then the population of the Ming Dynasty was equal to the population of the entire West, and no region could supply the needs of the Ming Dynasty.

The colonial model could not sustain the Ming Dynasty.

There is only one way.

Each household has more than 20 acres of land. If these children grow up, the cultivated land will need to be increased five times in [-] years.

The traditional agricultural operation model cannot support the large-scale well model.

Mechanized agriculture is the only way.

Ensure a people-centered system.

Why did farmers in southern China become migrant workers in later generations? Because the fields could not be supplied, their happiness naturally decreased.

In short.

Zhu Gaochi wants to achieve a people-centered society, distribute resources per capita, and allow the spiritual outlook of Chinese civilization that is envied by foreigners of his generation to survive, and will soon face huge challenges.

He saw it.

Seen like a great man.

The difference is that great men have real vision, while Zhu Gaochi only saw it by standing on the shoulders of giants.

"There are fifteen unconquered countries in our Ming Dynasty. They are all vassal states of the Ming Dynasty. Among them, the Japanese country does not respect the superior court. It should be punished and banned. No country can trade with the Japanese country."

Zhu Gaochi said slowly.

"Kingdom of Korea, Kingdom of Da Ryukyu, Kingdom of Little Ryukyu, Kingdom of Annam, Kingdom of Chenla, Kingdom of Siam, Kingdom of Champa, Kingdom of Sumatra, Kingdom of Western Ocean, Kingdom of Java, Kingdom of Mianheng, Kingdom of Baihua, Kingdom of Sambuqi The kingdom, the Balni Kingdom, and the fourteen countries should open their lands, accept the immigration of people sent by the above country, and have the officials sent by the above country govern the people of the above country, develop together, trade freely, and accept the light of civilization."

The Da Ryukyu Kingdom and the Little Ryukyu Kingdom refer to the Ryukyu Islands.

During the Ming Dynasty, the Ryukyu Islands were not one power, but three families, divided into Shannan King, Zhongshan King, and Shanbei King, who controlled the Ryukyu Islands respectively.

Because they were canonized by the Ming Dynasty, the local chiefs of the Sakishima Islands in the south and the Amami Islands in the north paid tribute to King Nakayama.

The King of Zhongshan was the most powerful, the Great Ryukyu Kingdom, and the rest were the Small Ryukyu Kingdom.

In the late Yongle period, the Zhongshan Kingdom unified Ryukyu and became a country. Therefore, after the Yongle Dynasty, there was only the Ryukyu Kingdom, and there were no large or small Ryukyu kingdoms.

The ministers were surprised.

The emperor's grandson has a really big appetite.

The ancients were not fools, including Zhu Yuanzhang, who decided not to conquer the country because of the limitations of the times and the limitations of productivity, not because he had no ambition for expansion.

Since Zhu Di expanded his territory thousands of miles away, the ministers have been ready for expansion.

I just didn't expect that His Highness the Emperor's Grandson would take such big steps.

"I'm afraid many kings will object. Should we take our time?" Yang Pu reminded carefully.

Zhu Gaochi shook his head.

Yang Pu was famously cautious in history. Sometimes he would always lower his head and walk along the wall even when going to court.

"It is their blessing that the fourteen kingdoms have become vassal states of my heaven. They have received countless benefits over the years."

"Just like the Zhongshan Kingdom, with the help of my Ming Dynasty's name and coercion and inducement, it successively conquered the chiefs of Miyakojima, Chief Yaeyama, etc."

"There is no reason to just take advantage without paying anything. China should not be taken advantage of and cooperate with each other for a win-win situation. If they are willing, then they should be our Ming vassal state. If they are not willing, then they should not bear the name of a vassal state."

Zhu Gaochi said forcefully.

With the integration of the three major shipyards in the Ming Dynasty, countless ships were launched every year in the northern, central and southern regions. The situation was completely different from that in the early Ming Dynasty.

The northern deserts had been recovered, and the Timurid kingdom was in the middle of a war in Western Asia.

The military pressure in the northern and northwest areas of the Ming Dynasty weakened, and more power could be invested in Southeast Asia.

Except for Annan, people from all countries can be eliminated.

Only those who truly love Chinese civilization can be absorbed and become true Ming people, instead of being hypocritical and waiting for the opportunity.

As for maritime trade, Ming Dynasty itself was the largest domestic consumer country, and the trade volume in Southeast Asia was not in Zhu Gaochi's eyes.

Only with the productivity of the Ming Dynasty can we truly revitalize Southeast Asia's economy and form an East Asia and Southeast Asia trade and economic cycle.

"The cabinet needs to formulate a charter with officials from the Ministry of Rites and initiate planning. It will start next year at the latest."

Zhu Gaochi ordered.

at this time.

The information sent back from Guangxi was submitted to Zhu Gaochi.

"what?"

Zhu Gaochi was dumbfounded when he saw the news in Guangxi.

Completely opposite to what I know.

The second brother's condition has improved, which is a good thing and makes people feel relieved, but Zhu Gaochi is hesitant about Annan's condition.

Annan is different from other countries.

The Chinese in Annan are of the same race.

In any case, when China was in its greatest crisis, our overseas compatriots contributed their efforts and money to eliminate the Qing Dynasty.

At the critical moment of the survival of Chinese civilization, a large number of Han people poured into Annan and became a safe haven for Chinese civilization. This is the reason for the blood connection.

True.

The long river of history will make everything change.

There are always quarrels, and there are always enemies and enemies, but it is undeniable that in the eyes of others, everyone only has the same identity.

It's even more impossible to deny.

That's because the Chinese civilization has declined, and not only the Chinese at home, but also overseas Chinese are being persecuted and purged.

Maybe for a certain period of time, people forgot about the reasons for the strong internal and external forces, and even conflicts occurred.

But as long as we encounter the right period and read history, everyone will wake up and immediately have a basis for unity.

The pain of Annan in later generations was precisely because a large number of ethnic Chinese were purged by the colonists.

In Zhu Gaochi's heart, Annan will not be treated as a foreign country, but will be treated equally, with a people-oriented system.

Because this is the fifteenth century.

The active Chinese in Annan come from the survivors of the Qin Dynasty...the survivors of the Tang Dynasty and the survivors of the Song Dynasty. Both sides use the same characters, read and write the same books, and adopt the same system.

(End of this chapter)