The Great Industrial Ming Dynasty Started from Beiping

Chapter 539: The National Staff: The Crisis of the Ming Dynasty

Chunhua New Town.

The office building of the Research Department of the Metropolitan Procuratorate houses scholars from various fields, as well as outstanding talents from all walks of life.

"The level of economic growth should be distinguished, and the development of industrial zones in Beiping as the boundary is an important feature in history."

More than thirty scholars and officials were sitting under the stage. There was a blackboard at the front desk, and a middle-aged man in Chinese uniform wrote a series of data with chalk.

The shopkeeper of the Food Stamp Bank, the famous mathematician Mr. Zhou, the writer Liu Tong, and even the cabinet minister Xie Jin were also listening.

"These economic growth originated in Peiping and then spread to all parts of the country. In more and more regions, the output of economic activities began to increase and provided impetus for their future economic expansion."

He is the founder of Peking University Library, a research director, and the leader of the numerical model calculation team for social population distribution estimation.

Zhao Sheng, the former chief clerk of the China Heavy Industry's library and a native of Jiyang Weishe, is now 34 years old and no longer resembles his former self.

He slapped the blackboard hard.

“For the first time in human history, it is possible for people to enjoy sustained growth in the amount of goods and services per capita, or the amount of resources available per capita.”

After finishing the key points of the report, Zhao Sheng re-wrote a series of data and diagrams on the new blackboard.

"Through these years of economic growth, it can be seen that the changes in the Ming Dynasty and this improvement in general labor productivity are all linked to the dramatic transformation of the relevant economy."

“The former agriculturally dominated, household-based system of economic organization began to give way to an industry-led system in which the typical production unit was necessarily larger than the household.”

The professional terminology made it difficult for Xie Jin to hear it.

Fortunately, he had studied in Peking for several years. Xie Jin couldn't help but sigh in his heart, talent is very important, and opportunities are even more indispensable.

Driven by His Royal Highness the Emperor Taisun, the status and importance of the cabinet became increasingly prominent.

However, with the drastic changes in society, officials who did not understand industrialized society and had no prior contact with it could not compete with scholars like them who had been to Peiping in advance.

He, and San Yang, as people laughed at him, seized this opportunity and firmly established themselves in the court.

On the stage.

Zhao Sheng said seriously.

When I joined China Heavy Industries in the early stage, I relied on my family background and good educational background to grow through practice.

His experience in organizing the Peking Great Library enabled him to acquire more knowledge and gradually became an important person.

If the cabinet is the emperor's staff, then they, the social theorists, are the state's staff.

"The economy of the Ming Dynasty began to have an impact on the economic activity patterns of various vassal states and domestic chieftain regions. Before that, the economic activity patterns of various vassal states and domestic chieftain regions were largely focused on internal demand and market opportunities."

"With the sudden increase in productivity in the Ming Dynasty and the rapid development of maritime trade, all vassal states and chieftain areas are being affected."

“Individuals and nations in the future will begin to specialize into ever narrower occupations and industries in order to meet ever-expanding daily needs.”

……

Xie Jin learned a lot. After the meeting, he was waiting for Zhao Sheng. They were going to the Wenhua Palace together.

Zhao Sheng said goodbye to everyone.

His students at the meeting were taking notes on the sidelines. When they saw that there was no one around the instructor, they gathered around.

Seven junior students from Peking University were wearing bachelor's uniforms, including Zhou Chengzhi, who hurried back after having dinner with his father in a restaurant at noon.

"Studying cannot be limited to reading, but must strengthen practice in society. I will assign a course to you."

Zhao Sheng first showed an apologetic smile to Xie Jin.

Xie Jin nodded in understanding.

Of course, the disciples who have closed their doors must be carefully cultivated. They can be said to be their successors. If it were him, he would also put them first.

"His Royal Highness the Grandson of the Emperor once said when he was still the Crown Prince of Yan that with the growth of the working class, their children will not love learning and reading. Instead, there will be many negative phenomena."

"In the past, this phenomenon was not prominent. Most people only regarded it as a joke for His Royal Highness."

"But in the past two years, the children of school workers have gradually revealed what His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said back then."

Xie Jin was stunned.

He had never heard of this matter and was very curious.

reading.

It has always been the most valued.

I had to work hard to study back then. How would my children not cherish the opportunity to study?
"You cooperate in research and complete a social report and give it to me."

After Zhao Sheng finished the arrangement, several disciples showed painful expressions and complained exaggeratedly, which as expected attracted Zhao Sheng's scolding.

In a happy atmosphere, Zhao Sheng and Xie Jin left the Research Department.

The two took a bus.

While on the road, Xie Jin couldn't help but wonder if he had to train his own heir.

"Jingle Bell."

The bus arrived at the platform outside Donghua Gate. There is a special bus at the Donghua Gate platform, and a dedicated line arrives at Wenhua Hall, but it needs to be checked for compliance.

After Xie Jin and Zhao Sheng entered the Wenhua Hall, they waited in the side hall. After a quarter of an hour, a young man came and asked them to come over.

"His Royal Highness."

The two saluted.Zhu Gaochi smiled and asked them to sit down.

This new year is not an easy one.

As expected, when Zhu Di announced the implementation of the county system in Annan, it triggered a resistance led by the Chen royal family.

Zhu Di quickly eliminated the resistance forces, but the remaining resistance forces fled into the mountains and forests and did not give up resistance.

This time, unlike the pacification of Li and his son, the resistance forces received help from many squires and had a strong sense of resistance.

The newly stabilized situation in Annan became chaotic again, mainly affecting the local production order.

But there are more than 40 troops, [-] civilians, and a large number of naval forces. It is impossible to stay in Annan forever.

Therefore, how many troops to withdraw, how many naval forces to leave, how many civilians to leave, etc., as well as the arrangement of supplies and supplies, all need to be coordinated by Zhu Gaochi from the rear.

But unlike in history, Zhu Di needed to march north.

Therefore, when Zhu Di went on the northern expedition, he could only call back a large number of Ming troops in Annan, but now he does not need to. He only needs time to stabilize Annan.

Zhao Sheng took out a stack of official documents from his briefcase.

"This is the population count."

"Beiping Province, Daning Province, Kaiping Province, Jinzhou, three provinces and one region, the natural population growth in the past year reached more than 27 people, nearly three points."

"With the development of industrialization, many hidden households were included in the household registration of the population in other parts of the Ming Dynasty. However, the population statistics in various places are not as accurate as those in the three provinces and one region, so only approximate figures can be used."

"After investigation and debugging, the natural population growth of other provinces last year was about 130 million, which is one and nine points."

Zhu Gaochi looked at the data provided by Zhao Sheng and the derived source data, and listened to his brief report, his heart became heavy.

Xie Jin also looked serious.

This number is astonishing.

Zhu Gaochi also knows that this is just the beginning. The next ten to twenty years and half a century will be even more amazing. Unless the condom is invented, the pace of growth will gradually be slowed down.

Ancient Chinese agricultural technology was too advanced.

After the British Industrial Revolution, the birth rate only caught up with the birth rate under the unified environment of ancient China.

in short.

After the Industrial Revolution in Britain, it took 100 years for the population to double, which is called the British Demographic Revolution.

From the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the population reached its peak of 6000 million during the Wanli period. According to research from the University of Cambridge and the mainstream views of scholars at home and abroad, the figures given are between [-] million and [-] million.

The Ming Dynasty's agricultural society surpassed the British industrial society. In 200 years, the population tripled.

So now the Ming Dynasty.

With per capita productivity and medical standards greatly improved, and with a more relaxed environment, it will become common for a family to have five, six, seven or nine children.

There are also attracted foreign women to go to Ming Dynasty, so that there will be no single phenomenon in Ming Dynasty, let alone the miserable era of the British working class.

What this brings is that the number of births has greatly exceeded that in history, and it is the main force of population growth.

For example, the 60s in later generations.

The highest natural population growth rate of [-]% occurred after natural disasters.

If the Ming Dynasty's population growth rate reached 230%, that would be an increase of more than [-] million mouths every year.

That’s 300 million in ten years.

In addition, it will inevitably absorb the foreign population, such as Annan's sudden increase of millions of people, as well as a large number of Goryeo and Japanese maids.

After all, Ming Dynasty is number one in the world and has advantages over the UK's external environment.

There are pros and cons to everything.

As the largest superpower in the universe, coupled with the social resource distribution model and so on, it also has Confucian ideas and the concept of reproducing offspring to expand the family.

In ten years, or even less than ten years, the population of Ming Dynasty will exceed [-] million.

"If we don't find a way to deal with it, within ten years, the social model led by His Royal Highness will decline due to rapid population growth."

Zhao Sheng said with certainty.

“These ten years will be the most glorious moment in the history of Ming Dynasty. After this decade, Ming Dynasty’s national strength will accelerate the poverty of the population due to the decline of per capita resources and the proportion of new population that cannot provide production. "

"The human-centered social model and the development of machines driven by industrialization will go backwards because of the cheapness of manpower."

"Within 50 years, the Ming Dynasty will return to the era of annexation and once again enter the cycle of historical cycles. Within 100 years, irreconcilable problems will appear. There will probably be another 100 years of struggle, and finally it will die."

Hearing what Zhao Sheng said, Xie Jin was extremely surprised.

Is sociology so great?

It's like you can see the future.

Zhu Gaochi did not doubt Zhao Sheng's speculation.

The essence of the industrial revolution is high labor force, which promotes the development of machines.

Black Death.

It created the prerequisites for industrialization in the West, the human environment, and the absence of civilizational destruction caused by war.

(End of this chapter)