The Great Industrial Ming Dynasty Started from Beiping

Chapter 582 The Impossible Industrialized Society of Goryeo

"Not bad."

The Ming businessman who spoke was none other than Wu Hong, a hot-air balloon businessman who was once prosperous in Peiping.

Hot air balloons have little commercial value.

At least that's the case for now. Wu Hong has been looking for many business opportunities to promote hot air balloons. The most successful thing was to get an investment from the Joint Military-Industrial Agency. However, the current technology of hot air balloons has too many inconveniences and cannot fulfill people's expectations. The advantages.

Taking advantage of making a lot of money and establishing some good relationships and channels during the promotion of hot air balloons, Wu Hong changed careers and started Minggao overseas trade.

"The population of Japan is larger than that of Korea, but Korea is also a country with a large population. Its market is far inferior to that of the Ming Dynasty. But looking at the world, it is still among the top five."

The largest population was of course the Ming Dynasty, followed by the Timurid state.

I heard that the population under the conquest was at least nearly 3000 million.

Next is the Japanese state, which according to the newspaper has about 400 million people. As for Goryeo, although there are only 400 million registered people, the research department has determined that the population of Goryeo should be at least 700 million due to the unregistered slaves and a large number of hidden households. Sixty-seven million or more.

It can be compared to the provinces in the Ming Dynasty in terms of population size. Moreover, Goryeo has a huge hereditary class with a consumption power that is higher than many provinces in the Ming Dynasty, such as Yunnan and Guizhou.

"Some people have their own Sunshine Road, and we cross our single-plank bridge. When we expand the business here, we are planning to do business elsewhere." Wu Hong reassured.

He was powerless, but only relied on the Ming Dynasty. He very much needed the relationship with the partners in front of him to maintain his business in Goryeo.

Lu Shunyi was very happy to hear the Ming Dynasty's approval and invited him to have a drink.

Ming businessmen can be seen everywhere on the docks of Seoul.

The products of the Ming Dynasty already had advantages. Now with the industrialized output, there are no competitors in Goryeo. With the establishment and rise of trade routes, they have defeated one Goryeo workshop after another.

The workshop owners of Goryeo were very dissatisfied, but no one had the strength to expel the merchants of Ming Dynasty.

The king of Seoul treated the merchants of the Ming Dynasty most favorably, opening the door to convenience and increasing the confidence of the merchants of the Ming Dynasty. As a result, many people turned around and chose to cooperate with the merchants of the Ming Dynasty.

Minggao trade was dominated by merchants from Peiping in the early days. With the rise of Shanghai County, merchants from Jiangsu and Zhejiang came to compete.

The merchants on both sides fought, resulting in a devastating blow to the few remaining workshops in Goryeo.

The entire Goryeo was filled with Ming products.

From mirrors, bells and other expensive goods, to rouge boxes, dresses, and even people's necessities such as fire sickles and plowshares, all came from the Ming Dynasty, bringing earth-shaking changes to the economy of Goryeo.

The bankruptcy of its own economy aggravated Goryeo's hardships. A large number of people were unable to make a living, which stimulated the land annexation of the two classes and created more refugee groups.

Wu Hong came to Korea specifically to discuss opening a new human resources business with his partners.

"What? The country actually agreed to open restrictions?"

Lu Shunyi was overjoyed.

Everyone wants a piece of the pie.

As for whether it will harm the interests of the country, even China's interest class will betray the interests of the country, let alone other countries. For their own interests, who cares.

Only the common people care most about national interests because they have few resources.

That’s why the common people love patriotism the most.

Lu Shunyi supports the opening of new channels with both hands.

He is responsible for gathering the refugees from Goryeo, and Wu Hong is responsible for contacting domestic mining areas. While collecting labor fees from the mining areas, he also collects remuneration fees from the Goryeo refugees. As for them, they have no money now, but they will have money when they go to the mining areas.

Smart people have thought of such business opportunities.

Some commercial firms charge refugees a low salary, just a few months' wages, while some are so voracious that they even ask for two years' wages.

"How pitiful."

"Go to Shangguo, where you can have a good meal."

The most indispensable thing in Goryeo is the poor people, even the hermits who don’t have enough to eat.

"Can you have enough to eat?"

The refugee showed disbelief in his eyes, but his year-round hunger left him with nowhere to go. Even if he heard doubtful words, he couldn't help but hold out hope. They wanted to eat so much.

"Ah."

The guys introduced.

When I go to work in the Shangguo mining area, I not only take care of three meals a day, but also provide wages.

There are such good things in the world, as if the world is falling into pieces. Most of the refugees don't believe it, but so what if they don't believe it.

People die every day.

The death was silent and not recorded.

China has a large number of written records. After the economic bankruptcy of the Ming Dynasty, especially in the northwest region with a strong agricultural tradition, agriculture that relies on the weather is most afraid of when the weather is bad.

Same goes for Goryeo.

During the Warring States Period, the Japanese Kingdom did maintain its advantage in per capita resources, so it was able to defeat Goryeo in one fell swoop. Goryeo had no power to fight back. This was due to Goryeo's long-term stability and a more solidified interest class than the Ming Dynasty. The per capita resources of the common people are too low to form effective organizational power.

One refugee after another, as long as there is somewhere to go, they don't care where it is.

Some businesses even asked for three years' wages, but a large number of refugees agreed. As long as they had a place to eat, it didn't matter whether they were paid or not, at least that's how they feel now.

The rise of the manpower industry has become a new local industry in Koryo.

Regardless of whether the businessmen joined in, even the jealous nobles of the two classes couldn't help but get involved.

A large number of refugees were transported out, the nobles and businessmen gained benefits, and the working population of Goryeo decreased, which alleviated the internal conflicts and led to another kind of prosperity.

"If the smart people in Goryeo take advantage of this opportunity to start reforms, promote the country's industrialization, and change the traditional agricultural social model, maybe it can really rise."

Someone discovered this phenomenon and began to go to Goryeo to investigate.

The big society of the Ming Dynasty and the small government.

What emerged were the tax department, the inspection department, and the fire administration organization that copied the Song Dynasty. The fire administration department was established to be a department responsible for putting out fires and maintaining fire prevention facilities, and even manure companies contracted to private businesses to clean up the business.

The Technical Division supports the establishment of various research groups.

The Cabinet supports the establishment of various research groups.A large number of scholars received invitations and jobs, and lived a prosperous life relying on talent allowances and position allowances.

They have no official status, but they are engaged in national work and serve the Ming Dynasty in disguise.

Therefore, some people went to Korea for investigation. Every results report, no matter whether the effect is great or not, can play a role, which proves that they are not free rice and the subsidies they receive are justified.

It's just for profit.

A manifestation of social patterns.

Productivity is the foundation.

The development of productive forces brings economic growth and changes the superstructure.

"The two classes of Goryeo have brought stability to Goryeo society, but the price of this stability is to suck blood from the common people. Therefore, Goryeo society cannot develop industrialization, because Goryeo is different from the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty The relationship between landowners and tenants in China is an employment relationship, while in Goryeo it is a slave relationship.”

"The Ming Dynasty laws formulated by the saints not only prohibited the existence of slaves among the people, but also reformed the imperial examination method and specified the eight-part essay. Although it would bring other shortcomings, it also protected the people who only wanted to study, even if their family background was not good and they could not afford to buy Even if you pick up extra books, you can still stand out. As long as you really have the talent for reading, you can also break the monopoly of learning by the rich, which is completely different from Goryeo."

"Look at Goryeo."

"The two classes in Goryeo were solidified and adopted a hereditary system. Although they also had imperial examinations, they were completely different from the imperial examinations in Ming Dynasty. The hereditary system brought about a lack of competition and initiative."

"Therefore, even if I see the benefits of Ming Dynasty, I will not take the initiative to learn. Unless external factors directly break the two classes, there will be the soil for reform to promote industrialization."

Various academic reports appeared in technical newspapers.

Social newspapers will also publish some reports that can attract the attention of ordinary people in their own newspapers and periodicals, expand the content that ordinary people want to see, and increase the sales of newspapers and periodicals.

same.

Newspapers and periodicals will give you a certain amount of royalties, which increases the other party’s income.

"Goryeo is a vassal state, Da Ryukyu Kingdom, Little Ryukyu Kingdom. It is also a vassal state, as well as Siam, etc. How should we divide the people of the vassal state, the people of Xuanweisi, and even the people of the chieftain? Should they be treated equally, or should they be treated equally? How can external reciprocal relationships protect the interests of the Ming Dynasty while maintaining the sect-vassal system."

"As the national power of the Ming Dynasty grows, more and more regions will take the initiative to become vassal states of the Ming Dynasty, or how they should treat new lands."

Hongwu 35 years
winter.

The news of the saint's illness attracted the attention of the whole world.

However, the wide variety of articles, and even various thoughts and questions in society have not only not subsided, but have become more and more intense. The increase in the number of readers has increased the proportion of the social population participating in discussions.

It's like a period of being lost.

People are confused, unfamiliar and uneasy about the future.

"Woo~"

The chimneys were smoking black.

Three huge warships set out from the port of Jinzhou, flying the flag of the Ming Dynasty, and arrived in Seoul, Goryeo.

"The civil war in the Japanese country is about to break out. I, the Ming Dynasty, have tried to pacify it for several years, but the results are not great. For the peace of the people of the Japanese country and the prosperity of civilization, the Ming Dynasty will not turn a blind eye to the civil war in the Japanese country."

Deng Xing, the general of the Jinzhou Navy, and Zhou Xing, the former Guangning general stationed in Seoul, jointly paid a visit to the King of Goryeo.

Although the King of Goryeo, Li Bangguo, did not have outstanding performance in history, he was really good at sizing up the situation. He would neither surrender obediently nor act recklessly.

His fourth brother was the strongest, and he joined forces with his fifth brother to launch a mutiny and imprisoned Yi Chenggui, the founding king of Korea.

The brothers are all smart people.

The fourth child imprisoned his father and had a bad reputation. Although he was the most powerful, after carefully considering the situation, he did not rush to ascend the throne, but first gave it to his second brother, Li Fanguo.

Li Fangguo had no legitimate son of his own, and no army at hand, so he was a non-threatening person. The fourth child, Li Fangqian, stabilized the political situation in Goryeo as quickly as possible and concentrated his efforts on the fifth child, Li Fangyuan.

Li Fangguo also didn't want to be a puppet and wanted to win over Lao San and control part of the army to stabilize his throne.

The third child, on the other hand, is a person who can't afford to do anything early. It would be better if he didn't do it. If he did, it would be risky, and it wouldn't bring any greater benefits, so he didn't interfere in their fight and chose to stay out of it.

Li Fangguo's plan failed, and the fourth child defeated the fifth child. The situation was over, and he immediately handed over the throne obediently, ensuring the lives of his own children.

So Li Fanguo quickly sensed the danger.

"Does the upper state want to take away the troops from the lower state of Goryeo?"

"Yes."

Zhou Xing nodded and admitted.

Li Fanguo is a smart person, and it is easy to deal with smart people. Everyone knows the benefits they want and knows what to do to maintain cooperation between the two parties and not do anything unexpected.

"But what should the Zuo Jun Temperance Envoy do?"

Li Fanguo asked worriedly.

"In order to maintain the stability of the Japanese country and ensure the peace of the local people, the Ming Dynasty was willing to send troops to maintain stability. Then for Goryeo, which was dedicated to China, the Ming Dynasty would do anything to eliminate the culprits who undermined local stability, regardless of anyone. .”

Deng Xing said forcefully.

Since the establishment of Jinzhou's navy, there has been no rival on this sea.

With the development of the Ming Dynasty's industrialization, the navy's steam engine warships have reached as many as nine. Together with the rest of the large and small warships, it can be said to be invincible. In a country with a terrain like Goryeo, Deng Xing saw coastlines everywhere that could be targeted.

Although it is not completely an island country like Japan, it is similar in nature.

The Jinzhou Navy alone could blockade Japan or Goryeo.

Zhou Xing continued: "We will go to the Zuo Army Control Envoy and tell Ming Ming's requirements. This will definitely make him recognize the reality and not dare to start a war in Goryeo and destroy the stability of Goryeo."

Li Fangguo heard this and could only accept it.

The fourth child is not a reckless man. I believe he understands the consequences of offending Daming and will not bring disaster to the Li family.

Sometimes Li Fanguo couldn't help but sigh.

The Ming Dynasty chose to intervene in every node of Goryeo's current situation, and even the intensity and opportunity used were like God's help. Not a single opportunity was missed, leaving Goryeo unable to respond.

Where will the future of Goryeo go? Li Fangguo can only take care of their Li family and protect their Li family's family business.

(End of this chapter)