The Great Industrial Ming Dynasty Started from Beiping

After the beginning of spring, Liaodong is still covered with heavy snow. It is a world of ice and snow.

Jinzhou's old industrial base has driven Liaodong's economy and promoted its population recovery, but it still only has a population of more than two million. However, there are hundreds of thousands of eunuchs in Liaodong.

Guangning City.

After the death of the King of Liao, the king was demoted. Since the death of Zhu Yuanzhang, the imperial court has taken the lead in controlling the rights of the royal family and abolished the original system. Except for the emperor's eldest son, concubines cannot inherit the title.

The legitimate son inherits the king's title, but it is not hereditary and will be demoted every generation. After six generations, he will be restored to a commoner without merit. The king's title enjoys the clan salary and is not given land.

Many of Zhu Yuanzhang's sons were crowned kings, and those who had already been crowned only retained their royal titles. Zhu Di only had his legitimate son, and Zhu Gaochi also only had his legitimate son. Both the new emperor and the prince insisted, and the interests of Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui were not harmed. In addition to salary, there was also salary for position, and the new system was quickly implemented.

Therefore, after the death of the King of Liao, the project of the King's Palace of Liao, which had not been built due to the suspension of work, was also stopped. Zhu Yunwen, the King of Yue, who was granted the title of Panyu, also ended with his death.

If Zhu Di and Zhu Gaochi have little power and prestige, unstable status, and weak troops, they will naturally not be able to carry out reforms easily. Unfortunately, facing such emperors and princes, even civil servants and capital businessmen are at a loss, let alone the clan. .

This was the case even for the clan, which greatly reduced its employment, not to mention the rest of the class. The nobles had from dozens to hundreds of slaves per family, and gradually returned to the social environment of the Song Dynasty. Most of the wealthy families employed three liang of workers.

Extravagant behavior has been reduced, and the salary of the officials can maintain their decent life. Otherwise, there are hundreds of people in the family, and the grandma in charge has the face of the old man, etc. No matter how much salary they have, it will not be enough for the family needs.

As the saying goes in later generations, if you have wine, you need a glass cup, and if you have a glass cup, you need better matching of objects, and the cost is getting higher and higher.

Consumption has its benefits, but the scary thing is that the civil servants behind consumption have their hands on the common people. Wealth is not created, but wealth obtained through exploitation and transfer.

The development of science and technology is caused by social needs, so personal integrity and corruption are also limited by the environment.

Unconsciously.

Officials in Liaodong have become more honest, at least on the whole, compared to the past. A clean social environment brings many benefits, one of which is efficiency and social efficiency.

On the contrary, the operating efficiency of society will slow down, that is, the development of productivity will slow down, and the growth of overall social wealth will gradually stop, or even shrink and regress.

"Really cold."

Zhu Gaochi, wearing a mink coat, walked out of the house and looked at the people clearing the snow.

The north is definitely colder than the south, there is absolutely no doubt about it in ancient times.

In later generations, due to insufficient technology and economic level, only central heating was available in the north, but not in the south. Only well-off families would install their own heating machines. Most people were not wealthy, so the indoor temperature in the north was very warm, while the indoor temperature in the south was very low. Because of his righteousness, there is a public controversy over whether it is colder in the south or in the north.

In fact, what is there to say? Just focus on development. As the economy improves, everything will be possible.

Liaodong, with a population of two million, should have been poor due to climate environment and technological limitations, but it has developed a different kind of development since the [-]th century. Zhu Gaochi looked into the distance.

Hundreds of thousands of eunuchs, with the cooperation of nearly [-] workers, are cutting down trees in the deep mountains and old forests, leveling the land, digging ditches, building dams, and building roads and railways.

The difference is that the workers have a relaxed working environment and complete logistics supplies. The eunuchs also have it, but they have no future.

"What a terrible squeeze."

Zhu Gaochi withdrew his gaze. The changes in Liaodong today are really unbelievable. Under every inch of land, there are flowers of civilization cultivated with blood, so it can become the "steam engine" of Peiping.

Liaodong Dusi has long been changed to Liaodong Province.

Fang Wen, the former Chief Envoy of Huguang and the current Chief of Staff of Liaodong, and the current Chief of Staff of Liaodong, as well as other civil and military officials such as the Administrative Envoy, Participating Envoy, and Capital Commander paid homage to His Highness Zhu Gaochi. Just like in Peking, when His Royal Highness the Crown Prince entered the city the day before yesterday, Guangning The people also filled the city to welcome him.

Zhu Gaochi is very gentle.

Fang Wen reported to Zhu Gaochi the recent development results of Liaodong, especially the increase in the number of acres of land, the development speed of Jinzhou Shipping, the establishment of major forest farms, etc.

"The biggest difficulty in Liaodong is the lack of railways. Therefore, after long-term consideration, the Chief Secretary's Office believes that building a railway from Korea to Seoul in the east and Shanhaiguan in the north is an important means to solve the current bottleneck in Liaodong."

Zhu Gaochi had a headache after hearing Fang Wen's remarks.

Everyone can see the benefits brought by the popularization of railways. More importantly, building railways represents funds and policies. There are too many extraordinary things in them, and it also involves political prospects.

The railways built in Nanyang were mainly workers. The railways in the seven western provinces were half captives and half workers, which had consumed a lot of Ming Dynasty's energy.

Zhu Gaochi was prepared for the thoughts of Liaodong officials, but seeing the urgency on everyone's faces, he felt a little sad in his heart.

The imperial court began to control the use of eunuchs five years ago and no longer introduced them on a large scale. However, there was no local support in Liaodong. Not only did they not follow the imperial plan, but they absorbed eunuchs in disguise.

The Japanese shogunate and the Ouchi clan were in the same situation, and they should have tried their best to win over the Ming Dynasty. However, precisely because of the eunuchs, both sides were wary of the Ming Dynasty and were unwilling to completely surrender to the Ming Dynasty.

"That's why you went to court and asked the court to cancel the previous policy." Zhu Gaochi asked calmly.

Fang Wen did not give in. He was for the development of Liaodong, not for his own personal gain. He was dedicated to the public good. He was not afraid to argue with His Highness the Crown Prince. After all, he was not the Qing Dynasty in history.

That person I thought was an old official from the past, who was dedicated to public service and discussed with the emperor how to better govern the place and make the people live a better life. As a result, his home was confiscated. You are so dedicated to public service and have bad intentions.

"The trade of eunuchs has been banned repeatedly. Not only were the people of Japan who were poor and unable to make a living, they took the initiative to go there. The scarcity of the local population in Liaodong and the harsh environment of land reclamation also required the existence of eunuchs, so the court should not suppress it."

After hearing Fang Wen's statement, Zhu Gaochi did not doubt it.

For example, eunuchs, even if the imperial city decrees that no new eunuchs will be admitted, there will still be a large number of refugees from the palace, huddled at the foot of the imperial city every day, waiting for the day when they can enter the palace and have a place to eat.

The Japanese country should have been in a stable period, but due to Zhu Gaochi's intervention, the shogunate failed to solve the Ouchi clan, resulting in the Japanese country not being unified and still maintaining civil war. Without a stable environment, how can we talk about economic development? Over the years, the domestic economy of the Japanese country has deteriorated and people's livelihood has withered. , there will be a large number of people who take the initiative to cut themselves off and come to Jinzhou to seek a living.

Zhu Gaochi was heartbroken.

The Ming Dynasty was civilized. It was precisely because of the existence of the Ming Dynasty that Goryeo had a civil war long ago in history, and the same was true for the Japanese country. Because of the Ming Dynasty, their conflicts were suppressed.

Look, the existence of Ming Dynasty has reduced the number of wars in neighboring countries.

If it weren't for the Ming Dynasty, these places would have been beaten to pieces.

As for them, after the war, they were unified and developed steadily. Not only did the economy recover, but the population also developed greatly. Those were all things that happened in history, and they have not happened now, right?

If you don't look at it from a double-standard perspective, Ming Dynasty is undoubtedly civilized, and its approach is absolutely correct. Those forces and people who undermine the order laid out by Ming Dynasty in the world are careerists, the opposite of the common people, and should be condemned and defeated.

No matter what Zhu Gaochi thinks, the conflict between Goryeo and Japan has not been resolved. In the unstable environment, not only the people's livelihood has declined, but the population has also been greatly reduced. Wealth has been transferred to the Ming Dynasty, craftsmen and scholars have flowed into the Ming Dynasty, and for the people at the bottom, a good ending is coming. In the Ming Dynasty, existences like eunuchs contributed to the development of the Ming Dynasty, or like maids, they not only supplemented the labor force of the Ming Dynasty, but also gave birth to children for the lonely elderly people in the Ming Dynasty, providing more new population for the Ming Dynasty.

Just like before the economy developed in later generations, the main way for young domestic women to enter the United States was to marry local elderly widowers. Women in their twenties and thirties and old men in their sixties and seventies were the standard match at that time.

Even in all TV series, whether famous or not, the characters involved in this aspect are all like this phenomenon. It is not until the domestic economy develops that domestic young women are paired with American old men. It is not until the domestic economy develops that domestic young women are paired with foreign young men.

People who cannot satisfy their needs do not have dignity. People who marry are from different groups. This is the benefit that overall economic growth brings to individuals. Even if you are equally poor, your treatment will be different and you can be taken seriously by others.

Zhu Gaochi did not veto Fang Wen immediately. His Highness the Crown Prince's attitude surprised the officials. It seemed that the trend of the court was about to change.

Zhu Gaochi left the capital because of Zhu Di.

Zhu Gaochi wants to continue to develop and expand through development. This idea is not accepted by everyone. Many people think that with the current power of the Ming Dynasty, why should he still reason with others?

When Zhu Di returned to China, these people had a backbone, so Zhu Gaochi left the capital and returned the political stage to Zhu Di.

Along the way, Zhu Gaochi saw a lot of social phenomena, good and bad. Now in Liaodong, facing the officials' remarks, Zhu Gaochi decided to let go completely, and the demand cannot be violated.

Zhu Gaochi still remembers an academic article from later generations.

About egoists.

Western sociologists, such as the economist Adam Smith, believe that egoism is the driving force for business growth. Many people hold the same view as him. The philosopher David Hume is also a figure of this school.

However, with the development of society, we have further summarized the social milestones and drawn new conclusions. The consequences of such development have been found to be at the expense of traditional values ​​such as cooperation and brotherhood.

The egoism required by capitalism weakens these spirits and ultimately leads to the collapse of society.

To prevent commercial capitalism from sowing the seeds of destruction, Ferguson advocated promoting a sense of civic spirit and encouraging people to act for the common good rather than private gain.

Such a view influenced the political thoughts of Hegel and Marx, and eventually laid the foundation for modern Western sociology. With American culture, it began to advocate returning to the family. The male protagonists of all film and television dramas are the same, loving family and loving children wins. Love yourself more than you should.

From this, Zhu Gaochi did see the shadow of a large number of egoists in domestic society.

They criticized China's ancient foreign war defeats, ridiculed the defeated monarchs, and praised the great achievements of the country's expansion of territory. However, they also exposed all kinds of weirdness in the modern foreign war turmoil, and even made fun of the families of soldiers. I don’t want to fight, but I think that ancient people should fight and enjoy the benefits brought by ancient people’s wars. The predecessors planted trees for future generations to enjoy the remaining shade, but they are unwilling to pay for the planting of trees for future generations.

For the same reason, the people of the Song Dynasty were not willing to fight.

Therefore, self-interested people are the worms that lead to the ultimate destruction of society. They are still living in the modern period and in mainstream Western social theories, but they do not know the existence of modern Western social theories.

My lord, times have changed.

Americans no longer talk about that. They have long started talking about unity and family.

Based on.

Zhu Gaochi left the capital happily. Zhu Di was not afraid of hardship and was willing to work hard, so let him do it. What Zhu Gaochi had to do was to lay a solid foundation for the local area. Through personal visits, he could better understand the local needs and prepare for Zhu Di's upcoming roll. Provide logistics for up and running operations.

Regarding the discussion on the use of eunuchs, Zhu Gaochi decided to listen carefully to the ideas of local social elites in Liaodong.

Unlike other places, the industry in Liaodong is mainly dominated by the Ming Dynasty Industrial Bureau, and private commercial banks have very little capital. Therefore, the new group of people who came to see His Royal Highness are mainly the persons in charge of various aspects of the Ming Dynasty Industrial Bureau in Liaodong.

Zhu Gaochi first went to Beizhen.

Beizhen is the main force of the Liaodong army, stabilize the situation in Liaodong, and then go to Liaoyang.

Historically, in the early Ming Dynasty, immigrants were mainly in Guangning. With the development of population and economic recovery, Beizhen became an important area and gradually expanded to Liaoyang, becoming the largest city, and then Shenyang, which has been developing outwards. , the final population reached more than four million.

It was precisely because of Shenyang's foundation that Hou Jin had the choice to make Shenyang his capital.

It is different now. The development of Liaodong has long surpassed the peak of Liaodong in history. However, the population of Liaodong is only two million after all, so Liaoyang City only has some vitality. Further north, Shenyang currently only has a health center.

Entering the local guardhouse, the military households in the guardhouse had already cleaned their houses. Zhu Gaochi, civil and military officials, and local sages walked into the homes of the military households.

In the courtyard of the military household, there are not only coal, but also a lot of wood.

The people were not allowed to cut down the big trees around Beiping City. This ban came into effect in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, but the people could not live without firewood, so the ban could not stop the people, resulting in all the trees around Beiping being cut down.

Liaodong is different. Liaodong was developed late and there are a lot of trees. People can get free firewood by using their strength. Therefore, the military households in Liaodong still rely on firewood for their daily life.

The firewood was cut into pieces, and the hard-working military households stacked the firewood neatly, which was pleasing to the eye.

Zhu Gaochi was sitting on the kang in the military household's home.

People in Peiping mainly use tunnels paved with floor tiles in their homes, while in Liaodong they mainly use kangs, which also keep the house warm and keep them warm when sleeping at night without fear of the cold.

The military households brought local specialties, such as pine nuts, on clean plates and placed them on the Kang table.

Zhu Gaochi crossed his legs and chatted with the military households, just like ordinary chatting. Such a gentle His Royal Highness made the military households very happy. Some of the brave ones even talked about the war with His Royal Highness.

"It's good to fight. Only by fighting can you be promoted and can you honor your ancestors."

"What are we soldiers doing if we don't fight?"

"We will fight whoever the court wants to fight. There are still people who are unwilling to open our eyes, which means that we have fought less. Kill those who are disobedient and see who else disobeys us."

The military households smiled and said chilling words, and the officials also smiled.

Zhu Gaochi showed a satisfied look.

Right or wrong, victory cannot be lost.

As long as you win, even if you find out later that you made a mistake, you can shed tears of pity and repent to the people you killed, but you can't lose the battle and stay in the ruins to reflect again.

Whether you say these military households are barbaric, cruel, uneducated, or ignorant of civilization, as long as they win, any criticism afterwards can be accepted with an open mind.

Just like the Kangaroo Kingdom in later generations, they can repent to the exterminated natives, but they will never regret it.

Liaodong is different from China.

There were too many scholars in the capital, and they began to reflect.

At the end of the eighteenth century, the growing industrialization of the West had brought about tremendous changes to traditional European society. At the same time, some thinkers, such as Adam Smith, tried to explain the rapid changes in society in economic terms; others, such as Jean-Jacques Rousseau, started from political philosophy to summarize social phenomena ideologically, academically and technologically. In summary.

Zhu Gaochi likes the environment and social atmosphere in Liaodong very much.

Zhu Gaochi has been worried.

It has been fifty years since the Ming Dynasty restored China's mountains and rivers. Zhu Yuanzhang's unification and restoration, as well as more than two decades of industrialization, are based on the heritage of Chinese civilization and the current world situation. The Ming Dynasty has developed too fast.

Don't be afraid of barbaric physiques, be afraid of civilized physiques.

Nothing is too much, and if it is too civilized, Zhu Gaochi will be very worried.

The new generation has been living in a stable and prosperous Ming Dynasty since they opened their eyes. As the new generation grows up, they even begin to reflect on the war. Zhu Gaochi can't help but think that demand is really something that people can't resist.

They have no worries about food and clothing, are tired of the constraints of school, and are tired of society's expectations of them. Although this proportion is still very small, when more and more people reflect on it and begin to think about why they have to fight and sacrifice themselves, then the upper limit of the Ming Dynasty will appear. .

No one wants to sacrifice, everyone wants to be extravagant.

The United States began to emphasize family, let people love their families and children, and tried to make people understand the principle of contribution. Unfortunately, they did it too late, and in the end they could only absorb a large number of foreign soldiers and black soldiers.

Ten or twenty years later, Zhu Gaochi was worried that the children in the capital could not bear the future of the Ming Dynasty. There would be more and more such groups, so Zhu Gaochi left the court.

Some things still need Zhu Di. These traditional people, fortunately, Zhu Di is a person who is willing to endure hardship and is willing to get involved, rather than staying in the capital to enjoy wealth.

Yongle twelve years.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince began to tour the country, and the emperor took back the power of governance. In just three months, officials suddenly discovered that the trend in the court had changed. Instead of talking about development, economy and other words, they talked about the world.

There is no king in the world.

Which tribe in the seven western provinces defied the laws of the Ming Dynasty and brutally plundered surrounding tribes?

The old almanac of Siam's annexation of Sukhothai was brought out again and talked about in great detail. The people were so angry that there was such an angry kingdom that dared to go against our Ming Dynasty.

Goryeo and Japan.

Smart people smell something unusual.

soon.

The silent business houses in Goryeo that had been closed opened again. Names such as Goryeo Trading Group, Goryeo [-]th Trading Company, Goryeo Human Resources Company, and Goryeo United Trading House, which had disappeared for several years, appeared in the newspapers of the Ming Dynasty again. .

As the Ming Dynasty promulgated the project to build the Nuergan Railway, it only had a small space in newspapers.

Zhu Gaochi stayed in Jinzhou for two months.

A railway from Goryeo to Shanhaiguan and a Nurqian Railway along Heilongjiang to the seaport were built. These two major projects were launched. Those eunuchs who had built the industrial foundation in Liaodong were at ease for less than a year. Most were moved away from their original positions.

Hundreds of thousands of eunuchs were organized into new harsh environments, building bridges across rivers, using steam engines to pump water in swamps, paving roads in the woods, and laying sections of railroad tracks on the ground.

In the Yongle Dynasty in history, they conquered the desert five times and made seven voyages to the Western Ocean. Each time they recovered Jiaozhi, it was a huge project. Now in the twelfth year of Yongle, large-scale railways are being built simultaneously in the westernmost, southernmost, and northeasternmost areas.

The capital expansion rate of private capital in Goryeo gradually caught up with the Ming Dynasty Industrial Bureau. Through these large infrastructure projects, the Daming Industrial Bureau suddenly widened the distance from private commercial banks, leaving them invisible.

Under such a huge project, millions of workers were mobilized. Not only did Ming's economy not suffer, but in this year, Ming's social productivity reached a new height.

Under the huge gap, the economically developed areas will reach the extreme "siphon absorption" phenomenon towards the economically backward areas. The first to collapse was Goryeo, which was most affected by the Ming Dynasty, and was splashed with "blood" by the development speed of the Ming Dynasty.

The refugees were obviously caused by northern and central Goryeo, but they broke out in southern Goryeo.

Dojosan Mountain in Jeolla County of Goryeo was the place where the Goryeo folk rebels were most prosperous in history in resisting the Japanese invasion. The refugee rebellion that broke out was not taken seriously at first. The King of the South of Goryeo sent people to put down the rebellion, but news of a great defeat came back, so he suppressed it again. Defeated again, it became a cholera land in southern Goryeo. (End of chapter)