The Great Industrial Ming Dynasty Started from Beiping

The post roads in Jinzhou are wide and solid.

Zhu Gaochi came to the outside of Jinzhou City and went to Xiaohei Mountain with the officials. There was a temple on the mountain. The monks in the temple had been waiting respectfully for a long time and kept the temple clean and spotless inside and outside.

There are several small black mountains in Liaodong, one in Beizhen, and one in Jinzhou.

To the north of Xiaoheishan in Beizhen, there is Daheishan. Therefore, many people speculate that Zhuangzi in Jia Mansion in Dream of Red Mansions is in Beizhen. Some people say that it is Xiaoheishan in Jinzhou. However, there will probably not be a Dream of Red Mansions in the future. Book.

After all, in today's Ming Dynasty, even the royal palace does not have hundreds of servants. What's more, even the noble family, even the Duke Xu's palace, gave people prostitution contracts and used servants instead before the decree banning nobles from using slaves was issued.

Is Jia's family poor?

There is a salary, an ancestral home, rewards, a manor, and shops. It is really not poor. However, a declining family of honorary ministers has hundreds or even thousands of servants, and there are so many servants. , just maintaining one's own appearance is a huge expense.

In addition to the personal relationships between the families, and the lintel of the family is so extravagant, can they be stingy with their actions? Therefore, no matter how much normal income they have, they cannot meet their needs, so in order to maintain their own needs, they are prompted to break laws and taboos.

More and more upper-class people broke the law and committed taboos. The legal system was in vain and they focused on interpersonal relationships. This formed the atmosphere of the upper-class society in the late Ming Dynasty and the decline of social efficiency. Zhang Juzheng criticized this in detail in his memorial.

Therefore, for Ming Dynasty, clean government is related to the future and foundation of Ming Dynasty. Therefore, Cao Duan’s status was elevated in history, and later generations advocated learning from Cao Duan’s thoughts.

The officials in Jinzhou were very honest, and Zhu Gaochi was very satisfied.

So I thought of Cao Duan. Although Zhu Gaochi had no contact with this person, he was still very concerned about the new learning he advocated in Peiping, and how he left the Ming Dynasty and traveled westward all over the world.

Several years have passed and I don’t know whether this person is still alive or where he is.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's attitude made the officials very happy. Everyone was happy and the atmosphere was joyful. Not only the businessmen came, but also the factories sent workers.

The workers' faces were full of confidence.

"Treating the factory as our own is not a slogan, but the spontaneous support of the workers." Zhu Gaochi kindly asked the restrained workers to sit down and asked people to bring them tea and snacks.

In the courtyard of the temple, Zhu Gaochi sat on a stone stool, and the older workers sat on another stone stool. The other workers and officials stood around, everyone listening to the words of His Royal Highness.

"The production of factories brings the development of productivity to society and promotes the growth of the overall social economy. The ancestors proposed that wealth comes from the people and is used by the people. Whether it is the court, businessmen, or you workers, you The interests are born in society."

"In addition to their own hard work, they are also inseparable from the big foundation of society, so factories need profits to develop new technologies and produce more goods. Some of the remaining profits are given to the court, which uses them to develop society. The other part is to improve your lives and provide a stable guarantee for you to live and work in peace and contentment."

Zhu Gaochi spoke very slowly, wanting everyone to understand.

Some people in later generations say that the country is good, and their salary of several thousand dollars has nothing to do with it. They also say that how much money businessmen earn is also the businessmen's ability. Why ban this or that?

In fact, this is wrong. First of all, we must understand that people are inseparable from society. Whether it is wages or capital, they are based on society, and society is made up of people, so the relationship between the two parties is close, not Separate isolation requires mutual satisfaction from both parties.

How to allow both parties to obtain and satisfy each other, in addition to the construction of civilized morality, the development of material civilization is also inseparable, such as the issue of social resource allocation.

There is nothing wrong with this theory, only people are wrong.

"His Royal Highness the Prince said so well, the factory is our home." The elderly worker in front of Zhu Gaochi said with moist eyes, and the workers around him were moved.

Zhu Gaochi's face was also moved.

If today's scene were recorded and passed on to future generations, some people might think it was fake. Some even said that it was because of their own power that people were afraid of themselves, so they were so excited.

But Zhu Gaochi understood the workers in front of him very well.

In every era, people's needs are different.

After the end of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, in the early Song Dynasty, the people only cared about one thing, whether they could have a peaceful life. They did not want war and were fed up with the army losing order.

In the early Ming Dynasty, people had many needs, but living a good life was the simplest wish of the people.

They don't feel tired from working in the factory.

Even if the work is not easy.

But when they work in a factory, they not only have holidays, but also a variety of entertainment activities, as well as stable wages, which can support their families and send their children to school.

So the workers were very excited, they were so excited, and everyone looked at Zhu Gaochi with burning eyes.

All this was brought about by the young prince.

The little prince is a symbol.

In the old industrial areas of Peiping and Jinzhou, many old workers still call Zhu Gaochi this way. In these places, as long as the young prince is mentioned, people will know that he refers to Zhu Gaochi.

Zhu Gaochi is very rational.

He was not deceived by the support of the people in front of him.

Things are constantly developing. In the same way, people's needs are also constantly changing. As time goes by, the needs become higher and higher, and the original satisfaction has become dissatisfaction.

As life gets worse, demand becomes lower and lower. Demand, like civilization, is not always improving. It changes with the changes in society. It may progress or regress.

If you are confused by the phenomenon in front of you, then ten or twenty years from now, when people's needs are higher and the pace of social development has not kept up, how popular you are now will be how much you will be scolded in the future.

Zhu Gaochi even thought of the United States.

Some people boast that the United States has a developed economy. People do not dry their clothes, and only dryers are allowed to be used. This proves the development of the United States. However, Zhu Gaochi saw the high-cost living environment of American people from another perspective.

Their income is high, but their expenses are also too high, and they have no choice. It is a mandatory expense stipulated by law.

Therefore, the same [-] yuan, in different periods, the attitude of the people is different. For example, this [-] yuan can make the people in China smile, but in the United States, it can only meet the daily needs of the people and get their complaints. .

In the same way, when the country reaches a new level of development, the original income of [-] yuan will not make the people happy.

Development is the last word.

There has never been an eternal society. No matter how affluent the surrounding society is, there will be a lot of dissatisfaction because the demand is endless.

The officials were satisfied with the excitement in the morning, but soon in the afternoon, they were thrown cold water by His Highness the Crown Prince.

"Civilize your spirit, barbarize your body."

"Jinzhou's development over the years is obvious to all and cannot be separated from the efforts of the people and everyone. However, I found a very bad phenomenon. Jinzhou has signs of self-satisfaction."

Zhu Gaochi criticized, "According to the report of the Research Department, the birth and penetration rate of new technologies in Jinzhou Old Industrial Zone has dropped from [-]% fifteen years ago to [-]%."

The officials and shopkeepers were stunned. They didn't expect His Royal Highness to be able to find their shortcomings from such an angle. It was really a bit of a nitpick.

Zhu Gaochi saw everyone's expressions in his eyes and couldn't help but sigh.

Everything has advantages and disadvantages. The indulgence of capital is not conducive to the foundation of stable social development. However, in terms of efficiency, capital does have advantages.

The advantages and momentum of Daming Industrial Bureau cannot be compared with that of private commercial banks, but the development speed of private commercial banks, especially the expansion trend, has long surpassed that of Daming Industrial Bureau.

"The success of the Ming Dynasty Commercial Bank in Korea is dazzling, why not the Ming Dynasty Industrial Bureau?"

"The scale and size of the Ming Dynasty Industrial Bureau in the past two years, if it were not for the layout of the imperial court, which concentrated the power of the whole country to launch major infrastructure projects such as railways, and thus promoted the traditional industries of the Ming Dynasty Industrial Bureau such as coal mining, coke, iron smelting, etc., would be very great. It may have been left behind by the development speed of Daming Commercial Bank."

"As the oldest industrial zone, Jinzhou has its own forestry industry, its own shipbuilding industry, and has been a research and development base for the pharmaceutical industry for a long time. Despite its various advantages, Jinzhou has been resting on its laurels, and there has been no new innovation in the traditional model."

"Private commercial banks have not only begun to integrate financing, concentrate scale and capital, but also innovate and create joint-stock models. In terms of the proportion of technological invention and popularization, they have also begun to catch up with the Ming Dynasty Industrial Bureau. Domestically, they do not have the advantage as you do, but Overseas, the shadow of the Ming Dynasty Industrial Bureau has long been eliminated by private commercial firms."

"If the imperial court had not intervened in various projects in Goryeo, would the Ming Dynasty Industrial Bureau have a share?"

"I really don't want to see the day when the Daming Industrial Bureau completely loses in the face of competition and closes down on a large scale when it is unable to make a profit. This is not alarmist."

Zhu Gaochi said loudly.

"Your Highness, please rest assured that we will make corrections."

Ma Baozhou, the person in charge of Liaodong Daming Industry Bureau, said sincerely.

People thought that His Highness the Crown Prince's tour of the country was mainly focused on local government affairs and promoting clean governance. In fact, it was not just that. The senior officials of the Daming Industry Bureau already knew that their good days might be over.

His Royal Highness is not interested in drinking, but in the huge Ming Dynasty Engineering Bureau.

But people don’t know what kind of decision His Royal Highness will make in the end. They only know that whenever His Royal Highness goes to an industrial zone, he will have long talks and briefings with the local people in charge. Such a big move shows that His Highness is about to launch a plan to Shocking reform measures.

Shortly after.

Zhu Gaochi arrived at Ping'an Dusi.

The geographical environment of Goryeo, including the Japanese state, is as self-sufficient as ancient China. It is rich in mineral resources and has abundant annual rainfall in most areas. Even Hamgyong Province, which has the lowest rainfall, exceeds the average annual rainfall of the seven western provinces. quantity.

The return of Hamgyeong Province and Ping'an Province to China gave the Ming Dynasty two more capitals, but the main capital was concentrated in Hwanghae Province, the province where the palace of the North King of Goryeo was originally located.

In later generations, both North and South Korea were developing industry. North Korea mainly established industries in Sinuiju, Pyongan Province and Songlinju, Hwanghae Province. South Korea mainly established industries in Jeonju, Jeolla Province and Pohang, Sanggyeong Province.

Both have their own advantages. For example, compared with Songlin, Pohang is located in the southeastern coastal area, with a relatively developed economy, advanced technology, convenient shipping, and a broad market. That is, the location advantage is mainly due to socioeconomic factors; while Songlin is close to Iron mines and coal mines are close to rivers, so raw materials and fuels are relatively abundant, and water sources are sufficient. That is, the location advantage is mainly due to natural factors.

It is the Ming Dynasty in the [-]th century. Northern Korea was not blocked by the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, the advantages of southern Korea were also available to northern Korea, but the advantages of northern Korea were not available to southern Korea.

In short, northern Goryeo is more mountainous than plain, but rich in mines, which is suitable for the development needs of the coal age.

Ping'an Road and Hamjing Road originally had a population of about one million, while Hwanghae Road was estimated to have a population of about three million. Therefore, the Ming Dynasty did not rush to take away Hwanghae Road, which was actually a bit cruel.

The King of Goryeo had already sent his crown prince and ministers to the Ping'an capital. Two groups of local ministers, as well as Ming Dynasty merchants and civil and military officials from the capital, greeted Zhu Gaochi's arrival.

The original Union Defense Corps has been disbanded, replaced by the garrison established by the Dusi, as well as the Pyongyang Dusi and Hamgyong Dusi. Then in Hwanghae Province, the Pyongyang Dusi and Hamgyong Dusi jointly sent troops to maintain local security.

The original Goryeo Northern Army, after being reduced, retained its young strength and maintained a size of [-] people. It was led by Ming Dynasty officers. It belonged to the Goryeo Kingdom in terms of regulation and was responsible for military pay and military supplies.

These [-] Goryeo Northern Army did not carry out new army reforms, and Ming Dynasty would separately provide subsidies to improve their living standards.

The next morning.

Kang Binzhi, the governor of Goryeo, was reporting to Zhu Gaochi.

"We do not recruit workers locally." Jiang Binzhi said proudly.

"Why?"

Zhu Gaochi was curious.

"After communicating with the commercial banks, in order to maintain local tranquility, we believe that no matter which commercial bank it is, it can only recruit workers in Chungcheong Province, Jeolla Province, and Gyeongsang Province, but there is no restriction on place of origin."

After listening to Jiang Binzhi's explanation, Zhu Gaochi became somewhat enlightened.

The method is indeed a bit poisonous.

How to treat the millions of local people in Ping'an Dusi and Hamgyong Dusi, and how to deal with the two classes in the local areas, are unavoidable problems. Ming Dynasty was not a saint, so naturally he would not be thankless.

If we want to improve the living standards of people in both places, we must first face the local yangban class. To deal with the local two-class class, we must either win over or suppress them.

The former is easy, the latter is difficult.

So Jiang Binzhi chose the former.

The original appearance of the place was maintained without changing the Pyongan Dosi and Hamgyeong Dosi. Such a balance needs to face the capital expansion of Daeming Trading Company. This is the main reason why the unique model of Hwanghae Province exists at present.

In Britain, sheep eat people, and in Korea, coal mines eat people.

Under extreme pressure, all aspects of Goryeo's commercial profits were squeezed by the Ming Dynasty Commercial Bank. The profits were not taken from the people and used by the people. Therefore, the economy in northern Goryeo seemed to be developing very fast, and the per capita economy was developing rapidly. In fact, the people were living more and more. hardship.

First there was food shortage, then prices skyrocketed, and finally income fell.

In just a few years, the people in northern Goryeo can no longer survive. If the people cannot survive, they will become homeless. Refugees will make the place unstable, and an unstable society is not conducive to economic development.

As a result, businessmen diverted troubles eastward. Not only did they go to the south to recruit workers, they also opened "porridge shacks" in the south. They did not restrict their place of origin, allowing more and more northern refugees to flow into the south.

King Nan wanted to ban it, but he didn't dare to ban it. He didn't have the power.

In fact, it is the same routine as the old slaves in the late Ming Dynasty.

Deal with the common people first so that the big families are unwilling to risk resistance, and then deal with the big families after dealing with the common people.

There are fewer and fewer people in the north. Although the number of hermits and slaves in the hands of big families has increased, the number of workers absorbed by the Ming Dynasty trading companies from the south cannot be compared.

These workers, who work from dawn to dusk for no wages, bring hundreds of times profits to the merchants, while the food produced by the land of the big households can only sustain their own interests, and the development speeds of the two sides are not the same.

In less than ten years, the local honorary class will be bankrupt and unable to sustain itself. It effortlessly captured the complete and clean Hamgyong City and Pyongan City, as well as the huge Hwanghae Road.

The people on the land are still the same people, but they go to the south once, then return to the north from the south, and become "workers."

As for this process, the common people went bankrupt and countless people died, but the businessmen did not consider it. The risk was passed on to the south of Goryeo, which also made Zhu Gaochi understand why the refugees of Goryeo broke out in Jeolla Province.

The old slaves use knives, and the businessmen use capital tricks.

so bad.

Zhu Gaochi couldn't help but glance at Jiang Binzhi.

The domestic social economy is developed, civilization is prosperous, transportation is convenient, a large number of people's sights are growing, and their understanding of society is deeper. Based on this large population base, more "smart" people have been born, and the ideas they come up with are better than It turns out that the "smart" people born from the physical body are more cunning and vicious.

Jia Xu.

With the population size, economic and social size, and technological level of the Han Dynasty, it was possible to cultivate one Jia Xu. Today, in the Ming Dynasty, it is possible to cultivate a hundred or a thousand "smart" people like Jia Xu.

Not only have traditional talents like Yang Shiqi changed, Jiang Binzhi, who grew up in the new era, is also hard to guard against when he goes bad.

After understanding the situation in Goryeo, Zhu Gaochi was noncommittal.

In the seven western provinces, Nanyang, Korea, Japan, and overseas, Ming Dynasty needs to constantly try new models to make complete progress. Knowing what kind of methods and what kind of results will bring is better than experimenting at home.

If there are benefits, they should be replicated domestically immediately. If harms are discovered, they can be corrected in a timely manner so as not to harm domestic interests or hinder domestic development.

Like America in later generations.

His bacterial research and other experiments were conducted in overseas countries, not at home.
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  With the support of Jiang Binzhi and the security guarantee of domestic troops stationed overseas, the Ming Dynasty's trading houses in Goryeo monopolized all aspects of Goryeo's clothing, food, housing and transportation, and defeated Goryeo's original small workshops.

Complete sets of cotton clothes, silk, various types of porcelain, tea, kerosene lamps, cheap paper, pens and ink, leather shoes, leather clothes, chiming clocks, oil umbrellas, and music boxes are all products of the Ming Dynasty in Korea.

On the land of Goryeo, cash crops were planted on a large scale and shipped back to the Ming Dynasty in ships.

The two classes of Goryeo were proud to buy Ming Dynasty products. Even if someone wanted to imitate and open a factory, they would not be able to compete with Ming Dynasty products because of backward technology and cost.

Even if they have the same calligraphy brush, people will be proud to use Ming Dynasty's calligraphy brush and ashamed to use their own country's calligraphy brush.

Produce a writing brush.

From hair to pole, one hundred jobs are provided, and more than ninety of them, including research on new brushes, are in Daming. In Goryeo, only shops are responsible for sales, and less than ten jobs are provided.

All the workshops in Goryeo went bankrupt and closed down.

The wealthy people of Goryeo purchased Ming products, and capital flowed into the hands of Ming merchants. However, Goryeo could not control the Ming merchants, let alone prohibit the Ming merchants from taking away capital.

The people of Goryeo became refugees on a large scale and were unable to provide consumption capacity.

The fields and minerals of Goryeo provided cheap energy to the Ming Dynasty. Countless industrial raw materials and coal mines, copper and iron resources were sent to the Ming Dynasty ship by ship, making the productivity of the Ming Dynasty larger.

With more jobs, a social resource allocation model, and institutional guarantees such as the Ministry of Workers and Civilians, workers in Ming Dynasty generally have a monthly income of [-] yuan and [-] yuan a month.

The Ming Dynasty's market, with a large amount of domestic and overseas supplies, expanded exponentially, and the benefits brought by demand allowed merchants to use all means to expand production.

So they annexed more land in the north of Goryeo and looked for more mining areas. The Ming merchants, who had no restraints and could not be restrained by Goryeo, seemed to be an unstoppable force.

Those owners and clerks, such as shops that provide sales, have become more and more closely connected with the Ming Dynasty trading houses, and their lives are different from those of the people of Goryeo.

They ate a lot of food and fish at home, used Ming Dynasty products, and lived an enviable life. But outside the streets, they were full of naked Korean people with numb expressions. One meal could be exchanged for a young woman.

These wealthy elites are firmly attached to Daming Trading Company because their interests come from Daming Trading Company.

For only five cents, you can marry any kind of beautiful young woman in Goryeo, who can be beaten or scolded, who not only knows how to serve, but can also work and give birth to children.

Workers in the Ming Dynasty could live an unimaginable life in Goryeo even if they only had one yuan per month in wages.

The Ming Dynasty merchant houses recruited more and more workers in the country.

These workers became the core structure of Da Ming Commercial Bank in Goryeo, and each of them was the middle layer above the level of team leader and manager.

Even a fifty-year-old man who is illiterate, speaks fluently, and has yellow teeth, as long as he is willing to go, he can find a wife in Goryeo to carry on his family line.

The social environment that is different from the original Jinzhou has attracted many people in the country.

The southern part of Goryeo was in dire straits. Because the King of Goryeo Nan was unable to extinguish the refugee rebellion, the scale of the war in the south became larger and larger. In the north, due to the buffer zone in the middle and the military defense of the two capitals, the stable order concealed extreme conflicts. A differentiated society.

The more numb you are, the more numb you will be.

Goryeo is too close to civilization, which makes Goryeo the farthest place from civilization.

The bankruptcy of the traditional agricultural social model resulted in the exploitation of capital and commerce. The size of the Ming Dynasty, the distance between the two, and the geographical resources and population of Goryeo became the outlet for the capital of the Ming Dynasty.

Like a dam bursting, huge floods poured into Goryeo, destroying everything in Goryeo. (End of chapter)