The Great Industrial Ming Dynasty Started from Beiping

Chapter 651 If you want to catch up with Ming Dynasty, you need to pay a price

Beijing.

Zhu Gaochi, who was celebrating his fortieth birthday, did not relent and blocked the requests of sages from all walks of life, represented by the Daming Industry Bureau, to organize activities to celebrate the birthday of His Royal Highness.

After having a more sumptuous breakfast with his family than before, Zhu Gaochi walked to the Wenhua Hall.

After leaving Chunhe Palace, he nodded to the eunuchs and female officials at Chunhe Gate. His Highness the Crown Prince was an approachable person who was loved by the entire imperial city. Zhu Gaochi smiled and was very kind to everyone he met.

People are complicated.

As a history lover, Zhu Gaochi dare not say that he has no time for details. He also has his own private desires. However, there is no obstacle to his great love for the nation, and there is no conflict between the two.

Just like a criminal will save a child who fell into the water.

The former is selfish desire, the latter is human nature.

Including the late Ming Dynasty in history.

Liaodong was completely ruined by the Jin. The clever old slave killed the poor first and then the rich. Not only did he plunder Liaodong's property to support the Eight Banners, he also solved the hidden dangers caused by the refugees and was the first to break the circle.

The mainland is still having a headache about how to settle the refugees and is rushing to raise the necessary supplies to recruit the refugee army.

So Yang Sichang, who had finally solved many things, was so angry that he almost vomited blood when he learned that Zhang Xianzhong had rebelled again. The travel between Chu and Shu was rampant, and the troops were in chaos. It rains suddenly in Yuntun and the troops gather, and the snakes and pigs rush to hide and hide? Xu'er soldiers and civilians were kidnapped and surrendered, and their merits were rewarded with great rewards.

Finally, in the book "Yanli Nang" written by Li Furong, a scholar at the time of the change of Ming and Qing Dynasties, it became a saying not to die of hunger in peace, but to imitate the mantis with its arms.

Under Lao Nu's layout, the people of Liaodong actually resisted.

A country squire led his four sons and the villagers to fight against the heavily armed Jin soldiers and robbers. In the end, the family was destroyed.

The current situation in Liaodong is inseparable from the squire. However, the squire did resist desperately at the last moment, but some things are not decided by human power, just like the conflicts of later generations.

Weakness is the original sin.

Liaodong, which had lost its order, was weak in the face of Houjin, who had developed organizational power.

At the level of meeting the basic material conditions, Zhu Gaochi, who had been responsible for his family in his previous life and worked hard all his life, did not think he would get any worse. Over the years, he was also very satisfied and he was doing pretty well.

Just a pity.

After all, the genes of the body are genes. Even if they are controlled a lot, the body still gets fatter. Even if you drink water, you can gain weight. Zhu Gaochi has nothing to do.

No one cares about the fat Prince, and people only have respect in their eyes.

Along the way.

The palace was peaceful and happy, which may be the reason why there were fewer people.

Most of Zhu Yuanzhang's concubines died, Zhu Di did not establish a queen, and Goryeo no longer paid tribute to beautiful women. There were fewer royal families, fewer eunuchs, fewer people, political clarity, and fewer conflicts.

The cabinet ministers sent the memorials compiled yesterday to the Wenhua Hall, except for particularly urgent official documents.

Zhu Gaochi mostly approved the reply.

After working all morning, I returned to Chunhe Palace to have dinner with my family at noon. I took a short break at noon and began to receive batches of ministers in the afternoon.

"The imperial examination system is the main way to select officials. It selects talents through examinations, breaks the monopoly of official positions by aristocratic families, and gives more people the opportunity to enter the bureaucratic class."

"There is no problem with the imperial examination system. Of course, the imperial examination system also has limitations. We must improve it."

Zhu Gaochi, Yang Shiqi and others said.

Yang Shiqi ended his career as a foreign minister and returned to the cabinet, where he quickly gained important positions. Fifty-year-old Yang Shiqi has traveled all over the Ming Dynasty, studied industrialization theory in Peiping, held important positions in the imperial court, and was responsible for Southeast Asia, Laos and other places, so he has rich experience.

In today's Ming Dynasty, there are many voices regarding the national management system.

Especially with the sudden illness of Hu Guang, the governor of the seven western provinces, the court was worried for a long time. It was not until Huang Huai arrived in Samarkand that the court breathed a sigh of relief. The emperor went south, and the court's main energy was invested in Nanyang. If the seven western provinces If chaos breaks out, Ming Dynasty will be in dire straits.

Some people not only proposed the abolition of the imperial examination, but also proposed that important positions such as governors in remote areas must be filled by ministers who are young, strong and healthy to avoid something like Hu Guang happening again.

Zhu Gaochi didn't agree.

A country must have governance ideas, otherwise it is not a country. These ideas are often influenced by historical, cultural, social and economic factors.

Including Greece, which is shrouded in mystery in Western records.

Ancient Greece also advocated the idea of ​​"scholars, farmers, industry and commerce". For example, the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle proposed the "four theories of the people" of "scholars, farmers, industry and commerce", believing that these four classes each have their own responsibilities and roles and together constitute a harmonious society.

Among them, "shi" refers to the warriors who defend the country, "nong" refers to the farmers who provide food, "gong" refers to the craftsmen who make goods, and "merchants" refers to the merchants who conduct trade.

The earliest nobles in China were actually scholars, who belonged to the military class. However, with the development of the country, the destruction of the sergeant class was too great, so the civil and military classes were separated, each performing their own duties.

The thought of national governance has always been a path of exploration pursued tirelessly by philosophers, both at home and abroad, in ancient and modern times. Even the United States, an emerging country, has adopted the national ideas proposed by modern Western thinkers as its basis.

"The stability of agricultural society and the great development of industrial society are two completely different models, but the essence is still stability. Only with the premise of stability can there be development."

"Through the development of industrialization, the improvement of the economy, and the prosperity of the people, I have strengthened the popularity of schools to meet the needs of society and cultivate more talents."

"How to select talents and place them in suitable positions, the imperial examination system is the threshold, and the participation in social practice after graduation from schools at all levels is training and assessment."

"The imperial court needs talented people, but in fact, local governments need talented people even more. Local governments are the cornerstone of the country. Only when local governments are governed by smart people and allow local areas to develop comprehensively can the imperial court be able to handle the situation with ease and have rice to cook. "

"Not only will the imperial examinations not be canceled in the future, but assessments will also be strengthened. I admit that the imperial examinations have some shortcomings, but the advantages outweigh the disadvantages and it is the most appropriate method at the moment." Zhu Gaochi set the tone.

Everyone had no opinion.

Zhu Gaochi left Yang Shiqi behind and said, "Come for a walk with me."

Yang Shiqi smiled.

The garden was still the usual garden, the fountain did not spray water, the finger-sized lifelike fake monkeys on the rockery in the pool seemed real, and the carved turtle at the bottom of the pool was exposed.

Yang Shiqi talked about some customs and customs in Southeast Asia, and Zhu Gaochi listened carefully, and finally talked about Polondoraja.

Zhu Gaochi thought of Gaoli again.

Things about Goryeo, Siam, and Bonitos were spread back to China through people's mouths. The frequent exchange of news aroused the curiosity and discussion of some scholars.

The Ming Dynasty was very powerful and wealthy. How could other countries reach the level of the Ming Dynasty?

Zhu Gaochi has read many such articles, but in fact, Zhu Gaochi doesn't really agree with them.

What is a backward country?

Being backward is more than just economic backwardness. If we want to catch up with the Ming Dynasty, we must pay a price, and this price requires human sacrifice.

The Southern King of Goryeo semi-enclosed the southern part of Goryeo. Although he maintained trade with Ming merchants and controlled the expansion of Ming merchants in southern Goryeo, the South King of Goryeo set up his own factory and was inferior to the Ming trading houses in all aspects, but it did belong to Southern Goryeo. of.

The explosion of information in later generations has led to discussions on many aspects. Zhu Gaochi still remembers an article titled Domestic companies are not as good as foreign companies and treat workers poorly, and it will not matter if they fail.

Zhu Gaochi disagreed.

For example, although it is whole grains and a little moldy, there is no other grains. In order not to starve to death, I can only hold my nose and eat.

Zhu Gaochi knew very well that his cousins ​​in future generations would not have to be separated from his children. His mother had seven siblings, and his father had eight brothers and sisters. None of his cousins ​​were separated from his children.

And before the Double Happiness Year.

More than 70% of myself and my cousins ​​are separated from their parents and can only see them once a year. My little cousin only sees her parents once in ten years.

developing country.

What is a developing country? It’s not just that we are poorer than others, but that we are lagging behind in all aspects and have a lot to catch up with.

Why do you catch up with others?

What ability do you have to catch up with others?

An ordinary person can't do it, let alone a country.

If you want to become a developed country, you need to pay a price. If you don’t want to pay the price, but you also want to become a developed country, then you have to be lucky and have nothing. Is there any other way besides working hard?

For example.

Apple has 100,000 employees of its own, and there may be 900,000 workers in the upstream and downstream production chains behind it, which means millions of jobs.

Of these one million jobs, there may be 100,000 or 200,000 jobs in China, and they can be moved at any time, depending on the changes in the interests of the United States.

It is far ahead with 50,000 employees of its own, and 450,000 people in the upstream and downstream production chain behind it, which is 500,000 jobs.

There are at least 400,000 jobs in China, and it is difficult to leave the country and can only change according to the country's needs.

Many domestic companies are rubbish and have many shortcomings compared to foreign companies.

But who makes you Chinese?

At least, among my cousins, I only have two cousins, one cousin is in a coastal city, and the rest have returned to their hometown to work.

developing country.

You don't have to complain to become a developed country.

He has no fate, no luck, and he doesn’t want to work hard or fight. He just wants to live a prosperous life by complaining. What is this kind of person called?

With the size and advantages of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Gaochi relied on his advanced vision and status, and through decades of persistence to achieve the Ming Dynasty today. Let alone a country like Siam, even Goryeo wanted to achieve the Ming Dynasty without paying the price. s level.

Why?

Are Koreans superior to people from other countries?

What's more, Ming will not allow other countries to catch up with Ming unless it defeats Ming first, uses force to gain the confidence for its own development, and makes Ming powerless to interfere. This is the first hurdle.

Zhu Gaochi also didn't believe that any country in the world could defeat the Ming Dynasty. The biggest threat to the Timur Khanate is gone, Goryeo is controlled by the Ming Dynasty, and Japan is in chaos. Looking at the world, the West is still in the ignorant Middle Ages, which is really the best era of the Ming Dynasty.

As for Siam, Zhu Gaochi recognized Polondoraja, but the national power of the Ming Dynasty was different.

It's just that.

The lion fighting the rabbit with all his strength has always been Zhu Yuanzhang's strategic idea, which was also inherited by Zhu Di. Zhu Gaochi also recognized this idea, and Zhu Gaochi did not want to pay too much price.

After all, sigh.

Zhu Gaochi couldn't help but pat his belly. There were too many things in Ming Dynasty that Zhu Gaochi was dissatisfied with. He hoped to pave the way as soon as possible and allow Chinese civilization to evolve to its true height.

What he wants is not the enthusiasm of officials, but the transformation of the people at the bottom.

Only when the civilization of the common people progresses can civilization make great progress.

Otherwise, it will just be the death of the people and the rest of the government.

Just as Zhu Gaochi said to the workers in front of the steam engine factory in Daxing Village in the spring of the 25th year of Hongwu's reign, material civilization and spiritual civilization should be grasped at both ends.

Can you do it?

Zhu Gaochi lacked confidence. This is a career that great men have pursued for their entire lives.
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"Starting today, we will strengthen the training of the entire battalion."

"Boss, is there going to be a war?"

The sentry asked curiously as he surrounded Li Jian.

There is an old scar on Li Jian's face. This scar was shot by a stray arrow from the horse bandits in the Sainan area. The weapons of the horse bandits were not as good as those of the Ming army, but their bow skills were good; his left hand was not very flexible due to an old disease. He was ambushed while occupying the city and exterminating the remaining bandits. After being cured, he was left with sequelae.

Li Jian touched his chin and said, "The atmosphere is not right."

The commander-in-chief has a very good nose. After the commander-in-chief said this, the sentry officers below started to move. Li Jian had grown up from a soldier to the commander-in-chief, and his prestige was very high. The soldiers were willing to listen.

A few months later, Li Jian received a military order to break camp.

When they arrived at the general camp and held a meeting, Li Jian received the exact news that the army was indeed going to war.

"Crack clap."

The train on the railway went all the way to Guangxi, entered Jiaozhi, and then from Jiaozhi to Champa. There were troop ships at the port, and groups of soldiers were waiting to board the ships. Finally, it took only three days to reach Gechang from Champa. island.

This is the benefit of the Ming Dynasty's recovery of Jiaozhi. It can be reached by land and boat at the southernmost tip of the peninsula.

It only takes a few days at most to reach various countries in Southeast Asia. Otherwise, starting from Guangxi, it would take several months to go back and forth due to distance, supply port problems, and the influence of the monsoon.

Not only is the efficiency low, the security is also unreliable.

Troops and horses move ahead without food and forage.

The traditional Ming Dynasty did not have deep enough control over the islands, let alone Siam. There was an island overseas at the junction of Siam and Chenla. It did not have a clear ownership. It was only accepted as the territory of Siam in later generations.

Nowadays, it is unmanaged and there are only a few indigenous people. The living standards are very low and they are stuck in slash-and-burn farming. Historically, in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, it became a supply point for Ming merchants. Later, it was taken away by the Portuguese, Spanish and Dutch.

On such an island, as long as the local indigenous people have a good start when dealing with external forces, such as sending some goods and then proposing trade, they can easily gain governance rights.

It is believed that the local indigenous people also need the integration of outsiders, which is also the ecological need of a few tribes, including the northern areas of the Ming Dynasty. They are very hospitable to outsiders and leave the blood of outsiders.

Otherwise, if the natives on each island are unable to communicate and can only attack and confront them without hesitation, not to mention the merchants of the Ming Dynasty, even the armed merchant ships of Spain and the Netherlands will not be able to sustain themselves.

However, if there is contact, there will be conflicts.

The merchants of the Ming Dynasty were the first to come into contact and left the most conflicts. Without interference from external forces, they were able to maintain overall stability. However, when the new Spanish and Dutch forces arrived, they quickly won over the local indigenous people and had no influence on the merchants of the Ming Dynasty. They launched an attack.

The same is true.

Later, the Japanese pirates arrived in Nanyang. The Western forces that replaced the Chinese merchants had deep conflicts with the local indigenous people, which led to the Japanese pirates being supported by the indigenous people.

Everything has two sides.

The defeat of the Japanese pirates caused them to retreat to their own land, which also caused them to stay in Nanyang for too short a time and did not have deep conflicts with the indigenous people. This was a benefit, and it gained them a lot of advantages in dealing with Nanyang in the future. Convenience also allowed Japanese pirates to flood Nanyang with their products.

However, these are not unsolvable problems. As long as the problem can be clearly identified and targeted responses can be made to break the situation, it is a battle of wisdom at the top.

Based on this idea, Zhu Di stayed in Champa, and Xie Jin, as a cabinet minister, went to the great city of Siam, the capital of Siam, to meet with the king of Siam to discuss the issue of Polondoraja.

"Polondoraja is a destabilizing factor. It not only destroys the stability of Nanyang, but also brings danger to the Siamese royal family. If Polondoraja is not solved, I am afraid that this person will lead the army to rebel."

Is Porondorajja going to rebel?

do not know.

uncertain.

But the Ming Dynasty killed Polondoraja and wanted to rebel, which formed public opinion. Then the royal family of Siam would be worried. The royal family of Siam was worried and would take measures to suppress and test Polondoraja.

Polondoraja could either hand over power and gain the trust of the Siamese royal family, or fight to deepen the conflict with the Siamese royal family.

This is conspiracy.

This is called using the advantage of public opinion to expand conflicts.

If there is no problem, it is easy, then create problems through public opinion.

The difference is that there is indeed something wrong with Polondoraja. He is very powerful and has already made the Siamese royal family fearful. With Ming's decision and stimulation, the Siamese royal family has enough confidence.

First, Borondaraja was asked to return to the capital to explain.

This was the only thing that Polondoraja could not agree to, and Polondoraja could not return to the capital, which proved the public opinion of the Ming Dynasty. Siam, which had been stable for many years, suddenly faced the crisis of war.

The Siamese royal family prepared for war, and Xie Jinze promised that the Ming Dynasty would protect the Siamese royal family and communicated many conflicts with the Siamese royal family.

For example, in the bilateral trade agreement between the suzerain state and the vassal state, merchants from the Ming Dynasty can do business in Siam without any hindrance and no taxes are charged. Merchants from the Ming Dynasty can buy land in Siam, build ports, etc., which is a set of methods from Goryeo. .

In the same way, Siamese merchants can also go to Ming Dynasty to do business without charging taxes. They can also buy land in Ming Dynasty and even build ports in Ming Dynasty.

It’s just that.

In the Ming Dynasty, land was expensive and goods were cheap, with unlimited supply. Siamese merchants were still operating in small workshops and were unable to be self-sufficient. They had to survive the competition of the Ming Dynasty merchants first.

Facing the pressure from the north, Polondoraja sent an envoy to Champa to meet Zhu Di. Zhu Di had no other requirements. The Siamese royal family agreed to the conditions as long as Polondoraja agreed.

Naturally, Polondoraja would not agree. If he agreed, he would not do many things, so he sent people to the capital to meet the king in an attempt to convince him.

The king and the powerful local generals naturally did not deal with each other. There was an essential conflict of interest between the two. In the face of his own rights, the King of Siam trusted the Ming Dynasty more, because Bolong Dorajja would kill him, but the Ming Dynasty only wanted profits.

The Ming Dynasty's warships roamed the southern seas of Siam, protecting the emerging cities of Cha Am and Hua Hin.

Hua Hin is a seaside town in central Thailand, about 500 miles away from Bangkok, the capital of Thailand, which is now Siam City. Across the coast from Koh Samet.

Jie Jin, who returned to Champa from Siam, introduced the situation in Siam to Zhu Di.

Zhu Di felt a little uncomfortable.

In the past, he would lead his army to fight wherever the enemy was. This was what he had always done. But now, his son would not allow him to do so. The army would not move easily, taking advantage of the internal conflicts of other countries.

This kind of trivial work, like threading a needle, made Zhu Di a little breathless.

"In short, we want to convey our attitude to Polondoraja. We will not fight with him, and he will not harm the interests of our Ming Dynasty. As for their internal conflicts, they cannot affect our Ming Dynasty."

Zhu Di couldn't help but touch his chin again.

Zhu Di's habits were imitated by many generals, and people imitated the emperor.

"This is so fucking unreasonable."

"I hit you, but you can't fight back."

That is to say, his son can think of it, but ordinary people really can't do such shameless things. Zhu Di felt a little emotional.

Hearing the emperor's words, Xie Jin smiled shyly.

This idea is so good. It is exactly what their civil servants want. The efficiency of fighting and killing is too low. If you hurt the enemy a thousand, you will lose a hundred to yourself, right?

From the Sainan province to the Saibei region, from Hami to Yilibali, from Yilibali to the seven western provinces, from Korea to Nanyang, under the guidance of Zhu Gaochi, the Ming Dynasty has undergone many changes, and has also summarized more experience of.

Facing Ming Dynasty's new model and methods, not only the Siamese royal family failed to react, but Polondoraja was also so angry that he almost vomited blood. In front of him, it was like invisible cotton. He didn't know which direction to hit, and the punch he punched was still weak.

Now it has become an internal struggle in Siam, and Ming Dynasty only needs to be a fisherman.

Newspapers repeatedly reported that the whole of Southeast Asia knew that Siam was going to war and that Polondoraja was going to rebel. If the royal family lost, they would be killed by Polondoraja. If Polondoraja lost, the rights of the royal family would be lost. will be stable.

Historically, there was no civil war in Siam, at least during this period.

But history is history after all. The newspapers of the Ming Dynasty were brought to various parts of Southeast Asia through merchants. Even old newspapers represent the power of public opinion. People everywhere understand the situation of the world through the newspapers of the Ming Dynasty.

That's what the newspapers say, and that's what people think.

"The royal family of Siam will not lose."

"Not necessarily. That Bolondaraja, who has been secretly accumulating power for many years and has arrogant ambitions, must have the confidence to dare to rebel now."

According to the publicity in the newspapers, Polondoraja was a warrior who conspired to rebel for power, had a weird temper, killed people at every turn, and was a warlord who did not understand benevolence, righteousness, and morality. This was how everyone saw him.

(End of this chapter)