The Great Industrial Ming Dynasty Started from Beiping

The Ming Dynasty's industrialization development path is definitely two different models from the Western industrialization path.

When the news about Goryeo Stock Bank appeared in the newspapers, Zhu Gaochi couldn't calm down for a long time after seeing it. This meant that capital was gathering on a large scale and embarked on a rapid expansion channel.

Why does capital matter?

Just like the same capital, originally 100 yuan, through the way of pooling resources of stock banks, the capital that was originally scattered sand begins to unite into one, and the income of the next thirty years can be directly converted into capital. In the shortest possible time, it was expanded to 10,000 yuan or 100,000 yuan.

Just like the railroad achievements in the United States, their sociologists believe that they were brought about by the sale of shares, which led to the concentration of capital.

"The stock banks must be controlled by the imperial court."

Zhu Gaochi put down the newspaper and spoke to Xinwen Fanhao.

Fan Hao is a graduate of the Imperial College in Peking. He worked as an intern at the Ming Dynasty Industrial Bureau for three years and returned to the Imperial College to pass his graduation. After being selected, he worked in the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Household Affairs, and finally entered the Wenhua Palace Library.

"Stock bank?"

Fan Hao received the signal from His Highness the Prince, picked up the latest newspaper, and quickly saw the news about the stock bank, but the introduction in the newspaper was not very detailed, and Fan Hao did not realize the meaning.

Isn't he just an intermediary? Why does His Highness the Crown Prince pay so much attention to it? Fan Hao frowned.

The stock bank developed by Yahang is currently in its infancy, but precisely because of this, it is easy to be managed by the court. Otherwise, if this model is allowed to grow, it will be difficult to control it in the future.

Especially the day when I am no longer here.

Zhu Gaochi is not afraid that the stock market will grow while he is alive. What he is afraid of is that the stock market will grow after his death. At that time, I am afraid that no one will know the ropes, because this is a new thing.

There is no business without a emblem.

Because the hometown of Huizhou merchants was too poor, with too many people and little land, people could not survive and had to go out to seek a living. So they grew up through business and became merchants all over the country.

What about Western Europe in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries?

Perennial wars, diseases, poverty, hunger, cold, etc., coupled with the aristocratic territorial system, made it impossible for hungry people to move, but on the contrary, the population growth was controlled, and the population did not exceed the load of the land.

So why did Western Europe embark on the path of industrialization?

Because the ignorance of Western Europe has led to the regression of technology and civilization, long-term social backwardness, coupled with the barren land in Western Europe, the population and cultivated land area have continued to shrink, and food production has also declined.

Therefore, even if the population is far from reaching the load capacity of the land, it has led to the bankruptcy of agriculture in Western Europe.

You must know that even at the beginning of the 18th century, when the Scientific Revolution in Western Europe was becoming history, Europe was still an agricultural society. More than 90% of the total population of Europe lived in the countryside and were directly engaged in agriculture. Production.

The great bankruptcy of agriculture resulted in the feudal nobles no longer being able to contain countless hungry people.

The first people to leave their hometown were the Portuguese and Spanish, because this area has always been the first place in Western Europe to receive the spread of external civilization, technology and culture, including gunpowder, which was introduced to this peninsula through Central Asia and West Asia, and then introduced All of Western Europe.

Spain also influenced the Dutch. The Netherlands at that time belonged to Spain, and the Netherlands was bordered by Germany to the east and the United Kingdom to the west across the sea.

Countless poor people joined the sailor industry and embarked on a near-death journey in the ocean in order to survive.

The population shifted from agriculture to commerce, and those surviving shipowners and merchants brought back wealth and promoted the prosperity of local cities in Western Europe. Strangely, the cities of Western Europe had little to do with the countryside.

Rural areas remain poor, while cities are increasingly prosperous.

The Netherlands defeated Spain, and Britain and France defeated the Netherlands.

The spread of the model, and even the expansion of geography, Western Europe transported the rural poor to new lands. Coupled with Britain's unique geographical advantages, rich mineral resources, and the birth of the steam engine, the population gradually shifted from traditional agriculture and commercial fields. to the field of mechanized production, so the first industrial revolution occurred in Britain.

Meet the needs of the global trading system and support the entire industrial production. The British model was quickly imitated by other countries.

This is completely different from the current Ming Dynasty’s social resource allocation model.

The Ming Dynasty could not reverse the course of history and destroy all the technological, cultural, military, and institutional achievements that were originally superior to those of Western Europe. It first impoverished its own people, and then sent the poor overseas, and through long-term behavior, it carried out population growth. Transfer it.

Only with the agricultural technology of the Ming Dynasty, the crop-to-harvest ratio was one to forty. The developed agricultural technology destined that the population in the early Ming Dynasty would not exceed the land load, which meant that on the whole the people would have enough to eat.

With a full stomach, who is willing to leave his hometown, the people and society he is familiar with.

That's why later generations have theories based on their own national conditions. Those countries that ignore their own national conditions and imitate them will all lead to collapse and economic decline.

If an agricultural country with backward development and economy wants to quickly enter an industrial society, it must first be unable to meet the quality requirements of its talents.

Both Japan and South Korea in history successfully entered industrial society under the management of the older generation of ruling class. South Korea's economic success was also brought about by their military government, although they later overthrew the military government. , but their economic achievements cannot be denied because of the good foundation built during the military government period.

First through economic development, and then cultivate more talents, and finally meet the new needs of social development.

The prerequisite for economic development is stability.

So now, Goryeo is gradually stabilized under the control of the Ming Dynasty. Under the influence of the Ming Dynasty trading houses, it has rich technical foundation, a large domestic population support, and no lack of market.

Zhu Gaochi was very sure that within twenty years, Goryeo would be able to catch up with the Ming Dynasty.

The birth of a stock bank in Korea shows that Korea has many conditions that are not available in China. For example, capital is less controlled in Korea and the advantages of capital can be brought into play. So should we suppress it?

Fan Hao saw His Highness the Prince thinking, so he quietly thought about the stock market and what it meant.

Zhu Gaochi thought of the disputes in later generations.

When an eagle and a rabbit do business together, people on both sides can benefit.

But in this process, if the benefit of the eagle's advantage in strength is six points, and the benefit of the rabbit's diligence reaches ten points, then in the eyes of the eagle, the eagle himself suffers a loss because he is afraid that the rabbit will surpass him.

The eagle also knows that he can't beat the rabbit despite his hard work.

Don't say that rabbits don't respect eagles. By the same token, kangaroos' biggest customers are rabbits, but kangaroos have never respected rabbits.

In the current environment, the models of Ming Dynasty and Goryeo are already highly complementary in economy. Goryeo's human resources are cheap and a large amount of cheap raw materials are supplied to Ming Dynasty.

However, the land in the Ming Dynasty still grew food, and a small part was used as cash crops, which ensured domestic agricultural stability and met the needs of industrial development. If the current model is suppressed, it will hinder the development speed of Ming Dynasty, but it can prevent Goryeo's development momentum from catching up with Ming Dynasty, and it can also suppress the emergence of capital.

The vassal system.

Zhu Gaochi thought of this method, which is why Zhu Gaochi has paid more and more attention to new learning this year.

The vassal-vassal system proposed by Xinxue is mainly based on the Ming Dynasty. Through the vassal-vassal system to change the surrounding pattern, and finally integrated into the interior of the Ming Dynasty, it is a more advanced method than Eagle's establishment of military bases in various places.

At least that was the case in the fifteenth century.

However, it will take time to observe whether the vassal system can develop to meet the needs of the Ming Dynasty. At the same time, the development speed of Goryeo and the development of the stock bank model also need to be tracked.

If the development speed of the vassal system cannot exceed the development speed of Goryeo, and the Goryeo stock bank model develops faster, Zhu Gaochi will not be able to wait. On the contrary, Zhu Gaochi will not need to suppress it.

"Jiang Binzhi, Huang Fu."

Zhu Gaochi couldn't help but read two names.

One is one of the most trusted talents he has promoted, and the other is a minister who is famous in history and has made great achievements in the present. The role of these two people in Goryeo is related to the future direction of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Gaochi was a little worried, "Fan Hao."

"The minister is here."

"Learn more about the stock market and prepare to serve as a minister in the Prime Minister's Office of Goryeo in the future." Zhu Gaochi also sent Fanhao, whom he valued recently, to Goryeo to develop the vassal system and monitor the development speed of Goryeo. and stock banks left behind.

The world has never had a savior.

Just as the eagle will not allow other countries to surpass him, Ming Dynasty will not allow any country to surpass Ming Dynasty. This is the national concept.

The world is not static and is always full of competition and challenges. This is true for individuals and even more so for countries.

If you want to rest on your laurels and stand still, you will soon be surpassed by others.

Because science does not belong to anyone, it is everywhere, anyone can discover it, and anyone can learn and imitate it. Anyone who gives up learning and development will be eliminated by the world, even a super empire.

It doesn't exist lying flat.

Ming Dynasty is not qualified to lie down, let alone an individual.

Even at this age, the emperor is still expanding his territory.
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Quanzhou.

port.

Merchants have many scales, and the large scales in the shops are stamped with seals. This seal needs to be stamped by the government. This business tradition even lasted in the Song Dynasty. If the scales were found to have been tampered with in private, they would be severely punished.

Therefore, whether they are domestic businessmen, local businessmen, or businessmen from other countries, they do not worry about being deceived and can conduct business with confidence.

There was a kind of bill among the merchants, published by the local food stamp bank, which met the needs of bulk commodity trade and soon became the main trading method of local commercial banks.

However, in order to be safe and avoid being deceived, this bill can only be used within the scope of the dock. That is, the bills of the Quanzhou Food Stamp Bank can only be exchanged in Quanzhou.

"This is what the people of Shangguo call their idol."

Several foreign businessmen arrived in Quanzhou on a simple ship. They wanted to do business with the Ming Dynasty. Because they were not vassal states of the Ming Dynasty, they were not recognized. The local government has reported it.

Those who can trade in the open coastal cities of the Ming Dynasty as usual, places like Bonidusi, have no restrictions, followed by Xuanweisi, Xuanfusi, and then vassal states.

Several businessmen had local Han friends who took them to visit the market at the port. Pointing to a strange statue of a god with one body and three heads, constantly looking at each other, the Ming man said casually: "The three heads have a conscience and essence. Whatever makes one head happy will also make the other heads happy, and vice versa. Whatever offends and offends one head also offends and offends the other two.”

Several foreigners' eyes lit up when they heard this, and they had no idea that their "friends" were talking nonsense.

The Ming man obviously didn't regard them as his friends, he just wanted to do business on their land. As for them actually coming over, the Ming man was surprised.

After hearing the goods brought by their friends, the people of Ming Dynasty had complicated expressions. They were afraid that their friends would lose all their money and no one would buy them. They should bring local specialties instead of fabrics.

A few days later, they were allowed to unload goods at the port, but they were among the most excluded. Unless their kingdom became a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, they would have to pay taxes of up to 30% of the value of the goods, as well as port entry fees and port hygiene. All kinds of administrative expenses totaling fifty yuan.

Such a high cost is beyond their affordability, and indeed no one cares about their goods.

Soon after, several Jin Yiwei found the Ming Dynasty man.

"Where is Adan?"

"Adan is far away."

"how far?"

"If we take the sea route, it will take tens of thousands of miles along the way."

Several Jin Yiwei stared at each other like fools.

The Ming man explained sheepishly, "I like to visit new places, so I am not a pure businessman."

Be rich and willful, it's that simple.

Shortly after.

A new area was included in the map. Through the introduction of this Ming man, many more places were added to the map of the Ming Dynasty.

The port of Quanzhou goes north to Shanghai, to the east is Taiyuan Island, to the west is Guangdong and Guangxi. After supplying at Qiongzhou Island, it reaches Jiaozhi, passes along the coastline through Champa, and then goes to Chenla and Siam.

Because there is a long and narrow peninsula in the south, the trade between merchant ships and Siam is mainly in the southeast of Siam, which is the current sphere of influence of Polondoraja.

The northern region belongs to the king's sphere of influence, and the southern region belongs to the Kingdom of Liukun. According to the historical trajectory, Jiaozhi declined in a short period of time due to the war with the Ming Dynasty, and Champa also declined due to Annan's plunder.

Siam took advantage of the situation and expanded to the southern peninsula. Therefore, the relationship between the Liukun Kingdom and Siam has always been at odds, until the southernmost Mansanga rose up, defeated the Siamese army, and began to expand northward. Due to colonial The arrival of the invaders interrupted Mancajia's expansion trend, and it was finally called Malacca.

Polondoraja did not get the support of the Ming Dynasty and no longer compromised. He forcefully confiscated the goods of the Ming Dynasty merchants. As a result, the Ming Dynasty merchants suffered huge losses and fled to the Kingdom of Liukun.

The Kingdom of Liukun welcomed the arrival of Ming merchants. It not only provided them with financial aid, but also provided them with land to settle down.

Polondoraja relied on the port to do business with Ming merchants, made a lot of money, and purchased a lot of supplies, so he was able to start a business. The king of the Liukun Kingdom also hoped that the Ming merchants would establish a port in Liukun, and with the help of the Ming Dynasty power.

In an era full of opportunities, there are business opportunities everywhere, and many restless people are unwilling to work hard through their lives.

No matter how hard the Workers' Union Ministry protects workers' rights and interests, farming is still hard work and factory work is still mind-numbing.

There are a large number of children of the gentry class who hope to live a prosperous life. With the development of trade, the maturity of navigation routes, and the expansion of the influence of the Ming Dynasty, it has brought them security, causing many Ming people to go to sea to engage in business.

They are educated, courageous, and have the original capital of their families. This, coupled with the domestic suppression of commercial capital, can be regarded as promoting the outflow of capital.

When Polondoraja confiscated the goods of the Ming merchants, he completely broke up with the Ming Dynasty. However, Polondoraja did not dare to go too far and still ensured the life safety of the Ming Dynasty people.

But the port soon withered, and no merchant ships came to do business anymore.

Polondoraja, who became wealthy by relying on maritime trade, could not obtain other financial sources. Although the problem of military pay was solved, it could only last for a short period of time and could not be sustained. It was considered to be a desperate effort. It chose to take the lead in launching a war. Unify Siam as soon as possible.

Polondemo led his army to conquer the Bangkok area and opened up the passage to the north. Then he waited until Polondoraja met and went straight to the big city, that is, Ayutthaya, the current capital of Siam.

Among the elephant soldiers, firecrackers, and even the traditional army, the Polondoraja army had more than 50,000 people, and its morale was high. It far exceeded the king's army in terms of fighting will and military morale.

Indraja I of Siam sought help from the generals of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Neng had already stationed outside the city with five thousand Ming soldiers, but Zhu Neng refused. He asked the king's army to fight the rebel army, believing that the king's army was a regular army and there were more people than the rebels.

Indraja stared at Zhu Neng in a daze.

Who said war is about numbers?

Would the generals of the previous dynasty be so pedantic? Indraja didn't believe it, and neither did the ministers in the kingdom.

Smart people guessed that Shangguo did this on purpose. When the kingdom's army failed completely, the king could only rely on Ming's army and finally agreed to all Ming's demands.

But what if you guessed it.

The rebels were approaching the capital, and the king's army had to deal with them.

at this time.

The second batch of reinforcements from the Ming army, up to 20,000 troops, entered northern Siam through the Xuanwei Division of Laos, and successively stationed in Chiang Rai, Chiang Mai and other places, stopping their march southward.

Zhu Neng explained: "If the king's army is defeated, we can protect the king and retreat to Chiang Mai, regroup the army, and finally counterattack the lost ground."

Daming is not a good person.

The generals of the Ming Dynasty believed that the rebels were vulnerable and believed that the king's army could not defeat the rebels, so they wanted to use the rebels to gain the greatest benefits in Siam.

There is never a shortage of smart people, but just because they see the situation, it doesn't mean they can solve it.

Just as in the middle and late Qing Dynasty, some ministers proposed a sneak attack on Japan. Japan would definitely become a serious trouble for China, but in fact, the Qing Dynasty was unable to do anything.

same.

Siam's royal army and the rebels finally met.

In the dense rain forest, the two armies faced each other, and the atmosphere was tense.

Both sides have elite elephant soldiers. They are wearing armor and riding on the backs of elephants. They are majestic and majestic. The elephant soldiers were flanked by infantrymen armed with spears and shields, standing ready.

With the trumpet blowing, the elephant soldiers charged, and Bolonde took the lead, inspiring the sergeants around him, as brave and unfettered as the arrows fired.

War elephants use their strong trunks to curl up their spears and charge towards the enemy camp.

At the same time, the soldiers on the elephant's back were not to be outdone. They fired rows of dense arrows and hit the target accurately.

Due to lax military discipline and low morale, the kingdom's army quickly lost the ability to hold on, and the line began to loosen.

"The kingdom's army is losing."

In the hot air balloon in the distance, several military attachés from the Ming Dynasty held up telescopes to observe the tactics and combat modes of both sides. Someone quickly made a judgment and said firmly.

The elephant soldiers of the Kingdom's army were the first to lose control, causing casualties and panic to their own side. Without the protection of their own war elephants, the infantry quickly realized that a head-on collision with the enemy's elephant soldiers was tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg.

They tried to avoid the collision of the other elephants, but the strength and speed of the elephants made it difficult for them to escape.

The elephant's long trunk struck the infantry's shields like an iron rod, knocking them to the ground one by one. During the battle, the rigorously trained war elephants and elephant soldiers demonstrated superb tactical literacy and collaborative combat capabilities.

They can quickly adjust their formations and flexibly respond to enemy attacks. At the same time, they also use the elephant's keen sense of smell and hearing to discover and attack enemies hidden in the jungle.

Taking advantage of the delay of the defeated army, dozens of Ming troops quickly left the battlefield, leaving behind abandoned hot air balloons.

Several rebel soldiers found this place and curiously touched these objects that could fly into the sky. They were very surprised to find that the destroyed hot air balloon could no longer fly into the sky. The soldiers who did not understand the principle were already fearful in their hearts.

The army was so vulnerable that the king stopped resisting and completely surrendered to the Ming Dynasty's army. He did whatever Zhu Neng said.

Every household in the capital is consigning their belongings to the north.

Car after cart of goods, loaded with jewels, gold and silver.

When the rebels arrived at the capital, the remaining defenders surrendered directly, and the rebels captured the capital without bloodshed.

The rebels fought bravely, not for belief, but for reward.

The capital city of Siam, which had its wealth taken away, disappointed the soldiers. The disappointed soldiers lost their military discipline. The capital city of Siam became a paradise for the soldiers. With the upper-level generals turning a blind eye, every family suffered disaster.

The original hatred towards the king was transferred to the rebels.

Zhu Neng, who did not take the rebels' fighting power seriously, actually paid close attention to the current situation. After the king agreed to all the Ming Dynasty's requests, the third batch of Ming Dynasty troops arrived. Zhu Neng led 50,000 Ming Dynasty troops, and there was one remaining. The armies of all kings marched southward.

Siam changed from a foreign vassal state to a close vassal state.

In the northern region, there are the Chiang Rai Xuan Fu Department, the Chiang Mai Xuan Fu Department, and the Mae Phong Litigation Xuan Fu Department.

Islands such as Samet Island and Kochang Island in the southern sea belong to the Ming Dynasty.

Patiyaya was changed to Daming Dusi.

Cha-am, Hua Hin and other areas became the Xuanweisi of the Ming Dynasty, which was equivalent to the original territory of Polondoraja. They were all separated from the direct management of Siam. At the same time, the territory of the Sukhothai Kingdom was restored and changed to the Sukhothai Dusi of the Ming Dynasty.

of course.

The premise of all this is based on the Ming army's elimination of the rebels. (End of chapter)