Wanli 1592

Chapter 1363 An inch of mountains and rivers and an inch of blood
Xiao Ruxun was not disgusted with this group of misers, but financial expenditures had to be done and they were not allowed to stop.

Therefore, since the eighth year of Longwu, there has been a large amount of road construction expenses in financial expenditures, and thanks to a large number of free laborers available for driving, otherwise it would be really not easy to repair this road.

Road construction has not stopped since the first year of Longwu. By the 20th year of Longwu, the Ministry of Finance of the Great Qin Dynasty had spent tens of millions of taels of silver, and the Ministry of Civil Affairs had paid the lives of an unknown number of Japanese and northern captives. The eight major roads in Daqin will be completed, and the small official roads will continue to be built.

Then it was repaired to Hetao in Beihai, Xinjiang in Qinghai, and Uszang. Every road is money and human life.

The Japanese and northern captives were not willing to build roads until they died. They would riot if they were too oppressed to see the dawn.

Since the sixth year of Longwu, the Japanese riots have occurred many times. Although Xiao Ruxun adopted the method of the Japanese to control the Japanese to divert hatred, the method of transferring hatred does not always work. There are always Japanese who want to call on their compatriots to resist Qin. people run away.

In order to kill these rioters, Qin Jun also paid thousands of lives.

However, with the updating of the Qin army's weapons and the large-scale and regularized management methods, the possibility of Japanese riots is getting lower and lower.

But it doesn’t mean that there were no Japanese riots and Beilu riots occurred seven times in the 20 years of Longwu. For this reason, more than 1 Japanese and more than 3000 Beilu were killed, and the Qin army lost more than 200 people.

Such a loss is placed here, and the Ministry of Finance counts it, full of blood and tears.

Objections naturally arose.

For this reason, Xiao Ruxun convened a court meeting to clarify the military significance of the western plateau, mountains, and Gobi desert.

He used the old examples of Tubo and Tuyuhun in the Tang Dynasty to describe that these places were not under the control of the central government and would be controlled by others. Once controlled by others, they would threaten the western border of Great Qin.

Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Dynasty, was beaten in by the Tibetans. What a shame?

Not to mention that after the former Ming Dynasty gave up the Saibei Guard, they were suppressed and beaten by the northern captives for more than a hundred years, and the financial expenditure was less than it is now?
Why did Qin Shihuang build the Great Wall? Is this tyranny?
To sum up the economic accounts, economic expenditure is always better than military expenditure. If you spend more now, you will spend less in the future, and your income will be more.

Therefore, this area must be under the control of Daqin, and it is absolutely impossible to give up.

Out of military considerations and for the sake of future generations, no matter what kind of hardships we pay, no matter how many years it takes, we must firmly control these places, and we must never give up!
"One inch of mountains and rivers and one inch of blood, if future emperors give up the land acquired by Longwu, they are not my descendants"

Xiao Ruxun engraved these words on a stone tablet, and stood it beside the main entrance of Huangji Hall, and set this regulation as the standard for future emperors to be qualified, and it was never allowed to be dismantled.

He didn't know if it was meaningful for him to do so, and if it would be a deterrent to future generations.

But he worked so hard to open up the territory and get the barrier that is enough to protect China from attack and damage, and it must not be easily discarded.

So he stepped up to order the construction of roads, and stepped up the policy of shepherding and knitting sweaters, so that everyone can see the economic value of the grasslands and plateaus to Daqin. Only when they see the economic value and benefits will someone want to defend it, otherwise it is just a stone tablet. , really, how many people would care?
Zhu Yuanzhang also did not allow eunuchs to intervene in politics.

Of course, with the updating of the Qin army's weapons and the increasing advancement of technology, such losses and costs have become less and less.

For example, the mass production plan of flintlock guns under the auspices of Zhao Shizhen was a great success. Longwu successfully realized a certain scale of mass production in 18 years, guaranteeing the annual production of [-] rifled flintlock guns for the Qin army.

Improvements can be made in the future, and there will be a higher output. For this, Xiao Ruxun was very happy and rewarded Zhao Shizhen heavily.

Qin Jun's bird musketeers began to gradually change to flintlocks with greater power, longer range, and higher accuracy. With the equipment of flintlocks, it was easier to deal with the riots of the Japanese and northern captives.

In addition, the Ministry of Military Industry has also proposed many improvement measures for iron and steel smelting, which have effectively increased the production of iron and steel. Under the current situation, it is already very good.

After obtaining the wool loom in the sixth year of Longwu, Xiao Ruxun vigorously promoted the use of wool looms. In the tenth year of Longwu, he vigorously put woolen clothes on the market, and issued additional woolen winter clothes to the army.

The appearance of woolen garments is very popular, because the price is cheap and the effect of keeping warm is good, which has driven a large demand for woolen garments in Daqin. As a result, woolen garment workshops have appeared in several provinces north and south of the river, and the sales in the north and south of the river are very hot. .

Beginning in the 13th year of Longwu, Xiao Ruxun instructed Huangzhuang to withdraw from the private market and use it as a special supply for foreign trade and the military.

Overseas trade is difficult to scale due to weak private forces, so Huangzhuang takes the lead and Huangzhuang workshops are the mainstay, and the overflowing orders are handed over to private merchants to unify foreign trade and maintain quantity and profits.

Because of the appearance of woolen sweaters, woolen trousers, woolen socks, woolen gloves and even woolen scarves and woolen hats, people who have not had good warm products for many years are very welcome.

In this Little Ice Age, when the temperature is decreasing year by year and will continue to decrease, the appearance of woolen clothes is undoubtedly very beneficial.

As a result, the demand for woolen products in the large market in the Central Plains has reached a very terrible level. The accumulation of wealth for several years has given ordinary people more money in their hands. It is not difficult to buy some woolen clothes and pants.

In addition, the price of these products was kept relatively low by Huangzhuang. Before Huangzhuang withdrew, it also made arrangements for various aspects and restricted the price of wool products, so ordinary people can sell them, and it has become a woolen product. main consumption force.

The large market of more than 1 million people is the only one of its kind in this era. Once this market is formed, the demand for wool can be imagined. Therefore, the northward grazing trend has formed in the Central Plains, Jiangnan and even Lingnan.

From the end of Longwu 11th, Xiao Ruxun instructed the cabinet to issue a new policy, allowing the citizens of Daqin to apply to the government in their private capacity to go north to herd cattle.

This policy quickly spread across the country, and in connection with the wool fever, a large number of discerning people suddenly realized that the cold and dangerous grassland is a paradise for gold diggers. If you dare to go north to graze, you will get a lot of silver.

(End of this chapter)