Chapter 977: Rich is Amazing
Guo Dan has always been reluctant to entangle with the Mongols, and he has always advocated the development of trade with the Mongols, because he believes that the Ming Dynasty should look overseas and should no longer invest its national power in the north.
Because the endless war with the north was just a pure attrition, which restrained the Ming Dynasty's national strength and made it impossible for the Ming Dynasty to enter overseas again.
The key point is that these two large markets are complementary in nature, and it is obviously better to develop trade than to wage war.
As for national defense security?
Guo Dan intends to use the model of multinational corporations to control their various tribes.
The trade with the Ministry of Tumut has given him a glimmer of hope, and Real Marseille, Yinuo Insurance and Fengchi Group have all successfully settled in the Ministry of Tumut and recruited many employees in the area.
At present, neither the Ming nor the Tumut have any reason to start another war.
But there is one thing that Guo Dan still guarded against, that is, smelting technology and firearms technology.
Therefore, he will not open the branch of the Grand Canyon to the Taiyuan area, but mainly to produce in Weihui Mansion, when the Grand Canyon will recruit all the skilled blacksmiths to Weihui Mansion, and this place is only responsible for preliminary smelting and forging.
Basically, you can do it if you have the strength to do it.
Later, the three of them discussed reform.
According to Wu Weizhong's plan, if there is sufficient artillery, then Datong and Taiyuan only need 30,000 soldiers and horses to defend it, and it is also 10,000 standing troops and 20,000 service soldiers, which is not much different from the situation in Liaodong Town.
It can also be seen that the current defense center is still in Liaodong.
But I have to say that Wu Weizhong's defense plan is better than that of Liaodong Town, after all, he has participated in the Southwest Campaign, and his understanding and use of firearms is better than all the generals in the north, and his plan must be more thorough.
This defense plan has taken shape, and Guo Dan will take action immediately.
Fang Feng first announced the full implementation of the new military system, first of all, to completely abolish the system of military households, artisan households, peasant households, and merchants in Shanxi.
Many soldiers and craftsmen looked forward to this news, but they were really in tears.
It's worth it!
This time the mutiny was really worth it.
Because this kind of system already makes people feel hopeless, and it is just a day before they can get ahead, and the key point is that this system will only make people continue to degenerate and suffer endless exploitation.
It's really loveless.
The situation calmed down instantly.
And the unity of recruitment, this is the core, and it is impossible to change.
But Guo Dan's implementation of the new military system here is still very different from his strategy in Liaodong, Guo Dan's strategy in Liaodong is really to give red dates, and then hold a big stick to intimidate, but the big stick is not swung out, he did not deprive others of benefits, but tried to give them benefits.
But in Shanxi, he just waved the stick directly and held the red dates in his hand.
The strategy is just the opposite.
All the hereditary generals were arrested and escorted back to Beijing.
Even if it gets on the side, don't let it go.
As for the local government ........
They are still immersed in the thrill of impeaching Guo Dan.
And then the eggs.
They are impeaching on the one hand, and Guo Dan is implementing a new military system on the other.
The arrival of Fang Feng was equivalent to replacing the local government.
According to Wanli's plan, once the army is controlled, then the next step is to fully implement the new policy in the place where the military town is located.
Because the new military system already contains the basis of the new policy.
When they leave, the Senate will send someone over.
The local government can be said to be a lame duck, and it is powerless to stop Guo Dan.
Guo Dan incorporated all the land in the hands of those generals into the Yinuo grain line, and all the coal and iron mines in their hands were also included in the Grand Canyon.
But at what cost?
It stands to reason that these should have belonged to the imperial court, how could they be included in private workshops.
The court can't give it for nothing!
The price is to exempt Shanxi from all agricultural taxes.
Shanxi's agricultural taxes will be borne by Yinuo Grain Bank and the Grand Canyon.
For Guo Dan, just that little agricultural tax is nothing compared to the abundance of coal and iron ore.
And this agricultural tax is Guo Dan holding the red dates, and he uses it to tempt the remaining big landlords.
Want it?
If you want to, you should immediately abolish the tenant farming system, fully implement the employment system, and sign a grain supply contract with Yinuo Grain Bank.
The reason why it is necessary to abolish the tenant farming system is actually to expand the money market.
The hired peasants got money, and the tenant farmers got grain.
And Guo Dan has a monopoly on overseas trade, in other words, he controls the source of money, and once the money market is formed, then he can control the country's economy.
Although Guo Dan is full of tricks, it is actually similar to Zhu Yuanzhang's original system.
Try to supply the army with native food.
This is the main reason for Guo Dan's disarmament, and Guo Dan's budget is calculated based on local grain production.
Because the war was only a continuation of politics, and the high salaries had seriously undermined politics, he asked Wu Weizhong and Fang to cooperate with his budget at the right time, not his budget to cooperate with these generals.
The priority is very clear.
Of course, the situation in Liaodong is somewhat special, and grain can be transported by sea, and the cost is relatively low, and Guo Dan did not blindly ask that those fields be included in Yinuo Grain Bank.
But in the case of the inland, it must be strictly controlled.
He incorporated a lot of land directly into the Yinuo Grain Bank.
Guo Dan has carefully studied the issue of military salaries, in the process of transportation, the consumption is too great, if this part of the consumption can be reduced, there will be a lot of room for maneuver, even if the agricultural tax is exempted, as long as these big landowners are willing to sell grain to him at a price slightly lower than the market price, there is still a profit.
For the local big landlords, they have been shocked by the other party's big stick, and now Guo Dan threw out red dates and gave them tax exemption.
In addition, the Jin merchants have always been very firm in supporting Guo Dan, they are the big landlords in Shanxi, and under their instigation, the big landlords have chosen to support Guo Dan.
But this is only the first step in the integration of recruitment, the key to the integration of recruitment and recruitment lies in recruitment, not recruitment, and it is far from enough to recruit soldiers only in the face of war, which can buy time for recruitment.
How to make the people willing to serve and defend the frontier, the way is still the same, Zhu Yuanzhang's method is to give them land, in order to defend their land, they will inevitably take up arms and fight a decisive battle with the invaders.
This is also the reason why the collapse of the guard system is that the soldiers' fields are occupied, and the soldiers have no reason to take up arms to fight.
Invade and invade.
me.
To whom to be a slave is not to be.
It can be seen that those powerful people are short-sighted.
And Guo Dan's solution is to provide them with employment opportunities.
Construction is on a large scale.
But here, Guo Dan doesn't need to worry about anything.
Because in Liaodong, the resources are still in the hands of the local generals and gentry, and it takes a lot of time to negotiate with them and how to distribute this benefit.
In Shanxi, it's much simpler.
It's a big mining industry.
Now most of the coal and iron mines are controlled by Guo Dan, and he doesn't need to talk to anyone, he directly recruits people to build warehouses, build docks, build smelting workshops, and forge workshops.
Qin Dalong knows this routine too well, they are all elites in management, and Guo Dan doesn't need to worry about it at all.
In three days, Guo Dan arranged the work, and everything was going on in an orderly manner.
For the rest of the time, Guo Dan was busy formulating trade with the tribes in the north.
He was not in a hurry to invite the other party to talk in detail.
Because for the time being, reforms are being carried out here, and the internal problems have not been resolved.
But he sent a Jin merchant as his envoy to the north, and told the tribal leaders that in gratitude they would send the generals back, and promise them a thousand iron pots, fifty thousand catties of tea, and some silk.
At the same time, they also said that they would invest in their tribe and build a promise insurance in the local area to prevent their people from being ravaged by natural disasters.
They will be invited to come over and talk about how to trade.
Father!
This is really the God of Wealth!
The shot is not ordinary, and it is more courageous than the Ming court.
The tribal leaders were ecstatic to hear this, and this time they were right.
In fact, Guo Dan deliberately erected his image of the God of Wealth in front of them, because in his realm, low-key is completely counterproductive, and he must be high-profile to pursue the card, of course, this card does not refer to what clothes to wear, what house to live in, that can only deceive children.
Smart people look at your actual actions, how much money you can mobilize, how many resources you can mobilize.
Whether you give it to me or not, it's just secondly, the important thing is that you have to have, as long as you have it, someone will inevitably come to talk to you.
This is actually a trick used by capitalists, no matter how empty the inside, but the cards must be sufficient, and everyone must feel that they are very reliable, so that everyone will be willing to invest in you.
And those tribal leaders fell into Guo Dan's trap without resistance.
In fact, after Tumubao, they have gradually looked down on the Ming Dynasty in their hearts, the glory of Taizu and Chengzu is gone, your emperor has been arrested by us, what is there to be angry about, they directly arrested those generals at that time, and they were not afraid of their retaliation at all.
But they looked at Guo Dan and Da Ming separately, because they had heard countless stories about Guo Dan before, but anyone who got involved with Guo Dan would definitely be rich.
Who doesn't love money.
They are very eager to be able to slap Guo Dan.
Now Guo Dan sent an envoy to come, and he thanked him heavily, which was exactly the same as expected, as if they saw that their tribe was about to become stronger.
This caused them not only to take advantage of the situation, but also took the initiative to help Guo Dan look at the door, without the Ming army going out, they sent troops to patrol, and never allowed anyone to attack Datong and create any trouble for Guo Dan, so as not to anger Guo Dan and withdraw his promise.
It's a shame that they don't know that Guo Dan can make unlimited profits, otherwise, this will definitely cause a riot.
This made Fang Fengshi, Wu Weizhong, and the generals in Shanxi very speechless.
They were very worried before, afraid that the other party would take advantage of the situation, so they kept staring. This side is not as good as Liaodong, there is a pro-Li family in Liaodong, and Li Rumei can control the outside.
But it wasn't under control.
I didn't expect these clan leaders to be so undisciplined.
If you don't take advantage of the situation, you will take the initiative to help me defend Datong.
That's ......!
It's great to be rich.
This external stability has also made the reform of the military system smoother.
At the same time, the two small military towns of Yulin and Guyuan also took the initiative to send people to the imperial court to resolutely support the emperor's military reform, and even said that we are ready to welcome the arrival of the new military system at any time.
Liaodong and Taiyuan all admitted, where did they dare to jump, and they saw that the generals of Liaodong were better off than before, while the generals of Taiyuan and Datong were so miserable, so they resolutely chose to stand on the emperor's side despite the prevention of the civilian clique.