If you want to understand the current changes in Dachu and the situation of the people, it is not just a few words that can be described, and even cannot be described from a certain angle, this kind of change from the inside out is an unprecedented change, so if you want to understand the predicament of Dachu, you need to understand how heavy the three words of industrialization are for a country.

At least according to Ning Yu's understanding of later generations, even in the 21st century, there are very few countries that have truly completed industrialization, and most countries still have not really achieved industrialization, but even if it is only a few industrialized countries, the blood and tears experienced are unimaginable.

In the original history, as the first British Empire to start industrialization, it was not as beautiful as people imagined, the floating industrial waste in the London River and the perennial production of polluting gases, so that London even has a so-called 'fog capital' name, and the deeper inside is the bones of those child laborers who died in the factory, forming the foundation of the British Empire.

On the contrary, it was a bureaucratic and powerful state with huge military expenditures, always at war, with a policy of intervention, high taxes, high debts, and extreme protectionism.

Colonial expansion abroad and harsh exploitation at home are the realities of capitalism and industrialization.

As for other industrialized countries, although there is a big difference in development with the British Empire, it is difficult to completely avoid the above two restrictions, even if China also carried out industrialization, the road was full of thorns and bumps, and it paid an extremely heavy price before it was finally realized.

So if industrialization? Could such a tragedy be avoided?

Obviously, this is impossible, which is why Ning Yu knew that industrialization would bring a lot of pain to the people, but he still insisted on implementing it, because if he didn't take the initiative to industrialize, the final outcome would only be worse.

In another time and space history, the Qing Dynasty did not succeed in industrialization, did not obtain raw materials and markets, and could only choose to self-digest the pain, resulting in the people at that time almost falling into an unspeakable miserable situation.

"There is no doubt that there is no other country that has been mired in so much poverty as this kingdom of the Celestial Empire. There is not a single year in which there will not be a large-scale famine in this country. The number of people who are precarious is innumerable. ”

"If there is a drought, a flood or any other disaster that causes a province to fail its harvest, two-thirds of the population will immediately go hungry. You will often see armies of beggars, including men, women, and children, marching together to find a little provision in some village or town. ”

"Many of them passed out and died on the side of the road before they could reach their potential rescue destinations. You'll see their bodies lying in the fields and on the side of the road, and you probably won't notice them as you pass by: after all, this horrific scene is all too common and familiar here. ”

Of course, there are factors such as war, but it can be seen that in the traditional agricultural society, due to the extreme backwardness of the productive forces, it has become very passive in the face of natural disasters, and the ability to resist risks is extremely weak.

Ning Yu didn't want his country to be like this for another hundred years, so no matter what, he had to industrialize, and to industrialize, he had to lead the people forward from all sides, and even drive them forward, even if the process was full of sadness and hardship.

So is there a day of relaxation? Naturally, there are them, and they are not difficult to foresee.

The key lies in the fact that after the success of industrialization, we can use the power brought by industrialization to plunder the vast raw material production areas and markets, and let the merchant groups help the farmers of the country to finance, organize production and sales, so as to feed back the country's agriculture.

Because it is impossible for a single-family peasant to rely on the division of labor to organize enterprises and create a large market, they lack capital, raw materials, and do not know where the sales channels are, and they are unable to control and maintain security and punish fraud. Only businessmen who have made their fortune through global trade can use industry to help regulate the distribution of domestic benefits.

Using the British Empire as an example, the British peasants naturally suffered greatly during the centuries of primitive industrialization, until the first fruits of industrialization were achieved, and the British government created the world's largest textile market for British township enterprises, with a supply of wool and cotton raw materials, production bases, and a global sales network, and gained a lot of wealth from it.

Later, in order to occupy such a large market and interests, the British Empire, which then occupied the wealth, needed to rely on the factory system and the support of professional workers to implement the technology of large-scale production in order to be profitable, and this would bring prosperity to the township enterprises and the commercialization of agricultural products, so that the vast number of peasants would become rich, export the surplus labor time to the primitive manufacturing industry, and open up and create a unified large market at home and abroad for them.

After the outbreak of the first industrial revolution, the industry of the British Empire was naturally upgrading rapidly, and there was a huge demand for new coal resources, power and transportation, and the traditional production mode would be phased out, so the "coal-steam engine-railway" trinity of prosperity demand evolved, thus solving the bottleneck problem.

At the same time, the demand of this trinity also made the British Empire have a quantitative demand for steel, machinery and other heavy industrial products, that is, the second industrial revolution was born, that is, the large-scale quantitative production of all intermediate products, steel, cement, machinery, bridges, tunnels, and the British Empire, which completed this step, became the world's largest empire on which the sun never sets.

Great Britain, which became the empire on which the sun never sets, immediately entered an era of comprehensive welfare, that is, providing economic benefits to all members of society, unemployment insurance, publicly-funded medical education, social safety nets, etc., which were unimaginable advantages for the people of other countries at the same time.

To put it simply, industrialization is very hard and fatal, but once it succeeds, the benefits that can be obtained are also unpredictable, and the reason why Britain has such a strong foundation in later generations is because it occupies a very advantageous position in these two industrial revolutions.

Therefore, the current Dachu is on the eve of the outbreak of the first industrial revolution, the phenomenon of land annexation has been improved, technological innovation is also making rapid progress, the government is increasingly inclined to mercantilism, and even the military support to ensure that there will be no major social upheaval is firmly in the hands of Ning Yu, so what he can do is to continue walking.

Of course, Ning Yu's chat with Cui Xi did not go so deep, but turned his head and continued to devote himself to the game of the court, and after Ning Yu communicated with the cabinet, there was a long and indescribable calm in the entire cabinet book contact meeting, which was in stark contrast to the competition in recent days.

"I know that in your hearts, you have always thought that the current Great Chu can simply enter Kuma and put Nanshan, there is no need to spend tens of millions of silver dollars every year to maintain such a huge army, and there is no need to fight with the Russians for the frozen soil in the north, and even in your opinion, when industry and commerce have developed to this point, you can completely stand by and study, and there is no need to continue to develop——"

Ning Yu's expression was full of helplessness, he needed to let his officials understand his thoughts from the heart, otherwise even under the coercion of the imperial power, it would be difficult to really achieve good results, so Ning Yu had to work hard to convince them.

"But have you thought about it? In the past, the world was only a corner of East Asia, even with the addition of Korea, Japan, and even the countries of South Asia, they were nothing more than some small countries that were not worth mentioning, and if there were no major changes, they would not be able to pose any threat to our Chinese country at all, so that after Mongolia was completely recovered by me, you would feel that the world was fine. ”

"There is nothing in the world, the emperor is still pointing fingers here, this is simply the most annoying thing, you may have many people cursing me in your hearts, you want to live more comfortably, more comfortably."

The crisp voice echoed in the hall, but the ministers' expressions were also a little sad and incomprehensible, they had the way they needed to insist, but the emperor also had what the emperor wanted to say.

Ning Yu coldly inspected everyone and sneered: "In the hearts of each of you, I wish I could rule the world for three generations, but you don't think about it, if you really want to be so comfortable, will no one pose a threat to you and Da Chu in the future?" ”

"If you are not afraid of death, you are afraid of being uneasy, and if you don't want life, you must be comfortable!"

"Could you please open your eyes and take a look, take a look, look at the current Europe, look at the current world, look at the future enemies of Da Chu, what are they doing now?"

"Your Majesty, the ministers are ignorant, and they really don't understand Your Majesty's ambitions. It's just that the minister also has a word, and he asks His Majesty to listen carefully. ”

Cui Wancai stood quietly in the main hall, but sighed softly, strictly calculated that this year was his first year as the first assistant, but he already had to fight with the emperor, although he knew that this would not slow down the emperor's speed, but he still had to uphold the idea of opposition.

Because as the first assistant, he is not the emperor's echo worm, and the emperor and the people do not need a puppet clay sculpture to stay in the court to accept the salute of hundreds of officials, otherwise what is the benefit of being such a first assistant for the country and the people?

Ning Yu calmed down his heart lightly, and said expressionlessly: "If it is a beneficial word, I will naturally listen to it." ”