Chapter 84: The Seeds of Industrialization

Zhu Qizhen actually has nothing to worry about in this battle, after all, the difference in strength is a little too big.

But Zhu Qizhen always had to meet the former enemy commander before he went into battle.

After Zhu Qizhen talked about some instructions, he gave the general of Zhengdong to Wang Ying, and at this moment Wang Ying officially became the main general of Zhengdong.

After all this, Wynne came over and whispered, "The queen mother sent someone to invite Your Majesty to go." ”

Zhu Qizhen listened, and his first feeling was that the marriage of the princess of Chongqing was decided?

Although Queen Qian took care of everything, the marriage of the princess of Chongqing was determined. But there are really few matches, after all, Zhu Qizhen showed that the restrictions on foreign relatives of the Ming Dynasty were too strict.

Marrying a princess is not necessarily a good thing for many noble families.

Marriage itself is a transaction.

Xungui is from a noble background, but if he has some ability, the chance of becoming a general is much higher than that of ordinary people's families. Marrying a princess may not have any advantages, but there are many disadvantages.

For example, if Shi Jing had been in the army, he might not be able to enter the Privy Council, but now he could only be in Shaofu.

Although the young government is rich and the potential power is getting bigger and bigger, on the whole, it is not as good as the important members of the Privy Council cabinet in any way.

It's as if a state-owned enterprise no matter how profitable it is, no matter how high its rank, in essence, does not regard the head of the state-owned enterprise as the leader of the country.

And the princess is called to marry, in fact, it is more like a man entering the house, who wants to be like this in this era.

However, then again, the marriage of the princess of Chongqing really can't be delayed.

This is not in the later life, and in the later generations, when she is in her thirties, she still feels that she is a beautiful girl and does not ask, but after the age of twenty, even if she is the emperor's daughter, she will not have a good reputation.

Zhu Qizhen returned to the harem, asked Queen Qian first, and said, "But the marriage in Chongqing has been settled?" ”

Empress Qian looked bitter and said, "There are a few people in Jingshi, or ------."

Zhu Qizhen waved his hand and said with a sneer: "Just one person wants to marry my daughter, and they are all out of every position. ”

Zhu Qizhen said this not without reason.

Even if you don't take the Jinshi exam, you still have the qualifications to be an official. doesn't work hard, but wants to marry the princess, and if the princess marries like this, there will be no career in the future.

What is the point of such an unenterprising person? In terms of ambition, it is inferior to others.

Zhu Qizhen was extremely difficult.

The husband that Zhu Qizhen wants to find for his daughter, even if he can't be like Wu Jin, who is indomitable and regards death and life as nothing, he must be a doctor like Yu Qian who asks for the people's life. is not the kind of person who wants to marry a princess and sell his dignity for a lifetime of glory and wealth.

It's just that such people don't want to marry a princess.

Queen Qian said: "Then I can only look for it again." Today, my mother has entered the palace, and there is one thing that I can't say anything. Your Majesty just listens.

"If not, I'll just reject them."

"Oh?" Zhu Qizhen was suddenly a little curious, in his impression, the Qian family had always been relatively peaceful, why did it become restless now?

Zhu Qizhen asked, "What's the matter?" ”

With a little apprehension, Empress Qian told the matter of the Foshan Iron Works, 1510, and said: "I don't know if it's good or not, so I'll ask Your Majesty." ”

"Is there anything wrong with that?"

Zhu Qizhen was already in the middle of a long test and said, "No." ”

Just two short words, there is no follow-up.

It's just that it's like a stone, but it's in the brain.

How to say, Zhu Qizhen estimates that someone will find a way to imitate the process of Shaofu to build a similar factory, after all, even if there is no industrial revolution, the efficiency of this industrial division of labor is also hanging many workshops. Another implicit feature of this division of labor is that the scale is about large, and the higher the efficiency, the lower the unit cost.

These are things that are almost common sense in the afterlife.

But in this era, there are not many people who can speculate from here. But when it comes to interests, someone will find out.

After all, anyone can become sensitive to things that are about interests.

It's just that Zhu Qizhen thought that the people below would do it first. After all, there is never a shortage of things that are hidden from the local government. Zhu Qizhen has arranged Jinyiwei in many places to monitor whether these large factories appear in the place.

But Zhu Qizhen never expected that the seeds of industrialization would appear in front of Zhu Qizhen in such a way.

In Zhu Qizhen's view, the industries owned by the government with Shaofu as the center are actually not very reliable.

Zhu Qizhen never dared to overestimate human nature.

Think about the things that the state-owned enterprises did in later generations, and now it is just the beginning, and there are still some high-spirited momentum, but after a long time, decades later, or a hundred years later, can the industry of Shaofu still be so profitable?

If all the treasures are pressed in the government-run industry, once the government-run industry decays. Does the imperial court still have the administrative power to protect the income of the Shaofu industry?

What is the difference between this kind of behavior and the various showdowns in the imperial court today?

Therefore, the people must be willing to produce in this way spontaneously, only in this way, if there are any changes in the future, the wildfire will not be burned and the spring breeze will blow again.

It's just that Xian Jing wants to pull the Qian family as a backer, which makes Zhu Qizhen wake up a little.

None of them.

He seems to have overestimated the environment in which the private sector operates. Xian Jingneng came here, and he was definitely not a stupid person. Such a person has to find a backer before setting up a factory, and there must be something to think about.

After all, Zhu Qizhen is separated from the people, what kind of life are the merchants of the Ming Dynasty living? Zhu Qizhen didn't know, but from this matter, he also expected it.

He wanted to prop up industry, not bureaucratic industry.

If every industrial industry has to be deeply tied to dignitaries and nobles, Zhu Qizhen can't see any vitality. It's just that he also feels that if there are high-ranking officials and nobles in Beijing to rely on, the development of industry will definitely make great strides.

After all, the essence of the Ming Dynasty is a power society.

Similarly, it also laid a nail for Zhu Qizhen's future actions.

Zhu Qizhen secretly said in his heart: "Power can only be fought for by oneself, if a person does not have the idea of fighting for power by himself, giving power to him will be the beginning of a tragedy." ”

When Zhu Qizhen thought of this, he actually agreed with the combination of the Qian family and Foshan Iron Industry. It is hoped that this combination of power and wealth can bring new prospects to the industrial development of Daming.

It also shows the way for many people who are hesitating. can only encourage, not fight, so Zhu Qizhen can't have many choices.

As for the future, only the future will be discussed.

"Your Majesty." Queen Qian saw that Zhu Qizhen pondered for a while, and shouted in a low voice.

Zhu Qizhen came back to his senses and said: "Uncle Yue has also suffered all these years, and there is nothing illegal about this matter, just let Uncle Yue send someone to the household department to do this matter." ”

"However, I'm interested in that Xian Jing."

The person who can make such a big noise is indeed a talent, but I don't know if he is Hu Xueyan or Sheng Xuanhuai. It's always a matter of looking, after all, Zhu Qizhen intends to improve the status of a businessman. But even now, Zhu Qizhen actually doesn't have a specific impression of the Ming merchants.

Speaking of which, Xian Jing may be the first.

Queen Qian didn't know what Zhu Qizhen thought, but Zhu Qizhen agreed, so she breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I'll go and pass the word home." ”

Queen Qian sent someone to pass a message to Qian Tong that night. Qian Tong got the letter from the palace, and immediately sent someone to find Xian Jing, who didn't say a word, and gave 50,000 taels as a dividend for half a year.

That is, the Qian family touched the skin of the mouth, and they brought 50,000 taels, and the iron factory far away in the sky brought the first income to the Qian family.

It's easy to get things done with money.

Qian Tong saw the silver of the white flowers, and he was much more diligent, and took Xian Jing to enter the yamen of the household department immediately.

The household department did not dare to slack off on this countryman, but after this country said what he wanted to do, the household department was immediately dumbfounded.

It's not that they don't do things for Guozhang, but they really don't know what the process should go through for this matter?

Although this gap was exposed in Zhu Qizhen's edict, there is no precedent for what should be done when it comes to the administration.

The people in the household department had to report to Shangshu at all levels.