Chapter Seventy-Nine: Beijing's Industrial System

As the role of newspapers became more and more important, the weight of the newspaper became heavier.

Zhu Qizhen's evaluation of Wu and Bi as the white-clothed imperial history is becoming more and more true.

It's just that now this is more and more of a headache for the white-clothed imperial history.

He is not a headache because the newspaper is not developing well, but because the newspaper is developing too well.

Without him, the expenses of Ming Pao are borne by the imperial court, and the Shaofu and the household department are borne by two parts, and when the household department makes the annual budget every year, it is necessary to give Ming Pao 10,000 taels of silver, plus the invisible subsidies of the Shaofu, such as printing costs, paper costs, and so on.

That is to say, for the chief writer of Ming Pao, all he has to do every year is to determine the content of the newspaper, and he doesn't have to worry about the rest.

But Tianli is different.

Tianli Bao is the second largest newspaper in the Ming Dynasty. Although the number of circulation is not as good as that of Ming Pao, it has also spread in the north, and it may not be worse than Ming Pao in time.

It's just that the bigger the expansion, the more money you spend.

The money that Zhu Qizhen gave to Wu Youbi was spent.

Although Wu and Bi worked hard to reduce costs, they still couldn't break even.

This is the most troublesome thing for Wu and Bi.

It's not that it can't be resolved.

In fact, there are more than a dozen newspapers in Beijing today, and there is no financier behind that family. It's like Wu and Bi's Tianli report, there are Jiangxi gentry, Guangdong gentry, and Shanxi Shaanxi gentry support, etc.

It's just that this support is not endless.

This is also Wu Youbi's daily trouble, but I feel that it is getting more and more difficult to get through.

At this time, the people below sent Xian Jing's letter of worship, and there was a letter from Chen Xianzhang on it.

Wu Youbi saw the letter from his disciple and casually ordered, "Please let him in." ”

Then I began to read the letters.

Wu and Bi originally thought that Xian Jing was just here to deliver a letter. But after opening it, he found that Chen Xianzhang told Xian Jing about it, and then let Wu and Bi fall into the long exam.

He seemed to see an invisible clue in Zhu Qizhen's policy.

After all, Wu Youbi has also been in Beijing for a year or two, and he can't help but be infected by Beijing's temperament.

What is the temperament of Beijing?

The first is the temperament of the political center, and it seems that every citizen can talk about national affairs. The second is the industrial temperament.

Of course, this kind of temperament, Wu and Bi may not be able to accurately summarize.

However, Shaofu, a behemoth, has built many large and small factories around the city of Beijing, and many of the millions of people in Beijing work in factories.

In this era, the whole world, it is estimated that there is not a single industrialized city, but if there is one city closest to industrialization, it is Beijing.

With Beijing as the center,

In addition, Zunhua, Tianjin and other prefectures and counties, carrying the vast majority of factories in Shaofu, from the big point, Zunhua Iron Works, arsenals, shipbuilding industry with Tianjin as the center, as well as horse-drawn carriage industry, in fact, this can be planned as a wood processing industry.

Because the timber from the Northeast is released from the sea to Tianjin, and the preliminary processing is carried out in Tianjin, some of which are sent to various places, and some of which are directly caused by ships, carriages, furniture, and so on.

In particular, wooden rails eat a lot of wood.

Some of them are said to be in the paper industry, the printing industry, and some grain hulling processing.

After all, the largest granary in the Ming Dynasty is here, and the granaries in Beijing and Tianjin add up to more than 20 million stones, which are all shelled grains for easy storage.

Every year, when it is sold, it has to be shelled before it can be eaten.

Of course, some of these industries were not developed because of Zhu Qizhen, but Zhu Qizhen introduced an industrialized division of labor, which was more efficient, produced more products, and had a greater impact.

Even if there is a giant like Shaofu, which suppresses the industry of many merchants, there are still many small merchants who have developed. Especially in the vicinity of Beijing.

Without him, there is another advantage near Beijing, that is, there are no officials in Beijing for a long time.

Of course, it doesn't mean that after replacing the officials with the officials, they suddenly become clear, but most of these officials have a way out, hope, and discipline.

It's much better than the officials.

It can even be said that there are these officials. Beijing can only collect about 100,000 taels of taxes a year, of course, it does not mean that Beijing can only collect these taxes, but that Shuntianfu can only intercept these taxes.

After all, Shuntianfu is under the eyelids of the household department, and there is really a large amount of taxes, and the household department is eager to be included in their jurisdiction, just like the Chongwenmen tariff in the Qing Dynasty, which is in charge of the household department, but there is nothing in Shuntianfu.

Wu and Bi are not the kind of people who can't eat the ancients.

It can even be said that most of the people who are called Great Confucians are not the kind of people who eat the ancients.

Without him, one thought and one ability, truly comprehended and proficient, but will not stick to the original rules and regulations. Confucianism itself is the science of governance. Adhering to the righteousness, many places can be moved.

I really feel that what someone is saying is a golden rule, and I can't move it at all, but it is the kind of person who is dissatisfied with a bottle and a half bottle of swaying.

Without him, he cannot prove that he is right.

Xian Jing has a plan, but it makes Wu and Bi think about a lot of things. He went a little further than Chen Xianzhang thought.

If Chen Xianzhang just wanted to spy on the emperor's intentions through this incident, Wu Youbi had already guessed a few things that the emperor wanted to do.

"It's just, is this really good?" Wu Youbi said secretly in his heart.

Wu Youbi has to admit that this model is actually beneficial and can support more people. It can achieve the goal of supporting the people advocated by Zhu Qizhen.

There are three cities above the million level in the Ming Dynasty, Beijing, Nanjing, and Suzhou.

In Wu and Bi's opinion, there will soon be four.

That's Tianjin.

It is precisely because of Tianjin's timber processing industry that this young city has expanded rapidly, and Tianjin is the largest port in the north. The entry into Beijing has accelerated this.

Wu and Bi adhered to a simple economic concept, and he knew that Beijing's prosperity was based on the fact that all kinds of things made could be sold.

But who can guarantee that all of these things will sell?

If the grain grown in the field cannot be sold, the farmer can eat it himself, but if the food produced cannot be sold, then there will be a big problem.

This model is too unstable compared to an agrarian society.

If it's just limited to Beijing, maybe it's okay. But if it is implemented nationwide. Who are the things produced by Daming sold to? If they can't sell their things, how can these people, who depend on these industries for their lives, survive?

Wu and Bi didn't think about these concepts, but judging from his estimation alone, this is actually unsustainable.

In Wu and Bi's hearts, there are actually two points that have not been taken into account, the first is the size of the world, in Wu and Bi's hearts, the world is known, and the world in his opinion is just the Ming Dynasty and the surrounding vassal states.

As for the places that are too far away, they are just barbarian lands, and they are all the same.

The other is the development of science and technology.

This is a concept that Wu and Bi have never had.

But basically, Wu and Bi's views cannot be wrong. Industrial products will be saturated one day, the only mistake is that Wu and Bi seem to see that day will come soon.

But in reality, it may not be possible to achieve it in a thousand years.

Wu Youbi thought about it for a long time, and finally said secretly: "Maybe I'm wrong, I have to see if Your Majesty thinks so." ”

Wu and Bi finished the long exam, but saw that Xian Jing had been waiting for a long time.

He stood respectfully with his hands down, without a hint of impatience.

Wu Youbi had a better impression of Xian Jing and said, "Sit down." "Every teacher likes to be polite to students. Ancient and modern.

Xian Jing bowed and sat down.

Wu Youbi said: "I already know what Bai Sha said. It's unfortunate that you came, most of Baisha's friends are out of Beijing. His letters to you are useless. ”

Xian Jing was taken aback and said, "Master, this ------"

Wu Youbi said: "It's okay, I still have a bit of thin noodles, and I can find you one or two ways, but it's hard to say whether this path can be accomplished." It's up to you. ”

Xian Jing said: "Writing the master's guidance, the disciple is grateful, and is willing to give a thousand taels of silver for the gentleman's bathing." ”

Wu Youbi frowned and said, "I'm for Chen Xianzhang, why do you use these blockages?" ”