487 Dig a big pit and bury the captive

Everything is foreseen, and everything is not prepared!

Since there are already plans to prepare for another war with the Japanese Bandits, it is natural to be prepared in advance!

The economic situation of Daming is mainly reflected in state-owned enterprises.

The scale of the royal textile factory, which was established by the empress, has expanded a lot, because it is no longer enough to use only palace maids, and the women of the capital division have also recruited some people to enter. Of course, the eunuchs will not go, even if it is opened by the queen, they will lose their identity, but the women of the middle and lower classes do not have this identity scruples, and they have enough motivation to make money to subsidize their families.

In any case, the textile mill did not contribute much to the national treasury. On the contrary, the living conditions in the palace have improved a lot. Some palace maids who are old enough to be released from the palace even ask to work for a few more years before going out.

Emperor Chongzhen did not take profit as the biggest goal for this textile factory. Rather, it aims to set a benchmark for women's work.

Most peasant women also have to work in the fields or help the family with some household chores. But in general, women show up to work, and this thing is very rare in other places except for a little in Jiangnan. But now, Emperor Chongzhen wants to convey the impression to the world through this textile factory: the women in the family can also earn money to subsidize the family, and this is still a decent job.

It is only when this concept is slowly formed that the broad masses of women's labor force will be truly unleashed. In any case, society needs to emancipate women as a working group.

Correspondingly, Emperor Chongzhen issued an edict prohibiting foot binding a year ago. At this time, some eunuchs already had this bad habit, and Emperor Chongzhen had seen a lot of it, which made him very dissatisfied. The decree made it clear that once it was found that if an official eunuch found out that there was a foot binding, he would be dismissed from office. If you want to be an official or you want to wrap your feet, choose for yourself!

In addition, for perverts who like deformed feet, if they are found, they will be arrested, and they will be given more than 10 days of foot binding, and they will not be hired as officials.

If this will were to be replaced in the original history, it is estimated that few people would know how to birds. However, in this plane, Emperor Chongzhen drove the imperial expedition in person, fought consecutive victories, and he ruled the country with an iron fist, just for the crime of rebellion, whether it is Shanxi or Jiangnan, he has already done it, and those who dare to disobey the holy decree depend on whether their heads are hard enough! Don't think that the law does not blame the public, it was triggered after Changshu's rebellion, but Emperor Chongzhen dismissed or punished more than 100 local magistrates in one go. It can be seen that the emperor's iron fist is not just a decoration!

Also, Emperor Chongzhen has been committed to disaster prevention and disaster relief, and this insistence on serving the people has also made the people look at it. The emperor's love for the people is illustrated by facts, rather than by those who read to interpret and disseminate. This also lets the people of the Ming Dynasty know that the emperor is a real good emperor and is for the good of the people!

For the common people, based on the simple black-and-white view, they believe that since the emperor is a good emperor, then those who oppose the emperor, whether they are scholars or officials, must be corrupt officials, local tyrants and inferior gentry!

In this context, Emperor Chongzhen's will can basically be implemented well.

Of course, Emperor Chongzhen also knew that wrapping small feet and wearing women's flower clothes were all caused by the lack of correct value orientation of those rich magnates and businessmen after the Ming Dynasty's economic development, which must be correctly guided by the imperial court.

These things, Emperor Chongzhen has been thinking about whether to introduce sports meetings in later generations, football, basketball and other sports with a very wide audience, like these, it is better than those bad habits.

After thinking for a while, Emperor Chongzhen retracted his thoughts and continued to look at the summary of the treasury revenue.

The basis of the treasury revenue, in fact, is still the previous field-related taxes, although the original history of the three major salaries actually appeared in this plane only two, namely the Liao salary and the slashing salary, but this, have been abolished by Emperor Chongzhen. However, relying on basic taxes alone can actually support the Ming Dynasty, and the key is whether it can be collected.

At this point, I have to say that Zhang Pu's contribution is not small. In the matter of verifying the preferential exemption limit of officials and calling for the payment of arrears, Zhang Pu recovered an unknown amount of tax silver for the imperial court. After taking him as an example, Emperor Chongzhen also sent other messengers to do this, and so far, the effect is not bad. This matter ensures the basis of the treasury revenue.

On this basis, other inputs have become a new growth point for the sharp increase in the national treasury.

For example, the income of Daming Royal Bank, after more than five years of development, has provided considerable profits, thanks to several large auctions, to let those who participate in the auction, deposit money in the bank, this rule has greatly promoted the growth of Daming Royal Bank's branches.

However, the highest profit expectation is still the glass factory that was established last year. Silent and transparent glass, under the demonstration of the royal family, under the promotion of the shareholders of the glass factory, is developing in a very rapid way.

The production of glass has led to the rapid development of the scientific experimental instrument industry. However, Emperor Chongzhen had a will for this, and suppressed the price, and the profit was extremely low.

In addition, the glasses industry has also become a new industry, which has developed rapidly to solve the myopia and presbyopia problems of the people of the Ming Dynasty. In the past, when crystal was used as lenses, only a few people could afford to use them. But now it's different, and ordinary rich people can use it.

There are also glass windows, glass decorations and other industries, which have also sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, which have all driven taxes in various places.

It can be said that at this time in the seventeenth year of Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty, the treasury of the Ming Dynasty no longer needs to increase the revenue of the treasury by robbing the house to make quick money.

In fact, there is also a very, very important hidden income, which is not made public, that is, the smuggling income, that is, the income of the Zheng family, half of which is handed over to the imperial court, and the annual income of about five million taels is all used for the purchase of grain in Nanyang. So much money does not need to be allocated from the treasury, which greatly reduces the burden on the treasury. Because of this, Emperor Chongzhen was able to spend a lot of money on the army.

The armor, weapons, gunpowder, etc., needed by the 50,000 or 60,000 new troops in the Beijing camp are all astronomical amounts, and the three battalions under the jurisdiction of the Imperial Horse Supervisor, the Dongjiang Army and the Guanning Army, which are fighting, are all a very large expenditure of the state treasury. The military salary alone will cost more than 3 million taels a year. Therefore, in terms of rewards for military exploits, most of them are based on fields, otherwise, the current income of the treasury is really not enough to support Emperor Chongzhen's domestic disaster prevention and relief at the same time, he also has to wage war against Jianyu, add 50,000 or 60,000 Beijing battalion troops, and train according to the elite.

Fighting a war is a big money-consuming business, but Emperor Chongzhen did not flinch because of this. If you should fight, you must fight! Even if it costs money, you have to fight, it's not negotiable!

However, the scale of the war must be controlled. This is also Emperor Chongzhen's so far, first only trained the three major battalions under the jurisdiction of the Imperial Horse Supervisor, and after the economic conditions are better, he can reorganize the Beijing camp. As for the armies of other local guards, they are still temporarily reorganized and slowly reorganized. If it is spread all over the country, it will be a fool!

Fortunately, there is the golden finger of the eavesdropping system, and every time there is a war, it is won at a small price. If there are repeated defeats and battles as in the original history, no amount of money will be enough to fill this bottomless hole.

Everything is thriving now, and the expenditure of the treasury can see a return, which makes Emperor Chongzhen very pleased.

On the Jingying side, he also went over to inspect and review from time to time, which made him more satisfied, after all, the elite soldiers were drawn from the border army, and they did not need to be trained from scratch by the imperial court. In addition, Wu Sangui's Beijing cavalry army went out to the grassland with the triumphant incident, which also stimulated the Beijing camp infantry army, making them more serious and hard in training, and they looked forward to going out with the car as soon as possible, earning military merits, and sealing their wives and sons.

They are looking forward to it, and Emperor Chongzhen is also looking forward to it, hoping that when the autumn harvest comes, the Jingying army can also use it. After all, if you want to cover the people of the Ming Dynasty on Kong Youde's side, you can rescue as many people as possible, and it is impossible to succeed without making some big moves.

For this reason, Emperor Chongzhen began to plan from the moment he received the news. The army is one thing, and even more important is the preparation of grain, grass and materials. I didn't say it, let's store grain!

When he was planning all this, the people of the Ming Dynasty, who were all concentrated on the Liaohe Plain, naturally did not know their emperor and were working hard to save them. At this time, they were escorted by the Jianyu army, and they were very worried in their hearts, and they were very depressed about the slim hope for the future.

In the past, they were distributed all over Liaodong, and some were not too far from the sea. They have been looking for an opportunity to escape to the beach. If they can escape to the sea, they will be able to escape from the clutches of Jianyu and return to the Ming Dynasty.

However, now that they have been escorted to the hinterland of Liaodong, far away from the sea, this is tantamount to destroying their hope of escaping back to the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, they were very resentful of Kong Youde, who had cut off their hopes.

If it weren't for Kong Youde, a traitor, who asked Jian Yu to send them all to the Liaohe Plain to open up wasteland and farm, they wouldn't have come here, and naturally they wouldn't have stayed away from the coastline!

"Respectfully to the king!" With the shouts of the soldiers, Kong Youde, surrounded by a group of soldiers, appeared in the fields on the Liaohe Plain.

The people of Daming, who had deliberately dragged their feet because of resentment, heard this, and took the opportunity to put down their hoes and start to be lazy. Their ideas are very simple, don't you want to ask for credit, then we will delay you, so that you can't ask for credit from Jianyu.

Regarding the behavior of these Ming people, Kong Youde has actually heard that this visit to the fields is for this situation.

At this time, seeing the behavior of these Ming people, as long as they are not blind, they can see it. In fact, the people of the Ming Dynasty did it so obviously, that is, to let Kong Youde see it.

In this regard, Kong Yongan couldn't help but be angry. The prince is obviously kindly helping them, and they actually repay the prince like this!

However, he also knows that the real situation must not be made public. So, he immediately shouted angrily at the people of the Ming Dynasty in those fields: "You are still alive, and you still have the strength to work here, do you know whose kindness this is?" ”

When he went out and yelled like this, everyone looked at him and listened to him.

"If it weren't for the prince who transferred them to Liaodong, believe it or not, many of you would starve to death? If it weren't for the prince withstanding the pressure and keeping all the rations distributed by the imperial court to you, believe it or not, there are many of you who will become fertilizer in this field? If it weren't for the prince's kindness and mercy, you would be so lazy and treacherous, and replace it with someone else, believe it or not, many of you will be hung in this field, and you will be killed to make an example? If this year's harvest is not good, believe it or not, it is definitely you who will starve to death first, and not someone else......"

Kong Yongan roared angrily, so loud that these Ming people couldn't sit still. Because what Kong Yongan said is indeed the truth, they can't refute this.

In these years, having a bite to eat is already a luxury. Anyway, it's a blessing to live, right?

Thinking like this, although they hated Kong Youde in their hearts for cutting off their hope of escaping from Liaodong and returning to the Ming Dynasty, this hatred for Kong Youde was finally alleviated a lot. Even some of the people of the Ming Dynasty who have seen it are faintly grateful to Kong Youde.

Kong Youde looked at all this, but just said lightly: "If you can have a good harvest, this is the credit of this king, and it is also the premise of your life." Just think of it as if it was for yourself, and work hard. If he continues to slack off, this king may have to ask the court to send others to supervise the work in order to make a difference. ”

He explained in the recital that in order to give full play to the diligence of the Han people, it cannot be suppressed by whips alone. Therefore, he hoped to have his subordinates to supervise the work, so that he could also cheat on Hannu's cheating and be discovered in time. After waiting for a bunch of reasons to come out, Dolgon also agreed to his request, and the 20,000 or so Han slaves who were detained were Kong Youde's subordinates.

As for Geng Zhongming's subordinates, as well as some of Shang Kexi's subordinates, etc., they were all transferred to fishing.

At this time, hearing Kong Youde say this, thinking of the cruelty of those construction supervisors made these Ming people even more worried. Even if it's for yourself, let's work hard!

In this way, on the Liaohe Plain, the progress of land reclamation and farming has been greatly accelerated. Kong Youde also sent the situation here to Shengjing every once in a while, which made Dolgon have a lot of expectations.

In this way, slowly, Dolgon pinned most of his expectations for the autumn harvest on this side of the Liaohe Plain. And this is also what Kong Youde wants: dig a big pit and pit these prisoners!

At the same time, the southernmost part of the Korean Peninsula has also experienced a situation that has not been seen in history.