Chapter 586: The Idea of Building a Metropolitan Area
The promotion of any new system will meet with resistance. For example, the remote collar system obviously touched the interests of the fiefdom aristocracy. Therefore, after Marin proposed the remote collar system, he was naturally opposed.
But fortunately, most of the nobles of Marin's Grand Duchy of the North Sea were single-handedly promoted by Marin from the commoners. Naturally, these people will not oppose Marin's decision-making. Moreover, they do not understand very well how much the remote collar system restricts them.
A fiefdom nobleman, after he actually grasps the power of the fief, naturally needs to gather a set of teams and brigades to maintain the rule and security of the fief. Therefore, every nobleman who is actually sealed is a powerful faction. And some fiefdom nobles with higher titles became independent princes because they had a complete leadership team and a strong army. For the orders of the imperial court, you can even ignore them.
The remote collar system is tantamount to depriving those fiefdom nobles of the right to recruit administrative talents and fiefdom armies in their own territories. Although the benefits will not be less, without the support of administrative talents and the army, it will not pose a threat to the imperial court.
Because, under the remote collar system, the officials of the fief were sent by the monarch and the imperial court, and they were naturally loyal to the imperial court, not the feudal lord. And the imperial court managed the fiefdoms, so naturally there was no need for the feudal lords to recruit troops themselves, but to use official troops. In this way, the feudal lord lost the excuse to recruit private troops, and he was incapable of confronting the imperial court.
So much so that those feudal lords could only live in the capital and be a rich man......
Why was Chang'an in the Tang Dynasty so developed and populous? Because Chang'an City lives a lot of such nobles who have fiefs and no governing power. Those princes, counts, or whatever, although they can get a lot of wealth from the fief every year, but they have no real power over the fief.
Therefore, these people can only hold a lot of money in their hands and stay in Chang'an City to eat and wait for death. But because they have blood transfusions from fiefdoms, they are not bad money. Such people gather in Chang'an, which naturally greatly drives Chang'an's consumer economy. Therefore, Chang'an seems to be very prosperous.
And Europe, because of the adoption of the actual sealing system. Therefore, those nobles were scattered in their castles in the countryside and could not be concentrated. And this also caused the lack of large cities in ancient Europe. Because, those rich nobles and lords are scattered in the countryside. If the rich are not concentrated, how can they develop big cities? So, there were very few cities in the Holy Roman Empire with particularly large populations. Generally, a population of more than 20,000 is considered a big city. Even Milan, the empire's largest city, had a population of only 100,000 people.
Therefore, Marin's practice of this remote collar system not only has the factor of limiting the strength of the aristocracy, but also has the intention of promoting the economic development of the capital.
These feudal lords, all of them are rich and live in the capital, you say, can the business in the capital not be hot?
Because there were too few old aristocrats, they failed to prevent the implementation of the remote collar system. And Marin is also rejoicing - thanks to the early implementation of this system. If it is postponed for a few more years, his subordinates will be too addicted to being a real nobleman, and maybe they will also oppose the remote collar system. And these people are different from those old nobles, who have very little influence in Marin's court, mainly civil officials. Most of the new nobles under Marin are middle and high-ranking officers, and they are all masters of military power. If they objected, Marin really couldn't implement this remote collar system......
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In fact, a similar system is being implemented by the French. The French king brought most of the nobles to live in Paris, and did not allow them to return to the territory to seize real power. Although the remote access system is not explicitly proposed, the situation is somewhat similar.
This also led to the concentration of most of the dignitaries of the Kingdom of France in Paris, France. Over the centuries, Paris became the absolute center of France and the main place of activity and consumption for the aristocracy and wealthy. With the exception of Paris, the rest of France is considered rural......
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In view of the experience of later generations, after the implementation of the remote contribution system, Marin intended to build an Aurich-Emden metropolitan area by connecting the two places of Aurich and Emden, which would be dedicated to housing the country's magnates and wealthy merchants.
Among them, the city of Aurich mainly houses the powerful people of the country. The port of Emden, on the other hand, mainly houses the country's big merchants. As for the distance between the two cities, since it is less than 20 kilometers, Marin intends to build a wide concrete road to connect the two cities. In this way, the transportation between the two places will be greatly facilitated.
As a commercial port, Emden will definitely have merchant ships from all over the world to dock in the future. And the sugar and spices produced in the American colonies will definitely call at Emden in the future.
Therefore, there is no problem for Emden to develop into a bustling commercial port. And after the opening of the large cement road from Olympy to Emden, it will be much easier to transport goods from Emden to Aurich.
In this way, it will not affect the enjoyment of life and the use of high-end goods from all over the city in Emden. A few years later, I don't dare to say that it is as prosperous as Paris, but there is no problem in making the Aurich-Emden metropolitan area the most prosperous in Germany.
Those aristocrats, because the estate used the high-yield fertilizer provided by Marin, the land income must have been very large. Moreover, after the implementation of the remote collar system, they do not need to bear the expenses of their officials and the army, and they will have more money to spare.
With these owners living in the Orrich-Emden metropolitan area in Marin's planning, Marin has promulgated preferential policies to promote commercial development, and it is difficult for the metropolitan area to be underdeveloped......
As for the merchants who lived in Emden, as merchants, most of them were not bad for money. With so many powerful people and businessmen who are not bad for money, and Marin provides a good and relaxed business environment, it is difficult for this metropolitan area to be underdeveloped!
In particular, with the opening of the Münster Canal, the port of Emden will also become an important outlet to the sea in the German Rhine region. At that time, the commercial port of Emden will be more prosperous and prosperous.
With a sufficient supply of goods and enough local tyrant consumers, it is difficult for this newly built metropolitan area to be underdeveloped......
Moreover, Who is Marin? That's a time-traveler from the Hereafter! In particular, he is also a time-traveler from China. For others, Marin may not be proficient, but he can't do it himself, and he doesn't know how to learn from other people's experience?
Because this metropolitan area has a sufficient number of local tyrants and commodity supply, when the time comes, Marin only needs to build a few commodity wholesale markets, as well as commercial pedestrian streets or something, which is enough to stimulate the development of commerce.
Moreover, Marin intends to abolish the entry tax for Aurich and Emden. In this way, it is more convenient for people to get in and out of the city. Then, the flow of people will inevitably increase. With enough footfall, there is enough money...... Transforming into the prosperity of the Chengdu District is just around the corner......
Of course, because Orich is the capital, there are too many dignitaries, and although the city entry tax has been abolished, for the safety of the big people, the security check must still be paid attention to. Otherwise, if the big man is assassinated, it will be tragic......
As for Emden, Marin intends to build it into a pure free trade port, attracting merchants and goods from all over the world to gather and circulate here, and promote the development of the local economy......