Zhu Youxiao's speech was later called the "Chengtianmen Declaration", and he set a precedent for the emperor to directly issue an edict to the scholars of the world, and the changes of the Ming Dynasty first took root in the scholar class. To say that the most powerful in the Ming Dynasty today is not the emperor, but the cabinet, the ministries of the Shangshu, plus the so-called Yanguan and the imperial history, this is a complex power structure, as long as they unite to make trouble, Zhu Youxiao can not do anything, they represent the interests of the rich, big landlords, and bureaucrats, and the interests of the Ming Dynasty have been thrown away in the nearly three hundred years of quarrels. And they are in control of the future of the low-level scholars. As a result, the so-called Jinshi, who had just come out, and the soldiers who were qualified to become officials had to line up and choose agents of their own interests, thus forming a vicious circle. Now Zhu Youxiao has come to a truncation (jiehu mahjong term).

The examination for lifting people is held normally, but few of the jinshi who have been admitted this year are over 40 years old, which is also what Zhu Youxiao specially emphasized.

Among Xiucai and Tongsheng, according to the principle of voluntariness, more than 1,200 people were left to study in technical schools, and the rest, under the auspices of the officials, Xu Guangqi and Song Yingxing popularized all kinds of newly introduced high-yield crop planting techniques, and each of them was paid five or two years' salaries, so that they could go home to popularize agricultural knowledge. Most of those who remained would later become the elite of the business community, but this is not to be mentioned for the time being.

As for Li Xin and Niu Jinxing, Zhu Youxiao didn't plan to let them go, but made an exception to let them participate in the examination to lift people, in addition to admitting 409 Jinshi as usual, Zhu Youxiao also admitted more than 30 Junshi, Li Xin and Niu Jinxing both belong to the ranks of Junshi, which is also a special case. After admitting these students, they didn't have time to recognize the grandmaster, so they asked the officials to organize an official school, and all their brains were sent to brainwashing. Zhu Youxiao is the principal, and Jinshi and Junshi will be protégés of the Son of Heaven in the future, and they no longer belong to any faction, even if Zhu Youxiao plans to establish a way for political parties to take turns in ruling in the future, they can only stand in the interests of the country and consider becoming the ruling party. Zhou Jiamo, the secretary of the ministry, is the vice president, and Sun Chengzong, a cabinet scholar, and Xu Guangqi, a direct bachelor, are all teachers. Some missionaries were also hired as enlightenment teachers to guide the management of the government and the localities, and Zhu Youxiao said that it was necessary to be eclectic and learn from each other's strengths.

Zhu Youxiao's method of drawing wages from the bottom of the kettle made the bureaucracy, including the Donglin Party, the Chu Party, the Qi Party, and other parties divided by regions, all frightened, and they did not expect that this little emperor, who could only do carpenter work, would have such a deep scheming. And bigwigs like Sun Chengzong, Fang Congzhe, Han Yi, and Sun Ruyou are not only frightened, but also admired from the bottom of their hearts, secretly thinking that this Zhu Youxiao is the reincarnation of Taizu, such a profound emperor's art is untaught, but I don't know that this is the foundation of Zhu Youxiao's more than 300 years of historical knowledge.

After Zhu Youxiao finished these tasks, he began to inspect his factory. He wants to see how much of a role his technical guidance can play in this era, and then formulate a suitable development method according to the current level of technology, so as not to waste manpower and material resources if he wants to be quick and not reach.

In the factories that had already begun to make iron and steel, Zhu Youxiao saw that the blast furnaces that the craftsmen had coiled under the guidance of Xu Guangqi and Song Yingxing had started, and piles of iron ore had been crushed, coal had been smelted into coke, and limestone had been piled up a lot. The small-scale steelmaking technology provided by Zhu Youxiao has long been eliminated in the 21st century, and it is undoubtedly the most advanced technology now. Xu Guangqi, Song Yingxing they have tried to train wrought iron and low carbon steel, the next step will be to refine cast steel, and then cast large castings, Zhu Youxiao means to be able to manufacture stamping machines, use stamping machines to make copper or iron shell bullets, if you can make machine guns in this era, it can undoubtedly sweep all cavalry, even if you cast steel cannons, then replace the small "two kicking" guns with mortars, make cannon steel, develop cannons, and make *, *.

In the firearms factory, Lei Mingtian is painstakingly researching the refining of potassium nitrate, of course, he doesn't know the name yet, but under Zhu Youxiao's reminder, the saltpeter is getting purer and purer, Zhu Youxiao's warning is getting more and more severe, and the number of uses is getting smaller and smaller. But because of the limited conditions, the power of the manufacturing is getting bigger and bigger, but there are not many other things to develop, Zhu Youxiao decided to see how the glass factory is doing, and he should make some glass instruments for Lei Mingtian to see if he can make nitric acid, and then make * and so on.

The manufacture of glass is relatively simple, the process is not complicated, Zhu Youxiao made it with a little guidance, now it mainly refers to flat glass, Zhu Youxiao can only use natural diamonds to cut glass, so the glass block made is relatively small, and then the glass block with better transparency is selected to make a mirror by using mercury and tin foil, this thing has a huge sales volume on the market, Zhu Youxiao is ready to use it and soap, soap, nails and other fresh and practical things to suppress the rich merchants in the south and force them to accept the obligation to pay taxes.

With the development of steelmaking technology, in addition to a part of the manufacture of guns and casting barrels, Zhu Youxiao also let them process nails, needles, locks, iron pots and other daily necessities, in fact, with the continuous expansion of the scale of ironmaking, coupled with Zhu Youxiao's tips, there are more and more daily necessities of steel products, due to the advanced technology, the quality of the manufactured things is high, the cost is low, so the sales are very good.

On this basis, Zhu Youxiao established the first company in the Ming Dynasty, which was called "Ming Royal Trading Company". Zhu Youxiao, the shopkeeper of the firm, hired Niu Jinxing, this guy has a lot of ghost ideas, and he is very good at face-to-face, in fact, he is very profound in the study of human psychology. After Zhu Youxiao's flickering, he was named the deputy director of the Department of Commerce of the Ministry of Households, so this guy finally took office. Zhu Youxiao solemnly explained to Niu Jinxing that as long as the merchants who want to sell the goods of the "Daming Royal Trading Company" must establish a strict financial system, that is, the "loan bookkeeping method" provided by Zhu Youxiao, and establish a complete account book, otherwise, it will not be accepted.

In July of the first year of the Apocalypse, one day in the last dynasty, Wang Angang shouted, "If there is something to do, play it early, and if there is nothing to retreat from." Before the voice fell, someone shouted:

"Minister, Han Yi has a book." Then Han Yi walked out.

"The minister heard that His Majesty wanted to establish the 'Ming Imperial Trading Company', and the minister thought that this was inconsistent with the Ming Dynasty's tradition of 'hiding wealth from the people', and was suspected of competing with the people. What's more, the dignified court is still doing business, which is really insulting to the emperor's reputation, and I ask Your Majesty to abolish it. ”

"Minister, Zhao Nanxing seconded the proposal."

"Minister, Wei Dazhong seconded the proposal."

Zhu Youxiao said: "Lord Han, you said that the treasury of our Ming Dynasty is empty, there is no silver in the household department, the soldiers are difficult to dial, there is no money for disaster relief, the mining tax is suspended, and the Ming Royal Commercial Bank cannot be opened, so what can we do these things?" ”

"The minister thinks that the country is agriculture-oriented, and my country has a vast territory, so it is enough to levy a little more." Han Yi said.

"Lord Zhao, what do you think should be done with these things?" Zhu Youxiao asked.

"The minister thinks that the household department is the most responsible for this matter, and the tax collection is not effective, and the people must not be soft-hearted, and once the habit is formed, it will be difficult to recover. The minister suggested that the household department should intensify the collection of summer tax and strive not to owe grain rice. ”

"Lord Wei, do you have a more clever way?" Zhu Youxiao asked Wei Dazhong.

Wei Dazhong had already seen that Zhu Youxiao's face was unhappy, and he reluctantly spoke: "The minister has no good plan for this matter, please forgive your majesty." "This guy is very slippery, Zhu Youxiao said secretly in his heart.