Chapter 150: The Consequences of Overseas Trade
For Xiong Tingbi's arrangement, this is definitely a happy situation. In the course of this process, there was not a single incident of unrest in the entire border army. For the entire border army, no matter who gets the benefits.
At this time, Chen Si led an army of 20,000 troops into Hebei to reorganize the military households, horse households and troops in Hebei. This reorganization was strongly supported by Huang Zunsu and Luo Sigong.
Luo Sigong is personally responsible for the integrity assessment of the officers of the Hebei army, and last time in Datong, Luo Sigong had already lost points in front of Zhu Youxiao, and this time Luo Sigong must go all out to win the trust of His Majesty.
"Huang Futai, this official thinks that according to His Majesty's method in Datong, he will first recruit all the officials of thousands of households and above to Handan, and examine them one by one to prevent accidents." Luo Sigong suggested. Although Zhu Youxiao did not take military attaches like civilian officials, but let these military attaches give up power, Luo Sigong was also afraid that there would be some unexpected changes.
In the Ming Dynasty, there was no Hebei Chengxuan political envoy, which was re-established by Zhu Youxiao in accordance with the planning of later generations, and at this time there was only Shijiazhuang Village, and Zhu Youxiao had to set the capital of Hebei Province in Handan.
"The Hebei Domain has just been established, and the jurisdiction over the local area is still lacking, and the official thinks that Command Luo makes this law feasible. Hebei is an important place in Gyeonggi, and there must not be the slightest turmoil, Admiral Chen, I wonder if the 20,000 Longteng army can control the situation? Huang Zunsu agreed.
"In the entire Hebei Province, there are more than 100,000 heavy troops in Xuanfu Town, and the Longteng Army only needs to control the important town of Xuanfu to control the overall situation. And the 20,000 Longteng army is enough to control the main road to the south of Xuanfu Town, even if the entire Xuanfu Town rebels, the last general is confident that he will control the overall situation. Chen Si said.
After Zhu Youxiao came to the Ming Dynasty, he was used to using some words from later generations, which also affected the people around him. For example, in the Ming Dynasty, the word province was rarely used, and the Ming Dynasty replaced the Yuan and followed the Yuan system, but the title of "province" was cancelled, and now it is called "Bu Political Envoy", "Bu Zheng Si", "Domain Division", but Zhu Youxiao is used to calling "province", which gradually makes many people start to call "province".
"In addition, while recruiting officials from 1,000 households and above from all over the country to Handan, we must also follow the practice of Xiong Dudu in Shanxi, and at the same time issue official documents to the local health offices to stabilize the morale of the army and prevent some people from taking the opportunity to confuse the soldiers into making trouble." Huang Zunsu said.
"This official will mobilize all the Jinyi guards in Hebei to cooperate with Futai to do this." Luo Sigong said.
"The official document will be drafted immediately, and the official document will be ready tomorrow." Huang Zunsu said.
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In October, on his way back to Beijing, Zhu Youxiao received news of the defeat of Liuhe. Zhu Youxiao was bent on avoiding the defeat of Liuhe, but it still happened. Along the way, the officials played the impeachment of Ma Shilong. Ma Shilong was forced to call his illness and wanted to leave office. And this incident has also become an excuse for the official to attack Sun Chengzong.
Zhu Youxiao knew that Ma Shilong was still talented, and he defeated the Mongols during the Chongzhen period, thus shocking the northwest, so that the Mongols did not dare to step into the northwest frontier half a step.
Zhu Youxiao thought for a while and said: "Deliver a decree to order Ma Shilong to enter the begging army as the chief soldier." ”
"No."
As soon as Zhu Youxiao finished dealing with Ma Shilong's affairs, he received good news from the palace that Concubine Fan Hui gave birth to a son to Zhu Youxiao. Hearing the news, Zhu Youxiao was surprised and happy, happy that he had a son, and now he has a son and a daughter, and what is surprising is that Concubine Fan Hui really gave birth to a son, that is, Zhu Ciyan, who was posthumously named the prince of mourning.
Zhu Youxiao always thinks that he has changed history, but history always seems to repeat what happened, as if he wanted to change the outcome of the Battle of Liuhe, but the defeat of Liuhe still happened.
Does history really have a self-healing function? A question suddenly sprung up in Zhu Youxiao's heart.
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Overseas trade, which was originally only monopolized by a few people, is being broken due to the arrival of Zhang Guoji. From Tianjin all the way to Guangzhou, large and small shipyards have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, and the Ming Dynasty has finally ushered in the peak of shipbuilding under the impetus of the civil forces, and the navigation industry of the Ming Dynasty is entering a golden age.
Yuan Deyu, a small silk merchant in Daming, has accumulated a small amount of savings after so many years of accumulation. Some time ago, his friend Pan Shujin was interested in expanding his small shipyard and came to him to borrow money. It has been a few days now, and Yuan Deyu is still hesitating whether to borrow money, and today Pan Shujin came over to discuss borrowing money again.
"Deyu, don't worry, as long as my workshop delivers these ships, I will be able to return the money to you immediately, and the interest of three or five points per month will not be missing from you." Pan Shujin said pleadingly.
One of the direct consequences of the blowout development of overseas trade is that there is a shortage of private capital, and new funds are urgently needed to join in both the expansion of shipyards and overseas trade.
"Shujin, all my belongings are only eight hundred taels of silver, if I lend them all to you, my business will not be able to sustain." Yuan Deyu said.
"Moral education is not what I said, now raw silk, silk, cotton cloth and other things are not rising in price? If you have money now, you may not be able to buy silk, and now these big merchants are rushing to buy these goods in the market, and even the most inferior silk has people who want it, can you grab them? Otherwise, there is another way, you put all the 800 taels into my shipyard, and I will give you 20% of the shipyard, how about it? Pan Shujin said.
The second direct consequence of the blowout development of overseas trade is inflation, and now everything in the entire Ming Dynasty is rising in price, and Guangsheng Silk has risen by more than one and a half percent.
"Shujin, you let me think about it again, after all, this interlaced line is like a mountain, I have never done your business, you let me put all my belongings into it, I'm really a little afraid." Yuan Deyu said.
"Then you have to give me an answer as soon as possible. You have to know that now there is a market a day, not to mention anything else, that is, labor, now a little more skilled shipbuilders have arrived in March, two and January, this price will rise, and now there is money may not be able to recruit this kind of skilled workers. Pan Shujin said.
Labor shortage, this is the third direct consequence. The rapid development of commerce directly led to a labor shortage in Daming.
The problem of labor shortage has appeared in the middle and late Ming Dynasty. During the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, the political envoy of Hu Guangbu once reported that a large number of peasants now go to the cities to work, and no one has planted the land in the countryside, resulting in the local land being barren, and the peasants pay agricultural taxes, most of which rely on the income from working in the cities. In the long run, the consequences are unimaginable, and I hope that the imperial court can manage it. The fold was sent up, but it was left in Wanli and not sent.