Chapter 0802 - Senior Meeting
"Your Majesty, let's go to Huangzhuang to have a look, when the old minister first came, he deliberately took a look, a glance of corn bellflowers, that scene, people look at the heart of comfort, the old minister dared to say responsibly, the Gyeonggi region of the Ming Dynasty can feed at least four million people! This is just the beginning, if the natural disasters can be reduced and the drought can be alleviated in the coming year, the harvest in the Gyeonggi region of Daming will be even better! Xu Guangqi stood up and said, the old man is an anxious man.
Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen nodded, he has not been to Huangzhuang for a long time, and he has not traveled as an emperor, he should go to see, although it is already dark, but at this time, it will not disturb the people. "Okay, just listen to the teacher, just go to the nearest Huangzhuang to have a look. However, I will go to see it alone another day, and the teacher should go back early and rest, so don't bother too much. ”
Xu Guangqi knew that the emperor took care of his body, and he was very moved, "Shengshang, the body of the old minister, the old minister himself knows it, that is, it has been a good jump in the past two years, and the old minister just wants to use one day as two days, so that he can do a little more for the emperor and the Ming Dynasty, and the old minister will be satisfied, but the emperor can rest assured, before the old minister dies, how can he see the iron armored ship of the Ming Dynasty launched!" ”
Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen heard Xu Guangqi's emotion, held the teacher's arm, supported the old man, and personally sent him out of his study, "Teacher, you have to take care of your body at all, I don't have much time to worry about the teacher, I just hope that the teacher can be young forever and healthy forever." ”
Xu Guangqi couldn't help coughing, endured the pain, and smiled slightly. "Your Majesty. You can rest assured. As long as the minister is busy every day, he will not get sick or tired. ”
Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen sighed slightly, knowing that no matter how much persuasion was made, it was useless, if the Ming Dynasty had a hundred Xu Guangqi, he estimated that he would not take a year to at least make the scientific and technological level of the Ming Dynasty reach the level of the early twentieth century. It's a pity that there is only one Xu Guangqi in Daming!
When Xu Guangqi was personally sent out of the palace gate of Chengqian Palace by the emperor, the emperor was asked by Xu Guangqi to return, Xu Guangqi covered his mouth with a handkerchief, looked at the emperor's back, and was moved by the emperor's courtesy to him, but looked at the bright red blood on his handkerchief, and was a little worried.
How good would it be if people could not die? But the charm of history is that no matter how ambitious you are. What a capable person, God has left you time. It's always limited! Xu Guangqi put the handkerchief in his pocket, his old eyes were still bright, because his daily work was full, and he had to go back to the Daming Ordnance Manufacturing Bureau to complete his task today.
Emperor Chongzhen Zhu Youzhen understood Xu Guangqi's thoughts, knew that persuasion was useless, what should the old man should be or what would be, and he was deeply moved by the old man's patriotic enthusiasm and the old man's enthusiasm for scientific research, and at the same time inspired himself, not to let himself stop, not to let himself slack off! So many loyal and brave ministers, all of them worked hard for the Ming Dynasty in their ancient years, and did their best for themselves, what face do they have to feel sorry for themselves? I am only a twenty-two-year-old person now, at such an age, should I age early?
Emperor Chongzhen Zhu Youzhen summoned Wang Chengen and Cao Huachun on the same day, and together with his two core eunuchs, he sorted out and summarized the Gyeonggi region of the Ming Dynasty and the entire Ming Dynasty and the achievements made! Of course, a qiē can only be based on the Gyeonggi region, outside the Gyeonggi region of the Ming Dynasty, in addition to Yangzhou, Shi Kefa can only be regarded as a foothold in Yangzhou, can only be used as an entry point to connect the north and south of the economy, the emperor's administrative power and military power did not go to Jiangnan, and the Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen did not believe in the matter of talking about the army, so he did not have too many expectations for Xu Guangqi, only hoped that Shi Kefa could make the economy of Jiangnan a little more stable, It is enough to let the Daming salt, tobacco, tea and horse system gradually form a habit in the entire Ming Dynasty.
The reason why Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen vigorously promoted various new policies at the beginning of his rebirth, and frantically eliminated some of the habits formed by the old feudal bureaucratic system, did not idealize that it was impossible to achieve comprehensive modernization in one step, even if he was in a peaceful and prosperous era, even if his ruling power was irreplaceable in the whole country, even if there was no threat of construction outside the border, the Ming Dynasty had long been in good weather, and it was impossible to achieve comprehensive modernization in one step. Because the most difficult thing for a person to change is not concepts, but habits!
On this night, Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen took Wang Chengen and Cao Huachun to summon Zhou Yanru, Wen Tiren, Hou Yu and Fan Jingwen, several old ministers who were relatively close to the new school of thought, Fan Jingwen was mainly as an observer, Fan Jingwen was mainly responsible for the security of the entire Gyeonggi area, as well as the development of basic spare arms! Bit high and weighty!
Zhou Yanru and Wen Tiren both played a decisive role in the political reform and legal reform of the Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen, while Hou Yu was in charge of the economic reform of the Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen, in charge of the Central Bank of the Ming Dynasty, and in charge of the implementation and control of new banknotes! As for the old-school ministers Sun Shenxing and Wang Yongguang, Emperor Chongzhen Zhu Youzhen simply didn't bother to call them.
The main reason why Emperor Zhu Youzhen still retains the status of Sun Shenxing and Wang Yongguang's ministers is to maintain the stability of the political system, and he doesn't want to hurt the hearts of a bunch of old ministers who are still doing things and still can't kick them away, and he doesn't want other local officials outside the Gyeonggi region of the Ming Dynasty to see no hope at all!
"One million banknotes are fully in circulation, and an additional one million taels of banknotes are requested." Hou Yu asked Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen for instructions, in fact, after the new policy of Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen was launched, the role of the court meeting is no longer very important, and major events are decided by Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen in ordinary times, and the greater role of the court meeting is to show the imperial power to the ministers, show who is the boss of the Ming Dynasty, and also give various functional departments a chance to have a collective contact.
Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen does everything himself, and the emperor likes to participate directly in government affairs, which will make many things very simple! After all, this is an era of imperial supremacy, but such a highly centralized monarchy system will also bring certain negative effects to development, that is, once it moves, the speed is not very easy to grasp, and people who drive know that once you drive too fast, you can't stop the car, and there will be a big accident!
Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen is still very calm, as long as the banknotes are highly anti-counterfeiting, replacing copper and silver coins, it is a very normal thing, he is very confident that within three years, Daming banknotes will circulate throughout the country, "do not issue new banknotes for the time being, and take a look after the New Year." We want to make everyone more confident in Daming banknotes! Economic growth and currency issuance must be well controlled, speed is not the most important, stability is the most important! ”
Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen affirmed Hou Yu's economic work, and at the same time gave important instructions and decision-making suggestions!
Although Hou Yu felt that the emperor was a little too conservative, the silver reserves of the Ming Dynasty were more than one million taels, and there was no problem in issuing five million taels of banknotes, but since the emperor said so, he had to agree.
Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen actually has a complete understanding of monetary reform, and the long span of his life and the long time he has seen in the evolution of currency also provides him with some confidence, his economic knowledge is not very rich, but it does not affect his overall control of the economic pace of the Ming Dynasty! Emperor Chongzhen Zhu Youzhen was a very thoughtful person, although he was not much of an economist.
This home, that home, is of little use in many practical processes, especially for the national economic situation, such a large and abstract concept. (To be continued......)