Chapter 15: Two Years
As the shadow of the bronze needle on the sundial moves, time is stealthily moving towards eternity.
Under the leadership of Cao Zhengchun, the reform of the Ming Dynasty has been carried out for more than two years, starting with the establishment of the Daming Newspaper Group.
The first is the popularity of Daming Weekly, which circulated information that was originally closed throughout the country, and promoted the further development of business on the basis of opening up people's wisdom.
The detailed information in the newspapers also enabled more people to seize the opportunity to change their fate, using the information to transport goods from one place to another, and making a fortune with the help of the price difference.
As long as you have the guts, the vision, and the courage to start, there are opportunities to make a fortune everywhere!
Overnight riches have sprung up in all strata of the Ming Kingdom, so that the most old-fashioned diehards can't help but wonder to themselves: Why can't I be the one who gets rich?
People's minds changed, the trend of doing business and gold panning became popular, the social atmosphere that was originally blindly seeking stability was quietly changing, the people of the Ming Dynasty began to become active and uneasy about the status quo, and the ancient and decaying Ming Kingdom seemed to be injected with a dose of heart booster and rejuvenated.
However, there are always advantages and disadvantages in everything, and this restless atmosphere has also made money worship rampant in the world, and the upward trend of social crime rate is very obvious.
As the seeds begin to germinate, the farmer will plant more crops.
Half a year after the release of Daming Weekly, Daming Industrial Development Group was born.
Under the command of Cao Zhengchun, Wan 300 brandished a lot of banknotes, marched into all walks of life related to industry, and poached people from various workshops with generous salaries.
In January of the same year, Daming Industrial Group established a total of 15 100 industrial bases in the two capitals and thirteen provinces of the Ming Kingdom, led by the strange people who were originally the first village in the world, and began to plan mechanical research and development and industrial creation.
From this time on, with the Ming Industrial Development Group as the forerunner, the wage labor system was truly popular in the Ming Dynasty, and the brutal exploitation of contractual relations such as the deed of sale was completely disintegrated.
The entry of Daming Industrial Development Group forced those workshops with backward production methods to close down one after another, and small capital was completely kicked out of the competition in the industrial market.
Ordinary farmers who originally had their land annexed but could not do anything but farm could now work in the factories of the Daming Industrial Development Group, and the remuneration was even higher than the income from the original farming, and the people's lives were initially improved.
In that year, the tax revenue of the Ming Dynasty increased by 80 percent, and the happiness of the residents increased by 15.7 percent.
The following year, the Ministry of Industry of the Imperial Court was merged into the Daming Industrial Development Group, and Shangshu of the former Ministry of Industry became the general manager of the group.
In the Baigong base, after Cao Zhengchun's deliberate prompting, as well as the efforts of the craftsmen day and night, cement, glass, smokeless gunpowder, coke, and 100 steel...... Many cross-era inventions have been developed from the Baigong base under Daming Industrial Group.
In February, Daming Industrial Development Group used a large number of advanced industrial products that are ahead of the current era to collapse the entire industrial market with an absolute advantage and began to enter the monopoly stage.
In April, the Daming Industrial Development Group recruited more unemployed workers, and the production of industrial products began to enter the assembly line mode, the productivity of commodities increased by 300 percent, and the prices of industrial products, which were not high, became cheaper and cheaper.
The people who originally stuck to their own one-third of an acre of land have already known the appearance of the outside world after the propaganda of the Daming Weekly, and naturally they will not be willing to nest in the countryside for a lifetime.
More and more young people are choosing to leave their hometowns and go to provincial capitals and county towns with more opportunities and better employment, and the labor force is beginning to converge.
And Cao Zhengchun, who stirred up the storm, looked at all this and felt very relieved.
In May, Daming Industrial Development Group announced in the Daming Weekly that it was ordered by the emperor to build a new industrial city outside the capital!
Just do it, and three days later, the construction of the new city began in full swing.
Countless laborers were employed, and a large number of the latest industrial creations such as cement and glass were quickly applied, which not only increased the speed of construction, but also made the whole new city appear more clean and clean, far more neat and hygienic than wood and mud.
In July, Daming Industrial Development Group's new subsidiary, [Daming Industrial and Commercial Bank], was established, the main purpose of which is to provide interest storage business and low-interest loan services for the people of Daming, with the aim of completely replacing the money industry and controlling the currency circulation.
You must know that the previous money banks used foreign exchange commissions to make profits, which was ugly and the profits were very low.
However, what Daming Industrial and Commercial Bank uses is a profit model that will only appear in later generations, which is a crushing across the times.
In two months, more than ninety percent of the money banks in the Ming Kingdom were squeezed by the Daming Industrial and Commercial Bank to go bankrupt directly, and one percent of the big money banks were also crumbling, and it was only a matter of time before they went bankrupt.
In September, the Daming Industrial and Commercial Bank and the imperial court announced that for the convenience of the people's lives, the banknote [Daming Dragon Banknote] was officially issued, and the Daming Tongbao and silver ingots used before would be gradually withdrawn from market circulation.
The people are very happy with this policy, they have long hated the heaviness of silver ingots and copper coins, and the Daming Industrial and Commercial Bank is backed by the Daming Industrial Development Group and the Ming Imperial Court, so that they are also very assured of its reputation.
Therefore, the implementation of banknotes was very smooth, but Cao Zhengchun showed a strange smile behind his back.
In November, the third subsidiary of Daming Industrial Development Group, Daming Shipping Group, was officially established.
The subsidiary's mission was to build ships and recruit crews in preparation for the future Age of Discovery.
Therefore, Daming Shipping Group is not open to the public, but is transfused by other companies, and a huge amount of money flows into this company every month, and then disappears like a bottomless pit.
Although Daming Shipping Group has spent a lot of money, because of Cao Zhengchun's full support, the shipping group has never had to worry about funds, so it is still carrying out sea route exploration work according to Zheng He's navigation charts, which is still being implemented in an orderly manner.
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In two years, the changes in Daming can be described as earth-shaking, and Cao Zhengchun's name has also spread all over the world with the actions of Daming Industrial Development Group.
Emperor Zhengde Zhu Houzhao has been praised by the people as the first emperor of the ages, and Cao Zhengchun is not far behind.
As the CEO and chief operating officer of Daming Industrial Development Group, Cao Zhengchun's name appears in the Daming Weekly almost every time, and it is a strong stroke, along with his name, always those reforms and policies that can bring various benefits and benefits to the people.
How does this keep the people from praising him?
And Cao Zhengchun, whose face is comparable to the city wall, is also well versed in the knack of brushing prestige, and all kinds of shows and various acts are used by unscrupulous means:
The day before yesterday, he was a great benevolent man who gave all his wealth and sacrificed himself for others;
Yesterday he was a high-ranking official of the Ming Dynasty who actively worked for the well-being of the people;
Today, he has become a pacesetter who leads the people to start a business and make a fortune;
Tomorrow, he rushed to the front line of natural and man-made disasters, and broke into the fire alone in order to save the little girl;
The day after tomorrow, he argued with the countries surrounding the Ming Dynasty in diplomacy, won glory for the country, and turned the tide......
Under the action, the common people think that Cao Zhengchun is a rare person of great wisdom and bravery, great loyalty and kindness, and the only pity is that he entered the palace as a eunuch.
At this time, this old eunuch with a wrinkled face looked at the 43 displayed behind the prestige prompt on the system panel, and he couldn't stop giggling.
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This chapter is so hard to write (. •ˇˍˇ•。 ), ask for a recommendation ticket......
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