Chapter 535 Change in Concept

Early the next morning, Zhu Di did not go to court, but Qin Mubai knew that at this time, it is estimated that some of Zhu Di's important ministers now knew that Zhu Yuanzhang was back, but now Zhu Di did not announce them, and they did not appear here, and no one knew what was going on in the palace.

But no news is the best news.

It's still yesterday's place, in the imperial study, Zhu Di and Zhu Yuanzhang are still sitting together, Qin Mubai naturally came over, if yesterday was just talking about some rules and regulations, especially the rules and regulations of the army, the impact on Zhu Di is very huge.

To put it bluntly, this is born inferior, but by nature, you still want others to help you protect the country, this contradictory concept is the status of soldiers in ancient times.

Therefore, in the later period of the Ming Dynasty, the army's combat effectiveness was not strong, and it was understandable that 500,000 people were defeated by 30,000 or 40,000 people in the Tumubao Incident! Can this not be ashamed? To put it bluntly, this is special, ten people beat one person, and they bite you to death with their teeth, not to mention weapons?

Because the army of the Ming Dynasty does not know what to rely on to fight, to put it bluntly, the army relies on faith to fight, relying on a kind of strength from the heart, so that it has combat effectiveness, if there is no this, then you give money. It's not impossible to fight for money, after all, the army of the daimyo, the military households are poor and afraid when they arrive, and they are afraid of it, and if you give money, as long as it can be paid, the combat effectiveness will definitely be off the charts.

To put it bluntly, if you put a price on the people on the grassland, how much silver and how many stones of rice will you kill a person, do you believe that the people on the grassland can be killed, and they will be killed?

But these things can't be done now in the later Ming Dynasty, and they can't do it either, is there no money at this time? No, at this time, the Ming Dynasty can be said to be the richest country in the world, in fact, to put it bluntly, it is that the system has damaged most of the combat effectiveness.

"Father, I can understand this, we didn't understand it before, but since Mr. Qin from heaven has proved this, and it does make the eyes of the sons and daughters shine, but even so, whether it is the rotation training of the national guard, the promotion of military personnel, the exemption of conscription and taxes, or the establishment of military academies, all the soldiers are my protégés of the Son of Heaven, but these all need money. Zhu Di said with a wry smile.

These things seem simple, but in reality, they are also difficult to operate.

Speaking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang turned his gaze to Qin Mubai, Qin Mubai smiled, is there any money in this era? Yes! And there are a lot! To put it bluntly, it is that these people's eyes cannot be changed, and the model cannot be changed, so this era seems to be rich, but in fact it cannot be operated.

"Your Majesty....... Qin Mubai arched his hand at Zhu Di.

"Don't, Mr. Qin just call me Zhu Di. "This Your Majesty Zhu Di didn't dare to be, not that he couldn't admit it, but he heard that even Zhu Yuanzhang was called Mr. Qin, so he had to maintain respect.

"Okay, then I'll be called Brother Zhu, in fact, this world is very rich, but the premise of being rich is that Daming must have an invincible armada. Qin Mubai said with a smile.

"But shipbuilding also needs money?" Zhu Di hesitated.

"It's very simple, you need money to build a ship, but let me say this, Your Majesty, do you believe it or not, one day the country's commercial tax will be several times or even more than ten times the current agricultural tax, and when the time comes, you don't even need to charge a penny of agricultural tax, and even want people to farm, and give people subsidies, of course, the subsidies may be too much, but completely exempt from any agricultural taxes, do you think these previous contradictions are still contradictions?" Qin Mubai asked with a smile.

"How is it possible?!" Zhu Di was stunned, even Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't believe it, but thinking about the prosperous world behind him, how could he reach that point by relying on agricultural taxes alone.

"Nothing is impossible, I'm not talking about the future, just saying that it can actually be done now, I'll make an analogy, Your Majesty, your vision is too limited, let's say so, let's look south. Qin Mubai thought about it, it was actually exchangeable here, so he directly exchanged it for a world map, and it was a very large one.

After exchanging this map, Zhu Di and Zhu Yuanzhang were shocked, of course, this map is a modern version of the map of the Ming Dynasty drawn by Qin Mubai.

"Look, here. Qin Mubai pointed to Vietnam and other countries later and said directly, "There can be so much rice here that we dare not imagine, but they lack silk and porcelain, as far as the best silk of our Ming Dynasty is concerned, there is no problem at all with a load of silk to exchange for three or four hundred stone polished rice here, that is to say, the silk in Guangzhou Mansion and other places only needs more than 30,000 loads of silk every year, and it can be exchanged for more than 10 million stone polished rice!"

"This is polished rice, if it is coarse rice without hulling, how much is the quantity, Brother Zhu has a good idea, and this is not just a matter of rice, the best fine linen here grows all over the mountains, almost like weeds, and the proportion that can be exchanged is converted according to the proportion of polished rice I just mentioned. ”

"There are also coconuts here, coconut water can be eaten by the crew, but food is not the point, coconut can be squeezed oil, and the essential oil consumed by Daming every year is definitely a terrifying number, when these things are transported in, it is hundreds of times the profit back and forth. For example, even if the fine linen shipped back is sold to merchants with more than ten times the profit, and the merchants weave it into cloth and sell it, the price is lower than that in China. ”

"However, after these things are transported back to the Ming Dynasty, they can be made into finished products, and then at a high price, they go to these places to exchange for polished rice, raw materials, precious wood, and traditional Chinese medicine, etc.! These places are all treasures, and the profits of this round trip are at least hundreds of times more, and the profits of hundreds of millions of stone milled rice in a year are all drizzle, may I ask, do you still need money?" Qin Mubai said with a smile.

Zhu Di and Zhu Yuanzhang were already stupid at what they heard, they had no idea how huge the profits of the maritime trade in this era were, and this was why there were people smuggling in this era, but why was there no large-scale smuggling? Because there were too many pirates! The cost of private smuggling was too high! It was impossible to go far!

But to be honest, in the Ming Dynasty a few decades later, even if Qin Mubai does not appear, the Ming Dynasty will have an invincible fleet at that time! It is conceivable that if the Ming Dynasty officially develops the navy, any pirate will be a special fart! The fleet of the Ming Dynasty in this era is absolutely invincible!

Although the largest fortune ship that Zheng He brought with him seven times to the Western Ocean is not suitable for ocean-going operations such as crossing the Pacific Ocean, it is no problem to go to Southeast Asia at all, but the maximum displacement of Zheng He's seven voyages to the Western Ocean can be tens of thousands of tons! What kind of concept is this?!

This shipbuilding technology, modern may not be able to be perfectly restored, can only say that the shipbuilding technology of the Ming Dynasty in this era is awesome. And most crucially, the power of capital is terrifying.

Once you see the profits, these shipbuilding technology updates will definitely surprise you! When the time comes, more advanced ships will definitely appear!

You tell me, how do pirates play in this era? And the combat effectiveness of the Ming army in the Zhu Di period was absolutely excellent.

If what Qin Mubai said is true, then what kind of money is missing! You must know that during this period, the tax paid by Guangzhou Prefecture a year was only about 1 million stone of grain, but it was hundreds of millions of stone a year.

"And, Brother Zhu, do you know? This place has large and small gold mines, reserves, with the current mining technology, it is no problem to mine one million stones of gold a year. Qin Mubai shrugged his shoulders and pointed at Lu Song and said.

Zhu Di is already numb, one million stones of gold a year?

"And this is not the most important thing, the most important thing is Brother Zhu, when these massive raw materials are constantly transported to China, these domestic merchants will be crazy to recruit people, just use this silk, if we use a large amount of silk in exchange for these things, do you say that domestic businessmen will expand the planting area of mulberry trees?"

"After the expansion, will there be people to weave, and the weaving will be renewed, faster, better, more looms and more workers. ”

"As there are more and more of these workers, there will be fewer peasants to cultivate the land, but there is no need to worry about food, and the taxes on commerce have long exceeded the agricultural taxes, and if you are exempted from the agricultural taxes, will the whole country become richer and richer, and the richer the country, the fewer the peasants who will rebel. The less land is annexed, because the landlord gets a lot of land that no one cultivates for a year, but pays taxes or something, and even loses money. ”

"At this time, there is no land annexation, it can be distributed to the peasants to farm, agricultural taxes are exempted, and the status of the military is rising, when the soldier can fight the enemy just because of the concept of defending the homeland and defending the country, what is the use of the grassland people? Moreover, increase the reward for craftsmen, especially the reward for the research and development of firearms, the faster the firearms are updated, the less the cavalry of the grassland will not be a threat. ”

"With the continuous outflow of more and more commodities, we earn more money and more raw materials from other countries, and then we continue to produce finished products, and the profits will be dozens of times higher than that of each other, and when the time comes, the state can directly establish banks and issue new treasure banknotes, but the treasure banknotes are different from the previous ones, and the new treasure banknotes can be directly linked to gold! ”

"Once the treasure banknote is linked to gold, it means that the value of the treasure banknote will not decrease, and when the time comes, the whole world will recognize the status of the Ming treasure banknote. ”

Qin Mubai's words were said slowly, but Zhu Di was already completely confused, and not far away, several eunuchs who were responsible for copying the exchange records of several people had already entered a state of excitement, what did this mean? It means that Da Ming will really be invincible in the world!