There are many ways to open up financial resources, and the simplest, most direct, and most brutal way is to rob!

And Zhu Houwei really plans to rob it!

The essence of the world war in later generations was plunder and colonization, thinking that it was the upper kingdom of the Celestial Empire, but in fact the decaying Manchu Qing was bombarded by the invaders with strong ships and artillery, and then opened the curtain of loss of power and humiliation of the country.

Why was it possible for such a small place like the Japanese to develop such a huge military industry during the world war?

The answer is obviously because the Japanese won the victory in the Sino-Japanese War, and because of this victory, the Manchu Qing signed the "Treaty of Shimonoseki", which compensated the Japanese with 450 million taels of silver!

In other words, the Japanese used the silver of the Manchu Qing Dynasty to rise quickly, and then turned around and invaded China!

A hundred years of shame, tens of millions of blood and tears, Zhu Houwei is not a benevolent king, he likes to repay virtue with virtue and repay grievances with grievances!

Since the Western world will be able to grab China in the future, then now the Ming Dynasty will rise in his hands, why can't he take the first step!

In Zhu Houwei's opinion, the gold mountain, silver mines, gems, jade veins, jade, and rare including land on this planet should be snatched back, not satisfied?

Lao Tzu's fists are harder than yours!

If you don't accept it, I will beat you, and if you don't accept it, I will kill you, I really can't destroy the country and destroy the species!

Grabbing it will definitely be able to snatch back the astronomical wealth, but it is by no means a long-term solution for Zhu Houwei, because the territory gives ......

He is the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, not the head of the earth, nor can he be the head of the ball, the so-called sky is high and the emperor is far away, not to mention the two hemispheres......

In those vast lands overseas, he was going to leave a large piece for Zhu Houzhao to be the emperor, and let his son go to the rest of the land, in short, the fertilizer water could not flow into the fields of outsiders.

So you can plunder, but not too ruthlessly, and the most important measure to open up financial resources is to open up emerging markets in the country, such as tobacco distribution.

After all, tobacco is not a poppy, not a drug, Zhu Houwei really wants to sell it, and he will not have any guilt, and the tobacco companies in later generations can be worth the total profits of several major Internet giants, and can support the cause of national defense with their own strength, which shows the huge profits.

Zhu Houwei believes that as long as tobacco is available, the money he earns will be enough to support him to carry out infrastructure construction in China in a few years!

This is definitely no joke!

Cough...... Cough!

Yang Yiqing found that the emperor on the throne was in a trance, and the corners of his mouth even unconsciously flashed a smile, and he immediately knew that the emperor was wandering again, what is this!

This is a court meeting, when the emperor listened to the decision on the big policy, the emperor's thoughts were not concentrated, which was obviously trampling on the dignity of the ministers, so he coughed twice and pulled Zhu Houwei's thoughts back to reality!

Zhu Houwei said with a calm smile on his face: "Building an iron plant and repairing a railway are not something that can be done overnight, Zhong Aiqing wants to facilitate the world's thoughts, I also understand, but the most taboo thing to do is to be in a hurry, I now want to devote all my energy to Tianjin Wei Shipyard, where the importance is far beyond the reach of the railway, but the construction of the railway is not impossible......"

"The ministers would like to hear about it."

"It's very simple, Daming doesn't have the energy to do it for the time being, but it doesn't mean that the people don't have it!"

"Your Majesty means to attract merchants?" Yang Yiqing was a little unsure, because this proposal had been rejected earlier.

"Of course not, I still have to spend money to attract investment, and I don't have time to work hard." Zhu Houwei said with a smile: "I mean that the people will build it themselves!"

The ministers were dumbfounded, and the people built their own? What to build? Isn't this a joke, or is it that the emperor is now addicted to playing them like monkeys?

For example, Yang Aiqing is the general contractor and decided to build the railway from Beijing to Tianjin, so after the construction is completed, this railway, Yang Qing can have the right to arbitrary, who will take the train from Beijing to Tianjin in the future, to buy tickets, pull goods to give tickets, these benefits can be all given to the general contractor, the period is five years...... Ten years, even twenty years"

The reason is easy to understand, and the ministers instantly understood that the emperor wanted a white wolf with empty gloves, and there was room for bargaining, such as the number of years......

What the hell is this brain?

Different from the slander of the courtiers, Yang Yiqing and a few other important ministers obviously have to consider more far-reaching, obviously, this is the railway policy formulated by the emperor, so is this method feasible?

Yes!

People who really understand Emperor Jiajing know that the emperor is greedy for money, but the emperor is greedy for money, he is greedy, and the emperor doesn't seem to like to benefit slowly, he is the kind of typical person who likes to get rich overnight.

The construction of the railway is in the present generation, and the benefits are in the future, and the cost will definitely be recovered slowly, and this cost does not only refer to the railway itself, but also refers to the overall benefit.

The emperor clearly saw the essence of this, so who would get the most out of the railway?

Definitely a businessman!

The emperor repaired the railway, if it was just a simple benefit to the country and the people, then Yang Yiqing knew that he would definitely have no hesitation, this is an emperor who really puts the people in his heart, if the biggest beneficiary is the ordinary people, not to mention making money, it is a huge loss, and the emperor will probably do it!

But the businessmen are different, the businessmen in the Ming Dynasty is a very special group, their own status is not high, but there are already inextricable links between the merchants and the gentry, they live a life of fine clothes and fine food, spending money like earth, but they have not thought of making any contributions to the people, taking advantage of natural disasters and man-made disasters to make a fortune is not a few.

Emperor Jiajing, in order to revitalize the business road, thus collecting a large amount of commercial taxes, canceling the low status of merchants, this kind of thing will be tried to prevent in the past dynasties, because in the eyes of scholars, businessmen seek profits, and their bodies are covered with copper stench.

On the one hand, the scholars disliked the merchants on the surface, so as to flaunt their nobility, and on the other hand, they catered to the merchants, and even made the big businessmen their guests, the purpose of which was naturally to collect the filial piety of the merchants.

When the cabinet opposed Emperor Jiajing's abolition of the unfair treatment of merchants, the cabinet headed by Yang Tinghe argued with reason, but the emperor only used a few words to silence the cabinet.

The emperor's meaning is very simple, if it is not abolished, then it will be strictly enforced!

For example, businessmen are not allowed to wear silk, so from now on, anyone who finds a businessman wearing silk will be raided!

For example, the children of businessmen are not allowed to take the imperial examination, then they can, start selecting officials in the world now, see if the families of those officials in the world are in business, and once they are found, they will be dismissed immediately!

The method is so simple and rude, Yang Tinghe still dares to oppose it?

Many businessmen are gentry, or represent the interests of the gentry, and the officialdom also represents the interests of the gentry, if the cabinet is desperately opposed, the emperor only needs to publicize this matter, and the gentry all over the world can hate the cabinet to the marrow!

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