At that time, private trade with foreign countries was even more prosperous. The overseas smuggling of the "maritime merchants" and "Haihu Dajia" on the southeast coast is very active, and the people of Zhangmin and Fanbaoyi trade and commerce are full of people on the sea.

At the same time, because the status of merchants in the middle and late Ming Dynasty improved, some scholars believed that the gain of doing business was equivalent to the gain of studying, and the phenomenon of "Yi Jia Yi Confucian" and "abandoning Confucianism and becoming Jia" also began to appear.

In addition, books for commercial use began to appear. For practical purposes, merchants wrote such books about transportation, customs, and commodity conditions along the trade routes.

What is especially important is that after Emperor Jiajing ascended the throne, a large amount of silver from Japan and Latin America flowed into the Ming Dynasty, further promoting economic development. Cities and towns across the country are very prosperous, and various business groups such as Huizhou merchants, Jinshan merchants, Guangdong merchants, Fujian merchants, Suzhou Dongting merchants, Jiangxi merchants, etc. have also grown.

It is precisely because of this that the people's living standards have gradually improved.

However, since Chongzhen ascended the throne, there will be natural and man-made disasters every year, causing the people of Daming to live in poverty.

Now, Chongzhen believes that with his own ability and knowledge, he will gradually build water conservancy and roads, and he will be able to gradually reduce the impact of natural disasters, and the economy of Daming will gradually recover and even surpass it quickly.

As a result, the Ming Dynasty gradually transformed from an agricultural country to a commercial country.

Coupled with the commissioning of the new steel plant and cement plant of the imperial court, the economy of Daming will definitely reach a new level, and Daming will gradually enter the stage of an industrial country.

Chongzhen was thinking about the future, Mo Dacheng came over quietly, bowed down and said, "Your Majesty, Huang Zongxi, Gu Jishen, and Tang Zhen have arrived."

"Let him in."

In Chongzhen's economic vision, these people are indispensable figures.

Huang Zongxi is 35 years old. Historically, he put forward the democratic idea of "the world is the master, and the king is the guest". He said that "the rule of chaos in the world is not in the rise and fall of one surname, but in the sorrow and happiness of all people", and advocated replacing the emperor's "law of one family" with "the law of the world".

Gu Jishen is Gu Yanwu, 32 years old. At the age of 27, he was deposed in the autumn examination, retired to study, read the county chronicles and chapter books and documents in various places, and studied the territory, situation, water conservancy, military defense, property, taxation and other practical social issues.

Tang Zhen attached great importance to agricultural production and material and economic life, and in addition to grain production, he also attached great importance to sericulture in agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, sideline and fishery. Oppose the traditional anti-business policies of the past. In his opinion, the status of a merchant is no lower than that of a peasant.

The three of them were all unambitious scholars, and when they were summoned by the emperor, they were all a little surprised, and they paid homage to the Son of Heaven in a panic.

After a period of greetings, Chongzhen began to study their knowledge and asked them their thoughts one by one.

After a long conversation, Chongzhen found that the three of them were similar to those recorded in the history books, but at this time, some of the theories they relied on to become famous had not yet been summarized.

Now, it's just open-minded students who support change.

In this regard, Chongzhen was both pleased and disappointed.

The disappointment lies in the fact that they are not yet "ripe", and the joy lies in the fact that at this stage, they are easily receptive to the thinking and knowledge system they have brought with them from the afterlife.

Seeing that Chongzhen had no fight, the three of them spoke in a kind tone, and slowly relaxed.

Chongzhen was also happy to see it, and asked about the three of them's understanding of finance and economy.

This is not what the three of them are good at, and they can't say why.

When asked again what they thought of the treasure banknotes and silver taels and copper coins, a few people said something.

But it is only a criticism of the indiscriminate issuance of treasure money and the confusion of money.

Chongzhen smiled, waved his hand for the eunuchs to bring up a booklet, and handed it to the three of them.

The three of them took it respectfully.

"Go back and study it carefully, and if you read it, give it to me. If you have this talent, I'm going to let you go to the cabinet office and make me a senator!"

Huang Zongxi and the three of them were shocked, they didn't know where they got into Chongzhen's eyes, and they directly threw out such a big reward.

Seeing that the three of them were stunned, Chongzhen smiled dumbly and asked the eunuchs to send them out of the palace.

It wasn't until they left the palace and walked a long way that they came to their senses and became suspicious

I was dreaming, and I didn't come to my senses until I saw the booklet in my hand.

Quickly return to your lodgings and study carefully.

This booklet was compiled by Chongzhen himself, and it wrote some theories of money, banking, treasury, and finance, as well as the content of the economic system and manufacturing system.

Because Chongzhen didn't study economics, he could only write some superficial content, but in this era, it is definitely enough.

……

After staying in Nanjing for another four or five days, Chongzhen saw that the southern part of the Yangtze River had stabilized, the official system had been running relatively smoothly, and the army of the southern conquest was also reassuring, so he ordered to return to Beijing.

After all, Zhou Yingluo is still pregnant, and she has been out for 5 months, and when she returns to Beijing, she is estimated to be pregnant.

The way back to Beijing was not close, and there were many states and counties that passed, so Chongzhen did not want to disturb the people, so he changed his outfit and rode a horse.

Jinyiwei went on the road two days in advance, and he was responsible for safety along the road, so there were not many people around Chongzhen, plus Huang Zongxi, there were more than ten people.

Such a contingent was so common on the official roads of North China that it did not attract anyone's attention.

At this time, the autumn harvest in the north has ended.

Due to the recruitment of people in the south and the recruitment of new soldiers, the working population in the north is still abundant, and in addition to the fact that there has been no war in the past two years, there is almost no idle farmland in the north in the past two years.

This year's weather is not bad, although there is not much rain, but after all, it has rained a few times, and this year's harvest is even better.

Zhu Youjian knows that in history, after Chongzhen's death, China's rain has been more than a year, which is quite a bit of the meaning of the death of the Ming Dynasty.

However, now that the Ming Dynasty is not dead, the climate is gradually getting better as it was in history, which is what Chongzhen wants to see.

Along the way, Chongzhen often passed through the villages, passing through the prefectures and counties, and saw that the prices of daily necessities such as grain and salt on the market were not high, and there were few thin people, and the homeless people could not see one, so he was very happy.

A sense of accomplishment arises.

"I wonder what the Chinese people will say about me in a few hundred years? The master of ZTE? An Emperor of the Ages? Or...... The first half of my life was a nonsense operation, and the second half of my life had an epiphany?"

Along the way, Chongzhen also saw a lot of Minghuang Temples where incense was flourishing, and he was slightly worried.

He didn't really want the royal rule to become a religious rule, but it was difficult to break this kind of behavior at present, so he had to put aside the idea of demolishing it for the time being.

Let's go back and think of a way, the long is three years, the short is one year, it is necessary to ban the Minghuang Temple.

As for whether it will be changed to the Confucian Temple or the Guandi Temple, Wendi Temple, Caishen Temple or Mazu Temple in later generations, let's talk about it then.

After the 26th, the group finally entered the boundary of Shuntianfu, crossed the Yellow River and walked for half a day, and arrived in Bazhou at almost noon.

"Huh? The pavement of this official road? How is it paved with a whole stone, so long! Where to find stones tens of miles long? How is it mined and transported?"

Huang Zongxi exclaimed.