Chapter 2: The Problem of Vision

Zhu Youzhen glanced at Han Ying in surprise.

A huge hammer fell from mid-air and smashed into the red-hot iron below, and the craftsmen standing next to it skillfully turned the iron over, and then the sledgehammer smashed down again.

Zhu Youzhen looked at this familiar scene almost obsessively, pointed to these pieces of iron and said:

"Without that, how would we get better guns? Better farming tools? ”

"Your Majesty, now the water sledgehammer in the military factory is enough. Your Majesty really can't just set his eyes on these machines, and should communicate more with people. ”

The noise of the steam hammer was so loud that Han Ying almost shouted at the top of her voice.

Zhu Youzhen was also a little unbearable, nodded and withdrew.

He knew there was no way to talk about it. Today, Han Ying can come over and talk to him directly, which means that this is no longer Han Ying's meaning alone, but the meaning of many ministers in the court.

He originally wanted to use government affairs to shackle Han Ying, but what he didn't expect was that they were so stubborn now. Even at the expense of dragging Sun Chengzong in, I don't know what kind of benefits the civilian officials gave to the military.

Sun Chengzong's attitude is very tough, and Han Ying's attitude is also very tough. The two of them almost followed suit and brought Zhu Youzhen to the meeting hall of the Prime Minister's Yamen.

Seeing a room full of people, Zhu Youzhen knew that this would be another day when he was forced to work.

"The sale of sugar and wool has already begun. The wool mill and textile factory we took over from Yi An Niang Niang Niang have now been expanded. The original craftsmen and shopkeepers have now built a new factory in the city of naturalization. As for the sugar, this year's fleet transporting cane sugar from Cochin has all taken shape. "Lai Shunzhi said foaming at the mouth.

This point, the whole imperial court, including Zhu Youzhen, considered it to be a good business, which not only provided a huge supplement to the traditional porcelain and silk trade of the Ming Dynasty, but also obtained high profits at a very low cost.

Even He Ruzhong and others, who were once the most opposed to taking commerce and trade as the focus of the imperial court, now have to say that their emperor has a good vision. The foundations of these businesses, including the woollen mills and the transport fleet, were built on royal foundations.

Zhu Youzhen is also reluctant to talk about the bloodshed of the "sheep eating people" behind the wool business and the miserable life of the slaves behind the sugar.

It's useless to say it, for these scholars, as long as the Ming people are not treated as slaves, what kind of people are left to be slaves, whether the wool or cane sugar is full of the blood of foreign people, it doesn't matter to them.

"So, the question for our Department of Commerce and Trade is when the military can transfer the First Army back from the northeast, and we need a solid defensive line in the northwest direction. At the same time, in addition to escorting the ocean-going transport fleet, when can the navy officially put the attack on the agenda. ”

Now everyone in the meeting is like Zhu Youzhen, who can use the map to speak. Lai Shunzhi also unfolded a blue map, most of which was the ocean.

"Malacca is in a dangerous terrain, when can it be controlled under the imperial navy, now many trading ships in Java and Cochin After the end of the trade, the tax revenue of the Ming Dynasty has been lost in vain. As long as the Ming Navy can control this place, we will be able to levy a high transaction tax on the entire fleet. ”

When he heard this, Zhu Youzhen opened his mouth in surprise.

However, he found that in fact, everyone did not pay attention to him, and the people from the General Staff Headquarters of the Military Department quickly stood up.

"At the beginning of this year, everyone agreed to the military's plan, and Huang Taiji and Houjin are still the primary military targets of the imperial court this year. Before Huang Taiji was resolved, the imperial court did not have the extra forces to put on the northwest line. What's more, General Yuan Chonghuan's Fourth Army has already made the Hetao area its mission this year. ”

"The Department of Commerce feels that there is a big problem with the Liaodong defense line of Huangtaiji. In addition to grain, the First Army's expenditure this year is still more than 1.5 million silver dollars, and if the First Army fortifies at Shanhaiguan, it will not only save huge military expenses, but also free up its hands. What's more, Liaodong is a bitter cold place, and now there is no gain from occupying this place except for the waste of personnel. ”

"Even if there is an opinion, the annual combat mission has been approved by the military department and His Majesty, and it will be revised and waited for next year." This staff officer was not used to him, and he directly scolded him back.

"What about Hong Chengchou's Third Army? Why has the war in Shaanxi and Gansu not been resolved? Not only did it not be resolved, but there was also a rebellion of Zhang Xianzhong's six displaced people? ”

"The main force of the Third Army lies in the encirclement of Shaanxi and Gansu. At present, both King Fu and other displaced people have adopted the practice of sneak attacks in small groups. It's okay to have a third army, but if there is no third army, the displaced people will directly face Kaifeng and Jingshi. ”

What to say in what position, the only thing Zhu Youzhen didn't expect was that the officials of the Ming Dynasty would enter the play so quickly.

Is there a right or wrong thing for this? No!

It's just a matter of seeing who is in the limelight.

As long as there is a policy in business and trade, with the foreshadowing in the early stage, it will start much faster, and the results are also gratifying.

The army is different, on the one hand, the current Ming army has become a gold-swallowing monster, on the other hand, how can an army be established overnight? A lot of money was invested, and now the results are not very satisfactory. At least not the kind of direct crushing effect that everyone thinks.

"How about we spend money to support others?" Lai Shunzhi continued to ask.

"After we have learned, there are now Yang Shaokang, Jin Zilong and others from the rest of the Qi family's army. Will the court agree that we will support them with firearms and money to help us open the door to Cochin? ”

Hearing this, Zhu Youzhen finally sneered, and immediately attracted everyone's attention.

"As I said at the beginning of the year, all our affairs revolve around the goal of the unification of the world of the Ming Dynasty. If we ourselves did not sweat and bleed, would that land be ours? He looked at him dissatisfied.

"What's more, if they occupy Cochin with our help and then make demands that we can't accept, if we don't meet them, they will be on their own feet in Cochin. How will you come to Shunzhi, the Department of Commerce and Trade, and the Ministry of Households? ”

"Your Majesty, the imperial court sent the Qi family army to Valhalla to enjoy the incense, and they also felt ......it," Chen Zilong, the right attendant of the household department, hurriedly explained to the emperor.

"If I had feelings, I would have come back a long time ago. You go and ask the old general Qin Liangyu. When the old general was unable to continue to take care of the women and children of the Qi family, he also talked to them, but they refused without thinking about it. ”

At the beginning of the year, Minglan beside the emperor was also pregnant, and Qin Liangyu arranged Qi Han beside him to Zhu Youzhen's side to take on the important role of guarding, but he learned some of the subsequent grievances and grievances of the Qi family army from Qi Han's mouth.

"Also, don't say I'm just protecting the military headquarters."

"At the beginning of the year, everyone was sketching out plans for this year and plans for five years. If I am not mistaken, the 13 million taels of silver that I proposed for the navy for five years was reduced to less than 9 million silver dollars when the prime minister's yamen and household department proposed that the state could not afford it. So, now I'm going to ask, when Tobe's ocean transport fleet needs to be guarded, and Tobe feels that Malacca needs to be protected by the Imperial Navy, I don't understand, do you think the navy can grow out of the sea? ”

Zhu Youzhen can say this, but the military department can't say it, let alone the people in the staff headquarters of the military department.

Everyone is accustomed to Zhu Youzhen's attitude of solving problems, rather than this way of getting angry and scaring people.

Everyone knew that the emperor was angry, and very angry.

Bi Ziyan, Bi Zisu and Lai Shunzhi of the household department shrank back. They originally had a plan to over-issue dragon silver, but fortunately, they saw the opportunity quickly, and Bi Ziyan also remembered Chen Zilong's warning, and pressed down his proposal vividly.

But no one knew that the next issue of the Ministry of Industry directly detonated all of Zhu Youzhen's anger.

What's more, the person who said these words was actually Sun Yuanhua.

"It's been half a year, and there are some big project adjustments on the part of the Ministry of Industry. On the one hand, the technology of the Academy of Sciences is not very mature until now. In addition, the Ministry of Industry's budget for the whole year is rather tight, so the Ministry of Industry proposes that all 15 million taels of silver be abolished in accordance with the opinion of the Prime Minister's Yamen. The Ministry of Industry transferred the money to the expansion of the spinning factory in Jiangnan and the management of the river. ”

In Sun Yuanhua's eyes, this so-called railway is just a big toy of His Majesty the Emperor. What can transport 100,000 catties of goods at one time, as of now, the small train of the Academy of Sciences is to transport some tea sets, pen and ink and children to His Majesty the Emperor.

"Peng!"

Zhu Youzhen was a little thirsty as he just said, but when he heard this, he directly slammed the tea bowl in his hand on the floor.

Impotent and furious, he vented all the anger of the day on this tea bowl.

The voice was so loud that Li Ruolian and Wang Chengen, who were waiting outside the door, didn't know what was going on, but rushed in directly.

Even Sun Yuanhua, who was still sitting there and talking, was directly petrified.