Chapter 501: The Big Exam
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Early the next morning, officials from various ministries came to the court house in bright clothes.
If the king wants to hold a meeting, it must be a major matter to be discussed, and these officials can distinguish the importance clearly.
After taking their seats, all the ministers were checking the documents at hand, and they all had dark circles under their eyes, obviously working overtime last night.
The maids lined up in a row, filled their cups with water, and brought a few seasonal fruits.
"Minister Ashin, I heard that your lord read the report of this visit to Ming, so he ordered a meeting, what is the matter, your Ministry of Foreign Affairs knows everything?"
"Yes! We at the Ministry of Agriculture have been notified that we should immediately start forecasting the area of land available for reclamation! ”
"Our Ministry of Industry has also received news that we should make it clear as soon as possible that the output of clothing and farm tools will be doubled in the next two years!"
"Our Logistics and Statistics Department has also received a notice asking us to count the grain reserves and the reserves of various war preparation materials, is this to prepare for war with the Ming State?"
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Ashin smiled bitterly and shook his head: "No comment!" We in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs don't know what your lord is thinking, but it is more or less related to this visit! ”
One of the greatest advantages of constitutionalism is that the party and government will not sink between various departments.
There may be intrigue within the department, but the struggle between departments can be eliminated through a clear division of power.
There may be some contradictions, but it will not affect the operation of the department and can make things go ahead.
This point cannot be guaranteed by the feudal rule, and it also makes the emperor once he is mediocre or neglectful, which will greatly affect the administration of various departments.
After a short time, Yan Zheng was late, waved and smiled, and sat down in the first place.
Lan Ya was on the side, Yumo took out a large booklet, stood on the podium, and read after the audience was silent: "Comrades, close comrades-in-arms of the monarch, the resolution discussed at this special meeting of the monarch is to deal with a possible great turmoil in the Ming Kingdom!" According to the information submitted by the comrades of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the customs department, and the Central Investigation Department, the Ming society has been tossed by the eunuchs and the emperor's mediocrity, and there are already signs of rebellion in several northern provinces.
According to the experience of China's actions in Nanjiang last time, the previous turmoil in the Ming Kingdom will affect China's commerce and trade, and then affect China's industrial production............
All the ministers understood that this meeting was the same as the action of Nanjiang.
However, this time it is so high-profile, but it also reveals the king's concern about this matter, could it be that this matter is even greater than the uprising in Southern Jiangxi?
After Yumo finished reading, Yan Zheng cleared his throat and said, "The situation this time is more severe than that of Nanjiang before!" Shandong is an important source of cotton in China, and the cotton of one province almost guarantees the production of China's textile industry! The cotton textile industry is a large employer and a large taxpayer, and the relationship is thousands of households, so the chaos in the north of the Ming Kingdom, we must mention a hundred hearts! ”
The cadres present are all sluggish, affecting the supply of cotton, is there really such a large-scale uprising?
Ah Ku said: "If the situation is true, this is not the situation of Nanjiang at that time!" China is definitely going to intervene, and the scale must be larger than that of the Southern Jiangxi period! ”
Li Ya, Minister of Commerce, got up and said: "Let me state that Shandong's cotton imports account for more than 60% of our cotton imports, followed by Zhejiang cotton and Chu cotton, in terms of quality, Shandong's cotton is also the best!" The cotton textile pays taxes every year, accounting for 14.5% of our finances, and it is also the place that absorbs the most female labor, affecting the livelihood of more than 100,000 people, and cotton textiles have always been the main commodity we export!
If such a large-scale rebellion really broke out in the Ming Kingdom, then no matter what, the court will pass the relevant bills, even if it is a large-scale army, I don't think you will object! ”
An San also got up and said, "If you send troops to interfere, it's not a big problem!" Only 10,000 Huaxia troops are needed, which is enough to protect Shandong! However, if you send troops on a large scale, it will not be as secretive as Nan Jiang, and the Ming Kingdom will definitely be aware of it, so we still need to think about it. ”
"How about in the name of protecting the diaspora?" Ashin answered.
"That's an excuse!"
"You might as well fight him directly, if there is really such a large-scale rebellion, let's take advantage of his illness and ask for his life!"
"No, we have enough rights and interests in the Ming Kingdom, the current focus is still to immigrate to the abundant population and run the Nanyang, the mess in the Ming Kingdom is too big, and Dongqin wants to fall into it, that is, the small horse-drawn cart ......"
"What about the horse-drawn cart? The land of the Ming Kingdom is ready-made, the people are ready-made, and after a few years of operation, there can be output, which is not better than the raw land of Nanyang? ”
"What I said is, no matter how bad it is, you can bite a piece of land, since Shandong is an important cotton-producing area, wouldn't it be beautiful to let the Ming Kingdom cede it?"
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The situation quickly became chaotic, and they all thought that the problem might be big, but Dong Qin could get more.
Yan Zheng smiled and waved his hand and said, "You have to eat one bite at a time, Mingguo is next to you, you can't run!" Our main purpose this time is to gather the population, the second is to ensure the stability of cotton supply, and the third is to expand the interests in the Ming Kingdom!
This is the top priority to gather the population, and all previous rebellions will cause great damage to the locality, especially this kind of bandits! The northern part of the Ming Kingdom is flat, and if this is a gang of horse thieves, then the poisonous area will be very wide! When they cross the border, they will definitely kill the people, and our goal is to rescue the population from it, so that these refugees who have to flee will be absorbed into Dongqin!
If you supply cotton, you can ensure the stability of Shandong! In other words, Shandong cannot be chaotic, and it is not easy to do this, so we have to mobilize and intervene quickly. As for expanding our interests in the Ming Kingdom, my idea is to let the Ming Kingdom open up the Golden Prefecture in Liaodong again, and at the same time allow us to carry out mineral development within the Ming Kingdom. There is also the matter of collecting the population, and we have to make the Ming State promise in the treaty not to interfere with our work of collecting the displaced people! ”
Of course, it is not easy to achieve these three! The matter of collecting the population will extremely test our organizational ability, mobilization ability, and grain reserves, which are also a little tight! If we really want to gather millions of people, then our domestic food reserves are estimated to be ready to be exhausted! And with such a large population, it is also a huge challenge to transport, isolate, and distribute! ”
"Comrades, this task is truly arduous! It is also the best litmus test for our work in the past few years! ”
The cadres present all smiled, Yan Zheng said it easily, but the matter fell on them.
"I suggest discussing with the comrades of Haiyang Customs, in Shandong, we should first prepare the isolation area, and if we want to prepare food, we can prepare it first, so that several major companies can contribute more and go to Annan to buy it!" Ah Ku answered.
"No!" Yan Zheng waved his hand and said: "Hit Jeju Island, there is the best quarantine area, and it is also the best place to store grain, and the population is directly distributed from there!" ”
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