Chapter 575: Fighting an Economic War
Chongzhen was about to go crazy.
Holding the little princess whose vernix has not faded and her little face is still wrinkled, Chongzhen clearly felt the magical feeling of being connected by blood, which is completely different from the feelings given to him by Zhu Cihong, Zhu Cijiong, and Zhu Cijiong, and it seems that only at this moment does he really feel the taste of being a father.
Ran Sanniang was originally very disappointed, she hoped to give birth to a sixth prince.
But seeing the unconcealable ecstasy in Chongzhen's eyes, Ran Sanniang still felt very relieved, the princess is the princess, at least it means that she has gained a firm foothold in the harem of the Ming Dynasty.
"Concubine Ran, thank you for your hard work." Chongzhen didn't forget to thank Ran Sanniang.
"The concubine failed to give birth to the prince, so it's good that the lord doesn't see the concubine."
Ran Sanniang didn't know whether she was happy or wronged, and she actually sobbed with a pout.
"Hey, why are you still crying on a big day?" Chongzhen held his daughter's swaddling clothes with one hand, wiped away her tears for Ran Sanniang with her right hand, and said with a smile, "Look at how handsome our daughter is, she will definitely be a beauty in the future, and I don't know who will be cheaper in the end." ”
At this time, Chongzhen is alive and well as an old father.
Ran Sanniang was immediately amused, her daughter had just been born, and she wanted to go so far.
But Ran Sanniang clearly felt Chongzhen's preference for her daughter.
Ran Sanniang couldn't help but laugh and asked, "Long live the lord, what is the name for your daughter?" ”
"I'll have to think about it." Chongzhen turned his eyes to the window, looked at the lush towering trees on Qingliang Mountain, and immediately thought of the splendid rivers and mountains of the Ming Dynasty, and immediately said, "Zhu Jinxiu, is called Zhu Jinxiu." ”
"Zhu Jinxiu?" Ran Sanniang muttered a few times, feeling that the name was very good.
Chongzhen said again: "As for the title, it's Jiang Ning." ”
Jiangning is Nanjing, and the title of Princess Jiangning is simply amazing.
And it is also an exaggeration to give the princess the title just after birth.
"Wang Daban, pass on my will." Chongzhen was especially not enough, put the infant Princess Jiangning back to Ran Sanniang's pillow, stood up and said loudly, "Concubine Ran gave birth to Princess Jiangning for Daming, I want to give amnesty to the world, including the heinous death row prisoners and the rebellious army used as labor, everyone is ......."
Amnesty for the world? Wang Chengen's several big eunuchs were a little dazed.
Isn't Banzai the most hated by these pomp? There was no amnesty for the birth of the emperor's eldest grandson.
After a pause, Chongzhen said again: "Everyone is guilty...... Reward a good meal. ”
Eating in one meal? Long live the lord, it turns out that the amnesty world in your mouth is this amnesty world.
"All my Daming farmers will be exempted from grain tax for one year this year, and those who are originally exempt from tax will be exempted for one more year."
"There are also all the workshops in the eight provinces and one state in the south of the Yangtze River, and all the workers have a day off, and their salaries must be paid."
A few people are even more confused, the amnesty is not enough for the world, and you still have to rest? And it's a paid break? Long live you, you can't help but be too partial to Princess Jiangning, right?
"Oh, and all the scholars of the Internal Affairs Office, who receive an extra month's salary in June, and all the internal servants of Ouchi also receive an extra month's regular money! As for the ...... of you."
After saying this, Chongzhen said again: "Gao Companion and Lu Companion will each be rewarded with 1,000 yuan!" ”
"Old slave Xie Long live the reward." Gao Qiqian and Lu Jiudeton were overjoyed, and hurriedly knelt down to thank him.
Compared with the usual reward of five yuan and ten yuan in the past, Wan Sui Ye rewarded 1,000 yuan this time, which is really a huge amount of money.
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Chongzhen finally said to Wang Chengen: "Wang Daban, you have taken very good care of Concubine Ran for more than half a year, and Princess Jiangning can be born smoothly and accept your love." ”
"Long live the old slave, it's really tormenting the old slave." Wang Chengen hurriedly knelt down.
"Hurry up." Chongzhen's novice picked up Wang Chengen, and said with a smile, "I will entitle you as the Duke of Wu now!" ”
"Wu Guogong!" Gao Qiqian couldn't help but exclaim, this is a trouble, Lao Wang is now promoted to the throne of the country? Guogong? At this moment, Gao Qiqian is really jealous and is about to go crazy, the first eunuch of the Ming Dynasty.
Lao Gao, I'm still just a marquis, Lao Wang, why did you become a prince of the country?
Long live you, you don't bring this, you said that you will make me the king of eunuchs.
Wang Chengen was also taken aback, and hurriedly excused himself: "Long live Lord, how can this be done." ”
"I say to make, just make." Chongzhen is not allowed to Wang Chengen to resign, the reason why Wang Chengen is named the prince of the country, is mainly to set a benchmark for the eunuchs, as long as you are honest, diligent, do not do much and do not cause trouble, and always be loyal to me, it is possible to be like Wang Chengen to be promoted to the title of the prince.
Chongzhen said this, and Wang Chengen could only be sealed.
After thanking the grace, Wang Chengen arranged for the little eunuch to pass on the decree to amnesty the world.
Soon, another little eunuch reported: "Long live the lord, Uncle Kang Guo and Zhang Yuanwailang came to meet him." ”
"Kang million?" Chongzhen was in a very good mood at the moment, and said with a smile, "Lead them to the flower hall and wait." ”
After a while, Kang Million and Zhang Han entered the flower hall of the palace under the guidance of the inner servant, and after waiting for a long time, Chongzhen also walked in wearing a Yanju suit, and the two quickly knelt down to congratulate Chongzhen.
Chongzhen waved his hand and asked with a smile, "Qing and the others must have something else, right?" ”
"Your Majesty." Kang Million said, "That's right, in the past half month, the price of Jiannu goods flowing into my Ming Dynasty through Shandong and Henan, such as Dongzhu, ginseng, fur, horses and camels, has increased. ”
"All the prices have gone up?" Chongzhen's eyes lit up because it was a signal.
The war between the Ming Dynasty and Jiannu was a war, but the private trade has not been interrupted.
There is no need to even transfer through pseudo-shun, but directly in Shandong and Henan.
On the Jiannu side, the trade was basically controlled by the eight Jin merchants, but the merchants involved in the trade were more complicated at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, so it was difficult to obtain bargaining power.
At that stage, Jiannu's eight Jin merchants obviously took the initiative and could buy cotton, silk, salt, tea, and grain from Jiangnan at low prices, while Jiannu's Dongzhu, ginseng, and fur could be sold at high prices.
But the good times didn't last long, and this stage was only more than a year or less than two years.
Chongzhen soon completed the holding of Jiangnan industry and commerce through the industrial and commercial silver number, and a few months later established the Daming General Chamber of Commerce, and then realized the integration of Daming industry and commerce through the General Chamber of Commerce.
It's just that Daming didn't take the opportunity to raise prices.
It even lowered the prices of cotton, iron, salt, oil and other goods.
Of course, Chongzhen didn't have a good heart, this was to complete the economic control of Jiannu, or economic colonization, that is, to let Jiannu become an economic colony of the Ming Dynasty.
Da Ming has this ability.
Because Daming's industry and commerce have been completed on a large scale.
The biggest advantage of scale is lower costs.
Even if there is no steam power, even if it is still in the handicraft stage, large-scale handicraft industry still has an overwhelming advantage over cottage handicraft industry.
Therefore, Jiannu's family workshop has no way to compete with the Ming Dynasty.
Up to now, Jiannu's cotton spinning, iron smelting, salt, porcelain, oil and other industries have been basically destroyed, and they are all maintained by trade with the Ming Dynasty.
However, the trade between the two sides is fairly fair.
Now the eight Jin merchants of Jiannu suddenly increased their prices, which is very unusual.
Chongzhen asked again: "Have you counted how much silver has flowed into Daming from Jiannu in recent years?" ”
Zhang Han replied: "The exact number cannot be counted, but the approximate number is clear, in recent years, the silver flowing from Jiannu to Daming through various channels is about 30 million. ”
"30 million?" Chongzhen frowned, "That's not right, the Jiannu treasury shouldn't have bottomed out yet." ”
As a traverser, Chongzhen knew the family background of Jiannu, and the family wealth accumulated before entering the customs plus the silver snatched from Beijing and the Dashun army after entering the customs must be at least 70 million taels.
Now 30 million have flowed into the Ming Dynasty, and there are at least 20 million in the Jiannu treasury.
As for the remaining more than 20 million taels, they must have been scattered in the hands of the Jiannu magnates.
The clan of thousands of slaves and more than 300,000 banner people must have 20 million taels of silver in the family.
Kang Million said: "Even if the Jiannu treasury has not bottomed out, there is not much left, and cutting off the trade route at this time, even if it can't let Jiannu break out into civil strife, at least it will be enough for them to be busy for a while." ”
Zhang Han continued: "Most of the key Jiannu have already sensed that something is wrong. ”
"Yes, Zhang Qing is right." Chongzhen nodded, "Most of the Jiannu have already sensed that something is wrong, so this is the last window of time, and if you miss this time, it will be difficult for Jiannu to cause turmoil again." ”
Chongzhen is also ruthless, and he really does everything he can to attack Jiannu.
In addition to the continuous consumption of Dagukou and Gaizhouwei, an economic war was also waged.
What's even more ruthless is that as early as three years ago, Chongzhen was already planning in advance for this economic war.
At that moment, Chongzhen said: "Then let's start, from today onwards, not a single wisp will flow into Jiannu!" If anyone dares to disobey the will of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and still secretly communicate with Jiannu, he will be kicked out of the Daming Chamber of Commerce immediately, and all members of the Daming General Chamber of Commerce will not be allowed to do business with him in the future, oh yes, there is still a product that can still be sold to Jiannu. ”
"What is it?" Kang Million and Zhang Han couldn't help but be stunned when they heard this.
Chongzhen said with a smile: "It's Huzhou light yarn soaked in alkaline water." ”
"This kind of lake yarn, we can provide as much as Jiannu wants."
"Of course, the price has to be the old price, 100 yuan for a horse of lake yarn."
Kang Million and Zhang Han also laughed when they heard this, Jiannu must have been miserable this time.
spent 1 million taels of silver to buy 10,000 horses of light yarn soaked in alkaline water from Huzhou.
After these lake yarns have just been soaked in alkaline water, there is not much abnormality, so the merchants of Jiannu can't see the clue at all, but after a few months, they will deteriorate and become brittle.
[Note: The internal affairs are almost explained]
[Next, it is a decisive battle with Jiannu]