Zhu Jingyuan arranged tasks for officials in several northwestern provinces and let them go back.

Several provinces did not have a dedicated staff and did not set up an office in Xi'an.

However, Zhu Jingyuan asked people to arrange special telephone lines and assign special operators.

The chief officials of several political envoys can directly call this line, and let the special operator directly connect to Zhu Jingyuan's side.

The few tasks arranged by Zhu Jingyuan seem to be only a few, but the actual implementation is complicated.

It is impossible for Zhu Jingyuan to complete his two-year term of office, and it would be good if Zhu Jingyuan could achieve initial results when he left.

The construction of new industrial zones around selected cities, the construction of new large-scale concentrated residential areas, and the simple construction of houses can take months to a year.

Train the people and get the factory into production, and it's probably another year away.

The point is that before that, people scattered on the grasslands and plateaus must be sent to the cities where the factories are located.

This is also because the Ming Dynasty already has grassroots ruling institutions on the grasslands and plateaus.

Since the time of Emperor Shizu, a unified management organization has been established on the grasslands and snowy plateaus, assigning relatively fixed pastoral areas to each tribe and arranging special management and liaison personnel within the tribe.

At the same time, the abolitionist reform of the Ming Dynasty was also implemented on the grasslands and plateaus.

Serfdom on the plateau ended a hundred years ago.

Without these foundations, Zhu Jingyuan's orders would not have been carried out at all.

After Zhu Jingyuan sent away several political envoys, he first wrote a report to his father.

Write down the plans discussed with officials from several provinces, and at the same time clearly list the policies that require the cooperation of the central court.

There are also requirements for cooperation from various aspects, including the central court and the imperial foundation.

Then he contacted the management of Daming Airlines and asked them to contact the yamen of several provinces on the grassland and plateau.

Provide them with off-road mopeds, cars and airplanes suitable for use on the plateau and grassland.

In the grasslands, Gobi, and plateaus, there is not enough transportation network, and it is impossible to build railways for large and small cities, and even the Ming Dynasty cannot afford that kind of cost.

In the past, most remote areas could only be communicated by horse teams, but now mopeds, cars and planes can be used.

The relative maturity of the internal combustion engine industry is also an important condition for the completion of Zhu Jingyuan's task in the northwest of the Ming Dynasty.

At the same time, Daming Airlines and its subordinate machinery companies were required to invest in Xi'an, Lanzhou, Yili and other places to open new factories.

Emperor Zhu Jianyan of the Ming Dynasty frowned after reading his son's report.

Then instinctively take a pen and paper and scratch in front of you:

"This kid is too big-mouthed, engaged in industry in the northwest, engaged in big city construction, and engaged in large-scale immigration......

"The logic is very reasonable, and the goal can be considered relatively clear.

"Bringing together the scattered ethnic groups of the steppe to the nearest great city to become new workers is indeed the best means of integrating these marginal populations once and for all.

"But the question is, how much does the court have to spend in this process......"

Of course, these reform plans put forward by Zhu Jingyuan cost money.

Of course, the products of the royal consortium and Daming Airlines cannot be used by yamen at all levels for free.

At most, a wholesale price slightly lower than the market retail price is given.

The concentration of new urban areas, the construction of government-run factories, and the migration population itself also cost money.

The tax revenue of the northwestern provinces is already small, and Zhu Jianyan feels that even if all the taxes paid by the local government are reversed, most of them will not be enough to consume these measures.

It must also be carried out by the imperial court.

Zhu Jianyan pondered for a while, and finally directly accepted all his son's requests.

Tell your secretary to write the order, show it to yourself, confirm it, and distribute it to the appropriate departments and agencies.

Now the financial situation of the Ming Dynasty is relatively good, which is also the basis for the current implementation of these reforms.

It will be relatively easy to do anything during the rise of the dynasty......

Daming Airlines and its subordinate machinery companies, in the face of Zhu Jingyuan's direct boss's order, of course, had no way to refuse.

Although it is certainly not as convenient as building a factory in the northwest as in Jiangnan and the Central Plains, there are also special markets in the local area.

For the Northwest Territories, airplanes and automobiles can even be regarded as a rigid need.

In the next few months, the Ming court, the royal consortium, the Ming Airlines and other institutions began to gradually send materials, funds, and personnel to the northwest, and cooperated with the officials of the political envoys in the northwest to begin to implement Zhu Jingyuan's plan.

Many well-informed businessmen thought that the Ming Dynasty was going to carry out the "great development of the northwest", and some businessmen were ready to consider whether to go to the northwest to invest together, and some went directly.

In a certain sense, Zhu Jingyuan's request for the political envoys in the northwest can indeed be regarded as the large-scale development of the northwest.

Although Zhu Jingyuan and Zhu Jianyan, father and son, actually do not want to develop the Great Northwest.

After the previous communication, the two have unified their thinking and will not engage in construction in places where the environment is not suitable.

However, there is an exception for actual strategic needs.

Much of the Northwest can be deserted, but critical lines of communication must be secured.

Therefore, the northwest development action of the Ming Dynasty began quite lively when the emperor himself was actually reluctant.

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At the foot of the Tianshan Mountains, on an open pasture, a herdsman is grazing his livestock.

The morning sun shone on the ground, and after lunch, the children rode their ponies around the periphery of the herd.

Amid the neighing of cattle and sheep, a strange sound was faintly heard in the distance.

Soon, two engine moped cars appeared in the herdsmen's field of vision.

The children were very interested in these "iron horses" and carried their ponies forward a little to meet them.

But adults don't have much affection for these things.

The herdsmen of this era were far from being in a state of driving and grazing.

Cars and mopeds have only been invented for many years, and herders in remote areas have not seen much of this kind of thing.

Most of them are only seen occasionally when shopping in town.

But their presence did affect the number and price of horses.

Traditional herders are still in a state of "worker resistance to new machines", so they don't have much affection for cars and mopeds.

But they also wanted to know who was driving to the ranch.

The two mopeds soon arrived at the place where the herders were, and the herdsmen finally saw the appearance of the herders.

Two men in their thirties, both of whom are officials in the county government, have come to the village to count the household registration information of their children before.

But the herdsman couple still didn't understand why the two officials had come to the village at this time.

There doesn't seem to be anyone in the village who has had a child recently but hasn't registered yet.

A tall and thin male officer stopped the moped, greeted the herdsman on the horse with a smile, and explained his intention:

"What about Lao Wa's sheep, there are new arrangements in the court, and we need to notify the village, is your village chief not at home?"

The male herdsman Lao Wa said casually:

"I may not be at home now, but I'll be back at night......"

The officer seems to have anticipated this situation:

"Alright, then I'll wait until the evening."

Lao Wa looked at this situation and asked a little curiously:

"Is there something big going on? Can't you just tell me just and let me shout no when I go back to the village? ”

The secretary thought about it, anyway, it was just afternoon, and it was still early in the evening.

And he could go to their village with this herdsman, so he casually explained to Lao Wa:

"The imperial court wants you to go to the city, and it is not our county seat, but directly to Ili.

"This time, His Royal Highness the Prince of Great Food directly arranged that all the herdsmen under our Tianshan Mountain go to live in the city......

"Do you know, His Royal Highness Prince Daishi? He is the most important prince of His Majesty the Emperor.

"Now he is the governor of our entire Great Northwest, and all the political envoys have to listen to him."

When several children heard that they were going to Ili, they subconsciously cheered.

Regarding the identity of Prince Zhu Jingyuan and the governor, although they don't know exactly what they can do.

But they all know that it is definitely a very big official, and he is also a prince.

After hearing this, Lao Wa said with a sad face:

"We don't know anything but grazing, so what can we do in Ili? I don't have a place to live in the city, I can't make money......"

The officer immediately explained to Lao Wa:

"You can't learn it, now the work in the factory is very simple, as long as you are not a fool, you can learn it.

"Even if you really can't learn well, you can go to Ili to raise cattle, you will always raise cattle, right?"

When Lao Wa heard this, he almost laughed:

"My lord, what are you kidding, why do we have to go to Ili when we raise cattle? Isn't it the same to raise cattle here. ”

The officer, who seemed to feel that he was not clear about what he said, immediately added:

"It's not the way you used to raise cattle, it's not the way you used to raise cattle, it's not to drive livestock on the grassland.

"Instead, they are concentrated in captivity, and milk and meat production are directly fed with concentrate feed, and cattle are raised like factories.

"One person can raise more cattle and sheep, and they grow faster, so it's easy to sell next to big cities."

"You've probably heard of it before, the Royal Ranch is doing it now."

Lao Wa seemed to understand, and then continued to say with a bitter face:

"It's because the Han people have started to raise cattle and sheep like this, and our cattle and sheep are not easy to sell.

"Plus you guys are riding these mopeds, and our horses won't be easy to sell.

"In recent years, our days have become more and more difficult......"

When the officer heard this, he immediately followed and said:

"The court knows that you are having a hard time, so isn't there an arrangement now?

"His Majesty the Emperor and His Royal Highness Prince Dashi, now I'm going to take you into the city with me, and I'm going to take you to build a new ranch together.

"Of course, it's better to go into the factory, because the woollen mill employs more people and earns more money than the ranch.

"His Royal Highness Prince Daishoku has taken the lead in clothing firms, and now woolen clothes have become popular all over the world.

"If you go to work in the factory of the Great Food Garment Company, you can get at least twenty silver bills a month, and you can do even better.

"Even if you two don't want to enter the factory, you can let your eldest children enter the factory.

"In the future, they will be able to live in the buildings of the city, and they will not have to follow you in the wind and rain in the grassland.

"Isn't it more comfortable to get married and settle down in the village than to graze in the village?"

When Lao Wa heard the salary of twenty silver bills, and heard the statement of living in a building, especially when he thought of the statement that his children did not have to continue grazing with him and could settle down in the city, he was suddenly a little moved.

However, Lao Wa instinctively feels panic and worry about all the unknowns.

Lao Wa asked expectantly and worriedly:

"Can you really earn twenty silver bills in Ili? Do you have to have a job to do if you go? Where will you live when you go? ”

The officer immediately said:

"According to the arrangement given above, you will be notified when there is work, which is also the request of His Royal Highness Prince Dashi.

"I'm here to get you ready, and I'll take you there after arranging work for you.

"The place to stay is also arranged, when I first went to live in the dormitory of the factory.

"When you make money, you can buy your own house."

Lao Wa was even more moved after hearing this, but the worry in his heart was still not completely eliminated:

"Why did the imperial court do this? Why does His Royal Highness the Prince of Great Food take such good care of us herdsmen? ”

The officer immediately held his head high:

"Because you, like us, are the people of His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

"In the eyes of His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, there are no Han people, Mongols, or Wu'er people, we are all Ming people.

"Of course, our Majesty hopes that all the Ming people can live a good life.

"From the perspective of the imperial court, it means that the people have money in their hands, the people can earn more money, and the court can receive more taxes."

Lao Wa was a little confused when he heard it, but he was also keenly aware that the Ming people were a good identity.

The emperor is the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, so the Ming Dynasty is the emperor's own person.

Just like the chief of his own tribe, he will take care of the people of his own tribe and go to rob the people outside together.

Of course, most of the things snatched from the outside must be the big chief, and the livestock raised in the tribe must also contribute a part to the big chief, just like the Ming court also has to collect taxes.

The herdsmen below raised more cattle and sheep, so that the chiefs could receive more offerings.

Now that the people of the Ming Dynasty have money, the imperial court can receive more taxes.

Lao Wa felt that he basically understood, the truth of the elders has not changed, but the tribe of Daming is too big.

I heard that outside the grassland, most of the land under the entire sky is Daming.

is also a Ming person, so it is indeed very good......

So Lao Wa nodded and said:

"Think about it, I'll think about it, anyway, you didn't just take people away this time......"

When the officer heard Lao Wa say this, he knew that he had already moved, and he was also a little relieved.

Then continue to chat with Lao Wa and ask about the situation in the village.

In the middle of the afternoon, he followed Lao Wa to drive the sheep and return to the village where he lived.

Lao Wa said that he could help the officer to shout in the village, or tell the village chief about the matter.

But the officer knew that Lao Wa's ability was limited, and it was difficult to explain things clearly.

The point is that it is such a serious matter, and I have to go to the village in person and explain it to the herdsmen in person.

I also have to meet with the village chief to confirm that I have done my job and avoid any trouble in the future.

The methods and norms of the Ming officials, as well as the bureaucracy itself, were largely reshaped by Zhu Cihong.

Especially the village-level affairs that did not exist at all were Zhu Cihong's own rules.

So much so that the situation at the grassroots level in various places is very similar to the typical state of the countryside in later generations.

(End of chapter)