Chapter Thirty-Eight: Curve Salvation Begins with Mining

In fact, from the middle and late Ming Dynasty, capitalist production units also appeared in the mining industry.

In doing so, Zhu Guanwen wanted to advance this kind of production unit by several decades and use the regional economy to impact the existing policy of 'valuing agriculture and suppressing business'.

The current household department is actually not too difficult, because Daming is short of money but not food.

As long as the people have something to eat, it doesn't matter much if they are poor.

But Zhu Guanwen felt that it was not enough to just eat, and he had to live a good life.

Then, if you want to live a good life, money becomes a huge problem.

According to Zhu Yuanzhang's setting, the military, agriculture, and craftsmen, and their children and grandchildren have to do this business for generations.

Peasants, those 10,000 years were peasants.

Military household, even if your whole family dies, you have to find someone to join the army for you.

It doesn't matter if you're looking for a nephew or a nephew.

And the same is true for craftsmen, your ancestors have to be craftsmen for generations.

If this hukou system is not reformed, it will not be able to promote business development.

However, if you want to change the existing hukou system, you have to involve land reform, tax reform, and so on.

With a heavy shackle, how could Zhu Guanwen have so much time to open it.

Therefore, he adopted the method of saving the country with a curve, starting with the development of military business.

These abolished military registrations allow them to exert their residual heat again, and there is no need to be registered to do business.

Instead, let them operate around the mines, gradually develop into the surrounding towns, and drive the economy of the surrounding towns.

As a result, the rapid development of the regional economy is bound to affect the national economy.

There will also be a corresponding increase in business taxes.

Then the more money in the treasury is increasing, the better the welfare of officials, and they are still opposed to opening up business?

To put it bluntly, it is to use money to gag the mouths of the ministers of the DPRK and China.

Seeing that Geng Bingwen and the four of them were dumbfounded, Zhu Guanwen explained with a smile: "Don't panic, Aiqing, and listen to me!" ”

"Your Majesty, you have disarmed 100,000 people at one time, and you can't afford to wait for your ministers not to panic!" Geng Bingwen came back to his senses and said with a sad face.

"Yes, Your Majesty, you are too drastic!" Xu Huizu also said with a sad face.

Although the Governor's Office of the Five Armies was in charge of the Beijing Division and the local guard posts respectively, this kind of large-scale disarmament was still a Beijing battalion soldier, so he could not help but feel sorry.

After all, he is nominally the head of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies.

In fact, not only him, but even Cao Guogong Li Jinglong, and Ru Yu, the secretary of the military department, wanted to step forward to dissuade Zhu Guanwen.

However, Zhu Guanwen did not give them a chance to dissuade them, and explained: "The four adults are not impatient, I did not say that 100,000 people will be disarmed at one time, but will be disarmed in batches, and the development of the Mining Bureau will not immediately send 100,000 people to all parts of the country to open mines!" ”

"And what does Your Majesty mean?"

Ru Yu looked at Zhu Guanwen with doubts.

Zhu Guanwen continued: "I plan to take a few guards to pilot after inspecting the Beijing camp, and gradually replace those old and weak soldiers!" ”

"Substitution?"

As if grasping some important point, Li Jinglong hurriedly said: "Your Majesty means that the 500,000 establishment of the Beijing camp will not move, but replace those old and weak soldiers?" ”

"Not bad!"

Zhu Guanwen nodded in approval and said, "I want to build the Jingshi battalion into four types of armies, namely 150,000 infantry, 100,000 sailors, 150,000 cavalry, and 100,000 musketeers!" ”

"Infantry, cavalry, musketeers, ministers, etc. can still understand, but why should this sailor be established in the Beijing division battalion?" Geng Bingwen said incomprehensibly.

Zhu Guanwen said with a smile: "In the future, the role of sailors will be very great, and the Jingshi Battalion, as an army defending the imperial city, will naturally not be missing!" ”

In fact, he couldn't tell Geng Bingwen that Zhu Di attacked Nanjing City through sailors.

So in order to be prepared, he had to develop a water army.

Of course, at this time, there was already a naval division stationed at Xinjiangkou.

But that sailor finally took refuge in Zhu Di, and when Zhu Guanwen trained a new sailor, he naturally had to replace him.

"Then where is Your Majesty going to replace those soldiers who have been dismissed?" Xu Huizu asked.

"Choose Shandong first, the land of Liangguang, it's not enough to choose other places, anyway, it must be elite!"

"Yes, the minister will start this selection!"

Xu Huizu bowed and stepped aside.

Zhu Guanwen glanced at the other three ministers and said with a smile: "So, do you still have any opinions?" ”

"Your Majesty, as long as you don't reduce the establishment of the Jingshi Battalion, the minister has no opinion, it's this Mining Bureau, who does Your Majesty plan to hand over?" Ru Yu said tentatively.

Now everyone knows that this mining bureau will definitely be a money-making government in the future.

As the number one leader of the military, he naturally wanted to take this money-making yamen under the ownership of the military.

But where would Zhu Guanwen let him get his wish, he only heard him smile and said: "I understand Ru Shangshu's thoughts, but the Mining Bureau is the government of the imperial court, and as for the person in charge, ......"

As he spoke, his eyes fell on Li Jinglong, and he said, "I am ready to let Cao Guogong concurrently serve as the first director of the Mining Bureau!" ”

"Huh?"

Li Jinglong couldn't help but be surprised when he heard that Zhu Guanwen had put him in charge of the Mining Bureau.

He never thought that such a good thing would fall on him.

Now he just wants to yell, what's so bad about being a dog!

"Your Majesty, what you said is true?" Li Jinglong said in disbelief.

Zhu Guanwen smiled: "Naturally, it's true, you have no jokes!" ”

His purpose in doing this was naturally to gradually separate Li Jinglong from the military, so that he would no longer fulfill the obligations of the 'Ming God of War'.

But Li Jinglong didn't know Zhu Guanwen's purpose, he only felt that he was twice as long, and hurriedly knelt down and bowed: "Minister, Li Jingling, thank you Your Majesty Longen!" ”

"Haha, what is Li Aiqing doing, as your national father, as the newly established Mining Bureau, I still feel wronged by you!"

"No grievances, no grievances, the minister doesn't feel wronged at all!"

"Since you don't feel wronged, then I will hand over the Mining Bureau to you, don't let me down!" Zhu Guanwen said.

"Your Majesty, rest assured, the minister will never let you down!" Li Jinglong said solemnly.

"That's great!"

Zhu Guanwen nodded with satisfaction, and then looked at Geng Bingwen again: "Marquis Changxing, you are a veteran in the army, and you still need to mediate in the matter of disarmament, is there a problem?" ”

"This matter, the minister can't guarantee it, but His Majesty's intentions, the minister is already clear, the minister will secretly communicate with several veterans, listen to their thoughts, and then report to Your Majesty!"

"Yes! If it really doesn't work, you can let them come to me, and in addition, part of the income of the Mining Bureau, I plan to use it as military expenses to increase the generals' salaries! ”

"This ....."

When the four of them heard Zhu Guanwen's words, they glanced at each other, and their eyes were full of joy.

The heart said, what I am waiting for is your words, Your Majesty!

Geng Bingwen immediately said: "With Your Majesty's words, the minister doesn't think it's a big problem!" ”

The other three also echoed with a smile: "The ministers also don't think it's a big problem." ”

Zhu Guanwen rolled his eyes in his heart, and secretly asked if he was giving too much?