Chapter 195: Priority

He Xi didn't speak, just looked at Lian Zining quietly.

Lian Zining looked at the silent He Xi, and could only say what he thought in his heart, he said: "Now if the imperial court wants to transport materials to the front line of the Western Regions, it must be sent from Beijing to Liaodong, from Liaodong to Mobei through the canal, and then all the way to the Western Regions, which is thousands of miles away. And before I came, King Yan was already planning to take Turpan as the foundation of southern Xinjiang and compete with Timur."

"From Beijing to Turpan in the west, the distance is closer, if you take the northwest, or even if necessary, you can get the support of the northwest border army?"

Lian Zining said, "Exactly." He then added: "I am not only thinking about King Yan, but also for the sake of the imperial court, I don't want the thieves from the Western Regions to invade the imperial court, and it is also a good thing to be able to stop the war outside the northwest."

Turpan is different from Northern Xinjiang.

As long as King Yan took Turpan, it would be impossible for Timur to cross Turpan and enter the northwest.

Although it is said that the Gansu region is still supporting Nanjing. But no matter how He Xi and Lian Zining regard these lands as the Ming Dynasty, these lands are attacked by foreign enemies, and it is a completely different concept from the Yan State to fight with foreign enemies.

Although from a practical point of view, after dividing the troops in the northwest, even if they win, I am afraid that they will have to bear the heavy responsibility of defending the border. For Beijing, it is difficult to say whether it is a gain or a burden.

But in a big sense, it's a score.

Although morality is important, it is also necessary to weigh the pros and cons. Look at the overall input.

He Xi said, "I know this thing."

And just know.

Whether it will work or not is another matter.

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He Xi's agreement with Lian Zining was placed in front of Zhu Xiongying.

Zhu Xiongying looked at it and was generally satisfied. Zhu Xiongying's jealousy of King Yan in his heart is no less than that of Nanjing, for no other reason, Zhu Di, King of Yan, is the Yongle Emperor in history, although history has changed.

But King Yan still retains his independence. Zhu Xiongying can't be completely assured.

It's much better now.

The implementation of this agreement does not dare to say that Yanwang will be controlled by Beijing in the future. At least it will not be easy for King Yan to rebel. Not to mention, King Yan now has the great enemy of Timur, who is a Mongolian hero in the post-Mongol era.

Looking at his life, even if he is not the opponent of King Yan, he will not lose so easily. Not to mention that the Mongol regimes in Central Asia had become Turkicized. That is, ***. King Yan wanted to annex the Timurid Khanate, and the various problems he encountered were enough for King Yan to survive for a lifetime.

Zhu Xiongying was naturally relieved. If nothing else, it is unlikely that he will meet King Yan Bingrong in his life.

As for some of the costs paid, they are nothing compared to this.

It's just that people who have no long-term worries must have near-term worries.

The benefits of He Xi and Lian Zining's agreement are quite far-reaching. But the problems it brings are imminent.

Zhu Xiongying said, "Uncle is the most relieved to do things. Naturally, I was right. Just let the following be printed. It's just that in this way, there will be more than 200,000 taels of expenses on the Yan country's side every year, and if the war is urgent, I am afraid that the Yan country will have to advance money."

"The finances of the imperial court are tight, I can't sleep day and night, my uncle doesn't seem to be in a hurry, and now all things are almost taken care of. Can my uncle tell me how to pay for the expenses of the imperial court, otherwise the military salary will not be paid until the end of this year."

"That's the priority."

He Xi said: "Your Majesty, I don't know, the minister has been worrying about this matter for a while. It was only when I actually handled it that I discovered that there were many problems that could not be bypassed."

Zhu Xiongying said, "What's the problem?"

He Xi said: "The south follows Confucianism and Taoism, pays attention to the fact that the Son of Heaven is ordered by the heavens, respects the heavens and the ancestors, and the world is the world of the Zhu family. This is why many people are very opposed to what Taizu did back then. After all, in the eyes of the scholars, this court is the court of the Zhu family, and the world is the world of the Zhu family, not our family. Why are we?

Why do you want to consume our family's property out of thin air for the Zhu family?"

"That's why as long as yeoman farmers are the foundation of the imperial court. Because yeoman farmers could not resist the power of the imperial court. They were more obedient to the administration of the imperial court. Because for yeoman farmers, they could not produce without the imperial court to create a peaceful environment. But for the local clans, it is different. The troubled times are a nightmare for the people of the world, but for many people, it is simply a feast. Therefore, there is no immortal court in the world, but there is an immortal family."

Zhu Xiongying understood but didn't understand He Xi's words.

If you understand it, you understand the mode that He Xi said. Indeed, this is also the original model of the Ming Dynasty established by Zhu Yuanzhang, that is, the Ming Dynasty combined with homesteaders to attack the middle level, it doesn't matter what this middle level is, it can be Haoqiang, it can be a family, it can be a scholar, it can be a gentry. Wait a minute.

In any case, the classical Chinese imperial model is the strongest as long as it is combined with a strong imperial court and a large number of yeoman farmers.

Zhu Xiongying didn't understand because he didn't know what He Xi was doing when he suddenly said this thing?

Seeing that Zhu Xiongying didn't seem to understand, He Xi sighed and said, "Your Majesty, what is industrialization? Large-scale division of labor, factory mode. A large number of people were required to produce labor in a system, and the homesteaders system could not have produced an industrial revolution. Where there is a natural combination of a yeoman farming system and a subsistence smallholder economy. Once the Industrial Revolution began, it meant that a very powerful force was born between the imperial court and the yeoman farmers. They became the main producer of wealth."

"Before the yeoman farming system, the imperial court was taxed from the yeoman farmers. As long as the quota is not exceeded, it is impossible for yeoman farmers to disobey the imperial court. But this method will not work for the factory owners and capitalists."

"What is the nature of taxation? It's exploitation."

"It's not an easy thing to take money from someone else."

Zhu Xiongying said, "Is it possible, these people still dare to disobey the orders of the imperial court?"

He Xi said, "Naturally, I don't dare. However, how much is the right amount of tax? Factory merchants are not the same as agriculture. There is probably a lot of output in the farmland in a year. But the factory is different. If you have more output this year, you can tax more, and next year you will have less output. There has to be less taxation, otherwise the factory will go out of business. Once they died, not only would the imperial court not be able to collect taxes from them, but they would have to find a way to settle these unemployed."

"Otherwise, there's going to be a mess."

Zhu Xiongying said: "Can't you send someone to investigate, aren't you vigorously building the Shuntian Mansion, and the number of officials in the Shuntian Mansion is the highest in the world, can't you find out?"

He Xi sighed and said, "I really can't find out."

This is He Xi's sincere words.

After several years of training, Beijing has formed a big market, especially after the construction of the railway between Liaodong and Beijing, Liaodong and Beijing are infinitely close in geographical distance. A unified market has been formed. Liaodong has very close economic ties with Beijing.

The most obvious data is that the railway from Beijing to Yingkou can pay tens of thousands of taels of profits every month, and if you calculate it in this way, you can earn back one million yuan a year from this railway.

That's not a small amount.

After the opening of the Japanese market and the opening of the Nanyang market to Beijing, the whole of Beijing was busy doing business, and the market became more prosperous. He Xi could foresee that this prosperity would intensify, and without him, the Western Regions market brought by the submission of the Yan Domain was also beckoning.

The economy itself is anticipated. If the expectation is good, it will be reflected in the market.

On the whole, a thriving business can bring a lot of taxes to the Beijing government. Even that in itself is no less. The total amount of taxes paid in all aspects is nearly 20 million yuan a year. Is it less? Not at all. After all, before the separation of the north and the south, the Ming Dynasty paid more than 50 million taels of taxes a year.

But the question is, is it enough? Nature is not enough.

Not enough at all.

Even He Xi has been secretly printing a lot of banknotes. Because of the boom in the market, no one has found out.

He Xi didn't think about it

Go on. But the market doesn't allow it.