Troubled times use heavy codes.

This is a famous saying through the ages, quite wise.

The current Ming Dynasty has to use fierce medicine to be harsh, and it is necessary to use a reform that can be called a way to exchange blood to save it.

Even if the country is changed beyond recognition.

"Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Lianghuai, Fujian and Guangdong, these rich coastal places, how much silver is concentrated in our Ming Dynasty, if the silver is directly abolished, then these officials and gentry and businessmen who hold a large amount of silver are probably not willing, they are against the imperial court, what should I do?"

Although Bi Ziyan also supported Zhu Youzhen's reforms, he also had some worries, so he spoke out bluntly.

Zhu Youzhen replied: "I only said that I would change the monetary system, not that silver would be abolished directly, and my purpose was to delist silver.

After the advent of the new treasure banknote, it is like the imperial court came forward to open a money bank silver number, and the private silver can be replaced by the imperial court and replaced into equivalent treasure banknotes, so that a large amount of private silver will pour into the treasury and realize the gradual delisting.

In the future, when the new monetary system is completely stable, silver will once again flow into the market, only as a material for making jewelry.

Silver jewelry is very beautiful, you can make utensils and jewelry, and the imperial court will be able to make some money by selling these silver products in the future, which is good. ”

Bi Ziyan smiled, the emperor thought very far, and even found a place to use this huge amount of silver in the future.

"The British said that the main currency in circulation there is gold, and gold has driven out silver and become the hard currency of their country's central reserves.

But we now have a hard currency that is worth more than gold, and that is grain.

Food is human life, natural disasters are at the head, food is a good thing that can save lives wherever you go, as long as the imperial court holds the grain in its hands and holds the price of grain, it can achieve a smooth transition between the old and new monetary systems.

In the next ten or twenty years, after we have enough gold, we will see how to restructure, and there is no rush now. ”

After Zhu Youzhen explained this matter, he quickly looked at Song Yingxing from the Ministry of Industry.

An equally young officer.

"Next year, all the projects of the imperial court will be discontinued, except for the border defense of Liaodong and the construction of passes on the Great Wall such as Xifengkou, the dredging of canals and water transportation will be stopped, and all the conscripts will be disbanded.

Recuperate and fight against the difficulties together, at such a critical juncture, don't think about doing any huge projects that will cost the people and money.

Release a large number of labor force back to the people, one to take over a large number of land that has long been abandoned and abandoned, and the other to revitalize the development of the people's handicraft industry, the cotton company should add more looms to expand, recruit some female workers from the people, and help the people restore their people's strength.

Now that we have reached a cooperation with the East India Company, China and Hong Kong will also expand their recruitment, and the relevant maritime schools and shipyards, Xu Guangqi's side has begun to prepare, and the backbone are experienced old sailors and workers recruited from Macao, and there is no shortage of old workers in our shipyards in Fuzhou, Quanzhou, and Guangzhou.

More shipyards, more recruit and train workers who can build ships and build ships, in the future, our focus is the sea not the land, guarding the domestic one-third of an acre, facing the loess with their backs to the sky and no future.

Especially in my opinion, in the next 20 years, this natural disaster and horror will not end and may continue to be bad, in this case, it will not survive only by domestic farming.

The East India Company has given us a very good direction of development, people guard India, and hundreds of millions of tons of grain can be harvested every year lying still, not to mention that there is only one India in all countries?

We signed an agreement with the British, and we want to drive out the Dutch for others, and I am also aggrieved, we are all my sons of the Ming Dynasty, but we have to work for the British, this is not good.

But the times forced me to bow my head, without the East India Company's food, our people would not be able to live.

I can see that the British are using us as swordsmen.

When the Dutch are driven away, the British will definitely seize the sea power, and then the entire South Seas, even Korea and Japan, the British will intervene, what does this mean?

It means that the surroundings of my Ming Dynasty will all be occupied by the British, forming an encirclement and a blockade, and we will be trapped and die in the country.

We always say that our country is very big, with a territory of thousands of miles and abundant resources, but no matter how big our Ming is, it is not as big as this world.

If we lose sea power, what we lose is three Ming, five Ming or even ten Ming!

The British occupy ten territories of our Ming Dynasty and enslave several times the number of slaves of our Ming people, so how rapid will Britain develop?

Yuan Chonghuan fought in Liaodong and used the artillery of the Dutch to repeatedly recreate slaves, which is the change in war brought about by the progress of military science and technology, and swords, swords, halberds, bows, crossbows and armor are bound to withdraw from history in the future.

Therefore, development is the first priority, and to develop, we must have sea power!

Your Ministry of Industry should take the development of sea power as the focus of the next 20, 30 or even 100 years, and as for the domestic people's livelihood construction projects, we can appropriately put them on the road, and then pick them up when the country's economy improves in the future.

Nanyang can only be the Nanyang of my Ming Dynasty and the pond in my Ming backyard, and cannot be given to the British.

Even if you develop well, I will throw my words here for you, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Burma and other countries around my Ming Dynasty will be taken down, including India, which is now occupied by the British!

You've all seen the map of Wanbang, and what I want is to divide it in half! At least half of it! ”

Song Yingxing is young, listens very attentively, and his hands are very fast.

Although he couldn't understand many things in Zhu Youzhen's words, he copied them all.

It's okay if you don't understand it now, just go back and think about it more.

If you can't do it, you can also face the saint alone and ask for advice in person.

After explaining the completion department, Zhu Youzhen followed closely and looked at Zhou Yanru.

"Starting next year, you have to pay more attention to the matter of selecting officials, and the traditional way of selecting officials and the imperial examination must be gradually withdrawn, but you can't stop it as soon as you come up, otherwise the local government will make trouble again, you are like this.

First, the localities were instructed to organize local township examinations according to their own conditions, and then the list was directly reported to the central government, just like the previous system of recommending inspectors, and the local officials were elected for approval by the central government.

Appointed officials are appointed directly at the local level, and the triennial formal imperial examinations are no longer held.

The local government selects its own officials and recommends the imperial court, so that it is too late for the local family to be happy, and it is impossible to oppose the imperial court.

After two years, after this method of selecting officials gradually replaces the imperial examination, the imperial court only needs one right to issue questions and one right to approve papers, and it can directly abolish the political influence of all local families!

It is equivalent to abolishing the imperial examination and abolishing the right of recommendation of local officials.

This is my idea, and I will make some specific extensions and details according to my idea after returning to the ministry. ”

Zhou Yanru nodded again and again, and followed Song Yingxing, writing down all the things that he kept writing.

He is Zhu Youzhen's number one fan brother and the first loyal minister.

Well, by no means because of fear.

Seeing Zhou Yanru like this, Zhu Youzhen showed a comfortable smile.

When Zhang Xianzhong is destroyed, it will not be far from restoring the centralized power of the central government!