Chapter 678: The King of Siam's Concession

The industrialization development path of the Ming Dynasty is definitely two different models from the industrialization path of the West.

When the news of the Korean stock bank appeared in the newspaper, Zhu Gaochi couldn't calm down for a long time after seeing it, which means that the capital is gathering on a large scale and boarding the rapid expansion channel.

Why is capital at stake.

Just like the same capital, the original was 100 yuan, through the way of concentrating resources of the stock bank, then the original capital like scattered sand, began to merge into one, and the income of the next 30 years can be directly converted into capital, and in the shortest possible time, it will be expanded to 10,000 yuan or 100,000 yuan.

For example, the railroad achievements of the United States, in the research of sociologists, believe that the concentration of capital was brought about by the sale of shares.

"The stock bank must be absolutely controlled by the imperial court."

Zhu Gaochi put down the newspaper and said to the new clerk Fanhao.

Fan Hao is a graduate of Beiping Guozijian, interned in the Daming Industrial Bureau for three years, returned to Guozijian and graduated, after selection successively in the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Household Observation and Employment, and finally entered the Wenhua Palace clerk's office.

"Stock bank?"

Fan Hao got the signal of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, picked up the latest newspaper, and quickly saw the news about the stock bank, but the introduction in the newspaper was not very careful, and Fan Hao did not perceive the meaning.

Isn't it just an intermediary, why does His Royal Highness the Crown Prince attach so much importance to it, Fan Hao frowned.

The stock bank developed by the tooth bank is very rudimentary at the current stage, but it is precisely because of this that it is easy to be managed by the imperial court, otherwise it will be difficult to control this model in the future.

Especially on the day when I was gone.

Zhu Gaochi is not afraid that the stock bank will grow up when he is alive, but he is afraid that the stock bank will grow up after his death, and I am afraid that no one will understand the doorway at that time, because this is a new thing.

No emblem is not a business.

Because the hometown of the Hui merchants was too poor, there were many people and little land, people could not survive, and they had to go out to survive, so they grew up through commerce and trade, and also became merchants all over the country.

And what about Western Europe in the fourteenth and fourteenth centuries.

Perennial wars, sickness, poverty, hunger, cold. And so on, coupled with the aristocratic fiefdom system, the hungry people could not move, but on the contrary, the population growth was controlled, and the population did not exceed the load of the land.

So why did Western Europe embark on the path of industrialization?

Because of the regression of technology and civilization due to ignorance in Western Europe, the long-term social backwardness, coupled with the barren land and shrinking population and arable land area in Western Europe, food production is also regressing.

So even if the population was far from being able to carry the land, it led to the bankruptcy of agriculture in Western Europe.

Even at the beginning of the eighteenth century, when the scientific revolution in Western Europe was becoming history, Europe was still an agrarian society, with more than 90 percent of the total population living in the countryside and directly engaged in agricultural production.

The great bankruptcy of agriculture caused the feudal aristocracy to no longer be able to imprison countless hungry people.

The first to leave their homeland were the Portuguese and Spaniards, because this area was the first place in Western Europe to be spread by foreign civilizations, technology and culture, including gunpowder, which was introduced to this peninsula through Central Asia and West Asia, and then to the whole of Western Europe.

Spain in turn influenced the Dutch, who at that time belonged to Spain, while the Netherlands was bordered by Germany to the east and England to the west.

Countless poor people joined the sailor's trade, and in order to survive, they embarked on the sea of death.

The population shifted from agriculture to commerce, and the surviving ship bosses and merchants brought back wealth that contributed to the prosperity of the local cities of Western Europe, which, oddly enough, had little to do with the countryside.

The countryside remains poor, while the cities are becoming more prosperous.

The Netherlands defeated Spain, and England and France defeated the Netherlands.

The spread of the model, and even the geographical expansion, Western Europe transported the rural poor to new land, coupled with the unique geographical advantages of Britain, rich mineral resources, the birth of the steam engine, and finally formed the population gradually transferred from the traditional agricultural and commercial fields to the mechanized production field, so the first industrial revolution occurred in Britain.

It meets the needs of the global trading system and supports the entire industrial production. The British model was soon copied by the rest of the world.

This is completely different from the current social resource allocation model of the Ming Dynasty.

The Ming Dynasty could not turn back the wheel of history, smash all the achievements of science and technology, culture, military, and system that were originally higher than those of Western Europe, first impoverished their own people, and then sent the poor overseas, through long-term behavior, to carry out population transfer.

Only the agricultural technology of the Ming Dynasty, the ratio of planting to harvest is one to forty, and the developed agricultural technology is destined to the population in the early Ming Dynasty will not exceed the land load, that is, the people are generally full.

Eat to your heart's content, who is willing to leave their hometown, leave the people and society they are familiar with.

Therefore, later generations have theories that are combined with their own national conditions, and those countries that ignore their own national conditions and imitate them in all their ways have all gone to collapse and economic decay.

If an agricultural country with a backward development and economy wants to enter the industrial society very quickly, first of all, it cannot meet the quality of human resources.

Historically, both Japan and South Korea successfully entered the industrial society under the management of the older ruling class, and the economic success of South Korea was also brought about by their military junta, although they later overthrew the military government, but their economic achievements are undeniably the good foundation built during the military junta.

First, through economic development, we will cultivate more talents, and finally meet the new needs of social development.

And the premise of economic development is stability.

So now, under the control of the Ming Dynasty, Goryeo, which is gradually stabilizing, has a rich technical background, a large number of domestic population support, and there is no lack of market.

Zhu Gaochi is very sure that in less than 20 years, Goryeo will be able to catch up with the footsteps of the Ming Dynasty.

The birth of the stock bank in Goryeo shows that Goryeo has many conditions that are not available in China, such as capital is more uncontrolled in Goryeo, and the advantages of capital can be brought into play, so should it be suppressed.

Seeing that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was thinking, Fan Hao quietly pondered the stock line and the meaning of it.

Zhu Gaochi thought of the disputes of later generations.

The eagle and the rabbit do business together, and it is something that the people of both sides can benefit from.

But in this process, if the advantage of the eagle is six points, the rabbit relies on his diligence, and the benefit reaches ten points, then in the eyes of the eagle, the eagle himself suffers, because he is afraid that the rabbit will surpass him.

The eagle also knows that he can't fight the rabbit with hard work.

Not to mention that rabbits don't respect eagles, in the same way, kangaroos' biggest customers are rabbits, but kangaroos have never respected rabbits.

In the current environment, the model of Daming and Goryeo has a high degree of economic complementarity, Goryeo's human resources are low, and a large number of cheap raw materials are supplied to Daming.

The land of Daming is still grown with grain, and a small part is cash crops, which ensures the stability of domestic agriculture and meets the needs of industrial development. If the current model is suppressed, it will hinder the development speed of the Ming Dynasty, but it can prevent the development momentum of Goryeo from catching up with the Ming Dynasty, and it can also hold the rise of capital hostage.

The clan system.

Zhu Gaochi thought of this method, which is also the reason why Zhu Gaochi has paid more and more attention to new learning since the beginning of this year.

The vassal system proposed by Xinxue, which was dominated by the Ming Dynasty, changed the surrounding pattern through the vassal system, and finally merged into the interior of the Ming Dynasty, which was a more advanced means than the eagles establishing military bases in various places.

At least this is true for the present day in the fifteenth century.

However, it will take time to observe whether the clan system can develop to meet the needs of the Ming Dynasty, and at the same time, the development speed of Goryeo and the development of the stock bank model also need to be tracked.

If the development speed of the clan system cannot exceed the development speed of Goryeo, and the development of the Goryeo stock bank model is faster, Zhu Gaochi will not be able to wait, otherwise, Zhu Gaochi will not need to suppress it.

"Jiang Binzhi, Huang Fu."

Zhu Gaochi couldn't help but read two names.

One is one of the most trusted talents promoted by himself, and the other is a cadre who is famous in history and has made great achievements at the moment, and the role of these two people in Goryeo is related to the future direction of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Gaochi was a little worried, "Fanhao." ”

"The minister is here."

"You should learn more about the stock bank and prepare for going to the Prime Minister's Office in Korea to serve as a minister in the future." Zhu Gaochi also sent Fan Hao, whom he valued recently, to Goryeo to monitor the development of the vassal system and monitor the development speed of Goryeo, and leave a backhand with the stock bank.

There has never been a savior in the world.

Just as the eagle will not allow other countries to surpass him, the Ming Dynasty will not allow any country to surpass the Ming Dynasty, this is the national concept.

The world is not static, it is always full of competition and challenges, and the same is true for individuals, and even more so for countries.

If you want to rest on your laurels and stand still, you will soon be surpassed by others.

Because science does not belong to anyone, it is where it is, anyone can discover it, anyone can learn and imitate, and whoever gives up learning and development will be eliminated by the world, even if it is a super empire.

Lying flat does not exist.

Da Ming is not qualified to lie flat, let alone an individual.

Even the emperor's age is still expanding his territory.

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Quanzhou.

Port.

Merchants had a lot of scales, and the large scales in the shops were stamped with a seal, which needed to be stamped by the government, a commercial tradition that even in the Song Dynasty, if the inspection found that it had been altered privately, it would be severely punished.

Therefore, whether it is a domestic businessman, a local businessman, or a businessman from other countries, they are not worried about being deceived and can conduct business with confidence.

There was a kind of bill among the merchants, which was published by the local grain stamp bank, which met the needs of bulk commodity trade, and soon became the main mode of trade of the local merchant houses.

But this bill, for safety and not to be deceived, can only be used within the scope of the wharf, that is, the bill of the grain stamp bank in Quanzhou, which can only be exchanged in Quanzhou.

"This is what the people of the kingdom call their idol."

Several foreign merchants arrived in Quanzhou on a humble ship, and they wanted to do business with the Ming Dynasty, because they were not part of the Ming vassal state, and they were not recognized, and the local government had already reported it.

Those who can do trade in the open coastal cities of the Ming Dynasty as usual, places like Bonidusi, there are no restrictions, followed by the Xuanfu Division, and then the vassal states.

Several merchants, who had local Han Chinese friends, took them around the bazaar in the harbor.

Pointing to a peculiar statue of a god, with a body and three heads, constantly looking at each other, the Ming man said casually: "The three heads have a conscience and essence, and whoever makes one head happy, also makes the other heads happy, and conversely, whoever offends and angers one head, also offends and angers the other two." ”

Several foreigners listened with their eyes lit up, and they had no idea that their "friends" were talking about it.

The Ming people obviously didn't regard them as their friends, but just to go to their land to do business, and as for the fact that they really came over, the Ming people were very surprised.

After hearing the goods brought by his friends, Da Mingren's face was complicated, I am afraid that a few friends will lose their money, and no one will buy them at all, they should bring local souvenirs, not fabrics.

After a few days, they were allowed to unload their goods at the port, but they were among the most marginalized, and unless their kingdom became a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, they had to pay taxes of up to thirty percent of the value of the goods, as well as an administrative fee of fifty yuan for the port entrance fee and the port sanitation fee.

Such a high cost is more than they can afford, and their goods are really unattended.

Soon after, several brocade guards found the Ming man.

"Where is Adam?"

"Adan is far away."

"How far?"

"If you take the sea route, it will take tens of thousands of miles along the way."

Several brocade guards stared at each other like fools.

The Ming man explained embarrassedly, "I like to go to new places to see, so I am not a pure businessman." ”

Rich, capricious, it's that simple.

Soon after.

A new area has been included in the map, and through the introduction of this Ming person, there are many more places in the map of the world of the Ming Dynasty.

The port of Quanzhou, which travels north to Shanghai, is Dayuan Island to the east, Guangdong and Guangxi to the west, and is supplied on the island of Qiongzhou Prefecture to Jiaozhi, passing through Champa along the coastline, followed by Chenla and Siam.

Because of the narrow peninsula in the south, the trade between merchant ships and Siam was mainly in the southeastern part of Siam, which is now the sphere of influence of the Polondo Raja.

The northern region belonged to the king's sphere of influence, and the southern region was the Liukun Kingdom, according to the trajectory of history, Jiaozhi was weakened in a short period of time because of the war with the Ming Dynasty, and the city of Zhancheng also declined because of the plundering of Annam.

Siam took advantage of the situation to expand to the southern peninsula, so the relationship between the Liukun Kingdom and Siam has always been discordant, until the southernmost Manchu Kaxiong rose, defeated the Siamese army, began to expand north, and because of the arrival of colonists, interrupted the expansion of Manchuka, and finally called Malacca.

Polondo Raja did not get the support of the Ming Dynasty, and no longer compromised, and forcibly confiscated the goods of the Ming merchants, causing the Ming merchants to suffer huge losses and fled to the Liukun Kingdom one after another.

The Liukun Kingdom welcomed the arrival of the Ming merchants, not only helping them, but also giving them land to settle down.

Polondoraja relied on the port to do business with the Ming merchants, made a lot of money, and bought a lot of materials, so he was able to start a business, and the king of the Liukun Kingdom also hoped that the Ming merchants would establish a port in Liukun, with the help of the power of the Ming Dynasty.

In an era full of opportunities, there are business opportunities everywhere, and many restless people are unwilling to live their lives honestly.

No matter how much the Ministry of Workers' and People's Unions tried to protect the rights and interests of the workers, farming was still hard work, and factory work was still numb.

A large number of children of the squire class, they wanted to live a prosperous life, with the development of trade, the maturity of navigation routes, and the expansion of Ming influence brought security to them, leading many Ming people to go to sea to engage in business.

They have the level of education, the courage, and the original capital of the family, coupled with the suppression of commercial capital in China, which can be regarded as promoting the outflow of capital.

When Polondoraja confiscated the goods of the Ming merchants, it was a complete tear with the Ming Dynasty, but Polondoraja did not dare to go too far, and still guaranteed the safety of the Ming people's lives.

But the port soon withered, and there were no merchant ships to do business again.

Polondo Raja, who had become rich by sea trade, could not obtain other financial resources, and although the problem of military salaries was solved, it could only last for a short time, and could not last, so it could be regarded as a ruin, and chose to take the lead in waging war, wanting to unify Siam as soon as possible.

Polondamo led his army to break through the Bangkok area, opened the passage to the north, and then waited until Polondoraja converged and went straight to Ayutthaya, the city of Autaya, the capital of Siam.

The elephant troops, the fire guns, and even the traditional army, the Polondoraja army was more than 50,000 people, and its morale was high, and both the will to fight and the military spirit far exceeded that of the king's army.

Indra I of Siam turned to the general of the Ming Dynasty for help.

Zhu Neng was already stationed outside the city with 5,000 Ming soldiers, but Zhu Neng refused, and he demanded a decisive battle between the king's army and the rebels' army, believing that the king's army was a regular army and outnumbered the rebels.

Indra I stared at Zhu Neng in a daze.

Who said that fighting a war is about numbers?

The generals of the previous dynasty would be so pedantic? Indra I did not believe it, nor did the ministers of the kingdom.

Clever people guessed that the kingdom was deliberately like this, and when the kingdom's army was completely defeated, then the king could only rely on the army of the Ming Dynasty, and finally agreed to all the demands of the Ming Dynasty.

But what if you guess it?

The rebels are already approaching the capital, and the king's army must deal with it.

At this time.

The second batch of reinforcements of the Ming army, up to 20,000 troops, entered northern Siam through the Lao Propaganda Division, and successively stationed in Chiang Rai, Chiang Mai and other places, and stopped moving south.

Zhu Neng explained: "If the king's army is defeated, we can protect the king's retreat to Chiang Mai, regroup the army, and finally counterattack the lost territory. ”

Da Ming is not a good person.

The generals of the Ming Dynasty believed that the rebels were vulnerable, and that the king's army could not defeat the rebels, so they wanted to use the rebels to seek the greatest interests in Siam.

There is always a shortage of smart people, but seeing the situation does not mean that it can be solved.

Just as some ministers in the middle and late Qing Dynasty proposed to attack Japan, Japan would inevitably become a great disaster for China, but in fact the Qing Dynasty could not do anything about it.

Equally.

The Kingdom Army of Siam and the rebels finally came together.

In the dense rainforest, the two armies confronted each other, and the atmosphere was tense.

On both sides there are elite elephant troops, who are dressed in armor and ride on the backs of elephants, which is imposing. The elephants were surrounded by infantry armed with spears and shields, ready to fight.

As the horn sounded, the elephant troops charged, and Polondaimo took the lead, inspiring the soldiers around him, as brave as arrows fired.

The war elephant curls up its spear with its strong trunk and rushes towards the enemy camp.

At the same time, the soldiers on the back of the elephant were not to be outdone, and they fired rows of dense rows of arrows, hitting the target with precision.

Due to the loose military discipline and low morale of the royal army, the army soon lost its ability to hold on, and the front began to loosen.

"The kingdom's army is going to lose."

In the hot air balloon in the distance, several Ming military attachΓ©s held binoculars to observe the tactics and combat patterns of the two sides, and soon someone judged and said firmly.

Without the protection of their elephants, the infantry soon realized that a frontal collision with an enemy elephant was tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg.

They tried to dodge the onslaught of the opposing elephants, but the strength and speed of the herd made it difficult for them to escape.

The elephant's proboscis struck the infantry's shields like iron rods, knocking them to the ground one by one. In battle, the war elephants and elephant soldiers who have undergone rigorous training have demonstrated superb tactical literacy and cooperative combat capabilities.

They are able to quickly adjust their formations and respond flexibly to enemy attacks. At the same time, they also use the elephant's sense of smell and hearing to detect and attack enemies hiding in the jungle.

Taking advantage of the delay in the rout, dozens of Ming soldiers quickly left the battlefield, leaving behind abandoned hot air balloons.

Several rebel soldiers found this place, curiously touched these objects that could fly into the sky, very surprised, the destroyed hot air balloon, can no longer fly into the sky, the soldiers who do not understand the principle, have been afraid in their hearts.

The army was vulnerable, the king completely stopped resisting, and completely surrendered to the army of the Ming Dynasty.

The big families in the capital are all consigning their belongings to the north.

Carloads of goods, laden with jewelry, gold and silver.

When the rebels arrived in the capital, the defenders left behind in the capital surrendered directly, and the rebels took the capital without blood.

The rebels fought bravely, not for faith, but for reward.

The capital city of Siam, which was swept away from the wealth, disappointed the soldiers, and the disappointed soldiers lost their military discipline, and the capital of Siam became a paradise for the soldiers, and under the blind eye of the upper generals, the people suffered disasters.

The original hatred for the king was transferred to the rebels.

Zhu Neng, who did not take the combat effectiveness of the rebels in his eyes, actually highly observed the current situation, and after the king agreed to all the requirements of the Ming Dynasty, the third batch of Ming troops arrived, Zhu Neng led 50,000 Ming troops, and the remaining 10,000 king's troops went south.

Siam changed from a foreign vassal to a vassal state.

In the northern region, there are Chiang Rai Propaganda Division, Chiang Mai Propaganda Division, and Mae Phong Litigation Propaganda Division.

The islands of Samet Island and Koh Chang Island in the southern sea belonged to the Ming Dynasty.

Pattaya was changed to Da Ming Du Division.

Cha Am and Hua Hin became the Xuanwei Division of the Ming Dynasty, which was equivalent to the territory of the original Polondo Raja, all of which left the direct management of Siam, and at the same time restored the territory of the Sukhothai Kingdom and changed it to the Sukhothai Metropolitan Division of the Ming Dynasty.

Of course.

The premise of all this is based on the destruction of the rebels by the Ming army. (End of chapter)