Different from his father's patrol route, if Zhu Gaochi was first north and then south, then Zhu Zhanji was first south and then north, and in the southern coastal areas, he actually saw a shipyard no less than the scale of the capital.

The profits of the military industry cannot be ignored, especially the current military industrial system of the Ming Dynasty, which has absorbed many private commercial banks, and many commercial banks have their eyes on this piece of fat.

Several old friends of the military-industrial joint office, gunpowder merchant Wu Wenhua, flint merchant Gong Ze, and others were actually in Guangdong, and they specially came here to wait for their grandson.

Zhu Zhanji met with them.

These businessmen put forward new manufacturing ideas, "The cost of building one in China requires 100,000 yuan for the latest ironclad warships in the Ming Dynasty, and if it is changed to another way, we are confident that the cost will be reduced to less than 50,000 yuan, or even less than 30,000 yuan." ”

Ironclad warships were not yet widely available in the navy, and they were not all made of steel, but a thick layer of iron plates was laid on the deck, and a layer of steel was wrapped on the outside, and the main materials included the best wood still used for the keel.

Zhu Zhanji was immediately interested when he heard that businessmen could reduce the cost to such a low level, but he knew the direction of future naval construction, and ironclad warships would become the mainstream.

After the Ming Navy uses ironclad warships, the biggest threat of traditional warships to new warships - fire attack, will completely lose its effect, and then the Ming Navy is invincible, and a few ironclad warships can destroy groups of warships, which plays a decisive role in controlling the cost of Ming overseas.

"We can supervise the military-industrial joint office and delegate the right of manufacturing to our firm, and we only need to deliver the agreed armaments on time in accordance with the capital provided by the military-industrial joint office."

"If the imperial court allows, including new warships, with an agreement of 50,000 yuan, we will deliver them as scheduled, and the military-industrial joint office only needs to check whether the battleships are qualified, so that the ironclad warships of our Ming Navy can be popularized as soon as possible, including the rest of the armaments."

Hearing the introduction of the businessmen, Zhu Zhanji was a little moved, but Zhu Zhanji still understood that he could not easily express his position in his capacity, so he did not answer the businessmen on the spot.

However, the merchants saw hope through the performance of the grandson, so they intensified their persuasion, and in order to succeed, they even proposed that they only need 40,000 yuan, and even if they failed, the losses would be borne by them, and the interests of the imperial court would not be harmed.

Zhu Zhanji couldn't help but ask about Gu Daochu in the Ministry of Works, who was in his entourage.

Gu Dao replied at the beginning.

"Although the national strength of the Ming Dynasty has developed rapidly, the high military expenditure is also a huge expenditure, and the period of steady development of the imperial court's finances will not have any problems, but if there is a financial problem one day, then the military expenditure of the Ming Dynasty will not be able to bear it, and it will become a huge harm to the country."

Gu Daochu said with Emperor Taizu's military thinking: "At the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Taizu saw the harm of high military spending to the country, so he implemented the system of guards and implemented the policy of self-sufficiency of military households. ”

"The military-industrial joint office was founded by His Royal Highness the Prince, the original intention is to integrate resources, promote the optimization of the industry, and the current development of private capital, has a lot of advantages, through the practice of incorporating private capital into the system, it is indeed conducive to saving military spending, if we can compress the military expenditure of the Ming Dynasty by fifty percent, the imperial court can save nearly 10 million yuan of financial expenditure every year."

Zhu Zhanji was not stupid, he said worriedly, "But armament is a heavy weapon of the imperial court, if power is delegated to private commercial banks, will it bring a threat." ”

Gu Daochu shook his head, and he immediately replied: "So the role of the military-industrial joint office is to guarantee and supervise, just like His Royal Highness the Crown Prince integrates social resources through the Daming Industrial Bureau for the distribution of social resources, the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Industry can also use the military-industrial joint office, which not only gives full play to the advantages of private capital, but also allows the imperial court to firmly control the military industry." ”

Zhu Zhanji was indeed a little tempted.

Gu Daochu's worries are not unreasonable, taking history as a mirror, military spending has become a unique phenomenon in Daming, such a high military spending, in case Daming can't afford it one day, the harm brought is too terrible.

One or two million regular soldiers' salaries alone are a huge amount of money, not to mention equipment, and the navy's armament is even larger, if the cost of armaments can be reduced to half, the benefits to the Ming Dynasty will be huge.

Zhu Zhanji hopes to do something big for the Ming Dynasty and become a saint like his great-grandfather, grandfather, and father.

Daming's industrial base is in the east.

Whether it is the seven western provinces, or the western provinces, the provinces of the Western Regions, the provinces of the province, the province of the south of the country, the region of the north of the country, including Nuergan, the province of the north parallel and the state of Jinzhou are the core bases of industry, radiating to the west.

In the central part are Yingtianfu and Zhejiang provinces.

The momentum of development in the central region is very fast, because the economic and demographic advantages of the central region, including the division of the former Huguang Province, under the conditions of developed energy, technology and market, still become the highest tax area of the state, driving Sichuan Province, Duogandusi, Wusi Zangdusi and other places.

Then the south.

Based on Guangdong, it radiates the South Seas.

The economic model of each location is similar and dissimilar.

Because of the development of Nanyang, such as the rapid development of Cochin Province, the changes in the overseas prefectures and vassal states, Guangdong's economic development momentum is very fast, and most domestic goods and overseas materials are in transit trade in Guangdong.

The huge market demand has also made the development of Guangdong's industry, including the shipbuilding industry, because the demand for ships is stronger than that of the mainland, and the overall scale of shipbuilding in Guangdong has become the first.

However, Guangdong's shipbuilding industry is mainly civilian ships, and shipyards in Jinzhou, Tianjin, Jingcheng and other places have undertaken many orders from the military.

Yan Yu, Lian Zining, and Li Xueyan played an important role in Guangdong's road to industrialization.

The crown prince's line decades ago has long been wiped out, and no one mentions it anymore, and as for Zhu Yunwen, the king of Yue who has only existed for less than ten years, there is no record at all.

Guangdong's rapid economic development has led to a high demand for many aspects, not only in terms of manpower, but also in terms of resources, which has become the consensus of all parties.

Zhu Zhanji met with batch after batch of people, highly recognized the development achievements of Guangdong Province, and was willing to support Guangdong's demands.

With the help of several trusted officials, he wrote a letter sent to the capital.

Under Yang Pu's guidance, this letter was not made public, but was sent back to the capital through Jinyiwei, and in a dense way, although Zhu Zhanji couldn't understand it, he listened to the teacher's advice.

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Fifty-nine-year-old Zhu Di has been suffering from old physical problems since he came back from Zhancheng, and he has not recovered, so he stayed in the deep palace to recuperate. In addition to Zhu Gaochi's daily greetings, if there is no major event in the court, Zhu Gaochi will not use it to disturb Zhu Di, so as not to make Zhu Di sad.

However, Zhu Di hopes that the grandson can get married as soon as possible, and the grandson, who is twenty-one years old, should already get married.

Zhu Gaochi said with a smile: "My father is in charge. ”

Zhu Di nodded with satisfaction when he heard his son's reply, not only did he find a good candidate for his granddaughter-in-law, but he even thought of the name of his grandson who didn't have it yet, anyway, it was just a few words.

"We heard that some local officials on the side of the Burmese Propaganda Department are disobedient and often invade northern Siam, but is there such a thing?"

Zhu Gaochi nodded, "This is true, not only the invasion of northern Siam, but also the frequent conflicts with several consolation envoys in Sukhothai. ”

"What are you going to do?"

Zhu Di asked curiously.

Outsiders say that their son is benevolent and soft-hearted. In fact, Zhu Di knows his son best.

However, their old Zhu family is like this, the notoriety is borne by the father, and the good reputation is left to the son. When his eldest brother was alive, it was not the same, the eldest brother handled so many big cases, and the notoriety of killing was all borne by his father.

Zhu Gaochi replied calmly: "Wait a minute." ”

Zhu Di thought about it and approved of his son's idea.

Later generations said that the natives of the New World killed each other, but in fact, this is not the case in any part of the world, but it is a bit ridiculous to say that the natives killed each other and caused their extinction.

The natives of the New World have been killing each other for thousands of years, and the population shows no signs of extinction, but after the arrival of Westerners, the natives have been extinct with each other?

In fact, what is there to say about slaughtering or not slaughtering, it is just a matter of becoming a king and defeating a villain.

The expansion of several Western countries in the New World did rely on slaughter, but unlike the conquest of advanced civilizations by backward civilizations, advanced civilizations slaughtered backward civilizations, so the extinction of backward civilizations became the nourishment for the development of those Western countries.

This is different from the raiding of Asia and Eastern Europe by nomads.

The former advanced their civilization through the development of productive forces, and the latter only brought about the destruction and regression of civilization by the transfer of wealth.

The expansion of ancient China turned the land of bitter cold and the land of smoke miasma into rich and fertile land, but the Chinese civilization pays attention to benevolence and nature, and this is the difference between the differences.

For example, the population of the south exceeds that of the north, because a large number of people from the north have moved south, which has improved the natural environment through production, thereby promoting productivity, increasing production resources, and leading to a large population growth.

It's just that Westerners occupy most of the world's fertile land, and the mode of industrialization cannot be preserved, a large number of non-Western countries have begun to rise, and their citizens are no longer industrious.

In the situation of no competition, in order to keep their own land and resources, and not to allow the emerging countries to rely on their own force to seize the fruits of their victory, the so-called modern order was proposed, and the word civilization was packaged.

As long as they don't fight a big war, they can rely on the fruits of victory they have snatched and the developed per capita resources, and they can win no matter what, which is the most beneficial way for them.

In fact, it is the same as the Ming Dynasty in history.

The Ming Dynasty, which occupies the most fertile land, only requires the surrounding forces to be stable, because it is beneficial for the Ming not to fight.

The same thing.

As long as the scale of the war does not exceed the bottom line of the Ming Dynasty and does not endanger the development of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Gaochi is not in a hurry.

After the construction of the railways in Siam and Chenla, it is the best time for the Ming Dynasty.

At present, Siam has been crippled, completely dependent on the Ming Dynasty, and Chenla is the city of Champa to the east, the Ming Pattaya Yadusi to the right, the Lao Xuanwei Division to the north, and the sea to the south, under the cannons of the Ming Navy.

When these areas are thoroughly digested, the implementation of the clan system, and even the reform of the land and return to the stream, will be the time when the Ming Dynasty will truly implement the clan system in the entire Nanyang and strengthen governance.

Zhu Di sighed in his heart.

As his eldest son, Zhu Di really admires and admires his patience, being able to endure impatience and choosing the most beneficial development path for the people, which is really a commendable character.

We all know the benefits of building the Grand Canal.

But there are many options for how to fix it.

After separating from Zhu Di, Zhu Gaochi returned to the Wenhua Palace, and soon after, he received a secret letter from his son.

Zhu Gaochi recognized Yang Pu very much, if it weren't for Yang Pu's request for his son to submit it in a dense way, then Taisun's first formal performance would have been vetoed, which was very detrimental to Taisun's prestige.

It is indeed a blessing for the country to become an important minister who has become a talented man.

Zhu Gaochi did not make this secret letter public, but only called Yang Shiqi and several ministers, and circulated it on a small scale, he wanted to see if the current level of the cabinet had his requirements.

After Yang Shiqi and the others saw it, they quickly came to the conclusion that they could not agree to the request of the grandson.

Zhu Gaochi showed a pleased smile, although the reasons of Yang Shiqi and others were not perfect, but it was enough, Zhu Gaochi gave a comprehensive explanation.

"Agriculture is limited, industry is unlimited, and the secret of the industrial nation is here."

"It takes 100,000 yuan for the Daming Industrial Bureau to build a ship by itself, and it only costs 50,000 yuan to buy one from a private commercial bank, but the cost of iron ore is left in the internal circulation."

"Of course, I know the advantages of low overseas manpower, but what does it have to do with me?"

"The technology has spread out, brought technical jobs overseas, and also brought the development of productivity overseas, which means that all the 50,000 yuan purchased from abroad is lost to the outside."

"Please note that the interests of the domestic internal circulation are the social distribution model, and I have strictly controlled overseas industrial competition for many years in order to ensure that this domestic system can be implemented."

Zhu Gaochi's explanation made several ministers think deeply.

The importance of the system is here, depending on what you anchor, whether it is the state or the individual.

Zhu Gaochi said with a smile: "The secret of the social resource distribution model is also here, it does not pursue the sales profit after subtracting the cost from the selling price of the business nature, and it is interested in the big cycle, and the total output value of industry and agriculture is all its profit, of course, the bigger the better." ”

This is also the reason why the socialist countries are so ferocious in engaging in industry, the cost tends to zero indefinitely, and they do not seek operating profits, which is not all of a sudden geometric explosive growth.

Before World War II, the woolly bear was an agrarian country that used hoes, but after World War II it became a torrent of steel, and this is the reason for the great achievements brought by such a short period of time.

Including the historical Li Hongzhang said that "the silver of China's shipbuilding is twice the price of foreign ships." This is a typical agricultural thinking, after a lifetime of foreign affairs, I can only see the appearance of industry, what I see is those guns and ships, factories and factories, and I still compare prices, and I don't know what the three words "industrial country" represent.

Eagle's enterprises order spare parts all over the world for cost, but whether it is Krupp in Germany or Soviet factories, they do not pursue cost, depending on whether they have it in their own country.

It can produce its own production and absolutely produce its own, and the components that can be matched in China will never be purchased.

I'm not afraid of a big factory, I build a school in the county school of social sciences at will, and it's okay to use all the steam boilers in the bathhouse, no matter how bloated it is, it's also an internal circulation, and if you don't know how to look at the structure, you will see it as a shallow big pot of rice.

Capital and social models have their own advantages and disadvantages, the advantages and disadvantages are equally obvious, the system is just a tool, it is for the people, whether it is good or not depends on the helmsman.

The current Ming Dynasty, such a superior foundation, of course Zhu Gaochi chose the best road, how could he go to the reverse river of history.

Whether it is Goryeo or overseas, it can only become a supplier of cheap resources in the Ming Dynasty, and it needs to be controlled by tariffs to avoid competition in the domestic production chain, resulting in a people-oriented social resource distribution model, and at the same time, it is also to keep the people to struggle and work.

However, in recent years, the scale and voice of private capital have become bigger and bigger, and it has been able to influence the future prince of the Ming Dynasty, and Zhu Gaochi should pay attention to it in the end.

Suppression is the next step.

Zhu Gaochi handed Yang Shiqi and others a difficult problem.

How to properly solve this matter, if the cabinet can give itself a satisfactory answer, Zhu Gaochi will carry out the next step of reform, if the cabinet's answer can not satisfy Zhu Gaochi, it shows that the talent training system of Daming still needs to be developed and improved. (End of chapter)