Chapter 563 The Stressful Minister of the Ministry of Industry
As the leader of the Ming Dynasty Labor Party, Wang Chonggu must stand up and shoulder this responsibility at this time. His Majesty has given it to the Holy Family, and he must give responses and feedback, otherwise the Holy Spirit The family will disappear.
When Wang Daokun was in trouble, Wang Chonggu took the initiative to stand up and take some of the pressure off the work department.
Wang Daokun cast a grateful look. The Zhejiang Party is already weak, and Tan Lun has no intention of forming a party. Now the only person in the court who can provide help is Wang Chonggu. The workshop of Xishan Coal Bureau can indeed provide help. This is a great help, at least allowing the craftsmen of Bingzhan Bureau to focus on the production of the core component hydraulic pump.
The hydraulic pad is not as complicated as imagined, but it is not simple either. This requires the full cooperation of the Bingzhan Bureau and the Xishan Coal Bureau to ensure the rapid monetization of Ming Dynasty's silver.
The silver coins of the Ming Dynasty were rolled and printed, not cast. If the casting method can be used, the speed of coin making will be a qualitative leap. As long as the mother money is made, the mold is carved, and a large amount of sand is turned to cast money. , the silver dam will be dredged faster. Many currencies in Europe and the West are not stamped, but cast.
Wang Chonggu proposed to mint silver coins, but his Majesty finally rejected it.
Casted silver will have a large number of pores, and the surface will be black and blistered, and the weight error will be huge in the currency scale. These are all inevitable occurrences in the casting process. This kind of inferior quality Once the currency became the legal currency of the Ming Dynasty, private coinage would become widespread and the advantages of silver coins would be lost.
The biggest advantage of silver coins is anti-counterfeiting, because there is currently no pad printing technology among the people. Even if a spiral pad printing machine is used, the mother coin is different from year to year, making counterfeiting more difficult.
The main anti-counterfeiting feature of silver coins is the tooth marks on the edge. Even in bulk trade, you only need to open the silver box and run your hand across the tooth marks on the edge to know the authenticity, but this cannot be done with cast silver.
Don't underestimate the counterfeiting methods of folk silversmiths in the Ming Dynasty. As far as Zhu Yijun knows, the craftsmen of the Ming Dynasty used no less than a dozen methods to counterfeit silver ingots, such as copper core, lead core, plywood, sand infiltration, etc. Once the rolled silver coins are recast, Silver coins and Ming Dynasty's ascendant monetary policy will fall into disrepair.
The Ming Dynasty’s economic chaos will completely slide into the abyss, and there will be no possibility of salvation.
"Xiaoyao Hewen is really too bold." Wang Guoguang, the Minister of the Ministry of Finance, frowned and said: "His article aroused heated discussion among the people. I think the court should pay attention to this discussion, and Give some explanations.”
If you make a fuss and don’t respond, it will only arouse greater public opinion, but no matter how you respond, it will be troublesome.
Zhu Yijun thought for a while and said: "It is a fact in the countryside that people are cheaper than donkeys. It is also a fact that deep and careful plowing with iron plows and oxen has turned into human plowing. It is also true that a large number of acres of land were abandoned in the Ming Dynasty. In fact, this is a problem that the country must face.”
“When the meat-eating property owners such as rural gentry and powerful powerful people use the means of production to produce, they must create something higher than what they produce. This is profit-seeking. If workers and producers cannot create a value higher than their own labor, then they cannot encourage meat-eaters to reproduce.”
“Similarly, the value created by producers is equal to that of others. The difference between labor remuneration is the profit obtained by the meat eater. We call this part of the value surplus value. "
"The surplus value allows the meat eater to obtain profit, and then the meat eater saves the profit. The process of producing increasingly concentrated production advantages is mergers. "
"As mergers continue, the poor will become poorer and the rich will become richer. The overall demand will become less and less, and the price of goods will be in a money shortage. Under the double attack of the closed small-scale peasant economy, it is getting cheaper and cheaper, and it is not surprising that eventually production is destroyed and the land is abandoned.”
“Because people who need commodities have no currency or production surplus to exchange. , and people who do not need the goods have a large amount of production surplus.”
"This is the phenomenon observed by Lin Fucheng, the thinking it triggered, and the reasons behind the problem, based on the analysis of contradictions and production diagrams."
"The cause of the phenomenon is followed by the solution. Mr.'s return to the land is One solution is Wang Cifu's engineering regiment camp, and the other solution is the official factory regiment building."
"No matter what policy, it takes time to implement it."
Zhu Yijun gave a complete and positive answer. Lin Fucheng's question is, in other words, the question on the minds of the people of Ming Dynasty.
The reason why Lin Fucheng's words aroused heated discussion is because people's sorrows and joys are not the same, because their environments and positions are different, but now this kind of land is abandoned in large areas, and people are displaced. , affecting the interests of everyone.
Once the dynasty begins to turmoil, will the whole family be safe? This is a truth that even a three-year-old child can understand.
Actually, Zhu Yijun doesn’t have to respond. People are actually very forgetful. When another hot spot overshadows this one, people will forget the last hot spot and instead discuss the current hot spot eagerly. Whether Zhu Yijun responded or not actually did not affect the court's decree, but it was an attitude, an attitude of facing difficulties head-on.
Of course Zhu Yijun can use the four-stage method to govern the country. First, declare to the outside world that nothing happened, and secondly, say that things did happen but we cannot take action at the moment. When things develop further, we have no choice but to say, Maybe we should take action. When we can't do anything, when things deteriorate to the point where they cannot be solved, we should say: Maybe we could have done something at first, but now it is too late.
In the original historical line, this was Shen Shixing’s specialty, or he was called Duan Shui Master, or He Xin Ni. In short, it was a way to shirk responsibility without taking responsibility.
Zhu Yijun chose to face it.
This is why he allowed Lin Fucheng's article to be published. Ming Dynasty must find a way out to face the age of navigation and globalization connected by maritime trade. This is a brand new challenge, and it is also an opportunity.
"Just publish the response in Di Bao." Zhu Yijun looked at Wan Shihe, the Minister of Rites.
Zhang Juzheng’s clearing and returning the land was mentioned in the order of clearing the land, but during the execution process, only the land was returned. Wang Chonggu was still responsible for supervising the return of the land in a roundabout way. Emperor Ming, The courtiers were not in a hurry for success.
There is still a long, long way to go before we can implement land restoration and dredging.
Wan Shihe bowed his head and said: "Your Majesty is wise."
Faced with problems, this is a very courageous decision, but in officialdom, courage is often a derogatory term, courageous Often it means being reckless, ignorant, and courageous often means being widely opposed.
To completely rule out the possibility of a proposal being adopted by the court, you have to say that the decision is bold. Controversy only means losing some support, while courage means losing everyone's support.
But after thinking about it, Wan Shihe still felt that it was not a problem to respond to this question.
Government orders are often like this. Those that are quick, simple, popular, cheap, short-term, and effective will be passed quickly, while those that are complex, time-consuming, expensive, controversial, Long-term political orders have to go through several political battles and often fail to pass the court.
Feng Bao has an outrageous theory. He thinks that it is not terrible to have problems. What is terrible is that everyone from top to bottom, from the inside to the outside, dare not face this problem. With the vastness and depth of the Ming Dynasty and the diligence of the people of the Ming Dynasty, as long as If you are willing to face it, there is no problem that cannot be solved.
This is undoubtedly a violent theory, and it is a very idealistic theory. It seems that human will can determine everything in the world.
“Good news came from Lingbutang in Henan.” Zhang Juzheng held a memorial and said: “The ground in Henan has completed the Qingzhang, census of Dingkou and abolition of lowly slaves, and it has become a common ground between the north and the south. After Zhili and Shandong, it is the third province to complete the abolition of lowly slave status. "
Ling Yunyi worked hard and acted vigorously. His Majesty moved the vassal kings in Henan in February, and Ling Yunyi immediately became the leader. We started to take action, and quickly completed the clearing of husbands, the census of Dingkou and the abolition of slave registration.
"How did Ling Butang do it?" Zhu Yijun asked doubtfully: "When Wang Yi'e arrived in Shandong, even with the foundation laid by Ling Butang, he was not so fast. Ling Butang had just arrived in Henan. , how did you do it? "
Zhu Yijun certainly did not suspect that Ling Yunyi was cheating, but was shocked by his speed. Wang Yi'e was already very capable.
Zhang Juzheng and the court officials looked at me and I looked at you. Wan Shihe bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty, Ling Butang has a bad reputation."
Is this difficult? ? It's not difficult at all!
Ling Yunyi didn’t feel any difficulty when she went to Henan!
It is all the powerful right-wingers, rural gentry and gentry who are taking the initiative and actively cooperating. Facing the New Deal in Henan, wherever the ministries and guest soldiers go, the people sweep their beds to welcome them wholeheartedly. It can be said that they occupy all The time, place, and people are favorable, and no one dares to disobey you when you have your orders.
Of course, the main reason is that he is afraid of the knife in Ling Yunyi's hand. Ling Yunyi really kills people.
Despite the evil reputation, I was a little scared. After the imperial court moved the vassal king away, I simply stopped resisting. Resistance was too rude. If Ling Yunyi was angered and a major case like the Yanzhou Confucius was brought out, Wouldn't that mean gambling with one's own life on whether Ling Yunyi is evil or not?
Ferocious, really fierce.
Zhang Juzheng looked around and whispered: "Due to the long-term annexation and the large number of royal palaces, the number of Dingkou in Henan is only 8.77 million. Compared with the number of Dingkou in the six prefectures in Shandong, which is 9.874 million, there are 1.1 million fewer people. Of course, When conducting a census of Dingkou, Lingbutang found a large number of people hiding in the poor mountains and rivers. This part of Dingkou is still under investigation. "
Henan is the hinterland of the Central Plains. , is a large agricultural province, but the population is even smaller than that of Shandong. The vassal vassal has become a cunning tool to transfer the land. The increasingly fierce annexation has made Henan, which should be rich, an uninhabitable place.
Zhang Juzheng did not make a long speech, he just gave a brief summary, because Ling Yunyi is still in Henan, and the situation in Henan will change.
Ling Yunyi led the engineering regiment to build embankments and dredge the Yellow River, build water conservancy projects, and set up a prototype of fifteen coal and steel joint ventures. There was still time for everything.
It is far from the time to draw conclusions. With the joint efforts of the government, factory and engineering regiments, Henan is quickly restoring its vitality. It does not even need additional support, as long as the Ming court does not interfere. , Ling Yunyi will use his rich experience to reconcile the contradictions in the place.
Wang Yi'e was in Shandong, Hou Yuzhao was in Liaodong, Pan Jixun was in Suiyuan, and Ling Yunyi was in Henan. The governors and governors of these places were all Xunli.
"On the road to the revival of the Ming Dynasty, the engineering and corps battalions and the official factory formations played a vital role. Wang Cifu made great contributions and was the minister of economic development." Zhu Yijun looked at Wang Chonggu and smiled. said.
"Your Majesty knows the spirit of inspiring the country and the country." Faced with the emperor's praise, Wang Chonggu naturally thanked him. After thanking him, he said solemnly: "There is still a crisis in the vassal town, and the hinterland must not be in office for a long time. ”
In a feudal town, military power, financial power, and personnel power are all concentrated in one person. At this time, there is a danger of violence getting out of control. Is it okay to build engineering and corps camps and government factories? Wang Chonggu did it himself, so of course he would say yes, but he also wanted to remind His Majesty of the possibility of becoming a vassal town.
The Jin Party is the most typical case. They lied about military information, assassinated the king, and burned the palace, just for their own personal gain. At that time, Li Chengliang already had the foundation of a vassal town. Now Ling Yunyi is doing it Slide in that direction.
The solution, Zhang Juzheng and Liang Menglong also gave the answer, is to be promoted and transferred within six years, with a maximum of nine years. Frequent personnel transfers disrupt the possibility of complete local separatism.
"What Wang Cifu said is absolutely true." Zhu Yijun recognized Wang Chonggu's opinion. Wang Chonggu's knowledge of contradictions was already very high, reminding everyone repeatedly that there are two sides to everything and the widespread existence of contradictions.
"Your Majesty, the Ministry of Industry has sent the Nanya Weaving Bureau to send a picture of the Dahualou jacquard loom, please have your Majesty take a look." Wang Daokun took out a memorial and presented it to the emperor. Zhu Yijun studied the Hualou in detail. The reason why it is called the Hualou is because when operating, one person is downstairs and the other is upstairs. The Hualou loom was already mentioned in the "Farming and Weaving Pictures" of the Southern Song Dynasty. appeared.
Compared to the small flower building, the structure of the large flower building is more complex. It is composed of 64 parts and thousands of components. , jacquard operation and the varieties adapted to production are different. Dahualou jacquard loom has more fiber threads and is suitable for weaving larger fabrics with more complicated patterns.
This is a kind of technological progress. The same Dahualou loom is also the largest and most ingenious machine in the world, which can meet the weaving requirements of the entire makeup fabric. .
Such a complex device is difficult to imitate, even if you follow the drawings.
Zhu Yijun studied this large machine carefully. He couldn't quite understand it, but it didn't matter. The Ministry of Industry had already made a prototype. After the court meeting, it would be easy to understand after a demonstration.
"This product is excellent. How many can be made in a year? What is the output? How many pieces of cloth can be woven?" Zhu Yijun asked in detail. It is a waste of time if it is a good product but cannot be produced on a large scale. Fortunately, this cart has an all-wooden structure. Mass production is not as difficult as imagined, and the efficiency of weaving has been greatly improved compared to before, and the patterns can be larger and more diverse.
The loom is busy working with the sound of warp and weft, and the warp and weft are weaving patterns vertically and horizontally. This jacquard loom also reflects the vertical and horizontal scale of the Ming Dynasty's hand-woven textile industry, and is part of the Ming Dynasty's product advantages.
The Dahualou jacquard loom is currently only used for silk. As for cotton, it is not possible to use this kind of machinery to weave.
Da Situ and Young Situ looked at the loom diagram and communicated for a long time. Zhang Xueyan looked at Wang Daokun and asked: "Doesn't that mean the price of silk sold to Taixi will be higher next year? The inflow of silver Will there be more? There are many large ships in the West that carry silver, but our Ming ocean merchant ships carry cargo, but we make our own decisions."
"It seems like this!" Wang Daokun was stunned. Did you shoot yourself in the foot? I originally thought of offering some auspiciousness in exchange for the Holy Family, but the result was good, the Holy Family was indeed exchanged, and the pressure also increased.
"You don't have to take him with you." Zhu Yijun said with a smile: "Don't be so stressed about Da Sikong."
The Minister of Industry was under great pressure.
Technological progress is worth encouraging. Even if it does not lead to the influx of more silver overseas, it is still of great use. For example, the Tuanlong flag recently used on official ships can be woven using Dahualou. When foreigners see large and exquisite patterns, they will be eager to get them.
Wang Daokun actually knew that the emperor was comforting him. The Ming Dynasty's ocean-going merchant ships were profit-oriented, or to put it more bluntly, they were mercenary.
Such high value-added goods will be taken to the West no matter what, and then bring back more silver. History has proven countless times that this will be done even if there is a ban, let alone if there is no ban. Woolen cloth?
When the demand for more goods encounters a shortage of money, such a problem will arise. No matter what you do, you will feel the power of constraints.
Zhang Xueyan, the Minister of Household Affairs, actually talked with the emperor many times about the implementation of the Banknote Law. Even though the Ming Dynasty’s silver coins were prohibited from going to sea and there was a profit tax of more than 50%, the silver coins would still pass through various channels flow overseas.
The more the Ming Dynasty opens up the sea, the more serious the loss of imperial silver coins will be. This is inevitable. The Ministry of Household Affairs created overseas currency notes as moats and dams, but it will still be the case.
The two ideas of more goods and more currency are indeed contradictory and even incompatible, but they must be grasped by both hands. Therefore, the banknote method is inevitable in the future.
“I remember asking the Ministry of Industry to promote the pressure cooker made by the Imperial Academy of Sciences. How is the promotion going?” Zhu Yijun asked about the pressure cooker.
The high-pressure boiler of Daming Boiler is sealed with copper. Taking advantage of the ductility of copper, after tightening the bolts, there will be no air leakage. Coupled with the safety valve and pressure relief valve, the high-pressure boiler has not exploded for a long, long time. Passed.
The pressure cooker is sealed with a sealing ring, that is, a rubber strip, mainly for the convenience of cooking.
There are two ways to steam rice in the Ming Dynasty. One is steamer rice, which is boiled first and then steamed. It is more troublesome and takes a long time. This kind of rice often takes half an hour to prepare, while the other The method is to top the pot with rice, that is, boil water and rice directly. The bottom of the rice is often scorched, and there is a lot of uncooked rice on top.
But the pressure cooker is very simple. Put water and rice in proportion, use matches to light wood shavings, thin wooden strips and other igniting objects, and then use cattail leaf fans to fan the wind as hard as you can. Wait until the honeycomb briquettes turn red and you can start. After cooking, when the pressure cooker starts to scream, take it aside to release the pressure naturally and start cooking.
The emergence of the pressure cooker was mainly used by Jieyuan to sterilize various knives, and was later applied to cooking.
"There is no promotion." Wang Daokun said in a low voice: "The Ministry of Industry is busy with the issue of making silver coins, so it doesn't care about it."
The emperor's policy is not a problem, it is not decided on a whim. , the pressure cookers promoted by the Ming Emperor were mainly for commercial use, and were used by the vendors selling lunch outside Chaoyang Gate. They were the target group, not for household use.
Traffickers and lackeys can’t steam a pot of rice well, and they will lose the money after a few days of hard work.
This is what His Majesty saw at Wufeng Tower in Chaoyangmen. It is suitable for almost all food industries. Pressure cookers can cook rice faster.
A pot is quite expensive, costing one or two silver, but it can be used for more than ten years. In fact, it is worth calculating carefully.
"Take your time, don't rush." Zhu Yijun did not push too much. The pressure of making imperial silver coins was high, and Zhu Yijun was also very clear about it. If the imperial silver coins were not finished, no matter how much pots the Ministry of Industry sold, it would be in vain. effort.
This court meeting in early July of the 11th year of Wanli was a pressure meeting held by Wang Daokun, Minister of the Ministry of Industry. The pressure on Wang Daokun was really too great.
The court meeting was quite long. Zhu Yijun ended today's court meeting near noon. In the afternoon, he went to Peking University Camp to parade the military horses. The hot weather made it very difficult to parade the military horses, but it was also Fortunately, Zhu Yijun is used to it.
“Of course you can sit on it when the horse is strolling, because it won’t be too bumpy, but when the horse starts to run, you have to squat down halfway and clamp the saddle with your calves and knees. Keep your body stable." Zhu Yijun was correcting the recruit's riding posture.
If the horse runs fast instead of squatting half-crouch, it is easy to damage the bell and prevent it from giving birth to children.
For example, Zhao Gou, who crossed the river on a mud horse, was probably injured when he was not paying attention while riding south. Zhao Gou had a child before the mud horse crossed the river, but Zhao Gou no longer had any children.
Horse riding is physical work, with your feet half in the stirrups, your calves holding the saddle, and half squatting on the horse's back. Therefore, standing is the squatting stance, and when fighting, the armor and weapons must at least be He weighs thirty pounds and is fully dressed, let alone mounting a horse to fight. He is just standing still. For those who have not been trained, his thighs will cramp immediately.
The idiom of "resurrection of thigh meat" means that long-term riding on horseback makes the inner thighs full of muscles and no fat. "Rebirth" means that the thighs have grown fat again. Liu Bei said that this word means "immersed in peace and happiness". It has been too long, and I have forgotten my original intention of reviving the Han Dynasty.
"There is a kind of horse that walks smoothly, that is, a walking horse. A walking horse can run faster and more smoothly." Zhu Yijun was talking to the recruits.
Shunguai's horses are good horses, and Zhu Yijun's horses are all shunguai because they are more stable. For example, a horse stepping on Feiyan is a walking horse. For example, Emperor Taizong's Zhaoling Six Horses Special Qinli is also a walking horse.
The elite soldiers of the Ming Dynasty in the capital all know His Majesty the Emperor. After all, many Jinshi can only meet the living emperor once in their lifetime during the palace examination, but the elite soldiers in the capital can see the emperor every day. Not only can they, You can still see His Majesty sweating profusely.
On such a hot day, His Majesty trained with the soldiers.
“It’s cool!” Zhu Yijun walked into Wuying Building in Beitucheng. After sweating and his heartbeat stopped beating rapidly, he picked up a large bowl of iced herbal tea and drank a bowl of it. Transparent all over.
"Your Majesty, in fact, it's such a hot day. You can take a break. Your Majesty, if you take a break, the soldiers can also take a break." Liu Xian bowed his head and said.
Liu Xian has been living in retirement since he came to Beijing from Sichuan. He is getting older and is almost blind, but his eyesight is not blind. As a sacrificial wine for the martial arts school, Liu Xian and Ma Fang They were almost the same age and had reached retirement age. They decided to persuade the emperor that he could take a break in such a hot day.
"Your Majesty, men of the Jingying camp, that string has been tightened for ten years, and it may break if it continues to be stretched." Ma Fang also bowed his head and said. His main idea was to let the soldiers take a rest. The intensity of training was too great due to the need for frequent combat in the past.
Your emperor wants to be a donkey in the mill. That is a blessing for the Ming Dynasty. The soldiers are not afraid of hard work. Who would come to the capital camp after hard work? Beijing camp pays well, but the training intensity is also well known, but it should also be balanced between work and rest.
“During a war, thieves don’t care whether the weather is hot or cold.” Zhu Yijun shook his head and said, “Actually, it’s good to get used to it.”
Qi Jiguang bowed his head and said, “Your Majesty will not rest, soldiers. No rest, just practice every other day during the dog days and nine days. To avoid complaints, there is still a difference between wartime training and non-wartime training. Your Majesty can come here every day and organize some indoor drills. "< br>
Qi Jiguang’s words were also thoughtful. It was during the war before, and the training was to practice to death as long as you can’t die. Seeing that most of the Beijing camp is now engaged in low-intensity bandit warfare, the training The intensity and standards should be appropriately lowered, otherwise there will be complaints.
Qi Jiguang speaks from experience. Before, when he led the general troops of the three towns in Jizhou, he was regarded as a wart, superfluous and useless. It was also for this reason that the Ming army had no mission to fight in the fortress. , high-intensity training makes soldiers feel resentful.
At that time, the war was fierce and the war was dangerous. Now Ananda Khan has been beheaded in public, and the Tuman Khan is named Bao. All day long, Zaikarkha has been thinking about going to the capital to have free meals. Varasi has gone in, and Li Chengliang can’t wait to do so now. Turning into His Majesty the Emperor's bitch and shouting that the Emperor is wise and powerful, it is really Li Rusong's growth that makes Li Chengliang see it in his eyes and feel happy in his heart.
Li Rusong dared to fight and was extremely brave, but he was not cautious enough and could easily fall into an ambush. What Li Chengliang was most worried about was that his ambitious son would die in front of him, and the man with white hair would suffer the sorrow of the man with black hair. .
Now Li Rusong is the deputy commander-in-chief of the imperial army, and he can lead the army alone and take charge of his own role.
"Indoors, you can also do archery, firecrackers, beheadings, etc., and you can also wrestle." Qi Jiguang saw that His Majesty was hesitant, and then said hurriedly.
"I don't know anything about military affairs. Since General Liu, General Ma and Duke Feng have said so, let's conduct the review every other day. On this day, we can do it indoors." Zhu Yijun agreed. Qi Jiguang didn't refuse to let the emperor come to Peking Camp. This is to allow His Majesty to combine work and rest.
Actually, Qi Jiguang wanted to say that His Majesty only needs to show his face every day. There is no need to go through training with the soldiers. People are lazy. If His Majesty is tired and tired, then it will be Not good for Beijing camp.
The Ming Dynasty has been engaged in Xing Wen and Wu for 170 years, and it has already reached perfection.
"I have made a good blunderbuss, please show it to your majesty." Qi Jiguang asked someone to present a fire blunderbuss, which was also a flint hair blunderbuss.
"Isn't this just a fire gun like a flintlock gun?" Zhu Yijun didn't understand military affairs because he had no military talent. It wasn't that he didn't understand weapons. No matter how he looked at this thing, it looked exactly the same as before.
"The previous flintlock gun was actually not easy to use." Qi Jiguang thought for a while and said, "I had nothing to do, so I improved it."
Qi Jiguang never thought of it in his life. After a day when he still had nothing to do, he was now considered half a doctor of the Five Classics, and transforming ordnance became his daily routine.
"Your Majesty, try it?" Qi Jiguang said with a smile.
(End of this chapter)