Chapter 190 It’s okay not to fight, but not without it!
“Impossible.”
Hearing Xia Zhibai’s words, Zhu Biao refused directly.
Ideology, culture, customs, habits?
Is this movable?
Just hearing these things made him feel numb. This kind of thing has happened in history. The Qin Dynasty burned books and harassed Confucians, which was of a similar nature. As everyone knows, Qin II died. This kind of thing Who can guarantee that there won't be any problems if one thing affects the whole body?
He can't guarantee it.
Xia Zhibai cannot guarantee it either!
There is no way he would allow Xia Zhibai’s crazy idea.
Xia Zhibai can go crazy.
He didn't want to accompany Xia Zhibai to go crazy.
Xia Zhibai smiled lightly and guessed what Zhu Biao was thinking.
He said calmly: "Your Highness, please be patient, there is no need to be so angry."
"Since I have spoken this way, I naturally have my own opinion. I can probably guess what Your Highness is thinking. This is nothing more than a lesson learned from Qin Sui's mistakes. Qin Sui's approach was indeed a method, which was to use the power of the imperial court to force the world to submit. "
"But apart from force, And Wenpo.”
"It is just to follow the trend, just like the Han Dynasty, wait until the time is right, and then issue a decree to 'respect Confucianism alone' to establish everything. Changing customs is not an easy task. The rush for quick success will naturally intensify all kinds of problems. Conflicts and local turmoil are inevitable."
"But the overwhelming situation in the world can't be effectively stopped by humans?"
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“The world has been divided between north and south for a long time.”
“The economy in the north is sluggish, and the Northern Yuan Dynasty is peeking at it.”
"Therefore, the imperial court can make drastic changes to the north on the pretext of boosting the northern economy. As for the south, various traditional concepts are deeply rooted, especially the gentry group is huge and cannot be lost. Even the imperial court cannot easily touch it, but there are some things , not only through political means.”
“Some businesses and business models can also push back the closed social structure.”
“There are few people in the north.” >"If you want to boost the northern economy, you must attract the southern population."
"If you want to realize the return of northern birds to their nests, apart from the forced relocation of the population under the imperial court's order, you can only rely on the people to spontaneously move northward. After the war, At that time, many northerners fled south and took root in the south. However, since the Jin Dynasty, southerners have been relatively xenophobic, and their lives in the south are not very good. "
"The reason why we continue to stay in the south."
"Firstly, the social development in the south is better, and they have more chances to survive."
"Secondly, the Northern Yuan Dynasty still exists, and it can be used at any time They are all in danger of war. When war breaks out, they will inevitably be involved in war. Therefore, many people would rather suffer in the south than return to the north. After all, if the north is really in chaos, they will lose their lives. "
"Since you know this, you should also understand that boosting the northern economy is not that easy, and it is not even easy to bring the population back." Zhu Biao spoke.
He also knows something about the situation in the north.
Because of this.
In order to bridge the north and the south, His Majesty has made a lot of efforts. Not only has he relocated the population and given away a large number of books, but he has also been letting the officials in the north go, just to attract more southerners to go north, but the effect is very little.
Xia Zhibai nodded and said solemnly: "The current situation is indeed like this."
"But after excluding these situations, there is another problem, that is, life in the north is not easy, food and salt are They all need to be transported from the south, and whether it is water transportation or merchant escorts, the cost has greatly increased."
"So if you want to bring the population back, you must reduce the cost of living."
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"It is necessary to increase revenue and reduce expenditure."
"In the past six months, I have had contact with many feudal kings and Chief Secretary officials, and we have reached some ideas. In the past, the north implemented the 'open-China method', that is, Merchants transport grain and other supplies needed in the border areas in exchange for salt. When I take control of the northern salt market in the future, it will obviously not be appropriate to open the Central Law."
"But someone must take over the food supplies in the north. "
"My suggestion is to use sea transportation."
"Sea transportation." Zhu Biao's eyes sank. Some ministers had mentioned the matter of sea transportation in the past, but what happened was that they failed. More ministers objected. Japanese pirates invaded the Ming Dynasty's coastal areas from time to time, and there was also a large amount of smuggling.
After weighing the matter, the court gave up.
Xia Zhibai revealed the truth mercilessly: "Your Highness, please don't show your worried face here. Others may not know the benefits of sea transportation. As the current prince, it is impossible for Your Highness not to You know, it’s just that the shipping industry has gradually become the private property of the royal family under the strong influence of His Majesty.”
“Only the state officials are allowed to set fires, and the people are not allowed to light lamps.”
"The royal family of the Ming Dynasty used sea transportation to collect treasures from all over the world. The Ming Dynasty did not prohibit the use of the sea, but prohibited private people from using the sea, but allowed the royal family's ships to go to the sea. Since the Song Dynasty, maritime trade has been on the rise, and the people of the Song Dynasty used this to seize the world's wealth. , Your Majesty is familiar with history books, how can you not know?”
“It’s just that you are greedy for the wealth and don’t want to live outside it.”
Xia Zhibai looked contemptuous.
The Ming Dynasty did ban the sea, but that is a story for another day.
Zhu Yuanzhang’s so-called forbidden sea actually only prohibited private people from going to sea. The government ships were still photographed, and the wealth collected by the government from overseas became the private property of the royal family. This was also left by Zhu Yuanzhang The wealth of the Zhu family's descendants.
It was also the treasury he left to later emperors of the Ming Dynasty.
It’s just that the emperor of the Ming Dynasty was deceived by officials and went to completely ban the sea. He completely gave up the maritime trade business and handed it over to the gentry officials who smuggled along the coast. The massive import of silver also Since then, it has nothing to do with the royal family.
This is Zhu Yuanzhang's greed.
He was unwilling to share the profits from the sea with others.
I want to have it all to myself.
Even if you can’t finish eating, no one else is allowed to reach out.
The vision is too short-sighted. He only cares about the interests of his own family and does not care about the impact on the world at all.
But the real corruption could not reach Zhu Yuanzhang. Xia Zhibai said: "The prosperity of maritime trade has brought a large amount of silver. The Ming Dynasty was already short of money. Letting go of maritime transportation would do more good than harm to the Ming Dynasty. And whether it falls into the hands of the government or the people, the meat will eventually be Rotten in Daming's pot."
Xia Zhibai nodded thoughtfully.
Later.
He continued to return to the topic.
Xia Zhibai said: "The shipping I want to carry out is not to trade out to sea, but to transport food and other materials along the coastline. The coastline is relatively stable, and there are not so many winds and waves at sea. If we transport last year's autumn grain in spring and summer, it will be transported in autumn and winter." Returning is completely smooth sailing, fast and cost-effective. "
"Water transport is not the case"
“And over time, it is easy to form interest groups that rely on water transportation. Your Highness, have you ever calculated how many people are engaged in water transportation in the world? According to my estimate, it is close to one million. It’s done.”
“As time goes by, the cost of water transport itself will exceed the cost of transporting food.”
"In other words."
"Every time the imperial court transports one stone of grain to the north, it will lose one to two more stones."
"The gain outweighs the loss."
"Not to mention that water transportation can be There is no such thing as a smooth sailing. If you go south and return to the north, you will have to rely on waterworks to pull fiber. This will also require a lot of "labor". With the efficiency of the Ming government, how much more food will be spent if these layers of government orders are followed? "< br>
“Is it really worth enriching one family and harming the world?”
"Especially when the canal transport interest groups take shape and millions of canal workers are dependent on food and clothing, they will not be able to lose it. Even if the court wants to make changes, it will not dare because there are too many canal workers. Once they are incited to rebel, the court will really dare to suppress it so brutally. ?”
“But not moving means that the court has to spend millions of money every year to feed these interest groups.”
“In addition to water works, there are also Station."
"Similarly one million station workers"
"How many millions of taels can Daming spend?"
Zhu Biao was silent for a while.
In the final analysis, it is still a matter of interests.
A long time.
Zhu Biao hummed: "But if you open sea transportation, will you really make a huge profit?"
Xia Zhibai nodded and said with a smile: "If it were before, it would still be a loss."< br>
"Because grain, tea, porcelain, silk, etc. are all more prosperous in the south. Even if the north has output, the quality and output are still not as good as the south. And the south has to transport grain to the north. As time goes by, shipping will continue. The loss is just not that big compared to water transportation.”
“But that was before.”
“Steam engines are now starting to be used in the south.” Things require a lot of iron and coal.”
“And these two things are increasingly scarce in Vietnam.”
"If we only rely on coal and iron, it is still not enough, so we have to try to sell the food, tea, porcelain, and silk from the south to the north, and sell the special products from the north to the south, and then both the north and the south can make profits. , so as to make shipping a profit."
"How is this possible?" Zhu Biao looked questioning.
The south is already more developed, and the north is inferior in all aspects. If the tea, porcelain, silk and other things from the south are sent to the north, who will buy them?
You can’t just rely on the feudal kings everywhere, right?
Although it is a solution.
But if my father knew about it, I'm afraid the soles of several pairs of shoes would be beaten to pieces.
Xia Zhibai said coldly: "If you can't do it in the north, then go further north. When the Beiyuan Dynasty fled, they took away a lot of gold, silver and jewelry. Moreover, the livestock industry in the Beiyuan Dynasty was developed, and the Ming Dynasty also lacked enough cattle. Sheep, everyone gets what they need."
"Xia Zhibai, do you know what you are talking about?" Zhu Biao looked at him coldly.
"You are collaborating with the enemy!"
"Collaborating with the enemy?" Xia Zhibai shook his head and said with a smile: "What if the place controlled by Bei Yuan became the land of Ming Dynasty? Still a collaborator? ”
"What do you mean?" Zhu Biao asked calmly.
Xia Zhibai said: "If the north wants to develop, it must be stable. Then the Bei Yuan must be solved. But even if the Bei Yuan is destroyed, the troubles in the north will still exist. Therefore, if we want to truly pacify the north, we must Annex Beiyuan."
"Military is a method, and diplomacy is also."
"How Qin destroyed Zhao, Ming can also eat Beiyuan. . ”
“The Ming Dynasty and the Northern Yuan Dynasty were both built on the remains of the Great Yuan Dynasty. They can be regarded as Tiluo North and South. They may not be able to become ‘good brothers’ and ‘good neighbors’ until the Ming Dynasty’s national power reaches its peak again. Why don’t some wanderers from the ‘North’ return home? ”
"After all."
"The legal systems of the Ming Dynasty and the Northern Yuan Dynasty are both Yuan!"
"Sometimes, people just have to be ambitious, especially politicians."
< br>“There is no right or wrong, good or bad, only eternal interests.”
“Black and white are not important.”
"The important thing is that with the help of this principle, the Ming Dynasty can inherit everything of the Yuan Dynasty, including territorial claims."
"Some things can be disputed, but they cannot be lived without."
Xia Zhibai negative Standing with his hands on his hands, a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, full of endless ambition.
(End of this chapter)