New Shun 1730

This answer is not completely in line with Quan Zheshen's idea. But thinking that if he goes to Songsu, he may have the opportunity to meet the Duke of Xingguo with Meng Songlu, so it is not so difficult to accept.

Just based on what we see now, it can be said that the people are not rich.

It just sounds like the process is too painful and the cost is also very high.

According to Cheng Tingzuo's meaning, it seems that as long as a way is found that does not require bloodshed, repression, pain, forced immigration, migration, exile, execution, forced withdrawal from the lease and working as idlers in the factory, it is a success to achieve the current effect.

He does not oppose the current result, but thinks that the process is too rough and not gentle enough.

The huge contrast between Songsu soaring to the sky and Yangzhou Jiutian landing may be a way to make Songsu soar to the sky and prevent Yangzhou Jiutian from landing.

In general, if we want to integrate into the system of Songsu capital, which has already been a done deal, we must develop industry and commerce.

However, although Cheng Tingzuo and others talked about practical knowledge, they were constrained by the height of the stage and were too far away from the decision-making circle.

There were some things that he was not aware of some of the differences in the upper echelons.

For example, the opening of the port of Korea was supposed to be a way for Korea to develop industry and commerce.

But in fact, the Dashun court repeatedly put pressure on Korea and did not support Korea to open the mining ban and mine copper and gold mines.

The root of this matter originated from the problem of the Maolong Silver Factory in the border area between Myanmar and Dashun.

The situation of the Maolong Silver Factory was that with the need for Dashun to mint coins, a large number of miners appeared in Yunnan.

A large number of miners searched for new mines and continued to extend to the border.

The extension to the border caused the number of Han people in the Maolong Silver Factory area to increase sharply, because mining, smelting and organization could not be done by relying solely on local chieftains, and Han miners did have advanced productivity in the local area.

Dashun saw these problems and understood that for bitter and cold areas and remote areas, opening the mining ban would greatly promote immigration.

If it were Korea, the Dashun would inevitably be wary.

Originally, there were many cases of cross-border ginseng collection, and then there were cases of fleeing across the river and gathering in villages.

The gold, silver and copper mines of Korea are basically in the northern border mountainous areas.

If the mining ban is really lifted, people will rush over, and the border areas will be even more difficult to control.

Korea itself has gold, silver and copper mines, although not many, but they are indeed worth mining. They are in the northern border mountainous areas.

Dashun saw the situation of the Maolong Silver Factory and watched with the development of the mining industry, tens of thousands of miners and hundreds of thousands of farmers gathered around, forming a force among a group of chieftains, creating an excellent foundation for Dashun to move south to Myanmar in the future.

If Korea were to open a mine, I am afraid it would also replicate a similar path. The border area itself is a bitter and cold place, and Dashun's capital is unwilling to go there because there is no transportation line, and the things grown cannot be transported out, so it is only willing to enclose land everywhere in the Liaohe River Basin.

There are more and more people fleeing from Korea, and they will eventually gather into villages and towns on the border, which will be troublesome in the future.

Whether to turn the county into a county is still a problem to be solved in the future. It has not been decided yet. Dashun has also argued with Korea.

The general idea is that Korea can lift the mining ban, but allow Dashun merchants to invest and Dashun miners to go to dig for gold.

Obviously, Korea will not agree. Dashun cannot put too much pressure on Korea, and it still needs to save some face.

So, let Korea continue to maintain the mining ban to prevent a large number of people from rushing to the border area.

This actually blocked the way for Korea to develop. This is not an era in which future generations can rely on high accumulation to pursue industrialization rapidly.

This is an era in which the handmade cotton cloth of a province can lead to wars between the great powers in Asia and Europe. The market is so small.

According to the Adam Smith School, countries divide the work, and there are always things they are good at and others are not good at, and finally a balance is reached.

But his theory originally needed to be patched up in the past on two issues: "What can the Dutch shipping industry do after being taken away by Britain" and "What should China do when its trade goods have overwhelming price and quality advantages over Europe?"

The situation is quite different now.

Several major advantageous industries of Korea, such as ginseng, are not impossible to grow in the Northeast, but Liu Yu suppressed them in order to "benefit" France.

They can't compete with the textile industry.

It's okay to grow cotton, but the problem is that if it is grown for export, Korea should first remove two-thirds of its population based on the current per-acre yield of grain.

In fact, there is only one way to go.

That is to continue to expand the opening of ports, Dashun will obtain the privilege of mining in Korea, and Dashun's capital and population will flow into northern Korea to develop mining, dig gold, and promote the development of heavy industries such as iron smelting and coal mining.

This is more attractive than going to Oceania or San Francisco to dig gold.

But the Kingdom of Korea was certainly not stupid. This was equivalent to the surrender of the four Han counties, and it was not something that could be solved by simply saying a few words to the government.

Unless the First War was over, Dashun would have the spare energy to play with the vassal states behind closed doors.

So, in essence, the answer given by Cheng Tingzuo was empty.

This was a closed loop.

If you want to develop, you have to close the door, close the port, and lift the mining ban.

And this will inevitably anger Dashun.

The capital of Dashun was not in Jinling, but in Beijing. It had very, very, very serious sequelae of the late Ming Dynasty in the northeast, and was very sensitive. Going to Korea is much closer than going to Southeast Asia.

If you want to resist by force and make Dashun retreat, the prerequisite is to close the ports, lift the mining ban, store corn, and build arsenals.

In fact, the moment when Dashun took advantage of the Austrian succession war to go to Southeast Asia, seize Malacca, and ban religion to keep the enemy out of Malacca, the East Asian problem was doomed.

It is nothing more than a formal difference.

It is the difference between countyization and retaining the status of a vassal state but opening up capital investment privileges.

As for now, Cheng Tingzuo asked Quan Zheshen to go to Songsu to find the answer, but he actually couldn't find the answer, at least he couldn't find the answer Quan Zheshen wanted.

The answer that Xinghu School wants to find is how to prevent the emergence of private ownership of land, land annexation, and the beginning of usury in rural areas, which led to extreme hardship at the bottom.

The answer that Songsu model can give is not to solve the problem, but to solve the people.

Encourage mergers, encourage lending, abandon in-kind taxes, promote metal currency, and eventually form a large landlord who grows cotton and rice for export to Dashun. What the Kingdom of Korea had to do was to ask the suzerain to send troops when the "Donghak Party Uprising" broke out.

This is a genuine diametrically opposed approach.

Of course, Cheng Tingzuo definitely did not mean this, and he certainly could not have thought of this step.

The reason why he said this is because Liu Yu had actually talked about the problems of the Kingdom of Korea in the Songsu area before, and he was very gentle at the time.

So gentle that it sounded like Liu Yu's meaning at the time was very tolerant and gentle.

He believed that Confucian scholars from the Kingdom of Korea should be encouraged to study abroad and learn practical knowledge.

For example, learn how to grow rice, how to repair water conservancy, how to grow soybeans, how to grow cotton, how to build water wheels, etc.

This sounds very consistent with the theme of "practical learning" of the Yanli School. Isn't this good?

As for the subtext behind this, Cheng Tingzuo is actually still a remnant of the old era. He has not yet figured out what the Songsu model is and what the logic of social operation is.

He is a remnant of the old era and is still considering a possibility.

It is still the three paths mentioned in Liu Yu's letter.

Is it possible that some kind of reformed new school of Confucianism can cover the primitive productivity of Honolulu, the stable landlords, tenants, and small farmers in Henan and Shaanxi, and the Kanto Songsu Nanyang, which have basically separated the small peasant economy and are involved in the world market, and then solve the new contradictions that have emerged after the Songsu region has been transformed into a factory, and at the same time solve the difficulties of Korea, Ryukyu, and Japan, and incidentally resist the invasion of Catholicism, Islam, and Protestantism on religious issues?

Since we do not want to represent the interests of a certain class, but pursue omnipotence and the holy way, we can only continue to consider and try this possibility.

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A few days later, Shanghai.

Some people surrounded Liu Yu and checked the first real public building complex of Dashun that had just been completed.

Including a park, a library, a museum of all nations, and a series of other buildings planned after a piece of land was occupied.

Almost everyone around Liu Yu knew that Liu Yu would definitely leave Jiangsu during the emperor's southern tour this time, and it was impossible for him to stay here any longer.

Even if the emperor did not say it, Liu Yu would take the initiative to leave.

After all, after these years of development, policy inclination, and the forced closure of the trade ports of Guangzhou and Fuzhou, Jiangsu has truly become half of the world's finances and taxes with the best water transportation network in the pre-railway era.

Every year, an astonishing amount of silver is provided to the imperial treasury or the emperor's inner treasury.

Even if there is no strategic location to defend, even if the people working here have no military power, it is impossible to stay in such a place forever.

This newly completed public building complex will soon serve as the place where the emperor receives "all nations to pay homage" and reviews the army.

Sufficient open space is also solved by occupying land.

Fortunately, many years ago, enough land was forcibly occupied. With the development of trade and the expansion of the city, the price of the land that was occupied at the beginning has risen sharply.

The idea of ​​house tax proposed by Wang Yuan of the Yanli School was also tried here.

Accompanying Liu Yu's inspection were both officials and wealthy merchants in the province.

It seems to be a bit of "arranging funeral affairs".

Some people who were sent by the emperor at the beginning have also grown up after these years of experience.

At least they understand how to manage these rapidly developing cities that are completely different from the past.

This time, the emperor went on a southern tour, and the merchants "took the initiative" to donate and prepare the reception expenses for the emperor's southern tour.

It was completely different from the last time. The last time, the emperor allowed them to go to Nanyang without worrying about the reception. But this time, the emperor didn't say anything, and the merchants "took the initiative" to pay.

Most people were not worried, thinking that everything was on the right track, and the most difficult transition period had basically passed.

The only thing is that the special status here in the future may not be competent for a Jiedushi, and the level of Jiedushi is no longer enough.

Now Lin Min is still nominally the Jiedushi of Jiangsu, but now everyone knows that after the reform is completed, the court will never hand over Jiangsu to a Jiedushi.

In the officialdom, there are many speculations about who will get this big piece of fat.

In the market, the impact is not big. People think it is just a set of rules. People have long been accustomed to it.

Even if a corrupt person comes, it is different from the past. The government has acquired a lot of land that was not very valuable at the time. Now the land price is high. Even if there is corruption, it will not increase the levy like in the past.

Everyone walked slowly to the small earthen hill in the park. In the distance, some chimneys had appeared in the industrial area, emitting black coal smoke.

Even though the wind direction was taken into consideration when the layout was originally laid out, the faint smell of burning coal could still be smelled.

Liu Yu closed his eyes and took a deep breath, feeling very satisfied.

Many of these smoking chimneys were used to drive steam engines.

But because of the special nature of Dashun, most of these steam engines were not related to the textile industry.

The mechanical spinning machine he had been thinking about had already taken shape.

The yarn shortage in the Songsu area has gradually emerged. From the past four people spinning and one person weaving; it has been upgraded to the current sixteen people spinning and one person weaving.

The reshaped export-oriented textile industry foundation, the cotton yarn industry adopted the workshop system from the beginning, basically controlling the spinning link of long-staple cotton.

Once the research on the mechanical spinning wheel is successful, the transformation will be very smooth.

It is a very common saying that the wheel of time has begun to turn. In reality, it has really begun to turn. The final outcome of the First World War, which is about to break out, will directly determine the future development of Dashun.

Although he has a good plan and feels that he will win, he is still a little nervous in his heart.

Everyone saw him close his eyes and take a deep breath, then sigh. They didn't know whether he was reluctant to leave here or worried about the day when he would return to Beijing in the future, so they didn't dare to say anything.

It's not easy to respond to this.

If you don't respond well, it will inevitably arouse the emperor's suspicion, or it may be a good flattery, but it will hit the sore spot and cause a lot of unhappiness.

After a long time, Liu Yu said as if he was arranging his funeral: "The ancients said that if a man does not think about the future, he will have immediate worries. This is true for all walks of life."

"Although it is no longer the time when Songsu was founded, many industries still have an uncertain future. A wise man would think of many crises in the future when the fire is boiling."

"You are here today, where do you think the crises of Songsu's industry will be in the future?"

This is Liu Yu testing everyone's political inclinations, of course, mainly external.

The current situation can be compared to boiling oil in a fire, which is not an exaggeration.

The painful transition period means cheap labor.

The short period of peace means the rapid expansion of the external market.

The development of Southeast Asia in Guandong has made industrial and commercial practitioners experience the lowest grain prices, which means they can pay lower wages.

Since the outbreak of the Qixing Jiaoxie request for rice subsidies, there has been no need to pay extra rice subsidies for ten years. Rice subsidies are only available when the rice price reaches a certain value agreed upon at the beginning. There is indeed no opportunity to increase rice subsidies in recent years.

Policy-guided overseas investment has allowed a large amount of capital to flow, and the development of surrounding markets such as Nanyang, Kanto, Korea, and Japan has also minimized the impact of the price revolution.

The labor price and grain price in Dashun, calculated in silver, are still about one-third of the highest level in Western Europe.

So much so that in places like Tianjin, even straw hats woven from wheat straw can be sold, and Europe is a wheat producing area.

From the perspective of the emerging class, it can undoubtedly be called an era of raging fire and boiling oil.

As for the gradually disintegrating rural areas in the Jiangnan region, the tenants who gradually withdrew from the tenancy or were forced to withdraw from the tenancy, and the semi-self-cultivating farmers who were really hurt by the grain price, they are not qualified to evaluate whether it is a dark world or a raging fire and boiling oil.

Now Liu Yu asked these emerging classes and the bureaucrats who are increasingly closely connected with these emerging classes, what is the long-term concern?

After a brief thought, the answers were basically surprisingly consistent.

"If you have any long-term concerns, you should look overseas."

"I've read a lot of newspapers in recent years and know about overseas events. Judging from the situation this year, there seems to be a possibility of another war in foreign lands?"

"This year, the French ginseng futures have not yet arrived in Hong Kong, but some people have already started to raise the price. They are hoarding. Just like what the newspapers said that the Dutch knew about the war in Nanyang and hoarded tea."

At this time, the newspapers in Songsu, Dengzhou, Yingkou, Nanyang and other places are not newspapers, but rather one-third newspapers, one-third maritime country maps, and one-third overseas colonial history.

The so-called enlightenment of the people does not necessarily have to shout slogans. On the premise of believing that people are not fools, it is enough to show the dynamics of the world.

These emerging classes of Dashun are certainly not fools. Many of them are even speculators who make money. They have long been keenly aware that any disturbance in foreign affairs will have an impact on the Songsu area.

Now, the impact is not that big. At most, a group of people are betting that Britain and France will go to war in North America. At the beginning, when Dashun was making trouble in Aachen, it wanted to sign the Anti-Piracy Convention and the Anti-Privateer Convention, but the two countries did not sign them.

If a war really breaks out, wouldn't it be mutual hijacking of ships? At that time, how could prices not rise?

After all, in theory, everyone thinks that Liu Yu is quite pro-French. What if he takes sides and the British hijack ships to sell ginseng, and we impose tariffs or stop them from selling.

As for the fact that Dashun may also seize the window period to join the war, most people did not consider it.

Although, in fact, several oligarchs of Dashun's Western Trade Company were quite dissatisfied with the East India Companies of various countries, and conflicts between the two sides also occurred from time to time.

However, Dashun's real involvement in the world war was unprecedented after all.

Going to Nanyang does not count.

When going to Nanyang, Dashun's merchant power was not strong enough to have a great willingness to go to war. It was purely the emperor replicating the previous Yongle Emperor's going to Nanyang to monopolize the spice trade.

Therefore, Dashun still had to take this step after all.

Let some classes see the huge benefits brought by war and deeply understand the relationship between war and themselves.

This is of great significance to the Songsu area, because most of the time, they cannot personally feel the war and their relationship.

For example, the war in the northwest region is so far away and of no immediate interest to them.

Of course, at this time, if a war breaks out again with the Rakshasa Kingdom over the Arctic Ocean north of the Whale Sea, they will definitely feel it firsthand, because some people make a fortune by trading sea dragon skins and oils.

In the war in the northwest region, those who can make a fortune are the Shanshan Capital Group, which failed to compete in the Jiangnan region, not them.

Now, Liu Yu reminded them.

"The first Confucian said: Every man is responsible for the rise and fall of the world."

"Now when I look at the war in Europe, the country wins or loses, and the merchants lose and benefit. As there are losses and profits, there are responsibilities. It turns out that for you, the so-called rise and fall of the world, the victory or defeat of the country, may be empty words to you. Now Big difference.”

"I understand that there are some things and some wars that the gentry do not support. There is no benefit at all. Instead, they have to pay more national taxes. Why should they support it?"

"But, then again, if the countries of Europa go to war again, it will be extremely beneficial to your trade. Since you can all see that the war between Britain and France in Europa is about to break out, I think there will be new news when the ship comes this year. "

“Since you can see that the rise and fall of the industry lies outside the region, this can be considered an eye-opener to see the world.”

"You might as well tell me now, what do you want? I'll have a better idea of ​​what you want in the future."

Liu Yu knew what these people wanted, and he had his own judgment.

But it's useless for him to know what's going on. It's up to these people to know what's going on.

If their answer is wrong, they need to point it out this time when "telling the future affairs": No, you don't want this, you should want that.

They do not need to consider the interests of small farmers or hired workers. Liu Yu is just asking them about the demands of their own class.