Yes, after hearing what the factory said about this, it is not only a matter of whether the people are willing to borrow money, but also a problem of obstruction by someone. It is no wonder that branches in various provinces cannot borrow money now.

Since we have to follow the rules, what should we do? They knew that the emperor would definitely ask them later, but in such a short time, we couldn't think of a solution.

Sure enough, Emperor Chongzhen asked them again, what should I do about this matter?

When they heard this, they became a little anxious. If the emperor could not get a solution, would he re-approve Wang Chengen's request and give the factory guards the power to run rampant Wuji?

Emperor Chongzhen glanced at them and saw that they were all thinking hard, and he seemed a little worried in his expression, so he knew that everything was developing according to his expectations.

No matter what these officials do, they dare not give the factory guards the power to break the rules. Otherwise, if the factory guards themselves have the responsibility to supervise all officials and can act in violation of the rules, the consequences will definitely be disastrous for those under surveillance.

Of course, Emperor Chongzhen actually understood that if he really wanted to do that, it would mean that the imperial power was no longer enough to intimidate the world. In fact, neither the power of civil servants nor the power of factory guards could be out of control. Once this happens, it would be disastrous for the stability of the Ming Dynasty.

In the early period of the Tianqi period, civil servants had too much power; in the middle and late periods, in order to deal with civil servants, too much power was given to factory guards, which all caused turmoil in the court.

Emperor Chongzhen thought it was almost done, and then he showed that he had just thought of a solution and said to the ministers: "I remembered that I could lend out the bank's money and use it for the people so that the people could benefit from it!"

When many people heard this, they breathed a sigh of relief. If there was a way, the emperor would definitely not let the factory guards do whatever they wanted, that would be the best.

So, the chief assistant Xue Guoguan first reported to him: "Your Majesty is wise and powerful, so you must have a good idea. Please tell me clearly, and I will listen carefully!"

"Yes, I must be right if you listen to your Majesty!"

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The other ministers also followed suit and flattered the emperor.

After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen said, "My idea is that since private loans are difficult, as a royal textile factory, the royal or local governments will come up with loans, open factories according to the situation in various places, hire local people to create wealth, so that the people can have another income while farming, so that they can get rich faster!"

When Xue Guoguan and others heard this, they couldn't help feeling a little embarrassed.

If this matter was said so from the beginning, it would definitely be considered by civil officials that this is a matter of competing for profit with the people, inappropriate, inappropriate!

However, Emperor Chongzhen had already asked them to think about it first, but they couldn't think of it. The Admiral of the East Factory said that someone was making trouble and wanted to kill the chicken and scare the monkey, but others were doing things that affected private loans within the rules. If the factory guards took action from this, the rules would be chaotic, and the factory guards would be unscrupulous, and they could turn back and reorganize the civil servants, and regain the horror of the Apocalypse period, which was something they absolutely did not want to.

After a while, the chief assistant Xue Guoguan asked their doubts on behalf of the civil servant: "Your Majesty, if this is the case, the bank can collect mortgages, what should I do if I can't pay back the money, and what should I do if I lose money when opening a factory..."

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he immediately said without hesitation: "Of course, we must follow the bank's loan rules. Even royal and local governments are no exception. This is the case. You must be cautious about opening a factory, and you must be cautious about how large a factory you run. These things can be discussed carefully!"

In fact, what he said is the model of state-owned enterprises. In the context of great concentration of power, if the Ming Dynasty's economy takes off, state-owned enterprises are the best engines.

Yes, state-owned enterprises also have shortcomings, but nothing can be perfect! As long as state-owned enterprises can help the Ming Dynasty's economy take off at this stage, that's enough.

Since no matter what the reason is, there is no loan for the private sector, then state-owned enterprises will do this, and open a factory and hire people to do it.

At this time, farmers will have nothing to do once they finish the farming work. This labor force is simply a waste. If they still have a place to make money, I believe they will be willing to do it. The people will become rich and the Ming Dynasty will also increase the number of goods. Don’t the Western Russians want the Ming Dynasty’s products very much? No problem, give as much as they want!

After Emperor Chongzhen explained a little and compared the two things, these officials of course chose the thing that had the least impact on them. This is the skill of doing things, and only by doing this can the ministers support this matter.

After all, Emperor Chongzhen was not a god, and he was so energetic that he could do anything himself. With such a large territory in the Ming Dynasty, countless things happen every day, and officials must assist him in handling things well. Whether the officials in the lower office work should be attentive and responsible are the keys to whether a thing can be done well.

Emperor Chongzhen knew this well, and therefore, he had already thought of a solution, but he still had to discuss it with these ministers to make them feel that doing this is good so that things can be arranged smoothly.

Emperor Chongzhen talked to them for a long time and finally found a framework. This matter started with the southern provinces and made a demonstration effect.

If the local government does this, it will use the annual reserved local tax silver as collateral, and start from tea, silk, raw silk, ceramics, etc. to establish local state-owned enterprises; and if the royal family comes forward, it will use the annual local gold and silver as collateral to engage in tea, silk, raw silk, ceramics and other businesses.

In this way, if the local government does not operate seriously and lose money and does not pay the bank, the tax and silver reserved in the local area will be gone, which will inevitably affect the local government itself, and they will not be careless. The same is true for the royal family. Gold and silver are a major source of economic resources in the palace. Once it is gone, it will be a loss.

Of course, just doing this is not enough. In the Ming Dynasty, such state-owned enterprises were just a royal textile factory led by the queen. At least there was no similar experience in the local area. If state-owned enterprises in various places use their power to oppress workers for profits and compete with their peers, they would not believe it.

Since it is a state-owned enterprise, the leaders of this state-owned enterprise can be managed by the government, and are supervised by local censorships and factory guards to control it. The original intention of establishing a state-owned enterprise will not deviate from the direction.

This matter was finally decided under the leadership of Emperor Chongzhen.

Because of the Martyrs' Temple, Emperor Chongzhen first paid attention to economic matters. At this time, once there was a result, he immediately paid attention to the disaster prevention and relief situation in various provinces. At least in his impression, the natural disasters during the Little Ice Age in the late Ming Dynasty did not end slowly until the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty.

Sure enough, just as he looked, he found a new memorial about the news of a severe drought and locust plague in Jiangnan.

Because of Emperor Chongzhen's attention, the local government immediately reported it when they found signs of severe drought. In Nanjing, Sun Chuanting, Lu Jiude and others, who were in charge, immediately discussed and began disaster prevention and relief according to the strategy set by Emperor Chongzhen.

First, concentrate the people's efforts and dispatch the troops of the garrison to fight drought; second, food control is regulated and distributed according to food rations; third, food and other materials are immediately mobilized from other places to support the affected areas such as Suzhou Prefecture. At this time, Emperor Chongzhen saw for the first time that among the disaster relief supplies, there were a large number of sweet potatoes transported from Zhejiang and Fujian.

Sweet potatoes were first planted in Fujian in the Ming Dynasty and obtained a large amount of output. The Fujian governor at that time was very happy and immediately promoted them with all his strength, but due to various factors, they did not get what they wanted.

In recent years, Emperor Chongzhen, who had traveled through time, personally promoted it vigorously, especially using the output of sweet potatoes and other economic crops as one of the indicators for local officials to evaluate political achievements. The difficulty of promotion has been greatly reduced. Naturally, Fujian and Zhejiang provinces that had already started to grow sweet potatoes have a higher output than other provinces.

Seeing that sweet potatoes began to appear in this list of rescue supplies, Emperor Chongzhen finally smiled. Years of efforts were not in vain. Sweet potatoes and other supplies would be promoted earlier than the original history, be well known to the people, save more lives of the people and help them overcome the famine.

This famine was recorded in the original history. In the spring of the fifteenth year, there was a severe drought in Taicang Prefecture, and 110 cents of rice were paid, and the people had food. The people had more than a thousand hungry people in Hui Temple and Longfu Temple gathered more than a thousand hungry people, but they died every day without firewood. The food was urgent, and the grain was about one third of the grain, and the wheat was changed to a discount of one or five cents per stone. Four taels of winter rice were starved to death, and corpses were rolling in the river. The city gate and alleys were abandoned as a group, and some people were taken away, or they were taken away, and all the dead were abandoned in the tombs, gathered and burned, or dug pits to bury them, and countless people were covered. Fortunately, those who did not die were peeled into elm bark to make cakes and chaff to make porridge. Looking at the village, the bark was peeled out, which was a famine that had not been seen in decades.

There are severe droughts, and locust plagues often occur.

History also records that Huzhou Prefecture is severely drought, locusts cover the sky, and wherever it gathers, the seedlings and reeds stand out, and the people cut tree bark and wood chips and mixed with bran to eat it, or dig white mud in the mountains to feed it, which is called Guanyin powder. The place on the left side of the mountain is called Liang Village, and hundreds of strong followers gather in chaos, but fortunately they were extinguished soon. However, the plague came, but the government not only did not exempt money and grain, but instead punished the prisoners to punish the prison. The rice price in Wuxian County, Suzhou Prefecture is as expensive as three or three cents of silver and two or two cents of wheat. The people are more struggling to eat, and the people are displaced and wandering, and the old man abandons the road, and the houses in the urban and rural areas are in the air, and the corpse is buried.

Such a human tragedy, in this plane, under the strong national policy of Emperor Chongzhen's disaster prevention, local governments took action as soon as signs appeared. When the disaster broke out, the people had food to save their lives, and did not cause a large-scale starvation and other vicious events. This made the people who had experienced the previous famines even more grateful to the government, the court, and Emperor Chongzhen.

It can be said that every time the natural disaster is overcome, the prestige of the government, the court and Emperor Chongzhen among the people is even higher. It is becoming increasingly difficult for those local officials and gentry to influence the people and influence the people as before, and to do something that is not conducive to the court.

From the disaster that happened this time, we can also know that natural disasters are not terrible. As long as the government works together to overcome the famine, people will definitely conquer nature! In the late Ming Dynasty, the reason why the natural disasters were so uncontrollable that the government was no longer able to save the disaster.

This disaster relief in Suzhou area made Emperor Chongzhen very satisfied, so he issued an order to commend relevant people. Sun Chuanting and Lu Jiude and others were also promoted. Among them, Sun Chuanting was named the Grand Secretary of the East Pavilion, that is, the auxiliary minister of the cabinet, but he continued to serve as his position as the Minister of Personnel in Nanjing. Lu Jiude was also named the eunuch of the Silijian and also continued to perform his position as the eunuch of the Nanjing governor.

Emperor Chongzhen also replied to Zhang Pu, who was still in Jiangnan, and praised his courage to correct his mistakes and dare to make a decision. He also made public in the mansion report, calling on officials from all over the country to learn from Zhang Pu to admit their mistakes and be a famous minister who is honest and honest, and will be remembered forever!

At the same time, he also wrote an article in person to criticize the unsatisfactory style of human relations in the officialdom. He also responsible for the Censorate's assessment of the exchanges between officials and came up with specific regulations to eliminate the breeding ground of corruption.

These things have little to do with the people of the Ming Dynasty. However, they caused great shock to the Ming Dynasty's officialdom.

In particular, the Censorate gave specific measures to report to Emperor Chongzhen to the publication of the world, such as officials are not allowed to treat guests to dinner, visit brothels, summon women to drink, and collect anything worth more than ten taels of silver under any excuses. All of these things have a great impact on the daily life of officials. As a result, the business of brothels and restaurants, such as places where people are in love, eating, drinking and having fun, has plummeted.

If this matter was in the past, even if it could be promulgated nationwide, it would probably be just a piece of paper.

However, the prestige of Emperor Chongzhen is now incomparable to the past.

The improvement of prestige brought by Lian Zhan Lianjie, the improvement of prestige brought by disaster relief and prevention, the observation and judgment of insight into people's hearts, and even the ability to infer some myths, all greatly shocked the officialdom. Moreover, the iron blood and strength he showed since he personally took charge of the troops made the Ming officials dare not do such lip service.
Chapter completed!