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487 Dig a big pit and bury the Jianzhu

Everything is planned, and nothing is done!

Since you are already prepared to go to war with the Japanese pirates again, you naturally have to prepare in advance!

The economic situation of the Ming Dynasty was mainly reflected in state-owned enterprises.

The royal textile factory established by the queen has expanded a lot in size, because it is not enough to only use palace maids, and the women in the capital have also recruited some people in it. Of course, officials and families will not go there, even if they are run by the queen, they will lose their status. However, women in the middle and lower classes do not have this status concern. If they can make money to subsidize their household income, they will have enough motivation.

However, no matter what, this textile factory did not contribute much to the treasury. Instead, it improved the living conditions in the palace a lot. Some palace maids who were at the age of time even asked to work for a few more years before going out.

Emperor Chongzhen did not pursue profits as his greatest goal for this textile factory. Instead, he set a benchmark for women's labor.

Most peasant women also have to go to work in the fields or help their families with some housework. But in general, women show up in public to work. This is a matter of rare things except for a little in Jiangnan. But now, Emperor Chongzhen wants to convey the impression through this textile factory like the world: women in the family can also make money to subsidize their household income, and this is a decent job.

Only when this concept is slowly formed can the labor force of women be truly released. In any case, society needs to liberate the working group of women.

Correspondingly, Emperor Chongzhen issued an order to prohibit foot binding before the New Year. At this time, some officials already had this bad habit, and Emperor Chongzhen had seen many of them, which made him very dissatisfied. The decree clearly stated that if an official family found that there were any foot binding, they would be dismissed from office. If you want to become an official or a foot binding, you would choose it yourself!

In addition, if any perverts who like deformed feet are found, they will be arrested and given more than ten days of foot binding. They are not allowed to be hired as officials.

If this decree was replaced by the original history, there would probably be few people who could do it. However, on this plane, Emperor Chongzhen personally led the army and won consecutive battles. In addition, he was in charge of corruption, whether in Shanxi or Jiangnan, he had committed serious crimes. Those who dared to disobey the imperial edict depended on whether they were strong enough! Don’t think that the law did not blame the public. The reason why Emperor Chongzhen dismissed or punished more than 100 local officials in one breath. From this, it can be seen that the emperor’s iron fist was not just a decoration!

In addition, Emperor Chongzhen has always been committed to disaster prevention and resistance, and this persistence of serving the people wholeheartedly also made the people see it. The emperor's love for the people is explained by facts, rather than those scholars needing to interpret and spread it. This also lets the people of the Ming Dynasty know that the emperor is a truly good emperor and is for the good of the people!

For the common people, based on the simple black or white view, they believe that since the emperor is a good emperor, those who oppose the emperor, whether scholars or officials, must be corrupt officials, local tyrants and evil gentry!

Under such a background, Emperor Chongzhen's will can basically be well implemented.

Of course, Emperor Chongzhen also knew that binding feet and wearing women's clothes were all caused by the wealthy and wealthy businessmen's lack of correct value orientation after the development of the Ming Dynasty. This must be guided correctly by the court.

Emperor Chongzhen was already considering whether to introduce sports games, football, basketball and other sports in later generations with a wide audience. It is better to like these than those bad habits.

After thinking for a while, Emperor Chongzhen withdrew his thoughts and continued to watch the summary of memorials about the treasury income.

The basis of the national treasury income is actually the tax related to land in the past. Although there were only two of the three major taxes in history, namely Liao taxes and Suppression taxes, they were all abolished by Emperor Chongzhen. However, relying solely on basic taxes can actually support the Ming Dynasty. The key is whether it can be collected or not.

It has to be said that Zhang Pu made great contributions. In checking the matter of exempting officials from quotas and urging them to pay arrears, Zhang Pu recovered unknown amounts of taxes and silver for the court. After he was an example, Emperor Chongzhen also sent other imperial envoys to do this. As of now, the effect is pretty good. This matter ensures the basis of the treasury income.

On this basis, other inputs have become new growth points for the surge in the national treasury.

For example, after more than five years of development, the income of the Royal Bank of Ming Dynasty has provided considerable profits. This is due to several major auctions that require those participating in the auction to deposit money into the bank, which greatly promoted the growth of the branches of the Royal Bank of Ming Dynasty.

However, the highest profit expectation is the glass factory that was established last year. The silent and transparent glass is developing in a very rapid development mode under the demonstration of the royal family and under the promotion of the shareholders of the glass factory.

The production of glass has driven the rapid development of the scientific experimental instrument industry. However, Emperor Chongzhen has an intention to do this, suppressing the price and making the profits extremely low.

In addition, the glasses industry has also become a new industry and has developed rapidly to solve the myopia and presbyopia problems of the people of the Ming Dynasty. In the past, when using crystals as lenses, it was only affordable for a few people. But now it is different, and ordinary rich people can also use it.

There are also industries such as glass windows, glass decorations, etc., which also spring up like mushrooms after a rain, which have all driven tax revenues in various places.

It can be said that at this time of the 17th year of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty, the treasury of the Ming Dynasty no longer needed to increase the income of the treasury by chasing homes, such as quick money.

In fact, there is another very, very important invisible income that is not made public, which is smuggling income, that is, half of the income of the Zheng family is handed over to the court, and about 5 million taels of income per year are all used for food purchases in Southeast Asia. So much money does not need to be allocated from the treasury, which greatly reduces the burden on the treasury. Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen was able to spend a lot of money on the army.

The armor, weapons, gunpowder, etc. added by the Jing camp are all astronomical figures. There are three major camps under the Imperial Horse Supervisor. The Dongjiang Army and the Guanning Army are fighting, which are all very large expenses of the national treasury. Just the military pay alone costs more than 3 million taels per year. Losingly, they win every time, and they are seized. Therefore, in terms of military merit rewards, they are mostly based on land. Otherwise, the current money earned by the treasury is not enough to support Emperor Chongzhen to start a war against Jianlu while preventing and rescuing domestically, and they have to add 50,000 to 60,000 Beijing camp troops, and train according to elite forces.

War is a big money-consuming person, but Emperor Chongzhen did not retreat because of this. He should fight if he should fight! Even if he consumes money, he should fight. This is not negotiable!

However, the scale of the war must be controlled. This is also the only way for Emperor Chongzhen to reorganize the Beijing camp so far, after the economic conditions are better. As for the troops of other local garrisons, they are still temporarily pressed and slowly adapted. If it is spread across the country, it will be a fool!

Fortunately, with the gold finger of the eavesdropping system, every battle is won at a very small price. If you fight repeatedly like in history, no matter how much money you have, you will not be enough to fill this bottomless hole.

Everything is thriving now, and the expenditures of the treasury can be rewarded, which makes Emperor Chongzhen very pleased.

He went to inspect and inspect the Jingying from time to time, which made him more satisfied. After all, the elite soldiers drawn from the border army did not need to be trained from the beginning. In addition, the cavalry of the Jingying under Wu Sangui's troops went on a triumphant battle with the grasslands, which also stimulated the infantry of the Jingying, making them more serious and hardworking. They were looking forward to being able to go on the war as soon as possible, earn military merits, and win the wife and son.

They were looking forward to it, and Emperor Chongzhen was also looking forward to it, hoping that when the autumn harvest was coming, the Beijing army would be able to use it. After all, if you want to cover up the Ming people in Kong Youde's side, you can save as much as possible and not make any big noise, it would be impossible to succeed.

For this reason, Emperor Chongzhen began to plan the moment he received the news. The army was one aspect, and more importantly, the preparation of food and supplies. If you didn’t say anything, let’s store grain!

When he was planning all this, the Ming people who were concentrated on the Liaohe Plain naturally did not know that their emperor was working hard to save them. At this time, they were taken over by the Jianlu army, and were very worried and very frustrated with the slim hope for the future.

In the past, they were distributed in various parts of Liaodong, and some were not too far from the sea. They were looking for opportunities to escape to the sea. If they could escape to the sea, they would be equivalent to escaping the clutches of Jianlu and returning to the Ming Dynasty.

However, now being taken to the hinterland of Liaodong, far away from the seaside, this is equivalent to sacrificing their hope of escaping back to the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, they were very angry with Kong Youde who cut off their hopes.

If it weren't for Kong Youde, the Ming traitor, who asked Jianlu to take them all to the Liaohe Plain to open up land and farm, they wouldn't have come here and naturally wouldn't have stayed away from the coastline!

"Go to the king!" As the soldiers shouted, Kong Youde appeared on the fields on the Liaohe Plain surrounded by a group of soldiers.

The Ming people who were deliberately procrastinating because of their anger heard that they took the opportunity to put down their hoes and began to be lazy. Their ideas were very simple. Don’t you, a dog-in-law, want to take credit? Then we will delay you so that you can’t take credit from Jianlu.

Kong Youde has actually heard that the behavior of these Ming people came to inspect the fields this time for this situation.

At this time, as long as you see the behavior of these Ming people, you can see it as long as you are not blind. In fact, the Ming people did so obviously that they wanted to let Kong Youde see it.

Kong Yongan couldn't help but get angry about this. The prince was obviously kind to help them, but they actually repay the prince in such a way!

But he also knew that the real situation must not be made public. So he immediately yelled at the Ming people in the fields: "You are still alive and can still have the strength to work here. Do you know whose kindness is this?"

When he went out and yelled, everyone looked at him and listened to him talking.

"If the prince had not transferred them to Liaodong, would many of you starve to death? If the prince had not resisted the pressure and kept all the rations distributed by the court for you, believe it or not, many of you would have become fertilizers in the fields? If the prince had not been kind and compassionate, you would have been so lazy and treacherous. If someone else believed it or not, many of you were hung in the fields, killing one to warn a hundred to serve as a warning to others? If the harvest this year is not good, believe it or not, you will definitely be the one who starved to death first, not others..."

Kong Yongan roared angrily, making these Ming people unable to sit still. Because what Kong Yongan said was indeed the truth, they could not refute this.

Nowadays, it is already a luxury to eat a bite. No matter what, this is a blessing to survive, right?

Thinking of this, although they hated Kong Youde in their hearts for breaking their hope of escaping Liaodong and returning to the Ming Dynasty, their hatred for Kong Youde has finally been relieved a lot. Some people who have even seen the Ming Dynasty have a vague sense of gratitude to Kong Youde.

Kong Youde looked at all this, but said lightly: "If you can get a good harvest, this is my contribution and the prerequisite for your life. Just treat it as it is for yourself and work hard. If you slacken any further, I might ask the court to send other people to supervise the worker in order to get a job."

He explained in the memorial that the hard work of the Han people should be maximized and should not be suppressed by whips alone. Therefore, he hoped that his men would come to supervise the workers so that they could also be cheated on the Han slaves and discover them in time. After a lot of reasons were revealed, Dorgon also agreed to his request, believing that the Han slaves who were about 20,000 were under Kong Youde's subordinates.

As for Geng Zhongming's subordinates, some of Shang Kexi's subordinates, etc., they were all transferred to fish.

At this time, when Kong Youde said this, thinking of the cruelty of the builder supervisors, these Ming people became even more worried. Even for themselves, they should work hard!

In this way, the progress of land reclamation and farming on the Liaohe Plain has greatly accelerated. Kong Youde also sent the situation here to Shengjing every once in a while, which has made Dorgon look forward to it.

As a result, Dorgon slowly put half of his expectations for the autumn harvest of food to the Liaohe Plain. This was what Kong Youde hoped: dig a big hole and put these Jianluo into the pit!

At the same time, there has been a situation that has not been seen in history on the southernmost end of the Korean Peninsula.
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