Chapter 62 Jiangnan Weaving Bureau

In addition, Zhu Qizhen also minted a large number of copper coins.

There are two major sources of copper, one is Yunnan copper.

Yunnan copper ore has always been very rich, even in the Qing Dynasty, Yunnan copper was the main raw material for coinage. The second is Japanese copper.

Truth be told, copper ore in Japan is entirely a by-product of silver ore. Originally, there were some mixed gold-copper mines on Sado Island, and some copper was produced, but these copper materials were definitely not mainstream.

However, under the order of Zhu Qizhen, the tentacles of the Ming Dynasty in Japan were hungry for silver ore, but although a lot of silver ore was issued, a lot of copper ore was also discovered. After these copper mines were transported to Beijing, they were pressed into copper coins, which were issued together with Yunnan copper coins, which amounted to about 2 million yuan a year.

That is, it can increase the money supply by 2 million yuan a year.

And the potential of Japan's copper mines does not seem to have been tapped.

This was able to suppress the signs of a domestic silver shortage, but this once made the exchange of silver dollars and copper coins problematic. It was also the Shaofu Bank that was in the middle of the adjustment, so that the price of the silver dollar for copper money did not fall too outrageously.

However, in the context of the booming economic development, this problem has not been resolved.

couldn't help but give Zhu Qizhen a little headache.

Moreover, the customs has repeatedly ascertained that some people are willing to smuggle large quantities of silver and copper coins to the South Seas. Although it is expressly forbidden, it is of little use.

After all, in Japan, as well as Nanyang, and even the tile spur use the money of the Ming Dynasty, which can be regarded as a tradition. So in the face of such a situation, if paper money is used now, then the proper Ming Dynasty controls the financial hegemony, but now it is all real money, which makes Zhu Qizhen a little helpless.

Wang Yue said with a little bit of merit: "Your Majesty, after last year, the Jiangnan Weaving Bureau has controlled 20,000 looms, most of them are in Songjiang, the world's cotton cloth, Songjiang accounts for half, and now the Jiangnan Weaving Bureau occupies half, the remaining half, Your Majesty gives a little time, I will definitely let all the looms belong to the Jiangnan Weaving Bureau." ”

"At that time, the annual profits of the Jiangnan Weaving Bureau alone can be at least nearly 10 million taels."

After Zhu Qizhen heard this, he didn't mean to be happy. Instead, he fell into deep thought.

Money is naturally a good thing, and even the emperor needs money. But would it be a good thing if the cotton industry was all in the hands of the royal family?

Zhu Qizhen believes that Wang Yue himself is still proficient in business, otherwise he would not have taken the Xu family's industry so beautifully.

Of course, there is the emperor's authority behind it, but you must know that Songjiang is the birthplace of the Jiangnan Rebellion, and the Xu family industry is the core of it.

Wang Yue was able to resume production in such a short period of time, and there was naturally his own self

own ability.

It's just that the more Zhu Qizhen understands Jiangsu's economic potential, the more cautious he is about this matter now.

Zhu Qizhen couldn't understand better, the economic base determines the superstructure.

Jiangnan has such an economic foundation, and Jiangnan will inevitably occupy a place in the imperial court in the future, instead of facing the intentional or unintentional suppression of the imperial court for a long time as it is now.

Therefore, when Zhu Qizhen decides the most policy towards Jiangnan, he must be cautious.

This is also the reason why Zhu Qizhen does not stay well in Beijing and wants to come here, many things are not seen locally, and he doesn't know how to make a decision.

Yes, monopolizing the cotton cloth industry will bring Zhu Qizhen an income no less than the salt tax, or even more.

But if the imperial court eats up all the dividends of this industry, what will be the reaction to the Jiangnan gentry?

The sentiments of the Jiangnan gentry, which had always been antagonistic to the imperial court, inevitably continued to expand, and even became more and more entrenched.

This is not a good thing for the rule of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Qizhen, as the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, could not do this.

And Zhu Qizhen feels that doing this is not a good choice for the cotton industry itself.

The atmosphere of the yamen of the Ming Dynasty, how could Zhu Qizhen not know, look at what a few salt transportation divisions have forced the stove households to become, even if Zhu Qizhen has three orders, but he has to find an official from the salt transportation division every few years to sacrifice the flag, so that the rest of the officials can be honest.

If the cotton industry is only this scale, Zhu Qizhen may be monopolized by the government.

But how big will the cotton industry be? This is a figure that Zhu Qizhen can't say, but Zhu Qizhen knows that it is very big, and it is definitely not comparable to the two or three hundred million pieces of cotton cloth per year today.

And if the government monopolizes, with the urine of the government, it will definitely squeeze up and down, and eat up all the profits in this industrial chain, and it will not even go to the accounts of the Shaofu, but into the pockets of the officials.

It has a very bad impact on the cotton industry.

Zhu Qizhen thought for a while, sighed, gritted his teeth and rejected this cake worth tens of millions of taels, and said: "Forget it, the Jiangnan Weaving Bureau will maintain its current scale, and don't expand anymore." However, in the future, a considerable part of the military uniforms and cotton cloth used in the palace will be made in Jiangnan, and if something goes wrong, I will have to sacrifice the flag with my head. ”

Of course, such a huge industry. It is impossible for Zhu Qizhen not to put down a single chopstick, so he can only keep it like this for the first time.

Wang Yue couldn't figure out Zhu Qizhen's mind for a while, but it was impossible for him to refuse Zhu Qizhen. So although he was unwilling, he still said, "The minister obeys the order." ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "Are you familiar with the Jiangnan gentry? ”

Wang Yue said: "Your Majesty is very familiar with it, these people show that they are high, but they all have property behind their backs

The industry is nothing more than the clansmen coming forward to run it, or simply the industry is the family's, and they don't touch anything with the breeze on their sleeves. ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "After arriving in Suzhou, I will ask Wang Shu to arrange a reception banquet, and you will also participate in this matter, draw up a list, and add those who have property in their families but have weak reputations." ”

"When the time comes, you will be by my side, give me some pointers, who are they."

Wang Shu was born in the imperial examination, and Zhu Qizhen said that he would invite local celebrities, and Wang Shu must have arranged it according to the name of the department, that is, the ranking of the imperial examination, as well as the two types of officials.

However, in Zhu Qizhen's view, these people do not represent the future, and the future of more and more commercialization is naturally the only way to develop and grow by families close to business.

Therefore, Zhu Qizhen should also tilt towards these families.

Of course, with the current situation in Jiangnan, many families actually have both, but there are some that are not like this, and the Songjiang Xu family is a special example.

If Xu Chunshen had a Jinshi background, he would never have ended up so miserable.

Wang Yue listened and said, "Thank you for your grace." The minister must have arranged it properly. Nothing goes wrong. ”

For Wang Yue, the label of businessman on his body is the thing he hates the most, and there is no one. And arranging a banquet seems to be a trivial matter, but such a thing is something that courtiers have to do.

Especially to arrange banquets for the emperor.

If there is a big banquet in Beijing for ministers and foreign envoys, such as the Zhengdan banquet, it is always the official of the Ministry of Rites, although he may not personally participate in it, but if there is a mistake in the etiquette at the banquet, it is still the secretary of the Ministry of Rites who is responsible.

However, the Ministry of Rites is the most noble among all officials, second only to the Hanlin Academy.

Wang Yue was able to participate, but he only felt that his identity had improved a lot.

Zhu Qizhen didn't think of this. After all, the longer he has been the emperor, the more Zhu Qizhen's thinking mode is inclined to others to think about him, rather than putting himself in the shoes of some courtiers.

Because it doesn't need to.

Zhu Qizhen only needs to ask the courtiers to think about the overall situation. And the emperor himself is the biggest big picture.

In such an environment, it is easy to lack empathy. Even if Zhu Qizhen came from a later life, when he first started, he kept reminding himself, but even so, Zhu Qizhen lost more and more of his feelings as a person and an ordinary person.

And more and more an emperor.

More than just a power creature. is also in control of power, and he is also blinded by power, thinking that he has everything in his hands, but in fact, many things are what others want him to know.

Whether it was true or not, he thought it was, only God knows. And he himself absolutely does not know.