Chapter 33: The Meaning of the Southern Tour

Although because of the distance between Jiangnan and Beijing, there is a certain delay in letting Zhu Qizhen get the news. But even so, many things in Jiangnan still arrived in the hands of Zhu Qizhen at the fastest speed.

What happened to Gangnam.

Zhu Qizhen was expected and unexpected.

As expected, he knew that the implementation of commercial tax would definitely have some twists and turns. After all, the distribution of interests has always been a manifestation of strength, and on Zhu Qizhen's side, it is the first step in adjusting the country's finances.

His purpose is to make the Ming commercial tax revenue, surpassing the agricultural tax, the number one item.

But for the gentry of Jiangnan, it was the imperial court that once again cut the meat of Jiangnan.

It is no wonder that the two sides do not clash.

In fact, it is not that Zhu Qizhen is bent on cutting the meat of Jiangnan.

It's that the heritage of Jiangnan is too thick.

The accumulation of hundreds of years in the Tang and Song dynasties is not only water conservancy projects, field cultivation, but also talent culture and so on.

On the same starting line, the north, with Beijing as the center, is far from catching up.

If you look at it from the Jiangnan area, this is exactly what they should be proud of, so as to seek a higher position within the Ming system.

It's just that Zhu Qizhen, as the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, naturally wants to contribute more to the imperial court in the south of the Yangtze River.

With different positions and different demands, it is natural to have differences.

But this is the case.

Zhu Qizhen didn't expect it.

For this so-called Great Zhou Heavenly Army, Zhu Qizhen didn't have a brain at all, and he didn't order a rebellion or anything.

Zhu Qizhen didn't believe it at all, if the Ming army he had tempered single-handedly, the elite who had fought so many battles, couldn't even take this little trouble, Zhu Qizhen would simply take a piece of tofu and kill it.

This little mess is certainly not worth mentioning.

But Zhu Qizhen also has a few things to focus on.

First, what is the impact of this turmoil on all parts of Jiangnan?

Even if Zhu Qizhen has been developing Beijing, it cannot affect the fundamental political structure of the Ming Dynasty, that is, to feed the soldiers in the northwest with Jiangnan money and grain.

Therefore, if Jiangnan is uncertain for a long time, it will still have some impact on the imperial court.

Of course, Zhu Qizhen still has a way to get to the bottom of it. It's like Wang Yue temporarily withdrawing money from the bank, anyway, there is no banking law in this era.

Zhu Qizhen is also okay.

Shaofu Bank is not too profitable, but it does not mean that Shaofu Bank does not have much money on its books.

These are two concepts.

Of course, Zhu Qizhen also knows that the less this kind of behavior, the better.

Therefore, the chaos in Jiangnan will naturally be calmed down as soon as possible.

It's just that Zhu Qizhen understands very well that his best intervention is not to interfere, there are troops in the south of the Yangtze River, the garrison in Nanjing, the naval division army in Songjiang, and the Cao soldiers in Jiangbei, Anhui and Zhejiang do not have many troops, but there are also 10,000 or 20,000, and within a month or two, more than 100,000 people can be gathered

Is it?

There is no shortage of money either.

Jiangnan itself is rich, plus the amount of money that Wang Yue overdrafted. Enough to quell the chaos.

There is no shortage of talents, Cao Nai's old minister has also experienced military affairs, his first official was a county in Datong, and he dealt with Tartars. Although Wang Shu did not do his job perfectly this time, among the officials of the Mesozoic Dynasty of the Ming Dynasty, Wang Shu is also a figure that cannot be bypassed.

There is no shortage of soldiers, money, money, and people.

Zhu Qizhen is prone to accidents if he points fingers again.

Secondly, it is the Ming slave and maid system.

Although Zhu Qizhen has already granted amnesty, it is obvious that the decree that only stays in words will not easily penetrate into the hearts of the people. This use of strong dependence, similar to the work of slaves.

I'm afraid it's also a common phenomenon.

Now it has to be solved.

After all, Daming is different from the West, and the original intention of Daming to develop industry is to find a bite to eat for the people of Daming. This starting point must not be shaken.

After all, this is the most critical place to convince many officials of the Ming Dynasty.

It is also what Confucianism calls benevolent government.

Summer insects can't talk about ice.

Zhu Qizhen told them about the benefits of industrialization, and it is estimated that everyone who hears it will think that the emperor is crazy. It is only from this aspect that we can get the support of many ministers.

But if, as a result of industrialization, there was a mass revival of slavery, it was similar to early capitalism, where workers were reduced to living machine parts.

The mortality rate is so high that it is better than starving in the countryside.

If Zhu Qizhen promotes the change of the law, more people will question it.

And Zhu Qizhen also slowly discovered a problem.

Many times, in a commodity economy, production is not the most important thing, the most important thing is the market, and the most important thing is to make something that can be sold.

The Ming Dynasty produced a large number of iron, salt, cloth, tea, sugar, and other goods, but the question was who to sell to?

The largest market is naturally the mainland of the Ming Dynasty.

Nowadays, the route between Westerners and China also has to transit through India and Arabia, and the share of trade is very small. This market is not huge.

I can't see it yet, but in the future we will definitely find that there will be a surplus of goods.

Only by cultivating more consumers can this process be slowed down.

Finally, there is another deeper problem.

To be honest, Zhu Qizhen also sighed at Xu Chunshen's death.

Is Xu Chunshen guilty?

Nature is sinful.

But Xu Chunshen was wronged or not, he was wronged.

Because what Xu Chunshen does is often a conventional rule, and many times, many of the problems Xu Chunshen faces cannot be solved by normal means.

He had to take a risk.

This is his misfortune and the misfortune of Daming.

Although after this change, the business of the Shaofu

The territory has greatly expanded, but Zhu Qizhen is not too happy.

Because he found that all his efforts over the years have only released one thing.

That is bureaucratic capitalism.

Looking at it carefully, three-tenths of China's economic map is Shaofu, and the remaining four-tenths are in the hands of other powerful gentry.

The remaining little bit of territory is the share of all merchants combined.

Zhu Qizhen is not too happy with this ratio.

Sometimes, he can't figure out whether he is doing this to develop business or curb business.

It's just that Zhu Qizhen can't solve this problem for a while.

After all, his ass sits in the position of the Ming Emperor, and these powerful bureaucrats are one with him. It is impossible for Zhu Qizhen to cut off his hands and feet and let them give up the huge benefits.

Enough to kill people.

Thinking about it, the imperial court just wanted to collect commercial taxes, so many things were done.

If Zhu Qizhen wants these people to quit and give up the money-making business to those mud legs, what will be the result?

You don't have to think about it to know that it is going to shake the foundation of the country.

But if it goes on like this, Zhu Qizhen doesn't feel good. Zhu Qizhen thought about it, and flipped out a booklet from the side, which said that private property is sacred and inviolable, and so on.

There are a lot of rules about doing business.

This is the civil code prepared by Zhu Qizhen.

Focus on protecting the interests of the common people and businessmen. It also plays a role in regulating business.

Of course, some of these provisions were thought of by Zhu Qizhen, and some were among the laws of the Ming Dynasty, but they were scattered among many laws, and Zhu Qizhen picked them out one by one.

But is that enough?

Of course it is not enough.

Many laws have to be adapted to local conditions. Be realistic.

Therefore, it is not an easy thing to make this set of codes, Zhu Qizhen is ready to sort out the rules of the major banks, make some deletions, and then merge them with these contents in everything and integrate them into a system.

It's just that Zhu Qizhen feels that this matter is not suitable for being done in Beijing.

The business climate in Beijing is actually not comparable to the bureaucratic culture.

Even the most profitable Zunhua Iron Works is better than a yamen than an enterprise. Therefore, the business rules formulated by Zhu Qizhen are absolutely not suitable for Beijing alone.

Jiangnan is the center of Daming's commerce.

You have to adapt to the situation in Jiangnan to be considered okay.

Zhu Qizhen had a feeling in his heart that he felt that it seemed necessary for him to go to Jiangnan.

Zhu Qizhen had to face a collision between the political power of the Ming Dynasty and the economic center of gravity of the Ming Dynasty. In such a situation, Zhu Qizhen knew that he was going to come early.

This time the Jiangnan Rebellion was just used as an excuse.

It's just that the southern tour is a major event, and all aspects of things must be considered, and the most important thing is to rectify the internal affairs of the imperial court first.