"My minister Xiong Tingbi was ordered to meet him."

In midsummer of July of the second year of Tianqi, Xiong Tingbi returned to the capital, and shortly after returning to the capital, he was summoned to the Political Affairs Hall by Zhu Youxiao.

"Flat!"

Zhu Youxiao smiled and raised his hand.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Xiong Tingbi stood up and looked up, and then he saw the Emperor Majesty he had always wanted to see.

For Xiong Tingbi, the emperor, who had met with him at all positions, has protected him, the Liaodong governor and trusted him in various reckless ways such as killing censors. Therefore, although he did not understand why Zhu Youxiao trusted him so much, it did not affect his gratitude and respect for the emperor Zhu Youxiao, who had never met before.

As the saying goes, a man dies as a confidant.

Xiong Tingbi was really crying because of Zhu Youxiao's almost paranoid trust in him before, and even when he thanked him, he was even more swallowed.

Although Xiong Tingbi in Liaodong has always had a serious face, he really seems to cry in front of Zhu Youxiao now.

"I have made great contributions to Liaodong to stabilize the situation today. Now I have summoned my dear to Beijing to take charge of the Ministry of War, which is to further revitalize the Ming Dynasty's martial arts in the future and to prepare for the complete pacification of the Eastern Captains in the future. I have been in Liaodong for a long time, so I naturally know more about the military affairs, so I don't know what advice do you have for the next court to pacify Liao?"

Zhu Youxiao asked.

Xiong Tingbi was very glad that His Majesty the Emperor had never been impatient to quickly quell the trouble of the Eastern Barbarians. He did not look down on the Eastern Barbarians like most literati and officials who lived in the pass, and did not blame him like the scholars and officials because they had been honored for a long time and did not know the disadvantages of the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, he did not blame him because he just defended the existing Liaodong and did not completely wipe out the Eastern Barbarians.

This surprised Xiong Tingbi. He did not expect that although his Majesty was in the inner palace, he had a different understanding of the Eastern Territory of Liao.

Even Xiong Tingbi learned about the actions of His Majesty the Emperor through the mansion, and felt that his Majesty not only did not despise the Eastern Barbarians as most of the current dynasties, but was even a little pessimistic! He was so pessimistic that he attached too much importance to the Eastern Barbarians and even seemed to regard the Eastern Barbarians as the foundation of the Ming Dynasty in the future, so he did not hesitate to offend the Shilin and leave a forbidden reputation for forcing a tax to collect taxes, forcing the land of Zhangzhang in Nanzhili, and used a large amount of money and grain to train troops and use them to safeguard the people.

Therefore, Xiong Tingbi did not plan to tell Zhu Youxiao about the hidden dangers of the Eastern Captain.

Xiong Tingbi replied at this time: "Your Majesty, before I returned to the capital, I thought that the current situation of the Eastern Captains was the Ming Dynasty. It is very difficult for the Ming Dynasty to suppress it. Because the Eastern Captains are not nomadic Tartars, but have their own farmers and craftsmen, and their internal orders are prohibited. In addition, the slave chief Nurhaci knew how to fight well, so it would take a lot of attention to the Ming Dynasty not to make it grow. However, since I returned to the capital, I believe that the Eastern Captains can be destroyed in the future, and it does not need to take too long, because I have the Ming Dynasty.

The wise ruler, knowing that people are good at responsibilities and the methods of enriching the people and raising soldiers, I have seen along the way when I returned to Beijing. The hundreds of thousands of refugees who had begged for food by the canal of the capital have now lived and worked in peace. The desolate saline-alkali land in the past has become prosperous, which is enough to see the ability of Your Majesty to govern the world! Such a great Ming Dynasty will surely reach its peak again! Although the Eastern Lu Slave Chiefs have ambitions and their thieves can fight and farm, they are only a small place. As long as my Ming Dynasty is strong again, they can naturally destroy it!"

Zhu Youxiao asked again: "What should I do with my beloved opinion?"

"In my humble opinion, if Your Majesty and the Dukes in the court are doing now, they should be connected with Mongolia in land and water, and the North Korea will continue to trap the Eastern Captains! Because Liaodong is very strict, the Eastern Captains will plunder Mongolia and North Korea due to insufficient food, especially North Korea. The Mongolian nomadic people are not easy to be plundered, but North Korea has been peaceful for many years and has accumulated a lot of food in its country. Our Ming Dynasty will have to stop the Eastern Captains from plundering North Korea in the future. To prevent this matter, in addition to the strong infantry and cavalry, there must be a strong navy."

Xiong Tingbi replied.

"very good!"

Zhu Youxiao said something and started laughing.

Zhu Youjiao had already issued an order to set up the Ming Naval Academy. Before Xu Guangqi left the capital to be responsible for the settlement and promotion of sweet potatoes, he asked Xu Guangqi to recommend it and appointed the Ming military officers who were good at water war in the world to serve as the chief instructor of the Naval Academy. He trained the naval officers and students, thinking that he would prepare for the training of the Ming Naval Force in the future.

Therefore, the navy forces directly under Zhu Youxiao, who were directly under the leadership of the Ming Dynasty, are already in progress.

Of course, whether it is the expansion of the Guards battalion into Guards Town, or the construction of warships and naval forces, it requires a lot of money and grain to support it.

Therefore, Zhu Youxiao needs the new textile technology that has been arranged in advance to bring more profits to the official textile industry as soon as possible.

Fortunately, because the Ming Dynasty quickly quelled Anbangyan's rebellion, and the Liao incident continued to win battles, many of the powerful and powerful people in the north were more enthusiastic about supporting the emperor in the official textile industry to seize the benefits of the gentry in Jiangnan's sea trade than before.

Many northern powerful people began to invest additionally, rushing to occupy an additional share in the official textile industry.

"I am not for money, but mainly to support Your Majesty in training new recruits and pacify the Eastern Captains as soon as possible, so I decided to invest another 200,000 taels!"

British Duke Zhang Weixian personally rushed to Tianjin and started talking when he saw Xu Guangqi.

"My father also wants to add another sum. The total dividend of Chongwen Temple is 300,000 taels and then invested in the official textile factory. This kind of loyalty is not something that our Fang family cannot be behind others."

Fang Shihong also started talking to Xu Guangqi.

"And we...we want to be loyal too!"

Just as Xu Guangqi was about to speak, some gorgeously dressed people directly surrounded his sedan chair.

Seeing this, Xu Guangqi could only say, "You all, the official industry shares allowed by Your Majesty are only so many, so there can be no more. Therefore, if you increase this way, it will only make the price per share higher. You have to think about it!"

But these people didn't want to reduce their share, and they were optimistic about the prospects of the future official industry. To be precise, they were optimistic about the national destiny of the emperor and the Ming Dynasty, so they continued to increase their money, and even argued, and even almost directly used military force. Conflicts began to intensify between the powerful and powerful, especially between civil officials and military officials. Civil officials directly criticized the insatiable number of farms and fields, and wanted to gain the benefits of the official industry. Military officials complained that civil officials and geniuses were obsessed with profit, which was a scum of civil servants and geniuses.

Zhu Youxiao, the initiator, received a large amount of start-up funds for the establishment of official industries, and did not even have to pay the treasury by himself.

Finally, Zhu Youxiao asked Xu Guangqi to use the funds to arrange for his family to expand the cotton yarn industry and new weaving industry in Songjiang.

...

certainly.

When Zhu Youxiao and the northern powerful people were planning to seize the benefits of the gentry in Jiangnan under the guise of official industries, the officials who represented the interests of Jiangnan gentry were naturally very angry.

"It's really an excessive! It's just a bunch of jackals!"

Qian Longxi, who had always been calm and composed, also threw a teacup directly in his dark room. His family is a prominent family in Jiangnan, and he was unwilling to see the benefits of textiles taken away by the emperor and a group of northern powerful people.

"The sky has no eyes, so that such kings of Jie and Zhou and treacherous ministers can achieve their wishes. The barbarians in the southwest and the captives of Jianzhou cannot touch their foundation at all!"

Ni Wenhuan also agreed.

“How is the stockpiling of cotton yarn and raw silk?”

Qian Longxi suddenly asked.

“Housing is underway.”

Ni Wenhuan said.

"We have to speed up the hoarding! How could the powerful and nobles in Jiangnan raise tens of millions of taels of silver to stock up on cotton yarn and raw silk? In terms of financial resources, the tyrant and the treacherous ministers around us are not our opponents!"

Qian Longxi said.

...

"You mean that the price of cotton yarn has begun to rise sharply recently?"

Zhu Youxiao asked Wei Zhongxian.

"Yes, the emperor."

Wei Zhongxian replied.
Chapter completed!