Chapter 90: The Inner Factory of the Attack
"Your Majesty, have some tea."
Wang Chengen, holding a tea cup in his hand, looked at Emperor Chongzhen leaning on the dragon throne and resting with his eyes closed, and persuaded with a worried look: "Your Majesty, you must take care of the dragon's body.
Since those corrupt officials have been investigated and dealt with by the Jinyiwei, don’t think about these things anymore.”
Looking back on what happened in the East Nuan Pavilion just now, Wang Chengen's heart was quite complicated.
Since the Emperor Yuji became emperor, it seems that the situation has been going on.
Disasters occur frequently in various places, bandit forces are raging, the Eight Banners of Jianlu are not calm, there are many tax problems, and the court...
Wang Chengen dared not think about it.
"I'm fine."
Emperor Chongzhen waved his hand and said, "A group of corrupt officials who are going to be sentenced to death are not worth my worries. What I am thinking about now is the situation in Shanxi and Shaanxi.
I've figured it out.
Most civil officials in this outward dynasty are unreliable.
The atmosphere is broken, and it is difficult to get back to the right direction!
I can still see the facts clearly in the Northern Zhili area. What about places outside of Northern Zhili? I don’t know what they have done and how much they have greedy for!”
Wang Chengen lowered his head and thought about these things that he could not argue.
Influenced by the fierce party struggles in the Tianqi Dynasty, the issue of corruption in the administration of the Ming Dynasty has never been effectively curbed, and it has even become increasingly fierce.
Large tracts of land were annexed by groups such as officials and gentry, landlords and large. The number of self-cultivated farmers under the Ming Dynasty was decreasing year by year, which directly affected fiscal revenue.
"Everyone wants face and wants fruit. Where can you do such a good thing in the world!"
Emperor Chongzhen continued, "I want me to come and see it. This Ming Dynasty is no longer my Ming Dynasty. If I don't remove these stubborn diseases and the cancers that have been bred by him one by one, then the Ming Dynasty will sooner or later have a big trouble."
Wang Chengen: “…”
These words were so big that Wang Chengen's hands trembled slightly, and some tea splashed out with the tea cup they held.
"Sister..."
"Ban Wang, how are the construction of the Huangzhuang under the inner factory currently being under the jurisdiction of the inner factory?"
Looking at Wang Chengen who was about to apologize, Emperor Chongzhen reached out to take the teacup he held and put it on the dragon table. His sword eyebrows were raised and he asked Wang Chengen.
The second yard of Jingtong was attacked by a group of borers. The thunder broke out in Shanxi, and even the troops of Zhou Yuji in Zhili Prefecture, Tianjin, presented various situations.
Emperor Chongzhen became more and more innocent, and he had to open up stable sources of wealth and plan stable channels for grain purchase to ensure that in the increasingly severe situation in the future, he would not be influenced by the civil servants of the Ming Dynasty.
Simply killing a group of civil servants will not solve the problem of the Ming Dynasty.
After all, behind these civil servants are gentry, landlords, etc. They control many production materials of the Ming Dynasty. They can't kill them all, right?
Once Emperor Chongzhen dared to do this, then all the Ming Dynasty rebelled and rebelled. After all, he, the Emperor Ming Dynasty, rebelled first.
"Your Majesty, I must report this matter."
Wang Chengen bowed slightly and said respectfully: "In the imperial village under the jurisdiction of the inner court, the first batch of spinning mills, textile factories, garment factories and other factories have been planned to be built.
At present, the big expert factory has organized corresponding personnel to purchase accumulated cotton through some reliable merchants in Beizhili, Shandong and other places.
Thanks to the internal weaving and dyeing bureau and other departments, the multi-spin spinning trucks organized by craftsmen to study and the zipline looms proposed by Huang Ye, after trial production, both spinning efficiency and weaving efficiency have been greatly improved compared to before."
Cotton, one of the hard currency of the Ming Dynasty, could woven cotton in large quantities, which was definitely a source of wealth.
Like Jiangnan, where the textile industry is concentrated, capitalism has emerged.
In the textile workshops under the names of gentry, landlords, maritime merchants and other groups, they use so many looms to squeeze the labor force of the lower-level people, so that they can make money continuously.
The Ming Dynasty under the small peasant economy looked like a polite agriculture and suppression of commerce on the surface, but in fact, it has been almost destroyed now.
In the eyes of Emperor Chongzhen, the twelve supervisors, four departments and eight bureaus under the name of the inner court should not only revolve around a Forbidden City, but also generate more income for the treasury.
After all, under the rule of the inner court, there were too many eunuchs and palace maids living. These were all open mouths, and it was the correct solution to make them shine and heat in the field they should have.
"How is the construction of the Liuli Factory?"
Emperor Chongzhen continued to ask: "Under our Ming Dynasty, glazed products from the West were also very popular. If they could be mass-produced as soon as possible, they could also generate income for the treasury."
"Go back to the emperor, the Liuli Factory has also been built."
Wang Chengen bowed slightly and said, "And according to the emperor's will, the craftsmen under the name of Liulichang tried to produce mirrors, glassware and other items.
Especially the glass mirror, it has a much better effect than the bronze mirror.
If the internal factory's glass factory can be sold to the outside world on a large scale, it will definitely open up a stable source of wealth."
Although Emperor Chongzhen did not understand specific production, nor did he know the corresponding skills.
However, the special identity of the Emperor of Ming Dynasty allows him to gather a large number of skilled craftsmen in the shortest time to improve a certain skill.
Just in the trial and error cost, Emperor Chongzhen had an absolute advantage.
If things that can be seen everywhere in later generations appear under the rule of the Ming Dynasty, they will often have considerable market prospects.
"From the convenience store, select a few reliable merchants and ask their families to move them to the capital to live." Emperor Chongzhen thought for a while and said.
"Call these reliable merchants to go to Zhili Prefecture, Tianjin, and set up a business. First, they took a boat to sell mirrors, glassware, etc. produced in the Liuli Factory to sell them in Nanzhili, Huguang, Jiangsu and Zhejiang.
Tell them that I plan to choose two imperial merchants. Whoever can sell the most silver in the goods they handle, and at the same time solve the supply of cotton to the internal factory and contact more grain merchants. Then who is the name of the imperial merchant?"
"Here!"
Wang Chengen responded immediately.
In this world of cannibalism, all the big merchants who can make a strong fortune stand behind them. For Emperor Chongzhen, if these merchants dare to do small things on their backs, it would be very simple, just kill the fat sheep.
The Ming Dynasty lacks nothing, and the Ming Dynasty lacks nothing.
It is difficult to find a three-legged golden toad, but a two-legged merchant is a big catch.
What's more, hot-selling products like Liuli are nothing to open up the market in Jiangnan first. After all, Jiangnan was the richest place in the Ming Dynasty at that time.
Chapter completed!