Chapter 183 The First Five-Year Plan of the Pearl River Delta
On a crisp autumn day, on a hillside, Chu'er faced the breeze and walked up the hillside with her skirt in hand. The wind disturbed her long hair and messed up her hair accessories. The rouge and gouache the girl used was obviously better than before.
Delicate skin and a slight smile are better than the gentle wind and the bright warm sun.
"Your Highness, Your Highness." Chu'er's voice was sweet, blowing along with the gentle breeze, making people's hearts feel sweet.
Zhu Zhanzhen was lying on the grass, and Zara was dancing with a wooden sword. She was wearing a white dress, and her figure was melodious and moving gracefully.
Li Xiaozhu painted on the side, painting green mountains and shallow waters, blue sky and white clouds, and the lazy look of the young man in front of him.
Autumn without incident is better than spring.
Feudal society is really tough on people's will.
"Chu'er, what's the matter?"
"Your Highness, Mr. Yang has brought someone to invite you."
"If you don't change your words, now I am no longer Shilang Yang. He is the commander-in-chief of our Guangdong vassal." Zhu Zhanchen sat up and smiled.
Two months passed by. Under Zhu Zhanzhen's instruction, Huang Huihong, the former capital commander, was wise enough to return home due to a long-term illness. After thinking about it for many years, he could be regarded as having military merit. Although he had some bad behavior, Zhu Di was sure
After he returned home safely, Yang Lu, the former minister of the Ministry of War, took over the command of the envoy department.
Zhu Zhanyang now has the entire military, political and legal system in his hands, but to put it into detail, Fang Shi is still in charge of the law, and his position is hard to shake, but now he is completely following Zhu Zhanyang, and everyone will lose, and both will be prosperous.
As for government affairs, the new chief envoy is expected to arrive after the year.
Together with the army, the whole army was already in hand. Yang Lu was sent by Zhu Di to follow him. Of course, there was no doubt that Yang Lu was Zhu Di's confidant. This was very obvious on the way Yang Lu came and he did not avoid it.
Zhu Zhanzhen also understood Zhu Di's thoughts, but was still a little worried that he could not manage so many troops, so he arranged for Yang Lu to come over.
Yang Lu and Fang Shi were both from their own side. From top to bottom, Guangzhou's officialdom had been rectified in two months. Some of the bad guys were cleared out, and the atmosphere is much better now.
However, the clan power within the Guangdong vassal is very strong, and local protection is a long-term problem that cannot be solved now. There may be changes and compromises.
Today, Yang Lu came here to report the current situation to Zhu Zhanyi. Secondly, Zhu Zhanyi had prepared a meeting. All officials from the prefecture and above in the Guangdong vassal, and even some more important magistrates, also came, such as
Chen Youshan.
He was about to go to Nanyang to visit various countries. Before departure, Zhu Zhanzhen planned to hold a conference for them.
Meeting name: The first five-year plan meeting of the Pearl River Delta.
It is necessary to continue to copy the plan. The five-year plan is effective.
And he had to confirm many of the things he had planned before in the form of documents.
The two came to the original Jinwu Mansion. After ransacking the house, Zhu Zhanzhen felt that the location was quite good, so he transformed it into a government affairs center, knocking down the middle hall and rebuilding it into a huge conference room.
Different from the meeting model of the Ming Dynasty, the form of the conference room refers to the fan-shaped conference hall of the United Nations.
When Zhu Zhanyi arrived, all the officials were already there, and Zhu Zhanyi walked onto the stage without any hesitation.
"Welcome, His Royal Highness the Prince of Zhujiang County."
This was the first time for many people to see Zhu Zhanzhen, and they were very curious about this prince who dared to kill the chief envoy on the street.
Zhu Zhanzhen came to the stage with a thick document, and all participants had this document.
"You are all my loyal ministers in the Ming Dynasty and the pillars of Guangdong. Your Majesty now orders me to control Guangdong's troops and develop Guangdong's economy. Moreover, the sea ban is now in effect. The ports are getting busier and busier. Everything is moving towards the new. The old system cannot do new things.
, so at this meeting I will announce the overall goals of the Guangdong vassal in the next five years and establish an economic and political strategic plan for the delta area surrounding Guangzhou Prefecture, Hong Kong Port, and the Pearl River."
Everyone looked through the documents one after another, which contained the plan drawn up by Zhu Zhanzhen, Fang Shi and others.
"In the next five years, there will be three most important things in the triangle area at the mouth of the Pearl River, the economic center of the Guangdong vassal."
"First, focus on developing maritime import and export trade, establish a standardized import and export system, and exchange goods for gold and silver and deposit them in the treasury."
"The second is to vigorously develop industrialization."
"The third is to ensure the implementation of three-year compulsory education. Today, five years later, we must ensure that more than 60% of the youth under the age of 20 in Guangdong have received the new three-year education."
Everyone looked at the thick documents, which recorded which projects were subsidized and which projects had to make money. This planned development method was very novel and unheard of for them.
The magistrate of Dongguan County was the first to ask the question: "Your Highness, our Dongguan County is in the triangle area. A few days ago, a teacher from a private school came to the county government and said that he had received news that if a school is built, there will be government subsidies. Is this true?
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"You turn to page 45. The Ministry of Education has been established. The former Guangdong Chief Minister Si Zuo is appointed as the ex-officio Minister of Education. All school construction costs can be subsidized to a certain extent by the Ministry of Education for three years.
Eighty percent of the tuition fees for compulsory education will be borne by the Ministry of Education."
It can be said that all the money for running schools and studying is provided by Guangzhou Prefecture, and of course it is for students with registered residence in Guangzhou Prefecture.
"Since we have mentioned this, let me talk about the two universities. One is the National Pearl River Military School, and the other is the National Nanhai University. The Pearl River Military Academy is on Cheung Chau Island, and Nanhai University is on Xiangjiang Island."
"What is a university? What everyone learns is not only the way of the saints, but also mathematics, the power of the movement of all things, etc."
"The Pearl River Military Academy is mainly for officers from various guards. Yang Lu, the commander of the capital, serves as the first principal. He studies the art of war, the use of firearms, and new tactics. Officers from each guard who have reached the rank can apply to join the school. Of course, all
Scholars who are over thirty years old or outstanding students who have passed three years of compulsory education from various schools can also enter the school."
Military academies are used to train officers. They want not only officers in the garrison, but also systematic study and professional training. They also give students outside the garrison the opportunity to attend military academies.
"Nanhai University is the first national university I built with the salary from the Pearl River County Prince's Palace. All students who have received three-year compulsory education will be assessed. The outstanding ones will enter and learn the latest knowledge, such as steam engines.
knowledge, knowledge of telephones, etc.”
In addition to education subsidies, the Pearl River Delta will encourage large-scale industrialization in the next two five years, including flying shuttle looms, mechanization of agricultural production, new steel smelting, and steam trains that are about to start construction.
It is planned that within the next five years, steam trains will be connected from Guangzhou Prefecture to all prefectures in Guangdong, and we will see if there is an opportunity to open a train route to Yingtian Prefecture.
Trains require a significant improvement in steel smelting capabilities, so Zhu Zhanzhen spared no effort in rewarding craftsmen to develop new smelting technologies, hoping that large-scale investment would bring returns.
Where does the money for these investments come from? The bulk of it must be obtained from maritime trade. The early land sales in Hong Kong Port made the treasury very full. As long as maritime trade is smooth in the future, the tax revenue alone can theoretically support Zhu Zhan.
these investments.
Next, he continued to explain some difficult points, and then Zhu Zhanzhen knocked on the table and said: "Ma Xiang, stand up."
"This is Ma Xiang, the president of the Guangdong Branch of the Central Bank of Ming Dynasty. President Ma has contributed a lot to the current implementation of food stamps, but this is not enough. When our trade mode changes from domestic to foreign, our trading basis changes.
In order to become gold, in addition to the above three focuses, there is a secondary focus, which is the issuance of treasure banknotes. This is not included in the five-year plan, but I need to continuously improve the material and anti-counterfeiting capabilities of the paper.
Governor Ma took the lead in formulating the gold-anchored banknotes."
"As ordered." Ma Xiang responded loudly.
If Ming Dynasty could rely on its national power to anchor treasure banknotes to gold, and use treasure banknotes to replace gold as the currency for foreign trade transactions in the future, then Ming Dynasty's finances would be happy.
But it may not be possible at this stage. It is limited by the material and anti-counterfeiting methods of paper, and the Ming Dynasty has just opened the sea ban and does not have absolute say in the sea. Zhu Zhanzhen plans to put it in the second five-year plan, but
We must also start to improve the material and anti-counterfeiting methods of paper and find ways now.
This meeting lasted for three days. Faced with this new administrative form, all the officials showed great enthusiasm. They also very much recognized this development method that clearly tells you what to do.
And it's obvious that they have begun to study policies, and those projects with subsidies must be done.
The meeting set down policies, and Zhu Zhanzhen made the final explanation: "Everyone, my goal is to build the Pearl River Delta into a triangle with a high degree of industrialization, a prosperous economy, and a high level of education for the people. Everyone listens.
, From today on, if I know that any of you dares to stumbling upon normal business activities, or implies that you need to bribe you to obtain policy subsidies, then the scandal will come from the front, everyone will be severely punished, and in serious cases, they will be beheaded in public."
After the meeting, Chen Youshan found Zhu Zhanzhen and looked worried: "His Royal Highness's five-year plan does not have a plan for agriculture. Will this lead to a situation of favoring business and suppressing agriculture?"
"I have considered the agricultural situation for a long time, but in the end I did not add the fourth key project. Each place has different development directions. We in the Pearl River Delta want to do industry and economy. As for food, I have already thought of a way. There will be a big
From the granary.”
"Big granary?" Chen Youshan was puzzled.
At this time, Xiaosheng walked over quickly: "Your Highness, news has just arrived from Xiangjiang Port. Lord Zheng He's fleet has docked."
Zhu Zhanzhen smiled slightly: "No, the person who took me to the granary is here."
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