After Chen Qingsong received Zhao Xin's telegram, he stayed up all night. He rarely smoked and smoked two full packs of cigarettes. Qing He, who was already living with him, saw Fatty Chen's worried look and didn't sleep all night.
good.
In fact, Chen Qingsong was not uncomfortable, but excited. The twenty-five words Zhao Xin sent made him think too much. From them, he already understood the key to how to solve the problem of landlords and gentry, and also fully understood how Beihai Town could break the bad habits of the feudal era.
The core of it, and he even thought of more...
By the way, why is Zhao Xin so confident in handing over civil affairs affairs to Chen Qingsong? Without him, the two of them look at the problem from the same perspective and have many similar ideas about the development of Beihai Town. This makes Zhao Xin feel like-minded and have a tacit understanding of cooperation.
Feel.
Why did Beihai Town implement public ownership of land? Zhao Xin initially did it to control the refugees under his control, but after a few years, the economic benefits gradually emerged, that is, one call led to a hundred responses.
From an economic point of view, Beihai Town is a political entity with complete economic sovereignty, which is built on an economic basis led by the unique capital represented by Zhao Xin. Because of the existence of Zhao Xin, no matter whether
The mountains, forests, factories, ports and all production materials in Beihai Town are all publicly owned, and can also be said to belong to Zhao Xin; other time travelers are just working for this "freak", or working for Beihai Town, and have no business at all.
There is truth to be said.
Whether they are modern cross-country people or poor farmers, rich farmers, and homesteaders from island countries or the Qing Dynasty, they can only rely on Zhao Xin, or it can be said that they rely on this public ownership for their existence. Because the local residents are from refugees, so
They had almost no assets when they came; and even if someone brought money, they couldn't spend it at all in Beihai Town.
The initial food, clothes, house and even the means of production are all given to you by this regime. Silver and copper coins are of no use here! And no one would think of using the money they brought to settle accounts with Beihai Town. Don’t give it to them for free.
Spend money to buy?
Even if Beihai Town marched westward and captured Ninggu Pagoda, Hunchun and even the entire Jilin General Mansion, the industrial system built by Zhao Xin with the income from several gold mines did not need to negotiate with the gentry class to take over the land and production means.
There is no need for the economic benefits brought by the feudal system at all. The existence of the Beihai Navy is proof that this is Zhao Xin's "violent iron fist" to obtain the fundamental asset of land.
In fact, it is still the question of cheese. If you want to move the cheese on the plate of imperial power, only through violence can you completely obtain the economic foundation of the Qing Dynasty. This is also why Sun Dapao unswervingly launched an uprising in another time and space. Only
In this way, the new regime can take the lead in completing the entire industrialization process in China.
Precisely because the economy is dominated by political entities, it is difficult to go bankrupt. In this time and space, the Qing Dynasty was already the world's largest economic entity based solely on the output of the land (silk, tea, porcelain)
, what if we add industrialization?
If the economic foundation of feudal society is not completely taken away, the country can only be governed by the scholar-official class. As the scholar-official class who control the means of production, their favorite thing to do is to "serve the kings, Yao and Shun"; the emperor is better to be a puppet.
We will manage the country.
"Everything in the world is nothing but royal territory" is just to set off the majesty and righteousness of the ancient central dynasty. The emperor had to fight with the scholar-bureaucrats to do anything, and the most obvious example was to collect business taxes.
Even if you want to restrict the scholar-bureaucrat class one day, because the most important capital, land, is not in your hands, nothing will be accomplished in the end, or the people will die and the government will cease. There are countless such people in the history of Chinese feudal society, such as Chao Cuo, Wang Anshi, Zhang Juzheng,
Another example is Yongzheng of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.
Yes, everything is based on economic issues. The economic foundation determines the superstructure, determines the structure of the political power, determines the judicial system, and determines whose interests the political power represents.
What kind of joke is it that an industrialized country does not care about its economic foundation? Which political power in ancient and modern times, both at home and abroad, would dare to say this?
If Zhao Xin wants to abolish slavery, eliminate discrimination against women, and ensure that farmers have enough to eat, but he can't even control the country's most important capital and allows land to be privatized and waits for feudal landlords, big and small, to compete with him, isn't that self-inflicted?
Don't talk about "the wind can come in, the rain can come in, but the king cannot come in", that is the basis of the classical capitalist contract system. But once this person stands on the opposite side of capital, he will become a sheep-eating man in the enclosure movement.
Without this, there is no talk of expelling the Tartars. The Republic of China era in another time and space is the best proof. When one emperor stepped down, countless "emperors" came to replace them.
If someone wants to privatize capital under Zhao Xin, well, the only way is to kill Zhao Xin. Because without Zhao Xin, a freak, there would be no capital accumulation in the Beihai Town regime. In a sense, all capital belongs to Zhao Xin.
New; if you can't get rid of it, you want to solve it by redeeming it. Who has so much money?
Regardless of whether it is easy to kill Zhao Xin, the reason why Zhao Xin developed so many "gold medal spies" is to prevent someone from doing this one day.
The reason why Yu Deli resigned from his position in school and followed Zhao Xin was that he had seen the key point very early. For him, it didn't matter whether Zhao Xin was the emperor or not. Even if the country did not have an emperor in the future, Zhao Xin would not
The emperor with the crown. All he was worried about was that Zhao Xin would get mad one day and initiate some enfeoffment system.
But this is only while Zhao Xin is alive. After him, no one can do it. So once Zhao Xin is gone, Beihai Town will inevitably evolve into a regime with public ownership as the main body; this is not a question of who wants to be the emperor, but
It is the political legacy left by Zhao Xin and those who fought for it.
It was only today that Chen Qingsong finally figured out this matter after a night of hard thinking.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! In one word, Zhao Xin is Beihai Town!
Returning to the matter of squires and clans, Chen Qingsong has already seen clearly that not only does Beihai Town now have no need for squires, but also as the Northern Navy goes south to attack the Manchu Qing Dynasty, the squire class will inevitably disappear. The patriarchal society will definitely follow.
As the process of industrialization is replaced by state decrees, this is an economic law, not a question of whether you like a patriarchal society or not.
The industrialized political power is bound to liberate the productive forces in the countryside, and the political power will first touch the countryside. The power to interpret laws and even culture will fall into the hands of the political power. In the feudal society, the power of interpreting justice and even culture of the gentry clan will naturally be industrialized.
Deprived of political power.
If those Manchu gentry and scholars could not see this truth clearly, they would have no choice but to be swept into the garbage heap of history. No one could escape, including Shen Jingdan.
Therefore, what Beihai Town needs to do now is to truly implement the industrialized political power into every residential community, from administration to justice, from culture and education to medical and health care, instead of just building a superior central hospital and Beihai Town Primary School.
After wanting to understand all this, Chen Qingsong immediately started working at his desk, preparing to formulate a draft reform plan for the civil affairs system.
Qing He leaned on the chair and looked at the forty-year-old man in front of her with some distress, fearing that he would collapse from exhaustion. After this night, Chen Qingsong seemed to be a different person; at the same time, nothing seemed to have changed, and he was still the same person who made her heart move. The fat man.
On the other side, after the Northern Navy and Sendai Army completed their attack on Osumi Province, Date Murasune only left 500 people to garrison in Onezu, while the women and children who followed the troops were left behind in Onezu. .
Zhao Xin ordered the Sendai Clan army and the Northern Navy to help the Dagenzhan locals repair their houses, clean up the ruins, and leave a batch of food behind. Then he ordered the troops to board the ship and head towards Isu County across the strait.
Looking at the ship that was gradually moving away, the women on the beach and the released heroes had expressionless faces, but their hearts were complicated and unspeakable. Compared to the acting officials and subordinates in the feudal hall who were collecting the annual tribute. They were extremely vicious and did not care about the life and death of the villagers. This army sent people to treat the villagers, help repair their houses, and even distribute food, which gave them a different hope.
Just as the Northern Navy was preparing to launch the second phase of the cross-sea offensive, the Shimazu family in Kagoshima Castle had already learned the news that Osumi Province had been captured, and they were immediately in an uproar. They did not expect the offensive of the Northern Navy and the Sendai Army. It was so powerful that they had conquered four cities in less than a month. In view of this, Shimazu Shigehao, who specially landed from Hyuga Country and rushed back to Kagoshima Castle, immediately sent people to the Kumamoto Domain in Higo. , Fukuoka Domain of Chikuzen, and Saga Domain of Hizen asked for help.
It was too late to ask for help from Edo, and let alone the reputation of the shogunate, if the Sendai clan dared to do this, it was already a flagrant rebellion.
At the same time, the current head of the family, Shimatsu Sainobu, once again issued an order to the outer mountain counties and cities in various places, requiring those small outer mountain counties and cities to retreat to large strongholds as soon as possible if they find the enemy approaching, so as to gather more people and unite to fight against the Sendai rebels. Fight to the death.
However, the speed of the Hokkai Navy's actions completely exceeded the imagination of the Shimadzu family. Ten days later, the three cities of Ijuku County fell one after another. The Thor and Hokkai No. 1 and No. 2 also carried the first batch of 5,000 reinforcements from the Sendai Domain. arrive.
Date Village was overjoyed, and immediately left three hundred people to guard the mountains, Ewa and Ibusuki in Isu County. Immediately afterwards, the troops of the Northern Navy rushed to Sakurajima.
The volcano on Sakurajima is an active volcano. Nine years ago, Ernst had erupted in the eighth year of his life. It was known in history as the "Ersson Eruption." The magma area of the series of volcanic eruptions at that time was 1.7 cubic kilometers. About 0.4 cubic kilometers (400 million cubic meters) of flying rocks were thrown out. According to the Satsuma Domain, 153 people died and the total agricultural losses were more than 23,000 koku.
Despite the harsh environment, there are twenty villages scattered throughout Sakurajima Island, and the local bureaucracy is located on the westernmost side of Hengshan, near the seaside.
(By the way, Sakurajima’s specialties are satsuma tangerines and large radish. The radish is really big, weighing dozens of kilograms each.)
When the weather is good, you can clearly see Yokoyama Town from the Shimazu family's Tsurunomaru Castle. The distance between the two places is only five kilometers; and the narrowest point of the sea between Sakurajima and Kagoshima Town is only 2 kilometers.
A little more. So when four large ships of the Northern Navy appeared in the sight of the defenders at Sakurajima Observation Tower, Shimazu Shigehiro and his son in Tsurunomaru Castle quickly received the news.
Tsurunomaru is a flat castle, and because of concerns about the Tokugawa family, the Shimazu family did not dare to build a castle. In fact, the same is true for the Sendai clan. Aoba Castle only has a tall and broad temple and no castle.
(How dare you cover up the castle tower with such a great name? That’s asking for death! Those authors who constantly say that Kagoshima Castle has a castle tower can just go to sleep.)
Standing on a nearby hill, Shimazu Shigehiro looked through the Dutch monocular and saw the four large ships moored on the sea, and his eyes nearly dropped to the ground.
This is not the arrival of the traitor from Sendai, it is simply the arrival of the evil god!
The more Shimadzu thought about it, the more he felt aggrieved. He couldn't help but cursed Beihai Town and Zhao Xinlai. When you attacked Sendai Clan and Edo, you only used one boat, but the Shimazu family actually sent four ships to attack me. This is too disrespectful to Shimazu.
The Jin family is here.
Thinking that his family's fate was at stake, the forty-two-year-old Shimazu Shigehao suddenly felt a stabbing pain in his chest. He covered his heart and staggered a few steps. A mouthful of blood spurted out, and the retainers around him suddenly panicked.
"Come on, Commander-in-Chief!"
"Hurry up and help the chief guard back!"
"Quick~~Send someone to ask for peace from Tang Yi..." Shimazu Shigehao said through gritted teeth, and immediately passed out.
Two hours later, the Satsuma Navy bravely dispatched. The Shimadzu family spent all their wealth and even mobilized large and small cargo ships and fishing boats in the port.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Although I know that it is difficult to defeat the big ships in Beihai Town, I have been bullied and come to the door. It would be too low to hide in the port and dare not come out. Anyway.
The Satsuma family also has a name worth 770,000 koku, so they have a different face!
Four big ships are facing off against the hundreds of flexors, Anzai, and small boats of the Satsuma navy. If they can't beat you, they will have to show off their formations to scare you to death. If you lose, you won't lose the formation, right?!
Okay, it's true that we sent someone over to negotiate first. The chief warden has already spoken. Fighting and killing is not the style of this Satsuma navy.
The Shimadzu family sent Kajiki, the sixth generation of the Shimazu family, and the second seat of the imperial family, Shimazu Kusama. This attitude was not insincere. But when he saw Zhao Xin, he knelt down directly on the ground and said:
The grand ceremony of kneeling three times and kowtowing nine times almost shocked the jaws of everyone present.
"It seems that the Shimazu family is really scared. They just want to survive this test and have nothing to worry about." Everyone present was thinking.
"Your Majesty, Shimazu Kusei, pay your respects to Prince Zhao!" After the ceremony, Shimazu Kusei stood up and dusted off his clothes, and ignored Date Murasune and another Tamura village employee.
The Tamura villager came with the reinforcements of the Sendai clan. He was the fifth seat of the Sendai clan and the lord of the Ichinoseki clan. Seeing Shimazu's appearance, he immediately shouted loudly: " The Shimazu family is very rude, why don't you bow to us?!"
"I pay homage to the King of Zhao, because he is a descendant of the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. He occupies the land of the North Sea and is just around the corner to seize the mountains and rivers of the Central Plains. Moreover, our country has Taibo Wu as its ancestor, so why not become ministers? You are just the ministers of Gongfang. , you and I are of equal status, why come to meet and talk?"
Zhao Xin was almost happy when he heard this. There are sensible people in the Shimadzu family! They know who can be offended and who cannot be offended. Rather than begging for a dog, it is better to beg for an owner. And in order to promote Zhao Xin, he actually moved out "Taibo Wu".
Date Murakusa and Tamura Murata just sneered after hearing this. Surrender talks? Stop talking about it! What the Sendai Clan wants is territory, the Ryukyu trade that the Shimadzu family regards as their lifeblood. If you let them go today, your Satsuma army will be able to do it tomorrow. Let’s fight with the Tokugawa family to Aoba Castle. Don’t say kneel down then, even if you treat us like dogs, you won’t be able to spare us!
I just heard Zhao Xin ask Shimazu Hisashi: "What do you want to talk about on behalf of the Shimadzu family?"
Shimazu Jiuji bowed and said: "Promise yourself and cease your troops."
Zhao Xin smiled faintly, shook his head and said: "There is no need to declare yourself a vassal. The Shimazu family has no affiliation with Beihai Town. What are the conditions for the Shimazu family to cease their troops?"
"I would like to use the thirty-six islands of Ryukyu to implore King Zhao to withdraw his troops."
"Oh?" Zhao Xin narrowed his eyes, thinking that the Satsuma clan still regarded Ryukyu as a dish in his bowl. He looked at Shimazu Hisao and said, "Is there any more?"
"The Shimazu family is willing to marry the Qin and Jin Dynasties with a daughter and Zhao Wangdian, so that Kagoshima City can trade with Beihai Town."
On the side, Tamuramura suddenly sneered and said: "What a joke! Does Mr. Kamikado have a daughter now?"
Date Murakusa also helped: "What does Satsuma Clan have? Lacquerware? Hahaha..." But as soon as he said this, he suddenly realized, what does Sendai Clan have? Abalone? Forget it, too much So embarrassing...
It is true that Shimazu Shigehao had many children, but the eldest daughter and the fourth and fifth daughters all died young, and the second and third daughters were all married, especially the third daughter, Moki, who was the official wife of the sea dog; as for the seventh, eighth and even tenth daughters The two girls were still doing exercises on their calves in the side room.
I just heard Shimazu Kusama say: "It's the little girl Masahime."
Zhao Xin asked curiously: "How old is your beloved?"
"Twelve years old. It's a good time."
(Historically, this Masahime actually became the adopted daughter of Shimazu Shigehao, and later married Shimazu Tadamochi, the lord of the Satohara domain. She lived until the age of 37, and was known as "Eihoin Temple's Fragrant Reputation Kiyoshi Rukuo Sister"; Big sister is big sister.)
Seeing Zhao Xin's sudden silence, Date Village Tsune and Tamura Village Capital thought that Zhao Xin was tempted, and they thought he was going to be evil, so they quickly leaned over and whispered: "Your Highness, there are many talented and beautiful girls in this domain. I want to Which Highness do you want to say a word to?"
Zhao Xin smiled and nodded, thinking, "Get away! I want Jinshan."