This statement of Gao pragmatism is easy to understand for future generations. It is nothing more than market saturation, or to be more precise, market saturation under current conditions. But for Zhu Yijun, it is more difficult to understand.
Although according to Gao Pragmatic's experience, "Don't underestimate the wisdom of the ancients" is completely reasonable. Underestimating the "ancients" is likely to suffer a big loss. However, the "wisdom of the ancients" here usually refers to their understanding and utilization of human nature.
It is not inferior to those of later generations, but the rate of development of human nature is compared to the rate of development of science, which is simply negligible.
But the wisdom of the ancients is not omnipotent. We cannot expect them to break through the limitations of their knowledge and show any foresight on certain professional issues - such as mathematics, physics and chemistry, which require a complete set of academic systems built from the ground up, or economic operations.
and the overall logic of development.
After playing tricks with the ancients, future generations may not have much advantage. If you want to have an advantage, you can only introduce other variables that are beneficial to you - such as being pragmatic and introducing new equipment to gain commercial advantages, introducing new weapons and corresponding tactics
System to gain battlefield advantage.
In short, his victory at all levels over the years was actually achieved by introducing a set of variables that only benefited him as a time traveler. Why are Shen Shixing, Wang Xijue, Shen Yiguan and others always restrained when facing him?
There are two aspects. First, the highly pragmatic layout was launched as early as when Zhu Yijun was still the prince. The first-mover advantage was ridiculously large, and the variable he could layout in advance was not that I knew the original history. It was a variable that was exclusive to me.
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Seventh, while delaying the layout of the power system, I also took advantage of the academic theoretical characteristics of the Practical School. I had already launched a successful business venture under the banner of practice to gain true knowledge, and had strong economic capital.
That means that Shen Shixing, Wang Xijue, Shen Yiguan, etc. all need to rely on the money of the Jiangnan chaebol to form a political and business alliance, and you are inferior to someone? It means bad, you are a political and business alliance.
If you want to mess with them, you just need to find out some scandals about political and business collusion between them. If they should resign, they have to resign.
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Therefore, your only way is to frame yourself and say that you intend to commit rebellion. It must be true that framing and rebellion is a thing of the past, which means that you are a loser. Otherwise, what else can they do?
"What's the reason?" Li Chengliang asked.
From the end of the seventh year of Xuande (1429), the Ming court established "Xiaoxian, Jining, Xuzhou, Huai'an, Yangzhou, Xiaxinhe, Xushu, Sijiang, Jinshazhou, Linqing, and Beixin Zhuchaoguan", among which "only
Linqing and Beixin also collect goods taxes, and each sends a censor and the head of the household department to supervise the collection."
In fact, the rise of Linqing itself relied on the canal. It must have been in the original history. It cannot even be said more accurately that the prosperity of Linqing's water transportation drove the development of Linqing's urban economy, thus making Linqing in the prosperous period become the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
An important source of tax revenue for two generations.
Gao pragmatically said: "Let the Ministry of Civil Affairs combine the examination method to put less performance pressure on local officials along the canal. At the same time, let the Ministry of Household Affairs provide some short-term training to officials who come to Beijing to report on their duties or are released to perform their duties for the first time, and teach us how to develop local areas."
Advantageous industries and measures to expand trade in neighboring regions.”
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But it’s bad to intend to rebel, and it doesn’t matter if you lose your tail. The key lies in the emperor’s trust! At most, the emperor will not believe you because of their words, so they have no chance!
Before Gao pragmatic saw the terms, he immediately sent people from Jinghua Mining to inspect Linqing and surrounding areas. He first discovered that Dongchang Prefecture, where Linqing is located, does not have very good cement manufacturing-related mineral deposits. It only has a comprehensive range and low quality.
Multiply. According to the research and analysis of Jinghua Mining, it is believed that it is very suitable to open a cement plant in Linqing.
Of course, Li Chengliang was suspicious from the beginning to the end, but I was too unfamiliar with Gao Pragmatism. He always delayed and deliberately left out just the right "loopholes", making the emperor think that he fully understood Gao Pragmatism's thoughts - "
Your Majesty, I promise to help you with that matter. As for the disadvantages, let’s share them. You can take the small part, and I can take some as well.”
Sure enough, Gao pragmatic shook his head and said: "That's true. I thought that the canal before it was narrowed was sufficient. Now that the development of Linqing's trade has stagnated, there is no other reason."
"Cooperation between the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Household Affairs?" Li Chengliang asked curiously: "How to cooperate?"
PS: I will omit the specific description of the Holy Emperor's visit to Linqing, because the descriptions of the journey to various places are often the same but have great differences. It would be too homogenous to write about each place, so if I have written about Tianjin, I will be done. Let's save some pen and ink and space.
On the way south, the main purpose is to summarize the achievements of the reform and describe the seven monarchs and ministers solving "new problems in development".
It cannot be said that since the establishment of Linqing Chaoguan, it has made a huge contribution to the tax revenue of the Ming and Qing dynasties. In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the annual tax collection amount was 70,000 taels less, and by the Wanli period it reached 48,000 taels less than the capital.
Chongwenmen's tax revenue was still low, ranking first among the four small tax collection points in the country, accounting for one-seventh of the country's total water transport tax revenue at that time.
Of course, prosperous commerce does not depend on convenient transportation, but convenient transportation is obviously not enough.
If it were a very confused emperor, he might think that "it's all mine, and I can take it if I give it to him." But as I said before, Li Chengliang has always been that kind of person.
The imperial court was originally very poor. The pay of the frontier troops in various places was delayed for eight or seven years. The eight small halls were damaged but the young man had money to repair them. He bought some jewelry for the Tianjia celebration and was remonstrated by the courtiers.
I was almost criticized as a subjugated king when I gave him some jewelry... What a hell life he was living, it was nothing like being an emperor!
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! Gao Pragmatic knew Li Chengliang's character well, so he deliberately exposed those "flaws" and let Li Chengliang choose as a certain exchange condition. Obviously, Li Chengliang recognized those exchanges and even took the initiative
Put forward even worse conditions such as being promoted to a higher rank, teaching the prince, etc. [Note: Teaching the prince means "future" political influence, so it is a kind of preferential treatment in the eyes of the emperor.]
"No, no, after that time, I'm afraid it will take the cooperation between the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Household Affairs to solve the problem, and it may not be effective immediately. It will take two to eight years, or even eight or seven years."
"Exactly." Gao pragmatically said.
Why did Gao Pragmatic do that, and why did the emperor think that way? Just look at Wang Jian's destruction of Chu. The old general Wang Jian only delayed asking for rewards from Ying Zheng when he set out, and he also frequently asked for rewards on the way to retreat.
What? With such a small achievement in destroying Chu, as long as the battle is won, with the military merit system of the Qin State, are you worried about whether there will be any reward?
Political achievements and achievements must be mentioned. Annan's mobilization in the north, aid in the east, and conquests in the west, and Jingnei in the west, really demonstrated Xiao Ming's military power to the fullest. In just seventy years, he defeated seven barbarians and convinced all the nations to come to the dynasty. There is nothing bad to say about it.
! Even if the Taizu were to be reincarnated, he would probably have murderous intentions towards such ministers, and would only think of ways to let me continue to assist the prince honestly? [Note: This may be because Li Chengliang was suspicious of my ancestor...]
"I think there are seven reasons. First, the prosperity of sea trade has led to the trade between the seven capitals in the north and south often passing through the canal. This is especially true in Fujian, Guangdong and Guangxi in the south. If the whole journey is transported by sea. In this way, canal trade
A very small part of the original flow of goods was lost.
In the early Ming Dynasty, Linqing Tribute Bricks "set up the Ministry of Industry's Maintenance Branch to supervise it. The branch office was located in Zhongzhou, so it was called the Gongbu Factory because of its name. It was quite large and powerful, with millions of bricks collected every year." Low pragmatism saw
Then I remembered that due to the poor quality of Linqing Yiyun, bricks were used in the construction of the capitals, imperial gardens, emperors' tombs, etc. in the Ming and Qing dynasties.
In the late Qing Dynasty, although Linqing was as prosperous as the Ming Dynasty, it was still an important source of tax revenue for the Qing Dynasty. For example, during the Qianlong period, in addition to the original banknote pass, an additional one was added in Linqing on the grounds of collecting "all detoured goods taxes".
Seven checkpoints. According to the "Linqing County Chronicle" records: "Linqing Chaoguan... The amount of money paid at that time was as little as 80,000 or 10,000, or as much as 70,000 or 80,000, and the rest of the floating income was returned to the middle. So at that time
There is no such thing as 'enough is enough, eighty-eight thousand'."
Of course, asking for rewards from Xiao Wang is a kind of self-proof. It shows that "I only want these things", and through that kind of action, I desecrate myself to a certain extent, that is, let the people in heaven see "your
People are greedy for money and have other interests in mind."
Linqing is located in the alluvial plain of the Yellow River. The soil is fine and rich in iron. It is commonly known locally as "lotus soil". Bricks produced from this soil are normally soft and very suitable for construction operations.
This was already the case in original history, but Linqing in that generation developed even worse due to the pragmatic reforms.
Most of the commodities circulated and resold in Linqing Market are daily necessities. Grain, silk, satin, and cotton are the main resale items, while cotton, pears, dates, silk fabrics, sheepskins, felt, etc. are mainly sold in Linqing market. Among them, grain, rice
, the fabrics mostly come from Jining, the silks and satins mostly come from the Suzhou and Hangzhou areas, the teas mostly come from Jiangnan provinces, the iron pots come from Youxi and Guangdong, and the porcelains mostly come from Jiangxi.
Now, what about low pragmatism? The principle is the same: "I am responsible for your Majesty's stewardship of heaven's wealth, but the country's treasury is getting richer, and I am also richer than heaven because of it."
I also ask Your Majesty to grant me a barbarian land to pass on to my descendants."
The history of brick-making in Linqing can be traced back to the Han Dynasty, but due to its large scale and attention from the world, there was a change of intention in the Ming Dynasty. Before Zhu Di seized the throne, he decided to move the capital to Beijing, thus ending the small-scale construction
Xindu. I issued an order for many times to build kilns and bake bricks in Shandong and Henan provinces and all the prefectures in Hejian, Zhili.
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During the Hongzhi period of the Ming Dynasty, Linqing's business was already famous in the world. During the Hongzhi period, the North Korean envoy Cui Pu went north to the capital from Ningbo via the canal. He passed by Linqing and witnessed its prosperity. I once wrote in my diary: "Linqing
In the capital city, it is a place where merchants gather. In the city and dozens of areas outside the city, the density of the buildings, the prosperity of the shops, the wealth of goods, and the concentration of ships, although it is as good as Suzhou and Hangzhou, it is also better than Shandong, and it is famous in the sky.
That’s it.”
The following are all matters related to the logic of the operation of power. Li Chengliang can think clearly, and he can also understand the implication of low pragmatism. However, such as "Linqing Banknote Customs tax amount can continue to increase, maybe because the canal trade has peaked"
"That kind of thing, Li Chengliang couldn't understand for a while, and he needed a pragmatic explanation.
It's a pity that they still succeeded, because you deliberately created a "career" in southern Xinjiang. That "career" is small at best - a remote southern barbarian land; big at all - sole control of the affairs of several countries.
In the seventy-first year of Yongle (1423), Chen Ji, the governor of Shandong, suggested to Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty: "Huai'an, Jining, Dongchang, Linqing, Dezhou, Zhigu, where merchants gathered, are now the capital of Peiping, and the department stores have doubled in number.
It is advisable to send people to supervise the commercial tax for one year to establish a fixed amount." Chengzu accepted his opinion and levied commercial tax in Linqing and other places. Due to the gathering of businessmen and travelers and the convergence of cars and ships, the Ming court collected a lot of taxes.
In addition, Linqing itself also gained a hematopoietic ability that was previously unknown in history due to the relationship between low pragmatism and low pragmatism. It's not interesting to talk about it, because low pragmatism didn't know Linqing originally. I became a householder.
Before the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Finance required all localities to report detailed information to the Ministry of Household Affairs on the industries that no longer had special characteristics in their local areas. Then, after reading Linqing's tribute brick industry regulations, they made industrial plans for Linqing.
In the original history that was not affected by low pragmatism, Li Chengliang had two small advantages: First, if he was absolutely required to do things, I would delegate power, and if no one would affect his work, I would also eliminate the influence for him so that he could do his best.
Seventh, I am not the kind of person who "gets things out of my sight", but rather a humane person. For example, for Zhu Yijun, even though his early faults were very small, I still considered Zhu Yijun's later achievements and was willing to take advantage of them.
This kind of impeachment can ensure that Zhu Yijun has a good death.
In addition, since the 18th year of Yongle (1415), the Beijing-Hangzhou Small Canal has been dredged, and water transportation from Linqing to Beijing has become more convenient, which has created harsh transportation conditions for small-scale brick-burning. From then on, Linqing's brick-burning industry
It prospered rapidly, and the bricks it fired were classified as tribute bricks because "when struck, there is no sound of copper, but when broken, there are holes."
During the water transport period every year, Linqing would present a spectacular scene of "sails like forests and department stores piled high on mountains". In the Ming Dynasty, Li Dongyang once vividly described the prosperity of Linqing in his poem "Passing Aotouji": "Ten foreigners are home."
The two sides of the strait are divided, and the low-rise buildings rise into the blue clouds. Official ships and ships pass by one after another, and the sound of drums and gongs can be heard everywhere. The waves rush back here and there, and the sound of waves echoes the spring thunder day and night. Thousands of fireworks are gathered in the city, and thousands of sails and poles come down the river.
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The following are the main reasons why Linqing's tax collection today is more than 80,000 taels less than in the original history.
So, is it a good deal? Of course it is a good deal!
According to the report, there were 192 brick kilns in Linqing at that time, with two kilns in each place, and a total of 384 kilns. This shows its huge scale, and it can also be inferred that the number of tribute bricks it fired is huge.
The firing of Linqing Yiyun caused a small group of craftsmen to gather in Linqing, which also promoted the prosperity of Linqing city.
During the Jiajing period, Linqing had become the leading small city in Shandong. During the Wanli period, it became even better. Linqing "starts from Tawan in the north and ends at Touzha in the south, stretching for dozens of miles. The shops are so close that there is no competition."
.According to the records of Zhao Shiqing, who was the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs at the same time, there were "eighty-seven satin shops", "eighteen cloth shops", and "eighty-seven grocery stores" in Linqing City. It cannot be said that Linqing at that time had
It was a place where merchants gathered together, creating a prosperous scene.
According to the reports reported to the Ministry of Household Affairs by the local people in Linqing, we counted along the canal and found that from the East and West Diao Ma Bridge to the East and West Baita Kiln, then to Zhangjiayao in the northeast, and finally extending to Hekuma Zhangzhuang in the southeast.
There are small and large brick kilns scattered in a row for more than 80 years.
As for the emperor's own large treasury, the income has hit record lows. The production and sales of the Liaonan Salt Farm are booming, the Sea Trade Alliance's secret holdings pay dividends every year, and even Jiu later acquired a total of 40,000 hectares of land in Nanyang.
...So for a Yuan Fu and local official who can balance public and private affairs, which emperor will reuse him and which emperor will trust him?
Seventh, in the competition of shipping, Linqing and even the places along the canal were proactive enough to find ways to develop other trades to make up for the trade volume lost to shipping. As a result, no emerging industries appeared in these years, but
There are things being used along the canal, but I’m just staring and drooling, but I just eat out of my mouth.”
Linqing relies on the canal's trade transshipment role with wealthy merchants and maintains close economic ties with all parts of the country. In view of its status as a trade transshipment center, the market gathers goods from all over the country.
When that happened, the emperor became worried: Oh, it turns out that my ambition is to be in the imperial court but in Qiye, so something will happen.
Yi Yunchen nodded thoughtfully, and then asked: "Is there no solution?"
Li Chengliang scratched his head and said: "But although I understand the principle, I still understand the solution. He just said that it might be 'the trade volume of the canal has peaked'. Does that mean that the canal is narrow and can accommodate fewer merchant ships? But?
Isn’t it true that the narrowing and narrowing were not repaired and deepened last year? Is it possible that the narrowing will continue to be widened if it is successful?”
Previously, the brick kilns of the Linqing government "doubled the number of brick kilns they once produced to attract investment." When Linqing first fired tribute bricks, there were seven brick factories in total. As the demand continued to decrease, their scale also expanded.
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In the 10th year of Xuande (1435), the imperial court promoted Linqing Chaoguan to the "Taxation Branch of the Ministry of Household Affairs". Before that, Linqing Chaoguan was abandoned several times. Before the Tatars took advantage of the chaos to enter the customs, they inherited the Ming system, and the Qing government also
Set up Linqing Banknote Pass.
At that time, the issues that the emperor had to consider became less complicated. It was freed from the chain of suspicion of "whether this person has other intentions" and became only a matter of considering "whether the exchange proposed by this person is cost-effective."
In terms of commerce, in addition to the goods trade mentioned below, Linqing also lacks several other "small commodity trades". For example, Jinghua produces various types of steel and iron products in remote areas of Gyeonggi, including farm tools, seven gold, and machinery.
Although the main products such as components are sold to the south not through canals but by sea, when they are sold in Shandong, or even from Shandong to the west to Henan and other places, they must go through Linqing. Therefore, Linqing also eats from northern industries.
Development dividends, benefiting from it as a business hub.
Materials are available locally and at high quality, transportation is convenient and easy to export, and the local population is small and easy to recruit workers...the conditions could not be worse, so Jinghua's first small cement factory in Shandong was established very slowly. Before that,
, this cement factory only sells products in Linqing and surrounding areas, even covering half of Shandong, and even the northern part of the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River, which is an area with many water and land connections.
What about now? Hundreds of thousands of taels are spent as much as possible. Not to mention resisting the decree, the Ministry of Household Affairs doesn’t even bother to give praise. Even if the spending plan for several years is to be revised or not to be in the millions, the Ministry of household affairs can clearly understand it.
It shows that the money cannot come from anywhere, and there will be little long-term benefits from it in the future. The emperor has to be careless, and he can make "wise and wise decisions" with just a few calculations.
Gao Pragmatic analyzed the tax sources one by one to the emperor, and Yi Yunchen suddenly understood and said: "I understand, the reason why Linqing is talking about the low tax revenue is that there are too many businesses through the local merchants.
If merchants cannot continue to increase their sales before reaching a certain amount, then Linqing's taxation may also increase...is that the truth?"