Chapter 57 Let some people get rich first
"The Emperor... This is Tang Ruowang, Deng Yuhan and others, who are very serious about missionary work."
After Song Yingxing and Joshua Tsang left, Wang Chengen thought for a while and bowed slightly and said, "When they were on the West Mountain, they were in addition to the industry they were engaged in.
When you are resting and leisurely, you will take the initiative to have corresponding contact with the people in the Xishan area and even the soldiers of the Xishan Musket Camp to preach the so-called Catholic doctrines."
"It's just that the situation is not very optimistic, right?"
Emperor Chongzhen smiled and said, "If I guessed correctly, they would be disappointed, right?"
"Yes, the emperor."
Wang Chengen nodded and said, "The people in the Xishan area are busy with various constructions, working day, and getting a day's wage and rations.
There is no time to pay attention to these Western missionaries.
As for Xishan Musket Camp, the generals and schools there, after learning about this, prevented people from entering from entering unless there was a military institute issued a token."
Catholicism is good too.
Other Western sects are fine.
Since the audience spread across the ocean to the Ming Dynasty, the audience has not been very large, mostly limited to some officials or scholars.
Like the people struggling at the bottom, even having enough food is a problem. Who has the leisure and wasting precious time to believe in Western gods and immortals?
Is there a City God Temple in the Ming Dynasty and a Land Temple?
Are there all the gods and immortals of the Ming Dynasty?
"Well, we will pay thirty taels of silver to the generals and schools in Xishan Musket Battalion."
Emperor Chongzhen thought for a while and reached out and said, "Just say it was given to them by me, and also tell them that they should keep their enthusiasm for Western missionaries on the surface and not be too slow to treat them."
However, Xishan Musket Camp is prohibited from believing in the so-called sects. As for what to do, they will ask them to discuss in detail and discuss corresponding countermeasures.
The current Ming Dynasty needs these missionaries to help solve some problems.
After the corruption case in Jingtong Second Cang was found, you go find Xu Guangqi and ask him to organize some people to redefine the Western sects."
"Here!"
Emperor Chongzhen knew very well about these Western missionaries who came from abroad that they were not simply here to preach, but they all shouldered their missions.
However, Emperor Chongzhen was relatively friendly to the spread of foreign ideas, which was conducive to the rule of the country.
After all, we need to use the knowledge of Western missionaries to promote the development of local culture, science and technology and other fields of Ming Dynasty.
Influenced by the inheritance of Confucianism, the Ming Dynasty relied too much on the "scholars" class, and even serious problems arose in other fields.
Everything is inferior, but reading is high.
This kind of pretentious ideological awareness was disliked and despised by Emperor Chongzhen.
If no one guards the border, plant food, spinning and weaving cloth, etc., how can we have these scholars, officials, etc. who enjoy privileges, speak benevolence, righteousness, righteousness, justice, and righteousness in their mouths, and keep silent about the country, and enjoy the joy of exploitation without knowing what is said to be enjoying the joy brought by exploitation?
The class distinction between scholars, peasants, industry and commerce is sooner or later. Emperor Chongzhen will completely dismantle him. This is the fundamental reason for changing the Ming Dynasty.
"There is another thing that I think is necessary to implement as soon as possible in the internal factory."
Emperor Chongzhen frowned and said, "The General Yongwei Camp, Tianxiong Army, Zhongyong Army, Xishan Musket Camp, etc., all their hometowns under the rule of Northern Zhili, their immediate relatives were more or less orderly recruited into the factories built in an orderly manner and paid wages according to their work.
Those who are not under the rule of Northern Zhili should communicate well with these soldiers to see if they are willing to move their family to the rule of Northern Zhili. The inner factory will be responsible for the aftermath and act in accordance with the above standards.
For this matter, we will first formulate a detailed charter and submit it to me. If there is no problem, we will organize personnel in the internal factory to be responsible for the matter."
Previously, Emperor Chongzhen raised his widow and orphans to tell the Ming Dynasty that the court would be responsible for the aftermath of the aftermath of the heroes who were loyal to the Ming Dynasty and died on the battlefield in the future.
However, as the imperial farms under the inner factory were under the jurisdiction of the inner factory, corresponding factories were built, especially some other factors, Emperor Chongzhen considered more.
In this feudal Ming Dynasty without family and country feelings, the so-called loyalty or loyalty are all a very broad definition.
Perhaps in other places, Emperor Chongzhen could not take into account both.
However, the new army troops he actually controlled, including the three camps that would be rectified in the future, wanted to maintain absolute loyalty to him, in addition to distributing food and pay, they would give relative promotion prospects and solve the family's livelihood problems. Once it can be implemented accurately, then even if these new army soldiers were asked to go up the mountain of swords and go down the sea of fire, they would all dare to rush forward with their heads raised!
"The Emperor...is this matter too much?"
Wang Chengen felt sad and said, "According to the current scale, it is not difficult for the internal factory to properly solve this problem.
But if the scale becomes larger in the future, it will be based on the industries built by imperial villages in various places, then..."
"I know what you are worried about."
Emperor Chongzhen waved his hand and interrupted, "Don't worry, I have a certainty in my mind about the scale of this new army and will not exceed the scope of carrying it."
Furthermore, the factories built now are only a small part of my plans.
In the future, with the need for development, a number of industries will be built to solve the family resettlement of these soldiers, which is not a problem at all.
What the internal factory needs to do now is to formulate and improve the charter and implement this matter well. I will clearly specify what needs to be improved."
"Here!"
In the Ming Dynasty under the small peasant economy, everything revolves around the self-sufficiency model, which is also the reason why the national foundation of emphasizing agriculture and suppressing commerce has never been shaken.
However, when encountering the Little Ice Age, the group with poor risk resistance will inevitably encounter various troubles, which will then develop serious class contradictions, resulting in land annexation out of control.
If Emperor Chongzhen really wanted to solve this matter, it would be inevitable to open the sea. The construction of a shipyard in the inner factory and the withdrawal of the garrison in Tianjin were all planning for this matter.
However, corresponding improvements in productivity must also be followed steadily.
Looking at Wang Chengen who was doing things, Emperor Chongzhen leaning on the dragon throne, he said secretly: "The original industrial system cannot be built in one step."
But first start with the assembly line and gradually take root and sprout in Daming.
The land controlled by the imperial village under the name of the inner court is gradually cultivated and a batch of factories with higher production levels can only be regarded as small workshops compared with later generations.
But compared with the current Ming Dynasty, this can also be called a dimensionality reduction strike!
Chapter completed!