Chapter 278: Current Development Status of Luzon (2)
Investment in literacy and education cannot be compared with each other!
With the current financial capacity of the Liberation Army, although it cannot provide comprehensive compulsory education, it can still conduct large-scale literacy campaigns.
Zhu Hongyu has always believed that the more literate people there are, the higher the possibility of discovering talents among them!
This is a question of probability!
Chen Wenbin opened his mouth and replied.
"To report to His Highness the Supervisor, the results of night school literacy are pretty good!"
"A large number of rural people have acquired the most basic literacy skills in the past year."
"No matter how bad you are, you can still know a hundred or so words!"
"Under the education of ideological education, most of the people have a sense of loyalty. They know that their farmland, food, and clothing are all rewards from the military government. They know that they must be loyal to the supervising country and serve the Ming Dynasty!"
Zhu Hongyu nodded with satisfaction.
Brainwashing, to put it bluntly, means constant indoctrination of concepts.
If you tell a lie ten thousand times, it will naturally become true!
Furthermore, the ideological education of the Liberation Army was not just about lying and deceiving people, the military government also did real things.
Distributing resettlement land to the people, lending seeds and farm tools, distributing rations, not collecting taxes for three years, reducing and exempting corvee taxes, abolishing miscellaneous taxes and fire consumption, etc... But all of them are good governance implemented by the military government.
It is true that the people are blindly obedient and can easily be led by others.
But the people are not stupid, they all know who is really good to them.
The implementation of various good policies by the military government has brought benefits to the people.
Coupled with the constant indoctrination of concepts during night school literacy classes, the military government's ideological and educational work was well done.
It really comes into effect!
Now Zhu Hongyu can guarantee that the 500,000 Ming people on the entire Luzon Island are united.
As long as he gives an order, absolutely everyone will follow!
Chen Wenbin then reported.
"Except for these, Luzon's industry and commerce are also developing very well!"
"The common people have reclaimed many plantations, planted sugar cane, rubber, medicinal materials, tobacco and other economic plants, and actively promoted the development of related downstream industries."
"In the textile industry, according to the instructions of His Royal Highness, the size of the textile factory has tripled in one year, and a lot of private capital has chosen to participate."
"Moreover, our textile industry not only produces textiles, but also makes garments. While it can earn more considerable profits, it also absorbs a large amount of spare labor."
"A large number of women have been liberated from their families. Under the organization of the Women's Federation, they have entered garment factories and textile factories to work. They have the ability to support themselves!"
"In addition, the breeding industry and animal husbandry are also developing rapidly. Around Luzon, the government and private capital have jointly funded several chicken farms, duck farms, pig farms, cattle farms, etc....
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"In addition, after people became rich in food, they spontaneously raised livestock and poultry."
"The price of meat in Luzon is now nearly one-third lower than before!"
“People’s lives have been greatly improved!”
"In terms of heavy industry, on the one hand, it is the exploration and development of various minerals in Luzon. The military government has invested in the construction of several steel mills and iron mills!"
"And a hardware factory that can mass-produce hardware tools!"
"In addition, we have also built a number of soap factories, perfume factories, breweries, glass factories, etc... which have greatly improved the lives of people in Luzon!"
"What's even more worth mentioning is that thanks to the influx of a large number of Foshan craftsmen, our technical staff have thoroughly understood the self-ringing bell technology of Folangjiren, have copied the finished product, and have begun preparations to build a factory and put it into production."
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Listening to Chen Wenbin reporting to him the development of various industries in Luzon, the expression on Zhu Hongyu's face gradually filled with joy.
He has known since childhood that relying solely on agriculture can feed the population, but it will never make him rich!
If a country wants to be prosperous and strong, it must develop industry and commerce!
Of course, Zhu Hongyu's promotion of industrial and commercial development under his rule was not just for the sake of wealth and power, he also had other purposes.
That is, through the development of industry and commerce, we will cultivate an emerging bourgeoisie that is loyal to itself!
Let the landowners and gentry under his rule realize that they cannot make a lot of money from land annexation. If they want to make money, they still have to rely on industry and commerce.
As more and more landlords and gentry began to transform, they no longer annexed land, but began to invest in the development of industry and commerce.
Who dares to say that they are not an emerging bourgeoisie that is slightly more advanced than the landlord gentry class?
The old Ming Dynasty, which represented the interests of the feudal landlord class, was overthrown by the Manchu Qing Dynasty, which represented the interests of a certain minority military slave-owning class!
The Ming Dynasty, which represented the interests of the emerging bourgeoisie, defeated the Manchu Qing Dynasty and completed the restoration movement!
Who dares to say that this is not a bourgeois revolution?
Of course, in this bourgeois revolution, it is not only the emerging bourgeoisie that will profit and replace the landlords and gentry class in controlling power.
Ordinary people can also benefit!
Because the development of industry and commerce will bring more opportunities.
For people who have no ambitions and just want to be a salted fish, this opportunity is a job opportunity, giving them an alternative to farming to support themselves and their families.
But for those with big ambitions, it is an opportunity for advancement!
With the development of industry and commerce, there are more and more new industries, and naturally there will be more and more opportunities.
No matter what, it is still better than so many people taking the imperial examination together as a way to rise!
They are all so fast!
What’s more, the development of industry and commerce will definitely push back the external expansion of the state apparatus and capture a larger market for itself.
In this process, the bourgeois factory owners eat meat, and the working people below can also drink soup.
Some people say that the life of British textile workers in the 19th century was worse than that of Chinese farmers!
That’s bullshit!
After the outbreak of the Industrial Revolution, Europeans began to plunder resources from all over the world on a large scale and fed them back to Europe starting in the 19th century.
The living standards of Europeans have increased significantly, and the average possession of meat, eggs and milk ranks first in the world.
From this time on, they overtook the Chinese in height and became synonymous with being tall and strong.
Before the 19th century, the Chinese were the tallest in the world!
Furthermore, Zhu Hongyu will not sit back and watch as black-hearted capitalists over-exploit workers.
The Ming Dynasty’s court was not a capitalist’s court!
In China, businessmen can never control political power!
If Zhu Hongyu could successfully revolt against the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty, and regain the Central Plains, as a founding king, his prestige would be enough to outweigh everything else.
Before his death, Zhu Hongyu will definitely establish the ancestral law that will never be changed, restrict monopoly, protect the legitimate rights and interests of workers, build the Ming Dynasty's social welfare system, etc...
Protect the underlying rights and interests as much as possible!
Unlike those Western barbarians who only pursue interests, the concept of "benevolence" is deeply rooted in the Chinese people's ideological realm.
No matter how much Chinese people value interests, they will not show it nakedly like Westerners.
Anyone who wants to have a face!
If Zhu Hongyu wants to love the people as his son and take care of the rights and interests of the grassroots, he cannot openly oppose it.
Of course, if someone dares to play tricks with Zhu Hongyu secretly, Zhu Hongyu will let him know how painful it is to be hit by a dictatorial iron fist!