Chapter 790, the civil servants are more belligerent than the generals
"What should I do?"
Liu Daxia said anxiously that he had also invested in a large textile factory and poured in more than 100,000 taels of silver, which was almost all his pension fund. He also expected that chickens would lay eggs, eggs would lay chickens, and chickens would lay eggs, so that he could lay eggs every day in the future.
Eat eggs.
Now it was said that the prices of cotton and wool had skyrocketed, and tens of thousands of new factories had been added at the same time. They might lose all their money by then, and he couldn't help but feel black in front of his eyes.
"Liu Jin, is the matter really that serious?"
Emperor Hongzhi thought about the problem.
When I read the newspaper in the morning, I didn't realize the huge impact this incident had on Ming Dynasty.
Cotton and wool are not grains. Even if the price rises to the sky, nothing will happen to the people of the Ming Dynasty as long as they have food and drink.
Who knew that it would now affect the life and death of tens of thousands of factories, and involve countless people losing all their investment.
"It may be more serious than imagined."
Liu Jin thought for a while and said.
"Is there a solution to this matter?"
Emperor Hongzhi nodded slightly, thought for a while and asked again.
"This is entirely market behavior. There are two ways to solve this problem. One is to reduce the number of textile factories in Daming. If this is done, the demand for cotton and wool can be reduced."
"The second way is to increase the supply of cotton and wool. We don't have enough cotton in Ming Dynasty. We can go to the Western Regions and overseas to purchase cotton and wool to solve the demand problem of wool and cotton."
Liu Jin thought about it and said quickly.
“What is the cotton and wool production like overseas?”
As if grasping a life-saving straw, Xie Qian asked quickly.
"There are many cotton-producing places, among which Tianzhu and the Western Regions are the most productive. Wherever wool is produced, as long as there is grassland, wool will be produced."
Liu Jin replied immediately.
"Tianzhu's cotton production is large and the price is cheap. There are also merchants who are transporting cotton back to Daming on a large scale for sale."
"The output of cotton and wool in the Western Regions is also very large, and the quality is very high. However, the Western Regions are controlled by Oara and are hostile to the Ming Dynasty. They deliberately raise prices and restrict the entry of cotton and wool into the Ming Dynasty."
"Tianzhu and the Western Regions?"
When everyone heard this, they immediately looked at the huge world map in Emperor Hongzhi's study, and immediately found the locations of Tianzhu and the Western Regions.
At the same time, I silently remembered Liu Jin’s words. If you want cotton and wool, you must go to Tianzhu and the Western Regions. Only these two places have cotton and wool. As for the cotton and wool grown by the Ming Dynasty, that is
Far from enough, a drop in the bucket.
It is obviously unrealistic to limit the number of textile factories in the Ming Dynasty. This will offend all classes in the Ming Dynasty. You must know that the rapid development of the textile industry has allowed many people to make money.
The owners of the factory make money, and the workers can also get a good and stable income. At the same time, it promotes the development of machinery manufacturing and transportation industries.
Relying on cheap cloth, Ming Dynasty could continuously earn huge amounts of wealth from all over the world.
The relationship between this textile industry is really huge.
After all, the importance of cloth is becoming more and more prominent in Ming Dynasty's foreign trade.
After all, things like silk and porcelain are expensive and high-value things. Although there is demand, the quantity is limited after all. The same is not true for cloth.
Everyone has to wear clothes, and clothes will wear out and get old, and they must be replaced with new ones. The trade volume of cloth is constantly increasing, and the cloth produced in the Ming Dynasty is sold well both at home and abroad.
All we can do is find ways to increase the supply of cotton and wool.
"Your Majesty, Wala has always been eyeing our Ming Dynasty, secretly inciting the grassland tribes to rebel against our Ming Dynasty, and even maliciously blocking the trade routes between our Ming Dynasty and the Western Regions, driving up the prices of cotton and wool. This is intolerable. I think our Ming Dynasty
We should give them a harsh lesson and let them know that anyone who offends my strong men will be punished no matter how far away they are!"
Xie Qian thought for a while and immediately stood up to express his position.
Since Tianzhu's cotton can be bought back and the price is cheap, it doesn't matter. Just send someone to buy it.
Everyone is even thinking about whether they can imitate the Western United Trading Company and find ways to invade Tianzhu, and then everyone will make a fortune growing cotton in Tianzhu.
Tianzhu is a trivial matter, easy to bully and easy to occupy.
Only in this Western Region, the Ming Dynasty defeated the Tatars, and only Oara was left. The descendants of Genghis Khan were still dominating the vast grasslands. They must be defeated and this Western Region should be included in the territory of the Ming Dynasty.
As for saying that Wala is eyeing the Ming Dynasty covetously, this is nonsense.
To be honest, Wala is more anxious than anyone else now because Ming Dynasty is too powerful.
The little Tatar princes all died at the hands of the Ming army. In the past two years, the Ming Dynasty has been on foreign campaigns and won many battles. Under the reform of the military system, the Ming army's combat power is extremely strong.
Not to mention anything else, the Ming troops stationed in Gansu alone killed the Oara Junggar tribe with fear. At the same time, on the grassland, the Ming Dynasty was still training a powerful cavalry of 50,000 people. The existence of these cavalry made the entire grassland...
Extremely quiet.
Waladu has sent people to the Ming Dynasty again and again to pay tribute to Emperor Hongzhi, hoping to become a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, but Emperor Hongzhi decisively refused every time.
A vassal state?
Except for Korea, all the vassal states of the Ming Dynasty were basically beaten severely by the Ming Dynasty. Only after being beaten would they become honest.
Like the Japanese country, the Japanese country is very honest now. It pays tribute every year very carefully, even more carefully than North Korea. This is the advantage of being afraid of being beaten. The fastest update on mobile phone::
What's more, Emperor Hongzhi had no plans to establish any vassal states in the Western Regions. This land belonged to the Central Plains Dynasty during the Han Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty, so he planned to regain it from the beginning.
It is true that Oara encouraged grassland tribes to rebel against the Ming Dynasty, and some tribes did rebel against the Ming and defect to Oara.
But the tribes who rebelled against the Ming Dynasty did not have any good end. The Ming Dynasty had 50,000 cavalry on the grassland. Once the news was received, the people of the grassland knew that the Ming Dynasty not only had salt and food, but also the cavalry and scimitars.
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Everyone understands.
Xie Qian's purpose was very simple. In fact, it was just to find an excuse to use troops against the Western Regions.
Originally, Emperor Hongzhi planned to use troops in the Western Regions this year, but the countries in Nanyang were dancing for joy at that time, so he sent troops to Nanyang first. In order to avoid the pressure caused by fighting on two fronts, this gave the Western Regions another year.
Happy birthday.
Next year we will definitely use troops against the Western Regions.
Now that we need cotton again, we can naturally find any excuse.
"Your Majesty, I think what Mr. Xie said is true."
"Wala is very ambitious and wants to unify the grasslands. He is eyeing our Ming Dynasty, which is really a wolfish ambition. Our Ming Dynasty is now at the peak of its national power and military power, so it should seize the opportunity to solve this foreign trouble."
Liu Daxia also quickly stood up and expressed his stance.
When he thought about cotton and wool, he became anxious. Without enough cotton and wool, the factory he invested in would close down, and by then all his pension would be lost.
"Your Majesty, this Western Region belonged to our Central Plains Dynasty during the Han Dynasty and Tang Dynasty. It has always been the land of our Han family. Now, Your Majesty has achieved three emperors, five emperors with high morals, and has surpassed the emperors of Qin and Han in martial arts, and has surpassed the ancestors of the Tang Dynasty and Song Dynasty in literature.
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"My Ming Dynasty has been at its peak for thousands of years and is extremely powerful. I have used it to regain these homelands, set up the Western Regions Chief Envoy in the Western Regions, expel the bandits who occupied our Han family's rivers and mountains, move our Han family's children to the Western Regions, and restore our Chinese homeland."
Ji Zhong also stood up and expressed his stance.
They are all high-sounding excuses, but the real reason is for cotton and wool. They are very anxious in their hearts. Not to mention that the cotton and wool are out of stock, even if the price has increased too much, it will be difficult for them to make money.
Wouldn’t this investment be wasted?
What's the best way?
Of course, like the Western United Trading Company, they went to Tianzhu to build a piece of land specifically for growing cotton.
Or simply conquer the Western Regions and build plantations in the Western Regions just like those in Nanyang, specifically for growing cotton. In that case, the supply of cotton will not only be guaranteed, but the price can also be kept to the lowest, so that the cloth woven from this can be competitive.
power and more profits.
After hearing the words of the three people, Liu Jin and Zhang Mao looked at each other slightly, and they could see each other's surprise in their eyes.
These civil servants now seem to be more warlike than the military generals themselves.
And compared to military generals, these civil servants are really good at making excuses.
Why Wala is eyeing the Ming Dynasty and threatening the Ming grassland.
Why is Wala a border trouble? Ming Dynasty should take advantage of its own strength to solve this border trouble.
There is also this Zhong, he is even more powerful, saying that this Western Region is the homeland of the Han family, and since the Ming Dynasty has become stronger, these places must be taken back, the bandits must be driven out, and the glory of the Han and Tang Dynasties can be restored.
This was not only an excuse, but also a slap in the face of Emperor Hongzhi's flattery, which was very impressive.
"Haha, as expected, the butt determines the head~"
"A few years ago, these civil servants would have been the most opposed to war."
"It's better now. Ming Dynasty's continuous external expansion and wars have given these civil servants a taste of the sweetness and benefits, and they are all extremely warlike."
"Anyway, for them, they can enjoy the benefits of the Ming Dynasty's external expansion without having to pay anything. The military expenditures are all provided by Emperor Hongzhi, and there is no need for military expenditures from the national treasury."
Liu Jin couldn't help but sigh again in his heart.
The civil servants have changed. They used to be firmly opposed to the use of troops. Just like Xie Qian, he was the most opposed to the use of troops abroad. Now it is good that he is the first to stand up and express his intention to use troops against the Western Regions.
The position changed too quickly.
Of course, profit is one aspect, and the most important thing is that the Ming Dynasty's military power is really very strong. Several times when it used troops externally, its own losses were minimal, but it gained huge benefits, which also stimulated the good intentions of the Ming Dynasty.