Chapter 1790 The Industrial Age - What the Rich People Do
"Yes, father, my son understands. My son will definitely handle the errands in Suzhou well." Wenyuan immediately agreed.
"Okay, remember not to be in a hurry, you must get this matter done properly." Yun urged again.
"My son knows." Wenyuan agreed again.
After talking to Wenyuan about the matter, Yun sent someone to call Li Taiyuan, Li Xiaoxing and his son, and told them about the treatment of craftsmen and people who opened factories during the Suzhou Civil War. The Li family and his son immediately understood His Majesty's intention, and also
Not surprised, he bowed and agreed.
But what His Majesty said next made them extremely surprised. "The prince will go to Suzhou to deal with the matter on my behalf. I will first issue an imperial edict and inform the officials and people of Suzhou Prefecture of the court's handling. The Suzhou Prefecture will first arrest and kill the people guarding the factory."
Craftsmen, as well as investigating the illegal activities of the factory owners, will wait until the prince goes to Suzhou in early February to make a final decision."
Hearing this, Li Xiaoxing had a surprised look on his face and almost asked, but was stopped by Li Taiyuan. Li Taiyuan stopped his son from asking questions and agreed repeatedly. "Yes, Your Majesty." Yun did not.
After explaining the meaning and giving some instructions, he asked them to retreat.
"Father, why do you want your son to go to Suzhou again in February?" Wenyuan asked.
"You have forgotten that your seventh brother is getting married in early February, and the first day of February has been chosen. How can you not attend his wedding? Today is the twentieth day of the first lunar month, and the matter in Suzhou cannot be settled in ten days. You
Of course I have to stay in the capital and wait for Wen Di’s wedding before heading to Suzhou," Yun said.
"My son didn't think about the seventh brother's marriage at the moment." Wenyuan explained hurriedly.
"You don't have to be so serious. Why should father and son be so serious when they get along on a daily basis?" Yun said with a smile.
"The discussion just now was about political affairs, so my son couldn't help but become serious," Wenyuan said.
"Then from now on, we are not talking about political affairs," Yun said with a smile: "There is no need to be serious. It is getting late, and it is time to have dinner. I have just sent someone to talk to your mother, let them go first
Let’s have a meal at Qianqing Palace.”
"Dad, what's for dinner?" Wen Yuan also relaxed and asked.
"They are all common meals. But there is beef tonight, and my father ordered me to prepare beef. I don't often eat beef, and your mother doesn't know about it, so don't criticize me." Yun said with a smile.
Wenyuan could only smile and say nothing. Although there have been more and more cattle in the Central Plains in recent years, it doesn't matter if the emperor eats a few pieces of beef. But after all, the imperial court has always prohibited killing cattle without permission. It is not good for the emperor to take the lead in violating it; even if he wants to eat it, it is expensive
Meat, and mutton. But my father said so, what else can I do as a son?
After a while, dinner was served, and Yun chatted with his son while eating. Talking about the inspection of Gezhiyuan yesterday, Yun remembered what Wen Yuan said at that time, and said: "Wen Yuan, my father remembers that you were there yesterday.
Gezhiyuan was worried about how to deal with the increase in refugees when the steam engine became popular and one person could cultivate hundreds or thousands of acres of land. If they rushed to the feudal state, would they worry about the weak branches and weak trunks? "
"Father, farming has always been the basis of farming since ancient times. Farmers make up the majority of the world's population. However, if one person can cultivate hundreds of acres of land with the help of machinery, he will definitely not rent it to tenants for farming. Instead, he will grow it himself or rent it to someone else.
With a small number of people, the population of farmers will be greatly reduced. How to resettle these people who have lost their land is a headache. It is easy to rush them all to the vassal state, but if the population of a certain vassal state is larger than that of the Central Plains, how can it still exist?
Obeying the orders of the imperial court? Does it mean that the branches are strong and the trunk is weak?" Wen Yuan said. Facing his father, and there were only two people, Wen Yuan naturally told the truth about his thoughts.
"Don't worry, even if the people are moved again, there will be more people in the Central Plains than in all the vassal states." Yun said first, and then said: "As for other resettlement methods besides moving them to the vassal state, it is not complicated.
Just let them come in and work. Not only silk reeling factories or textile factories, but also steel factories, factories can be set up to produce many goods in the future, and the demand for workers will increase greatly."
"The excess is still sold to India and Southeast Asia? What do the people of India and Southeast Asia do?" Wenyuan asked.
Yun did not want to explain to him that after productivity increases, as long as wealth can be distributed as fairly as possible, the purchasing power of ordinary people will also increase significantly, and the goods produced will still be mainly sold in the Central Plains. This is too complicated, and there is no fundamental explanation for non-specialists who study this.
Qing. He simply said: "The natives of India and Southeast Asia only farm and mine. If one person uses a machine to cultivate hundreds of acres of fields, these hundreds of acres of land must be planted with the same kind of crops, otherwise the efficiency will not be high. Gradually, the whole
Farmers in the Central Plains would plant several kinds of crops. The rest of the crops, such as fruits and vegetables, were planted by the natives of Southeast Asia and India while growing food for the locals. Ming Dynasty used a small part of the money earned from selling the goods.
Just buy it. As for mining, I don’t need to say much as a father.”
"Father is right," Wenyuan said. He raised this question just now because he was worried that the people in Southeast Asia and India had all their money stolen by the Ming Dynasty. How could they survive? Would they want to rebel if they couldn't survive?
But when I heard my father’s words, I remembered that most of the people in Nanyang were already very poor. The money in their hands would have been plundered by the local nobles, and they would have had a few pieces of clothing left after being stolen by Ming merchants; and the climate in Nanyang was very suitable for farming.
The land, which has no money and will not starve to death, will not take risks and rebel.
But he remembered something again and asked: "Dad, although the steam engine can only be used for pumping water now, it will definitely be used in a wide range of applications in the future. If steam engines are also used in factories in the future, and the production efficiency will be improved several times, what will happen to the goods produced?
Sell? After all, India and Southeast Asia have limited populations, and the goods they can purchase are limited.”
"Wenyuan, the total population of India and Nanyang is still higher than that of the Central Plains, and the demand for goods is huge. At least for many years, even with the use of steam engines, goods will not be unsold in India and Nanyang. As for how many years later we encountered
Let the emperor, ministers, and businessmen at that time ponder this issue. It must have been very different from now. Maybe it was a very troublesome thing for us, but we saw with our own eyes that people at that time could easily come up with solutions." Yin said.
Yun just didn't want to explain the problem of increased productivity, but Wenyuan understood that he couldn't think of a way. However, Wenyuan himself couldn't think of a way, so he could only nod his head and said: "It seems that we can only place our hope at that time."
Chao Ye is a talented person." Yun wanted to laugh when she heard Wenyuan's words, but she still held it back.
They chatted and ate like this, eating very slowly, but they finished eating after a while. Wenyuan said goodbye and returned to Kunning Palace. Although he was about to become an adult, Xiyao did not want him to go to Wenhua Palace, so he said he was not married yet.
On the pretext of still living in Kunning Palace; Yun also thought that this would give him more time to talk to his son, so he did not object. Yun himself went to Miaojin's palace tonight. He still had something to say to Wen.
Early on the next morning, Li Taiyuan, Li Xiaoxing and his son returned to Suzhou. They rode back on fast horses despite the bumps and bumps, hoping to rush back before the imperial edict arrived in Suzhou. They didn't care that someone in the family would be punished. After all, after the civil uprising, the family
There have been many discussions within the family. Many people thought that the imperial court would arrest a few people and the people were angry, and they had prepared the sacrifices themselves. They rushed back to make arrangements as soon as possible to deal with the prince's arrival in Suzhou. They could have discussed it in one day as early as possible.
Arranging a day early, and arranging a day early will bring benefits, at least there will be no harm; and he has a hunch that His Royal Highness’s visit to Suzhou this time will not only deal with the civil uprising, but also other errands.
We have to go back to discuss things, so we must return to Suzhou as soon as possible.
When the news reached Suzhou, there was also a sound of surprise. Seeing that the court's handling was different from his, Tang Zong immediately wrote a memorial to resign, but was allowed to reject it. Tang Zong did not write a second memorial to resign, but he made up his mind to do this.
After the matter was settled, he resigned again.
The craftsmen were not very satisfied with this treatment, because the leader would be sentenced to death and they would have to pay compensation. However, no one was making trouble for the time being, and everyone planned to wait for the prince to come back and complain in the palace where he was staying.
But most of the factory owners were uneasy. They thought the same as the Li family and his son, His Highness must only be here to deal with the civil uprising, there must be other errands, and they are all racking their brains to think about it.
However, these have nothing to do with Yun for the time being, and are not noticed by the court officials. The most important thing in the court these days is the wedding of His Highness Prince Wu.
The wedding had already been busy a few days before the wedding. Xiyao, Li Shaer and Wen Di were all very busy; Miner, Wen'er and Wen Luo also visited Leonore from time to time and warned her not to make any mistakes.
, also very busy.
On the wedding day, which was the first day of February, Wen Di went to personally welcome Leonore to the newly renovated prince's palace. After the wedding ceremony, he rushed to the palace to meet his father, his mother and his concubine, and the prince and his wife.
When the concubine paid homage to the prince, there was no crown concubine yet, which made the conductor very troubled and had to look for methods from the wedding ceremonies of previous generations of princes.
When meeting the elders, Yun specifically allowed Li Shaer to stay alone with her son and daughter-in-law for a while, while she and the queen left early. Li Shaer held her son's hand and talked for a while, then looked at Leonore carefully, and then clicked.
He nodded and gave her a very generous greeting gift. Even if Leonore didn't understand the cultural habits of the Ming Dynasty, he could guess that Li Sha'er was quite satisfied with him and he breathed a sigh of relief.
After that, Wen Di took his wife back to the palace and held a banquet to entertain relatives and friends. Because it was known to everyone that he was getting married soon after the new year, many vassal kings who came to the capital this year stayed to attend the wedding on this day.
Many nobles came to join in the fun, and the wedding banquet was very lively. The news spread back to the palace, and Li Shaer's thoughts were all over.
Three days after their marriage, on the fifth day of February, Wen Di and Leonor set off to return to Egypt. Lisa was very reluctant to leave, because she didn't know when they would see each other again. She called Wen Di the night before.
Wen Di went into the palace and talked all night, then said goodbye to his son in the early morning of the next day and sent him out of the palace. Wen Di kowtowed to his mother in front of Fengtian Gate, turned around and left.
One day after Wen Di left Beijing, Wen Yuan was going to Suzhou to deal with the civil uprising. Xiyao was very happy about this, especially when she learned about the few errands that Yun privately asked Wen Yuan to do. This meant that
Zhu Yun officially began to let Wen Yuan handle the government affairs. If it can be done beautifully, it will be very good for him.
Of course, this also means that if it is not done well, it will be very harmful to Wenyuan. Xiyao, through her mother's family, asked the gentlemen from the Imperial City Academy to find some suitable staff. Although they did not know that Wenyuan had other errands to do.
, but also knew that this errand must be done well, so he found a few people who were very capable but not officials, and went to Suzhou with Wenyuan. Yun also knew what Xiyao had done, but did not stop him.
After the opening of the martial arts hall on the third day of February, Wen Qi, Wen Kun and Wen Yin went to study. The three of them were immediately surrounded by countless students from the martial arts hall, either overtly or covertly. As the number of graduates from the martial arts hall became more and more
The more there are, the better the future will be after graduation than in the late years of Hongwu or the early years of Jianye. It is certain that you will be promoted to a commander in the future. After returning home, most people can only start by trying hundreds of households, and after three years without success, they will be promoted to commander.
After three years, he will be promoted to Deputy Qianhu, and after five years, he will be promoted to the same level as Qianhu or provincial capital. After that, if he cannot make military achievements, it is hard to say whether he can be promoted. It all depends on the individual's ability.
Destiny, and the most important background. If you are unlucky, you will be promoted to the fourth rank in your fifties and wait for retirement.
The fourth-rank official is not considered a minor official anymore, but those who can be selected into the martial arts hall are all outstanding people. Of course, they are not satisfied with the prospect that more than 80% of the fourth-rank candidates may retire. They would rather go to the vassal country to give it a try, especially when the vassal country was first established.
, it is the time to employ people, and it is very possible to become a military prime minister in the future. Therefore, they surrounded the three His Highnesses.
Wen Qi and others were very happy at first, but later they became a little annoyed, but they couldn't refuse, so they could only try to reduce their time in the classroom or on the school field. Of course, they still selected the best among the best, choosing what they thought was the best.
students will be brought to the feudal state in the future.
In this way, the time came to February 15th, the last day for Miner to choose her husband.
