Emperor Ming Dynasty

Chapter 720 House of Internal Affairs

"Capital!"

Hearing his narration, Zhu Yixi suddenly realized.

Everything is caused by the large-scale shortage of people due to the rise of factories.

That is to say, the development of capital will start with grabbing people and land from agriculture.

In the feudal era, the greatest basis for agricultural development was labor.

And men are the foundation of labor.

If a large number of males go into business, the population will naturally be lost, which will lead to agricultural barrenness, especially in the feudal era.

For example, Qin State’s Shangyang Reform, first emphasized on emphasizing agriculture and curbing commerce, combating commercial development, curbing population loss, and stabilizing the basic agricultural market.

Some people may say, don't businessmen create more wealth?There are also more taxes, which is much better than burying in the ground and planing food.

But businessmen are treacherous, and money is not easy to tax.

The peasants are different, they will only be firmly fixed on the land, and let the yamen court collect taxes and corvee.

Besides, to put it bluntly, business in the feudal era, especially those big businessmen, were basically in the hands of noble bureaucrats.

It is even more difficult to collect taxes from them.

Cracking down on commerce is, in a sense, strengthening the power of the monarchy.

For example, the reason why the gentry in the south of the Yangtze River is powerful is that they only rely on growing food?
It is because of the development of its economic crops and the prevalence of commerce that it has gathered a lot of wealth.

Therefore, in the early Qing Dynasty, Kangxi and Yongzheng made repeated orders and repeated orders, constantly persuading farmers to suppress business, and setting up a weaving bureau to continuously collect money and suppress business.

But now that he is sitting on the throne, Zhu Yixi naturally looks at the problem from a different angle.

Imperial power is inherently sensitive.

When a large crowd gathers, no matter what it is for, his threat always comes with it.

They are like groups of dry firewood piled up in groups, and a little spark is prone to chaos.

The reason why the germination of capital has been sprouting in China and cannot be fully developed is because of the existence of centralization.

Any powerful imperial court will not allow a businessman who gathers a large amount of manpower to appear.

It is different in the West, where royal power tends to be weak naturally, so Britain took the lead in carrying out the capital revolution, while France, which is also near the sea, sticks to itself.

After Louis XVI went to the guillotine, the royal power declined, and capital rose.

Zhu Yixi thought over and over again, the only worry of the court was the control of manpower.

If he was an aborigine instead of a traverser, he would definitely be worried and choose to suppress immediately.

It's a pity that he is a time traveler and knows a lot about history.

From the moment the factory was set up, the contradiction between workers and capitalists arose naturally, just like tenants and landlords.

Moreover, capitalists are not different from landlords in that they are even more weak.

That is, the bondage of the factory to the worker is not as great as the bondage of the land to the tenant.

In terms of personal attachment, the landlord is still stronger.

But when it comes to crushing, the mills are more crushing.

At least there can be slack in the land, but in the factory it can be done all year round, workers and capitalists are naturally opposed.

Therefore, the imperial power is the support of the workers.

Love your name like a child!
"Lu Yinzhi——"

Zhu Yixi muttered, this is the key to population flow.

But if the guidelines were cancelled, the difficulty of governing the court would actually be the same, and there would not be much change.

Many ordinary people have never been out of the county in their entire lives, and the 100-mile limit is actually too loose.

And those who can go out of the county are either rich and powerful, or businessmen. Will they lack a way to guide them?

As for the refugees, they are almost starving to death, so they still care about your guide?
"I will ask the cabinet to discuss and allow Luyin to expand from Baili to Yifu."

The emperor looked at Zhang Qi and said relaxedly, "Go to Tianjin and tell them the good news."

"In addition, the abduction of female workers is prohibited, and those factories are closely monitored. If there is bullying, immediately notify the Yamen."

"Yes!"

Zhang Qi didn't expect that the emperor would value this trivial matter so much, and he couldn't help but feel heartbroken.

He was about to speak, when he suddenly remembered the previous promise, with a trace of longing on his face.

what!
Seeing this old man's appearance, Zhu Yixi was taken aback for a moment, then came to his senses, and said with a smile:

"I have asked someone to prepare for the Ministry of Internal Affairs. You, the minister in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, take up your post immediately!"

"The old minister thanked His Majesty Long En!"

Zhang Qi happily agreed.

I didn't expect to be an official at such an age!

It wasn't until he rushed to the Ministry of Internal Affairs that he understood the emperor's plans.

Unlike the Ministry of Internal Affairs in the Qing Dynasty, which was in charge of everything, the Ministry of Internal Affairs at this time has been completely cut off from the court.

Regarding the inner court, it is still dealt with by the Twelve Supervisors, strictly abiding by the principle that foreign ministers should not be involved in the internal affairs.

The terrible measures of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties to control the inner court completely blocked the news of the emperor. An egg was ten taels of silver, and the price has been increasing since Qianlong, Jiaqing, Daoguang, Xianfeng and so on.

The emperor dealt with these foreign ministers with his hands tied, but when dealing with those eunuchs, he could be killed with a single order, which was much more convenient.

The eunuchs belonged to the emperor's tentacles, and the emperor could use them, but he couldn't.

For example, the supervisor of ceremonies, the eunuch of Bingbi is Tian Ren, and the eunuch of palm seal has always been vacant. As long as the emperor needs it, Tian Ren can be promoted immediately, thereby interfering with the operation of the court.

The current situation where the cabinet and the emperor are in harmony with each other will disappear immediately.

After all, Zhu Yixi feels that he can suppress civil servants, but it is useless to keep the descendants intact. It is also good to leave a back door here.

Therefore, today's House of Internal Affairs is also called Huangshang, and it was called Shaofu Temple in the previous dynasty.

All the money-making matters such as Huangzhuang, shops, official kilns, land, mines, caravans, etc., are all taken care of by the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

In addition, the palace is still brewing to transfer the tribute to the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

This time, Zhang Qi immediately jumped three feet high.

You must know that the emperor's tributes come from all over the world. For example, there is tribute rice for food. Everything is so precious that it is difficult to see it in the market.

And handing it over to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to take care of it means that some takeaways can be delivered, and the profits during the period are unimaginable.

Buried in the House of Internal Affairs for several days, Zhang Qi finally had a preliminary structure and submitted it to the emperor for review.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs will be governed by three ministers (Zheng Sipin) and co-organizing ministers (Cong Sipin), appointed by the emperor himself.

Under it, four departments were established, each of which was in charge of the principals.

The Grange Department manages all Huangzhuang and land.

The Ministry of Mine and Forestry is in charge of the mines and forests under the emperor's banner.

The Ministry of Commerce is responsible for the operation of shops and caravans, as well as all profitable transactions, such as the authorization of ZTE machines.

Money Department, for all money storage, transportation work, and verification of accounts.

For the time being, there are only four departments, which basically cover most of the responsibilities of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and for tributes, another department has to be set up for management.

It is conservatively estimated that there are only more than a hundred officials in the entire Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the number of employees is difficult to measure.

For all this, Zhang Qi is full of ambition.

(End of this chapter)