Bury the Qing Dynasty

Chapter 309 More headaches!

Be careful, like walking on thin ice.

Now Zhu Jinsong finally understood the meaning of these idioms deeply - it is indeed easy to conquer the country, but in the face of all kinds of messy problems in the whole Ming Dynasty, Zhu Jinsong really realized the difficulty of governing the country.

There is no way to solve problems such as insufficient population. We can only rely on time to let the population grow slowly. A resource shortage situation arises.

Some people may say that if there are insufficient resources, you should be brave enough to grab them. This will not solve the problem of insufficient resources. At the same time, you can complete the consumption of the existing population through war, which is simply killing two birds with one stone.

However, this theory is only theoretically feasible-any war at the national level is by no means easy to fight.

Especially for the current Ming court, fighting a war is actually very uneconomical.

On the surface, war would surely expand the territory, allowing Daming to have enough resource reserves to calmly deal with the population explosion in the future.

But in fact, the mobilization of troops before the war, logistics mobilization, war mobilization, post-war disposal, pensions, reconstruction, etc. after the war are almost all spent money.

However, the wealth and resources of the entire country are quantified. As long as there is a war, it means that a part of the resources and wealth are consumed.

The country has been developing, and the overall resource wealth has been increasing?

Yes, this theory is not wrong, and it can even solve part of the gap in the form of bonds when wealth is insufficient.

However, the country also needs to complete various constructions, whether it is the dredging of rivers in various places, the construction and repair of bridges and roads, and the construction of schools at all levels, all aspects require resources and money.

To fight a war means that people take part of the resources and wealth from other places.

This involves the concept of war potential.

For example, Qing Dynasty.

Back then, when the Qing Dynasty was not completely ruined, no one in the other countries on the whole small ball dared to underestimate the Qing Dynasty. The Dutch East India Company had to be careful about any tragedies in Batavia, for fear that it might cause And offended the Qing Dynasty.

However, in the end, the facts proved that the Qing Dynasty was just a vain little chicken. Facing the European countries like England at that time was like a puffy fat man facing several muscular thin people.

The former's body shape is indeed quite intimidating, but the flesh on his body is very weak. On the contrary, it is not as good as those Europa countries that look thin but are full of muscles.

Not even as good as the dwarfs.

This is the gap in war potential between the two - when other countries are advancing the process of industrialization, but the Qing Dynasty chose to close the country, the war potential between the two is countless times different.

Sufficient population is a kind of war potential, but war potential is not just a matter of population.

It is precisely because of this realization that Zhu Jinsong stopped abnormally recently. Not only did he not use troops everywhere, but he once again turned his attention to the interior of Daming.

Of course, instigating all the countries in Europa to develop films is like beating rabbits with hay, if there are dates or not, it will be easy to hit two shots. If it succeeds, there will be a lot of benefits, and if it fails, it will not have any bad influence on Daming.

After being silent again for a long while, Zhu Jinsong tapped on the table with his fingers, and said in a deep voice: "Let's put aside the problem of insufficient number of Dingkou for now, let's talk about other problems now."

Zeng Cheng said without hesitation: "Your Majesty Qizuo, I think that what needs to be solved most now is the problem of a large number of redundant constructions in the five small industries and other various workshops."

When Zeng Cheng said this, Zhu Jinsong suddenly felt the muscles in his forehead jumping. The five small industries refer to five kinds of workshops: small iron and steel, small coal mines, small machinery, small cement, and small chemical fertilizers.

Among the small industrial and small industries in the Ming version, small machinery is actually in its infancy, and the products of small chemical fertilizers are quite simple, let alone several other small industries. After all, there are not coal mines everywhere, let alone Anywhere can be suitable for iron and steelmaking.

But who the hell said that no matter how small a problem is, once multiplied by the huge base of 13 billion, it will become a big problem.

Now the Ming version of the five small industries is also facing a similar situation - counting Liaodong, Nurgan Dusi, Jiaozhi, Myanmar, Siam, Old Port, Lanfang and other places, Daming has nearly 2000 counties, [-] Many counties have a complete set of five small industries, and most of the rest are just workshops with one to three small industries.

Even so, it's a pretty staggering amount.

What's more terrible is that what Daming owns is not only the workshops of the five small industries, but also a lot of other messy workshops.

For example, the chief minister of Shandong Province has an average winery in every county, like Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Fujian, there is an average textile workshop in every county, and there is a tea-related factory in every two or three counties. Workshops, like the Mongolian chief envoy, are even more amazing, and all kinds of canning workshops are blooming everywhere.

Now on the entire small broken ball, the number of workshops owned by other countries is added together, and it may not be able to keep up with the number of workshops in Ming Dynasty.

The head of the Mongolian chief envoy even dared to clamor openly, saying that it is expected that within ten years, the canned food output of the Mongolian chief envoy will exceed that of the entire Europa.

Of course, this kind of nonsense is basically good to listen to, but you can never take it seriously - the production technology of canned food has just been passed from Daming to Europa, and it has not been two years since the canning workshop of the Mongolian Chief Envoy has already produced it ahead of schedule. For several years, comparing this with Europa, isn't this a fucking bully!

It’s just that no matter how you say it, you can’t change a painful thing after all, that is, there have always been a lot of redundant construction problems in various workshops throughout Daming.

If it is in the case of overpopulation, repeated construction is not without benefits. For example, if the original work of two people is handed over to three people, it not only solves the problem of jobs, but also increases production capacity. Serves multiple purposes.

However, in the case of an extremely short population, this problem of redundant construction makes the serious shortage of workers more obvious.

But no matter how much Zhu Jinsong secretly had a headache, Zeng Cheng continued: "Your Majesty, I think it's time to rectify the five small industries or other workshops in various places."

Zhu Jinsong hummed, and asked, "The rectification Zeng Qing mentioned, how did you rectify it?"

Zeng Cheng thought about it and said: "Your Majesty Qizuo, I believe that although the various workshops blooming everywhere have their advantages, they are also the root cause of the current shortage of Dingkou."

"In addition, there are various workshops all over the country, which has also caused excess production capacity to a certain extent. For example, in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, almost every county has candle workshops. Originally, the output of a province It is enough to supply the demand of the entire Ming Dynasty. Now several provinces are producing candles, which keeps the price of candles from going up. Overseas countries cannot afford such a large output, so the price of candles keeps from going up. "

"In addition, some places are not suitable for the development of a certain type of small workshops. For example, the Jiangxi Chief Envoy is not suitable for any canning workshops. However, at the request of the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Households, Jiangxi There are also a large number of canning workshops over there. The canned food produced by these canning workshops, whether sold overseas or sold to various places in Ming Dynasty, is actually not as good as the canned food produced by the Mongolian Chief Envoy and the Coastal Chief Envoys. .”

After listening to Zeng Cheng's opinion, Zhu Jinsong gave a noncommittal hum, and then slowly raised his fingers and tapped on the table—the waste caused by repeated construction of the workshop is inevitable, and he will gradually merge in the future to improve efficiency and Competitiveness is also inevitable.

However, the merger of a large number of workshops actually means the advancement of urbanization, and the advancement of urbanization will bring about a large number of people giving up their fields, a large number of people concentrating in one place, and other messy problems, which will lead to Left-behind elderly and children, real estate and a lot of messy problems.

Are these messy problems easy to solve?Not easy to solve.

Is it okay not to solve it?no.

Let various workshops be built repeatedly and continue to maintain the status quo?Or not.

Just be cruel and start the process of urbanization, sacrificing a generation in exchange for a better future?This approach is not impossible, but Zhu Jinsong is unwilling to do so.

It doesn't matter whether it is right and wrong, or it is indecisive, Zhu Jinsong is actually unwilling to accept this kind of approach from the bottom of his heart.

Going west and west from Tiexi, a handful of melon seeds is enough... Qu's mother is a good mother, but what about the people in the Northeast?

Furthermore, five small industries are being developed everywhere, and various workshops are vigorously built. This is also the tone set by the Ming court at the beginning-it is easy for the court to set the tone, and it is also easy to change the tone, but it cannot be changed just because the court wants to change the tone. , Let the common people bear everything.

However, before Zhu Jinsong could figure out how to solve the problem of repeated construction in various districts, Liu Huaiwen spoke again.

Liu Huaiwen said with a bitter face: "Your Majesty, in the national treasury last year, a lot of expenditures can actually be saved. For example, the construction of medical centers in various places, do you think it can be delayed? After all, there are many medical centers among the people. It’s not like the common people don’t have a place to see a doctor, and now the imperial court has built a large number of medical clinics, isn’t it competing with those private medical clinics?”

"In terms of universities and prefectural schools, I won't say much, but in terms of elementary schools, social studies, and county schools, they can't help but open up directly and allow private construction? Otherwise, with the little money in our treasury, it is really a waste of time. ..."

However, before Liu Huaiwen finished speaking, Zhu Jinsong waved his hand directly and said, "That's impossible."

Some openings can be opened, but some openings must not be opened.

For example, Mongolian studies, social studies, and county studies.

Once such things as elementary schools, social studies, and county schools are opened up and the people are allowed to run elementary schools, social studies, and county schools by themselves, those who are capable of running them will definitely be willing to spend their money to recruit better teachers. It is not impossible to even compete with the sociology and county schools run by the imperial court.

Once this happens, the consequences are obvious.

The common people will try their best to let their children enter the elementary schools, social studies, and county schools established by the people, and then they will slowly come up with the so-called school district housing, noble schools and other bad things.

What's more terrible is that once this opening is released, those capitals that will never be fed will find ways to reach out to other places.

For example, reach out to government schools and universities, and slowly reach out to the court.

Another example is to reach out to people's livelihood in the past.

He Shenhe once said a famous saying, "Save the people first, save the officials, he needs those officials to do things for him - this is a real fallacy, because Pixiu can never be fed enough, they will only Find ways to eat more.

For example, the vegetables that were transported through the cold chain for more than [-] hours were rotten...

Not fed enough?
No, they've been fed enough, but they can never get enough to eat, never get enough, and that's the root of the problem.

It is precisely because of this that it is impossible for Zhu Jinsong to let go of these openings.

The same goes for hospitals and the like.

The Ming court is now spending all its money to build medical clinics. It seems that it is competing with those private medical clinics for business. It is already a real "competition with the people". In the end, they can only rely on their own conscience.

For example, for a doctor with particularly good medical skills, as his reputation becomes more and more famous, will his consultation fee become higher and higher?Will those dignitaries and wealthy businessmen be able to monopolize this doctor's medical resources?
So the question is, what about other people?
Therefore, things related to people's livelihood, such as education, medical care, transportation, infrastructure, etc., can only be firmly controlled by the government. It does not completely prohibit the participation of the people, but the participation of the people can only be used as a supplement and assistance, not Make them the main force.

This is actually a problem of one and two, two and one with the problem of repeated construction of the five small industries and various workshops.

How to solve this problem is the difference between the typical capital and the big court model—similar to the Song Dynasty, all the items that can be bought are bought out, and even taxes can be bought. This is the small court of the Song Dynasty This is another model.

The two models are fundamentally different.

The Song Dynasty is indeed rich, but it is not the people who are rich. In the 300 years of the country, there have been rebellions every year, and anyone who comes here can be beaten up according to the Song Dynasty, which is also a miracle.

Daming is indeed poor, but in the 200 years of the Ming Dynasty, the overall military strength has fluctuated from time to time, but even in the last few years, the Ming court can still regain Penghu and put down the rebellion.

The mode is different.

(End of this chapter)