The Great Industrial Ming Dynasty Started from Beiping

Chapter 40 The Collision of Times

Let's talk about money.

How many people want to give gifts in order to do business, but they can't send them out.

Who is Zhu Di?

The most powerful person in Beiping Prefecture.

Zhu Gaochi realized that Zhu Di was short of money, and made up his own mind. Instead of being angry because of it, he became happy instead.

With enough confidence, the waist is straight.

It's okay to take your own money, but you can't just have your mother come forward and send yourself away with a few words.

It's like giving a gift.

At least when you give gifts, you should give them clearly so that others can understand what you want.

Zhu Gaochi has a request.

His request is that Zhu Di supports him.

Zhu Di frowned.

The eldest son's gaze made him very unhappy.

"Boss." Xu yelled softly.

Zhu Gaochi didn't look back, but still looked at Zhu Di stubbornly.

"Father, the son wants to talk to the father."

"What are you talking about?"

Zhu Di's face gradually turned cold.

The father was upset, and the children present could feel it, even Zhu Gaoxu showed worried eyes.

When did the eldest brother become so courageous?

The eldest daughter Zhu Yuying hesitated, whether she should stop the second brother, but she didn't dare to move.

"My son has thought about the industrial development of Beiping for a long time and has many ideas."

"During my father's Northern Expedition, my son discussed with his mother. Although my mother agreed, my father's consent has not yet been obtained."

The ancient educational philosophy paid attention to not being able to achieve success.

It doesn't mean beating and scolding your son at will.

It means that the son made a mistake and should be severely taught.

Let him not dare to make the same mistake again, saying that those who have experienced setbacks will gain wisdom, and what is lost today may not be gained in the future.

It means that if you suffer a setback, you will learn a lesson and increase your intelligence

Therefore, a father should maintain his dignity before his son.

Otherwise it is inappropriate.

The son does not teach the father and the son.

When the father fails to lead by example, does not teach the son well, and the son makes mistakes outside, it is not the son's responsibility, it is the father who did not teach the son well.

It is similar to the modern education of later generations.

Children's growth depends on the environment.

In short.

Although Zhu Di loves his family, when he becomes serious, all his children feel afraid and dare not move lightly.

Zhu Gaoxu, who was mischievous since he was a child, also sat upright, not daring to move.

If it was Zhu Gaochi from before, he would have been too scared to speak.

But the current Zhu Gaochi is no longer the original Zhu Gaochi.

Zhu Gaochi understood very well that Zhu Di's majesty was not for the purpose of making his children afraid of him, but for a means of educating them.

And what Zhu Gaochi has to do is to let Zhu Di see that the eldest son is doing things seriously, not fooling around.

When the father believes that his son has grown up and started to work hard, even if he doesn't approve of it in his heart, he will feel relieved.

Zhu Gaochi wanted Zhu Di to understand.

The 14-year-old eldest son is on his way to success and needs his father's support.

Want to develop the industrial revolution in Ming Dynasty.

Inseparable from King Yan.

Just like the success of the British Industrial Revolution, it is inseparable from the participation of the aristocrats.

All the success of the industrial revolution rests on scientists, and even believes that only Western thought can give birth to the industrial revolution.

The victory of the Industrial Revolution is the victory of Western thought.

This kind of cognition does not have a detailed understanding of the development history of the industrial revolution. It is only based on the powerful results of the later generations of the West, and does not explore the essence of the process.

Did not understand the laws of social behavior in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

The operation of society will not change easily.

Zhu Di said lightly, "Go to the study."

Except for Princess Yan, everyone was shocked, and Zhu Gaoxu looked at his elder brother in disbelief.

Father's study is forbidden.

Only when talking about big things, my father would have a long talk with his cronies in the study.

"Yes, father."

The 14-year-old Yagong's voice sounds unreliable. Zhu Gaochi tried his best to slow down his speech speed to make himself sound more reliable.

When Zhu Gaochi left with his father, even the nine-year-old Zhu Gaosui had little stars in his eyes, the eldest brother is so powerful.

Zhu Gaoxu lowered his head.

The small eyes rolled around, and I couldn't help being excited.

My father turned out to be as good-looking as my elder brother, and next time my father was about to beat me, I should learn from my elder brother.

The elder brother successfully contradicted his father and gave Zhu Gaoxu a new life experience.

"call."

Zhu Yuying took a long breath and couldn't help sticking out her tongue.

"Frightened to death."

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Zhu Di's study.

A dazzling array of books, all kinds of rare and rare copies, even a small inkstone, is extremely expensive, and any one you take out is a treasure that you can't find outside.

Zhu Gaochi didn't care much about these things.

Zhu Di sat on the grand teacher's chair, thinking about how to treat the eldest son next.

The first serious conversation between father and son made him a little overwhelmed, so he could only keep stroking his chin to hide his lack of ideas.

a time.

The atmosphere in the study was a little quiet.

"We haven't come back to Peking for steam engines. I've heard people say that one can be sold for 300 taels of silver. The owners of those mines have as few as three or five, and as many as eighty or ninety. , are they sincere?"

Seeing the calmness of the eldest son, Zhu Di was gradually satisfied, and asked about his doubts.

"Although the investment is not small, the future benefits are huge. They can make ten times and a hundred times the profits, so they are willing to buy."

Zhu Gaochi smiled, revealing a childlike laughter, easing the serious atmosphere.

"The endorsement from the government is also the reason."

Zhu Di nodded secretly.

For the eldest son to have this cognition, it really is because his mind has grown somewhat.

"Why should each steam engine be given five taels of silver to the craftsmen? And [-]% of the profits were given to the coal mine owner surnamed Zhang."

Although the steam engine was built by craftsmen, as far as Zhu Di knew, it was instructed by the eldest son.

As for his own business, [-]% of the profits are given to outsiders.

It's not that Zhu Di doesn't know how to divide benefits, but that it's not worth it.

What can the coal mine owner surnamed Zhang do to take away [-]% of the profits of Yanwang Mansion?
Any butler in the mansion can handle the coal mine owner.

Zhu Di was a little dissatisfied that the business in the mansion could be handed over to the housekeepers outside.

This involves the issue of patent law.

The purpose of the promotion of the patent law in the UK was originally formulated by the British king in order to monopolize the business and monopolize the benefits.

When the British monarchy was declining and the power of the nobles and landlords was growing.

The aristocracy and the landed class united against the crown, taking away the right of the patent law to be issued at will by the British king.

Essentially, a victory for the aristocracy.

The impetus of the industrial revolution depends on the party that controls the means of production.

Who controls the means of production?
Why do textbooks say that there were sprouts of capitalist thought in the late Ming Dynasty?

This involves social rules.

Explaining this to Zhu Di may be difficult to convince him.

Zhu Gaochi thought about it.

So I changed my mind.

(End of this chapter)