The Great Industrial Ming Dynasty Started from Beiping

Chapter 627: Overseas enclaves enclosed by the temptation of civilization
Beijing.

Bamboo ball table.

There were no empty seats in the stands with tens of thousands of people, and people shouted excitedly. Trees were planted in the wide square outside the high platform, and vendors were at fixed temporary stalls. There were not many people left in the square.

Before the competition, the vendors were so busy that they finally had some time to take a breath.

But while wiping sweat on the faces of the vendors, there was regret in their eyes. They can still work, and are not afraid of hard work. They were so hot just now, so keep coming. The money jars are full of food stamps, which is the most important thing to them. of comfort.

Zhu Gaochi and civil and military officials gathered in a row of boxes arranged by the Cultural Affairs Department under the Ministry of Rites.

Inside the glass window of the box, a monocular telescope is supported on a stand.

Zhu Zhanji and his younger brothers and sisters were sitting neatly on the leather chairs on the back mattress. It was clear from their excited eyes that they were very excited, but the strict constraints in the past prevented them from letting go of their natural instincts.

It's the finals in the audience.

Two teams from Beijing and Peking competed for the first card.

"For example, among 1 people who participate in bamboo ball activities, the probability of having a bamboo ball genius is one in [-]. Then among [-] people, there may be ten geniuses who participate in bamboo ball sports."

Zhu Gaochi was invited to watch the finals. After consideration, he asked the clerk's office to inform the organizer that His Highness the Prince agreed to participate in this event.

and so.

This event is destined to be extraordinary.

Not only prominent figures came to attend, but also important officials from the imperial court came in person.

Because His Royal Highness the Crown Prince personally called the names, Xia Yuanji, the Minister of Industry, was one of the names in the box where His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was. Xia Yuanji was not well-known in history, but he was good at water control and was a practical official with professional abilities.

This kind of officials who are good at water control will be recorded in historical materials.

Zhu Gaochi valued Xia Yuanji very much.

Because in the land of the East, officials like Xia Yuanji are inseparable.

The four major ancient civilizations all have a history of water control, but the water in Egypt, Babylon, and the Indus River is seasonal, and there is a desert dozens of miles away, so people in the flood will not despair.

As for China, if the Yellow River and the Yangtze River are not mentioned, then the people will be covered in water for hundreds of miles, with no way to escape, and it will be a devastating disaster.

So why is Chinese civilization more outstanding?

Because our ancestors have produced water management talents from generation to generation.

It is precisely because of these generations of ancestors that they built countless ditches and dams to control the Yellow River and the Yangtze River, and relied on the fertile land along the river banks to provide assistance for the technological development of agriculture.

The population explosion, coupled with other developments, resulted in a large non-agricultural population in ancient China. A larger non-agricultural population base gave birth to more scholars and craftsmen, which in turn promoted the development of civilization.

Therefore, the northern left and right wing Tatars in the history of the Ming Dynasty fell into extreme material poverty due to the long-term blockade of the Ming Dynasty. They were so poor that even old slaves despised them because the Tatar horses were too thin.

In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, no matter who the Tatars on the left or right wing rose, their desires became lower and lower. Even the prosperous Anda Khan pursued nothing more than trade with the Ming Dynasty.

In other words, the long-term prosperity of Chinese civilization is not due to the fertile land itself.

There are many such lands in the world.

It was the ancestors of China who, relying on inheritance and struggle from generation to generation, and their wisdom, turned depressions, swamps, jungles, and smoky lands into prosperous fields.

In this long process, water control is the core.

Xia Yuanji was very respectful.

No one can remain arrogant in front of this prince. The Ming Dynasty led by the prince and the industrialized society proposed brought about qualitative changes in Chinese civilization.

Just as His Royal Highness the Prince said.

Power takes the place of remaining power from the machine.

This is something unprecedented. With this change, Ming Dynasty's productivity has undergone earth-shaking changes. Everyone has seen it, and everyone knows that His Highness the Crown Prince is right.

"The development of a civilization must involve changes in all aspects. The high level of science and technology in the Song Dynasty is also due to the great success of Champa rice after it was improved by the Song people. It not only laid the foundation for the Song Dynasty to provide more non-agricultural population , and also laid the foundation for the agricultural outlook of our Ming Dynasty."

"Based on this, on the basis of ensuring agriculture, getting more people off the land and promoting economic development will not only make the economy richer and increase productivity, but also give birth to more scholars and invent more technologies."

"However."

"Agriculture is the foundation, and agriculture cannot be separated from water."

Zhu Gaochi laughed.

"His Royal Highness said so."

Xia Yuanji said honestly, like a junior.

The 36-year-old Crown Prince is in the prime of life, while the 49-year-old Xia Yuanji regards himself as a junior, like a flatterer.

Literary men have pride.

Because of the social status of literati.

However, no one thinks that flattering His Highness is a villain, because His Highness is really a very human being.

The room is big.

The clerks in the hall, among whom Jiang Binzhi stayed behind the desk in the corner, recorded the conversations between His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the officials, which would not only be left to future generations, but also the work of the clerk's room.

His Royal Highness the Prince has many things to do every day. He meets with many people every year. There are too many things to do and he needs reminders from the clerk's office.

Jiang Binzhi writes like flying.

Heart excited.

His Highness the Crown Prince's ideas are often unconstrained and provide people with a different perspective on the development of things. In the past few months, Jiang Binzhi has learned a lot of knowledge, which is no less than that of the Imperial College.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince proposed the idea of ​​not forcing things, and I have already understood it. I will formulate a national water conservancy management plan based on His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's ideas later on," Xia Yuanji said.

Zhu Gaochi nodded in satisfaction.

In fact, the area of ​​Ming Dynasty is not large relative to the population.

There is only so much land suitable for farming.

In order to meet the food needs of the population, the ancestors not only cultivated land in the mountains, but also planted food in the most ferocious sections of the Yellow River and Yangtze River, fighting against nature with their lives because there was no other way.

What about the New World in later generations?

The ancient Maya were spread over a wide area, including much of Mesoamerica, with well-defined rainy seasons.

From May to October, there is a lot of rain, and during the rest of the time, there is very little rain.

This stark distinction led to complex water control projects in the areas adjacent to Lake Mexico and further south in the highlands, including the Maya-inhabited areas of Guatemala and Honduras.

But in the vast area where the Maya lived, geological characteristics decisively affected water control.

Nearly the entire lower plains of the Yucatan, and a large part of the area between the plains and the plateau, contain layers of highly permeable limestone, so that rainwater sinks quickly to the depths.

Although there are no "deserts" in the Americas, the damage of floods can still be reduced to the greatest extent through these soil layers that are highly permeable.

Therefore, looking at all the major ancient civilizations, only the water control projects of the Chinese civilization are amazing and incredible.

Including the United States in later generations.

Even in the era of technological explosion, relying on the proportion of population and land area, they do not pursue flood control to the greatest extent, as long as the people live on better land.

In the 27th year of Hongwu's reign, Zhu Gaochi proposed this idea.

However, the status was different at that time, and the biggest crisis was also different, so Zhu Gaochi did not invest energy in this area, but implemented military-first politics to ensure his own victory.

to now.

The idea of ​​​​water control is back on the agenda.

Not only do people need to be relocated from mountainous areas, but they also have to be relocated from floodplains, even if the land exposed after the floods recede is very fertile.

As for the mountainous areas and floodplain areas after the population has been relocated, will the retreat of the Han people cause hidden dangers in a few decades?

Zhu Gaochi was not worried.

The rise of Hou Jin Dynasty is inseparable from the influence of Ming Dynasty.

In addition to the Houjin bordering Liaodong, which relied on the friendship between their ancestors and Zhu Di to facilitate tribute trade with the Ming Dynasty, capitalists from somewhere in the north during the middle and late Ming Dynasty also continuously delivered supplies to the Houjin.

Therefore, the rise of the Later Jin Dynasty and surpassing the surrounding tribes was actually based on the productivity of the Ming Dynasty.

Just like the rise of the Liao Dynasty, it was inseparable from the Yanran Protectorate or Anbei Protectorate established by the Tang Dynasty in the north, leaving behind a complete set of education, taxation, conscription, aid, protection, cultural dissemination, education and training, Various systems such as commercial exchanges have promoted local productivity and organizational power, and changed the appearance of local primitive society.

In the Qing Dynasty, these capitalists were also sucking blood.Taijis throughout Mongolia, and even princes lamented that they had paid debts to those merchants for generations, and they owed money for hundreds of years.

So when productivity leaves these places, these places will change nature again.

Moreover, when Zhu Gaochi relocated the population beyond the land load, he did not give up local governance.

in short.

Landforms like the Hundred Thousand Mountains can only support tens of thousands of people, instead of tens of thousands of people staying in the mountains and sorting out flowers in the mountains. In the end, they can only get food to feed themselves.

Or along the river mouth of Fangshan in the northern parallel province.

The only small piece of plain in the local mountainous area has been flooded all year round due to its geographical location, causing heavy casualties to the local people.

Then the court should stop repairing the water conservancy project here and move the redundant local people out and settle them in new fertile land. This will not only allow the people to have a more stable life, but also reduce the burden on the court.

Officials from the Ministry of Revenue were also there.

This is a joint multi-agency operation.

Also for the purpose of population migration, the development of the seven western provinces, Liaodong region, Dayu Island, Nanyang region, and overseas new lands lacked everything. What was lacking most was the people in the mainland of Ming Dynasty.

The initiative performance of ordinary people is very low.

People who can take the initiative to change themselves are no longer ordinary people, because there are many people who want to change their minds, but few can take action. Therefore, most ordinary people will not take the initiative unless they have to. To change yourself, you need the guidance of the court.

It is difficult to leave one's homeland, not only for cultural reasons, but also for human nature.

Just like the Portuguese voyages.

Unless the common people are so poor that they have no choice but to survive, who would be willing to step into the ocean of ten deaths.

At that time, Portugal's navigation technology was far behind China's.

No one knows how many sailors have been buried on the sea.

The bamboo team from Peking won the victory, which made the people in the capital curse. As for the oldest old industrial base in Peking, there were not only many workers from Peking in the capital, but also many spectators who came from Peking by train.

Therefore, even if there are more people in the capital, the people in Peiping are not to be outdone.

There are always radical people.

Under the strict guard of a large number of patrol officers, no physical conflict occurred, so the two sides only sent "cordial" greetings to each other's ancestors.

When receiving the award.

The figure of His Highness the Crown Prince appeared, and the scene quickly became quiet.

Subsequently.

Cheers resounded through the sky.

There is a bus stop in the square.

The Department of Culture and Sports arranged many staff and borrowed thousands of students from Fu Xue and Guozijian to maintain order. Buses left the square one after another, and the vendors in the square were busy again.

Life in Peking has improved.

Not only do people have three meals a day, many workers also meet for late-night snacks and drinks after get off work.

now.

With the unblocked railways and the popularity of steam locomotives, a large number of workers from Peking came to the capital. For the first time, they came to the political center of the Ming Dynasty to compare with their own Peking.

The population of Peking is not as good as that of Beijing.

The population of Beiping Prefecture has only exceeded 200 million, while the population of Beijing City has reached 100 million.

But the number of workers in Beiping Prefecture is not less than that in Beijing.

To the north of Peiping are the vast provinces of Daning and Kaiping, which provide Beiping with daily necessities and livestock. Liaodong to the east is Beiping's industrial "steam engine" and provides Beiping with a large amount of cheap materials.

Heavy industry is the core of Peiping.

However.

The capital city is not weak either. In addition to Yingtian Mansion, there is also the province of Zhejiang, a region full of economic vitality where all kinds of commodities are flowing out, plus a developed population, as well as the docks of Shanghai County.

Not only in terms of strength, but also in terms of potential, it surpassed Peking.

Among the major events organized by the Department of Cultural Affairs, last year's Cuju finals were held in Peiping, and this year's Bamboo Ball finals were held in the capital. There was a high degree of interaction between the worker groups in the north and the south.

Explain what.

The workers in both places not only maintain their daily lives, but also have the economic level to travel long distances.

in traditional society.

The liquidity that only the gentry class possesses has begun to spread to the lower classes.

"puff."

at the market.

A fire-breathing performer drew cheers from the audience.

The red-hot soldering iron.

The performer slides off the iron on his heels.

"hiss."

The people couldn't help but exclaimed, and some little girls covered their eyes in fear.

The performer proudly showed the iron to the audience.

When a piece of paper is thrown onto a soldering iron, it quickly burns, proving that the soldering iron is real.

Countless magical performances.

There are also sand that burns on its own, and fire that cannot be extinguished with sand or water after it burns, etc.

Of course, there is no shortage of traditional acrobatics such as breaking boulders.

The chiefs of the vassal kingdom walked around the streets of the capital with great interest.

After the king of the Bangni Kingdom died of illness in the capital, and his prince returned to the country to inherit the throne with the help of the Ming Dynasty, he returned to the capital of the Ming Dynasty two years later and requested annexation. After that, the three kings of the Sulu Kingdom, the East King, the West King, and the Dong King With the harem and almost the whole family, they brought a huge team of nearly [-] people to pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty.

Originally, he arrived in the Ming Dynasty in 1417, but now he is five years ahead of schedule.

These people are no different.

The prosperity, wealth, and high level of civilization in the capital of the Ming Dynasty shocked these people beyond compare. They also had no intention of leaving, and had no intention of returning to the country. They stayed in the Ming Dynasty for a full half a year.

The mission was about to return home, but one of them, Badu Ge Baha Ci, the Eastern King, was unwilling to go back.

Walking to Dezhou, Shandong Province, he died of a sudden illness.

Like the old king of Fanni Kingdom, the Dongwang’s last wish was to be buried in the Ming Dynasty, and more than a dozen of his concubines and princes insisted on staying. The Ming Dynasty officials thought about it and agreed on the grounds that they would guard the tomb for three years. However, in history, these princes and concubines were unwilling to go back after guarding the tomb.

Daming didn't force it.

Historically, it was Zhu Di who ordered him to be buried in the north of Dezhou City, with his posthumous title: Gongding.

Life in the capital requires money.

In order to maintain a decent life in the capital, the new king of the Weni Kingdom used the Weni Kingdom as a bargaining chip and annexed the Ming Dynasty. Although he was no longer a vassal king, he obtained the throne of the Ming Dynasty and enjoyed the prince's salary.

With the precedent in mind, the prince of the Eastern King also proposed the inclusion.

So Ming Dynasty had another overseas enclave.

In the past, due to the Ming Dynasty's Western Expedition and internal production development, there was no effort to manage overseas enclaves. Now it is also in the Western Expedition, but the consumption of the two Western Expeditions is not the same, and the Ming Dynasty's economic development has reached a higher level.

Zhu Gaochi asked the cabinet and ministries to come up with a charter on how to govern the two enclaves, resolve local dissatisfaction forces, maintain peaceful development to the greatest extent, and achieve the best results.

at the same time.

In the first batch of immigration projects jointly organized by the Ming Dynasty Industrial Bureau and the Workers' and Civilian Union Ministry, [-] people and more than [-] old and new military households embarked on the journey to the Samarkand region.

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