Great Qing Dynasty talker

Chapter 583: Thanks to Jingkuang and the subcontracting system, we finally stepped into the threshold of poor imperialism

Long before the Northern Expedition, a consensus had been reached within the Wu court - to move all those who were difficult to kill, difficult to reuse, and difficult to keep in their hometowns to the south of the Yangtze River.

It would be unsightly if placed in Suzhou Prefecture.

It is placed in the neighboring Songjiang Prefecture, which is neither too far nor too close, making it convenient for surveillance without polluting the emperor's eyes.

This move demonstrates the level of civilization of the empire~
A new city has sprung up on the bank of the Huangpu River, with everything from planning to architecture being new. It is a modern new city with high consumption.

Of course, there is no waste.

All investments are converted into new houses, which are sold at five times the price and paid for by the wealthy families who move there.

In a word:

The Huangpu River does not support idlers, poor people, or good people.

……

Wu's army received and screened troops along the way in Zhili and North China.

Thirty percent of the local officials and gentry who surrendered were investigated for past crimes and imprisoned for collusion with the Qing court. The adult male members of their families were beheaded, their family members were sold, and their property was confiscated.

The remaining 7% could be pardoned, but they had to voluntarily surrender all their real estate and were allowed to take all their floating assets with them and move to the banks of the Huangpu River in Songjiang Prefecture, buy a house, and settle down there.

The kindness of Emperor Wu must be accepted.

After all, the empire's civilization is very limited!

The consequences of angering a semi-civilized person are serious.

……

Li Yu looked calmly at the confiscated account book that was brought to him.

Around the capital, there were 5300 million taels of floating wealth, more than 110 million mu of fertile land owned by officials and gentry, more than 280 million mu of imperial farmland, more than 80 mu of flag farmland, more than 2 houses, and more than 800 manors.

In Shengjing, 3800 million taels of floating wealth were obtained, more than 100 million acres of imperial land, and countless amounts of land owned by the bannermen.

Li Yu wrote:
"There is no need to examine the land outside the Great Wall in detail. All of it will be redistributed."

"The capital, North China, and Central China still need to be carefully explored. Given the reactionary nature of the Qing court, I think any area less than 1000 million mu is unreasonable."

"For the sake of the people of the world and to rebuild a healthy small-scale peasant economy, the house-confiscation task force must pursue the case with a full sense of responsibility."

With a stroke of the red pen.

Having written to this extent, it is certain that 1000 million acres of land were released from the hands of Qing officials and gentry.

……

However, in such a huge city like Yanjing, only 5300 million taels of floating wealth were seized, which made Li Yu suspicious.

It was said that Heshen was rich enough to rival a country, so where was his hundreds of millions of assets?

Is it because the confiscation took place too early and the adults didn't collect enough money? The amount in Shengjing doesn't add up?
"Call He Shen."

Heshen, who was waiting for punishment in his mansion, hurried to the Forbidden City. He walked into the Hall of Mental Cultivation calmly and knelt down on his knees.

Neither begging for mercy nor wailing.

Li Yu was a little annoyed for a moment.

He asked coldly:
"He Shen, how much money do you have?"

"Ah?" Heshen was stunned and looked up in confusion.

"Take it and have a look. Do the numbers match?"

After that, the guard handed Heshen a list signed jointly by the three judicial officials when they confiscated his property.

……

"Your Majesty, the amount doesn't match!"

"How much?"

“Halfway.”

Li Yu stood up and paced back and forth, then suddenly stopped, turned around and asked:

"I'll give you a chance to repent and raise military funds for me. Are you willing?"

He Shen was silent for a long time, and finally spoke with difficulty:

"I am willing, but I have only one request. Can you let me bury my old master?"

"I allow you to bury Emperor Huizong of Qing in a low-key manner in Yesanpo, outside Beijing! You can pay for the money yourself."

"Thank you, Emperor Wu."

Li Yu smiled and asked:
"I heard you have a brother in Sichuan?"

He Shen did not find it strange, as this was the key factor in his survival. Without He Lin in Sichuan, he would be nothing, and Yong Yan would have killed him long ago.

He kowtowed and said:
"I would like to persuade him to give up evil and join the light."

So, He wrote a letter on the spot and sneaked into Sichuan with the Intelligence Agency and his butler Liu Quan.

……

"It was Yongyan who raided your house, not me who ordered it. And with your talent, you can't handle so much money. I took it for your own good. You should be open-minded and don't hate me."

"The servant dare not."

Li Yu spoke very frankly and confidently.

This is called - "On the Self-cultivation of Feudal Emperors".

Heshen was assigned a task to assist the house-confiscation working group, and he bit people like crazy. All the people from the three judicial departments who participated in the house-confiscation work were deprived of their property.

The Lord performed well. Under his guidance, the Wu army soldiers were embarrassed to find that there were still many omissions in the house that they had clearly searched.

Wu Jun underestimated Jing Ye's wealth.

For example, the soldiers dug up a pond and found a large amount of silver, but they did not expect that there was also silver buried under the rockery next to it.

This is the disadvantage of not following Li Zicheng’s example.

If the Wu army had directly interrogated the soldiers after entering the city, they would have been able to follow the map and avoid omissions. There are still many disadvantages of civilization.
……

In the words of He Shen:

After all, Yanjing is the old capital of the Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, with a different heritage, and it emphasizes digging deep holes and accumulating a lot of silver.

He was actually embarrassed to say:

Jiangnan, a remote corner.

People from Jiangnan think they are rich just because they earn a little money from studying, doing business, and being an official. In fact, from their thoughts to their actions, they are all petty.

The wealth of Jiangnan is like a layer of oil floating in the bowl, which looks good and tastes good.

but,
Compared with the authentic Kyocera, hehe, I feel a little embarrassed.

Local people have limited imagination, and the peak they can imagine is probably Shen Sanwan’s treasure bowl.

As everyone knows,
In the old city, each family’s treasure pot could be placed from the front gate to the imperial garden.

Is the tunnel that Jingye talks about every day just a joke? There really is a tunnel!

……

The murderous Wu army came out in full force, put down their guns and picked up shovels.

After digging the searched house again, they were shocked to find silver hidden everywhere, including in abandoned wells, under ancestral halls, under rockery, under manure pits, and under ponds.

At Shichahai, the soldiers first built a dam, then drained the water in sections, and finally cleared the silt at the bottom of the lake to reveal the stone strips.

After chiseling open the stone slabs, there were silver ingots underneath.

Everyone is stupid.

This is not Shichahai, this is the fucking Silver Sea.

Only Heshen was calm. Is it strange that all the wealth in the world was concentrated in the four-nine cities?

……

2 days later,

When Li Yu saw the latest account book of the confiscated property, he was stunned.

Just as He Shen muttered in his heart, people cannot imagine the world they have not seen. Wu Ting's rulers and ministers were petty after all.

Before Emperor Wu traveled through time, he had never been rich.

Li Yu gnashed his teeth, slammed the table and cursed:

"I am probably too civilized. Another 3500 million taels were dug out? I dare not even think about how much more gold and silver can be dug out if we continue digging. Is it possible that the ground under this Forty-Nine City is a treasure trove?"

"check!"

"Give Heshen 1000 soldiers. You, the confiscating team, should listen to him more. Immigration from the north to the south, pensions for the disabled, rewards for brave men, industrial technology, naval expansion, and overseas colonization all require money. Lots of money. Dig deep into the ground for me."

The house-raiding working group blushed.

……

Wu Jun treated the former Qing people in three ways:

The first category is killing.

The second type is exile to Southeast Asia.

The third category: moved to Songjiang.

Category 4: Life goes on as usual.

Now, it has changed.

There is no fourth category, all are exiled.

The walls of all the houses of officials, gentry and bannermen, no matter how big or small, were broken down and the ground dug up.

The city of Beijing is bustling again. Surprises are everywhere, and the harvest is infinitely satisfying.

...Since the Wu army captured Yanjing.

The people in the south city are the calmest, they still have to go out and find a way to make a living every day. No matter what flag is hung on the front door, it has nothing to do with us, we are just poor people, no one can change this fact.

but,

Working for the Wu army, you can get daily pay and copper coins.

Just for this reason, the men in South City wholeheartedly support Emperor Wu.

……

Li Yu's planned stay in Yanjing was extended again and again. There was no other way, how could he bear to leave without digging out all the silver?
This is not the capital city, it should be renamed Jingkuang.

The richest silver mine in the world.

Every day, he would read the "Daily Report on House Confiscation Work" - the daily increase ranged from 300,000 to 400,000 taels to nearly one million taels.

This mine needs to be dug deeper.

seeing is believing,

The emperor came to a small private residence of the Imperial Household Department, 5 miles away from the Forbidden City, and witnessed the entire process of the soldiers digging.

When the soldiers cheered collectively, Li Yu walked over, took a look at the neatly arranged gold and silver ingots that had been exposed to the light of day again, sighed, and left.

He finally understood where Mr. Jing's confidence came from. The wealth of his hometown Jiangnan was nothing.

Hey~
……

Li Yu finally gave up his bottom line.

Civilization, rules, and bottom lines are indeed important, but compared to mining, they are worthless.

The silver ingots seized from the house search could be connected to circle Jiangnan three times. My eyes are red, and you want to talk about civilization with me?

How can we stand idly by and watch such a grand event?

then,

Under the command of Li Yu, the Imperial Guards began work inside the Forbidden City.

Li Yu always felt that there were silver ingots under the places he walked every day. If he didn't dig them up, he would regret it.

……

Wu Ting was very fat and bloated.

Of course, this is biased, because Wu Ting actually put out a large proportion of real money.

If you have money, you can get things done!

Do big things!
Immigrants from outside the Great Wall experienced explosive growth, with the number of refugee sorting stations and porridge distribution centers increasing by thousands.

With the cooperation of the navy, the 6th Corps captured Shanhaiguan with heavy artillery and rockets, breaking through the last land blockage for immigrants.

after that,

The immigrants, wearing new cotton-padded clothes, followed the planned route, crossed the Willow Border, passed the Shanhaiguan Pass, and stepped onto the black soil.

The people in front have already seen the Daling River, while the people behind are still at Fengling Ferry on the Yellow River.

The scale is huge and amazing~
……

The countries in Southeast Asia would rather let their own people starve to death than sell rice to the north. The price difference was secondary, and the main purpose was to express the loyalty of the vassal states to the suzerain state.

Rice!

Like a tsunami, it flows to the north. The charm of money. So terrifying.

North, thinking of peace.

Rice soaked in pork broth and 50 Acres of Land are deeply rooted in people's hearts, the former hits the stomach directly, and the latter hits the soul directly.

Of course.

The ubiquitous gilded half-length statue of Emperor Wu in military uniform is also deeply rooted in people's hearts.

……

The countries in Southeast Asia went crazy, and the people in the south of the Yangtze River went even crazier.

Factory owners are doing everything they can to increase production capacity; building factories, expanding production capacity, and recruiting workers are all routine operations.

Seriously speaking,

Steam plants are still very dependent on manpower. Many links must be completed by manpower.

Under such circumstances, businessmen in Zhejiang took the lead in coming up with a new way of playing.

Large factories split orders into multiple parts and subcontract them to small factories. Small factories then split the products into several parts and subcontract them to nearby villages, making full use of scattered manpower.

……

Take the production of an axe as an example:

A small iron smelting factory uses the pouring method to obtain molten iron with a fixed proportion, and then pours it into the mold provided by the large factory.

Rapid forming, then quenching.

nearby,

The villagers of Village A are responsible for processing the axe handles.

Villagers from Village B assembled the mountains of axe handles and axes.

The villagers in Village C are responsible for simple sharpening (no need to be sharp, users can do it themselves, there will be no bad reviews anyway).

At last,
First pack into boxes, then load onto ships and send to Lushun by sea vessel.

Take cotton clothes as an example:
Because there is no sewing machine.

The nearby villagers receive the semi-finished products and buttons from the factory, take them home to complete the sewing process, and then return them to the factory.

Although the stitching levels vary.

But I think the refugees won’t find fault with this, so there are still no negative reviews.

Quality is not important, quantity is important.

of course,

The result of this is that the total turnover looks high, but the factory's unit profit margin is not that high. But the scale is large, and scale is a scary word.

……

Zhejiang people's subcontracting system of "everyone is a businessman" and "everyone is a worker" makes fellow businessmen very anxious.

The high-end business war is all about stealing skills.

Since the people of Zhejiang have already crossed the river by feeling their way across, Jiangsu and Guangdong can also cross the river by feeling their way across by following the people of Zhejiang.

Just send a few smart people to the local area to ask around and you will find out.

Copy the homework directly.

In a rural society with acquaintances, farmers can help with some work during their spare time and become flexible employees of the factory. The risk of this model is almost zero, and the trust between the two parties is very high, because the monk can run away but the temple cannot.

……

Slowly, the model is upgraded.

Around every large factory, there are dozens, hundreds, or even more downstream small workshops. They cooperate with each other on a daily basis, trust each other, and gradually adapt to each other.

The factory owners finally realized it.

Outsourcing those parts and production links that do not require much technical content but are very time-consuming is the future development path for the factory.

There is no need to employ so many professional workers, but huge orders can be completed in a short time.

Flexible, convenient and fast.

The subcontracting model seems to distribute profits to many unrelated people.

In fact, the accounts are not calculated in this way.

It is a big deal for a factory to add permanent workers. Firstly, it will increase taxes, and secondly, the fixed costs of various supporting measures will also increase.

Anyone who has run a factory knows that a sudden surge in large orders in a short period of time is very embarrassing.

If I accept it, I will have to increase investment in workers, factories and tools, and maybe when this order is completed, I will have nothing to do.

If I don’t take it, I’ll feel sad and think I’ve missed out on 100 million.

……

From then on, the industrialization of Wu State began to advance rapidly.

Big factory - small workshop~
The model of many stars surrounding the moon shines brightly.

Minister of Industry Du Ren was quite surprised by the sudden surge in production in various places. He personally visited the places and wrote a report of thousands of words.

Sent to Yanjing.

After reading it, Li Yu burst out laughing.

Isn’t this the industrial route taken by our neighbor’s poor imperialists before World War II?
In the 18th century, it was quite advanced.

Not to mention the 18th century, even in the early 20th century it was relatively advanced. Poor imperialism, but it was still imperialism. Although it couldn't beat a real industrial country, beating an agricultural country was like a knife cutting butter.

……

then,

Immediately instructed:

"The factory-workshop and factory-family model is very good. It can not only realize a surge in production capacity, but also increase farmers' income. It is truly a pioneering move that benefits the country, the people and ourselves."

"The first factory owner will be rewarded with a box of imperial wine. The first worker (team) will be rewarded with 500 taels of imperial silver."

“It is worth promoting and should be vigorously promoted.”

(End of this chapter)