Invincible Zhengde

Chapter 347 Junker Politics
Thinking about his son's words, Zhu Youtang didn't know what it was like to see the battle memorials in front of him.

On the one hand, he was a little unconvinced, and on the other hand, he felt that his son was a crow's mouth. What made Zhu Youtang even more troubled was his son's evaluation of those officials.In the words of his son, it is "the name is Shanren, but he has the same heart as a merchant, he talks about morality, and his ambition is to wear clothes." Ladder, and at the same time adopt morality, benevolence and righteousness to cover oneself."

In my son's view, these people are thinking in their hearts that "study for high status, and official position for honor and appearance", the evaluation of three words: hypocrite.

Zhu Youtang had some disputes with his son because of this, but now it seems that what his son said is too right.

Leaning back, Zhu Youtang felt a little tired, why couldn't these people fight for it?Although my son said, this is called universal value, but most of them are like this, and examples of levels cannot be used as proof.But in Zhu Youtang's view, most of them should be gentlemen, ashamed of talking about profit, which is not the case in itself.

There are only a few people who are what their son said, but looking at these memorials, Zhu Youtang feels that what his son said is too correct, and most of them are like this.

At that time, my son mentioned the matter of Liaodong, that is, people from all over the court will be like this, and Liaodong is an example. These people will definitely do things in Liaodong, and they will definitely challenge the court. In order to make a fortune, he will definitely put on a coat of being the king of the country.

These people really did that. It's not like Zhu Youtang had never seen how these people opposed the war before. This attitude really made his son right.

Sitting up straight, Zhu Youtang turned his head and glanced at He Neng, and then said, "Go to the northwest to deliver an order to let the prince return to Beijing."

In Zhu Youtang's view, this mess was caused by the prince, so let the prince do it, anyway, if the matter has reached this point, let the prince take care of it.Anyway, now the court is also thinking about getting the prince back.Originally, the courtiers did not want the prince to come back, because the prince was always making troubles in the capital.

But now it is different, the crown prince has not stopped in the northwest, anyway, it is better to come back to the capital, the crown prince is in the capital, and there will be fewer deaths.

"Yes, the servant obeys the order." He Neng quickly agreed, then bowed and retreated, and arranged for someone to deliver the order.

Zhu Houzhao, who was in the northwest at this time, naturally didn't know that his father wanted him to return to Beijing. What was he doing during this time?Of course, he was arranging the construction of the new city. Zhu Houzhao would not interfere in the general direction. He handed everything over to He Jian. After all, he could not wait for the completion of the four cities in the northwest.

In addition, after the construction of these four cities is completed, they must be handed over to the local officials for management.

Zhu Houzhao mainly formulated policies for the northwest from the west, such as commercial taxation, and the taxation department was directly brought in, and the officials began to implement the test method, which was the same as the policy implemented in Liaodong.The military reform, the division of land for military households, and the entire Northwest have begun to roll up their sleeves and do a big job. Countless people have started to do it. Zhu Houzhao just needs to see that there are no problems.

At the same time, Zhu Houzhao established a brand new army in the northwest. The name of this army is called the Northwest Engineering Army.

You can already tell what they do by listening to the name. They specialize in siege, mainly building cities, fortresses and all military buildings. For example, if the army camps, professional personnel are needed to carry out the construction, and that's what they do.Equipped with various tools and trained professional personnel, these are all prepared for the rapid construction of the city in the future.

The burned red bricks and cement will become their weapons. Many eliminated military households have joined this team.

This has also led to a further shortage of manpower in the Northwest. Zhu Houzhao has discovered that a new industry has emerged in the Northwest, called Zhongren.

These people are different from the original middlemen. They are more like the human intermediaries of later generations. You pay for the kind of people you want, and we will hire them for you.Zhu Houzhao is happy to see the success of this. At the same time, Zhu Houzhao has also prepared a labor dispatch company. This company is led by Shouning Hou Zhang Heling and invested by many nobles and relatives.

It is said to be a labor dispatch chamber of commerce, but in fact it is engaged in the slave trade business, and their main function is to provide labor.

For example, whatever the country wants to build, these people can produce people. Although slaves have not yet appeared, they just go to places where refugees are located to hire labor on a large scale, and then draw money from it.With them meddling in the middle, Gu Gong's party must not dare to default on wages. Who dares to owe money to these people?

In addition, these people can solve the problem of refugees, and large-scale recruitment naturally has a scale effect.

At the same time, it would be much more convenient to have them around if the national workers are employed. As for the development of a slave trading company in the future, Zhu Houzhao didn't need to encourage it.

Capital will find a way out by itself. To hire the people of Ming Dynasty, they need to pay wages, and they are not low, because Zhu Houzhao can set the minimum wage standard, and they dare not refuse to listen. If they dare not listen, they can deal with them.All the nobles and relatives are in the hands of the emperor, which is the guarantee that the existence of the emperor will have.

What to do in order to find cheap labor?Then you can only buy slaves. Ming slaves are too expensive, so you can buy slaves from barbarians.

These people will definitely open this hole. This will be an interest group that supports foreign wars. Merchants want markets, raw materials, and pastures. Honorable men want slaves. How do they get them?The answer is very simple, that is to start a war, go catch it!What is the price of the grassland shepherds now?What is a grassland shepherd slave is the Mongols captured in the battle in Liaodong.

The captives from several wars in the Northwest have become a hot commodity these days, and the price remains high. They have their own pastures. Who doesn’t need a few experienced herdsmen?

This is also the reason why Liaodong wants to start a war. The officer landlords and ranchers in Liaodong are probably eyeing the population of Horqin.In addition to their pastures, their population is also making these people drool, which is why these people are so motivated.

"Sin!" Zhu Houzhao took a sip of wine, picked up a piece of roast leg of lamb with chopsticks, and murmured.

In Zhu Houzhao's view, the policies he implemented would only push Ming Dynasty to foreign expansion and colonization, and there was no other way to go.Once the power of capital starts rolling, it is really unstoppable, and those nobles and relatives will become staunch supporters of this empire, this is the Junker nobles!

(End of this chapter)