Wanli Youming

Chapter 529: The Great Achievement of the Kingdom of Heaven All Day, and the Love of the Son of Heav

Chapter 529: The Great Achievement of the Kingdom of Heaven All Day, and the Love of the Son of Heaven!

Xu Zhenming nodded: "I understand this truth. Wu Qianxian from Busan in the past told me this truth, so you can rest assured."

"So good."

"Also, I wonder if Shang Kingdom is willing to find more iron ore and coal mining in the hinterland of my kingdom?"

Shen Chengmin asked with a smile after speaking.

Xu Zhenming couldn't help asking: "What do you mean?"

Shen Chengmin said: "It's like this, my kingdom is mountainous, and now thanks to the protection of Shangguo, our country has been in peace for many years and the population is increasing day by day, so we are willing to invite Shangguo to open mines in our territory to further benefit our kingdom. The people, by the way, can be regarded as a little filial piety expressed by the Kingdom for the father of the Shang Kingdom; but we must be allowed to participate in the dividends. right."

Xu Zhenming nodded with a smile: "You are fighting for blessings for your own people, so I naturally agree with you!"

Then, Xu Zhenming said again: "But since you want to win the grace for your little people so much, why don't you make more efforts?"

After hearing this, Shen Chengmin clasped his hands and asked, "What more efforts should I do, please enlighten me!"

"You should not just allow the government-run mines of the Kingdom of Heaven to develop mines, but also completely open the sea ban and border ban in Shang Kingdom."

"Of course, both officials and citizens of Shang Kingdom can come to your country to invest money and start a business. Naturally, they still have to pay dividends and taxes for you."

"And doing so, wouldn't it further increase your kingdom's tax revenue, and also solve the problem of your kingdom's growing population?"

"It can also check and balance your kingdom's rich and right industries, because the officials and people of Shangguo came to your kingdom to set up industries, only to make money, not to fight for power. If you really want to directly rule your kingdom, why should you stay in your royal court?"

"In addition, the skills of all the craftsmen of the Celestial Dynasty are far superior to yours, and there are more talents of all kinds than you. If you come to the kingdom to do practical work, your country will only be richer than it is now. If you can only produce three bolts of cloth a month, you can If the number is increased to four horses, the day when everyone will not be harmed by freezing can be expected!"

Xu Zhenming explained his own views at this time.

After hearing this, Shen Chengmin thought for a while, and then suddenly bowed his hands to Xu Zhenming: "Then please ask the upper kingdom to support this subject to become the leader of the kingdom to discuss politics. If you can, this subject will definitely urge this matter!"

Leading the government is equivalent to the prime minister in North Korea.

Xu Zhenming nodded after listening.

A look of joy appeared on Shen Chengmin's face.

There are many enlightened scholar-bureaucrats in North Korea who no longer dislike Daming coming to North Korea to station troops, do business, and even build roads and develop minerals.

Because they had to admit that Ming Dynasty was indeed superior in technology and management, and it could indeed increase the income of many people in North Korea, and the increase in the income of the people could also increase their tax revenue.

After the Korean King Li Yan and his ministers stationed troops in Pusan ​​and Tsushima Island, and even built military stations along the way, and opened many weaving workshops and mines in these places, they tried to greatly increase the burden on their own people. One tax did not cause a large-scale civil uprising, and many people accepted it frankly.

Naturally, the reason is that many Korean people earned a lot of money working for Daming in places like Busan and Tsushima Island. The main reason is that Daming really paid the wages for the sales of cotton cloth.

Therefore, many people in North Korea have money in their hands. Although a lot of income has been confiscated by the court, it is still better than starving to death without land and production.

And because of this.

Li Yan and some of his ministers also discovered that it was beneficial for the rulers themselves that Da Ming came to develop their own kingdom. Not only did the treasury income increase, but internal peasant uprisings also decreased a lot, and they could ask Da Ming to help them learn a lesson more confidently. Huren and Japanese pirates who came to harass him from time to time.

Shen Chengmin was such a scholar-bureaucrat, so he was willing to open up to Ming Dynasty further, and shortly afterwards, the Ming officials stationed in Korea instructed the King of Korea to let him be the leader of the government.

As soon as Shen Chengmin became the leader, he began to ask the king of North Korea to allow further opening up of Ming Dynasty in the economic field.

"This country is the most loyal vassal state of the Celestial Dynasty, and it should use its material resources to accomplish the great cause of the Celestial Dynasty and win the favor of the Son of Heaven."

"Therefore, Shen Qing's performance is approved."

"Welcome the officials and people of the Celestial Dynasty to come to the kingdom to do business and give lectures."

The king of North Korea, Li Yan, also agreed to Shen Chengmin's request after Shen Chengmin's subsequent report.

At this time, Shen Chengmin said again: "Your Highness, I think that although our country has this heart, the officials and people of the upper country may not want to come to our North Korea, because Dongying is a land directly under the central government, there is not much tax, and the population The benefits are more and cheaper, so we can't just agree, but also have a policy that can attract officials and people from the upper kingdom to come to our country to do practical work."

Li Yan nodded: "Qing is a person who understands, as it should be, to pass on Gu's will, the Yi government should formulate a series of policies to attract Shangguan officials and people as soon as possible, and must treat Shangguo officials and people who come to their country with courtesy. Everything must be handled with caution, not sloppy!"

"If the officials and people of Shangguo commit crimes in the court, they will not be asked if they can not be questioned, they will not be arrested if they can't be arrested, and they will not be imprisoned if they can't be imprisoned! It is really necessary to ask for an explanation because of the heinous crime, and we must first report it to the Emperor of Busan for approval. To show our respect for courtesy, let the officials and people of the upper kingdom know our courtesy, and they are more willing to come to North Korea to help our kingdom be more prosperous and peaceful!"

After Li Yan said this, all the officials bowed their hands and said yes.

Not long after, Zhu Yijun also learned about this from Xu Zhenming's Zhang Zuo, and also received a Zhang Zuo from the King of Joseon asking for the official and private funds of the Ming Dynasty to come to Korea for further blessings.

"Quit what you play!"

"The dynasty of the Li family has always respected the Emperor Ming, and even followed the etiquette and customs of China. Its people should also be my children, and they should be benevolent."

"Therefore, I not only approved what he played, but also intended to regard it as the most benevolent country, that is, the most favored country. Therefore, I ordered the cabinet to discuss an appropriate tax reduction for goods from North Korea. In the future, Fantafan will come to China. As much as the minimum tax on goods in China, North Korea also pays as much import tax! But North Korea has to do the same, but they must use our silver dollar coupons to settle the goods."

Zhu Yijun is no stranger to this, so he is happy to influence North Korea in the economic field first.

The reason why Zhu Yijun asked North Korea to use silver dollar coupons to settle goods in order to obtain most-favored-nation treatment is to avoid the outflow of silver dollars, and the use of silver dollar coupons in the future can control North Korea's economy.

The king of North Korea, Li Yan, did not refuse, because the royal family and scholar-bureaucrats who control the most goods in North Korea are actually his royal family and scholar-bureaucrats. Most of the goods exported from North Korea to Ming Dynasty every year are their goods, so Zhu Yijun promised to give the most-favored-nation treatment if silver dollar coupons are used. They naturally agreed.

As a result, more and more government-run and private industries in Ming Dynasty went across the sea to open mines and factories in North Korea because of the low import tax collected by Ming Dynasty, and North Korea gave special treatment to Han people in the past, and they all made a lot of money. few.

Especially industries with relatively low technical barriers and higher labor cost requirements, such as mineral development, spinning, and equipment assembly.

Wuxi.

"Are they all going to North Korea?"

After Gu Xiancheng and Gu Yuncheng obtained the decree from Shen Shihang to establish the crown prince, they returned home from the capital feeling disappointed. As soon as Gu Xiancheng returned home, he heard Gu Xuancheng, who was running the family business at home, say that many of his old tenants who had expired were going to North Korea. There is no longer any matter of renting their fields.

Gu Xuancheng replied: "Yes, there are more and more people going to sea in the Jiangnan area, and everyone is saying that they can earn more money in Dongying, North Korea, and live more comfortably than in Jiangnan. Even the local officials treat Han people like themselves. If you are being polite, you all want to come back after making a lot of money in the past, and you don’t want to rent our fields anymore.”

"Going out of the country for self-interest is not filial or respectful to the ancestors!"

Gu Xiancheng scolded, and said: "So Taizu also opposed the people going out of the county and set up a guide system, but it's a pity that this system has been completely abolished now."

"It's useless to reason, not only those who want to go to North Korea, but also those who want to go to Japan, and even those who want to go to Myanmar."

Gu Xuancheng replied.

"This is the inevitable thing that happens when governing the country with Zhang Taiyue's learning!"

At this time, Gu Yuncheng said something aside, and said: "For profit from the outside world, it means that people will also run outside, then filial piety and loyalty will be annihilated, and the world will be corrupted! Everyone will hate farming even more, so that Xiangzi is full of profit-seeking people, and even the whole country is full of profit-seeking people!"

"That's right!"

Gu Xiancheng nodded, and then asked Gu Xuancheng: "Is it useless to lower rent and interest?"

"It's useless!"

"They just don't want to be tenant farmers! Even if we reduce the rent to the minimum and lower the interest rate lower than that of the government-run bank, they would rather go to the government-run bank to borrow money for going to sea with higher interest rates."

Gu Xuancheng replied.

(End of this chapter)