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Chapter 263 Privateer License
Chapter 263 Privateer License
Zhu Yijun is now only sending out a signal not to abolish the New Deal and continue to reform the system, but the big bureaucrats and landlords in the world only allow them to make profits from the outside world, and they are not allowed to abolish the New Deal and wantonly merge and exploit domestic production by means of lending. People are still skeptical or opposed to the holy will of the people.
After all, the strong inertia of the small peasant economy cannot be changed by the emperor sending out a signal.
More work needs to be done to get the big bureaucrats and big landlords out of the habit of preferring to exploit their own people rather than expanding and technological revolution.
Including Zhu Yijun himself, the emperor.
He has many concubines and maids to support, and a large group of domestic slaves to maintain their loyalty. He also needs a large sum of money to satisfy his luxurious and comfortable life, and he needs enough gold flowers and silver to maintain the morale of the army.
In addition, if Zhu Yijun didn't want to suddenly catch fire in his harem or be strangled suddenly because he didn't have enough money, he had to find a way to make money.
Undoubtedly, it is most convenient to increase the rent from tenant farmers in Huangzhuang, or open imperial stores to take profits from small traders, or even take money directly from the state treasury, and let the foreign bureaucrats find ways to raise taxes from the people to make up for the loss of state treasury. of.
But it's easy is easy.
But Zhu Yijun, who understood the consequences, was still a little unwilling.
Because he knows that doing this is a typical landlord thinking that he would rather force his own people to live than work hard to make the cake bigger.
Although Zhu Yijun is perfectly fine, the situation where a large number of people die because of such a choice will only occur after he returns to the land a hundred years, and no matter how many lives will be swallowed up by the torrential flood in the future, Zhu Yijun still wants to try to see if he can use the method of upgrading technology. The way to make profits from colonizing the world is more convenient than the way to make profits from enslaving the people of the country.
Therefore, Zhu Yijun also specially decreed to change the Inner Court Military Warfare Bureau into a general supervisor, and under the general supervisor, set up an Ordnance Design Institute and Huangming Industrial School, and gave 100 million taels of silver to the general supervisor every year as a support The Ordnance Design Institute recruits senior craftsmen to develop new weapons and trains technical talents in the Huangming Industrial Academy.
As a result, the position of the general supervisor in the 24 yamen of the inner court is undoubtedly much higher than when it was still a military battle.
"My lord, this is the new warship presented by Liu Ming, the young supervisor of Jiang Zuojian. This warship has lowered the poop and forecastle, increased the number of floors, and wrapped the bottom with copper skin, which also makes the whole warship more comfortable. The hull is more curved, and a sail is even added behind the warship to adjust the direction."
this day.
It is the time when the autumn sun shines brightly.
The sparkling water on the Taiye Pool reflects the yellow leaves on both banks.
And Zhu Yijun, accompanied by Chen Zheng, the eunuch of Xin Bingbi, the supervisor of ceremonies, came here specially to check the new warship developed by the supervisor according to his request.
After hearing this, Zhu Yijun asked: "So, this warship is more suitable for long-distance sailing?"
Liu Ming walked over immediately, knelt down in front of Zhu Yijun and said, "Go back to the emperor, in my opinion, it is indeed more suitable for long-distance ships."
Zhu Yijun nodded after hearing this: "So, let the supervisor of ceremonies send someone to take this warship to Fujian together with Liu Ming, let the governor of Fujian Jin Xuezeng take the navy to try this ship, and test the effect. If it works, There will be great rewards for all of them! In addition, let the people sent by the Rites Superintendent patrol the sea area on my behalf, and allow them to act cheaply, so as not to encounter the situation where the new warships are robbed by pirates and cannot retaliate."
"According to the order!"
Chen Zheng, Liu Ming and other eunuchs all showed excitement.
Since the clearing of Zhang Tianmu, Zhu Yijun's Huangzhuang has also been forced to clear a lot of hidden fields.
In addition, in order to prevent more royal tenants from escaping, Huangzhuang also had to reduce rent and interest rates, which made many eunuchs in the inner court lose a lot of financial resources.
In addition, since Jiajing, the inner eunuchs began to abolish the guarding officials and their income has been greatly reduced. Therefore, in addition to the regular salary and incentives and subsidies, the income of the inner eunuchs is mainly from the officials of the outer dynasty. of bribery.
And this has resulted in a result, that is, the eunuchs will have more frequent contact with the scholar-bureaucrats of the outer dynasty, and are more likely to be bribed by the scholar-bureaucrats of the outer court.
This phenomenon actually began to intensify in the last years of Jiajing.
Even reformist civil servants like Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng were able to take power in the first place because they colluded with the eunuchs and formed an alliance of interests with the eunuchs.
Although private collusion between internal eunuchs and civil servants of the outer court, even if it is only private contact, is a taboo and will be severely punished by the emperor, but the nature of people seeking profit is difficult to completely stop, not to mention that there are tens of thousands of eunuchs in the court. It is also difficult to control it.
Therefore, if Zhu Yijun wants to curb the collusion between the eunuchs and the scholar-bureaucrats outside the court, he needs to change the main method of income for the eunuchs in the court secretly, and let them change from accepting bribes as the main income to accepting scientific research projects and major projects. To profit, supplemented by stricter measures to prohibit private contact between the inner court and the outer court.
Of course, even though Zhu Yijun encouraged the inner court personnel to make profits through R&D and undertaking major projects, he was strict with the results of R&D and projects.
Even if you want to make money, it’s okay, but don’t make fools of yourself.
It is also for this purpose that General Zuo supervises the research and development of new warships.
Although Liu Ming falsely reported a lot of money for the research and development of new warships, the warships he built were indeed not flashy things, but he decided to develop them after personally asking the opinions of the old military officials who had retired from the Daming Navy. A new type of long-distance warship.
In terms of mastering the technology of ocean voyages, Daming was originally the strongest, and also the most willing to innovate.
You must know that the stern rudder technology, which is the most critical for ocean-going navigation, was originally a Chinese invention.
It's just that this technology originated in China only helped Columbus discover America.
However, China, as the inventor itself, not only did not discover America because of this, but also voluntarily discarded many originally advanced technologies. Just like voluntarily discarding the multi-spindle spinning machine and deep drilling technology, Daming voluntarily gave up its own advanced technology foundation for ocean-going navigation. , and even took the initiative to burn the oceanographic data of ocean voyages.
But now, Zhu Yijun began to use his status as emperor to intervene and restart the research and development of voyage technology.
Originally, the emperor was the last thing that needed to encourage technological revolution.
Because the emperor can completely replace the role of technology with a lot of labor because he has supreme power.
It's just that Zhu Yijun is different, because of his familiarity with the history of later generations, he wants to live a more happy imperial life by improving his technology.
Because of meeting such an emperor, Sun Bin, the eunuch of the chief inspector, the accompanying eunuch and the general supervisor, and Liu Ming, the young supervisor of the general supervisor, were able to come to Fujian on a new warship, and they were determined to use this new warship Make some money.
That's right, anyone will learn to maximize the benefits of the power they have without a teacher.
And Sun Bin and Liu Ming were no exception.
After they came to Fujian to meet the governor Jin Xuezeng, with the assistance of the navy commander Shen Yourong, they carried the new warship built by the Ming Dynasty in the name of a new warship that was popular in the [-]th century. European galleon-style warships went to the vicinity of Luzon Island, where they robbed a Xiyi armed merchant ship.
However, Zhu Yijun received a report jointly signed by Jin Xuezeng, Sun Bin, Liu Ming, and Shen Yourong after that. When they were trying to sail the new warship, they happened to encounter a barbarian ship attacking the new warship. The navy had no choice but to fight back, and wiped out all the pirates on the barbarian boat, and obtained a lot of pirate money.
Because Jin Xuezeng and others handed over 30 taels of silver to Zhu Yijun, Zhu Yijun could only choose to acquiesce, and issued a reward. The pen eunuch, Liu Ming is the general eunuch, Jia Jinxue used to be the deputy capital censor, and he is the first commander of this new warship, for the sake of 30 taels of silver , to issue Shen Yourong an imperial edict to 'suppress bandits cheaply', which is equivalent to a private plunder license.
There is no way, Jin Xuezeng, Sun Bin, Shen Yourong and others abide by the rules and know that the emperor cannot be forgotten when it comes to getting rich, so Zhu Yijun can see their loyalty.
Zhu Yijun also chose to admit that what they said was true.
What's more, Zhu Yijun is now spending a lot of money to encourage scientific research and to make the life of the inner court more harmonious. The internal money income has gradually been unable to offset the expenditure. Taking it back and increasing the income of Huangzhuang Yintian, he took the initiative to choose to be the umbrella of these people, otherwise he would not have given Sun Bin the right to act cheaply in advance.
(End of this chapter)