Chapter 585 Development is the first element (2)

"Although this move can play a positive role in the development of the Ming Dynasty and the stability of the Liao territory, it is necessary to avoid the danger of raising tigers."

Lu Xiangsheng frowned slightly, looked at Chen Yansheng and said, "Before the Jianlu were unified, the methods adopted by the Ming Dynasty to the Jurchen tribes of the three guards of Jianzhou were no different from the current form.

If we condonate the Liaodong rebel army led by Li Zicheng and continue to develop in this way, we secretly purchase firearms, artillery, etc. from our Ming Dynasty, it is difficult to guarantee that such threats will not occur.

Moreover, under the war situation, Li Zicheng's troops would never win. Once the firearms or artillery they were equipped with were captured by the Jianlu Eight Banners on the battlefield..."

Chen Yansheng smiled and said, "Governor, if that is true, the situation will only be more beneficial to our Ming Dynasty. This is not what the officials said, but the conclusion set by Your Majesty.

The military industry we have built in Tianjin, through the routes we have opened, we have directed firearms, artillery and other arms dumped by Li Zicheng's troops, are actually the first generation models developed by our Ming Dynasty Martial Arts Institute.

At present, the Military Preparation Institute is concentrating corresponding personnel to conquer the new stage of firearms, artillery, etc. to enhance the benchmark combat power of our Ming army.

What Your Majesty said is that it is best to let the Jianlu Eight Banners seize a batch of firearms and artillery through the battlefield to drag them into the arms race."

Lu Xiangsheng: "..."

What Chen Yansheng said made Lu Xiangsheng feel surprised and suspicious, although Lu Xiangsheng's concept of "arms race" was not very clear.

But it also reminds me of some.

"Does Your Majesty want to continuously cultivate military-industrial talents under Tianjin in this way and lay a foundation for the next stage of military-industrial development?"

Lu Xiangsheng frowned slightly, faced Chen Yansheng's gaze, and said in surprise: "Through the dumped firearms, artillery, etc., let Li Zicheng lead the Liaodong rebel army openly help us to restrain the Housing and Jianli, and privately continuously obtain Liao territory.

Various resources?

On the one hand, the Jianlu Eight Banners fought against Li Zicheng's troops on the battlefield, and on the other hand, they poured valuable resources into the useless military industry?"

"It's indeed this overall concept."

Chen Yansheng nodded and said, "Putting aside the Liaodong Rebel Army and the Eight Banners of Jianlu, Governor Lu knew very well that the development of local industries would inevitably require a large number of skilled craftsmen.

But if there is no stable dumping area and hot-selling industrial goods, then these industries under their rule will not be able to develop stably and orderly.

This is an extremely tedious process.

Now relying on the orders required by the Liaodong Rebel Army, the military industry, smelting, shipbuilding and other industries under our Tianjin rule are developing in an orderly manner compared to the previous scale.

Through these positive developments, other industries will be indirectly driven, and then spread to prefectures and counties near Tianjin, forming an overall upward trend."

Lu Xiangsheng nodded in agreement.

indeed.

Behind Tianjin's recent development, it has also indirectly promoted other prefectures and counties in Beizhili, and have developed accordingly. This trend is not obvious as soon as possible, but changes are formed at all times.

The most intuitive manifestation is that the inland artery surrounding the Grand Canal, such as grain, cotton, tea, silk, sugar, etc., are increasing, and the number of goods such as northern Zhili and Shandong has been successively

The clear banknotes and the tariff amount collected also increased slowly.

"If this trend can be maintained, many of the problems in the Ming Dynasty can be gradually solved."

Chen Yansheng continued: "Now the official understands why His Majesty wanted to abolish the guards and establish a palace in Tianjin? This is to break a hole in the north.

Through this positive development, the changes in the northern provinces may be long, but at least it is changing.

For example, when there were serious disasters in the northern provinces in the past, the court was passive in providing disaster relief, but now it has integrated local disaster relief, prevention and relief into local development."

“It’s indeed this trend.”

Lu Xiangsheng narrowed his eyes and said, "If we look at the current trend, Your Majesty will inevitably make corresponding adjustments and rectifications to tariffs, commercial taxes, mining taxes and other tax items in the future.

The reason why I am not involved in these tax items is to guide the changes maintained by the northern provinces to grow up vigorously.

When a large number of large-scale chemical workshops appear in Beizhili, Shandong, Henan, Shanxi, Shaanxi and other places, and those bankrupt lower-level groups can be diverted to these industrial fields, they will start doing these things."

The current situation in the Ming Dynasty is actually a relatively embarrassing situation. The economic model of land production is gradually shrinking due to the influence of the Little Ice Age.

The primitive industrialization conceived by Emperor Chongzhen is still in its infancy of development. Whether this germination can take root or grow is something that no one can say.

After all, this was a path that Ming Dynasty had never taken before, and no one knew what would happen in the process.

"It is precisely with such a macro concept that all we can do is to gradually implement all the things we have decided before."

Chen Yansheng couldn't hide his excitement and said: "The Xiaguan now wants to see that the Ming Dynasty can drive adjustments and changes under its rule by actively opening the sea.

If the wealth accumulated by the treasury can become more and more abundant in this process, then Your Majesty can use this to innovate bad policies, rectify the administration of officials, deal with changes, and then lead the Ming Dynasty toward the road of rejuvenation."

"The conception is beautiful, and the reality is cruel."

Lu Xiangsheng sighed lightly, looked at Chen Yansheng and said, "Just for the current development, I have encountered a lot of obstacles and constraints in the North Zhili side.

We are shouldering a heavy burden, and we cannot make mistakes in every step, and we cannot make mistakes in every decision, otherwise the harm will be endless.

Especially the Tianjin Zhili Prefecture you have taken, this is even more so.

Regarding the dumping of arms, we should still submit secret memorials to Your Majesty regularly, and always control the changes in Liao territory to avoid the occurrence of raising tigers."

"The governor taught the right lesson."

Chen Yansheng nodded and replied: "The officials will be more cautious about these things and will definitely avoid such hidden dangers. After all, the Ming Dynasty today cannot withstand any changes."

Under the macro-control of Emperor Chongzhen, under the actual control of local talents such as Lu Xiangsheng and Chen Yansheng, the Ming Dynasty was undergoing a silent change.

Perhaps this change is relatively long, but for the Ming Dynasty, which is full of disasters and holes, it can play a positive role in checking out omissions and filling in the gaps. This is what Emperor Chongzhen wanted to see, and there is no development.

The shortcut is to go one step at a time.
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