The eighth year of the Apocalypse, early spring!&1t;/p>

Japan's Tokugawa Shogunate received a news that shocked them, that was, the Sendai Basilica and the Ming Dynasty had traded, and it was an open and upright trade, with a large transaction volume. Copy the website and visit&1t;/p>

Tokugawa Hidetachi was furious and immediately attacked.&1t;/p>

The reason why Japan wants to close its country is to isolate an environment where only the Tokugawa shogunate can communicate with the outside world, thereby obtaining monopoly on external resources, and making huge profits by reselling imported goods, thereby enhancing its own strength and continuously suppressing local daimyos.&1t;/p>

The Sendai vassal dared to engage in trade with the Ming Dynasty, which has touched the bottom line. If the Sendai vassal is not eliminated as soon as possible, the consequences will be unimaginable.&1t;/p>

A war broke out quickly, and the two sides quickly started to fight.&1t;/p>

However, after Tokugawa Shogunate attacked the Sendai vassal, it quickly hit a huge bag. The Sendai vassal troops used a large number of artillery, directly bombarding the Shogunate army. Then the Sendai vassal took advantage of the victory and defeated the Shogunate army.&1t;/p>

After the Shogunate failed to attack the Sendai vassal, the Sendai vassal began to make diplomatic and trade with the Ming Dynasty even more openly, and it completely ignored the orders of the Shogunate. Japan, which had just been unified for a few years, had once again split.&1t;/p>

This time the shogunate had no choice over the Sendai vassal. As long as you weren't blind, you could see that the Ming Dynasty supported the Sendai vassal behind the scenes. Otherwise, how could the Sendai vassal obtain so many artillery? These artillery was never sold to the Tokugawa Shogunate.&1t;/p>

The Tokugawa shogunate, who had straightened up his ideas, immediately sent an envoy to protest against the Ming Dynasty's violation of the agreement and traded with Japanese local daimyos. As a result, the Ming Dynasty accused Japan of setting up trade barriers and restricting the outflow of precious metals, which seriously hindered free trade.&1t;/p>

"We trade with the Sendai vassal because the Sendai vassal is willing to trade freely with the Ming Dynasty. If your shogunate cannot open up the market and allow the Ming Dynasty to trade freely in Japan, then there may be no need for the Tokugawa shogunate." The threat in the words of the envoys on the Ming side was full of threats, which made the shogunate envoys angry on the spot.&1t;/p>

The Tokugawa shogunate was obviously unwilling to compromise with the Ming Dynasty on the stance of fully opening up the Japanese market. After the first attack on the Sendai vassal failed, he immediately drew troops from various places and fought with the Sendai vassal again. An anxious and long tug-of-war was staged like this.&1t;/p>

The strength of the Sendai vassal is naturally impossible to compete with the Tokugawa Shogunate. The Tokugawa Shogunate is not only the most powerful daimyo, but also can convene a large number of daimyos to fight for it. The number of troops is more than ten times that of the Sendai vassal.&1t;/p>

However, behind the Sendai vassal, the Ming Dynasty was supporting them, and it was so open that it was so open that the flints were supported by the Sendai vassal, so that the Sendai vassal could quickly form batches of infantry by relying on these flints. The artillery even supported a large number of past, and also sent the Beiyang fleet to cooperate with the Sendai vassal combat.&1t;/p>

When the Tokugawa Shogunate and the Sendai Basilica were fighting fiercely, the two powerful vassals of the Satsuma Basilica Kaga Basilica suddenly rebelled, and for a moment the rule of the Tokugawa Shogunate was simply burning everywhere.&1t;/p>

There is no doubt that the Satsuma and Kaga vassals both received support from the Ming Dynasty. With the Ming Dynasty behind their backs, the rebellions that built the shogunate were very active.&1t;/p>

The three most powerful foreign names suddenly rebelled and received the open support of the Ming Dynasty, which was a huge threat to the Tokugawa shogunate.&1t;/p>

Tokugawa Hidetachi is very popular, but he still means that.&1t;/p>

Suppression!&1t;/p>

Resolutely suppress!&1t;/p>

He knew that as long as he made a step back, he would have to make many steps back later. It would be easy to push the situation into an invertible state.&1t;/p>

If these foreign names can be suppressed now, the problem will be much smaller.&1t;/p>

Japan soon became chaotic, and under the flaming fire of the Ming Dynasty, the war started to burn again. Tokugawa Hidetachi's intention to attack Hokkaido was also dead due to the rebellion of the three foreign daimyos. The trade between the Tokugawa shogunate and the Ming Dynasty also stopped completely. At this time, the Ming Dynasty was not afraid that the Tokugawa shogunate would not bow its head.&1t;/p>

…&1t;/p>

There has not been a rain in northern Shaanxi since the beginning of the year. A drought has come as Zhu Youxiao expected. This drought is very serious, and the drought is not seen in a century. It is still born on the Loess Plateau, and its disaster resistance here is relatively weak.&1t;/p>

When drought occurs, Shaanxi has been included in the scope of the new policy reform.&1t;/p>

First, the court ordered the opening of the strategic reserve warehouse. At the same time, it issued a policy of labor-for-relief and various policies to encourage immigration to transfer the population in northern Shaanxi.&1t;/p>

Under the policy of labor-for-relief, it is obvious that people cannot starve to death. For those who have no ability to work, they should directly provide relief.&1t;/p>

In the eighth year of the revelation, the entire north was included in the new policy system, and a large number of construction activities also provided enough jobs. Whether these victims moved to towns, immigrated to the Western Regions, or moved temporarily, they would not have to worry about not finding work.&1t;/p>

During the process of organizing population migration, the court also dispatched troops to maintain order and provided many vehicles for transportation.&1t;/p>

All the rural population in northern Shaanxi left the countryside and went to various construction sites to work. This time the imperial court directly moved out of millions of people from northern Shaanxi.&1t;/p>

Of course, it is impossible to migrate all people. There are still people in the towns in northern Shaanxi, and food supply is also guaranteed. When the drought is over, some of the rural population will return.&1t;/p>

The problem of a drought was quickly solved. With the rapid response of the court, no problems occurred at all.&1t;/p>

Especially those border troops, by the eighth year of the Apocalypse, the last batch of demobilization and resettlement had begun to be implemented, and the military households on the Nine Borders had completely become history and no longer existed.&1t;/p>

In history, a large number of bandits caused by the northern Shaanxi Association in the first year of Chongzhen, mainly because the court embezzled military pay and did not provide guarantees for the border troops. As a result, these border troops could only plunder the people's lives under drought. The border troops took the lead in robbing, and the production of the people was completely in chaos. In addition, the defeated soldiers who participated in the Battle of Sarhu in the early years became bandits, driving away hungry people to plunder the towns, so the bandits became more and more fierce.&1t;/p>

Later, under the tricks of the Donglin Party, Chongzhen made many tricks, and the more he suppressed the people, he lost the hearts of the people, and the thieves became peasant army in a certain sense.&1t;/p>

Now there are no border troops, and the bandits in northern Shaanxi have been wiped out by Zhu Youxiao. In recent years, the imperial court has focused on clearing these bandits with military qualities. Once these bandits encounter disaster, they will plunder the hungry people everywhere, which is too great.&1t;/p>

In order to avoid repeating the same mistakes, Zhu Youxiao completely wiped out the thieves in northern Shaanxi before natural disasters.&1t;/p>

That morning, Zhu Youxiao asked about the progress of the disaster relief work as soon as he came to court.&1t;/p>

"Report to Your Majesty, the disaster relief work has been implemented. The local and imperial court appointed personnel are doing their best to ensure the resettlement of the victims. The current situation is very stable and there is no need to starve to death." Officials from the Ministry of Civil Affairs reported.&1t;/p>

"Yes!" Zhu Youxiao nodded with satisfaction, and then ordered: "There are many victims now, so we will focus on the water conservancy projects in Shaanxi and Gansu provinces."&1t;/p>

"Yes, Your Majesty."&1t;/p>

Among the current construction activities, water conservancy construction is a very important project. After all, more and more people will be "liberated" from the land. It is very necessary to improve agricultural productivity. Water conservancy facilities can not only improve agricultural productivity and also enhance disaster resistance. For the current environment where natural disasters are constantly occurring, water conservancy facilities must be repaired.&1t;/p>

Comprehensive repair of water conservancy is also a key project for reform.&1t;/p>

Once the water conservancy facilities in various northern provinces are repaired, the agricultural problems will basically be solved.&1t;/p>

"Your Majesty, the pre-determined examination is almost here. Will the civil service examination date be implemented?" Lai Zongdao, the Minister of Rites, asked Zhu Youxiao.&1t;/p>

"Select the subject according to the plan to win the students." Zhu Youxiao nodded, the imperial examination and civil service examination were held together this year, and the court really needed a large amount of new blood injection.&1t;/p>

This imperial examination was also Zhu Youxiao's bargaining weight for stabilizing the emotions of the landlord class. If he still didn't enroll in the imperial examination and selected the scholars, it would probably be a big deal for those landlord classes.&1t;/p>

The pure landlord classes in the south are still waiting and watching. Anyway, the reform will not be able to be changed for a while, and the sky falls and they are tall.&1t;/p>

Landlords in northern provinces are now in trouble. After announcing the inclusion of Shaanxi and Gansu in the scope of reform at the beginning of the year, landlords in northern China can no longer collect rent at home with their feet raised and comfortable. Nowadays, landlords are restricted very low, and there is no future in collecting rent.&1t;/p>

In addition, after the industry began to be exhibited, some tenant farmers were unwilling to do it. Working in towns can make a lot more profit than being a tenant for these landlords.&1t;/p>

However, some landlords have now managed agricultural companies through down-to-earth management and have made good profits. Especially those landlords who grow cash crops have made a lot of money.&1t;/p>

In fact, the reforms in the northern provinces did not shake the interests of these landlords so much. They just asked them to concentrate their land to establish agricultural companies to achieve the purpose of land enclosure movement. And collect agricultural tax.&1t;/p>

The land is gathered in large quantities in the hands of some people. Such a gap between the rich and the poor is still a big social problem. State-owned capital consortiums are now also a large number of land mergers. The land enclosure movement continues to progress. Capital is a game where big fish eat small fish. After these landlords 6 continued to establish agricultural companies for capitalization, it is actually not difficult for state-owned capital consortiums to merge these lands.&1t;/p>

However, for the court, after the comprehensive reform of the north, agricultural tax will definitely increase significantly, and the tax-free class can no longer be exempted.&1t;/p>

At the same time, commercial tax will also see a large increase, because northern provinces are now fully charged for commercial tax.&1t;/p>

The provinces included in the new policy areas have also used paper money, and bank branches have been fully laid in the northern region, completely replacing the past money shops.&1t;/p>

The improvement of the banking system has made business more convenient. The most profitable is naturally the state-owned capital consortium, because the state-owned capital consortium can obtain a large number of low-interest loans, and the cost of obtaining funds is relatively low.&1t;/p>

A large number of investment activities quickly boosted the eight-year economy of Tianqi. Investment will generate an economic growth multiplier, which usually turns several times. Usually after the marginal consumption decreases, the multiplier that investment can drive becomes lower and lower. The provinces have just begun reforms, and the people have a huge market demand, and the economic growth driven by this investment is very considerable.&1t;/p>

The marginal consumption in Beizhili is the lowest, because the new policy has been implemented for the longest time, and the consumption of many ordinary people has been met, and the marginal consumption is lower. However, the economic growth rate in the eight years of Tianqi is very considerable, because the steam engine has driven the development of the textile industry and various industries.&1t;/p>

The current steam engine orders for machinery manufacturers have been scheduled until next year. The commercial benefits brought by high-pressure steam engines are simply amazing.&1t;/p>

Many merchants have discovered high-pressure steam engines, and have even personally seen them in factories that use high-pressure steam engines. The roaring scene shocked them, and the performance of the steam engine was surprising. Many merchants want to buy steam engines.&1t;/p>

However, the steam engine is the thing. At present, as long as the machinery manufacturing factory in Beizhili can make it, and the patents are also in the hands of the official. This thing is still a top-secret technology.&1t;/p>

Many merchants go to machinery manufacturing plants to buy, but machinery manufacturing plants do not accept their orders at all. Because the demand orders within the state-owned capital consortium are all scheduled to go next year.&1t;/p>

Of course, these private businessmen need to buy steam engines, but they have to meet the needs of the state-owned capital consortium first, and the price is relatively high.&1t;/p>

The price of selling steam engines to state-owned enterprises is actually relatively high, but the machinery manufacturing plants are also state-owned enterprises. The money is just to change the left hand to the right hand, and the cost is actually relatively low.&1t;/p>

The application of steam engines soon began to be used in mechanical processing, and production in various fields has continued to successfully apply steam engines.&1t;/p>

What flour, rice processing, sugar pressing...&1t;/p>

There are many fields where steam engines can be used, so there are more and more orders. The industrial revolution has begun. After these steam engines are manufactured, they are basically installed in factories as quickly as possible and then started production.&1t;/p>

Many fields are still exploring how to apply steam engines. The textile industry is the first field to complete the exploration. Cotton cloth with low labor costs has been mass-produced.&1t;/p>

The price of cotton cloth on the market has not dropped, after all, it can be sold. However, the price of raw materials has risen, and the state-owned capital consortium has begun to purchase cotton everywhere. Even if the price is higher, it doesn’t matter. Because of the emergence of steam engines, even raw materials with higher prices can make profits.&1t;/p>

However, the textile workshop owners and factory owners in Jiangnan cannot stand such high prices of raw materials. They are simply not allowed to live!&1t;/p>

The state-owned capital consortium now has access to cotton with relatively low prices overseas, but is still pushing up the domestic cotton price.&1t;/p>

The only thing that can be thankful is that in the eighth year of the Tianqi period, the textile industry capacity of the state-owned capital consortium only increased by 1.50,000 spindles. This capacity is not enough to completely swallow the textile markets of various provinces in the Ming Dynasty. The Jiangnan textile industry has not yet suffered a complete impact. (To be continued.)&1t;/p>
Chapter completed!