In the 14th year of the Apocalypse, banks relaxed their monetary tightening policies, and the relaxation aspect was to continue to tilt funds towards railway construction.&1t;/p>

Railway, railway, or railway!&1t;/p>

In northern provinces, railway construction sites are everywhere, and a large number of workers are sweating on the construction site, and their wages have increased slightly compared to the past year.&1t;/p>

Besides railways, it is iron and steelmaking.&1t;/p>

At this time, steel and railways became Zhu Youxiao's main magic weapon to drive the economy. With the preparation and talent cultivation in previous years, steel smelting officially exploded.&1t;/p>

"Emperor, the General Administration of Railways has submitted a memorial that the railway to the Western Regions will be officially opened to traffic tomorrow." Li Chaoqing, the eunuch of Bingbi, said to Zhu Youxiao, who picked up the memorial and read it.&1t;/p>

"It's finally opened to traffic! Well, this year, the cotton from the Western Regions can be easily transported back to the pass." Zhu Youxiao sighed happily.&1t;/p>

This year, 1.50,000 mu of cotton were terminated in the Western Regions, and the railway was built just in a good way.&1t;/p>

This is simply a great addition to the textile industry in the Ming Dynasty! With the cotton output in the Western Regions and the cotton production areas in the Yellow River Delta region, the cotton in these two major production areas will be added together, so the people of the Ming Dynasty will not have to be frozen.&1t;/p>

The fourth year of the Apocalypse was in power, and the earth fortune would last until the twenty-fourth year of the Apocalypse. Now it is about to reach its peak, and it is a good time to develop metallurgy, chemical industry, and railways. These things and five elements are all metal.&1t;/p>

Zhu Youxiao thought in his mind that he still had to continue building the railway.&1t;/p>

Zhu Youxiao looked at the map and the railway construction report presented below. This year, railways are being built everywhere in northern provinces, so grain transportation has become much more convenient.&1t;/p>

Especially in the Northeast region, railways can cover many places this year. When the autumn harvest is reached, the grain in the Northeast can be transported into the pass through the railway in large quantities.&1t;/p>

There is a lot of arable land in the Northeast, and now many people have been immigrated. Agricultural production has also been exhibited and arranged, and the production of commercial grain is getting higher and higher every year.&1t;/p>

In addition to the convenience of railway transportation, no matter how natural disasters are, you have to worry about the people having no food to eat.&1t;/p>

After more than ten years of struggle, Zhu Youxiao can finally breathe a sigh of relief. Now the people of northern provinces do not have to worry about not having enough cotton and food, and with railway transportation of food to rescue disasters, the north will not be in chaos.&1t;/p>

As long as the north cannot become chaotic and the south cannot become chaotic, the country can maintain basic stability.&1t;/p>

"Your Majesty, I heard that the people are now praising your great achievements everywhere, especially those provinces that have entered the reform or completed the reform." Li Chaoqing bowed and smiled, "It is said that it is the emperor who has allowed everyone to live a good life."&1t;/p>

"No, I don't know if the lives of the people are good or not." Zhu Youxiao said with some displeasure, Qian Guoxing next to him hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, you have been too worried. After His Majesty rectified the administration in recent years, the lives of the people of the people have indeed been much better!"&1t;/p>

Zhu Youxiao has made a head start. From this perspective, the people's lives have indeed been much better. However, Zhu Youxiao knows that the times are about to develop, and people's demands also increase with the increase of productivity. However, the increase in productivity will increase the ability to resist risks in natural disasters.&1t;/p>

In the past, the imperial court did not act and local chaos was serious. In addition, natural disasters were raging, and people often had problems with eating.&1t;/p>

Now after reform, ordinary farmers have begun to be exempted from taxes. At the same time, they cannot dig food from the fields, and they can still work on the construction site to earn wages. In general, they cannot starve to death.&1t;/p>

The part that the people praise is just because the court began to take charge of the affairs, and the local corruption and bribery and taxation disorder have been cracked down and curbed. Things that violated the chaos of discipline are not dared to be carried out openly, so they can only do it secretly. A large number of flies are killed.&1t;/p>

With corvee labor, land tax reduction and food transportation guarantee, it is not that difficult for ordinary people to survive. Naturally, life is much better than before.&1t;/p>

However, Zhu Youxiao knew that if you stop, the internal contradictions would still be huge.&1t;/p>

After all, with the opening of the industrial revolution, the problem of urbanization will gradually be exposed. The gap between the rich and the poor may continue to widen in the future, especially in the twenty-four years after the Apocalypse, when Eight White Saturn was in power, from the trend of earth fortune, it is an era when the richer the richer the richer the poor, the less rich the poor.&1t;/p>

In the original history, with the Qing Dynasty entering the pass, a large group of powerful people and lackeys, after they defected to the Qing Dynasty, the poor became serfs, and the rich were in a row.&1t;/p>

The reason why the Qing Dynasty was able to firmly hold on is because a large group of traitors and lackeys appeared after joining the Qing Dynasty. They could even follow others' houses, land, women, and money, and they were richer than before. As a result, they began to consolidate the Qing Dynasty's rule.&1t;/p>

The Qing Dynasty also allowed corruption by officials, as long as you did not touch military power, making China a country where officials could openly embezzle.&1t;/p>

The wealth of the entire country is firmly controlled by that group of people. Ordinary people are getting poorer and it becomes very difficult to survive. So after looking at the three hundred years of the Qing Dynasty, the entire society is content with the status quo and unwilling to develop, and ordinary people are malnutrition for a long time.&1t;/p>

Of course, the big men are unwilling to show it. How can they continue to be big men after showing it?&1t;/p>

Moreover, even if the people want to show, they are willing to show. As soon as they are exhibited, they are forced to take over by local prefects and county magistrates. As a result, which ordinary people are willing to work hard? They even want to fight but don’t have enough resources for them.&1t;/p>

At this time, after Zhu Youxiao's efforts, history has deviated from the direction. Jiannu has been wiped out, and only some remnants of forces are left to the lower reaches of the Volga River.&1t;/p>

The overall surrounding environment is very good, without external invasion and pressing.&1t;/p>

At the same time, the Ming Dynasty also began to embark on the road of industrialization, and the creation of wealth became faster. Although the people were also malnourished, at least for the past two hundred years of the Ming Dynasty, all monarchs still put the interests of the people first. Although the interests of the people were later changed by the officials and business classes below.&1t;/p>

In the Ming Dynasty, the people are not that malnourished, and their overall appearance is much better than that of the Qing Dynasty.&1t;/p>

Now, after Zhu Youxiao has completed the maintenance of basic stability, he still needs to continue to devote himself to wealth distribution and other aspects. In addition, the industrial revolution will inevitably lead to urbanization pains, and the imperial court must do something.&1t;/p>

So Zhu Youxiao resolved the previous conflict, which was normal for the people to praise. But the subsequent conflicts are still arising.&1t;/p>

Of course, the widening gap between the rich and the poor is sometimes inevitable, but ordinary people should be able to obtain enough nutrition, so that they can have channels to work hard, and get enough rewards after working hard.&1t;/p>

"Report to the Emperor, the Kingsoft Camp in America reported to the cash mine in its territory." Li Chaoqing opened the memorial and said to Zhu Youxiao.&1t;/p>

"Cash mine?" Zhu Youxiao took the memorial and read it. Dian said, "No, let the cabinet arrange the golden troops to go to mining."&1t;/p>

"Yes, the Emperor."&1t;/p>

It will take some time to open the Americas. At this time, the focus of the immigration of the Ming Dynasty was still in Southeast Asia and Australia. In addition, there are still many gold mines in South Africa. However, since the gold mines in the Americas have emerged, they naturally need to be mined.&1t;/p>

The more gold, the stronger the Tianqi Baobao Bank will be.&1t;/p>

Gold is a precious metal. When banknotes are worthless, gold still has value.&1t;/p>

At present, the Ming Dynasty is still a silver standard country. At this time, the weather treasure banknotes are mainly exchanged with silver. Although silver is not exchanged at will within the provinces that have been reformed, in those provinces that have not completed the reform, Tianqi treasure banknotes and silver can still be exchanged freely in banks.&1t;/p>

Since the Tianqi Baochao Business, private transactions have obviously become much more convenient. People don’t have to worry about the quality of silver, nor do they need to weigh or anything else. Just make sure that the treasure money in their hands is not fake. There are many official authoritative banknote judges among the people.&1t;/p>

"Your Majesty, Luo Sigong is asking for a visit."&1t;/p>

"Travel." Zhu Youxiao waved, and Luo Sigong came in after a while, "Report to the emperor, I have just received a secret report from Jiangnan."&1t;/p>

"Oh! What's the matter?" Zhu Youxiao asked curiously.&1t;/p>

"The major officials, businessmen and powerful people in Jiangnan are secretly contacting each other to rebel, and the strategy has been decided." Luo Sigong handed over a secret security.&1t;/p>

Zhu Youxiao opened the secret report and started reading it, then smiled, "Clean the lord? Bribery the court officer?"&1t;/p>

"Yes, Your Majesty. They plan to use a lot of money to secretly bribe officers at all levels, and then attack the capital with the banner of clearing the king's side, and then eradicate the Han imperial party." Luo Sigong said: "At the same time, they set up a pseudo emperor in Nanjing and called on the world to oppose Your Majesty."&1t;/p>

"Haha! This plan is set one by one." Zhu Youxiao shook his head with a smile. This plan is simply ridiculous.&1t;/p>

But if it was before, it would probably be quite useful.&1t;/p>

After all, wealth is moving, and there are probably few generals who can withstand the temptation of heavy bribery. As long as you are willing to spend money, there will always be people who are willing to take risks for the return of money and status.&1t;/p>

But is it okay now?&1t;/p>

Can so many officers at all levels be bribed?&1t;/p>

Do the soldiers below agree?&1t;/p>

Zhu Youxiao's imperial edict can directly kill the rebel officer.&1t;/p>

The most important thing is that Zhu Youxiao had already formed a military interest group, and tied the main officers below to the same chariot.&1t;/p>

They don't lack money.&1t;/p>

It is impossible to bribe senior officers, it is simply a whim.&1t;/p>

However, the group of officials and businessmen in Jiangnan who ruled the local governments had another plan, which was to establish a pseudo-emperor and sing operas across the river from Zhu Youxiao.&1t;/p>

Intent to work in two ways, one success is enough for Zhu Youxiao.&1t;/p>

"It seems that there is no need to wait until next year to eat fat sheep. The Jinyiwei continues to investigate, draw out the list of rebellions, and then arrest people." Zhu Youxiao said.&1t;/p>

"I obey the order." Luo Sigong took the order excitedly and left. Another big rhythm of house search!&1t;/p>
Chapter completed!