Chongzhen Chat Group

Emperor Chongzhen has actually been paying attention to the situation in Nanyang.

Liu Xiang would eventually unite all forces to fight against the Ming Dynasty. This was actually what Emperor Chongzhen wanted to see, and it was also the result of the instructions he gave to Nanyang.

If Ming Dynasty is not strong enough, then all the forces unite to deal with Ming Dynasty. This is a situation that Ming Dynasty does not want to see. But now, with the power of the Ming Dynasty, those local forces in Nanyang really look down upon them.

Just like a game played by Emperor Chongzhen in later generations, when the character was still very weak, he could only lure a few monsters to kill him when entering the Scarlet Monastery. But when the characters become stronger, they will attract all the monsters in the Scarlet Monastery and then kill them together, which is the so-called wave flow.

For the natives here in Nanyang, Emperor Chongzhen also meant the same thing, otherwise it would be too troublesome.

However, for now, there is also a problem, that is, Ming Dynasty has expanded too quickly.

In just about two years, three vassal kings have been enfeoffed, and the fourth vassal king will soon be out. These vassal kings were enfeoffed, and Emperor Chongzhen did not want them to just rule the local indigenous people. At least Akito would have to take some of it with him. In this way, we can maintain the same origin as our mother country and become one body. In other words, the vassal state that was sealed off could assimilate the local indigenous people to be the same as the Ming people, but it could not be assimilated by the indigenous people. And this requires at least one thing: the population of Ming people cannot be too small.

Of course, there are many means of assimilation, but no matter what, the composition of the population base is still crucial.

These are just four vassal kings. If all the vassal kings in the country are divided and enfeoffed, how many Ming people will be taken out?

Another point is that the Liaodong, North Korea, grasslands and other places in the Ming Dynasty are all vast and sparsely populated, and they also need a large number of people to fill them.

Emperor Chongzhen had previously issued a decree to encourage childbirth! A considerable part of the imperial tax money must be used to subsidize families with more children. In addition, funds must be invested in the development of various vaccines. Before this, it must be invested in research on chemical and biological related subjects. Before that, we need to promote scientific and technological knowledge...etc., etc., all of which actually require money.

When Emperor Chongzhen complained about poverty at the vassal clan meeting, he was not being hypocritical, nor was he looking for a reason to steal the vassal king's money, but he was really short of money!

Today, the registered population of the Ming Dynasty is only over 60 million, and at least twice as many people are not registered with the government, which is the so-called hidden household. Effective management of the existing population is also a way. Moreover, this is also related to the issue of tax payment and tax evasion, and it is also related to money.

If we talk about the past, at least before the Internet was developed, there was actually no particularly good way to manage the population. Especially in ancient times, the problem of hiding houses has been a problem that has existed in all dynasties, and it cannot be eliminated at all.

However, for Emperor Chongzhen, solving the problem of hidden households was an achievable goal. Of course, there will be difficulties, and he needs to work hard.

Emperor Chongzhen thought so in his mind, and glanced at the achievement points in the lower left corner of the chat group system. There were still tens of millions of achievement points. This achievement value is still too little. Yes, let’s make more money first!

However, there is a problem that must be solved first. So, he called out in his mind: "System, I want to upgrade a system function, is it okay?"

The long-awaited system assistant was awakened: "This system is a chat group system. If the host wants to add functions beyond the capabilities of this system, I'm sorry, but there is nothing we can do. Of course, if it is within the capabilities of this system, the newly added functions will require achievement points. It can be achieved.”

Upon hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen thought it was indeed possible, so he quickly replied: "System, the new function I requested is very simple, that is, members in the main chat area will forget to chat after they exit. Content, do you believe this system can do it? It’s just as powerful as kicking someone out of the group. You said before that kicking someone out of the group can erase the memory!"

"The host has a good memory. This system can indeed implement this function, but it requires five million achievement points. Does the host need to add this function?"

"System, confirm!" Emperor Chongzhen was filled with joy when he heard this. He would agree without hesitation even if it was 10 million achievement points, not to mention 5 million, because if nothing else, it would be easy for him to monopolize information once this function is released. The right of communication can be used to make money.

As soon as Emperor Chongzhen agreed in his heart, the five million achievement points disappeared instantly, and then the system prompted him a few seconds later: "Host, this function has been upgraded."

Although the system is produced, the quality is guaranteed. But this matter was of great importance, and Emperor Chongzhen still wanted to verify it. So, he immediately privately chatted with Wen Tiren and said: "Wen Qing will read the chat content in the main chat group first, and you can also say something, then exit the chat group, and then join the group again. I have something to ask you!"

Wen Tiren was a little confused after hearing this. He didn't know what the emperor meant by asking him to do this. But since the emperor came to find him, he had no choice but to do as he was told.

However, when he exited the chat group, he immediately realized something was wrong. I should have followed the emperor's will and spoken in the main chat group, but why did I have no memory at all and only remembered what the emperor told me to do? Could it be that I forgot to leave a message in the main chat group? Logically speaking, it shouldn't be. I have always obeyed the Holy Will. There is no way I would not obey such small things as ordered!

With this doubt in his mind, Wen Tiren re-entered the chat group. Before he could speak, Emperor Chongzhen's private message was sent over: "Does Wen Qing remember if she left a message in the main chat group?"

Wen Tiren heard this strangely and immediately told him what he had encountered.

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he couldn't help but laugh. Sure enough, the quality of the products produced by the system is guaranteed! If you say the main chat group memory is erased, it will be erased without affecting other chats such as private chats. In this case, let’s start making money!

With this in mind, he spoke to the temporary group in the Wenhua Palace: "I have decided to reorganize the post system, separate it from the Ministry of War, and establish the Ministry of Communications, alongside the six major ministries!"

It was originally planned to make the Ministry of Science and Technology independent, but it would have to wait until the Department of Science, Technology and Public Security made political achievements before becoming independent. Now that I have new ideas, the Ministry of Transportation became independent first.

Hearing this, the officials in the group couldn't help but be surprised. Wen Tiren knew that this matter must be related to what the emperor had just asked him to do, so he immediately asked: "Your Majesty, why has the inn become so important?"

You must know that if the post station is transformed into the Ministry of Communications, and if it is juxtaposed with other ministries, there will be an additional second-rank minister, and the ancient structure of the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Punishment, and the Ministry of Industry will be broken.

"Your Majesty, I have objections!" Shen Yongmao, Minister of War, immediately objected, "The post station is not very important to the Ming Dynasty, so why should we set up another one?"

Ever since Emperor Chongzhen earned a lot of achievement points during his southern tour, he added all major officials to the chat group. Therefore, the meeting he held in the chat group system was actually not much different from the meeting in the Wenhua Palace.

Of course, if there is a difference, there must be one, and virtuality is definitely not as formal as reality. There are also the demeanor, expressions, movements, etc. of the on-site personnel. Even if a video conference is held, it is not as good as in person. However, because this meeting involved a chat group, Emperor Chongzhen discussed it in a temporary group.

Emperor Chongzhen could imagine it after hearing Shen Yongmao's words, and others probably had the same idea.

Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen immediately explained: "There is a saying from ancient times that if you want to be rich, you must first build a road! I have sworn that I want my people to live a prosperous life, so this road must be built first. We must pay attention to it, this is one of them!”

Hearing this, all the knowledgeable ministers were stunned. Is this a saying from ancient times? Why have I never heard of it?

So Shen Yongmao immediately said: "Your Majesty, I don't know when this sentence was said if you want to get rich, build roads first. I am really ignorant and I have never heard of it. I also ask your Majesty to clarify my doubts. Why?" You see, if you want to get rich, build roads first?"

"I second the proposal!" Bi Ziyan, the Minister of Household Affairs, also had doubts and said. After all, it was about making money, and he was very concerned about it. The other ministers didn't speak, they just listened quietly.

Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but be stunned when he saw what they said. Isn’t it said from ancient times that if you want to get rich, you must first build roads? Things that are so easy to understand and well known to everyone, why do they still have to explain themselves here?

He didn't know that this sentence really didn't exist since ancient times. At least in ancient times, the understanding of this sentence was not profound.

In the original history, the saying that if you want to get rich, you must first build roads, was only put forward in the early stages of reform and opening up, that is, in the 1980s.

Emperor Chongzhen naturally didn't know about it and thought it existed since ancient times. Therefore, he skipped Shen Yongmao's first question and said directly: "Don't you know such a simple truth?"

Upon hearing this, these knowledgeable Ming officials in the temporary group were immediately puzzled. Unexpectedly, he was despised by a young man in his twenties in terms of knowledge. But thinking about it, it seems that the emperor does have this qualification. At least he has proved that whether it is cement, steam engines, hot air balloons, etc., or scientific and technological knowledge, it is not something he can come up with.

Thinking of this, Wen Tiren immediately said: "Your Majesty, please give me some advice."

If the other party is not the emperor, they may be embarrassed to ask for advice like this. After all, they are the highest officials in the Ming Dynasty. It is a bit embarrassing to ask others for advice like this! But now they are facing the emperor, so it doesn't matter. The emperor, the emperor, can he be an ordinary person? Therefore, other courtiers also followed suit and asked the emperor to clarify their doubts, which could be regarded as showing their studious side in front of the emperor.

Of course, there is one exception, and he is Min Hongxue. At this time, he was still sitting on Meng Mi's side. When he was the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, he organized road construction in order to suppress the rebellion. He is very aware of the impact of transportation inconvenience.

Although at that time, his main purpose was to suppress the rebellion, he was not an idiot. Based on his own actual example, if he thought about it a little more, he would definitely understand what the emperor said better than others.

Emperor Chongzhen saw that they were so eager to learn, so he had to explain to them in detail: "The ministers should all come from places with better transportation, and they are not too impressed by the roads! Let me give you a simple example, such as Sichuan. Isn’t it inconvenient to have transportation with the Central Plains area?”

"The specialty of Xichuan is just like the steam engine. The output has increased greatly. However, the roads are not good and cannot be transported. So what if the output increases? If it cannot be transported outside, even if many people outside want to buy it, it will be the same. It’s useless, right?”

"Also, even if it can be transported out, the transportation cost is very high because of the inconvenient roads. As a result, what originally cost only one tael of silver in the place of production will cost three taels, four taels, or even higher when it arrives outside. Cost, do you think the sales volume of this thing will be high?"

"..."

Emperor Chongzhen posted his opinions one by one, and everyone else in the group was watching. Regarding the Sichuan example, they can easily understand it. After all, there is a saying that has existed since ancient times. The road to Shu is as difficult as climbing to the sky! It is indeed too difficult to transport things from Sichuan!

In fact, after Emperor Chongzhen said these words about transportation, these senior officials of the Ming Dynasty basically understood what the emperor meant. After all, they are not stupid, but they just don't think about this problem seriously.

In other words, in their eyes, although economic development is important, it is not as important as politics. What's more, the economic development they considered was more about wealthy families, rather than all the people of the Ming Dynasty as Emperor Chongzhen thought. The location is different, and the thoughts are also different.

"Let me give you another example. Now that the vassal states are newly built, there is a huge demand for various commodities. However, the vassal states are all in the south of the Ming Dynasty. If they are not close to the sea, transportation will be very inconvenient. This will also affect the circulation of goods. , it also has a great hindering effect on promoting the economic development of the Ming Dynasty and the prosperity of the vassal state!"

Emperor Chongzhen explained to them many examples in one breath. Examples include the resource advantages in various places that cannot be effectively transformed into economic advantages due to transportation problems, productivity improvements that cannot be realized, and inconvenient transportation that leads to high commodity costs. I believe that anyone who is not a fool should understand the importance of road construction.

Therefore, Emperor Chongzhen finally said: "If you want to get rich, build the road first, that's what it means. In this way, you think, if I want to make the people of Ming Dynasty rich, should this road be built? Should it be built?" To raise it to the most important position and talk about road construction?”

I'm a bit stuck, this chapter was posted late. Let me tell you here, I basically read this chapter multiple times a day to see if anyone has any comments. Maybe you have also discovered that some of the words in this chapter can affect the content of my code words in the next chapter. As long as what you say makes sense, I will accept it humbly or respond accordingly. In fact, it is also true that one person can be short-changed. As far as this book is concerned, forcing Jianlu to go to Japan was also suggested by a reader in the QQ group, which gave me this idea.

Everyone is welcome to post more about this chapter so that I can see what everyone thinks. Okay, I’m proud of it, but not good; I’ll see if it can be improved, thank you all!