Chongzhen Undergraduates

"What I'm worried about now is not that the Dutch robbed us of our grain business. I'm afraid that we will lose our business in the entire north in the future. With so many ships in hand, it would be a waste if we don't do business." Zheng Zhilong looked at the military situation with eyes Li seems to be very nostalgic. The business in the Jiangnan area has been fixed. If you want to make more money, you can only keep your eyes on the north, and you need to open up new markets.

In addition, after Jin has already controlled North Korea, this market is big enough to rival Japan.

Chapter 257: Reform of the Inner Government

Zhu Youjian's first month was very ordinary, and there was nothing particularly worth exaggerating, just like ordinary days.

It's just that there seem to be more people in the Nanjing Imperial Palace. After all, according to the system, the basic configuration of the imperial palace to serve the royal family is gradually improving.As the situation stabilized, the royal specifications slowly followed suit.

"Wang Chengen, how many people are there in the inner palace now?"

"Long Live Lord, this is the roster of the various divisions of the Inner Palace: There are 1 people in the Inner Palace, including 250 craftsmen and officials. These are the number of craftsmen who live here..."

"Stop! Why are there so many people?" Zhu Youjian was terrified. His inner mansion actually supported so many people, and this was only the artisan part. If eunuchs and maids were added, the number of people could form an army.

"Supervision of Rituals, Internal Officials, Imperial Prison, Printing and Ribbon Supervision, Clothing Supervision, Internal Weaving and Dyeing Bureau, Scarf and Hat Bureau..."

"Stop, stop! The clothes and hats I wear are all made by people specially raised in the palace?" Zhu Youjian felt a headache when he heard the names of these institutions. The royal family came to do these daily chores.

"Yes. It is something that is used by the royal family, and it cannot be easily borrowed from others."

This is also a rule. In order to show the difference of the royal family, Daming maintains a huge organization like this.

"There are 87 craftsmen in the Inner Weaving and Dyeing Bureau, and 340 craftsmen?"

"Yes."

"There are 160 nine people in the wine and vinegar noodle bureau? There are 290 three people in the Shangshan Supervisor?"

"Yes."

"Three hundred cooks only cook for the harem? How many dishes do I have to eat every day?" Zhu Youjian was really terrified. According to his scruples, one cook plus one helper can feed his whole family. It's beautiful.

"Shangshan Supervisor has management staff, clerks, directors, writers, supervisors, and factory supervisors of various cattle and sheep houses, etc., who are in charge of the emperor's and court meals and banquets, so more manpower is needed."

"Can't these things be bought directly in the market?"

"A thing for the royal family..."

"That is to say, I need to raise someone to do everything I eat and use."

"..." Wang Chengen simply stopped talking.

"How much does the Ministry of Internal Affairs spend a year?"

"100 million taels."

"Cut it off! All future expenses will be purchased from the private sector."

100 million taels is enough to support [-] soldiers.No wonder there is no money in the Ming treasury, even the royal family is the biggest tax evader.All things are self-produced and sold, there is no commercial activity, and there is no contribution to society, which occupies resources in vain.

"Long live, how will these people be settled after they are laid off?"

Wang Chengen already knew Zhu Youjian's habit of doing things. Before the organization was abolished, there must be a way to deal with the aftermath.You can't just cut and cut.

Zhu Youjian thought about the reform methods of state-owned enterprises in later generations, nothing more than diversion, buyout, job transfer and so on.

At the moment, Zhu Youjian has already accumulated a lot of technology in his hands, and he has to form a new batch of production organizations.Technologies are only useful if they are converted into commodities and produced.

For example, heavy industry, smelting, mechanical processing, military production, etc., will face some new reforms and eliminate the old production methods.

And all these reforms are inseparable from the word "money".

Standing by the side, Wang Chengen watched Zhu Youjian's eyeballs keep rolling, and knew that he must be holding back bad things in his heart.

Sure enough, the shameless Zhu Youjian said a shameless sentence: "Transfer all the craftsmen of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and whoever pays the most money will be transferred to whoever."

"Long Live Lord, you're calling it a sale, not a transfer." Wang Chengen cast a contemptuous glance at Zhu Youjian, thinking: This is too thick-skinned.

"I'm called transferring technology, I can't sell it. Selling people is so ugly, our royal family does not participate in the sale of people. Hehe!"

The royal family supported these people, so they were naturally top-notch.But the technology mastered by these people is not a core secret.Only by pushing them to the market can they generate greater value.

Even if they are some so-called specialty products with national competitiveness, we can't count on these things to make the country rich and powerful.

Zhu Youjian made the calculations very clear. Pushing these people to the market not only prospered the economy, but also revitalized funds and provided impetus for technological upgrading at the national level.

"Then what about the money and the normal expenses in the palace?" Wang Chengen immediately asked whether the money belonged to the royal family or the household department.

"Collect the money first, I have it for other purposes. As for the palace, I have already said that it will be purchased in a unified way in the future. Half of the eunuchs and maids in the palace will also be abolished, and these people should be placed as well as possible. The elderly must be dismissed." Fees. Those who don’t want to leave should report in advance and find a way out for them.”

Most of the eunuchs and court ladies in the capital did not run out.Especially the eunuchs, it is estimated that they have all become members of the Houjin Palace now.There are not many eunuchs and court ladies in Nanjing itself, and Zhu Youjian can't afford to abolish too many.

As for the eunuchs stationed in various places with the largest proportion of eunuchs in the south of the Yangtze River, Zhu Youjian has already used them for other purposes.

At the beginning of the new year, a blockbuster exploded in Nanjing City: the royal family actually wanted to sell all the craftsmen in the palace, and merchants from all over the south of the Yangtze River were in a collective carnival.

In the eyes of ordinary people, these people have nothing to do with them at all, but businessmen with vision have already calculated their economic accounts clearly.

More than 1 craftsmen actually sold 200 million silver dollars, and only some young apprentices and craftsmen were left, which made Zhu Youjian laugh from ear to ear.

Zhu Youjian couldn't figure it out. Before that Chongzhen kept saying that he had no money, but he could indeed spend money.But what is incomprehensible is that he can't make money at all, and he can't spend it.

Not knowing how to make money means that Chongzhen is guarding Jinshan but doesn’t know how to make money; he doesn’t know how to spend money because he only knows how to hand over the money, but he doesn’t know how to calculate the profit and loss.

"Recruiting workers, I want to recruit workers, a large number of workers." Zhu Youjian yelled loudly as soon as he entered Jiangjun Mountain that day.

"Long Live Lord must be crazy!" Wang Chengen shook his head. Only then did a large number of craftsmen be abolished, and they were clamoring to recruit new workers. I don't know what he was thinking.

"Your Majesty, have you raised the money yet?" Fang Yizhi greeted him with a smile, and looked at Zhu Youjian anxiously.

"I'm not a pretty girl, why are you so affectionate. I think you smell it, you're a thief." Zhu Youjian hadn't entered the door yet, when he saw Fang Yizhi, he rushed up and quickly avoided.

"Hey, the emperor is so happy today, it must be a good thing. I heard that you sold all your craftsmen, so you must have raised money."

"Not much, a full 300 million." Zhu Youjian showed off.

"That is to say, there are another [-] factories that can recruit workers, my God!" Fang Yizhi's performance was also exaggerated.

The technology brought out by the technology tree still needs to be produced in specific factories.What Zhu Youjian has to do now is to find funds for these factories that will soon need to be established.

With technology, the Institute of Science and Technology has accumulated a full two years of technology; with management talents, the first imperial examination in Nanjing has provided hundreds of management talents.

Zhu Youjian is now waiting for money to buy rice for cooking.

After accounting, the average is about 5 silver dollars per factory, not too much, right?That's because when technology and talents don't need money, the start-up capital of the factory just needs an empty shell.

"It's still far away!" Jing Fang Yizhi said, and Zhu Youjian's face changed. Compared with the actual needs, this little money is far behind.