Chongzhen Undergraduates

The public opinion of the whole people suddenly changed from the Lord of Military Merit to discussing where is Wansheng Island, where is Batavia, and where are the Dutch.

Immediately afterwards, a large number of maps of the world were sold on the market, and the world was officially displayed in front of the eyes of ordinary people in Ming Dynasty.

"It turns out that the Netherlands is such a small country! And it's still so far away, it actually bullied us at our doorstep. It's nothing to say, it's a must."

How could the people of Daming, who have been the center of the world since ancient times, tolerate a small country as small as a county coming to Daming's doorstep to bully people?

"Your Majesty, what should we do with the 2000 million taels of gold and silver sent by Liu Guoxuan and the others?" Minister of Finance Fang Yuegong rolled his eyes.

"Send it to the Ministry of War, and reward it according to the planned military merit." Zhu Youjian pretended to feel distressed.

"What about the national debt raised by King Tang's central bank?" Fang Yuegong was not surprised to see that he couldn't get the money. After all, this is not a serious tax revenue, and it is normal to give military rewards.

"The national debt is earmarked for the construction of naval warships and the expansion of the navy. I have ordered Liu Guoxuan to be appointed as the South China Sea Navy. The three major navy will expand by 30 people within a year, and the total number will reach 50.

In addition, after five months of revisions, three classes of main battleships and fifteen ship types have been finalized.Twenty shipyards across the country immediately transferred to the warship construction stage. "

"Ah! Such a large scale." Fang Yuegong wondered if the emperor was crazy. The silver he robbed in Nanyang was obviously rewarded to the soldiers, but it became a national debt and returned to the central bank in a blink of an eye. Money will turn into warships to fight the Dutch.

"It's not big enough, but the Dutch have forty main warships and a large fleet of more than 100 armed ships." Zhu Youjian pretended to be very scared.

Daming's warships are also divided into three levels now, but Zhu Youjian took the title according to later generations.

The first-class battleship is called a cruiser, which belongs to the Sirius star.It is divided into three tiers, equipped with 72 cannons, and a five-mast main mast. In addition, the masts are extended to both sides. The sail surface after deployment is five times that of the ship.

The second-level battleship is called a destroyer, which belongs to the greedy wolf star.Two decks, 54 guns, and five masts.

The third-tier battleship is called a frigate, a sea wolf star.Two decks, 36 guns.Same five masts.

The outstanding performance of Ming's warships is that they are slender and low, and the aspect ratio can reach seven to one.All ships use multi-layer watertight tanks, even if they are pressing against the waves and watching the seawater pouring in, they will not slow down.

European experience combined with Jiangjunshan's advanced theory is the key to the rapid finalization of warships.

As for the industrial capacity of shipbuilding, it depends on what kind of industrial production capacity the new generation of enterprise management talents and technical personnel trained by Daming can exert.

The industrialization that Zhu Youjian expected first started from the large-scale shipbuilding industry.

Chapter 585: Economic recovery after troubled times

It is unrealistic to promote industrialization under the current domestic conditions in Ming Dynasty. First of all, the domestic commerce in Ming Dynasty does not have the conditions to form a commodity economy.

The traditional agricultural concept is too deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and it is difficult to change the hearts of those who have been influenced by the concept for thousands of years.

But post-war economic recovery is a process of rapid development, which is a dividend that any country's economy will face - post-disaster reconstruction.

The policy given by Zhu Youjian is that the unowned land in the north will not be rewarded, and all meritorious deeds will be converted into money.The imperial court still recognized the land deeds that could be obtained.

But those holding the title deeds are actually a small number of people. It is conceivable that after years of turmoil and several rounds of regime change, who can hold the title deeds?

Anyway, Zhu Youjian did not recognize land rights casually after being killed. He could subcontract the land to landless farmers, but the land rights must be in the hands of the court.

In this way, the real rich is the military system.

In the traditional Chinese concept, returning home is something worth boasting about.With money, it is normal to build a house, buy land, marry a wife and have children in my hometown.

The land can no longer be bought, but the homestead must be approved.Zhu Youjian is very shameless. The homestead he approved is based on 150 years of property rights. This time limit is about three to five generations, and it is also a time limit for an ordinary title.

If the house is built big, then after three or five generations, the descendants will need to continue to work hard to keep the family property.

There are also various requirements for building a house. According to regulations, brick and tile structures and cement coating are required.Multi-storey structures must have concrete and reinforced frames.

From the very beginning, Zhu Youjian set a set of standards on infrastructure.

Then, industries with semi-mature technologies such as kiln factories and cement factories all over the country were launched in a hurry.For a time, there were many chimneys everywhere, and the atmosphere was smoky.

Zhu Youjian could even imagine that there would be a huge gap in the coal industry in the north. Fortunately, Daming itself was not short of coal.The only thing missing is labor.

Imagine that the conditions for the initial industrial revolution were coal and steel. Zhu Youjian's mind is to stimulate the production capacity of coal and steel.

Starting from the state capital, with the promotion of various government departments, a number of new multi-storey buildings were built as models, and then supporting brick kilns and cement factories were established.

Afterwards, private houses mainly in traditional house styles sprang up from the ground, and the first round of real estate finance was born in various places.

For the nobles produced by great military exploits, the remaining money was recovered by the central bank in the form of national debt.In the final analysis, anyone with a reputation like Yu Guotong would lend money to the imperial court without hesitation.

Zhu Youjian is no longer the Emperor Chongzhen of the past, and it doesn't matter whether he borrows or not.When the country's situation is stable, will the rich lend money to the emperor?People selfishly hide money in their own homes only when they see the danger.

Immediately afterwards, the central bank issued a new monetary policy, and Daming began to issue banknotes due to the advancement of printing technology.

The new paper money did not initially replace the silver dollar, but the copper coin.Originally, the copper coin itself existed as a normal currency in the market, while the silver coin played an auxiliary role as a large currency.

Zhu Youjian adopted a gradual currency reform, first reforming the currency in circulation, so that the face value is small, if it is accepted by the people.

The Jiaozi and Daming banknotes of the Song Dynasty are actually banknotes with bad reputation.At this time, if large-value banknotes are issued, it is actually easy to be rejected by the people.

But the currency in circulation with small denominations is different. Anyway, these things are in your hands today, and you can spend them tomorrow, so the people will not worry too much.

Slowly, as long as the credit of the banknotes issued by the imperial court is established, the central bank will naturally issue large-value banknotes, and then, issuing more or more banknotes is considered financial leverage.

The domestic economy has recovered steadily, and the main financial gap has also been resolved.Generally speaking, everything is very stable, so stable that Zhu Youjian can't wait to take a whip, because the development is too slow.

As the saying goes: Horses don’t get fat without night grass, and people don’t get rich without windfalls!

The same is true for a country.If the country wants to be rich, if it does not rely on earning money from foreigners, but relies on its own development, it will be a year of the monkey.

In this era, the only places that can make money are the Middle East and Europe, or directly plunder the Americas.

Africa is hopeless, their favorite is not to create wealth, but to dance.

Those natives in Southeast Asia like eating bananas and basking in the sun the most. Indians have divided countless countries.As for America, the Spaniards have been looting for 150 years, and the silver mines are almost cleared.

How to do?

Of course it is to compete with the Dutch for maritime supremacy!

After the Dutch, England was on the rise, thanks to the Industrial Revolution.But the premise of the industrial revolution is that the market must digest the goods.

And this market is definitely not Africa dancing and America not wearing clothes, it can only be Europe and Asia.

In this way, foreign trade is the only option to get rich.

If you want to do trade, you must either go by land in the north or by land and sea.The overland Ming Dynasty has no advantages and has made great contributions. Unless Zhu Youjian now has a million cavalry in his hands, he will not be able to get through the New Silk Road on the northern route.

However, in order to develop cavalry on a large scale, Ming needs at least ten years of training. From a strategic point of view, there should be no rush.We can only take it slowly and let the recovered northern pastures slowly cultivate and develop a large-scale cavalry corps.

Correspondingly, the development of the shipbuilding industry is the fastest.After the shipbuilding technology matures, the ship does not need to eat grass. After all, training sailors is easier than training cavalry.

Zhu Youjian stared at the map of the southeast coast, silently thinking about how to build a large-scale fleet as quickly as possible.