My Daming New Empire

Each of the three methods has its advantages and disadvantages. Although it cannot be said that the American method is necessarily more advanced than the British method, nor can it be said that the British method is definitely more advanced than the Spanish method, Zhu Zhanji has tasted the sweetness of economic control.

For the tribes of Wuliangha, you can't grab things by robbing them. It's not worth the loss to waste force against them, but they can't be allowed to develop freely.

So at this time, economic control is the most appropriate.

Using economic means to tie the interests of the Wuliangha tribes with the interests of Ming Dynasty, gradually weaken the source of their survival, and finally make them unable to survive without Ming Dynasty, this is the best way to control them.

At that time, even if they were asked to betray, they would not be able to betray.

Zhu Zhanji's strategy is to hand over the coal mine to them, let them organize personnel to dig the coal mine, teach them how to make coke, and then sell it to Daming.

Whether it is coal mining, coking, or transportation, it takes a lot of manpower and material resources.

And the added value created by these jobs is not high, and when the pricing power is controlled by Daming, only a small profit is left for them, so that they can serve Daming wholeheartedly.

As long as the profit of mining coal is controlled a little higher than that of grazing, or even just equal, the nobles of Uliangha will naturally drive their slaves and civilians to work in coal mines.

The arrival of capital has always been bloody. In order to earn more money, the nobles of Wuliangha will naturally squeeze the surplus value of the workers.

The wicked let the nobles of Wuliangha do it. When the time is right, Da Ming only needs to bewitch a little bit to turn these miners into his most loyal followers.

And when they spend all their labor on digging coal and making coke, the scale of grazing will naturally be reduced a lot.It only takes a few decades, a generation or two, for their pattern of life to completely change.

At that time, they could only dig coal and sell it to Daming in exchange for daily necessities, so they could never do without Daming.

Although Zhu Di is a rare wise king, he never thought of a way to control all the people on the grassland in a peaceful way without any sense of business.

If you add the grassland alliance flag system mentioned by Zhu Zhanji and the reduction system to cooperate with the implementation, Zhu Di does not believe that these Wuliangha people will still be half-hearted and dare to be half-hearted.

He has never taught Zhu Zhanji these things, so he is also very curious about how Zhu Zhanji would think of controlling the grassland in this way.

However, even if he is the grandfather who loves Zhu Zhanji, Zhu Zhanji will not tell him the truth, but just deal with it by looking more and thinking more.

This also made Zhu Di believe that he was born with knowledge.

When he set off from Kaiping Qiantunwei, Zhu Di had already confirmed the supply of coal with the various ministries of Wuliangha.

When the leaders of the Wuliangha tribes heard that they could exchange the worthless charcoal for various living materials with simple processing, they were all more active than Zhu Di.

They can also do calculations. Once the calculations are made, the coal dug by a worker in a day can buy one or two sheep, and the harvest is guaranteed in drought and flood. They can't wait to start working immediately.

When Zhu Zhanji and the others left the grassland, they met some impatient tribal leaders who took their serfs and servants to Kaipingqian Tunwei.

Seeing this scene, Zhu Zhanji couldn't help laughing. "Grandfather, if you want these nomads to settle down, you don't have to use force!"

Zhu Di couldn't help laughing and said: "After a hundred years, I'm afraid there will be no more Wuliangha tribes, and all of them will become Daming people."

"They will be proud of it. In the grassland in the future, those who follow me prosper and those who oppose me perish."

Zhu Di looked around and said calmly: "We can do some things in secret, don't say it out loud. Back in Daming, those rotten scholars will stare at us again. If things like this are not in line with the benevolence and righteousness of saints, we should say less."

Zhu Zhanji clasped the horse's belly with his legs, and patted the horse's buttocks with the whip in his hand, and the Arabian horse under his crotch jumped out quickly. "Grandfather, that's your business, grandson, I'm still a child who doesn't care about anything!"

Zhu Di looked at his back and couldn't help laughing.

On the seventh day of August, the army arrived in Zhangbei. After the statistics during this period, the military exploits of each army guard were also counted.

The army will gather in Zhangbei for the last time, and then rewards will be given for meritorious service.

To Zhu Zhanji's surprise, as soon as he arrived in Zhangbei, before Zhu Zhanji even sat down on his butt, Zhuang Jing asked to see him through Yang Zhangde.

He will return to Peiping in a few days, and he can't even wait for these few days, which means that something unexpected must have happened.

"Let him in."

Yang Zhangde left the big tent, and soon brought Zhuang Jing into the big tent.The little eunuch Liu Wan who was following them was holding a large stack of bamboo paper that Daming used to write reports.

The intelligence materials handed over will be handed over to these little eunuchs before being handed over to Zhu Zhanji.

This is not to let these eunuchs get involved in political affairs, but to let them check whether the materials sent up have been poisoned.Before Zhu Zhanji ascended the throne, Daming did not have the habit of teaching eunuchs to read.

Like Zheng He and Wang Yan, they are all literary capable of writing to secure the world, and martial arts can set the world on horseback.This is because they have followed Zhu Di since childhood, and were trained by Zhu Di's confidantes when he was in Zhu Di's residence, so they have good talents.

As for the eunuchs in Yingtianfu Imperial Palace, except for a few who were allowed to read and write, most of them were actually illiterate.

Zhuang Jing bowed and clasped his fists in salute: "See Your Highness Taisun!"

Zhu Zhanji sat behind the copywriting and asked: "In a few days, I will return to Beiping alone. Is there anything that requires Zhuang Qian to make a special trip to Zhangbei?"

The purpose of Zhuang Jing's coming to Zhangbei from Beiping was to communicate with Zhu Zhanji first, and he dared not hide anything from him. The list was sent over, and secondly because of His Royal Highness Zhao Wang."

"Say……"

"Since His Highness went to the north, His Highness Zhao Wang has repeatedly inquired about the relationship between Jin Yiwei and His Highness. Although we tried our best to cover it up, His Highness Zhao Wang also has his own channels in various circles. He knows that His Highness is investigating the details of the world's wealthy businessmen, and that His Highness intends to Supporting the foreign maritime trade of Daming Commerce. His Highness made a lot of money relying on maritime trade, and took out nearly 500 million taels of silver to support His Majesty’s Northern Expedition. The world was shocked, and everyone saw the benefits brought by maritime trade. Therefore, King Zhao also Intentionally involving maritime trade, I am afraid that His Highness will inform His Highness after returning to Beiping, and there will be less time for mediation, so I inform His Highness in advance, and hope His Highness can make preparations early."

Zhu Zhanji gave Zhu Di 100 million taels of silver for the first time, which was not enviable, but the second time he took out a wealth of nearly 400 million taels of silver, which had a great impact.

Although he didn't specifically publicize it, Zhu Di suddenly added several million taels of silver to the war, and no matter whether it was the internal treasury or the relevant people in the Ministry of Households, they all knew about it.

Especially in this Northern Expedition, countless more food and grass were mobilized in the later stage.Now that 30 troops are stationed in the hinterland of Beiyuan, Zhu Di did not ask the Ministry of Households to transfer the money, but paid for the expenses first, and let everyone know that it is true that Zhu Zhanji provided 500 million taels of military funds.

Wealth moves people's hearts.

The wages of avarice is death.

The prosperity of the world is for profit; the hustle and bustle of the world is for profit.

There may be people who don't love money in this world, but those people are definitely from big families, there is no shortage of wealth, and the number is very small.

Although Zhu Gaosui is the king of Zhao, his prince's salary is limited. In order to support the tens of thousands of people who follow Zhao Wang's mansion, his family has no surplus food.

Now the foreign trade of Ming Dynasty is monopolized by the internal supervisor, and no one has the right to foreign trade, and can only trade through the internal supervisor.

The actual monopoly is not the eunuchs, but the royal family.

He didn't know the profit of Haimao before, so he might not be tempted, but now that Zhu Zhanji has earned 500 million taels of silver in four years, it would be strange if he wasn't tempted.

Who is the royal family?It's not just Zhu Di's family, and it's not just Zhu Zhanji alone, but all the kings in the world. As long as they have this qualification, who can not be tempted!

Therefore, Zhu Gaosui's actions did not surprise Zhu Zhanji. He smiled and said, "What Zhuang Qian thinks, what should I do?"

Zhuang Jing lifted his spirits and said loudly: "Everyone in the world knows that His Highness is deeply loved by His Majesty, and he used the profit from sea trade to support His Majesty's Northern Expedition. Your Majesty should be persuaded to monopolize the power of maritime trade by himself."

Zhu Zhanji laughed and said: "I already know what you want, but you don't know what I want. Although the profit of sea trade is rich, it is not what I care about. If Uncle Zhao Wang intends to develop sea trade, I will only be happy for it .My own strength is limited, and the benefit of the entire Ming Dynasty is what I pursue."

Zhuang Jing took a peek at Zhu Zhanji's expression, and said in disbelief: "Your Highness, if Daming Maritime Trade is under the jurisdiction of His Highness, even His Majesty will rely on His Highness, Your Highness, please think twice."

Zhu Zhanji got up, bypassed the copywriting and walked to Zhuang Jing. "I'm very pleased that you can think about me, but you don't understand my pursuit. What I care about is not the benefits of maritime trade, but the establishment of the rules of Daming Maritime Trade. As long as the rules are established by me, everyone obeys my rules , all profits will not exceed my control."