Start Being a Vassal King Today - Chapter 686

[Chapter 686 Problem]

“Returning to Your Highness, after the establishment of military and horse divisions in various counties, military and horse divisions in various counties have also been established one after another. From now on, they will be responsible for the recruitment of conscripts, the comfort and compensation of soldiers, and the arrangement of retired soldiers…”

After Liu Fu , Yang Feng introduced the restructuring situation in the army to Zhao Xu.

“In addition, since the royal family’s troops went south, another 100,000 sets of military uniforms have been delivered.” Yang Feng said finally.

Zhao Xu nodded.

In the current army, Chang Wei is in charge of the battle, while Yang Feng is in charge of the army’s logistics.

In addition to food, military uniforms, soldiers’ food and other sundries, this logistics also includes the Bingma Division established due to restructuring.

From now on, the soldiers and horses in all counties and counties will send conscripts to the army for training in the annual recruitment season.

“What’s the current business situation?” Zhao Xu turned to Yang He and asked.

Yang He frowned slightly, “Because of the war, commerce has been greatly affected, among which bulk commodities such as paper, cloth, and soap are most affected, while luxury commodities such as fine wine, perfume, and glass are less affected.”

“As for the trade in Goryeo, after our high-quality and cheap cloth entered its market, it quickly defeated the local handmade cloth. Now the cloth shops in Goryeo basically sell our cloth, but according to the information provided by Chai Wu, some Goryeo officials are discussing to ban the cloth from Yanzhou, claiming that these cloths have robbed the livelihood of the people.”

Liu Fu interrupted at this moment, “Your Highness, not only Goryeo, but also the people of Yanzhou have complained a lot, saying that they worked so hard to weave The cloth cannot be sold, and a few days ago, the villages near Yancheng were still entering the city and asked to stop the weaving workshop.”

“This is the general trend. When they buy cheap yarn sold by spinning and spinning, they always praise the machine. Cotton yarn is cheap and good, and now the cloth cannot be sold, so they are not happy.” Yang He shook his head, “Are we going to shut down all the weaving workshops because of their opposition?”

“Of course not.” Liu Fu said: “However, We have to find a way to give the people more livelihood.”

After finishing speaking, he looked at Zhao Xu.

“Isn’t the example of spinning and weaving workshops right in front of us? This is livelihood, and other workshops can also recruit some female workers.” Zhao Xu said after pondering for a while.

He had expected this question a long time ago, after all, there is a lot of experience in contemporary history to learn from.

When the steam engine replaced manpower and the steam locomotive galloped on the rails, people at that time were full of fear.

This is the replacement of old things by new things, and it will inevitably lead to the destruction of some traditional industries.

It is only natural that practitioners in traditional industries are dissatisfied.

However, he will not be affected by these small twists and turns. Compared with the industrial development of the western lands for more than 200 years, if Yanzhou catches up in just a few years, the changes must be very drastic.

But he has to do this, otherwise, the requirements of some traditional interests will be met, and the industrial development will be affected.

In the end, they will be bullied by the cannon giants of Xitu.

So on this issue, his attitude is very firm.

After all, he was standing on the shoulders of giants looking forward, and the people of Yanzhou couldn’t see so far.

“That said, men are still unwilling to let their wives and concubines come out to show their faces.” Liu Fu said, most of the female workers in the textile and weaving workshops were slaves purchased by the palace.

There are very few women who enter the workshop from the common people’s home.

“This is the problem that you, the prime minister, will solve next.” Zhao Xuning said: “The development of industry requires a large number of people, especially spinning workshops and weaving workshops. In the future, there will be other workshops suitable for female workers. It is better to change some of the stubborn thoughts of today’s Dasong people than some dross in Confucianism.”

According to Zhao Xu’s understanding, there are no Confucius, Mencius, or Mozi in this world, but many sages have also been born.

Among them, there is also a lineage that has been handed down to become Dasong’s Chinese studies, and its name is also Confucianism.

But this Confucianism is not contemporary Confucianism.

After all, the word “Confucianism” refers to scholars, so it is normal to have the same name.

However, Confucianism, which is as extolled as contemporary Confucianism, also has a lot of dross.

For Zhao Xu, these dross must be erased, otherwise the scholars of Dasong will still be slaves of Confucianism.

He also does not need Confucianism to help him rule the world, but wants a hundred schools of thought to contend.

“This…” For the first time, facing Zhao Xu’s order, Liu Fu hesitated.

He understands what Zhao Xu wants to do, but if he does this, he is worried that King Yan will offend the scholars all over the world.

Zhao Xu stared at Liu Fu, vaguely guessing his thoughts.

But he had to do this. After overthrowing the powerful officials, officials from poor families like Liu Fu would become a new class, the class of scholar-bureaucrats.

At that time, Confucianism will become a tool for the scholar-official class to fight against the royal family and seek benefits.

In contemporary history, the elite clan was destroyed in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, and the scholar-bureaucrat class was born accordingly.

The Donglin Party in the Ming Dynasty first taught Confucianism through the academy, and attracted a large number of so-called Qingliu.

Learning from the past, he naturally tried his best to avoid this situation.

But to do this, although Liu Fu is the prime minister, I am afraid that the weight is not enough in the minds of Confucian scholars.

He already had a suitable candidate in mind.

So he said: “This matter requires a method. This king will send you a person, and you only need to cooperate with the stool.”

“Yes, Your Highness.” Liu Fu replied yes.

In the end, Zhao Xu looked at Wang Ying and his son with a smile, and they were the only two who would only bring good news to him instead of throwing him a lot of trouble.

Meeting Zhao Xu’s gaze, Wang Chong said with a smile: “During the absence of His Highness, the first batch of steel was smelted in a converter. Compared with steel made in a crucible, the quality of this batch of steel is higher.”

Wang Yingdao: “I have already used this batch of steel to cast the barrel. The new type of rifled gun will be able to carry more yellow powder and exert its maximum power.”

Zhao Xu smiled and felt relieved for a while.

Solving the problem of mass steelmaking, Yanzhou’s industry will take off.

“In addition, one of the large steam engines developed by His Royal Highness is about to be assembled.” Wang Chong continued.

The smile on Zhao Xu’s face became wider, and when Chen Shou was asked to develop a steamship, he asked Wang Chong to develop a large steam engine.

After all, the small steam engines used in the workshops were not powerful enough to push the ships forward.

With a production line capable of manufacturing large steam engines, both steam locomotives and steam ships will come naturally.

Among them, the steam engine can transport commercial goods and minerals, which is very important to the development of industry.

And laying the railway to border areas such as Ningjindusi will help him expand his territory.

The importance of steamships is self-evident.

With this thing, the efficiency of water transportation will be greatly improved.

He also no longer had to worry about the steamships deployed by the Britons in the East.

And with the manufacturing experience of steamships, the next step is to have the ability to manufacture ironclad ships.

(end of this chapter)