Chapter 893 Eventful WeatherWalking in any corner of North Africa, there are traces of civilization everywhere.Many famous monuments have fallen into ruins or disappeared.But with the arrival of the Ming Dynasty, the historical relics here have been cleaned up very thoroughly, and most of the houses where they live have adopted the same courtyard architectural style, and every town is almost a perfect replica, where is the granary, where is the armory, where is the commercial area, where is the leisure area.In fact, because of the strength of the Ming Dynasty, it has also caused some tap water, for example, the Dutch, don't look at the relationship between the Netherlands and the Ming Dynasty is very stiff, but it does not prevent the Dutch from liking the Ming.For example, Amsterdam, the capital of the Netherlands, has many original oriental buildings, just like in Dam Square, there is a luxury hotel covering an area of more than 150 acres - the Octagon Hotel.Bafang Hotel is a Chinese-style garden complex, every brick, every tile is transported from the Ming Dynasty, and the technical craftsmen are also from the Ming Dynasty, which lasted two years and used nearly 5,000 workers to complete the construction.The main building of the Bafang Hotel is about six zhang high, it is a five-storey pavilion, whenever the night is dark, the eaves on the first floor of the Bafang Wine are lit in each corrugated lamp, the candle flame is shining, looking from afar, like a golden flying dragon soaring in the night sky of Miao.Now the Octagon Hotel has become a landmark building in Amsterdam, walk into the Octagon Hotel, like a city-like tall city wall, hanging a huge blue background slip gold Lishuhan "Octagon Hotel", enter from the main entrance, there is a long main corridor, about three zhang wide, about 100 steps long, on both sides are three-storey wings.Under the eaves of the main corridor, around the north and south patios, there are small pavilions for drinking, and each aisle and pavilion are hung with crystal clear bead curtain embroidered foreheads, full of dazzling colors.Different from the local Ming Dynasty, the business here is a bit of a local custom, full of flowery singers and dancers, Persians, Indians, Arabs, English, Dutch, Romans (Italians) almost everything, come here to enjoy the imperial treatment.Of course, the consumption there is also very high, even the middle class in the Netherlands can't afford to play, but it is a symbol of the status of the top rich.Quan Xu is now in North Africa, and the biggest concern of the North African Governor's Office is that during Quan Xu's time in North Africa, any problems will arise.In fact, during Quan Xu's time in North Africa, there was really a problem, not in North Africa, but in the Ming Dynasty.Although the new tax law has been implemented, the tax collection of the Ming court has continued to increase, and now it has exceeded 160 million taels of silver.However, because of the government's increasing spending, the government's financial situation has not improved, but has been deteriorating, especially with the invention of the diesel engine, the single-cylinder diesel engine has been quickly put into use.History has absolute inertia, I still remember the earliest period, the Hummer driven by Quan Xu, and Sanniang rushed to the broken temple of Liu Qiao, Jinyiwei, and used the Hummer to give Liu Qiao a dismount.After many years, the parties are still there, and a four-wheeled vehicle powered by a diesel engine that has made a deep impression on their hearts with a machine gun and steel armor has appeared in this situation.And after it appeared, it was first put into the military, although the experiment was not ideal, the maximum speed was only 30 kilometers per hour, but the military was greatly satisfied, claiming to place an order for 100,000 vehicles.This is not over, the Ministry of Agriculture also looked at the four-wheeled vehicle, dragging the iron plough plough ploughing effect is not comparable to the ploughing ox and horse, this diesel engine four-wheel wheel has obtained a large number of orders, but the problem is that this road to drink oil equipment, need a large number of oil refining plants, and the diesel engine of this period, the thermal efficiency is very low, it is simply an oil tiger.Therefore, the cabinet of the imperial court proposed to modify the firewood reserve warehouse, which is a strategic resource and must be in the hands of the imperial court, so the problem is that the early investment is a one-time ten million taels of silver.The government's investment in education has reached the point of frenzy, and all provinces should increase their education funds and increase their investment in education.Basic education is better, with modest costs, and the main expenditure is concentrated on school buildings, stationery and classroom salaries, but universities are different, which require a considerable amount of research funding.Although Daming college students are not free, the problem is that the tuition fee is not high, and there is no need to maintain a balance at all, which requires increasing laboratories, experimental equipment and increasing research funds.So since then, the gap in financial expenditure of the Ming Dynasty has become bigger and bigger, and the invention of the diesel engine has been successful, and the profit is necessary and huge, so the eyes of the major colleges and universities are red.Splashing and rolling, playing tricks, all kinds of tricks together.In response to that sentence, hooligans are not terrible, but they are afraid that hooligans are educated.Shen Mingze couldn't bear it, it was okay not to open his mouth, once he opened this opening, it would be over, just like a fly smelling blood......
At the most critical moment, Shen Mingze remembered the reserves, that is, the real money stolen by the navy, and the huge amount of money was invested in the Daming market, which was not an immature market, which caused a chain reaction.Prices are rising, and people's lives are becoming more and more difficult.Because Quan Xu doesn't care about anything, the spearhead of the problem is directly aimed at Shen Mingze, who has only been in power for more than four years since Shen Mingze held the power of Prime Minister of the Ming Dynasty, and the voice of impeachment and dismissal of the prime minister is getting louder and louder.But Shen Mingze was also very aggrieved, everything he did was for the country, but as a result, he was hurt to the heart, and he became ill with anger and hard work, and fell ill all of a sudden.Quan Xu originally wanted to take the Ming fleet to Europe to pretend to be forced and show off his muscles, but he encountered such a heartwarming thing at this time of the year.This is actually not the most disgusting, the disgusting thing is that the chef invited a local person to make a local specialty fish.At first, Quan Xu was very happy to eat, but the problem was that halfway through eating, he realized that the chef did not shave the scales of the fish at all, nor did he handle the gills......
Quan Xu was so angry that he flipped the table directly.Sun Chuanting looked at this scene, and thought that Quan Xu was angry with Shen Mingze, and the imperial doctors were helpless for his illness, leaving only "heart disease still needs heart medicine." ”This means that Shen Mingze is in a mood.Sun Chuanting is really afraid that Quan Xu will be angry and quit the prime minister, at this stage, there is really no one who can replace Shen Mingze, among Quan Xu's veteran team, Zhu Xun is a good man, a firm executor, can be a deputy, and has no ability to stand alone.Even others are either not qualified enough or have limited abilities.He is actually very promising, but the key is to let Shen Mingze hold on for another three or five years.If, three or five years later, Sun Chuanting has made certain achievements in North Africa, then it will be a matter of course for him to become the cabinet and become prime minister.It's ......
The time is not yet ripe."
Your Majesty, don't be angry with Shen Mingze, he is actually embarrassed there!"
Sun Chuanting pondered the words: "He has done well enough, no one is perfect!"
”Quan Xu sighed: "I'm not angry with him, but angry at him for being stupid, he shouldn't, he shouldn't, he shouldn't, mobilize the market economy intervention mechanism!"
”Such an economic crisis was actually expected by Quanxu.Quanxu's biggest purpose is to break the monopoly of the gentry on the land throughout the ages, as well as to break the land and motivation, if farming is unprofitable, the gentry will naturally not focus on the land, so that the common people still have room to live.At present, the per capita cultivated land owned by the people of the Ming Dynasty is 548 mu, which is only two capitals and thirteen provinces, and if you count the three provinces of the Far East and Mobei plus the Indochina Peninsula and Xinhua Province, this number will become 1,400 mu.Now Shen Mingze has taken the initiative to raise the prices of grain and agricultural products, so that the price of grain has risen to eight yuan to one tael of silver, although it is said that the peasants' incomes have increased, this is only a seeming increase.In fact, the peasants' lives are more miserable, and the rise in the price of agricultural products has led to an increase in the cost of meat and living, and in the original time, the cost of living for local workers in the Ming Dynasty for a month needed 500 yuan to ensure food and clothing, but now it needs 1,500 yuan, which has tripled.A peasant's annual income increased to 1,000 taels of silver, and the workers saw that their income from their work was inferior to that of the peasant, so they resigned or left on their own, and went to the government to demand the distribution of land.In this case, in order to retain workers, the factory can only increase the labor wages by a large amount, and no matter how much it can be increased, it is impossible for the workers' income to exceed 1,000 taels of silver.This means that the factory is in a crisis where no one is available.It has created a crisis in the whole society, which is actually avoidable and artificially created.For so many years, Quan Xu has been talking to Shen Mingze about the relationship between economics and finance and productivity.But he also made such a stupid move.They all went to be farmers, who will do the work?
Who will guarantee the industrial production of Daming?"
Your Majesty, what now?"
Sun Chuanting looked at Quan Xu's appearance, with a calm face, as if he was in his chest.In fact, the simplest and most crude method is Chongzhen's most commonly used method, transmutation.Overturn the existing policy promulgated by Shen Mingze and return everything to the original channels."
What else can be done, there are only two ways, the first is to carry out macroeconomic regulation and control, release grain reserves, and beat back the prices of grain and agricultural products!"
This is actually the most frequently used means in all dynasties, but human nature is very complex, from thrift to luxury, from luxury to thrift.This will make the people extremely resistant to the imperial court, and even distrustful, which is easy to cause a crisis of trust.The second is to adjust the monetary structure and depreciate the value of silver.The second plan that Quan Xu actually used was to depreciate the silver.For Daming, silver is actually not silver, just a symbol, anyway, it can increase the issuance of banknotes, so that Quan Xu will harvest a lot of wool.These wools are actually all the people of the Ming Dynasty.In response to this situation, it means that Shen Mingze's term as prime minister is over, his career is over, and there is no possibility of returning to politics.After thinking about it, Quan Xu decided to wait and see before making a decision.This is also a test for Prince Quanjingliang.The most fundamental problem of the Ming Dynasty is that Quan Xu is in control of the army, and the army can maintain the local uncertainty, as long as the local stability is stable, everything is under control.Jeon Xu's eyes looked into the distance.In fact, the problem of Britain is more prominent than that of the Ming Dynasty.It is hard to believe that Charles I, with the assistance of the Archbishop of Canterbury, began to force the people of the Kingdom of Scotland to accept the Catholic rites he liked, but the Scots were more resistant than the English.Soon, the Scots organized an army of their own into England, intending to force the king to cancel the idea.In order to defend against these Scots, Charles I had to declare a parliament, as he needed to raise military funds through parliamentary authorization.The Diet immediately seized the opportunity to make a series of demands to the King, the two most important of which were to limit the King's powers and increase them.Forced by the situation, Charles I had no choice but to compromise with Parliament.Little did he know, however, that the foundation of his kingly power would be greatly shaken from then on.In January, Charles I, at the instigation of the Queen, arrested several parliamentarians who opposed him, a move that led to a complete outbreak of tensions between the King and Parliament.Charles I, with the support of the Loyalists, officially declared a crusade against the rebels in Parliament, and a protracted "English Civil War" began.Unlike history, when the English Civil War broke out after the end of the war in Europe, it is now the most critical moment in the war in Europe.Directly forcing the Spanish king Fili IV to concentrate on attacking the French mainland, in this case, Quan Xu decided to watch the fire from the other side and sit back and watch the storm rise again.At the same time, Quan Xu ordered the canal to start construction, concentrated the materials on the construction site, and expressed to European countries that the Ming had no intention of intervening in the European battlefield.When people are unlucky, they will stuff their teeth when they drink water.Quan Xu didn't want to get involved in this protracted European battlefield, but someone was going to die, and Tsarist Russia actually organized more than 150,000 troops to cross the Ural Mountains and launch an attack on the Ming Dynasty.Quan Xu was a little puzzled.Who gave Tsarist Russia courage?
Although the Ming Dynasty did not take the initiative to attack in the direction of the Ural Mountains, it also gathered sixteen infantry regiments under Qi Yuanbi, could it be said that the Tsarist Russia thought that their 150,000 troops would deal with the sixteen infantry regiments of the Ming Dynasty?
Is it because there are only more than 1,800 infantry regiments in the Ming Dynasty?
Fighting a war is no longer the time to fight for numbers, and Tsarist Russia doesn't seem to have woken up yet?
Quan Xu gave an order to Qi Yuanbi through the radio: "Act cheaply!"
”After giving this order, Quan Xu had a headache: "If you don't do it, you won't die, and if you die, you will definitely die!"
”Quan Xu and the Anxi Governor's Mansion issued an order: "Act cheaply!"
”If the Anxi Governor's Mansion didn't know that it was jointly attacking Tsarist Russia with the Anbei Governor's Office, Quan Xu decided to masturbate people.The dry North African climate also made Quanxu very angry, and at this time, there was also a prisoner of war riot on the construction site of the canal.The news reached Jeon Xu.Quan Xu replied: "I don't even want to be a slave, so let's die!"
”With a paper order, there were people rolling again, and blood flowed like a river.