Quick Travel: Records of Extraordinary Creatures

After Qu Jiena left, Zhu Biao negotiated privately with his mother for a few more days, and the two went about their own business on the premise that the current political structure of the government remained unchanged.

Zhu Biao was mainly busy promoting the development of industry and agriculture.

For example, issuing an imperial edict.

Regardless of whether it is a Ming person or an overseas person, as long as they offer new food crops that are not available in Ming Dynasty, they can get ten thousand taels of silver and a non-hereditary earlship.

For example, he summoned master craftsmen to write and draw the knowledge that Qu Jie directly engraved into his memory and hand it over to master masters so that they could improve their iron-making and steel-making techniques.

Improve ordnance, manufacture farm tools and more.

In addition, like selecting excellent seeds from various places for cross-breeding, trying to make simple fertilizers, firing cement glass, manufacturing and selling briquettes...

In short, everything is not difficult, just a lack of creativity, or the industrial and agricultural reforms that can start now, all of which have been promoted one after another.

Empress Ma started with the textile industry, using the technology taught by Qu Jie to improve textile machines, purchase wool and cashmere, and manufacture wool and cashmere coats, and then expand production logically, recruit female workers, and sell them externally.

And on this basis, a series of profitable transactions such as soap soap, perfume, various skin care products, cosmetics, clothing jewelry, etc. have been made, making a lot of money.

Whether it is for individuals or for the country, it is difficult to move without money, so the initial goal Qu Jie set for them is to make money. While continuing to expand production with the money earned, they will also carry out industrial and agricultural development. Reform and progress, personnel training and so on.

Industrial development and personnel training cost money.

In terms of industrial development, Qu Jie can spend less money by opening up programs for them, but the money for talent training cannot be saved, and many things cannot be done without money.

So there is really no rush.

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Hongwu 13 years——

On March th, Zhu Biao supervised the country.

On July th, Zhu Biao used Zhu Yuanzhang's small treasury to establish the Daming Royal Commercial Bank, reformed the salt administration, and sold low-cost, high-quality refined salt and coarse salt nationwide.

Thirty percent of the income goes to domestic funds.

Seventy percent of the income is handed over to the state treasury.

On August th, Zhu Biao established a new General Administration of Grain and Oil at the Ministry of Households. Based on all the grain and tax money collected each year, he bought surplus grain and oil crops from farmers nationwide at a fair price, and sold them at a fair price, at least better than all Grain merchants must sell with conscience and at a reasonable price.

In fact, it is equivalent to state intervention in food prices.

Try to avoid grain merchants buying at low prices and selling at high prices, as well as making huge profits during famine years and lean times.

On October rd, the Daming Royal Commercial Bank carried out its first comprehensive integration and expansion. Zhu Biao merged all the glazed commercial firms, cement commercial firms, textile factories, soap and perfume firms that he and his mother had established during this time into the Daming Royal Commercial Bank. Unified management and unified layout.

On November th, a breakthrough was achieved in blast furnace steelmaking technology, and steel production increased rapidly. The General Administration of Iron and Steel was added again under the name of Hubu, and a large number of steel factories began to be built.

A steel plant affiliated to the state.

On December 20, the -year national road construction plan was officially approved and started.

Hongwu 14 years——

On the th of the first month, the cowpox was verified. Since the royal family began to vaccinate, it is not mandatory or free for the time being.

Hundreds of officials and nobles scrambled to spend money to vaccinate.

On January th, sulfapenicillin was born. Although mass production has not yet been achieved, it is enough for a small number of people to use, and the price is ten times that of gold.

On February , copies of the Barefoot Doctor's Handbook were printed at one time and sold nationwide at a low price.

There are also different versions for different regions.

Because people in different places are prone to different diseases under the influence of different living environments and living habits, so there are different versions of the Barefoot Doctor's Handbook, compiled according to which diseases people in different places are more likely to suffer from. It is convenient to prescribe the right medicine.

On March th, the exchange market with Beiyuan was opened, and the wool purchase plan was officially started. Unlimited purchase of wool from Beiyuan, and sales of products such as salt tea.

On April , the switch opened the sea.

On September , the Royal Maritime Chamber of Commerce was established, and an anti-smuggling department was set up to collect tariffs and wipe out Japanese pirates.

On October th, the prohibition of foot binding was issued. From now on, the imperial concubine must have natural feet. Officials are the same as nobles. Those who can let them go as soon as possible. Ten times the commercial tax is levied, and the parents will be punished as wounding or maiming.

On December , the Royal Women's Mutual Aid Association was formally established under the auspices of Empress Ma. On the same day, Zhu Biao issued an imperial edict to encourage widows to remarry, canceled a series of policies to encourage widows to be buried and observe festivals, such as the issuance of chastity memorial archways.

On December , the wife told her husband that he was innocent.

On December th, a woman can establish a female household and inherit the family business, and hereditary titles of nobles can also be inherited by her daughter.

On December th, Empress Ma personally upheld justice for Princess Qin. On the grounds that King Qin imprisoned and abused Princess, the two reconciled and separated, and shared half of the assets of Prince Qin's mansion.

This matter became a public case and spread to the world.

Hongwu 15 years——

On the th of the first month, Zhu Biao officially began to raise the salaries of officials because his income in the past two years was really high.

The salaries of all officials are doubled.

And began to gradually set up other benefits, such as medical benefits, and pension benefits after retirement.

At the same time, we will intensify efforts to combat corruption.

On March , in order to encourage births, the poll tax, also known as the small tax, was completely abolished, and it was circulated throughout the country.

On June , the simple telegram was successfully produced.

On October , the repair work of the Daming Law began.

Hongwu 16 years——

On the th of the first month, Zhu Biao completely banned the law of Zhu Lian Lian Zuo and others, and the specific sentence was based on the law of the Ming Dynasty.

On March th, the classification of household registration was abolished. From then on, under the rule of Ming Dynasty, only civilian registration was allowed to exist, and all slave registrations of artisans were changed to civilian registration. From then on, slave population transactions were not allowed, including palace maids and eunuchs. All of them have been changed to citizenship, which counts as employment.

On March , the imperial palace no longer accepts eunuchs. After the existing eunuchs are over years old, the royal family will take care of them.

Maids who are over 25 years old can apply to leave the palace by themselves.

The royal family is responsible for giving the dowry.

Those who do not want to leave the palace will also be provided for by the royal family.

On May th, officials were allowed to transfer officials. From then on, local officials can rely on their own achievements and become local officials without passing the imperial examination.

On July , the cabinet was established, with a chief assistant, and Li Shanchang was appointed as the first cabinet chief assistant.

On October , the tax-free privileges for monks and Taoists were abolished.

On December th, Qu Jie was granted the title of National Teacher of the Ming Dynasty, and the white parrot was designated as the national bird of the Ming Dynasty.

Hongwu 17 years——

On January st, Qu Jie appeared in Fengtian Hall, Zhu Biao announced Qu Jie's achievements, and directly transformed the East Palace into the National Teacher's Mansion, and gave it to Qu Jie as her official residence.

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