Chapter 701: The Problem of Getting the People to Go Out and Work
How did the Iron Boss of later generations operate?
Although he scolds Tie Boss every day and has read a lot of information from the Internet, Emperor Chongzhen still doesn't know the specific operation mode of Tie Boss.
But one thing is certain, at the beginning, Tie Boss was basically the same as other state-owned enterprises, from the children's school to his own courts, police and other systems are complete, and it is completely a small society.
To put it bluntly, even if the Iron Boss gets rid of other departments and plays alone, there is no problem.
Of course, no matter how awesome the iron boss is, there is a more powerful mother-in-law on top, and later he has become honest, so that the police system of the railway system is almost useless - if this is changed to occupy a seat on the high-speed rail after not being cleaned up by the mother-in-law? The police directly taught those scum to be people!
How the iron boss of later generations was awesome at the beginning, and how it was abolished later, Emperor Chongzhen didn't know very well, and now the question is what to do with the Ming version of the iron boss.
Especially when it comes to silver.
It is definitely not possible to exist in the hands of the Ministry of Railways, after all, wealth moves people's hearts, and there are real saints, but for most people, honesty may be because the return of corruption is not high enough - people's hearts cannot withstand temptation.
But now Guo Yunhou is frantically hinting that the Ministry of Railways will put all the silver in the treasury, and it is estimated that Hong Chengchou is not too likely to agree.
I gave Hong Chengchou a lot of tasks, just the repair of the railway one by one and the cost of maintenance, it was enough to make people want to die, and now I finally have the opportunity to make money, I don't have to go to the household department to ask my grandfather to tell my grandmother to get money, how could Hong Chengchou be willing to let the household department intervene horizontally.
So the question is - how should I make a decision as an emperor? Is it biased towards the household department or let the Ministry of Railways go and get another iron boss in the future?
Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen simply set his eyes on Wen Tiren and Shi Fenglai.
For Emperor Chongzhen, even if the Ming version of the Ministry of Railways has become the iron boss of later generations, there is actually nothing remarkable.
Since you don't have to worry about what it will become, it's better to simply throw this matter to Wen Tiren and them to have a headache - their own opinions are not necessarily the most suitable for the current Daming, but Wen Tiren and them, although their vision is not as wide as their own, but the opinions put forward must be the most in line with the current situation.
Wen Tiren and Shi Fenglai glanced at each other, and they both felt each other's sadness.
I'm watching the play, and this sudden pot is thrown over, it's so fucking scary!
In addition to the title of consultant, Shi Fenglai is now equivalent to being an unofficial and light, so he naturally has a lot less scruples: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the ticket money collected by the Ministry of Railways should be divided into two, one part should be paid to the Ministry of Railways, and the other part should be left in the Ministry of Railways to carry out the construction of the new line and the maintenance of the original line." ”
Guo Yunhou snorted and said, "If Advisor Shi says this, then the Ministry of Railways doesn't need the treasury to allocate money to build the railway?" ”
Shi Fenglai said with a smile: "If there is no silver in this ticket, the treasury will not only allocate the money for the construction of the railway, but even the maintenance costs will have to be transferred from the treasury."
How about the train we are taking, presumably Guo Butang also has his own experience, such a steel monster, the cost of maintenance will definitely not be too small, right? ”
Guo Yunhou's face became even more ugly: "In the budget reported by the Ministry of Railways before, the maintenance cost for Chongzhen 14 was as high as eight million taels.
This was only for maintenance, and Hong Chengchou also asked the state treasury to allocate 30 million taels of silver for the construction of the new line.
The budget reported by the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Communications is not much less than that of the Ministry of Railways.
The Ministry of Industry requested a total of 35 million taels of silver, and the Ministry of Communications requested the transfer of 37 million taels of silver.
To be honest, the treasury has been a lot more abundant in recent years, but if you really spend money like this, you won't be able to hold up several times more taxes. ”
Shi Fenglai was a little confused.
It can be seen from the transaction of Fushou paste that Emperor Chongzhen's inner money must have silver, but in any case, he never imagined that the treasury had become so rich.
A budget of tens of millions of taels of silver at every turn?
I still remember that when Emperor Chongzhen had just ascended the throne, the surplus in the treasury was only more than three million taels, and the six million taels of gold and silver copied from Huang Liji's house had already made the court laugh from ear to ear.
Just these more than 3 million taels were still looted from all over Wei Zhongxian's black hands......
Is there really so much of this business tax?
But Guo Yunhou's words are obviously not finished: "In addition to the Ministry of Railways, the Ministry of Industry, and the Ministry of Communications, the Ministry of Rites requires the allocation of 18 million taels for the construction and repair of schools in various places.
The most excessive is the military department and the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies!
The military budget reported by the Governor's Office of the Five Armies is a budget of 10,000 taels, and Cui Chengxiu, a bastard from the Ministry of War, just took the budget of the Governor's Office of the Five Armies and came over to ask the treasury to transfer it not count, and he also asked the treasury to transfer another 20 million taels of silver to the Ministry of War! ”
Zhu Chunchen, who was not far from Guo Yunhou, obviously also heard Guo Yunhou's complaints, and said with a smile: "Guo Butang should also know, my Ming Dynasty is now using troops everywhere, and soldiers always have to use firearms and ammunition to fight, right?"
Even if it is more bitter and let the soldiers go to war with swords, but this salary should always be allocated in full, right? If there is no food and salary, let the soldiers go hungry to fight, can they still win?
Taking a step back, even if the Mughal and Annan are pacified, the military expenditure for these two places is less, but the soldiers of my Ming Dynasty guards should always give them food, right? ”
Guo Yunhou snorted coldly, but he didn't say anything to refute.
Fighting this kind of thing, in other dynasties, it must be like running water, but in the Chongzhen Dynasty, it is really not like this.
The killers of the guard are killing people outside, and the military expenses for them are a lot, but there are many good things that these killers have snatched back for nothing, and things such as cattle and sheep are not counted, just all kinds of gold, silver and jewelry, and there can be a surplus after excluding military expenses.
Therefore, Guo Yunhou was not afraid of spending military spending, and when he mentioned the budget of 10,000 taels of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, he just complained about it, but he forgot for a moment that Zhu Chunchen was not far away......
Shi Fenglai found out that in the past few years since he left Daming, the entire Daming has become unfamiliar - except that the emperor's temperament is still as unreliable as ever.
Seeing Shi Fenglai die, Wen Tiren had to speak: "What is Guo Butang talking about?" The money in the treasury should be spent.
The Ministry of Railways, the Ministry of Industry, and the Ministry of Communications, they spend a little more money, but after all, it is all temporary, and when all the projects are completed, will this large amount of silver be saved?
According to the old man, what Consultant Shi just said is also reasonable.
It would not be impossible to release all the silver into the state treasury, but the Ministry of Railways would have to repair the railways, build new lines, and constantly spend labor costs. ”
Watching the bigwigs talking back and forth about tens of millions of taels of silver, Cui Yongan, the left waiter of the Ministry of Railways, couldn't wait to hide himself - this kind of big scene, you should let Lord Shangshu come in person, his small body, empty!
Emperor Chongzhen rubbed his brows and said, "That's it, let's postpone this matter for the time being, go back to the cabinet and discuss it with the Ministry of Households and the Ministry of Railways, see how to make a charter, and then report it to me." ”
After Wen Tiren and the others responded, Emperor Chongzhen continued: "Since the Ministry of Railways has planned these many routes, it is time for Macao to make some plans, right?" ”
Wen Tiren said: "Judging from the map, Xinming Island is the closest to Annan, followed by Macau.
Judging by the data reported by the Ministry of Communications and Xinmingdao over the years, the cost of marine transportation is much lower than that of land transportation, that is to say, the goods from Xinmingdao are much closer to Macao by sea than directly to Annam.
In particular, the coal from Xinming Island can be transported to Liangguang and Yunnan-Guizhou through Macao, which is much cheaper than going to Quanzhou or Denglai first and then transshipment.
Even the Ministry of Railways and the Ministry of Communications also need to re-plan the route connecting Macao with Guangzhou, Guangzhou, Yunnan and Guizhou. ”
Regarding this kind of cheap and beneficial thing, Guo Yunhou immediately expressed his position on behalf of the household department: "There is no problem on the household department's side, whether it is the relocation of the people or the construction of a port, etc., the treasury can bear it." ”
Zhu Chunchen also interjected: "There is no problem with the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, and corresponding changes will be made to the garrisons of the above places to ensure that nothing goes wrong." ”
Emperor Chongzhen nodded and said: "Let's do this in these places first, and in addition, the construction of the railways in Burma and Dhaka should be completed earlier." ”
When Cui Yongan heard this, he couldn't help complaining: "Your Majesty, although people have been sent to explore the construction of the railway between Myanmar and the Mughals, if you want to wait until it is completed, it is estimated that it will be in the twentieth year of Chongzhen at the earliest." ”
Emperor Chongzhen sighed in his heart and asked, "Twenty years of Chongzhen?" Isn't it going to be more than six years? ”
Cui Yongan said: "Your Majesty, it's not that the Ministry of Railways doesn't want to speed up, it's just that the terrain exploration will take about 17 years from Chongzhen to complete, and from the beginning to the end, it can be completed before Chongzhen 20 years ago, which is a more optimistic estimate." ”
When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he was immediately helpless.
Exploring the terrain is very different from exploring the path of a marching army.
As long as you know which road is near, which road has a water source, whether there will be any danger, and how to go.
But when it comes to building a railway, there's a lot more to pay attention to – why is it that the construction of the railway in Sichuan is slower than in other places?
It's not because there have been several earthquakes from the Apocalypse to the Chongzhen year!
It's easy to build a railway, but who knows when there will be another earthquake after it is repaired? In the event of an earthquake, will you be able to withstand it?
If these messy things are not solved, and the railway is repaired only temporarily, who can be at ease?
Just like Myanmar and the Mughals, although Emperor Chongzhen ordered the construction of temporary lines, this kind of line that will be scrapped after a few uses is easy to repair, and the long-term and stable line can still be done?
It is strange not to be sent by Emperor Chongzhen to the noon gate to peel the skin!
So the current situation is that the railway between Myanmar and the Mughal side can barely pass one or two trains by the middle of the fourteenth year of Chongzhen, but if you want to run for a long time, you must re-explore the terrain and relay the tracks.
Seeing that Emperor Chongzhen didn't say anything, Cui Yongan said tentatively: "In addition, there is also the problem of manpower. Although Daming has had a lot of laborers over the years, well, this manpower is still insufficient.
Although some of my people in the Ming Dynasty are willing to come to work, when it comes to the busy farming season, they all run back to farm, so there is still not enough manpower. ”
Emperor Chongzhen continued to set his eyes on Wen Tiren and Shi Fenglai and others - ask me if I have a fart, the people of the Ming Dynasty like to farm, can I blame me?
Wen Tiren said: "The people prefer to farm rather than go out to work, according to the minister's opinion, or because they are uneasy." ”
Feeling uneasy?
Emperor Chongzhen was very curious - was the money I gave less? Still haven't fed and clothed you? What's unsettling?
Wen Tiren saw that everyone was looking at him, so he explained: "The minister put himself in the perspective of the people and thought about it, and found that the most secure thing is to have some fields in his hands and some grain in his home, otherwise he will always be a little uneasy in his heart.
What should my wife and children do when they are away from home? What should you do if you encounter any natural disasters or diseases?
The biggest advantage of staying at home is not only that you can accompany your wife and children after farming, but also that the neighbors around you are familiar with each other.
If you are away from home, except that your wife and children are not around, once you encounter any problems, there is no other way than to ask the government and fellow villagers for help - and the premise of these two roads is that the government must be honest and honest for the people, and there are fellow villagers around. ”
Emperor Chongzhen nodded and said, "What Wen Aiqing said is reasonable, but are there any other questions?" ”
Wen Tiren said: "In fact, there is another problem, which is the current food price problem.
If you want people to leave their homes to work, you have to show them that farming alone is not enough, and this needs to be achieved by suppressing food prices.
It is only when food prices get lower and lower that more people will be tempted to look for other ways out – and even those who have a lot of land in their hands may be tempted to sell their land. ”
Guo Yunhou said with a lot of pain: "Old Wen Ge, the current grain price is lower than that of Zhengde, how can it be lower if it is lower?" ”
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