Volume XVII Chapter VII Constitutional Monarchy
The Ming Imperial Xinglong Firm's mastery of more than 100 freight trains once again triggered Zhu Cijiong's thinking, and the country can no longer be governed according to the previous system, because with the rise of capital, the national conditions of the Ming Dynasty have undergone fundamental changes, and the previous feudal system is not suitable for the emerging Ming Empire.
It's not that the Daming Royal Xinglong firm can't master the profession, the Daming Royal Xinglong firm can, other royal firms can, and the businesses created by other civilians must also be able, otherwise it's unfair!
Unfair competition seems to be beneficial to all the royal businesses of the Ming Dynasty, but in fact, this is a disguised self-defeating martial arts, and this kind of flower cultivated from the greenhouse cannot resist the changeable climate outside.
Now that the capital is just emerging, the Daming royal firm has no too powerful opponents, and the annual profit of tens of millions or even tens of millions of taels seems to be scared to death, but when converted into money in later generations, it is hundreds of millions to billions of dollars, and such a company is simply not too much in the future generations.
Companies that develop and grow in this unfair environment will definitely have a lot of defects, such a company is fine in Daming, because there is the protection of imperial power, no one dares to move, once out of Daming, the opponent may be able to take you down with a few routines!
For example, this special train, in the territory of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming royal family can be obtained casually, out of the Ming Dynasty, especially in Europe?
If it's an ally, maybe you can give you some face to drive a few, then it will cost money, if it's not an ally, or even an enemy country, where is it so easy to open a special train for you.
This is the defect in the way of freight, freight can be said to be the focus of business, you can only sell the freight in the past, otherwise what kind of business?
The royal company, which is accustomed to easily obtaining the most convenient freight method in the territory of the Ming Empire, is estimated to be not competitive at all if it leaves the Ming Dynasty, because it is impossible for people to give you convenience at all!
So how many freight trains did the royal family occupy in the territory of Daming? Zhu Cijiong really didn't pay attention to this question, he asked directly: "What about other royal firms, how many special trains are there in total?" “
When Xu Erjue heard this, he looked at Luo Yangxing, and saw that Luo Yangxing didn't mean to speak, so he had to reply carefully: "Back to the emperor, there are about more than ten special trains in Daming Royal Rixing Bank, there are about more than 80 special trains in Daming Royal Machinery Group, there are about more than 50 special trains in Daming Royal Western Commerce, and Daming Royal Electric Company seems to be equipped with only ten special trains for the time being. “
When Zhu Cijiong heard this, he fainted at the wrong point, he really didn't expect that the five royal companies would occupy nearly three hundred special trains, and there were only a few trains in Daming!
No wonder Bi Maokang is so embarrassed, because he doesn't have many trains in his hands at all, as for the royal business, even if he knows, he doesn't dare to have any ideas, it's the emperor's thing, who dares to move it?
In fact, this is not Xu Erjue and others acting favoritism, because the equipment and facilities such as trains and rails are all produced by the Daming Royal Machinery Group, and the operation is only managed by the Ministry of Industry, that is to say, all the things are owned by the Daming Royal Machinery Group, and the railway is also built by the emperor, so it would be good for them to let some of them come out to the Ministry of Industry.
It's messed up, it's a bit messy, Zhu Cijiong only feels that his head is in chaos, and the experience of later generations tells him that this is definitely not a healthy development model, as for how to straighten it out, he doesn't have time to think about it now, he has to finish this meeting first.
He didn't criticize Xu Erjue, Luo Yangxing and the others, because this was not the result of their subjective consciousness, he just nodded, and then ordered: "Wei Ming, you notify all the merchants of the royal family, squeeze out a hundred freight trains, and lend them to the military department to transfer some supplies." “
When Qin Weiming heard this, he hurriedly arched his hand and said, "Obey the order." “
Zhu Cijiong said to Xu Erjue and Luo Yangxing: "You all have to think of a way, let the people below plan well, and try not to let each special train appear empty, so that even if a hundred or so special trains are dispatched, the impact should not be very great." “
Xu Erjue and Luo Yangxing hurriedly bowed their hands and said, "Obey the order." “
Zhu Cijiong said to Sun Yuanhua again: "Chuyang, with these 100 special trains, there should be no problem with the allocation of front-line materials, right?" “
Sun Yuanhua hurriedly arched his hand and said: "No problem, no problem, thank you for the emperor's grace." “
Zhu Cijiong nodded, and said to Bi Maokang: "Meng Hou, don't move the private freight side for the time being, if it is reduced again, it is estimated that many merchants will suffer huge losses because of this, and even close down, that will not cause the people's resentment to boil, Daming has not been embarrassed to that extent, so, until there is no way, it is better not to embarrass the people, after all, the people are the water, the king is the boat, and the water can carry the boat and overturn the boat!" “
Of course, Bi Maokang knew that this sentence was used by Tang Taizong to warn the ministers, but he didn't expect that he was also admonished by the emperor, it seemed that his thinking was not thoughtful enough, he arched his hand ashamedly: "Weichen understands, thank you for mentioning it." “
Zhu Cijiong's original intention was not to criticize Bi Maokang, he just felt it, he saw Bi Maokang like this, and hurriedly comforted: "Meng Hou doesn't have to blame himself, governing the country is not an ordinary thing, especially like the current Ming Dynasty, whether it is territorial, economic or military, the development is too rapid, and it is normal for small problems to occur in the governance process." What's more, this time when I encountered an unexpected situation, Da Ming was calculated by the powers, and there were fires everywhere, and there were no major problems, I am already very relieved, you have all done a good job. “
When Bi Maokang heard this, he couldn't help but be moved, the emperor really didn't say anything to himself, he didn't know what to say, he could only say in a trembling voice: "Thank you, Your Majesty." “
Zhu Cijiong nodded and continued, "Is there anything else you have to do?" “
This means that there is something to report, and there is nothing to retreat from.
It seemed that the emperor had other things to do, and everyone hurriedly shook their heads and said, "It's gone, it's gone." “
Seeing this, Zhu Cijiong waved his hand directly and said, "Then let's break the meeting." “
When everyone heard this, they hurriedly got up to say goodbye and respectfully withdrew.
Zhu Cijiong didn't have anything to do, he just wanted to calm down and think about the statecraft.
As he said, the development of the Ming Dynasty in recent years is too rapid, especially in the economy, has been completely separated from the structure of thousands of years based on agriculture, and then with thousands of years of feudal system to govern, it is definitely not possible, we must make appropriate adjustments, otherwise there will definitely be big problems.
How to adjust it? Is it a constitutional monarchy? Is there a separation of powers?
It seems that the systems he can think of are not very in line with the current situation of the Ming Dynasty, perhaps, it is more appropriate to formulate some laws by himself and let the people below implement them, what is this called?
It seems that this has never happened in history, and he thought about it for a long time, and finally came up with an apt name: constitutional monarchy!