Although Feng Yunshan had some understanding of the industrial revolution in Britain, he still patiently listened to Shen Guifen's opinions.

He found more and more that if he didn't rely on his later understanding of the world, he really couldn't compare with these ancient elites with his own wisdom alone. Thinking about it, he himself is just one of the millions of college students in the later life, and it is already good to say that it is one out of ten, and Li Hongzhang and Shen Guifen These ancient elites are at least one in a thousand miles and a second-class jinshi, and their minds and perseverance are all at the peak, and it is not too strange to be stronger than themselves.

Fortunately, he is the emperor, and everything is up to him.

"Aiqing will talk about it in detail, but it doesn't hurt to say it!" Feng Yunshan encouraged Shen Guifen.

Shen Guifen thanked and talked eloquently: "In the process of the industrial revolution, there are actually several elements that allowed Britain to quickly promote the industrial revolution and achieve the victory of industrial development.

First of all, the establishment of the British constitutional monarchy provided them with a political foundation. This gave half of the capitalists in Britain the right to their advantage, and made laws and regulations that were favorable to them to promote the development of industry and commerce.

Secondly, Britain completed the primitive accumulation in the early stage, allowing them to develop industry without distractions. They have two indispensable conditions for the development of industry: first, they must have a large number of wage laborers who have only personal freedom and no means of production; The second is that a small number of people have a large amount of wealth and are willing to convert it into capital for the development of industry. And Britain did this through the enclosure movement, colonial plunder, the issuance of national bonds at home and in the world, the creation of banks and joint-stock companies, strict taxation, etc.

After these two conditions are met, the two most important key points for the development of industry are the development of trade and the application of technology. And the most important thing is actually the benefit of trade and earning wealth.

As far as Britain is concerned, they are a country built on colonization and trade, and even colonization is for trade, the purpose is nothing more than to grab the means of production cheaply, forcibly open the market to sell goods, obtain wealth, and even all their industrial development, advanced technology applications, are for trade. For example, Britain pursued a mercantilist policy very early, in order to develop trade, the British government vigorously supported the shipbuilding industry, supported the establishment of privileged trading companies overseas, such as the East India Company established in India and the Hudson Company established in North America, they forced the local people to grow opium in India and sell it to the Manchu Dynasty, this is how they earned wealth, and with wealth, it will promote the development of technology even more, and then large-scale industrial development recommends trade to earn more wealth.

Of course, the industrial development of Britain is mainly based on the textile industry, and the large number of applications of steam engines is the way.

Britain's Industrial Revolution transformed Britain from a backward agricultural country to the world's most advanced industrial power in just a few decades, establishing a powerful textile industry, metallurgical industry, coal industry, machine industry and transportation industry. Moreover, their technology and experience of this industrial revolution are constantly being imitated by other countries. Among them, Wechen takes the United States as an example to say that our Chinese empire can learn from the experience of the United States, borrow and improve the British industrial revolution, and create its own industrial development prospects! ”

"Your Majesty, it took only 50 years for the United States to basically form a scale from the founding of the United States to the development of industry. Had it not been for His Majesty's decision to use troops against the United States, the United States would likely have continued its rapid growth after their Civil War between the North and the South, and would have surpassed Great Britain within three or four years. Therefore, Weichen feels that we must analyze the experience of the United States and develop industry faster and more steadily.

The United States possessed certain obvious favorable conditions that were crucial for industrial development: first, a huge treasure trove of raw materials, a vast territory of North America; second, they have sufficient ties with the capitalists in Europe and an adequate supply of capital; the third is the looting and conquest of the indigenous Indians, as well as the wars and famines in Europe, resulting in the continuous inflow of cheap immigrant labor; Fourth, the geography is very suitable, the population of North America is increasing, the land area is vast and very far from Europe, the domestic market and maritime trade are increasing, Europe is inconvenient to interfere, and the enlightened government are all favorable factors.

Of course, in the end, the convenient and cheap water transportation conditions in the United States and the abundant and convenient supply of grain products such as dairy and livestock products in the west also provided a good guarantee for industrial development. ”

After listening to Shen Guifen's analysis, Feng Yunshan was a little surprised. For Shen Guifen's thoughts, many Feng Yunshan have also seen them on forums in later generations, but they have been a little vague for too long. But there are some points of view that Feng Yunshan has never heard before, and it is the first time he has heard it from Shen Guifen's mouth. Feng Yunshan was surprised that Shen Guifen saw the problem thoroughly, and was even more surprised by Shen Guifen's unique vision, and he even suddenly felt that Shen Guifen was wronged as the Minister of Industry, and at the same time he was happy that his subordinates were so talented.

"Shen Aiqing said it very well!" Feng Yunshan encouraged, and at the same time asked expectantly: "So, back to the question I am most concerned about, what is Aiqing's suggestion for us to develop industry?" ”

Shen Guifen took a deep breath and replied, "Your Majesty, you and the imperial court have done a good job, and Weichen is just picking up people's teeth. As I said earlier, the road of industrial development in the United States is very suitable for our Chinese empire. And in fact, we're doing the same in a lot of ways.

Compared with the United States, our land area is now vast, and our resources are more abundant than those of the United States; In terms of capital, we are much more abundant than the United States, and it is our own capital, not to mention the endless capital of the people that has not yet been utilized; In terms of labor, we are in better conditions than the United States, and the size of 500 million people makes us the most labor-abundant country in the world; In terms of policy, there is His Majesty, and it will not be worse than the United States and Europe; In terms of geographical location and trade market, it can be said that there is no more suitable place in the world today for the development of industry than our Chinese Empire.

According to His Majesty's strategy, we will surely be able to achieve the victory of the industrial revolution in thirty or forty years. But in addition to this, Your Majesty, Wechen believes that there are several points that will help the industrial development of our Chinese Empire.

The first is to vigorously develop the transportation industry in combination with trade. Your Majesty, from the course of industrial development of Great Britain and the United States, we can see that their water transport, especially the canal water transport at home and the maritime transport abroad, was a great aid to their trade. Later, the construction of roads in Britain made it extremely convenient for their four-wheeled carriages to transport, and now the construction of railways has brought the flow of people and goods into a new situation.

Our empire is so vast that the construction of roads, roads, and railways are indispensable if we want to speed up the process of trade. Although the imperial court had made great efforts, Weichen believed that this was not enough and that more development should be invested, especially in the densely populated areas of the eastern and southern central regions.

The second is new technology, especially the application of new technology in production. This can be clearly seen from the process of industrial development in Britain, with the introduction of the steam engine and the application of all walks of life, the industry of the whole country entered a period of rapid development. ”

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