Chapter 1509 - Domestic demand is fundamental
The market of 3,000 people is not big, but it is not small. Although www.biquge.info cannot be compared with the imperial market of Greater China, with a population of 750 million, the population engaged in industrial production in Britain is also far less than that of Greater China, which will be fully industrialized in the future. If the output of a few million British workers cannot be absorbed in a British market of 30 million people. So how will the production supported by 100 million or 200 million workers be digested in the Greater China market in the future?
"What does my father mean that Britain will be able to support its industry through domestic demand in the future? Can the British Revolutionary Council use socialism to solve the problem of overproduction? Zhu Guoxiong frowned slightly, the theory of overproduction appeared as early as the first half of the 19th century, and now it has become a focus of research by socialist theorists such as Marx and Engels.
According to their theory, in order to reduce the cost of production and extract surplus value to the greatest extent, so as to obtain profits to the greatest extent, when they use the means of extracting relative surplus value, in order to improve production efficiency and shorten their own individual necessary labor time, it inevitably leads to the progress of the productive forces, which leads to the increase of the number and type of commodities in society ~ top ~ point ~ small ~ say ~ to increase, and due to the huge gap between the rich and the poor in society, it will inevitably lead to the relative narrowing of the commodity sales market. This leads to the emergence of overproduction.
At the same time, they also see the phenomenon of overproduction as a manifestation of the capitalist system as the basis of the economy, which no longer fits into the status quo of the economic base. It is evidence that the lower levels of production relations are no longer adapted to the higher levels of productivity.
"Well," Zhu Jishi whispered, "the socialist method should be able to solve overproduction." There is no doubt about it. ”
Although Zhu Jishi is not from an economic background. However, we also know that the socialist camp of later generations does not have the problem of economic excess.
And the socialist theory of this era has not yet developed to the level of core values of later generations. It simply advocates or advocates that the whole society as a whole, that the society owns and controls products, capital, land, assets, etc., and that its management and distribution are based on the public interest - in short, that is, the society (government) controls the means of production and the distribution of products, so as to make production and distribution more reasonable, so that workers can have more products and pay less labor. In this way, the problem of overproduction naturally does not exist.
Therefore, theoretically, a socialist country should not have a large amount of industrial goods that can be used for export. It is also impossible to accumulate a large amount of gold foreign exchange reserves, and the need for the international market is limited to exchange goods - after all, it is difficult for a country to have all the industrial raw materials and produce all the products, and it always needs to obtain something through international trade, but gold, silver and foreign banknotes, which are mainly symbols of wealth, are certainly not what a socialist country should collect and store in large quantities...... At least that's what Engels thought in this time and space, so the new type of foreign trade concern he proposed was not aimed at obtaining a trade surplus.
"Father, does this mean that the industry of our Great China Empire can only be based on the internal market?" Zhu Guoxiong's level of economics is significantly higher than that of military diplomacy, and a little thought about it reveals the problem.
At present, although the total industrial volume of the Greater China Empire ranks first in the world, it is averaged by a population of 750 million. It's not that much per capita -- halfway around the world, of course. There are not so many resources per capita. Therefore, the future Great China Empire will not actually need to obtain much external resources through foreign trade, and the significance of exporting industrial products is to accumulate gold, silver and foreign paper money, which is to make domestic capitalists rich.
"Is there any other way out for my industry in Greater China than to be based on the inside?" Zhu Jishi said lightly, "It is 750 million people now, and it will be 1.5 billion or even 2 billion people sooner or later in the future...... If the UK's urbanization rate is at least 1 billion or more, the prosperity of industry and commerce will be unimaginable now. If we can't rely on the internal market, where else in the world can we digest it? And what do we plan to get in exchange for selling our goods to foreign countries? My Great China Empire already occupies half of the world, what resources do you have? Moreover, it has the chosen country in North America, and there is no shortage of agricultural products. What more do we need? ”
Is it a colorful paper?
"What my father said is that it seems that in the future, the industrial products of my Great China Empire can only be digested by the internal market." Zhu Guoxiong did not show any worried expression, "Fortunately, there are still many places that need to be built in our Greater China countries, and there will be no danger of surplus in a few decades." ”
"That's true." Zhu Jishi smiled and nodded.
There is half the world's land and resources, and naturally half the world needs to be built. I really don't know how many tons of steel and cement we have to throw down to build half the world. It is indeed a bit premature to consider overproduction.
"However, we still have to pay close attention to the methods implemented by Engels in socialist Britain, and we need to learn one or two if necessary." Zhu Jishi said as he picked up the teacup and took a sip, "I want to see what way he can use to make 30 million or even 40 million Britons live a life of equal wealth with limited land and resources." ”
"Does my father think that half the world is still not big enough for 750 million or 1.5 billion or 2 billion Chinese people in the future?"
Zhu Jishi gently turned the teacup and nodded: "At present, the theory of socialism only talks about excess and rarely touches on the deficiency...... There will be a surplus of industrial production, but resources and land will not be enough in the long run. ”
If the 2 billion Chinese want to live as wasteful as the 300 million Americans in the future, half the world's resources are indeed insufficient, but this is not something that Zhu Jishi needs to worry about at the moment.
"Emperor, your brother has returned from India, have you ever seen him?" Zhu Jishi put down the teacup and asked.
Zhu Guowei was brought back to heaven by Queen Bayi, because he lost the battle in India, he was naturally a little gray, not only lost the king's throne, but also lost the original marquis, and now he is thinking about it at home. And there is also some meaning to see through the red dust, and I ran to the Jokhang Temple in Yingtian all day long and mixed up with the 11th Lai Lama Kaizhu Gyatso who has been stationed in Yingtian for a long time. It is said that he also wants to become a monk in Yingtian Jokhang Temple, uh, he is a living Buddha......
"Erchen has seen Guowei, Guowei is now quite Buddha-like, according to the recital of Lai Lama, Guowei is likely to be the reincarnation of Master Xuanzang......"
"Tang Seng?" Zhu Jishi chuckled and shook his head, "Did Lai Lama watch too much of the drama of "Journey to the West"? ”
The 11th Lai Lama grew up in Yingtian when he was a child, and he didn't have any major things to worry about, he was purely a blessed person, and his biggest hobby was listening to operas. Yingtian Jokhang Temple also has a Hui class to build a stage, and what I usually like to watch is the drama with the theme of "Journey to the West", and it is said that I also like to play Tang Seng on stage in person.
Zhu Guoxiong frowned, "But Brother Guowei seems to be a little convinced...... It is said that he had a sense of déjà vu in Nalanda Temple, and when he met with his sons, he also proposed to raise some money in various parts of the Ming Dynasty to rebuild Nalanda Temple. ”
"Uh......" Zhu Jishi thought for a moment, "did you tell him about making him the king of Java?" ”
"I've already said it, but Guowei doesn't seem to be very interested, he said that he won't be the king, I'm afraid he will disappoint his father."
It is certain that Zhu Guowei will not be the king, otherwise he would not have lost the position of King Dali.
"It's honest. But the king of Java still wants him to be it...... It doesn't matter if you can't, because the great politics of Java need to be guided by the Ming court, and he, the king, can just spread Buddhism and Confucianism. Can he do this? ”
Zhu Guoxiong frowned, "Father, it's not easy to be afraid...... Aborigines from the Philippines, Malaya and the Dutch East Indies are now being transported to Java by boat, and with the original indigenous population of Java, more than 35 million people may be gathered. Most of them believe in the true God, a small number believe in Christ, and almost none believe in Buddhism. As for Confucianism, it is even more difficult to promote in Java, because there are not many people on this island who even recognize Chinese, let alone Confucian classics? ”
"It's not easy to do, can't we do what the True God Cult can do?" Zhu Jishi paused, took a sip of water, and continued, "My Greater China not only has Confucianism and Buddhism, but also bayonets and guns, and I also have to garrison 300,000 troops on the island of Java...... In any case, 35 million indigenous people can be managed obediently! The Dutch may not have had 30,000 troops in the entire Dutch East Indies? ”
Zhu Guoxiong thought for a while and shook his head at Zhu Jishi, "Father, the natives of Nanyang are lazy by nature, and it is not difficult to govern, but it is not easy for them to do things. ”
"It's like Zenk. Emperor Obaha learned, let the Chinese farmers in, and leased the land on the island of Java to the Ming agricultural company at a low price of 10,000 acres, with the proviso that the aborigines were hired for agricultural production, and 300 aboriginal households were allocated to one farm......"
Zhu Jishi said what he was planning in his heart. The island of Java has a total of 126,000 square kilometers of land, and it is quite flat and fertile, and there is no problem in cultivating more than 100 million acres of arable land or plantations. If a large farm of 10,000 acres is established, there can be more than 10,000 farms. If 300 indigenous families were allocated to each large farm, at least 4 million indigenous families would have a livelihood in place and someone could discipline them and teach them how to cultivate the land. According to the calculation of 5 people in each indigenous household, 4 million households is 20 million people, accounting for about 40 percent of the indigenous population on the island of Java, and the remaining 15 million indigenous people naturally have jobs assigned to them - mainly engaged in construction, building bridges and roads, building Buddhist temples and cities.
In short, it is necessary to let them gradually establish discipline and labor habits through strict control of labor. At the same time, a new generation of natives was brainwashed with religion and Confucianism, and then the aboriginal elite was selected with Confucianism and Buddhist exams, and gradually let them take over the management of Java Island. In a few decades, Java may be able to become a wealthy country with a developed economy...... This is also Zhu Jishi's expectation for all the vassals of the Ming Dynasty - to support a more developed and wealthy economy with less resources and land. (To be continued.) )