After listening to Zhu Jingyuan's words, the old emperor nodded lightly again in agreement, and then asked a new question:

"Jingyuan, don't you support the royal consortium to sell interests and nurture the development and growth of private capital and industry?"

Zhu Jingyuan is even more helpless, can your focus be normal, can you focus on the construction of battleships:

"I do support the royal family in nurturing the private industry, but the way in which the royal family foundation directly cuts the meat and sells it is absolutely inappropriate.

"Because private manufacturers do not have enough capacity and capital, it is impossible to buy the large-scale properties sold by the consortium normally, unless the royal family greatly lowers the transfer price.

"This will certainly breed huge amounts of corruption, and the scale of the consortium is too large, and it is difficult for the top management of the consortium to achieve in-depth and comprehensive supervision.

"Corrupt transactions ultimately lose the vitality of the entire industry, and the industrial production capacity of the entire country."

The old emperor was stunned for three seconds, and then nodded lightly again in agreement:

"That makes sense, then Jingyuan, how do you think this nurturing process should be realized?"

Zhu Jingyuan was speechless, this topic has gone somewhere, let's discuss whether to build dreadnoughts, not economic reform.

Can you take a look at what kind of place this is, this is the Wuying Palace, not the Wenhua Palace.

No, we have to find a way to bring the topic back.

Zhu Jingyuan groaned for a while, and quickly thought of the direction of his answer:

Sun Chen believes that after a certain industry is opened to the private sector, the consortium should still continue to retain the industry of the related industry.

"And to become the benchmark of the corresponding industry, to become the formulation and defender of industry rules.

At the same time, guide private manufacturers to start from the periphery of the industry, starting from the relatively low secondary classification of technical thresholds.

"Let private manufacturers develop steadily at this stage, continuously improve their technical level, and inject vitality into the development of the industry.

"In this process, the royal consortium can gradually hand over the products and accessories outside the key core links of the industry to these private manufacturers.

"For example, in the construction of warships, the standards for ordinary cables, pipes, non-supporting steel, and living materials can be listed for bidding, so that private manufacturers can take orders.

The consortium is concentrating its manpower and material resources on the development of higher power density power systems, larger caliber and more powerful artillery and ammunition, stronger defensive armor and stronger supporting steel, better observation and computing equipment, and so on.

"We must continue to explore better overall design of warships, a more flexible and efficient combat command system, and a faster and more economical way of building ships, etc., and focus on such core and key links.

"In the future, the royal consortium will give up the large and comprehensive business model and turn into a high-end, core, key and basic imperial backbone enterprise.

"In the process, we will abandon marginal industries and non-performing assets, reduce overall operating costs, and improve margins and production efficiency.

"We will invest more funds and strength in new industrial projects and industries that are difficult for private manufacturers to afford.

"For example, large-scale mining and refining of mineral resources, railway and road construction with higher carrying capacity and speed, design and manufacture of large flying machines, and so on.

"This kind of industrial reform can start from our shipyards, starting with the construction of new warships this time."

After Zhu Jingyuan finished speaking, he bowed solemnly to the old emperor and put on a gesture of request.

When the old emperor listened to Zhu Jingyuan again, he couldn't help but nod his head again and again, feeling that what this grandson said was very reasonable.

The key is that his way of thinking is completely different from ordinary children and courtiers, he seems to be looking at things from a more open and long-term perspective, just like Emperor Shizu.

In particular, the royal consortium is the core, and the private manufacturers are doing the peripheral planning, which makes the old emperor very interested.

In short, the more you look at it, the more satisfied you are, except for the new battleships that are always holding on:

"Okay, you can refer to your ideas on consortium reform, as for the design and construction of new warships in the future, I have my own decision, and you don't have to interfere anymore."

Zhu Jingyuan is very helpless now, you always agree with the idea I said, but you just don't agree to my request.

What can you decide? What could be more important in this day and age than a dreadnought?

It can't be an aircraft carrier, right? Zhu Cihong, a great senior, did not even leave the design of tanks and aircraft, and it is definitely impossible to leave the design of aircraft carriers.

The key planes are not even scratched now, and there is still a big version away from the aircraft carrier.

Thinking of the airplane, Zhu Jingyuan suddenly reacted, and he held the aircraft design patent, which can be used:

"Grandpa Huang, the design and construction of the battleship I am talking about, the grandson can pay for it himself, and he will pay for the new ship order as the grandson's money, and finally give it to the navy to test and use.

"I implore Grandpa Huang to let the consortium arrange manpower to complete the design and construction of this new warship."

As soon as these words came out, the audience was shocked.

This idea is too wild, you pay for the shipbuilding of the Navy yourself?

Are you going to hit someone in the face? Does the Navy give you this money? Did the court send you this money?

The point is, you are an ordinary emperor, and you can't have so much money.

Ordinary officials didn't dare to speak, but the old emperor didn't have any concerns, and asked with wide eyes:

"The new capital ship with four main guns may have a displacement of more than 20,000 metric tons, and the cost is at least 300,000 Ming gold bills, that is, 15 million silver dollars, where did you get so much money?"

Zhu Jingyuan stiffened his neck and said loudly:

"I used my future prince's annuity and the invention patent for the flying machine as collateral to borrow 300,000 gold notes from the royal consortium to build ships.

"After the design and construction of this ship is completed, if it is really useful, and the navy and the royal consortium want to build it, they will have to pay for it themselves.

"In addition, the design patent of this kind of ship must also be counted as mine, and I will have to give a share of the same kind of ship built or exported in the future."

At this moment, the audience was even more shocked, Zhu Jingyuan's idea was too outrageous.

This idea is comparable to applying for a patent for an aircraft carrier, even if the patent office registers it with you, can you build it? Who did you sell it to?

However, things like warships can indeed be sold at this time, and even drawings can be sold.

Japan's Kongo-class battlecruisers bought a finished ship from Britain plus a set of drawings, and bought materials to build three of them themselves.

But Zhu Jingyuan's real idea is not really to get the patent of the dreadnought, the users of this thing are all countries, and there is no way to trade and authorize them normally.

Zhu Jingyuan actually just used a simple agitation method.

My eldest child has put all his future income on the table, can't your court and navy be a little brighter?

This matter has been spread, who is the ugly face?

Everyone was already aware of this problem just now, so when Zhu Jingyuan spoke again, Cao Zhenyong, a representative of the Military Aircraft Department, immediately stood up to dissuade him:

"Your Highness, Your Majesty, this matter must not be allowed, the construction of the warship cannot be paid for by His Highness personally."

Zou Bingtai, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, Cao Zhenyong, the minister of military aircraft, Zhu Jianyan, the prince, and everyone present all looked at the old emperor.

But the old emperor's thinking never seems to be on the same channel as ordinary people.

The matter of money itself was left behind by him, and he asked Zhu Jingyuan with great interest:

"What do you say, grandson, you have a patent for a flying machine?"

Zhu Jingyuan's mood is very complicated, let's talk about the ship, why did you go on the plane again.

Zhu Jingyuan really couldn't figure out the old man's thoughts, but he couldn't help but answer when he asked:

"We are preparing for the experiment, and there is a high probability that it will succeed, and if it succeeds, we will be able to get a patent."

The old emperor lost interest in an instant:

"In other words, it hasn't succeeded yet, so let's wait until it succeeds, let's stop here today......"

Zhu Jingyuan was stunned:

"Grandpa, wait, what's going on with my ship?"

The old emperor replied as a matter of course:

"Didn't I say it, wait until the flying machine experiment is successful, and then adjourn."

After speaking, he turned his face to look at the entourage beside him:

"Send me to the headquarters of the foundation, and at the same time inform the top treasurers of the foundation to immediately go to the conference room of the headquarters of the foundation for a meeting."

The old emperor left by himself as he spoke, leaving everyone at the scene with a stunned face.