Chapter 14: Money and Food

It's just that this is too unfriendly to Zhu Xiongying.

First of all, Zhu Xiongying originally won the throne, but suddenly there were twists and turns, He Xi said the truth, but in fact, Zhu Xiongying was very skeptical about whether He Xi could do it, what he said.

Even if he can do it, why should Zhu Xiongying take the risk, just to change the law?

This is the last thing he can understand.

Secondly, it was Zhu Xiongying who felt the threat from He Xi.

Beijing and Liaodong are He Xi's basic plates, and although Zhu Xiongying has been attracting many people, it cannot be compared with He Xi's business in the two places for nearly ten years. Now that this is the case, what will it look like if you rely on the future to conquer the world?

Zhu Xiongying's emperor instinct felt deeply uneasy.

Anyway, Zhu Xiongying was also cultivated by Zhu Yuanzhang. He couldn't feel more uncomfortable in his heart. Didn't show a single ounce either. said, "Uncle, how can these three deficiencies be changed?"

He Xi said, "Do you remember the bill system I drew up in Liaodong before?"

Zhu Xiongying said, "Naturally, I remember."

He Xi said: "Based on this system, food stamps are issued to lock in the price of grain. Stabilize food prices. This time, Shen Guogong also gave us the opportunity to collect at least a few million taels of money from the Deng family. In addition, I have drawn up policies such as the issuance of treasury bonds and the issuance of excessive banknotes, and will provide 100 million yuan of financial support between this year and next year. Of course. It all takes time."

Zhu Xiongying was taken aback and said, "100 million yuan?"

He Xi said, "It's 100 million yuan."

To fight a war is to fight for money, how can He Xi not be prepared. In terms of money, He Xi prepared the most.

It can even be said that after twenty-five years of Hongwu, everything He Xi did was to prepare for today.

First of all, the silver dollar in place of the treasure note has been completed. This gave He Xi an opportunity, that is to say, He Xi's over-issued currency was not borne by Beijing alone, but by the entire Ming Dynasty and even Nanyang, and many places bore everything.

This kind of financial hegemony may not be understood by many people in this era.

Some people may think that once the war starts, will there still be economic and trade exchanges with Beijing on the Nanjing side, and the currency will still be circulating?

The answer is yes.

Even war can't resist the flow of money. Even a lot of people will be more profitable.

Secondly, the industry in Beijing and Liaodong has also developed greatly.

Generally speaking, the industrial development of these two places is not expected overnight. Although the factory production system has spread. There are more than 2,000 large and small factories in Beijing and Liaodong. Otherwise, He Xi would not have said that there were 10 million yuan in taxes in the two places.

This is the sum of land tax, customs duty, salt tax, commercial tax, and so on.

About one-seventh of the Ming Dynasty.

However, He Xi also clearly felt the sluggish growth. On the one hand, there are market reasons, and now the industrial capacity of Liaodong and Beijing has been able to meet the needs of the known world. Japan, Nanyang, Mobei, and other places. As for the hinterland of Daming, it has encountered a bottleneck.

Naturally, it was the self-sufficient small-scale peasant economic system and the privileges of scholars and doctors that made it difficult for Liaodong commodities in Beijing to enter these fertile places. In particular, 25 years after Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang gradually delegated power to the cabinet, and the cabinet headed by Fang Xiaoru implemented a series of policies in order to stabilize the south, that is, to prevent goods from the north from entering the south. Maintain the original production relations. So as to stabilize the situation.

Under this conservative policy, some hidden dangers in the south have been suppressed, and there is even a sense of prosperity.

On the one hand, the entire Ming Dynasty itself was in the period of economic upswing, and the trauma of the war at the end of the Yuan Dynasty to the Ming Dynasty had not yet fully recovered. On the other hand, not all goods will be boycotted. It was mainly cloth that was resisted. Because it's too much to do behind it. The rest of the cheap iron, as well as the introduction of other machines, made many industries in the south more prosperous.

However, this limits the ceiling of the capacity of the northern industries.

However, over the years, many business owners have also made a lot of money.

He Xi

It was the basis for the issuance of government bonds.

In addition, He Xi is also preparing for another move, that is, to further retreat from the country and advance the people, open up the most important coal and iron industry, sell all the coal and iron from the government, and introduce a large amount of capital as military spending.

After all, on the one hand, the profits of coal and iron are already very thin. This thin is also because of various reasons of the government, and almost all government-run enterprises will be turned into yamen. He Xi wanted to know how state-owned enterprises were run in later generations.

Anyway, He Xi found that he couldn't stop such a trend at all.

Over time, efficiency decreases, and various problems occur frequently.

Enterprise management and industrial management are also a science. He Xi was just a college student before, and he didn't understand these things at all. He also didn't have time to study, and the best way was to open up directly and let the market compete. The government just needs to strengthen supervision.

Moreover, the money raised in He Xi's hands, whether it is over-issued currency, national bonds, or other money, cannot be fully invested in military spending. Even if it is invested in military spending, it can also stimulate the economy, which is the so-called war boom.

A large number of orders will fill the industry and commerce in Liaodong, Beijing.

If the war goes well. He Xi can maintain high military spending for a long time.

But in the future, the debt will be piled up.

As long as there is victory, everything is not a problem.

This is also the confidence of He Xi to defeat Nanjing. Under the management of Fang Xiaoru, from the twenty-five years of Hongwu to the present, the entire Ming Dynasty, except for some small wars in the northwest, has almost no major consumption, and Fang Xiaoru's fiscal policy is very conservative.

If you have money, you save it.

The balance of the Ming household department is as much as 80 million yuan.

It can be said that there is more than one year of taxes in the Ming Dynasty.

The finances are particularly healthy, and there are also taxes that Beijing pays every year.

However, with the Ming system, it is impossible to maintain a high military expenditure in wartime, and it is not bad that a military expenditure of 100 million yuan can be maintained for a year.

Zhu Xiongying said, "What about the grain?"

He Xi said, "Strengthen the previous overseas procurement. More importantly, agricultural loans."

Zhu Xiongying said, "Agricultural loans?"

He Xi said: "Set up a bank account for each farmer and issue a loan, which can be used directly to buy new farm tools, including water turbines, steel farm tools, Taiping vehicles, livestock, etc. Let them pay back with food."

Zhu Xiongying is not a fool, and asked a crucial question, saying, "Can this loan be returned?"

He Xi said, "It doesn't matter. It's the food that matters."

It's not just food.

Twenty-five years after Hongwu, He Xi is preparing for today's events.

From the 25th year of Hongwu to the present, He Xi has been making every effort to promote the water conservancy project in Hebei. The Puzhou Society under the command of Shen Guogong has become the largest construction society in Hebei. It mainly contracts water conservancy projects and has completed many large projects. For example, repairing the Lugou River, building dams for many rivers, and dredging rivers.

Otherwise, how could Shen Guogong be worth more than 10 million yuan within a few years.

The results of these water conservancy projects are not immediate. But at least the situation of Hebei being affected by disasters has been greatly reduced. But the real output of food is still in the last bit of farmland and water conservancy. But this step is harder.

If the imperial court manages, the problem is too big. Parents in rural areas are too troublesome.

If you don't care, let the people do it themselves, it's too long. No, the people are not active in production. Rather, farmers are naturally afraid of risk. Because it is impossible for ordinary people to bear the slightest risk. It seems that a little risk is enough for the people to be ruined.

He Xi lent money to the people, and he was already prepared to have a large number of bad debts.

But there is no problem, these loans are first of all to sell farm tools, agricultural machinery, livestock, and it can even be said that when the loans are made, these merchants are around, and it is false to say that the people have no freedom to control the loans at all. But most of the loans have already been earmarked.

It is a great stimulus to industrial production.

From this point of view, the imperial court has recovered some costs

Finish. It can even be said that it does not matter if some agricultural loans are lost, but it will be a great benefit to agricultural production. Overall, there are still many benefits.

Waste is waste. Compared with the imperial court, go to the countryside to build farmland and water conservancy from house to house. That cost is high, and He Xi doesn't know. But He Xi knew that he couldn't do the latter. After all, there are not so many people.