Chapter 40 The Necessity of the Jiangnan Railway Plan

He Xi said: "Don't worry, this plan is just a big pie, and I am not in such a hurry if it is not required to be completed in the next few years, but I always have to give the people below an explanation, and the planned railways must be explored." It's not too late to build it when we have the money in the future."

As soon as these words came out, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

They think it's good to follow He Xi for everything, but He Xi's habit of not treating money as money is really unbearable.

He Xi's ability to make money is first-class in the world. But the ability to spend money is even more first-class in the world, no, unique. It's just too much for them to bear.

However, He Xi's following words immediately made their little hearts unbearable.

He Xi said: "However, the Jiangnan Railway must not be left undone. And immediately after the end of the meeting. Start work now."

Everyone was taken aback, and Yang Shiqi asked, "My lord, are you in such a hurry?"

He Xi said: "Urgent, not in a hurry at all, this matter is really unbearable. We may be able to drag it out, but the people can't drag it out."

The Civil War ended for a year, and to be precise, for more than half a year.

During this period of time, He Xi was busy with a lot of things. Dingguo is meeting to finally re-bridge the great tomorrow. Brought the Civil War to an end. And the Civil War was a bit devastated and had to be sorted out.

Where was the most wounded place in the Civil War? Naturally, it is the main battlefield of Shaanxi, Henan, Hebei and Shandong.

In these places, thousands of troops and horses are slaughtered and killed, how can they have no impact on the local area. And there are a lot of inappropriate behaviors of Fu Youde. Not to mention that.

But the trauma of the Northern War, He Xi actually didn't care too much.

Without him, Beijing's war boom is not over. It can continue for a while, and He Xi has also introduced many means to maintain the prosperity of the war. Such a huge railway project is not necessarily not the reason.

As long as Beijing, the economic engine, does not have problems. Beijing's need for talents and manpower will continue to absorb the surplus population from the north to Beijing.

Alleviating the labor shortage in Beijing.

In this case, a large number of people displaced by the war have a job in Beijing. Many things, in fact, don't need to be taken care of by the Ming court.

After all, life has its own direction.

But the situation in the south made He Xi worried.

The south, especially with Nanjing as the core, is the economic region of the core area of the original Ming Dynasty, but it is difficult to describe.

First of all, it was the Nanjing Imperial Court that acted perversely at the beginning. The scraping of the place is simply to the point of doing everything.

Secondly, it is the impact of the defeat of Nanjing, paper money has become waste paper, and the industry that was barely running has become the spoils of the Northern Army, and He Xi in order to make up for Beijing's financial gap, but also to reward meritorious deeds, must also squeeze Nanjing's financial resources to meet the needs of the upper and lower levels.

This situation, in fact, has brought great damage to the people in Nanjing, Jiangnan and other places. After all, the pressure exerted by He Xi on the local government will be passed on to the people.

Finally, the large-scale rise of the textile industry has had an impact on the smallholder economy.

And so on.

The economy of the south, after the fall of Nanjing, was in a state of flux. I haven't gotten any better at all for so long.

He Xi even felt that if Nanjing's economic problems were not solved, something big would happen. After all, if the common people can't eat enough, they will make trouble. And rightfully so.

Before, He Xi was not unaware of this crisis. But he had to make a choice.

Stabilizing the military, the government, and the country will come to stabilize the world and let the world recognize the new Ming court. The priority of these things is to revitalize Nanjing's economy.

After all, it is not nice to say, even if the people of Jiangnan and even Nanjing can't survive to rebel. The troops transferred from the north were suppressed with a backhand.

Although the war is over, there are a considerable number of soldiers who have not actually come out of the war.

When it comes to suppression, it will definitely not be soft.

And in other places, it is much more troublesome for the powerful or the princes and kings to make trouble.

Now the country is about the same. On the whole, it has been successful.

You can do this thing, Nanjing is the capital in the end, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, and the displaced people are everywhere, I am afraid it is not the elegance of the prosperous era.

But how to boost the economy, He Xi's idea is simple and rude, just invest. The construction of the railway from Songjiang to Nanjing naturally required a lot of workers, and the weapons manufacturing system with the Taiping Iron Works as the core in Nanjing at the beginning no longer produced weapons after the Northern Army entered Nanjing. It's in a state of shutdown.

In this case, these industries can be revitalized.

This project is naturally a mercenary system, and the recruitment of people is to pay wages. It can also be regarded as a relief to the people of the Ming Dynasty.

He Xi also felt that there would be many problems in Nanjing's economy. It is not possible to solve it completely for a while. Nanjing's economy is essentially two kinds of crises, that is, the deprivation of Nanjing by Beijing's capital, and the other is the impact of industrialization on the advantageous industries in the south of the Yangtze River.

These two will not stop for a while. The reason is also very simple.

Both of these things require a process, and He Xi can't stop them.

He Xi thought about it and added a shot of nutrient solution to these places first. It is the Jiangnan Railway Project that He Xi is going to do immediately. Bring more vibrancy to the local area. Let more people have something to eat, so as to survive this period of time.

However, He Xi is always certain. That is, the Jiangnan area actually has great potential for development.

As long as you survive this difficult transition period. There will be a bright future for the Gangnam region.

At that time, there will be no need for He Xi to do so much.

It's just that the Jiangnan Railway alone needs a lot of money.

Even though Yang Shiqi understood the necessity of building the Jiangnan Railway, he still said with a bitter face: "I understand the thoughts of adults. It's just that the court doesn't have enough money."

He Xi said: "No, it is okay to borrow new to repay the old, or special railway bonds. Just establish a capital market in Jiangnan as well."

A large number of enterprises in Nanjing were auctioned, and the imperial court naturally recovered a considerable amount of funds, about one or two hundred million yuan, which is a huge amount of money. It is better than a year's income of the imperial court, but the problem is that this huge amount of money will not offset the debts of the imperial court too much.

It's nothing more than borrowing another part after paying it back. Not to mention anything else, if you borrow money to build a railway, there will naturally be many people willing to buy it. After all, the Ministry of Transport, because it has jurisdiction over the operation of the railways, is now the richest part.

If you talk about a business alone, the railway is also profitable.

If you use the railroad as collateral and issue bonds, someone will buy it.

And He Xi is not just for a railway bond, He Xi is for a bunch of railway bonds. With so many railways, relying on the financial surplus of the imperial court, I don't know that it can be repaired in the Year of the Monkey.

And if the railway bonds are issued, the climax of the entire Daming railway construction can be raised.

The floodgates of this matter are in He Xi's hands. He Xi also had to look at the economic situation and see the implementation of the following changes, so as to decide whether to let go of the big killer weapon in his hand. So as to win the support of more people.

But as in Beijing, a securities market is needed.

After Yang Shiqi heard this, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief, He Xi's measures were not beyond the scope of his understanding, which was very high. But deep down, Yang Shiqi also has some uneasiness in his heart.

It seems that in the whole world, only He Xi does not talk about the national debt of more than 2 billion yuan.

If there is no war, the debt will be pressed down, which is the idea of almost all ministers. That is, He Xi is not quite the same. Although He Xi also has the idea of pressing down the debt, it is not for actual needs, but more for the sake of responding to the thoughts of more people.

In the Ming Dynasty, when the vast majority of people believed that the imperial court owed a national debt, it was undignified behavior. He Xi can only find a way to compress the national debt to zero, but in fact, as a country, the problem of appropriate debt is not big.

Just appropriate for this stuff

, Different eras, there are different views, at least in the eyes of these financial ministers, this appropriateness is equal to zero is the best.

However, this does not prevent He Xi from using a proactive fiscal policy. In his view, when necessary, bold fiscal policies can be used, although the ultimate goal is to bring down the debt, but He Xi is not opposed, he is in the process of implementation, so that the debt has a process of flushing.

Yang Shiqi asked, "What does Your Majesty think about this matter?"

He Xi glanced at Yang Shiqi indifferently, which made the latter feel some pressure, but Yang Shiqi had to ask, because, without Zhu Xiongying's support, there would be many problems with such a policy.

Ask the best in front.

He Xi said, "You can rest assured. I have already told Your Majesty about this matter."

Although Zhu Xiongying can't fully understand He Xi's financial magic, first, he believes in He Xi, and moreover, he doesn't want to conflict with He Xi. It is precisely because He Xi is realizing the process of his retirement step by step. Zhu Xiongying did not dare to refute He Xi in terms of affairs.

After all, he was worried that because of these things, He Xi's mentality would change, and it would be self-defeating.

And as far as Zhu Xiongying is concerned, he has feelings for Nanjing. Although he also has the idea of moving the capital to Beijing in the future, it does not prevent Zhu Xiongying from wanting to build a wealthy Nanjing.

After all, from the Hongwu Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty reduced taxes for nearly thirty years in the prefectures and counties near Nanjing. The hearts of the people of Nanjing are to Zhu. If it weren't for Zhu Yingying, who was also surnamed Zhu, and the rest of the army came over, it would not be so easy to take Nanjing City.

This style Zhu Xiongying felt needed to be retained.

He doesn't mind throwing money at Nanjing and the development around Nanjing. Not to mention, the railway, a business that almost does not lose money. Naturally, they also dare to do it.

It's just Yang Shiqi's actions that made He Xi feel very uncomfortable.