Chapter 41: The Heavy Burden of Debt

After He Xi announced the entire railway construction plan, almost the entire Dingguo Association was shocked. Overall, most of the proposals below were approved, as long as they weren't too unreliable.

Such a huge plan makes people up and down feel that it is not real. It's like a dream.

The people who can come to Dingguo is meeting are not fools, just a simple calculation, they came to a conclusion, that is, He Xi's plan has added a heavy debt burden to the future Ming Dynasty.

It's the kind that can't be paid off.

It's just, what's the matter with them?

Yes, what's the matter with them?

Most of the powerful people selected from the local area, their first consideration was never the imperial court. Yes, among these people, there are certainly some people who still have feelings for their family and country, but there are not many.

Not much, really.

After all, the first thing he has to think about is not what will happen to the country? But what will happen to yourself? Under such a policy of the imperial court, what is the benefit to oneself. After all, there is a large group of people under each of them.

If the people below are not settled, they themselves will not be happy.

Power holders are only responsible for the source of their power. These people may not have figured this out yet, but they are already thinking about it this way when they are thinking about it.

Where do they buy their power? It's not the Ming court. It's the strength they have. They had the strength to be invited by the imperial court, not the other way around.

Their first need is to preserve their strength, not the other way around.

If you have strength, you will have status. And he came up with a policy from the imperial court, as long as it was good for them. As for whether the court can accept it, do they need to think about it?

The power of the bureaucrats comes from the top, so it is easy for the bureaucrats to ignore the interests of the lower classes of the people and use them to curry favor with the top. But these people, whether they are representatives of the National Assembly or members of the parliament, the source of their power lies in the lower strata. It seems that they only need to be responsible to their own supporters, but their supporters are not equal to the vast majority of the people.

There is a natural tendency to split.

Therefore, in ancient China, party struggle was the most taboo, because once the party was fighting, the bureaucracy had to be responsible to the subordinates, not to the superiors. Then the state system is torn internally.

This is also the reason why He Xi thought about it and why he wanted to strengthen the imperial power.

Because in addition to the imperial power, it is difficult for He Xi to find a way of operating power that is in line with the interests of the people to the greatest extent. As far as the royal family is concerned, as long as Ming Jun is concerned, he knows that his interests are highly overlapping with those of the people at the bottom.

It's the same when the family grows bigger.

China is too big. So much so that there are some local interest groups in various localities, and the central power does not crack down on these interest groups. It is possible for these interest groups to form a new regime. There is this foundation everywhere. After all, there are many separatist regimes in China.

In other countries, perhaps only a few parts can form a state. It's like France, only Paris. This is natural and inevitable. The French themselves divided France into Paris and the others.

This situation is not new to today, it has been for a long time.

And China has let go of local power, that is, a few new countries, I don't know how many people are kings and how many people are emperors.

Therefore, the Han Dynasty determined the policy of cracking down on the powerful and shaped the real unification.

The ancient Chinese political system was simply too sophisticated. There are many things that you think of, and the ancients have already thought about it for you. This is also the reason why He Xi finally rejected the parliamentary system.

The Chinese do not understand why Britain has been in the British Isles for so many years, and there are still separatist tendencies within it. In fact, this logic of power between the center and the local government is one of the problems.

So, what will happen to the Dingguo Parliament in the future? It must be the opposite of the cabinet system, and exist as a check and balance cabinet system and a check and balance administrative system. The administrative system seems to have lost the decision-making power of some major matters. But in fact, they are the core of the Ming system.

However, it is not without its benefits.

At least, the new emperor is gracious, and the world celebrates. These places have benefited from the imperial court and want to tilt the imperial court's policies. Naturally, it is necessary to support the imperial court.

They can represent the vast majority of the local people, the so-called public opinion.

With their support, there will be no chaos in the local area.

He Xi will also have a much smoother time when he implements the entire administrative system reform to the localities.

Of course, it will not be smooth sailing for the new system to replace the old one.

He Xi has done a lot for this reform. The reform from the central government to the local government is not only a reform, but also a purge of the original Nanjing regime. It is the elimination of old ideas by new ideas. To do this, it is not only He Xi himself, but also all the people who come out of Beijing.

And they are the core of the current Ming court.

Therefore, in this invisible battle, the probability of He Xi losing is not high. It's just that this reform also has some impact on local heroes.

After all, this is not simply a new law replacing the old one. It was a complete reshuffle, a redistribution of benefits. The interests of local tycoons will also be affected.

It's just a good influence or a bad influence, it's hard to say.

Ding Xian's approach has already told He Xi that rabbits will bite when they are in a hurry. Jiangnan, where the people's customs are so weak, can cause bloodshed, not to mention other places.

So you can't push people to a dead end.

This large-scale investment is essentially a kind of redemption. Here, I would also like to thank Zhu Yuanzhang. Zhu Yuanzhang has gnawed the hardest bone, and that is the problem of land.

Although it is said that Jianwen has regressed in the past three years, the foundation is still there. The things on the land service, He Xi can not be moved for the time being, and they are all from the old chapter. It just takes a new system to be established. In this way, there is not much contact with the interests of local tyrants. But it's still a lot.

The construction of railways in these places has brought not only convenient transportation, but also a large number of benefits, whether it is other benefits that have erupted because of convenient transportation, or the benefits brought by the construction of the railway itself.

It is also a good thing to buy off some local leaders and get them to cooperate with the new law.

At the very least, it will make the implementation of the new deal smoother.

It's just that the price is a lot of debt, and even the money spent on implementing the new policy is much more than the money spent on fighting a war.

It's just that He Xi has thought about it a lot. I think this is already the best way to go.

He Xi's implementation of the new policy from the two capitals to the local government is essentially an act of expanding the market. After all, there were too many behaviors that hindered business in the original prefectural and county system.

It is impossible for a foreign merchant to do business on the ground, and there are too many ways to make the foreign merchant die without knowing it. Even the locals don't do business well.

What kind of business, won't it be faster to grab it?

What is called the king of the mountain, this is the case in many places. With the exception of a few trade routes, the distribution of goods was not carried out in a commercial manner at all. Money can buy things. It is an illusion after the development of commerce in later generations. Many people mistakenly think that it has been since ancient times, and they are very wrong.

And He Xi has no idea how much role he can play after the local reform. At least one thing is certain. That is the establishment cost of local governments, and many of them are based on commercial taxes.

In other words, if the local government can't collect taxes, it will have to lay off employees. The layoffs represent a reduction in the power of the magistrates.

This is not allowed by them.

And industry and commerce will also become one of the evaluation indicators of every magistrate.

He hoped that in the future, Ming merchants would come from other places to do business in the local area, and naturally they would need to visit the wharf. But after visiting the pier, you can do business normally. That's enough.

Of course, as long as the railways can issue special bonds. Then He Xi has a way to convert national bonds into railway bonds, and the railway business has been profitable for a long time.

This railway debt cannot be said to be completely principal-protected. But there is a high probability that there will be no loss.

From this benefit, the national debt was offset.

When He Xi steps down, he will be able to do so

Get the accounts done. Of course, He Xi will also work the matter of repaying the national debt. Fill in the debt as much as possible.

After all, he doesn't want to leave a mess for the next one.

But the problem is, it's hard to say. At the last minute, I realized that it would not work.

This is the fallback mechanism He Xi wants.

Accounting is also a very magical profession, which can turn decay into magic. He Xi's understanding of accounting is far inferior to that of some peers. But this kind of project conversion, He Xi is confident that it can still be completed.

And isn't there still a few years to go? Just take your time.

After the dust settles on the issue of the railway, the Dingguo meeting has come to an end. The issues that should be discussed have already been discussed. The legitimacy of the imperial court was established. All the participants were also very satisfied.

At this point, the last question is raised.

That is, to keep the country is will.

This opinion does not need to be supported by He Xi. Someone came forward on their own. After all, the impact of Dingguo will be too great. The power in this is satisfying to a lot of people.

He Xi did not pass directly, but showed hesitation.

And the people below are very concerned about this matter, almost all of them want to keep this meeting, and of course, they also want to keep their status as participants.

However, the latter will have to wait for the country to be able to keep it before mentioning it.

He Xi and Zhu Xiongying dragged on for a while, and Zhu Xiongying issued an order to discuss the constitution of the National Council.

As a result, the final climax of this meeting appeared. Countless people have been involved in this matter.

It's just that He Xi cares about this matter very much. In the Dingguo Society, there are never a few people who belong to He Xi's camp. As a result, although the entire charter discussion was intense, it was under He Xi's control. The entire charter also shows He Xi's will and ideas.