Xinshun 1730

Chapter 1390 The Treaty of Versailles ([-])

At such a time, Li Yan clearly declared that he was also an old conservative, because he had identified the most capable people in Dashun, and he would not think about doing things in a short time, unless the new emperor really messed up.

Especially the guns, because the guns in the Dashun Army are all beneficiaries of the violent leap period before and after the signing of the "Versailles Peace Treaty". In the past 20 years, capable guns have all climbed up car.

This group of people is in the prime of life, 50 to 30 years old, and it will be [-] to [-] years before they all grow old and wither.

Outside the barrel of the gun is a money bag.

Because the "Treaty of Versailles" was about to be signed, Dashun's wallet was stabilized.

In addition, Dashun's extraordinary level of productivity, its extraordinary exchange rate relative to the price revolution in Europe, its extraordinary cheap labor under the contradiction between man and land, and its "technological monopoly" of its extraordinary tea, porcelain, and silk.

All of these make Dashun's expansion at this stage obviously imperialist in nature.

This is different from the expansion in the era of pure feudal dynasties, but it is obviously economical, destroying the handicraft industries in Europe and India, and changing the economic structure of Europe and America.

Historically, before 1800, there was nothing wrong with the traditional dynasties saying that "the Celestial Dynasty has everything".This has nothing to do with arrogance. In 1800, Britain had not yet dumped it in India.

What's wrong is that "the Celestial Empire has everything", but how the hell did they blow up the "Tea Tax Act", "Cotton Cloth Prohibition Order", the French Joiner's Association, the British Lancashire Textile Association, and the monopoly franchise of the East India Company , Europe's mercantilist tariff protection, sell these "everything" and get the initiative in trade.

"My things are good, high quality and cheap, so people will take the initiative to buy my things, right?"

This is a wrong idea, because reality has proved that people will set their own restrictions, tariffs, subsidies, legislation, administrative interference, etc., which will fundamentally limit the volume of trade.

In fact, my things are of good quality and cheap, and then I use warships to force you to trade freely, this is the reality.

Because I can force you to trade freely, and when my goods are no longer high-quality and cheap, my warships are enough to protect my "domestic industry first".

Even at this point, Liu Yu did not expect to rely on the absolute advantage of the first edition of "The Wealth of Nations" to read scriptures in Europe, but could only use the relative advantages of 2.0 to read scriptures.

In these years, Dashun has borrowed three consecutive wars in Europe.

The War of the Polish Succession and the Russo-Swedish War resolved the issue of the northern border.

The War of Austrian Succession, Return to Southeast Asia.

Finally came to this war, and finally got the coveted trade initiative.

Through the vertical and horizontal technique, it cut into Europe, took advantage of the contradictions in Europe, completed checks and balances, and maintained a Europe that was absolutely split, but balanced to the point where Dashun only needed 30 battleships to help everyone win.

Because what Dashun is doing now is what Lao Ma said, "in the name of free trade, and the reality of monopoly trade".

Monopolizing trade and mercantilism in the cloak of free trade require national power.

At this stage, Dashun's purse must be tied to the country.

The benefits of the soon-to-be-signed "Versailles Peace Treaty" to help the pocketbook require a stable regime. This group of people, who are temporarily full and have made at least ten years of food in the future, have no intentions at this time.

Of course, if you lose, that's another story.

If the battle is really lost, most of Dashun's navy will have to be disbanded, because the money bag of the loser cannot support the scale of the navy and marine corps, as well as the already huge practical system.

If he really lost the battle, Li Yan might take the navy that was about to be forcibly retreated to Beijing to find an explanation.

The point is that Dashun's strategy was so disgusting that it didn't even give the general the chance to "deliberately defeat the battle". Instead, he used a deformed strategy of "encircling the city from the countryside" and did not choose a decisive battle across the Strait.

England is a "city", and Dashun never goes there.

West Africa, North America, and the Caribbean are "villages", and Dashun is tossing and tossing happily.

Any economy that follows the model of the "Navigation Regulations" will be in chaos if it cuts its wings.Da Shuncong did not plan to fight an epic battle in the Strait from the beginning.

Now that the battle is over, Li Yan actually has no other choice. Maybe tomorrow he will change the style of the blindfold and wear brown glasses instead.

He made it clear that the "reform" has no chance of success within 30 years.

The few people who thought that Liu Yu might support the "reform to equalize the land and gather the power of the whole country to emigrate" also changed their minds one after another, and said: "What Your Highness said is very reasonable. His eyes are like a torch, and his thoughts are far-reaching. I can't wait."

"As His Highness said, Duke Xingguo chose to check and balance the affairs of North America and Europe, so after thinking about it, he also feels that the matter of reform is difficult and difficult."

"Thinking about it carefully, it makes a lot of sense."

"The Versailles negotiations are about to succeed, the dynasty will gain huge profits, the treasury will be full, and great things will happen."

"On the railway from Beijing to Hankou, if everything is done, the Central Plains will be stable. If there is a rebellion, it will come in the morning; if there is famine, the food in Tianjin can also be adjusted."

"The waterway of the Yellow River, if the two things are done, the Huanghuai will be safe. The sword hanging above the head is no longer a serious problem."

"If these two things are accomplished, and the national treasury will be full in the future, then with the money from the treasury, there will be no need to touch the land to equalize the profits of the gentry, and millions of people will be able to immigrate to relieve the poverty of the world."

"People from Shaanxi go to the Western Regions, people from Jin go to the West Gate, people from Gyeonggi and Lu go to the Guandong, and people from Fujian and Guangdong go to Nanyang.

"Therefore, this North American balance is for future immigrants to have land; and the trade treaty is for future immigrants to have money."

"If you have money and land, it seems that you don't necessarily have to implement land equalization..."

With such a change of tone, Li Yan thought that it was not impossible to say so.If you really want to say this, the railway that runs through the Central Plains is the top priority.

At that time, if the immigration administration is carried out, there must be chaos, and the railway will be repaired to suppress the chaos.

And in the future, if there is a railway for immigration transfer, it will be much more convenient.

During the discussion among the crowd, someone soon came up with an idea.

"Your Highness, regarding the immigration of Fusang, Duke Xingguo has a set of formal colonization techniques. I have also seen it. That is, the land is returned to the state, the immigrants buy the land, and the money from the sale of the land is used to emigrate more."

"There is an endless supply of labor to colonize the colony, and there are always newcomers. The old people get gold and silver to buy land for cultivation, and the gold and silver from the land will attract more people to go, so the people will not be cut off."

"Then... can it be used in the opposite way?"

Li Yan wondered: "What do you mean using it in the opposite way?"

The man said: "Duke Xingguo means to go to work there, and then get gold and silver to buy land. Then, can you work here, save gold and silver, and go there to buy land?"

"Now that the treaty is about to be signed, China has completely won the right to trade. With the spinning, weaving, dyeing and other techniques of China at this time, it also has cotton from India and rice from Southeast Asia."

"In my opinion, within 20 years, there will be no competition among the countries on Earth."

"Then, can you increase your salary so that you can work for five years to get enough for the boat ticket and buy a hundred acres of wasteland in Fusang?"

"Since they are gone, there will naturally be no shortage of people to work."

"As for Fusang Land, apart from gold and silver, I really can't think of any other factories that can make money in a short period of time, and give them enough wages to buy land."

Hearing this, Li Yan laughed and said, "If we do this, it would be better to directly levy export tax. Isn't it the same to levy export tax and directly use it as an immigration fund? It's nothing more than levying export tax, going over there, and directly granting land. In the end, no Or is it going back to the old way of granting land with money from the imperial court?"

"If the imperial court grants land... How much is the land granted? If it is three hundred acres, the imperial court will also pay for cattle, horses, seeds, and boat tickets."

"When we get there, there is no hard labor. We just need to pay for food, can we still transport it back to the capital?"

"It's such a good thing, it's the turn of the tenant farmers who really need to immigrate?"

"Don't talk about others, let's talk about the children of the capital. Those bastards who have no errands, who wouldn't want to take this opportunity to let their children go there and get a [-]-acre land for their descendants?"

"In the end, just look at it. Those who really need to immigrate or they will starve, and they won't go. And those who have some property at home must go first."

"As the saying goes, stones from other mountains can be used to attack jade. In my opinion, Yingyi's methods can be used for reference. They are either murdered heretics, or unemployed people who have to go to enclose land as contract slaves."

"Just bypass Yingyi's problem: no private enclosures."

"As for going to Fusang to dig gold at this time... If you have two hectares of land, you don't need to go to Luoyang City, who will go?"

"Yes, this is where the difficulty lies."

"Looking at the early stage, it's easy to say, as long as the home is on the Yellow River waterway, all will be moved. Unless you don't want to go, it's not easy to lie."

"In the future, we can't just move all the counties away and leave none behind."

"As long as you stay, you have to screen."

"If the imperial court really had a way to tell who is a rich household, who is a tenant farmer, who has property, and who has no property... it wouldn't be possible to collect so much money in the per-mu tax now, would it?"

"I can't tell the difference. Guess if the imperial court pays for money, cattle, horses, and seeds, and the number of places is limited. If you go there, you will have a field. Will the local gentry's sons and bastards fill the list first?"

"Yes, it's difficult."

(End of this chapter)