Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1769, there is always a generation to suffer
"Everyone take a look~"

Emperor Hongzhi passed Liu Jin's memorial to Qi Zhong, Wang Shouren, Han Wen, Yang Yiqing and others, asking them to read it and express their opinions.

Several people got the memorial and read it very quickly, and each of them also became deep in thought.

"Let's talk about it, everyone."

Emperor Hongzhi glanced at the crowd and said.

"Your Majesty, I believe that the strategy proposed by Duke Liu is in line with the current situation of our Ming Dynasty, and it is the foundation for the prosperity of our Ming Dynasty for generations to come."

"There is no need to say more about the convenience and role of railways and highways. Wherever the railways and highways go, not only the circulation of goods, but also the smooth flow of government orders, it is also conducive to our Ming Dynasty's management and control of various places."

"The border area is especially important. The Black Earth Province is far away from the mainland of our Ming Dynasty, and the land in the Black Earth Province is fertile, flat and open, which is very suitable for the development of agriculture. Building a railway will not only strengthen our Ming's control over the Black Earth Province, but also drive the development of agriculture in the Black Earth Province. development, making it the granary of my Daming."

"In addition, the layout and planning of Daming's development is also very correct. The land of abundance has been rich since ancient times, but because of inconvenient transportation, it is difficult to transport goods. If a railway can be built to Sichuan, then Sichuan will definitely become my Ming Dynasty. Another place in the south of the Yangtze River."

"Huguang and Jiangxi are inland everywhere, but they have the convenience of the Yangtze River water transportation. They only need to dredge the rivers and roads and build more ports and wharves. Huguang and Jiangxi can also be compared with Jiangsu and Zhejiang."

As the second assistant, Zhong Zhong was also the first to stand up and express his approval. Once this huge plan is completed, the railway will become the artery connecting all parts of Ming Dynasty, and the highway will become the blood vessel. Although the land of Ming Dynasty is large, it will no longer be used Worry about issues of governance and management.

"Your Majesty, what Duke Liu and Duke Qi said are justified."

"The principle of balanced development mentioned by Mr. Liu is even more important. The prosperity of our Ming Dynasty cannot only be rich in one place. It should be rich in all places, and the entire Ming Dynasty must be rich."

"I think that not only Huguang and Jiangxi, Liaodong is very close to the capital city, but also has convenient transportation to the Bohai Sea. At the same time, Liaodong is rich in resources and is a large granary. It also has great potential for development. We can focus on the development of Liaodong Bohai and Heilongjiang. The downstream estuary area will be built into the most important grain production area, ship production area and steel province in Ming Dynasty."

"In addition, the Guangdong and Guangxi areas have low latitude and hot and humid weather. The Pearl River estuary area has flat and open terrain, fertile land, and the benefits of sea transportation. It also has potential for development. The imperial court should also give strong support."

Wang Shouren pondered for a while, and made some supplements to Liu Jin's plan.

Daming now has the conditions and strength to carry out overall large-scale planning and large-scale development. It does not mean that the poor can only come one by one, and can build in multiple places at the same time.

After listening to Lao Wang's words, Liu Jin also nodded straightly, Liaodong and Guangdong, this is something Liu Jin himself did not consider.

In Liu Jin's plan, Liaodong is a big granary, and it is enough to engage in agriculture. As for Guangdong and Guangxi, it is now a land in the south of the Five Ridges, and it does not yet have the conditions for development and investment.

But in fact, the Liaodong region is very rich in resources, such as coal, steel, petroleum, forestry resources, etc., and the transportation is also extremely convenient.

To the south is the Bohai Sea. You can go directly to the Beijing-Tianjin area by boat, and the Liaohe River can be used as a river. To the east is North Korea. A little further up is Vladivostok, which is also a big port.

Of course, it is obviously a waste to put it in the hands of Maozi. Now it is in the hands of the Ming Empire, and under good management, it is obviously a good port. It can rely on the resources in the Liaodong area to engage in industries such as steel smelting and shipbuilding.

Although the Guangdong and Guangxi areas are nothing to Ming Dynasty now, they have the advantages of Guangdong and Guangxi. They are close to the sea and have many natural excellent ports. In the north, you can go to Huguang and Jiangxi, in the south you can go to Nanyang provinces, in the east you can go to Fujian, Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and to the west are the southwestern provinces of Ming Dynasty.

Now that the plantations of Daming people are blooming everywhere in Nanyang, the two Guangxi areas can also develop, and there is no reason to say that it is worse than other places.

What's more, Qiongzhou now has a branch of Miyun Iron Works and a branch of Tianjin Shipyard, which already has a good foundation.

If the imperial court only needs to invest in the construction of some ports, cities, roads, and railways in these places, naturally, these places can also develop rapidly.

Of course, Liu Jin's plan is only limited to the planning of infrastructure, and it is still somewhat different from later generations. There are still a lot of policies and a lot of resources invested in later generations, which has created the prosperity of the eastern coastal areas and made Guangdong It jumped up and became the largest province.

But in fact, let alone Guangdong, the combination of Guangdong and Guangxi was not as good as Huguang, Jiangxi, Henan and other inland provinces in ancient times.

It is undeniable that the regional geographical advantages of Guangdong and Guangxi are very useful in the ocean age. Even if the Ming court did not make any plans, the Guangdong and Guangxi regions can also develop with the passage of time.

"If we build railways and roads on such a large scale all at once, can our Ming Dynasty finances support it?"

Liang Chu, the new household minister, thought for a while and said.

He silently calculated the vast infrastructure plan proposed by Liu Jin. Just to build the railway to Houzhao City, it would cost hundreds of millions of taels of silver. The railway is too long, even if it is Now the railway has been repaired to Nanyun Province, Central Asia Province, and Hezhong Province.

If it is built from these three places, there is still a long way to go. The key is that no one is willing to invest in these railways. This place is far away from the mainland of Ming Dynasty, and the economy is not good. If you invest money in it, it will take a year to get it back.

This means that most of the funds needed have to be borne by the imperial treasury. Although it is to consolidate the border defense, if the investment is too large, it will still have a huge impact on Daming's finances.

What's more, the railway to Tianfu has to be built at the same time. Since ancient times, the road to Shu has been difficult to reach the sky. God knows how much money will be spent to pave the road to Tiantian.

It may be enough to build Houzhao City in Europe with a few hundred million taels of silver, because most of the areas are flat and open areas, nothing more than long roads, there is no technical difficulty, and there is no need for too much extra money .

But if you want to go to Sichuan, although the distance from Xi'an is not too far, it is not comparable to going to Houzhao City in Europe, but in ordinary places, [-] taels of silver per mile of railway is enough. To build it in Sichuan, it might cost tens of thousands of taels of silver for one meter of railway. God knows how much money will be invested in it, not to mention the technical difficulty is too great.

This all costs money. Although the Daming treasury has silver now, I'm afraid it won't be able to afford such a waste of money.

"It can be supported completely. We don't need to allocate all the money to the end at one time, but to allocate funds in batches of one month and one month."

"If it can't be completed in one or two years, we will complete it in five or ten years."

"Both railways and kilometers need to be repaired. Sometimes, we can no longer care about whether the investment of money is cost-effective, but we have to consider this matter from the perspective of the long-term development and long-term stability of the entire Ming Dynasty."

Liu Jin thought for a while and said with certainty.

No matter how much money is invested in it, and no matter how long it takes to build the railway, it must be built and developed, because railways and roads are of great significance to Daming.

"I estimate that it will take at least ten years to complete the construction of the railway to Houzhao City in Europe."

"It may take twenty or even thirty years to complete the construction of the railway to Tianfu."

"In addition, we need to build a railway from Jiangxi to Guangdong in Lingnan, which may take more than ten years to complete."

"For our Daming, this also means that for a long time to come, our Daming's ample finances will become relatively tight."

After Liang Chu listened, he made a rough calculation and said.

"This is only based on our current construction progress, so you will feel how long it will take. Technology is constantly developing."

"In the past, I never thought that there would be trains, cars, trucks, etc., but now, it is a leap forward for our transportation and production."

"There are also financial problems. More than ten years ago, my treasury tax income was only three million taels a year. Now my treasury tax revenue has exceeded 12 billion taels, and the growth is very fast. .”

"Maybe in another ten years, it is hard to say that my Ming's tax bank can reach 20 billion taels. Now it seems that it will cause a lot of difficulties and strain the treasury, but in the future, maybe it will be different. "

Liu Jin also said after pondering for a while.

"Hmm~"

After listening, Emperor Hongzhi and all the ministers nodded their heads in agreement.

The growth of Daming's treasury income is very fast, and Daming's economic development is very fast, so the tax revenue will naturally increase rapidly.

"What Mr. Liu said makes sense. After all, it takes a generation to do these things. If we don't do it now, our descendants will do it in the future. If we don't build railways now, our descendants will build railways in the future."

"Now that we have repaired the railway, future generations can enjoy the blessings. The difficulties are the current difficulties. With the accumulation of experience and technology, it will definitely become easier, simpler and cheaper to repair."

Yang Yiqing stood up and expressed his agreement. Of course, he, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, likes road construction the most, so that he can reflect the importance of his minister of the Ministry of Industry.

"Hmm~"

All the ministers nodded after hearing this, and Liang Chu stopped talking when he saw this. Compared with Zhou Jing, his life is much easier, and he doesn't need to spend one penny into two pennies.

"Then it's settled like this!"

Seeing that everyone agreed, Emperor Hongzhi also made a decision.

(End of this chapter)