Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 2258, let the market regulate everything

In Hongyun Manor in Nanyun Province, Liu Jin was reading newspapers leisurely.

"The Ming Empire is full of textile factories. Where there is a need for so many textile factories, it is a good thing to close some of them. In this way, funds and labor will flow to places that need them more, instead of swarming together like a few industries and industries. within the field."

"Our people have been like this since ancient times. Any profitable business will cause a swarm of people to come over and earn blood."

"In addition to privileged and monopolized businesses, in this land of the East, competition has been extremely fierce since ancient times."

Liu Jin couldn't help shaking his head when he looked at the economic-related content reported in the newspaper.

The biggest problem in the textile industry is that there are too many textile factories. The Ming Empire does not need so many factories at all, and it can even be said that the global market does not need so many factories.

The market is so big, where the amount of products that can be digested is placed, when everyone crowds in, problems will naturally arise.

"What's more, if these overseas vassal states and colonies want to develop, they must develop some industries. The textile industry has a low threshold and is a labor-intensive industry."

"These overseas vassal states and colonies often allow slavery, and the labor cost is very low."

"In this respect, the Ming Empire cannot compete with these overseas vassal states and colonies. Transferring some industries to overseas colonies and vassal states is actually a good thing for Daming."

"The local side of Daming still needs to grasp the basics of agriculture on the one hand and rely on food to control the world. On the other hand, it must focus on industries with high technological content such as heavy industry, chemical industry, machinery manufacturing, and electrical industry. Only these industries can provide Daming raises higher salaries."

"And Daming's local talent and technology advantages are the most suitable for the development of these industries."

"Transfer out labor-intensive industries with low added value and focus on developing high-tech industries. This is the path that the Ming Empire will take in the future."

Liu Jin thought carefully about the future development of the Ming Empire.

Although he is no longer in his position, it stands to reason that he no longer needs to worry about the affairs of the Ming Empire, but when he is really in it, he still has to worry about this land that he deeply loves, hoping that it will be more prosperous.

Just like many angry youths in later generations, even though they sometimes scold fiercely and harshly, in the end they still love deeply and hate fiercely. It is precisely because of deep love that they become angry youths.

When the country is in crisis, such people are often needed to stand up.

"Master, the emperor's phone number!"

At this time, the butler hurried over and said.

"The emperor's phone number?"

When Liu Jin heard this, he got up quickly and hurried to answer the phone.

The telephone has developed extremely rapidly since it was invented. Although the quotations of Daming Telecom Firm are extremely expensive in all aspects, there are still a lot of rich people who cannot stand up to the Ming Empire. In addition, the telephone is very practical, so it is also The development is extremely rapid.

The Daming Telecom Firm is also adhering to the principles set by Liu Jin, the principle of serving the society and giving back to the society, and also set up telephone lines as much as possible in all parts of Daming. Telephone communication has already been realized on the Internet.

Nanyun Province is a place at the crossroads of Europe and Asia. Naturally, there are telephones opened early here, which can be directly connected to the capital and even to other places in Ming Dynasty.

As the most famous and largest manor here, Hongyun Manor naturally installed a telephone long ago. What's more, now that Liu Jin lives here, the telephone and telegram are indispensable, so that Liu Jin can communicate with the outside world in a timely manner. information.

Liu Jin came to the phone and picked it up.

"Hi~ I'm Liu Jin!"

"Haha, old Liu!"

Zhu Houzhao's hearty voice came from the phone.

"His Majesty!"

Liu Jin also hurriedly shouted respectfully.

"Old Liu, you really know how to enjoy the blessings. You travel around the world and enjoy yourself freely. I live a hard life here in the capital. I stay in the palace every day. It feels like being in prison."

When Zhu Houzhao and Liu Jin chat in private, they basically don't call themselves Zhen, and they don't have so much airs about Liu Jin.

"Your Majesty, you are taking care of all kinds of opportunities and shouldering the responsibility of the country and the country. Of course, you are very tired."

"During holidays, you can also go around to play and relax. The air here in the capital is really bad, but the air here in Nanyun Province is very good."

When Liu Jin heard this, he immediately said with a smile.

To be honest, after living here in Nanyun Province for a few months, Liu Jin was reluctant to leave. The climate here is very comfortable, and the scenery is very beautiful. I feel that the air quality is very high, which is far from the Beijing-Tianjin area. side can be compared.

The industry in the Beijing-Tianjin area is developing, but the pollution is also very serious.

Especially now that coal is burned most of the time, the pollution is even more serious, and the stars can no longer be seen in the Beijing-Tianjin area at night.

It's different here in Nanyun Province. At night, the stars are dotted with stars and the night sky is bright, which is very beautiful.

"It's a good idea, Nanyun Province is a good place."

"Hey, old Liu, are there a lot of beauties in Nanyun Province?"

Zhu Houzhao asked with a hey smile.

This guy only remembers the beauties, and doesn't remember anything else.

"Eh~ There are indeed many beauties, beauties are everywhere."

Liu Jin was taken aback for a moment, then said with a smile.

"Haha, I must find some time to go to Nanyun province to have fun in the future."

When Zhu Houzhao heard this, he immediately laughed happily.

Thinking of the beauties in Nanyun Province, Zhu Houzhao became excited. For him, perhaps only the beauties in Nanyun Province were the biggest motivation for wanting to go to Nanyun Province. As for the others, there was not much attraction to it.

"Hey, you are still comfortable. This traveler has a very happy life."

Then Zhu Houzhao breathed out and said.

"Your Majesty, is something wrong?"

Liu Jin guessed what it was after a little guessing. It was nothing more than a matter of the textile industry.

"It's like this. Now our textile industry in Ming Dynasty has a big problem. A large number of textile factories are facing the problem of closing down. There are a lot of goods in stock squeezed in the warehouse, and they can't be sold at all."

"If we don't find a way to solve this problem, then our textile industry in Daming will be completely thunderstormed. By then, we don't know how many factories will close down, and tens of millions of people will lose their jobs."

Zhu Houzhao told the matter in detail.

It is obviously inappropriate to say that he is an irresponsible emperor. He is also concerned about the country and the people. It is just that Zhu Houzhao in history became emperor when he was immature. He was very playful and was induced by treacherous villains. , so the reputation will be very bad.

Now Zhu Houzhao is more mature and understands more, and many systems are more reasonable. There is a huge gap between his emperor and the Zhengde Emperor in history.

Although Zhu Houzhao has only been on the throne for six years and has not made any great achievements, he can be said to be a generation of Mingjun.

"The Daming Textile United Firm is putting pressure on me and the court, saying that they want to use tariffs to restrict textiles from overseas vassal states and colonies from entering the Ming market."

"It also said that the off-duty system should be abolished, workers should be allowed to work for more than ten hours a day, and weekends should be abolished. They even proposed that slavery should also be allowed in the Ming Dynasty."

"Hmph! What do they think they are, and dare to use this to force me and the court."

"He also said that it is related to the employment of 2000 million people, the taxation of the imperial court, etc., thinking that this can force me and the imperial court to formulate favorable policies for their textile industry."

When talking about this, Zhu Houzhao looked very angry.

As the emperor, in fact, the most annoying thing is this kind of thing, forcing the emperor to do something he doesn't want to do, or to make some compromises.

This is something that the emperor and the court dislike the most, just like the demonstrations, strikes, etc. that often occur in Europe and the United States in later generations.

Incompetence means that each group focuses on the interests of its own group, and uses strikes and demonstrations to force conquest or companies to agree to their own demands.

Originally speaking, this is actually a good thing.

Because everyone has their own interests, especially when faced with unreasonable systems and situations, they use this method to fight for their own legitimate interests.

This is certain, because it is with such a system that workers and vulnerable groups can fight for their own rights and interests.

But once this is played too much, it will go too far.

Strikes and parades every year, like a ravine that cannot be filled, have been demanding increased wages, improved benefits, reduced working hours, increased benefits, and so on.

This money is not born in vain, wealth is created by everyone.

Without hard work, this money will not come out by itself.

The welfare system in Europe and the United States is already very complete and sound, and they continue to demand more benefits and salaries. At the same time, they do not want to work and have to reduce working hours.

If it goes on for a long time, it is impossible to support it.

If it weren't for relying on the foundation accumulated in the past, those countries in Europe would have collapsed long ago, and they would not be able to sustain it at all.

Regarding this situation, European politicians are actually very annoying, because there is simply no way to solve this problem.

On the one hand, everyone needs to work hard to create more wealth, and on the other hand, they only want more benefits and do not want to work more. This contradiction is irreconcilable and there is no way to solve it.

I can only keep writing empty promises to them. Anyway, whoever comes is the same, and it can't be realized, because it will become a big problem to support them.

When Zhu Houzhao is now facing the Daming Textile United Firm, he is also facing such problems and troubles.

The textile industry is important to Ming Dynasty, and the problem of feeding 2000 million people is also very important, but you cannot use this to force the emperor and the court.

The Son of Heaven and the imperial court will try to solve the problem, but it is not the kind of policy that they propose around the textile industry that is only beneficial to the textile industry.

Today the textile industry can force the emperor and the court, but tomorrow the steel industry can do it, and the automobile industry the day after tomorrow?
One industry after another, if every industry comes when the development is difficult, what will the court do?
"Your Majesty, what do you think of this matter?"

After listening carefully, Liu Jin asked after thinking about it.

"I think whether it is using tariffs, canceling the severance system, or allowing slavery, these methods are obviously unworkable, and they only treat the symptoms but not the root cause."

"What's more, I want to look at the problem from the perspective of the entire Ming Dynasty and even the whole world, and consider the interests of everyone in the entire Ming Empire, not just a certain industry and certain people."

Zhu Houzhao thought for a while and said.

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

Liu Jin also said when he heard it, Zhu Houzhao is obviously much more mature, and he knows to start from the overall situation when looking at problems and doing things.

"The root cause of the problems we are facing in the textile industry in Daming is that there are too many, too many textile factories. The entire Daming or the global market does not need so many textile factories."

"As far as the textile industry is concerned, as far as the entire global market is concerned, the cloth needed each year may only be a few hundred million taels of silver. This market will not suddenly increase or decrease too much."

"Overall, if it is maintained above this scale, when all the textile mills produce products below this scale, then the entire textile industry can live comfortably."

"Because all the products produced are simply not enough to sell, everyone will be scrambling to grab your clothes and cloth."

"But once the textile industry makes money, a large number of people and funds will pour into this industry, which will inevitably lead to a large increase in production capacity, which will eventually exceed market demand."

"At this time, the market supply will be greater than the demand, and some products will not be sold at all. Once this situation is seriously oversupplied, it will lead to our current situation, where a large number of products produced by factories cannot be sold. , can only be piled up in the warehouse.”

"Because there is no need for so much cloth and clothes in the market, the extra cloth produced can only be squeezed into the inventory and cannot be sold."

Liu Jin explained the content of the future market economy to Zhu Hou in as simple a way as possible.

"You mean to say that the cloth produced has far exceeded the quantity required by the market, so the current situation has occurred?"

After Zhu Houzhao listened, he seemed to understand something faintly, and asked after thinking about it.

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

"We have too many textile factories, and all of them use new textile machinery with high efficiency and large output. In addition, the production of wool and cotton has increased significantly in recent years. Together, these have led to the current situation facing the textile industry. Case."

"In fact, this is true of any industry. Everything is determined by the market, determined by supply and demand."

Liu Jin nodded solemnly and said.

"I see!"

"Wang Shouren and Zhong Fan are similar to what you said. They also said that there are too many textile factories now, and the products produced exceed the market demand. That's why the current situation occurs."

Zhu Houzhao nodded slightly after listening.

"So how do we solve this problem?"

"Your Majesty, we don't care about it at all and let the market decide everything."

"Closing down some textile factories is actually a good thing. It saves everyone to invest funds and labor in the textile industry. Other industries also need funds and labor."

Liu Jin said very decisively.

In fact, for the current Ming Empire, the thunderstorm in the textile industry is also a good thing, and it can let everyone know the cruelty of the market economy.

"But this will cause a large number of textile workers to lose their jobs."

"Once you lose your job, you lose your livelihood."

Zhu Houzhao was slightly dumbfounded when he heard that, he thought Liu Jin would have some special solution, but who knew he just let it go.

This is too inconsistent with Liu Jin's usual style.

"Your Majesty, many factories in the textile industry will go bankrupt and close. Indeed, some people will lose their jobs, but other industries are developing very well."

"Like our current electrical, electrical, automobile, heavy industry, shipbuilding, chemical and other industries in our Ming Dynasty, they are all developing very fast and rapidly. These industries require a lot of labor, and many of them have even been affected because they cannot recruit enough workers. .”

"The labor force released by the textile industry will be absorbed by these industries, so there is no need to worry about finding a job."

Liu Jin quickly said that all industries in Daming are in good shape and are developing rapidly, especially emerging industries, which are developing even more rapidly, but the textile industry, a sunset industry, takes up a lot of labor.

This is also related to the tradition of Daming people all the time. Once you work in a company, you will always do it. There are very few things to change jobs, unless the owner can't do it anymore.

The word loyalty is imprinted in the bones of Ming people, not only loyal to the emperor and the country, but also to the employers who employ themselves.

"But if we don't care about it at all, many textile factories will be relocated to overseas vassal states and colonies. Our Ming Dynasty will not only lose a lot of tax revenue, but also lose a lot of jobs."

Zhu Houzhao thought for a while and said again.

"Your Majesty, it is almost inevitable that the textile industry will move to overseas vassal states and colonies, because the labor cost of our Ming Dynasty is getting higher and higher, but overseas vassal states and colonies can keep slaves, there is no comparison at all. .”

"We in Daming have advantages in technology, capital, and talents. We can completely abandon the textile industry and focus on developing heavy industry, automobile manufacturing, electrical, finance, chemicals, shipbuilding, and many other industries that require technology, capital, and talents."

"These industries can provide more taxes, and can also provide their employees with higher-paying positions and treatment, which is unmatched by the textile industry."

"The ceiling of the textile industry is what our Ming Dynasty looks like now, but other industries still have huge development prospects!"

PS: Lazily divided into two chapters, only a chapter of 5000 words~~
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