I became the son of Renzong

Chapter 760 The Disadvantages of Water Transport
The southern march of the army seems to be no big deal for the current imperial court.

Compared with the earliest official Southern Expeditions, and later the Southern Expeditions led by Lu Gong, after the destruction of Xixia, Zhang Dun's Southern Expeditions did not pay much attention to the imperial court.

During the late emperor's time, if there was a memorial to wipe out [-] enemies on the northwest front, it would definitely be celebrated by the whole country, and no one would even criticize the condolences to the ancestral temple.But now, when the expedition to Dali intends to destroy the country, the people of Bianliang City can at most say one thing: it is nothing more than a handful of small countries.

This is the contrast, and it is exactly the character that Zhao Xi wanted Da Song to have for decades.

There is really no need for the court to worry about the [-] new troops marching south.What the imperial court is concerned about in this matter, or what has already begun to quarrel, is water transportation.

Because the water transport was involved in the attack on the prince, the officials, in a fit of anger, directly handed over the water transport to the garrisons of the state capitals. In fact, they stopped the entire water transport business.

Of course, Zhao Xi would not be desperate, just to vent his anger.The reason why they dare to suspend water transport at this time is because the task of water transport from south to north has been completed this year, and it is about to enter the annual closure period of water transport.

"Officials, there is no need to delay the rectification of water transport. Once this incident happened, the imperial court took this as an opportunity to comprehensively rectify water transport. How to rectify requires officials to formulate a regulation."

The water transportation yamen of the Guo Dynasty was quite complicated.Kaifeng set up the Pai'an Department and the Gangyun Department, which divided the water transportation into two systems: the Pai'an Department was responsible for the management of the canal project and the acceptance and storage of grain, and the Gangyun Department was responsible for escorting the ship.

Caoyun, Jisi and other prefectures and Guangji Army, where the canal passes, have set up platooning agencies, with a total of 15 commanders and 7500 soldiers, while Bianjing has four platooning branches.

Bianjing Sipai Coastal Division: The Eastern Division is in Guangjifang, in charge of the transportation of Bianhe River, Jianghuai and other roads, and the transportation of grain to the capital, assigning various warehouses to be unloaded, leading Guangji loading and unloading, and commanding five soldiers for preparation Unloading the outline and leading the way, the two officials of the Beijing Dynasty acted as the two.The West Division is in Shunchengfang, leading the Bianhe River, and one person from the Beijing Dynasty is responsible for loading and unloading; the South Division is building Ningfengtai, leading the Huimin River and Caihe River, and one person from the Beijing Dynasty is in charge, and Guangji two commanders are 1000 people. The company is located in Chongningfang, which was established in the third year of Jianlong, led by Guangji River, and served as an official of the Beijing Dynasty.

From a management point of view, the transportation department obeys the scheduling of the transportation department, and important links such as acceptance, unloading, and warehousing are presided over by the transportation department. There is a relatively strict handover system between the two departments in terms of business.

From the establishment of the water transport to the first emperor's dynasty, before the track penetrated the entire territory of the country, the water transport was responsible for the ration guarantee of millions of people in the entire Bianliang.

Such an irreplaceable role, coupled with the integration of water transportation for many years, the intervention and cooperation of local state forces along the way, etc., caused the water transportation government to get carried away.

No matter what kind of court officials the imperial court dispatches, it will be difficult to change the disadvantages of the monolithic erosion of the imperial court's interests within the water transport.Water transportation has become the biggest problem in the country.

Since the government is in power, many affairs are more important than water transportation, and rail transportation has been involved. The south-to-north grain transportation can fully meet the grain consumption of the country and the north. I don't care about the disadvantages of water transportation, or I didn't free up for a while. to manage.

This time, since the prince was attacked, it is indeed an opportunity to rectify the water transportation.Cabinet ministers also think so.

"Do you elders have an agreement?"

Zhao Xi has long had the idea of ​​reforming water transport, and has thought of many ways, none of which seem to have flaws.

How to put it, water transportation is plainly equivalent to a large monopoly state-owned enterprise in Guochao, which can almost affect the stability of Bianliang and even Guochao in terms of function, but is only responsible for transporting grain from south to north in terms of business. At the same time, Under the circumstances of the imperial court's support, the power of water transport has never stopped seeking other interests, and has continued to dig the corners of the country and the court.

"The government and the cabinet have also agreed. The cabinet believes that water transport can borrow the rail model, or directly take over by the rail..."

track mode?What is the orbital mode? The orbital mode is actually a mode in which the imperial court controls the main roads, and the various local forces, gentry class, and local gentry of the imperial court divide up the interests of the various branch lines.

Simply put, it is a public-private partnership in which the imperial court has absolute control.

Moreover, in this part of the authority controlled by the imperial court, the aristocratic families and various forces of the imperial court also participated.

Such a model is not purely state-owned, but borrows the name of state-owned. In actual operation, the specific executor is not only under the supervision of the court, but also needs to be responsible to all owners.

The reason why the track implements this model is because the risk of the track operation is small, which can ensure the benefits of all parties and avoid unnecessary troubles.

As for water transport, to a certain extent, the risk of water transport is higher than that of rail, which is determined by the nature of water transport itself, which can be said to be a force majeure, or an unavoidable risk.

As far as the current situation is concerned, the risk of shipping is still greater than that of land transportation.

The reason why water transportation is supported by the imperial court is because of the risks of water transportation, so that no operator dares to guarantee profits.This cannot be compared with the track.

If the water transportation is operated in the form of rails, maybe he can suppress it when he is in power, and there will be no troubles. However, Zhao Xi is not sure whether the entire water transportation will collapse due to interest disputes in the future.

As long as there are various forces involved, the pursuit of profit is the right thing to do.Once the water transport cannot meet the demands of all parties, it will be the time when the water transport falls apart.

As for letting the track take over the water transport, there is only one result, and that is that the water transport will eventually drag the track down!

"My elders, what are the real drawbacks of the water transport? Or what is the reason that the water transport is unable to make ends meet, and it is constantly sucking blood from the court. If you don't understand this, the rectification of the water transport will not be complete."

"Officials, just as the officials said, the water transportation is currently sucking blood from the court, and the so-called reason, to put it bluntly, is that the local government and the water transportation colluded with each other, regardless of the water transportation itself, and wantonly promoted the interests of the court by various means and methods!"

"The old minister does not deny the risks of water transportation itself, but how many of the annual water transportation reports of ship capsizing accidents, ship repairs and renewals, ship leaks, and pensions for soldiers transported by water are true, and how many are corrupted? Even when the inspector boarded the ship, he couldn’t keep an eye on it all the time. What the officials and veterans said are not alarmist, the entire water transport has been completely rotten from the root!”

"Officials, the water transportation yamen is almost impenetrable now, and the water can't get in. No matter how the court adjusts the officials' presence, they can't go deep. The same is true for the supervisory yamen."

Seeing that the official's attitude became clear, Wang Anshi didn't wait for Fu Bi to make a statement in a tactful way, so he directly took the official's words and explained the real situation of the water transportation.

Wang Anshi also said these words when discussing matters in the cabinet, but most of the cabinet suggested that the past should not be blamed on the grounds of ensuring stability.

(End of this chapter)