Xinshun 1730

Chapter 1211 It's All Good, No Bad
It is impossible for the emperor to directly tell Liu Yu about such things.Tell me what you want to leave behind.

In the eyes of the emperor, Liu Yu, a "loyal minister", should be able to understand the emperor's meaning.

The railway issue is an extension of the Indian issue.

As for the Indian issue, the emperor chose to wait.

Also in Niu Er's post, he expressed that he would consider not squeezing India too much, and would leave Dashun's industry and commerce with an opportunity to expand in India.

Since you have to wait, how long will you wait?How long?How long will it take to collect taxes?
It's hard to say.

But since the emperor chose the first railway to run through the Central Plains, and obviously avoided the possible yellow flood zone, in Liu Yu's view, the emperor was giving the crown prince, or someone who was not the crown prince at this time. Prince, leave some inheritance.

These legacies include a Central Plains and Yellow Flood Area that can be attacked or defended, reformed or suppressed, relief or slaughtered.

a fleet.

a railway.

Good internal finances.

As well as the weak North Korea, the divided Japan, and the messy Myanmar and Vietnam, these are places where it is easy to gain prestige, control the army, and promote new army cronies after the new king succeeds to the throne.

As for the Indian and European issues, the emperor chose to resolve them before his death, and would not complete the great integration within the sphere of influence of the traditional world before his death.

In the traditional sphere of influence of the world, it is still very easy to gain prestige.

In particular, the powerful navy has turned those narrow peninsula-type or island-type countries that were difficult to fight before into very simple prestige self-service extraction machines.

Prestige, armies, silver, transportation.

These things will give the successor a perfect start.

This kind of inheritance start, from the perspective of the emperor, is simply a nonsense.

At least, it is no worse than what was left to Zhu Qizhen after the Renxuan rule of the previous dynasty.

And generally speaking, the foundation that Dashun wants to keep, whether it is to interfere in North Korea or mess with Vietnam, the Privy Council will make a plan, and the emperor will send a brother-in-law who is randomly drawn out as the commander-in-chief. .

The emperor knew that the Yellow River might burst, but the emperor did not choose to face this problem, nor did he think about using the power of the whole country to prepare for a rainy day.

So, this is the attitude of the emperor.

And for the prince to ask Liu Yu, the emperor clearly conveyed something to Liu Yu through the prince.

Strategies, roads, you can talk to the prince.

The prince may not use it.

But when he is desperate, he may think of your words.

Some things don't need to be said too clearly.One emperor and one courtier, so I have something to say, let's talk to him now.

Since the topic started with the railway, that is to say, don't mention the Yellow River again.

In other words, just don't mention the millions of people who may die before the Yellow River bursts out of the fixed river for more than ten years.

Now Liu Yu can be regarded as very clear with the prince.

If you don't want to muddle along, there are only two or three ways you can go.

Liu Yu didn't pin her hopes on Sheng Mingzi at all, so what about love?

But again there is the issue of legacy.

The emperor wanted to leave an inheritance to the prince.

Then Liu Yu still hopes that Dashun will leave some inheritance for the people of this land before he dies.

So if the prince can do something, of course it would be the best.

It doesn't matter if you don't do anything.

Since the prince mentioned "Guanzi", "Salt and Iron", and "Ping Zhun", Liu Yu had to explain clearly to the prince about the issues of knowing form and meaning.

"Guanzi" is based on Qi State, which has the benefit of fish and salt.

The real Dashun itself has the advantages of tea, silk, zinc, porcelain, cotton cloth, and spices.But most people can't understand if they replace fish salt with porcelain tea.Many people in the DPRK can only count 3 times 5. Once it becomes 5 times 3, they will be confused.

If you can really understand Guanzi, understand the theory of salt and iron, and understand its meaning instead of sticking to the form, it will definitely be effective.

As for what it means to learn from barbarians... To be honest, in the current European monarchy countries, there is no one who can learn from them.

Among other things, if Dashun had a comprador group like the London East India Company, Liu Yu could scold him eighty times a day.

In other words, for 50% of the total fiscal revenue of the United Kingdom, the financial system that needs to pay interest on national debt?Even if Dashun didn't intervene, would North America be lost in the end?

Or learn from France, engage in aristocratic privileges, and teach tax evasion, tax evasion, treacherous remittances on financial issues, and put taxes on small farmers and small landlords?This... This actually doesn't need to be learned at all, the people of Dashun are better than the French.

As for the monopoly method of the British navigation regulations, the form is different, but the meaning is the same.

High tea tax, sugar tax, cotton cloth tax and other import duties?Dashun wants to learn, but his strength does not allow it. What can Dashun's silver buy?I really can't spend it.

Not to mention the exemption of tariffs, now the compradors are in charge, importing British cotton cloth at will, and even kneeling down to give a 30% subsidy. All of them were burned—Dashun’s cotton cloth can be sold to the UK with a 72% tariff, but how much is the subsidy for British cloth sold in Dashun?
As for issues such as grain and cotton, the Songsu area of ​​Dashun has long since exempted import taxes on raw materials, and even the issue of the "Grain Law" that hurts farmers due to cheap grain has long been over.

So things have come to this, Dashun has nothing to learn.

China, on the other hand, has to try to find its own path, and leave its own words in shaping the future "international law" and "general consensus in modern society".

Dashun has missed an era, so the nautical terms can only be north by east and south by west, not northeast and southwest, which are more suitable for this side.

But now, at the very least, where is the prime meridian, there is always a fight, right?What is the name of a life-saving and wounded organization like the Red Cross, and what flag does it use?The establishment of international law, the system of the new world order and pattern, must also be contested, right?

It's all the bare minimum.

It is also destined to be completely different from many things in modern history.

So Liu Yu once again reminded the prince that it is ok to learn from barbarians.But you have to understand what the reason, the deep-seated reason, is.

Holding a land enclosure movement, he was worried that there would be a land enclosure movement in the Central Plains, so Liu Yu had to explain clearly to the prince the difference between the land enclosure movement and land annexation.

And after Dashun has the three raw material producing areas of Liaodong, Nanyang, and India, it is impossible for the enclosure movement in the core area of ​​the Central Plains to appear.

And after the cotton cloth market in Mongolia and Northeast China was pre-occupied by Songsu cotton cloth, even if the railway was built, the development of the cotton textile industry in Hebei, especially Baoding and Gaoyang, would never have occurred after the railway was repaired in history.

The development of Gaoyang's cotton textile industry has a great relationship with the east of the Guandong, the west exit, and the reclamation of Mongolia.But now, he started late, Songsu Group has already occupied the market.

The development of the cotton planting industry in Hebei is directly related to India being a British colony. As a result, the price of cotton has risen again and again, and cotton from India cannot be obtained. However, a large amount of cheap dumped cotton yarn has promoted the development of the weaving industry.

Obviously, all of this has changed.

And with the development of soybean planting industry in Northeast China, and the deep binding with coastal East China.Even if the railway is built, the historical development of oil crops in Henan is impossible.

Because the development of oil crops in Henan in history originated from the demand for oil in Europe, including head oil, and the oil needed by the war industry.Moreover, the soybean industry in Northeast China had not fully developed at that time.

But now, obviously, it's different.

The only thing that can have a huge impact, that is, the textile industry in the Jianghan Plain, can develop rapidly.Because the cotton in India and Java is of good quality, fully controlled by Dashun, and the price is cheap, the import of cotton and cotton yarn, the use of cheap labor, and the family-style iron wheel flying shuttle loom matching the East Asian land system will make There is a wave of early industrialization opportunities in the Jianghan area.

As for the market, Liu Yu had already laid the foundation for the reform of the salt administration a long time ago.

The salt administration reform re-divided the salt area, and the development of industry in southern Sichuan made Sichuan salt used in Hubei.

That is the problem of Sichuan salt entering Chu.

Sichuan salt enters Chu, and the boat cannot be empty when returning, so Jianghan cotton cloth can enter Sichuan.

Sichuan Salt Capital is dominated by the Shaanxi Capital Group that made a fortune during Dashun's Western Expedition, so Jianghan's cotton cloth can also enter Shaanxi and Gansu.

Sichuan does not produce much cotton.

Shaanxi and Gansu do not produce much cotton either.

The Western Regions can produce cotton, but the infrastructure is too poor, the roads are not good, not to mention the canals have no water at all, and the underpants can be paid for when transported out.

Therefore, Jianghan Plain can be regarded as the biggest beneficiary of the advancement of steam engines, railways, and steamships that should not be far away, together with the Yangtze River waterway.

As for the others... Seriously, in Liu Yu's view, from Dashun's point of view, after crossing Xinyang and heading north, I'm afraid that the appearance of the railway will be a convenient tool for escaping from famine and providing relief.

Except for the development of coal mining and the industrial and commercial development of stations along the line, the truly huge impact is basically invisible.Maybe more chickens can be raised, so that it is convenient to sell tea eggs and roast chickens at the train station.

Oh, it may have some influence on the salt administration.

Changlu salt and Shanxi salt can completely drive Huai salt out of Henan and northwestern Anhui.This depends on Changlu Salt and Shanxi Salt, whose background is stronger and whose door is stronger.

Therefore, whether it is the emperor or the prince, there is actually no need to worry too much.Many of the things they worry about are unnecessary and unlikely.

Of course, looking at it from another perspective, it's different.

The railway workers of the Beijing-Hanzhou Railway and the miners along the way; if they are paired with the female workers in the spinning mill and the literate printing workers in the printing factory, basically a group of people with the most natural organizational power in this era can step onto the stage of history.Some pamphlets can really be read by someone.

Obviously, Liu Yu would not talk about this perspective with the prince.

So, for the first time ever, Liu Yu was able to talk about one thing for the first time, and he was able to "only have benefits and no harm".

After listening to Liu Yu talking about all these benefits, the crown prince felt his scalp numb and his whole body tremble.

He never expected that a railway would have so many ways and would have so many influences.

Originally, at his father's place, he was already shocked after hearing about repression, domination, and division.

Today, listening to Liu Yu talk about it from the perspectives of economy, industry and commerce, agriculture, and salt administration, I feel that I know too little about it.

Originally, he was a little worried about some things that were debated in the "Worthy Literature" in the Salt and Iron Theory, but now it sounds like he doesn't even need to worry about these.

Moreover, what Liu Yu said and what Xianliang Wen said, from the point of view of reasoning, Liu Yu's words are more reasonable.It was very smooth, and I reversed it according to the thinking led by Liu Yu, and the result was the same, but it was really a bit of Daoyan technique.

As for things like occupying land along the way and demolishing graves... In the eyes of the prince, it is definitely not a big deal.

And such things as rail production, coal mining, and road surveying and mapping are also in charge of their own departments.The short railway from Mentougou to the capital had already trained a crude team.

The prince thought to himself, since the emperor asked me to come and ask Duke Xingguo why.That can't just tell me to just listen.

Besides, my father asked me to supervise the railway in the future, so this is what my father asked me to do.And myself, I can't be the kind of toad who doesn't poke and jump.

Then I want to propose to the emperor to "do it together by the way", what should it be?

Obviously, this question cannot be asked to Liu Yu.Not to mention that I shouldn't ask, it's a lot of trouble to ask, even if I'm not afraid of trouble, what my father said is to let myself listen to "why" instead of "listen to it". Take an idea.

(End of this chapter)