Xinshun 1730

Chapter 1495 Final Chapter Ninety Three Years (Thirteen)

Historically, the Industrial Revolution gave Britain an illusion: Many people thought that it was purely produced by advanced machinery, which created a huge market in India.

Relying on the production capacity of advanced machinery and purely relying on the production capacity of advanced machinery are two different things.

The key lies in the word "pure".

And this illusion was greatly magnified by the colonization of America, Africa and other places.

Especially some colonies in the Americas, they did not have hundreds of thousands of years of handicraft accumulation, such as Costa Rica, they could only choose to trade and import cotton cloth from Britain.

However, the British may have forgotten, may have deliberately ignored, or deliberately avoided it.The vast market of India has been achieved by bayonets, cannon, famine, commercial robbery, heavy taxes, and the destruction of the fruits of Indian civilization, that is, the past productive forces.

The New World colonies under mercantilism existed as markets themselves.A strong handicraft industry did not spontaneously emerge internally, nor did a wide range of handicraft economies across regions.

It can be said that the colonies of the New World, from the very beginning, did not have the ability to produce cotton cloth.

In Asia, that's not the case at all.

On this issue, if Dashun continues to follow the inertia and path of history, it may also produce a radical confusion within a few decades.

However, as Dashun really went to Europe to sell goods, Dashun figured out many problems by itself.

Social existence determines social consciousness.

Dashun may not understand the comprehensive India.Issues such as religion and caste.

However, he understands the various problems brought about by the development of handicrafts and the impact of commodities on the macroeconomic level.

Because this problem has always been a headache for Dashun, so because of its own problems, it is quite aware of this problem.

It is precisely because of the understanding that Dashun's purpose is very clear, which is to destroy India's existing productive forces, that is, to destroy the achievements of civilization.

But on the other hand, the tragedies, uprisings, and resistance that occurred in the process of destruction have deepened the fear and anxiety on Dashun's side, especially how to solve the current difficult situation.

In the port of Surat, on the boat carrying Liu Yu's coffin, the court officials who accompanied the boat to greet the corpse were all sad after hearing the description of the officials stationed in India.

Since they were going to meet Liu Yu's body, they also had to inspect the situation in Europe, and they went to Paris to stand for the Physiocrats. Naturally, these people were all from the new school.

With the development of Dashun in recent years, the New Learning faction has gradually become a mainstream political force in Dashun from the state of secretly growing at the beginning.And Dashun's external expansion, colonization, and industrial development also greatly increased the economic strength of the new school, which actually suppressed the traditional imperial examination school. Many people have given up the traditional imperial examination route and switched to practical learning.

If we say that 30 or [-] years ago, Dashun faced the problem of whether to retreat or continue to move forward.

At that time, the reactionary force still had a little possibility of retreating.

Well, now, that problem no longer exists.

And new problems have also arisen: how to move forward?
The debate on this issue has been debated countless times within the Practical School over the years.

Of course, the dispute here is not the kind of revolutionary dispute, but is still a debate within the scope of reform.

The focus of the debate, in fact, is somewhat similar to some views of the French Physiocrats.

Now in Surat, a group of people who have witnessed the radical changes in Europe and the flames of war in India are arguing about a "purely" academic issue.

Although next to Liu Yu's coffin, even after death, they knew that everything was empty, but those people around his coffin who were arguing about the chaos in Surat quoted Liu Yu's words every sentence to prove that they were right .

Although this is not the first time that Dashun has been arguing about what to do in the future, this time, due to the addition of the trip to Europe and the chaos in India, this time the debate is inevitably more intense.

"In the past, Xing Guogong talked about the cost and profit issues. According to this, there should be no textile factories in the inland areas. All textile factories have been built in the coastal areas."

"We now have Java, India, and now two-thirds of the world's cotton is in our hands. We don't need to grow cotton in the interior, and we shouldn't encourage the people to grow cotton. As long as the navy is still there, it is impossible to lack Cotton, even if India is really separated one day, their cotton will always be sold outside."

"Since this is the case, the cost advantage of sea transportation, the advantage of Yangtze River transportation, the food advantage of sea transportation...all these, in any case, the inland cannot compete with the coastal areas."

"Then, isn't it pointless to build textile factories in the interior? Is the food in the interior cheaper than the South Sea rice and northeast sorghum in the coastal areas? Even if we don't consider the food issue, is it possible for the interior to grow cotton by itself than India and Java? "

"Combining the freight cost of transporting coal and fuel, and the labor cost of food prices... the establishment of textile factories in the Mainland is purely a man's idea."

"There are more troubles now. When Indian cotton yarn enters the mainland, women's weaving has emerged in Jianghan and Hebei provinces and counties, so that the sideline business overwhelms the main business."

"If you paint on a piece of white paper, it is easy; but if it is the original painting marks, you will inevitably have to erase the painting marks."

"Even if it is built today, once the money gate is released in the future, it will be the fate of bankruptcy. Why take off your pants and fart? This is one of them."

"Secondly, the tenacity of the yarn of the mule spinning machine is sufficient, and the woven fabric is also comparable to the handmade fabric in the past. The price is low and the quality is also good... At this time, the cotton yarn sold in the Mainland The more you have, the harder it will be if you switch to machine-woven fabrics in the future."

"You have all witnessed the tragedy of the Indian weavers since they went to Nanyang. In the past, we used the bayonets of warships and tariffs to kill these weavers; in the future, we will kill the weavers in the interior spontaneously. publisher."

"Although there are differences, they are all dead."

"That is to say, short-term pain is worse than long-term pain. If it is not done in one step, let go of the mainland market. Taking advantage of the imperial court's power, long-term pain is better than short-term pain, directly killing the handicraftsmen in the mainland!"

"Isn't it the same reason how Duke Xingguo forced those boiled salt to death in the past?"

This is obviously a radical faction within Dashun, and its thinking is no different from that of the Physiocrats.It supports the liberalization of internal currency barriers, the abolition of inspections on shipping in places such as the Yangtze River, and the direct influx of industrial capital from pioneering regions into the interior.

What he said didn't sound unreasonable.

This has a lot to do with the current situation in Dashun: In fact, there is no possibility of internal cotton planting in Dashun, and it is possible to build nearby textile factories around cotton planting in Jianghan Plain and Luxi Plain.

There is no need for this - firstly, Dashun is not blocked, secondly, there is no shortage of overseas cotton, thirdly, the origin of raw materials is within its own system, and fourthly, food security in the interior has always been a big problem.

There is no such possibility in economics—the cost of shipping is here, the stability of food prices is here, the distance from the origin of raw materials is here, the accumulation of technology is here, and the degree of capital enrichment is here. The inland areas are not competitive.

That being the case, as he said, what kind of textile industrialization is going on in the Mainland?Isn't that taking off your pants and farting?
This seems to be talking about textiles, but in fact it is not just textiles, but most light industries.

For example, the copper, lead, zinc, etc. in Yunnan and Guizhou must not go to other places, so there is no competition for first-mover and later-mover; for example, coal mines and iron ore, etc., if there is something, there is nothing.

Light industry is different.

Cotton, indigo, Rajshahi's raw silk, Nanyang grain, oil, saline and so on, etc., the advantage of sea transportation is huge.

Moreover, since Dashun itself is now an imperialist state, there is absolutely no need for the internal areas to squeeze out arable land to grow cash crops in order to develop industries.

These raw materials basically come from overseas.Since it comes from overseas, the cost advantage lies here, which cannot be changed.

Moreover, in this person's words, there is also a meaning of "taking history as a mirror".He was well aware of the chaos and despair after the destruction of the Indian weaving industry, and he also witnessed the rapid application of new cotton weaving technologies in America in Europe.

Therefore, what he meant was that, relying on machine spinning now, it is obvious that Dashun's handmade cotton cloth industry may reach a new level.In the future, these handicraft industries will definitely be destroyed. If they are never developed or not at all, if America is at this time, then it will be fine to directly use machines in the future; but since they exist, and they may become more developed, then they should grow Pain is worse than short pain, don't let it continue to develop at all, otherwise the pain experienced by Indian weavers, these people will have to go through mass unemployment again.

Since Dashun has been operating in South Asia for a long time starting from Ceylon, it is possible to add the history of South Asia in these years when "taking history as a mirror" in the future.

It sounds like he was right.

In essence, the inland has completely lost the opportunity to compete with the coastal areas.Especially for light industry, especially now that most of the raw materials are overseas and the shipping cost is the lowest, there is no chance at all.

However, opposing voices are not absent.Moreover, the opposing voices are obviously from the Practical School, and definitely not the old-fashioned way of reading sage books, and what they even say are some of Liu Yu's truths.

So in front of Liu Yu's coffin, the objector also took out what Liu Yu had said before and retorted: "This statement is not good. Xing Guogong made a metaphor in the past, saying that people have to shit after eating, and after shit If you want to eat again, don't you need to eat?"

"Since you take the example of Duke Xingguo destroying Yanhu in the past, then I have an example here. In the past, Duke Xingguo ruled the Yellow River and dug river channels. At that time, just after India arrived, the fleet completely blocked India's cotton cloth exports. It should be Songsu cotton cloth At the time of great development, however, Duke Xingguo still chose to forcibly share the share, got Lu Xi, let Lu Xi eat this part of the share, and survived the time of digging the river."

"As you said, is Xing Guogong just taking off his pants and farting? Luxi's cotton textile industry will sooner or later be eaten by Songsu, who relies on Indian cotton, spindle machines, and mechanical cloth, so it shouldn't be divided at all. To Lu Xi? Is Xing Guogong hindering progress and affecting the development of Songsu's cotton textile industry?"

"Nowadays in Jianghan and other places, the textile industry is on the rise, all relying on the imperial court's Chaoguan and Zikou to protect the local fledgling industry-Xing Guogong said: Sprout."

"If the gate is opened and the mouth is withdrawn. With Songsu's abundant capital, sufficient raw materials, and control of raw cotton, these germinations will all die."

"This dynasty is no different than France, Shinra and other places. Therefore, if the industry continues to develop, the Chaoguanzikou is indispensable. It should be based on the model of 'spreading everywhere, blooming everywhere, and every province and every government has a center'."

"If France should have Paris, then Hubei should have Hankou, and Sichuan should have Chengdu... instead of being completely overwhelmed by the first-mover provinces that rely on overseas raw materials, shipping costs, and capital adequacy."

"The current situation is like this: because of the banknotes, the cotton and yarn from Java, India, etc., are one stone. The first province is enough to eat ten buckets and turn them into cotton cloth, but because of the internal banknotes, Cotton cloth is heavily taxed, so only four dou can be eaten out of ten dou, and the remaining six dou can flow into the mainland. The great improvement of Jianghan textile industry in recent years is due to the raw cotton yarn of these six dou. If it is completely released, the ten dou of cotton, Even a bucket can’t enter the interior, only in Songsu, it’s all made into cotton cloth.”

"Unless one day, the imperial court is defeated at sea, [-]% of Indian cotton but [-]% to [-]% go to Europe. Without cotton, Jianghan may be able to re-plant cotton, and Hankou regains its advantage because it is close to the cotton production area. Otherwise, once the money is opened, Zikou, within two years at the most, the textile industry in Jianghan must have no cotton to use, and the tragedy will definitely not go down!"

The person who supported the complete opening of the internal market before snorted coldly: "Going forward has always been cost-free! In the past, millions of waterworkers and Yangzhou were prosperous. Could it be that the canals were not abolished and the Yellow River was not cured? Duke Xingguo Don’t you know that after the abolition of the water tank, Yangzhou’s millennium-year splendor will surely be destroyed in his hands? But didn’t he just abolish the water tank transportation and start the sea transportation without blinking? Yangzhou is miserable, but Jianghan is miserable?”

Those who refuted also said angrily: "How long has the canal been tossing back and forth? Counting from the northward movement of the maritime center, it has been intermittent for 50 years, with continuous uprisings and suppression. Linqing in the north and Yangzhou in the south are both Qiu Ruins."

"Near Yangzhou, 80 salt workers were suppressed; Wuling Xijiang, no less than 30 were killed; up and down the canal, no less than [-] million were forced to leave, or worked as long-term workers in Liao, or went to Nanyang to cut sugar cane, during which no less than [-] died. This is only a million watercraft workers."

"However, there are more than a million people in the mainland who make a living from sideline jobs? Nowadays, not only cotton is held down by the imperial court in Java, India, raw silk, rice, jute, wood, lacquer, oil, etc. are all produced overseas. Except for cotton cloth , all walks of life have been impacted, this is more than a million waterworkers?"

"I'm not opposed to industrial development, and you know it. I just think that things in the world should be carefully considered. It should be spread out with stars and flowers everywhere..."

Thirty years after Liu Yu left, Dashun has finally come to this historical process: After all, some people still raised the problems in Nasan's "The Problem of Beet Pimples" by themselves: one is against the concentration of large industries in advantageous areas. One is the survival of some industries and practitioners in the Mainland.

In the era of Nasan in France, it was manifested in beet bumps; in Dashun, it was manifested in some budding industries in the inland that are struggling to sprout and climb forward.

France is not so big that beet lumps are a problem; Dashun is big enough, and has acquired overseas colonies and raw material production areas. It is not a big problem to kill the cash crops in the interior, but the budding industries scattered in various places are the big problem.

Beet pimples and this are actually the same thing, just in a different way.This is a question of homogeneity that the internal reformers on Dashun's side have thought about since Liu Yu was already lying in the coffin at this point in history.

At this point, whether it is the spokesman for the interests of the emerging class, or from the traditional moral perspective of the people of the country, it is impossible not to consider this issue.

There is actually an answer to this question.

However, this answer cannot be written by the Dashun Dynasty.

(End of this chapter)