Xinshun 1730

Chapter 253 Faster

The emperor was quite courageous.

The feudal dynasty was full of vigilance against merchants, who were accumulating wealth too quickly, especially after the tax in kind was gradually replaced by the tax on silver.

The unified currency and the land buying and selling system that existed since ancient times made the merchant class annex land at a speed only lower than that of the emperor.

But businessmen are indispensable, especially Jiangnan's export-oriented economic base.However, in the eyes of the emperor, a businessman may be a big fat pig.

Liu Yu felt that the emperor was planning to build a big pigsty in Songjiang Mansion to facilitate the raising of big fat pigs.

As for why Songjiang was chosen, apart from the fact that it is a rich place in the south of the Yangtze River, the most important reason, Liu Yu probably is Weihai's navy.

With such a navy, it is only a few days' journey from Weihai to Songjiang.

Dashun's basic garrison in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, and the navy's ability to control the undefended Songjiang at any time, made the emperor dare to make bold attempts.

Without this navy, it is estimated that the emperor would not have the courage to take such a big step.

Whether it is to build a pigsty for raising pigs, or whether the emperor is really "wise and powerful", it is always a good thing.

No matter how fat a pig is, it will always be a piece of meat in front of a tiger with sharp claws and fangs.

Jiangnan, the capital of the Dashun imperial court, was very wary. This time the new army was reformed, and the new army trained and trained were basically northern soldiers.Considering that the veterans were in the local area, as long as they had money to get guns, these veterans would immediately form a powerful force, so they did not recruit troops in Songjiang and other places.

The main body of the recruitment is partly the disaster victims in the north, and the other part is the small farmers in the north.What I am afraid of is the rich silver trade and smuggling in the south of the Yangtze River, and high-quality veterans.

Either move the capital to the south of the Yangtze River, so that the political center and the economic center of gravity overlap.

Or we can only beware of Jiangnan, which makes the economic center of gravity and the military core dislocated.

Although Li Gan compared himself to those wise lords, he really didn't have the courage to move the capital. Even now that the north was stabilized and the border troubles in the north were basically resolved, he didn't have the courage to move the capital.

It's just that the navy has made some achievements now. The emperor decided that the navy is a bottomless pit for investing money. Since then, the sea merchants and pirates have no advantage over the national navy; It is enough to extinguish any possible uprising or rebellion.

All kinds of foundations for stabilizing the imperial power are in place, so we can try to loosen the chains and allow Jiangnan to make more money.

Liu Yu didn't care what the emperor was thinking, he still wanted to boast a few words at this time.

"Your Majesty is as bold as the heavens. This kind of attempt will be of great benefit to the country. It is convenient for control and taxation. I am also crossing the river by feeling the stones, but there is one thing, I know what businessmen care about most."

"The most important thing is joint liability. If Your Majesty wants to prosper Songjiang and become a tax-heavy land, the first thing is to clarify the limited liability. If something happens to the company, the company will compensate, and only the owner's share capital will be lost; The matter is only personal compensation, and we cannot be implicated just because we are all shareholders."

Everything else is fine, the joint-stock system is nothing new in China, and it is really easy to come up with appropriate policies and regulations.

Only the most important point, the issue of implicated liability and limited liability, if it is not resolved, it will not become a trend after all.

Although the current trend was driven by Liu Yu, it was actually not based on Dashun's decree, but on Liu Yu's family background and relationship with the emperor.

In addition, what he got is completely something that was not there before, and it is an obvious profitable business. He is the middleman for guarantee, not many people who are sure that there are laws and regulations to guarantee.

"It's natural. You don't need to say it. If you want to try it, you have to take a little bigger step. It's like the young crop law. It's a bad government to promote it all over the country. But if you are in Wendeng, it's a good government. Bai A land within a mile cannot be discussed with a country thousands of miles away. The Songjiang matter is limited to Songjiang, but you can try it. As long as you can collect taxes, it will be a good thing."

"Besides, the Jiedu Envoy of Jiangsu has also submitted a memorial, please try to transport rice by sea to transship the rice from the two prefectures of Suzhou and Songjiang. He is the third fire of the new official, and he happens to be trying out various new policies in Songjiang."

"You support the waste of water and reform of the sea, but this is not a one-day achievement. Try it first, and if there are no problems in the future, you can have an explanation."

Liu Yu was startled.

The steps taken by the imperial court really have the meaning of a little change.

Changed the grain rice from Songjiang and Suzhou to be transported by sea?
Although it is only two prefectures, it can be regarded as a great thing.

The foundation of sea transportation has matured. Firstly, the troubles of Japan’s seclusion of Japanese pirates have been basically eliminated; secondly, there is a navy.

The most important issue is the route. Weihai and Songjiang are now increasingly connected, and there is no longer a need to take the coastline.

It couldn't be easier to go directly to Heishuiyang, cross Weihai, and reach Tianjin.

If it is a joint-stock company, businessmen in Songjiang and other places will explode as soon as the news comes out, and the shares of several 10 taels are likely to be sold out within five days.

The emperor said again: "Jiangsu Jiedu envoy means to see that the trading company you set up in Songjiang is booming. So he wanted to ask the merchants to transfer, so that it would benefit the country and the business."

"If you go to Tianjin to transport rice, if you transport a million stones of rice from Suzhou and Songjiang, you can carry one-tenth of the duty-free goods, and the freight can be greatly saved. When you come back, you can just load soybeans from Liaodong. Yu Songjiang Entering Hong Kong can also increase taxes.”

"In this way, all the people will benefit."

The emperor also knew in his heart that the Jiangsu Jiedu Envoy had his own ideas in his heart, and he wished to abolish all water transportation and use sea transportation exclusively.

In that case, Huguang and other places will be transported to Jiangsu along the Yangtze River, and then depart from Jiangsu.

Originally, the good things of several provinces in water transportation were spread in Jiangsu province.

But the strides are too big, and it is easy to be messed up, so I want to try it in Suzhou and Songjiang first.

It's done, it's a political achievement.As for whether it can be done, Liu Yu doubts that this guy has been secretly observing the maritime business group he formed for a long time, and he knows it well.

"There are so many insightful people in the court! The blessing of this country and the blessing of Your Majesty."

"Hahahaha... From what you said, it seems that if you change the sea transport, you are knowledgeable, and if you use the water transport, you are ignorant? Do you think you are knowledgeable?" Li Gan laughed loudly, thinking that the Chaozhong is not all those people who are in the middle of nowhere , There are naturally many people of insight.

What Liu Yu said are all old tunes, they are nothing more than saving money and people's effort.

But the dispute over whether to take the canal or the ocean has long existed.

Some insightful people in the court stood at a much higher angle than Liu Yu.

For example, water transportation is the top priority, so no matter what happens, ensuring water transportation is the top priority.

However, water transportation requires water, and both sides of the canal are farming areas, so the canal and farmers often compete for water.

However, the priority of water transportation is the highest, and the evaluation of political performance must depend on water transportation. The food and drink of tens of thousands of people in the capital does not matter whether you are in drought or flood.

This has led to a situation of competing with the people for water.

If water can be changed to sea transportation, the problem of water contention can be solved, and the life of farmers will be easier.

Those who support shipping have insights, and those who oppose shipping have new insights.

In addition to the old-fashioned problem of millions of water workers, there is also the need to consider the investment in canal repairs and the relationship between stabilizing the Yellow River.

Some people have even seen the threat at sea. If only relying on sea transportation, the risk is extremely high.

If the water transportation is still retained, it is only necessary to strengthen the forts in Zhenjiang, Jinling, Songjiang and other places and build bastions.Once the sea is defeated, the army after military reform can also ensure smooth water transportation.

Keeping water transport is a distrust of the navy and confidence in the combat effectiveness of the army under the millennium land power.

After all, once the water transportation is abolished, once the sea is defeated and the navy is completely wiped out, the communication between the north and the south will be completely broken.

Keeping the water transportation, as long as the army can fight, it can maintain the size of an empire, enough to deal with all possible risks.

It is only done by the navy, but it is hard to say whether it will work or not.Keeping the canal as a guarantee is better than anything else. No one is a prophet and can conclude that the navy will be able to hold the scene.

It is still an army that has been tested in actual combat, which is more credible.If that day comes, even if the coast is abandoned, as long as the army can fight, the world will not be divided into north and south, and it will not perish, and the mountains and rivers can always be reorganized.

It's just that Liu Yu doesn't pay attention to court affairs on weekdays, and he seldom participates in such debates. Many things he thought were not thought of by others, but in fact others have thought of them a long time ago.

This time, the Jiangsu Jiedushi who proposed to try shipping by sea turned out to be carrying out reforms in the southwest.

Fortunately, there was no sad reminder of the "armed tourism of the West Road Army" on the platform, and the reform in the southwest was quite effective, so he was promoted to Jiangsu Jiedushi.

He is still young at the level of Jiedushi, and he has a great chance of entering the Tianyou Temple, so he is naturally thinking about making some political achievements.

The purpose of this letter is to loosen up the pilot program in Jiangsu Province, and it is also for the sake of political achievements. At the same time, it is also trying to learn from Wendeng's policies such as implementing policies such as distributing income from every household.

After the emperor weighed it, he decided to try out the new policy in Songjiang, as long as the navy was in hand to suppress Songjiang and other places at any time.

With the handle in hand and the blade long enough, you can toss it with confidence and boldness.

But to toss water and sea transportation, there is one more thing to solve.

"Some people in the DPRK objected. They only said that they were worried that if the ship sank in the ocean, it would cause huge losses and cause the price of rice in the capital to rise."

"Now that the merchants are allowed to carry the food, the food is not the merchant's, but the tax collected. If it is a joint-stock company, what if it sinks? Will the merchant pay for it? Or what?"

"What's your opinion on this matter?"

Liu Yu thought to himself, since Songjiang is going to conduct a pilot project, it is better to take a bigger step.

"Returning to Your Majesty, I have an idea. In other words, the Westerners have an idea. I don't know if it can be used in the court."

"Westerners go to sea, and the sea risks are extremely high, so there is a marine insurance industry. If the ship goes to sea, a certain amount of insurance money will be paid. If the ship sinks, it will be paid according to the insurance amount. If it does not sink, the insurance money paid will be paid. may belong to the insurer."

"Nowadays, shipping is becoming more and more prosperous. Why doesn't Your Majesty specifically allow people to start insurance business? Your Majesty can directly pay the money from internal funds, which is fair and aboveboard, and also makes the participants feel at ease."

"You only need to calculate the probability of sinking and convert the cost. This is a huge income. If you can monopolize it, you can not only have wealth income, but also make Caomi Ruo sink the national treasury without loss."

"As long as you have money, Songjiang and Suzhou only have a million stones of rice. When the merchant gets the money, he can transport grain and rice from Siam and other places in no time. Your Majesty also knows about the matter of ministers transporting rice to Japan. Millions of stone Nanyang rice, It's not difficult."

"If you are not insured, you will be responsible for the sinking of the ship. If you are insured, the insurance company will pay for it."

"Moreover, a large amount of silver is gathered in Songjiang. If there is chaos in the world, you can learn from the Westerners to issue national bonds and quickly raise enough military pay. It is really beneficial and harmless."

(End of this chapter)