The Great Industrial Ming Dynasty Started from Beiping

Chapter 661 Taisun leaves Beijing

Wenhua Hall Nuan Pavilion.

Zhu Gaochi was holding a newspaper in his hand on the couch, and Zhu Zhanji was sitting behind another table, carefully reading the memorials approved by his father before, learning how to govern the country.

The Nuan Pavilion was very quiet, and young Zhu Zhanji peeked at his father from time to time.

Zhu Gaochi pretended not to notice, being attracted by the content in the newspaper, and suddenly sighed, the reality is always shocking.

The French Revolution, which everyone talked about in later generations, was billed as a symbol of civilization. In fact, it was not civilized. Instead, it was very anti-intellectual and ignorant. "The Republic does not need scholars." was the answer of the French Revolutionary Court at that time.

Because most of the scholars at the end of the 18th century came from wealthy families, they were persecuted and many scientists were killed.

Another example is the completion of the construction of the national railway in the UK. It was not the king and ministers who had the foresight, but the scammers who deceived the capitalists and relied on the scam of drumming and spreading of flowers to miraculously complete the construction of the large railway in the UK.

At that time, the people of Liverpool, England, could not accept the smoking steam engine heads and considered them ominous, so they opposed the construction of railways. In addition, the king and ministers at the time were also resistant to new things, so the United Kingdom did not agree to build railways.

In the end, the popularity of British railways depended on the speculator Hudson.

Speculators are, in other words, liars.

He used attractive gimmicks and huge expected profits to defraud three hundred thousand pounds in the name of building a railway. His scam was very simple. He used new debt to pay the interest on old debt. Since the dividends were high, raising money was not a problem.

At that time, his name resounded throughout the UK, and people believed that he was capable. For a very long time, people did not doubt this Ponzi scheme.

In his middle age, Hudson was already the king of British railways. As each railway opened, Hudson defrauded another 2.5 million pounds, which was four times the cost of the railway project he built back then. .

It was not until the 1850s that the game of drumming and passing flowers finally became unplayable, and Hudson fled to France with his huge wealth.

But Hudson did build all the British railways in just twenty years, and the role of this was probably no one could have imagined at the time, because everyone was scolding Hudson.

At that time, many people committed suicide due to bankruptcy.

Hustler Hudson never imagined that many years later he would become a positive figure.

It was precisely because of the power that emerged after the popularity of British railways that neighboring countries suddenly realized that railways were so useful, so countries began to build railways, thus changing the world's pattern.

Sometimes, people don't need to be too smart, as long as they make the right choice, even if it is contrary to their thinking at the time, it is correct because the result is correct.

As small as an individual, because a person's life is very long, there will be many choices that need to be faced, so it is not enough to just have the results correct, the process also needs to be correct. Only by understanding the process can we always be correct.

But in this era, individuals are too small and the time span is too large, so correct results are often more important than correct processes, so there is also the saying of success and failure.

Zhu Gaochi put down the newspaper and met Zhu Zhanji's gaze. Zhu Zhanji was startled and quickly withdrew his gaze. Feeling that something was wrong, he stood up in confusion at a loss.

Zhu Gaochi waved, and Zhu Zhanji walked aside, waiting for his father's teachings. "I remember reading a passage in the newspaper a few days ago, saying that the Ming Dynasty was a country built on railways. Do you still remember it?" Zhu Gaochi asked gently.

Zhu Zhanji thought for a while and replied, "My son remembers."

"The idea of ​​​​this sentence is correct."

Zhu Gaochi looked serious, hoping that his son would have a clearer understanding of railways and understand their importance, so he added: "Railroads not only drive the development of the entire economy, but also change people's pace of life."

"When your grandpa arrived in the capital from Peking, it took a carriage more than a month to travel. But once the railway was opened, it only took two days to travel this distance. The emergence of the railway not only shortened the distance between people, but also shortened the distance between people. It promotes population mobility.”

"Before the railway, the most efficient means of transportation between two cities was horse-drawn carriages, which could only run two or three times every ten days to transport a few people. But after the railway, the number of people traveling increased by a hundred times, and one train could travel between the two cities. There can be thousands of people between the two cities.”

Zhu Zhanji tried hard to understand his father's words.

In fact, he was in a bit of a dilemma. Railways were not unfamiliar to him since he could remember. Although he understood the role of railways, he could not understand the era without railways. He had never left the prosperous place.

Zhu Gaochi seemed not to notice his son's confusion, but still said: "The role of railways in freight transport is even greater than that of passenger transport. Before the emergence of railways, Ming Dynasty had a small market due to its vast territory and sparse population. Many industrial products were still produced by hand. Production. However, after the opening of the railway, large-scale production in the industrial field became possible, and the cost of industrial products dropped significantly, which led to the emergence of many very large private business groups."

While introducing the development trajectory of things over the years to his son, Zhu Gaochi couldn't help but sigh, "The railway also directly gave birth to a comprehensive large-scale industrial group like Heji. Because the railway reduced freight costs several times, cheap agricultural products from the south were transported to In the north, agriculture in the entire Senan Province and Saibei region disappeared. Relying on the supply of miscellaneous grains from the south, the development of animal husbandry in Senan Province and Saibei region reached its peak. Such differences in economic structure will become more obvious in the future. "

Zhu Gaochi looked at his son and finally said: "The reason why I tell you this is to let you understand the importance of the railway. No matter how complicated the situation is in the future, you must not neglect the power of the railway."

Zhu Zhanji agreed half-heartedly.

At the request of His Highness the Crown Prince, Taisun left the capital and began to visit more cities.
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Zhu Zhanji was very excited.

He brought a group of young disciples, under the care of the veteran Yang Pu, to Zhejiang Province and received a warm welcome from the locals.

Along the way, Yang Pu taught Zhu Zhanji, led Taisun to inspect various factories, and told him the secret, "Specialization of work lays the foundation of the factory system, which allows at least one labor force to devote all their time." In fact, early factories were not attractive to most yeoman farmers because they were too demanding. However, there were many laborers who were either already professional wage earners, or they were willing to try it, or they needed to Money, those things drive the whole system."

"More importantly, the social resource allocation model proposed by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the Ming Dynasty Industrial Bureau system were launched, which prevented the labor force from being exploited by capital to the greatest extent, and thus led to today's prosperity."

Reading thousands of books is not as good as walking thousands of miles.

The businessmen knew the importance of Taisun's departure from the capital this time. Not only did the scholars and literati want to get closer to the Taisun, but the businessmen also wanted to do the same and achieve their goals through the relationship with the Taisun.

Zhu Zhanji has become the focus of the world. People are discussing Taisun. Every word and deed of Taisun is being analyzed by people to infer Taisun's character and work style.

Under such tremendous pressure, Zhu Zhanji became more and more cautious in his words and deeds, not daring to say a word.

(End of this chapter)