New Shun 1730

The emperor vaguely understood the curse of the dynasties.

After all, the Dashun Dynasty started out as a rebellion.

Moreover, after the end of the Ming Dynasty, various retro Confucianisms emerged, and the issue of land annexation was talked about.

Can this problem be solved?

It is definitely not easy to solve.

But, in this era, it is not impossible to solve.

Especially the development of Kanto and Nanyang in recent years. As well as the development of navigation, the exploration and development of the distant South Ocean and North Fusang thousands of miles away, it seems that there are theoretically only temporary solutions.

In addition, the progress of agricultural technology in the Academy of Sciences has figured out what fertilizer for food is. In theory, if a huge saltpeter mine, an island fecal stone mine, etc. are found, the fall of the Dashun Dynasty can be delayed in theory.

In addition, there is another temporary solution.

The emperor hopes that the prince will understand one thing: Generally speaking, as long as the people have food to eat and are not starving to death, they will basically not be idle and rebel. Now the threat from the northern barbarians is almost non-existent; the threatening Westerners are basically isolated outside Malacca; Japan, which has wolfish ambitions, can be made to attack each other endlessly as long as they are played well.

The threat of the Dashun Dynasty is internal, not external.

And this internal threat cannot be solved by just one word "benevolence".

The benevolence to the point of taxing 1% of 30 does not prevent the landlords from collecting 50% to 60% or 60% to 70% of the rent.

The economic basis of benevolence and taxing 1% of 10, which is not out of time, is the 100-acre land for a family of five under the land grant system. In the eyes of the emperor, it is useless to talk about benevolence without this economic foundation.

Equalizing the land or directly reverting to the well-field system is nonsense. Dashun must be blown up, which is simply Wang Mang's reform.

Under the premise of not changing the private ownership of land, how to ease the death of the Dashun Dynasty? Among them, around this purpose, what is the significance of the existence of the railway?

This is exactly what the emperor needs the prince to think clearly.

Because these things, no one can teach.

The Hanlin Academy cannot teach these things clearly. The principles they understand are all outdated principles. It's not that they are wrong, but where can one get a hundred acres of land for a man in the Central Plains now? If they can't do this and don't miss the right time, how big a problem can they solve?

The group of people from the practical school can't be taught.

It's not that they don't understand these things, but in the eyes of the emperor, the direction they understand is a bit wrong. Their way of thinking is suitable for Songsu, Guandong, and Nanyang, but I'm afraid it's not suitable for the entire Dashun.

Liu Yu's reform in Songsu also got off to a bad start - Songsu did a good job, but the problem is, where can you find another Fujian tea, Jiangxi porcelain, Nanyang rice, Guandong soybeans, Japan and Europe silver, the salt tax of the five southern provinces, the existing canals, convenient sea transportation and population migration to complete such a reform - this makes many people from the practical school a bit too radical in the eyes of the emperor, thinking that the reform is very simple, just copy Songsu. Such people should still work outside, don't toss about internal affairs, too keen is easy to cause trouble.

Perhaps considering that the question he asked now was a bit too big, the emperor asked again in detail: "Forget it, I'll ask this."

"If you have 20 million taels of silver in your hand, then calculate it according to the railway from Xizhimen to Mentougou, 10,000 taels of silver per mile."

"I ask you, where will you build the first 20 million taels, that is, 2,000 miles of road?"

This question seems much simpler than the previous one, and the answer is not too big or unclear.

But in fact, the core things have not changed at all.

It's just that the problem is hidden in this simplified problem, and in the end it still can't get around the question of "why should it be built first".

The prince is really familiar with this question.

After the railway from Mentougou to Xizhimen was built, the people of the practical school cheered and imagined the future.

There are so many schools of imagination.

There are traditional Han and Tang old frontier county schools, which naturally think about connecting Shenyang first and then the four counties of Han.

There are those who guard the northwest frontier, and they are naturally thinking about solving the Hexi Corridor as soon as possible and stabilizing the Western Regions.

There are also the trade faction, the industrial and commercial faction, and so on.

There are too many schools of thought, and those who envision the future all believe that the railway will really be like the evolution of the matchlock gun into the flintlock gun in the future, with great potential. The only thing missing is the steam locomotive, which is estimated to be solved within a few years.

That being the case, the prince has read a lot of similar articles.

At a glance, it seems that what they say makes sense and there is no problem.

It's really the husband and the wife.

If you really want to talk about it, it seems that as long as there is money, everyone has their own reasons, and they even want to build it everywhere.

But since the emperor asked about the priority, then this can't be answered. You should build it as much as you can until it is full.

In the end, this answer depends on whether the emperor is satisfied.

Although they are father and son.

But at this time, they are still monarchs and ministers. This kind of test makes the prince most uneasy.

After thinking for a while, the prince chose one and replied: "I think if we want to build it, we should build it for 2,000 miles."

"Then we should build it from Tianjin to the capital, and then the capital should extend it to Zhangjiakou. This is less than 2,000 miles, and the rest should be built from the capital to Rehe."

The emperor did not comment on whether he was satisfied, but asked very calmly: "Why?"

The prince could not tell whether his father was satisfied or dissatisfied with the answer, nor did he dare to speculate whether he was satisfied. He had said what he had said a few days ago, so he could only say what he had to say and make the reason as clear as possible.

"I think that this repair will have the following benefits."

"First, Duke Xingguo often lamented that Mongolian wool, camel hair, etc. could not reach Tianjin. If only railways were used to transport them to Tianjin, industry and commerce would flourish, and no less than 100,000 people would be saved."

"Second, my father once proposed a strategy to control Mongolia through commerce. If Mongolia could communicate with the mainland in commerce, it would be difficult for the Mongolians to rebel."

"Third, if there is trouble in the northern border, the capital can immediately send troops to suppress it. In this way, the northern border will no longer be in trouble. "

"Fourth, the population is growing around the capital. There are many vacant lands in Mongolia, which can be moved to Mongolia and cultivated, so that the Mongolian nobles can be naturalized as landlords. In this way, they can be educated with the words of the saints. "

"Fifth, the refugees near the capital can be used to build roads so that they can have some livelihood and avoid chaos. "

"Seventh..."

The prince can be said to have used up all his life's learning to think of all the benefits of doing so, and strive to make the emperor feel that his thinking is open.

However, although the emperor had a blank expression on his face, he couldn't help but sighed in his heart: My son, how can you build your first railway here? You really don't know where the crisis of the court is!

This road, according to the batch of 2,000 miles, I'm afraid it shouldn't be ranked in the top three, how can you think of it here?

It's not that it can't be built, nor is it wrong, but that this question itself is to test the priorities, and to test the prince's understanding of governance and awareness of crises. The first road was built in this direction. In the emperor's opinion, he really didn't understand the true significance of this thing for the rule.

Or, he didn't understand where the crisis of the Dashun Dynasty was.

Whether it was the development of industries such as wool and camel hair, or the so-called Mongolian immigrants, or the prevention of troubles in the northern border...

How could these things be ranked at this time?