Chapter 697

"Private business open workshops?"

Princess Pingyang looks happy. She's here for this. Xiao Ming clearly understands what she thinks.

However, she had doubts about Xiao Ming's enthusiasm for business, so she asked, "why does the emperor like business so much?"

Xiao Ming laughs, "the eldest princess is wrong. Industry is the pillar of Commerce. Therefore, I attach more importance to industry than commerce. "

after pondering for a while, he said:" the strength of a country depends on the wealth of the people. The wealth of the people depends on the amount of property, which in turn results from industry. "

Princess Pingyang frowned slightly. Although her vision was not as broad as Xiao Ming's, she understood the meaning of Xiao Ming's words.

So he said, "is the emperor going to let the merchants build a lot of workshops this time? "

Xiao Ming nodded. The essence of this reform is to revitalize industry. The lack of materials in the Northern War made him deeply realize that Qingzhou's industrial capacity is insufficient.

If he wants to build an industrial system similar to that of western countries, he must encourage people and businessmen to participate in industrial construction.

If there are more workshops, the products of Dayu will be enriched, and then they can be sold to other places. Once the people have money again, the country will become rich and strong.

"Yes, this time I will not only encourage the construction of workshops, but also prepare to sell the steam engines to businessmen, so that they can build workshops in six states."

This is something Xiao Ming hesitated for a long time. The steam engine can't be hidden. As a kind of power, he must popularize it among the people to give full play to its maximum value.

With the sale of steam engines, he will open up textile and other industries to businessmen, and ensure that people have food to eat before they have clothes to wear.

"Steam engine?" Princess Pingyang was shocked.

The steam engine has always been a very mysterious thing. She just heard about it and never saw its true face. Now Xiao Ming says that she wants to sell the steam engine, which makes her unable to react at all for a moment.

That's all Xiao Ming wanted to say to Princess Pingyang. He said, "Princess Chang, you tell them this is a rare opportunity. It's up to them to catch it or not. "

Princess Pingyang nodded," emperor, when I go back, I'll call them to talk about it and beat them for the emperor. "

Naturally, Xiao Ming was happy with this. The imperial families were strictly guarded in all dynasties, so they were not allowed to engage in business or politics, just like raising pigs.

He said another word about industry and commerce with Princess Pingyang. Princess Pingyang left. At this time, Xiao Ming continued to write the imperial edict, which was the beginning of the rise of industry in six states.

The next morning, Xiao Ming asked Qian Dafu to read out the imperial edict, formally establishing the support and protection of private workshops.

At the same time, he put forward three new terms in the edict, the first is capital, the second is industry, and the third is company.

The main purpose of this imperial edict is to use the power of the imperial court to support the development of private capital, so the imperial edict put forward four policies.

The first policy was to abolish the checkpoints in the north, so that the North could be linked with the city as a whole, and the goods could be sold freely in the north. At the same time, the mines of the rebellious vassal kings and the rebellious powerful families could be taken over and transformed and expanded, so as to form the mining enterprises controlled by the imperial court and build modern mines and smelting workshops.

The second is to open up steam engines, textile machines and other advanced technologies and machinery to the public, and at the same time to transform the backward technology and equipment.

The third is to open textile, sugar, soap and other industries to the public. The fourth is to require Qingzhou bank to provide silver support for individuals. At the same time, the imperial court should also provide silver to encourage the development of private capital.

As soon as this policy came out, there was an uproar in the court. In their opinion, the emperor's reform step was too big.

"Emperor, the merchants don't want to produce, they don't want to farm, and the agriculture is the foundation of the country. If this happens for a long time, there will be problems in the supply of grain. "Said Fiji.

"The emperor should think twice. The officials are not against the emperor. They just hope that the emperor can consider farming again. "Said the ministers.

When the productivity is insufficient, Xiao Ming will not die to give up agriculture, so he said: "there is no contradiction between promoting commerce and persuading agriculture. After all, there are few people who can do business. In the future, the government will not only pay more attention to agriculture, but also use grain drill, steam pump and other equipment for farming. "

Fiji and others whispered, and Xiao Ming's words reassured them.

Pang Yukun didn't raise any objection this time, because it was within his expectation. Xiao Ming had encouraged commercial development before, but this time it was more thorough.

in his opinion, the fundamental reason why Xiao Ming made up his mind this time is that the north is basically stable now and can make great strides forward, so that they can have enough materials to defeat the barbarians in the future.

Seeing that all the ministers had no opinions, he said, "if you have something to say in the court today, you can say that after this early court, the content of this edict will be implemented in Liuzhou. If someone obstructs you then, don't blame me for being merciless."

"Yes, Emperor." The ministers bowed down and said.

After the Yu Ming incident, these ministers were obviously more honest. Now Xiao Ming is in power and unshakable. They have to be honest in front of him.Nodding, Xiao Ming looked at Pang Yukun, "Pang Shoufu, how much silver is there in the Treasury?"

"Back to the emperor, there are only 13 million taels of silver." Pang Yukun said simply that he knew the Treasury best.

Xiao Ming had a headache, and this long war made him poor. He said: "take out 6 million taels of silver to support and encourage the development of private workshops. "

" six million taels! "

he took a breath from the minister in the court. This time, Xiao Ming was cruel.

Xiao Ming saw the faces of the ministers in his eyes. He said to the courtiers, "after talking about supporting and encouraging the development of private capital, I will tell you that so much money is put into the people. If you dare to reach out, I will cut off your hands. At the same time, no official is allowed to engage in business or seek personal gain. Otherwise, once found out, he will be dismissed immediately and punished as a crime. ”

in the western world, the official is the business, and the business is the official, so the state always serves the capital.

But now the state of Dayu is still based on officials. He didn't want officials and businessmen to collude to damage the interests of Dayu, so he reminded them in advance.

He knew very well that when he let go of this capital beast, a double-edged sword was hanging over his head. "

It is not clear when this double-edged sword will fall, but at least one thing is clear to him. After this meeting, the Dayu Congress will spark capital just like the western countries.

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