readytorunbook Chapter 445 The Foundation of the Great Qin Dynasty
Chapter 445 The Foundation of the Great Qin Dynasty
"This way of business, the power of merchants, should indeed be firmly controlled by the imperial court, and they cannot be allowed to go free."
After listening to Ying Yu's introduction, Ying Zheng nodded in agreement.
"Actually, the power of merchants is not as terrible as imagined. After all, the wisdom of the people of the Great Qin Dynasty has been developed, and it is ordinary people who really occupy the main body. We only need to guide the interests of the vast majority of the people to be consistent with the court."
"Nowadays, farmers still account for the largest proportion of the common people. Thanks to many agricultural subsidies and visible upward channels, today's farmers are extremely supportive of the royal family."
"The industrial households transformed from peasant households are growing rapidly and will become mainstream industrial households in the future. They also benefit from the imperial court and are very grateful to the royal family."
"The large-scale development and construction of the railway this time is an excellent opportunity for the great development of craftsmen."
"Many projects and workshops in Daqin currently have trained more than 200 million craftsmen with primary skills through skill training and on-the-job training, which is close to [-]% of the total population of Daqin."
"These people rely on their professional skills to get a much higher salary than farming, so they have begun to completely break away from farming and become a craftsman class."
"And their children, influenced by them, will inevitably be more active in learning science and technology knowledge and embark on the road of working."
"However, these craftsmen are still far from enough for the current Daqin."
"If we want to build the Wanli Railway, we need at least one million more workers with a certain construction foundation, plus hundreds of thousands of engineering survey and design personnel, as well as R&D and equipment operators in supporting industries."
"Steam engines are not only difficult to manufacture, but maintenance is also a big science, and even operation requires a considerable foundation."
"Moreover, no matter how advanced the machinery is, it will gradually become obsolete with the promotion of time. Therefore, people need to continue to improve and upgrade according to the problems encountered in actual use."
"For the imperial court, commerce is a pool that provides funds, and the great development of industry is the koi that I, Daqin, hope to raise in this pool."
"The growth of industrial koi, in turn, will increase the attractiveness of the pond, breed more funds, form a virtuous circle, and ultimately promote the development of Daqin."
"As long as you firmly control the general trend, no matter how big the businessman is, he is just a lucky one who took advantage of the trend. If he really wants to deviate from the interests of the Great Qin, Qin Law will naturally deal with it, and the common people will support it."
Ying Yu spoke slowly.
"It's better for the crown prince to look further, this strategy is indeed the best one."
Upon hearing this, Ying Zheng nodded in satisfaction.
Everyone in the world thought that Yingzheng didn't like business, but in fact Yingzheng just didn't like power that was out of the court's control.
Because the former businessmen did do many bad deeds that were contrary to Daqin's interests.
However, the commercial development that Ying Yu single-handedly promoted afterwards made Ying Zheng see the necessity of business.
It's just that, as the first emperor of Qin Dynasty, Yingzheng has always been afraid of business in his heart.
With the prestige of him and Ying Yu, naturally he is not afraid of the businessman.
But Yingzheng couldn't guarantee that the future emperors of Daqin would have enough deterrent power.
But now Ying Yu launched the method of paying equal attention to business and industry, revitalizing science and technology, benefiting all people, and using people's hearts and laws to check and balance business, which finally made Ying Zheng heave a sigh of relief.
The courtiers were all in admiration.
Sure enough, if His Royal Highness dared to develop business, he had enough understanding of business, and his thinking was much farther than theirs.
"The talent of His Royal Highness, the old minister admires!"
"Since the worries are gone, this railway should indeed be repaired more, but it can't be repaired randomly. There must be a priority."
"Furthermore, the old minister suggested that, no matter whether it has the right to speak or not, the imperial court should still take the absolute control of the Daqin Railway Company. Even if it pays a little more interest, it is worthwhile."
Nei Shiteng pondered for a long time, then saluted Ying Yu.
"Why do you have to pay interest? The imperial court bought shares in the Daqin Railway Company with technology, and the steam engine and railway technology are all controlled by the Daqin Engineering Institute."
"According to Prince Ben's proposal, the first batch can issue [-]% of the shares at a price of [-] million yuan, which is enough to start the three railway projects from Xianyang to Jiangnan, Xianyang to Liaodong, and Xianyang to Persia."
Ying Yu smiled and said.
"Will merchants be willing to pay such a high price?"
Feng Jie subconsciously blurted out.
Thirty million yuan, this is not a small sum!
"Why don't you want to?"
"Don't forget, today's technology is only available to the imperial court. If they want railways, they have to accept the imperial court's pricing. They have no choice."
"Moreover, investing in railways is a rare and good project that can provide stable returns for a long time."
"This is only in the mainland of Daqin. Outside of the mainland, the price must be doubled at least!"
Ying Yu said lightly.
"Beyond the mainland of Great Qin, your highness, don't you want to issue railway shares in areas such as Seleucid and Persia?"
Meng Yi was stunned for a moment.
"Of course, this is the railway from Xianyang City to Persia. Once it is completed, the carrying capacity of the overland Silk Road will be directly increased by at least dozens of times, and countless businessmen will benefit from it. The prospect is very promising."
"As for why the price has doubled, the reason is simple. The foundation of the Western Regions is too backward, and there are many Gobi mountains, so the construction cost is already higher."
"And don't underestimate the powerful people in these areas. Although their business is not very good, many nobles have hundreds of years of savings, full of gold and silver. It would be too wasteful not to use it for Daqin to build the railway. .”
Ying Yu said in a deep voice.
All the officials looked at each other, and then they all sighed in admiration.
The core purpose of this Xianyang-Persian County railway construction is naturally clear to everyone in the court.
That is to strengthen Xianyang City's control over the newly incorporated land in the Western Regions.
Especially Seleucid and other places that are merging.
However, with Ying Yu's explanation, it became the kindness of the imperial court to revitalize the development of the newly included area.
Moreover, more than half of the unstable local wealth was absorbed, and the nobles who invested these were tied to the chariot of Daqin.
This method is really too clever.
Nei Shiten and others completely let go of the stone in their hearts.
With His Royal Highness the Crown Prince around, their worries were completely in vain.
They just need to do a good job honestly and implement Ying Yu's plan in place.
Ying Zheng was even more satisfied.
Da Qin has a prince like Ying Yu, and it will last forever, maybe it will no longer be empty talk.