Back to the Ming Dynasty to be a tyrant

Emperor Chongzhen said: "Didn't the Ministry of Communications already build such a fleet before?"

Guo Yunhou's old face blushed imperceptibly, and then he said confidently: "The Ministry of Communications is responsible for the transportation of the world, whether it is land or sea, so the focus cannot be solely on coal.

But how important is Xinming Island's coal?The people of Ming Dynasty need coal for their daily life, and the railways need coal. If the Royal Academy can successfully transplant the steam engine to the ship, the fleet will also need a lot of coal.

Therefore, I thought that it would be better to form a separate fleet to transport coal from Xinming Island. "

Emperor Chongzhen smiled and said, "So, it's better for this fleet to be directly under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Households? Don't you cry poor with me this time?"

Hearing the teasing meaning in Emperor Chongzhen's words, Guo Yunhou took it for granted: "Your Majesty, coal has become an important weapon of the country, and it is related to the people's livelihood and the safety of the world, so don't be careless!

As for the state treasury, even if we put our lives to the test, we must squeeze out some money to build such a fleet. Otherwise, what face will we have as the Minister of the Ministry of Households? "

Emperor Chongzhen was so arrogantly wanted to laugh by Guo Yun: "Forget it, just follow Guo Aiqing. It's just that things on the sea are changing, and there are extremely complicated things to pay attention to. I just hope that Guo Aiqing will not complain."

After Guo Yunhou bowed and said yes, Emperor Chongzhen turned his attention to Cui Yongan again: "I have read the memorial handed over by the Ministry of Railways, and discussed it with Mr. Wen Ge and the others.

It's just that I still have a few questions, why not ask Cui Aiqing face to face, it will be more intuitive. "

Cui Yongan's heart tightened, he was afraid that Emperor Chongzhen would ask some random questions again, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and say: "Please make it clear, Your Majesty, I know everything."

Emperor Chongzhen smiled and said: "Don't be nervous, Aiqing. I just want to ask, what are the plans of the Ministry of Railways for the future, and what lines are they planning to open in the future?"

Only then did Cui Yongan feel relieved - as long as the fare was not involved, other issues were actually easy to discuss.

Stretching out his hand and gesturing on the map spread out on the table, Cui Yongan said: "Your Majesty Qizuo, according to the current situation, the several routes planned by the present husband can be opened to traffic and officially started operation 15 years ago in Chongzhen.

However, the line from Quanzhou to Nanjing, according to Hong Butang's intention, is to add another double track, and at the same time, build another line from Haojing'ao to Nanjing, which is expected to be completed and opened to traffic 20 years before Chongzhen.

In addition, the line from Beijing to Chengdu will be completed before 17 years of Chongzhen. At the same time, the lines from Chengdu to Mengyang and Chengdu to Menggen will be completed. The expected completion time is 20 years from Chongzhen, and will not exceed Chongzhen 22 years.

For the completed parts of the above lines, except for the call from the military government, the rest of the time will be mainly freight, supplemented by passenger transportation for a period of time. "

After listening to Cui Yongan's words, Emperor Chongzhen turned his attention to Wen Tiren and Shi Fenglai.

Wen Tiren thought about it and said: "If the railways in these many places can be completed quickly, we have tens of thousands of armored warriors in the Ming Dynasty, so why should we be afraid of the mere natives making trouble? It's just the household department?"

Guo Yunhou said: "If these many lines are started at the same time, it's not that the household department can't get the money, but it will definitely affect other aspects. Unless there is income soon after taking out the money, otherwise, the household The Ministry absolutely dare not approve the transfer of silver taels."

Guo Yunhou's face was short of these four big characters of crazy hints written on it.

In a word, there is money in the treasury, once the business tax is collected, it is impossible to stop it, and no one in the court will let go of such a large piece of fat.

After Daming's business taxes and customs duties were received in the national treasury, apart from fighting wars and buying food to deal with natural disasters, there really wasn't much to spend.

And this is only Daming's own money, not counting the money that flowed in from the vassal state, plus Emperor Chongzhen didn't like to build gardens, so a lot of money slowly accumulated.

But what if the treasury has silver?Take it out to repair the railway?

No problem, distribute this part of the income to the treasury, and the old man nodded and agreed to let the treasury take out the money—otherwise, if you repair slowly, no matter how much money there is in the treasury, it will not be able to support the consumption of your simultaneous work.

Emperor Chongzhen almost laughed out of anger.

Why are there so many shameless old men in the court of Daming?Never imagined, Guo Yunhou, a gentleman with white hair and a childlike face, has become like this now!

Facing Guo Yunhou's crazy hints, Cui Yong'an turned his attention to Emperor Chongzhen for help-how can such a big matter be decided by a mere left servant?

Emperor Chongzhen was also very painful.

Numerous facts have proved that hooligans are not scary, and scholars are not scary either. What is terrible is that after doing hooliganism, scholars can always put on a high-end and high-grade coat for their actions, just like Guo Yunhou is now.

Chapter 7 and One: The Difficulty of Letting the Common People Go Out to Work

How did the Iron Boss of later generations operate?

Although he scolded Boss Tie every day and read a lot of information on the Internet, Emperor Chongzhen still didn't understand the specific operation mode of Boss Tie.

But one thing is certain. In the beginning, Iron Boss was basically the same as other state-owned enterprises. From the children’s school to its own court, police and other systems, it was a complete small society.

To put it bluntly, even if Boss Tie plays alone without other departments, there is no problem.

Of course, no matter how awesome the iron boss is, there is a more powerful mother-in-law in charge of him, and he became honest later, so that the police system of the railway system is almost useless-if it is not cleaned up by the mother-in-law, Still occupying a seat on the high-speed rail?The marshals will teach those scumbags how to behave!

Emperor Chongzhen didn't know how awesome the Iron Boss of the later generations was at the beginning, and how it was abolished later. The problem now is how to deal with the Ming version of the Iron Boss.

Especially when it comes to silver.

It is definitely not enough to keep it in the hands of the Ministry of Railways. After all, money touches people's hearts, and there are real saints. But for most people, incorruptibility may be because the rewards for corruption are not high enough-people's hearts cannot withstand temptation.

But now that Guo Yunhou is frantically implying that the Ministry of Railways puts all the money in the treasury, it is estimated that the possibility of Hong Chengchou agreeing is not too great.

I have given Hong Chengchou a lot of tasks. Just the repair of the railways one by one and the cost of maintenance are enough to make people want to die. Now that I finally have the opportunity to make money, I don’t have to go to the Ministry of Households to beg my grandpa to sue my grandma. How could Hong Chengchou be willing to let the household department intervene in order to get money.

So here comes the question - as the emperor, how should I make a decision?In the end, is it biased towards the Ministry of households or the Ministry of Railways, and then a future iron boss will come out?

Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen simply set his sights on Wen Tiren and Shi Fenglai.

For Emperor Chongzhen, even if the Ming version of the Ministry of Railways has become the awesome Iron Boss of later generations, it is actually nothing special. If he follows his will, the Ministry of Railways will change from a big tiger to a good little meow .

Since you don’t have to worry about what it will look like, it’s better to leave this matter to Wen Tiren and the others to have a headache—my opinion may not be the most suitable for Daming now, but Wen Tiren and the others, although their vision is not as lenient as their own. , but the opinions put forward must be the most suitable for the current situation.

Wen Tiren and Shi Fenglai looked at each other, and they both felt the other's balls of sadness.

I was watching the play well, when this sudden blame came over me, it was so f*cking scary!

Apart from the title of a consultant, Shi Fenglai now has no official position and a light body, so he naturally has fewer scruples: "Your Majesty Qizuo, I think that the bill money collected by the Ministry of Railways should be divided into two, and part of it will be handed over to the government. The household department, and the other part will stay in the Ministry of Railways to carry out the construction of new lines and the maintenance of existing lines.”

Guo Yunhou snorted and said, "If Advisor Shi said so, then the Ministry of Railways doesn't need the treasury to allocate money to build the railway?"

Shi Fenglai smiled and said: "If there is no such bill, the national treasury will not only allocate money for the construction of the railway, but even the maintenance expenses will have to be allocated from the national treasury.

Guo Butang must have his own experience about the train I was waiting for. Surely the maintenance cost of such a giant steel beast would not be too low, right? "

Guo Yunhou's face became even more ugly: "In the budget reported by the Ministry of Railways, the maintenance cost for Chongzhen XIV was as high as 800 million taels.

This is only for maintenance costs. Hong Chengchou also asked the treasury to allocate 3000 million taels of silver for the construction of new lines.

The budget reported by the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Communications is no less than that of the Ministry of Railways.

The Ministry of Industry requested a total of 500 million taels of silver, and the Ministry of Communications requested a total of 700 million taels of silver.

To be honest, the national treasury has been a lot richer in the past few years, but if the money is really spent like this, no matter how many times the tax is raised, it will not be able to support it. "

Shi Fenglai was a little confused.

It can be seen from the previous drug transaction that Emperor Chongzhen must have silver in his internal funds, but he never thought that the treasury has become so rich.

Is it a budget of tens of millions of taels of silver?