New Shun 1730

The emperor couldn't have told Liu Yu about this directly. What legacy he wanted to leave.

In the emperor's view, Liu Yu, a "loyal minister", should be able to understand what the emperor meant.

The railway issue is an extension of the Indian issue.

As for the Indian issue, the emperor chose to wait a little longer.

In Niu Er's memorial, he also expressed that he would consider not over-exploiting India and would give Dashun's industry and commerce an opportunity to expand in India.

Since we have to wait, how long will we wait? How long will we fight? How long will it take to collect taxes?

It's hard to say.

But since the emperor chose the first railway to run through the Central Plains and obviously avoided the possible Yellow River flooding area, then in Liu Yu's view, the emperor was leaving some legacy to the crown prince, or a prince who was not the crown prince at the time.

These legacies include a Central Plains and Yellow River flooding area that can be attacked and defended, reformed and suppressed, and can be relieved and massacred.

A fleet.

A railway.

Good internal finances.

As well as the weak Korea, the divided Japan, the messy Myanmar and Vietnam, these are all places where the new monarch can easily gain prestige, control the army, and promote new military confidants after he succeeds to the throne.

As for the problems of India and Europe, the emperor chose to solve them before his death, and would not complete the great integration within the traditional world's sphere of influence before his death.

It is still very easy to gain prestige within the traditional world's sphere of influence.

In particular, the strong navy has made those narrow peninsula-type or island-type countries that were previously difficult to fight become very simple prestige self-service extraction machines.

Prestige, army, silver, transportation.

These things will give the successor a perfect start.

Such a succession start is simply a heavenly game from the emperor's perspective.

At least, it is not worse than what was left to Zhu Qizhen after the previous dynasty's Renxuan Reign.

And generally speaking, the foundation that Dashun wants to leave, whether it is to interfere in Korea or to mess with Vietnam, the Privy Council has made a plan, and the emperor has sent a brother-in-law who was randomly selected as the commander-in-chief, and it is estimated that no one will make a Tumu Fort.

The emperor knew that the Yellow River might burst, but he did not choose to face this problem, nor did he think of using the whole country to prepare for a rainy day.

So, this is the emperor's attitude.

And letting the prince ask Liu Yu was the emperor's clear way of conveying something to Liu Yu through the prince.

You can talk to the prince about strategies and roads.

The prince may not use them.

But when he is desperate, he may think of your words.

Some things don't need to be said too clearly. A new emperor has his own ministers, so some things should be said to him now.

Since the topic started with the railway, that means don't mention the Yellow River again.

In other words, don't mention the millions of people who may die before the Yellow River bursts and spreads for more than ten years and rushes out of the fixed river channel.

Now Liu Yu has made it very clear to the prince.

If you don't want to muddle through, there are only two or three ways to go.

Liu Yu didn't put his hope on the wise emperor at all, so he can do whatever he wants.

But it's still a legacy issue.

The emperor wanted to leave a legacy for the prince.

Liu Yu also hoped that before Dashun died, he would leave some legacy for the people of this land.

So if the prince could do something, it would be the best.

If he really did nothing, it would not matter.

Since the prince mentioned "Guan Zi", "Yan Tie Lun" and "Ping Zheng", Liu Yu had to make it clear to the prince about the problem of carving a boat to find a sword and knowing the shape and meaning.

"Guan Zi" was based on the template of Qi State, which had the advantages of fish and salt.

The real Dashun had the advantages of tea, silk, zinc, porcelain, cotton cloth and spices. But most people would not understand if they replaced fish and salt with porcelain and tea. Many people in the court could only calculate 3 times 5, and once it became 5 times 3, they were confused.

If you can really read Guan Zi and Yan Tie Lun, and know their meaning instead of being bound by the form, it will definitely be effective.

As for learning from the barbarians... To be honest, there is no one who can learn from the monarchy in Europe now.

Apart from other things, if Dashun had a comprador group like the London East India Company, Liu Yu would curse it eighty times a day.

Or, with 50% of Britain's total fiscal revenue, the financial system had to pay the interest on the national debt? Even if Dashun did not intervene, North America would have been lost in the end?

Or should they learn from France, practice aristocratic privileges, and let the church evade taxes, evade taxes, and cheat on financial issues, and put all the taxes on self-employed farmers and small landlords? This... In fact, there is no need to learn this at all, and the people of Dashun are better at it than the French.

As for the equalization and monopoly of the British Navigation Act, the form is different, but the meaning is the same.

High tea tax, sugar tax, cotton cloth tax and other import tariffs? Dashun wants to learn, but its strength does not allow it. What can Dashun's silver buy? It really can't be spent.

Let alone tariff exemption, now the compradors are in power, allowing British cotton cloth to be imported at will, and even kneeling down to reward 30% subsidies. Even if it is so flattering, if it can be sold in Dashun, it will take all the elementary school math books to burn - Dashun's cotton cloth can still be sold to Britain with a 72% tariff. Inversely, how much subsidy does British cloth have to be sold in Dashun?

As for food, cotton and other issues, the Songsu area of ​​Dashun has long been exempted from the import tax on raw materials, and even the "Corn Law" issue of "cheap grain hurting farmers" has long been resolved.

So at this point, Dashun has nothing to learn.

China, on the other hand, has to try to find its own way and leave its own words in the shaping of the future "international law" and "general consensus of modern society".

Dashun has missed an era, so the navigation terms can only be north by east and south by west, not northeast and southwest, which are more suitable for the usage here.

But now, at the very least, where is the prime meridian? We must fight for it, right? What is the name and flag of the life-saving organization like the Red Cross? We must fight for it, right? The establishment of international law and the system of the new world order and pattern must also be fought for, right?

These are the most basic things.

It is also destined to be completely different from many things in modern history.

Therefore, Liu Yu once again reminded the prince that it is okay to learn from foreigners. But you have to understand the reasons and deep-seated reasons.

Holding a land enclosure movement, you are worried that there will be a land enclosure movement in the Central Plains. Liu Yu must explain to the prince the difference between the land enclosure movement and land annexation.

And after Dashun had three raw material production areas in Liaodong, Nanyang and India, the enclosure movement in the core area of ​​the Central Plains was impossible.

And after the cotton cloth market in Mongolia and Northeast China was occupied by Songsu cotton cloth in advance, even if the railway was built, the development of the cotton textile industry in Hebei, especially in Baoding and Gaoyang, would never have happened.

The development of Gaoyang's cotton textile industry has a huge relationship with going to Guandong, going to the west, and reclamation in Mongolia. But now, he started late, and the Songsu Group has occupied the market.

The development of the cotton planting industry in Hebei is directly related to India being a British colony, which has led to rising cotton prices. Although cotton from India cannot be obtained, a large amount of cheap dumped cotton yarn has promoted the development of the weaving industry.

Obviously, all this has changed.

And with the development of the soybean planting industry in Northeast China, it is deeply bound to the coastal East China region. Even if the railway was built, the development of oil crops in Henan in history would not have happened.

Because the development of oil crops in Henan in history originated from Europe's demand for oil, including hair oil, and grease needed for war industry. Moreover, the soybean industry in Northeast China had not yet developed comprehensively at that time.

But now, it is obviously different.

The only thing that may have a huge impact is the rapid development of the textile industry in the Jianghan Plain. Because the cotton in India and Java is of good quality, Dashun is completely controlled, and the price is cheap, by importing cotton and cotton yarn, using cheap labor, and family-type iron wheel shuttle looms that match the land system in East Asia, the Jianghan region will have a wave of early industrialization opportunities.

The market facing it was laid a foundation long ago when Liu Yu reformed the salt administration.

The salt administration reform re-divided the salt area, and the development of the southern Sichuan industry made the Hubei region use Sichuan salt.

That is, the issue of Sichuan salt entering Chu.

Sichuan salt cannot be returned empty, so Jianghan cotton cloth can enter Sichuan.

Sichuan salt capital is mainly the Shaanxi Capital Group that made a fortune during the Dashun Western Expedition, so Jianghan cotton cloth can also enter Shaanxi and Gansu.

Sichuan does not produce much cotton.

Shaanxi and Gansu do not produce much cotton either.

The Western Regions can produce cotton, but the infrastructure is too poor, the roads are not good, and the canals have no water at all. If the cotton is transported out, it will cost you your pants.

Therefore, the Jianghan Plain is the biggest beneficiary of the progress of steam engines, railways, and steamships that should be not far away, as well as the Yangtze River waterway.

As for other things... To be honest, in Liu Yu's opinion, from the perspective of Dashun, after Xinyang and heading north, the emergence of the railway is probably just a tool for escaping famine and providing relief.

Except for the development of coal mining and industry and commerce at stations along the line, the real huge impact is basically invisible. Maybe there will be more chicken farmers, which will facilitate the sale of tea eggs and roast chicken at the railway station.

Oh, it may have some impact on the salt administration.

Changlu Salt and Shanxi Salt can completely drive Huai Salt out of Henan and northwest Anhui. This depends on who has a bigger background and who has a stronger door between Changlu Salt and Shanxi Salt.

So, whether it is the emperor or the prince, there is actually no need to worry too much. Many of the things they worry about are unnecessary and unlikely to happen.

Of course, from another perspective, it is different.

The railway workers of the Beijing-Hankou Railway, the miners along the way; if they are matched with the female workers in the spinning mill and the literate printers in the printing factory, basically the group of people with the most natural organizational ability in this era can step onto the stage of history. Some pamphlets can really be understood by some people.

Obviously, Liu Yu would not talk to the prince from this perspective.

So it was the first time that Liu Yu talked about something, and it turned out to be "only good, no bad".

After listening to Liu Yu's talk about all these benefits, the prince felt his scalp tingling and trembling all over.

He never expected that there would be so many tricks in a railway and that it would have so many effects.

Originally, he was already shocked after hearing about suppression, rule, and division from his father.

Today, listening to Liu Yu talk about the economy, industry and commerce, agriculture, and salt administration, he felt that what he thought about and knew was really too little.

Originally, he was a little worried about some of the things that the "Xianliang Literature" had argued about in the Salt and Iron Discussions. Now, it seems that he doesn't have to worry about even that.

Moreover, from the perspective of reason, Liu Yu's words and Xianliang Wenxue's words make more sense. It's very smooth. I can reverse the idea guided by Liu Yu and get the same result. It really has the meaning of Taoism.

As for things like occupying land and demolishing graves along the way... in the eyes of the prince, it is definitely not a big deal.

And things like rail production, coal mining, and road surveying are also handled by their own departments. The short railway from Mentougou to the capital has already trained a simple team.

The prince thought, since my father asked me to ask the Duke of Xingguo and ask for advice. It can't be that I just listen.

And my father asked me to supervise the railway in the future, so this is what my father wants me to do. And I can't be a toad that doesn't jump without being poked.

Then what should I take the initiative to ask my father to "do it at the same time"?

This question obviously cannot be asked to Liu Yu. Not to mention that I shouldn't ask in the first place, and asking will only cause trouble. Even if I'm not afraid of trouble, my father told me to listen to the "reasons" and not "just listen to the consequences". It's obvious that he wants me to make my own decision after consulting Duke Xingguo.