The Head of the Ming Dynasty Spared His Life

But one thing is for sure

Yan Song's power in the court has reached the point where it can be leveled

In a word, life is blessed without explanation

Yan Song is so strong that it is enough to decide the final decision on a major issue

Why did Yan Song push the train so hard?

Because he needs to improve his national power at this time

The territory of the Ming Dynasty today is so huge, and the rate of increase in productivity is so fast that logistics and transportation have become the key obstacles to the further development of the Ming Dynasty's national strength.

In modern terms, this is called a pain point

In the past, the Ming Dynasty was basically a self-sufficient natural economy. A place was basically full of food, cloth and other materials, which were produced and consumed by itself. Even if there was logistics, there was no need to transport it too far, so the demand for logistics and transportation was not too strong. Generally speaking For north-south freight transport, sea transport + water transport is sufficient, but it is not enough, and raw horse transport by land is also barely possible.

But after the Industrial Revolution, Ming Dynasty began to enter the industrialized society, and now earth-shaking changes have taken place!

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The huge demand for transportation due to the industrial revolution

for instance

For the raw silk in Hangzhou alone, the efficiency of a factory has increased by 20 times compared to the past due to the application of new technologies such as Jenny spinning machine, Feimei weaving machine and a large number of new machines.

Then the generated logistics, of course, must be expanded by more than 20 times

Mountains of silk and cotton cloth have to be shipped out, and more raw silk and cotton have to be shipped in

As a result, the past material transportation system was immediately overwhelmed

Originally, Hangzhou's logistics capabilities are already very strong. It is also the Grand Canal, the Yangtze River, and there are ports near the sea, as well as the Jiangnan water system shipping system extending in all directions.These should have been enough support.

But because of the rapid growth of factory productivity and the opening of too many factories, the logistics system has been overwhelmed and collapsed

All the rivers are crowded with ships transporting raw materials and exporting finished products. They are so densely packed that they can't move, and there is a traffic jam every day, ah, it's a boat jam.

On the various official roads in Hangzhou, there are also long queues of raw horse-drawn carriages for north-south freight, which are constantly flowing day and night, and are blocked on various official roads.

The sky is blue and wild, and the wind blows and the grass moves to see the bullock cart

My big Hangzhou is already a ranch full of raw horses

"There are more raw horses in Hangzhou than in the grasslands of Hohhot.

Such an overwhelmed logistics system will of course cause a great loss of efficiency, and businessmen complain unbearably

The goods that are blocked on the road are all gold and silver that slipped away for nothing.

I watched this money, but I couldn't afford it.

If things go on like this, how come?

Another important reason why Yan Song insists on pushing steam locomotives and railway freight is for global hegemony!

At this time, Ming's interests have extended to the whole world, almost flattening every continent and every corner

Among other things, the more than 20 troops of the Ming Dynasty are still fighting the Spaniards in the North American continent, fighting fiercely on the Mississippi River. How can such a huge empire be maintained without the support of a modern material transportation system?

Yan Song is very clear that although the Ming Dynasty seems to be powerful now and can project military power to North America thousands of miles away, it is already at its limit. In order to support the North American War, the imperial court spent a lot of money on transporting troops and supplies.

In the future, North America and South America will be swallowed up, and there are still countless enemies to fight, and countless enemies to deal with

Without an efficient and powerful transportation system, how could Ming's troops be projected thousands of miles away?

Not to mention far away, it takes more than a month for the northern army to go to the port of Shanghai. How could Yan Song be willing to do this for a long time after spending a huge amount of money and food?

He must promote the construction of trains and railways, build roads to the main cities and major aspects of Daming, complete the integration of the entire huge empire power, be able to mobilize the power of Daming conveniently, quickly and economically, and complete the effective rule of this empire

Referring to the old history, the reason why the Russian Empire was able to unify the vast Siberia is that the Siberian Railway has made great contributions. The power of the empire can be quickly projected and deployed through this railway line

Now, Yan Song has made up his mind to promote the railway construction earlier at all costs.Railway construction takes a lot of time, and it will take several years, even more than ten years, to complete the main railway network.

Railway is a strategic industry with huge initial investment and huge losses but huge profits

If you want to get rich, building roads and railways is also an important part

The emperor and courtiers still have many objections to the railway construction, but seeing that Yan Song has set the tone arbitrarily, these people can only accept it.

Yan Song's current power is enough to decide the major decisions of the imperial court, and no one, including Jiajing, can stop him

But Ouyang Bijin still refused to accept

He said angrily: "Yan Song, it's fine for you to control the government, but the emperor is still on the throne, you are so arbitrary, what is your intention? Jiajing and the officials all looked sideways

Just!

Unexpectedly, Yan Song's brother-in-law, and Yan Song dare to be so confrontational?

Isn't this a general opinion? This is a direct confrontation.

Openly contradict Yan Song

Not to mention those ministers, even Jiajing himself was a bit hypocritical when facing Yan Song, and he couldn't hold back

Yan Song was not angry, and said slowly: "Ouyang Shangshu, the development of trains and railways is also a collective decision and idea of ​​the emperor and the cabinet. It cannot be decided by Yan Song alone. It is my guess that you are separating my relationship with the courtiers."