The Head of the Ming Dynasty Spared His Life

Imagine that in the future, Daming will engage in the development of the Northwest, and geological discoveries will continue to occur, and a huge oil and gas project will be discovered in xxx, and xx will become a holy place for sightseeing and tourism in Daming. Hate to find out...

The only major railway line is controlled by Mr. Yan Ge

Yan Song wants to laugh when he thinks of that day

Controlling the railway line in this day and age is pretty much controlling everything

The Northwest is inaccessible, and the transportation is extremely inconvenient. Can we still make wool without a railway?

Yan Song made a decision immediately, and paid for it himself, repair it!

It's just that he, an old man with "clear wind in his sleeves", is definitely not able to contribute money in his own name, so Yan Song figured out a way to let the top ten consortium businessmen form [Great Northwest Railway Construction Consortium in their name] The Great Northwest Railway that shocked the whole country, even the world

Well, that's it

As soon as Yan Song thought about the Raksha country who invaded the Western Regions, he looked dazed and saw that the Ming army could continue to flow, transporting almost unlimited military power and supplies, as well as fire and ammunition through the Great Northwest Railway, the dazed look on his face expression, just want to laugh

I, Daming, never pretend to be aggressive, because this pavilion is always blunt

The next day, a news that shocked the whole country was born

In the business circles of Ming Dynasty, Shen Wansan, Hu Xueyan, etc., the super merchants with supreme status, wrote to the cabinet together, requesting to become the [Great Northwest Railway Construction Consortium] and put forward suggestions. The Northwest Railway runs directly from Datong to Tianshui in the far west, together with important towns in the northwest such as Xi'an in Datong and Tianshui in Lanzhou.

The funding is in the form of PPP (government public construction leasing), that is, the scholar-businessmen funded the construction of the railway with their own funds. To use this railway, the Ming court had to pay a certain amount of usage fees and transportation fees to the Northwest Railway Company.

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In addition, the Ming court granted the Northwest Railway Company a 30-year monopoly right to operate.During these three years, the Northwest Railway Company enjoys the exclusive right to monopolize income, and can collect usage fees and transportation fees from the cargo owners or merchants who use them. After 3 years, the railway will be owned by the Ming court free of charge.

In addition, the Ming court promised to the Northwest Railway Company that apart from the Great Northwest Railway, the court would not approve similar railway projects to be launched, and guaranteed the monopoly right to profit of this railway.Of course, if the imperial court thinks that the capacity of this railway is insufficient in the future, hindering Daming's operation of the vast territory in the northwest, it has the right to require the company to build a second double track.If the company refuses to invest, the Ming court has the right to repair it by itself or organize others to build it.

In short, this memorial caused a wave of waves with one stone, and instantly exploded the public opinion of the ruling and opposition parties in Ming Dynasty.

Countless people, shocked

The common people's reaction is the most direct

Let me go, this person can build a railway with 5 million silver~?

horrible!Wealthy Country L

The gap between people - simply don't be too big!

The top ten husbands class, of course, is not talking about how rich the top ten businessmen are (of course, these poor scholars, landlords and old riches are also crying, but what they pay attention to is more about the Qin Zhe, which is ostensibly proposed by the top ten businessmen collectively, However, these people who are more or less related to the court have good ears and eyes, and they are sure that behind the proposals of the top ten businessmen, there must be a treacherous minister

On the surface, the top ten businessmen wanted to build the railway, but in fact, the landlord bureaucracy decided that it was Yan Song's idea

Hehe, these rich people, are they Yan Song, are they stupid? In the place where nothing shits like a bird in the Northwest, what valuable things can they have that are worth investing so much money to repair the railway?It is better to repair the railways in Shangshang, Nanjing and other places!

"Hehe, Wang Chongyang said the same thing when Yan Song was building the railway in Datong, Beijing. As a result, Datong discovered the largest coal mine in history, and Wang Chongyang was slapped in the face.

"But the northwest area has always been desolate and barren! How could there be more valuable minerals?

"Hehe, Yan Song's huge investment failed, wouldn't it be better for us? Just wait and see Yan Song lose everything"

These bureaucratic and landlord classes, no matter how they think about it, they feel that Yan Song is stupid for doing this.

In the barren lands of the Western Regions, the most powerful dynasties such as the Han and Tang dynasties can control and take over the territory of China, while dynasties such as the Song Dynasty and Ming Dynasty are simply unable to conquer. (Da Ming took control for a while, then withdrew from the Western Regions)

A group of bureaucratic landlords, wait and see Yan Song laugh haha

For the cabinet, there is not much to say about the proposal of the scholars and businessmen. The cabinet is in the process of making a proposal, and a war is going to be fought in the northwest. How to transport troops and supplies in such a barren land?

One must know that Tai Ming's troop composition today is very different from that of the early Ming Dynasty.In the early years of the Ming Dynasty, the elite troops of the Ming Dynasty were mainly based on the combination of riding and pong. Relatively speaking, transportation was easy, especially the cavalry, which had high mobility.But now the elite troops of the Ming Dynasty, such as the Xianjia Army, are all heavily equipped modern infantry.The main combat power comes from artillery and muskets, ammunition, and these heavy steel lumps require a lot of transportation capacity to be transported to the front line thousands of miles away.

Cabinet, Wenyuan Pavilion

Yan Song is aloof, dealing with official documents

Although 99% of Yan Song's time is with the shopkeeper, he occasionally comes to the cabinet to handle the last shift

Well, this is occasional, about one or two days a year to go to work

Jiajingben... Yan Aiqing, you work too hard, you should pay attention to your health!

Yang Bo was looking at Hu Zongxian's mountain of requests for help with a sad face.In these battle reports, Hu Zongxian mentioned the issue of supply without exception.

Our army used infantry to fight against the cavalry of the Raksha country. The cannon shells were consumed extremely quickly, and the stock in the front was less than one unit, which was not even enough to repel a wave of attacks from the Raksha country.The frontline looks forward to transporting ammunition and supplies as soon as possible

Last night, Yagubo sent Cossack cavalry to attack at night, but was repulsed by our army's artillery and muskets. The enemy left hundreds of corpses and fled in embarrassment, but our army had very few shells left.Urgent!

There is not much food left in our army, and there is even less fresh water. We urgently need backup support!

"Because of the lack of food and ammunition, the Commander-in-Chief has ordered the stop of the march. Without supplies, entering the sea of ​​sand is just sending the lives of these [-] soldiers to the country. Hu's reputation is not worth pity, but the soldiers must not die unjustly!

Yang Bo sighed, and said to Yan Song Yecao: "This west is too difficult to fight! Although I reminded him three times a day, Hu Zongxian has stopped marching." At present, the 8 army has only entered Xinjiang for less than 200 miles.

Telephone, Li Chunfang, Hai Rui Bao Zheng and other cabinet elders fell silent

Hu Zongxian is not a cat or a dog

When dealing with Japanese pirates, he did a lot of meritorious service, and he made great contributions.

It's just not as famous as Yan Song

Today, such a famous commander, with 8 soldiers capable of recruiting and fighting in the southeast, can only penetrate 200 miles into Xinjiang, and dare not go any further?It's nowhere in sight to conquer Xinjiang.

I don't believe it!Our elite invincible division is far away in North America, tens of thousands of miles away from Daming, isn't it farther than the northwest?Fewer supplies?How could Qi Jiguang be able to lead his troops to victory again and again, forcing the Spaniards to jump into the river and into the sea?Is this Yagubo more powerful than the tens of thousands of troops in Spain?