Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1279 Liu Xin's suggestion

Speaking of taking office, Liu Xin immediately proved her worth in the face of high pragmatism.

"Everyone in the world says that Gao Longwen sees heaven and earth, and touches a stone into gold. So far, all the industries involved have made huge profits, and he is truly a first-class business genius in the world." He opened a big map of East Asia and said such an opening remark.

Gao pragmatically looked at the East Asia map in front of him, which was obviously hand-painted by Liu Xin, and said humbly, "It's too famous."

Who knew that Liu Xin, as if he had never heard of it, said directly: "The genius of business may not be fake, especially if you are particularly good at collusion between officials and businessmen. But in my opinion, if you abandon business and look only at industry, then the industrial system you have built over the years It can be said that there are many problems. If you have to say that there are places that you can barely see, I am afraid it will be Kaiping.

In addition to Kaiping, your industrial planning is completely a hammer in the east and a stick in the west, but the sparks are far from being systematic.You may disagree with me saying this. After all, so far, Jinghua has been completely at a loss in the industry, and can't find any opponents at all, but you must know that this does not mean that Jinghua is strong, but the The opponent is too weak. "

Gao Wushi had only been a grass-roots cadre for a few years at the beginning, so he didn't get annoyed when he heard the "unintelligible words", so he said, "It makes sense, then what do you think is the problem with Jinghua's industry now?"

Liu Xin said: "I have thought about it when I have nothing to do in the past few years. The industries you are now engaged in - or handicrafts - are too scattered. As I said just now, except for Kaiping, the industries in other places They are all too single, not only inefficient, but also a serious waste of resources, and even a waste of transportation capacity.”

Gao Wushi frowned slightly, nodded and said, "This point does exist, but it's not that I haven't taken it into consideration at all. Especially with regard to transportation capacity, I have tried my best to choose areas near rivers or seas to build workshops and workshops."

"But they can't form the production chain we are used to, and they can't be used as industrial bases. For example, if you have a coal mine and a porcelain factory near Xinzheng, I can't see any connection between the two, there is no such thing as Produces the effect of one plus one greater than two.

In addition, the cement factory near Weihui is also very strange. Although there is another coal mine supplying fuel there, what is the purpose of this single cement factory being built there?It is possible to use the Yellow River waterway as a transportation route, but the demand for cement in Henan itself has actually been greatly reduced since the flooding of the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River was controlled, and the cost of transporting it from Weihui to other provinces has increased in vain... ...how do you explain this? "

Gao pragmatically said with a smile: "It hits the nail on the head. Everything you said makes sense. As for the explanation... When I built these factories and mines, the 'one center' I really planned was Kaiping, and now only Kaiping can be said to have a comparative For the complete industrial production chain, most of the rest of the places are adapted to local conditions, and what resources are available for development, there is no too detailed and in-depth long-term planning, but there is a reason."

"Why?" Liu Xin asked.

Gao pragmatically said: "Didn't you just say that I am good at 'collaboration between officials and businessmen' - in fact, under a system like Daming, if you want to develop in business, the real power you can rely on will always come from the officialdom. It will not be transferred by personal will or ideas.

Just like you said just now, the reason why Liu's pharmacy and medicinal material transportation can be successful in Sichuan and Yunnan provinces is because of 'there are people behind it'.In the same way, Jinghua's business can achieve this level, in the final analysis, there is someone behind it.I can say this, if another person uses the method I used to build Jinghua, it is almost impossible for them to copy another Jinghua, because none of them have such a good political background as me.

The reason why I came to Beijing more than ten years ago and tried my best to keep myself in close contact with the core people in Daming's political arena is precisely because I know that no matter what I do in Daming, I cannot do without the support of the court, and the court is really powerful There are actually two parts: the emperor and the civil service group. "

Liu Xin suddenly said: "No wonder I hoped to do some business and it couldn't be done at all, but you can have a smooth journey. It turns out that there is such a story behind it."

Gao pragmatically smiled and said: "The reason why China is always different from Western countries is probably a deep-seated reason. Now those Western countries have begun to sail, but their courts are still going bankrupt. For example, the Spanish-Portuguese colonial empire is now. , it stands to reason that they look very powerful. Charles V, the father of the current King Philip II, once said: The sun never sets in my land.

However, the Spanish Empire, the world's first empire on which the sun never sets, was often financially bankrupt and then defaulted on its debts - this situation was impossible in the Ming Dynasty.Although Daming's financial system is said to be worse than Spain's, there are fundamental differences between the two sides.

The main difference is that Daming does not have any consortium to lend it, and no one will do so.In Spain, both the consortium in the Holy Roman Empire and the Italian consortium, including the Genoa consortium, are all happy to lend to the king of Spain, because theoretically, the king of Spain has endless gold and silver mines in the Americas. There should be no repayment crisis. "

Liu Xin frowned: "I don't have much research on European history, so I don't know much about these things. I just want to know why you told me this?"

Gao pragmatically said: "The reason is, I want to tell you that politics radiates from the center. My political foundation is in the north, especially in the capital, so the only place I can consider building a comprehensive industrial base is Kaiping, because Other places are too far away, and I can't guarantee that those places will always be in the hands of me or the school of truth.

I can build these factories and mines because of political factors, but if there is a political problem, these factories and mines may be seized or destroyed in an instant. "

"Really? It's not that serious, is it?" Liu Xin was a little surprised and asked: "Even if you have a famous family like Xinzheng Gao, even if there are some political mistakes, they are still a family of civil servants. , it's not that even your family's property has to be sealed up."

"It was originally the case, but because of my appearance, the Gao family is now pushing forward reforms more than in the past. Under such circumstances, once our reforms finally turn out to be like Wang Anshi's reforms, Wang Anshi will still be able to recover his entire body. Retiring, at least it won't hurt the family, but that's because of the special national conditions of the Song Dynasty, although Daming is also a civil official in power, he is not as warm as the political struggle of the Song Dynasty, and he sticks to the bottom line."

Gao pragmatically sighed: "Da Ming's political disputes will kill people, but it's not just a sentence that can be taken away from the ends of the earth."

Liu Xin thought for a while, then frowned, "Then according to what you mean, do you plan to fully expand the industrial system in Daming?"

"Not for the time being." Gao Yushi emphasized: "Unless I can ensure that I have gained absolute political control, and at least 20 years are unlikely to cause major changes, the relatively complete industrial base in Daming will be destroyed. Always maintain only one Kaiping."

Liu Xin tilted her head slightly and said, "Okay, you are the boss, you have the final say. Then, what about other than Daming?"

"You mean Southern Border?" Gao Wushi pondered for a while and asked, "What do you think?"

"What do I think? First of all, you have to tell me about this question: Who exactly does the southern border in your heart belong to?" Liu Xin shrugged: "I thought you were going to expand the territory for the Ming Dynasty, but later it seemed that you didn't know it. It's too similar, I always think that you may regard the southern border as a colony. But after a while, especially when I personally went to the southern border, I found out that it doesn't seem to be a colony... Can you trust me? If you can, I want to know if you plan to establish another country in the southern border?"

Gao Wushi hesitated and said, "I can trust you, but I can't tell you the answer to this last question."

"Why?" Liu Xin was a little puzzled.

Gao pragmatically said: "Because the final decision depends on whether my reform in Daming can be completely successful. If the reform in my mind can be completely successful, in fact, I prefer to make southern Xinjiang part of Daming. But if My reforms can't be completely successful, then... that means I have to take a step back and maybe let the southern border exist in another way."

Liu Xin was silent for a while, then nodded and said, "Okay, although I don't know to what extent your so-called reform is a complete success, I think 'complete' is the hardest thing in the world, so I'd better put South Korea first. Xinjiang should be seen as 'another way to exist'."

Gao Wushi said with a wry smile, "You can do whatever you want."

Liu Xin nodded and said, "Well, in that case, can I think that you can completely 'radiate' the southern border at least so far?"

Gao Wushi pondered for a while, then nodded and said, "Yes."

"Okay, since the southern border is now under your control, doesn't the industrial planning of the southern border need to be subject to such restrictions within Daming?"

"Yes."

Liu Xin smiled slightly and said, "And the core you selected for Southern Border is in Dingnan, right?"

"Yes."

"In this case, no matter what you want to do with your industrial planning, I must give you a military suggestion first." Liu Xin pointed to the Malay Peninsula on the map and asked, "When will you send troops to the south? Capture the entire Malay Peninsula?"

Gao Wushi frowned and said, "Do you think this matter is urgent?"

"It's very urgent, very urgent." Liu Xin said sternly: "Now your Nanyang fleet has an advantage over the Portuguese, but as far as I know, Portugal seems to have been annexed by Spain, and the current king of Spain is also the king of Portugal. If He also recognized the great value of the city of Malacca and the Strait of Malacca, and he did not think that he would not take precautions to strengthen the city's defense force, and also strengthen their naval strength in the South China Sea. Once that step is reached, you can easily win Malacca. Much harder.

For the current Jinghua Southern Border, not only the territory, but also the Nanyang Fleet has been divided into two parts by the Malay Peninsula, both militarily and commercially, this is a very unfavorable situation.I came from southern Xinjiang, and I know that many people in southern Xinjiang believe that the raid on the Malay Peninsula should be accelerated. Of course, whether these news have reached your ears, I do not know. "

"I have indeed received a lot of such reports, but the current situation is more complicated, and I was very busy some time ago, so I didn't make up my mind." Gao pragmatically frowned: "Jinghua's strength is almost overdrawn now. the edge, you should be aware of this, right?"

"I know." Liu Xin swept a few hairs from her temples and said, "But with all due respect, a large part of this is because you are a little anxious about the construction of Dingnan City. I even feel... Are you afraid? Huang Dutong didn't live well in the southern border, so he thought of building a brand new capital for her quickly? Then your handwriting is too big."

Gao pragmatically smiled and said, "You better not talk nonsense about the capital city or something."

Liu Xin rolled his eyes at him: "It's you who said that there are no third pairs of ears here, so I speak so casually. But well, since you're not allowed, I won't say it."

Gao pragmatic turned the subject back and thought about it: "The fact that Spain and Portugal will join forces to strengthen Malacca... I think it will basically not happen."

"Why?" Liu Xin asked, "Is it related to the situation in Europe?"

"Yes." Gao pragmatically replied: "The Spanish-Portuguese Empire is just a co-monarchy political entity. The interests of the two...at least in terms of colonies, are completely conflicting. The Spaniards definitely want to enter the Indian Ocean, but Portugal People will definitely not, and they may even guard against the Spaniards like thieves. However, the Portuguese are also willing to take advantage of Spain's potential, they may use the name of the Spanish-Portuguese Union to intimidate me, but this will not affect my decision-making."

Liu Xin frowned and said, "I said that I don't know much about the situation in Europe. What I want to know is more direct situations. For example, if Jinghua sends troops south to the Malay Peninsula, is it possible for the Spaniards to stand up for the Portuguese?"

Gao Wushi thought for a while, then shook his head and said, "I don't think so, especially for the Army, I don't think so."

"Why?" Liu Xin asked.

"The Spaniards still have a lot of battles to fight in Europe. How can they send troops to East Asia? I am not a Native American in Jinghua. How many people does he want to fight with me on land? I didn't say it, he just came. Twenty or thirty thousand people are useless."

Liu Xin frowned and said, "It's not much between two and three thousand, what's your tone..."

Gao Wushi sneered and said, "3 to 3 is not right for us, but it is not easy for you to let Spain transfer [-] to [-] people. Besides, whether Philip II has the financial resources to mobilize [-] to [-] people to Asia, I don't know." Easy to say."

"In this case, I suggest again: take the Malay Peninsula as soon as possible." Liu Xin said sternly: "Other things can be postponed, including industrial planning."
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