Eighth year of Chongzhen

Chapter 700 Government Investment in Northwest Economic Development Plan
It was Shoufu Wen Tiren who spoke.

Like Sun Chuanting, also out of concern about Zhu Youjian's radical ideas, Lao Wen proposed to oppose the large-scale opening of wine shops.

"The chief assistant's suggestion coincides with mine.

Although there is no need to worry about food shortages under Da Ming's eyes, there are still many people in the world who have no food for the night, so the winery should not be built without order.

One winery in Weihu County is enough in Shaanxi Province, and no new wineries will be planned for at least five years.

The local governments of Pingliang Prefecture built large granaries one by one, and bought and stored the reserves of farmers’ homes at a price of three cents and five dollars per stone. They also posted notices telling farmers to keep enough grain for their families for a year, and not to use the surplus grain for money. All sold out.

The government of Pingliang will transfer a batch of stored grain to Lintao Prefecture. The specific quantity will be handled by the governments of the two places according to the actual situation. "

The kind-hearted Zhu Youjian quickly gave instructions on the matter, and Wen Tiren saluted and sat back after receiving the order.

"As for the demands of the local governments, the original intention is to increase the income of the farmers, and it is also out of a public heart. Therefore, the cabinet should write to comfort them, so as not to dampen the enthusiasm and initiative of the local officials.

Building wineries is not the only way to increase farmers' income. Officials from all over the country can brainstorm and demonstrate in detail based on local conditions before setting up profitable workshops. "

It is impossible to free the attention of Ming officials from the fields in a short period of time. For thousands of years, the idea of ​​small peasant economy has been deeply ingrained in everyone's heart, so most officials lack the knowledge of how to make farmers rich. ideas and methods.

To change this phenomenon, someone must guide him. Zhu Youjian is the most important one, and the other is Song Yingxing. His masterpiece should come in handy at this time.

"After this meeting, the cabinet can formulate relevant regulations, and distribute the "Tiangong Kaiwu" written by Song Yingxing, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, to the governments of various places.

Officials from all over the world can combine related technologies with local resources to open a variety of workshops. I believe that as long as the government guides them correctly and the officials work hard, within a few years, the Northern Province will emerge. There are many industries that increase the income of farmers. If things go on like this, why worry that the people are not rich? "

The value of "Tiangong Kaiwu" is that it records many advanced scientific and technological achievements in industrial and agricultural production.

The book uses technical data to give quantitative descriptions, revealing advanced scientific ideas and theoretical elaborations, focusing on introducing theoretical concepts rather than purely technical descriptions.

In this masterpiece that exhausted his whole life, Song Yingxing described in detail the types, places of origin, production technology and process equipment of various crops and handicraft raw materials, as well as some experience in production organization.

Among them, there are not only the cultivation and processing methods of grains, beans, and hemp in agriculture, but also a lot of knowledge in handicrafts.

For example, the weaving and dyeing technology of silk, cotton and ramie, as well as the salt and sugar production technology, etc. are recorded in the book.

There are also many related manufacturing technologies applicable to the northern border of the Ming Dynasty.

For example, the production of bricks and tiles, ceramics, metal casting and forging, mining and firing of coal, lime, sulfur, and alum, mining and smelting of metal minerals, etc.

These extremely practical technologies and knowledge can be widely disseminated and promoted in the Northland rich in mineral resources, especially in the Northwest.

Governments at all levels in Beidi should play a leading and promoting role in it. Officials can also learn a lot of knowledge from it, broaden their horizons invisibly, gradually change their way of thinking, jump out of agricultural thinking, and rise to On a whole new level.

The so-called leading and promoting is nothing more than investment.

The Northern Land of the Great Ming Dynasty is different from Jiangnan where private workshops are well developed. In Jiangnan where the rich are everywhere, as long as there is a profitable industry, a large amount of money will be invested in it immediately.

But the north of the Ming Dynasty is not painful, especially the place where the thieves started-Shaanxi.

During the turmoil that lasted for more than ten years, countless gentry and rich families in Shaanxi Province were smashed to pieces, and a large amount of property and fields accumulated by them for generations were wiped out.

Rogues are very destructive.

Regardless of whether the big gentry built a dock in their hometown to defend themselves, or carried gold and silver treasures and fled to the nearest county town with their families, they still could not escape the end of destruction in the end.

Under such devastating damage, less than [-]% of the large households in Shaanxi Province survived the Taiping period, and those who survived also fell down because they lost their main source of income.

The so-called big households mainly rely on the fields to make money.

Under natural disasters and man-made disasters, thousands of miles of bare land and bones left in the wild, the people who created wealth for them either fled famine or joined the ranks of thieves. Even if you have a thousand acres of land, where can you find someone to cultivate it?

Drought is rampant, and most of the fields will turn into powder instantly with a hoe. If you sow seeds in such a field, what can you reap?

Just because the number of large households in Shaanxi has dropped sharply, it is no longer realistic to expect private investment to drive local economic development. The government has now become the only investor in the northwest region.

The industry of Sihai Commercial Bank is also basically concentrated in the developed Jiangnan region, and there is not much investment in the northwest region, which has not stabilized for a few years, and it is basically based on commercial circulation.

The traffic conditions in the northwest region are much different from those in the prosperous south of the Yangtze River, and it is difficult to find skilled workers. These are important factors restricting the economic development of the northwest region.

Before Zhu Youjian crossed over, there were still very few government-run enterprises in Ming Dynasty. After the orthodox years, private workshops took advantage of the trend, gradually surpassed and replaced the status and role of government-run enterprises, and became the main force leading the development of Daming handicraft industry. .

In Zhu Youjian's plan, government-run enterprises will be an important force to promote the economic development of Ming Dynasty. This is because Zhu Youjian will guide the court to make a large amount of investment, as evidenced by the various industries of Sihai Commercial Bank.

In order to expand the scale of the enterprise, it is most important to continuously invest profits in the expansion of reproduction. In this regard, the private owners in Daming did not do well.

Due to their limited horizons, wealthy merchants are more keen to convert their profits into silver melons and fields, and then live a leisurely life in the luxury of luxury and sensuality.

Now that Neijin and Taicang have a lot of money, Zhu Youjian will not be like those short-sighted big Jiangnan households, he will not let the money rot in the warehouse.

The northwest government will receive a large amount of funding from the imperial court to support local industrial development.

In addition to corruption, officials are allowed to make mistakes in the direction of industrial investment in this process. As long as they can put the funds into practice, they will not be punished if they lose money.

In Zhu Youjian's perception, government investment is the best way to expand domestic demand.

Investment failure is not terrible, the meat is rotten in the pot.

Failure does not mean that wealth disappears out of thin air, but means that funds flow from the government to individuals, and these individuals who benefit from it will consume money after they have money, which is equivalent to stimulating domestic demand.

After explaining the relationship between investment, demand, and consumption with the cabinet ministers, the overall strategy for developing the Northwest economy was finalized. After seeing Zhu Youjian leave, the cabinet ministers, who seemed to understand but half understood, then discussed. One side left the palace.

While his father was busy with state affairs, Zhu Cihong, who had already had his summer vacation, was wandering around in the busy city of Beicheng.

(End of this chapter)