"Invite the Qing Dynasty to build a railway network in detail...this...is this written by you Chengzhi? Such a long and thick piece of writing?"
Zai Chun looked at the memorial Cheng Zhi gave him at a glance. It was well organized, with clear plans. There were detailed plans from the initial fund raising to the sequence of building the railway, as well as how to invite tenders, etc.!
If Chengzhi said it was written by himself, Zaichun would not believe it even to death!
Chengzhi said generously and directly, "Your Majesty, I am the one who took the lead. In fact, many princes entrusted me to plan this plan!"
"Moreover, this memorial also sought the advice of many Western engineers and Chinese professionals! In order to build the Qing Dynasty's ten thousand-year foundation, Your Majesty, please quickly launch the Qing Dynasty's railway network plan!"
"Your Majesty! In the past, I didn't understand the wonderful functions of railways and had many constraints. But now the success of the Beijing-Tianjin Railway has taught me, and now I understand that railways are really a great thing that benefits the country and the people!"
"I am ashamed of my past self, and please forgive me for my sin of ignorance! But knowing shame leads to courage. Now that I understand the truth behind this, I will naturally work hard to change my ways!"
"I am sincere in my heart. Please give me a clear lesson from your majesty!" After saying this, he knelt down three times and kowtowed nine times. It was very standard!
The move Prince Zheng Chengzhi made today was beyond everyone's expectations. Everyone knew that Chengzhi was a typical conservative, and he was very close to Guiziliu back then!
Zai Chun also knew that this Chengzhi's name must have been written in the wax pill silk alliance book that Guiziliu swallowed. This person was not his direct descendant, but his political enemy!
However, due to the constraints of the situation, Zai Chun could not kill all the conservatives who opposed him. Even Guiziliu did not kill him because of various considerations!
So I let a servant like Chengzhi go. Depending on his attitude in the future, I might just let him go, or I might settle the score later!
Will such a person sincerely support Zaichun's reform plan? But a miracle happened today. An incompetent and dandy prince like Chengzhi actually appeared on the Qing Railway Network's memorial list!
Shouldn't this be the job of reformers like Fu Qing? Why did Chengzhi take action?
The folders were spinning back and forth in the hands of these important ministers, and people gathered together to look at them quickly. Many civil servants who could hang out in the court had a photographic memory. Reading ten lines at a glance was a basic skill!
Fu Qing blinked and smiled. He knew the little thoughts of people like Chengzhi. He understood just because three sentences in this book were inseparable from the stock market!
Fu Qing smiled and knelt down to Zai Chun and saluted, "Your Majesty... I think Prince Zheng's proposal is very good, I second my opinion!"
Why? Fu Qing was the first to jump out and support, which made Prince Zheng, who had scolded Fu Qing, a little embarrassed, and quickly turned around and gave him an apologetic smile.
At this time, Prince Li, who suffered from heatstroke, also recovered from the heat. He drank half a pot of herbal tea outside. When he felt better, he came in and knelt in front of the emperor. "The old minister also seconded the proposal. The old minister also exerted his strength in this incident... Your Majesty saw Is it there? Your name is also in it!"
"Haha... I saw it, I saw it..." Zai Chun was amused. This old man took the credit so obviously!
Prince Zheng and Prince Li can basically represent the conservatives within the Eight Banners, because both Guiziliu and Yixin Yikuang have been imprisoned.
And Fu Qing can naturally represent the reformer ministers in the Eight Banners. How come the two parties agreed, is it possible that the Eight Banners are unprecedentedly united.
Weng Tonghe rolled his eyes and felt a bad premonition and jumped out hurriedly and said, "Your Majesty! This railway is of course good, but building the railway network costs a lot of money. How can our court have so much money? Let's wait a little longer!"
Chengzhi retorted at that time, "Old man, you didn't read my brochure carefully! The method of raising funds has been clearly written in it..."
"The court will allocate part of it, and the bank will borrow part of it. If not, you can rely on the stock market to raise it! You have also seen how popular the Beijing-Tianjin Railway stock is. As long as we allocate another part of the equity, all the people in the world can raise funds. Use it!"
Weng Tonghe finally understood. It turns out that you still had this evil idea. Are you making money from Beijing-Tianjin Railway stocks? If one doesn’t quench your thirst, you want more?
The old man felt extremely uneasy and immediately objected, "This is inappropriate, Your Majesty! This is not appropriate, my lord! After all, the stock market is a high-risk place. Although it has risen now, but before, people jumped into the river and committed suicide. The tragedies of stock market crashes are everywhere!"
"How can you ensure that all fundraising goes smoothly? If the stock price collapses during the fundraising process, not much money will be raised by then, and the court's dignity will be lost!"
"Hey... Old man, do you trade in stocks?" Prince Zheng waved his hand contemptuously, "It would be understandable if you didn't trade in stocks! There is no risk at all in raising money from the stock market!"
"Don't keep looking at whether the secondary market will collapse or not. When we build railways, we raise funds directly from the issue price. That's called the primary market!"
"Beijing-Tianjin Railway raises 10 million silver dollars, which will be matched with 10 million shares. The imperial court will not miss a single copper!"
"Even if the stock price falls below the issue price in the future, the money will go into the pocket of the court. What are you worried about? After all, it is impossible for it to fall below the issue price!"
"The people of the Qing Dynasty are rich, and there are many people who want to enter the market and make money!"
Weng Tonghe frowned and said to His Majesty, "It's not right, it's still wrong! Our court governs the country and we still have to uprightly follow the laws of the saints. How can we behave like gamblers?"
"All the people have become gamblers. Who will farm the land? Who will do the work? If you lose money, a large number of people will jump into the river and commit suicide. If you make money, a large number of lazy people will appear!"
"Every industry is in ruins! Your Majesty must not do this. This will destroy the foundation of the Qing Dynasty!"
The ministers immediately started whispering, and the Confucian officials nodded when they heard this. This group of people even looked down on the business class and regarded businessmen as savage beasts. How could they accept a more radical stock market?
The stock market is a product of the capital market. This is a product that only appeared in the later stages of mercantilism! They didn't even want the early merchants, so how could they accept such an upgraded and enhanced version?
"Your Majesty! I think Lord Weng is right! The country must be pragmatic and not pragmatic! All the people are speculating in stocks, the land is barren, the industries and mines are closed, and in the end, even the cooks in the restaurants will be left behind!"
"Your Majesty, please be careful! It is enough to have one stock market in the capital now. Don't expand it any more. This is a scourge!"
have to! The Qing Dynasty started fighting first, and the court was immediately divided into two factions!
Zai Chun said nothing, watching the two groups arguing with each other and gradually developing into a quarrel!
"You sour fellows! What do you know? If the railway network is not expanded, how will the steel produced by the Capital Steel Plant be digested? Who will sell it to?"
"Who is Suan Ding? Your Majesty, you are disgracing the gentlemen! The steel from this Capital Iron and Steel Plant can be used to make hoes, kitchen knives, scissors, and swords and weapons!"
"In my Qing country, the soldiers have not changed their equipment for many years. The swordsmen guarding the city gates are all rusty. Can't they change their equipment?"
"You have no future, you rotten people have no future! The blast furnaces of the Capital Iron Works are constantly producing steel, so how many waist knives will be made? Besides, we already have foreign guns and cannons, so who still needs waist knives?"
"You bunch of slanderous and corrupt people are harming the country!"
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