Zhao Jiaren abdicated, Zhao Qian ascended the throne, and the Emperor of the Supreme Emperor was in charge of the academic society. The shock caused by this great change in the Song Dynasty disappeared in less than three months, especially after a few eyes were slapped to the end, no one talked about this matter again. But some officials suddenly fell in love with the sentence "Current~ Benefit, and fullness will bring harm", especially when reading the first word, you have to pause.

Xiao Meimei was very happy when her husband returned to normal. She was unhappy when she learned that someone used words like this. She found Zhao Qian and talked about this matter. Zhao Qian replied calmly: "I will be like the Supreme Emperor, without any hesitation."

"What's going to happen in the future."

"Since something must happen, it's better to punish the illegal if something happens." Zhao Qian was very calm.

"The official family is... why bother?"

"I'm really not angry. This is just a way of expression, why should I keep it in my heart."

"Those people are expressing dissatisfaction with the official family."

"It's normal. My mother is also dissatisfied with my father."

Xiao Meimei thought of her mother-in-law's sarcasm to her father-in-law, and she was both funny and angry. This is the case with the family, but Zhao Qian was a little too indulgent to the officials. However, her husband made a decision, Xiao Meimei didn't want to interfere in politics.

If there was no grudge in his heart, Zhao Qian knew that this would definitely not be discussed. But this matter was not important, at least not at the moment. After talking with his father, Zhao Qian sorted out his thoughts these days and determined the key. So much so that Zhao Qian even suspected that the rebound of these people might have felt something.

With a calm mood, Zhao Qian suddenly received a report from a senior official in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Jia Weixin said in the report that Jiangsu and Zhejiang Province is willing to prepare funds for the construction of railways within the province. It is planned to connect Songjiang Prefecture City, Ningbo Prefecture City, Hangzhou City and Gusu City in advance.

Before the establishment of the province, several governments had discussed the construction of self-raised funds for railway construction. Zhao Qian had heard of it, and some governments even sent people to ask what Zhao Qian would think. The matter was not because everyone did not support the railway, but because each government was not big, and its own financial resources were limited, so they did not want their own government to bear the burden.

The situation after the establishment of the province was different. There are many famous cities in Jiangsu and Zhejiang Province, and Songjiang Prefecture is also known as the most prosperous world. It is completely imagined that provinces want to build railways within the province. However, seeing that the interest rate of railway bonds is as high as 15% per year, Zhao Qian frowned. The imperial court built railways by itself by fiscal appropriations, and fiscal appropriations do not need to consider interest.

Read the planning book again. Jiangsu and Zhejiang Province does not lack food, so even if there is 100,000 Japanese workers, there is no pressure. The railway corps is a department of the court, and the salary is paid by the court's finances. The money is used to purchase various railway equipment, and the railway equipment production cycle and laying cycle can be calculated. This cycle is less than two years, and Jia Weixin believes that Jiangsu and Zhejiang Province can repay the money through various fiscal and tax revenues in two years.

Zhao Qian thought about it and thought something was wrong, so he convened a meeting. After hearing this plan, the Ministry of Railways came up and asked, "Who will be after the railway is completed?"

This question was asked well, and other ministers looked at Zhao Qian. Zhao Qian replied: "Everyone has any opinions, don't worry about the feasibility of this. If various opinions combine to prove that this is not feasible, it would be great if this matter is not."

Having said that, the Minister of Finance carefully said: "I think this is feasible. I just don't know if the Ministry of Railways has the extra manpower to build the railway."

The Minister of Railways replied: "The railway soldiers are a carrot and a pit, and they have been arranged."

"I think so, but I think so myself. I think the current construction progress of the railway is to lay the roadbed and the basin road first, and the railway tracks are installed while laying. Can this laying and installation be done separately?"

"Definitely not possible!" The Minister of Railways simply denied, "If hundreds of tons are transported by train, what should be transported by transporting them?"

"I mean there are many rivers in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Construction of railways can start construction together, and the speed of building railways will be much faster. The northern railways will draw some railway troops, which will not reduce the construction speed of the northern railways, but these people can build a large number of railways at an extremely fast speed in Jiangnan."

This sentence made the eyes of the important officials fall on Zhao Qian. Zhao Qian didn't expect that someone would actually propose to adjust the railway construction plan set before. Can this courage... be considered as the courage to do things? After thinking about it briefly, I think this view makes sense. Using ten parts of power, the total output is ten. Divide ten parts of power into one and nine parts, and the total output becomes twelve, which means that the efficiency is increased by 20%. Such a change is completely acceptable.

So Zhao Qian asked the other ministers, "What do you have any other opinions?"

I thought it was a feasibility discussion, but after more than an hour, three key points were discussed. One is naturally whether the progress of the Northern Railway can be carried out at a normal progress rather than the highest progress. The second is the ownership of the railway built by local fundraising. The third is whether bonds can be issued for railway construction.

Zhao Qian thought the Ministry of Railways would be the most radical, but he did not expect that the Ministry of Finance would be more radical than the Ministry of Railways. Zhao Qian asked the Ministry of Finance why the Ministry of Finance was so persistent in railway construction. The Minister of Finance replied: "Railways are not only vehicles, but the force of economic driving is unimaginable. The freight volume from Kaifeng to Haizhou (Lianyungang) has increased by five times. Haizhou's population has doubled in the past three years, and people are constantly pouring in. Haizhou City is being built at the previous five times of its area. Although it owes a lot of money, the tax revenue has also increased significantly."

These words made Zhao Qian frown slightly. He felt that the Minister of Finance's unusual enthusiasm for bonds seemed to have a reason.

The Minister of Finance said to the clear office, "The current situation is that production and sales are booming. The only question is who pays for infrastructure."

"You want to use Japanese laborers?" Zhao Qian asked.

"No, Japanese workers are used to do hard chores that Song Dynasty workers are unwilling to do. If the railway is opened to traffic and asphalt roads, many farmers around the city are willing to work in the city."

Zhao Qian's eyes lit up, and his dissatisfaction with the Minister of Finance quickly turned into praise. The so-called "lighting people's strength" means that the people do not give money after work, or give very little money. The Minister of Finance's view is very serious. The rural population of the Song Dynasty is not unwilling to do physical work, but they are unwilling to do physical work that is too hard or too far away from home. Since the Japanese have perfectly filled this gap, the work that the rural population of the Song Dynasty is willing to do requires good transportation.

"The government, the Supreme Emperor, devoted his energy and wisdom to lay an extremely good financial foundation for the Song Dynasty. If there were no railways and so much infrastructure, the balance between the financial income and expenditure of the Song Dynasty was very healthy. The construction of the railways and the asphalt roads of the officials were of great benefit to the country, but these investments were short of money. It was better to issue bonds and raise funds to carry out construction. These gaps could be filled."

The Minister of Railways couldn't listen and asked loudly: "If you borrow money, you still have to pay it back. You have to pay interest. Whose interest is the one? I said that the Emperor can clearly state that the purpose of railway construction is to facilitate everyone's travel, so the prices of tickets and freight will not be high."

This obviously did not hit the Minister of Finance, and the minister said: "The country's economy is active, and tax revenue will naturally increase. These cannot make up for such a large gap in a short period of time. Therefore, the losses in the embankment are required to be compensated for outside the embankment. I heard that someone has found the Sand Gold Zone in the Northern Fusang Province. In addition, there seems to be gold mines in the southern Abbotta."

"Gold Mine?" Zhao Qian was shocked. He found that he just thought he had learned various intelligence, but in fact there was a lot of gap between the intelligence he learned and the actual intelligence.

"In addition to gold mines, olive oil products from the Eastern Mediterranean are also a major benefit. We can also make full use of trade in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Indian Peninsula. As long as the scale is large, the profits are high enough. In the long run, the benefits generated by the borrowed money are much greater than that interest. Now, everyone is taking trains wherever the railway goes, and the canals are all cargo ships. The canal cargo volume has doubled."

When Zhao Qian heard this, he felt that the content of the discussion had exceeded the scope of this meeting, so he said, "I will talk about those things in the future. What do you think about this matter?"

"The interest rate cannot exceed 10%, otherwise our Ministry of Railways will not recognize it. And the railway must belong to us." The Minister of Railways determined the upper limit.

Before Zhao Qian could speak, the Minister of Finance smiled and said, "I didn't want the provinces to issue bonds on their own. The issuance of bonds must be decided by the Ministry of Finance. However, the railway bonds of the Ministry of Finance can be issued in Jiangsu and Zhejiang Province."

The meeting ended, and Zhao Qian felt that his thoughts were complicated. Thinking about it carefully, Zhao Qian felt that he had not noticed how his father made his first pot of gold. He sent someone to the islands near Japan to mine gold and silver mines, which was the real first pot of gold. If the Song Dynasty had more gold and silver reserves, he could naturally issue more money, and these money could be clearly invested in infrastructure construction.

Thinking of the asphalt official road being considered to be his own credit, Zhao Qian felt great joy in his guilt. Without my father's instructions, Zhao Qian would never have thought of using asphalt to pave the road. However, his father gave the order. Zhao Qian's execution result was that he found that the asphalt in Fusangzhou was really good and was very suitable for roads. The roads were still brand new after nearly a year. Last year, Zhao Qian personally presided over the meeting to form a huge fleet, which transported back more than 300,000 tons this year.

Asphalt. Major cities in Jiangsu and Zhejiang Province have begun to pave asphalt roads, and the response has been very good. The fleet has also made a lot of money from this commodity. All of these contributions are attributed to Zhao Qian. Before that, Zhao Qian's most famous one was probably the "Nine-Tailed Fox". However, that time, it came and went quickly, and soon there was no discussion. Unexpectedly, because of this bulk trade, the "Nine-Tailed Fox" incident was brought up again, which gave Zhao Qian a little blessing.

The impact of any economic activity is more than that thing itself. Then the asphalt trade, someone has already opened a factory in the settlements of the Northern Fusang Province of the Song Dynasty. More asphalt will be mined before the fleet arrives in Fusang Province. If the news of sand gold mines in northern Fusang Province is true, Zhao Qian can already see the rapid growth of the Northern Fusang Province.

After thinking about it, Zhao Qian decided to agree to issue railway bonds. Cross the river by feeling the stones? If you can't continue, just stop it. If you can operate well, wouldn't it open up a new road?

After three months of preparation, the Ministry of Finance released the first batch of bonds. The bond quota was 50 million jin and the annual interest rate was 14%. Although the Ministry of Railways firmly opposed it, the Ministry of Finance still used this interest. The official interest on loans in the Song Dynasty was once 50%, and the interest rate of the Qingmiao Law of Wang Anshi of the Northern Song Dynasty was considered "true conscience" and also had 20%. In recent years, the money supply of the Song Dynasty was sufficient, and the interest rate was above 10%. The interest rate of 14% was considered an attractive bottom line in the eyes of the Ministry of Finance.

50 million guan is nothing in the Song Dynasty, but it is not a small number. Zhao Qian felt that it would take about half a year to sell it out after the release, but he didn't expect that after two weeks of release, he bought it all within eleven days. Originally, Zhao Qian didn't want to investigate who bought it, but at this time he had to send someone to investigate. Who has so much money in his hands? If he couldn't figure it out, Zhao Qian felt uneasy.

It was already the 341st year of the Song Dynasty, and Zhao Qian's 40th birthday was coming. After the Spring Festival and the Lantern Festival, the second day of February, the dragon's head was over, and finally submitted a report. The main purchaser of the 50 million railway bonds was an official from the Song Dynasty.

After reading the report, Zhao Qian didn't know what to say or what to think. Logically, it was a good thing for officials in the Song Dynasty to support the court's policies so much. The court needed money and the officials had money. The officials naturally felt at ease after purchasing such high-quality bonds. The court raised enough money and was equally satisfied. However, no matter how you think about this, it was strange. Zhao Qian wanted to solve his unhappiness on his own, but he couldn't do it. In the end, Zhao Qian could only go to his father's side.

After hearing Zhao Qian talk about the whole story, Zhao Jiaren asked, "Do you want to recover this batch of bonds?"

"I don't plan to take it back!" Zhao Qian's tone was a little angry with a firm tone.

"Why are you angry?"

"I think the Ministry of Finance knows that officials will rush to buy, so they raise the interest. It seems they are calculating me."

"Do you have evidence?"

"No. I'm angry because I don't."

"Haha." Looking at his son's expression, Zhao Jiaren couldn't help laughing.

Zhao Qian was a little embarrassed by his father's laugh. He asked, "Official family, I just want to ask how the official family can eliminate the unhappiness when they encounter such a thing."

"I was in charge of assets worth billions of dollars when I was young. The billions of dollars at that time were worth about tens of billions now. So this amount of money doesn't matter to me at all. After you decide to spend billions or tens of billions of dollars in the future, you naturally don't care about this."

When Zhao Qian heard this, he felt that what his father said might be reasonable, but it was just possible. The feeling of being plotted could not be eliminated immediately. Then he heard his father say, "Zhao Qian, if something is legal, reasonable, and affectionate, you have to admit it. This is the era of human beings, the times have changed. You know that the times have changed, so you decided to use the method of issuing bonds. Then you have to respect people's choices. If you don't respect it, it means you have not admitted that the times have changed."

Zhao Qian still felt uncomfortable when he came out of his father. But the feeling was constantly fading. What occupied his thoughts was what his father said just now. Yes, the times have changed. The era of God has ended. Zhao Qian knew it, but he was still a little uncomfortable.
Chapter completed!