Chapter 581: Choice? I want it! The Great Steel Cultivation Order!

The other ministers understood as soon as they heard this. Ma Shiying was trying to win a chance to make meritorious contributions for the Ministry of Finance and himself.

The three prefectures of Su Songchang and even the entire Nanzhili were indeed important financial and taxation areas in the Ming Dynasty. As Ma Shiying said, if there is more railway convenience, it will be inevitable that the further increase of financial and taxation in Jiangnan will be inevitable.

In that case, Ma Shiying, as the Minister of Finance, naturally had contributions and face.

Ordinary gentry, scholars and ordinary people may not know how many conveniences and development opportunities the railway can bring to the local area, but these cabinet ministers and ministers are clear about it.

Ma Shiying took the lead in fighting for it, and immediately led the ministers of other departments and even the ministers of the ministries to fight for their respective departments or hometowns.

Liu Linchang, the Minister of Works, was also considered the old minister of Zhu Ma's Yuan Cong. Knowing that it was not the time to be reserved, Ma Shiying spoke immediately.

"Your Majesty, I think the second railway should be built in Chengdu Prefecture - and now our important military factories in the Ming Dynasty are mostly still in Chengdu, and the minerals around Chengdu are also rich.

If the railway is convenient, Chengdu's military achievements will inevitably develop faster. In this way, not only will Chengdu benefit, but our Ming Dynasty military strength will also be stronger."

Liu Linchang is not fighting for Chengdu, but also fighting for the Ministry of Works.

One of the major responsibilities of the Ministry of Industry is to be responsible for the development and production of military industry. Chengdu’s military achievements are indeed ahead of Nanjing’s military industry, and it is also a fact that it is necessary to rely on railways to speed up development.

The Minister of Transportation, Lu Zhenfei, said: "Your Majesty, I think the second railway should be built in northern Zhili, and it will be a military town fortress from the capital to the northern border. In this way, it can be connected to the Beijing-Tianjin Railway and further reduce the direction of our Ming Dynasty to the north.

The cost of transporting military funds in Zhili border town is to benefit border defense!”

Most of Lu Zhenfei's words were from public opinion, so there were many supporters.

Later, the chief assistant Yuan Jixian said: "Your Majesty, Guanzhong is now in decline and the people are in trouble, and they need to bear the important task of northwest border defense.

Therefore, I believe that the second railway should be built in Shaanxi, and it can not only use railway workers to help the people, but also help Shaanxi people's livelihood and economic recovery after the railway is built, but also helps the northwest border defense. It can be said that there are three kills in one stone."

"Where can kill three birds with one stone? I think it's the most. "The one who kills two birds with one stone." What Yuan Jixian said was Shen Youlong, the left assistant minister of the Ministry of Transport, "using labor instead of relief to the people, and using railways to accelerate the recovery of people's livelihood and economic recovery in Shaanxi, isn't it?

Is it the same thing?

Moreover, even if the people in Shaanxi are alive and the economy recovers, the taxes provided may be as good as those in Susong Changzhong?

The land of Guanxi has been in decline since the Tang and Song dynasties, and its lack of resources is really difficult to solve. Therefore, I think it is better to place this second railway in Shaanxi than to place it in Susong Chang's three prefectures."

Yuan Jixian frowned and said, "Shen Yunsheng, as a native of Songjiang Prefecture and Minister of Transportation, wouldn't your suggestion be a public or private matter?"

Yuan Jixian was obviously angry when he called Shen Youlong.

Shen Youlong said calmly: "People say that they do not avoid relatives when they are selected. I, Shen Youlong, are all determined to serve the country, how can I be afraid of mere slander?"

Afterwards, the other cabinet ministers and ministers spoke almost all of them, either holding their own opinions or supporting someone, and there was a vague quarrel.

This is the first time since Zhu Mei ascended the throne, he has seen the court officials argue so fiercely in front of her.

But she wasn't very angry.

Because this situation shows that these important officials of the court clearly realized the importance of railways and thus strived for it.

Of course, this kind of dispute should be controlled by a certain degree, and cannot become personal attacks, nor can it become party disputes.

So, seeing that it was almost done, Zhu Mai coughed lightly, and the eunuch of Sili Han Zanzhou immediately shouted loudly: "Silent and quiet!"

In fact, at this time, the imperial envoy should have stood up and scolded the courtiers for their rude behavior. Unfortunately, the imperial envoy was not present at this meeting.

However, Yuan Jixian and others actually had the control of the degree. When they heard Han Zanzhou shouting, they immediately calmed down.

Seeing that all the ministers had looked forward to her, Zhu Mai obviously wanted her to accept her suggestions, which made her laugh, and at the same time she remembered a popular Internet buzzword from Hao Guangming.

"You can just make a choice for kids."

In the Bluetooth headset, Hao Guangming said this with a smile.

So, under the gaze of the ministers, Zhu Ma said in a crisp and refreshing voice: "What you say is reasonable, since that's it..."

Zhu Ma said that he deliberately paused, slightly aroused the appetite of the ministers, and then smiled and said, "Why are we only building one railway? Now there are four railway construction groups under the Railway Department, and we can start four railways at the same time.

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After hearing this, the ministers were stunned and actually took a breath.

Since they attended this meeting, they certainly knew that there were four railway construction troupes. The problem is that building railways is very costly, steel and other resources. Will it be possible to build four railways at the same time?

Yuan Jixian thought so, saying: "Your Majesty, although railway construction is an important task in the country, the cost of silver and steel and other materials on a Beijing-Tianjin railway is extremely shocking, and it even squeezes out some of the share of military merit production.

If four railways are to be built at the same time, not to mention the silver and other materials, but it may be difficult to provide sufficient steel."

He Yingrui, Minister of Works, also said: "Your Majesty, with the current steel production of our Ming Dynasty, combined with the old official army reorganization and new army equipment renewal plan in the past two years, if the court starts four railways at the same time, it will be like Beijing and Tianjin.

The railway is as short as it is, and the current steel output is probably at least half the difference."

Just now, it was heard that Zhu Ma was going to build four railways at the same time, but in fact, a small number of ministers were moved.

But after hearing the Chief Auxiliary and the Minister of Works explain the truth and present the facts, these small groups of people immediately calmed down.

Huang Daozhou also stood up to advise, "Your Majesty's ambitious ministers who built the railway in great importance can understand that any major construction needs to be based on the Qin construction of the Great Wall and the Sui Dynasty's opening of the Grand Canal as a lesson.

Therefore, I think it is better to build one or two of them first and take your time, after all, Your Majesty is still very young."

The other ministers did not continue to persuade him, but waited for Zhu Ma to make a decision.

Under the gaze of all the ministers, Zhu Mai shook her head decisively.

"I can wait, but the Ming Dynasty cannot wait, nor should I wait." Her bright eyes swept towards the ministers sharply, "Don't worry about the silver. If the national treasury is insufficient, you can borrow my treasury. If it is not enough, I will do it myself.

There are wonderful methods to solve the shortcomings.

As for the lack of steel - the steel industry is the cornerstone of our Ming Dynasty's industrial development. Not only does railway construction require steel, arms, shipbuilding and other active industries in the future will also increase the demand for steel.

Since this is the case, our Ming Dynasty should not retreat due to the lack of steel. We should face the difficulties and make steel!

After this meeting, I will issue an imperial edict with the cabinet to call on the provinces of the Ming Dynasty to make steel.

Even if the people cannot make steel due to technical limitations, they can still make iron. No matter how much they make, the court will acquire it at market prices.

In addition, we will order all steel mills, iron plants, iron ore and other official and private factories and mines to increase the treatment of steel workers and related miners again to encourage the people to participate in the large-scale steelmaking!”

Zhu Mai said this very firmly.

As high-ranking officials and important officials at the center of the Ming Dynasty, they also knew that according to the development layout of the Ming Dynasty, there would be more and more demands for steel in the future.

As Zhu Niu said, if steel production is insufficient, it will retreat. Will it take so long to develop in the future?

Since this is the case, it is better to overcome difficulties and make steel!

Therefore, at this special meeting on "rail construction", all the cabinet ministers and ministers were persuaded by Zhu Ma and agreed to issue an edict called "Great Steel Making Order" to spread the world!

The Railway Department also ordered the four major railway construction groups to be built, and four important railways, namely Ningxia, Beijing-Zhanghai, Xinyang and Xigu were built!

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