After looking at Zhao Si who remained calm, and then scanning a circle of people with different expressions, Cai Jing coughed twice, cleared his throat, and continued.
"Then the Ministry of Planning will use the sea trade tariffs in the next ten years as collateral to issue five-year and ten-year transportation construction bonds and prepare to raise 30 million yuan, part of which will be used for national highway construction."
"The first phase of the five-year transportation construction bond is 5 million yuan. The Ministry of Planning has negotiated with the three banks, Fuguo, Fufeng, and Tongshang, and handed it over to them for issuance at a certain discount. The three banks will advance the relevant money and pay it to the three banks in advance.
The funds will be transferred to the account of the Accounting Department within the month."
Bonds, or transportation and construction bonds? What is this? Is it another way of making money that Cai Yuanchang came up with?
This Cai Yuanchang seems to be very good at doing this and a master of making money. That's why he has been in the official family from Emperor Zhezong to the present.
However, it didn't sound like they were directly imposing excessive taxes on the people, apportioning miscellaneous donations to raise this additional expenditure, and they didn't hear about increasing corvees. Su Che and Fan Chunren barely suppressed their thoughts and remained silent.
This is also a kind of trust, the trust that ministers have in Zhao Si.
In their eyes, although the new official is more "daring" than Emperors Shenzong and Zhezong, he is not only courageous, but also capable of methods. He can always come up with unexpected and reasonable ways to solve problems.
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Therefore, Fan Chunren and Su Zhe were able to convince themselves to wait and see.
After Cai Jing finished talking about how to raise money for road construction, Xu Jiang continued to talk about his five-year plan for transportation construction.
Seeing him standing in front of the map, Su Che and Fan Chunren's hearts were trembling again. Even building four straight roads, such a large project, was not enough? Is there any big news?
Don't be too wasteful! The former Emperor Yang of Sui once was so wasteful, consuming the country's power and eventually destroying the country. The Song Dynasty did not have so much capital to waste.
Su Che and Fan Chunren were determined to listen to General Xu's plan first, and then see how to give advice.
"There is another overland road, which is included in the catalog of key projects in the transportation construction plan of the Ministry of Industry. It starts from Qionglin Garden and passes through Zhuque Gate in Kaifeng City to the 42-mile tramcar in Chicang Town. This tramway is of experimental nature.
, which was jointly funded by Gewuyuan and more than a dozen factories in Akakura, and was approved by the Ministry of Industry and Kaifeng Prefecture for trial operation. It is currently laying tracks, manufacturing carriages, and training horses, and it is not expected to be put into use until May next year."
After saying this digression, General Xu continued: "The land road construction plan has been clear, and now we want to talk about water transportation. Since the third year of Yuanfu, His Majesty has ordered the Ministry of Industry to work with local governments to clean up the siltation of canals and dredge rivers. This has already been done.
Results. In the next five years, the water transportation construction plan is as follows..."
"Key project one is to dredge and widen the Guangji River and Jishui River to open a shortest seawater canal for Kaifeng City. The Guangji River and Jishui River are clogged all year round, and the rivers are blocked and water transportation is difficult. In the second year of Yuanfu, the Yellow River was included
The Yellow River breaks into the sea from the North Road, far away from the Guangji River and Jishui River, so there is no need to worry about the Yellow River taking its way into the sea for the time being."
"Cooperating with the Yellow River Water Control Committee's water control strategy," General Xu added at this point, "The Yellow River Water Control Committee is led by Zeng Maoming, the right minister of the Ministry of Industry. Originally, he would tell everyone about the ten-year plan for Yellow River water control. It's just that
There was a problem with the first phase of the Yellow River flood control project in Gaotang, so he rushed there overnight and postponed it until next time."
"Key project two, in line with the water control strategy, we will dredge and widen the channels of Yongji Canal and Bianhe Canal at the same time in the first year to ensure smooth transportation in Hebei, Zhongyuan, and Jianghuai. Key project three, we will dredge and widen the channels of the Yongji Canal and Bianhe Canal at the same time.
The ancient Bian Canal to the north of the Kuan-Bian River Canal was renamed the Beibian Canal, so that it can reach Huaiyin directly through the Surabaya River and be connected with the Chu-Yang Canal. It will improve the transportation capacity of materials from the north and south of the Yangtze River to the Central Plains."
"Key project four, we will join forces with the Institute of Shipbuilding and Navigation of the Gewu Academy to unify the manufacturing processes and standards for inland river vessels, and then based on this, we will establish six shipyards..."
Su Che and Fan Chunren's scalps went numb after hearing this. It's such a big deal. How much does it cost?
The annual income of the Song Dynasty was only about 60 million guan, but the expenditure was 70 to 80 million guan.
The reason why the Xining Reform Party has repeatedly won in party struggles is because they are all experts in making money and helped the two emperors Shenzong and Zhezong solve the fiscal deficit that made them miserable.
After several twists and turns by the Xining New Reform Party, the financial problems of the imperial court have been partially improved. However, in the past few years, all aspects have been struggling, and the money and food in the warehouse have been flowing out without being warmed.
Now that the government is so generous, this key project and that key project will definitely require a huge amount of money. Where does the money come from? If the exploitation of the people is intensified, that will not work. Even if you don't want to be a Situ Sikou, you must resolutely oppose it.
This is a matter of principle.
"Key Project Five: dredge and widen the Guangtong Canal and the Weishui River, and connect Guanzhong and the Central Plains together."
General Xu's wooden stick slid on the map, and everyone's eyes moved accordingly.
"The biggest problem in water transportation between the Central Plains and Guanzhong is the dangerous Sanmen Gorge and the mainstay of the Yellow River east of Shaanxian County, Shaanxi Province. According to the plan, by that time, the rail carriage from Gewuyuan to Akicang Town will take two years to complete.
The trial operation should be mature. At that time, a section of rail carriages can be laid to bypass the dangerous Sanmen Gorge. Preliminary tests at Gewuyuan showed that the transportation efficiency of rail carriages is four times that of ordinary carriages. After improvement, it can be increased to six times, which is equivalent to that of ordinary carriages.
Water transportation is not far behind.”
"When the time comes, we can build a railcar from Luoyang via Tongguan to Jingzhao Prefecture, thereby bypassing that section of the Yellow River that is not suitable for water transportation... But that may be the second or third
Key projects of the five-year plan.”
Hearing this, Fan Chunren couldn't help it anymore and raised his voice: "The official family, such a majestic plan, must be very expensive. Where will the money and food come from?"
Zhao Si replied in a deep voice: "Thousands of things are related to the word money. Without money, the huge ambitions cannot be realized. But if we don't do these, we can't get rid of the vicious cycle. So we need a start-up
Funds. For this start-up capital, I risked my life and attacked those extremely wealthy Buddhist temples."
Hearing this, Zhang Dun and others had complicated expressions on their faces.
"But this is an emergency measure. What is more important is to embark on a good development path with rich people and high taxes. How to do it, Fan Zhonggong, wait until the "Tax Rectification Debate Council" clarifies it, and you can see the real chapter."
Fan Chunren thought for a while and agreed: "Okay, Your Majesty, I will wait and see."
After Fan Chunren finished speaking, Xu Jiang saw that he had no other opinions and was about to start talking about the shipping construction plan when Li Fang walked in gently.
"Guan family, Li Xiangyao has come and brought the Queen Mother's decree."
"Mother's decree?" Zhao Si's face flashed, and his tone was a little unhappy, "What happened? How did you find yourself here? I am holding a state meeting in front of the imperial court."
Li Fang quickly whispered a few words in his ear.
A look of disdain flashed across Zhao Si's face, "Is the queen urging you so urgently?" This chapter has been completed!
