Chapter 437 Shuntian Mansion mainly relies on selling houses to fill holes!
"It seems inappropriate for the Governor to go to Shandong to take up his post empty-handed. You have to bring some money. The Ministry of Revenue will find a way to allocate one million taels of silver dollars to you, mainly for the construction of water conservancy projects in various parts of Shandong. In addition, we can raise another two million taels through railway financing.
The railway from Baoding to Jinan was built. The roadbed of this railway was all made by Shandong people. In addition, two million silver dollars of national bonds were issued to expand the national highways in Shandong. If this money is invested, it is expected that Shandong will be able to make money.
Quickly restore people's power." Spreading money is the best way, and Zhu Youjian increasingly likes to use this method to solve problems. After five or six years of hard work, the biggest gain is that he has the qualifications to spread money, so he doesn't have to use it in vain.
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In terms of fiscal revenue, in fact, it is not enough to spend a lot of money now. The total tax revenue of the court last year was only 18 million taels, and the total revenue from the palace property was slightly more, with 2 taels.
It's like 13 to 4 million. With this money, nearly 300,000 soldiers and horses accounted for 20 million taels. The messy expenses of officials, teachers, and local governments came to over 10 million taels, plus the repayments
With various debts, the income and expenditure are barely balanced after a year. However, who said that income must be used to spread money? After working hard over the years to save credit, and also mastered currency credit, when it comes to this, it is time to spread millions
How difficult is it to make a small amount of money?
Investing in railways is now the favorite thing of the wealthy business class in the capital, and government bonds are the most popular investment method among the citizens. With such a foundation, it will be much more convenient to develop and build infrastructure in Xinfu Land in the future. When we invest in infrastructure
Money has its effect and can promote the growth of fiscal revenue. The economy has entered a positive cycle. In other words, from now on, it will be much easier to do anything.
Ma Shiying was naturally very happy when he took a large sum of money to take up his post. He was quite accustomed to doing the job of distributing money. From the Ministry of Civil Affairs to the Shuntian Prefecture, he spent nearly ten million taels in three or four years.
The amount of funds is unimaginable. After becoming the governor of a province, he still has to spend money first. It seems that it is not difficult to be a courtier now? In the past, it was all about finding ways to get money, but now, it is all about finding ways to spend it.
After completing the procedures for taking up his post in Shandong, Ma Shiying waited for his successor Song Yingsheng to arrive. After handing over the work of Shuntian Mansion with him, he could officially set off for Jinan.
"Brother Yuanli, Shuntian Mansion has built a lot of roads and built a lot of houses in the past two years. Of course, it also owes a lot of debt. At present, the total loan amount owed by Shuntian Mansion to the Royal Bank exceeds five million taels, and it will be renovated this year.
There are two roads in the inner city. At the same time, we have to start the asphalt road paving project in the unhardened streets and alleys in the inner and outer cities. It is estimated that we will have to borrow more than 3 million taels this year alone. This is the current situation of this stall in Shuntianfu. To be honest
, If the income in the capital hadn't increased now, I wouldn't have known how I would have helped you. The situation in Shuntian Mansion, in His Majesty's words, is quite complicated, and you must be mentally prepared for this." When handing over the work,
Ma Shiying revealed the truth to Song Yingsheng. The situation was not as good as it seemed. The debt pressure was very high. Most people would be frightened by the current scale of debt. Foreign debts worth several million taels were placed in local government offices.
You can imagine how much pressure you feel as a chief officer.
"Brother Ma, I think the roads in the capital are already quite good? Why do we need to borrow a lot of foreign debt to repair them?"
"This matter is really not my decision! It is His Majesty's will that the capital continue to build roads. In addition to building roads, His Majesty also plans to have the capital improve the sewage drainage facilities in the next year. He even thinks of giving
A network of living water canals will be built in every street and alley, so that the people in the capital can easily get water for daily use. According to your majesty, the capital will not even think about stopping in the past ten years."
"Building roads and providing water supply is naturally a good thing, but the problem is that these things cost a lot of money. Can our Shuntian Mansion's income fill such a big hole? You know, most of the taxes collected are taken away by the court.
, with the money left behind, we have to pay for the salaries of the sixth-grade and lower-ranking officials, so many teachers, and the expenses for maintaining the daily operations of the yamen."
"Brother Yuanli's worries are the same as my previous worries. However, fortunately, since last year, there has been more income in the capital. There is hope that the debts currently owed can be repaid. Let me tell you about the debts.
The question is mainly to give you a reminder so that Xiongtai can have a clear idea, rather than saying that Shuntian Mansion cannot afford these debts. What I mean is that Xiongtai should comprehensively consider His Majesty’s opinions when doing work in the future.
Our Majesty has a big structure, but he also has high demands on our government offices. They must do everything according to His Majesty's wishes. Almost all the income balance of the Shuntian government office will be taken away by the bank, and you will not have much living money on hand."
Ma Shiying only figured out one thing when he left office. He said that he was a money squanderer, but in fact all the money would be taken away by the bank in the end. Shuntian Mansion was so busy that in the end there was not much money left. The emperor
He just got the job done without spending any money, and calculated it very shrewdly, leaving no money for the local government. That's why he reminded Song Yingsheng not to follow his own old path, and to listen to the emperor's wishes and use all the fiscal growth points.
In terms of infrastructure, we must leave some money no matter what to improve the treatment of Shuntian Prefecture officials.
"Brother Ma, what is the main income of the capital? How to pay off such a large foreign debt?"
"Yuan Li, the Tangshan Factory District's income in the past two years has not all come from taxes, right? You should have some income from rent and land sales! I heard that Fang Mizhi of Miyun relies on rent and land sales.
They are incredibly rich. There are more teachers in their county than in other places. Although Tangshan established the factory area later, there should be income in this area, right? The situation in Beijing is similar to yours. The main income is from selling.
Land, renting factory space, of course, the capital may have more income than you, and the income from selling houses in the capital is also a big income."
“Is this income enough to fill the hole?”
"It was not enough at the beginning, but last year's income was already more than 500,000 taels. Now Shuntian Prefecture still has a lot of land acquired during road construction, and the income should be even more in the future. Having said that, I
I have to give Brother Yuanli a few words. Houses and land in Beijing are valuable commodities. Last year’s house prices and land prices increased by nearly 20% compared with the year before. Therefore, you must be cautious when buying land, take your time, and don’t go too far.
eager."
Selling houses is the main method used by Shuntian Prefecture to fill holes? Song Yingsheng would never have imagined it if Ma Shiying hadn't said it. Ma Shiying was indeed a good predecessor. When handing over the work, he not only told the actual situation, but also talked about many situations that could not be reflected in the books and documents.
.If he hadn't said it with such heartfelt words, it would have taken Song Yingsheng a long time to figure it out. For example, his attitude towards the capital's major infrastructure. How could anyone who didn't know the inside story think that there was a game between the local government and the emperor?
What's the inside story? It seems that this kind of thing is entirely up to the emperor, and the interests of local government staff will be harmed.