1873 was the final year of the Ming Dynasty's "First Five-Year Plan". In fact, as of June, various industrial economic indicators had reached the predetermined targets.
In June 1873, Ming Dynasty's steel production in the first half of the year exceeded 1.15 million tons, and it will exceed 2.4 million tons by the end of the year. Don't underestimate this number, because 2/3 of it is steel and steel product production. If you only look at steel and steel product production
, then Daming is already the well-deserved number one in the world. And coal production exceeded 5 million tons in the first half of the year. Although a large amount of coal needs to be imported every year, the energy crisis has at least been alleviated to some extent.
Faced with the perfect conclusion of the "First Five-Year Plan", the "Second Five-Year Plan" was naturally mentioned on the agenda. Unlike the previous "First Five-Year Plan" which was mainly formulated by companies, the "Second Five-Year Plan" was formulated by the Ministry of Industry and Commerce.
, the Ministry of Finance and other departments jointly formulated with the company.
Compared with the "First Five-Year Plan", it is more ambitious in scale and requires more investment.
"...The planned investment reaches 2.3 billion yuan. Compared with the 700 million yuan in the "First Five-Year Plan", the investment scale has increased by 1.6 billion! This is definitely the largest investment in history!"
Minister of Industry and Commerce Fang Zhanbo said with some pride, how could he not be proud? No country in the world has ever invested so much money in industrial construction at one time.
The results of such a huge capital investment are also extremely amazing. Once the plan is completed, Ming's industrial output will more than triple, thereby truly joining the ranks of industrial powers.
"Of course, in the plan, 70% of the projects are directly invested by American companies as companies, and the government will retain corresponding investment in these projects."
America Company... was a monster created by Emperor Zhu Da. It was a large-scale enterprise that was involved in various industries and had millions of employees.
"Well, this is the role of my company. The current company is already a very large consortium, but its role is not just to make profits."
Zhu Xianhai nodded and then said.
"A consortium is first and foremost a consortium. It does need to make a profit, but this is not its only goal. Whether it is now or in the future, the consortium will be the leader of Ming Dynasty's industrialization. This is its social responsibility."
What will America become in the future?
Zhu Xianhai doesn't know, but one thing that is certain is that the company may change its name in the future, or it may become a larger consortium.
Maybe it will be like Samsung, not maybe, but actually.
The company not only owns more than 90% of the heavy industrial enterprises and more than 60% of the large-scale enterprises in Ming Dynasty, but also owns 75% of the land in the South China Prairie, also known as the "Pampas". Moreover, the schools controlled by the company include 4 universities.
There are as many as 75 junior colleges. To a certain extent, the company is the country and the country is the company.
Most people in Ming Dynasty work in the company's factories or farms, their children are born in the company's hospitals, study in the company's schools, wear company-produced clothes, use company products, and live in company-built houses. In the future,
In the end, they will die in the company's hospital. Even their payments may be made with banknotes issued by the company's banks - American Bank and HSBC, which are fully owned by the company, also have the right to issue banknotes.
As the originator of everything, the company...has long since become an extremely large company involved in various industries.
Maybe, it's time to change the name.
America...that skin is no longer needed!
In fact, Zhu Xianhai has always had an idea, which is to reform the company and establish a "royal consortium" to replace the American Company and conduct unified management of the company. Emperor Zhu Da did not care about the consortium's profits, although the company's profits are now
Very high, but what is the most important responsibility of a company?
Of course, it was to guide and promote the industrialization of the Ming Dynasty.
At this point, the company is undoubtedly competent. The company has indeed made great contributions to the progress of Ming Dynasty's industrial technology!
Despite this, Emperor Zhu Da had no idea how to achieve that ambitious goal. There is probably no example in the world of a consortium leading a country to achieve industrialization.
But now, the company is indeed playing a positive role, but there are still some shortcomings.
"The Ming Dynasty is a big country. Although we now only have a population of more than 10 million, our land already covers millions of square kilometers, from the Pacific Ocean to the Indian Ocean, from North America to South America. It is impossible to rely on one company to industrialize such a vast land.
The efforts of the consortium can be successful, so more people and capital are needed to participate.”
As soon as Emperor Zhu Da finished speaking, Wang Youling, the Minister of Finance, took the initiative and expressed his views first.
"Your Majesty even said that although the company has the most advanced technology and the largest number of factories and mining enterprises, we can also pool the strengths of others. There is a lot of idle capital among the people, which can also be utilized!"
In fact, the senior officials of the Ming Dynasty have always been quite wary of the fact that one company is the only one. After all, the scale of the company is too large. It can even be exaggerated to say that the company controls almost all the economic lifeblood of the country. In such a situation,
From a national perspective, this is definitely not a good thing.
So what if the company is imperial property?
Who is the crown prince of Ming Dynasty?
Who is the current company host?
Everyone is like a mirror.
The crown prince will inherit the throne of Ming Dynasty, but what about the company? It must be Lady Yin Lisabai's son who will inherit it.
Two brothers, one holds the country and the other holds the money.
What if their brothers disagree in the future?
So no matter from any perspective, a company cannot be the only one!
If this cannot be changed from now on, the company will only get stronger in the future.
"Indeed, there is a lot of idle capital among the people! If those funds can be used, it will definitely help the development of Ming Dynasty."
After scanning everyone, Zhu Xianhai asked in a deep voice,
"Do you have any ideas?"
"Your Majesty, I believe that government investment can be increased, and funds can be raised through the issuance of national bonds. Although the debt owed by the Ming Dynasty is currently 250 million yuan, the government's fiscal revenue exceeds 40 million yuan.
Our finances are in good shape, and in the future we should consider publicly issuing bonds to raise funds from the private sector. I think the government can directly invest 1.5 billion yuan in the construction of key projects by issuing national debt to the private sector."
"Are the conditions ripe?"
Taking a look at Wang Youling, Emperor Zhu Da certainly knew what he meant by "increasing state-owned investment", which was to weaken the role of companies and increase state-owned capital. Of course he would not object to this. His rhetorical question was not so much financial.
, it is better to say that it is a question about the management of state-owned enterprises.
After all, borrowing 1.5 billion is no problem for the Ming Dynasty. This national debt can even be absorbed internally. How much bank deposits does Ming Dynasty have now - more than 7 billion!
Those private funds need safe and reliable investment channels. If the court wants to issue public bonds, hundreds of millions and billions of private citizens can absorb them without any effort.
Because Daming has a good reputation!
The people are willing to borrow money. After all, in the past few years, the Ming Dynasty has issued bonds for major projects such as railways, cultivating the domestic bond market bit by bit. The people have made huge profits, so they are naturally willing to lend money to the court. Already.
What did Emperor Zhu Da care about?
Of course it is the management of the enterprise! He does not want his state-owned factories to become "government-run enterprises" during the Westernization Movement.
After all, enterprises need to develop. Whether the national team can outperform private enterprises without policy support is a question mark in itself.
"Your Majesty, even a company is managed by hundreds of professional managers. All we need is to follow the company's model and establish a government-run enterprise!"
This chapter has been completed!