In Hongyun Manor in Nanyun Province, Liu Jin was reading the newspaper leisurely.
"There are textile factories everywhere in the Ming Empire. Where there is a need for so many textile factories, it is also a good thing to close some of them. In this case, funds and labor will flow to places that need it more, instead of gathering in a swarm of a few industries and industries.
Within the realm.”
"Our countrymen have been like this since ancient times. Any profitable business will cause a swarm of people to come over and make a lot of money."
"In addition to privileged and monopolized businesses, competition in the East has been extremely fierce since ancient times."
Liu Jin couldn't help but shake his head when he looked at the economic-related content reported in the newspaper.
The biggest problem in the textile industry is that there are too many textile factories. The Ming Empire does not need so many factories at all. It can even be said that the global market does not need so many factories.
The market is so big, and where is the amount of products that can be digested? When everyone rushes in, problems will naturally arise.
"What's more, if these overseas vassal states and colonies want to develop, they must develop some industries. The textile industry has a low threshold and is a labor-intensive industry."
"These overseas vassals and colonies often allow slaves, so the labor cost is very low."
"In this regard, the Ming Empire cannot compete with these overseas vassal states and colonies. Transferring some industries to overseas colonies and vassal states is actually a good thing for the Ming Dynasty."
"The Ming Dynasty must grasp the basic agricultural base with one hand and rely on food to control the world. The other hand must grasp heavy industry, chemical industry, machinery manufacturing, electrical industry and other industries with high technical content. Only these industries can provide
Ming people raise higher salaries."
"And Ming Dynasty has the advantages of talent and technology, so it is most suitable for developing these industries."
"Transferring out labor-intensive industries with low added value and focusing on developing high-tech industries is the path the Ming Empire will take in the future."
Liu Jin carefully thought about the future development of the Ming Empire.
Although he is no longer in his position, it stands to reason that he no longer has to worry about the Ming Empire, but when he is really in it, he still has to worry about the land that he deeply loves, hoping that it can become more prosperous.
Just like many angry youths in later generations, even though sometimes the scoldings are harsh and unpleasant, in the final analysis, they still love deeply and hate deeply. It is precisely because of deep love that they become angry youths.
When the country is in crisis, people like this are often needed to step forward.
"Master, the emperor's phone call!"
At this time, the housekeeper hurried over and said.
"The emperor's phone call?"
When Liu Jin heard this, he quickly got up and hurried to answer the phone.
The telephone has developed extremely rapidly since its invention. Although the quotations of the Ming Telecommunications Company are extremely expensive in all aspects, there are still many rich people in the Ming Empire who cannot stand it. In addition, the telephone is very practical, so it is also
It developed extremely rapidly.
The Daming Telecommunications Company also adheres to the principles set by Liu Jin to serve the society and repay the society. It also sets up telephone lines throughout Daming as much as possible. In just a few years, it has basically established telephone lines in some important cities in Daming and overseas.
Telephone communication has been implemented all over the world.
Nanyun Province is a place at the crossroads of Europe and Asia. Naturally, telephones were opened here early and can be directly connected to the capital and even the Ming Dynasty.
As the most famous and largest manor here, Hongyun Manor has naturally installed telephones for a long time. What's more, now that Liu Jin lives here, these telephones and telegrams are indispensable, so that Liu Jin can communicate with the outside world in a timely manner.
information.
Liu Jin came to the phone and picked up the phone.
"Hello~ I'm Liu Jin!"
"Haha, Lao Liu!"
Zhu Houzhao's hearty voice came from the phone.
"His Majesty!"
Liu Jin also quickly shouted respectfully.
"Old Liu, you really know how to enjoy happiness. You can travel all over the world and be free and at ease. I live a hard life here in the capital. Staying in the palace every day feels almost like being in prison."
When Zhu Houzhao and Liu Jin chatted in private, they basically didn't call themselves "I" and didn't have so much airs about Liu Jin.
"Your Majesty, you have so many things to do every day and have the country and the country on your shoulders. Of course you are very tired."
"During the holidays, you can also go around to play and relax. The air here in the capital is indeed bad, but the air here in Nanyun Province is very good."
When Liu Jin heard this, he immediately smiled and said.
To be honest, after living here in Nanyun Province for several months, Liu Jin couldn't bear to leave. The climate here is very comfortable, the scenery is very beautiful, and the air quality is very high, far from that in the Beijing-Tianjin area.
Comparable.
Industrial development in the Beijing-Tianjin area has led to serious pollution.
Especially now that coal is burned a lot of the time, the pollution has become even more serious. The stars in the Beijing-Tianjin area are no longer visible at night.
It's different here in Nanyun Province. At night, the stars are dotted and the night sky is bright and very beautiful.
"This is a good idea. Nanyun Province is a good place."
"Hey, Lao Liu, are there many beauties in Nanyun Province?"
Zhu Houzhao asked with a smile.
This guy only remembers the beauty and nothing else.
"Well~ there are indeed a lot of beauties. There are beauties everywhere."
Liu Jin was slightly startled and said with a smile.
"Haha, I must find time to go to Nanyun Province to play in the future."
When Zhu Houzhao heard this, he immediately laughed happily.
Zhu Houzhao became excited when he thought of the beauties in Nanyun Province. For him, perhaps only the beauties in Nanyun Province were the biggest motivation to go to Nanyun Province. As for the others, they were not very attractive to him.
"Well, it's better for you to be comfortable. This tourist has a very happy life."
Then Zhu Houzhao said in a deep tone.
"Your Majesty, what happened?"
Liu Jin guessed what it was about with just a quick guess. It was nothing more than a matter in the textile industry.
"It's like this. Now our textile industry in Ming Dynasty has a big problem. A large number of textile factories are facing the problem of bankruptcy. There is a large amount of inventory squeezed into the warehouse and they cannot be sold at all."
"If we don't find a way to solve this problem, then our textile industry in Ming Dynasty will be completely devastated. We don't know how many factories will be closed down by then, and tens of millions of people will be unemployed."
Zhu Houzhao told the story in detail.
It is obviously inappropriate to say that he was an irresponsible emperor. He was also concerned about the country and the people. It is just that Zhu Houzhao in history became the emperor when he was immature. He was very playful and was induced by treacherous villains.
, that’s why the reputation is so bad.
Now Zhu Houzhao is more mature and understanding, and many systems are more reasonable. There is a huge gap between his emperor and the Zhengde Emperor in history.
Although Zhu Houzhao has only been on the throne for six years and has not made any great achievements yet, he can be said to be a wise king.
"The Ming Textile United Trading Company put pressure on me and the imperial court, saying that they would use tariffs to restrict textiles from overseas vassals and colonies from entering the Ming market."
"They also talked about abolishing the holiday system, making workers work more than ten hours a day, canceling weekend breaks, etc. They even proposed that slaves should be allowed in the Ming Dynasty."
"Hmph! Who do they think they are? How dare they use this to force me and the court."
"They also said that it is related to the employment of 20 million people, the tax revenue of the imperial court, etc., thinking that this can force me and the imperial court to formulate favorable policies for their textile industry."
When he said this, Zhu Houzhao looked very angry.
As an emperor, in fact, the most annoying thing is this kind of thing, forcing the emperor to do something he doesn't want to do, or to make some compromises, etc. based on some righteousness or the like.
This is the thing that the emperor and the court dislike the most, just like the demonstrations, strikes, etc. that often appeared in Europe and the United States in later generations.
Helplessness means that each group puts its own interests first and uses strikes and demonstrations to force conquerors or companies to agree to their demands.
Originally, this was actually a good thing.
Because everyone has their own interests and demands, especially when facing unreasonable systems and situations, they should strive for their own legitimate interests in this way.
This is certain, because it is precisely with such a system that workers and disadvantaged groups can fight for their own rights and interests.
But once this is played too much, it will be too much.
There are strikes and demonstrations every year, like a gap that cannot be filled, and they are constantly demanding increased wages, improved benefits, reduced working hours, improved benefits, etc.
This money is not born in vain, wealth is created by everyone.
Without hard work, the money will not come out on its own.
The welfare system in Europe and the United States is already very complete and sound, but they continue to demand more benefits and wages, and at the same time they don't want to work and have to reduce working hours.
If it goes on for a long time, it will be impossible to sustain it.
If it were not for the foundation accumulated in the past, the countries in Europe would have collapsed long ago and would not be able to sustain themselves.
In fact, European politicians are also very annoyed about this situation, because there is simply no way to solve this problem.
On the one hand, everyone needs to work hard to create more wealth, but on the other hand, they only want more benefits and don’t want to work more. This contradiction is irreconcilable and there is no way to solve it.
We can only keep writing blank checks to them. No matter who comes, it will be the same, and it will be impossible to achieve, because it is already a big problem to support it.
Zhu Houzhao is also facing the same problems and troubles when facing Daming Textile United Trading Company.
The textile industry is important to the Ming Dynasty, and the issue of feeding 20 million people is also very important, but you cannot use this to force the emperor and the court.
The emperor and the imperial court will find ways to solve the problem, but it will not be like the kind they proposed, which is to formulate policies that are only beneficial to the textile industry around the textile industry.
Today the textile industry can force the emperor and the court, but tomorrow the steel industry can do the same, and the day after tomorrow the automobile industry will come too?
If one industry after another encounters difficulties in development, what else will the court do?
"Your Majesty, what do you think of this matter?"
Liu Jin listened carefully and then asked after thinking about it.
"I feel that whether it is using tariffs, abolishing the holiday system, or allowing slavery, these methods are obviously unworkable. They only treat the symptoms but not the root cause."
"What's more, I want to look at the problem from the perspective of the entire Ming Dynasty and even the world, and consider the interests of everyone in the entire Ming Empire, not just a certain industry or certain people."
Zhu Houzhao thought for a while and said.
"Your Majesty, Holy Ming!"
When Liu Jin heard this, he also said that Zhu Houzhao was obviously much more mature and knew that he had to consider the overall situation when looking at problems and doing things.
"The root cause of the problems faced by our textile industry in Ming Dynasty is that there are too many textile factories. The entire Ming Dynasty or the global market simply does not need so many textile factories."
"Taking the textile industry as an example, and looking at the entire global market, the cloth required every year may only be a few hundred million taels of silver. This market will not suddenly increase or decrease too much."
"Generally, if the scale is maintained at this level, when the output of all textile factories is below this scale, the entire textile industry will be able to live a very prosperous life."
"Because all the products produced are simply not enough to sell, everyone will be scrambling for your clothes and cloth."
"But once the textile industry makes money, a large number of people and funds will flow into the industry, which will inevitably lead to a large increase in production capacity and eventually exceed market demand."
"At this time, the market supply will exceed the demand, and some products will not be sold at all. Once there is a serious surplus, it will lead to our current situation, where a large number of products produced by factories cannot be sold.
, can only be piled up in the warehouse."
"Because there is no need for so much cloth and clothes on the market, the extra cloth produced can only be squeezed into the inventory and cannot be sold."
Liu Jin described the content of later market economy in detail to Zhu Houzhao in the simplest way possible.
"You mean to say that the quantity of clothing fabrics produced has far exceeded the quantity required by the market, and that's why the current situation has occurred?"
After Zhu Houzhao listened, he seemed to understand something vaguely, and after thinking about it, he asked.
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
“We have too many textile factories, and they all use new textile machinery with high efficiency and large output. In addition, the output of wool and cotton has increased significantly in recent years. Together, these have led to the current situation faced by the textile industry.
Case."
"In fact, this is true for any industry. Everything is determined by the market and determined by supply and demand."
Liu Jin nodded solemnly and said.
"I see!"
"Wang Shouren and Zhong Fan are pretty much talking about what you said. They also say that there are too many textile factories now and the products produced exceed the market demand, so the current situation occurs."
After Zhu Houzhao heard this, he nodded slightly.
"So how do we solve this problem?"
"Your Majesty, we don't have to worry about it at all and let the market decide everything."
"Closing some textile factories is actually a good thing. Everyone in the province has invested funds and labor in the textile industry. Other industries also need funds and labor."
Liu Jin said very decisively.
In fact, for the current Ming Empire, the thunderstorm in the textile industry is also a good thing, which can let everyone know the cruelty of the market economy.
"But this will cause a large number of textile workers to lose their jobs."
"Once you lose your job, you lose your livelihood."
Zhu Houzhao was slightly dumbfounded when he heard this. He thought Liu Jin would come up with some special good ideas, but who knew that he just let it go.
This is so inconsistent with Liu Jin's usual style.
"Your Majesty, many factories in the textile industry will close down. It is true that some people will lose their jobs, but other industries are developing very well."
“Industries such as our Ming Dynasty’s electrical, electrical appliances, automobiles, heavy industry, shipbuilding, chemical industry, etc. are all developing very fast and violently. These industries require a large amount of labor, and many of them have even been affected because they cannot recruit enough workers.
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"The labor force released by the textile industry will be absorbed by these industries, so there is no need to worry about finding a job."
Liu Jin quickly said that all industries in Ming Dynasty are now in very good shape and developing rapidly, especially emerging industries, which are developing even more rapidly. However, the textile industry, a sunset industry, takes up a large amount of labor.
This is also related to the tradition of Ming people. Once you work in a company, you will continue to work in it. There are very few job changes unless the employer can no longer work.
The word loyalty is imprinted in the bones of the people of Ming Dynasty. They are not only loyal to the emperor and the country, but also to the employer who employs them.
"But if we don't care at all, many textile factories will be relocated to overseas vassals and colonies. Our Ming Dynasty will not only lose a lot of tax revenue, but also a lot of jobs."
Zhu Houzhao thought for a while and then said.
"Your Majesty, it is almost inevitable that the textile industry will move to overseas vassals and colonies, because the labor cost of our Ming Dynasty is getting higher and higher, but overseas vassals and colonies can keep slaves. There is no comparison at all.
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"Our Ming Dynasty has advantages in technology, capital, and talents. We can completely abandon the textile industry and focus on the development of heavy industry, automobile manufacturing, electrical, finance, chemical industry, shipbuilding, and many other industries that require technology, capital, and talents."
"These industries can provide more tax revenue and can also provide their employees with higher-paying positions and benefits, which is incomparable to the textile industry."
"The ceiling of the textile industry is what our Ming Dynasty looks like now, but other industries still have huge development prospects!"
PS: I was too lazy to divide it into two chapters, so it’s just one big chapter of 5,000 words~~