Chapter 1469 What to do if you want to repair the railway? Take money
Now that I have gone to Nanyang, I am basically expected to be transferred back in this life. After all, these officials are just grassroots officials. Most of them are stationed in one place. It is impossible for them to be transferred back and forth like middle-level officials.
, I went to Nanyang and served for three years. As long as I didn't make a big mistake, I could basically be transferred back.
But for those grassroots officials, there is no such treatment.
Chen Lifu didn't care if these people resigned and quit their jobs, as long as they were no longer an eyesore under Chen Lifu's nose.
After releasing several big moves in a row, Chen Lifu was cursed by countless officials. At the same time, the local officialdom also improved instantly.
Many grassroots officials now dare not accept money, and at the same time they have to hold their noses and do things honestly!
However, this has also made many ordinary people outside, especially small and medium-sized businessmen who often deal with these grassroots officials, find that it is easier and more convenient to go to the Yamen to do things!
In the first three months after Chen Lifu took office, he basically did nothing else but rectify the administration of officials.
Because he knows very well that good management of officials is the basis for developing people's livelihood and economy!
He did this in Shanghai and Songjiang Prefecture back then, and he still does it in Guangdong today.
And the results were good. He pretended to be an ordinary person many times and conducted investigations in various yamen in Guangzhou City, especially some institutions that had more contact with ordinary people. This was his focus.
He found that the situation was getting better and better, which made him feel relieved and ready to start the second phase of his work.
What is the second phase of the work? It is still to continue to improve the investment environment, but it is still not the administration aspect, but the transportation aspect.
Speaking of transportation, Guangzhou's traffic situation is very good because it is a coastal city and can connect Southeast Asia and various coastal areas in China through ships.
In addition, there are several rivers in the Pearl River, which are enough to connect northern Guangdong, western Guangdong, Guangxi and other regions.
Next is the Guangdong railway network on the Pearl River Delta plains, which can effectively connect Foshan, an industrial town, and Guangzhou, a major business district. In addition, it can also connect Huizhou, a major supply base for agricultural and industrial raw materials and workers. As for the continued railway
Going south to Hong Kong, that place is a naval base, so don’t mention it.
But in Chen Lifu's opinion, this is still not enough. This does not mean that internal transportation is not good, but that external transportation is not good!
Nowadays, external transportation is continuous, mainly relying on sea transportation, but it is very difficult for Guangdong's industrial products to cover Guangxi, Hunan, Jiangxi and other neighboring provinces.
Although there is a Xijiang River that can reach Guangxi, relying solely on such a Xijiang River is obviously not enough!
So now Chen Lifu is setting his sights on railways, which can connect Guangdong with Jiangxi and Hunan.
At the same time, he also knew that the empire had a railway plan to connect Guangdong via Jiangxi and Hunan. This was also the southern railway plan. However, due to the difficulty of construction and the large investment, it was only in the initial stage.
For example, from Jiujiang to Nanchang and then to Ganzhou, then through the mountainous areas of northern Guangdong, and finally into Huizhou, Guangdong, the Guangdong-Ganxi Railway connecting to the Guangdong railway network had this plan a few years ago, but so far, there is still no trace.
On this railway, construction was only started at both ends, but not in the middle.
Currently, railways are being built in northern Jiangxi, but the core goal is to build a railway from Jiujiang Hukou to southern Nanchang, and then to Pingxiang, and by the way build a branch line to connect Nanchang City.
However, the railway from Nanchang to the south and then to Ganzhou has been under planning and there is no construction plan at all.
There is also a railway line from Huguang area to Guangdong, that is, a railway line that extends west from Wuchang to Changsha, then all the way south and then enters Guangdong, which is the Huguang Railway.
However, the current construction plan of this railway is only limited to the Wuchang to Changsha section. If Changsha continues south, it is only planned to reach the Pingxiang section. If it continues south, although there is a plan, it has not entered the construction state.
In this regard, Chen Lifu is ready to promote these two railway lines.
And this kind of promotion cannot only rely on the energy of officialdom. Nowadays, provinces are very enthusiastic about building railways. In order to build railways in their own jurisdictions as early as possible, or to ensure that railway lines can pass through their jurisdictions, many provinces
Local officials all work for the Railway Corporation every day.
Although Chen Lifu is considered to be a high-ranking and powerful governor of a province, don't forget that there are also governors in other provinces, and they are not easy to mess with.
Last year, in order to secure a railway to Sichuan, the governor of Sichuan submitted more than twenty petitions to build a railway to Sichuan. He even visited the Datang Railway Corporation several times, but the result was that
Because the terrain of the railway entering Sichuan is more complex and it is more difficult to build. Datang Railway Corporation has made it clear that the Sichuan railway will be built, but not now!
As for when, don’t ask me, ask someone else.
At least, if Sichuan wants to build a railway, it has to be ranked behind Guangdong in the plan of Datang Railway Corporation.
Therefore, political pressure alone is useless. Although the Datang Railway Corporation has the name "Datang" and its status is very special, in the final analysis, it is just a commercial company.
Except for a few war-ready railways stipulated by the Emperor Sheng himself, which they had to build at a loss and at a loss, most of the other railway plans were prioritized based on commercial interests.
After all, they also have money, and almost all of it is loans.
In order to build railways across the country, the company has borrowed more than 80 million yuan, and its annual interest payments are a very heavy burden.
This means that the current Jiangnan Railway is operating well and has very high profits. At the same time, many branch railways are also very profitable, such as the Guangdong Railway Network, some sections of the Northern Railway Network, etc.
Otherwise, the current Datang Railway Corporation will be dragged down by the interest on these debts.
If you rely solely on political pressure, others will ignore you.
So Chen Lifu didn’t expect any political pressure to accomplish this!
He plans to throw money at it!
Although Datang Railway Corporation has a strong official background, and even the general manager of the company is a senior official of the Ministry of State-owned Enterprises with a second-grade official rank, they are still essentially a commercial company.
When they plan railway lines, especially the sequence of railway construction, they mainly consider financial issues. The more difficult the construction, the more money they will spend. At the same time, the expected operating profit is also a major reference factor for them.
The expected operating profit of the railway in Guangdong is naturally not low, but the construction is very difficult, and the cost is also very high.
Now Chen Lifu even plans to solve their worries!
He planned to take the initiative to provide loans to Datang Railway Corporation, specifically for the construction of the railway connecting Guangdong to Jiangxi.
Then give subsidies!
He planned to use a method that no one had ever used before, directly throwing money at Datang Railway Corporation. He did not believe that Datang Railway Corporation would not build the railway if the money was thrown at it.
Guangdong's economic size gives him the confidence to spend money!
If Jiangnan Dao is the richest province in contemporary times, then Guangdong is the second!
A prosperous economy means a lot of fiscal revenue, and Guangdong also has an advantage that Jiangnan Dao cannot match, and that is the Shanghai Special County in Jiangnan Dao. When you hear the name, you know that it has a special status.
Therefore, most of the tax revenue in Shanghai's ad hoc counties is paid directly to the state treasury, and the proportion of tax revenue retained in the local area is relatively low.
There is no way, who made the economy of Shanghai's ad hoc county too large and the tax revenue is also huge, so since this place has the word ad hoc, Gyeonggi will naturally intercept more local tax revenue.
Of course, although the proportion turned over is higher, it cannot cope with their large size, so the tax figures left in the Shanghai ad hoc county itself, as well as the finances at all levels of Songjiang Prefecture and Jiangnan Province are still a huge number.
This is not the case in Guangdong, or to be precise, Guangzhou. They adopt a conventional tax ratio, and more tax revenue can be retained in local finance.
Even though the total amount is still not comparable to Gangnam-do, well, not even half, but compared to other provinces, it is much better.
Since the local government was rich, Chen Lifu was able to use subsidies and provide loans to induce the Datang Railway Corporation to start railway construction ahead of schedule.
He had mentioned this idea to Emperor Sheng before. At that time, Emperor Sheng did not reveal a clear inclination and had an attitude of neither objection nor support.
After all, Gyeonggi generally doesn't care how local fiscal money is spent. If you want to develop education, you can develop education, and if you want to improve transportation, you can improve transportation. Even if you don't do anything and use it all to improve the treatment of officials, that's fine.
In this aspect, as long as it does not violate the law and does not conflict with the capital, the local government basically has great autonomy in using local finance.
As for Chen Lifu, he is going to use it to improve traffic!
So, not long after, a team led by the Chief Envoy of Guangdong took a passenger ship to Jinling City. As for Chen Lifu himself, it was too troublesome to go to the capital. The local officials who wanted to return to Beijing usually needed the Holy Emperor.
Approved.
But it will be much easier for the officials under me to go!
The chief envoy of Guangdong who led the team was actually a messenger. He brought Chen Lifu's plan to the Datang Railway Corporation.
Chen Lifu suggested that Datang Railway Corporation start construction of the Guangdong-Jiangxi Railway as soon as possible.
At the same time, they can encourage the Imperial Bank of Development and the Royal Bank to jointly provide special loans for railway construction, and they are also low-interest loans.
Of course, the Royal Bank and the Imperial Bank of China will never provide low-interest loans, even if the other party is the Railway Corporation, they still have to pay interest!
This is not because other banks are sucking blood, but it is not easy for these two official banks. They cannot support themselves without charging interest.