The first thousand nine hundred and ninety-five chapters are all rich
American Mining Company was a purely private company before, and most of their industries were in North America. In order to be able to develop various resources in North America, they have always been advocating for localization in the Americas.
Finally, under the instruction of the Ministry of State-owned Enterprises, a joint consortium composed of more than ten large-scale mining, steel and other enterprises in the empire, including North China Mining Company, Zhongyuan Coal Company, Jiangnan Iron and Steel Company, Guangning Coal Company, United Mining Company, etc.,
It acquired the company at a premium of 20%, bringing this company that almost controls the lifeblood of North American mining under official supervision.
In fact, according to Hantong, the acquisition is nothing, just let the shareholders have an accident.
However, Chen Lifu was firmly opposed, believing that such a move would completely destroy the empire's business atmosphere.
Although the current method of purchasing at multiple premiums will be regarded as official interference, basic businesses such as steel, coal and petroleum have always been the focus of official monitoring. Most people will not say anything, but instead support the official's intervention.
These grassroots industries that are related to people's livelihood should be supervised.
Because people trust the official control of Datang more than those profiteers.
In the past, the Tang Empire implemented different levels of supervision on many key industries.
In some strategic industries, especially the national defense industry, petroleum industry, salt, railways and the tobacco industry that has emerged in the past decade or so, comprehensive nationalization has been implemented and private capital is prohibited from entering. At the same time, there are also some livelihood industries, such as public transportation systems in various places.
Including public carriages, taxis, urban light rail, urban water supply and other industries with natural monopoly nature, all adopt a comprehensive official capital operation method.
In key industries, official capital dominates and private capital participates. This is true for most heavy industries, whether it is the steel, coal or grain industries.
In other non-basic and people's livelihood industries, such as most light industry, trade, etc., the government generally does not require control, and is even gradually launching these industries.
Even in the new automobile industry, the empire's senior officials have no intention of interfering too much. The investment and construction of Songjiang Heavy Machinery Company and Zhongyuan Automobile Company are more to guide and promote the development of the automobile industry, rather than to control the automobile industry.
According to the internal strategy of the Ministry of State-owned Enterprises, the following official capital of the empire, including capital affiliated with the Ministry of State-owned Enterprises and royal capital, will continue to focus on finance, urban services, food industry, defense industry, heavy industry, mineral energy, and basic transportation.
construction and other key industries.
For other non-key industries, a comprehensive marketization model with gradual exit and official guidance will be adopted.
Based on this strategy, the Ministry of Commerce actually stopped issuing licenses to private capital in basic industries such as mining many years ago.
As for oil, there is no such thing. The oil industry has been restricted from the beginning. So far, no privately owned oil company exists.
Even companies that sell kerosene are basically controlled by major oil companies, and these oil companies are all imperial or state-owned assets.
Datang officials controlled these basic industries to avoid excessive marketization, which would lead to market fluctuations and even price hikes.
This is the same as the grain industry many years ago. Before the establishment of Datang Grain Corporation, the price of grain was entirely decided by private grain merchants. However, since the establishment of Datang Grain Corporation, the price of grain has been decided by the official.
Calculate.
The grain guide prices set by the Datang Grain Corporation in various places played a huge positive role in stabilizing grain prices in the empire.
Even based on this, in the twenty-sixth year of Xuanping, the Tang Empire formally established the Price Department to control the prices of various products related to people's livelihood, focusing on various grain products. The prices of some people's livelihood supplies were abnormal.
Fluctuations are regulated.
This is also the fundamental reason why the prices of various basic materials in Datang have remained relatively stable over the years. Food prices will not rise sharply due to factors such as natural disasters, nor will prices plummet due to a bumper grain harvest.
The prices of various types of grain in Datang have always been very stable. Occasionally they rise or fall, but they are within controllable range.
Therefore, the people were relatively confident in the control of the Tang government.
After all, this was the foundation of governance laid over the past thirty years, and people trusted the control of the Tang government.
The control of industries related to people's livelihood is also a core policy in the economic integration policy proposed by Chen Lifu.
Especially in various people's livelihood industries in overseas territories, the government must directly intervene in the control to prevent the emergence of rich and powerful people in overseas territories who rely on people's livelihood industries.
This kind of person cannot appear!
Once it occurs, the harm is too great.
The previous American Mining Company is a lesson!
A mere small mining company dared to intervene in the empire's strategy and secretly promote the localization of North America. Even if all civil and military officials could tolerate this kind of thing, Li Xuan couldn't tolerate it.
Even if the empire is easy to localize North America, it will definitely not be because of a certain mining company, but because of the needs of the empire's overall strategy.
However, the North American Mining Company is not important now. What is important is that the series of economic development plans proposed by Chen Lifu completely caused a sensation all over the world.
The soaring stocks in the stock exchange markets of Shanghai and Guangzhou are the best proof!
This is not only a sensation, but also proves that the world's powerful, gentry and even ordinary people are optimistic about this economic development plan.
In particular, the relaxation of import and export controls and the permission to build railways in overseas territories would have an unimaginable huge stimulating effect on the empire's economy.
When the Tang Dynasty Daily reported on this time, it used words like this: "This economic development plan is the rain and dew that the Holy Emperor has sent down for the whole world. The Emperor's grace is so great!"
Such a large-scale economic development plan, especially the preparation to lift some bans on overseas territories, will not only allow domestic large-scale enterprises to obtain a broader market, but also further reduce the supply of various agricultural products and overseas territories.
The cost of basic products such as minerals ensures that after these products are transported to the mainland, the prices are still acceptable to the people of the empire, so as to meet the food needs of hundreds of millions of local people.
At the same time, we are also preparing to widely promote mechanical planting in large and sparsely populated areas such as Central Asia and Northeast China to ensure a further increase in food production.
The ultimate goal is to reduce the empire's food index from the current level of about 58% to 40% or even lower.
And this will be a long-term strategic goal that will definitely not be achieved within a few years or even ten years, so Li Xuan is prepared to spend fifteen or even twenty years to promote this strategy.
Once completed, the Tang Empire will become the first wealthy country in human history!
This prosperity does not mean the prosperity of a few people, but the prosperity of the whole people!
By then, even people at the bottom of society will not have to worry about having enough to eat as long as they have the ability to work!
Even if you lose the ability to work due to disability or other factors, in such a wealthy society, you can still receive various welfare subsidies to maintain a minimum living.
Li Xuan wants to make things like not having enough food completely disappear from the world of the Tang Dynasty!