The funds raised are still rising!

In less than three months, the entire Daming Stock Exchange raised more than 5 million silver dollars by issuing public bonds!

Zhu Houzhao looked at the boxes of silver dollar notes transported from Guangzhou Prefecture and couldn't help but ask Xia Yan: "This money must be enough for you to go to Goa City, India three times. How do you plan to arrange this fund?"

"Return to Your Majesty, according to the budget of me and Wang Zhitai, and according to the information of the Jinyiwei, the Flang fleet in Goa now has twenty-one ships, forty artillery pieces, 1,600 soldiers, and 1,200 other non-combatants and slaves. Therefore, I plan to prepare a third-level battleship, equipped with 750 soldiers and three fourth-level battleships, equipped with one 350 soldiers, a total of more than 1,000 soldiers, plus ten warships of charge, burning, landing on all kinds of warships, totaling more than 2,000 officers and soldiers, plus muskets, ammunition, Divine Fire Flying Crows, etc., and pay silver, and the cost of silver is about one million silver dollars! The remaining four million has not yet been decided, please tell Your Majesty!"

Xia Yan replied.

Xia Yan did not think about it, because he never thought that issuing public bonds could raise so much money.

The officials in Guangdong and Guangxi did not expect that they all looked at Emperor Zhu Houzhao excitedly to see how Emperor Zhu Houzhao arranged the funds.

Of course, because the Empire Hai Trade Corporation is a state-owned company in the Ming Dynasty and was established by Xia Yan in the name of the Minister of South China, these funds are all public funds and not private, so they can only be arranged by the emperor Zhu Houzhao.

This is also a special feature of this colonial era. Large maritime trade companies are owned by the state or the royal family, especially in centralized empires like the Ming Dynasty. It is difficult for private capital, i.e. merchants, to compete with the court in maritime trade. It can be said that the maritime interests of the entire Ming Dynasty are now almost controlled by the government and courts.

Zhu Houzhao was very willing to see this result. The public ownership economy was the dominant, which was of great significance to maintaining the stability of the empire.

Whether it is banks such as the Royal Bank, the Ming Central Bank, industries such as the Royal Industrial Company, and engineering such as the Infrastructure Bureau, they are the first owners of the Royal and the imperial court.

This is also a feature of the Ming Dynasty.

Now, when Zhu Houzhao wants to do it, how can he benefit the vast majority of the funds occupied by the Ming Dynasty to do things that are beneficial to the national economy and people's livelihood?

Zhu Houzhao couldn't help but think of what he met in Haitian Shengyuan a few days ago. He had to admit that with the rise of Ming capitalism, the lives of powerful officials in the Ming Dynasty became more and more luxurious.

Now that this stock exchange has been established, there are more opportunities to make money by speculating on money and making money, it is easier for these powerful officials who hold most of the benefits of the empire to be lazy and no longer invest their funds in industry, which will not promote the development of the Ming Dynasty's productivity.

Therefore, Zhu Houzhao felt that as the emperor and the largest capitalist of the Ming Empire, he must first not allow the empire's funds to flow into the bed of the imperial nobles and turn into drops of 0 semen and 0 liquid.

"Tomorrow, I will convene a fourth-rank and above civil and military officials in Haojing. I will hold a court meeting to discuss in detail how to use these funds and how to use the public welfare of the court in the future. Let Jiao Ge Lao, Han Wen, Shouning Hou, Xiangcheng Bo also participate."

Zhu Houzhao said that, and then returned to his residence in Haojing overnight, and wrote on paper how to use the large amount of public funds obtained by the country to benefit the people without making them lazy. After several times, he revised it into the final copy and then raised it at the court meeting the next day: "This is what I wrote overnight last night. You can pass it on and see it first, and then I will talk about how to arrange it."

Xia Yan and other officials quickly said yes, and they said it was one after another.

Zhu Houzhao also waited for these people to read and said, "Recently, I have seen many unconventional points of high-ranking officials and nobles in Guangzhou. Even if you have been the chief minister of the cabinet and even the ministers of the Shangshu, you are deeply involved in it. It really makes me sad that my Ming Dynasty is strong, and the outer captives will naturally not be able to destroy us. If one day, the Ming Dynasty will decline and destruction, in addition to the fact that I, the emperor, will be willing to fall, you, the corruption and depravity of your officials, is also a reason!"

Zhu Houzhao's words at the beginning made the officials present bow their heads, especially Jiao Fang, Han Wen and others.

Everyone knew in their hearts that what Emperor Zhu Houzhao said was right. Compared to before the early years of Zhengde, who is not a beautiful wife and concubine, who is indulging in love with others, or even building a luxury house, is more luxurious. Although the court repeatedly dictates, it is still difficult to ban it, and it is even more intense.

Everyone knows that this is not a good phenomenon, but apart from saying "the world is getting worse and worse, people's hearts are not as good as ever", the rest can only be regarded as a peaceful and prosperous era, so you can enjoy yourself to comfort yourself. After all, as a minister and a commoner, what can you do?

"I know that when the empire opens its sea, you will be confused and at a loss when facing a large amount of wealth inflow. You will even say that this is the disadvantage of the imperial court's emphasis on commerce and opening up the sea. It is necessary to reason and use the sage. It is best to abandon business and profit, and focus on agriculture as the basis. But what I want to say is that you cannot pursue the country and the people's prosperity just because money can destroy people's will."

Zhu Houzhao said again: "I have already written on how to arrange the public benefits of the Ming Dynasty court. I will talk about it briefly. The court makes money naturally to strengthen the country and the people, and it is natural to understand the country. It is undoubtedly to train elite troops and create excellent weapons and warships. But to enrich the people, you cannot simply send money to the people, as it will only allow the people to enjoy the favors of the court without being diligent, and that will only destroy the country and destroy the clan!"

"So, I believe that the public benefit of the court should be mainly spent on matters that benefit the prosperity of the country and the common interests of the people in the world, such as building government-run poor hospitals, schools, and even some institutions for government and people to consult, such as legal consulting agencies, policy consulting agencies, and in addition, the nursing homes, which can increase the benefits of pensions!"

"For example, the remaining four million silver dollars this time will be opened, and the sea route from Haojing to Guangzhou will flourish. Your Guangzhou officials can first use this fund to build a better port along the coast of Guangzhou;

In addition, once a port is built, the surrounding poor people have to be relocated. At that time, the government will pay huge amounts of funds directly, and even submit a relocation notice six months or even one year in advance. This will give the people more time to prepare, and naturally they can spend the money in the best way."

After Zhu Houzhao said this, the left governor of Guangdong, Zhang Run, couldn't help but say: "Your Majesty, the people have always been cunning and tricky. If the government issues a relocation notice in advance, I am afraid that these unruly people will take the opportunity to build houses, and the government will compensate for more relocation funds."

"What I mean is to give these people a chance to take advantage of them. Instead of sharing shares with wealthy gentry and allowing them to pursue pleasure, it is better for these ordinary people to get the money. Although they are cunning, they are still hardworking, and sharing the benefits they receive will not make them feel lazy and disgusted at once;

Moreover, when they build houses, they will definitely need a lot of bricks and tiles, which can promote the income of workshops that burn bricks and tiles. Even, your Guangzhou government can ask for compensation only for cement bricks and tiles, which can also promote the Ming Dynasty cement workshop to find ways to increase cement production!"

"In addition, you can also concentrate the best doctors, the best schools and even the best welfare in Guangdong to urban areas near the relocated people, and also build the best houses for sale in urban areas near the relocated people. The houses are concentrated in one yard, with gardens in the yard, guards and even institutions that specialize in working for the people in this yard. This institution can also be called a property company! Do you understand?"

"In this way, you can raise the price of the house here and directly let some merchants develop it. You only sell official land, but the price is higher, so that the people have to spend all the demolition money that your government compensates them. In this way, even though they have lived in the best house and have the most peaceful and peaceful life, they have no money in their hands. If they want to pursue pleasure, they can only continue to work, continue to plow the fields or fish. In short, as the government, the rich must not be too rich, and the poor cannot be too poor. The final result is to make all the people of the Ming Dynasty rich!"

Zhu Houzhao's words made the officials present look at Zhu Houzhao with a look of shock as if they were enlightened. They seemed to have begun to understand the benefits of controlling the most profitable industry in the hands of the court.

Most of the officials present were also officials who were deeply educated by Confucianism and had a desire for the Datong society in ancient times. Now, when Zhu Houzhao finally made the Ming Dynasty realize and made everyone rich, they were also somewhat looking forward to it.

Xia Yan couldn't help laughing at this moment and thought to himself: "Let everyone become rich. In the past, I just thought that this was just a fantasy of the world. Now, after hearing what Your Majesty said, it seems that there is a possibility of realization. In any case, I, Xia Yan, have to follow His Majesty to try this, so that the court can dominate the world's benefits, so that the rich cannot be too rich, and the poor cannot be too poor."

"Of course, this is difficult to achieve, at least in the short term, but no matter what one wants, he cannot stop him. As long as people are not absolutely richer than others, he will not be satisfied. Therefore, we cannot let scholars and people have too much spare money, so that their houses can get better and better, and their parents, that is, you, become more and more honest, make them travel more and more convenient and eat better, but we can't make them idle!"

After Zhu Houzhao said this, he asked, "Do you understand everything?"

"I understand!" The bureaucrats present stood up and replied in unison.

then.

Three days later.

Zhang Run, the left governor of Guangdong, issued a notice to prepare to build Guangzhou Port, and some coastal fishing villages in Guangzhou need to be relocated. The government will compensate at a price of 50% of the average price. In the house, the compensation price for cement brick and tile houses will be doubled, and the compensation price of the house is calculated as a square of three feet, and the area below a square of three feet is not counted.
Chapter completed!