Chapter 101: public-private partnership railway policy

"Next, we will quietly wait for the fight between Prime Minister Barrow and the Constituent Assembly, which must be very exciting!!"

In his heart, he wished that the Party of Order and the Mountain Party of the Republican Party would fight against each other. Jerome Bonaparte showed a schadenfreude expression. If the two tigers fought each other, they would die. As long as the sick tiger of the Party of Order drove away the two parties, the Republican Party and the Mountain Party. A little tiger, Jerome Bonaparte turned into a tiger hero to end the diseased tiger of the Party of Order.

When the time comes to tear off some "meat" from the party of Order and some of the republicans to feed it to the baby tiger of Bonaparte, Bonaparte will thrive and become a sharp blade in his hands.

After watching the show, Jérôme Bonaparte has not forgotten the series of problems he will face in the future. The coup d'état does not mean the point, but a new starting point.

Now he has to make some preparations for this new starting point, such as...

Jerome Bonaparte turned his gaze to Molny and said, "Mr. Molny, what do you think about the railway?"

"Railroad?" Morney was stunned for the first time at Jerome Bonaparte's sudden inquiry, and after waiting for a long time, he responded step by step: "I think the railway is a huge project that requires a lot of investment. Only funds can be built! The maintenance cost after construction will be astronomical..."

Morny talked incessantly about his passive view of railways, and a hint of disappointment flashed in Jerome Bonaparte's eyes.

Of course, Jerome Bonaparte does not intend to criticize Morny's passive railway policy. From the experience of later railways, railways have no intention of promoting the formation of a favorable cycle between the villages and cities in various regions of France. That is to say, to expand the internal circulation of France.

You must know that France in the 19th century was still a closed environment of urban and rural duality. The industrial products in the cities could not be transported to the countryside for farmers in the countryside, and the farmers in the countryside were also unable to transport food to the big cities. Regional food prices have had wildly different effects.

Especially in 1847, there was a serious shortage of bread in Paris, but flour in areas far from the Seine remained below the French price level.

Guizot, who could not allocate a large amount of flour from other provinces to Paris, could only try to buy the tsar's bread. The high tariffs on the bread hurt the workers in Paris, which led to the February Revolution.

If you put aside the railway experience of later generations and focus on the present, Morney's passive railway policy is not difficult to understand.

The speculative movement that began in Britain in 1845 infected the entire European continent like a plague. The stock exchanges in London, Paris, Frankfurt, and Brussels saw new highs for railway claims. As soon as the main lines were planned, they were put into the exchanges as stocks. In 1847, the Irish Potato Crisis broke out, and it became the fuse that detonated the railroad bubble, iron-related bonds. It fell about 40% overnight, and the Great Western Bank, which holds the most railroad claims, is almost in danger of bankruptcy.

The explosion of the British railway bubble was like the collapse of the first card of the domino. The Prussian, Austrian, and French railway companies also went bankrupt one after another, and many planned routes were also forced to stop.

If it weren't for the habit of good government in France since ancient times, the entire French railway company would have been crying all over the place.

The railway company, which barely survived, was facing the crisis of nationalization last year. If the June Revolution had not erupted suddenly, the railway company might have needed the government to continue to look after it.

Based on the pessimistic outlook of the entire railway industry, Molney's negative remarks are not difficult to understand.

Understanding is understanding, Jerome Bonaparte still has to continue to implement the content of his plan.

After Molny had racked his brains to repeat all the negative railway policies he knew, Jerome Bonaparte said, "Mr. Molny, what you just said was all based on economics. From an economic point of view, building a railway is really a thankless thing! What if we look at it from a political science point of view?”

"From a political point of view?" Morney's eyes widened, he didn't seem to understand what Jerome Bonaparte meant.

"Let's tell you that!" Jerome Bonaparte took out a green crystal dipped pen on the peach wood table and drew a coordinate system on the paper. The x-axis marked stability and the y-axis marked employment. The rate, starting from 0, draws a 45-degree slash, "The stability of Paris depends on its employment rate. Our government has just experienced two civil wars and is in an extremely unstable phase! If you want to make Paris stable~www .novelhall.com~ We must let the workers in Paris have something to do! The railway is precisely a project that can not only increase the employment rate, promote the cooperation of the upstream and downstream industrial chains, but also be profitable!”

"But we..." Morney still had concerns, and the crisis of 1947 made Morney linger in fear.

Jerome Bonaparte saw Morney's concerns, he patted Morney's shoulder and said: "The British incident, in the final analysis, is just because all the companies entered the railway in a rush, and then planned randomly. Caused by the route! As long as we can standardize the route of the railway, careful screening of every company can completely eliminate these difficulties! Don't forget, our public works department also has a secret army!"

Molney suddenly remembered that the Ministry of Public Works also has a road and bridge unit known as the Emperor of Railway Earth. These national engineers who are mainly responsible for railway approvals are not only excellent railway planners, but also an interest group that dares to fight. .

From the first day of the French railway in 1823, the road and bridge troops have been **** for tat with the privately operated companies on the nationalization of the French railway.

Although they were defeated in 1845, their power suffered no loss.

"We can design a railway committee in the Ministry of Public Works, delineate some qualified companies to issue shares, and negotiate with the finance department on the issue of railway transportation prices..." Jerome Bonaparte described the French railway in 40 years. The plan class came out, "We can also announce to the public that all railways are in the form of public-private partnerships. In this case, the hearts of the citizens are also guaranteed!"

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