In the past four years, Shanxi's economy has grown rapidly. With millions of investments, people's income has increased, businessmen have made money, and taxes in the province have naturally increased.

Generally speaking, the central government only takes 60% of the provincial taxes, and the remaining 40% is left for local expenses and construction. Shanxi's finances should have surplus in the past four years.

Han Zhaoxuan said: "Your Majesty, all the money in the treasury was taken to renovate the streets and mine coal. A few years ago, the coal price was high, and I expanded production and waited for the railway to be completed to take out coal. Who knew that by this year, coal mines in Hebei, Henan and other places had increased their output, causing coal prices to fall. I..."

The weather in the north is cold. In winter, there is no firewood or coal at home, so it is very difficult to bear in winter.

During the Ming Dynasty, people were poor and had no food to eat, so they naturally could not afford to burn coal. In winter, they would burn firewood or resist it, so the demand for coal was limited.

After the establishment of Ganchao, the resource redistribution was realized to a certain extent, which made the people rich and began to have the money to buy charcoal and coal for the winter.

In a wealthy family in the north, cooking and heating in one winter can burn two or three thousand kilograms of coal.

The large population of Dakan, and the imperial court gradually banned the indiscriminate logging, the demand for coal is increasing every year.

Under this situation, the price of coal has been rising all the way, and it was precisely because Gao Huan saw this that he made up his mind to build a railway in Shanxi.

The transportation of coal from Shanxi can not only solve the problem of heating in winter in northern provinces, but also solve the fuel supply in Jiangnan and provide energy for the industrial revolution.

Coal prices have risen in recent years. In order to solve the heating problem, in addition to Shanxi mining coal mines, Hebei has also mined Kailuan coal mines and Henan has mined Yongcheng coal mines.

The emergence of these coal mines alleviated the pressure of coal shortage in the north, and coal prices fell and fell to a normal range.

Although the railway in Shanxi is built, the transportation cost of horse-drawn trains is still too high, resulting in the transportation of coal mines being transported to Hebei, and basically no money is made.

Although Ganchao controlled Mongolia, horses were still a very important strategic resource. Among the people, a good horse could sell 100 silver dollars, but the daily forage was not counted.

Horses are equivalent to luxury cars. Using luxury cars to pull coal is naturally expensive to no end.

Over the past few days, Gao Huan has gained a certain understanding of the situation in Shanxi and roughly understands the causes of Shanxi's financial crisis.

If coal prices remain high, Shanxi will probably be able to pay back the debt.

Gao Huan frowned and said, "So there are a lot of coal in Shanxi now, but they are not sold? Don't say there is no, otherwise I will really cut you down!"

Han Zhaoxuan hurriedly said: "Report to Your Majesty, all mines have mined a large amount of coal for sale. Who knows that this year, the price of coal will be reduced by one ton, and one ton will be lost, so the coal has accumulated into mountains, so there is definitely coal!"

Gao Huan's expression was relaxed when he heard the words. After a moment of silence, he said sternly: "You go back to Shanxi now and check me for how much coal there is and how much loan gap there is. Then, then you can raise money by yourself. Don't think that I will come to save you! In addition, immediately let the workshops in Shanxi build coal transportation cars and equipment for loading and unloading coal. I will be useful!"

Gao Huan scolded Han Zhaoxuan severely and sent him back to Shanxi.

Han Zhaoxuan came to Nanjing and rushed back without even taking a bite of food.

At this time, Gao Huan had a rough solution in his mind, which was to let the train go on the road in advance and transport the coal from Shanxi.

Although there is Kailuan Coal Mine in Hebei and Yongcheng Coal Mine in Henan, overall, coal in the north is still not enough, and 80% of the people still cannot use coal in winter.

Gao Huan and the Councillor have decided that Shanxi's financial problems need to be solved by Shanxi and the court will not easily provide a guarantee.

This is to alert all provinces and make them pay attention to risks. At the same time, the imperial court will also strengthen monitoring of loans to various provinces in the future to avoid risks like Shanxi.

At this time, more than half a year has passed since He Bin sent back the rubber. After the Ministry of Industry and Technology used the rubber, the steam locomotive had been tested in the hospital for several months.

The problem in Shanxi now is that the transportation cost of horse-drawn trains is too high, so Gao Huan decided to let the steam locomotive conduct road tests in advance.

Winter is coming, and the demand for coal in the north has increased significantly. Seizing this last period of time may allow Shanxi to block the hole.

Thinking of this, Gao Huan immediately ordered: "Come here, summon Du to lead the government, and Chen Jiezheng comes."

Soon, Du Yinxi and Chen Zilong came to the study room and saw Gao Huan standing with his hands behind his back, standing by the window and losing his mind.

"Your Majesty!" The two looked at each other, then bowed and bowed.

Gao Huan retracted his thoughts when he heard the sound and turned around, "Two dear friends, please sit down!"

Gao Huan waited for the two of you to sit down and then said, "Han Zhaoxuan arrived at the capital and was scolded by me, and asked him to return to Shanxi!"

Du Yinxi asked: "Your Majesty, is the situation Han Zhaoxuan said consistent with what the court knows?"

Gao Huan nodded, "It's roughly the same! Alas! I have a responsibility for this situation today. However, the officials in Shanxi are too distorted. I must deal with them strictly with the loan to repair the yamen!"

Du Yinxi and Chen Zilong were shocked. No one would believe that if the officials didn't take the opportunity to make some money, they would not believe it.

Whether it is building railways, yamen, streets, mining and coal in Shanxi, there is too much room for operation, and it is too easy for officials to make money.

In recent years, the economy has developed rapidly, but it also caused serious corruption. In order to pursue economic development, the court turned a blind eye to these problems in the early stage. As long as the matter is done well, the economy is improved, and no one will pursue it.

After hearing Gao Huan's words, the emperor was really angry. If he was serious, I'm afraid that half of the officials in Shanxi would have various problems.

"Your Majesty! It's not the time to hold the accountable!" Chen Zilong took out a newspaper from his sleeve, "There is a crisis in Shanxi's finances and the news that the loan may be overdue has been revealed!"

Gao Huan raised his eyebrows, quickly took the newspaper and expanded to watch.

The newspaper is a private tabloid named "Pre-meal news" should be a newspaper for the city class. The author's surname is Ma. The content explains the issue in Shanxi in detail, talks about the construction of Shanxi, the construction of yamen, and the construction of railways, and criticizes the situation in Shanxi.

The author of the article should have conducted a survey on the situation in Shanxi, and the content is relatively real. However, due to cognitive problems, he believes that building a railway in Shanxi is a good intention to do bad things, and not only wastes money, but may also lead to the collapse of Shanxi's finances.

After reading the newspaper, Gao Huan looked at the two of them, "What has the news spread?"

Du Yinxi said: "Reporting to Your Majesty, it has sparked discussion, and the author has also been invited by the Guoan Department for tea!"
Chapter completed!