Chapter 046 - Use it without virtue
The ancients said that they would rather quarrel with people who understand than talk to people who are confused. Pen, Fun, Pavilion www.biquge.info This is also a wise saying, no matter how low the quality of this smart person is, he can understand what you mean and respond most appropriately accordingly. If it's not for making close friends, does it really matter how the other person's character is? Hong Tao felt that he didn't have to care. To employ a man is to use his strengths, and it cannot be said that gold is more valuable than copper, so he throws copper aside, as long as energy is used, copper is much more useful than gold. The main thing is that copper is cheaper than gold, and it can be used when it can be used, and thrown away if it can't be used, relatively speaking, it will not be too distressing.
Wen Hao is obviously a smart person, and he is also a very useful piece of copper in Hong Tao's eyes. There are still three or four hours away from Lin'an City, and he has already proposed three or four plans to prove that he is still useful and not a waste. Of course, these three or four plans are not all in line with Hong Tao's mind, but each plan has its own uniqueness, and it is a good way to change the way of thinking and environment.
"Are you sure you can do this? I don't have time to test it for you, I need to see immediate results, you don't know the strength of the local gentry, do you? I don't have much to mobilize, and if there is a large-scale riot, then I can only kill a river of blood, and then vent all the resentment of the common people against me. And don't you plan to run, I guess you should have heard of the Imperial Supervision Department, and now I will tell you about another department, it is called the Great Song Investigation Bureau, which is the same nature as the Supervision Department, and the scope of control is more extensive. If you have the ability to run into the mountains and old forests to live the life of a savage, I will have nothing to say, as long as you want to continue to live a human life, then you have nowhere to run. If I hate a person, the country doesn't want it, and I have to kill him. ”
Wen Hao's last proposal finally hit Hong Tao's cool point. I have to say that this guy is really a talent for governing the country, he didn't tell him anything, he didn't even know what the current situation of the Great Song Dynasty was, so he could use the previous four plans as a touchstone to test out his true intentions. If you change positions with him, let alone before Lin'an, even if you drive all the way to Europe, you probably won't be able to think of such a way that meets the actual situation.
"The villain didn't dare to ...... In fact, the villain felt that this matter was not too difficult, as long as the court could give me enough support, the gentry did not refuse my capital. The Great Song Dynasty has changed very much over the years, especially the coastal roads, and the people's ideas are completely different from before. This is also thanks to your empire, even if he is blind, as long as he is not deaf, he will hear how good life is in the empire. If the change of the imperial court is to build the Great Song Dynasty into the Jinhe Empire, I think the people in these places will not have much resistance, maybe they will all rejoice. Without the support of the people, coupled with the heavy pressure of the imperial court and the intervention of the empire, those gentry who still hold the old ideas have no chance to resist at all. The inland area is a little more troublesome, but the villain has another way. Use the newspapers to spread the word, and then invite those who have emigrated to the Golden River Empire back to visit relatives and friends in their hometowns. The people were afraid of the decrees of the imperial court and suspicious of the propaganda of the newspapers, but they really believed the personal accounts of their fellow villagers. As long as they believe it, and the court gives some benefits in a timely manner, these places can easily be attributed to Your Majesty. As soon as he saw that his idea hit the right road, Wen Hao immediately came to life. Although the person was still kneeling on the ground and did not dare to get up, the appearance of his eyebrows dancing was no different from sitting on the throne.
He saw hope in Hong Tao's face, not only the hope of living, but also the hope of a comeback. Wen Hao's biggest fear is not death, but the mediocrity of obscurity in this life, and what he is most afraid of is that the ideas in his head will not be realized. The reason why he has worked so hard all these years is also to put his ideas into practice. Now the highest ideal is obviously hopeless, but taking a step back, working under Hong Tao is also the best choice at present, and you can also take a look and learn from the scene, what is so good about this amazing old emperor, why can he always press on his head, like a mountain, so that he can't turn over.
"You can try this solution, I have another job to give you. This work is not easy to succeed, and it will attract criticism from all sides, once it fails, you are a sinner of the Great Song Dynasty, and I can't protect you. How about it, would you like to hear what this job is? Hong Tao didn't have too many surprises about Wen Hao's method on the surface, but in fact, he was already smiling in his heart. He didn't leave his life in vain, if he had sunk to the bottom of the sea to feed the fish according to Cixi's thoughts, he would have lost a capable minister who could govern the country.
Wen Nan can govern the country, but he belongs to the kind of person who develops step by step in a period of peace and stability, not a general who overcomes obstacles in troubled times. In extraordinary times, you have to use extraordinary means, and only a guy like Wen Hao, who doesn't follow the rules and likes to go off the rails, can come up with unconventional methods. Ambition is not a bad thing at this point, and the greater the ambition, the more advanced the idea.
The idea of using expatriates to return home for propaganda is wonderful. Chinese have a very strong concept of hometown, even if they have left their hometown for many years since childhood, they will still look at each other when they meet their fellow villagers. This kind of custom not only existed in ancient times, but still exists in modern times, and it is not only in the concept of ordinary people, but also in the high-ranking officials of scholars. There has been no shortage of township parties in all dynasties, and they are often both prosperous and loss-making.
In the words of Xiang Yu, the overlord of Chu, the rich and noble do not return to their hometown, such as embroidering clothes at night, who knows! The word "homecoming" also came from him.
The problem is that those who return to their hometowns are all clothed in brocade, so what do the villagers in their hometown who have not yet dressed in brocade look at and think? You can't pretend to be rich, especially with acquaintances, so where is the life better, there is no need to deliberately publicize it, these expatriates are living role models.
Although most people have a strong sense of hometown, even if they die poor, they will not choose to leave their hometown, but once this kind of good life can be replicated in their hometown, will they oppose it? Logically, it should not be, at least not at the beginning, and only when you realize that you have been deceived, you will object. Hong Tao only needs to start at the beginning, as long as his reform methods can be implemented, the majority of the people will always benefit, and it is useless to oppose a few people.
It is not enough to rely on newspapers and propaganda from the diaspora, the Chinese people are the most realistic, whoever gives them enough to eat is a good person, and vice versa. As for why it is good and how long it can be good; Why is it bad, is it going to be bad all the time? These are questions that few people are willing to consider. People who are too realistic are inevitably short-sighted, they don't care about future generations, they only seek immediate interests, and this kind of person is relatively easy to fool.
Now Hong Tao plans to start fooling people according to these characteristics of the Song people, what to fool with him? There are two themes, one is money and the other is land!
Money, that is, commercialization and industrialization, is relatively easy to use to target the people in coastal cities. Through the influence of the Jinhe Empire for so many years, industry and commerce in the coastal cities of the Great Song Dynasty have developed in full swing. I only need to standardize them, set up several sets of strict laws and regulations to manage them, and further create a better living environment for these future capitalists. Will the local bureaucracy, gentry, and conservative forces create resistance to their reforms? Yes, for sure, but don't worry, because their forces are weak in these places, and they don't get strong support from the local people, so they can't make any waves.
Land, that is, land reform and land privatization, is relatively difficult to target the people in those inland states and counties. The influence of the Golden River Empire did not reach these relatively closed areas, and the local society did not form a commercial society, and it was still in a self-sufficient small-scale peasant economy. Therefore, people are relatively short-sighted, conservative in their ideas, and naturally resistant to new things, and it will be very difficult to talk to them about reform. These areas were the traditional spheres of influence of the gentry, scholars, and bureaucracy, who had great influence in their own villages, villages, and villages, and were often able to cause widespread unrest at the slightest call.
Land is the lifeblood of these areas, and it is also the main resource that Hong Tao has to compete with the gentry, scholars, and bureaucracy. Whoever has the control of the land is equivalent to holding the lives of tens of millions of people in the Great Song Dynasty, and it is effortless to take it away. In this matter, Hong Tao didn't plan to succeed easily at all. If the transformation of the Great Song Empire is successful, it should be equivalent to the success of land reform, and if it fails, it must be mishandled on this issue.
How to reform the land, Hong Tao has discussed with Wen Nan and Luo Youde many times, and has formed a basic and clear purpose.
As for the land originally occupied by the Great Song Dynasty bureaucracy, the new government of the Great Song Dynasty will resolutely crack down on it mercilessly with the autumn wind sweeping away the leaves. In addition to retaining the land necessary for the basic livelihood of each family and ethnic group, all the excess part will be confiscated, not a penny will be given, and anyone who refuses to accept it will be made to obey with bullets, even if the blood is shedding. Hong Tao hated these official groups of the Great Song Dynasty very, very much, and even if they were willing to take the initiative to reconcile, he did not intend to give them this opportunity. On the issue of dealing with them, Hong Tao will not give in, and is ready to burn all the jade. (To be continued.) )