Wang Ningan knows that he is standing at a crossroads, and if he takes the wrong step, he will make irreparable mistakes.

Again, the development of industry is good, but the consequences of industrialization are equally terrible!

Don't say anything else, just not long ago, the local financial embarrassment sounded the alarm, if you develop cities and develop industries, there will inevitably be local gains, some places will suffer, and there will be uneven suffering, and there are really people who can't eat and can't survive, and the results of development will all be ruined.

Wang Anshi's book this time completely touched Wang Ningan.

The court discussed for three days in a row, but there was no result. After all, Wang Ningan did not let go, and no one dared to bear the consequences. As for Wang Ning'an, he was not idle, but sent someone to Yanzhou to invite Wang Anshi.

"Banshan Gong, what did you see and what did you think, can you tell me everything, I'm also undecided now!"

Wang Anshi was dressed in cloth, but he was full of energy, and when he saw Wang Ning'an's attitude, he couldn't stop smiling on his face.

"Alas, Lord Wang, you are really more suitable than Wang, just this mind is admirable!"

Wang Anshi grabbed the teacup, took a big sip, and then talked to Wang Ningan regardless of the fatigue on the road...... I have to say that learning is not something that comes out of reading, but something that comes out of reading a book, reading thousands of books, and traveling thousands of miles.

Wang Anshi is full of confidence this time and talks eloquently!

"Yanzhou has more than 1.5 million acres of land, of which more than 1.2 million mu are under the name of large households headed by the Confucian family, and there are nearly 400,000 tenants who work for them alone, and only 100,000 people own their own land, and there are about 100,000 citizens...... Among these 600,000 people, the situation of tenants is the most miserable, let's talk about them first...... On average, each person can have 3 acres of land, 450 catties of wheat can be produced every year, and the maximum is 500 catties in good years, of which 4 to 5 percent should be handed over to the Confucian family and other large households, and the wheat in the hands of the common people is up to 300 catties, after threshing, it is ground into flour, and it is more than 200 catties...... Fortunately, the people are hardworking and can plant some beans and rape, and then go up to the mountains to chop firewood and hunt, go down to the river to fish, and barely survive! ”

Wang Anshi told about the lives of the people, and his eyes were also red.

"Lord Wang, the people's livelihood is so difficult, how can you let them change to cotton? If it doesn't work, the whole family, young and old, will starve to death! Even in a good year, large businessmen can squeeze out the little extra money earned by the common people by lowering the price of cotton and raising the price of grain. Wang is really ashamed, until today, I don't know the situation of the people, in such a situation, how can I push the green seedling law! Wang is really harmful! ”

Listening to the words of self-reproach, Wang Ningan was moved.

This problem is also clear, in the final analysis, it is that the production capacity of the private sector is too limited, the efficiency cannot be improved, and the people have no money to spare.

"Lord Wang, changing to cotton can certainly increase income and enrich the treasury, but have you thought about it, who will the last cotton cloth be sold to, are it ordinary people?"

"Of course not, they can't afford to consume it, and the bulk of it still has to be sold overseas...... However, the development of cotton spinning may be able to absorb some ordinary people's employment, and their income can be improved. ”

"Lord Wang, you definitely can't think like this!"

Wang Anshi said categorically: "Ordinary people, who have been farming all their lives, don't understand cotton spinning, especially steam engines, they haven't even heard of it...... Also, most of the people, who can't even say a whole sentence, are not qualified for the work of the factory! ”

"Then the imperial court can build a school and train them for free!"

"Lord Wang! It costs money to build a school! Wang Anshi smiled bitterly: "In the countryside, teenage children have to work in the fields, top half of the labor, even if you build a school, you don't need tuition, but the people can't afford to lose!" They are reluctant to let their children go to school, and if they waste half of their labor, their families will go hungry! ”

……

Wang Ningan and the prime minister talked for a long, long time...... Finally, Wang Ningan figured out the situation.

He also understood what Wang Anshi meant, not just looking at the numbers, but also considering the actual difficulties of the people.

After understanding this, when I looked back at the prescription prescribed by Wang Anshi, I suddenly became enlightened.

Divide the field!

Let the people be able to fill their stomachs first, and then have a little surplus at home...... Only in this way can we run schools and train workers. Only by mastering technology and learning ability can the common people keep up with the pace of industrialization and enjoy the fruits of industrialization.

In addition, there is another advantage of dividing the fields, that is, it can create a group of slightly wealthy people, they have the ability to consume, and the things produced by the factory, without completely pointing overseas, can also consume part of it, realize the internal cycle, and make the economy run more safely.

In the final analysis, the Great Song Dynasty is a super-large country with hundreds of millions of people, and it is far less convenient for big people to run than small people.

Take the Empire on which the sun never sets, for example, they began to plunder and colonize overseas, with a population of only two or three million, and they also sat on millions of square kilometers of overseas colonies.

It is enough for them to develop shipbuilding, wool spinning, and whiskey, and the old aristocrats in China, ordinary people, and traditional landlords are dissatisfied, so they can distribute overseas, and distribute a few thousand people a year, at most no more than 10,000 people, so that the world can be peaceful and carry out industrial accumulation in peace and stability.

By the time they evolved to the steam engine, their population was only in their early 10 millions, but they had 30 million square kilometers of overseas colonies, and there was more room for detours, so they could ensure domestic stability.

In the final analysis, they are playing with very high-cost industrialization, but they have a lot of money and enough space to toss.

The Great Song Dynasty has a hundred-fold population, if you still play according to their path, you will play first without waiting for the country to be rich and the people strong...... Either it is fragmented, uneven development successively, the big guys are fighting in the same room, and the princes are divided, or there are waves of peasant uprisings, completely destroying the empire, and then starting a cycle of chaos, there is absolutely no third way!

Why China has been close to industrialization, commercialization, and capitalization several times, and all of them have returned with feathers, is not that the ancients were stupid, but that the situation is too complicated to be controlled.

Hearing that Wang Anshi was back, Sima Guang also came to the palace, and he accompanied him to listen to the second half of the discussion.

Wang Anshi suddenly smiled at him, "I heard that Brother Junshi makes friends, and they like to ask if people have money, if they don't have money, Brother Junshi is not willing to socialize!" ”

Sima Guang's old face turned red, and Wang Ningan smiled: "I didn't expect that Junshi also dislikes the poor and loves the rich?" ”

"No, no, no......" Sima Guang hurriedly waved his hand, "Master, you are wronged disciple, I sit in this position, all I am in charge of is money, if I make some poor friends, they are in difficulty, ask for my door." Do I say yes or no? If I don't agree, my friend can't do it, but if I do, my black gauze hat will be gone, so the disciple is helpless! ”

"What a helpless one!"

Wang Anshi stroked his palms and laughed, "The prince is helpless, but the helplessness of the people is more than ten times!" ”

Sima Guang was a little angry when he was teased, and he didn't agree with Wang Anshi's argument.

"Master, it is right to cherish the people, but it is not the duty to be in charge of the army, and it is incumbent on the management of money. If, according to the king's wishes, the land is distributed to the people, the people will have something to eat, and they will not want to work in the factories for the sake of stability...... Therefore, the landless people are the workers who can sell their labor power at will, Master, this is what you said! ”

"Wrong!"

Wang Anshi said categorically: "Brother Junshi, do you think that landless people can sell their labor force at will?" ”

"So what's not? Are they still the people of the land? ”

"By the way, it's the landed people!" Wang Anshi said in a sullen voice: "The people have no land, there is no way to retreat, they are hungry in their stomachs, and they have no clothes on their bodies, at this time, as long as the factory gives them a bowl of porridge, they can go to work, not willingly, but as a last resort!" In the face of famine, there are also children who eat easily! ”

Wang Anshi said: "The free labor that the prince said is just taking advantage of people's danger!" The businessmen who run the factories are completely condescending and commanding, and do not take the workers seriously at all. When it really got to that point, the workers made a fuss, but it was much more terrible than the people in the countryside! ”

Therefore, only by giving the people land gives them a way out, and there is room for bargaining with the factory owners. If you don't pay me enough, I will go to work elsewhere, and I can't get a suitable salary, so I will go home and farm and live...... Only then will they be workers who are truly free to sell their labor, not fish to be slaughtered! ”

……

Shock!

In addition to shock, it is shock!

Wang Anshi is not only different from before, it is simply impressive.

He was originally different from many people, he was a pure person, he presided over the reform of the law, and decided that it was good for the country, so he did everything to promote it wholeheartedly.

When he found a problem, he turned around and went to the people to observe, he did not bring any interests, but simply weighed what was beneficial to the country and the people.

It is precisely because of this that he discovered a problem that has been overlooked by many people.

Wang Ningan was also surprised, he repeatedly tasted Wang Anshi's words, yes, the Great Song Dynasty was too big, and the development of industrialization and urbanization was too big.

He had just started when a whole bunch of problems arose, and he didn't know how many puzzles were waiting for him.

The reluctant minister is right, as long as the land is divided, the common people will have a way out, and no matter what mistakes there are, no matter how much the people rebound, they will not rebel.

Dividing the field is to lay a needle for this huge empire!

It played the role of anchoring.

As a human being in two lives, Wang Ningan will not think clearly about the stakes.

But the question is that today's Great Song Dynasty, can the fields be divided?

"Master, although what Brother Jiefu said is reasonable, but just the coal mine and iron mine have caused such a big turmoil, the local gentry, and the ruling in the court are all opposed, if you want to implement the division of land, it is equivalent to moving everyone's life, and they will fight to the death!" Sima Guang warned sharply.

Wang Anshi didn't give in, "If you want to change the law and reform, you must show the courage of Shangjun and die at the expense of success!" ”