Chapter 120: Absurdity
In order to prevent the businessmen and landlords who own large real estate from seeking personal interests and destroying water conservancy projects and chidao, the government hall formulated a strict law on water conservancy and chidao, and the first decree of the Great Song Dynasty was born.
In the Song Dynasty in history, the landlords and wealthy families occupied water conservancy projects, introduced them for private use, harmed the surrounding areas, and took the opportunity to annex land and property.
As a result of the destruction of the water conservancy project, floods were carried out and their own land could not be saved. The landlords and wealthy families only saw their own land and harvests, and did not see the great role of water conservancy projects.
Historically, the Song Dynasty was an agrarian country, and the emperor was also a large landowner, and the operation of the country depended on the support of the landlords. However, in the current Great Song Dynasty, the country is mainly supported by four universities and handicraft workshops. The students of the four universities come from the broad masses of the people at the bottom, and the landlords and wealthy families have lost their grip on political power.
In particular, Zhao Ji abolished the decree that officials should not be separated from each other, and all the officials from local wealthy families were abolished and replaced by students from four universities. They will not be sent to their hometowns, so there are no personal entanglements, official transfers, high salaries, and strict supervision systems, so that they cannot have economic disputes related to their own interests in the local area. For this reason, there was no possibility for the officials to collude with the landlords and wealthy families to sabotage the water conservancy project.
From the personnel arrangements of the regime to the cruel and strict laws and regulations, the construction and maintenance of water conservancy facilities are guaranteed. In order to complete the ten-year governance plan, in addition to these two points. The government hall has also made arrangements in other aspects, such as advanced agricultural tools that can be deeply cultivated, advanced farming methods, the order of rotational tillage, seeds, pesticides and fertilizers, all of which have lowered the price and guided farmers to buy them.
Pesticides and fertilizers, these two concepts were put forward by Zhao Ji. However, in this era, except for some natural means of exterminating insects, it was not possible to configure the general agriculture of later generations. In this way, the pesticide is very primitive, and it is made with a combination of plant ash and soaphorn. Fortunately, the pests of this era are not as resistant as those of later generations, and many pesticides cannot be killed. Therefore, the combination of plant ash and soaphorn is enough to make pesticides.
Fertilizer, which is also very primitive, and the fertilizer of later generations are two different concepts. The so-called fertilizer is still the manure of livestock and people. The fertilizer used for sale is made by grinding the sugarcane after it is dried.
In order to accumulate manure and manure fields, and in order to use a large amount of animal power instead of manpower, the government hall also vigorously encouraged the raising of domestic animals, and all farmers with livestock could receive preferential treatment in agricultural taxes to a certain extent. Especially domestic animals such as cattle, horses, and donkeys.
In addition to the farmers' own stocking, the government also guided merchants and landlords to set up special farms, and a large number of horse farms were built in the north and cattle farms in the south.
Wang Anshi's ten-year plan has exceeded expectations. Water conservancy projects and galloping roads, as well as policies to guide agricultural development, all the investment is too great.
In later generations, the republic was still flooded until 98, and the Yangtze River, the Yellow River, and the Songhua River burst their banks in all directions. The complete water conservancy project was only completed two thousand years later, and when it rained again in 08, there were no floods. And the cement road paved to the villages was also realized after the first zero. At this time, it has been 30 years since the reform and opening up.
Wang Anshi's 10-year plan for great governance and the strategy of reform, opening up, and development in later generations are general, with economic construction as the central task and vigorously promoting development. However, what it took the republic to do in 30 years in the later generations, can it be done in 10 years in this Great Song Dynasty, where the productive forces are even more backward?
Wang Anshi's huge development plan, even if all the annual national tax revenue is invested, I am afraid it will not be enough. According to this plan, a large amount of manpower and material resources will be invested in this plan, and I am afraid that the food crisis will not only not be solved within 10 years, but will become more and more serious.
Qin Shi Huang Emperor Yang of Sui, but built a few canals, and the country was defeated. Chidao and canals have also become a testament to the tyrants of history. And Renjun rests with the people and never builds a lot of buildings.
Prime Minister Shen Kuo made a statistic and finally found that if the plan proposed by Wang Anshi was to be completed, at least two billion yuan would be invested every year for ten years. The current national tax revenue of the Great Song Dynasty is only 200 million yuan, which is more than three times the national tax revenue of the Yingzong Dynasty and more than eight times the national tax revenue of the Renzong Dynasty. What is the concept of a tenfold increase in national tax revenues? If it weren't for the growth of the economy, which naturally obtained taxes, but increased taxes, all the taxes of the Qin, Han, Sui and Tang dynasties for thousands of years would not add up to so much.
In this way, unless the total grain output of the Great Song Dynasty is increased tenfold, the number of handicraft workshops and mines is increased tenfold, or the output is increased tenfold, it will not be possible to obtain an annual tax of up to 2 billion yuan.
Such a huge project means that at least 5 million young people have to be recruited every year, and the cost of recruiting labor alone is more than 200 million. This means that all the material costs are paid in advance by the bidders. Five million young people, equivalent to a quarter of the country's population, have invested in the construction of water conservancy roads.
It is simply not possible to increase food production tenfold in the short term, and even more so in handicraft workshops. At present, the financial resources of the Great Song Dynasty have basically been squeezed out, and although an effective mechanism for agriculture and handicraft industry to complement each other has been established, there is no way to achieve rapid development without the support of external forces. In other words, without external forces, to complete such a huge water conservancy project in a short period of time, the Great Song Dynasty is likely to collapse.
Shen Kuo touched his forehead and stood up and said: "In terms of funds, after the member states of the Chinese Empire set up the business alliance cabinet, they can provide one percent of the funds for this ten-year rule. In terms of goods, so far, there is a large amount of spices and gold imported into Jinzhou and Australia, and the price of spices in the Great Song Dynasty has fallen again and again, and the ordinary people have received the great benefits of the sufficient supply of spices, and the sufficient supply of spices has solved the problem of 10% of the grain. ”
Looking at the prime minister who was beaten into a pig's head by his wife, Zhao Ji felt funny. Still, I held back. At first, Zhao Ji saw that Shen Kuo had gauze wrapped around his head, and thought that he had been assassinated, which made Zhao Ji a little nervous, and specially sent him more guards. Later, I found out that he was beaten by his wife.
The Song Dynasty, in terms of family relations, was very different from later generations. In later generations, men had a greater tendency to be violent, but in the Great Song Dynasty, the protagonist of domestic violence was women. Especially in the scholar class, perhaps Confucius read too many books, and quarrels are not his wife's opponents at all. Most of them arrived at home, and they stood in front of their wives and were a little shorter.
is not only a cut short in terms of official position, but also a cut short in terms of earning power. Like Shen Kuo's wife, she is a good one, and she often enters the palace and is short with the queen mother's parents. In addition to this fateful identity, Shen Kuo's wife is also a big businessman, and she has dozens of large shops, some of which were brought from her mother's family, and some were opened later. Shen Kuo's money is almost all in his wife's hands. This richest man in the Great Song Dynasty is actually very financially poor. I spent too much money and was beaten by my wife.
"There is too little supply of materials, the pace cannot go too fast, the river transportation channel is still mainly to dredge the existing river, new ones cannot be built, the cost is too great. The Yutian plan in the north seems to be appropriate, but it disturbs the people too much. When it comes to implementation, material supply is a bottomless pit. There is also the gallop road, which is densely covered with the gallop road of the Great Song Dynasty, and cannot be completely relied on with the power of merchants. The merchant had the ownership of Chidao, which was equivalent to manipulating the commercial tax of the Great Song Dynasty, and even the price of goods in the market. At that time, I am afraid that the Great Song Dynasty will have to become a vassal of merchants. In the 10-year campaign, we should focus on the southern polders, focus on water conservancy construction, and dredge water canals. Fan Chunren, the secretary of the superintendent, said.
Fan Chunren is the planner of the development of Liuqiu, and he has a good grasp of the key issues of development and the supply of materials. If it weren't for the fact that Fan Chunren once supported the puppet emperor and wanted Zhao Ji's life, then Fan Chunren would have a very important weight in Zhao Ji's heart regardless of his family background or ability.
However, the current situation is that Zhao Ji attaches more and more importance to Cai Jing, and guards against Fan Chunren tightly. Killing Fan Chunren, Zhao Ji didn't think about it, even if he couldn't kill openly, it was still okay to let the people of the Shadow Guard create a violent death incident. Zhao Ji is not so tolerant, a person who intends to kill the king, it is impossible for Zhao Ji to let him stay in the political hall. Although Zhao Ji knew that Fan Chunren, like Sima Guang and Wang Anshi, was a minister of Sheji, and the object of his loyalty was not the emperor himself, but the Great Song court, he was always very uncomfortable.
However, when Zhao Ji ordered the Shadow Guard to get rid of Fan Chunren, he didn't know how the news leaked out. The ministers of the court and the queen mother of the two palaces all came to intercede. Zhao Ji was very embarrassed, and could only flatly deny that there was no such thing.
Fan Chunren's intention was to cut down more than ninety percent of the water conservancy projects, and in the next ten years, he would only enrich the population of the four roads around Jiangning Mansion and develop Jiangning as an economic center, so as to continue to ensure the policy of strong cadres and weak branches, and ensure the absolute control of the Great Song Dynasty over the local area.
However, Fan Chunren's meaning was misunderstood by Zhao Ji. Zhao Ji thought that Fan Chunren was sabotaging the ten-year governance plan, so he couldn't help but be furious, and he took the case and said: "The plan remains the same, and now we will discuss the solution." If anyone retreats and wants to make a hindrance from it, Hugh will blame me for turning his face and not recognizing people. ”
With a "snap", Fan Chunren was also angry and scolded: "You faint gentleman, do you think the political hall is still your Yiyan hall?" ”
Everyone didn't expect that Fan Chunren didn't know how to restrain himself and scolded the emperor. For a while, the atmosphere in the conference hall of the government hall became tense. In the past, the intention to kill the monarch was just a speculation, but this roaring political hall insulted the monarch in person, and the evidence is conclusive. Such a contempt for imperial power, such a great crime of bullying the king, Zhao Ji wanted to kill him, and no one could stop him.
Quiet, only the sound of heavy breathing remained in the political hall. was worried that Zhao Ji would not be able to argue, so he asked someone to push Fan Chunren out and behead him, and it would be all over. Soon, though, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
Zhao Ji shouted: "I'll grass your uncle." "Roll up your sleeves and beat Fan Chunren. Zhao Ji was really angry, but such a conflict was not so serious for Zhao Ji who traveled through later generations. For this reason, Zhao Ji just had an urge to hit people.
"I, Fan Chunren, am also a person who has died once, my neck is here, you faint gentleman will cut it." Fan Chunren tilted his neck and patted it.
Fan Zhen and Han Zhongyan covered Fan Chunren's mouth and looked outside the conference hall. Zhao Xuan wanted to rush up and beat Fan Chunren, but was held by Sima Guang and Wang Anshi with one arm, and Zhao Hao, the regent of the imperial prince's brother, and Han Jiang, the secretary of the ministry, lay on the ground and hugged Zhao Xuan's legs. Zhao Ji completely lost the emperor's reserve, and he was like an angry young man in later generations, and he kept talking and scolding.
Prime Minister Shen Kuo also wanted to stand up and persuade him, but he was fat and had no one to help him, so he didn't stand up. I could only sit there alone, looking at the mess and smiling bitterly. The prime minister was beaten, and the emperor scolded the street, which is really ridiculous!
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