Chapter 120: Whimsy
The decisive factor why Wan Linggen decided to make some changes was because of the message sent by the man called Long Tianye.
He has been timid before, because he is in history, and he was born after history, even if he makes a slight change to everything that exists, it may directly affect the development trajectory of history, which means that his egg, which is laid by chickens, may change at any time because of the change of fate of chickens.
But if the truth is really as Long Tianye said, the current historical era is parallel to the existence of his era, then no matter what kind of actions he makes against the sky, it will not have any impact on the subsequent history, this thought made his heart start beating wildly!
"Uncle, what are you doing?"
Zhang Cong's immature voice came, Wan Linggen opened his arms, took his small body into his arms, kissed him on the cheek and said, "Cong'er, uncle is thinking about an extremely important thing. ”
Zhang Cong said happily: "Uncle, I have memorized the multiplication formula you taught me. ”
Wan Linggen patted his little head and smiled: "Cong'er is so smart! If you don't have anything else to do, just read with your uncle. ”
"Good!"
Zhang Cong agreed, and sat down at the table with Wan Linggen, who picked up his pen and began to draft his new proposal.
Zhang Cong stared at his pen for a moment, and after a while asked, "Uncle, what is land reform?" ”
Wan Linggen smiled and said: "Land reform is to distribute the country's land to the people of this country, so that they can have their own share!" ”
"Can I have that too?"
Zhang Cong asked with big eyes.
"Of course!"
Wan Linggen put down his pen and said, "Every legal citizen should own his own piece of land!" ”
"But I'm too young to farm, so what should I do?"
"It's okay, you can rent it to someone else to plant, you just collect the rent!"
"Doesn't the one who rents someone else's land own more land?"
"This ......"
“……”
Wan Linggen's land reform plan was stumped by a five-year-old child, and it seemed that a simple equalization of land could not stop the centralized leasing and buying and selling of land, and eventually it would become an unfair state in which a small number of people own the majority of land, he frowned and fell silent.
"Uncle, are you worried that the land will disappear from everyone's hands?"
Zhang Cong asked.
Wan Linggen nodded, "Yes! Countless dynasties in history have changed, all of which have arisen because of this! ”
He said with emotion.
Zhang Cong tilted his little head and thought for a while and said, "Uncle, if my land is only rented and not sold, don't you have to worry about being robbed by others?" ”
Wan Linggen shook his head and said: "Cong'er, people's hearts are all profitable, you don't sell one acre of land, one hundred taels of silver, but if you are given a hundred taels of gold, will you sell it?" ”
Zhang Cong bit his fingers and shook his head, "If I don't value the one hundred taels of gold, I won't sell it." ”
Wan Linggen smiled, "You are just an ordinary person, how dare you say that you can't even look down on a hundred taels of gold?" ”
When he said this, he was suddenly stunned, and a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and he hugged Zhang Cong and kissed him on the cheek, "Good Cong'er, you can give your uncle a good idea." ”
Zhang Cong didn't know what he was talking about in a daze, but saw him pick up his pen and write a few big words on the paper: People's Commune.
"People's Commune?"
Yang Zizai's mouth was wide open enough to fit a fist, and he was interested in this "little brother" who was full of whimsical ideas.
Completely convinced.
"How about Brother Yang, is it feasible?"
Wan Linggen didn't sleep all night, sorted out such an outline, and waited for Yang Zizai's opinion with anticipation.
Yang Zizai read what he wrote from beginning to end, sighed and said: "Brother Wan, I really can't figure it out, how did you come up with this method, take all the land under the official family, and then lease it to the outside world, and extract the rent according to the harvest, the idea is very good, but ......"
"But what?"
Wan Linggen asked eagerly.
Yang Zizai smiled bitterly: "Everything has to be carried out by people, the officials of the Great Song Dynasty are corrupt, you are too open, I am afraid that it will become another in the end." ”
Wan Linggen unhurriedly took out a few pieces of paper full of words and put them in front of Yang Zizai, "Brother Yang, look at this again!" ”
Yang Zizai picked up the pieces of paper and looked at them, and exclaimed: "Democracy evaluation? What is it? ”
Wan Linggen nodded, "Please Brother Yang read it." ”
Yang Zizai read page by page, and at the end, his hand shook, and the pieces of paper fell to the ground.
"How?"
"Whimsy, whimsy!"
Yang Zizai picked up the pieces of paper and sighed: "For generations, the officials of the imperial court have been evaluated and appointed by the officials, and if you hand over this power to the local people, don't you worry that there will be a situation of local confrontation with the imperial court?" ”
Wan Linggen shook his head, "Don't worry, the army is owned by the state, and private soldiers are not allowed to exist among individuals and civilians." In this way, even ambitious people do not have the ability to turn the sky upside down. ”
Yang Zizai shook his head again and said: "In addition to the pastoral side, officials also have the responsibility of educating the people. ”
Wan Linggen smiled, "Most of the fools are for the convenience of rule, but the ancient sages are not only from the temple, there are more folk masters, aren't they?" ”
Yang Zizi was stunned, and was about to speak, when Wan Linggen took out a few more pieces of paper and handed them to him and said, "Please Brother Yang take a look at this again." ”
Yang Zizai took it and looked at it, and jumped up directly from the chair, "Simplified words? Vernacular? ”
Wan Linggen nodded and said, "That's right! Brother Yang has ever wondered why our people are so in awe of scholars? It's because those things are so far away from them, too far to reach! ”
Yang Zizai looked at him stunned, and Wan Linggen continued: "Simplify those things as much as possible, what the people say, what they say, what they write on paper, of course, they will be easier to understand." Nowadays, too many characters are too complicated, difficult to remember and not easy to write, so we must fully implement simplified character writing! ”
Wan Linggen waved his arms excitedly, "To put it simply, everything is based on the people!" ”
Yang Zizai was stunned for a long time and sighed: "The ancient sages all said that the people are important to the king and the king is light, but no one has ever done it. ”
Wan Linggen waved his hand and said, "Brother Yang is serious, you can take a look at these things." ”
As he spoke, he pulled out a few more pieces of paper.
Yang Zizai smiled bitterly and said, "Brother, if you have any other wonderful ideas, you might as well take them out at once!" ”
Wan Linggen smiled: "It's gone! This is the last item. ”
Yang Zizai took it and looked at it, and said with a smile: "National literacy? It's a new name. ”