Chapter 62: Exchanges of Gifts (2)
After the departure of the Goryeo envoy, the Ministry of Rites gave a briefing at the morning meeting. The report recounted that the envoys were each given two sets of spring clothes and two sets of shoes and socks. The prime minister and the prime minister's wife of the eastern province of Mongolia were each presented with three sets of clothes in spring, autumn, winter and summer. In addition, there is also the 'Great Song Lingyinfeng Specialty Ginseng' packaged with Liaodong cultivated ginseng.
This gift list made the participants of the various ministries of the Great Song Dynasty laugh out loud, and apart from that, none of the Great Song officials tried to profit from the affairs of Goryeo. Zhao Jiaren is very satisfied with this, if someone dares to act like the 21st century divides the dividing line with Nanbang, Zhao Guanjia is mentally prepared to kill.
Although no one touched the mold, Zhao Guanjia still took out the draft of the "Great Song Constitution" he prepared and circulated it to everyone. After reading this "Great Song Constitution", all the high-ranking officials did not speak, and they all chose to remain silent for the time being. Zhao Jiaren did not immediately force them to squeak, and it was not easy for people of this era to understand the constitution proposed by Zhao Jiaren.
Whether it was the Great Song Dynasty or later England, there was no constitution, and only the 'ancestral family law' existed. Because de jure both countries recognize natural inequality. The Great Song Zhao clan naturally monopolized the throne with supreme power. If Zhao Jiaren's son had a son in every generation, the Great Song Dynasty would not be destroyed, and Zhao Jiaren's Y gene would be entrenched on the throne of the Great Song Dynasty forever.
The same is true for the UK. Even in the 21st century, the British are still subjects of the British king, not the people of the United Kingdom of Great Britain, and even the United Kingdom of Great Britain is the private property of the British king. If the British subjects became the people of England, then it meant that the British king would be under the Kingdom of Britain. This will lead to a new situation in which the king, the nobility, the clergy, and the English clay legs are all faced with a uniform standard.
It was only when such a situation arose that Britain could barely begin to become an equal country. So Zhao Jiaren did not understand why most of the Chinese proletariat, which is called 'white-collar', should think that Britain is a democracy. A group of plebeian proletariats singing the praises of the aristocracy, slave owners, religious elements and bourgeois democracy were simply sold for money.
As the upper stratum of the Great Song Dynasty, as the ruling class of the Great Song Dynasty, there was no such 'petty-bourgeois mania'. For something so important, these people chose to be silent. Zhao Jiaren was very satisfied.
"You wait and see, if you have any opinions, we can discuss them slowly." Zhao Jiaren gave the guys time to study the constitution.
"This year, we have two wars with the outside world: Yunnan-Guizhou and Liaodong. But I don't think these two wars have come to the point where we need a national mobilization. Therefore, the normal work of all places needs to be done well. Last year, we discussed the impact of silk's withdrawal from the Great Song Dynasty currency circulation market. This market needs to be solved this year. At present, the Wa Kingdom should be one of the most important export areas of our Great Song Dynasty. ”
"Official, the Japanese country has money to buy silk?" The Director of the Maritime Safety Bureau expressed his professional views.
"The Japanese state has silver, but it does not have the technology to produce it. Let them learn the method of blowing ashes, and they will be able to get silver from the Wa Kingdom. ”
"If that's the case, why don't we go and grab it." The Director of the Maritime Safety Bureau had a twinkle in his eyes.
Regarding such an attitude, Zhao Jiaren said seriously, "The war of aggression costs the people and money. More valuable than gold and silver is labor. Money is the general equivalent, and the general equivalent evaluates labor. ”
For the small words, even the high-ranking officials of the Great Song Dynasty are also of limited interest. Now it is spring, the day of silkworm raising has come, and all parts of the Great Song Dynasty have increased production. Including Sizhou, where Zhao Qian is located.
As the son of Zhao Jiaren, Zhao Qian knew about the major events of stripping the monetary value of silk. Before leaving for Sizhou, Zhao Qian and many of his fellow trainees had received basic general knowledge training courses. The students around him were at least high school graduates, which made Zhao Qian feel very stressed. After finishing his errand in Sizhou, Zhao Qian went to university to continue his studies, but he is now only a high school student who has received a college admission letter. The only advantage left is the identity of a retired major.
It has been more than a month since he arrived in Sizhou, and Zhao Qian has a new understanding of his academic qualifications and identity. In the Sizhou government, everyone only cares about 'Deputy Section Chief Zhao of the Mulberry Silkworm Section of the Agricultural Bureau', and everyone has indeed asked how Deputy Section Chief Zhao was assigned to the Agricultural Bureau. I learned that Zhao Qian was a high school student, a retired major, and worked in the Jiangnan Veterans Counseling Association for a while. No one continues to care about the origin of Deputy Section Chief Zhao. Because Zhao Qian's resume is stable, there is no problem in being the deputy section chief.
In the time outside the government office, Zhao Qian was in the people. Hangzhou has implemented a compulsory education law, and Zhao Qian feels that his academic qualifications should have a slight advantage in Sizhou. After arriving at the people, Zhao Qian found that the local people had no concept of what the imperial examination and system was. When I was in Hangzhou, I felt that everyone was a student, and there were very few private schools in the countryside in Sizhou, let alone decent science schools. The people don't care about this, their ancestors haven't read for so many years, where is there a shortage of this generation. Zhao Qian has an official status, and the people feel that it is enough to know this. As for how Zhao Qian got his current status, the people didn't dare to ask.
The better land has been divided, and if new mulberry saplings are used, all the previous mulberry trees will have to be cut down. No matter how Zhao Qian explained to the people, no one believed Zhao Qian's words. However, the mulberry saplings couldn't wait, so Zhao Qian could only go into the distance. Fifty miles away from Sizhou City, Zhao Qian finally found a more suitable piece of land.
When Zhao Qian arrived at the Sizhou Agricultural Bureau and said that he would go there to build a demonstration forest land, many people looked at him strangely. When Zhao Qian tried to ask, no one told him what was wrong over there. When Zhao Qian hired someone to start working there, he needed to ask the staff of the local veterans' counseling association to help, and the president of the counseling association asked Zhao Qian in surprise, "Why did you build a demonstration area here?" ”
Zhao Qian finally found the person who was willing to tell him the truth, and hurriedly asked, "What's going on here?" ”
"The imperial court engaged in the state-owned land, and the land here was forcibly confiscated by the government. The local big families hate the government to the core, and there have been two groups of government personnel who have disappeared here. That's no one alive, no one dead, no corpse. I can't find out. The president of the counseling council lowered his voice, "Some people say that it is the poison of the patriarch here, but there is no evidence at all. There is no way to condemn him. No one from the government would come here. ”
Only then did Zhao Qian realize that the land that was worse than this side in the vicinity had been occupied, and there was such a large area of open space here. However, at this time, it is impossible to change the land, not to mention that the mulberry saplings have been planted, and the mulberry saplings will probably only have a dead end. Now that he has been assigned here, Zhao Qian has no other way, and Zhao Qian doesn't know what to say about his colleagues in the government. On the whole, Zhao Qian didn't feel that he had any reason to offend them and offend these people to put Zhao Qian to death. Even if the local village patriarch killed the Great Song cadres is just a rumor, no one is willing to talk to Zhao Qian?
The planting of the tree is only the beginning, and the village chief is also a retired soldier, who is silent and works hard when planting mulberry trees. With such a simple and determined soldier, Zhao Qian felt much more at ease. However, simplicity and firmness alone are not enough to complete the work of scientific farming. Scientific farming is about a technology, and there must be some reason for adopting such a technology.
"Ladies and gentlemen, look at the mulberry tree, is it very tall? The one next to it was much lower. Zhao Qian pointed to two trees that were closer to each other and asked everyone to make a comparison.
asked the village chief for help, and every household in the villagers sent Zhao Qian here. No one said anything about this comparison. Zhao Qian continued: "But do you see, although the taller tree is older, the number of mulberry leaves growing is about the same as that of the smaller tree next to it. ”
It can be seen that the villagers have a shorter time to compare than to look at Zhao Qian. Zhao Qian talked about the principle that the higher the tree, the more laborious it is to transport nutrients to the treetops. Before Zhao Qian could talk about the structure of trees in the biology class, Zhao Qian felt that the villagers were already looking at them like fools.
had to forcibly stop the introduction of knowledge in advance, Zhao Qian continued: "The height of the tree will have a great impact, the higher the tree, the more difficult it is to pick mulberry leaves. The lower the tree, the easier it is to pick mulberry leaves. Guys say yes or no. ”
The villagers finally reacted to Zhao Qian's question, and they laughed at Zhao Qian's words and listened to the laughter of jokes.
Zhao Qian forcibly held back the feeling of being humiliated, took two steps forward, dragged one of the guys who laughed the loudest in front of everyone, and gestured with his hands, "If we can make the mulberry tree grow only so tall, do you think it is good to pick mulberry leaves." ”
The villagers were so confused by this comparison that they didn't know what to say. And Zhao Qian dragged several other villagers who were also laughing loudly over, made them stand in a pile, and said: "A mulberry tree is so tall and so large, I think not only men can pick mulberry leaves smoothly, but even women and children can easily pick mulberry leaves." What do you think? ”
Everyone burst into laughter, and the few guys who were dragged out as size demonstrations ran back into the crowd and didn't dare to show their heads again. Zhao Qian sighed. Sizhou is already a famous city, connected by canals, and it does not take long to get from Hangzhou to Sizhou. But the current situation in Sizhou is that the literacy rate is less than 20 percent, and the people are relatively satisfied that they are not in the midst of famine.
Zhao Qian was born and raised in many famous cities in the Great Song Dynasty, and was surrounded by first-class talents. Although the military background in the army is not high, the army is one of the most dynamic, learning-loving, and high-tech organizations in the Great Song Dynasty. Before arriving in the countryside of Sizhou, Zhao Qian felt that studying hard every day was the basic law of the world. Now Zhao Qian found that if his father Zhao Jiaren returned to heaven now, Zhao Qian would inherit such a great song. Such an unmotivated Great Song.