If the distant Eastern Roman Emperor could hear the discussion of the Great Song Dynasty, he would probably be moved to tears, and he may also be puzzled by the willingness of the Great Song Dynasty ministers to help the revival of the Eastern Roman Empire.

The fact that a thousand-year-old country struggled to survive inspired a sense of resonance among the great Song ministers, and the monarchs and ministers of the Great Song Dynasty also achieved today's stability through the arduous battles of the barbarians, and the aid to Eastern Rome was not opposed in the Great Song court.

"Does the Eastern Roman Empire have the ability to defeat the barbarians around it?" Sun Qing, the head of the household department, raised a question. This is also the only question raised by the important ministers of the Great Song Dynasty.

Xiong Shangshu thought for a moment, he wanted to make a sonorous explanation about this, but he didn't know what to say after thinking about it. The Great Song Dynasty didn't care about the distant Red Sea, let alone the Eastern Romans. The same goes for bears.

"I don't know what the officials think." Xiong Sheng said unwillingly, he knew that in the upper echelons of the entire Great Song Dynasty, the one who cared most about Eastern Rome was probably the Zhao official family.

Zhao Jiaren looked at Xiong Xiang's expression, and couldn't help but tap his fingers on the table. The ministers at the edge of the table were all distracted by this action. Zhao Jiaren opened his mouth and said, "Everyone, I want to make a judgment on the two shallots. The first one is the problem of the butt, and the butt determines the head. If you sit on the side of private land, the judgment will naturally be that you will never allow the state ownership of land, and of course those who are on the side of land ownership cannot accept private ownership of land. Another criterion is the amount of intelligence. If we know all the information about the Eastern Rome and Europa, we will naturally be able to make effective judgments based on the position of the Great Song Dynasty, and I hope that everyone will stand on the position of the Great Song Dynasty and make effective judgments based on the position of the interests of the Great Song Dynasty. However, the reason why we can't make a judgment now is, of course, a lack of intelligence. Now when it comes time to make a judgment, of course, we have to cook how much in a pot. ”

Everyone didn't expect Zhao Guanjia to come to speak like this, Xiong Sheng felt that Zhao Jiaren was criticizing himself, but it didn't seem to be. Those who supported the private ownership of land also felt as if they were threatened by the Zhao official family. On the contrary, the proletarian-born men of science and technology asked with great interest: "Official, how much does this cost?" It's not cheap to collect news from thousands of miles away. ”

Zhao Jiaren replied: "What do you do to make money, you have to spend it in this kind of place." Intelligence may not work for the rest of your life, but it's the same thing that our eyes see, and it's useless to look at. But this kind of vision itself is worth thousands of dollars. ”

The men nodded one after another, feeling that Zhao Guanjia had made sense. Some of the literati among the important ministers considered themselves to be the embodiment of knowledge, and they were not very receptive to this attitude towards learning.

But no matter what, these people have already understood one thing, "The Zhao official family is going to send personnel to the Eastern Roman side." ”

Sure enough, Zhao Jiaren continued: "Let's recruit personnel this time□ it's simple, of course you can't be self-motivated." Those who only want to be a monk for a day and hit the clock for a day are naturally not happy to go thousands of miles away. It's good to be at home. But if you are ambitious, if you don't know how to seek truth from facts, and don't have the patience to be a monk for a day, you can't do it. We want to know what was going on in the far East of Rome, but not to let people thousands of miles away take the lead in our actions. ”

Hearing this, the important ministers could understand. The group ended the briefing, leaving only Xiong with the exception of Xiong. Waiting for everyone to leave, Xiong Shang leaned over and said, "Official, this kind of thing is done by our Ministry of Rites, right?" ”

"Hmm. It is indeed the work of the Ministry of Rites. That's why I want the Ministry of Rites to recommend people. Wouldn't it be nice if there were characters like Zhang Qian and Wang Xuance in the Han and Tang dynasties. Zhao Jiaren responded.

Xiong Sheng sighed: "Official, the Ranger atmosphere in the Han and Tang dynasties was very heavy. I don't have such an atmosphere in Da Song. ”

Zhao Jiaren waved his hand, "It has nothing to do with the rangers." In the Han and Tang dynasties, land was state-owned, and the chief of the pavilion was the process of land state-owning. What the grassroots shirts do is not much different from that of the court ministers. That's why it's a ranger, and he also knows how to lead the army and how to organize logistics. My Da Song Dynasty has private land, and the grassroots pensioners do not have such a standard model, and they are only forced to pay taxes and grain, and if the pensioners are not black-hearted, they will be doomed. They just want to know what the situation of the country is, and they can't do it. Therefore, each official has the characteristics of each official, and it can be summed up in only the four words that cannot be repeated. ”

Xiong Sheng was also a landlord Jinshi, and he felt that other people's land could be state-owned, and his family had better be an exception. However, Xiong Shang is still young after all, and he has become more and more accustomed to the life of the new Hangzhou City in recent years, so he mustered up the courage to ask: "Official, can't you not have land and state?" ”

"Of course not. My Great Song Dynasty finally restored Hebei. If you want to forge ahead, you can only be reborn. State ownership of land is the basic pillar of the state, and this cannot be changed. ”

"But what can the landlords do without land?"

"Of course, landlords will not be landless, and everyone who is willing to farm can apply for land. In addition to the 10% grain tax, there is only one policy left: unified purchase and unified sales. And we will set up a large-scale land cultivation, if the mechanical level can be reached, a cooperative group of a dozen people can cultivate thousands of acres of land. I'm not talking about renting it to others, but about a dozen people who can cultivate thousands of acres of land by themselves. And a large number of people can go to the city, and the factories in the city have all kinds of jobs. Do you know what I've been enjoying lately? The cost of state-run feedlots has dropped steadily, and there are no private pigs in the city. ”

Listening to the proud description of Zhao Guanjia's family, Xiong Shang Shangshu couldn't help but laugh. Xiong Shangshu's people have been arranged by Xiong Shangshu to the breeding farm, those who have been raised and eaten from the boiler, the feed of the livestock has been heated and sterilized, coupled with the new style of pen raising, the mortality rate of livestock has been greatly reduced, and the speed of growing meat has increased rapidly.

Xiong Shangshu once visited the feedlot, and saw that after the pigs were put into the pen, the pigs were sandwiched in a railing that could only accommodate the pigs to stand and lie down. From entering to fattening and killing, the pigs don't even have a chance to turn around] don't exercise for days, raise wings for the pig feed after heating and sterilization with high-temperature steam in the boiler, the pigs eat and sleep, sleep and eat, and soon grow fat heads and big ears.

After listening to relatives and calculating, Xiong Shangshu found that the ratio of pig breeding to long-meat here is three times that of private breeding, because the mortality rate is very low, and the cost of pork in the feedlot is less than a quarter of that of private breeding. It is sold at 100% of the profit, which is also half of the cost price of private meat.

There is no way to store pork, and Zhao Guan's family also has spices and a preservative called nitrite, which can extend the shelf life of all kinds of sausages and ham by several months. Again, this is something that private individuals can't do. The reason why no one raises pigs in Hangzhou is simple, because raising pigs is much more expensive than buying meat.

Xiong Shangshu's relatives at the breeding farm lamented the high housing prices in Hangzhou, but they still did not hesitate to buy two houses in Hangzhou through mortgages. And still trying to buy a third set. This relative couple has two sons, and in order to make the two sons marry, they naturally have a baby and a suite. They have to buy themselves a set. Seeing them transform into city people.

As for whether this relative had any thoughts of returning to the countryside, Xiong Shangshu could see that his relative had completely lost such thoughts. So Xiong Shangshu sighed, "Alas! The officials and ministers don't think that the land is owned by the state is bad, but the ministers are small-minded, and they always feel that there is something missing when they have no land. ”

"Then adjust slowly. There is nothing wrong with this direction. And the most important thing is whether this system is public. If it is really selfless, we people of the Great Song Dynasty will definitely be able to understand. Zhao Jiaren said confidently.

Looking at Zhao Jiaren's expression, Xiong Sheng felt a little uncomfortable in his heart. When the state ownership of land was introduced, Xiong Sheng knew that the system itself was good, and the only thing to worry about was whether there would be problems when it was implemented. The system itself is fully worthy of the four words of impartiality.

Regarding this topic, which he could not have the upper hand in any case, Xiong Shangshu took a measure to avoid it, and he continued the previous topic, "Official, but I don't know what interests we want from the Eastern Roman side?" ”

"What the current Great Song Dynasty needs is the market, or it won't be too long, and our Great Song Dynasty will be saturated. At this time, if goods can be imported cheaply, the people's lives will be better. Our banknotes can become more and more secure. Over the years, I've actually imported more and more things from the outside. If nothing else, sisal carpets are all products of the South. ”

As soon as the sisal carpet was mentioned, Xiong Sheng couldn't help but nod. Jiangnan is wet, and there are prefabricated slab buildings with iron reinforcement cement, which allows everyone to get rid of the trouble of soil. With wooden floors, everyone finally found that earning can be very comfortable. Sisal carpets make barefoot very refreshing.

In the past two years, every time Xiong Shangshu returned to his hometown, he felt like a distribution, and he just wanted to return to his home in Hangzhou as soon as he was done. Everyone in the court knew that the soon-to-retiring Minister of Justice, the Sima Kao family, was already a big merchant in sisal production, and many people were calculating how to get a piece of the pie. No one wants to pretend they didn't see such a lucrative deal.

"Including paper and medicines, we no longer export them in the Song Dynasty, but import a large number of them from Siam. This import will only increase. Therefore, the overseas land we look at now may be an important land of our Great Song Dynasty in ten or twenty years. For example, the Sinhala and the Three Buddhas, isn't that the case? ”

"Okay. The courtiers will gather their men. Xiong replied. The Sinhalese state was a non-documented state from the Tang Dynasty and is now included in the list of countries to be conquered after the Three Buddhas. As for Sriwijaya, the new Shell lamp oil is a product of Sriwijaya. There's a lot of oil in the ground, and a lot of it comes out of the ground.

In the past, the Srivijaya people used it as fuel to increase the burning effect of long-range throwing weapons, but the Zhao official family ordered it to be transported back, and after distilling it with a still, it could immediately provide kerosene for oil lamps. Shell lamp oil, everyone thinks it is much better than the previous lamp oil.

After Xiong Sheng left, Zhao Jiaren was also in a good mood. Naturally, there were diehards in the Great Song Dynasty who resolutely disagreed with the state ownership of land, and there were also reformers who were determined to follow the Zhao official family to implement the state ownership of land. Xiong Sheng also has a large proportion of people who are neither firmly opposed nor supportive of land reform, so Zhao Jiaren naturally wants to try to persuade and educate people like Xiong Shang to stop opposing land reform. As for the diehards, Zhao Jiaren has long had no illusions about them.

After Xiong Shangshu's matter was finished here, Zhao Jiaren went to the Ministry of War ☆ Yun to replace Zheng Jie's order, but Zheng Jie also had Gong Chen. Not being able to reuse and not rewarding are two different things, and the treatment that should be deserved should not be less. In addition, there is Zhang Shijie's wife Yang Shufei, and this military family member also has to come forward by the military department to condole. Of course, this must be part of a comprehensive condolence effort.

Meticulous work naturally has to be done by the Ministry of War, but Zhao Jiaren has to supervise the Ministry of War and let them not talk nonsense. All the work is so busy, since the Zhao Guanjia has taken over the power, he has to do the work that the leader needs to do.

It wasn't long after that. Zhao Jiaren's eldest son, Zhao Qian, hurriedly ran back. As soon as Zhao Jiaren saw his son's expression, he asked him to sit down, "Da Lang, don't accuse, try to only tell me what happened." ”

After listening to Zhao Jiaren's words, Zhao Qian immediately said, "Dad." The government below deceives people too much, don't you treat our sacrificed comrades-in-arms as human beings!} ”

Zhao Jiaren smiled bitterly in his heart, young people are like this, their biological system can easily take analogy as a reason, so no matter what Zhao Jiaren says, Zhao Qian must vent his emotions first.

"Don't blame, try to just tell me what happened." Zhao Jiaren repeated.

"I arrived in Yuhang, Gusu, and um, Ningbo, and" After talking intermittently for a while, Zhao Qian finally took out a small notebook. The next tone immediately became fluent, "Yuhang, Gusu, Ningbo, Zhenjiang." Although these places claim to have veterans' auxiliary associations, they don't have them at all. All of them are concurrently held by the officials above. These officials are now making silk and have not put any energy into it. Therefore, there is no way to deal with the treatment of retired soldiers, and after meeting them, these people speak coldly to me. Daddy, don't look at me like that. I didn't say who I was. Although I would love to speak out and look at the ugliness of these officials! ”

"Hmm." Zhao Jiaren smiled. In fact, it doesn't matter if he says it or not, Zhao Qian thought that his status as the crown prince could really make those officials act immediately, it was really a stupid idea of a young man. Zhao Jiaren even felt that it might be better for Zhao Qian to say it, and Zhao Jiaren would be able to use the facts to teach his son a vivid lesson in political reality.

After telling about his autonomy, Zhao Qian continued: "Dad. The sacrifice of so many comrades-in-arms is by no means for the sake of today's gang. But I don't know what my father is going to do. ”

"Da Lang, if you want to solve the problem, you rely on doing, not talking. You can't do it from place to place, people's fine lists, can you only run such one thing in your life? You think you can do it now, but you can't. So how to solve the problem, there is only one way, and that is to rely on the system. We solve problems through systems. ”

"Daddy. The imperial court has already issued an order, and the officials are not doing a good job, so what should it do? "Zhao Qian said the words that only a guy who has experienced the cruel reality can say.

"It depends on who you rely on. The officials of the government do not depend on this merit for their livelihood, and they do not have that much energy] they are naturally motivated to maximize their own interests, and this cannot be blamed on them. So at this time, we have to rely on those veterans to establish a veteran counseling association. It's just that there weren't so many veterans before, and now we are about to have a large number of veterans, are you willing to supervise this work at this time? ”

"I do!" Zhao Qian replied immediately.

Zhao Jiaren was very satisfied. If a person has a reason to struggle, he will naturally try, but if he does not make progress, at least he can accumulate experience. And from Zhao Jiaren's selfishness, his son can really make achievements in this matter, which is of course good for his future. So Zhao Jiaren emphasized an important point, "Da Lang, I hope you can remember." What we do is not for the sake of fighting others. Our starting point is to fulfill the promise of the imperial court. Far from it, it is to establish the future military service system of our Great Song Dynasty. You're going to have problems with execution, but you're not going to fight those people. I was also young, and I had to fight them when I saw something that didn't like me. It's normal, it's normal for young people. But I want you to grow up and know you to what your original purpose is. Don't let the individual factors on the road stop you from your right path. ”

"Yes." Zhao Qian immediately agreed.

Zhao Jiaren sighed in his heart, which made it clear that he didn't listen.

The next day, Zhao Jiaren went to the military headquarters to discuss the matter. On the fourth day, the imperial court issued a decree to establish personnel mainly composed of representatives of retired servicemen in various localities and set up retired servicemen's counseling associations. This counseling committee is responsible for liaising with veterans, publicizing policies, and negotiating with the government on the implementation of veterans' treatment. There are not a few members of the Supervisory Committee, one of whom is Major Zhao Qian, an active soldier.

Solving his son's promotion and work together, Zhao Jiaren was happy in his heart, and he drank half a cup more at dinner, and Qin Yuzhen immediately asked: "Is it difficult that things have progressed on Dalang's side?" ”

Zhao Jiaren was speechless in his heart, as long as his wife Qin Yuzhen was not wishful thinking, she could show speechless insight. Zhao Jiaren actually admired this, he knew that he actually had a cold personality, and he didn't care about those things that had nothing to do with him. Hopefully his job will be done. ”

"What do you call getting the job done?" Zhao Ruoshui asked with interest.

"For example, I'll give you money to buy bags of salt. You can buy all the salt yourself, and you're done. Zhao Jiaren replied.

"Is it that simple?" Zhao Ruoshui replied with a smile.

"Auntie. If you've been working, wait until you're my age, or a little older than mine. You'll understand that it's not easy. Zhao Jiaren replied with emotion.