"Your mother is right, you can't get involved in the railroad at this stage."

"I'm still a lot short of understanding."

"Yes, you're still a lot behind, so you'll have to learn through other means."

……

The father and son had a concise conversation, and Zhao Jiaren actually regretted it in his heart, but the cause of a considerable part of the human tragedy was that he could not let go in time. Zhao Jiaren himself has the most complete and systematic knowledge system in 1298, which is an abnormal thing in itself, but this matter just can't be told to others.

“…… All right. Zhao Qian finally compromised, "I don't care about this matter, the official family asked me to do some errands." ”

"What do you think you want to know now?"

"I ...... I don't know. Zhao Qian felt as if he didn't understand anything.

"Then continue to intern in various ministries and commissions, or go to various state capitals or even counties."

"I'd better go to various ministries for internships." Zhao Qian didn't really want to go up to the place.

Looking at his son's expression, Zhao Jiaren suddenly had an idea, "You are studying a topic, that is, the harm of talent concentration to the social feedback system. In addition, I want to form people's deputies, and you go to work on this. ”

The people's deputies did not surprise Zhao Qian. The Great Song Dynasty has long had rich experience in the manufacture and use of cars and ships, as long as there is a steam engine, the car and ship will immediately become a paddle steamship. There are also non-governmental advisory bodies in the Great Song Dynasty, and although their names are not called people's representatives, they are similar to each other. In the middle of the Southern Song Dynasty, a system of non-governmental consultation had already emerged, and people from all walks of life formed such a similar body. Although the body itself is not broadly representative, it is also similar in nature.

"The government wants to establish a system similar to the House of the People?" Zhao Qian asked.

What Zhao Jiaren disliked the most was to compare the Roman system with the Chinese system, and he patiently said: "Europa, that is an electoral system, and the legitimacy of the electoral system comes from the votes." What I want to do in the Great Song Dynasty is the people's democratic system, the votes are not important, the important thing is the concept of nation-building. That is, what exactly is this country built for. The nature of the country is different, and there is nothing like it. ”

"What are the officials going to do with the people's representative system?" Zhao Qian did not lose interest because of his father's unhappiness.

"To be born of unrighteousness is to die in disgrace. The establishment of any system is the general righteousness, and if I am sure that the power of the emperor comes from the people, then the people's representatives are the highest organ of power in the state. All power must be vested in the system of people's representation. However, it will not work for the time being at the practical level, because if the people's representative system is the highest authority, it is up to them to decide who is the emperor. ”

Hearing his father say this, Zhao Qian was stunned. Although he saw with his own eyes that his father had obtained the status of emperor by his own efforts, he felt that his father was a member of the Zhao family and naturally had such power. If the power to decide whose emperor is attributed to someone else...... Isn't that too much of a rebellion?

was in a daze, so I listened to my father's order: "The society has done a lot of institutional research, you can just go and communicate with them." ”

After his son left, Zhao Jiaren suddenly couldn't help laughing. When he was ignorant, he once underestimated Haojie, and when he grew up, he realized that the things that so many smart people painstakingly designed were not in the house. So many people have to stay in the political academy for a long time, not because they are full.

Thinking about this, Zhao Jiaren began to continue his work. Zhao Qian can ignore the railway, but Zhao Jiaren can't ignore it. What's more, such a critical stage cannot be missed, and the report of the Ministry of Finance shows that the finances of the Great Song Dynasty have entered an extremely dangerous level. Of course, compared with other eras of the Great Song Dynasty, the current situation is not dangerous at all. But times have changed, and officials who used to give soup will be praised, and those who still play soup kitchen will have a ruined future. According to the current financial discipline, the huge expenditure on the construction of the railway made the Great Song Dynasty have no surplus in fiscal revenue, which means that the Great Song Dynasty has no money now. Where to get the money became the most troublesome problem for the Great Song Dynasty.

As has been done in the past, there are more than a dozen means to solve this problem. For example, the issuance of additional banknotes, such as the depreciation of banknotes through various means. Zhao Jiaren knew that this was a common method in industrial countries, but he thought that it was far from time to use such a method. The finance minister was called, and Zhao asked if the minister had come up with a solution.

"Official, isn't it good to directly issue additional banknotes?" The finance minister still wanted to persuade Zhao Jiaren.

Zhao Jiaren shook his head, "This method will be used after the railway network is completed." It's not that this method doesn't work, but the side effects of this method are too great. ”

"If you don't use this method, then you can only issue bonds?" The Minister of Finance replied.

"I don't know why, I just don't want to do it." Zhao Jiaren said the uneasiness in his heart, "After all, the autumn harvest was a disaster, if this method is used, it will be troublesome if something happens in the future." ”

The Minister of Finance advised: "The officials and ministers have also learned that although there are some losses in the autumn harvest, only the autumn grain harvest in some areas is lost. I'm afraid it's not that dangerous. ”

"I know, I know. But the people have suffered for so many years, and they always don't want them to suffer more. Zhao Jiaren sighed. If you look at it from the perspective of a ruthless ruler, many times you can do what you want. This is the kind of state of mind that a woman's kindness refers to. But Zhao Jiaren's reluctance is unwilling.

Seeing that Zhao Jiaren could not be persuaded by the Minister of Finance, he could only reply: "Since this is the case, the imperial court cannot make any more mistakes." All departments are on budget and have no time to deal with other situations. ”

Zhao Jiaren nodded, he understood the situation, and he could only admit it. As soon as the Minister of Finance was sent away, the Minister of Telecommunications asked to see him, and when he saw Zhao Jiaren, he immediately complained: "Official, the telegraph network of the Ministry of Railways occupies a lot of telegrams from our Ministry of Telecommunications. How to calculate this. ”

"Oh?" Zhao Jiaren was stunned for a moment, and then remembered the matter of the railway department. It turned out that Zhao Jiaren actually didn't know that the railway should have its own telegraph system, it was the reform of the telecommunications department in the 21st century, and there was actually a company called 'Tietong' in it, so Zhao Jiaren understood that the internal telegraph system of the railway department was used for communication between various railway stations. and telegraph services for railway freight units.

The Minister of Telecommunications saw that Zhao Jiaren was a little unimpressed, and hurriedly explained: "Official, I mean that the telegraph office of the railway used their telegraph network to steal our business. ”

"Stealing business?" Zhao Jiaren understood a little, but felt strange. There's no reason for that.

"Official, the telecommunications department has now been straightened out a lot, and after training, the efficiency has improved. Our number of people has increased to five times, and the effective transmission volume of telegraphs has become fifteen times that of the original......" After talking about the progress of the telecommunications department for a while, the Minister of Telecommunications suddenly felt as if he had said something wrong, and hurriedly explained: "Official, a large part of this money will be invested in equipment and new laboratories, and the Ministry of Telecommunications will also pay for the construction of telecommunications colleges, and the money will be even more like running water!" ”

"I understand, I understand." Zhao Jiaren comforted. He has seen how New China has achieved a miracle of great force, relying on the state's massive investment in those technical sectors and their full popularization. The electric power, high-speed rail, and telecommunications sectors have all relied on the unprecedented scale of the whole earth, and have achieved great success after breaking through the threshold.

Telecom companies such as railways, electric power, Huawei, and ZTE are indeed very impressive, but their success depends on unprecedented infrastructure to develop to a very powerful extent. The predecessors planted trees and the later people enjoyed the shade, and Zhao Jiaren was the one who planted the trees. He looked at the Minister of Telecommunications with a worried look and continued to comfort: "You don't have to worry, I know you want to get more investment." There is no shortage of money to be invested. You don't have to worry about that. ”

"The railroads are stealing our business. They have also opened these, in particular, a railway teleport service to the home. It is to pay for the telegram after buying the train ticket, and the railway department of the destination will deliver the telegram directly to the recipient. This has robbed us of a lot of business! ”

"Oh?" Zhao Jiaren did not share the same hatred with the Minister of Telecommunications, but couldn't help but be overjoyed. It's a great way to make it easier for passengers and increase revenue.

"Official, if the railway sends them the news of the freight on the railway, our Ministry of Telecommunications will not say a word. That's the railroad's own business, and it's up to them to sit. But they reached out to us, and I knew that the investment in the railroad was very large, and they wanted to make money as quickly as possible, as much as we did. But you shouldn't cross the line to make money. ”

"I can't support either of you in this matter." Zhao Jiaren replied decisively. He refused, but in his heart he rejoiced. The competition between the two departments for the sake of interests is the norm for a country as huge as China. And this kind of competition itself can also promote a lot of things, especially this competition made Zhao Jiaren see that state-owned enterprises are working hard, and state-owned enterprises are dominating the industry that is related to the lifeblood of the country.

"If the official family can't decide, who should we turn to?" The Minister of Telecommunications asked.

"Who are you looking for...... Zhao Jiaren didn't know who to look for, who could give orders to the two major departments of telecommunications and railways besides the emperor? Of course, anyone can speak, but the question is why should railways and telecommunications listen to people outside the official household.

"In this case, I'll ask someone from the railway bureau to come over, and we will discuss it together." Zhao Jiaren appeased this matter first.

When the Minister of Telecommunications was gone, Zhao Jiaren felt that he had grasped a little bit of the reason for his uneasiness. When the country lays the foundation, it really throws a huge amount of money down. When Zhao Jiaren was in the United States, he felt that the infrastructure of the United States was backward, and every time he returned to China, he used the 200M and 300M Internet speeds that ordinary families could enjoy, and he felt very happy. After returning to the United States, the Internet speed was immediately full of all kinds of tricks. Poor signal, high cost, all kinds of arbitrary charges, and all kinds of oppression of users by large telecom companies.

There used to be a joke in Europe and the United States.

A naked woman walks into a European bar and sits down.

She asked the bartender to bring her a whiskey. The bartender just looked at her and didn't do anything.

She said it again, and the bartender remained unmoved.

She asked him, "What's the matter?" Have you never seen a woman without clothes before? ”

The bartender replied, "I'm just curious how you're going to pay later." ”

When 4G became popular in China, another sentence was added to the joke.

The woman pointed at the bartender with her mobile phone and scolded angrily: "There is no mobile payment until now, what are you doing to eat?!" ”

The Yankees used to rely on the large infrastructure built during Roosevelt's New Deal to boost the economy, and they relied on World War II to completely get rid of the economic crisis. A large part of that infrastructure is still in use in the 21st century. When Zhao Jiaren went to New York to visit friends, he visited the main control room of the New York subway, and after entering, he saw that the walls were covered with various manual brakes, and for a moment Zhao Jiaren only felt that he had traveled to the 30s and 40s.

It was with such huge investment that the United States finally became the world hegemon in the 30s and 40s. A large reason why China is not afraid of the United States is that China and the United States fought a war in the Korean War. At a time when the whole world is trembling in the shadow of the invincibility of the United States, China punches and kicks the United States, driving the United States back from the Yalu River to the 38th parallel. However, this does not mean that the United States is not strong, and the fact that the volunteers can defeat the United States only proves that China is strong enough, so strong that any country that invades New China will pay a price that they simply cannot afford.

Zhao Jiaren sighed and asked the secretary to rule the chief and senior of the Great Song Dynasty to calculate all the assets in Zhao Jiaren's hands and bring them. He began to think about the little money he had left. Perhaps it is time to take out the last bit of family foundation, and every penny invested in infrastructure construction will generate a hundredfold and a thousand times the national benefits in the future.

The next day, the chief and the senior came with several thick stacks of materials, and the two of them gave the settlement form to Zhao Jiaren first according to the rules. After reading this number, Zhao Jiaren smiled, he didn't expect that the money in his hand was much more than he imagined, because Zhao Jiaren sent people to open up the gold and silver mines of the Wa Kingdom, and his total assets reached the number of 1.8 billion banknotes handed over by the Great Song Dynasty.

"Take it all out and transfer it to the treasury." Zhao Jiaren ordered.

The chief and senior were shocked, Zhao Jiaren's words sounded as if he was talking about eighteen guan instead of eighteen billion. The chief hurriedly persuaded: "Official, the country is not too short of money now. Why bother? ”

"These 1.8 billion yuan will be invested in the railway, and how many railways can be built as soon as possible." Zhao Jiaren said: "In addition, I don't want to invest this money in the railway, and the railway investment is enough. I want to spend 1.8 billion yuan on education construction. Prime Minister Wen has had the opportunity to scold in the past few years, and when he returns to Kaifeng, hum! The Ministry of Education doesn't want to be quiet. ”

This is one thing that Zhao Jiaren is very proud of, those ministers and senior officials above the minister went to the county to serve the last term, and sure enough, no one survived the last three years without saying a word. They have put forward their own views on the region where they live, after all, they are people who can become ministers and even prime ministers, and the views they put forward are to the point. In particular, Wen Tianxiang repeatedly pointed out the lack of local education, which made Zhao Jiaren particularly happy.

After the outstanding talents pass the system to the imperial court, they will not go down, and the vision and perspective of local talents are different, which is a waste of talents.