"Well, you didn't get the holiday syndrome, did you?" Zhao Jiaren's words were straight to the point.

For modern society, many people play hard during the holidays and are tired and weak when they go to work. During this vacation, the design content is rest and exercise, not to make the upper class of people cool and tired to the point of mental exhaustion. After a few days of rest, the meeting on the relocation of the capital was officially convened. So Zhao Jiaren couldn't help but ask if these guys could concentrate.

The senior cadres of the society all said, "No, no! ”

"If you can concentrate, let's talk a few questions. Hangzhou is no longer suitable as a capital. There are two options for moving to the capital, Jiangning is close to the Yangtze River, the transportation is convenient, and there is also a bit of agriculture around. It can also strengthen the impact on the Two Lakes Road. As for Kaifeng, there are now more than 10 million people north of the Huai River. The total population of the Great Song Dynasty is almost 90 million. Once the imperial court is still Kaifeng, the entire Huanghuai Plain and Hebei Plain can be developed to the greatest extent. But traffic problems plague Kaifeng. A canal is not enough to provide transportation, and the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River may not be suitable for boating. So we have to use the rail to communicate, especially with a new dynamic ......"

The members of this group of academic societies here have their own professional fields, and even so, many people still feel the boredom and hardship of national politics. Without a comprehensive understanding of national politics, there is no way to construct the overall content in your mind. Some of the people's brows were already furrowed, and when Zhao Jiaren finished what he wanted to say, some of them breathed a sigh of relief.

After Zhao Guanjia finished speaking, it was time for everyone to speak. Li Yun, the current chief of the General Staff, immediately said: "Official, I don't really understand what you said, but wherever the official family says, the minister will do it." The minister can be sure that whether the capital is moved to Jiangning or Kaifeng, the Song army can ensure that the Song Kingdom is safe and sound. ”

The guys who couldn't figure out the overall situation of the Great Song Dynasty stared at Li Yun with unhappy eyes, and they were very dissatisfied that Li Yun actually said these beautiful words first. However, when Li Yun said this, a group of people felt that it was a bit embarrassing to speak like this immediately, and they also felt that it was inappropriate for them to be so picky. Because the Song army was theoretically the army of the Zhao official family, the army could not have its own independent will. If that were the case, it would have become a feudal town for the Five Dynasties. It doesn't even take five generations, before the surrender of Lin'an, the military towns in various places were almost like this. The generals were in power, and when they saw that the situation was not right, they immediately collapsed.

In silence, the Minister of Agriculture spoke, "Official, in the long run of agriculture, of course, it is best to move the capital to Kaifeng. But the government has also talked about the Central Plains, where water conservancy projects have been abandoned for too long, and it takes too much time to rebuild. Will it lead to the fact that like the Qin State, the people will not hesitate to do so. ”

The people who can get into the school are not in vain, and the Minister of Agriculture speaks at a very high level. It was Li Yun before, and there was no problem in speaking. The other important ministers below also began to nod their heads. They have all been on the front line and know how difficult it is to carry out construction. The agricultural sector, in particular, feels these things particularly acutely.

"The so-called light people's power refers to underestimating the price of labor. The efficiency determined by the input and output of labor is also a criterion. How to put into production more effectively on the Huanghuai Plain requires the accumulation of more scientific knowledge and agricultural technology knowledge. I know your worries. Zhao Jiaren replied.

As soon as the Minister of Agriculture sat down, the Minister of Industry immediately spoke, "Official, how much steel does it take to make the railroad you are talking about?" ”

"Huh." Zhao Jiaren smiled, "If you think that the current steel production of the Great Song Dynasty is enough, then you are really underestimating the future." Sixty or seventy years later, the annual steel output of the Great Song Dynasty will be one billion tons. Don't hear me wrong, it's a billion tons of steel a year. ”

The Minister of Industry sat back in his chair, not ready to say anything more. Zhao Guanjia released this, and the Minister of Industry knew that he had nothing to say. Sitting back in his chair, he immediately remembered something, and immediately stood up again and said, "I support moving the capital back to Kaifeng." Then he sat back down.

With these people taking the lead, the others who had no concept either agreed to move the capital to Kaifeng, or expressed their firm support for Zhao Guan's family. Looking at the reaction of these guys, Zhao Jiaren felt funny in his heart. As a psychiatrist, he has studied many cases. One of them is the person who is engaged in advertising and finds the audience and chooses the promotion plan for them. Most of the audience chose the most challenging solution, but what everyone really agreed with in their hearts was the worst solution. If this case is correct, it means that in fact, these people are supporting the relocation of the capital to Jiangning.

Zhao Jiaren himself is also struggling, and moving the capital to Jiangning is also an improvement, and the overall difficulty is much lower than moving the capital to Kaifeng. Because of this, in the long run, the benefits of moving the capital to Kaifeng are much higher. No matter what others think, Zhao Jiaren cannot accept a pure Jiangnanized China.

The meetings lasted for three hours in the morning and afternoon, and by the evening, the guys who had rested felt exhausted. For them to use their imagination to frame the whole of China, the demands on them are too high.

In the evening, Wen Tianxiang came to Zhao Jiaren, and after meeting, he said: "Official, I think everyone actually wants to go to Jiangning, or simply don't move." ”

"Now that they've taken a stand, it's up to me to take responsibility." Zhao Jiaren said with a smile.

Wen Tianxiang was stunned, he didn't expect Zhao Jiaren to show such responsibility at this time. No matter what he wanted to say, Wen Tianxiang felt that there was nothing to say. Zhao Jiaren is not a simple official, but an official and prime minister. In the history of the Great Song Dynasty, the prime minister was the one who made the decision. Up to now, Zhao Jiaren, the prime minister, has probably ranked first in the Great Song Dynasty.

In the end, Wen Tianxiang still found a reason, "The official family, it takes a lot of time from moving the capital to straightening out." ”

"I've got to leave something for my children and grandchildren."

Hearing this, Wen Tianxiang took his leave. He decided to go back to sleep, and the day's meeting had exhausted him enough.

The meeting continued the next day, and Zhao Jiaren asked the gang if they had any questions about moving the capital to Kaifeng. The Minister of Civil Affairs immediately stated what he was concerned about, "With the millions of immigrants in the last two years, the population north of the Huai River is less than 15 million." ”

Hearing this, Zhao Jiaren couldn't help but smile slightly. He was very satisfied with the Great Purge, and the rest north of the Huai River were Han Chinese.

"If the capital is moved, I am afraid that there will be a large number of people in the short term. At that time, the country will be greatly affected. The Minister of Civil Affairs recounted the experience he had gained in his work. In the past few years, the big landowners of the Great Song Dynasty have collapsed. The tax system was one of the reasons, but it was the poor everywhere who left the private land system established by the big landlords.

"I used to hear about robbing men and women, and I was very puzzled. The only thing I can understand is to dominate women, but I don't understand what to do by robbing men. Only now did it become clear that the landlords needed labor, and the labor force at the disposal of the landlords under the new system was rapidly depleted, and with it, the landlord class. Then I understood why the word robbing men and women should be put in front of the women. ”

It is the upper echelons, there are many people who know and experience the Minister of Civil Affairs, and after listening to the Minister of Civil Affairs, many people smiled and nodded slightly, and they did learn something from it. The Minister of Civil Affairs paused for the time being, waiting for everyone to absorb this understanding. After a pause, the Minister of Civil Affairs continued: "Once the official family moves the capital to Kaifeng, I won't talk about others, and in the future, a large number of retired Song troops will settle north of the Huai River, and their families will also go north of the Huai River in large numbers. At that time, it was not the landlords who were unlucky, they were already finished. Will Jiangnan become the same as those landlords now? We have seen with our own eyes how the once invincible landlords came to an end, and if there was an impact of population migration, would Jiangnan be the same as the landlords. ”

After the Minister of Civil Affairs finished speaking, the members below who were originally listening carefully showed disapproving expressions, as if they were saying 'alarmist' and 'how can Jiangnan be finished'.

Seeing the expressions of these people, the Minister of Civil Affairs asked loudly: "Many of you are Fujianese, at least there will be a bit of Fujianese among your relatives and friends anyway." Do you know how many people were in Fujian before the surrender of Lin'an? ”

Indeed, many of them are Fujianese, and there are also Fujianese among relatives and friends. But they really didn't care how many people there were in Fujian. In the eyes of everyone, the Minister of Civil Affairs told the data, "Before the surrender of Lin'an, the population of Fujian was nearly 7 million. It will be 20 years since President Lin'an surrendered. Now Fujian's population is about 1.55 million. The 1.55 million are mainly in Quanzhou and Fuzhou, and the rest are gathered by the sea. In some inland counties on Fujian Road, less than 3,000 people remained in the county. That is, the official family gave instructions to Fujian Road, and asked them to teach the people to plant tea trees in the mountainous areas. Otherwise, there will probably be nothing left in the mountainous area of Fujian Road except savages. ”

The looks of the officers became serious. This analogy is well done to give them an idea of the impact of continued migration. In the silence, someone came out and said, "I don't think it's that serious." ”

Everyone's eyes turned to see Luo Renyi, the minister of the Imperial Domain, standing up happily, "Many of you are from Fujian, let me ask you two questions, is your future in Fujian?" Will you ever go back to Fujian? ”

Some people began to nod slightly, they really would not go back to Fujian to suffer. Their present and future are no longer in Fujian.

"Those who can walk are the ones who can live a better life. It is true that some people have lost their lives after migrating, or have not had a good life. But what percentage of these people are there. There are 5% to 10% of the top sky, is it because of this problem that 90% of the good days are denied? As a division of the domain, we operate overseas. Every time we conquer a new piece of territory, we rob men and women in the local area, send them to plantations, tea plantations, farmland, and force them to work. In the beginning, I had to prevent them from escaping every day, and forced them to work every day. But after two or three years, all the natives who learned to work did not leave. They feel that by staying and working here, they can live longer, eat more, and live a better life. Isn't it the same for those who are willing to go north of the Huai River? They went north of the Huai River not to suffer, but to live a better life. If they really live well, will our Da Song suffer a loss? ”

Zhao Jiaren finally couldn't hold back his laughter. This is the case with the so-called interest groups, if from the perspective of the people, they will naturally benefit when their income is high. The same is true from the perspective of the state, if a laborer produces only 30,000 per year in the south and 60,000 in the north, the state will definitely get more benefits through taxes or something. But some people just feel that they will suffer. This is actually more similar to the landlords, when the tenants demand lower rents, and the long-term workers demand higher wages, the landlords must feel that they have suffered a loss.

If there is really a large-scale wave of immigration in Jiangnan, if nothing else, the wages in Jiangnan must be increased. Otherwise, there will not be enough workers. If the corresponding factory does not have the ability to improve efficiency and improve management, the factory will not be able to make ends meet.

Thinking of this, Zhao Jiaren has already determined the next topic. He was going to sell off a part of the silk reeling factory and gather those who were good at management to form some more efficient factories. Zhao Jiaren has even thought of the title, which is called 'National Retreat and Democratic Advance'.

The Zhao family had enough insight to skip the problem, but the Minister of Civil Affairs was angered by the words of the Minister of Governorship, and he said loudly: "Domestic affairs can be compared to Yidi's place. Without population, there will be a depression in all industries. ”

"Industries that can be depressed are either feudal monopolies or are already poorly managed. Or maybe the local government doesn't give everyone good training and education. If something can't happen, the government will put the responsibility on others, and let the people bear everything. The people also did not have a special education, they knew anything. This has to be channeled and led. Sometimes it has to be forced. That's how it works......"

Zhao Jiaren covered the lower half of his face with his hands, and was very satisfied with the young Luo Yiren. It can be seen that the Great Song Dynasty dominated the local economy so strongly in the colony, so the management level looks good. And it is also true from the data, after the conquest of Sriwijaya for so many years, the output of local coconut products, palm oil, sisal, rubber production and other tropical crops sold to the Great Song Dynasty increased by as much as ten to five hundred times.

Not to mention anything else, just coconut shell buttons, the annual output of Da Song has hundreds of millions. Even if it is a small object as a button, after the number of hundreds of millions, it saves a lot of labor. The old kind of cloth buckle was too labor-intensive. If you don't have a button, you may have to worry about wind, heat and cold because you open your chest.

However, the Minister of Civil Affairs didn't seem to want to admit defeat, so he continued to argue with Luo Yiren. Zhao Jiaren was about to interrupt them, but someone sent a telegram. When I picked it up, it was sent by Yang Tiexin, who was besieging Shaolin Temple. After more than ten days of fighting, Da Song won a big victory with a disparity of 151 to 27. Prepare for a final assault on the Shaolin Temple.