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Although Cheng Song boldly said that the reform of Kansai is also imperative, if it drags on any longer, it will inevitably affect the king's next big plan. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info" Wu Feng nodded emphatically, with a solemn face.

"Your Highness, in fact, the crux of the reform in Kansai is how to change the concept of the landed aristocracy, so that they can support His Highness and at the same time enable them to get out of the current dead end and become a part of the new class according to His Highness's ideas. "Fang Chengsong's words can be described as a blockbuster," In fact, the Kansai aristocracy is also eager to obtain wealth, they are not unaware of the growing power of the industrial and commercial class in the past few decades, and the wealth accumulated by the merchants is even more envious and jealous of them, and the people of insight among them are also thinking about how to reverse the current situation that is unfavorable to their entire class, but they first have their own identity and face, and whether there is any other nemesis to change all this, so they can only ensure that their dominance is not replaced by pressure from the government to restrict the rights and status of industrial and commercial forces, but smart people know that this is only a short time, and when the time is ripe, this change will be irreversible, so in fact, they are still panicking in their hearts now, especially after His Highness took charge of Kansai, they have seen the changes in the situation in the neighboring counties. Although the rise of the industrial and commercial forces in the northwest was the reason why the power of the landed aristocracy was wiped out by the Luope people at that time, it was also related to the strong support of His Royal Highness, and now His Royal Highness has taken over Kansai, but there has been no movement, I am afraid that they are also worried that His Highness will make a big move to sweep the cave with thunder and completely change the current situation in Kansai. ”

But this is what the king does not want to see and cannot do. The aristocrats of Kansai have always been known for their conservatism, most of the land in the six prefectures of Kansai is fertile, mostly controlled by the big nobles, they take land as their main income, land is their only reliance, hostility to the industrial and commercial class is inevitable, if the king wants to change the situation in Kansai and move too much, it will inevitably cause their hostility and opposition, causing turmoil in the situation in Kansai, if it is used by people with intentions, I am afraid that it will be self-defeating. Wu Feng also stroked his palms and sighed.

"But the aristocrats of Kansai are all human beings, they all have the same idea of normal people, and the desire for wealth is everyone's constant surname, seeing the merchants' pockets constantly bulging, Cheng Song is thinking about them and suffering in his heart, right?" Fang Chengsong showed a confident smile on his face, "If we can mobilize their desire for wealth, and use their desire to cooperate with some of our measures, Cheng Song is thinking that maybe we can find some ways to change them." ”

"Oh, to be specific, Narimatsu. Wu Feng felt more and more that the governor of Kansai he had chosen was not simple.

"For example, most of the nobles in Kansai rely on the land endowment left by their ancestors for a living, although the income of the field is stable, but the profits obtained from industry and commerce are much meager, and they are also easily affected by the weather, such as floods, droughts and locust plagues will make it difficult for tenants and hired farmers to pay enough taxes, while the landlords need to consider the life of tenant farmers and hired farmers in the next season and have to adjust, but after all, these landlords and nobles have accumulated for several generations, and some foundations, and their usual means is to wait for the accumulation of funds to a certain extent and then use the flood and drought disasters, and some yeoman farmers can not support it, and come forward to buy each other's landThe result is that it is easy to arouse the hatred of the yeoman farmers who have degenerated into tenant farmers and hired farmers, and the output of the land obtained by the same funds is often far less than the profits obtained by the industrial and commercial owners, which is their current contradictory mentality. ”

"Yes, these are an important means for the landlords and nobles to expand their wealth, but their wealth is concentrated on the land, which makes the contradictions with the peasants more and more prominent, and once there is a natural disaster[***], they can easily cause peasant revolts if they pass on these burdens to the peasants. Wu Feng nodded in agreement with the other party's analysis, "But how do you get them to change?"

"There is only one way, that is, let them change the way they invest, when their funds are transferred, their identity and even their thoughts and concepts will gradually change, when people then this is a gradual process, but Cheng Song believes that once this head is opened, everything will become logical. Fang Chengsong's thin face was full of confidence.

"Cheng Song's idea is to choose some investment projects to raise shares in the form of a joint-stock system, which is a common way in the western continent, in our place, we can consider our actual situation, so that the landlords with aristocratic status have a certain priority, maybe the initial effect will not be too good, but we can first choose some advantageous projects as a pilot, such as mines, and then gradually promote to other industries. As far as Cheng Song knows, after the adults took over the Kansai region, some businessmen who had an ambiguous relationship with the original Taiping Army were punished, and their assets have been frozen and confiscated. Brewing workshops, these are still under the political axe monopoly of the quality of the profits are quite rich, I believe that it will be able to attract many landlords to invest in the purchase, so that with the first batch, then there is a second batch, when the aristocratic landlords find that the profits brought by these workshops are far greater than the output of the land, they will gradually lose interest in buying land, and may even sell the land to transfer the funds to these industrial and commercial industries. ”

"And now His Highness's pace of expansion is in the ascendant, I believe that the nobles of Kansai also have a long-term vision, with the continuous extension and expansion of His Highness's territory, such as Burmese gum trees, cocoa, sugar cane plantations and finished product processing industry, North Luzon tobacco, coffee, The sugarcane planting and processing industry, the wool processing and textile industry in the Tengger steppe, the profits brought by these industries will stimulate these aristocratic landlords to invest their funds in the new industries in these frontier areas, and with the large flow of funds, the landlords will even find that sometimes it is more cost-effective to even put money into the bank than to buy land, and when all this becomes normal, I think the status of the aristocracy will gradually evolve into a member of the new class, and their concepts will also change radically, and even they will be more eager to expand and take risks than the original industrial and commercial class。 ”

While nodding thoughtfully, Wu Feng also used the basis of the analyst's other party's remarks. This guy seems to have based the transformation of these aristocratic identities on the pace of his own continuous outward expansion, and only by constantly expanding outward, grabbing wealth and the market outward, can he satisfy these emerging classes whose wealth is expected to grow, and only by relying on them can he truly defeat all the stumbling blocks in his own way, which seems to be seen more clearly by the other party than himself.

"Very good, very innovative, Cheng Song, although your idea seems to come from those colonial exploration organizations supported by political axes in the Western Continent, but it is combined with the reality on our side, at least in my personal opinion, it should be feasible in our Eastern Continent, of course, this is a gradual process, and we also need to be more abundant in measures and means. You can't expect to see big results in a year and a half, but as you said, as long as you get off to a good start, no one can stop this torrent, because it is in line with people's profit-seeking roots. Wu Feng laughed and clapped in approval.

"What His Royal Highness said is very true, as far as Cheng Song knows, now the Western Continent is increasing its efforts to develop commerce, and the preliminary preparation for the development of commerce and trade is to venture and colonize abroad, the original southwest region of the Central Continent and many islands and lands in the ocean like the south of our continent have become a paradise for many explorers in the Western Continent to rush to adventure, although Cheng Song does not know what the situation of the Western Continent has been in the West Continent in recent years, but from the West Continent to our Eastern Continent, the caravan that has increased can roughly know that the Western Continent is getting stronger and stronger in this regardCheng Song even heard from a businessman from the Western Continent two years ago that someone had discovered a large area of land in the Southern Sea, and he didn't know whether the situation was true or not. ”

Although Fang Chengsong's words were easy and simple, they aroused Wu Feng's endless interest, "Oh, when did you hear about it, and where is the source?"

Seeing that Wu Feng attached so much importance to this situation, Fang Chengsong was also a little surprised, and hurriedly replied: "This is what Cheng Song heard when he received a group of caravans from the small coastal country of the southern part of the Western Continent when he received a caravan from the Kingdom of Sardinia, but it seems that even the businessman who told me the news didn't seem to believe the news very much, but then Cheng Song never heard about this news again." ”

"Oh," he gave up the question with some disappointment, Wu Feng didn't think the news was false, as early as when he was studying at Heidelberg University, he had heard the sea primers from the south talk about not only many islands in the southern sea, but also among the natives who lived on the islands, there was a legend since ancient times that there was a large area of land further south on the islands where they lived, but no one had ever been there. Maybe it's a legend, but it's more likely that people who have been to that land have brought back a story, but it's harder to set foot in that land, it's harder for people to do, and too few people know about it.

Seeing that Wufeng gave up the question, Fang Chengsong turned the topic back: "Cheng Song believes that in order to completely change the concept of these nobles and stimulate the great development of the industrial and commercial industry, it is also appropriate to appoint a group of people from the industrial and commercial class in the selection of officials, which can stimulate the self-motivation of the industrial and commercial class, and also show the world that the industrial and commercial class in Western Xinjiang has gradually become an important part of the upper class society, of course, this needs to consider the acceptance of the aristocracy, but Cheng Song personally thinks that this risk is worth taking." ”

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