"Speaking of which, I have not expressed any intention to be in Fujian in the short term, and it may not even be implemented in Fujian in five or ten years, why are these people so eager to take risks?"

Zhao Mengqi was actually a little puzzled in his heart.

He thought that he had tried his best to rein in his edge, and the pace of reform was very slow, in order to gradually reduce the size of the scholar class.

It's like dancing on a tightrope, he thought he was dancing well, but now he suddenly rushed out of a group of people to cut the wirerope, which was indeed a bit unexpected.

Chen Wei's face was full of wrinkles, and it was difficult to show his expression, only a light smile could be seen from the corner of his eye.

"The so-called seeing the subtleties can also be said to be three years old, maybe Your Highness has not stated his governing program, but through your words and deeds, there are still many people who can see what kind of person you are."

Zhao Mengqi raised his eyebrows, "Oh? What kind of person does the bachelor think I am?"

Chen Wei said unhurriedly, "You often exceed the rules, which means that it is difficult to be restrained and controlled, which is somewhat similar to Huizong, this should be the common characteristic of smart and talented people, but Huizong loves flashiness, and His Highness is practical."

"And he is not satisfied with the status quo, he always likes to break the tradition and create a lot of new things, that is, to seek new changes, and he is somewhat similar to the Divine Sect, but the Divine Sect is impatient, greedy for perfection, and lacks some responsibility and decisiveness, and prefers to borrow the hands of others to act, while His Highness tends to be steady and steady, and also prefers to do it himself."

"His Royal Highness's city is also deep, and there are many commendable ways of power and scheming, Xiao is like Taizong, but he is more confident and has fewer doubts."

"His Royal Highness still has a heroic generosity similar to Taizu, he is more fair and upright when he sees things, not narrow-minded and not biased, can look at civil and military affairs rationally, and he is still stubborn, and he will not give up until he achieves his goal, and His Highness's temper is not so short-tempered."

Zhao Mengqi listened quietly, and couldn't help but touch his nose, "How do you feel that the bachelor is completely praising me?" How dare I compare with my fathers and fathers."

It's not that he is modest, but he is self-aware, in addition to having hundreds of years of knowledge, he can think outside the limitations of history, and he doesn't dare to say that he is really better than these Zhao family emperors.

Even Song Huizong, the worst among them, is the one he despises the most, but he has to admit that although the emperor of Huizong is very bad, his talent is real, unlike him who stole it.

Chen Wei's eyelids were loose and drooping, looking half-open and half-closed, and his eyes seemed to be very chaotic, but at this time, there was a hint of gratification.

"The words of the old minister are praise or depreciation, all in the thoughts of His Royal Highness, the sycophancy can hear the vigilance, the abuse can learn lessons, the truth can be seen in the lies, and the praise can cause introspection, and it is accessible."

Tsk, sure enough, ginger is old and spicy, and this car is very slick.

Zhao Mengqi pinched his cheeks and dissolved the strange look on his face, "You have to listen to the bachelor's words, it's better than ten years of confused books...... Bachelor, go on and talk about why those people are in a hurry?"

Chen Wei smiled knowingly, and said leisurely, "After you have a general impression of Your Highness, you can naturally analyze the context of your conduct in the world, and you can also guess what you plan to do in the future, although you deliberately control the pace, but sooner or later you will implement your ideas, and it is inevitable that the interests of many people will be damaged, then, like this fly......

As he spoke, Chen Wei motioned to Zhao Mengqi to look at the fly standing on the teacup, and then raised his hand slightly, and the fly immediately flew away.

"Mosquitoes and flies can sense danger in advance, let alone humans? If His Royal Highness is just a person with low eyes, they may not care too much, after all, how many emperors in history were ambitious at the beginning, but later they were consumed unintentionally, but His Highness's character makes people feel frightened, and His Royal Highness builds a new army, plants the team, consolidates the foundation, and reserves strength for the battalion step by step, as long as people who are not stupid can speculate about the future, how can they sit still and wait for death, not to mention that one day later, His Highness's strength will be stronger, of course, the sooner he starts, the more advantageous."

Yes, as the "elite" of a country, how can they be stupid enough to sit back and wait for themselves to harvest?

Although he was already thoughtful, he still made the mistake of self-righteousness, thinking that others were dull toads that could really be boiled to death in warm water.

Zhao Mengqi laughed at himself and asked, "But I don't plan to exterminate them, I just want to adjust the way of interest distribution to achieve a balance between all strata, so that you are good and I am good for the country, it is better than their family alone, just like I am in Pingjiang, and I also adopt the method of interest exchange, and they actually do not have much loss."

Chen Wei replied, "It is true that the grange system founded by His Royal Highness is a good embodiment of the idea of balance, but Fujian's eight mountains, one water and one field are generally inhabited by large clans, so it is not suitable for the grange system."

"As for the industry and commerce, the two Zhejiang provinces have a good foundation, and it is easy to rejuvenate and generate a lot of benefits through the improvement of the system, but most places in Fujian have little prospect for the development of industry and commerce due to inconvenient transportation, and only Quanzhou is prosperous with industry and commerce, but it has formed a solid interest structure, so it is also resistant to change."

"And even if Your Highness can come up with new ways to make profits, there are many uncertainties, if it is just to add new ways of wealth, they will be willing to try, but they will not be willing to exchange their original inheritance."

"What's more, the wealth of the world is limited to this amount, Zhang San takes more, and Li Si is less, in the eyes of many people, His Royal Highness wants to take the two Zhejiang as the basic plate, so he will meet the interests of the two Zhejiang Haoqiang, then it is likely that after His Royal Highness completes the basic plate shaping, there is a solid foundation, then the Haoqiang in other places will lose the qualification to compete, and can only be reduced to the fish and meat that is allocated."

Sima Guang said, "The wealth and goods of heaven and earth are not in this number, and if they are not in the people, they are in the officials."

Later generations will probably disagree with this sentence, but at this time, even a few hundred years later, most readers think so, of course, the people in their minds are not ordinary people many times.

In fact, although this statement is a bit biased, it still makes sense in the global environment of later generations, otherwise why would there be so many wars.

In this era, it is not wrong, because the means of production and productivity in an agrarian society are relatively fixed and rarely change significantly.

What Zhao Mengqi wanted to do was to improve the relations of production, promote the development of productive forces, and then make the Song Dynasty have the ability to absorb foreign wealth, simply put, to make the pie bigger.

But most people at this time do not have such a concept, and they may not be able to understand Zhao Mengqi's approach, they just want to stick to their original interests, and even compete for more, that is, involution. z.br>

Sighing silently in his heart, Zhao Mengqi smiled bitterly, "Since I am interested in the revival of China, how can I favor one over the other? The benefits that I will take out will definitely be new, just like the development flow, and the benefit will be the entire Great Song Dynasty."

Hearing this, Chen Wei became more serious, "Your Highness may not know that it is precisely because of the matter of the flow of requests that the sense of crisis of the Fujian gentry has been exacerbated."

"Where do you start?" Zhao Mengqi was stunned.

Chen Wei glanced at him seriously, and then said slowly, "First of all, the development of Liuqiu Island requires a huge amount of manpower, so as the Fujian Road is close at hand, there will inevitably be a large amount of manpower loss, so the local labor cost in Fujian will definitely rise significantly......

Zhao Mengqi smiled bitterly, it turned out that his plan was seen through.

In his vision, in the next few years, the poor people in Fujian will be relocated on a large scale, and when the number of laborers decreases, prices will naturally rise, and then the interests of the peasants can be improved, whether they are tenants or hired farmers, and the rising costs of the landlords are equivalent to a decline in the rate of land returns.

It's just that I didn't expect this wishful thinking to play very well, but I still didn't hide it from the eyes of the "human spirit".

Chen Wei paused for a moment to give King Yan time to digest, and then said, "Another beneficiary of the development of Liuqiu is the sugar company and development company founded by His Royal Highness, but the shareholders in it are mainly the royal family, the imperial court, and the gentry of the two Zhejiang......

Zhao Mengqi touched his nose, "Didn't I leave 100,000 shares for the Fujian gentry, but I was going to wait for the official launch of the Liuqiu plan before I put it on sale."

"Now it's going to be three hundred yuan per share, and when His Royal Highness releases these 100,000 shares, maybe the stock price will go up, even if it's still profitable, but thinking of the gap, how can the Fujian gentry feel comfortable

Wear? And how can these 100,000 shares be distributed by the gentry all the way to Fujian?"

This sounded like a question, but Chen Wei looked at Zhao Mengqi with burning eyes, obviously with anticipation.

Zhao Mengqi let out a sigh of relief, and finally arrived at the scene.

As he thought, although the scholarly class seemed to have the same interests, it was not monolithic, not only geographically distinct, but also divided by various factors.

Let's just say that not all the Fujian gentry participated in this turmoil, and many people stayed out of the matter, perhaps waiting and seeing, or waiting for the price to sell.

In particular, the gentry of Fuzhou, because this is the only area in the entire Fujian Road to cross the meridian border, means that when the king of Yan implements the meridian again, they can suffer relatively less losses.

Then, Chen Wei, as the highest-ranking local minister, coupled with the imperial court's trust in him, naturally became the spokesperson for these "neutrals".

Zhao Mengqi guessed this, so on the surface he asked him for advice, but in fact it was a negotiation.

After some tentative foreshadowing and showdown, the old and young sides have vaguely reached a certain consensus, and now it is time to negotiate the price.

Fortunately, Zhao Mengqi prepared a lot of capital, "These 100,000 shares will be sold at the original stock price, but they must be placed, measured by their loyalty to the imperial court!"

The implication is, who supports me, who has meat to eat, eat more and eat less to contribute.

Chen Wei bowed, "The old minister takes this for granted."

Zhao Mengqi continued, "About 700 miles south of Liuqiu, there are large islands, on which there are only natives, and the land is fertile, and when the time comes, it can be developed, and when the time comes, it will give the Fujian gentry a sufficient satisfactory share."

"Although overseas trade has fallen into a trough, there is still a lot to be done, and I will set up a maritime trading company for this purpose, and also give the Fujian gentry a share......

"Fujian is rich in minerals, but since the imperial court is too heavy in this regard, it is unprofitable, and I will try to reduce it to 20%, except for gold and silver, which must be collected at market prices, and the rest of the minerals will be put into private ......

"Although Fujian is not conducive to growing grain, it can grow a wide range of cash crops, and with the relevant workshops, there are broad prospects, so I will devise a flexible business mode......

"Fujian is rich in marine resources and has a good foundation for shipbuilding, which also has broad room for development......

Although these items were only general intentions, they made Chen Wei's eyes shine brighter and brighter, "Okay! Your Highness is worthy of the King of Wealth!"