"Admiring wisdom is so profound that it hides its shortcomings. It is like the way of heaven and the human heart, and it is difficult to disobey it." Shangshi Jingtangbiao
Except for Pei Qian, all the secretaries and supervisors resigned in good faith. Along with Wang Yi and Yang Pei, there was also Guanqiu Xing, the Huangmen minister who was responsible for receiving and delivering the edict on behalf of the emperor and accompanying the last one.
Several people bowed their heads under the verandah, and Mu Shun was ordered to set up a couch on the grass in the courtyard for the four people to sit facing each other. The emperor himself sat in the veranda in the middle, with a lacquered wooden screen behind him. The sun was gradually setting in the west, and most of the emperor's body was in the sun, while his face was hidden in the shadow of the verandah.
The emperor has begun to change his voice. His voice is no longer as clear and loud as before, but with a slightly low and hoarse voice. The thieves are still jumping up and down, so there is nothing to worry about. What Hedong should do now is mainly two things. One is to immediately persuade the displaced people to return to their hometowns and restore their livelihood. The other is to convict the leader of the thieves to serve as a warning to others. One of you two is Hedong. The county guards, one is the commander of Hedong Jue Cao, and they are responsible for their duties, so they should offer some useful strategies."
On such an occasion, the first person to speak should be the prefect Wang Yi. He had prepared the plan a long time ago. In order not to appear that he had glimpsed the emperor's heart early and came prepared, he was cautiously silent for a moment, and then just Said: "Since the beginning of spring, the imperial court has issued several edicts in succession, supervising all regions to give priority to the livelihood of the people, and farming and mulberry cultivation. Among them, the saying that China puts the people first, and the people put agriculture first, I think it is really to the point."
He first recited a section of the emperor's edict, flattered him, and then got to the point: "Since the rise of the army, the fields in Hedong have become empty and the people have been displaced. If we want to persuade the people to return and work diligently in farming, we should focus on farming. No. If the peasant cao is re-established and allowed to recruit traitors and rebels, he can entrust them with all matters such as how to measure the land and how to divide and appraise the homesteads. It is expected that the power of affairs will be unified, and the government must be well-versed."
This was a commonplace saying, but the emperor did not find it new after hearing it. He just nodded perfunctorily: "Well, the common people in Li returned to their hometowns to work in the fields. The key to establishing farming is to use their husbands and wives to support them, and they will benefit a hundredfold."
Farming was a method proposed by the emperor last year in order to provide accommodation for the people to rest. When faced with this kind of problem, qualified officials know how to do what they want, but this is just qualified and does not show any difference from ordinary officials. .
Wang Yi was keenly aware of the emperor's lackluster attitude and felt a little panicked. He learned through Jia Xu that the emperor was planning to implement new policies in Hedong County. Once he achieved something, he would immediately spread it to the world. The imperial court was bound to allocate a lot of resources to Hedong. These efforts include not only policy and financial support, but also talent training. Hedong will be a fast track and a gold-plated place for officials to be promoted in the future.
Otherwise, if there was just a rebellion by powerful forces, the emperor would go to such a troublesome and personal expedition, or would he want to eradicate the powerful powerful people in the east of the river?
The more the emperor attaches importance to Hedong, the more important Hedong is in the emperor's heart. Hedong is a place destined to leave a name in history, and as Wang Yi, who may become the first new governor of Hedong, Hedong is something that he cannot leave no matter what. place.
In particular, the emperor's new move to promote Du Ji to the position of county magistrate made him feel uneasy, so he had to seize this opportunity tightly. Jia Xu had paved the way for him for so long. Can he continue to stay in Hedong? Presiding over the new policy for the emperor and gaining fame all depended on him: "I believe that the Henan River borders Hongnong and the Central Plains to the south, Bingzhou to the north, Guanzhong to the west, and Jizhou to the east. It is an important place in the world. If it can be restored, it will be the most important place in the world in the future. Whether it is attacking the Xiongnu from the north or destroying the bandits from the east, the east of the river will surely become the source of resources for the imperial court."
What he said was to the point. From now on, whether the imperial court is attacking Jizhou, entering the Central Plains, or attacking Mobei, it will need Hedong as a stable rear area to provide a steady supply of supplies to the army with the help of water and land transportation. Although Hongnong County in the south
It can also achieve similar effects, but in the long run, Hongnong is not worth the emperor's effort, and Hongnong cannot be as clean as Hedong.
Although the emperor knew that Wang Yi could say such a thing, it was probably because Jia Xu revealed the secret to him, but he still became interested. After all, this is the advantage caused by information asymmetry. Wasn't it because Wang Can knew too little just now?
Is that why I got the wrong pulse?
The more key information you know, the better you can seize the opportunity. When the central government wants a new policy, those who are well-informed will know it months ago when the draft is being formed, and those who are not well-informed will not know until the news is made public.
I later realized that this time difference and information difference are the key to success or failure. Otherwise, there wouldn’t be so many people wanting to get to know Shangfeng. After all, there are people up there who are really easy to do things with.
The emperor was accustomed to doing this kind of thing in his previous life, so he did not comment on this and said softly: "The people are the foundation of the country. If the foundation is strong, the country should work hard to accumulate millet, so that it can be abundant. The land east of the river is of vital importance and cannot be careless. Except for farming,
If you have any other strategies for recuperating as soon as possible, please share them here."
"Jinnuo." Wang Yi bowed his head slightly and said: "In my humble opinion, to govern Hedong, we can use salt and iron and farmland in parallel. Salt and iron can be divided into two things. One is salt. Hedong County can set up a salt cavalry.
Such officials are responsible for boiling and selling salt, and the profits they earn can be used by the people who come to Fu Li to live in peace. The two are iron, and iron officials are made from agricultural tools. They cannot be used up. They can be used to make plows and hoes.
Sickles and other items were sold to the common people. The salt profits were used as resettlement money for the common people who returned home. The common people then used the money to buy farm tools from the iron officials, or to buy cattle in the market. If the money flowed out, it would happen again.
Returning it to the treasury can also revive the prosperity of the people and use new money. If the common people in the outside world learn about it, they will help the old and the young and compete day and night to return it."
Wang Yi's strategy for governing Hedong involves farming, salt and iron, and even new money. Not only is it sound and feasible, but it also speaks to the emperor's heart.
The emperor was a little moved now. What he cared about was not that Wang Yi had just mentioned the policies he valued most, but that the opinions put forward by the other party were vaguely in line with the concept of currency circulation. He suppressed his surprise and asked in a loud voice: "
You are a disciple of Liu Gong, a scholar of Confucianism, so you should have studied Ouyang Shangshu and Jingshi Yi, but how come you have also read Guanzi?"
Wang Yi's heart skipped a beat and he couldn't help but reply: "Wei, I don't know anything. I have only read a few articles."
"How can this be called a young man who is ignorant?" The emperor disagreed and said with a smile: "Guan Zi has theories on governing the country and economic strategies. In the past, Guan Zhong and Qi Qi made Qi ally with the princes and dominate the world. Now those who govern the country should also study the principles.
, only in the hope of benefiting Hebei. Otherwise, do you really think that by teaching traitors to read the Classic of Filial Piety, you can conquer the world?"
The emperor downplayed both Xiaojing and Guanzi, which made Wang Yi afraid to answer the question. The emperor also knew that his words were inappropriate, so he promptly made up for it: "The Xiaojing advocates education and ethics, which is the way to govern the people."
Dao, Guanzi, Xie and Yin and Yang are the art of governing the country. The two cannot be neglected and should be given equal emphasis. I am not saying that the Filial Piety Classic is wrong, but I am saying that there is a way to govern a country and cannot be stuck in one place. It must change with the times. What kind of laws correspond to
What kind of thing can't it be that when the common people are hungry, the officials teach them to read and learn from the wars on the border, while the officials teach the people to work diligently in farming and weaving? "
"Wei, wei." Wang Yi knew that this was not the point at this moment, and he was not a pedantic person, so he just nodded in agreement.
The ancient capital classified Guanzi as a Taoist book. In the opinion of the emperor, this was completely wrong. You must know that the book Guanzi involves a large number of later economic theories, such as monetary functions, calculation of currency circulation, macro-control, fiscal policy, etc., you can
It is said to be an epoch-making work on economics, but unfortunately there was no successor and its theory was buried. The emperor was tired of reading the Confucian classics in Shiqu Pavilion that only talked about empty principles, so when he consulted hundreds of other pre-Qin classics,
Got a glimpse of it accidentally.
If Guanzi's economic ideas can be integrated into today's governance policies, why worry about not being able to prosper? It's a pity that the emperor's subordinates can no longer find anyone who studies Guanzi intensively. Even if the book Guanzi is officially designated as a must-read for the economics department of Taixue University, it will not be enough.
Even teachers have not thoroughly understood this book, let alone taught it to their students.
In this regard, the emperor even considered whether he should not touch the Confucian classics that were not easily touched when he went to Taixue to hold scripture banquets and teach doctrines to doctors and students.
Guanzi, please explain it again? Based on the emperor's experience in the ups and downs of the business world in his previous life and his rich experience of the times, Guanzi explained by him is bound to become an authority on economics in this era, or even within a thousand years.
Moreover, with the blessing of the emperor's status, future emperors will definitely not avoid it when governing the country, and will be affected to some extent by it. This is a move that will change the course of history for thousands of years. The emperor will feel excited every time he thinks about this. But for now
The most urgent task is to examine how good Wang Yi is.
What is regrettable is that the emperor picked out a few sentences from the tube to test Wang Yi. Although Wang Yi answered them all, his answers were very reluctant. Obviously what the other party said was that he had skimmed a few articles when he was ignorant and was not false.
Ci, but really not proficient.
The emperor was slightly disappointed. He thought that in this era when Confucianism was flourishing and all schools of thought were silent, he had found a master who was proficient in economics. Unexpectedly, he only read miscellaneous books and was not a professional. Although he was not satisfied with it, from another perspective
From one perspective, Wang Yi, who knew a little about economics, was indeed suitable to stay as the governor of Hedong.
Moreover, after this experience, with Wang Yi's nature of being good at following others' interests, it is not impossible for him to study Guanzi carefully after returning home and become a great master of the generation.
Thinking of this, the emperor slowly said: "Hedong Nongcao is in charge of farming and farming, who do you prefer?"