"I heard that you were ordered by Ye Gongcheng to go north to investigate the economic conditions of Hunan and Jiangxi counties. Are there any results?"
"As far as I know, your Majesty, some states and counties in Hunan have completed the investigation, especially the situation of the Xiangjiang Agricultural Reclamation Division, which is very detailed. Now the grassroots are drafting a draft to prepare a report to Governor Ye."
"Can you show me the draft?"
Su Dingbo immediately submitted a draft.
After Zhao Si read it at a glance, he handed it to Yu Wenxuzhong, "Ask the secretary to make a copy."
"yes."
Zhao Si continued to look at Su Dingbo, who was sitting at the bottom, and continued to ask: "You have inspected the Xiangjiang Agricultural Reclamation Division, tell me your thoughts."
"It's your Majesty." Su Dingbo heard from his uncle about the nature of officials. As long as you speak frankly and frankly, don't have too many scruples. The more scruples you have, the more trouble you will have.
He organized his words and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, the grassroots people have seen the Xiangjiang Reclamation Division on the ground. There are 21 farms of various sizes. Compared with the people in the prefectures and counties that we saw along the way, their lives are better."
"Oh, what do you think the reason is?"
"The common people are making random speculations. Firstly, because people are united, many people are powerful, and the establishment and jurisdiction are different, local subordinate officials dare not exploit them. Since the official New Deal, the focus has been on rectifying local subordinate officials, but the serious disease has already
It has been going on for a long time, and there are many shortcomings, and it will not be so easy to correct it in a while."
Zhao Si nodded, he knew this very well.
Although he has been eliminating the shortcomings of local subordinates, it is difficult to eliminate them without long-term persistence and hard work. This thing cannot be completely clarified by holding a few meetings and conducting two study campaigns.
It is necessary to establish good feedback channels and supervision systems through the improvement of systems and laws, so that these subordinates can truly feel that it is very easy to be discovered for doing evil, and the price to pay is too high. Only then will they begin to restrain themselves.
If you want to change a dog to eat shit or a wolf to eat meat, general training is useless. You must first beat it half to death if it sticks to a little bit of shit or a little bit of meat. If you repeat this several times, these beasts will form a conditioned reflex.
, you will naturally learn to be hygienic and vegetarian.
"The productivity of the common people is low and the economic foundation is very fragile. If they are harassed and extorted by subordinate officials a few times, life will become difficult. The common people on each farm, half army and half civilian, have something in their hands. Who dares to go to the local subordinate officials?
It's a bad thing for them. Comparing the two, it is natural that the life of the settlers is more comfortable than that of the local people."
Zhao Si nodded. It was a pleasure to talk to people who had been educated in the new ideas. In Su Dingbo's mouth, new terms such as productivity and economic foundation came out of his mouth.
In the new era, there will always be some new features, and new terms will be created. It is too pedantic to blindly find old words from books and apply them to new ideas.
"I know that in many places, the imperial power does not extend to the county. In towns and villages, it is actually the clan leaders and the squires who make the decisions. In fact, this has advantages and disadvantages. The imperial power does not extend to the county, but due to inconvenient transportation and poor information communication, it is easy for subordinate officials to be deceived and bullied.
Down, up and down the opportunity of his hand."
"No matter how you optimize the system, improve the process, or strengthen education, there will always be a bad apple. If one appears, it will be a catastrophe for the people who suffer. Therefore, during the New Deal process, I once tried to lower the imperial power to the county.
But soon I saw many disadvantages and retreated."
Su Dingbo is a talent that Zhao Si values very much, and may become the second generation leader in the business world of the Song Dynasty. Therefore, he is very willing to communicate with him more.
"The common people have also read relevant reports in newspapers and magazines. The common people rashly speculated that His Majesty must have made a wise decision after weighing the pros and cons." Su Dingbo replied carefully.
"It's hard to say whether we are wise or not. In short, our purpose is not to trouble the people or bring burdens to the people." Zhao Si continued, "The imperial power does not extend to the counties, and the villages are controlled by the patriarchs and squires. The advantage is that the patriarchs are blood relatives.
Squires are also local households and they will live there for a long time. Our society is still a human society, and they need to worry about their reputation among their neighbors."
"This scruple is the basis of justice. The moral values agreed upon and recognized by the neighbors are their laws. But inevitably, many of these tribesmen and squires have become bullies who cause trouble. Their reputations are not real.
The benefits here are tempting."
"The Romance of Fairy Wood"
Su Dingbo listened quietly, and waited until Zhao Si finished speaking before he respectfully replied: "The common people have read many of His Majesty's articles, every word of which is exquisite. There is a passage in it that impressed the common people deeply. There is no best system or method.
Only the most suitable.”
After a pause, seeing Zhao Si's encouraging look, he continued: "According to local conditions, no prohibition or obstruction, let the local area and the people choose the most suitable one. This is the core measure taken by the Shangshu Province in accordance with His Majesty's imperial edict.
For example, there are reclamation groups in the southeast and Huaidong."
"Yes, the name is now Jiangbei Farm Reclamation Master."
"Your Majesty, the Jiangbei Farmers may not be as powerful as the Lianghu Farmers, but in terms of making money, they must be far superior to them."
When Zhao Si heard this, he couldn't help but be happy.
"That is necessary. Jiangbei farmers are now the most important cotton suppliers in the Song Dynasty. How many yarn mills and cotton cloth factories in the southeast rely on them." At this point, Zhao Si suddenly stopped and thought for a moment.
Yes, suddenly laughed.
"There is something in your words. Jiangbei Farmers can become an important supplier of cotton. Why can't Lianghu Farmers become an important supplier of silk cocoons and tea? Dingbo, you are determined."
"Your Majesty, this is just an accidental insight made by ordinary people during the field investigation of various states and counties in Hunan. I don't know whether it is right or wrong, so I put it forward rashly, and I am a little panicked."
"Very good. That's a good point. First of all, you are an expert in economics and business. You know better than the officials of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce and the researchers at the institute what things can be sold and what prices they can afford.
More. Secondly, you are an outsider and will not be entangled in the interests involved, so you can see clearly."
Having said this, Zhao Si turned around and said to Yu Wenxuzhong: "The investigation reports from various places of the Secretary's Ministry are becoming more and more empty and official. In the future, in addition to those of the Secretary's Ministry and the news agency, there will be reports on the national situation."
You can entrust several major chambers of commerce and firms to complete one, each responsible for one area."
"It is only by understanding this information through multiple channels and angles that we can grasp the most realistic situation and make decisions. The most important basis for decision-making is not a slap on the head, but detailed information."
"Yes!" Yu Wenxuzhong responded quickly.
The words of an official have a bit of a knocking effect. The secretary of the Ministry of Secretaries and the school secretary are the most useful and trustworthy to him. Although there have never been any big troubles, the quality of the investigation reports is getting worse and worse.
The officials were dissatisfied.
As the number two person in the Secretary's Department, he has responsibilities.
Zhao Si had turned around and continued to look at Su Dingbo.
"You are right. The rural policies of the Song Dynasty must be diversified and adapted to local conditions. The most important thing is to improve the feedback and supervision system. Don't be afraid of making mistakes. What is really scary is making mistakes again and again without being corrected.
..”
Zhao Si talked for a while and then said to Su Dingbo: "You continue."
Su Dingbo Balabala continued talking for a while, and Zhao Si suddenly interrupted and asked, "You said that farmers often recruit mountain people and convert them into members of various regiments?"
"Yes. Such problems often occur in the farms of the Xiangjiang Agricultural Reclamation Division. They have the ability and technology to build water conservancy projects and farm scientifically. Their harvests are much greater than those of the local people. Many mountain people have been watching for two or three years and they really can't stand it.
, leaving the land in the mountains and running to join the farmers."
"Well, water flows to lower places, and people go to higher places."
"I heard from people in the Xiangjiang Reclamation Division that they have many colleagues and old friends in the Yuanjiang and Lishui Reclamation Divisions. Through correspondence, I learned that there was a big deal there. They defeated a village and even ate the entire village residents.
"
Zhao seemed silent, and the reclamation groups moved up the rivers, occupying mostly small basins along the rivers. The terrain was flat, the land was fertile, and there was no need to worry about water shortages. However, such land used to belong to the Miao people from various local villages.
Zhang Dun fought a lot of battles to expand his borders, and then he planted the flag of the Song Dynasty in the newly established border states. He promoted the reclamation regiment himself and used the adapted Xiang army to consolidate and expand Zhang Dun's border expansion.
The result of the battle was naturally an endless war.
However, compared with the war to destroy Xia and Pingliao, the war to expand the border between the two lakes was much smaller and more intensive. The Privy Council mobilized county soldiers from five nearby counties and three garrison troops to take turns to fight to cooperate with the reclamation.
The regiment fought against the local Miao people.
Judging from the current situation, although there was some damage in the middle, the results were generally significant. What Zhao Si thought was that this Su Dingbo was indeed interesting. He actually speculated on the southwest strategy he had formulated. This chapter has been completed!
