Chapter 197: The Unexpected Consequences of the Eldest Sun Moli
Only Changsun Moli was left in the reception room. At this time, the sun was setting in the west, and it was only a shoulder pole high from the city wall.
I looked at the chiming clock and saw that it was only a few minutes to five o'clock in the afternoon.
Time flies so fast, one day will pass in a flash.
"Come here!" Changsun Moli called out.
"Is there something wrong, sir? Please tell me." Yu Huatian opened the door and said.
The eldest grandson, Moli, was stunned for a moment. He just wanted to call the secretary, but he didn't expect that Yu Huatian was still outside the door.
"Superintendent Yu is still here. I just want to change the pot of tea."
"Please let the younger one come and change it. The official will be back later, and this tea must also go into the official's mouth."
Changsun Moli understood and said politely: "Thank you to the eunuch for your help."
"You're welcome, sir."
After Huatian changed the hot tea and went out, the room was silent again. Changsun Moli looked at the steaming tea, leaned back in his chair, and continued to think about the problem just now.
Officials support themselves in promoting agricultural associations because they are preparing for a rainy day.
Decentralize power to industrial and commercial people and allow them to exert their influence in the General Assembly and the Council of Review - Aren't you in urgent need of gaining political power and influence? The government will provide a stage for you to use to your heart's content.
Divert the attention of industrial and commercial people, let their desires be satisfied, and there will be an opportunity to display their energy, so that they will not have other messy thoughts for the time being.
However, with the development of science and technology and the expansion of the territory of the Song Dynasty, industrial and commercial enterprises will become more and more powerful. It may be difficult for the landlord groups in the past to compete with them.
After seeing the trend, the nobles and the bureaucracy may quickly turn to alliances with industrial and commercial people - the purpose is to gain wealth, and they will join forces with whoever is more powerful.
Officials pushed agricultural associations into the House of Commons and the Council of Review in order to prepare them to compete with industrial and commercial groups in the future.
In the face of landlord groups, agricultural associations and industrial and commercial groups will unanimously communicate with the outside world.
But after all, the two have a competitive relationship. One wants to sell more expensively, while the other wants to buy cheaper. There is an inherent conflict. After the landlord group is depressed, the agricultural association will replace it and compete with the industrial and commercial groups. In the end, the agricultural association will replace the landlord group and become
The most powerful countervailing force of industrial and commercial groups.
This set is actually in line with Zhao Si's strategic and tactical thinking - by leading the enemy to a familiar area, you can seize the initiative and bully the enemy.
When the official came to power, he used himself to defeat Xixia, regain the power of Hexi, and vigorously promote the new official system - in fact, this is the same reason.
If you, the old bureaucrats, are trying to fight against each other and play tricks, you will definitely not be able to get through it, so the government will create a new official system, official positions, powers...all changed.
So the new official system has become the official home court. Although you old bureaucrats have your own plans and methods, you have to adapt to the new method for a while.
What the official wants is this buffer time. By the time you get used to it, he will have already laid down all the chess pieces and foreshadowings, and if he is one step ahead, he will be ahead step by step. By the time the old bureaucracy comes to its senses, it will be in pieces.
The tide is over.
This is the same thinking now.
Industrial and commercial people, aren't you rich and powerful? Don't you need corresponding political power and influence? Come on, the government has set up a stage for you to play around as much as you like. All the rules are drawn up by the government, and you are in the palm of their hands.
Let your heart beat.
….
Just as I was thinking about it, Zhao Si came back.
"Guanjia, are you okay?"
"It's okay. The eldest brother, this stupid young man, bumped into Zhang Jun's hand and was scolded. He was not convinced and started to argue, but the argument turned out to be louder. The eldest brother has an upright and bold temperament and speaks loudly, especially when he is excited.
At that time, it seemed that I was fighting to the death. Others misunderstood me."
"I see. Zhang Deyuan lost his father at a young age. He was diligent and studious. He was admitted to Sungkyun University in the joint entrance examination at the age of seventeen. He is a rising star in Shu studies. I have also heard of his knowledge and talents."
"Yes, I made him a secretary because of his good academic performance and good conduct. Today can be regarded as a lesson to the eldest brother." Zhao Si replied with a smile, "It just so happens that I have been thinking about finding a teacher for the eldest brother and the second brother.
,Isn’t this a mistake?”
"In the official family, Deyuan seems to be only a few years older than the eldest brother and the second brother."
"The master is the teacher, it doesn't matter." Zhao waved his hand as if he didn't care.
"I've also eaten enough, and I have the strength to continue chatting with you. I just talked about giving to the Agricultural Association, Xuan Ming, continue!"
"I am very encouraged by what the official said just now, and I am clearing the clouds and seeing the blue sky. But I still can't figure out why Mr. Ji Zhong and others do not support such a good initiative of the Agricultural Association, but strongly oppose it?
Sometimes, I can't help but call them Lao Hu Tu behind their backs!"
"Haha, Xuan Ming, you also curse people behind their backs? This is not what a gentleman does. It seems that you are really pushed by them." Zhao Si laughed, and then the smile slowly dissipated, replaced by a solemn look.
"I can guess what Ji Zhong, Ru Lin and others are thinking. In fact, they are not confused. Some of them are from aristocratic families, some are from farming and studying families. Their understanding of the countryside of the Song Dynasty is far better than you and me. Xuanming's Agricultural Association Initiative
, they can understand it at a glance.”
"Then what are they worried about?"
"Your agricultural association will overwhelm the villages they are familiar with. The landowner family, the farming and reading family, and everything that Confucianism relies on for survival may be gone. How can you tell them not to be afraid? How to not oppose it?"
Changsun Moli's eyes widened violently. With the official's prompting, he immediately figured it out.
Yes, this is a new way of organizing production, which in turn brings about a new kind of labor relations. This way of organizing production and labor relations is very novel and very dynamic. It has a great impact on the old production of the Song Dynasty.
Organizational methods and labor relations will indeed have a huge impact.
At this moment, Changsun Moli had a deeper understanding of the new terms such as productivity, means of production, and labor relations that he had heard during previous discussions and studies.
"Guan Jia, your words make me think that agricultural associations can find emerging industry and commerce as allies. Although agricultural associations will become rivals of industry and commerce, competing for profits. However, agricultural associations can provide more than the old agricultural production organization method.
Better raw materials for agriculture and animal husbandry. As long as they see this, I believe they will give their full support."
Zhao Si leaned back and looked at Changsun Moli with wandering eyes.
If we say that the previous rise of industry and commerce was still at a disadvantage when competing with the old agriculture - the old agriculture included local aristocratic families, farming and reading families and other large and small landowners. These are the basic foundations of Confucianism, and the relationship is intricate.
The power is extremely huge and profound.
Industry and commerce have indeed developed rapidly in recent years, but there is still a lot of deficiencies in the foundation, and it is impossible to win.
Now that an agricultural association has emerged, it is tantamount to fundamentally dismantling the old landlord group and forcing them to switch to new production organization methods and labor relations.
Agricultural associations are inherently conducive to industry and commerce - they can form a seamless industrial chain, cooperate with each other, and double profits.
As long as they are not fools, industrial and commercial people will definitely support the agricultural association. The two will join forces to unleash tremendous power - ringing the death knell of the old small-scale peasant economy and landlord groups in the Song Dynasty.
Changsun Xuanming, you definitely don’t know what kind of monster you have unleashed!
