Chapter 132: The tree wants to be quiet but the wind does not stop
By the way, why didn’t Zhiyao come up with various plans when Zhisong was alive?
This is related to a person’s identity positioning at each stage.
Zhiyao was not yet the crown prince at that time, so the plan could be produced. The problem was that the executor was either Zhishuo himself, or Zhishen, the crown prince. Zhiyao, who had insufficient status, could only stare from the sidelines.
That does not depend on the level of ability, it is only related to the status gap, and it is a well-established rule.
Don't underestimate the importance of being honest. Whether something can be done, how much doubt or resistance you will encounter, has always been related to being honest.
For example, no matter how capable a minister is, he will still be criticized for exercising the authority of a king of a country, no matter how well he does it. He must have the title of a powerful minister, but there is no problem at all if he is a king of a country.
Zhiyao, who has become the crown prince, can exercise some rights more legitimately. Not only in the deployment of manpower, but also in the allocation of materials, all aspects of operation are nothing more than the exercise of the authority that he should have. It is not considered to be given, let alone
What kind of infringement is there?
"Check the number of farmland in my family and make sure there are no mistakes or omissions." Zhiyao certainly knows that agriculture is the foundation.
He started with the army before, but it was actually an issue of authority.
Training the army only requires the approval and permission of the family head. Mastering the family's agricultural information, including intervening in agricultural production, is really not something that a direct descendant can do. No matter how much and how favored the descendant is, if it doesn't work, it still doesn't work.
Expo Road was a little mentally prepared for Zhiyao's various actions after becoming the crown prince. After responding, he said: "I heard that 'Yuanrong' proposed clarifying the land acres."
Ah? Is there such a thing???
Zhiyao really doesn’t know.
Recently, Zhishen has been called to Miyagi for various meetings. After returning home, he did not mention Zhao Yang's matter of clarifying the land holdings of each family.
If there is anything worthy of attention recently, it is actually that the Hu family returned to the country and Hu Jie was appointed as a general.
Zhiyao stayed at home these days, re-examining the plan she had been working on for a long time. She was afraid that there might be any omissions, so she started to check for omissions and paid less attention to the news from the outside world.
"Where can I hear it?" Zhiyao asked.
Expo replied: "I learned about it by chance from a minister of the Wei family."
Now that the Wei family is confronting the Zhao family, their various actions will be a bit too many. It must be deliberately spreading that Zhao Yang wants to clarify the affairs of Tian Mu. The truth or falsehood needs to be confirmed.
Zhiyao thought to herself: "What if it's true? My future father-in-law is really reckless!"
Clarify what the acres are for?
First, each family will expose its fundamental strength and most important secrets.
Just because we know how much farmland there is, we can estimate how much food can be produced. With a little estimation, we can guess how many "scholars" and "disciples" there are in the family.
Grain production and military strength are known. Insecurity is only one of them. Showing strength does not mean telling hostile families: Okay, that's it. Want to deal with me? Go ahead!
Expo Road finished reporting what should be reported and left.
This is also one of the new changes in the Lao Zhi family. Things that the head of the family should know will also be reported to the prince.
In the past, the Lao Zhi family did not have such rules. Zhishen, the core clan members, and important retainers had too many expectations for Zhi Yao, and gave Zhi Yao excessive authority as the heir apparent.
"If Zhao Yang wants to clarify the affairs of the land, will there be an uproar in the country?" Zhiyao had already seen from Wei's message that Wei was opposed.
The Wei family will not just settle down, they will definitely reach a consensus with the Zhi family and then involve other families.
What actions will the Han family take? Will they continue to keep pace with the Zhao family, pull out the banner themselves, or move closer to the Zhi family and the Wei family?
The rest of the families? It is beneficial to the king to clarify the land. The princes will probably cooperate with the Zhao family under Jin Junwu's signal; no matter how angry the small and medium-sized nobles are, they will not dare to beep for a while, and will wait for the Wei family and the Zhi family to come.
They just followed and shouted.
"Ignore them, my family is doing its own thing." Zhiyao closed the finished agricultural development plan, stood up and stretched.
If it weren't for the recent special situation, Zhiyao really wouldn't want to stay in "Xintian" all the time.
As the capital of "Xintian", everything you do will be spied on, and there are too many things Zhiyao has to do that cannot be done in public.
For example, we conduct experiments on various waterwheels and select the most suitable one for mass production.
Then, various plows were tested to select the most suitable model.
Next, he needed to go see it on the spot and see if he could experience it. An idea flashed in Zhiyao's mind. He thought of some tool that had not been "invented" and quickly filled the gap.
Zhiyao has always believed that the emergence and use of new tools is a kind of scientific progress, and the emergence of those new tools not only makes it easier to do many things, but also promotes the birth of new thinking.
The emergence of new tools will definitely help improve productivity, and there is no need to doubt this.
Let’s talk about various tools used for woodworking. What did Zhiyao “invent” when he was doing things? The tools were promoted in Lao Zhijia. The efficiency of manufacturing a certain product should not increase too fast. Many years ago
Things that cannot be made can be made.
In the past, Zhiyao once jokingly told people that just being able to mass-produce wooden boards would make the Zhi family rich.
Now? What Zhiyao said is being confirmed. Too many families know that Zhishi can sell wooden boards in large quantities and the price is not expensive. They purchase wooden boards and start to improve their home environment.
It can be said that with just Zhiyao's small move, the quality of life of the Jin nobles has been greatly improved, and a lot of money has been saved.
How to say? You can use wooden boards as the floor instead of laying thick carpets. Cheap wooden boards replace more expensive carpets. What is it if not saving?
It is a pity that Lao Zhijia has not made a breakthrough in manufacturing tung oil, otherwise there will definitely be more reforms in construction.
As for painting? The Xia and Shang dynasties had already developed, and it was only in the Western Han Dynasty that greater progress was made.
Under such circumstances of reviewing plans, Zhiyao maintained a boring life day by day.
He was working with great enthusiasm and did not feel impatient at all, not to mention that there were Shi Yiguang and Zheng Dan who had gradually bloomed beside him, adding fragrance to their red sleeves.
One day, Zhiyao, who had almost finished the work at hand, received a report saying that I was here.
After many years of separation, Zhiyao seems to have not seen me for five or six years?
"I've met the Crown Prince." I don't look much different from what I did five or six years ago.
It’s hard to say whether it’s because I’m already old and it’s hard to see big changes, or I’m just keeping in good health.
Zhiyao went to the door to greet me and invited me to the living room.
I brought a cart full of books, both bamboo slips and paper styles. I asked Zhishi to help me print hundreds of copies of each book and take them back.
In addition to the works of predecessors written silently by my descendants, those books are also my own works.
"These are thousands of words for the ears, and they can also be remembered by the wise." Laozi said.
Zhiyao was stunned.
Is that Laozi's Five Thousand Words? It has another, more widely known, book called the De Dao Jing.
That’s right, it’s the De Dao Jing, not the Tao Te Ching. The contents of the two are actually the same. It’s just that the De Dao Ching comes first, while the Tao Te Ching puts the Tao Ching first.
Then, from the appearance of Laozi's works until the Western Han Dynasty, its name was De Dao Jing. It was not until the Western Han Dynasty that the Dao Jing was placed first, and then it was renamed Da Dao Jing.
Zhiyao read the De Dao Jing unceremoniously and found that it was far more than "five thousand words".
This is because I have enjoyed the pleasure of writing on paper, and I can't stop writing some of my own insights and principles.
Zhiyao originally thought that I wanted to go west to change the Hu, so she came to visit Zhishi smoothly. When she asked Lao Tzu, she found out that I had no interest in going west to change the Hu for the time being. He was mainly here to print books.
"This" Zhiyao is very embarrassed.
There is no problem if Zhi helps me print books, but I will take them back to my hometown, which means the books will fall into the hands of the powerful people of Chu.
The struggle for hegemony between Jin and Chu has just been put on hold. It is not that the two countries' struggle for hegemony has completely come to an end. It may enhance the soft and hard power of Chu. To be honest, Zhiyao is very resistant!
In fact, the Jin State experienced civil strife and fought more than one wave with the princes headed by Qi State. The overall situation in the Xia Dynasty had a series of effects. Many princes, including the Chu State, were somewhat reluctant.
Can't stand it any longer.
Take the State of Chu as an example. They don't want to compete with the prosperous State of Wu for the time being. After several years of preparation, they regard the Man clan as the target of attack and will send troops northward this year (491 BC).
At the same time, the Wu State felt that it was invincible. Fu Chai did not follow Wu Zixu's advice and continued to weaken the Yue State. He heard that the Qi State had been severely punished by the Jin State and planned to lead his army north to attack Qi this year.
In the aftermath, which did not happen for the time being, Shi Jishe learned that the Chu army was heading north, so he ran to see Chu King Zhen, intending to lead the Chu army to attack Jin.
I saw Zhiyao's dilemma, and with his intelligence, I must have thought of what Zhiyao was afraid of, and said, "Return to the Zhou Dynasty."
A long time ago, when I was working as a "librarian", the princes rebelled and took many books from the library to the State of Chu. I have always been worried about this in my heart.
I have been writing silent works of predecessors before, and I want to supplement the Zhou royal family's collection, but the efficiency is too slow.
Isn’t Zhishi all over the place now? I have convenient channels, and I haven’t lost any money to Zhishi, so why not take advantage of them?
When Zhiyao heard that I wanted to return it to the Zhou royal family, it would be unreasonable to refuse.
"What's the matter?" Zhiyao also saw her husband walking around outside a few times, and called him in to ask.
The husband would repeatedly circle outside, mainly because the matter was a bit big and Zhiyao was waiting for guests again.
"Prince Zhao's blood splattered with Crown Prince Fox!" The husband told the shocking news in the simplest possible language.
