Chapter 9 Stimulation(2/2)
Villages come together to unify and use exclusive loans! How can Li Zhongcheng be forced to break out of his mistakes?"
Li Guang was originally ready to give up the debate on this matter, but when he saw Yan Xiaozhong's attitude, he relapsed into his old habit, and immediately became resistant, and then immediately retorted: "If we focus on villages for exclusive loans,
Wouldn’t it be necessary for villages to do this kind of thing? How could we know that there wouldn’t be cunning officials and tyrants who would profit from it?”
"I do have this concern."
Zhao Guanjia, who was sitting over there, interrupted again at the right time. "But the military and civilian villages along the river were mostly villages that were unified and resettled in the second and third years of Jianyan's reign after the imperial court returned to Tokyo. There were many soldiers in them, but there were still few tyrants.
Some. Compared with this concern, these villages are basically full of mixed surnames. They have never had clan activities. They have no place to go to worship ancestors during the New Year or to visit the graves during the Mid-Autumn Festival. This is not a good thing. At the very least, the Vegetable-eating Demon Cult often takes advantage of this opportunity.
Therefore, what I mean is that if this matter can be accomplished, I will use no interest as an inducement to allow them to make their own decision, and see if we can imitate the family property in the south and set up some mulberry fish ponds.
Village property..."
As soon as these words came out, all the superiors were thinking deeply. Li Guang also suddenly realized, but he tried his best to smile: "If this is the case, I have not thought carefully! I think this matter is feasible, and the Yushitai can issue it."
Two censors patrolled the river left and right to monitor this matter."
Zhao Jiu nodded happily.
In other words, the last thing Zhao Jiu mentioned is what really hits home for these bureaucrats - that is, the collective property of the village community and the corresponding collective activities of the village community.
It must be understood that no matter how advanced the so-called urbanization of the Song Dynasty was, the Song Dynasty at this time was still a typical medieval imperial society based on agriculture, but like all other places, it suffered from productivity and organizational advancement.
The problem is that the peripheral structure of imperial power is difficult to reach the lowest level of the people, which is what the so-called imperial power does not go to the countryside.
And this situation will cause problems.
First of all, the fragility of the small-scale peasant economy makes the grassroots people defenseless in the face of loan sharking and rent exploitation. This fragility will also allow religions such as Manichaeism to take advantage of the self-service insurance business for the poor.
No matter what can be done to stop it, in the end the people will be in dire straits, evil cults will spread, and finally they will rise up.
But at the same time, another absurd reality is that if the imperial power forcibly enters the rural community, it will cause greater chaos and damage - because in the era of imperial power, compared with the government, all monks, Taoists, landlords are simply white lotus!
In fact, the reason why those monks, Taoists, and landlords were able to exploit the people, break their bones and suck out their marrow, was largely due to the evil deeds of the queens who relied on the imperial power.
This situation will be difficult to change in another eight hundred years.
At this time, it is necessary to have a moderate form of grassroots organization that can not only obey the rule from above, but also play a pacifying role at the bottom.
What occupies this position in history is none other than clan.
If a clan wants to play a practical role, it must have an economic foundation to a large extent. Therefore, there is no doubt about the role of clan property.
So who invented the institutionalized clan property?
The answer is Fan Zhongyan.
After Fan Zhongyan invented clan property, he was immediately strongly recognized and promoted by the Song Dynasty court, and it quickly swept the entire China.
There is no way. Although family property and clan were synonymous with backwardness in later eras, at present, facing the imperial power from above, the temples within the village community, landlords, loan sharks, and the all-pervasive cult associations at the lowest level, this has become
It is a relatively progressive form of village collective economic organization.
Back to the present, for Zhao Jiu, the problem of lack of organization at the grassroots level is also a real problem.
In fact, Zhao Guan's family faced many problems. He wanted to go to the Northern Expedition. The Northern Expedition required strong soldiers and horses, and money and supplies. But he also needed internal stability and peace with the rear. And as he directly participated in the government, he gradually gained some of his own.
idea.
For example, after coming out of Zhang Rong's place, thinking about Zhang Rong's torture, he felt uneasy all the time. He always wanted to do something against certain groups, as if if he didn't do something, even the Northern Expedition would be meaningless... In fact,
This was also one of his original intentions for joining forces with Zhao Ding to initiate this matter.
It was his attempt to promote mixed agriculture in mulberry fish ponds and then specialize in grassroots collective economy.
As a time traveler, Zhao Jiu was certainly aware of the backwardness of representatives of feudal clans, but after six years of working as an official, he also realized that it was reasonable and reasonable for feudal clans to become the leaders of rural China in the next eight hundred years.
Progressive, because it is at least gentler than the government officials in the feudal era and more stable than the self-help cult.
What's more, what he is promoting at this time is a non-clan collective economy that imitates the clan property and is based on civilian and military villages. It seems to have made some progress mixed with idealism compared to the clan property. This thing will not be used in the future.
It may fall apart and be replaced by clans, and it may become as conservative and backward as the feudal clans, but at least for now, in China in the 12th century, it still seems to have its advanced nature.
In fact, even people like Li Guang are keenly aware of the meaning behind this matter. In the face of the goal of directly expelling the cult and improving the stability of the survival of the grassroots people... even if it is just a possible benefit... it is still enough.
Convince this group of scholar-officials to unconditionally support this measure.
The only thing that caught people off guard was that many people originally thought that this official would deal with matters related to the Northern Expedition first, but in the end he brought this matter to the forefront.
Li Guang immediately changed his position and the matter was immediately passed in the form of the highest resolution... It was indeed the highest resolution. The governors discussed it in front of the imperial court, and even the censor Zhongcheng raised his hands to support it. There is no political resolution like this.
It's smoother and more advanced.
This matter has been discussed.
Immediately, they saw Zhao Ding, Liu Ji, Yan Xiaozhong and others looking relaxed and contented, and Zhao Guan's family seemed to be showing off their faces for the first time in several months. After hesitating for a moment, the Prime Minister Zhang Jun suddenly strode out of the queue, and
Hands in front of the pavilion:
"Official family! I read "Water Margin" a few days ago, and I felt something in my heart, so I made five discussions! Today, since the official family is in front, all the prime ministers and officials are in line, even the censor Zhongcheng, just throw it out, please ask the official family to judge, colleagues
Correction."
Zhao Jiu, who was rarely relaxed, was startled for a moment, then smiled and said, "Zhang Qing is the dignified Prime Minister of the Xifu. If you have anything to say, you can tell me... What did you learn from "Water Margin"?"
"Just five things."
Zhang Jun lowered his head and agreed, then raised his head, and in front of all the ministers, bachelors, ministers, and even the Imperial Guards and Imperial Guards inside and outside the pavilion, he spoke out loudly, which is exactly what is popular in official documents nowadays.
The newspaper reported:
"The first is to expand the army! The imperial camp should slightly expand the army to 2,340,000 within the current financial resources of the imperial court, and set up imperial camp reserve stations in Lanzhou, Xingqing Mansion, and Yinshan to prepare for emergencies and facilitate recruitment.
Tubo, Dangxiang, Khitan, and scattered Mongolian tribes formed an army!"
"Second, it's called alliance! Since the officials have gathered with all the Xia in the Jinhe River to discuss cutting down the Jin, they should contact and discuss more. They should summon envoys from Dali, Nanyue, and Korea to the capital for consultation. They should also recruit the two Mongolian tribes and the Western Regions.
In the Ministry, the disciples of Tubo tribes entered the court, the young ones entered the martial arts and imperial schools, and the adults entered the Imperial Banzhi."
"Third, say An Hou! In the land south of the Yangtze River, there was Fangla before, and Zhong Xiang swept across Jingxiang in the southeast. Since Yue Fei suppressed the rebellion, Qianzhou pious thieves have risen again, and Jiangxi Road has been turbulent again. Famous ministers Quan Bangyan, Guo
Zhong Xun was the mainstay of the anti-golden war. Now that Quan Bangyan has returned to the court in mourning, he has become the envoy of Jiangxi Road. Guo Zhongxun can be appointed as the reserve general manager of the imperial camp and go to Jiangxi Road to train 10,000 reserve sergeants. The salary of the imperial camp will be reduced by half...
…After we have settled down, we can also form an army and go north to help the Northern Expedition when necessary!”
"The fourth is to rectify the name! The shame of Jingkang is where the scholars and people of the world are ashamed and angry. In the past, the six thieves were executed, but Jingkang still has chaos in the government. We should ask the Emperor Taishang Daojun and Emperor Taishang Yuansheng to write it with his own pen and declare it to himself.
He, the various failures of Jingkang, in order to set the record straight! And the loss of the two rivers is not a matter of financial interests. The restoration of the two rivers is related to the foundation of the country, and it is related to the official family and below. Li Gang, Lu Haowen
The two ministers, ministers and countless other people who are in charge of the country, whether they are upright or not, should ask the officials to express their decrees in the palace and reiterate the incompatibility between the Song and Jin Dynasties! It is difficult to sleep peacefully with the feud between the two!"
"The fifth is to build wealth! Since the Northern Expedition cannot be slowed down, but the national strength is still difficult, we should ask the Ministry of Household Affairs to formulate a plan, whether it may be three years or five years, how to obtain wealth, how to care for the people, how to accumulate, whether it is national debt, or how to exchange titles.
, or handing over affairs to the emperor, even if it slightly loses the face of a great country, it is still possible to show it in a dignified manner, so that the emperor's sincerity and the country's determination can be known to everyone in the world.
!”
By the way, when Zhang Jun mentioned the first two, the emperor, prime ministers inside and outside Shiting, as well as the civil and military ministers on the left and right did not react much. It was just that Zhang Jun was jealous when he saw the close cooperation between Zhao Guan's family and the province.
I couldn't help but show off.
After all, military expansion and alliance matters are things that Xifu should consider and then do. Xifu should have been preparing for this kind of thing for a long time, but it was just that it couldn't bear to throw it out today.
But when Zhang Deyuan mentioned the post of An Hou, everyone was a little surprised and serious, because this move was vaguely suspected of sending radicals from Hebei to directly send troops to suppress public opinion in Jiangnan. And I have to admit that although this move is somewhat unharmonious
suspicion, but it is destined to be a direct and effective method, and also a major counterattack against Ma Shen and other opposition parties.
It was indeed a cruel move, so cruel that it didn't even look like Zhang Deyuan's handiwork.
Of course, Li Guang and some of his close relatives from Jiangnan who were present immediately started to refute.
However, as Zhang Jun continued to talk about the fourth one, everyone present changed their minds. For a moment, no one thought about the third one... because the Prime Minister of Xifu told everyone in a straightforward way that Jingkang's shame
It must be faced directly, and the retrieval of the two rivers must be persisted. Otherwise, from the Zhao official family sitting in the pavilion to the retired ministers, all members of the ruling group since the founding of the Yan Dynasty will have to face the question of the legitimacy of their own governance.
Torture!
Instead of being secretive and letting the people say something about guarding against their father and brother, it is better to tell the world clearly that it was those two father and brother who lost the world. These two people no longer have any qualifications to enjoy the treatment of the country! And today's Emperor Jianyan and
His civil and military subordinates did not become rulers by relying on the continuation of the previous court, but by guarding the Huaihe River, recovering the Central Plains, and repelling the Jurchen invasion!
At the same time, Zhang Jun also clearly reminded all those who still have official status that without the Northern Expedition, this country and this court will not be upright and their status will not be upright! This is not a question of economic accounts at all!
As for the final step, setting a timetable and frankly showing the progress of preparations for the Northern Expedition required the court to make a public political commitment! This was unprecedented.
Therefore, when I heard the last part, there was already silence inside and outside the pavilion.
However, after a pause, it was Zhao Guanjia, who was staring at Zhang Jun, who was the first to roll his sleeves and laugh: "Deyuan, are these actually derived from "Water Margin"?"
Zhang Jun nodded calmly: "That's exactly what it is! But I'm not the only one to realize it!"
Zhao Jiu also nodded immediately, but stood up under the almost suffocating pressure of the others, and then walked forward, holding the still somewhat surprised Zhao Ding with one hand, and grabbing the majestic Zhang Jun with the other, and then raised his voice in response
:
"Taizong of the Tang Dynasty had Fang Xuanling as his conspirator and Du Ruhui as his planner. Although my official family is not as good as that of Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, I still have Xianggong Zhao to solidify my support and my queen, and Xianggong Zhang to move forward unstoppably for me. In this case, although the future is difficult,
What do we have to worry about? I’ve been thinking too much these days.”
At this point, without waiting for the two princes to express their opinions, Zhao Jiu solemnly looked back at the few bachelors and family members beside him, and solemnly issued an edict: "First issue the decree, and then carry out the spring plowing and then carry out the matter of mulberry and fish ponds as village property. In a few days
, when this matter is started, I will report today to Mingfadi to stimulate the world! Let's see who is dissatisfied, who is upset, who has something to say, and what can be done?!"
Chapter completed!