Chapter 1043 Meeting

On the return train, Zhao Xiaolong was not in a high mood.

After conducting field research, he discovered that the problems in rural Dahua were numerous and complex, and they were all extremely difficult to deal with.

There is a long way to go for the development of rural areas in Dahua.

As a rookie in officialdom, it is inevitable to be a little frustrated when faced with these troubles.

"Section Chief, do you think we can find solutions to the problems we found in rural areas?"

Zhao Xiaolong asked.

In his view, any one of these problems is very difficult.

"certainly."

Lin Sen answered directly in the affirmative without even thinking about it.

Seeing Zhao Xiaolong's expression of disbelief, he smiled and said: "Xiaolong, you can't compare the current situation in the countryside with the perfect countryside in your imagination, that's unrealistic.

Compare now with the past, or compare with rural areas in foreign countries, and then you will find that our rural areas in Dahua have developed very well. "

Zhao Xiaolong is young and grew up in the city, so he doesn't know much about the previous rural areas.

Lin Sen then told him what the countryside was like during the Ming Dynasty.

During the Ming Dynasty, all the farmers were sallow and thin, wore ragged clothes, and had no enough food to eat. They had to sell their sons, daughters, and land whenever there was a disaster...

Nowadays, Dahua's rural areas seem to have many problems, but compared with before, they are actually just happy worries.

For example, that family was struggling with whether they should go to the city to develop or stay in the countryside and farm.

In the past, their only thought was to work hard to eat enough, and there was no such thing as "happy worries".

Another example is those melon farmers. There used to be such a big consumer market. Regardless of the price, they could not sell what they grew. Now, although it may be purchased at a low price, at least it is more cost-effective than growing food.

Otherwise, those melons and fruits would not take the risk and continue to grow melons instead of growing food. They are also smart.

Therefore, those people seem to have a lot of troubles, but that is because human beings are greedy by nature.

Lin Sen could even predict that even if they solved all the people's problems and let them drive cars from house to house, use televisions, and eat meat for every meal, they would still have troubles.

Just like the urbanites living in Nanjing now, they may be rich enough, but they still have troubles. This is just human beings.

"Look at those green seedlings, full of life."

Lin Sen pointed to the vast paddy fields outside the window and said.

Zhao Xiaolong was thoughtful when he heard the words and had many feelings.

The two returned to Nanjing and submitted their research report.

Based on the results of these field visits, the leaders of the Ministry of Agriculture of North Korea and China also became more aware of some of the current conditions in the countryside, and then began various meetings to discuss how to solve these problems.

"We must strengthen public security control in rural areas and crack down on local bullies."

"This is not easy. We don't have enough police personnel."

"Perhaps we can ask the troops to help us and focus on attacking some evil forces to knock down the mountains and shake the tigers."

.......

The problem of rural bullies has existed since ancient times, and it is still a persistent problem.

These bullies usually don't commit any serious crimes. It's not good if the punishment is too severe, but they don't care if the punishment is too light.

Such a rogue-like attribute is quite frustrating.

On this issue, people from the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Public Security finally communicated and reached a consensus.

Although these bullies cannot be given severe punishment continuously, they can be severely punished at a certain stage to serve as a warning to the monkeys.

This can not only reduce the cost of remediation, but also achieve a certain effect, and can also prevent Dahua from falling into tyranny.

In short, this is a relatively suitable method at the moment.

"The current land policy must be changed. Only by liberalizing land sales can we speed up the process of urbanization. Didn't His Majesty say that we must promote the development of urbanization? Urbanization can quickly promote economic development."

Qu Yuan, Vice Minister of Agriculture, said.

Urbanization is currently a theme in Dahua. The purpose is to increase the urban population, reduce the rural population, and allow more people to live in cities.

Where there are more people, the cost of collaboration is lower, and the economy develops. This is an unchanging law since ancient times.

In Wu Changqing's previous life, there were urban areas everywhere, and the urbanization rate was nearly 70%, which was even higher in foreign countries.

These are all historical choices. Wu Changqing is not very clear about the fundamental reasons, but he knows that urbanization and the development of metropolitan areas are absolutely correct.

Therefore, he proposed to speed up the process of urbanization.

"If land sales are liberalized, I'm afraid there will be a new round of land mergers."

"You only need to worry about land annexation when you can't survive. The price of grain in Dahua has been falling for three consecutive years, and the grain reserves are almost moldy. Just find a job in the city, and one month's salary can buy you a year's worth of food. If we have enough food, do we still need to worry about land annexation?”

"However, the cost of living in the city is high, and not everyone can afford it. Without land, these people have no way out."

“So, our next topic should be how to reduce farmers’ living costs in cities.”

"The current land policy was formulated by His Majesty himself."

"Advancing with the times is what His Majesty said. With His Majesty's wisdom, he will not dwell on this. When changes are needed, he will change them without hesitation."

...

There was a lot of content in the meeting and a lot of debate.

Finally, the summary of the meeting was sent to Wu Changqing.

In fact, most people are inclined to reform, but they are just worried about Wu Changqing's attitude.

Wu Changqing, on the other hand, is not so pretentious and will not stubbornly stick to his own policies just to maintain his 'wisdom'. He can change at any time.

As a person of later generations, he is very aware of the dangers of institutional rigidity.

Scholars in later generations analyzed why the Ming Dynasty perished from many angles, one of which was that the system of the Ming Dynasty was too rigid, which was the main reason for the demise of the Ming Dynasty.

His analysis sounds quite reasonable.

Times are developing, and different policies have completely different effects in different historical periods.

A country is not afraid of occasionally making wrong policies, but it is afraid of losing the ability to change policies.

Wu Changqing did not fully approve the Ministry of Agriculture’s proposal, but instead made a request for a ‘pilot’.

It is difficult to predict whether the policy changes will be effective or not.

A one-time comprehensive change would have too much impact, so just choose a place as a pilot.

You can choose a city or a province, and keep other places unchanged.

Investigate again after one or two years. If you find that the effect is good, make comprehensive reforms. If you find that the effect is not good, stop the loss immediately.

Dahua is a superpower, and the concept of pilot projects must be promoted.

Otherwise, a bad policy will have huge negative impacts.