Chapter 473 Zhao Zhen's Joy

Times are changing, and the system must also change at any time. If we stay stuck in our ways, we will only lag behind others.

What Zhao Jun hopes is not that the Song Dynasty will always maintain the firepower advantage of the army, thereby deterring the whole world, and then go around looting and plundering wealth.

What he hoped was that the system of the Song Dynasty would change and progress every moment, instead of clinging to the ancestral laws and sticking to the rules.

Because only in this way can the Song Dynasty continue to maintain its institutional advantages. With institutional advantages, it is not only the firepower advantage of the army, but also all other aspects.

Just like this time the officialdom has been restructured again.

If it remains the same as before, it will simply change the previous problems of officials' laziness, corruption, and prevarication.

If things go on like this, it will be easy for officials to become overstaffed and only complete the tasks assigned by Kao Chengfa every day. Ignoring other issues will not solve the current situation of making their jurisdictions better.

So after discovering such a problem, changes must be made.

Gradually cancel the original examination method, increase the term of office of officials, improve their enthusiasm and subjective initiative, and pave the way for all-round development of the country.

This is the benefit of institutional advantages.

At this moment, in the political system courtyard.

Zhao Jun is still selling his grand blueprint, telling everyone how disruptive this new policy change will be.

"In the first Qingli New Deal, the first administrative issues to be solved were official corruption and vegetarianism, so the Kao Cheng method was used at that time, which was to use sticks and carrots to force officials to do things."

"But now times have changed. We have completed the transition from a feudal farming society to the primary stage of the first industrialized society, so we must consider comprehensive industrialization."

"Currently, only a few major cities in the Song Dynasty have industries. More than 95% of the country's production output comes from agriculture and handicraft manufacturing. The remaining 5% is still accounted for by the steel industry, and the industrial level is still lagging behind."

"This may have been enough in ancient society, but since our goal is to lead society first, we must not be satisfied with this."

"So we must continue to expand industrial output, at least fill the domestic market, and then form market occupation in surrounding regions such as East Asia, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Central Asia, and South Asia."

"Then we will assimilate these markets, cultivate them in depth, spread our own culture, and integrate their markets and regions into the Chinese civilization puzzle."

"Basically completing these points, our overall social development and national strength will become a discontinuous existence. It is possible to be hundreds or even thousands of years ahead of the world."

"So how can we do it?"

“We must change the current relatively backward officialdom order, turn passivity into initiative, and actively develop the country’s industrialization level in order to complete a leap in overall national strength.”

Facing the Emperor of the Song Dynasty and many prime ministers, Zhao Jun made impassioned speeches and outlined a bright future.

The heavy rain was still falling outside the window. On Zhao Zhen's desk was a notebook that had been there for fifteen years. It could be turned on for 2 minutes, but it was still not broken and was still strong.

Zhao Zhen's hand touched the mouse habitually. The laptop had not been turned on for a long time, and it was often turned on only once a few days to make sure it was good or bad.

There is a charcoal fire burning in the house, and there is an oven at everyone's feet, making the house warm as spring.

Everyone listened carefully to Zhao Jun's words. After he finished speaking, Fan Zhongyan took the lead in applauding and said: "It sounds wonderful."

"Bah bang bang."

Everyone then gave high fives.

This has become a tradition of the Constitutional Yuan. This happens whenever someone expresses outstanding insights and is recognized by everyone.

certainly.

Basically, except Zhao Jun, no one can express outstanding insights.

Even everyone doesn't know whether this is a truly beautiful future. Anyway, they believe whatever Zhao Jun says.

Because they have no choice but to believe it, they can’t come up with a reason to refute it, and even if they want to refute it, they don’t know what to say. The idea of ​​comprehensive industrialization and technology being the primary productive force is purely a blind spot in knowledge.

Even if someone from the future gave them science knowledge, they would still have a limited understanding. After all, it was impossible for Zhao Jun to teach them 24 hours a day, and he would only explain some terms at most.

So basically they only need to know that this is an advanced system and experience in the future. Since it is advanced, it should be right and must be approved of. There is nothing wrong with it.

"good!"

Zhao Zhen clapped his hands and nodded repeatedly: "To be honest, I actually don't understand much about it, but I know that Hanlong will not just talk nonsense. If he says he can do it, he will definitely be able to do it. I think, just follow Hanlong's instructions I want to do it.”

Zhao Jun asked: "What parts did you not understand?"

Zhao Zhen said: "It's market assimilation. What does this mean? I think the Western powers are colonial?"

Zhao Jun said with a smile: "Colonization is actually the lowest method, because the Western powers themselves are small countries and have small populations. They only completed industrialization first and had the industrial system to complete the crushing of agriculture and primitive society. Only then can they colonize, but colonization itself It’s a predatory robbery, which is basically a one-vote sale. Have you seen that Western powers have been plundering all the world’s resources after colonizing them for hundreds of years?”

"What does Hanlong mean?"

Yan Shu opened his eyes wide.

"Yes, this goes back to the one-pole East Asia strategy I proposed in the early years. This is still a foreshadowing for the future."

Zhao Jun said: "While national ideology has not yet emerged, national ideology has not yet emerged, step up efforts to upgrade our own national ideology, and then export culture and ideology to the outside world. The entire East Asia is free labor, and a lot of resources can be For us to seize, among other things, there are large reserves of oil and natural gas in Southeast Asia and Siberia. However, compared with oil and natural gas in the Middle East, the resources in these places are not easy to exploit. "

"But they can be used as reserve energy. In the future, we will base ourselves in East Asia and explore the world. The entire East Asia is our territory, the entire America is our back garden, and the entire world will be in our pocket. The future of the Chinese nation, It will skyrocket.”

He said with firm eyes.

Everything Zhao Jun did was for the Eastern One-Pole strategy a hundred years from now.

Maybe he couldn't see it.

But in his plan, the actual territory of Chinese civilization in the future will be the entire East Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Far East of Australia and Russia.

This is probably the limit of actual control.

As for America being too far away, people can be sent there continuously, allowing the Chinese nation to become one of the main ethnic groups and form a gathering place for the Han people.

And after completing the Eastern Pole strategy, it can also affect the pattern of South Asia, Central Asia, West Asia and even the Middle East.

Basically the only ones left are Africa and Europe, which are beyond our reach.

But at that time, whether Africa and Europe can control and occupy it, will it have any impact?

Therefore, this blueprint is obviously grand and spectacular, which makes people happy and desirable.

After everyone listened, they couldn't help but applaud.

This time, everyone went from knowing a little to fully understanding, and they also knew the great ideal in Zhao Jun's heart.

"It can be said that most of the Song Dynasty is now on the right track. After this New Deal, it can be maintained for at least thirty years. The next step is to open up the market. The market is the life of industry."

Zhao Jun still said: "The first industrial revolution in Britain relied on the vast colonies around the world as a market so that their industrial products could be sold. We have an advantage in that we have a large domestic market."

"In the early stages of industrialization, we can fill the vacancies in the domestic market, but then we have to actively expand externally. But don't worry too much about this. Early accumulation is not a big problem."

He looked around and smiled: "Now that we have made sufficient preparations in the early stage, the entire East Asia region is already within our grasp, and America is also the first blue ocean to be developed. Basically, when the industry is spread across the country, we will be able to successfully take over the entire East. "

"Well, judging from the current situation, no one in the entire East is our opponent militarily. This is still a conservative estimate. Maybe no one in the entire world can defeat us. If we spread the dishes, we can indeed have strong economic control. "

"It's because Hanlong has spared no effort to teach us over the years, otherwise we still wouldn't know what the market is and what the economy is. Industry is the foundation of a strong country, and we must move in this direction."

"Yes, I have been a feudal bureaucrat all my life. Only when I get old do I know how to develop in the future. Perhaps this is what Confucius said, "He who hears the Tao in the morning will die in the evening." It is a blessing to see him."

Many prime ministers understood what Zhao Jun meant and were filled with emotion.

They are all human beings, and they all understand the principles, but I don’t know what kind of effects they will have.

Only Zhao Jun will explain these terms to everyone and analyze in detail what kind of benefits this will bring to the Song Dynasty.

This is also the driving force behind their willingness to promote reform.

"What I'm talking about now is basically the impact of this reform on the general direction of the future. As for the specific reform content, it is too much and too complicated, so I will not go into details. I will sort out the content when the time comes."

Finally, Zhao Jun said: "There are still more than two months before the end of the year, and almost three months until the new policy is issued at the beginning of next year. Then we will discuss it carefully and make final discussions."

"That's it. It's getting late today and it's almost midnight. I won't let you all have dinner. This is the end of today's meeting."

Zhao Zhen saw that Zhao Jun didn't have much to say, so he nodded to dismiss the meeting.

In fact, meetings have been held every day in these years, and the content of the meetings is usually for everyone to report to Zhao Zhen on the main events of the day.

For example, Di Qing went to the Western Region today, or there was a natural disaster in a certain place, and they had already issued instructions to send people to provide disaster relief, or the king of a certain country sent an envoy to meet him, etc.

As the head of state, Zhao Zhen's current tasks include doing scientific research every day, managing the Academy of Sciences part-time, being the honorary president of Bianliang University, etc. In fact, sometimes he also has to meet with foreign guests and talk about international topics.

He has real power, but he will not use his real power. This can be regarded as a tacit understanding between the imperial power and the political power of the Yuan Dynasty. Zhao Jun has well formed such a balancing lever in the middle, making both sides as stable as Mount Tai.

Therefore, although the meeting is held every day, sometimes it takes more time and sometimes it takes less time. It all depends on what other topics Zhao Jun wants to talk about after today's government affairs content is over.

"Then I will take my leave."

"Guan family, please rest early."

"I'll take my leave."

Everyone ended today's meeting and stood up to leave.

Only when Zhao Jun got up and saw Zhao Zhen waving to him, he sat down again.

After a while, everyone left, and only the grandfather and grandson were left in the house.

The sky outside is getting much darker.

The steam engine in the back garden rumbled, and the lights in the room turned on.

After everyone left, Zhao Jun asked: "What's wrong, brother?"

Zhao Zhen sat there.

He is forty-two years old this year. Compared with the twenty-seven-year-old youth fifteen years ago, who was even a little green, he is now a middle-aged man with a slender figure, a slightly thin face, and two beards. .

His personality has remained unchanged over the years, he is sentimental and a good-natured person.

But it also reveals that sincerity and kindness.

He just sat there, his eyes a little dazed, and then said softly: "Actually, it just feels a little unreal."

"What's not true?"

Zhao Jun asked.

After asking, he remembered the reason and said with a smile, "I must be thinking about the Western Regions."

"yes."

Zhao Zhen also laughed, and then his face became more and more excited. He put his hands on the table and said, "There were so many people just now. I was just laughing and happy, but now I"

As he said that, he stood up, then walked to the open space next to him and jumped up, dancing and saying: "I really want to do something to express my excitement now. I really want to hammer the table, but I am afraid of pain."

"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha."

Zhao Jun laughed and said: "Brother, you are still too easily satisfied, but I can understand. I am calm because the Western Regions were our inherent territory in later generations. During Zuo Zongtang's period, we recovered Xinjiang and kept our territory generally intact. . Then I definitely want to jump up and hit something."

"ah!"

Zhao Zhen only felt that the rage in his chest was about to be vented. Finally, he punched the desk hard, and then screamed: "Ouch."

"Hahahahaha!"

Zhao Jun was overjoyed, and then thought again,

This thing is really a different state of mind.

Zhao Zhen was happy because his achievements in opening up new territories were the highest achievements among any emperors in ancient times.

Second only to the founding of the country.

And now it is not just this little bit of territory, but a vast land of more than one million square kilometers, which is not just as simple as opening up territory and expanding territory.

Why is Li Longji’s historical evaluation so high?

You must know that in his later period, he was a completely ignorant king, delegating power to treacherous ministers, ignoring courtiers, leading a corrupt life, and even robbed his daughter-in-law. He also listened to false accusations and killed three sons in one day. Not only did he violate human theory, but he also killed his own flesh and blood.

Although in this situation, the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms must be regarded as relatively normal emperors, but in other dynasties, they must be weak kings and tyrants with low evaluation.

However, these things did not affect his historical status as a wise king.

It's because he was so brilliant in the first half of his life, so brilliant that if he had died in the late Kaiyuan period and not in the Tianbao period, his evaluation might even rank second in the Tang Dynasty and top ten in history.

This is how Zhao Zhen is now.

Li Longji didn't care about the evaluation of future generations, he only cared about his own desires, so he collapsed in the end.

But Zhao Zhen already knows how future generations will evaluate the former emperors, comment on their achievements, and even discuss them on the Internet, so he must do better than in history.

Historically, he was not even as good as Li Longji. At least Li Longji was brilliant. In the Northern Song Dynasty, he could only be regarded as the tallest among the short ones.

It is a strange thing that he is obviously a mediocre master, but he can be ranked among the top three emperors of the Song Dynasty.

And now.

Everything has changed.

Even the name of Song Renzong is no longer worthy of its name.

Not worthy of his achievements.

As an emperor, how can you not be excited?