The factory in Yanzhou has woven a total of 370,000 pieces of cotton cloth. In addition to the 200,000 pieces sold, there are 170,000 pieces. In the situation of dividends, it returned to the people of Yanzhou.

Those who have silk and silk all over their bodies are not silkworm breeders.

This poem is probably well known to everyone. After taking stock of the gains of a year, Su Che believed that the people had done too much work and had to build canals, roads, and schools... In the past, it may not have been completed in decades. It is natural to give the people some benefits.

Each family has half a piece of cotton cloth, which allows children and the elderly to change into new clothes and have a comfortable year... It is indeed as Su Che expected. The people of Yanzhou are excited and full of fighting spirit, and they all have all done their best to do a big fight. In just three years, they can own a piece of land that belongs entirely to their own, even if they are exhausted, it is worth it!

Taking stock of Yanzhou's achievements, except for paying less taxes than Jeju, all other things are far ahead.

And Jeju's advantages will soon be crushed.

Because with the development of Yanzhou's education, in two or three years, there will be a large number of workers with extremely high quality... Moreover, Yanzhou has better infrastructure, more irrigation canals, and high cotton quality... These advantages are enough to help Yanzhou completely surpass Jeju.

Wen Yanbo tried hard to find trouble in Yanzhou, which proved that he was not bad.

After searching for it, Wen Yanbo only found one, that is, there were even more criminals dealing with in Yanzhou than Jeju. You should know that there were ten times more criminals in Jeju than before, and there were actually more criminals in Yanzhou? What did they do?

Zhang Dun gave the answer to this question.

They dealt with all the thugs left by the Kong family, as well as gangsters, various scumbags, and of course, a group of gentry landlords...

Looking at the development of Yanzhou, Wang Ning'an finally figured it out and saw it clearly. He felt that he had sublimated... The absolute husband said that dividing land can leave a way out for the people and gain a way out for reform. This statement certainly makes sense. Wang Ning'an saw another deep meaning...

Since the pre-Qin period, the renting model has emerged. After one or two thousand years, it has been quite mature and has formed a complete set of complex relationships surrounding land operation.

First of all, the gentry and landlords, aristocratic families... They relied on occupying land, gaining resources, supporting their descendants to study, entering the officialdom, and in turn, they fought for more land for them to protect them.

In addition, long-term reproduction and survival have created clan forces. Each large family has hundreds or thousands of people. The family rules are above the laws of the court. The elders and elders of the clan can ask for it, but the younger generations cannot resist at all and can only succumb to the arrangements.

Locally, the court has limited power and cannot directly manage the people. There are also situations of collusion between clerks and clans... In addition, there are a large number of green-skinned scoundrels, gangsters, and other mixed forces.

This is a common sense that many people know but is easy to ignore... For example, Wen Yanbo made a mistake this time.

The messy forces were not eliminated, so they forced cotton planting. Naturally, a large group of people came up like flies and mosquitoes, and everyone was rich, exploited layer by layer, peeled off layer by layer, and of course the people would suffer losses, go bankrupt, go hungry, and even go to Liangshan to rebel...

This is not a problem that can be solved by dealing with a few corrupt officials and big investors. As long as the local structure does not change, no matter where it is implemented, the result will be the same.

The people will always suffer losses!

The reason why Wang Ning'an has not rashly promoted the reform for so long is because he is not sure how to change it?

He thought that internal reform is very difficult. Relatively speaking, it is much easier to use troops outside... snatch land, grab resources, open up markets, sell slaves... In short, use all means to get good things to the Song Dynasty, and achieve industrialization and enrich the country and strengthen the army without performing surgery on the Song Dynasty. How great it would be!

But after observation, especially the comparison between Jeju and Yanzhou, Wang Ning'an was awake. Don't think that just attacking the outside world can solve the problem. If you can't do it, you can't do it!

The reason is also very simple. The above-mentioned power structure surrounding the operation of the land is still there. To make a vivid metaphor, they are like a tumor. The Song Dynasty is a patient. No matter how much you eat, they will only continue to lose weight and become weaker, because the nutrients are absorbed by the tumor cells and used to continuously divide, and healthy cells will lose their nutrients and continue to die.

For example, I got back food, gold, silver and money from overseas, and various resources.

But we can't just give all the gold and silver to all the people like Shan Dawang, just give the gold and silver to the small scales, and send the food directly to our hands! We still have to put the things into the market and put them into the hands of the people through exchanges.

But the problem is that the common people have been exploited by these people and have little left to buy goods at all. No matter how much they transport back, they are worthless.

Instead, it will only increase the gap between the rich and the poor.

In addition, continuous expansion and continuous expansion of the market will accelerate the commercialization of agriculture... Like mulberry trees and cotton, the area of ​​these economic crops will definitely increase. Just like what happened in Jeju, I wish I could plant cotton every piece of land.

Similarly, because of the existence of local tumors and continuous absorption of nutrients, the people did not enjoy the dividends of the market, but instead suffered from the destruction of commercialization, and the grain prices soared and they could not make a living.

This situation is also familiar. Wang Ning'an used this trick to deal with the Liao Kingdom. He relied on a huge order to accelerate the commercialization of the Liao Kingdom's agriculture. Then the Liao Kingdom was in chaos. He took advantage of the opportunity to restore Youzhou.

The only difference now is that the one who suffered a lot has become the Song Dynasty. As the mastermind of that year, Wang Ning'an naturally had to think more!

In fact, there are many similar examples in the world.

For example, Spain, which first began to colonize, got silver from the Americas and became nouveau riche... But because the country did not have enough production capacity, their silver became luxury orders to nourish the industrial system of Britain and the Netherlands. The Spanish became the god of wealth, but instead helped others.

The Spanish example tells everyone that if the country's operating model is not adjusted and the country's operating model is adapted to industrialization, the result will only backfire. The wealth plundered from overseas will instead destroy the foundation of the empire.

As for the same sentence, don’t forget the size and scale of the Song Dynasty. This is a super empire that is larger and more populous than the entire Europe.

The West can solve the dilemma by relying on complete plundering and immigration, but what about the Song Dynasty? If there is no internal adjustment and only hope for overseas expansion and plundering, if there is an internal problem, millions or tens of millions of refugees will cause trouble, who can withstand it?

The agricultural society has low output and low efficiency. The court does not have that much money to support a huge bureaucratic system... There is no way, so it can only give up the place to gentry and clan forces.

However, after entering industrialization, the goods are abundant and the court has the power to manage the entire society, it is necessary to eliminate interference from gentry, reduce operating costs, communicate directly with the people, guide and mobilize and help them, integrate into the tide of industrialization, and share the achievements of industrialization!

Really live a good life.

Let’s take Yanzhou and Jeju as examples.

For example, Jeju used slaves to pick cotton bolts, which aroused the anger of the people and felt that they had been stolen from their jobs.

In Yanzhou, they also introduced slaves, but these slaves were responsible for mining and transporting, and they did the dirtiest and hardest work. Instead, the people did not rebound, but instead hoped to introduce more slaves to share physical labor and create wealth.

To do this, there must be a prerequisite, which is to train the people and give them a better and easier career so that there will be no public grievances!

It’s a matter of education again, and to enable the people to have the ability, financial resources to receive education, and willing to improve their own skills, in the final analysis, they still need to divide the land!

To put it bluntly, the part of the benefits that the gentry group gained for nothing in the past is given, and part of it is handed over to the people, so that they can use their consumption ability and have the financial resources to improve their skills and receive education; the other part is handed over to the court as taxes, so that the court can have the power to use foreign troops, open up the market, and support industries.

At this moment, Wang Ning'an felt that all kinds of ideas and clues were gathered together, and a wonderful chemical change occurred. The fog dissipated and the road to the future became clear.

What to do is also clear at a glance.

Although overseas development and colonial expansion are needed, they must first adjust themselves and actively adapt to the needs of industrialization. If they do not do their homework well, they will be like diabetics. No matter how much nutrition they consume or how much glucose they drink, they will only become thinner and weaker!

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If you hear the truth in the morning, you will die in the evening!

Wang Ning'an suddenly became relaxed. What he feared most in this world was that he didn't know the direction. It is very likely that the further he went, the greater the price he paid, and the more outrageous the result was.

At this time, Wang Ning'an was sure that he would not be wrong.

He happily ordered that the successful experience of Yanzhou be revealed to the world. He also required all prefectures and six ministries in the capital to select personnel to study in Yanzhou and see how to manage and develop the local area!

Almost overnight, Su Che, Zhang Dun, Zhang Heng, and even Lu Yan became examples of officials, famous all over the world and admired by everyone.

Officials from the neighboring state prefectures have come almost every day, and the tide of praise has made several people blush.

Even a guy as thick-skinned as Zhang Dun could not sit still, not to mention Su Che, who was always thin-skinned. I just fulfilled my duties as a parent, and it was really nothing great!

Of course, some people feel neglected when they get praise.

Mr. Wen was completely defeated in this duel.

Although he increased some taxes, the court had to allocate 500,000 guan to purchase grain and relieve disaster victims because of the rash change of cotton.

In addition, 500,000 trump cards were raised to pacify the robbers in the water.

In addition, Jeju's public security, local chaos, and various rectifications also require a lot of energy. Throughout the calculation, Jeju contributes far less than Yanzhou's taxes. Zhang Dun said that Wen Yanbo was fishing through the lake and was just right!

"Brother Kuanfu, I'll come and have a visit."

Wen Yanbo said with a dark face: "Prince, are you here to ask for guilt? Do you want to lock up or behead your head?"

"Hahaha, Brother Kuanfu is overly worried. Since it is a pilot project by the court, there are many things that are not out of your intention. How can Brother Kuanfu be held responsible alone!"

Wen Yanbo breathed a sigh of relief, but Wang Ning'an's words followed, causing the old guy to thunder and fell into the abyss!
Chapter completed!