Bidding farewell to Bao Ke, Wu Junyong, Li Qi and others, Du Zhongxiao entered the special train and sat down in his seat. The train started, the trees outside the window quickly receded, and the autumn fields were golden. Du Zhongxiao looked out the window, his mind was mixed.

I came to this era myself, and now that I think about it, the most important thing is to bring two things to this era. One is the army of firearms, and the other is industry. The firearms army is invincible, and he has been in Hequ Road for more than three years, expanding nearly 10,000 miles, and is an unprecedented famous general. Industry blossomed in the Central Plains, and the monster of Baitingjian appeared beyond the times.

Just like the firearms army, which appeared for nearly ten years and ran a military school, it is still not understood by the soldiers of this era, and the same is true for industry. Without Du Zhongxiao's plan for the Iron Supervisor, the Baiting Prison would not have the current scale, let alone Ye County. But leaving the scope of the iron prison, the private industry has too much recklessness, which makes people happy and a little afraid.

Now it seems that Bai Tingjian, especially Yexian under his rule, needs another plan to open the way for future development. With the provision of railway capacity, the Central Plains has slowly formed a unified market, and the railway supervision is facing another rapid development gate. Removing obstacles to it will greatly promote the development of industry and accelerate the evolution of society.

After coming to this era for so many years, Du Zhongxiao deeply felt that the knowledge he had learned before was not enough. History is only a record of past times, and various theories explain past times, but they cannot explain the unknown world. In this era, when developing industry, historical knowledge can only serve as a reference, and theory can only provide some tools, but cannot explain what it wants to do.

The industrialization process of Europe in history does not provide much experience for this era. At that time, Europe was more mercantilist, and it was moving along the path of the ancient aristocracy. With the emergence of various currents of thought, they fought with each other, and finally the situation of the previous life appeared. In this era, industry first appeared in the Central Plains, and it must be a different look, and the world will change its face.

How to cooperate with the development of industry? In the final analysis, there are only four words, that is, seeking truth from facts. Don't presuppose a premise, don't think that you have some truth, but just study the industry itself and the people under your rule carefully to find the right path. This work is very heavy, it is beyond the ability of Du Zhongxiao alone, it must be a group, and many people devote themselves to it.

Turning his head and looking at the neat carriage, Du Zhongxiao frowned. To accomplish this task, it is no longer possible to do it on your own, as before. When I returned to the capital this time, I must face it positively, and make more efforts in the officialdom and in learning.

This world is, after all, the world of people, as long as the people of the world are the core and do their best, they can find a way to do things. Instead of fixing what kind of route first, let the people of the world adapt, there should be good results.

In the afternoon, Du Zhongxiao returned to the capital. Since he was not a foreign official, Guo Shenxi and others welcomed Du Zhongxiao into Beijing and returned to the Imperial History Terrace. All the imperial historians sat down separately and listened to Du Zhongxiao's introduction of the trip to Ye County.

After listening to everything, Guo Shenxi said: "According to what Zhongcheng said, there are really a lot of cases in Ye County. I wonder if local officials can hear it? ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "As long as you are attentive, it is nothing more than using more time, and they will find a way." For the specific case of Ye County, Yu Shitai didn't have to devote too much energy, but had to think about other things. ”

Wu Zhongfu: "I don't know what Zhongcheng meant? The matter of Ye County seems to be the increase in households, resulting in murders. ”

Du Zhongxiao shook his head: "Where is that simple." Two things, one is why so many cases happened in Ye County, but the county government doesn't know much. Again, with the development of the iron supervisor, the number of factories relying on the iron supervisor will inevitably increase, how to manage. ”

Zhao Pan said: "The lower officials think that from the perspective of Baiting Supervisor over the years, the factory cannot be managed in the same way as the previous field affairs. Today's factories make too much money and produce too many things, which are not comparable to the previous field work. And gather in one place, the factory moose gather, should think of a way. ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "Yes, what Zhao Dianyuan said makes sense. The current factory is not available before, and it has a huge effect on the local area, and it is necessary to find a way to manage it, otherwise there will be endless problems in the future. Yexian County is not quiet, first, there are many households, and then there are many factories. Most of the cases that have been sorted out now and the Haoqiang who have been arrested are aimed at various markets and do not involve factories. If you investigate the affairs of the factory, I am afraid that there will be more cases. ”

Guo Shenxi frowned when he heard this: "What does Zhongcheng mean by this?" ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "Most of the current factories produce iron-related goods. And the machine is ruthless, is there less of a thing? It's just that the people who do things, and the employees of the factory, have most of the things that go wrong. Some people are too strong, and even if they are not satisfied, they can only endure it. ”

Guo Shenxi said: "According to what Zhongcheng said, are there still many cases in the factory? ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "Is it missing?" Comparing it with the iron prison, it can be seen how many disability things are there in a year? However, the iron supervisor is an official government, and there will always be compensation if something happens, and there are fewer disputes. The factories outside are different, how can everyone be so kind? We have to find a way to manage these things in the future, and we can't keep going like this. In addition, most of the private factories now evade taxes, and they must also find ways to collect them. ”

As soon as the tax money and grain were mentioned, everyone immediately had the spirit, and Lu Jingchu, the superintendent of the imperial history, said: "According to what Zhongcheng said, is there too much tax leakage in Ye County?" ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "I can't say it well, most of the non-local factories don't pay taxes." As long as the goods are sold and transported to various freight yards, stations, etc., the tax will be collected. In such a place, how much money is there for these alone? ”

Guo Shenxi said: "The collection of commercial tax in this dynasty has always been mainly based on taxation, unless it is a store, and the tax is not collected. ”

Du Zhongxiao said: "Is the factory like a store, or like a farmer?" If they produce goods, if they don't go by rail, if they don't enter the freight yard, they can't collect taxes? Lishui in Ye County is just a small river, and now there are many ships on the river, I don't know how many. ”

Guo Shenxi was silent for a while, and after a while, he said: "Zhongcheng said so, where is Yexian going to change greatly?" ”

Du Zhongxiao nodded: "Yes, it's going to change a lot." I will take a note on this matter and report to the Holy Majesty what I have seen and heard in these days. How to change, each of you go back, think about it. We brainstormed and came up with a way to come out. ”

Hearing Du Zhongxiao say this, everyone knows it. Thinking about it, Du Zhongxiao's recital this time is not simple, and it is likely to cause a courtier controversy. The officials of the Imperial Historical Observatory prepared early, and in the debate, they were able to seize the opportunity.

Compared with other yamen, Yashitai is relatively loose except for daily affairs. The independence of the imperial history is higher, and how to play, there is no need to inform the imperial history. And the daily affairs are all stylized, and there are not many things that Zhongcheng commands. This kind of collective discussion on one thing rarely happened before. Du Zhongxiao really wanted to have major surgery on Tiejian this time.

After more than ten years as an official, Du Zhongxiao has his own understanding of this era, and according to the actual situation, it is about to change greatly. There is no longer a threat from the outside, and the most important thing now is internal reform.

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