Chapter 461: The Biggest Hole Card (Part II)
Zhao Ji finished reading the recital, and the expression on his face was extremely strange.
Wen Yanbo was curious, what did Wang Ju write, which made the emperor's expression like this. Not only Wen Yanbo was curious, but Wang Anshi and others were also curious.
Zhao Ji handed the fold to Wen Yanbo to see, it was not that Lao Wen was higher than Wang Anshi's official position, but that Lao Wen had the most seniority.
After reading it, Comrade Lao Wen also had a very strange expression.
Wang Anshi couldn't help but be more curious.
Wang Ju is about to leave the capital and go to the front line, what exactly is the Shenma, so that the two of them have such expressions.
Although Lao Wen was dissatisfied with Wang Anshi, he had to do the work on the surface, and seeing that Wang Anshi was curious, he handed it to Wang Anshi by the way.
Wang Anshi was watching, and Zhao Ji had already begun to ask: "Wang Qing, does it really work?" ”
Wang Ju wrote about smallpox.
The four major pests of ancient times, smallpox, malaria, tuberculosis, and blood-sucking insects.
The plague was not much in ancient China, and most of the plagues that appeared in the past dynasties were severe malaria, that is, disease No. 2. As for the word cancer, it doesn't appear yet, but there is a disease. Although there was no strict industrial pollution in this era, ordinary people mostly ate pickles as the main dish, and this salt was not processed as a toxic "natural salt", and the proportion of cancer was not small. However, at this time, cancer is called a malignant stump or carbuncle, so it is impossible to count how many people die from cancer.
Among them, smallpox is the first of the four evils, and many children die from smallpox every year.
So Wang Ju deliberately wrote a recital before leaving, talking about smallpox.
Wang Ju first talked about the self-repair function and self-immune function of the human body.
After cutting the earthworm into several pieces, they will not die and will even quickly grow new earthworm leeches soon. Due to the different directions of evolution. People don't do it. Stop people in one qiē two sections. I'm going to see King Yama right away. However, people also have self-healing functions, as a simple example, a cut in the hand, as long as it is not a strict zhòng infection, it will heal on its own. It's just that this speed is slower.
The same is true for immune function, like some people who have severe wind cold, and after recovery, they are not easy to be infected with this malignant wind cold.
It is these two principles that can be used to inoculate cowpox. to avoid smallpox.
Wang Ju explains cowpox in the memoir, but does not explain what evolution is.
Anyway, with this basis, it can be promoted to avoid many people dying of smallpox every year.
If there is no accident, in fact, to put it cruelly, if you die, you will die, anyway, the population has gradually become the most severe crisis in the Song Dynasty.
However, Wang Ju now has other plans, as long as this plan is successful, then this growing population is not only a crisis, but an opportunity.
This is said from the standpoint of public intentions.
Selfishly. This morning, Wang Ju was on his way to the test and heard that a child in his neighbor had smallpox. The family cried like tears, which made Wang Ju also worried. Without him, I have children, can I not worry?
It's not about yourself, the right should be hung high, if it's about yourself, can it still be suspended?
So before leaving the capital, I grabbed a little time to write this note.
Wang Ju said: "Your Majesty, it works." ”
"You have so much strange knowledge?"
"See, hear, think." Wang Ju replied, and said, "Your Majesty, my lords, I'm leaving." ”
After speaking, he turned over and got on the horse, because of his skillful movements and flexible body, this posture of getting on the horse was very free and easy, which made people look relaxed and happy.
Zhao Ji turned his head and whispered to Wang Anshi: "The northwest is worry-free. ”
It has nothing to do with Wang Ju's horse-mounted action, but this memorabilia, Wang Ju is about to go to the northwest, and he is still in the mood to care about smallpox, which shows that Wang Ju has a firm grasp of this crisis in his heart.
With Wang Ju leaving, the people of the capital were worried and looking forward to it.
In fact, Wang Ju's line of work is even stricter than he imagined. If they win, the Song people will be able to gradually pick up the lost confidence, and if they lose, they may be able to open the side of the river that dragged Wang Shao down.
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Wang Ju came to Luoyang, and Xiao Su immediately received Wang Ju to wash the dust after hearing it, but Xiao Su took Wang Ju to a grass market outside the city.
The reform of Fangchang Hedu is to use some small and medium-sized grass markets, non-strategic river crossings, and poorly run and deficit-run workshops as pit mines, and other industries as supervision and pit mines, and after being appraised by special personnel, according to their respective natures, they will be auctioned anonymously after paying a deposit, and the one with the highest price will be operated.
But this grass market does not include those large grass markets that are degrading into market towns, that kind of grass market can't be played like this, and there are too many people and interests involved.
These small and medium-sized grass markets are actually the farmers' markets of Wang Ju's previous life, where the surrounding people bring fruits, vegetables and special products, and small traders and vendors also bring daily necessities to the grass market, or buy and sell or trade with each other.
After the merchants auctioned it, they sent their servants to manage and collect taxes. However, if there are restaurants, liquor stores, etc., the merchants are not allowed to collect taxes, and they continue to be managed and taxed by the state.
After the implementation of this reform, many people were in favor of it.
The reason is simple, before the reform, the imperial court also levied taxes, and it was to send officials to collect taxes, not necessarily all officials would be harsh to the people, but because of the chaos of taxation, ninety percent of the income from taxation went into the pockets of each officials. After the reform, you officials have been liberated from now on. With the gradual implementation of the exemption law, the benefits will be greater, because each reduction of one official is equivalent to saving the state a sum of money.
When it comes to private business, there will also be harsh taxes.
So at the beginning of the implementation, there was still a lot of opposition. But then it faded away.
The reason is still very simple, these people who come to trade and buy are ordinary people and small businessmen, just like Wang Jucai came to Wangjiazhai, every penny is good, you can levy it indiscriminately, but I can not come. Some people would even rather walk more than a dozen miles rather than pay a few pennies more in taxes. There is no one to trade, where to tax.
This forced various merchants to pay taxes reasonably, and even some smart merchants even came up with some fame to attract everyone to trade.
Don't underestimate the auction income of these grass markets, often a small grass market auction income is only a few hundred yuan, or even only one or two hundred yuan. Those large-scale grass markets are only a few thousand yuan.
However, how many grass markets existed in the entire Song Dynasty? A little adds up. Gather sand into a tower. The proceeds of this grass market auction alone accounted for half of the income from the reform of the river crossing.
However, the reform of Fangchang River Crossing is not exactly perfect.
One of the strictest is the process of valuation, often because of the confusion of the original asset and account management, can not be very fair valuation, and even Haoqiang and the appraisal officials join forces to deceive officials, the valuation is too low, and the actual property of the imperial court is transferred.
This is also unavoidable. Not to mention these state-owned assets, even Wang Ju's bamboo paper workshop, as the scale became larger and larger, there was also a strict chaos in management and accounts last year, so that Li Zhen deliberately came to the capital this spring to ask Wang Ju for a solution.
Later, after Li Zhen went back, he immediately rectified it. But now it cannot be said that it has been completely solved, it can only be said that it has not been expanded.
It turns out that Wang Ju also has a mention yì, such as the dock in Qianzhou, which is the largest inland dock in the Song Dynasty. On the scale of the largest, on the most advanced technology. On the largest number of craftsmen. But it was a state-owned dockyard that specialized in building inland river vessels for transportation for the imperial court.
Therefore, when you are busy, you are so busy that you can't breathe, and you can be idle for a few months when you are free. If reforms are also carried out, for example, when the shipyard is free, it can be allowed to take over private work, which can improve the treatment of craftsmen and bring part of the income to the country.
However, in that case, the management and accounts will inevitably lead to strict chaos, and Wang Ju did not mention it.
Also, ninety percent of the reason why these prison pits are in deficit is that the officials are greedy for ink, and after the auction, it has nothing to do with these officials. So can these officials be happy, so they also make trouble and protest below.
It's just that they have very little right to speak, and the implementation before Wang Anshi's change is tantamount to cutting off the relationship with Wang Anshi's change, so these people have not been in the climate. However, it gave life to many craftsmen, which should be said to be consistent with the "benevolence and humanity" policy of the Song Dynasty.
Moreover, it should be implemented before the implementation of the exemption law, otherwise it would create a large number of "laid-off workers", which would be controversial.
It should be a successful reform, whether it is below or in the public opinion of the upper class, there is more praise and less opposition.
Walking in the bustling grass market, Xiao Su said with emotion: "Zi'an, this is the real change." I'm not against changing the law, but if it's like this, why should I oppose it? ”
Wang Ju really smiled bitterly.
How many such "variations" can be found?
Xiao Su said again: "Look at Kapok again, cut troops, these benign changes, that one is not from Zi'an's hand, the hero doesn't ask where it comes from, why don't the officials reuse it?" ”
Wang Ju expressed his shame: "Ziyou, I am not the only one who wants to cut the army, where do I dare to be greedy for this merit." As for the kapok, it was introduced to Lingnan by the ancients, and Her Royal Highness the eldest princess thought of Li Bu, so I paid attention to the kapok, and then Jiefu Gong expanded it to benefit the country and the people. I don't dare to be greedy for this merit. ”
However, Wang Ju secretly rejoiced in his heart, with Xiao Su, the "opposition", to advocate for himself, and he will be able to win over more people in the future. Without the support of no one, without the support of many people, can we reform peacefully and smoothly?
The two returned to Luoyang City.
Looking at the Luoyang City Gate, Wang Ju sighed slightly in his heart.
He also has a crazy idea, move the capital!
In order to erase the power of the second brother of Kaifeng City, Zhao Kuangyin deliberately sent Zhao Defang's father-in-law Jiao Jixun to stay in Luoyang and rebuild Luoyang City.
It's a pity that Zhao Kuangyi used a sentence to stop it if Jiangshan is in Germany. Then Zhao Kuangyin went to the third child's house three times, Zhao Kuangyi saw that it was not good, and used the ultimate move, candlelight axe shadow!
But now this relocation still has a role.
In the whole capital, how many powerful and powerful people collude with powerful scholars and doctors, once the capital is moved, then there will inevitably be a great purge of these forces, which is very beneficial to the country.
Of course, it is impossible to move the capital to Chang'an, whether it is Sanmenxia or the deteriorating Weishui, it is strictly zhòng that affects Caoyun. However, moving the capital to Luoyang does not have this problem, and rebuilding Luoshui, bypassing Kaifeng City, digging a new canal, communicating with the old Bianshui, or directly communicating with Luoyang, will not affect Caoyun.
Moreover, Luoyang has the danger of the Tiger Pass, which is closer to Shaanxi, even if it does not change, when the Jin people go south, they will be guarded by the Tiger Pass, and they can quickly transfer the powerful Western Army to Luoyang to participate in the battle, and the Northern Song Dynasty will not go to extinction, at least not to the Jin people.
But the circle of interests involved is too big, so Fan Zhongyan and others also mentioned moving the capital to Luoyang, but they did not pass guò.
Therefore, many times Wang Ju is helpless, some can see it, but he can't realize it.
He sighed and went into the city.
Zhang Qi also happened to arrive.
Then let's discuss it now.
Zhang Qi was still very happy, Wang Ju didn't forget his old friend, he didn't make a fuss, he didn't be polite, and went straight to the point.
"Zi'an, this westward journey may not be so dangerous, according to my guess, there must be two people in Zi'an's heart."
"Tell me about it."
"The Xinjiang Ballast Fort has become the Anjiang Fort of our dynasty, and the two gates are equivalent to being closed, which is a favorable side for our dynasty."
"That's right, but what about the other one to rely on?"
"Dong Yu."
Dong Yu, this is Wang Ju's biggest hole card! (To be continued......) R1292