The Japanese people said that it would take a month to send people, and it took a month to really send people. Zhao Qian was a little surprised by the execution of the four countries, and the attached report made Zhao Qian feel that he could not underestimate people.

The report deals with the question of 'three publics and two privates' or 'two publics and three privates', including agreements to open money banks and shops in the territories of each land. In particular, the Japanese landlords screened the laborers they sent, and there were strict rules on how many laborers should be selected from the family. While satisfying agricultural production, the landlords can also get the most out of their efforts to sell their labor. After reading it, Zhao Qian wondered if the landlords of the Wa Kingdom had studied economics.

This level of suspicion is very time-consuming to find someone to do business, and Zhao Qian went directly to his father to ask for advice. Dad really didn't disappoint Zhao Qian, and he answered this question from the perspective of political and economic history.

During the Qin and Han dynasties, the state held the richest and most manageable land, and estimated the yield of these lands by measuring reference points, various rainfalls, agricultural sowing techniques, and other data. Thus maintaining the great power of the imperial court. As the land continued to develop, more and more land farms were free from the control of the imperial court. As the population grew, the land in the imperial court's possession could no longer supply a sufficient amount of taxes. The Western Han court itself was unable to solve the problem by upgrading technology to promote the development of productive forces, and the so-called usurpation of the Han dynasty by Wang Mang was simply a joke of the later victors.

Wang Mang ascended to the throne with the support of the emperor's edict and a number of ministers and relatives of the Liu family, and he pursued a policy of bringing all the country's land under state administration. Implement the imperial court instruction system. As a result, the local tyrants rose up and resolutely opposed Wang Mang's 'tyranny'. When Liu Xiu became the emperor, the heroes were determined to keep their manor, and Liu Xiu's son asked his father, 'What should I do if this national land measurement cannot be carried out?' Liu Xiu said, "No way, cold salad." Since then, there has been an era in which the powerful landlords of the Eastern Han Dynasty owned their own land and armed forces.

When the Ten Standing Servants and their relatives fought due to financial problems, the power of the Eastern Han Dynasty itself collapsed. The central government has lost its strength, and local powers have risen one after another. The de facto demise of the Eastern Han regime was announced.

The imperial court of the Sui and Tang dynasties also wanted to engage in a system of imperial court orders and face various powerful local forces. Although the imperial examination system solved the problem of the source of officials, it did not solve the problem of the distribution of financial and political benefits between the local government and the central government. Wu Zetian appointed cool officials to kill Guanzhong Haoqiang like killing chickens and dogs, and once looked at solving the local Haoqiang. However, in the face of such a huge national disadvantage, the central instruction system still had the Anshi Rebellion. In the end, the Tang Dynasty could only adjust politically, ready to admit that the nobles who controlled the manors naturally had political power. This was the compromise of the Jiedu system, but this reform was not fully successful, and the manor economy collapsed. Don also ended up in a civil war of blood and fire.

The Song Dynasty was initially prepared to institutionally recognize the power of the aristocracy, but because of the system of division of officials, it unexpectedly maintained the system dominated by the imperial court. However, this system was still full of problems in the face of vast territory, and the Great Song Dynasty did not prohibit annexation, and the result of comprehensive private ownership of land was that the landlord class continued to devour the state's finances, and eventually collapsed.

As for the Wa Kingdom, what they learned was the precept system of the early Tang Dynasty. The so-called landlord is the owner of the manor with official status, and as a nobleman, he has political power. In addition, the area of the Wa Kingdom was small and the population was large, and a perfect feudal system was quickly formed after the land distribution was completed. It is not surprising that the landlords could certainly do what they wanted within the authority of their feudal power.

Every time he listens to his father talk about history, Zhao Qian feels that he is standing on his father's shoulders and looking down on the world. Or follow Daddy through the heavy mountain-like curtain, deep into the depths that no one else can reach, and see the most subtle workings of history at a close distance. It's the same this time, Zhao Qian sighed: "Official, I have always felt that the authorities are obsessed with bystanders, but the officials are clearer than bystanders. That's the real thing. ”

"I don't see myself as an authority, I don't see myself as a bystander. The eyes of the working people are bright. Zhao Qian, you must remember this sentence. The eyes of the working people are bright. We use the ground as an example, they are really not the scholars of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and they are so much waste that they can't walk. They also work in their positions, even very hard. Therefore, it is normal for the people in the report to react, and because of their work, they can see at a glance which of the 'three public and two private' or the 'two public and three private' is more beneficial to them. Just like the Minister of Railways, I don't dare to talk to him about the details now, because he knows more than me, and I say that the details are the axe of the class. If I accuse the Minister of Railways of doing something wrong on the matter of details, I might as well say, "You have a crooked hat belt today, and I will fire you for it." ”

"Haha!" Zhao Qian was amused to laugh, only laughed like this, Zhao Qian couldn't laugh. He found out that Daddy was not joking, and the reason for firing the Minister of Railways was the truth. The real big truth. Unable to laugh, Zhao Qian asked his father: "Is it because the official family serves the people because it depends on the people?" ”

"Who does not depend on the people? Jinshi? Zhao Jiaren asked rhetorically.

"It's up to the working people."

"Now you've seen people shouting that they can't tolerate Diao people, and there will be more in the future. So it makes a difference whether it depends on the people or the working people. Mastering labor skills and being able to work are two different things. Now as the internal combustion engine gradually matures, there is already a production line, you have to see it. ”

"Yes. The repetitive work was very hard, and I understood it after one day, and I understood it completely after three days. ”

"Everyone wants to be able to do a skilled job with the same amount of labor, which requires people to have the ability to learn and work. Developing learning ability and workforce is a lot of investment. The average family may not be able to support it. And the average parent should know about their child, but they probably don't understand what their child is facing. They themselves do not understand what learning ability is, and it is not very difficult to expect them to let their children understand what learning is. In addition to providing people with jobs that they can do now, we also need to provide education and access for their children and grandchildren to be promoted. ”

"Understood." Zhao Qian nodded seriously. The more he grows up, the more he can understand what kind of environment he grew up in, not to mention his father's generation, the Zhao family is already a father and son. Zhao Qian's maternal grandfather was a Jinshi, and his maternal grandfather, even his grandfather's grandfather was also a Jinshi, and Zhao Qian's maternal grandmother's father was also a Jinshi. Therefore, after Zhao Qian's wife married Jinshi, she continued to study on the basis of the full education she had received before, Zhao Qian never dared to underestimate the old lady's knowledge before, and now she dared to underestimate the old lady's knowledge.

These Jinshi families do not teach children how to have fun, they teach children what kind of difficulties they will face, and they tell them their own experiences, so that they can know how the elders can overcome the difficulties they face and gain learning ability by finding their own learning methods. This ability is not inherited and must be taught by word and deed, and it is only through strict discipline and guidance that children can acquire it.

Unless the child's body is naturally easy to resonate with materialism, there must be a very normal way to study. For children with average qualifications, the investment in education has exceeded the limit that ordinary families can afford, and the style and cognitive benchmarks passed down from their ancestors are even more difficult to access. The so-called poor show has soared into the sky, either these people have been preparing since their grandfather's generation, or they themselves are a declining family. The odds of success on your own are too slim.

"I understand, official. Choose the best chance of success in everything you do. Zhao Qian said sincerely.

"Son, I don't really want you to bear the burden of the emperor. It's too hard, it's too hard, it's too dangerous. ”

"Understood. Father. I understand. Zhao Qian felt that he could fully understand his father's thoughts, and he didn't understand it before just because Zhao Qian didn't have the basis to understand.

"Since you are willing to be the emperor, I will tell you that even if it is for yourself, you must serve the people wholeheartedly."

"Dad, I think it's hard for officials to think that way, because the only way they get power is from their superiors, so they don't care about the people who can't give them power?"

"I want to tell you that there is nothing permissive about the system itself. The first thing that every citizen needs to face is the pain they feel, and the officials have to face how the country should progress. There is no equivalence between addressing people's suffering and promoting social progress. Nor does promoting social progress necessarily solve people's suffering in the long run, because people feel that they are powerless to solve the problems before them. To put it bluntly, if you know what pain you are going to face, then you can succeed. At least half of the people can persevere, and those who can't persevere will probably not regret not persevering. But when there is no road in sight, no future in sight, more than ninety percent of people will give up. People who stick to their desired results based on wishful thinking must be eccentrics, and they must not be normal. So you have to make sure that the bureaucrats are not good people, they are not bad people, they are normal people. ”

"What about bureaucracy?"

"The so-called bureaucracy refers to an attitude of gaining power, and if there is an easier way to obtain power, the bureaucrats will not hesitate to abandon bureaucracy and go to the past. Therefore, the system is fundamental, and the system stipulates how to obtain power, what kind of responsibilities and obligations to bear, and what kind of power to enjoy. The Wa Kingdom is a very complete feudal system, and you see that those Wa kingdoms are well executed. ”