Why should a country develop its economy? Because only development can solve problems. Although new problems will arise during the development process, the problems caused by development can only be solved through continued development.
A country whose economy continues to develop can continue to solve problems even if it has many problems. But once economic development stops, the country's ability to solve problems will also be lost. In this kind of failed state, old problems cannot be solved and new problems keep emerging. All we can do is wait for the old regime and interest groups to be overthrown and regain development space by returning the economy to zero.
???????????????????????????????????????? Why have the dynasties of the past dynasties of China so much flourished, and then fell so suddenly? The fundamental reason is that it is impossible to make incremental contributions to the economy, and can only continue the cycle of 'stagnation - clearing - stagnation - clearing' within the scope of the stock.
While history has brought the Little Glacier crisis to the Ming Dynasty that has intensified the clearing, it has also given the Ming Dynasty an opportunity to escape from this vicious cycle - the Age of Discovery. It is a pity that the Ming Dynasty did not seize this unprecedented opportunity to increase growth, and could only die from the famine and plague brought by Little Glacier at the door of the new era
This is why Zhao Hao has always regarded participating in the great voyage as his top priority.
But doing increment does not necessarily bring development. Ming Dynasty may also follow the old path of Spain and Portugal, unable to allow the majority of people to share the increment, nor allow increment to bring development. This is something that Mr. Zhao has always been worried about.
So he wants to help the Taizhou School grow and let them speak for people who are not qualified to decide the distribution of cakes. Guide this extremely destructive force and learn to build something while destroying the prison of Neo-Confucianism
The ideal is beautiful, but who knows how reality will develop?
Whether the Taizhou School can survive the persecution of Xianggong Zhang is still unknown. Thinking about it this way, Mr. Zhao is simply marrying Li Zhi, He Xinyin and others
It¡¯s really too big Oh no, it¡¯s too great!
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In the early morning of the 25th, the Science Ship arrived at Chongming Sansha Pier.
In just two days, Mr. Zhao and three people from the Taizhou School had an in-depth and lively exchange day and night. ¡·, the detailed records only go as far as "Idiot, the problem is the economy!" ¡¯ It¡¯s over.
The content of the conversation over the next day and two nights was unclear.
In "The Biography of Science", the disciples claimed that the "Jiangzhong Dialogue" laid the foundation for decades of close cooperation between science and Taizhou students, citing the reason that they had not been with their master at that time. Such was the origin of overthrowing the dominance of Neo-Confucianism.
"Taizhou Academic Cases" was written by Li Zhi, who experienced it personally. It is said that with his unruly character, such an important conversation should be recorded word for word. However, he also rarely chose the Spring and Autumn style of writing. He only said that the "Jiangzhong Dialogue" was a great shout-out to Taizhou studies by science, and pointed out the way forward in their confusion. From then on, it was not only clear what they wanted to oppose, but also what they wanted to stand for. What.
Since then, the Taizhou School has quietly interpreted "The common people's daily needs are the way" as "Making people's lives happier is the way we pursue", and has set it as the school's main purpose, and has always insisted on seeking benefits for the people. Finally ushered in rapid development. Its influence soon surpassed that of the Wang School, and quickly became the Great Ming Dynasty. Its disciples were taught by Bao Gongqing at the top, and they arrested scholars, commoners, woodcutters and Tao farmers at the bottom, becoming the biggest enemies of Neo-Confucianism Of course, this is a story later.
Therefore, later historians speculated that it was probably because the content discussed by the two parties was quite restricted, including dragon-slaying techniques that were not suitable for spreading, so they were hidden in the "Science Biography" and "Taizhou Academic Cases".
They are not purely speculative, because in Jin Xuezeng's "Diary of Dayangzi", he recorded that when he greeted his master at Sansha Pier, he saw three people from Taizhou School saying goodbye to their master. Luo Rufang bowed and said: "Master, to I, Taizhou Xue En Tong Zai Zai, if I am called upon in the future, I will go through fire and water without hesitation. ¡¯
And He Xinyin, a peerless lunatic, actually followed suit and said, "I have learned a lesson." It can be seen that the benefit has been huge, and it must have reached the point of being completely transformed
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Because the ship was about to leave at noon, Mr. Zhao only had a quick meeting with Jin Xuezeng at the dock after he separated from the three members of the Taizhou School.
This year, Chongming Island has had another outstanding year. Dayang, who loves to show off by nature, naturally has to show off to his master.
"Under Master's wise leadership and kind care, Chongming's shipping, agriculture, and shipbuilding industries have developed rapidly, bringing a large number of people to the county. As of September, the county's population has reached nearly 300,000, which has doubled from last year. Fan!"
It¡¯s no wonder that Jin Xuezeng couldn¡¯t wait to show his merit. During his three-year term, the first year of his term was dependent on others and extremely poor, and the second year of working as a cow and horse, extremely hard work. Now he is finally awesome. If you don't brag with Master, wouldn't it be like walking at night in brocade clothes?
"Well, not bad, not bad." Zhao Hao nodded approvingly: "Back then, your county had only 80,000 people. How many times has it doubled? It's almost the same as Kunshan back then."
Of course, under the wise leadership of Mr. Zhao, the population of Kunshan has now exceeded 500,000
"Hehe." Jin Xuezeng said with joy from ear to ear: "First, we are very attractive, and there are refugees coming from Henan to work. Secondly, the county is not idle either. I drove all the white laborers across the river. They asked them to recruit people to do the work, and they recruited 50,000 to 60,000 people from Nantong Prefecture alone. Later, Du Zhizhou was so angry that he put up a banner in the city, "Prevent fire, theft, and Chongming." He even wrote to me and said, "We are born from the same roots, and we are interfering with each other." Why are you in such a hurry, hahaha."
In the early years of Hongwu, Nantong Prefecture administered Haimen and Chongming counties. Later, Chongming was returned to Suzhou Prefecture. Moreover, Nantong Prefecture is affiliated to Yangzhou Prefecture and is also within the Jiangnan integrated area, so the prefect is said to have the same roots.
"Please restrain yourself!" Mr. Zhao kicked him in the buttocks and cursed: "Nantong is also a part of Jiangnan. Nankaisi and Du Zhizhou have complained to you several times, saying that you are poaching your own family, which is very bad!"
This is also the reason why Zhao Hao emphasizes the integrated and coordinated development of Jiangnan. Otherwise, the scattered prefectures and counties in Jiangnan will definitely poach each other and compete viciously like Jin Xuezeng did.
So Zhao Hao sternly warned Jin Xuezeng that if he dared to poach people from Nantong again, he would be hanged and beaten
"I didn't even take care of a single sheep. There are Fengyang, Huai'an, and Xuzhou. They can't be counted as Jiangnan" Jin Xuezeng covered his chin and blinked pitifully: "The Yellow River burst its banks. After that, the people in these prefectures had no livelihood, but thanks to our recruitment, they didn't go hungry. This is a good deed."
"Now Pan Zhongcheng has blocked the breach." Mr. Zhao sighed and said: "Those prefectures and counties became anxious and went to Nanjing to complain, saying that Jiangnan was luring the population from Jiangbei and asked Su and Song Prefectures to repatriate the refugees."
"Ah, really?" Jin Xuezeng was surprised. He had never heard of this.
"Otherwise, why would I go to Nanjing, other than to wipe your butts?" Mr. Zhao snorted. He didn't just go there to have fun.
"What should we say now?" Jin Xuezeng asked anxiously. The local population of Chongming is small, and its development depends entirely on the external population. If Nanjing orders repatriation, it will take his life.
"Currently, we are suppressing them." Zhao Hao sighed and said, "But I have promised that I will not poach people from the various prefectures in Jiangbei next year."
This is why Mr. Zhao knew that Jin Xuezeng had gone too far in poaching people, but he didn't stop him before. If we rely solely on natural population flow, the growth rate is still too slow, and we still have to poach people when we need to.
Jin Xuezeng, a monkey spirit, knew the elegant meaning of the song after hearing it and said: "I understand, my disciple, I will send all the people out immediately, and we will dig the last wave before the end of the year."
"You stinking gangster." Zhao Hao laughed and kicked him again, this time with love. The apprentice is trying to gain respect for his master, but of course it is too late for the master to love him.
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The autumn harvest is now over. Jin Xuezeng told Zhao Hao that a total of 200,000 acres of land have been reclaimed by Chongming County farms this year, half of which are cotton fields and half of which are paddy fields. Under the leadership of agricultural technicians trained by Kunshan Agricultural College, 100,000 acres of paddy fields have achieved an impressive yield of five stones per mu!
As a farm that has just been cultivated for a year, it is already very difficult to reach the average level of counties in the south of the Yangtze River, and we cannot force more.
? It is cotton fields, because cotton is tolerant to salt and alkali and does not have high soil quality requirements. As long as sunshine and irrigation are ensured, the yield is guaranteed. Chongming Island has both of these, and Jiangnan Cotton Spinning Company has rich planting experience. Under their guidance, the cotton farmers 'selected the seeds carefully, planted them early, planted deep roots and short stems, and used less fertilizer and fertilizer'. Last year's harvest was good. , this year has achieved a bumper harvest.
"One hundred thousand acres of cotton fields produce four hundred kilograms of lint cotton per mu. The purchasing price of Jiangnan cotton spinning is three taels of silver per hundred kilograms per load. It's so damn shameful" Jin Xuezeng happily reported the account to his master: "Only one piece of cotton can earn an income of one kilogram. One million two hundred thousand taels of silver, at least the county can divide it into more than 200,000 taels, right?"
"Absolutely." Zhao Hao nodded and said with a smile: "Now you are rich, you can put bricks on the inner walls of the county town."
"It's been posted a long time ago. Master, I'll go take a look next time. There's still a surprise." Jin Xuezeng winked, then lowered his voice like a thief and said, "There is also a lot of income that I never expected."
"What income?" Zhao Hao asked curiously.
"Industrial and commercial taxes." Jin Xuezeng whispered: "It's only September, and the county has already received 150,000 taels of shipping and merchant taxes, and 50,000 taels of door-to-door tax. That's another 200,000 taels! Money! I don¡¯t know what to do with so much¡¡±
"Look at you, you look like you have never seen the world!" Zhao Hao laughed and said, "You can do this with only 200,000 taels of industrial and commercial tax? Then don't you want to be scared to death in the future?"
¡°I heard that Xushuguan can¡¯t receive more than 200,000 taels a year¡± Jin Xuezeng said in a stunned tone.
"It's worthless. This is the starting point of shipping. Isn't it normal to cross a messy canal checkpoint?" Zhao Hao glanced at him and said: "Don't be a good boy like me. I don't know how to spend the money. I just want education and infrastructure construction." .If you can¡¯t spend it, just give it to the people. How much money can¡¯t be spent?¡± (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com)?There is also a door stall tax of 50,000 taels. Another two hundred thousand taels! I have so much money that I don¡¯t even know how to spend it¡¡±
"Look at you, you look like you have never seen the world!" Zhao Hao laughed and said, "You can do this with only 200,000 taels of industrial and commercial tax? Then don't you want to be scared to death in the future?"
¡°I heard that Xushuguan can¡¯t receive more than 200,000 taels a year¡± Jin Xuezeng said in a stunned tone.
"It's worthless. This is the starting point of shipping. Isn't it normal to pass through a messy canal checkpoint?" Zhao Hao glanced at him and said: "Don't be a good boy like me. I don't know how to spend the money. I just want education and infrastructure construction." . If you can¡¯t spend it, just give it to the people. How much money can¡¯t be spent?¡± (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com