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Chapter 1610 Actually I want to stay

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    To be honest, Zhao Hao has always been afraid of getting involved in national government affairs.

    Mencius said: ¡®It is not difficult to govern, as long as you don¡¯t offend a wealthy family.  What a wealthy family admires, a whole country admires.  ¡¯

    Ya Shengai tells the truth, and in one sentence he explains the essence of political power throughout the ages - as long as you don't offend the rich and powerful, it's not difficult to govern.  Because in an era when the people were not enlightened, public opinion was in the hands of big households, and their likes and dislikes determined the likes and dislikes of the people across the country.  So if you offend a big business, you offend the whole society. How can you have fun if you become a polished commander?

    Mr. Zhao has prospered in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian and Guangdong, and he still dares not violate this sentence.

    ??????????????????????????????????? There are no clan vassals, the largest, most reactionary and stubborn wealthy families, in several southeastern provinces.  Although land annexation is also very serious in the southeast, because of the developed industry and commerce, most landowners tend to plant more profitable cash crops.

    The nature of human beings to pursue higher profits makes them not satisfied with just providing raw materials, but will devote themselves to industry and commerce to a greater extent.

    "For example, Xu Ge's hometown is a good example. Although they live in Qianmo, they are out-and-out big landowners.  However, most of the land of the Xu family was planted with cotton. The family had 30,000 to 40,000 weavers and monopolized 70% of the cotton cloth business at that time.  In order to gain greater profits, they also actively participated in smuggling, realizing a one-stop service of raw materials, production, supply and marketing.

    It is the strong business atmosphere in the southeast that gives Zhao Hao the opportunity to take advantage of the situation.  He tied up the interests of wealthy families through the Jiangnan Group, and through constantly innovative industrial and agricultural production technologies, various business operation methods, and rapid improvements in medical, education, and military technology, he allowed the wealthy families to obtain ten times more profits than before.  , enjoy much greater rights than before, and see a much brighter future than before.

    What he gained was far more than what he lost. Of course the wealthy people were willing to follow his lead and listen to his words.

    Even so, Zhao Hao only completed an incomplete land reform through long-term leasing to reshape the production relations in the southeast, liberate productivity, and intensify the transformation of landowners into industrial and commercial owners.  But he did not change the property rights of the land, and he had to pay considerable rent to the landowner every year.

    Only in this way can a disguised land redistribution be completed in the southeast without bloodshed.

    But the Ming Dynasty¡¯s economic development was extremely uneven, and the entire north and southwest did not meet the harsh conditions for ¡®moderate land reform¡¯.  Without the cooperation of water conservancy projects and chemical fertilizers and pesticides, barren land will turn the "family farm model" into a bottomless pit of money loss. The more you open, the more you lose.

    Even if he grits his teeth and invests regardless of the cost, once the water conservancy is repaired and the fertilizer industry is developed, it will be time to enter the Little Ice Age with frequent natural disasters.  Floods, droughts, locust plagues, and extremely cold weather are beyond human power The situation will not improve until half a century later, when sunspot activity becomes normal.

    Therefore, Zhao Hao knows very well that his territory in the country has almost expanded to the limit, including at most Huguang and Jiangxi in the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River, and the Jiaodong Peninsula in Shandong.

    He didn¡¯t even dare to set foot in Luxi. First, the vassal kings and Yanshenggong and their like were domineering there, and it was already completely rotten.  Second, transportation is inconvenient and the high freight costs make it impossible for all production to join the cycle of industry and commerce.

    People cannot compete with the sky. The correct path during the Little Ice Age was to vigorously immigrate to Southeast Asia, reduce domestic population pressure, and even feed the country back to survive famine.  After the extreme cold weather has passed, he will turn back to improve the economy of the north, and then try to move north. This is the path he has set a long time ago.

    ¡°But what my father-in-law wants to do is to extend the life of Ming Dynasty.  Two hundred years after the founding of the Ming Dynasty, a lot of things have accumulated that are hard to come back from. It is impossible to avoid the important things and take the easy ones.  It was possible to do this only by severely offending the three powerful families: the bureaucrats and landlords, the clan kings, and the military leaders of the guards.  'Offending a wealthy family' is bound to be difficult, and will be criticized by thousands of people

    And the question is, why should we extend the life of such a country?  In Zhao Hao's view, a country that cannot seek development for its nation, cannot seek welfare for its people, or even protect its people from foreign aggression is not worth remembering at all.  Wouldn't it be nice to replace it with a luxurious upgraded Plas version of the New China?

    Therefore, Zhao Hao has not been very active in promoting Zhao Shouzheng's entry into the cabinet.

    ¡°But Zhang Wenming¡¯s death sounded the alarm for him.  The strong inertia of history cannot be easily reversed.  He must be prepared that his father-in-law only has five years left to live.

    Zhao Hao knew very well that even if he used layers of clone techniques, the three major groups were already the elephants in the room. Sooner or later, they were bound to have a showdown with the owner of the house.  The earlier this day comes, the greater the harm will be to China; the later it comes, the greater the possibility that it will be a matter of course.

    For Zhao Hao, five years is far from enough. His three major revolutions and large-scale immigration will take at least twenty years and one generation to develop."Patriarchy should be upheld, and kings and fathers are especially important." How dare I not think of looking up to my body and weighing its importance?  "

    After reading, he took off his glasses, put down his copy, and teased: "Does this sound like human talk? Do you still blame others for chewing their tongues?"

    Although he knew that this was a confidential study and was guarded by guards, Zhao Hao still looked at the door with a guilty conscience, fearing that Xiao Zhuzi would hear it.

    ¡°Then he sighed helplessly and said, ¡°Everyone around my father-in-law is trying to persuade him to seize his love, and all the ministries have also sent memorials to comfort him, which may make him feel that the situation is under control.¡±

    "You have to persuade him to be more decisive." Zhao Liben said: "Such ambiguity will only make people laugh."

    "How can I persuade him? He wrote this memorial himself, and no one else can comment on it." Zhao Hao smiled bitterly and said: "And people are urging him to seize his love. If I dare to say the opposite, I'm afraid I will get slapped with a big ear."

    "Yes, then keep watching." Zhao Liben sighed: "But based on my experience in the court for many years, the current wind direction is very problematic, and something will definitely happen if this continues." (Remember the website address:  www.hlnovel.com
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