Call of Heroes: A History Only I Know

Chapter 202 Change the world!The tide of the times is rolling forward! (seeking subscription)
In ancient times, the concept of nation existed, but not too much.

During the Southern Song Dynasty, in the north occupied by the Jin Dynasty, the Han uprising against the Jin Dynasty and returning to the Song Dynasty was from beginning to end.

Even in the Song Dynasty, a special class was formed, all thinking about restoring China.

In the earlier distinction between Hua and Barbarians, the so-called "people who are not from our tribe must have different hearts".

Including Zhu Yuanzhang's shout: "Expel the Tartars and restore China".

These are the precursors of nationalism.

Although most of the peasants at the bottom are illiterate and do not know the distinction between Chinese and barbarians, but the most simple and primitive nationalism has been formed in the peasants' minds through word of mouth, storytelling and opera, and precepts and deeds since childhood, even if this nationalism is still very imperfect.

Perhaps these low-level peasants may not even fully understand which ethnicity they are, but when bows and arrows and big knives are cut on themselves, when horse manure falls on the rice fields, he must know that he must not be with the people on the horse!

But why not too many, the reason is very simple.

In ancient times, the Japanese, Persians, and Koreans could serve as officials in the central government, and they were not small officials. This kind of thing is very unimaginable today.

In addition, it is still impossible for aliens to invade and rule China, which is still impossible today when nationalism is sprouting.

The reason for this situation is that the vast majority of civilians are illiterate, and even food and clothing are a problem. They don't have much recognition of their own identities, and they don't have much pride. Therefore, they are very numb to the rule of foreign races, and they don't have much resistance at all.

to be honest,
There is not much difference between the exploitation of the foreign lords and the own lords. Under such circumstances, if you want most people to risk their lives, you have to resist, and then continue to exploit you. How can there be such a good thing?

If we want the people at the bottom to wake up, make them remember the concept of nation thoroughly, and make foreign rule a thing of the past, then we must treat them sincerely, and then continue to promote and deepen the concept of nation into the hearts of all people.

Su Che sacrificed meritorious service and martyrs for the purpose of paving the way, planting the seeds of national concepts, and letting everyone know what is correct and what is worth remembering.

The major events of the country lie in sacrifice and Rong.

Using sacrifices to change ideology is the simplest and most direct method.

However, this alone is not enough.

It also requires repeated publicity and teaching over time.

In addition, it is necessary to let the people live better and let them have a sense of identity and belonging to their own nation.

Only in this way can the concept of nation be deepened.

Su Che is working on this aspect.

A whip, and financial reform, that's it.

With the deepening of the one-whip method, Daming's precious banknotes have completely become currency, and are no longer a tool for harvesting leeks.

With the continuous improvement of the credibility of Baochao, it has reached an unprecedented height, which means that further operations can be carried out, such as a certain scale of water release.

The so-called release of water means that the central government prints more money.

This is the same as what Zhu Yuanzhang did before, which is to cut leeks, but there are some differences.

In the past, Zhu Yuanzhang was fishing at the exhaustion.

What Su Che is going to do is to continue to exhaust the resources.

There is an essential difference between the two.

Sustainability, although it is somewhat inappropriate, still has a positive impact.

As long as the water is properly released, it can directly stimulate the economy, promote development, and generate a positive cycle.

The principle is also very simple.

When the currency is widely recognized, if you keep printing money, people will be more willing to spend and invest if they have more money, and the economy will be boosted.

Although the continuous release of water will allow the economy to take off and prosper, it will also have some negative effects.

Such as the financial crisis, or the Great Depression.

Risks in these areas can have serious consequences.

But in general, as long as the advantages outweigh the disadvantages, there is no problem.

In a blink of an eye, a few days later.

With the support of Nankong Wenxuangong, Su Che implemented his own policies related to the concept of nationality, teaching the people to know "what is a nation".

He began to imprint a nation.

This matter definitely didn't have much effect at the beginning, but as long as it continues and accumulates over time, it will eventually form a national imprint!

This matter was not obstructed, and the relevant decrees were easily implemented.

The reason is also very simple, neither Wenxuan Gong Kong Xilu nor the court ministers realized the importance of this matter. They didn't think it was a big deal at all. Since the emperor wanted to do it, there was no need to stop it.

Time flies, the years are like water, passing quietly.

In a blink of an eye, half a year later.

In the past six months, Su Che has been waiting for an opportunity, and he has tested a lot of results one after another.

Su Che implemented his new policy in a small area, looked at the results of the experiment, and then decided whether to implement it based on the results.

And the result was very good, which made Su Che feel relieved.

Now the time was right, Su Che started drastic reforms without hesitation.

The preparations and tests in the early stage have been done to the extreme——Since this is the case, it’s time to change the world!

For the first item of reform, Su Che went a step further in the reform of the whip law and directly carried out the land reform.

He leased a large amount of official land to farmers at a relatively low price, and let the farmers cultivate it themselves.

Then establish the ownership of the fields in the military settlement, and relatively guarantee the status of the soldiers in the military settlement.

The so-called Guantun means that farmers are asked to cultivate and let them become tenants of official land.

But now these lands are leased to farmers.

This may seem like there is no difference, but the essence is completely different.

The tenants earn very little and can only have food and clothing.

As for the military settlements, the tenants were treated as soldiers, and they were allowed to conduct military training during their spare time in farming. The livelihood of the entire family in the military settlements mainly depended on the income from grain storage.

This system saves expenditures on the military.

As early as the Three Kingdoms period, Cao Cao and Zhuge Liang used this method to manage the army, reducing the pressure of war on civilians.

At the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, due to decades of wars and various natural disasters, the northern residents migrated to the south, the population in the north dropped sharply, and large tracts of farmland were abandoned.

Although Zhu Yuanzhang ousted the rulers of the Yuan Dynasty, there are still many remaining Yuan people coveting the Ming Dynasty's regime.

If it cannot be cleaned up thoroughly, the consequences will be disastrous.

Therefore, while fighting abroad, the Ming Dynasty also adopted the method of "garrisoning the fields to raise soldiers" for military training.

The garrison system was very effective. Not only did the court not need to provide food to the frontier troops, but the frontier troops had surplus food to pay taxes to the court in addition to feeding hundreds of thousands of troops.

This is the scene of the early Ming Dynasty.

With the passage of time, many problems will be exposed, and the subsequent rulers have no way to change the system, which also leads to many problems.

When Zhu Yuanzhang was still there, he killed a lot, and the number of corrupt people was relatively small.

But after his death, corruption became rampant again.

During the Yongle period, there was such a situation in the frontier defense area: the chief officers of the frontier defense used sergeants to serve as handymen for themselves, let them become their own servants, tenants, and even gradually annexed the land of these military households.

In addition, the ministers in the DPRK bought land for themselves in the frontier, and then asked the frontier soldiers to farm the land for themselves.

And this is not a special case, the situation will get worse as time goes on.

This directly led to fewer and fewer people in the border areas farming for the court, and less and less tax revenue to pay to the court, and the defending soldiers were too hard to work, no longer trained, and lost their combat effectiveness.

The collapse of the garrison system was exactly the same as the collapse of the military system of the Tang Dynasty, which also accelerated the demise of the Ming Dynasty and led to the invasion of foreigners.

Since Su Che knew about this loophole, of course he couldn't just ignore it. He directly carried out reforms to determine the ownership of the land in military settlements. At the same time, the status of military households was relatively improved, and their rights were protected by the Great Ming Law.

Although this kind of reform cannot completely prevent these soldiers from being used as handymen, it will at least slow down the deterioration of the situation.

Except for land reform.

Su Che also carried out the reform of the government-run economy.

The current official management system adopts the old management system, and the bureaucratic system will gradually lead to losses.

To put it bluntly, even if the employees don’t take the official’s money as money, the bureaucrats will also engage in a certain degree of corruption. Anyway, it’s all the imperial court’s money.

due to continued losses.

This will lead to the inability of the official battalion to fight against the private battalion. Gradually, the official battalion will be completely eliminated.

In the middle of the Ming Dynasty, whether it was iron, shipbuilding, construction, or silk, textiles, porcelain, printing, etc., it was far ahead in the world, and its output accounted for more than two-thirds of the world's output, which was much higher than the proportion of agricultural output in the world.

The folk handicraft industry in the Ming Dynasty continued to grow, but the official business continued to shrink.

Because he knew the history, Su Che was not polite, and directly carried out the reform of the government-run operation. The operation was also very simple, introducing market-oriented management, implementing a joint-stock system, and improving the efficiency of each state-run workshop.

As a result, a group of government-private joint handicraft workshops came into being, and the reform of the joint-stock system increased production enthusiasm and greatly stimulated economic development.

In addition to economic reforms, Su Che also took advantage of the trend to start the era of great voyages, opened up the maritime Silk Road, and made it a national policy.

Lao Zhu's authority is not the same as that of Zhu Di, and there is no comparison at all.

Zhu Di let Zheng He go to the West, and all the money he earned went into his own money, which aroused the jealousy of many officials, and forced the suspension of the voyage.

After the death of Ming Chengzu Zhu Di, Ming Renzong stopped his voyages to the West during his reign. The eighth activity was carried out during the period of Ming Xuanzong Zhu Zhanji, and then it was terminated because the ministers thought it was a waste of money for the people. After that, the Ming Dynasty actually closed the country.

Unlike Zhu Di, Su Che divided this part of the cake a little bit and brought everyone to play together, which also made more voices of support.

In addition to land reform, economic reform, and sea-opening policy, Su Che also carried out educational reforms.

Su Che spent the printed banknotes recklessly. He began to implement compulsory education, opened schools on a large scale, and popularized the literacy rate among the people.

In addition, half a year has passed, and the College of Military Affairs, College of Agriculture, College of Medicine, and College of Mathematics have also developed to a certain extent. Su Che took advantage of the opportunity to encourage the establishment of various colleges to further expand the scope of these higher colleges.

The promotion of private schools and the popularization of literacy rates are not bad, but when Su Che promotes higher education institutions, he immediately encounters certain resistance.

The literati in this world are Confucian literati after all.

but.

Different from the last time, this time, Kong Xilu, the 56th generation descendant of Confucius, directly stood up as the platform of the imperial court.

At first, a great scholar asked Kong Xilu, hoping that he could persuade His Majesty not to chill the hearts of scholars all over the world.

Facing this proposition, Kong Xilu replied: "The Master said: If three people walk together, there must be my teacher; choose the good ones and follow them, and change the bad ones. Now Your Majesty has changed to promote various studies. This is a great thing. We should learn from it and improve ourselves. How can we prevent opposition? This is an unreasonable behavior!"

"Confucians, are they so short-sighted and self-interested?"

When a descendant of Confucius who has the final interpretation of Confucius stands for the imperial court, the effect is very terrifying. The colleges in these aspects have been implemented smoothly without much resistance.

But Su Che's reforms don't stop there. Since he wants to reform, he should completely change the world and give him back the sun and the moon.

Su Che's ultimate reform goal is government reform.

Su Che established a new public management system, simplified various policies, and carried out a certain degree of decentralization. At the same time, he strengthened relevant management and supervision. Undoubtedly, this has greatly improved the operational efficiency of the counties.

These days, several reform policies are issued almost every other day, and several are issued every other day.

The ministers who have lived in peace for half a year thought they would continue to live in peace like this, but who knew that when the wave of innovation hit, all the ministers were forced to get involved!

Everyone is very busy.

These policies are brief though.

But even if one is singled out, it is a major policy that will change the world and will have a huge impact, and it is by no means an easy government affairs.

For the smoothness of these government affairs, all the ministers have put their heart and soul into it. Basically, they work overtime every day until late at night, which makes them feel haggard.

Of course, there are also some stubborn and short-sighted guys who think that such reforms are not a good thing, and stand up again and again to persuade them.

It's fine once or twice. After the third time, Su Che directly dismissed him and sent me down to the grassroots level to experience the hardships of the people. Let's talk about these sarcastic remarks again!
Su Che's attitude is very clear.

The tide of the times is rolling forward, everyone should follow the tide, and those who want to block the tide will never end well!

Even with the help of the cabinet, Su Che is still busy with various government affairs all day long.

but.

Different from before, Su Che enjoys these government affairs very much at the moment. He can see a huge empire gradually changing with the implementation of his government orders!
This feeling is very good.

(End of this chapter)