Damn it, I'm in the garbage book I wrote

Chapter 423 Confidence comes from experience

Many people say that Xia Lin is particularly crazy, but he really has the capital to be crazy.

He used to work for a Middle Eastern prince. As for the capabilities of those small countries in the Middle East, they are only slightly stronger than the timeline he is in now. In terms of economy, culture, people's quality and other aspects, they are really similar to the present. The military may be a little stronger, but if Erfeng is given three months to adapt, Erfeng will travel across more than a thousand years to defeat the Middle Eastern prince and make him call him daddy.

Let’s put it this way, the comprehensive reflection of a country’s strength is its industrial production capacity, and agriculture must come second, because while my neighbors grow crops, I make steel, and my neighbors are my granary.

At present, Fuliang's comprehensive industrial capacity is basically far ahead of other places. Steelmaking, papermaking, coal, etc. are far beyond the reach of other places.

And this is not even as good as the average industrial level of a medium-sized county in the future. If we use the Middle Eastern prince as the unit of measurement, a medium-sized county in New China in the 21st century will definitely be a bully in the Middle East, Africa or even South America, and bullying them will be like a piece of cake.

Why does Xia Lin always say that he is just a county magistrate? He is not being modest, but a county magistrate is enough for this place. A county with a population of one million is not very impressive, but in today's world, a county with a population of one million is already a warlord ranked among the top in the country.

It's even a level that can make the warlords who control half of the country afraid to act rashly.

This is where his real confidence comes from.

In the beginning he was actually very worried about the issue of basic population quality, but now he has been in Fuliang for seven years, from the age of sixteen to almost twenty-three. After seven years, the first batch of students in the academy have begun to shine, and these young people accept new things as fast as they grow.

At present, Fuliang is still absorbing a large number of idle intellectuals, even those who have read the books of sages. Even if they cannot adapt to the current cultural atmosphere of Fuliang, they can still do some basic teaching work.

Xia Lin worked very hard for five years to eliminate illiteracy. In five years, all the young people under the age of 30 in Fuliang County have been eliminated from illiteracy and can read and write to a certain extent.

Then, in the next five years, the education network would basically be rolled out throughout the entire Jiangnan Province. By the time Xia Lin was 27 years old, he had completed the literacy work in the entire Jiangnan Province.

In his observation, the biggest obstacle to literacy campaign in Jiangnan Road is not actually clan power, because this is a relatively wealthy area after all, and clans actually recognize reading. Now that someone can provide them with literacy training for free, these village elders actually support this very much.

The biggest obstacle is actually the obstruction from traditional intellectuals and aristocratic families. The reason is very simple. When more and more new intellectuals emerge, their cultural dominance will be directly impacted.

However, the most interesting part comes here. Because of this conflict, Xia Lin made the traditional clan elder system and the aristocratic family system form a conflict with a complete logical closed loop.

The fierce confrontation now is precisely the two most difficult mountains to move on Xia Lin's road to boiling the frog in warm water. The village elders and clans hope to become the new noble class, and they have a strong will to move up, while the aristocratic class does not want this to happen, so there is a confrontation and conflict between the two sides.

"First, we must widely appoint local clan members to government offices and place them in appropriate positions, so that they can complete the last link of self-control, which is the mandate from heaven."

"But isn't this contradictory? We are clearly against this management method that does not extend the imperial power to the countryside or the county."

"This student has raised a very good question." Xia Lin walked to the blackboard and tapped on it. "From the perspective of grassroots personnel composition, even if you don't employ such people, they are still highly united and self-disciplined within their own circles. But if you allow some of them to participate in your administrative system, then this person will have a dual identity. This identity will not only give him a higher voice within the clan, but also ensure that the policies we need can be infiltrated into the closed-loop clan through him."

After listening to it, Dugu Han bit the tip of his pen, then lowered his head and began to write down what he had just said, while the princess next to him was almost asleep.

"You." Xia Lin threw a plaster strip at her forehead: "Stand up and listen."

The princess stood up in a daze. She had no interest in such contents about governing a country. She only liked to listen to contents about marching and fighting.

"Sanniang, this lesson is mainly for you, not for that little bean sprout next to you, but she is obviously more concerned than you. The situation in Shu is chaotic, with noble families, natives, clans, and aristocratic families intertwined. Although their power is relatively dispersed, they are also big troubles that you will definitely encounter in the future. Governing a big country is like cooking a small fish. It requires both open fire and slow cooking. Sanniang, please wake up."

"So what should we do if there's a conflict between the noble family and the village elders?" Little Bean Sprout was so anxious at this moment: "Just tell me, I'll take notes and teach her slowly later. She's big and her brain isn't very smart."

Xia Lin sighed, then wrote on the board: "The organizational structure of the aristocratic family is essentially the feudal family system. But the village elder system tends to be a more primitive social management system, the tribal system or the chieftain system. These two systems are bound to erupt into fierce conflicts, but the problem is how do you make these two classes meet? If they both have conflicts with you, how can you transfer these conflicts to each other?"

"What should we do?"

"We have found their common demands. Does your Dugu family want to see a new family replace you?"

"No, absolutely not." "Yes, definitely not. Join hands to build a door and keep out people who have nothing to do with you. Why do you hate Emperor Hongbao so much and try your best to force his Wei Dynasty into the current situation? In fact, to put it bluntly, it is because he has added more promotion channels and brought too many people who have nothing to do with your family into this circle. This is a provocation to you."

Dugu Han nodded hurriedly: "Yes, if I had known you were so difficult to deal with, you might have died on the road before you even got to Fuliang."

This is quite funny, even Dugu Han himself would laugh out loud. When the children of the noble families chat among themselves, they always talk about Xia Lin. That is to say, in seven years, Xia Lin has become such a behemoth, and everyone present is responsible. If they had known that he would make the noble families so uncomfortable, they would have killed him when he was sent to the village to be the village chief.

Everyone agreed at the time, but when they turned around and saw Xia Lin, they all licked him uncontrollably.

"It's a pity that you didn't kill me back then." Xia Lin shrugged, took a sip of water and continued, "So what are the core demands of the village elders?"

"Become a noble family!"

"Yes." Xia Lin smiled and said, "This is actually their most important thing, so they need a lot of ways to rise. It is not ruled out that they can just eat and wait for death in a corner, but the premise is that they have never seen the world outside the well. We must let them see the world outside first, and then they will be the natural enemies of the aristocratic families."

If one requires a large number of promotion paths and the other does not allow any additional promotion paths, then this is an irreconcilable matter.

"So after they clash, how do we as rulers deal with it?"

Dugu Han's brain was really good in this regard. Xia Lin had only seen three people whose speed of accepting these contents was similar to hers, not even faster than hers. One was Lao Zhang, who was a talent envied by heaven. Except for his foul mouth, he was a miracle gift from heaven. The second was Cen Wenben, who seemed honest and kind, but had a very active mind and a very smart brain. The third was Du Feng, who was captured by Xia Lin to serve as the magistrate of Ningbo County.

Xiao Chenzi is outside the top ten.

"Whoever is too radical will be buried." Xia Lin walked back and forth with his hands behind his back: "Draw a circle and let them bite each other in the circle. If anyone steps out of the circle, you will join forces with another faction to bury the other group of people."

"Wouldn't that mean that only one company would dominate?"

"Don't worry, no one can be sixteen forever, but there will always be a sixteen-year-old sister." Xia Lin laughed: "When one batch dies, another batch will be born."

"Then this is just a dead circle, it will never end."

"Who said that?" Xia Lin put his hands in front of Xiao Douya. "When the time is right, they will all be on the chopping board."

"Then how do we determine the timing?"

Xiao Douya asked questions one after another, but Xia Lin smiled mysteriously. After a long while, he said, "Every family has food to eat, every village has roads, the sick have people to treat them, and the children can learn to read. The time has come."

After that, he turned around and wrote two words "development" on the wooden board: "All strategies are delaying tactics, only these two words need to be truly implemented. Everything I said is included but not limited to it, but these two words are the eternal core. You are all elites, and you have been learning the elite route since childhood, but I tell you clearly that the elite route will not work. Of course, Mu Qiu, if you want to do this, you must betray your family and your class. Can you do it? That's why this class is for that long-legged sister. Hey! Can you sleep while standing?"

The princess opened her eyes drowsily: "I'm sleepy..."

"Go to sleep." Xia Lin glanced at the moon outside and found that it was almost midnight. "Everyone go to sleep."

After saying that, he opened the door and walked out. However, before he had taken two steps, someone suddenly pulled the corner of his clothes. When he turned around, he saw it was Dugu Han.

"I can."

"What can you do?"

Dugu Han paused and said, "I want the family to die."

Xia Lin was stunned for a moment: "No, why? Your Dugu family is the top of the aristocratic families."

(End of this chapter)