Chapter 982: Plan to Go West
After all, in the feudal era, well, let’s not talk about the feudal era, even in the first forty years of socialism, people in many places also guarded the land and did not go out to work.
It is not just talk that it is hard to leave one's hometown, it is the real local culture that is in our blood.
This behavior makes it impossible for Chen Xi to utilize the surplus value of mankind, because the output of land has a limit.
If you want to make the country prosperous, the prerequisite is that the people can create more value. But if they just dig for food in the soil all day long, the ceiling will only be so high. Even if Chen Xi is a god, he cannot release any extra value.
But back to the starting point, the foundation that supports the establishment of a country is still making a living from the soil.
Once famine begins to spread, any welfare state will fall into chaos.
(Take the reality as an example. England has four days a week, and the perfect welfare of Northern Europe has become a bubble due to the rupture of natural gas pipelines. Vegetable greenhouses in Europe need natural gas. Now Europe is a mess.)
In this situation, Chen Xi decided to bring industry to the countryside to help alleviate poverty! Infrastructure!
History has once again proved that poverty alleviation and infrastructure construction are the right path, which perfectly solve the vast majority of work needs and perfectly achieve the goal of sharing wealth with the people.
Although most people in this era do not feel that they are poor, after all, fifteen years ago, most people did not even have bran to eat, but now they can even eat meat!
Therefore, these people have no awareness that they are poor people. They all think that they are living a good life. Chen Xi sent people to the countryside to investigate. The people of the Han Dynasty only have one request: Let me live like this until I die! I have no other request, just let this life continue like this!
The new dynasty is the heaven. After living for so many years, this dynasty is really good!
What emperor or not, the eldest princess is the eternal god, the general is the eternal god, and the prime minister is the eternal god.
However, as a gourmet who never tires of fine food, Chen Xi feels that the common people live a life of slavery and that poverty alleviation and reform are necessary.
Therefore, Chen Xi felt that he needed to step forward to carry out poverty alleviation and further improve the level of people's productivity. This would be beneficial to both the country and the people. A win-win situation naturally requires a big boss to step forward and make good arrangements.
After the Kushan War, the Han Dynasty's foreign wars entered a blank period, and some arrangements could be made at the same time.
After all, war is one thing, but the economy must also be taken into consideration. If the war causes the economy to collapse, it would be a useless war.
War is the continuation of politics and the continuation of life. Fighting for a better life is the truth.
So Chen Xi made some small plans to help alleviate poverty in rural areas.
"That's about it." Chen Xi announced to the elders working in the Government Office by slamming the table. However, even Liu Ying, who was listening, could not understand Chen Xi's behavior at all.
The overall plan sounded like cutting meat to feed an eagle. If the person who proposed it was not Chen Xi, everyone would have kicked the person out long ago.
This plan is simply outrageous. It is time-consuming and laborious, but in the end, it will still be a loss.
"It's not that we don't make money, it's just that this aspect doesn't make money." Chen Xi argued weakly, while the others waved their hands to perfunctorily answer Chen Xi.
"Let's put it this way. We are looking forward to the future, understand?" Chen Xi decided to put it another way. "It's just like paving a road. Only after the road is paved can we start various businesses and generate revenue!"
"Just tell me what to do!" Jia Xu waved his hand, showing no intention of listening any further. He said he could not understand what he was learning and left.
It is just like modern people find the Twenty-Four Filial Exemplars outrageous, but at that time they were the most normal and worthy of praise.
Sometimes, Jia Xu and others didn’t understand, but they couldn’t accept it.
Chen Xi despaired of the crappy reality, but fortunately, he now had centralized power. After all, no matter what system it was, centralized power was the most efficient one.
The reason is that the plan can be implemented regardless of any opposition.
The people of this era have too low aspirations, receive too little information, and are too simple-minded. They have become self-satisfied with the status quo, but self-satisfaction also means no more moving forward. Therefore, Chen Xi feels that he needs to stand up and guide the progress of this society.
I will build a small factory suitable for your work next to your village, and combine working hours with your farming time. When it is time to farm, let you farm, and when it is not time to farm, it is so close, are you willing to stay at home and not work?
Short-term workers? No, no, no, this job will allow you to work from the beginning until you die! We will hire even 70-year-old men!
Although the workload is a bit large, what does this have to do with me, Chen Xi?
The central government is paying the money. If local officials at all levels can't even handle this, then they should just give up and go home and grow sweet potatoes.
As for whether the work is done well or not, the financial statements are very clear. It is idiots to blame the audit department.
In the end, Chen Xi did not explain to this group of people what he was going to do. On the one hand, they didn't want to listen. On the other hand, it seemed that even if they listened, they would not help Chen Xi deal with it. In the end, he still had to rely on himself. Therefore, Chen Xi was too lazy to explain.
"What is this?" Chen Xi asked, pointing at the steamed sea bass that Liu Ying had asked the eunuch to send from the palace kitchen during lunch because Liu Ying was in a good mood.
"This is a sea bass caught from the sea. It happened to arrive today. The princess ordered it to be steamed and sent to you gentlemen." The Imperial Household Order explained carefully.
"Oh." Chen Xi was silent for a while, and finally decided not to worry about it. After all, he was probably the only one present who knew what this thing was. He silently picked up a few pieces with chopsticks and then ate the steamed bun.
"By the way, have you decided who will face the Roman army?" After eating for a long time, Chen Xi suddenly asked Guo Hao.
"Do you have to talk about this while we're eating?" Guo Hao looked depressed. How could he have an appetite when discussing such a serious topic while eating?
"We have no topics to talk about!" Chen Xi laughed and asked casually.
"I plan to let Yuan Benchu go!" After a while, Guo Hao said casually.
"That's great, I guess it's him!" Chen Xi nodded. There was no other way. They couldn't be sent to Parthia.
It took Liu Bei and Cao Cao at least twenty years to conquer Kushan, and security warfare was bound to occur by then.
As for the sea, the situation was not peaceful either. It was hard for Sun Ce and his men to handle it.
We can count the remaining ones one by one. We can't let Dong Zhuo take action when he is too old, so after counting them all, there are only two options left, Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao.
Chen Xi and Guo Hao were still talking, but the people around them were already unable to pick up their chopsticks. With such a serious topic, they really had no appetite to continue eating.
"Yuan Benchu can't turn the tables if he faces Rome and Great Britain head on!" Guo Hao said casually when he saw the different expressions on everyone's faces.
"Strangle the economic lifeline? Replace people after one generation?" Chen Xi also put forward a new point of view.
"Let's talk about it after we take down Parthia!" Guo Hao saw that everyone had different expressions and interrupted the topic directly, "Eat, eat!"
Everyone felt like chewing wax. Although they knew that this dynasty was enlightened, what Yuan Shao had done could not be forgiven no matter how they looked at it.
But think about Jia Xu and Dian Wei again... Although Yuan Shao was very disrespectful to Liu Hong, for Guo Hao and Liu Ying, it was a bit of a meritorious service. If it weren't for the Yuan family's mischief, Guo Hao might not have been able to get to the position.
But that being said, it certainly cannot be understood in this way. There is a big difference between the two.
That night, Yuan Shao's courtyard welcomed an uninvited guest, Yuan Shu.
"Yuan Gonglu? What are you doing here?" Yuan Shao frowned and looked at Yuan Shu.
"The general wants to use you, but there are many people who don't want you to live!" Yuan Shu said directly.
"Guo Hao? He is really not afraid. Well, I was defeated back then, so what big waves can I make now!" Yuan Shao was stunned when he heard this, and then said with a wry smile.
The winner is the king and the loser is the bandit. He is no longer the Yuan family's proud leader with three generations of officials, but a real loser and a prisoner.
Being able to stay alive was already a favor beyond the law. As for what Yuan Shu said about re-employing him, he believed it, but there were too many people who didn't want him to live.
No one wants a guy with a criminal record to show up and disrupt this prosperous era.
No one wants the Han Dynasty to regress back to what it was twenty years ago.
"You should understand that from the moment you step out of this courtyard, they will not let you go!" Yuan Shu said anxiously.
"I am Yuan Benchu. Do you think I can really spend my whole life in this courtyard?" Yuan Shao said softly, his domineering aura still as strong as before.
Yuan Shu was speechless. He knew that Yuan Shao was arrogant, but the situation was different now and someone might really die.
"If what you said is true, Guo Hao will protect me! Chen Zichuan will too!" Yuan Shao said concisely.
Faced with absolute adversity, Yuan Shao became even more heroic.
Yuan Shu looked at Yuan Shao with a puzzled expression, then turned away.
"They will protect you, but you must also survive!" Yuan Shu muttered to himself as he walked out of the door, looking up at the sky.
It’s very simple, whoever is loyal to Yuan Shao will help Yuan Shao.
There is no doubt that this was a gamble. If Yuan Shao won, he could live to expand his territory, and all the people who took action would keep their official positions and follow Yuan Shao there.
The bet was lost, Yuan Shao died, and all those who took action would be dismissed and sent far away. The two meanings can be said to be completely different.
Guo Hao and Chen Xi have a weakness that is not really a weakness, which is that both of them underestimate the political struggle. In many cases, their handling methods are too gentle, even childish.
However, the power in the hands of the two is too strong, even if their methods are gentle and childish, they are enough to overwhelm the world.
It can be said that whoever causes trouble will die.
Therefore, the two are usually not very rigorous, which gives many people opportunities to take advantage of it.
Killing Yuan Shao does not conflict with maintaining social stability, because Yuan Shao is the biggest destabilizing factor.
There were many people who wanted Yuan Shao to die, including Liu Bei, Liu Zhang, Liu Yu and other relatives of the Han Dynasty. In their opinion, a traitor like Yuan Shao deserved no death.
So there were actually many people who wanted to kill Yuan Shao, and they did so under the banner of justice.
But, Yuan Shao, how many people are willing to help now?
The last time they helped Yuan Tan, they had exhausted the last bit of loyalty and friendship of many people.
Yuan Shao himself was not sure how many people were willing to help him after being under house arrest for so long.
But Yuan Shao really didn't want to die in this courtyard, so he wanted to give it a try.
"Hey, Zichuan, are you really going to do this?" Guo Hao asked Chen Xi with a pained look on his face.
"What else can we do? We don't have enough manpower and no one else is qualified!" Chen Xi sighed. They personally took action to clear Yuan Shao's name, which was a really painful operation.
"After this is done, I believe most people will no longer oppose Yuan Shao, and even those relatives of the Han royal family will be able to calm down." Chen Xi said helplessly.
The first time I attack you is to give you a chance. If you fail, there is still a second time. Then don't blame me for hitting you with my iron fist.
"What if things go wrong?" Guo Hao was a little annoyed. Chen Xi would have been fine if he hadn't made a big splash, but when he did, he made a big splash and directly dug a huge hole.
Sure enough, the white ball turned black when cut open, and pus was oozing out of it!
The most terrifying thing is when an honest person uses tricks. Chen Xi used his own dirty appearance to set a trap and whitewash Yuan Shao. This operation is simply unparalleled.
"If he gets out of control, it means that this is Yuan Benchu's fate!" Chen Xi spread his hands. There is no such thing as 100% certainty in this world. Just do your best and leave the rest to fate. If Yuan Shao dies, then he can only consider letting Cao Cao find a way to take the blame.
To be honest, mobilizing Yuan Shao was a last resort in order to give the aristocratic families a leader.
In Chen Xi's plan, all the major families will be pried out so that they can have the opportunity to follow in the path of their ancestors. Starting from scratch always means a bright future, and everyone will expand their territory with the support of the Han Dynasty.
But if there are too many worlds, it will easily become a breeding ground for poisonous insects, and the Han Dynasty is out of reach, so a leader is needed.
The Yuan family is the best choice. With the Yuan family as an example, other families will follow blindly, and the Yuan family also has the ability to be the leader.
Let everyone be in healthy competition rather than a beautiful cycle of vicious competition.
This is also the reason why the major families almost obey Chen Xi's requests and are willing to consider them even if they are orders that partially harm themselves.
It's not just because Chen Xi is powerful. Although powerful strength is the basis for suppressing the aristocratic families, powerful strength is not the reason why the aristocratic families give up the confrontation.
If Chen Xi's goal was to completely eliminate the powerful families and revolutionize himself, then the Central Plains should have just finished fighting and started rebuilding. However, this was not the case from the beginning.
But precisely because it is not a revolutionary party but a reformist party, it is inevitable that it has limitations on certain issues. As the wheel of history moves forward, the hidden dangers caused by those limitations are gradually exposed. Just like now, the direction of social development is beginning to move towards power-based capitalism.
Others may not have realized this problem yet, because after Chen Xi took over, society has been steadily moving forward in leaps and bounds, and many problems have been masked .
Chen Xi's thinking is very clear, which is to suppress. Even though the proportion of aristocratic landlords in the national economy is declining, the reason for this is not that the people as a whole overwhelm the aristocratic landlords as in the ideal, but simply because the state-owned industries structured by Chen Xi have expanded the overall size of the pie.
In essence, the overall economic scale of the aristocratic families is still growing, and the growth rate is even more exaggerated than before. It just seems to have shrunk in the face of Chen Xi's unscientific development method.
Therefore, the aristocratic families must leave. The current growth is only to enable them to survive after they go out, not to allow them to grow indefinitely.
