Recreating the prosperous Tang begins with summoning players

Li Mi was very curious, where did the king of Jianning dig talents, and there were even practitioners of Mohist theory.

Li Bi has read extensively, and has also dabbled in Mohism.

The demise of Mohist academics is not only the ruler's dislike of Mohist theory, but also the failure of Mohist social practice.

Both love non-attack and understand the will of ghosts and heaven. Although these theories are good, they cannot systematically establish a long-term ruling regime like Confucianism.

Confucianism is not only a philosophy, but also a set of effective governing techniques.

Confucianism has established a top-down ruling machine through the hierarchical system of heaven, earth, monarch, relatives and teachers.

In daily life, Confucian theory can also mediate various civil disputes at low cost.

The Confucian operating system has been used in China for hundreds of years. This set of theories has been perfected, and a hierarchical Confucian system has been established.

After the Five Husbands of China, all foreign regimes that can rule for a long time are foreigners who actively sinicize and embrace Confucianism.

And those alien regimes that use force and brutality to rule the people are often backlashed after the first generation of rulers grow old and weak, and finally die and the family dies.

But Li Mi saw another form of rule in Jiuquan City.

Through clearly divided industry associations, all the common people are connected in series.

These associations will then decide the municipal administration of Jiuquan, restrain the people with industry rules, and use this method of industry self-discipline to control the people.

Li Mi asked Zhang Tianlun: "Master Zhang, how will the leaders of these industry associations influence the decision-making of the yamen?"

Zhang Tianlun said: "The leaders of the 120 guilds in Jiuquan, together with Fangzheng of the 24 squares in the city, and the chiefs of the 180 miles outside the city, these 320 four people form the municipal council. Any resolution on the urban development of Jiuquan needs Half of the 320 four people agree to implement it."

Li Mi opened her mouth wide in surprise, this mere head of the district council has so much power?
You must know that these leaders from all walks of life are nothing more than businessmen in the market.

Even if Li Chang Fangzheng is not even an official, it is too ridiculous for them to decide the major events of the whole Jiuquan and even the whole Ganzhou.

Zhang Tianlun also said: "Do you think it's ridiculous? In fact, I also think it's ridiculous. Everyone said that Zeng Mu's steps are too big."

Li Mi was taken aback for a moment, and then laughed lightly at Zhang Tianlun's subtle allegory.

This metaphor is too vivid, and I don't know why this Zengzhi prefecture implemented such a policy in Jiuquan.

Li Mi said: "Wouldn't it be chaotic every time the municipal council meets?"

Zhang Tianlun looked at Li Bi and asked, "Mr. Bi knows the fun of the Jiuquan Municipal Council?"

Li Mi shook his head and said, "I also just arrived in Jiuquan, but I guessed it from what you said."

Li Mi used to be a censor, and he knew every time the censors debated in the censor's platform.

The censor is already the most valuable among the green-robed officials, and they are often noble officials who can only be held by Jinshi.

But these elites who are full of poems and books and can kill from the imperial examinations often fight when they quarrel at Yushitai.

And these municipal councilors in Jiuquan are all from mixed backgrounds, and the meeting of the municipal council must be very "lively".

Zhang Tianlun said with a smile: "Mr. Bi, you don't know that every time the Jiuquan City Council is in session, it's a time for everyone to watch the fun. This is the most exciting program in Jiuquan."

Zeng Mu is also a fun person. Every time the Jiuquan Municipal Council meets, he will let people broadcast live on the forum.

The municipal meeting held every ten days is a big joyous show.

Municipal councilors who disagree with each other greet each other's family on the spot, and even two gangs of councilors fight with each other. These are common occurrences.

Today, three meetings of the municipal council were broadcast live. Except for the development plan of the pharmaceutical and dye industries, which was passed by the council, all other proposals were shelved.

Even Zeng Mu's plan to issue railway bonds in the name of Jiuquan a few days ago was rejected by the municipal council.

Zhang Tianlun told Li Mi the fun that happened at the Jiuquan Municipal Council:
"The last time the head of the Shoe Workshop Association proposed that the shoe size should be unified, and shoes of various shoe sizes should be manufactured and sold according to the size of the feet."

"It stands to reason that this proposal is quite good. Today's shoemakers are in a mess of sizes. Not everyone can afford custom-made shoes. Cheap finished shoes often don't fit well. Unifying the size is a very good proposal."

Li Bi nodded. The boot on his foot was also a finished shoe bought in Zhangye.

Although finished shoes are not as high-end and comfortable as custom-made shoes, the cost does not need to wait for production, and you can buy them as long as you like the fit.

The price of the cost is also much lower than that of customization. According to Zhang Tianlun, the shoes produced by the assembly line improve efficiency and save costs, and are much cheaper than handmade one by one.

Li Mi wore the shoes from Zhangye to Jiuquan, and the shoes fit perfectly without any problems.

There is already a classification of shoe sizes in Zhangye, and the shop assistants can quickly find shoes of the right size according to the size of the old shoes.

In Li Mi's view, this is quite an efficient approach.

As long as the shoes in the market can be made according to the uniform size, the next time you buy other shoes, you don’t need to try on the shoes one by one, which can save a lot of time.

But Zhang Tianlun said: "But the head of the Shoemaker Association stood up and objected, saying that making shoes that fit the foot is the craftsmanship of shoemakers, and uniform standard sizes will destroy this craftsmanship."

Now Li Mi was confused, and he quickly said, "Wait, the Shoe Workshop Association and the Shoemaker Association are two associations?"

Zhang Tianlun said: "Yes, the Shoe Workshop Association is an association established by those workshop owners who build workshops to manufacture shoes in batches."

"The shoemaker's association is an association established by shoemakers in the city who customize shoes for people."

"Zeng Zhizhou originally wanted to merge to form a shoe industry association, but their internal quarrels were too fierce. For a long time, they could not choose a leader that more than half of the members were satisfied with, so they were split into two associations."

Li Mi nodded and said, "I understand, let's continue."

Zhang Tianlun said: "Later, the two leaders fought in the municipal council and beat each other with their shoes. In the end, the shoes of the chairman of the shoe workshop association were smashed, and they were dragged out by the police maintaining order."

"Both were sentenced to a one-month ban from council, but the shoe size decree was never mentioned."

From Zhang Tianlun's vivid description, Li Mi already imagined that the two "conference leaders" were fighting.

Isn't this nonsense?Let the people selected by these traffickers, let these village chiefs who don't even know the words, participate in the decision-making of the entire city and even the entire state.

This is really too big a step.

Li Mi asked: "Does Your Highness care about Zeng Zhizhou's nonsense in Ganzhou?"

Zhang Tianlun said with a smile: "Of course Your Highness doesn't care, as long as Zhangye doesn't rebel or famines happen, His Highness won't step over these feudal officials to manage the city."

"Even His Highness does not interfere with the civil affairs of Shazhou, where the Longyou Governor's Mansion is located."

Li Mi couldn't help but said: "This is too much of a joke, no wonder Jiuquan's development is not as good as Zhangye's. I think this Zeng Mu is an incompetent person, and I don't know how he can steal the post of state pastor."

But Zhang Tianlun said: "Bi Gong's words are not correct. Last month, Jiuquan made it into the top five in the development index rankings of major cities. Last month, Jiuquan couldn't even make it into the top ten." of."

Li Mi asked: "What is this development index ranking?"

"It is a ranking list created by His Royal Highness King Jianning. It quantifies and scores indicators such as urban development, urban construction, workshop industrial output value, and population growth. It is a ranking list used to measure the development level of a city."

Li Mi was surprised: "Jiuquan's development is so good?"

Zhang Tianlun said: "How should I put it, Mr. Bi, do you know the seesaw?"

Li Mi nodded and said, "Is that the seesaw that children play on?"

Zhang Tianlun nodded and said, "That's the seesaw."

Li Bi was confused, Zhang Tianlun explained:

"In fact, in the development of a city, 'efficiency' and 'fairness' are often a pair of seesaws."

Li Mi was stunned.

Zhang Tianlun said: "The pursuit of efficiency is naturally the best development model in Zhangye. Orders and prohibitions, the government can freely formulate the direction of development without any constraints. It can concentrate the power of the whole prefecture to build such a large project as the Wei-Zhang Railway. .”

"Now Zhangye's animal husbandry, wool textile industry, oil extraction, and garment industries are all developing rapidly, and some industries are even better than several states in Longyou."

Li Bi nodded. He knew about the prosperity of Zhangye. The whole Zhangye was filled with the pursuit of money and efficiency.

Although Li Mi, who has been influenced by Confucianism and Taoism, does not like this utilitarian atmosphere, it has to be said that the development of Zhangye is changing with each passing day.

Zhang Tianlun said: "The two ends of the seesaw, one is efficiency and the other is fairness. If you pursue efficiency too much, you will lose fairness."

"There is a lot of overtime in Zhangye, workshop workers often have to work more than ten hours, employ child labor, and workshop owners who exploit workers often appear in newspapers."

"Although Cui Tao is also suppressing the master of the workshop in Zhangye, the division of wealth is still getting faster and faster."

"Ordinary workers who sell their physical strength work hard. Although they earn more than farming, they can only maintain food and clothing."

"As long as the workshop owners continue to open workshops, they only need to invest to earn a lot of dividends."

"Cui Tao has repeatedly demanded to increase the minimum wage in Zhangye, and also split up the large monopoly workshop industry, but the injustice in Zhangye is still intensifying."

Zhang Tianlun sighed and said: "Isn't this inevitable? There is no hierarchical system with huge gaps in remuneration, how can people work hard. Zhangye's newspapers are talking about the 'Zhangye Miracle', but there is no People talk about the things behind Zhangye’s miracle.”