Daming: Old Zhu, we agreed not to rush!

Chapter 164 Poverty Alleviation and Social Security

"why?"

Zhu Biao asked.

He had never seen the beautiful country, so he didn't know what the consequences would be if he directly distributed money and food.

"Because Daming is not rich enough."

Naturally, Su Jing would not say anything about the experience of the beautiful country, just presenting the facts.

No money and no food, this is the reality.

Zhu Biao bowed his head and remained silent. As a prince, he had read the tax accounts every year, which was what Lao Zhu asked him to read.

Indeed, according to today's survey results, there are quite a few beggars in Daming territory.

There are so many beggars, and there are even more people living on the poverty line.

Daming's treasury cannot withstand this pressure.

"Then how to do it?"

Zhu Biao could only continue to throw the question to Su Jing.

Su Jing is actually thinking about it. In fact, he really knows something about poverty alleviation.

After all, the flower grower in the previous life was a good hand in poverty alleviation.

Even in the world, the poverty alleviation of flower growers is extremely advanced and effective.

However, this does not apply to Daming.

Regardless of productivity factors, there is absolutely no comparison when it comes to the executive power of grassroots governments.

The imperial power does not go to the countryside, this is not just for fun.

If you really send money directly, don't think about it, there will only be more things like corruption in disaster relief food.

How to do?
Su Jing thought about it, and then said: "Niu Yi, in fact, the answer to this question can be obtained from the Song Dynasty."

Song?

Zhu Biao hesitated for a moment, thinking about some historical records of the Song Dynasty in his mind.

Needless to say, Zhu Biao has a pretty good memory, and he quickly found some records.

"Master Su, what you are talking about is the law of benefiting beggars, right?"

Zhu Biao said to Su Jing.

The law of favoring beggars?
Su Jing was taken aback, he really didn't know the history of this aspect very well, and he didn't mention the Song Dynasty to talk about the law of benefiting beggars.

But at this time, Su Jing still looked unchanged and said: "Tell me, what is the content of this law of benefiting beggars?"

It doesn't matter if you don't know, anyway, Zhu Biao must remember, just let him explain.

Zhu Biao didn't doubt anything, and said directly: "In the tenth year of Xining, Song Shenzong promulgated the Law of Benefiting Beggars, stipulating that in October every year, the local government must conduct regular inspections on the elderly, weak, sick and disabled under its jurisdiction. For the distribution of food, adults receive one liter of rice beans and children receive half a liter of rice beans.

From October to March of the following year, no interruptions are allowed, and there must be no starvation. "

After Zhu Biao finished speaking, he was taken aback for a moment.

Isn't this just a direct distribution of food?

After Su Jing heard it, he was quite shocked. He really didn't know before that the welfare of the poor people in the Song Dynasty was so good?

Even in the previous life, there were not many countries that could meet this kind of welfare standard.

"Master Su, didn't you say that the method of directly distributing rations won't work?"

Zhu Biao asked Su Jing.

"Uh this"

Su Jing hesitated for a moment, and said: "All this is based on the fact that the Song Dynasty is rich!"

"I don't have money, how can I do this?"

The Song Dynasty was the richest dynasty among the feudal dynasties in the entire history of China.

Don't think it's really cowardly to fight a war, it's just to cede land and pay compensation to ensure safety.

But you have to have money to pay for it.

If you really want to leave the current Daming, this treasury is really incomparable with the Song Dynasty.

"What Master Su said is reasonable, but the students misunderstood."

Zhu Biao came back to his senses and continued: "By the way, Master Su, the Song Dynasty not only has the law of benefiting beggars, but also the law of housing and supporting them."

"Nursing homes are set up in various states to take in those who are lonely, poor, and children who cannot take care of themselves. They provide monthly rations and invite doctors to see a doctor."

"In the Southern Song Dynasty, a nursing home was added, and beggars who were frozen on the street were taken in into the nursing home."

Residential law!
Nursing home!
Sanatorium!
Listening to Zhu Biao's description, Su Jing was shocked for the first time.

Most of his historical memory of the Song Dynasty still stays in the black history, the weakest and most bloodless feudal dynasty in history.

But I didn't expect that this Song Dynasty would have such personal care.

As far as this social welfare system is concerned, it is almost catching up with the beautiful country of the previous life.

My own understanding of history is still too shallow.

Su Jing was full of emotions in his heart, but he said to Zhu Biao: "Niu Yi, this is the embodiment that the economic base determines the superstructure."

"It is also the core of poverty alleviation, the wealth of the country! Only when the country is rich can we give due care to the poor and weak in society."

Zhu Biao thought it made sense, and was about to nod, but then he thought of something, and immediately said:
"Master Su, shouldn't the country be rich on the premise that the people are rich? If the people are rich, poverty will naturally decrease."

The country's taxes come from the people, and the country can only be rich if the people are rich.

Su Jing nodded and said: "That's right, the truth is like this, the people are rich, the country can be rich, and the country's wealth can feed back to the people. This is a virtuous circle."

After listening to this for a long time, Zhu Biao was still confused.

Su Jing seemed to have said something, but also seemed to have said nothing.

"Master Su, how to solve poverty?"

Zhu Biao could only continue to ask.

Su Jing said indifferently: "This has to be divided into two parts. If the whole country is to be lifted out of poverty, what needs to be done is to develop productive forces and increase the total amount of social wealth, so that the people may be able to share better wealth. "

"If it is aimed at extremely poor people like beggars, then it is very necessary to establish a suitable social security system."

Zhu Biao knows about the development of productivity, and it is for this that he is studying with Su Jing now.

But Zhu Biao didn't quite understand the social security system.

"Master Su, what is the social security system?"

Zhu Biao asked.

Su Jing replied: "The Favoring Beggars Law and the Home Support Law are actually a form of expression of the social security system. To describe it accurately, it should refer to collective insurance, individual insurance, state funding, and compulsory savings. The state provides assistance to those whose living standard does not meet the minimum standard, provides basic living security for those temporarily or permanently incapable of working, gradually improves the material and cultural welfare of all members of society, maintains social stability, promotes economic growth and social progress."

"Of course, considering the current situation of Ming Dynasty, it is still not possible to achieve such a level. The first step must be completed first, and the national strength of Ming Dynasty will be improved before the second step can be completed, which is to relieve these extremely poor people."

"So I say this is a long-term process of overcoming difficulties, and it cannot be completed overnight."

Listening to Su Jing's description, Zhu Biao tried his best to understand and remember, for fear of missing something.

If you really can’t understand it, just forcefully write it down.

"Of course, at the moment, if you want to relieve these beggars and those who are extremely poor, there are also ways to temporarily support them, such as the work-for-work I mentioned earlier."

Su Jing continued: "The government will come forward to provide some basic jobs. It doesn't matter how well they do it. Let them survive on their own first."

"Niu Yi, remember what I told you before, if you want to get rich, you need to build roads first. The convenience of transportation can greatly promote economic development, and it goes hand in hand with work-for-relief."

"Of course, this kind of thing can't be done by me alone as a businessman. The government can only take the lead."

Su Jing said casually, but when it fell into Zhu Biao's ears, it was extremely shocking.

It turned out that the many theories that Su Jing had told him before did not exist independently, but had some kind of connection.

When these theories are connected, everything becomes clear.

"Mr. Su, the student understands, thank you for teaching, Mr. Su!"

Zhu Biao bowed seriously towards Su Jing.

It was just the relief of a few beggars, but Zhu Biao saw the way of Ming Dynasty's prosperity.

Su Jing's status in Zhu Biao's heart was elevated again.

"It's okay, okay, let's do this. In fact, it's easy and simple, and it's difficult to say. If no one in the government takes the lead, it can't be done."

Su Jing waved his hand and said: "That's what I said casually, if you really want to do it, you have to look at the meaning of the people above."

"Master Su, don't worry, the students will definitely let this matter go."

Zhu Biao immediately promised.

"Okay, then you have to think carefully about the implementation details and how to implement it."

Su Jing said with a smile: "This is not the time for disaster relief. The victims of the disaster are scattered in groups. It is easy to identify. If it is done in a normal place, there will be many people with good intentions mixed in."

"Don't let the money and food go out at that time, and nothing that should be rescued will be left in the end."

Relief with work seems to be a job, but it actually has the nature of assistance.

Some people who have land and food themselves will pretend to be extremely poor to squeeze out the quota.

If this method is to be truly implemented, it will be a test of execution ability.

"Students understand that this matter should be decided before action."

Zhu Biao said seriously.

Su Jing nodded: "Yes, this is a lot to say, I know you are worried about the people and want to do something for them, but you must be clear about the impact your identity and ability can have."

"Many times, one word of yours may affect the life and death of many people. You have to bear this responsibility."

Zhu Biao has this heart of concern for the people, but also has influence.

Su Jing still agrees with her student's behavior.

Therefore, Su Jing did not attack Zhu Biao. Under the executive power of the previous life, various chaos would still occur.

With Daming's current local executive power, I'm afraid it's hard to say.

But this method is better to be implemented than not to be implemented, and it is not Wang Anshi's young crop method. It is clear that Wang Anshi's idea is to lend money and seeds at low interest rates to the people, and the result is various forced loans with interest rates raised.

Wang Anshi had a good idea, but when he executed it, he couldn't follow his idea at all.

In the end, it was directly abolished.

This is also an important reason why Su Jing did not pass on to Zhu Biao the many poverty alleviation experiences of previous flower growers.

Officials of Ming Dynasty have no faith.

In other words, under the feudal system, officials selected through imperial examinations had no faith.

Under the feudal land ownership system, this result was inevitable.

"Students understand."

Zhu Biao nodded heavily. At this moment, he was reassuring Su Jing in his heart as a prince.

"Okay, that's it, go back."

Su Jing urged.

It was a cold day outside.

"Yes, Master Su."

Zhu Biao followed Su Jing and returned home soon.

Although there is no one at home, Zhu Wei's learning attitude has not changed at all, and geniuses have strong self-control.

Zhu Biao said hello to Su Jing, and went back to his room directly.

The first thing I did when I sat down was to quickly rewrite what Su Jing had said silently.

Whether it is the poverty trap or the social security system.

The most important thing is of course the idea of ​​combining work relief with infrastructure and road construction. Once the idea is perfected and implemented, it can benefit many people in Daming.

There are quite a few poor people in Ming Dynasty.

It took a full half an hour before Zhu Biao wrote everything silently.

In addition to Su Jing's theoretical content, there are also some understandings of his own.

He believes that after passing this on to his father Zhu Yuanzhang, and with the joint efforts of many ministers, he should be able to come up with a relatively complete idea.

When Su Jing warned Zhu Biao, Zhu Biao made it very clear.

We must uphold the idea of ​​being responsible to the people, rather than patting the head and making a decision.

When these things were finished, Zhu Biao's expression did not relax.

Su Jing's prediction about the imperial examination still troubled Zhu Biao.

"Why does Master Su say that the imperial examination will be suspended after it is held?"

Zhu Biao said to himself.

He thought for a long time, but did not come to any conclusion.

Afterwards, he hesitated to write for a while, and finally decided to write Su Jing's conclusion in the letter.

It is better to let his father Zhu Yuanzhang know about this matter.

After writing the reply, I attached the answer to Kaos' question, the math problem Su Jing posed, and a dozen telescopes made by Su Jing himself.

Here are all the things that Zhu Biao wanted to send back to the palace.

Forbidden City.

Inside the Hall of Fong Xian.

Lao Zhu was looking at the finalized imperial examination regulations, and he was quite satisfied.

"Chonghachi, it seems that you are very satisfied."

Empress Ma stood aside and said to Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said: "That's right, sister, the method of the imperial examination has finally been completely settled. I will announce it to the world next year. When the imperial examination is held, Daming will have many talents that can be used!"

Because of the empty printing case, Lao Zhu killed a bunch of officials.

He was very decisive when he killed, but now he is also very irritated when no one is available.

Therefore, it is very important to select talents through the imperial examination.

Empress Ma smiled and said: "That is really a happy event, Chongba, remember to give rewards to those ministers who are busy with this matter."

Lao Zhu is very generous to his family.

But for the ministers under him, he was a little picky.

Empress Ma knew Lao Zhu's character, so she made a special reminder.

"Got it, girl."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and agreed.

Immediately he said again: "It's a pity, that kid Su Jing is unwilling to become an official, otherwise I can relax a lot."

When he is busy, Lao Zhu can still think of Su Jing.

Empress Ma laughed and said, "Chongba, why do I keep hearing you talking about Mr. Su recently? It's not like you."

Zhu Yuanzhang's face was slightly stiff, and he said, "Is there? Why don't I feel it?"

(End of this chapter)