Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

Chapter 1179 New Economic Policy

"What does the emperor mean?" Zhao Bingjun seemed to have realized something, he took a breath and said.

"Zhi'an, I remember that your wife seems to be Indian, right?" Guan Xuqing asked without directly explaining to his subordinates.

"Oh, yes." Zhao Bingjun replied without hesitation.

"I still remember that when you first met, there seemed to be some problems with her family background." Guan Xuqing continued.

"Well, but these problems have been resolved, the emperor sent Dai Li to investigate, now" Zhao Bingjun said, but his words were quickly interrupted by the emperor.

"I know, and I also know that your wife's younger brother is still very well looked after by the local authorities. He can now receive a salary of [-] dragon coins from the Indian authorities every month. Well, it seems that he has his own villa. "Guan Xuqing said with a smile.

Zhao Bingjun's heart skipped a beat, and a sense of anxiety arose spontaneously. He didn't know why the emperor he followed all the year round suddenly raised this issue.It's not bad at all, since the emperor personally asked about his marriage, his wife's family background seems to have been brushed "red" overnight, even though his brother-in-law is just a small cadre in India, but in the local , Even senior officials never dared to underestimate this small farm cadre.It may sound corrupt, but every time officials from above go to inspect a local collective farm, the first thing they do is not to do work, but to visit a small cadre's home.Under such circumstances, the treatment that Zhao Bingjun's brother-in-law enjoyed naturally increased.The monthly salary of [-] dragon coins is a treatment that can only be enjoyed by a first-level governor in an Indian state, but Zhao Bingjun's brother-in-law is in a low-level rank among officials.

"Hehe, don't worry, I didn't mean to blame you. After all, these things have nothing to do with you directly." Guan Xuqing seemed to sense the worry of his subordinates. He reached out and patted his shoulders, and said with a smile, "You I have been with me for so many years, through life and death, I have always regarded you as my brother. The people in those places are some guys who are good at catering to speculators, and the methods they do are not aimed at you. It was done for me to see. Of course I understand this truth, so if you want to say that you should bear the responsibility, you must also bear it. What's more, the reason why I was able to understand these situations is also the result of your wife reporting to me personally , She even took the initiative to suggest to me that her brother should be removed from public office as a punishment."

"This is what it should be, Your Majesty, I don't have any objections." Zhao Bingjun said hastily, "I have followed you for so many years, so you don't have to worry about my emotions."

"No!" Guan Xuqing waved his hand and said without hesitation, "Maybe I still had this idea just now, but now I have changed my mind. Not only do I not want to remove your brother-in-law's official position, but I also want to further give him opportunities for corruption."

"What?" Zhao Bingjun's jaw almost dropped and he lost his voice.

"Hehe, the brother-in-law of the dignified imperial security bureau, how can a salary of [-] dragon coins a month be called corruption? I plan to make his salary even higher, [-], no, [-] dragon coins. Officials in those places Don’t the official factions think that he has a deep background, so they are very respectful to him? Well, I will give him a deeper background, and I will make officials in the entire Indian region respect him.”

"Your Majesty" Zhao Bingjun felt like he was going to collapse.

"Why, don't you believe me? Are you afraid that I will frame you?" Guan Xuqing looked sideways at his subordinates and said with a half-smile.

"No, no, I just, I just don't understand what your majesty is planning." Zhao Bingjun waved his hands and explained in a panic.

"Hehe, it's nothing. I just want your little brother-in-law, who is not well-known but enjoys the salary of a first-level governor, to do a big thing for me, um, a big thing that may affect the historical development of our entire empire. I To turn his collective farm into a demonstration site of the new agricultural economic policy, I want him to start from the path of corruption, and use indisputable implementation to pave the way for the new agricultural economic policy that I will implement in the future .”

"However, my majesty, I still don't understand," Zhao Bingjun said worriedly, "Since it is a new agricultural economic policy, and you advocate it, why don't you propose it at a cabinet meeting and issue a decree to implement it instead of To go this way, this way"

"Is it such an evil path?" Guan Xuqing smiled meaningfully, "Zhi An, you still don't understand politics, you don't know what reform is, and what reform is, and you don't even know that there is a relationship between the two. What a big difference. Of course, it is impossible for you to know how much resistance I will encounter if I want to implement an economic policy aimed at improvement in the country, and how much resistance I will encounter if I want to implement an economic policy aimed at reform. How much resistance is there. Can India's 2000-year-old agricultural policy be easily changed?"

"Your Majesty! What do you mean?" Zhao Bingjun finally understood what the emperor said about the new agricultural economic policy, but after he understood it, he wished that he didn't understand anything.

"You don't need to understand anything now, you just need to finish what I have told you." Guan Xuqing shook his head, and then continued, "What I need you to do now is to let your brother-in-law go immediately Activities, remember, activities must be carried out in the name of individuals. I want him to become the person in charge of the collective farm he is in within two months. As for what needs to be done after that, I will Will give him a new will. Remember, you must let him understand that what I need is for her to do this in her own name. During this process, if there are any reports of corruption and the like, you will They can be intercepted privately. All in all, I have no knowledge of what happened there!"

It is undeniable that Guan Xuqing is quite mature in politics now. The young man who was ignorant and somewhat naive at the time has grown into a political veteran who is good at both sides and using people as guns.This time, the new agricultural economic policy he wants to implement is actually the rural land contract responsibility system. He wants to abolish the large collective farm system that was practiced in India, and transform the old land policy into individual contracting by individual farmers. Family-based semi-privatization of land policy.

Obviously, under the original collective farm system, no matter how high-quality the members of the farm were, their enthusiasm for labor would be greatly affected under the economic system where all the members were in the same pot, and they worked more or less.Now, the Sino-US war has just ended, and because a large amount of light and strong labor force has been consumed in the war, if the empire wants to restore agricultural production as soon as possible at this time and improve the rural economy, then the only way to rely on it is to work in the largest The production enthusiasm of farmers has been improved to the maximum extent.Then again, how can we maximize the enthusiasm of farmers for production?This point may be complicated for others, but for Guan Xuqing who came from China in the 21st century, it is not so complicated. China's success is already the best example.

But one thing is very important. The system of big landlords and small serfs that has been practiced in India for thousands of years is deeply rooted. It is difficult to change it overnight. As India becomes a member of the Chinese Federation, the original landlord class has been greatly weakened. This brings opportunities to the land contract responsibility system.However, Indian officials and local people will definitely find it difficult to accept this new thing immediately. Guan Xuqing believes that if he directly puts forward his proposition in a cabinet meeting, he will definitely receive stronger resistance from the Indian side, precisely because he understands this. , That's why we try our best to avoid bringing the issue of reform directly to formal meetings for study. He has to take a detour, which is a detour, but it may be smooth.

As it is said in guerrilla warfare, surround the city with the countryside.Surrounding the central government by local governments, Guan Xuqing needs to find a pilot point somewhere in India, vigorously promote his reform strategy, and then use the success of this "point" to drive "wide" reforms.But how to choose this "point"?Notify the place directly by administrative order, and then select such a pilot from India?This is obviously not possible, because it will directly express the intention of the emperor, which will attract obstruction and resistance from all aspects of India.

Since the right path may not work.Then he took a wrong path, an evil path, and on this evil path, Zhao Bingjun's brother-in-law became Guan Xuqing's first sight.

Guan Xuqing's plan was actually very simple.That is, he wants to take advantage of the prevalent status quo of official flattery in the local area, let Zhao Bingjun's brother-in-law take the position of the head of a collective farm in the local area first, and then appear in front of everyone as a purely corrupt image.When he became the owner of the farm as he wished, Guan Xuqing will hold a family banquet in the Forbidden City and invite Zhao Bingjun's family to have dinner here. At the same time, his brother-in-law will also be invited.

It is conceivable how many people will envy the new farmer after attending the emperor's family banquet. At the same time, how will the local officials of the Indian states treat him.There is no doubt that the farmer will become a celebrity in India by then, and in the eyes of those sanctimonious local officials, he will become an even more untouchable figure.

(End of this chapter)