Chapter 136

Liu Wen's gaze traveled between the lines of dense text.

At first, his heart was full of surprise.

"Establish a People's Bank?"

He murmured softly, his brows slightly furrowed, as if he had touched upon a problem he had never thought of!

As his gaze moved slowly downward, those clauses unfolded one by one, spreading out in his heart like an extraordinary scroll.

From the initial confusion and lack of understanding, to the sudden enlightenment after examining them one by one and thinking about their feasibility.

Liu Wen's state of mind changed quietly, replaced by ripples in his heart.

Until Yu Ke's final stroke!

"This method seems like a castle in the air, a reflection of flowers in a mirror, but it falls into the current north."

"Everything is highly promising!"

With a "Boom!", as if the sea of his heart was surging.

Liu Wen's emotions were completely boiling.

His hands trembled, and he almost piously picked up those papers one by one, as if treating the most precious treasure in the world.

"Encourage childbirth!"

These four characters leaped onto the paper, striking the soul directly.

He knew deeply that the success or failure of this policy did not just depend on the loudness of a decree, but on whether it could penetrate the hearts of the people and solve the worries about livelihood and the future that had long troubled them.

"Let the people have no worries about the future, so they can reproduce with peace of mind."

Liu Wen thought to himself, his eyes flashing with unprecedented light.

He knew deeply that only by letting the people have real silver in their hands and reducing the heavy burden on their shoulders could the policy of encouraging childbirth truly take root.

And at this moment!

That policy of "establishing a bank" was a bottom-line support, relieving the people's worries about childbirth and upbringing.

But this method was too advanced!

If this policy were implemented in Qianyuan, Beifeng, or even the prosperous Jiangnan of Daqing, it might encounter heavy obstacles and even lead to a dead end.

In those places, power was intertwined and interests were entangled, not easily moved.

However!

Although the masters of the country changed, those gentry forces entrenched in the counties were just changing their faces, continuing to bet on the new power game.

The new ministers who achieved the merit of following the dragon became the new "sickles" harvesting the people.

Old people in new clothes, new parties inheriting old abuses; this world, in the end, was still the world of those people.

Implementing such policies that benefit the people and touch vested interests is no different from sowing seeds under boulders and gravel; the resistance is imaginable.

No different from sailing against the current, facing a wild wind!

Walking to the opposite side of everyone in the world.

This is not just a contest of policies, but a shaking of the foundations of the noble families, a resolute act to destroy their species and cut off their roots.

Knowledge!

For a long time, it had been firmly grasped by the noble families, becoming the key to their generations of prosperity.

But now, all this will change.

The government opens loans, allowing children of humble families to cross the economic threshold; whether it is seeking knowledge or practicing martial arts, it is no longer a distant dream.

"Learning to read and write? Are these characters very difficult?"

Liu Wen sighed softly, his head shaking full of emotion.

He knew deeply that once the monopoly on knowledge is broken, it might be a "prairie fire."

Looking back at history, the source of the two-hundred-year eunuch rebellion in Korea was actually the emperor's momentary lapse—teaching eunuchs to read and write.

This measure, although the original intention was hard to discern, inadvertently opened the floodgates for eunuchs, causing the scales of power to tilt.

Eunuchs could also be masters of the house, and could also "be enfeoffed as kings and marquises."

Even the great Confucian scholars of Great Chu, who were full of virtue, still advocated the policy of "fooling the people."

If the people could truly break free from the shackles of ignorance and hold more choices and opportunities, those noble families who were once high and mighty would fear they could no longer sleep peacefully!

This loan policy is by no means like the ancient times of making people slaves and servants!

"One year interest-free, three years low-interest."

This short sentence, the heroic spirit rushing toward him.

Giving up a thousand gold is not enough to be noble.

In the past!

Whenever famine, drought, or natural and man-made disasters occurred, helpless farmers could only painfully mortgage their life-sustaining land to those wealthy people to seek a glimmer of survival; these people were the landlords.

In this era, the threshold of knowledge was unreachable; poor people couldn't even dream of reading and writing, let alone seeing the prosperity and singing and dancing of the capital.

Their world was limited to small villages and county towns, repeating the labor and fate of their ancestors day after day, year after year.

As time passed, with the efforts of several generations of landlords, they easily completed the monopoly of all surrounding land.

The people were forced to become tenant farmers, helping landlords cultivate the land.

This is "land annexation"!

And the noble families, through the cruel means of land annexation, constantly consolidated their status and wealth.

They used the power and resources in their hands to firmly bind the people to the land.

This phenomenon of land annexation is like an invisible net, tightly binding the future and hope of the people.

But now, if such a policy appears, all this will undergo a earth-shaking change.

The people will have the opportunity to get rid of the shackles of poverty and ignorance, possessing more choices and possibilities.

This is not just a redistribution of economic interests, but a fierce impact on class barriers.

If implemented, the resistance will be heavy.

How difficult it is!

If Qianyuan implements it, it will face rebellion again.

If Han Chu does this, war will come again.

The world is ultimately the world of noble families.

But if it is the north!

Liu Wen's eyes changed suddenly.

Fifteen years ago, the large noble families in the north had long been raided and destroyed by the southward march of the Northern Wind.

Some wealthy and powerful noble families moved south in large numbers.

Who are the people left in the north?

They are all the truly penniless and powerless people, the so-called bottom layer.

If there had been a rash reform fifteen years ago, there would also have been big problems.

Against this background!

Any rash reform is like walking on thin ice; a slight carelessness could trigger a huge crisis.

Liu Wen knew deeply that in ancient history, there was no lack of examples of countries falling into turmoil or even perishing due to eagerness for success and rash reforms.

Perishing after two generations!

When a new monarch takes over the world, it is bloody suppression; it often takes a period of stabilization and observation to gradually implement reforms.

Qianyuan is the same, and both Han and Chu chose to settle down after the new emperor ascended the throne.

All are wise choices!

After the Lu Family Army took over the north, the primary task was not to rush to implement new policies, but to follow the policies of the previous dynasty, stabilize the hearts of the people, and restore production.

It has been fifteen years!

Liu Wen clenched his hands in his sleeves.

Back then, the Northern Wind ravaged the south for twenty years.

Shaobao, appointed at a time of defeat, ordered in times of danger, turned the tide, and supported the building that was about to collapse.

Everyone in the north bowed in submission.

Both military morale and the hearts of the people can be used.

Liu Wen didn't realize he was already holding the edge of the table, his fingertips exerting force.

Now, after the capital, the north is truly going to split off.

Heaven's timing, geographical advantages, and human harmony, all three are present.

There is no better place for "reform" in the world than here.

Liu Wen couldn't help but feel excited in his heart.

Reading the books of sages, what for!

Nothing more than governing the country, pacifying the people, and if successful, benefiting the world, opening up eternal peace!

Liu Wen was already convinced by Shaobao and bowed deeply outside the large table.

"Mounting a horse to pacify the world, dismounting to govern the country!"

Throughout history, who else is there?

Yu Ke ignored him and continued writing on the paper.

Strategies for developing the economy.

"Light corvée and low taxes, punish corrupt officials."

There are four more heavy-inked characters behind!

"Use points to lead the area, establish special prefectural cities!"

(End of chapter)