[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-simulated-to-reality-i-once-looked-down-upon-ten":3,"chapter-simulated-to-reality-i-once-looked-down-upon-ten-simulated-to-reality-i-once-looked-down-upon-ten-chapter-236":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Simulated to Reality: I Once Looked Down Upon Ten Thousand Ages?",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2347251,4587,"Chapter 236: Heaven","simulated-to-reality-i-once-looked-down-upon-ten-chapter-236",236,"\u003Cp>Liu Wen’s gaze moved through the lines of cryptic script.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At first, he was filled with astonishment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Establish a people’s bank?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He murmured softly, brow furrowed, as if encountering a problem he had never imagined.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As his eyes slowly descended, each clause unfolded like an extraordinary scroll, spreading before his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From initial confusion to careful examination, then sudden clarity after considering feasibility.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Wen’s inner state quietly shifted, replaced by ripples of emotion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Until finally, Yu Ke’s pen came to rest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This method seems like a castle in the air, a mirage—but applied to today’s northern lands.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Everything holds great potential!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A sudden “boom!” as if his heart’s sea surged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Wen’s emotions boiled over completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His hands trembled as he reverently lifted each sheet, treating them as the most precious treasures on earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Encourage childbirth!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These four characters leapt from the page, striking his soul.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew the success of this policy depended not merely on the loudness of an edict, but on whether it could penetrate the people’s hearts and resolve their long-standing anxieties over livelihood and future.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Only when the people have no worries can they raise children in peace.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Wen thought silently, his eyes gleaming with unprecedented light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He understood that only when the people held real silver in their hands and bore lighter burdens could the policy to encourage childbirth take root.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And now!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The “establish a bank” policy was a safety net, lifting the people’s fears of childbirth and child-rearing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this method was far too ahead of its time!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If implemented in Qianyuan, Beifeng, or even the prosperous southern lands of Daqing, it might face overwhelming resistance—or even collapse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Those regions were entangled with power and interests, not easily moved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though the nation’s rulers had changed, the powerful gentry entrenched in counties and towns merely donned new faces and continued betting on the new power game.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The new ministers who aided the rise of the throne became the new “sickles” reaping the people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Old men changed robes; new factions inherited old evils—this world remained the domain of those same people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Implementing a policy benefiting the people and challenging vested interests was like sowing seeds beneath boulders and gravel—its resistance was unimaginable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was like rowing against the current, facing a storm head-on!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It placed him against the entire world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was not merely a policy contest—it was a blow to the very foundations of aristocratic clans, a decisive act to destroy their lineage and sever their roots.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Knowledge!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For so long, it had been tightly held by the clans, their key to generations of prosperity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, all this would change.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The government offering loans allowed humble families to cross economic barriers—whether seeking learning or cultivating martial strength, dreams no longer seemed unattainable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Learn to read and write? Is that so hard?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Wen sighed softly, shaking his head with deep emotion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew that once the monopoly on knowledge was broken, it could ignite a wildfire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking back at history, the two-century-long eunuch turmoil in Han began with a single whim of the emperor—teaching eunuchs to read and write.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though the original intent was unclear, this act inadvertently opened the floodgates, tilting the balance of power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eunuchs could now run households, even be granted princely titles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even the great Confucian scholars of Chu, praised for their virtue, still promoted the policy of keeping the people ignorant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If the people truly broke free from ignorance and gained more choices and opportunities, those once-dominant aristocratic clans would find it impossible to sleep peacefully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This loan policy was nothing like ancient practices that turned people into slaves or servants!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“One year interest-free, three years low-interest.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These few words carried a bold, heroic spirit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To give away a thousand taels was not too great a sacrifice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the past!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whenever famine, drought, or disaster struck, helpless farmers could only reluctantly mortgage their land—their only means of survival—to the wealthy, seeking a sliver of hope. These men were landlords.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this age, the barrier to knowledge was insurmountable; poor peasants could not even afford to learn to read and write, let alone glimpse the splendor of the capital or its music and dance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their world was confined to small villages and county towns, day after day, year after year, repeating the labor and fate of their ancestors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over time, as landlords passed their wealth through generations, they easily monopolized all surrounding land.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The people were forced to become tenant farmers, tilling the landlords’ fields.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was “land consolidation.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Aristocratic clans used this brutal method to continuously solidify their status and wealth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They used their power and resources to bind the people tightly to the land.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This phenomenon of land consolidation was an invisible net, tightly constraining the people’s future and hope.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, if this policy were introduced, everything would change dramatically.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The people would have the chance to break free from poverty and ignorance, gaining more choices and possibilities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was not merely a reallocation of economic interests—it was a fierce assault on class barriers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If implemented, resistance would be immense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How difficult it would be!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Qianyuan implemented it, rebellion would erupt again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Han Chu did the same, war would return.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The world still belonged to the clans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But what of the northern lands?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Wen’s eyes suddenly changed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fifteen years ago, the great clans of the north had already been destroyed by Beifeng’s southern invasion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wealthy and powerful clans had fled en masse to the south.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Who remained in the north?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only the truly poor and powerless—the lowest of the low.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Had reform been attempted fifteen years ago, it would have caused massive problems.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this context!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Any hasty reform would be like walking on thin ice—slight missteps could trigger great crisis.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Wen knew well that history was filled with examples of states collapsing due to rushed reforms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perished after two generations!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>New rulers, upon taking the throne, often began with bloody suppression, needing time to stabilize and observe before gradually enacting change.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qianyuan did so. Han Chu did so.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both made wise choices.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the Lu family army took control of the north, their first task was not to rush into new policies, but to follow the previous dynasty’s governance, stabilize the people’s hearts, and restore production.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fifteen years have passed!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Wen clenched his fists inside his sleeves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back then, Beifeng’s southern invasion had raged for twenty years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Young Protector, appointed amid defeat, entrusted in crisis, turned the tide, saved the collapsing structure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The people of the north all bowed in reverence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both military and civilian hearts were usable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Wen found himself gripping the edge of the table, fingers pressing hard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, after the capital’s fall, the north truly must break away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Heaven’s timing, earth’s advantage, human harmony—all three are present.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no better place in the world for reform.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Wen felt his heart stir with excitement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What is the purpose of studying the sages’ writings?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To govern the state, pacify the people, to help the world when one has power, to open an eternal era of peace!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Liu Wen had wholeheartedly submitted to the Young Protector; he bowed deeply outside the great table.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ride a horse to pacify the world, dismount to govern the state!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Throughout history, who else?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Ke paid no heed, continuing to write on the paper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Strategy for economic development.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Lighten corvée and taxes, punish corrupt officials.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind it were four bold, ink-heavy characters!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Use a single point to influence the whole, establish a special prefectural city!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1262,"2026-06-21T01:33:00.595Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","59c9f47ad240f35cfcb1aad008e42c7d38357ee7aba13d01dedb6039150d8e90","simulated-to-reality-i-once-looked-down-upon-ten-chapter-237","simulated-to-reality-i-once-looked-down-upon-ten-chapter-235",728,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsimulated-to-reality-i-once-looked-down-upon-ten-cover.jpg"]