What is industrial society?
It is easy for modern people to understand that it is a social production relationship in which machinery replaces human power.
The emergence of industrialized society is the progress of civilization, but it is the end of a decadent dynasty.
When large quantities of low-priced industrial products are sold everywhere at low prices, the dynasty has inevitably reached the end of the cycle.
Under the small-scale peasant economy, the emergence of industrial products directly destroyed countless circular ecologies.
The previous production relationship of men farming and women weaving has also undergone tremendous changes.
If the rulers of the dynasty have the foresight and do not impose excessive taxes and levies, the ordinary people will naturally be able to live a decent life.
but……
The upper class of the dynasty would not allow it.
The quality of the emperor's centralized power has a lot to do with the emperor's wisdom, insight, courage, and ideals and ambitions.
During the Song Dynasty, the emperor was in a circle.
Many emperors were shaped by the outside world into unique souls, and then lived to achieve their life goals.
He can be arrogant and extravagant, he can enjoy great achievements, and he can also be arty.
Whether the emperor is wise or not depends on the surrounding environment.
The ruling class of scholar-bureaucrats below the emperor had more complicated thoughts.
The Confucian cultural thought they received has long been castrated and modified by the rulers, and has become a tool to maintain rule and win over people to divide the profit pie.
Many scholar-bureaucrats tend to get lost in power and desire.
A bureaucracy composed of scholar-officials often depends on whether it has a good leader.
Without wise leaders, most bureaucrats will become people who protect their official title.
In the Song Dynasty's lenient environment towards scholar-bureaucrats and officials, bureaucrats often muddle along and spend their lives in a stable manner.
The core pursuit of scholar-bureaucrats is to protect their official title, personal interests, and fight for their family.
The life of the common people in the Song Dynasty often depends on the interests and hobbies of the ruler.
Emperor Zhao Xu of the Song Dynasty was physically weak, but he was a qualified emperor.
When he and the scholar-bureaucrats saw that their own silk, porcelain and tea could earn a lot of money, the people headed by them began to adjust their production capacity plan.
The rulers exchanged these worthless items for cheap military supplies and weapons, and then organized millions of imperial troops and border troops in an attempt to reshape military affairs and recapture Hetao and the Sixteen Prefectures.
The emperor of the Song Dynasty, as well as Zhang Chun of the Privy Council, initially wanted to purchase these cheap weapons and industrial products in a cyclical and gradual manner, and then absorb them.
But the capital composed of scholar-bureaucrats and general nobles in the Song Dynasty was extremely greedy.
They purchased all kinds of tea, porcelain and silk in all kinds of fair and honest names, and then exchanged them for cheap industrial products produced by the Chunfeng Caravan.
These industrial products include iron pots, kitchen knives, various daily necessities, various lighting tools, various white papers...
There is no way, there is no comparison between the Song Dynasty and the Chunfeng Caravan.
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the technology provided by Dongfeng Caravan is powerful.
In order to earn more profits, they also adjusted their production structure, raised silkworms on a large scale, planted mulberry fields, and produced porcelain.
Because of this, many farmers turned their land into mulberry trees and then passively joined in promoting the production of porcelain and tea.
When these production activities changed, some shrewd officials also invited people from the Chunfeng Caravan to carry out infrastructure work in the areas under their jurisdiction.
The infrastructure of Yuhang Town was noticed by the people of the Song Dynasty.
These people from the Spring Breeze Caravan are very skilled, and they also provide food, so they don't mind sharing the profits.
When Zhao Xu and Zhang Chun agreed to reach some cooperation with the Chunfeng Caravan, numerous invitations were sent to the Chunfeng Caravan's office, and various forces sought to cooperate with them.
The Chunfeng Caravan provides technology and early construction funds. The Song Dynasty only needs to provide land and labor to obtain various precious technologies.
This is a sure-fire deal!
However, when these invitations came to the Chunfeng Caravan, the person in charge, Ju Chengyan, laughed directly.
"My lords, it is very unrealistic to build wineries everywhere. It is possible to build wineries in areas close to the river. But in inland areas it is best to build workshops based on local conditions."
These people from the Song Dynasty looked at Ju Chengyan with doubts on their faces.
Ju Chengyan smiled and took out plans and gift packages one by one.
"My lords, adapting measures to local conditions means establishing a complete industrial mechanism according to different local outputs, improving social productivity, increasing the employment rate, allowing people to obtain goods at cheaper prices, and improving people's sense of happiness. Therefore, rashly opening a wine shop
It is not advisable, but we can use other ways to help everyone make money and at the same time let the people live a good life."
People who visited Ju Chengyan in the Song Dynasty asked coquettishly how to enrich the people.
Then I saw Ju Chengyan's tongue was as bright as a lotus flower, and he came out with clever ideas one by one like fried beans.
All the visitors were excited to hear these wonderful ideas.
They thought brewery assembly lines and cement factories were fanciful enough.
Who knew these people could make fun of so many things.
For just one food production, they come up with countless ideas.
Some foods can be made to last for several years through special preparation methods. These foods can then be sold throughout the Song Dynasty.
Packaging and preservation alone are an intoxicating technique.
Berry water can be made in special containers to create a more delicious drink.
Forget it, Chen Mu has also developed the technology of greenhouse cultivation.
In short, the dignitaries and officials of the Song Dynasty were dizzy after hearing this, and they wished they could immediately join the big family of the Chunfeng Caravan.
Even if these people from the Dongfeng Caravan offer to share more than ten percent of the profits every year and pay wages to the workers, they don't care.
What kind of waves can a bunch of mud-legged people digging in the soil make waves?
Isn’t it just to pay wages to some workers?
I agree to your request.
Then, a scene almost the same as in Yuhang Town appeared...
For example, large cement roads are being built everywhere.
For example, various regions have begun to work hard on agricultural products based on local characteristics.
For some people who produce mineral resources, after purchasing the equipment of Dongfeng Caravan, the speed of mining mineral resources suddenly accelerated several times or even dozens of times.
Some nondescript greenhouses were also built under the guidance of Chunfeng Caravan technicians.
1099 was a good year.
Because of the arrival of the Spring Wind Caravan, the Song Dynasty's originally dysfunctional system regained new vitality.
They made a lot of money from all kinds of things made with the technology brought by the Dongfeng Caravan.
People's lives will start to get better as long as their relationship with the Spring Breeze Caravan becomes more refined.
"On this day, even the gods will not change!"
Some old farmers working in Chunfeng Workshop said this to their children.
For more than a year, some people who work in Chunfeng Factory have received generous salaries, which can then be used to purchase countless supplies.
good for everyone!
Everything seems to be getting better!
It's a pity that the bad news comes so quickly...
In the third year of Yuanfu, that is, on February 23, 1100, 23-year-old Zhao Xu fell ill due to overwork and died in bed.
This clever emperor who tried to pick up Yuanfeng's new methods and strive for reform eventually died due to physical weakness.
After Zhao Xu died, his younger brother Zhao Ji became the eighth emperor of the Northern Song Dynasty.
Zhao Ji has extraordinary talents in calligraphy, painting and other artistic fields. He created original "thin gold style" calligraphy, "Hibiscus and Golden Pheasants" and "Autumn Evening on the Pond", etc., which are all masterpieces handed down from generation to generation.
If Zhao Xu did not die early, then the Song Dynasty would definitely have a new situation.
At least the reformists represented by Zhang Chun could still persist in the court. At least there were pragmatists in the Northern Song Dynasty.
It's a pity that Zhao Ji is too greedy for pleasure.
During his reign, his pursuit of extravagance, political corruption, and poor diplomacy led to widespread resentment among the people and laid the foundation for the country's collapse during the Jingkang period of the Northern Song Dynasty.
Time is also destiny!
Since Zhao Ji became emperor, the people of the Northern Song Dynasty found that their living costs suddenly increased.
They found that they had to pay more taxes, and the cost of being a pawn or a hawker suddenly became higher.
Those who opened shops also found that the government officials began to frequently ask for exorbitant taxes and miscellaneous taxes from them.
However, the hard-working and simple people of the Song Dynasty still naively believed that this was only a temporary hardship.
Their future will get better.
But what they didn't know was that in the next few decades, they would suffer desperate oppression from the ruling class of the Song Dynasty.
The kind that knocks the bones and sucks out the marrow!
The people of the Song Dynasty didn't know that the new emperor was extravagant and licentious, but the Dongfeng Caravan did!
As Zhao Ji, known as Song Huizong, ascended the throne, Chen Mu's layout began to accelerate.
Let’s talk about population first!
The meager population of more than 100,000 cannot support large-scale industrialization. As early as more than a year ago, Chen Mu tried to absorb as many people as possible.
After a hundred years of the Song Dynasty, land annexation was extremely serious, and many people became tenants and long-term servants.
As the word-of-mouth of the Spring Breeze Caravan spread, many people who could no longer live happily began to immigrate.
In just one and a half years, at least more than 10,000 Song people immigrated to Wanwan.
The increase in the population of Wanwan has increased industrial capacity in disguise!
Unlike the silent awakening of workers' consciousness in the Song Dynasty, what was carried out in Wanwan was a complete subversive transformation.
Life cognitive coverage, guidance of images and vocal music.
Here, you can hardly find the government, gentry, and scholar-bureaucrats oppressing the lower class people to work!
In short, those who stayed in Wanwan underwent all-round transformation.
Some people may say that the people of the Song Dynasty have received clan and royal education all their lives, and they cannot be saved.
But as the saying goes, there are still three pounds of nails in a broken ship. These hardworking people at the bottom are the ones they must fight for.
The numb soul will surely gain new sublimation after receiving the education of shovel dance.
…
Fairy Island!
Today is a harvest day on Fairy Island.
The fruits of the Aralia rice tree are ripe.
Chen Mu, who returned to Xianling Island, stood in front of a more than 20-meter-high dragon tooth rice tree, obsessively sniffing the soothing fragrance.
Even without eating, Chen Mu could feel his sea of consciousness jumping for joy just by smelling it.
"The treasures of heaven and earth are nothing more than this, right?"
"Chen Mu, stop standing and pick the dragon tooth rice and prepare for a good meal."
Chen Mu's eyes suddenly lit up: "Okay!"
He climbed up the tree like an ape. He took the bag and put in it one after another the dragon tooth rice fruits that were as big as mangoes and exuded an alluring fragrance but were as white as jade.
After a while, the dragon tooth rice was filled.
"It is said that this tree contains more than 10,000 kilograms of dragon tooth rice fruits."
Chen Aiguo swallowed: "Stop talking, try it!"
High-end ingredients only need to be cooked in a simple way. Eating longya rice is just like eating a mango, just peel it and eat it.
Chen Mu peeled off the skin and took a bite of the pulp.
His tongue buds were suddenly filled with a special fragrance.
When he rejected the fruit pulp, streams of pure energy quickly poured into Chen Mu's abdomen, and then gradually merged into the sea of qi.
With just half a piece of longya rice, Chen Mu felt a strong feeling of fullness.
"Hiccup~"
After finishing a piece of dragon tooth rice, Chen Mu practiced cross-legged.
Where outsiders couldn't see, the pure energy turned into the purest spiritual energy, slowly flowing into Chen Mu's limbs and bones and Zifu.
It took about a day for Chen Mu to finish consuming all this energy.
"A piece of dragon tooth rice allowed me to practice hard for more than a month, and this thing also has the effect of clearing the mind, strengthening the body, and strengthening the body. I actually feel that my body is getting stronger. It is indeed a sacred object in the Yangshen world!"
Chen Mu was extremely satisfied with the Longya rice.
After a while, everyone from the Chunfeng Brigade who arrived at Fairy Island woke up from their secluded state.
After everyone admired the Long Ya Rice, the final report meeting began.
"The operation in the Wanwan area is going very smoothly. It will take up to three years to become Tietong."
"We have also done a good job in popularizing education. Now Wanwan's literacy rate has reached 30%. We strive to make at least 80% of the population literate within a year!"
"Although the progress of industrialization penetration in the Song Dynasty is coveted by gentry and powerful people from all walks of life, the overall progress is still good. After establishing a cooperative relationship with the high-level officials of the Song Dynasty, we established 25 cooperation projects in just three months, which can
Covering at least 500,000 people in the Song Dynasty."
"The officials of the Song Dynasty treated the people very well because they wanted to protect Mo Azi above them. However, some bad gentry and nobles treated the people very badly.
These people are taking advantage of the fact that the sky is high and the emperor is far away, and they try their best to exploit the workers who enter the factory. The money these people earn is blood!"
"This is an indispensable link in promoting workers' consciousness in the Song Dynasty. Only by letting them see cruelty can they control the Northern Song Dynasty at the minimum cost!"
Chen Mu and others felt helpless, but knew that this was necessary bloodshed.
How can it be so easy to awaken Wu Tuo's consciousness?
Without experiencing sacrifice and death, one cannot become a steadfast shovel dance thinker.
"I really want those guys to hang street lights!"
"Okay, there's still some time before we let them hang the street lights. We're not in a hurry."
If you want to promote knowledge, let the Song Dynasty industrialize, and pull a large number of farmers into the tide of industrialization, you need to use profits to drive a small number of people.
These privileged people in the Song Dynasty are all human beings. If they want to jump into the trap, they must see enough benefits.
Only in this way can subjectivity and objectivity be brought into play to promote the special evolution of the dynasty.
"Have you gained anything from your investigation of demons and ghosts during this period?"
"Almost not. We did find a lot of evil places, but ghosts cannot be born here."
"Is it because the people have not yet been displaced and died on a large scale before the end of the dynasty?"
"This... we don't rule out this possibility!"
"Continue to monitor! Our current task is to stimulate the personal consciousness of great workers and farmers, so that they can truly awaken from their hearts."
The meeting lasted for several hours, and everyone mainly conducted systematic exchanges on the evolving activities.
They must hurry up and burst this bubble composed of Confucianism that has been transformed by demons.
When used, using the blood of those privileges to wash away the oppression of the past is the best way!
This chapter has been completed!