Chapter 1562 Heart of East China

The reason why Han Jiang became prime minister was not because of his personal ability, but because he had a good father and then relied on his qualifications.

When Wang Anshi was able to become the Prime Minister of the DPRK, Han Jiang was one of the strong recommenders.

However, after Wang Anshi took office, Han Jiang had huge political differences with him. Although he was still a new party, he began to strongly recommend Sima Guang.

Because he was incompatible with other members of the New Party, he was sent to Yongxing Military Road, but due to improper employment, he launched the Guangrui Military Rebellion. Fortunately, he had a capable neighbor who wiped his ass with Su You.

After Wang Anshi resigned as prime minister, Han Jiang became prime minister and was bullied by Lu Huiqing.

At that time, Su You was in Zhejiang, and he was disobeying Han Jiangyang. He made his own income and used it for himself. He did not ask for a penny from Han Jiang, and Han Jiang could not get a penny of assistance from Su You.

In the end, Han Jiang could not withstand Lu Huiqing's offensive, and secretly told Zhao Xu to introduce Wang Anshi to the prime minister for the second time, defeating Lu Huiqing and retaining his power.

As a result, it was given a negative review by Shilin Fengyou, and it must bear some responsibility for the disintegration of the New Party.

However, Han Jiang's official career was really good. He held almost all the top bureaucratic positions in the Song Dynasty, and even served one term in the newly established Military Aircraft Department. His qualifications were quite sufficient.

And even though Han Jiang is incompetent in every possible way, one good thing is that he likes to recruit talents, and he is also quite self-aware. He is not very enthusiastic about power. On the contrary, he always hopes to have a big head on top of him so that he can enjoy the shade under a big tree.

After Sima Guang came to power, Han Jiang knew very well that Su You would be the big tree in the future, and began to strongly recommend officials from Su You's faction, secretly helping Su You a lot.

Therefore, Han Jiang's greatest ability is that he has a very keen sense of officialdom. He always arranges things in advance, and his team is always correct.

He knew Su You's character, so he never dealt with Su You, even in private. He knew that Su You would give him enough reward.

Therefore, when it came to welcoming Concubine De, although Gao Taotao blamed Concubine De, Han Jiang did not get involved in the matter at all. Su You was involved in the operation.

Also, when Han Jiang became an official, the standards drawn up by the imperial court were quite high. In addition to inspecting the Taiwei and guarding the Sikong, the three divisions were in accordance with the previous opening ceremony.

In Su Shi's lyrics, he said: "Kang Qing has been in and out of four generations, and he has been a teacher to all the people. His personal safety is in danger, and his position is also that of a general. He is always the important one for the family members of the three sects, and it is appropriate to be praised and honored by the first grade."

Fan Chunren wrote in his epitaph: "He established the dynasty in an upright manner, was resolute and shouldered heavy responsibilities, and gained the status of a minister. He was resolute in encountering difficulties, acted bravely when facing righteousness, and did not care about backwardness. It is his nature to enjoy good and hate evil, so although his commentaries are temporary

Whether it works or not, everyone who reads it knows that it is done out of loyalty and gratitude."

There is also: "At that time, many virtuous men came out of their houses, and later they often went to the ministers and had their attendants. When they did not show up, they were regarded as sages, and there were still many of them."

These can be regarded as rewards for Han Jiang.

Han Jiang's death is another important sign. He was a minister with the same seniority as Su You, and even he has withered away, while Su You has just celebrated his fortieth birthday.

At Xin Si, Lu Gongzhu invited him to serve again, and Su You wrote to the court asking him to stay.

He ordered Lu Gong to go to the Sutra banquet on the third day of the first month, and to attend the meeting on the second day. Since he was in the capital hall to discuss matters, he did not have to worry about the time when he left the province.

He also built a palace in the south of Dongfu for Lord Lu, and opened the north gate for the purpose of governing and discussing. The number of favors was like that of his father Lu Yijian, and the government and the public considered it an honor.

In Renwu, the imperial court issued a series of appointments, appointing the bachelor and minister of Guanwen Palace, Cai Jing, the secretary in charge of the Military Aircraft Department, as the minister, Liu Zhi, the minister Zuocheng, as the minister of Zhongshu, and Wang Cun, the minister Youcheng, as the minister Zuocheng. , Su Zhe, a member of Zhongshushe, was appointed as Shangshu Youcheng, and Chao Buzhi, a scholar of the Imperial Academy and Minister of Household Affairs, was appointed as a Privy Council official.

Jiashen, speaking rightly to Han Chuan, and Liu Anshijin, the Empress Dowager asked: "How is the difference in the recent days?"

An Shi said to him: "Everyone employed in the imperial court must cooperate with public opinion."

In May, Fan Chunren wrote: "I have heard from the Holy Scriptures that cliques should be implemented as early as possible. In my humble opinion, courtiers do not have cliques, but good, evil, evil, and righteousness are all divided into categories. Your Majesty uses good people, and all bandits will be in trouble. Therefore, those who are promoted as good people are regarded as cronies."

"During the Qing Dynasty in the past, the ministers, Han Qi, and Fu Bi were both in power, and they all knew each other. At that time, Feiyu said that they were cronies, and the three of them stepped in one after another. The slanderer Gong Xiangqing said: 'Catch them all in one fell swoop!' It’s not far away, I hope Your Majesty will take warning.”

Because he talked about the disaster caused by cronyism in his previous life, he also recorded it in Ouyang Xiu's "On Clique".

Su You finally began to have some leisure now, and the work was distributed very reasonably. He was mainly responsible for finance, industry and economy, and the rest, such as admonishment, personnel appointments and dismissals, were all handled by Lu Gongzhu, Fan Chunren and others.

The imperial court's new policy has only now been fully implemented, with remarkable results.

After the adjustment of the new law, the burden on the people was greatly relieved. Since the imperial court announced that taxes would be paid according to the trade amount per mu, the accumulation of private wealth has increased dramatically, and the momentum has shocked even the officials!

In the past, tax quotas and household levels were based on family property. Bottles, cans, livestock, hoes, etc. were all counted in household statistics. This resulted in people not even daring to spend their excess accumulation.

This was a major research result of the School of Economics, which was then adopted by Jiangsu Province and the tax standard was extracted from assets and adjusted to be extracted from production income, which immediately inspired the people's enthusiasm for production.

Build a house, raise poultry and livestock, plant mulberry trees, buy farm machinery and tools, buy property, build furniture, buy cloth to make clothes...

Just like magic, the people of the Song Dynasty seemed to suddenly become rich.

Su You was amused by the reaction of the courtiers. After liberating the productive forces, the energy that the hard-working Chinese nation could unleash was quite terrifying.

After the Third Plenary Session of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China in later generations, farmers in Sichuan would raise chickens and ducks with a surplus of grain every year; after the New Year, almost every family would have piglets, and after the New Year there would be big fat pigs.

The gross national product doubled crazily and continuously during that period, and this is where it went.

There is another big event in May. Sitong Mining and Metallurgical Exploration Department discovered a large coal field in Huainan!

This is simply a big easter egg. Before Su You traveled through time, he really didn't know that there was such a treasure place beside the Huaihe River.

The foundation of industrial society is inseparable from technology, capital, and resources.

It is best if the three are concentrated in one place to have the prerequisite for the industrial revolution.

But what China is struggling with is that the resources are in the northwest, the capital is in the southeast, and the technology is in the center. The distance is too far.

Coal and iron are the food of large industry. Su You felt that God was trying to torture him and the Chinese nation, so he could only work hard silently.

Build Meishan, then radiate to Erlin, and create a circulation system for coal, iron and steel industry and commerce through the Ancient Tea Horse Road and Jinsha River.

Build Zhengzhou, and then rely on Bianjing to create a second coal and iron industry and commercial cycle through the Luobian Canal and railway.

Build Xingqing Prefecture and Lanzhou, use the Silk Road to obtain capital, connect Baotu City through the Yellow River and animal power, and create a third coal and iron industry and commercial circulation system.

In addition, there are Hangzhou, Xuzhou and Yunzhou, but they are restricted by some natural and economic conditions, so the scale cannot be expanded.

Suyou has worked hard for thirty years, and today it has finally allowed several circulation systems to exert their huge production capacity and role.

Due to innate limitations, just slow down. Although we in China are not as lucky as the British Empire, we still achieved it after all, right?

Just when Su You was complacent about his achievements over the past few decades, a large coal field suddenly appeared in Huainan during the Song Dynasty!

If I had known there was such a coalfield, why would I have wasted so much effort?!

Huainan is only five hundred miles from Xuzhou, and only a thousand miles from Hangzhou. The key is that within this triangle area, water transportation is developed, the economy is developed, the population is large, and the quality is high.

If it had developed there in thirty years, what would it be like now?!

Su You really cried when he received the report. He didn't blame himself for not reading enough. He looked up at the sky and said, "You are playing with me, right? It's fun, right? Things are almost done and you jump out, skin."

Very happy, right?”

What he didn't know was that the output of the Huainan coal mine had been increasing since its discovery in the early Ming Dynasty, and by the Republic of China it had reached an annual output of two million tons.
Chapter completed!