Situ Cen followed Jia Cong back to Lixiangyuan. After entering the study, Jia Cong took out several photo albums from the bookshelf and handed him one first: "This is the steam train."
Situ Cen asked: "What does it have to do with a steam mining machine?"
"The same energy source." Jia Cong then pointed to the photo album and explained to him the functions of railways and steam trains.
Situ Cen broke out in a cold sweat after hearing this, and after a long time he said: "This... if we build a few more, more than half of the cavalry and food transport troops will be used."
"The focus is not on military use, but on civilian use." Jia Cong said, "The function of horse-drawn carriages is much less, and the transportation speed is much faster. The point is that the transportation volume is large, it is convenient for transporting people and freight, and the price is low. Think about it, goods
How much faster should the circulation speed be? For example, I have built parts factories in Cangzhou, Zhending and other places. The goods made yesterday were loaded on the train last night and transported to the capital for unloading this morning. The workers in the capital assembly plant started working as soon as work started in the morning.
At noon, the enamel packaging boxes imported from the West were unloaded from the Tianjin pier and put on the train, and shipped to the capital in the afternoon. Just as the finished products in the Beijing factory were assembled, they were packed into finished products and sent to the train for overnight transportation to Ping'an Prefecture. These things will be ready tomorrow morning
The store is for sale in Ping'an Prefecture." Of course, this is a super ideal state, and it will be difficult to have such a precise logistics system in three hundred years.
Situ Cen thought for a while: "Is it necessary to be in such a hurry?"
Jia Cong pouted: "Okay, let me put it another way. A railway can be built from Lingnan to the capital in about six or seven days by train. And a train can carry many, many people and goods. Just imagine
Bar."
Situ Cen stood up with excitement, his eyes widened.
Jia Cong went on to say: "Du Fanchuan's poem goes like this: Riding on a red dusty horse, the concubine laughs, but no one knows that the lychees are coming. The train is much faster than a horse riding on the red dust, and it can hold many more lychees than a fast horse. When lychees are on the market,
Lingnan is very cheap to buy, and the train transportation fee is also very cheap. In the future, ordinary people in the north will be able to eat lychees. In the same way, Lingnan, Fujian, Qiongzhou, Taiwan and other places have warm climates, and fresh lychees can be grown in cold weather.
Vegetables and fruits. With the rapid transportation of large quantities like trains, people in the north can also eat fresh vegetables and vegetables in winter. Vitamins! People will get sick if they don’t take vitamins for several months. The same goes for other goods, which circulate quickly and in large quantities.
, the cost has plummeted. Ordinary people can buy more things with less money, and their lives will naturally become happier.”
Situ Cen was still standing, stunned for a long time, and asked: "Besides this, what else do you want to do?"
"There are too many." Jia Cong said with his fingers, "Medical. Build medical schools, improve the status of doctors, increase the number of doctors on a large scale, and extend the life span of ordinary people. Schools. The current schools are still far from enough. The number of teachers
There are so few children outside the capital, especially in mountain villages, that there are too many children without education. Construction, road construction, sewerage pipes, dilapidated slums will be demolished, and in a few years, power stations will be built and wires will be laid. There are also
——" He paused. Situ Cen held his breath and concentrated. "Currency. Yan State will soon use banknotes on a large scale."
Situ Cen breathed a sigh of relief, sat down and said, "There are so many things you can do to keep you busy for a few years."
Jia Cong smiled and said: "Then the law will be revised."
Situ Cen slapped the case and blurted out: "How dare you!"
Jia Cong spread his hands: "I have already rebelled."
Situ Cen said loudly: "The law will never be changed."
Jia Cong said: "The law must be changed. If the law is not changed, what do I do with this regent? In the final analysis, isn't it just to change the rules of the entire country? How do you know that the change will not be good? And the Taiwan government has tried it.
We have adopted some new laws and the results are good.”
Situ Cen clenched his fists unconsciously, took a few deep breaths, and said seriously: "The Dharma is the foundation of the country and cannot be touched rashly. You are all young people, how much do you know about the world?"
Jia Cong touched his chin: "You mean to let Uncle Lin and Lord Wu Tianyou preside over the reform?"
Situ Cen patted his desk: "What's wrong with today's laws? Why do we need to revise them?"
Jia Cong immediately said: "First of all, the marriage law is not good. If you look at marriage, it is completely the parents' orders and the matchmaker's words, regardless of their own opinions. We have trained many female students, how can we let their marriages be controlled by their parents?
?I want female labor to go out to do things! Then we must give them autonomy. Otherwise, if their husbands don’t want to, won’t they be able to go out? I have to lose half of the labor. There are still seven out, what a mess
Jealousy and fornication are simply ridiculous. A couple who is not jealous means they have no feelings at all, and there is something wrong with the couple being tied up for life. Fornication, to put it bluntly, means that social morality cannot restrain biological instincts. However, social morality must be right? Pan Jinlian
How can you be willing to marry a three-inch Ding Gu tree bark?"
Situ Cen said coldly: "According to you, Pan Jinlian should have an affair and poison her husband to death?"
"Pan Jinlian shouldn't marry Wu Dalang since she doesn't want to. Even if she married for some reason in the first place, if she regrets it later, for example, if she falls in love with a senior official from Ximen, she should make peace with Wu Dalang. If she can make peace, she
Is she worthy of poisoning her ex-husband? As for whether the high-ranking official Ximen is happy to take her in after the divorce, whether he takes her as a concubine, a common roommate, or a concubine is her own business. Even if she becomes a fan in the future, it will not matter.
She has to make her own decision." Jia Cong said sternly, "I want to amend the law, that is, to remove the power of the big family who assigned her to Wu Dalang, and to give Pan Jinlian the power to reconcile. Since ancient times, whether it is the Tian family, the scholars, or the people,
There are no shortage of adulterers. Do you want me to show you the files of the Wanshou Temple? The law is the most taboo thing about a piece of paper. Is it interesting to write down things that can never be done?"
Situ Cen was silent for a moment and said: "The women have all gone to work in factories, where are the children? Where do ordinary people get the money to hire a maid and a mother-in-law?"
Jia Cong counted on his fingers: "Nursery school, kindergarten, primary school, middle school, university. So what is most lacking now are teachers."
Situ Cen looked at him and said, "Teacher, what should I teach? I'll teach you according to your own ideas. From now on, all the newly grown children in the Yan Kingdom will disrespect the emperor, Confucius and Mencius, and will not obey their parents."
Jia Cong thought for a while: "That's not entirely the case. Confucius and Mencius are both philosophers. Children will respect them, but they will not regard them as idols. Parents have to look at what kind of parents they are. Parents and children should respect each other.
, I believe that most parents love their children, and there are not many weirdos after all. The emperor or something is the government. The government has done a good job, why are the people disrespectful? If there is nothing to increase taxes to build Lutai Afang Palace, grab hundreds of women to do it
My little wife, why do people have to be obedient?"
"Have you ever thought that you would give birth to many lawless people?"
"Are police officers just for a living?"
Situ Cen shook his head: "If there is such a commotion, the Yan Kingdom will be in chaos."
Jia Cong innocently said: "Taiwan government is not in chaos." Situ Cen was dumbfounded. Jia Cong said seriously, "People should enjoy the freedom of choice within a certain range. Acen, if you were not the son of the King of Shu, you would not be able to marry him.
Come to your wife, even if you two are in love. After all, she can't make the decision on her own marriage."
Situ Cen sighed, his body no longer tensed, and he leaned on the back of the chair for a long time before saying, "I can't stop you."
"Well, you can't stop me."
Situ Cen shook his head. Jia Cong ate tea like a normal person. After a long time, Situ Cen also picked up tea to eat, and then reached out to get snacks. Jia Cong also took snacks to eat, and took a file from the desk to look through it.
Then they thought and did their own things in silence. After finishing the snacks, Situ Cen patted the desk and pointed at the plate, and Jia Cong called someone to bring in more snacks.
Situ Cen ate a piece of newly delivered fried noodles and asked, "When will your railway start construction?"
"Five days later." Jia Cong said.
Situ Cen said: "I'll go take a look and build one in Shu later."
Jia Cong smiled and said: "You have to pay the patent fee."
Situ Cen hummed: "Don't worry, Shu has money."
Jia Cong nodded repeatedly and helped him pour a cup of tea: "Customers come first, and the rich ones are the uncles."
Situ Cen took two sips of tea and suddenly said: "In West Asia, most women don't go out."
Jia Cong glanced at him: "Do you want women in the colony to work?" Situ Cen nodded. Jia Cong said, "If the women don't do anything, arrest the men. What do you have to worry about when you have soldiers? There is no need to use force on foreigners.
What kind of benevolent government is this? The worst thing is killing a chicken to scare the monkeys."
Situ Cen sighed: "I said the same thing. But... you also know those great scholars. My second brother has to listen to them."
"Will Da Ru go to the West Asian military camp?"
"Of course not."
"Then trick them into implementing benevolent policies in West Asia and win the support of the people."
Situ Cenahan said: "You were taught by Mr. Lin and Mr. Su after all. These two are both great Confucian scholars in the world. How come you don't take Confucian scholars seriously at all?"
"No way! Don't accuse me wrongly." Jia Cong said innocently, "Confucianism is our country's traditional academic school, and I admire it very much."
Situ Cen twitched the corner of his mouth: "That's all, appreciate it! I just admire it for a few times when I have nothing to do, but in fact I don't take it seriously."
Jia Cong immediately smiled and said, "It's whatever you say."
"If that's the case, why is Donghai Academy still willing to help you?"
"Donghai Academy is not stupid." Jia Cong pointed at his nose and said, "I am the regent! And their academy does not want to move."
Situ Cen was stunned for a long time and said dejectedly: "I have secretly guessed that this is the reason for the incomplete protection..." He shook his head and said, "The loyalty of scholars has been unreliable from ancient times to the present."
"No." Jia Cong said, "The loyalty of scholars is very reliable, but the loyalty of scholars does not exist. Have you heard of that play?"
"What?"
Jia Cong stood up, shook his arms and sang at the top of his voice: "Set up a seven-star stove, boil three rivers in a copper kettle~~ Set up the Eight Immortals table, entertain sixteen parties... As soon as people leave, the tea will get cold! What's wrong with being thoughtful~
~”
Jia Cong's song was not pleasant, but his words were clear, and Situ Cen could hear them clearly. He was stunned for a while, and said leisurely: "I have been thinking about how to deal with your reform for a long time. Even if all the great scholars in the country wrote an essay,
You won’t read this article at all. All other countries know that your country, Yan, has strong military and firearms, so they won’t join forces to suppress it. Besides, many of my uncles, brothers and nephews pointed out that Taiwan government has some fresh goods that they can buy easily.
Go and show it off to the ministers and reward it to the inner court."
"Well, they are indeed the biggest consumers of luxury goods." Jia Cong picked up a piece of fried noodle fruit and put it in his mouth, "You are not in Yan country, what are you going to do?"
Situ Cen glanced at him: "You must change more than just the marriage law."
"Naturally, there are more."
"What can I do to stop the people of Shu from moving to Yan?"
"Your Kingdom of Shu is pretty good. Shouldn't it be Qi that is the first to worry?"
Situ Cen was stunned and sighed sadly: "There are no unbroken eggs under the overturned nest. If I can't stop you, Shu will be swallowed up by Yan sooner or later many years later. Just like Qin destroyed the six kingdoms."
Jia Cong ate another noodle fruit and said, "If one day, my descendants will not harm other royal families, what are you worried about?"
Situ Cen immediately said: "Do you really want to rule the world?"
Jia Cong spread his hands: "You already know that my reform will definitely make the Yan country stronger, right." Situ Cen was silent. Jia Cong continued, "I cherish the lives of my people the most, so I will not send troops to attack a certain country.
.However, as you think, if people from other countries flock to the Yan Kingdom, I will welcome them with both hands. You also know that the national border is so long and trade is developing day by day. It is impossible for the officers and soldiers to stop them. Maybe even the officers and soldiers escape together.
If the Yan State has too many people, it is as close as Japan and as far away as North America, and it will never be afraid of being unable to accommodate it. If other countries have no population, their national power will naturally decline. When the national power declines, anything will happen. The most likely thing is to have sycophants."
Situ Cen smiled bitterly and said: "When the national power is declining, the people have no money. When the people have no money, the national treasury will be empty. When the national treasury is empty, the emperor and his harem will have difficulty in food and clothing. The sycophants will take advantage of the situation and make slanderous remarks to increase taxes and increase corvée. The people
Gradually you can no longer survive, and you have to either leave or rebel. The country will become more chaotic. If it is chaotic, it will be easily destroyed."
Jia Cong looked at him steadily and said: "Acen. There are so many disciples in your Situ family, and I think you are the wisest one. Since you have thought of this, why..."
Situ Cen interrupted: "Your railway is excellent, and we in Shu are also building it. Electric lights and telephones are of great use, and there are also sewing machines. When they come out, we in Shu will be the first to buy them. Don't worry, you are not afraid of the price."
Jia Cong didn't hear anything and then said, "Why don't you join me in reforming the law?"
Situ Cen said angrily: "How can we change the laws of our ancestors?" Jia Cong stared at him without moving. Situ Cen was annoyed, stood up and walked to the window with his hands behind his hands. Jia Cong still stared at him from behind for a long time.
, Situ Cen closed the door and sighed, "How can I have the final say on such a big matter? My father, my second brother, won't agree to it. If you don't scold me to death, it's a good thing."
Jia Cong held his chin and said, "Have you forgotten your eldest niece?"
Situ Cen shook his head: "She is just a child. My second brother is still young, and the father and daughter are not sure what they will do in the future."
Jia Cong frowned and said, "Your second brother is obviously a very understanding person."
Situ Cen shook his head again: "I will never agree to the reform. At most, I can learn from your clear oil street lamps, buses and carriages, and repair the railways."
"That's it." Jia Cong thought for a long time, "That doesn't matter. Anyway, if you want to die, die in another country first."
Situ Cen smiled bitterly and said: "I'm just afraid... you have risen too quickly. Before my eldest niece succeeds to the throne, you will dominate the world."
"It is really possible, judging from the development speed of Taiwan and Guangdong and Guangxi in recent years." Jia Cong slowly walked up behind him, raised his lips and whispered in his ear, "How about you and your eldest niece join forces to evade the situation?