In fact, Song Jiu mentioned this truth before.

Don’t think that the Confucian doctrine of mean is mediocrity, and it is rare to be confused. The Master talks about the way of being born. Is it the Master’s intention to learn how to pretend to be mediocre?

So this mediocrity is the pursuit of the one in the great way.

Buddhism also said that the path is the same and all things return to one.

Taoism talks about yin and yang. When yin is heavy, it will be adjusted to yang and promote it. When yang is heavy, it will be adjusted to yin and promote it. Adapt to local conditions, according to the political situation, and use people according to the current situation. When you are poor, you should value talents who are good at managing. When you are weak, you should value generals who are good at leading troops and fight. This is the doctrine of the mean.

But Song Jiu can also be said to be "unlearning and ignorant". He is not a theorist, so he cannot explain the great principles of being a spoiled.

However, Zhao Kuangyi also understood that the actual balance technique in the court is a kind of mean.

Therefore, after reading the memorial again two years later, Zhao Kuangyi felt extremely kind and said, "The handwriting is still so ugly."

The two eunuchs laughed.

But they finally realized that Zhao Kuangyi liked him in his tone, but they didn't understand very well. Since he loved this Song Gong so much, and this Song Gong was indeed very capable, why not use him?

Zhao Kuangyi said: "You go down and check it out and report to me what Mr. Song has done in the past two years."

But he made another mistake here, that is, he should not use the word "Song Gong".

The two eunuchs understood and went downstairs.

...

"This is heaven?"

Pan Lian'er asked curiously.

It may be that Lu Mengzheng, Kou Zhun and Song Jiu will be able to join the ranks of famous ministers in history books in the future, but the three of them have one significant disadvantage, that is, their lives are relatively luxurious. Perhaps Song Jiu is not as good as Lu Kou and the other two in terms of luxury.

However, in order to make money, Song Jiu took the lead in business, which is probably a stain that he will not erase in history books in the future.

Of course, Song Jiu would not think so.

We didn't steal or rob, and we did so many things and used legitimate means to gain wealth. Are we wrong?

Therefore, Song Jiu and his family went south and hired a good boat to go south. They did not eat well.

However, Pan Lian'er is from the north and is very used to it on land. In fact, she also followed Song Jiu to Guangdong and Guangxi. However, compared with Guangdong and Guangxi, Suzhou has a wider water area now, with lakes, rivers and seas everywhere...

It's not too annoying. At least it's better than the northwest, but there's water everywhere, and water is connected to water, which makes Pan Lian'er a little uncomfortable.

And the husband said it was heaven.

Is this heaven?

Now there is no way to have a paradise, but there is a saying about Suzhou and Hangzhou.

Although Hangzhou is good, it is not the capital of the Southern Song Dynasty. Not to mention Suzhou.

Maybe Suzhou is not bad, but compared to the more prosperous northern cities, Suzhou is just like that, at least it has nothing to do with heaven.

Song Jiu said slowly: "I say there is a reason for heaven. First, it has a long history here."

Pan Lian'er shook her head.

Chinese civilization mainly originated from Heluo, but in fact it is between the downstream of the Wei River and Luo River, mainly in the southeastern Shaanxi and Henan. Therefore, cities with a long history are also in this area. Although Suzhou was the capital of Wu State in the Spring and Autumn Period, Wu State was still a southern Yi area at that time.

Of course it's not just this reason.

“Secondly, the geographical location here.”

This made Pan Lian'er undeniable.

In the past, when Dayu divided the nine states, Yangzhou was the last state, and there was so much water!

There is a lot of water and swamps, there are many mosquitoes, and the climate is stuffy.

Therefore, including in the Tang Dynasty, the best place in the country was in Guanzhong. However, since the Tang Dynasty, the south began to become important, and in the later period there were one Shu and two Yangs, preferably Chengdu, Sichuan, and Yangzhou.

The soil and water in the north of the Song Dynasty deteriorated, and the south became more and more important.

"The third is the people here. They are pure and kind. Although pure and kind means that there are not many good soldiers here, it also means that there will be no conflicts, good security, and suitable for living. Secondly, the people here are smarter. Smart also means cunning, but it also means wisdom, and the ability to improve life and create wealth. Therefore, I say it is heaven, but before the door to heaven is opened, someone must open it."

"Dad, are you opening this door?" Nuannuan asked.

"I want to give it a try."

During this conversation, Song Jiu and his family came to Suzhou.

Song Jiu has accumulated a lot of good reputation over the years. When Song Jiu arrived, the Suzhou people cheered and heard that Song Jiu had arrived. But unexpectedly, after Song Jiu completed the handover, he left Suzhou City casually and handed over the government affairs to the magistrate and various clerks. He went on a transfer for more than a month before returning.

Then all the wealthy people in Suzhou were summoned.

Then the governance began.

Officials of the Song Dynasty lived in heaven. Relatively speaking, except for a few others, they were victims of political struggles. Others were actually just like Su Dongpo who stayed in the prison and were released. Although Lu Duosun was miserable, he was not imprisoned.

Especially some prime ministers have achieved political achievements after being released from abroad, but many officials who performed well in the local area did not perform well when they arrived in the two governments.

In fact, this principle is very simple.

Just like studying, you have a lot of trouble in the two governments, which is to further your studies in college. In this relaxed political environment, there is no pressure to be sent to the local area. For example, if high school students enter junior high school, unless they are too stupid to be stupid, will they perform poorly? However, some junior high school students who have good grades will increase their textbook difficulty and may not be able to get better.

Although Song Jiu has not become the Prime Minister of the Eastern Prefecture, he has served as the Prime Minister of the Western Prefecture for many years. Suzhou cannot defeat him.

However, with his reputation, even if he passes the exam, he will not be able to pass the exam, so he should be better.

"Everyone, Master said, don't worry about being poor but not being equal, don't worry about being poor but not being uneasy. Don't worry about being poor but not being evenly divided, don't worry about being poor but not being unstable."

Song Jiu split the first sentence, which made these gentry creepy. Is this Song Xianggong awesome? Do you also want to be a rich and poor person?

"Everyone, you can read the history books. The period of great unification of China is very short. I won't mention Xia, Shang and Zhou, it's too far away. It's also the system of vassals, and it cannot be considered a real unification. Either the Qin, Han, Jin, Sui and Tang dynasty and our dynasty. The Qin Dynasty cannot be counted. It was a tyrannical dynasty. The Western Han Dynasty cannot be counted. Wang Mang usurped the Han Dynasty and the world was disobedient. The emergence of radical reforms made many people feel resentful, and thus perished. The Western Jin Dynasty cannot be counted. The Eight Kings chasing the country, leading to destruction. How did the remaining dynasties perish? There was no serious annexation, was there Zhang Jiao? Is there Sun En? Is there Wagang Village? Is there Huang Chao?"

"But don't worry. I will not deprive you of your interests and wealth, and Your Majesty will not allow me to do this. But let me say one more thing, if you were asked to go to the Kuixia area, will you accumulate the current wealth? Why, because of a good environment and foundation? I have said before that increase revenue and reduce expenditure. Some people think that the world's wealth is a balanced one. If this source is opened, there will be less flow. However, a simple truth is that the country's income in our dynasty is almost four times that of the beginning of Taizu's founding. Why don't the people suffer? The population increases and wealth increases, so the tax increases, and the people do not suffer."

"This is open source, this is what I call the foundation. And what I said before in the court. If the economic foundation here is better and the people are richer, will you have more opportunities to increase your wealth?"

There is no profound truth, but it makes people convinced.

In fact, Song Jiu didn't need to do this. The next measures were money. With his family's economy and connections, he could gather hundreds of thousands of dollars to hit Suzhou at any time, without being as hard as Wang Yuxi.

However, Song Jiu did not choose this path, and he still wanted to create a model.

Therefore, we have today's meeting and conversation.

So there were various actions that followed.

Don’t worry about public security. The people of Suzhou are pure and kind, and the public security situation is much better than other places.

The main thing is economy and people's livelihood.

However, it is not a port, although there is the Yangtze River.

However, the situation at the lower reaches of the Yangtze River at this time was different from the lower reaches of the Yangtze River in later generations. If the sea entrance in later generations was calculated from Haimen, it would be calculated from Taixing, so in history, Fan Zhongyan forced the people of Xinghua to build seawalls.

Therefore, Suzhou cannot build a good harbor.

The advantage is that the area is larger. Including some Shanghai areas, including Baoshan Jiading. There are also Songjiang, Jinshan, and Fengxian in the south, which are under the jurisdiction of Xiuzhou. As for the areas east of Sichuan and Nanhui, they are still in the sea, waiting for the river of time to bring out the mud and silt.

Such a vast and fertile area has a small population now, so it has a long-term development vision.

Song Jiu first drew a picture. It is good to develop surround fields and polder fields. However, excessive development has led to thinning rivers and reduced lakes, which often causes countless flooding disasters. Compared with polder fields going westward, it is less difficult to develop surround fields. polder fields are a miracle. Competing for fields with lakes and swamps, and crops and people all live under the river surface.

However, there are also troubles in the downstream areas, that is, short, flat and fast. Once a typhoon comes, it will cause a large number of mountain torrents. Even if it is close to the sea, there will be many water storage lakes and flood discharge rivers. This area must be preserved.

In fact, it was mentioned repeatedly in the big agricultural book written in the academy.

This map is a diagram of the width and area of ​​a river and lake that must be retained.

The rest can be developed.

The people built a dike and then distributed arable land. However, this requires the government to provide a large amount of materials and withhold taxes. Song Jiu was not Wang Yuwei. Just like the second year of Song Jiu's arrival in Suzhou, the income of the Sansi decreased, and Zhao Kuangyi asked. The Sansi envoy Chen Shu said: "Now the country needs military service, and it costs a lot of money. In the event of disasters in the states, it must be used to remove tax rents as much as possible. Whenever the officials have their rights, the court also said that invading the people was concerned, and they all disagree. Even if Geng Shouchang and Sang Hongyang were reborn, they were not satisfied. My talents and clumsy, so they had to do their best to manage, but they would not be satisfied with the emperor."

Zhao Kuangyi suddenly thought of what Song Jiu said about saving money.

However, saving money is important and opening up the source is also important. So he said in a verbal argument: "You are pure but not open and obeying the ropes, but you cannot increase your income for the country and solve your expenditure troubles. Just like the head of the warehouse in the capital who is a change of position, the book leader will not be able to make decisions in the next ten or five years, and you will be poor and have no money to save money. Isn't this a fault for you? Isn't it hurting the harmony?"

In fact, it is just a saying that taxes are reduced, so what should the country do? But the country must also reduce some unnecessary expenditures. In this way, if the expenditure is reduced, the tax will naturally be reduced. If all officials drive BMWs and raise seventy-two breasts, how can taxes be reduced? How can officials not be greedy?
Chapter completed!