Every morning, the people of Tokyo would buy the Song Dynasty Gazette, and scholars and writers would often discuss the new policies in restaurants.

Unlike the apathetic people in the capital, many people here are very concerned about the court's new policies, and they have shown unprecedented vitality and enthusiasm.

What shocked Wanyan Zongpan the most was that he saw a boy from the countryside in a restaurant, playing with a farming tool that the boy had invented.

He said that using his farm tools would make plowing faster.

He went on stage to explain that he hoped to raise money to produce and sell a large quantity of products.

Wanyan Zongpan also learned that the young man was not worried at all about others plagiarizing his inventions, because he had already applied for a special permit from the Ministry of Commerce and Law of the court.

According to the laws of the Song Dynasty, others are not allowed to use his ideas without his personal permission.

Wanyan Zongpan was so shocked by this statement that he was speechless. The Song Dynasty had actually enacted such a law!

This will inevitably encourage more people like that young man to create more valuable things.

People see the financial benefits in it, so they will inevitably rush to participate.

Afterwards, Wanyan Zongpan visited the schools in Tokyo.

In Tokyo alone, there are four elementary schools, and new elementary schools are still being built in the new city area.

According to the laws of the Song Dynasty, children must be sent to school when they turn six. If they do not attend school, their parents will be considered to have violated the "Song Dynasty Compulsory Education Law".

If he hadn't come to Tokyo, Wanyan Zongpan would have had no idea that such a law existed.

In fact, the Compulsory Education Law has been implemented for several years, but due to frequent wars in the north, its implementation in the Hedong and Yanyun areas of Hebei Province has been very weak. The real strengthening of its implementation began last year.

No wonder!

Wanyan Zongpan finally understood why the people of Dongjing City looked different from those of Shangjing.

Because everyone has hope in their hearts!

The emperor completely opened up the powers that were previously only available to nobles or officials, freeing them up to the common people and allowing them to participate in the construction of the Song Dynasty.

participate!

By involving everyone, each individual will develop a sense of identity and belonging to the court and the Song Dynasty, and only then will the world truly belong to all people.

With his keen business and political wisdom, Wanyan Zongpan grasped Zhao Huan's core strategy, which inevitably stirred up a storm in his heart.

Now, the Jin state faces only two paths: one is to launch a war to prevent the Song Dynasty from undergoing a transformative change; the other is to learn from the Song Dynasty, initiate a revolution within the Jin state, and surpass the Song Dynasty.

Launching a war would undoubtedly allow Wanyan Zonghan and Wanyan Zongwang to regain military power, as they had not yet submitted to Wanyan Zongpan.

For political reasons, Wanyan Zongpan rejected the first point.

He decided that after returning home, he would persuade his father, the emperor, to launch a comprehensive reform within the Jin Dynasty.

Learning from the Han Chinese way of governing the country would also allow Wanyan Zongpan to gain the support of high-ranking Han Chinese officials within the Jin Dynasty, which would be beneficial for his future ascension to the throne.

Therefore, from any perspective, Wanyan Zongpan had already fully implemented reforms in the Jin state.

In fact, Wanyan Zongpan was the first ruler of a foreign country to realize the importance of Zhao Huan's reform policies.

From then on, the reforms initiated by the emperor began to show their absolute advantage and began to influence neighboring countries.

And this was just the beginning; it was like a storm that completely changed the trajectory of human civilization.

Three days later, the polo match that Wanyan Zongpan had been looking forward to began.

Wanyan Zongpan planned to get back all the anger he had suffered these past few days in the polo match!

He wanted his warriors to beat the Song people to a pulp on the polo field.

In fact, the scholar-officials of the imperial court opposed polo matches.

They unanimously agreed that the Jurchens were physically strong, and that the Song people were no match for them under the same conditions.

This idea wasn't just held by one or two people; even the prime ministers thought the same way.

Zhao Huan couldn't help but sigh and shake his head. It seems that the idea of ​​racial inferiority started with the weak Song Dynasty.

The weak Song Dynasty was terrified of being beaten for a hundred years, to the point that it questioned its existence and twisted its mentality.

Many Song people instinctively believed that the physique of Han people was inferior to that of Khitan or Jurchen people.

However, this viewpoint did not exist at all before the Song Dynasty.

Before the Tang Dynasty, nomadic peoples were oppressed and abused by the Han Chinese.

Even during the chaotic Three Kingdoms period, the nomadic tribes in the north were slaughtered by Cao Cao, leaving them crying out in despair.

Was there any concept of racial disadvantage back then?

Even during the Five Dynasties period, when Emperor Taizong of Liao, Yelü Deguang, led his army into Bianjing (Kaifeng), he was later forced to march north due to pressure from Han Chinese generals. On his return journey, he was attacked by Han Chinese civilians and suffered heavy losses.

The Han people during the Five Dynasties period did not consider the soldiers of the nomadic tribes of the grasslands to be very powerful. At that time, the Han people were a true warrior nation!

How come by the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, the Han people unanimously believed that they were inferior to others in battle?

This idea remained unchanged for a thousand years afterward.

People in the Central Plains now believe they are physically inferior to people from Liaodong. A thousand years later, Chinese people, including people from Liaodong, also believe they are physically inferior to Europeans and Americans. Their failures on the football field have found an ancient excuse passed down from the Song Dynasty.

Hearing such an excuse, Zhao Huan was furious!

Does China have such a huge territory? Did it come as a free gift with a phone top-up?

Wasn't it achieved through real gunfire and live ammunition?

Which nation in the world has experienced more frequent and brutal wars than the Chinese nation?

Which nation has a collection of military strategies and classic texts as large as the Chinese nation?

The emperor was furious at the ministers' claim of physical inferiority and berated all the ministers who had made such a statement.

On the battlefield, we must crush the Jin Kingdom; at the dinner table, we must kill Wanyan Zongpan; and now, on the polo field, we must defeat Wanyan Zongpan until he has no chance!

The emperor's upcoming national policy of strengthening the body and improving health is no joke.

Physical exercise is not just for show; it can truly improve the physical fitness of the nation and change its mental outlook.

A nation's prosperity and strength cannot be achieved solely through money or a powerful military.

True prosperity comes from the prosperity of the people.

The prosperity of the people is not just about having money.

Physical and mental well-being are equally important.

Zhao Huan had even decided that Gao Qiu, whom he had been supporting for several years, would be in charge of the Song Dynasty's Sports Bureau.

P.S.: I've decided to write longer chapters from now on.

There's another long chapter of 5,000 words today!

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