Zhao Jun said: "Today I think we should talk about this year's plan. After all, with the arrival of a new year, every year should have goals to achieve."
Lu Yijian was surprised.
He had previously asked how to promote efficiency nationwide, and Zhao Jun said at the time that it was not the right time. How come he changed it in the blink of an eye?
Zhao Jun pondered, "This year's mission is to extend the reform of the Political System Council to the entire Song Dynasty. According to my previous plan, each route, state, and county will begin to decentralize power, and the public security, procuratorial, and judicial organs will be separated. From now on, local governors will only have administrative power. At the same time, the Imperial City Administration will also begin to expand."
“Is it starting this year?”
However, the current reform only divides the power of local officials and clarifies their responsibilities, rather than improving their efficiency.
In essence, it is the same as Bianliang. Due to the decentralization of officials, more departments were added, resulting in more positions, and the originally redundant officials could take up their posts.
But Lu Yijian obviously didn't know that what Zhao Jun said was not the time to restructure, but reform.
At that time, Lu Yijian asked how to improve efficiency.
Zhao Jun nodded and said, "Starting this year, it must be completed before the middle of the year. New departments must be established across the country. I believe that other than the local governors, no other local officials will object."
"Of course. If I were an unemployed militia commander in a certain state, originally just a redundant and empty position, but now I can become a real official, I would be overjoyed."
However, there is no direct connection between officials taking office and improving efficiency. Without supervision and encouragement, officials will still be lazy.
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Everyone was puzzled. Sheng Du asked, "Why go to such great lengths to sail? We started organizing a fleet to America last year, and we're probably going to set off this year. If we organize another fleet, the cost will be enormous, and I'm afraid the court can't afford it."
Wang Zeng said with a smile.
Zhao Jun continued, "In addition to expanding the system nationwide, we must also maintain economic stability. I suggest establishing special economic zones in Quanzhou and Guangzhou. These two prefectures will no longer be governed by local authorities. The prefects will have the same status as transport envoys, reporting directly to the imperial court and responsible for compiling statistics on overseas trade. Ideally, they should personally send envoys to conduct research in Southeast Asia, India, Central Asia, West Asia, and even Africa."
The export of raw materials is actually the export of resources. The Song Dynasty could not be said to have taken off at that time. It was simply through the handicraft industry, using tea, silk, porcelain, and spices to dominate the Maritime Silk Road, and then allowing gold, silver, and copper from the West to flow into the East.
But if industry is developed, trade exports will increase greatly, and in the future it will not only be gold, silver and copper, but also other resources.
"It's simple. The essence of the Industrial Revolution is to improve manufacturing capabilities through machinery, thereby exporting goods. In this era, the West favors our tea, silk, porcelain, spices, and the like. However, textiles are the starting point of industry, so we must also examine whether the West can form a market that will accept our textile industry."
Zhao Jun explained, "Besides that, we must also look at their mineral resources and their national strength. Without fully upgraded industrial capacity, the Song Dynasty couldn't have conquered many territories with its military. Therefore, local minerals need to be mined, and local raw materials need to be collected. So, we export goods, and they export raw materials. This is the right path for us."
For example, wood, iron, coal, aluminum, etc.
Therefore, preliminary investigation is very necessary. At least you have to understand the other party's situation before you can make any industrial output. At least Zhao Jun felt that in the East, he had to turn those monkeys in Japan into mining islanders to be considered a qualified industrial start.
(End of this chapter)
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