"Market Transaction Law..."

Obviously, Wang Wenchuan saw many familiar figures in the many bills of Luo's reform.

The Emergency Relief Law is a bit like the Chang Ping Granary, which opens warehouses to release grain and provide relief to the victims in times of famine;

The Securities Exchange Law, a bit like the Market Exchange Law, regulates the market, reduces the control of the market by big businessmen, and stabilizes prices and commodity exchanges;

The work-for-relief method is very similar to the farmland water conservancy law, except that in the former, the state directly funds the construction of projects, while in the latter, the interest collected from young crops money is used to build water conservancy projects.

More importantly, Wang Wenchuan vaguely saw something in these bills that coincided with his ideas.

That is state regulation!

The content of Wang Wenchuan's new law is to use state means to regulate the market, use the Young Crops Law to alleviate farmers from being exploited by loan sharks, use the Market Change Law to suppress the control of the market by wealthy businessmen, and then use the money to build water conservancy projects and reclaim wasteland, and further

Increase national food production.

The content of Roche's new law is also to use state means to regulate the market, but based on the actual situation hundreds of years later, the focus of regulation has been shifted to the stock market, banking, industry and social security.

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Meng Yuan asked: "What do you think, Duke Jing, of the content of these new laws?"

Wang Wenchuan nodded and praised: "Of course it hits the mark and hits the nail on the head. It's just...

"How can a bill with such a large number of items and cumbersome contents go smoothly when implemented?"

Meng Yuan smiled: "The execution ability hundreds of years later is naturally different from that of Jinggong's time.

"During the New Deal process, Luo was able to use the radio to talk directly to all the people in the country. And if there were bureaucrats who acted in a secretive way during the implementation process, they could also quickly discover it.

"And in this era of economic development, many means that were originally impossible have become possible."

Wang Wenchuan nodded suddenly. Obviously, Luo's "fireside chat" was something that would have been absolutely unimaginable hundreds of years ago.

"Then...how do people treat Luo Shi? Do they admire him highly? Or do they hate him to the core?"

Meng Yuan did not answer directly, but gently waved his hand and displayed the picture directly in front of Wang Wenchuan.

The ecstatic people held a large-scale parade to celebrate. More than 200,000 people marched in joy and laughter for ten hours, and there were as many as 2 million onlookers.

Wang Wenchuan showed a shocked expression on his face and suddenly said: "If the people want to do this, it will naturally lead to disadvantages...

"It's just like you said before, this move is undoubtedly to shed the blood of merchants. Since merchants govern the country here, how can they give up?"

Meng Yuan nodded: "Of course they won't give up.

"The capitalists' counterattack soon came, calling Roche a '***ist' or 'communist', or saying that he violated the sanctity of private property."

Wang Wenchuan asked: "Then how did Luo cope?"

Meng Yuan smiled: "In this regard, Luo Shi only criticized it in a few words.

"He said: These people always complicate simple issues, but I only believe in pragmatic explanations and pragmatic policies. I aim at the real needs of the country and the people, and all measures in the new law will eventually fall on the country.

and the interests of the people.

"He also said that wealthy businessmen, politicians and bureaucrats are all well-educated and knowledgeable, but they have never realized their responsibilities to their fellow citizens."

Wang Wenchuan couldn't help but praise: "Well said!

"There is no need to fear the changes of heaven, no sympathy for people's words, and no respect for ancestors.

“If we don’t have such courage, how can we promote reform?”

Obviously, Wang Wenchuan greatly appreciated these words of Luo Shi.

Because this is exactly the creed he has always upheld.

Especially the last sentence, isn't it what he wanted to say to those important ministers of the old party?

The important ministers of the old party, headed by Wen Junshi, all read poetry and books, and talked about their nature. Whether they were poems or articles, they were all top-notch.

But such a group of literati and officials remained indifferent when faced with the current situation of an empty national treasury, poor people's livelihood, and the current situation of "the rich have vast fields and the poor have no place to stand on."

Naturally, they can cite scriptures and find countless basis for "following the laws of their ancestors", but they never realize their responsibilities towards their fellow citizens.

Make the country prosperous and strong, resist foreign humiliation, let the people live in peace, and the country will not increase taxes but the people will use mercy.

This is a question they have never thought about after reading poetry books all their lives.

And these officials of the old party can only sum up a thousand words into one sentence: To share the world with the scholar-bureaucrats, not with the common people.

In other words, they do not consider ordinary people to be their compatriots.

The scene in front of us is changing rapidly. The queues of unemployed people queuing for relief are constantly shortening. The lifeless city is once again full of vitality. Large-scale infrastructure construction activities are carried out smoothly. The entire city, and even the entire country, is changing at a rapid speed.

Changes are taking place.

Wang Wenchuan asked: "So, this Luo family's new method is successful?"

Meng Yuan nodded: "Succeeded.

"This series of measures achieved great success within five years. The gross national product nearly tripled, the number of unemployed people dropped from 17 million to 8 million, and national income increased by 30%.

"And Roche even used his strong tactics to get Congress and the Supreme Court to support his new law, bypassing those stubborn bureaucrats and going straight to his goal.

"In one of his speeches he said:

"There is a mysterious reincarnation in the world.

“Certain generations will receive more gifts from God, certain generations will have high hopes, but our generation...

"Destined to fulfill destiny!"

Wang Wenchuan's expression was a little dazed, as if he had also entered into this Luo's life, feeling a heartfelt appreciation for his magnificent life.

Immediately afterwards, Wang Wenchuan saw an incredible scene.

After appearing to be calm and giving a speech while standing up with a cane, Luo was in private sitting in a wheelchair or spending a lot of time practicing walking with difficulty.

Wang Wenchuan was even more surprised: "This Luo is physically disabled? He is a hero like Sun Boling..."

Sun Boling was a military strategist with disabled legs in ancient times.

Meng Yuan nodded: "Yes, his legs are disabled and he cannot walk. In order to campaign, he must stand in front of everyone, because no one will vote for a patient who can only sit in a wheelchair."

Wang Wenchuan said sincerely: "Luo Shi is so great, I am not as good as him..."

This sentence is obviously the conclusion Wang Wenchuan came to after reading all the contents of Luo's new method and comparing the process of his own reform with it.

In terms of process, Wang Wenchuan failed to gain support from poor farmers during the reform process, and in the end he left a lot of infamy among the people at the bottom.

When Wang Wenchuan formulated the Young Crops Law, his motives were good, but due to implementation problems, the lower-level households were exploited by subordinate officials and were in a very miserable situation.

Although this was not Wang Wenchuan's original intention, but something went wrong during the implementation process, Wang Wenchuan himself knew that as a reformer, he had to anticipate these problems from the beginning.

He failed to predict, which led to such a result. It is true that he was wronged, but in the final analysis, he was not wronged.

On the other hand, Roche's new law was wholeheartedly welcomed by people across the country through fireside chats when it was first introduced. Later, with the implementation of the new law, the support rate has been rising all the way, and most of the bills have been implemented without compromise, resulting in

The effect is completely in line with the original intention.

In Wang Wenchuan's view, Luo Shi is naturally far better than himself at this level.

In terms of process, Luo's reform is also worthy of praise.

When Wang Wenchuan carried out the reform, he used the power of the prime minister to promote the reform. Although he had the support of the emperor, he could not fully trust the emperor, and he was never able to win over people from the old party. He could only use these people from the new party to implement the reform.

As time goes by, the crooks infiltrate the new party, and the entire reform will naturally deteriorate.

Although Luo Shi's reform was similar to monarchy, there were also a lot of restrictive forces in foreign countries at that time. From wealthy businessmen and capitalists to other parties, there were also Luo Shi's opponents.

But Luo Shi was able to mobilize the people with thunderous means, suppress all these voices, and complete the actual monopoly of power. In the process, he was naturally superior.

Judging from the results, Wang Wenchuan's reform ultimately failed, but Luo's reform has become a very famous reform case in history at home and abroad.

Wang Wenchuan would naturally think that he was inferior to the other party.

Meng Yuan comforted him and said, "Don't be too harsh on Mr. Jing. Times have changed and you are in a different era. Reforms with similar ideas may produce completely different results."

"Luo's new policy naturally had the right time, place, and people. The success of the new law was not his alone but the result of following the trend.

“But the root of his thinking is still to use state means to intervene in the economy and people’s livelihood and regulate all strata of the country, so as to achieve the goal of enriching the country and strengthening the military.

"And Mr. Jing, you were able to think of this a thousand years ago and put forward a similar strategy. This far-sightedness is amazing enough.

"It's just that Jinggong did not have such conditions at the time. In the economic system dominated by landlords and bureaucrats, and under the backward technological level at the time, this attempt was too advanced after all.

"When Luo Shi introduced the new law, he had a powerful state machine that could help him figure out the country's economic indicators. Whether it was regulation or borrowing, all the values ​​​​were clearly visible; after all, Jinggong was a thousand years ago, and he even determined the repayment ability of farmers and restricted officials.

Even Qingmiao Loan cannot be improved.

"From this point of view, although Jing Gong is slightly inferior in means, his spirit of daring to be the first and his courage to sacrifice himself are no less than Luo Shi."

Wang Wenchuan had a relieved expression on his face.

Obviously, Meng Yuan's words made him feel very happy.

Although almost no one could understand him when he was alive, at this time, a descendant a thousand years later gave him a fair evaluation.

And Luo's case also proved that Wang Wenchuan's ideas were not wrong, but were too advanced and exceeded the social reality at the time.

So what he is doing is actually an impossible task that transcends the times.
To be continued...