After drinking, Du Zhongxiao said: "Indeed, officials are different from officials. Where officials should be used, officials cannot be used. Officials are officials. There are no industries or relatives in the local area, and officials are different. They are all local people. If officials are used to manage factories, sooner or later, the factory will become theirs, and officials are just named."

Wang Anshi said: "Yes, it is true. Now some factories are like Baiting Supervisor, with more than 10,000 households under their jurisdiction, and they don't know how much they produce in a year. The court received more money from there than taxes along the way. Not to mention, many of their things were transported directly by the court to other places. How can an ordinary supervisory office manage such a place?"

Everyone said it was. The development of Baitingjian in recent years has attracted attention and has expanded rapidly. There are coal and iron there, and it is at the intersection of north and south transportation, which is convenient for north and south. In less than ten years, in terms of population, it has become the metropolis second only to Kaifeng Prefecture. However, the iron supervision has a characteristic, and the population is not as dense as Kaifeng Prefecture, but is surrounded by several large workshops.

There is actually no clear statistics on how much wealth the imperial court gets from Baitingjian every year, and no one can say it. Because in addition to finance and taxation, a large number of steel materials were allocated from there, and these physical objects were not counted. Due to the rapid development and political reforms did not keep up, the Baitingjian area has become a place of mixed fish and dragons, and it is now very chaotic. In addition to some official large factories, there are also a large number of private small factories that are entangled with each other.

Wang Anshi said: "When I entered Beijing, I passed by Baitingjian. I stayed there for two days and looked around. Now there are factories everywhere, and within dozens of miles, there are almost no farmers, all of which are making various iron tools. Except for a few factories in the Iron Supervision, the rest of the places are extremely chaotic. There are only a few officials in the supervision office, and even a few factories in the imperial court cannot control it. How can I control the people?"

Han Zongyan said: "The court only collects money and goods from there, but does not want to set up more officials. This is the case. A few years ago, it was said that there were many redundant officials in the court. Since the first place, the journey of waiting for the que often takes up half of the time and it is difficult to get promoted. In the past two years, it has occupied a lot of places. It has been used less time to wait for the que and the road, but it does not want to add officials, and it will cause big trouble sooner or later."

Speaking of the local government's establishment of various official venues and the lack of corresponding official settings, several officials who have been in the local area for many years have complained a lot. Before Du Zhongxiao, the Song Dynasty had to raise a large number of imperial guards, because he had to raise a large number of imperial guards. Since the development of official venues such as Jingxi Road and Baitingjian, especially in recent years, the court's finances have improved rapidly.

But he had money in his hands, but the court didn't know how to spend it. Du Zhongxiao entered the Western Regions last year, and the court happily agreed. There was also this reason. If the finances were abundant and there was no war, what else could he do? He had just occupied the Western Regions and was preparing to start a war against Dangxiang.

Du Zhongxiao said: "In fact, in recent years, the training of the imperial guards has only changed the swords and guns in their hands into weapons, and exchanged them for money is a big number. These are military weapons in China and are not allowed to be traded. However, in Khitan and Dangxiang, these things are valuable."

"Yes, the world will have to be faster in the past few years, and the government should change as well." Su Song sighed and drank with everyone. He has served in several railway supervisors, and this time he returned to Beijing, he would have to change his position. At Taichang Liyuan, it was just a transition.

While drinking, several people were discussing the changes in the world over the past few years. Du Zhongxiao arrived at Hequ Road and after a series of great victory, the imperial guards in the world began to train. The training required a large number of military weapons, and until now, only half of the imperial guards had completed the change of gear. Most of the muskets and cannons needed were provided by Baitingjian. The imperial court only had guns and cannons and refused to pay for money, and Baitingjian would have to be privileged, and it developed very quickly in recent years.

In the current Baitingjian, in addition to trains, guns and other strategic materials that the imperial court does not pay for, there are also a large number of people's livelihood factories. The fastest-growing agricultural machinery is already used in large quantities. Lianghuai and Jingxi Road.

The development of industry and commerce requires people, but Jingxi Road faces a shortage of population. As a result, agricultural machinery has developed and many large farms have emerged. In recent years, on Jingxi Road, due to the development of industry and commerce, coupled with the increase in livestock from the north, various agricultural machinery has been rapidly used. Now Jingxi Road generally has more than 50 acres of land per household, and there are also many large farms. For example, Du Zhongxiao's home is like this, with a total of nearly 10,000 acres of land, using a large amount of agricultural machinery and hiring manpower. The new situation has caused many new problems, and the original political system is no longer suitable.

The Jinshi in the second year of Qingli was mostly in his thirties or forties. He was in the officialdom for many years and was in the age of prosperity. As Du Zhongxiao expanded his territory in the north, he mostly had his own understanding of the future of the country and the nation. In their eyes, politics must be changed greatly, and it was impossible to adapt to the new situation without major changes. Most of the prime ministers in the court did not have this understanding, and they only felt that winning the outside world and abundant internal finances were a great time for political clarity. This sense of division between the old and the new is particularly strong.

Wang Gui was a Hanlin bachelor. After becoming a Jinshi, he only served as a general judge in the local area, and then he was promoted from a ci minister to the present. His vision was the same as the ministers in the court, and he was not sensitive to changes at the grassroots level. Du Zhongxiao was different and had been an official outside. Many of these changes were originally from his hands and could be negotiated with others. Now that he has become a high-ranking official in the court, others also think he has the ability to reform.

Wang Anshi was a magistrate in Shuzhou and then a magistrate in Changzhou. He knew very well about local affairs. In his eyes, the current imperial court is in a state of corpse and not thinking about changes, which is simply a place to eat. But now his position is not high, and he is just a talk.

After drinking slightly, Du Zhongxiao said: "The official system is to govern the people of the world. Now the world has undergone great changes, and it is actually time to change. However, most of the ruling governments are not officials in these places, and they are not familiar with these. This kind of thing is not urgent, and now the whole country is happy and there is no chaos. Of course, it is delayed for a while. We think it is a great thing, but in the eyes of the ruling people, it is actually a trivial matter. Perhaps, if we wait for another ten years, some of us will reach a high position in the ruling position, and it will not be too late to change."

Wang Anshi shook his head: "I'm afraid it may not be. According to my observation at Baitingjian, there is now densely populated and there is no planting rice and wheat. It's all because of the purchase from outside. The imperial court does not control it strictly, so it's afraid that there will be chaos."

Han Zongyan said: "It's true. 100,000 households, how many people in the capital are in charge? Although there are tens of thousands of households in Baitingjian, there are no corresponding officials. It is difficult for the yamen to even establish households, so what else can they do!"

In Du Zhongxiao's eyes, hundreds of thousands of families are not a big deal. There are only hundreds of thousands of people. Which county in the Central Plains in later generations has not? This era is different. The country's population is only tens of millions, and there are tens of thousands of households in a small state. It looks unusual in the eyes of outsiders. Especially because there are insufficient officials there and all rely on autonomy, how can it be better? Such a place is not just a Baitingjian, but it is particularly prominent.

When Du Zhongxiao first built the Railway Supervision Bureau, because he was owned by the imperial court, except for the managers in the factory, the local government mainly relied on autonomy. Now there are different places, and there are a large number of private factories, which are well-managed and seem very chaotic.

Du Zhongxiao nodded and said, "If this is true, there will inevitably be criminal cases in the local area. Let's take a look. I first entered the imperial court as a censor. I don't know what happened in the Central Plains over the years, and I really don't know that Baitingjian has reached this point."

Wang Anshi said: "There are countless things produced in tens of thousands of families there every year, so how can they be easily managed? Not only that, but there are many things such as tax evasion and tax evasion. In the past three or four years, I heard that there were countless wealthy families in Baitingjian, and Ye County was magnificent, and many people could not say that they were in the capital. This is just a place in Baitingjian, and with several other iron prisons, most of them are like this."

The current industrial development is to vigorously develop the coal-steel industry with railways as the core. Large factories are owned by the imperial court, while small enterprises are growing, including official and private, and various forms of ownership.

This is a period of rapid development and various industries are growing wildly. The court's laws and systems are facing the first time, and many places cannot keep up with the situation, and any situation will occur. For example, there are too many factories in Baitingjian, the original guild system has collapsed, and disputes have occurred. The yamen do not have so much energy, and various private institutions have emerged, and the power of the yamen has been seized.

Du Zhongxiao listened to them discussing the local situation and felt that it had indeed entered a new era. Judging from the Baitingjian, it was imperative to establish a new system, including a new economic and accounting system. However, he was just the Chief Censor and could not take care of these things.

Han Zongyan said: "In fact, it is not just the Baiting Prison. Xiangzhou also has an iron Prison. It is just like building the Baiting Prison. It has not developed so fast. Over the years, people from many prefectures and counties on Hedong Road have been there. Now they are densely populated and there are endless things. Laiwu and Xuzhou have developed even later, so there is nothing to do now."

Wang Anshi said: "If Baitingjian is cured, you can not learn other places. You must always choose a place to try first. Baitingjian is the most suitable one."

Su Song said: "The most important thing now is that there are insufficient officials, and the local government can't control it at all. As long as you add officials, take the rest slowly. The court can only seize a few official factories and raise taxes from local governments, it will still be acceptable."

Wang Anshi said: "If you want to do things, then do them well at once. These are not very difficult things, why should you change them slowly?"

Du Zhongxiao said: "Jie Fu's words are wrong. These things are nothing before and have developed over the years. In fact, no one knows what they are, so they can only change them slowly. First, change the inappropriate places and change them bit by bit. We don't know how to change them. If they are changed too much, they may hinder their development."

Wang Anshi didn't say anything. In his eyes, the factory was already there, and the situation in the place was very clear. What's wrong with changing it?
Chapter completed!