Fang Yun sat in the study of the Left Prime Minister's Pavilion and dismissed everyone. He also ordered Dong Yueqian to guard the door and prevent anyone from entering.
Fang Yun held the official seal in his hand and waited for time to pass.
Three days ago, Fang Yun had received information about Jingguo's land resources from the Ministry of Water and Soil. Although the information was incomplete, it showed that Jingguo's land was being annexed.
In fact, Fang Yun had checked the documents of the Ministry of Revenue not long after Ten Rainbows returned. Not only did he find out about the annexation of land, but he also found out that Jingguo's finances were also in trouble after the war with the barbarians.
If it weren't for the fact that there were demons and barbarians on the outside and the Holy Institute on the inside, as well as the fact that the Saint Origin World was relatively rich in resources, the people basically wouldn't starve to death. After that war, Jing Country might have experienced a famine or even an uprising due to the increase in taxes.
After Fang Yun sorted out the data and information, he held a secret cabinet meeting. He used solid evidence and rigorous reasoning to argue that Jingguo's finances and land resources were in danger. If there were any major upheavals in the next five years, Jingguo would be in trouble.
The Empress Dowager was also present at the meeting.
Therefore, Fang Yun requested that the Ministry of Revenue be reformed, starting from both the finances and the land resources.
The officials present knew the seriousness of the situation and fully supported Fang Yun. Even the Empress Dowager did not object.
After that meeting, Cao Dean said that the reform would start from the Ministry of Revenue. That was how the Ministry of Water and Soil came into being.
What impressed the officials the most was that although Fang Yun appointed Cai He as the Minister of Water and Soil, he still handed over the Ministry of Water and Soil to Cao Dean. He only wanted to reform from a macro perspective and did not encroach on the power of the Right Prime Minister's Pavilion. He appointed Cai He to ensure that the Ministry of Water and Soil would carry out his plan.
However, during the meeting, Fang Yun did not reveal his overall plan.
Fang Yun wanted to reveal the truth in the meeting that was about to begin.
In less than fifteen minutes, Fang Yun's official seal glowed faintly. Soon after, the Holy Temple in the capital released an invisible force that reached Fang Yun's study.
Soon after, the ground beneath Fang Yun's feet began to churn, spreading outwards like waves. The ground that had been churned up became the ground of the Workshop Hall.
The surrounding buildings collapsed, and the sky and earth changed. In the end, Fang Yun's surroundings became the main hall of the Works Hall.
The Pavilion Elders of the Industry Hall, Law Hall, and Agriculture Hall were all present.
Everyone sat on the chairs. The three Palace Lords and Fang Yun each sat on one side.
The new Clan Head of the Mozi Clan and Pavilion Elder Mo Shang said, "Since this is a meeting between the three Clan Heads, let's skip the formalities and invite Fang Xusheng to speak his mind."
Fang Yun nodded and scanned the room. "Three days ago, I sent a report on Jingguo's financial and land situation to the three Palaces, along with my judgment. Do you think it's reasonable?"
"Very insightful."
"A novel angle."
"Although the deduction might not be true, the possibility is very high."
Many Confucian scholars expressed their opinions on behalf of their Palaces, and all of them had a positive attitude.
Fang Yundao said, "Jingguo's crisis is the human race's crisis. The Notre-Dame has long been established. Why was the Warring States Period so chaotic? Why was the Qin and Han Dynasties replaced? There are many internal factors. Among them, finance and land are two of the most important factors. "
"Does Fang Xusheng have a plan to completely eradicate the financial and land problems?" Pavilion Elder Xu asked honestly.
A bitter smile appeared on Fang Yun's face as he replied, "No."
Fang Yun read all the books in the world and used the power of the Confucian scholars to deduce, but he still couldn't find a perfect solution.
Throughout history, there were many capable people in every country, but no one could completely solve these two problems. For example, during the ancient Huaxia period, there was an even more powerful country. It was the only superpower in the world. It seemed to be good in all aspects and attracted talents from all over the world, but there were still economic crises and financial problems.
The best economists, politicians, and all kinds of experts couldn't find a real solution.
In other words, economic crises were inevitable before human society evolved to a very high level. The solution could only be found in the future.
In the future, everyone knew the causes and consequences of market failures, but no country could truly solve them.
"Does Fang Xusheng have a temporary solution?" Xu Shi asked.
"Development, progress, and expansion."
After careful consideration, Fang Yun could only choose the only solution that was suitable for the Saint Origin World.
Only through continuous technological innovation and development could the human race cover up all the contradictions. Only through continuous expansion could the human race reduce the internal contradictions.
In a sense, every human population explosion and every major revolution was driven by the advancement of technology.
For example, from primitive hunting to farming, from mastering stone tools to mastering bronze tools, and from mastering bronze tools to mastering iron tools, including the changes in the social structure, were all caused by technological innovation.
The races that disappeared in the long river of history could be said to be the product of failed evolution. It could also be said that they were eliminated because they didn't have the most advanced technology or productivity.
"This old man is stupid, please elaborate, Fang Xusheng." Xu Shi said.
Fang Yun thought for a while and organized his words in his mind.
"I have a question to ask you all. If the human race only planted crops on the ground, and planted crops all over the Saint Origin World, and thousands of worlds, can they resist the Demon World?"
The great scholars gently shook their heads. Even the great scholar of Agriculture didn't say anything against it.
"Then, this means that farming and food production are relatively backward in the face of the Demon Barbarians. Note, it's not absolutely backward, because we need food to maintain the basic survival of the human race. "
"Then I ask again, if we can increase the production of food, will it help us fight against the Demon Barbarians?"
The great scholars gently nodded.
Fang Yun continued, "Planting food itself is not a threat to the Demon Barbarians, but if there is an external force to increase the production of food, it will indirectly strengthen the fight against the Demon Barbarians. Then, we need to find this external force and let this force work on the battlefield. I won't beat around the bush. At present, there are three ways to increase the production of food. The first is to have more powerful scholars, the second is to have more powerful mechanisms, and the third is to have new farming methods. In other words, it can be classified into two categories: the human race and new technology. "
"By analogy, we will discover that if we want to defeat the demons and barbarians, we will also need the same two things: a stronger human race and new technology. If we must add the third thing, we will need abundant resources, including divine objects, ores, metals, and so on. After I came back from the Sacred Burial Valley, the divine objects used for war can almost meet the needs for the next few years, not to mention the endless resources from the ancient lands. Then, we have to consider strengthening the first two points, more powerful humans and new technology. "
"The more powerful humans can be further divided into scholars and ordinary people. The growth of scholars is difficult for us to control, or Notre-Dame has been trying to increase the number of scholars. I don't need to think about this, and it's not the topic today, so I don't need to say more. So, how can we make ordinary people stronger? I mean those scholars who can't get a pen. "
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