The Sage of Confucianism and Taoism

Chapter 2474 The Inevitability of History

Fang Yun sat in Zuo Xiangge's study, shunned everyone, and asked Dong Yueqian to guard the door, prohibiting anyone from entering.

Fang Yun held the official seal and slowly waited for time.

Three days ago, Fang Yun obtained information on Jingguo's land resources from officials of the Ministry of Water and Soil. Although there were still gaps and was not comprehensive enough, it already revealed the serious land annexation phenomenon in Jingguo.

In fact, not long after Shihong Hengtian returned, Fang Yun checked the household documents and not only discovered the problem of land annexation, but also discovered that Jingguo's financial problems had also arisen since the last battle against the barbarians.

If it weren't for the demons and barbarians outside, the holy temple inside, and the Shengyuan Continent being relatively rich in products and the people basically starving to death, after that war, Jingguo might have experienced a major famine or even an uprising due to the increase in taxes.

After Fang Yun compiled the data and information, he held a secret cabinet meeting. He used conclusive evidence and rigorous reasoning to prove that Jingguo's finances and land had reached a critical level. If there was any major turmoil within five years, Jingguo would definitely be affected. Something went wrong.

The Queen Mother was also present at that meeting.

Therefore, Fang Yun requested reform of the Ministry of Household Affairs, starting from both the financial and land aspects.

The senior officials present knew the seriousness of the situation, so they fully supported Fang Yun, and even the Queen Mother did not object.

After that recollection, Cao De'an stated that reform should start from the Ministry of Household Affairs, and this was how the Ministry of Soil and Water was successfully formed.

What convinced all the senior officials most was that although Fang Yun appointed Cai He as Minister of the Ministry of Water and Soil, he still handed over the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Water and Soil to Cao De'an. He only carried out reforms from a macro direction and did not usurp the power of the Right Prime Minister. Let Cai He go just to ensure that the Ministry of Water and Soil thoroughly implements his plan.

However, at that meeting, Fang Yun did not reveal his overall plan.

The meeting between the three palaces is about to begin, and Fang Yun wants to reveal the truth.

In less than a quarter of an hour, Fang Yun's official seal glowed slightly, and then invisible power was emitted from the holy temple in the capital, reaching Fang Yun's study.

Then, the ground under Fang Yun's feet began to churn, spreading outward like waves. The ground turned over and turned into the ground of the Gongdian.

The surrounding buildings collapsed and changed, and finally the area around Fang Yun became the main hall of the Gongdian.

The elders of the three halls of Gongdian, Dharma Hall and Farming Hall were all in place.

Everyone was sitting on chairs, and the three halls and Fang Yun were on one side each.

The new head of the Mozi family and the old Gongdian Pavilion, Mo Shang, said: "Since it is a major meeting of the three halls, I will skip the politeness and ask Fang Xusheng to speak frankly about the reasons."

Fang Yun nodded, scanned the audience, and said, "I sent the financial and land situation of Jingguo to the three palaces three days ago, along with my judgment. Do you think it makes sense?"

“Very insightful.”

"A novel angle."

"Although the deduction may not come true, the possibility is very high."

Many great scholars expressed their opinions on behalf of their own palaces, and all of them were positive.

Fang Yun said: "The crisis of Jingguo is the crisis of the human race. The Holy Court was established early. Why was the Warring States period chaotic, why did the Qin and Han Dynasties change, and why did the two Han Dynasties decay? There are many internal factors, among which finance and land are the most important factors. 2.

"Does Fang Xusheng have a strategy to completely eradicate financial and land risks?" Nongdiange Lao Xu Shi asked.

A wry smile appeared on Fang Yun's face and he said: "No."

Fang Yun read all the strange books in the world and used the power of great scholars to deduce, but still could not come up with any perfect solution.

Throughout history, many capable people have emerged in various countries throughout the ages, but no one has ever been able to completely solve these two problems. For example, during the Ancient Chinese Kingdom, there was an opposing, more powerful country, which was the only superpower in the world. It seemed that in every aspect They are both excellent and attract talents from all over the world, but there will still be economic crises and financial-related problems.

The best economists, politicians, and experts of all kinds are unable to find real solutions.

In other words, economic crisis is an inevitable product before human society evolves to a very high stage, and the solution can only be found in the future.

Everyone in later generations knows the causes and consequences of market failure, but no country has ever been able to truly solve it.

"Should Fang Xusheng have any temporary relief?" Xu Shi asked.

“Development, Progress and Expansion.”

After careful consideration, Fang Yun could only choose the only solution suitable for Shengyuan Continent.

Only by continuous technological innovation and development can the human race cover up all contradictions, and only by continuous expansion can it reduce internal contradictions.

In a sense, every human population explosion and every major change are driven by technological progress.

For example, from primitive hunting to planting, from mastering stone tools to mastering bronze tools, from mastering bronze tools to mastering iron tools, including subsequent changes in social form, they were all triggered by technological innovations.

Those ethnic groups that have disappeared in the long river of history can be said to be the product of evolutionary failure, or they can be said to be the outcasts who have not mastered the most advanced technology or productivity.

"I'm old and foolish, please ask Fang Xusheng to explain in detail." Xu Shi said.

Fang Yun thought for a while and organized the words in his mind.

"I have a question for you all. If the human race just plants on the ground and plants it all over the Holy Yuan Continent and all the worlds, can it resist the demon world?"

The virtuous scholars shook their heads slightly, and even the virtuous peasants did not object.

"Then this means that things like farming and producing food are relatively backward in the face of monsters and barbarians. Note that it is not absolutely backward, because we need food to maintain the basic survival guarantee of the human race."

"Then let me ask again, if we can increase food production, will it help us fight against the demons and barbarians?"

All the great scholars nodded slightly.

Fang Yun continued: "Growing food itself poses no threat to the demon barbarians, but if there is an external force to increase food production, it will still indirectly strengthen the resistance to the demon barbarians. Then, we need to find this external force and let this force act on the battlefield. I Let’s not beat around the bush. Currently, there are three aspects that can increase food production. One is more powerful scholars, the other is powerful institutions, and the third is farmers’ new planting methods. In other words, they can be classified into two categories, human race , and new technologies.”

"By analogy, we will find that if we want to defeat the demons and barbarians, we also need these two points, more powerful humans and new technologies. If we must add a third point, it is abundant resources, including divine objects, Ore, metal, etc. After I come back from the Holy Burial Valley, the artifacts used for war can almost meet the needs for many years to come, not to mention the endless resources from various ancient lands. Then, we must consider enhancing the first two. Point, more powerful humans and new technologies.”

"The more powerful human race can be further subdivided into scholars and ordinary people. It is difficult for us to control the growth of scholars. In other words, the Holy Academy has been working hard to increase the number of scholars. I don't need to consider this, and it is not today's topic. I don’t need to say much. So, how to make ordinary people more powerful? I mean those scholars who cannot get a degree.”

None of the scholars present answered. They could understand Fang Yun's words, but they couldn't really understand them at the moment.