Chapter 389: Born with a keen sense of eccentricity
Srivijaya.

Today, as the headquarters of the world’s joint development conference, its permanent population has reached two million.

When representatives from various countries meet, they naturally have to share their country’s development status, including various import and export data.

Even population and land.

Even the country’s future development policies and guidelines.

For example, which place can accommodate approximately how many immigrants next year.

Things including the division of the world market and industrial layout will be discussed at the meeting.

can only say……

Absolute distributive fairness does not exist.

But any unfairness can be discussed at the development meeting.

Nowadays, except for Australia and America, other countries may still have huge development potential.

Gradually, we have fallen into the situation where we can only rely on the existing stocks.

of course!

Constantinople, Goryeo and Japan are relatively good.

Why do I say this? Because Constantinople recently acquired a large area of ​​black soil on the northern coast of the Black Sea, which is now Ukraine.

Korea and Japan greatly reduced their domestic population pressure by immigrating to Sweden and Finland.

These all provide a place to relieve pressure for the peace and stability of their own country.

In comparison, Solange’s situation is miserable.

After all, Solange has no overseas territories.

All of them crowded together in the Ganges River basin area.

It’s not just a matter of population pressure.

Even the living environment is the worst among so many countries.

Other countries, at least, are still inhabited by people.

And in Solangi, in the lower reaches of the Ganges, each of those places can be said to be a refugee slum.

Yes!

The word slum is not enough to describe it.

Of course!
This is not Solange’s fault.

After all, the situation in the lower reaches of the Ganges has not been very good from the very beginning.

What Solange needs to worry about now is that the living environment there is so harsh that it is difficult to say which place is most likely to have riots in the future.

That place must be this.

therefore……

How to eliminate these hidden dangers is a problem.

When these issues were raised, representatives from various countries offered suggestions.

Provide these people with a job opportunity?

But since they are not of my race, their hearts must be different.

But it’s true!

If the salaries of these people could be lowered a little, the other countries would probably be very happy to accept them.

And introducing some of their young and middle-aged labor force to work outside can also suppress their fertility rate.

For example, let them go home only once every two or three years.

Then the fertility rate will be further delayed.

In twenty years, at least one or two generations of offspring can be saved.

After some discussion among everyone, some places that were in urgent need of labor began to calculate the number of people they could accept.

however……

Even so, it cannot be said that Solange’s problem has been completely solved.

After all, the population required for this kind of employment is, in general, relatively small.

Jiaozhi suggested that a portion of the population could be used as mercenaries.

Because people like them, such as Jiaozhi, often fought like this with some tribes in the jungle.

And if they died in battle, there would be no need to worry about the problem of overpopulation.

I have to say, this is indeed a solution.

In addition…

Isn’t there a South America?
Now they have only developed in North America.

South America can actually be used for reclaiming wasteland and cultivating land.

Why doesn’t Solange try farming in South America?

Although the tropical rainforest is indeed not suitable for human survival and is very dangerous.

however……

It is because it is dangerous that we let the Indians do it.

These……

It can only be said that it is a way out.

For development conferences like this, each country has a permanent institution in Srivijaya, and the number of people in each institution may range from a dozen to several dozen.

Small meetings are held at least once a year.

The larger ones open once every four years.

Through such meetings, countries can share their resources with each other.

Even if wars break out within countries, they will be reported at the development meetings.

of course!

Meetings like this don’t always go smoothly.

For example, the spokesperson that you cultivated with great difficulty suddenly died.

The original crown prince died, and the second one had to be appointed.

Or there may be political strife within the country, the crown prince may be deposed, and the other princes may force their father to abdicate.

These will affect the integrity of the membership of this conference.

Perhaps because the past few decades are relatively short, the changes are not that big.

It can be accumulated little by little over time.

This meeting may one day no longer be able to play its inherent role.

After the meeting.

Participants from various countries who attended the meeting also returned to their own countries and reported to their monarchs the major events that had taken place around the world.

With the fall of the Ghaznavid Empire.

This vacant land has now been annexed by Solange.

But since the living conditions in this place are quite harsh, basically no one would want to live there for a long time.

The only thing they can do is to use it to raise cattle and horses for Solange, but even so, they have to worry that some nomadic people will come and steal cattle and sheep.

and so……

In the end, it can only be used temporarily as a military settlement.

As for the Turks who originally lived here, they had basically been wiped out.

Today, Solange has its own Great Wall.

But as for the Great Wall, to be honest, it doesn’t seem to matter much whether we have it or not.

Solange could only station a small number of troops here as a strategy to maintain stability.

and……

Basically, we don’t have much expectation on the strength of the local garrison.

Anyway…

As long as it can be done, if the enemy comes, it can provide an early warning effect.

Of course!
In the next few decades, there should be no need to worry about this.

Firstly, Constantinople had already evacuated most of the people here.

Secondly, forces like Khwarezm were also eliminated.

From now on, in the next few decades, it will be difficult for any threatening country or force to form in the Iranian plateau area.

But there is also a premise here.

That is……

There were no other nomadic peoples in the north who suddenly came here.

Maybe…

As soon as you retreat, other nomadic tribes will set their sights on this place?
It cannot be said that it is impossible.

therefore……

Locally, both Constantinople and Solangi maintained the most basic military units to prevent anyone from coming to graze.

If someone really comes, we can send people to drive them away.

After the representatives of each country returned to their own country.

Those who should immigrate should continue to immigrate.

Then if tariffs need to be raised, they will be raised slightly.

Everything is under the control of the descendants of the Zhao family.

Even though there are still wars in Africa and some minor conflicts in America, the world is still relatively peaceful now.

Youzhou City.

At this time, Youzhou City has probably been at peace for nearly a hundred years.

Various flowers, trees, courtyards and pavilions are decorated more beautifully than each other.

Especially when decorated with glass, the transparent feeling adds a lot of beauty to the courtyard.

The completion of Tianjin Port and the improvement of railways have enabled goods arriving in Tianjin from the sea to be transported to Youzhou City within five days.

This has made Youzhou City, which was originally located in the north and had extremely inconvenient material transportation, now have very convenient water and land transportation.

and……

Along the way, there are also many gathering places for migrant workers.

Gradually it developed into small towns.

The population is certainly thriving.

But…

There are definitely many cases of corruption and bribery.

For example, this year.

The Song Dynasty sent people to find out the person in charge of local railway transportation, and found that this person had embezzled millions of strings of cash.

Although millions of strings of cash were seized, they can still be added to the national treasury, which is really good!

The issue is……

If we crack down on one corrupt official, another one will appear next time, and that’s not a big deal.

At last……

The court could only adopt a system of public disclosure of civil servants’ assets.

and……

This system is specifically aimed at customs and railway officials.

of course!

All the civil and military officials in the court would definitely disagree.

after all……

This property disclosure is nothing.

However, what they are most worried about is that the government will exaggerate this.

This must be expanded to all officials.

The people above could only give verbal assurances, which only applied to customs and railways.

Now, the officials of the Song Dynasty can only say that life has become even more difficult.

in fact……

Are you saying that the Song Dynasty really can’t survive now?

Do you have to do this?
That’s not entirely true.

only……

If you happen to encounter this situation, then try to take out all these policies.

Anyway…

Now that the problem has been brought up, you can’t just not solve it, right?

Rely on human nature or saints to solve it?

This is not reliable at all.

It’s better to solve it through system!

in fact……

This property disclosure system is not necessarily flawless.

First of all, this itself will increase the workload of the court.

Secondly, can’t others conceal their property in other ways?
Again, this could end up being a political show.

and so……

It is very likely that even if this system is promulgated, it may not have much effect.

only……

This can also be considered a kind of beating.

really!

Next, a large number of officials opposed it.

This system has not been successfully implemented.

In particular, some officials have expressed that if the officials’ assets are made public to the people, would the people feel that it is unfair?
Will it arouse jealousy among the people?
This is indeed a problem.

However, our ancestors had already taken all of this into consideration.

Through this incident, we can also see that there are still a few corrupt officials in the court.

In addition…

Our ancestors also said.

Those who oppose most fiercely may be those who are very honest themselves.

however……

Such “upright gentlemen” are actually the most useless in governing a country.

Our ancestors said that these “upright gentlemen” will only tell you the truth.

He is the kind of person who “does not do anything in normal times and is willing to die for the king in times of crisis.”

They can talk a lot of theories, but their practical ability is very poor.

It can even be said to be completely unusable.

Don’t give too much importance to these people.

You must not be so foolish as to take the other person’s words as the truth.

And this incident really proves that.

If you look carefully at the life records of these people, you can find that most of them are just seeking fame and reputation.

He holds a high position just by relying on his mouth.

Although these people can gain unanimous recognition from the scholars.

But if you really want to dig out any outstanding political achievements of the other party, at most they would have built a bridge for the people in a certain place.

And the bridge they were repairing was in their own hometown.

When we examine these people one by one against our ancestors’ words, it turns out that they are right on target!
As a result, the descendants of later generations have to sigh, “Nothing in this world can escape the prediction of our ancestors.”

Emperor Gaozong of Song.

This is the posthumous title given to our ancestor by later generations.

and……

indeed!

There is no better posthumous title than Gaozong.

only……

I am afraid that Emperor Gaozong cannot fully summarize the achievements of his ancestors.

When our ancestor passed away, he left behind a song.

The song perfectly summarizes his personality traits.

In general, it means “naturally sharp and eccentric”, and “no one can diminish my edge.”

Nowadays, there are still people in the market who can sing this song.

Although, at first some people felt that it was a bit unethical for this street kid to sing this song.

however……

The officials at that time were relatively open-minded and said that it was fine, and our ancestors probably wouldn’t mind too much.

finally……

This song is also spreading continuously in the market.

The lyrics mainly describe a little kid, dressed in military uniform, causing trouble and causing destruction everywhere in the city. However, this kid who is always making trouble has a dream, a dream of becoming a hero.

A dream of defending the country, protecting the people, and bringing peace to the world.

to be frank!
Most of the descendants have never seen their ancestors.

However, when this song sounded, it seemed as if the other person suddenly appeared in front of them, and was very vivid and cute.

The last words of our ancestor before he died were, “I am old, and I can no longer protect you.”

It makes people not only cry.

of course!

In fact, they are not sure whether this was the last sentence he said before he died, but anyway, this sentence was put together with this song.

This song was sent to us after our ancestor passed away.

In fact, it can be said that this song, including these words, were his last words before his death.

But I am still touched.

Now with this song going viral.

In Youzhou city, one often sees little kids who are only five or six years old, or seven or eight years old, singing this song while riding on wooden horses, acting like heroes and protecting everyone, running around in the streets, causing chaos.

Be reasonable!
It really gives many adults a headache.

(End of this chapter)