After traveling through time, I became Han Zhang’s grandson?

With the end of the "Song-Yue War", starting from the second half of the fourth year of Xining, the "Regulations Office of the Three Departments" headed by Wang Jiefu officially proposed the term "planned economy" based on national policy.

A planned economy, also known as a directive economy or a command economy, refers to an economy in which the government makes all decisions about production and distribution. It is a system in which production, resource allocation, and product consumption are planned in advance.

In a planned economy, the government owns a considerable portion of the means of production (land and capital), as well as most industries and enterprises, and directs their production and operations;

The government becomes the employer of most workers, telling them how to work;

The government in a planned economy determines how society's output is distributed among different goods and services.

Of course, any discerning person can see whose idea it was to use the term "planned economy."

Although Wang Jiefu has now become the leader of the New Deal reformists and the person in charge in public.

But in the final analysis, there was only one person he had to serve, and that was Emperor Shenzong.

The other person was Han Ming, the bulwark that enabled Wang Jiefu to let go, take on a lot of responsibilities, and carry out reforms forcefully.

With Han Ming acting as a link between Emperor Shenzong and Wang Jiefu, this pair of monarch and minister, who already had a bit of a "gay relationship" in history, are now even more passionate about it.

The proposal of "planned economy" was Han Ming's idea of ​​relying on the centralized imperial power and powerful means of the central government in ancient society to integrate the country's human and material resources to carry out a large-scale production movement.

The original feudal society had compulsory social activities such as corvee labor, but Han directly changed it into the powerful integration of "planned economy".

Effectively utilize the leading role of the Song Dynasty government to carry out nationwide construction in people's livelihood, society, economy and other aspects.

Among them, Han Ming attached the most importance to "plan formulation" and "work-for-relief".

The former can provide a rough framework and guidance for future economic development.

The latter was to organize some refugees in the Song Dynasty society and carry out engineering construction to reduce their mobility among the people and their harassment of ordinary people.

It can effectively stabilize society, ensure a peaceful life for more people, and provide refugees with a place to go and get stable jobs and salaries.

At the same time, in conjunction with the Song government's "reclamation policy" and "military farming policy", Wang Jiefu loudly proposed to completely solve the problem of refugees across the country within five years.

When these words were spoken, the whole world was shocked.

Countless senior officials who have been deeply involved in the economy and retired senior officials have inquired about the situation, and the situation has changed drastically in a short time.

There were even a few people who sneered, saying that Wang Jiefu and others were just trying to attract attention.

The "refugee problem" is like a major concern for the Song Dynasty. As long as the feudal social system exists and as long as class contradictions exist, this problem cannot be eliminated at all.

It's just that the current new policy reforms and territorial expansion have changed the social structure and economic development, so it seems that the "refugee problem" has been largely solved.

This argument was supported by many conservatives, who all believed that Wang Jiefu's "lofty ambitions" would end in failure.

Subsequently, after establishing the dominant policy of "planned economy", Wang Jiefu announced the "First Five-Year Plan", abbreviated as "The First Five-Year Plan of the Great Song Dynasty".

Among them was the most important "work-for-relief" policy, which recruited refugees to engage in production and construction.

According to the refugee situation of the entire Song Dynasty, it was mainly divided into five major regions: east, south, west, north and central, and each region established a "production and construction group".

The task of the "Northern Production and Construction Corps" is to repair the city and transportation roads, and at the same time build three new highways starting from the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River.

Ensure that in the future Northern Expedition, supplies from the Central Plains and northern provinces can be quickly transported north to support the front line.

The mission of the "Western Production and Construction Corps" is the same as that of the northern part mentioned above, except that it is to repair the major cities and roads in the Hexi Corridor.

At the same time, a new highway will be built from the northern border line of the former Western Xia territory directly to the Western Regions.

In addition, in response to the request of Qingtang Tubo, mainly from Dongzhen, the Song Dynasty decided to build a new highway from Huizhou directly to the Hehuang area.

It was mainly used for trade and transportation between residents in the Hehuang area and the Song Dynasty.

The Southern Production and Construction Corps had the heaviest tasks and the most things to do.

They needed to reclaim land throughout the southwest region and build a highway that could directly lead to the interior of Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan.

This is comparable to the difficulty in building railways in the southwest region after the founding of New China.

Amidst the towering mountains and steep cliffs, and with the introduction of local people, Zhao Xie, who was responsible for the development of the southwest, had his hair falling out in clumps, and he didn't know how to cut through the mountains and pave the roads.

In the end, it was the clever guy Li Changjie who came up with an idea - gunpowder blasting!

Wow, the methods used in later generations to split mountains and rocks appeared in the Song Dynasty in advance.

However, due to the dosage issue, the Southwest duo felt distressed for a long time. Finally, thinking that they could not catch the wolf without sacrificing the child, they reported to the court.

The first time Han Ming heard the letter, he felt that the world was becoming magical.

If gunpowder were really used in the development of the southwest, the world's progress would probably become even more exciting.

I think that a few hundred years later, when the powerful Mongolian cavalry marched south to conquer, they would probably be defeated by the Song army in one encounter...

Hey~!

Han Ming shuddered, not daring to think about it. This was going to bring the nomadic people into an era of singing and dancing ahead of time.

Although he said in his heart that he didn't dare to think about it, Han still signed his consent on the approval document.

The document was just transferred to the Military Equipment Supervisor, but the person in charge, Shen Kuo, and his adjutant Zhong Hengwen were so busy that they directly rejected the document and returned it to the Privy Council.

According to the official who returned the document, Shen Kuo simply said, "Every firearm in the Military Equipment Bureau doesn't need gunpowder. There's no surplus to allocate to the southwest."

When the news finally reached the ears of Emperor Shenzong, he remained silent for a few seconds and then immediately issued an edict: the whole country should purchase gunpowder raw materials, the more the better, and the government will accept all those who come.

All of a sudden, there was a wave of enthusiasm among the people to mine saltpeter, sulfur, charcoal and other gunpowder raw materials, and even several major "production and construction syndicates" received orders.

All the mined raw materials were synthesized into gunpowder by the Song Dynasty's "Research Institute" and then secretly transported to the southwest.

Because the "Southern Production and Construction Group" made such a big move, the Southwestern Yi people who belonged to the Song Dynasty and the Dali Kingdom were a little panicked.

In the past, due to the natural geographical isolation advantage, they were basically in a semi-independent state.

Even though the Former Tang Dynasty was so powerful, it sent a large army south to attack Nanzhao during its period of independence, but still failed to completely defeat them. Instead, it allowed Nanzhao to completely complete the establishment of an independent country.

But now these natural geographical advantages seem a bit too easy for the Song Dynasty!

As soon as the gunpowder was buried and a small fire was lit, there was a loud "boom and clang", and the mountains collapsed and the houses collapsed.

They had absolutely no way to stop it.

The Song Dynasty directly expressed its generous treatment to the Southwestern Yi and other ethnic minorities who had actively approached the country after its founding.

They were required to cooperate with Zhao Xie's work and production construction, and they could obtain a large amount of land and food, and could even choose to live in the Song Dynasty.

But in the final analysis, the Song Dynasty had only one meaning: I want your land.

Benefits should be given, there is no ambiguity, but we must cooperate with the government, and only then will everyone be well off.

They were already living in an uncomfortable environment among the mountains, and the promises of the Song Dynasty and their dependence for many years made them feel like they were Song people.

The two sides hit it off immediately, and the Southwestern Yi people on the border of Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan were completely incorporated into the ruling area of ​​the Song Dynasty.

The Song Dynasty still had a gentle attitude towards its brothers and sisters in the Southwestern Yi, but it was not so easy to deal with the Dali Kingdom.

Da Song: I can build roads in any way I like, who the hell do you think you are?!

Dali was furious, but dared not show its teeth, because behind the "Southern Production and Construction Group" stood hundreds of thousands of troops from the Protectorate!

The construction of the Yunnan-Guizhou-Sichuan Highway was not only a preparation for the subsequent attack on Dali, but also a way to relocate the people of the Southwestern Yi and expand the territory and arable land.

As for the mission of the "Eastern Production and Construction Corps", it was to build shipyards, manufacture seagoing ships, and sail out to sea to trade with Japan and Southeast Asia.

At the same time, they also shoulder the task of exploring eastward. According to Han Ming's instructions, behind the distant sea, there is a land that is no less than the continent of the Song Dynasty.

There are mountains of gold and silver there, and grain and seeds are never-ending. It is a pure land paradise.

Here, the wicked Han used the words from "The Travels of Marco Polo" written by Marco Polo, who visited China during the Yuan Dynasty in later generations, to express the richness of the American continent.

The purpose was to point out the direction for private businessmen, encourage them to sail on the oceans, and strive to bring back high-yield crops such as "potatoes" from America as soon as possible.

In this way, no matter what natural disasters or man-made disasters China encounters in the future, at least there will be a supply of food to keep the fire burning until the next peaceful and prosperous era comes.

Finally, regarding the "Central Production and Construction Corps", its main task is to carry out water conservancy projects in the Yellow River basin north of the city of Bianjing.

At the same time, several new cities were planned to serve as the northern defense line of Bianliang City in order to provide more strategic protection for the capital.

It would not be like what happened in later generations, where the Jin army went south and easily crossed the river to wander around the capital.

As for moving the capital, Han doesn't dare to do it.

Looking around the court, if he dared to say "move the capital" today, he could take his family to Qiongzhou to go fishing tomorrow.

This group of civil officials have been staunch "Bian Jing faction" since the founding of the country, and they don't intend to move west to Luoyang at all.

In Han Ming's eyes, Luoyang is superior to Bianjing in terms of security and comprehensiveness, and is extremely suitable as the first choice for relocating the capital.

Unfortunately, Han was too weak to do anything, so he had to change his strategy and use the "production and construction corps" composed of a large number of refugees to build the city.

It just so happened that there were many people and the wages were low, only two meals a day were needed. They were happy to work, and the court had manpower to spend.

However, in this way, the five major "production and construction syndicates" dragged their finances, which had finally become rich, back into the quagmire of deficit.

Wang Jiefu gritted his teeth and increased foreign economic and trade, directly stimulating the already prosperous market and commodity economy to a higher level.

Production and construction cost money, so we use business to make up for it. We used to think that agricultural taxes were quite high, but now compared with the booming commercial taxes, it is completely different.

Wang Jiefu is doing this with both hands, and both hands must be strong!

Anyway, merchants in ancient times had a low status and were charged more taxes. In order to save costs and obtain greater profits, you had to explore more distant countries and bring back some strange and exotic things.

Thanks to the stimulation of foreign trade and the Song Dynasty's disguised use of silk, porcelain, tea, etc. to harvest the wealth of other countries, the finances finally became balanced.

This explosive growth in business has led to a series of social changes, and the private employment system has also begun to change.

The commodity economy promoted the initial germination of private capital, and at the same time, with the strong promotion of the government, the speed of this germination showed a rapid increase.

The Song Dynasty, like a middle-aged man who was terminally ill, began to burst with vitality, and the court and the people were in a state of prosperity.

The Song Dynasty, under rapid development, began its evolutionary journey and officially entered the "Xining Reign"!!!