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

No matter how chaotic foreign affairs were, they could not disturb Han Ming, the Great Pacifier Han, who was concentrating on the western part of Jiangnan Road.

Although he received intelligence from the Guangnan East Road Transport Commissioner, which was roughly about hidden dangers within the Guangnan East Road, Han still went his own way and devoted himself to the salt law reform in Jiangxi.

It has been nearly half a month since Han Ming arrived in Jiangxi. In addition to the new salt law reform, he also presided over the local cultural and educational construction and built schools.

This is good news for all walks of life in Jiangxi.

With the help of Wang Jiefu, who was from Jiangxi, Han Ming integrated well into Jiangxi without too many setbacks.

It was not until Han Ming slightly extended his hand into Jiangxi's military system that the entire situation was instantly shaken, causing quite a stir.

This made Han Ming feel excited, and he also felt that it would take too much effort to revive the stagnant Song Dynasty.

"Your Excellency wants to try to carry out military reforms in the interior, but I'm afraid it will be difficult."

"Although Jiangxi has just experienced a riot, people still don't have much of a sense of crisis."

Wang Jiefu looked at Han Ming walking around in the hall, put down the brush in his hand and persuaded him.

"I thought it would be difficult, but I never imagined they would be so resistant to it."

"Officials can understand this, but the tendency to defend the interior and weaken the exterior has existed since the founding of the country."

"But why are the farmers, businessmen and industrialists also like this?"

"Military reform will not only free up huge expenditures and reduce the taxes people pay to support local soldiers, but will also protect the homes they depend on for survival."

"Why?! I really don't understand?!"

Han Ming walked back and forth impatiently with his hands behind his back.

"Your Excellency, do you know that the official and military systems of the Song Dynasty have changed several times since its founding. Don't the people know the benefits of reform? Yes!"

"But whether the reforms will bring positive results is far from certain."

"After all, the lessons of the past are still there. Ordinary people don't expect things to get better, just that they don't get worse."

Wang Jiefu spoke frankly and looked at Han Ming intently when he talked about "lessons from the past".

Han Ming's expression changed, knowing that Wang Jiefu was talking about the failure of the Qingli New Deal and the subsequent court's further oppression of the people.

This was a counterattack and release by the conservatives after the failure of reform.

"Is it enough to just maintain stability?!" Han Ming stroked the thick stack of papers on the desk in confusion.

That was all the hard work he and Wang Jiefu had put in over the past half month since they arrived in Jiangxi.

It is also the first edition of "A Letter to Emperor Renzong on State Affairs", which was praised by Liang Qichao in modern times as "the greatest article after the Qin and Han Dynasties".

This was a plan that Wang Jiefu had long had, but before he had time to think about it, Han Ming invited him to Jiangxi to help.

When Wang Jiefu saw that this new number one scholar had the same reform and enterprising spirit as his grandfather, he was also moved by the continuous inheritance.

He also invited Han Ming to help complete this ten-thousand-word letter, hoping to try to promote top-down reforms in the Song Dynasty.

However, the two had differences on some reform directions.

Wang Jiefu believed that the Song Dynasty was now impoverished and weak, and needed to develop production, enrich the country and strengthen the military in order to save the Song Dynasty from its political crisis.

It focuses on "financial management" and "military reorganization" and involves all aspects of politics, economy, military, society and culture.

However, Han Ming pointed out that some of Wang Jiefu's reform processes and methods were likely to lead to the drawbacks of "depriving the poor of their wealth" and "suppressing brave warriors", and might even cause "the people to suffer from labor service".

He believed that while enriching the country and strengthening the military, we should also increase people's income and improve their living environment to achieve a prosperous people and a strong country.

It also emphasizes that the existence of "politics", "finance", "military", "culture" and other forms should prioritize the people, rather than becoming tools of exploitation and plunder.

Han Ming even proposed a "three-step" strategy, first "military", then "finance" and finally "politics".

"No, no, no, I can understand your intention to enrich the people, but why must military reform come first in this three-step plan?!"

Wang Jiefu was very puzzled. This was different from the proper order of 'finance', 'military', 'government', and 'culture'?!

"Do you think it's better to store troops or grain during the Song Dynasty?"

Han Ming doesn't think there's anything wrong with prioritizing "economic" reforms, but if the results of your "economic reforms" serve to benefit others, then what's the point of failure?

"Your Excellency, do you think that Northern Liao and Western Xia will not allow us to simply implement reforms?" Wang Jiefu's expression was a little serious, because he really had not thought about this.

"If the Song Dynasty develops positively, the Khitan and Tangut may not be able to sit still. Only a half-dead Central Plains dynasty can be a good dynasty!"

Han Ming's words made Wang Jiefu's focus suddenly shift from domestic issues to the level of the entire national game.

"'Military reform' first doesn't necessarily have to be rolled out across the board. The top priority is to conduct targeted experiments in border areas, while simultaneously carrying out 'economic reform' domestically to support military reform."

"As long as the first two steps are implemented and achieve certain results, we can then focus all our efforts on promoting political system reform..."

At this point, both of them paused at the same time, not knowing how to proceed.

In other words, they didn't know whether they could go this far and completely reverse the crisis of the entire Song Dynasty.

Back to the present, Han Ming originally wanted to try to pilot "military reform" in Jiangxi, but things got out of control and could not move forward at all.

"Maintaining stability is essential. If reforms cause national unrest and social unrest, then the reforms have failed. At best, they will just stagnate, and at worst, they could lead to national collapse."

"Ultimately, we want to make the Song Dynasty better, not destroy it..."

Wang Jiefu saw that Han Ming was a little confused and gave his own opinion.

"Without destruction, there is no construction! What the Song Dynasty lacks now is a revolutionary spirit, the fearlessness to revolutionize one's own life!"

"I cannot deny the original intention of Wen Zhenggong and my grandfather to reform, but they are patching up the framework. What we need is to smash it and then rebuild the Song Dynasty!"

A hint of intense emotion flashed across Han Ming's eyes.

"This is contradictory. We must know what we can change instead of just charging forward. It's easy to break things down, but the key is how to create a completely new system."

At the moment when Wang Jiefu was persuading Han Ming, he seemed to understand what was lacking in his reform method.

It is a set of effective theories that can form a new order while destroying the old order.

Han Ming seemed to have sensed something and turned around to look at Wang Jiefu who was in a daze.

The two of them laughed out loud at the same time, unable to control their excitement.

Because the two of them found the topic that had been confusing them, which is what the end point of the reform is.

"A new world!"

"The world is unified!"

When you are alive, you must have some fun, love something, or find the meaning of your existence.

Wang Jiefu's entire life may have been dedicated to reform and change.

And perhaps Han Ming came to this world in order to change something.