My players are all acting

Chu Ge tapped on Wang Wenchuan's card, and chose this new identity to continue the trial.

In front of him, a new talent card appeared.

[Xin. Generous speech (blue): Your speech becomes more contagious and persuasive. 】

[Gen. Firm will (blue): You are firm in will, have a strong ability to resist pressure, and will become more stubborn at the same time. 】

[Geng·Observation into the details (blue): Your observation and memory of details have been improved. 】

"Three blue talents, luck is not bad.

"But...how should I choose?"

Chu Ge hesitated.

All three talents are useful at first glance.

Since he is playing Wang Wenchuan, the thing to do must be to implement the new law. In the process of implementing the new law, we will inevitably encounter various difficulties and setbacks.

The talent of generous speeches can help him better persuade the emperor and suppress the officials.

In the final analysis, the reason why Wang Wenchuan was able to reform was because of the support of the emperor, so persuading the emperor is very important. In particular, it can also be used with the awe-inspiring righteousness of scribe players and the new built-in talent to boost morale, so although it is a Xin level talent, the actual benefits should not be lower than Geng level talents.

Willpower seems to work, but it doesn't seem to work that well either. Moreover, it also has a negative effect, which is to become stubborn.

As the saying goes, if you listen to both, you will be bright, and if you listen to one side, you will be dark. If you are particularly stubborn and go your own way, it will be difficult to correct your mistakes.

So Chu Ge ruled out this option first.

As for the third option, it is obviously better to use it when solving crimes. But at this time it is a reform, and Wang Wenchuan's main task is to formulate laws and supervise the implementation of various laws.

Observing the subtleties may play a certain role in the administration of officials. For example, Chu Ge can use this talent to observe the officials around him, promote a group of people in advance or suppress a group of people who threaten the new law.

But considering whether the new law can be implemented smoothly, the key is not the people around Wang Wenchuan, but the officials at the lower level, so the benefits of this talent are not very high.

Chu Ge must still be working in the capital most of the time, and it is impossible to run around with nothing to do, and go to various places to check the work status of grassroots officials.

After thinking about it, Chu Ge clicked on the talent of [Grave Statement], and finally chose it.

The fog in front of him cleared, and Chu Ge saw the initial scene when he played Wang Wenchuan.

This is an official office, which can also be called Zhongshumenxia, ​​Dongfu, or Zhengshitang.

This is the place where the prime minister was in charge during the Qi Dynasty, and it can also be regarded as the power center of the entire Qi Dynasty.

In addition to the East Mansion, there is also the West Mansion, which is the Privy Council, which is mainly in charge of military affairs, and has relatively little to do with Wang Wenchuan's current political reform.

Chu Ge could even vaguely guess what he was going to do next.

Wang Wenchuan, as the head of the court, all aims at political reform. Therefore, there are only two places where he mainly appears: the first is the court hall, and the second is the political affairs hall here.

In the court, his main task is to go to the early court, report to the emperor, and at the same time deal with other officials' attacks on the new law, so as to ensure that the new law always has the full support of the emperor.

In the political affairs hall, his main task is to deal with various government affairs, including formulating some specific policies of the new law, correcting problems in the process of implementation, and so on.

At this time, Chu Ge had a detailed rule of the new law in front of him, and he needed to make the final decision.

This also means that the game has entered the "business model" similar to the "emperor" identity Sheng Taizu.

Chu Ge first picked up the detailed rules about the new law and began to read them carefully.

Sure enough, it was basically not much different from the Wang Wenchuan New Deal he had learned in history.

The core purpose of Wang Wenchuan's new policy is to enrich the country and strengthen the army, and change the poor and weak situation of the Qi Dynasty.

And a rich country and a strong army, a rich country is a prerequisite for a strong army. Therefore, this reform, in the final analysis, is to improve finances as the core purpose.

Only when the national treasury is full can we have sufficient supplies and weapons, and then we can talk about military training.

Players have already understood this point in the dungeon "Fenghou is not my will". Without money, even a generation of famous generals like General Deng, it is difficult for a smart woman to cook without rice.

So where does the money come from?

Obviously, in all previous reforms, the money came from only one place: wealthy merchants, gentry, landlords and other classes.

That is the so-called "robbing the rich and helping the poor".

This is actually not difficult to understand. If a country has financial problems and the top has no money, it must not be the problem of the bottom.

Because the bottom class is the class with the least ability to resist, they will only pay more taxes. Even in times of peace and prosperity, the people at the bottom could barely eat enough to eat. It would be pure nonsense to say that taxes could not be collected because there were too many troublesome people.

In the final analysis, it was because the middle management withheld the taxes that should have been handed over to the country through various means.

Therefore, the fundamental purpose of the reform is to make these people spit out their money.

Of course, the result of robbing the rich is not necessarily helping the poor. After the money is collected, whether it can and will improve the lives of the people at the bottom is the most important thing.

But in any case, a full treasury, a rich country and a strong army can at least solve the predicament of the Qi Dynasty and not be destroyed by gold.

The core of the new law is the Green Crop Law. The content is very simple, that is, every year when there is a shortage of crops, the government will replace those wealthy businessmen and big households who lend usury, and release loans with relatively low interest rates at that time to help farmers tide over the difficulties.

In addition, there are some other measures.

For example, allowing civilian households who are unwilling to serve in public service to pay to be exempted from service, that is, "if you have money, you will contribute money, and if you have the ability, you will contribute your strength";

Measure the land, verify the land owner, and divide the land into different grades according to the soil quality, as the basis for land tax collection;

Encourage land reclamation and water conservancy construction;

Set up institutions in the capital to regulate the market, buy unsalable goods and sell them when the market is in short supply, and so on.

In addition, Wang Wenchuan also proposed a series of methods to strengthen the army, such as establishing the Baojia system in the countryside and receiving military training during the slack season; such as encouraging horse breeding, supervising weapon manufacturing, and disbanding old or low-strength troops. Change to citizenship and so on.

After checking everything, Chu Ge was roughly sure that there was no pitfall here.

It is indeed the content of Wang Wenchuan's new coup d'état. This copy should not have secretly changed some rules.

And, on paper, these contents are unquestionable and impeccable.

The core of the new law is the Green Crop Law. If the Green Crop Law can be implemented smoothly, even if other laws and regulations do not take effect, this reform can be said to be half successful.

On the surface, measuring and verifying the land seems to be very important, but in fact, this kind of thing has been done in all dynasties. At the center of the imperial court, which emperor does not want to find out how many lands there are in various places and how much each piece of land produces? Which emperor does not want to collect taxes according to the specific conditions of the land?

It can be checked and checked, and at the end of the dynasty, whether it should not be able to collect taxes or not, should it perish or perish.

Therefore, even if this method can be implemented well, it can only treat the symptoms, not the root cause. What's more, there is a high probability that even the symptoms will not be effective.

And if the Young Crops Law can be implemented smoothly, the significance will be far more than that.

On the surface, the Young Crops Law is nothing more than a low-interest loan provided by the government to farmers. In modern times, this is not a shocking operation.

But that was hundreds of years earlier than the Keynesian doctrine of "state intervention in the economy" proposed by later generations.

Of course, Wang Wenchuan's reform is definitely not the same as Keynesianism, but this kind of advanced ideology has indeed been praised by later generations, and even many foreigners are amazed that they have a family.

The content of the young crop method is actually very simple.

When there is no harvest, farmers have no money to buy seeds and fertilizers. What can they do?

Either sell the land or borrow money. And if you borrow money, you can only borrow money from wealthy businessmen. These wealthy businessmen will definitely take this opportunity to slaughter a fortune and collect usury loans. If the farmers still fail to repay the loan, they will naturally annex the land or buy personal freedom.

In this way, the fragile agricultural economy will be hit even harder, farmers will go bankrupt, and the state will not gain any benefits in the process.

The cheapness is all taken by these wealthy businessmen.

And if the Young Crops Law can be implemented smoothly, farmers will be able to borrow money from the government when they are desperate, and the possibility of overcoming difficulties will be greatly improved. In this process, the government took back the black-hearted money earned by wealthy businessmen and big households to the country, and could also replace the grain stored in the granary. No matter how you look at it, it was a kind of benevolent deed.

But Chu Ge is from later generations after all, he knows very well that Wang Wenchuan's reform ended in tragic failure.

It is also very clear that the Green Crop Law did not take effect at all in the end as Wang Wenchuan expected.

If he continues to implement the items of these new laws without change at this time, then the result will only be like Wang Wenchuan back then, and finally leave the stage sadly.

"So, the top priority now is to find a way to change some of the items to further increase the success rate of the new law?

"Where should I start...

"Start with the lending rate of the Green Sprout Act?"

The first thing Chu Ge thought of was the loan interest rate of the Green Crop Law.

According to Wang Wenchuan's regulations back then, the interest rate of the Young Crops Law was 20%, with a maximum of 30%.

From the current point of view, the annual interest rate of 20% is obviously high.

Moreover, after the implementation of the Young Crops Law, it did lead to the bankruptcy of many farmers, and for a while, public resentment boiled over.

The boiling of public grievances caused huge public opinion pressure on Wang Wenchuan, which also affected the emperor's judgment, and eventually became the direct cause of his dismissal.

"It seems that the interest rate will still be reduced.

"Down to 10% p.a.? 5%?

"It seems... there is still a problem."

After thinking about it, Chu Ge suddenly discovered that this problem is not all numerical.

No matter how low it is, it's not safe!

In fact, Wang Wenchuan in history had clearly foreseen the oppression that interest might bring to farmers, so he had already made precautions against it in the detailed rules of the reform.

For example, "Those who do not want to ask for it shall not be restricted from matching", which means that the loan under the Young Crops Law is completely voluntary, and farmers who do not want it cannot be compelled to apportion;

For another example, it is clearly stipulated that the maximum interest rate cannot exceed 30%.

If the Young Crops Law can be strictly implemented in accordance with the standards set by Wang Wenchuan, there will be absolutely no public grievances.

But Chu Ge is very clear that after the implementation of the Green Crop Law, these restrictions formulated by Wang Wenchuan are basically useless.

The officials in charge of the new law quickly broke through this upper limit, and changed the annual interest rate from 20% to 20% for two quarters without permission, which means that it is as high as 40% for the whole year. Many officials even set this value higher, and there are many people who reach 100% interest on private loans.

As for "those who do not want to invite, shall not suppress the allocation" have basically not been implemented. Because there is no way to check which ones are voluntary and which ones are compulsorily apportioned.

After the officials compulsorily apportioned, it can be said that the households lied because they did not pay the loan, saying that they were compulsorily apportioned.

Moreover, in order to ensure the effect of the new law, Wang Wenchuan must set targets for these officials.

How much performance has been accomplished by the Young Crops Law should be one of the evaluation contents of officials.

From the perspective of motivation, performance evaluation is of course necessary, otherwise how to determine which officials are doing things and which officials are doing what they want?

Those old parties who engage in non-violent non-cooperation and do not implement the new law can only be found out through performance appraisal.

But the problem is that once the assessment is made, the officials will inevitably increase the price level by level. Since the income from the Young Crops Law is used as the evaluation standard, officials will definitely force apportionment and secretly increase interest, so as to appear that their performance is outstanding.

No matter how much interest is set, these officials can always find a way to break through.

So can the assessment criteria be changed? Not simply based on income, but comprehensively consider the accuracy of law enforcement, public reputation, etc.?

This is obviously not feasible at all.

After thinking about it, Chu Ge finally came to a conclusion.

The 20% interest, no matter how much it falls, is meaningless.

Because even if the interest rate is set at 1%, the officials will always have a way to increase it to 100%. From the perspective of hindsight, Wang Wenchuan has no good way to do this, and can only turn a blind eye. .

This is also an important reason for the ultimate failure of the new law.

Therefore, after thinking about it, Chu Ge decided to take more decisive measures.

"Since no matter how low the interest rate is, it may be secretly raised by these officials, then I simply enforce the regulations and issue interest-free loans!

"There are at least three benefits to doing this:

"First, without interest, officials will not be able to blatantly charge interest, and prevent these officials from 'singing crooked scriptures' as much as possible. In this way, there will be no civil unrest, and there will be no negative effects of Wang Wenchuan's dismissal. public opinion.

"Second, many old parties impeached Wang Wenchuan, saying that he was 'competing with the people'. No matter how much the interest rate is set, they will think it is 'competing with the people'. Then I directly use interest-free loans, not 'competing with the people' Li' right? This has become a 100% good governance of a relief nature. Regardless of how it is implemented, at least it stands morally.

"Third, although interest-free loans are not profitable, if the Young Crops Law can be implemented smoothly, on the one hand, it will generate a huge reputation among ordinary households, form a good public opinion, and support the new law; on the other hand, households can After successfully passing through the lean and yellow stage, the harvest in the field is getting better and better, so the farmers can naturally pay more and more grain, which can objectively increase the revenue of the treasury.

"Just do it!"

After some thinking, Chu Ge decided to take a look first.

Because he found that even if he sat here with the wisdom of hundreds of years later, considering the social reality at that time, there was no way to give a perfect solution.

Every plan has risks.

But he is a player, and his biggest advantage is that he can start again and again. So he can try boldly. If it doesn't work, then start all over again, and you don't have to look forward and backward like Wang Wenchuan.

Thinking of this, Chu Ge changed the provisions of the Green Crop Law.

When there is a shortage of money, the government will provide interest-free loans, that is, no interest will be charged.

In the evaluation of officials, the number of young crops borrowed is no longer used as the evaluation standard.

Chu Ge also thought about whether to find another assessment standard, but after much deliberation, there was really no way to assess it.

So simply, don't test it!

Chu Ge knew that one of the key reasons for Wang Wenchuan's failure in reform was improper employment.

The inappropriate employment of people was due to, on the one hand, the fact that many villains had mixed into the ranks of the new party in order to get promoted faster, and on the other hand, it was also because the evaluation system that was too eager for quick success gave these people an opportunity to take advantage of.

With young crop loans as the assessment, those who are finally selected will definitely be those who are eager for quick success.

Suppose there are two officials, one official strictly follows Wang Wenchuan's method and does not make compulsory apportionment; while the other official secretly imposes and raises interest.

Then the final result must be that the latter's performance is better and it is easier to get promoted.

Over time, the entire New Party has become officials who do not hesitate to tear down houses and force farmers to borrow money for their performance.

Therefore, Chu Ge simply waved his hand and stopped the assessment!

Without mandatory requirements and no performance appraisal, these officials will definitely be lazy, but anyway, if farmers come to borrow money, they will not ignore it, right?

As long as they do a little work, they will be stronger than before.

For reform, we don't want to achieve it in one step, as long as it is better than before, that is progress.

Of course, Chu Ge also knows in his heart that he is still talking on paper now. If he wants to solve the problem that the predecessors have racked their brains, it is probably impossible to solve it with a slap on the head.

But this is a trial illusion, and it won't matter if you fail, just give it a try and see what the result is.

What's more, Chu Ge can predict the future, knowing that the world will face a severe drought in the near future.

And this drought will further magnify the negative impact of the Young Crops Law, allowing officials to find a reason to attack the new law and hasten the failure of the new law.

If the original Green Crop Law ended up harming the rich and the poor while enriching the state treasury, then the current Green Crop Law after Chu Ge’s revision is purely for the sake of making the people live a better life, and letting the treasury bear a huge risk .

He thought very simply, at least feed the people first, right?

In the original reform, it can be said that all classes were offended, and even the people suffered great losses. That's why those refugees came to the capital to oppose the new law.

But now, Chu Ge felt that it was better for him to appease these low-level people first and let them read the new law.

In this way, at least the new law can last for a while longer, right?

After thinking about it for a while, Chu Ge finally made a decision to implement the young crop method after his own transformation.

...

The mist filled the air, and then gradually dispersed.

A line of system prompts appeared in Chu Ge's field of vision.

[Battle from Niuzhu: 8 years]

"A year has passed in the blink of an eye...

"From this point of view, in each round of trials, under the most optimistic conditions, I have ten chances to improve the new law.

"This is also reasonable, after all, it will take a certain amount of time from the enactment of a law to its implementation and seeing results.

"After ten tries, if you still can't achieve the desired effect, you have to start all over again.

"Of course, ten attempts is the most ideal situation, and it is also possible to be dismissed by the emperor halfway, and all previous efforts will be wasted.

"Well... let me see how the new green crop law is being implemented."

Instead of allowing Chu Ge to see the situation across the country from the perspective of God, the system answered him with various documents.

Among them, there are contents reported by officials from various places, and there are also contents attacked by political opponents who oppose the new law.

Chu Ge's way of obtaining information did not exceed the scope of Wang Wenchuan back then.

He randomly opened a document and looked it over carefully.