My life skills in Daming Liver - Chapter 697

c683 Su Ze’s question (Part 1)

On July 12, just half a month after the destruction of Jeju City, Li Chengliang’s tribe was in desperate situation and announced its surrender.

Long before Li Chengliang surrendered, Empress Dowager Li of the Ming Dynasty took the young emperor and surrendered to Lin Mojun who entered the capital.

At this point, everyone in the world knew that the Ming Dynasty was officially destroyed.

On the 12th, the constitutional conference that had been postponed until now was finally held. Representatives from various provinces entered the venue. Under the watchful eyes of all the representatives of the constitutional conference present, Su Ze made a concluding speech on behalf of the entire southeast.

Looking at the eyes in the audience, Su Ze opened his speech, but after thinking about it, he closed it again.

Shen Shixing, who was in the front row, glanced at Su Ze in confusion. The crowd was excited. The fall of the Ming Dynasty marked the beginning of a new era. All the representatives present were happy to participate in the creation of a new empire.

Su Ze looked towards the audience, cleared his throat and said:

“I won’t go into details about how many victories our army has achieved. Everyone has already seen it in the newspapers.”

Everyone roared with laughter. Su Ze had a high prestige, but he didn’t like Jiajing’s imperial mentality and had no airs. Everyone was also used to him writing articles in newspapers, so they were very close to the governor.

“How much economic development was achieved last year and what achievements were made in civil affairs are matters that Prime Minister Xu needs to report on, so I won’t overstep his bounds.”

Everyone laughed again. Su Ze was indeed different from any of the founding fathers. He was not the kind of person who monopolized power and seldom personally interfered with daily government affairs.

“The rules and regulations of the new country are something you need to discuss at the Constitutional Convention, so I won’t say more.”

Everyone was stunned for a moment. They originally thought that Su Ze was going to trace his past achievements, and then establish the policy of founding the country. At least he was going to decide on the national system and the name of the country. These were also matters of the Constitutional Assembly?

So what does the Grand Governor want to say?

Su Ze looked around and said:

“I stand here this time and want to ask you a few questions.”

Now everyone was stunned, even Xu Wei in the front row was stunned.

Question?

In this world, people have always asked questions to the Grand Governor, as if this Grand Governor, who seems to be born with knowledge, can always answer all questions.

He has dabbled in all kinds of things and can always make plans in advance. Firearms, steam engines, railways, and telegraphs played a huge role in the war. Su Ze, the governor-general, can accurately find the most correct solutions for future development. the way.

In the literary world, he is a literary master of the generation, and in the academic world, he is a great master. A few days ago, Tibetan monks came to Nanjing to pay tribute. This famous Tibetan monk lost to the Grand Governor in the debate on scriptures. No one knew about this Grand Governor. What else can’t be done?

Everyone in the audience looked at Su Ze. They really didn’t understand what question Su Ze wanted to ask.

Su Ze completely gave up on the manuscript he had written and said freely:

“These questions are not asked by the teacher to the students and disciples, because I don’t know the answers to these questions.”

“Perhaps our generation may not be able to figure out the answers to these questions, and we can only wait for future generations to answer us.”

After Su Ze finished speaking, everyone was in an uproar.

In this era, everyone has an inexplicable sense of self-confidence.

This confidence is different from any other era. Technically, humans have tamed steam and can drive huge equipment to produce tons of steel.

In terms of astronomy, the Purple Mountain Observatory has compiled the most accurate almanac in history, and can even calculate and predict the trajectories of celestial bodies.

Geographically, the most elaborate maps are already being drawn, and it is believed that the entire world can be measured.

In mathematics, various formulas are constantly proposed. People believe that as long as there are enough parameters, the future position of an object can be calculated.

In medicine, the causes of various diseases have changed from the mysterious yin and yang of cold, heat, to more observable pathogens, and the mysteries of the human body are gradually being unlocked.

Militarily, the military and weapons of the Southeast are unrivaled in the world, warships gallop on the ocean, and goods are sold overseas.

With such meritorious achievements among the founders of the country, even if Su Ze insisted on refusing to proclaim himself emperor, he would be a ruler directly following the Qin Emperor and the Han Dynasty.

Everyone wonders, is there still a problem in this world that is bothering Governor Su Ze?

Su Ze looked at everyone and said:

“My first question, east, west, north, south.”

“Ever since Dayu established the Nine Provinces, the world has been divided into regions. Starting from prefectures and counties in the Qin and Han Dynasties, prefectures and governors were added to the prefectures and counties in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and finally provinces were established in the Yuan and Ming dynasties. The world has always been divided, and naturally it has North, south, east and west.”

“During the pre-Ming Dynasty, there was also the bad habit of infant drowning in Fujian, and there were Japanese pirate rebellions along the coast. But even so, there was a dispute between the north and the south in the imperial examinations of the Ming Dynasty.”

“Nowadays, our Central Plains is vast, and the differences between the north, south, and east are astonishing.”

“As prosperous as the southeast is, and fertile as Huguang is, there are always places that are good for development, and there are always places that are not.”

“That’s how things are in the world. Even within a family, after several generations, some families will be rich, and some families will be in poverty. This is the principle of the world, and it is definitely a problem that cannot be solved by humans.”

Xu Wei and Fang Wanghai frowned. They had vaguely understood what Su Ze was talking about.

Su Ze continued: “North, south, east and west, customs and development are different. The geographical location, natural resources, education and population conditions of each province are different, and development is also prioritized, so there are always rich places and poor places. .”

“Just like how a big family uses money, the rich have to pay more taxes, and the poor need to allocate subsidies from the cabinet and the government.”

“There are always floods, droughts, and locust plagues in the world. When disaster strikes, we need to open warehouses for relief.”

“Just like a family, the poor need help from the clan. Do the rich also want to separate their families and get rid of these poor relatives?”

“How can we solve these problems of inequality in the world?”

Everyone looked at each other. The problem Su Ze mentioned was very straightforward, but the representatives of the Constitutional Assembly present came from all over the world. It is true that development is uneven in various places. It is indeed difficult for everyone to come up with a complete solution to this problem.

Su Ze sighed. Before he traveled through time, no country had submitted a satisfactory answer to this question. This was because many empires fell apart due to this issue, and many empires were also troubled by this issue.

Now is the beginning of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, a new era where the fire is cooking, and there are naturally the most opportunities. No one pays attention to this issue for the time being, but development cannot always be so fast. By the time we slow down and notice these problems in the future, it will be hard to turn back.

So Su Ze simply raised this issue at the opening of the Constituent Assembly. He went on to say:

“Then comes the second issue, education.”