In the plan of more than 100 pages, the economic belt of the Hexi Corridor - Lingzhou Free Trade Zone - Qingzhou Industrial Park - Chang'an City will become an economic center that emphasizes both foreign trade and domestic sales, driving the development of the entire Xixia.

In this regard, large infrastructure is the theme of this plan.

Traditional infrastructure such as roads, bridges, etc. are essential, especially a road that is ready to be built in the Hexi Corridor, which is even more eye-catching.

Not only that, the water conservancy project of Shaanxi Sixth Road has also been put on the agenda. Shaanxi Sixth Road has great potential. As long as the water conservancy is improved, it is possible to support the entire Xixia.

The Daxia Chamber of Commerce in Xixia is also being quickly established. Merchants from Shaanxi Sixth Road actively joined the Chamber of Commerce, and even the big landlords joined without hesitation, because the various materials, engineering teams, logistics and other procurements required for infrastructure construction will be organized through the Chamber of Commerce. Joining the Chamber of Commerce means joining the wealth feast.

Under these measures, Sima Guang believed that the 6th Road in Shaanxi would have been in chaos for at least a period of time and did not happen.

Economics are in full swing, and political changes are also taking place.

The politics of Xixia adopted the orthodox three provinces and six ministries system. There was no major change in this regard, but the biggest change was the downward trend in management.

Xixia, under Ouyang Bian's leadership, adopted villagers' autonomous organizations at the grassroots level and established village committees at the village level. This village committee played an important role in the subsequent large-scale infrastructure, especially in the water conservancy construction of Shaanxi Sixth Road.

Ouyang Bian took advantage of the drought in winter to order governments at all levels to carry out water conservancy construction, and the villagers provided manpower, and the government was responsible for food, accommodation, cold and warmth. The Ouyang Bian government even subsidized the people involved in the construction.

The cost here is too great. Sima Guang consulted the Minister of Revenue Lu Bing why he made a big move. Lu Bing's answer to him was quite interesting.

"...The construction of water conservancy is a major event that benefits the country and the people. Of course there is nothing to say, but it is also an economic account. Now, if we want to promote economic development, we must promote domestic demand. The benefit of large-scale infrastructure is an important step to stimulate domestic demand.

Therefore, the imperial court issued a plan to build the economic belt of the Hexi Corridor - Lingzhou Free Trade Zone - Qingzhou Industrial Park - Chang'an City, and urban construction, water conservancy construction, road infrastructure, etc. are all part of this major plan.

Infrastructure will promote the development of steel and cement and various building materials industries. When these industries develop, the domestic economy will also come alive.

Subsidies to farmers participating in the construction are to empower farmers to consume. When farmers have the ability to consume, all industries will naturally prosper.

And the key is that the Lingzhou Free Trade Zone and Qingzhou Industrial Park have accumulated too much wealth over the years, and these wealth must be distributed again. In this way, farmers can also make profits, and the country will ultimately benefit."

Sima Guang could understand it halfway, but he remembered that the Song Dynasty had been building roads and bridges in the past few years, and the economy in those years was indeed developing in full swing. If it weren't for the damage from the two market changes, the Song Dynasty wouldn't be in such a embarrassment.

Sima Guang's vision not only stayed here, but Xixia had more attractions to his attention. After all, he was a scholar and paid more attention to education.

Xixia's measures on education surprised him very much. The "Education Law" issued later stipulates that children are required to enter school if they are over six years old, while Xixia will temporarily provide six years of compulsory education and provide various technical schools.

If this is the case, there is nothing to be surprised, but the specific content is what surprised Sima Guang the most.

Chang'an City was the first to prepare for six years of compulsory education. Sima Guang went to inspect and found that the textbooks inside were different from the current textbooks.

Although there are still several traditional core courses, mathematics courses are completely different, and there are also several so-called natural sciences, including geography, physics, chemistry and other categories, which are all basic things, but they look very interesting.

Compared with traditional education, this is a subversive change.

Sima Guang was very interested in this and found Zheng Yong, the Minister of Rites, and the education was under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Rites.

Zheng Yong did not hide his personal opinion about Sima Guang's inquiry: "Traditional Confucian education is not bad, but to develop society, Confucian education is still lacking.

So in addition to traditional courses, we have added more practical natural science courses. This is for many students who cannot take the imperial examination path. These can help them get rid of ignorance and make them become qualified technical workers when they grow up. Now what Daxia lacks the most is technical workers."

Sima Guang disagreed with Zheng Yong's statement. In his opinion, it is best for everyone to read the books of sages and work hard for the imperial examination. That is the best way to do so. If studying is just to make a living, then is such a scholar still considered a scholar?

But he has also seen the power of commerce and industry over the years that these things have indeed played a very important role in improving people's lives.

So although he didn't agree, he didn't object.

In fact, he had no position to object, after all, he was an official of the Song Dynasty, not an official of the Daxia.

This is true for grassroots education, and relatively higher education is also undergoing major changes, such as the Xixia technical school system.

Sima Guang was invited to observe the preparations of the technical school, and what he saw and heard was quite strange.

Technical schools are not rare, but it is also rare for Sima Guang to actually go in and observe.

Especially in the technical school, there are all kinds of majors that seem messy in him.

What are the water conservancy projects, construction projects, interior design, accounting majors, these are quite normal, but what are the cooking majors, tailoring majors, breeding majors, etc., and even agriculture majors?

Do you have to learn how to farm? Every farmer knows it. Why do you need a scholar to learn about farming?

Sima Guang believed that this was a belittlement of the value of scholars and was quite whipped in the meeting.

Although Sima Guang was not an official in Daxia, his status was quite high among many officials in Daxia. Because people in high positions such as Zhang Dun, Zheng Yong and others were also respectful to Sima Guang. For all kinds of officials who were preparing for technical schools, Sima Guang was also a mentor-level person, so the situation at that time was quite embarrassing.

Fortunately, Zheng Yong also accompanied him at that time, so Zheng Yong quickly stood up and explained: "...Your Majesty has told me about this matter.

Mr. Changli said that there are orders of hearing the Tao and specializes in art and profession. One job can be done to the extreme.

Your Majesty believes that there is no low-level profession, and there are top talents in every industry. Take agriculture as an example. Although farmers can serve crops, they may not necessarily understand agriculture.

You see, if a farmer writes a "Qimin Yaoshu", they cannot write it. Only scholars can truly understand the mystery. Just knowing how to do it cannot be done, but also knowing why it is done. This is the foundation of progress... "

Sima Guang still did not argue with Zheng Yong's explanation. In this country, many things are specious and seem to be rebellious, but when they are carefully considered, they are closely related to tradition. Some seem to inherit the tradition, but when they are carefully studied, they are just doing things with the shell of Confucianism.

Sima Guang tried his best to restrain himself from not speaking much, and he also hid his dissatisfaction. The direction of the matter also surprised him. Under many policies, a newly occupied land should have been a period of turmoil, but it quickly settled down and showed a prosperous scene.

In his sight, everyone was excited to devote themselves to the field they were engaged in, without thinking about resisting the invaders. Most people showed a state of making money!

In order to provide daily subsidies, farmers drill in ditches to carry out water conservancy projects every day;

In order to expand the sales of products, merchants have emerged one after another, and some even sell fake products by making false advertisements;

The officials were ashamed of being brothers and brothers to the merchants. In order to recruit more merchants to invest and build factories in their jurisdiction, they did not hesitate to visit the cottages, without the style of a gentleman, but they were like profit-seeking businessmen;

And the education that should have educated the heirs of sages is also filled with many messy majors;

Ouyang Bian, the newly promoted emperor, immediately announced the construction of a city, Chang'an City, such a big city, how much money would it cost to spend on people's wealth!

In his eyes, all this seemed to be a prelude to the collapse of rituals and music.

Sima Guang was in a complicated mood.

Faced with this situation, he didn't know whether he should feel happy or sad.

I was happy that I was about to decline. In his eyes, such a country would not last long. Since this was the case, there was naturally no way to threaten the Song Dynasty.

But he still felt a little sad after all. If even a person like Ouyang Bian could not create a perfect country, then the so-called Datong would be nothing more than a delusion.

While a huge change was brewing in the Great Xia Dynasty, the Great Song Dynasty ushered in the greatest division.

In the battle of Hezhong Prefecture, the 300,000 troops of the Song Dynasty were defeated. In the end, Li Xian gathered 100,000 troops and retreated to Mianchi to defend.

The news was passed back to the Song Dynasty, and the entire court suddenly became excited.

Losing the six routes in Shaanxi, the Song Dynasty lost its future, the Hezhong Prefecture, and the Song Dynasty lost everything.

As soon as the Hezhong Prefecture is lost, Kaifeng Prefecture is exposed. If Xixia is willing, 500,000 troops can come to Bianjing like a tide. How can they resist at that time?

So, a huge controversy arose.

——Do you have to worry about regaining the Sixth Route in Shaanxi, or should you quickly pack up and flee to Jiangnan?
Chapter completed!