No matter how good the policy is, if the time to implement it is not appropriate, or if it is too hasty, it will not achieve good results and may even achieve negative results.

For example, Wang Mang’s new policy.

Wang Mang's evaluation in ancient history was very low, but in modern times, Wang Mang's new policy has advantages in many places.

Even in modern times more than two thousand years later, some policies of Wang Mang's new policy have been used or are still in use.

1. Income tax is imposed, and all industry and commerce, including fishing, hunting, divination, doctors, hotels, silkworm breeding, weaving, etc., are imposed on one-tenth of income tax.

2. Implement a planned economy, and the government controls prices and prevents merchants from manipulating the market, so as to eliminate inequality between the rich and the poor.

3. Freeze the slavery system and prohibit all maids from continuing to trade, so as to limit the scope and number of efforts to no longer expand, and the ultimate goal is to destroy it.

4. Land is nationalized and private transactions are not allowed.

You can see, are these new policies of Wang Mang not good?

But why did it end up in failure?

The reasons are nothing more than impractical, too hasty, improper employment of people, aggravated social conflicts, etc.

This is what it means to read history wisely.

With Wang Mang's past lessons, when Lu Bu was in power, he did not dare to make a big move and get in one step, but should be down-to-earth and progress step by step.

For example, in Greater China, land nationalization and income tax collection were successfully implemented.

This is because the materials and GDP accumulated by China can support him in implementing these systems.

At the beginning of the founding of the Great China Kingdom, or before its founding, it did not rely on the power of aristocratic families, but continued to suppress and eliminate aristocratic families.

It is precisely because of these foundations that the Great China has implemented these systems so smoothly.

And these are just the basis and beginning of subsequent reforms.

Lu Bu's subsequent reforms must still be down-to-earth and progressively carried out.

The biggest obstacle to doing all this is not from the people, but from the gentry, from the court, and from those conservative scholars!

The ruling class of the Great China Kingdom was composed of gentry and scholars.

If all the gentry and scholars oppose it, then this new policy will definitely end in vain!

If Lu Bu even had his concubines become teachers, he would be forced to palace by the ministers and had to do as the ministers wished.

Then there is no need to do all his subsequent reforms.

Because all subsequent reforms will only be more radical, sharper, and less likely to be approved by the gentry and scholars.

This is the first battlefield between the monarch and his subjects without gunpowder. Lu Bu must win this war!

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But the matter became more and more intense, and almost all the court was opposed.

There were very few voices who agreed with Lu Bu's actions and soon disappeared into a wave of opposition.

Once again, after discussing the state affairs, Lu Bu asked with a gloomy face: "My dear friends, what else should I report?"

At this time, a censor stood out from the hall and said loudly: "I have something to report!"

Lu Bu nodded and said, "What's the matter with Song Aiqing?"

The Censor Song couldn't help but say: "For the sake of the country, I beg the emperor to order the imperial concubines to stop teaching and revoke the women's academy. From now on, women are not allowed to enter the school!"

After the Censor Song finished speaking, several Censors stood up and said, "I will discuss it!"

Then more and more ministers stood up and said, "I will discuss it!"

In the end, only a few cabinet masters and the Minister of Rites Cai Yong and others did not speak up.

However, the Censor Song did not intend to let these people go, and he couldn't help but ask the people: "I wonder what the cabinet masters and Shangshu Cai meant?"

After being led by the Censor Song, Xun Yu had no choice but to stand up and said, "I, please agree!"

In fact, Xun Yu himself did not agree with this matter, but Xun Yu was unwilling to go against the emperor in this matter.

But now that someone has been named, Xun Yu has to follow and discuss it.

If he doesn't agree, he won't have to stay in the civil servant group in the future.

After Xun Yu, several cabinet masters chose to discuss.

The last one who stood up was Cai Yong. He didn't dare to look at Lu Bu's face at all, and lowered his head and said, "I'm sorry!"

I made a big trough!

In the end, even my father-in-law betrayed me?

In this matter, I am really betrayal of my relatives!

At this moment, Lu Bu wanted to order the guards to drag Cai Yong out and chop him up.

All the civil servants were united in unity and resisted the emperor together.

Seeing this scene, Censor Song couldn't help but be overjoyed and quickly said loudly: "Please follow the will of the people!"

Others also shouted: "Please follow the will of the people!"

Listening to the voices of civil servants in the court, Lu Bu felt particularly harsh, and for a moment he felt upset and angry.

I wish I could pull all these people down and chop them down.

In this era, is it really that difficult to carry out reforms?

It's like dropping a drop of water into the Sahara Desert, and nothing can be changed at all.

At this moment, Lu Bu even felt desperate.

"Please follow the will of the people!"

Um?

Not over yet, isn't it?

Just when Lu Bu was about to get angry, he suddenly remembered something and his eyes lit up.

Lu Bu couldn't help but snorted coldly and said, "Follow the will of the people and follow the will of the people. Can you represent the will of the people?"

Censor Song said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, the responsibility of our Censors is to establish a heart for the heaven and earth and to establish a life for the people! We can naturally represent the hearts of the people!"

Huo, are you using my words to arouse me?

If you say that, I will still be in charge of you!

"Okay, since you say I want to follow the will of the people, then I will listen to you! But just by yours, you must not represent the will of the people, right? Since you want to follow the will of the people, let all the people in Dahua participate!"

"From today on a poll, we will conduct polls throughout Dahua. If more than half of the people agree, then women can be teachers and go to school in the future! If less than half of them, this system will be abolished! I will follow the public opinion."

"In this investigation, local officials will cooperate fully and forbidden to commit fraud! I will send someone to supervise it. If someone dares to commit fraud, he will be executed immediately! No matter who it involves, he will never forgive!"

After hearing Lu Bu's words, the civil servants in the court couldn't help but look at each other and couldn't speak for a moment.

Is this what it means to follow the will of the people?

It seems something is wrong.

But they couldn't refute it.

You said that you are in line with the will of the people. Now that I have let the people across the country participate, do you still dare to say that you are not in line with the will of the people?

Once the people across the country participate, will the final result be the same as they expected?

All civil servants have a vague feeling of badness.
Chapter completed!