Chapter 49 Special Zone (2)

Yang Yi came out this time and was really a bit of a sneak escape. Now the emperor is not in charge of affairs, and Empress Dowager Cixi also claims to be ill (actually under house arrest). National affairs are decided by Yang Yi and his group of subordinates. Yang Yi has actually exercised all the emperor's rights, and it is not an exaggeration to say that Yang Yi is an emperor without a name.

It seems that he just ran out without saying hello in advance. It seems a bit irresponsible. However, Yang Yi is not a person who does not know the importance of the matter. Now there are basically no major decision-making affairs in the country. Zhang Jian and others can deal with them in the specific implementation. After following Yang Yi for a long time, everyone knows the style and characteristics of Yang Yi's work. Usually, Yang Yi just signs a letter, and there are not many things to do. After all, Yang Yi is not a feudal emperor. He does not engage in centralization, decentralization, and all parts of the work are clear and grasps military power. Yang Yi is very clear about these principles. The reason why he dares to run away is because there are no major events in the country now, and Yang Yi has some ideas in his mind. It is not yet certain, so he has to come out and take a look to make a decision.

Now this official road is built in a bit. The road built with cement is flat and wide, and the carriages are running steadily on it. The only regret is that the speed is not as fast as the car. The railway heading south has not yet opened to traffic, so I have to feel wronged that I have taken the carriage myself.

The head rested on Xiaoyue's thigh, the slightly shaking carriage, and the horse's hooves stepped on the road, making a ticking sound. Yang Yi's eyes were closed, and the two women knew at a glance that Yang Yi was thinking about things again, so he didn't say anything, but just opened the car window and looked at the scenery on the side of the road.

The road was very clean, and Yang Yi gave a dead order to protect this road. The people below really had some solutions. They organized a road protection team and patrolled everywhere. All cattle and horses were generally not allowed to go on the road. Before the animals pulling carts were on the road, they must make a utensil behind the horse's butt to prevent animals from scattering randomly and dirting the road.

The sun is gradually rising, and the temperature is rising a little, and Tongzhou is already in sight.

"Stop, I want to come down and take a look." Yang Yi called to stop the carriage and came to the fields on the roadside. The wheat had already started to grow heading. There was a farmer in the field to take care of the crops. Yang Yi looked at the earring wheat, and came to the big tree by the field with the sun of the kang. He smiled at an old man who was resting in a trivial matter and said, "Old man, it's hot, so I'm going to have a drink."

When the old man saw Yang Yi wearing a dangerous body, he looked like a master on the street. When he looked at the carriage on the side of the road, he probably came out of a wealthy family. He quickly stood up and humbly saluted Yang Yigong. He took out a bowl, poured water and washed it several times before he dared to deliver it to Yang Yi: "This master, the tea leaves are thick, you can make do with it to quench your thirst."

When Yang Yi saw the old man being embarrassed, he thought that something was wrong with his dressing. Yang Yi sat on the ground, raised his head and drank the tea in the bowl, and then said to the old man: "Old man, don't be polite. Sit down, come and smoke a cigarette." Yang Yi took out a pack of cigarettes and handed it to the old man.

This cigarette was Yang Yi's most proud creation. After coming to this place, his biggest trouble was that he didn't smoke. Ordinary raw tobacco was smoked in a tobacco restaurant, which was really hard to smoke. In the past two years, Yang Yi finally made a cigarette machine and personally caught the cigarette production. He finally made a tobacco-cured cigarette, which finally solved Yang Yi's addiction.

Although cigarettes are easy to smoke, ordinary people don’t have much money to buy, they usually sell in cities and overseas markets. Most of these cigarettes are sold to Europe, which has really earned a lot of foreign exchange for Yang Yi.

When the old man saw the high-end goods handed over by Yang Yi, he quickly took them with a smile. Yang Yi took out a match and stroked them, wanting to light them for the old man.

"Don't, this master, aren't you killing the old man? You are so noble like you dare not let you light the fire." The old man quickly refused, and Yang Yi couldn't hold on, so he stuffed the matches to the old man and asked him to light them himself.

"Old man, the crops are growing well this year."

"Trust, TOEFL, the scenery has been good in recent years. Last year it was a severe drought. Thanks to the magistrate, I took everyone to repair the ditches and lead the water to this place in the early years. God will help you this year. It will be a good harvest. I guess you will get a good harvest by the end of the year." The old man took a sip of cigarettes, squinted his eyes and looked at the crops in the fields with pride.

"Old man, is the magistrate you mentioned the magistrate Ma of Tongxian?"

"Yes, he is a good official. It is said that he has stayed abroad and drank foreign ink." The old man smiled proudly for such a good official in the local area.

Yang Yi knew about the magistrate of Tongxian County. After years of the efforts to send young talents of all ages to study abroad, they have finally achieved results. Ma Quan was the first to go out. When he came back, his family passed by and had an impression.

At this time, Shen Qingshuang stood out of the carriage and waved to Yang. When Yang knew that he was urging him to get on the road, he said to the old man: "Uncle, I'm disturbing you, I have to leave." Then he ran to the carriage.

"Master, the road is so hot. We are women. It's not easy to get off. Let's go to Tongzhou first?" Yang nodded, waved to Zhao Ziping, and the carriage started and headed towards Tongzhou. This time, Yang Yi remembered Ma Quan in a casual conversation.

This time, Yang Yi, in addition to two female relatives, also brought Zhao Ziping and three guards. With more people, Yang Yi was not willing to be too arrogant. He went south and gradually left Hebei and entered Shandong territory. Perhaps because of the lack of time, Yang Yi slowly headed south. After crossing the Yellow River and entering Henan, another scene began to appear along the way. Hebei and Shandong, Henan obviously looked much deserted, and the houses along the way looked much dilapidated.

They are all made of adobe. However, the crops in the fields look good. Yang Yi still knows the sufferings of Henan. In the Henan area, the Yellow River broke several times, and the people's vitality was severely damaged, so it was much slower to recover. Although there were many policy preferential treatments in recent years, it still seemed to be more bitter than other places. Even the roads were not as good as other places. Most sections of the road were paved with stones and were bumpy. Knowing that it was rare to see cement roads in big cities like Kaifeng.

Along the way, Yang Yi saw the most in the scene of building the railway. Almost every time he walked, he could see migrant workers working on the railway construction site in the distance. It seemed that the railway solved a lot of labor problems. The people were all in peace, but it was not chaotic. It can be seen that the work of officials in Henan was still effective. When entering Jiangsu, everything seemed to be another scene. Jiangsu is one of Yang Yi's old nests and has good foundations. Jiangsu Governor Xu Ming is an old friend of Yang Yi. At that time, Yang Yi wanted to bring Xu Ming to Beijing several times, but Xu Ming refused: "The place in Beijing is not very interesting. I am so lively and afraid of the cold. Just let me stay in the south and I will help you take care of this province."

When you enter Jiangsu, you can often see factories along the way. You can often see tall chimneys on the roadside from time to time. There are more cars and horses on the road, and the road conditions are also good. Yang Yi's mood is also getting better, but not long after, Yang Yi's face sinks again.

It turned out that Yang Yi discovered that there were still many people with braids along the way. He thought it would be better to enter Jiangsu, but he didn't expect that it would be the same in Jiangsu. There were still many people with braids. When the order to cut braids was issued, they were still voluntary. Although this matter was small, some problems could be seen. The road was still long to change some of the problems left over from the past. An idea became clearer in Yang Yi's mind. After thinking about his life, Yang Yi didn't have much interest in delaying the road, urging Zhao Ziping and others to move forward quickly and target Nanjing.

What Yang Yi thought was to build a few places, basically according to the Western social model, and the braids were forced to be cut off by the official, and there was also the problem of women's liberation. Women still had to tie their feet to the present, so they had to make a breakthrough to let women go out of their homes and go to school, and implement compulsory compulsory education in these places. Yang Yi decided that these places were called special zones. Although this term comes from the future, Yang Yi thought it was very applicable.

When Yang Yi arrived in Nanjing, he was in the midst of the fire. Nanjing was worthy of being a stove, which was so hot. When he saw Xu Ming, both sides could not help but greet each other and talked about their goodbye. Soon Yang Yi said his own thoughts and called Zhang Jian to come up with a plan according to this meaning.

From the current perspective, the general Westernization nationwide has too much resistance, which is not realistic. If you don’t do it well, you will be a four-dimensional person. You can concentrate on it and start a few points to slowly form a surface, and then slowly expand and gradually spread across the country.

Shanghai, Ningbo, Hangzhou, Suzhou, Xiamen, Guangzhou became the first batch of special zones, and the preparations were launched soon. Yang Yi also had several enthusiasm for the special zone. Many concepts of the special zone were followed by China's reform methods in history. After five years of tax exemption, both men and women implemented compulsory ten-year compulsory education, women prohibited foot binding and established universities. However, there are still many differences between the current special zone and the historical special zone. One is the socialist special zone and the other is the special zone of the feudal kingdom.

As soon as this move was made, there were another burst of exclamations in the country, and the opposition was also higher and higher. Women in feudal society could not be considered complete people. They were bound to be men's accessories in the form of laws. Liberty and democracy were so out of reach for them. Yang Yi was determined to break the ice and use the Special Administrative Region as a breakthrough to change the country in an all-round way. Although China has changed a lot over the years, Yang Yi felt that the change was not enough.

The emergence of any new thing is much more difficult than that of the West. Foreign ones are more interesting, and there is nothing that goes wrong in China. Qian Zhongshu's words also reflect the helplessness of that era from one perspective. The many stubborn diseases caused by the long feudal society cannot be changed overnight, but they must be changed.

Amid the opposition from all over the country, Yang Yi received support from overseas.
Chapter completed!