The system adopted by the Zhou Dynasty was very strange. Although the nobles were enfeoffed, they only had the ownership rights of their own land interests and had no management rights over the common people.
Among the land cultivated by the common people, apart from part of it they own, most of the rest belongs to the government and these nobles.
This is also the source of the so-called food fiefs of those nobles, which refers to the labor output of how many families these nobles own.
Most of the officials who manage the people in various places are controlled by the four major families, so after Zheng Xiong united these nobles and the four major families, he directly connected the lands of those nobles and those officials, allowing them to work together Oppose Zhao Feng's New Deal.
In fact, these officials have long wanted to oppose Zhao Feng's New Deal. After all, the New Deal proposed by Zhao Feng, in addition to requiring them to open some factories in various places and provide some job opportunities for the people, also established schools in various places. Wait, this is all about increasing fiscal spending.
The most critical thing is that a large part of Zhao Feng's New Deal reforms are aimed at these taxes, which is equivalent to causing them to lose the opportunity to make money.
Although there are still cases of corruption and bribery among these officials, because of Zhao Feng's policies, it is very difficult for them to obtain other money besides the money from corruption and bribery.
Now that Zheng Xiong was involved, officials and nobles from all over the country began to oppose the New Deal. They were unwilling to hand over their land or act in accordance with the policies formulated by Zhao Feng.
Even if Zhou Zhen goes to hold those officials accountable, there will be many reasons. For example, the local area is not suitable for building factories, and there are no industries. Some officials even bluntly said that the fiscal revenue here is not enough, and they also asked The imperial court allocated funds.
The originally prosperous scene suddenly returned to before the reform. When Zhao Feng found out about this, he was immediately furious.
But Zhao Feng didn't have any solution. After all, those officials didn't cooperate. In the final analysis, the problem was still with the four major families.
Zhou Zhen also became a little ambiguous because of this incident. He originally insisted on supporting the New Deal, but now he seemed a little alienated from Zhao Feng.
"I think it's better to wait for the reform. I'm getting older and I don't want to bother with it anymore!"
Hearing Zhou Zhen's words, Zhao Feng was speechless for a moment.
"Your Majesty, how is the situation with Princess Jinyang?"
Zhou Zhen pondered for a moment and nodded slightly.
"You can still develop there, just follow the plan you made before and treat it as a special zone!"
Zhao Feng bowed his hands respectfully, then left the imperial study room and sighed softly.
Zhao Feng could also imagine that the reason why Zhou Zhen now rejected the implementation of the New Deal was because of the opposition of the four major families and the opposition of the nobles.
Moreover, Zhao Feng had already planned trade matters such as the Western Regions and the Huns, etc., and this matter now only made Zhao Feng money, and did not let Zhou Zhen see the benefits of foreign trade, mainly because There were not many products that the Zhou Dynasty could promote to the outside world.
Most of these things are not hugely profitable products. Even if the country uses the power of the country to promote them, it may not be able to make more money than now.
Zhao Feng thought of this, looked up at the sky enclosed by the palace wall, and sighed softly in his heart.
No wonder many reformers in history failed in the end, not because their policies were bad or because there was something wrong with them, but because it was too difficult to break the old system.
Even Zhao Feng had to admit that his first reform ended in failure. After all, most of the policies he proposed this time required the support of those officials and nobles. If those people were unwilling to support, then he The New Deal cannot be implemented.
On the way out of the palace, Zhao Feng summarized the reasons for his failure this time. The most important thing was that he did not accurately judge what the people of the four major families and the nobles really needed.
It was precisely because I had too high expectations for them and believed that they could see benefits in a short period of time that they would support these policies, which led to my failure.
At the same time, on the other side, change is change, and it cannot be carried out by making the four major families want to have a good relationship with themselves. In this case, it will never succeed.
With this thought, Zhao Feng slowly walked out of the palace. When he came outside, he saw a person already waiting for him at the door.
"Master Zhao, people from the four major families sent me to invite you. They plan to have a good talk with you!"
The man said this with a very cold attitude, and he could tell a lot of things from his attitude. Zhao Feng was worried at the moment and had no intention of talking to the people of the four major families, so he just said said.
"The four major families are all here, right? Then just go back and tell them a word."
The person Zhao Feng looked at firmly said slowly.
"Now they don't support my new deal. I hope they won't regret it in the future!"
After saying this, Zhao Feng turned around and left. The man looked at Zhao Feng's back with a contemptuous smile on his face, shook his head and said.
"Don't worry, Mr. Zhao, I will bring your words to you!"
Zhao Feng walked towards the Yamen of Zhongshu Province without looking back. The people in the Yamen were all pointing at Zhao Feng, but Zhao Feng returned to his desk as if nothing happened at all. I took out a pen and paper and wrote another reform plan.
It is unrealistic to rashly put the entire Zhou Dynasty on the road of reform. Zhao Feng must understand this truth, because each place has its own situation. If all those areas operate according to the same model, it will be completely unrealistic. Impossible to succeed.
Even such a very primitive Zhou Dynasty could not succeed.
Thinking of this, Zhao Feng's eyes flashed with determination.
No wonder a great man in the previous life proposed the principle of getting rich first to drive wealth later. He also wanted to fundamentally unify the Zhou Dynasty, but he made a radical mistake.
No matter how backward they are, they have already formed fixed thinking, and it is impossible for them to accept those new things.
With this in mind, Zhao Feng formulated a plan for the comprehensive development of Zhou Tong's fiefdom.
On the other side, after the four major families received Zhao Feng's reply, their suspicions were finally confirmed, that is, Zhao Feng never intended to be with them, he was just using them before!
This made the four major families so popular that they continued to oppose the New Deal.
