Chapter Ninety-Eight: Keeping Pace with the Times

The seven years of the Ming Dynasty in China was the best time for farmers and the worst time.

In this year, the territory of Daming is still smooth, and it is a ripe year for grain production.

Taking Huainan as an example, ordinary farmers have stored enough grain to eat for three years, which can be called unprecedented and unprecedented.

There is no need to count on the price of grain in the year of ripening, and farmers in the world have never imagined that the price of grain in the year of maturity will be beneficial to them, but only hope that there will be a rebound in grain prices after the autumn harvest.

What they don't know, however, is that this year's food prices are likely to be the highest in the next decade.

Corn, potatoes, sweet potatoes, these three high-yield crops in the Si Nong Temple officials tireless innovation, has been thoroughly adapted to the land of the Ming Dynasty, the yield is high, stable, unheard of in the history books.

Since the Ming army left the land of the Ming Dynasty to fight everywhere, the officials of Sinong Temple mixed with the army, as long as they saw valuable plants, they would be transported back to the Ming Dynasty as soon as possible, and handed over to special personnel to carefully cultivate.

Therefore, the number of crops on the land of the Ming Dynasty is far greater than that of all dynasties.

In the past, the scarce meat in the Ming Dynasty, after the barbarians of the grassland were subdued, also entered the Central Plains on a large scale, and the regulations that were written into the law in the past not to eat beef were abolished early.

Every morning, a large number of cattle and sheep enter the Guannai, especially Taiyuan Mansion, which has become a city of cattle and sheep.

Since a person from the Yushan Academy Research Institute further developed the saltpeter ice-making technology, some huge fishing boats have been able to carry a large number of ice bricks into the deep sea for fishing, and for a time, dried seafood from the south has also overwhelmingly entered the Central Plains.

When the world's food is pouring into the Ming Dynasty, when the non-staple food is extremely rich? Food prices, which had been constant for thousands of years, have finally begun to collapse.

The farmers don't know anything about it......

They are also actively working to produce food in large quantities...... They are rustic and think...... There will be more food there than can be eaten for a day.

What they don't know is - when the beef and mutton from the north entered the Central Plains? Is there basically no cost, because the people in charge of herding are basically so-called prisoners of war? As well as slaves.

When did the dried seafood from the south enter the Central Plains? It is also basically cost-free, because the people who are responsible for fishing at sea are all slaves.

Farmers have food in their hands? Is there no money, even eggs that were in short supply in the past? Also because of the breakthrough in breeding technology? Large-scale farms began to appear, and prices plummeted.

The seven years of China is a year in which all the people are producing grain.

The Chinese people have always been industrious, as long as those in power give them a peaceful environment? Give them a relatively level playing field? They can take good care of themselves themselves.

Yun Zhao knew a long time ago that the best social system has only five requirements, namely-not to let the rich gain power, not to let the powerful run rampant, and not to let the powerful corrupt? Don't let the industrious suffer poverty, and don't let the law-abiding get hurt.

Is this the highest goal of the social system? But now? Daming is still far from this goal.

If the farmers can't take the train of the rapid economic development of the Ming Dynasty this time, in the future? They will never be able to catch up.

As an emperor? Yun Zhao should have lived a peaceful life of singing and dancing at this time? Because the world has long been calmed, the people have been able to eat their stomachs, and the rest of the rich and poor completely depend on the personal ability of the people, and there is no need for him, the emperor, to worry about it.

But that can't happen!

The gap between people is sometimes bigger than the gap between people and pigs.

If the conniving society continues to develop so freely, the strong will take everything, and the weak will have nothing, and this result will definitely appear.

"All food-related things entering the Ming Dynasty will be subject to a five-fold tax rate in accordance with the import practice at the port, without exception or delay!"

"All wineries that use Daming's local grain to make wine will reduce the tax rate by 20%, and the Prime Minister's Office will formulate a reasonable guide price on the basis of the current wine price, so as to increase the local grain price as a guideline.

At the same time, we should actively support the secondary development of wheat, rice, millet, grain, corn, sweet potatoes, potatoes and other local grain crops. ”

"All officials of the Ming system should take pride in using and eating the local crops of the Ming Dynasty, quickly cultivate the habit of using and eating the local crops of the Ming Dynasty, and be consistent."

"Priority must be given to the employment of local villagers in all localities that are about to be carried out and are in progress, and slaves must not be used in large quantities, except for projects that are dangerous, arduous, and endanger the lives of the people."

"Actively guide farmers to get rid of land production and support farmers to carry out economic creation undertakings, which will be included in the assessment of the Department of Officials and Officials."

"Whoever has a farmer who is actively getting rich and has achieved results should be promoted and rewarded, and I will not hesitate to drink with him."

"Everything ......"

Yun Zhao promulgated a total of ten decrees to take care of the farmers...... The name is "Ten Agricultural Articles".

Most of the people who could drive slaves to graze cattle in the steppes of the north were military, mainly the army.

Most of the people who had the ability to drive slaves to plow the sea, herd and fish on the sea were military, mainly the navy.

Most of those who were able to transport a large amount of grain from Nanyang to the Ming Dynasty at a very low price were military, mainly expeditionary forces.

For this reason, Yun Zhao specially wrote a letter to the generals in the army, hoping that they could understand his purpose in doing so, and at the same time warned the military that the first purpose should be combat and defense, and not to put more effort into business.

At home, the army is not allowed to do business, and abroad, from now on, except for some necessary commercial houses, no new commercial houses can be opened, this article will be included in the supervision of the Ministry of Supervision, if it is violated, the emperor will not intercede with Han Lingshan and Qian Shaoshao for them as before.

Now, it is the time when Yun Zhao's power is at its highest, whether it is the local government or the military, after receiving the will of His Majesty the Emperor, it is also implemented as soon as possible, and the fastest person to implement this strategy is Qian Duoduo.

Under the urging of Qian Duoduo, after using up the stored grain, the world winery quickly began to purchase a large amount of grain for winemaking.

Yun Zhao chose a day of rest and invited the bigwigs in Yanjing to come over for dinner, and it was better to persuade them than to convince anyone.

When Zhang Guozhu heard that he came to eat, he thought that Yun Zhao was cooking by himself, but when he came over to take a look, he found that the chef was busy, so he swallowed the words he was about to admonish.

In the past, when Yun Zhao was not the emperor, it was an elegant thing to cook for everyone to eat, but now, if the emperor cooks again, it is called not doing his job, and cooking a meal will not only fail to win people's hearts, but also make the emperor's majesty swept away.

Today, everyone eats all grains.

The focus is on potatoes, corn......

The first course is fried french fries! Serve with tomato sauce.

This thing is nothing to Zhang Guozhu and other people who have long been tired of eating delicacies from the mountains and seas, and after eating a few bites to give the emperor some face, he asked the emperor the purpose of making this dish.

"You have to eat more in the future!"

Yun Zhao took another french fries and ate some tomato sauce, the sugar in the tomato sauce was too much, Yun Zhao shook his head to express dissatisfaction.

"Develop a way for the people who grow potatoes and tomatoes to consume potatoes and tomatoes quickly, and when you go back, you must find a way to make similar foods and spread them."

"We're busy."

Zhang Guozhu flatly refused, he still thought it was better to perform their duties.

Yun Zhao took a bite of corn chips and said lazily: "We have to adjust our mentality." ”

Han Lingshan said: "How to adjust?" ”

Yun Zhao sighed and said, "Return to the mentality of the previous kings ruling the world. ”

Qian Shaoshao was silent for a moment, then opened his mouth and recited: "The holy king is above, and the people are not hungry, they can not plow and eat, and weave and clothe, in order to open up their wealth."

Therefore, Yao and Yu have nine years of water, and Tang has seven years of drought, and those who donate barren people to the death of the country have a lot of livestock and prepare for the first thing.

Now the sea is one, the people of the land do not avoid the soup and Yu, and the floods and droughts that have been destroyed for several years, and the livestock have not been reached, why not?

The land has profits, the people have surplus strength, the land of the valley has not been fully cultivated, the benefits of the mountains have not been exhausted, and the people who have eaten have not returned to the farm......"

Everyone listened to Qian Shaoshao's recitation of Chao Shaoshao's "On Guisu Shu", and looked at Qian Shaoshao like a fool, they didn't expect Qian Shaoshao to take out the opinions of the Han Dynasty to explain the current government of the Ming Dynasty.

This made Qian Shaoshao a little embarrassed, and after reciting the first paragraph casually, his voice became quieter, and finally he couldn't hear it......

"Do you have a good memory? In the passage you just recited, at least two words were missing, there were three sentence breaks, and there were at least seven mistakes......

You, a man other than the top thirty, who gave you the guts to recite ancient texts in front of us, and admonish us with this bullshit truth? ”

"Do you know that when Chao Cuo wrote this article, the most important argument he put forward was - valuing agriculture and suppressing business?"

"Do you know that my Ming Dynasty now almost accounts for more than sixty percent of the tax, almost comparable to the Northern Song Dynasty, at this time you say that agriculture and commerce are suppressed, what do you mean, are you ready to return to ancient times, or are you ready to erase all our previous efforts?"

Xu Wuxiang first pursed his lips disdainfully, and then began to comment at length on how Qian Shaoshao was unlearned.

Seeing that Qian Shaoshao was about to be attacked by others, Yun Zhao waved his hand and said: "What I am talking about is that when the first kings governed the world, they focused on guidance, not governance.

In the future, we will have to make some changes in the way we govern, from governance to guidance, and finally to the purpose of serving the people.

That is to say, in the future, we have to position ourselves in the position of a guide and a servicer, rather than a referee and supervisor.

That's what I'm telling you. ”