In 1655 A.D., the eighth year of the Yongzhang of the Jin Kingdom, Hauge was called the emperor for eight years, and during this time, the Jin Kingdom as a whole was still making continuous progress and development.

If it weren't for such a strong opponent as the Ming Dynasty, Jin could be regarded as a very good emerging country in terms of politics, military and people's livelihood.

However, this is not all the credit of Hauge and the bureaucrats of the Jin State, it can be seen from history that after the old and corrupt interest groups are overthrown, the new regime will always show a vigorous side, the new aristocracy has enough interests to divide, the people can also share some, can get the sound of cultivation, the country will naturally flourish, and when the new aristocracy swells into the old aristocracy, the number becomes incomparably large, and begins to encroach on the interests of the people, then the country will inevitably decline.

At this time, the Jin country is in such a rising period, as long as the policy is slightly better and the Jin court is normal, then the national situation of the Jin country will go all the way up.

In the eight years of the Jin state, if it were not for Haoge's mistake in the middle, he fought a battle with the Ming Dynasty in Sichuan, and suffered a miserable defeat, the Jin country would be at least twice as strong now.

In March, after the Ming Dynasty defeated Wu Keshan, the men and horses of the Jin State who had attacked and harassed at Tongguan and Pujin Pass immediately retreated back to Guanzhong, not daring to provoke the Ming army.

In July, secret spies came to report that the Ming Dynasty's war in Nanyang had also made decisive progress.

Although the news from the Jin State was transmitted back that the Ming troops in Henan and Sichuan did not move, and there was no large-scale material transfer in the Ming Dynasty, the Jin State was still vigilant.

In the golden autumn of October, Chang'an City, outside the Imperial Garden of the Jin Imperial Palace, several officials from Xiangguo and the Six Ministries, about 20 people gathered.

At this time, Wu Sangui, Meng Qiaofang, Han Chaoxuan and others were talking at the gate of the Imperial Garden, and after a while, a eunuch came out of it and saluted, "Two princes, all the prime ministers, Your Majesty let everyone in." ”

When everyone heard this, Han Chaoxuan immediately turned to the side, "The two princes are invited first!" ”

Wu Sangui and Meng Qiaofang did not shirk and took the lead in entering.

As soon as they entered the courtyard, they saw Hauge, dressed in a yellow robe, standing and waiting, and a group of people immediately walked up to him in a hurry, and saluted: "Long live the ministers!" ”

"No need to be polite!" Haoge smiled and raised his hand, and when everyone straightened up, he smiled and said: "I summoned Zhongqing here today, not to enjoy the flowers, but to invite Zhongqing and me to witness something!" Okay, Wu and Meng Erqing will follow me, and the ministers will go and see it with me! ”

At that moment, Wu Sangui and Meng Qiaofang stepped forward together, half a body behind Haoge, and led the ministers to the depths of the imperial garden.

From this point of view, it seems that there is harmony between the top and bottom of the Jin country, but in reality it is not the case.

In fact, the Jin State also has all kinds of problems, many of which are old problems of previous dynasties, such as Wu Sangui in Hanzhong, which is basically a state of a feudal town, and the strength of the cabinet ministers is too strong, Haoge wants to delegate any prime minister to the local government like the Ming Dynasty, and it is not possible to promote new people, because these prime ministers have too many resources.

Jin Guoming is to learn the cabinet system of the Ming Dynasty on the surface, but in fact it is the politics of the gentry and the great clan, if the imperial examination is abolished, he can immediately return to the family politics.

The contradictions between these places and the central government, the emperor and the ministers, can be said to be very acute, but because of the greater contradiction between the Ming and Jin, the contradictions within the Jin State seem to be less obvious.

Haoge walked in front of Wu Sangui and Meng Qiaofang, and he mainly talked to Wu Sangui and asked some questions about training in Hanzhong.

The court of the Jin State is, to a certain extent, the lord weak and the minister strong, and Haoge, a foreign monarch, is not like the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, who has reputation and righteousness, so he knows that Wu Sangui is also a big threat, but he still has to be close to him, and use foreign towns to balance Meng Qiaofang, Han Chaoxuan and others, making his decision-making in the court more weighty.

However, he was also very aware of Wu Sangui's danger, the feudal town could overthrow him, but the cabinet would not, so he also had to use the cabinet to contain the feudal town.

Eight years after being emperor, Hauge is now very adept at using the art of emperorship to maintain the stability of his throne.

At this time, they talked as they went, and when they suddenly arrived, they saw a dry land in front of them, which was very discordant with the flowers and plants around them.

China's garden art pays attention to changing the scenery step by step, the whole garden should be natural, this dry land destroys the beauty of the imperial garden, but many Jin officials see that there are plants like sorghum growing on the top of the ridges, but they are particularly excited.

"Hooray, this is the Valley of Buds?" Han Chaoxuan exclaimed.

This is exactly the corn seeds that Fu Youchun stuffed into the ** and brought back, and planted a bud valley.

Hauge attaches great importance to this matter, so he directly asked people to plant it in the imperial garden, and ordered someone to take care of it, and he would come to the imperial garden almost every once in a while to see these bud valleys.

During this period, the officials of the Ministry of Industry treated these seedlings separately to understand the production habits of the bud valley, and recorded that in the end, half of the twenty seedlings were killed, and only ten grew up and grew buds.

Hauge nodded, "Yes, this is the bud grain, which is very drought-tolerant, and can generally grow one or two sticks, but if you fertilize more, there are three or four of them, and the yield of one mu is estimated to exceed that of wheat." It can grow two crops a year, and if it can be popularized, the land that can produce grain in Guanzhong will increase at least several times! ”

As he spoke, Haoge turned back to the eunuch beside him and said, "Bring the boiled bud grain and share it with the Zhongqing's family to taste." ”

In a kind of minister around the bud valley, when observing, the eunuch came out with a plate, a few bud grain sticks, cut a few sections of the city, each minister can only pick up the golden bud grain to eat a section, taste the fresh.

This is the cooking of the imperial kitchen, and everyone eats it fresh, and they all think it is very delicious.

The yield is high, and it is relatively delicious, Wu Sangui immediately said: "Long live, this thing must be promoted in Hanzhong!" ”

Hauge nodded, but said, "As long as the seeds are sufficient, Hanzhong will definitely plant them." But at the moment, there are just so many seeds, and after planting two more seasons next year, there will be enough seeds to be distributed to Hanzhong, so Wu Qing has to wait. ”

Then it will take at least two years for this bud valley to be promoted in Guanzhong.

Today, although the Ming Dynasty has changed in all aspects, the way of social organization has improved, and the production efficiency has been improved, but before the technological breakthrough, the gap between the productivity of various countries is not large.

The comparison between countries is still in terms of troops, weapons, and food.

Meng Qiaofang felt that it had taken too long to promote like this, so he said: "Long live, if you wait for this batch of seeds to germinate and then mature, and then continue to sow seeds, it will inevitably be a little slower." The minister thinks that now every second counts, Wang Yan can posthumously give the person who introduced sweet potatoes a knighthood, and my dynasty should also promise heavy profits, knight and reward silver, attract Ming people, and send bud grain, sweet potatoes and potatoes to my court. ”

The current war with the Ming Dynasty really doesn't know when it will break out, and the Jin Kingdom really needs to race against time and try to reserve as much food as possible.

Because once the war breaks out, it is more than 100,000 troops plus hundreds of thousands of young people to be transferred, which will inevitably affect production, and if the Jin State does not have enough reserves, the whole country will be easily dragged down, and it can only be heavily taxed, loot the people, and follow the old path of the Ming Dynasty, which will aggravate the defeat of the Jin State.

The title and the gold and silver Hauge were willing to give it, and he was even willing to go to someone to exchange the silver for the same weight of seeds.

"What Meng Qing said is reasonable, in addition to breeding by himself, he still needs to find a way to get some seeds back from Nanming!" Hao Ge said in a deep voice: "Fu Youchun has meritorious service this time, so he will be named a loyal uncle!" It is up to the cabinet to decide how to reward the other people who send seeds! ”

Meng Qiaofang immediately received the order. At this time, everyone looked around the bud valley for a while, and then arrived at a pavilion in the imperial garden, where the eunuch and the palace maid prepared osmanthus cake and tea, and Haoge made it easy for everyone to rest in the pavilion.

After they talked about the bud valley again, Hauge suddenly asked, "Is there anything new in the cabinet lately?" ”

Han Chaoxuan put down the osmanthus cake, hurriedly wiped his mouth, and saluted: "Long live, there is one thing here!" The envoy sent by Dajin to the country of Donghu has been in Chang'an, and has brought back the letter of the king of Donghu, who expressed his willingness to ally with our dynasty, but the contact with the Dutch has not succeeded! ”

Jin Guo was sick and went to the doctor, preaching everywhere that the Ming Dynasty was ruthless, intending to find allies, form a siege network, and jointly fight against the Ming Dynasty, but his allies were basically crooked melons and cracked dates, not long ago, just gave Wu Keshan 5,000 arquebuses, that guy didn't do much, and was destroyed by the Ming Dynasty.

When facing a strong opponent, people always want to find a companion to give themselves courage, and Jin Guo is no exception.

When Hauge heard that Donghu was willing to form an alliance, his face was happy, "This is a good thing, the cabinet cannot be lazy, and it must have good relations with Donghu." ”

Now there are still countries that dare to call out the Ming Dynasty, but there are not many of them, and this Donghu is willing to come out, and Haoge is naturally happy.

"Long live rest assured, the minister will definitely take care of this matter!" Han Chaoxuan obviously also attaches great importance to this matter.

After he finished speaking, Meng Qiaofang spoke again: "Long live, there is also a matter here!" ”

Haoge was in a good mood and said with a smile: "What's the matter with the Qing family, just say it!" ”

"Hooray! The king of Anxi, Sun Kewang, sent a beating report to Beijing yesterday, saying that the Junggar tribe, which had been defeated by our dynasty and the Qing army, was now at war with the Rakshasas in the west, and its leader was hated and entrusted Yuzi Khan to buy a batch of guns and artillery from our dynasty at a high price to fight against the Rakshasa country. Meng Qiaofang said: "Because before, I made a big move with Zhunger, and the minister was worried that after selling the weapon, it would cause trouble, so he hesitated. ”

"Oh?" This news surprised Hauge a little, because Jungger had already blurred in his mind, and they thought that this Mongolian tribe that had disappeared for several years had actually collapsed again, and he was also a little confused about it, so he asked, "What do you think?"

Wu Sangui thought for a moment and asked, "What did King Anxi say?" ”

Meng Qiaofang said: "King Anxi said that this Rakshasa is very fierce, and Jungar is completely at a disadvantage in the battle, and if they are defeated, the forces of the Rakshasa Kingdom may enter the Yuz Khanate. King Anxi also thinks that it should be a distant attack, but my Chaogang cooperated with Yuzi, and it is a little inappropriate to betray the alliance, and this Rakshasa people, against the Zhun Gor, Turgot, and the Great and Small Yuzi Khanate, actually still have the upper hand, King Anxi is worried that he is afraid that the former Jin will attack Liao, and the Mongols will destroy a repeat of the former Jin..."

Wu Sangui listened and frowned, "The minister thinks that if he helps the weak or not the strong, then sell it to Zhunger, first, he can make a profit, second, he can let Zhunger and the Rakshasa people consume each other, and thirdly, the bird gun is an eliminated thing, and it doesn't hurt to sell it to them." ”

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