Fujian's grain output is difficult to meet the consumption of the province, and a batch of them must be purchased from Linxing Province or Nanyang every year, and this year it is actually self-sufficient, which makes Wang Yan feel strange.

"King Tang, what's going on with this report from Fujian?"

Although Wang Yan could learn about the situation through other channels, now his curiosity was aroused, so he asked directly.

Tang Wang was stunned in his heart, thinking that Wang Yan was going to find fault with him, since the relocation of the Zong Domain, he was a little wary in his heart, afraid that Wang Yan would catch him again, "I don't know what the problem is?" ”

"Fujian's eight mountains, one water and one field, it is difficult to be self-sufficient in grain, but since June this year, there has been no grain transfer from the province, what is going on?" Wang Yan stood up, walked to the table, and spread out the fold, Tang Wang was relieved when he heard that he was not looking for trouble, and hurriedly got up and came over, while Wang Yan only showed him one of the passages.

King Lu raised his eyebrows when he heard this, put aside a piece of the fold in his hand, and also got up and walked over, and after reading it, he couldn't help but raise his head and look at King Tang.

How does a province that is short of grain achieve food self-sufficiency, is it because there was enough grain in stock before, so there is no grain adjustment this year?

Tang Wang saw the two of them looking at him, but he couldn't remember it for a while, he pondered for a while, and suddenly patted his head and remembered that the political envoy of Fujian had written a letter to him, as if he wanted to promote some crops in Fujian.

"In April, Zeng Ying, the political envoy of Fujian, wrote a book, saying that he wanted to promote sweet potatoes in the Bafu Mountains, I don't know if it has anything to do with it?"

King Tang is in the center, and he can't understand all the local affairs, so he is not sure.

Sweet potatoes and corn are high-yielding products, native to the Americas, and later brought to Luzon by the Spaniards, and in 1593, by Fujian businessman Chen Zhenlong and his son Chen Jinglun, the "potato sprouts" were twisted in a cable, evading the search of the colonial authorities, and secretly brought back to China.

In fact, in ancient times, both China and the West, are very concerned about the protection of their own advantages, when the silk trade rises, the mulberry silkworm seed is basically not out of the border, the emperors of the past dynasties have clear regulations, if you dare to take the silkworm seed out of the Yumen Pass, find out immediately kill the head, and finally the Eastern Roman missionaries in the Liang Dynasty, the silkworm seed hidden in the cane, before the silkworm seed brought to the West.

The Spaniards in Luzon also have a strict attitude towards sweet potatoes, but although the "potato sprouts" were brought back to Fujian, the harvest was much higher than the grain, but this thing was okay to eat occasionally, but it was not as delicious as rice every day, and it was only a rare thing that the rich occasionally enjoyed at first, and it did not attract the attention of the government, coupled with the closed society in ancient China, so the sweet potato was not promoted on a large scale in the Ming Dynasty.

Sweet potato harvest one season, can be worth half a year of grain, far more than millet millet, the key is that it does not pick the ground, so that the original can not be cultivated in the mountains can also be planted, and the yield is considerable, the Qing Dynasty luck is too good, the population growth of the Qing Dynasty, and sweet potatoes, corn and other crops suitable for mountain planting have a direct relationship, otherwise there is not so much food, where can you raise so many people, the Qing Dynasty has long collapsed.

Wang Yan remembered that it seemed that someone had told him about it before, but he didn't care, after all, after eating rice for so many years, someone suddenly came out and said that eating sweet potatoes could solve the food problem, no matter how you look at it, it was unreliable, so he didn't pay attention to it at the time.

Now Fujian planting has really solved the problem of lack of grain in a province, although Wang Yan does not know about sweet potatoes, but he is concerned about this matter, "If it is really related to this sweet potato, then the imperial court must promote it in the mountainous areas of other provinces, in addition, each checkpoint must be strictly investigated, prohibiting anyone from trafficking sweet potatoes to the north!" There is also the recruitment of Zeng Ying into the court, and the cabinet wants to inquire about this matter! ”

Wang Yanzheng was worried about the situation of changing grain fields to cotton, mulberry, and even tobacco cultivation in the provinces, and the reform of stipulating that merchants must provide grain to the imperial court every year in exchange for a share of trade had just been tried on a trial basis and had not yielded results.

The main contradiction in China's past dynasties can be said to be the contradiction of food, this land can support so many people, whenever the population grows, plus the land annexation to a certain extent, if the government can not solve this problem, the society will inevitably fall into a chaotic era, and the chaotic times consume a large number of people, after the contradiction between man and land is eased, it will enter a long-term rule of the world, until the population grows to a certain limit, and chaos occurs again.

If the yield of sweet potatoes is really so high, and it can be planted in mountains and hills, then the cultivated land area will increase significantly, not to mention solving the contradiction between man and land for the Ming Dynasty, but at least it can suppress the contradiction between man and land for decades, or even nearly a hundred years.

This is a great thing, but King Tang and King Lu inadvertently glanced at each other, but saw a trace of panic in their respective eyes.

Wang Yan didn't notice this, he called the little official, wrote down a warrant, and asked him to send it to the ministry.

At this time, as soon as the little official left, a director of the Ministry of Rites came in to report, "Three highnesses, the officials involved in the deliberations have arrived." ”

"Now that we're here, let's go out too!" After listening to the report, Wang Yan immediately stood up and said with a smile to Tang and Lu.

After speaking, Wang Yan lifted his steps and left the side hall, and the two princes followed out.

This meeting will be held for more than half a month, and many meetings will be held consecutively, which seems to be less efficient than before, and there are a lot of nonsense things, but many things are also done in more detail and better, which cannot be said to be good or bad.

At this time, in the council hall, the court officials and local officials who came to participate in the deliberations arrived, in addition to the cabinet, the six ministries, the Dali Temple, the Metropolitan Procuratorate and local officials, this time more than a dozen nobles were also introduced.

In the council hall, many officials gathered together in twos and threes, talking about various issues, when the guards outside the council hall suddenly shouted, "His Royal Highness the King of Chu, His Royal Highness the King of Tang, and His Royal Highness the King of Lu have arrived!" ”

When the officials in the council hall heard this, they immediately fell silent, and they all got up to welcome the three kings of the government in.

When Wang Yan and the three of them arrived at their positions, they immediately waved their hands and asked everyone to sit down.

At this time, Gu Yuanjing, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, who was in charge of presiding over the proceedings, waited for the three kings and ministers to take their seats, and after the officials had prepared refreshments and all withdrew, he picked up the mallet and gently knocked on the castanets hanging next to his seat, waiting for the council hall to be quiet, and then said loudly: "Okay, everyone is here, and today's deliberations will officially begin." According to the agenda arrangement, today it is mainly the governors of various localities who make annual reports to the council hall. Lord Chen, the governor of Liangguang, who paid the most taxes last year, could not be present because of the war in the southwest, so he asked Lord Wu, the governor of Huguang, to come forward and first state the situation in Huguang last year and make a plan for the coming year!"