A great man in later generations once said that no matter whether it is a black cat or a white cat, the one who can catch a mouse is a good cat. If the current Juntian system of the Tang Dynasty is a white cat, then the people of Jingyang are a black cat prepared by Xia Hongsheng for Li Shimin.

Speaking of it now, it just happened that the words came here, so they were involved, otherwise, Xia Hongsheng still wanted to wait for him for ten years.

Is Junta a good cat?

In the current situation, it echoes the national conditions of the Tang Dynasty. The tax system of rent adjustment established on this basis also supported the growth and recovery of the Tang Empire. This is conducive to the reclamation of unowned wasteland, and thus plays a positive role in the recovery and development of agricultural production. The implementation of the equalization system, the reduction of the amount of new rents associated with it, and the implementation of the three-long system, helped the dependent peasants to get rid of the control of the powerful clans and transform them into state households, greatly increased the number of the self-cultivated small peasants under the control of the government, ensured the source of servitude, coordinated the internal contradictions of the ruling class, eased the resistance of the common people, and combined the labor force with the land, so as to facilitate the control of the peasants by the imperial court, as well as the restoration and development of agricultural production, and the guarantee of the source of servitude of the imperial court. At the same time, the interests of nobles, bureaucrats and landlords were protected by means of slaves and maids, ploughing cattle and receiving fields, or granting permanent fields according to official qualities. In this sense, the Junda system and the rent are a "good cat".

However, in the long run, it is also necessary to recognize that the equalization system and the tax system based on it have almost unsolvable drawbacks.

Although the land equalization system includes private land, the only land that can be granted is ownerless land and wasteland, and the amount of land that can be granted is limited. As a result, the peasants who received the land generally did not reach the amount they should receive from the beginning. Although the mouth divides the field, it is stipulated that he is old and dies to become an official. But in fact, there are very few people who can return the ranks. With the increase of the population and the legal and illegal appropriation of large amounts of public land by the aristocratic bureaucratic landlords. There is less and less land that can be repaid. Although the Juntian Decree restricts the sale of land and the occupation of land, the occupation of land is excessive. However, the peasants of Juntian had insufficient land, weak economic strength, and heavy labor burdens, and were forced to sell their land and flee into bankruptcy when they encountered a slight natural and man-made disaster. The annexation of land by landlords was inevitable.

From the emancipation of the peasants from the land, the transformation of small farming into large farms, and that's the only way. Only then can the phenomenon of land annexation be changed.

But Xia Hongsheng couldn't explain this point to Li Shimin directly, or even if Li Shimin had a far-reaching vision and could see this layer of stakes, there was no way.

The reason is just as Li Shimin said.

There is not enough food.

For example, in order to feed a hundred people, 80 of them need to farm the land to meet the needs of 100 people. If forty of the eighty people who farmed the land did not farm and went to do something else, then the hundred mouths would not be fed. Can't be fed. It's going to be noisy, it's going to be chaotic. This problem is not solved. Populations can never be liberated from the land.

Hybrid rice is a good thing! can make the **** in later generations use 6% of the world's land to feed 20% of the world's population. It's a pity that it can only be hoped for.

Now he can only hope for Zhancheng rice, originally Xia Hongsheng wanted to wait until the spy battalion was fully manpowered, and then send it to the Indochina Peninsula to find this kind of rice seed, and then tell Li Lao Er after he really found it.

But now that I happened to talk about this, it was an opportunity, and if the emperor paid attention to it and had the heart to look for it, it would be much faster than looking for it himself.

And those food crops on the other side of the Pacific -- even farther away. Within ten years, it is estimated that there will be no drama. When did Datang start to pay attention to the ocean, and when could it put this matter on the agenda? Then the Turks were not eliminated, the Western Regions were undecided, and the attention of the Tang Dynasty was always imprisoned in the west. The conquest of Goguryeo is an opportunity, but before that, it is necessary to have the technology to build a large ocean-going ship - a headache!

Xia Hongsheng shook his head and sighed.

"Huh? Why did Xia Qing sigh? Li Shimin asked.

Xia Hongsheng heard a stirring spirit - he forgot that Li Lao Er was still sitting next to him!

hurriedly said to Li Laoer: "Wei Chen thought of something, and couldn't help but feel a little emotion in his heart. ”

"Oh? What made Xia Qing feel emotional? Li Shimin smiled and asked, "What is the Zhancheng rice that Xia Qing said?" ”

"That's what Wechen thinks about." Xia Hongsheng looked at the calmly flowing Wei River under the embankment, the early summer smoke breeze was slightly blowing, and the slanting sun was sprinkled all over the water surface, sparkling, just like the Tang Dynasty in Xia Hongsheng's heart: "Zhancheng rice is a kind of rice produced in Zhancheng, Weichen has not seen it, but I heard that there is such a rice seed in the world, which is produced in the country of Linyi Huanwang." Due to the humidity and heat in Linyi country all year round, this rice seed can be harvested three times a year in Linyi country. ”

"Huh? Three crops a year? Li Shimin obviously didn't believe it: "Xia Qing don't think that I can't understand agricultural affairs." Is there any grain in the world that can be ripened three times a year? If so, the people of the Central Plains would not have to suffer from the famine repeatedly. ”

Xia Hongsheng ignored Li Laoer's suspicions, as if he hadn't heard Li Shimin's words, and continued: "This kind of Champong rice has three characteristics, one is extremely drought tolerant, and the other is very adaptable; It is almost possible to "be born without choosing a place"; Third, the growth cycle is short, the more humid and hot the climate, the more times a year can be planted, like the land of Linyi, you can plant three seasons a year, and harvest three seasons that year. To the north, I am the southern part of the Tang Mountains, and it can also be three seasons a year. Further north, in the south of the Yangtze River, it may be two seasons a year. Guannei, Longyou and other roads, can be a season a year. Further north, and even in the eastern Liaodong region, it can also be a season a year. ”

Li Shimin's face changed slightly when he heard Xia Hongsheng's words, but he listened to Xia Hongsheng continue: "The yield of this rice seed is higher than the grain planted by Datang today, and Weichen conservatively estimates that if there are three seasons a year, one acre of land can produce seven or eight stones of grain, and two seasons, then one acre of land can produce five or six stones of grain, which is one season, and one acre of land can produce as many as three or four stones. Moreover, because its requirements for land are not very high, it can be widely planted in my Datang. ”

Hearing this, Li Shimin's face had changed greatly, and he stared at Xia Hongsheng solemnly, he knew Xia Hongsheng, and knew that Xia Hongsheng said it so solemnly, it would not be nonsense. However, it is unbelievable that three seasons of grain can be grown in a year.

Li Shimin stared at Xia Hongsheng with solemn eyes, Xia Hongsheng continued: "Linyi country is very backward, not educated, its farmers cultivate extensively, and there is no irrigation, rice is no longer managed when it is planted, let it grow naturally, and harvest it when it is ripe. Its cultivation is also, only to break the block is no longer deep, but to plant in the field, not to mention the seedlings. After planting, drought does not seek water, waterlogging does not dredge, there is no dung soil, and it is not tired, and it is left to the sky. However, even so, the people of Linyi never knew what the word famine was. (To be continued.) )