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The agricultural code belongs to the three-grade seal stiff official, and there is also a seat in the main hall. He was in charge of Xijing government affairs, and after listening to Qin Mu's words, he could be said to be the first to bear the brunt, so he hurriedly went out of the squad and said: "Your Majesty, during the Song Kaibao period, Song Taizu thought that Zhongguan was broken, and he also issued an order to prohibit logging in the northwest. However, it had little effect, and the order was scrapped within a few years.

When the minister thought about it, the reason for the abolition of the ban in the early Song Dynasty was not only the lack of attention paid by local officials, but also the constraints of objective factors. Taking the early Song Dynasty as an example, as the war gradually subsided, the territory gradually became peaceful, and the people's livelihood was quickly restored.

And Song Taizu encouraged the heroes and magnates to buy mansions to raise beautiful concubines, and the high-ranking officials and nobles all built a lot of construction, and the demand was greater.

In this way, from the prime minister to the ordinary people, there is a demand for timber, and the northwest alone prohibits logging, and unscrupulous businessmen raise the price of timber, which overwhelms the people in the northwest, and finally the ban on logging is like waste paper.

Your Majesty, our dynasty wants to ban logging in the northwest, and we are also facing a similar problem. His Majesty's encouragement of industry and commerce, coupled with the promotion of new crops, has led to a rapid recovery of people's livelihood. In the past, due to frequent wars, the destruction of residential buildings was extremely severe. In another year or two, the people's livelihood will recover, and in the next ten years, the people will usher in a peak period of large-scale construction.

Please forgive the ministers for speaking out, although there is a ban on the minister's concerns, if the needs of the people are not considered appropriately, I am afraid that the ban of the majesty will be difficult to maintain in the future. ”

The agricultural code chapter is going to be vaccinated first, and it is better to say now than to be unable to help it in the future, and be punished by the Son of Heaven.

Of course, Qin Mu knows that there is a demand from the people, and it must be unstoppable if it is forcibited, and it must be blocked and dredging at the same time.

The people's demand for timber is mainly two points, one is to make firewood and grass. The second is to be used as building materials.

The amount of materials used for special construction is extremely staggering, and most of the buildings of this era are wooden structures, such as a small two-story building, usually except for the exterior walls are masonry, stairs, second-floor floors, beams and columns, etc., are all wood. Some even have wooden facades.

Qin Mu had already planned for this, and he had also made some arrangements in advance, otherwise he would not have mentioned this matter today.

At this time, Yu Chenglong came out of the class and said: "Your Majesty, in order to implement the edict banning logging, we must first reduce the demand for timber from the people. As far as the ministers know, in northern Shaanxi, ordinary people have the old habit of digging caves and living.

Since ancient times, northern Shaanxi has been a place where Han and Hu live together. It is often a beacon fire, and people often have to migrate for refuge, and in this kind of period, it is a rich family. I also don't want to build a mansion compound, most of them dig a few zhang of earthen kilns and live, and they are abandoned together in the war.

And the earth kiln is easy to excavate. Low cost, labor-saving, warm in winter and cool in summer. I thought. If the Loess Plateau such as northern Shaanxi and Longyou is suitable for digging caves, vigorously promote cave dwellings, it can greatly reduce the people's dependence on timber. ”

Listening to Yu Chengchan's words, Qin Mu couldn't help nodding again and again, he had never been to northern Shaanxi, the last time he went to the Longyou area, although it was also the Loess Plateau, but the people there did not have the habit of digging caves to live, so that he didn't think of the low-cost and easy way to dig caves.

"Okay, what Yu Qing said is very agreeable. I know that it will be difficult to ban logging in the northwest, but because the northwest is becoming more and more dilapidated, soil erosion is becoming more and more severe, and the sediment carried by the Yellow River is increasing, causing huge hidden dangers downstream.

Throughout the dynasties, in the control of the Yellow River floods, all of them cost a huge amount of manpower and material resources, but the results were very small, and at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, it was because of the vigorous control of the Yellow River floods, leading to the destruction of the country.

It can be seen from this that starting from the lower reaches of the Yellow River and investing more manpower and material resources, it will only treat the symptoms but not the root cause. Therefore, no matter how difficult it is, this policy of treating both the symptoms and the root causes must be implemented, otherwise I am afraid that the money and grain spent by Daqin on the governance of the Yellow River in the future will also be a bottomless pit.

The cave mentioned by Yu Qing is aimed at the ordinary people of Loess Gaoyuan, and I think it is very suitable, and the imperial court should implement it. At the same time, Xijing can recruit some skilled craftsmen in construction to design the layout and layout of the cave, so as to improve the practicability, safety, lighting, ventilation, moisture-proof and other aspects of the cave, so that the people are more willing to accept. ”

"Obey." Nong Dianzhang had to get up and answer, he thought for a while and then said, "Your Majesty, it is not difficult to promote the cave in ordinary people's homes, but I am afraid that some large families are not willing to accept it. And to build a mansion, it is precisely such a rich family that consumes the most wood. And except for the Loess Plateau, other places are not suitable for digging caves. Therefore, the minister believes that the cave cannot fundamentally solve the dependence of the people in the northwest on timber, and it will still be difficult to ban logging in the northwest. ”

Qin Mu didn't want to waste time, so he said directly: "I will say a few points now, first, the Secretary of Agriculture should first make an example, organize manpower, increase coal mining, and then promote the use of honeycomb coal in various states and counties, so as to reduce the amount of firewood and grass burned by the people in the city as much as possible."

Second, to promote reinforced concrete construction, we are already prepared for this, and will soon strive to build a cement plant in each state to strengthen the supply of raw materials.

Third, increase taxes on timber and increase the cost of using timber.

Fourth, the establishment of forestry patrol departments in various prefectures and counties, to strengthen the supervision of timber within the territory, scientific felling of forests, and indiscriminate felling is strictly prohibited. At the same time, the responsibility is put on the Lizheng of each village, no matter whose tree it is, if you want to cut it down, you must replant three live saplings for each tree you cut down, otherwise you will be fined.

Fifth, strengthen the management of land on the Loess Plateau and prohibit further reclamation. Overgrazing was prohibited, and when the population increased in the future and the existing land was not enough for cultivation, the imperial court was responsible for relocating the people.

Sixth, to encourage tree planting, I will order households to allocate a special fund, no matter who it is, for every hundred trees planted, if they survive in the second year, they can get two dragon coins.

Seventh, March 12 of each year is designated as Arbor Day, and all officials in the northwest must take the lead in planting 20 trees each year, and to ensure a survival rate of 70 percent, this task will be included in the performance evaluation. ”

After Qin Mu finished speaking, he asked Sima An and the others if they had anything to add.

Sima An muttered: "The reinforced concrete building mentioned by His Majesty has never been seen by the people, and it may not be easy to implement. His Majesty wanted to implement it, and the minister thought that some experiments should be done in various states and counties, and the local people had to understand it first. ”

Qin Mu nodded and said, "This is natural, what else do the ministers have to add?" ”

Li Yuan thought for a while and said: "Your Majesty, a change of concept is the most difficult, my Han people have been accustomed to wooden structure dwellings in the history of the Han people, even if they have been piloted in various states and counties, I am afraid that the people may not be willing to do it."

The minister thought that if this policy could be implemented smoothly, it could only be driven by profit in order to play a practical role. In addition to increasing the tax rate on timber and increasing the cost of timber use, the minister can give a certain subsidy to those who use reinforced concrete to build houses in accordance with the fertility policy, or reduce or exempt the corresponding sharp endowment. In this way, the minister believed that the people were moved by profit, and it would be much easier to carry it out. ”

The right attendant of the household department immediately said with a bitter face: "Elder Li Ge, subsidize with silver money, which will greatly increase the expenditure of the treasury."

Qin Mu waved his hand and said: "Yang Qing, this is a major event that is meritorious in the present era and beneficial for a thousand years, you don't have to worry about the gains and losses for a while, besides, the population loss in the northwest is strict, and now the land is vast and sparsely populated, and there is a lot of wasteland. ”

"Your Majesty, so very good, very good."

Seeing that Yang Chao was like a miser, even Sima An and the others couldn't help but upturn the corners of their mouths and smile slightly.

In fact, as said at the beginning of the agricultural code, in the Song Dynasty, the imperial court had already realized that soil erosion in the northwest was strict and needed to take preventive measures.

It's just that although Song Taizu issued a ban on logging, there were no corresponding measures to implement it, so it was unsuccessful. In addition, during the Northern Song Dynasty, the upper reaches of the Yellow River were mostly controlled by foreign races, and there were no conditions for the Great Qin.

On this day, Qin Mu discussed this matter with the ministers present, racked his brains to formulate various implementation rules, and finalized the matter.

The various provisions of the five-year plan formulated by him must be implemented from easy to difficult, and it will not only take time but also opportunities for some of the provisions to be implemented.

For example, it is easier to reach a consensus on the control of soil erosion, so it will be finalized first.

As for the others, he is building momentum and will launch them when the time is ripe (to be continued......