Chapter 422: Remedy
"I've been waiting for you, sir!" Changsun Xian smiled softly.
There are many things that Chang Sunxian wants to do, and she knows very well whether she can do them perfectly.
No matter whether it is a government order or a regulation, no one can do it right the first time. It takes time to constantly improve it.
Take the matter of low-level officials as an example. There are already many small officials in the county government who are responsible for people's livelihood. They may not understand the things in the newly compiled textbooks, but suddenly someone is added, not to mention where they come from.
Recruitment and overlapping of responsibilities will make the staff redundant.
Chang Sunxian felt that this part should first be filled by petty officials in the county government, and they should be given standardized training. If there is not enough, ordinary people from outside would be recruited.
In this way, the office and the office are all ready, and there is no need to find another place to accommodate them.
The workload of the petty officials has increased, and money issues naturally arise.
The salaries of local officials are determined by local taxation. As long as the weather is good, taxation is not a problem at all.
If it were all done by her husband and he was responsible for the wages of this group of people, she would have a headache how to pay for it.
As for the rating issue, let her have the headache.
"Sir, you only need to take good care of Chaoyang Academy, and I will prepare other things for you. Since you paid for the salary of the teachers in the academy, the remaining paper expenses will be settled by the imperial court." Changsun Xian said leisurely.
When Chang Sunxian said this, Yun Huachun naturally would not refuse.
"By the way, sir, Nanfang has handed over a lot of discounts recently..." Changsun Xiang looked a little more serious when he said this.
Speaking of which, this matter has a lot to do with Yun Huachun.
Earlier, Changsun Tien had planned to move the refugees who had fled from the northwest and some people from the disaster-stricken areas to the north to carry out what Yun Huachun said was the land reclamation of the northern granary.
It's just that there are a lot of troubles in putting this into practice.
The people sent by Changsun Xiang originally planned to use money and the policy of settling down the family to coax the refugees to go north.
However, the family has long been interested in the sugar cane business in the south and is preparing to cultivate large quantities of fields to grow sugar cane.
Among them are the aristocratic families from the south, and the aristocratic families from the north. The aristocratic families in the south are okay, their base camp is here, and there is not much shortage of people. After the aristocratic families from the north arrived in the south, they found that there was a shortage of people after finishing their fields, so they focused on this place.
A group of refugees, ready to take them in as a hidden household.
The aristocratic family extended their hands to provide food and shelter, and many refugees flocked to it.
In addition to these refugees, there are also some people who are farming at home and are also attracted by this pretext of recruiting workers.
The production of white sugar in the south is increasing year by year. In addition to being sold to the wealthy nobles of the Jin Dynasty, a large part is sold to overseas businessmen and shipped to further places.
Yun Huachun was thoughtful after hearing this.
He had read about such scenes in history books. When sugar cane was widely grown there, some people saw the profits from sugar cane and tried every means to attract many people to grow sugar cane.
The blood and tears involved cannot be summed up in a few words in history books.
However, in the era when Yun Huachun lived, sugar was very cheap.
The source of sugar is not only sugar cane, but also sugar beets. Since Dajin has sugar cane, maybe it also has sugar beets.
"Your Majesty, I have read in books that there is more than one kind of sugar-producing crop, and there is also a kind of sugar beet that can be grown in the north." Yun Huachun raised his head and said.
"The aristocratic family wants to get involved in the sugar business in the south because they want to get a piece of it and make more money. There are two places for the sugar. One is for the wealthy families to use for themselves, and the other is to be sold to foreign countries and flow to the private sector.
There are very few.”
"I am stupid and can't think of any good ideas. The sugar sold to foreign merchants leaves the port and is shipped thousands of miles away. I believe that if you master the port well, you can master the sugar business."
Control alone is not enough, and production must be expanded. "Things are rare and expensive. The price of white sugar is high now, and it will naturally fall after the production increases. There is also the tax on sugar! The reason why Shijia makes sugar is that sugar is high-profit. If the tax is raised, the profit will be
The profit is less, and there are fewer people to grow it. I feel that it is better for your majesty to make the sugar if it is made by a family. I will send special officials to take care of it, and let the family get involved," Yun Huachun said.
The eldest grandson's eyes lit up when he heard this, "How to get the aristocratic family to intervene?"
Yun Huachun immediately thought of a public-private partnership, with the public being the eldest grandson and the private being the aristocratic family.
"After Your Majesty took control of the port and raised the sugar tax, the aristocratic families naturally complained. Your Majesty, why not open some large sugar factories next to the sugar cane fields in the south, and let the aristocratic families contribute a few cents to set up factories and profit from them."
Yun Huachun talked endlessly. In addition to setting up his own sugar factory, he should also control the number of private sugar factories. Everyone thinks that growing sugar cane is profitable, so they all go to grow sugar cane. Who will grow food then?
It’s not enough to just buy it. There have been many natural disasters in Jin Dynasty in recent years. This is because the grain harvest has doubled, and fewer people have died of starvation. If grain is not grown in the south, something unexpected will happen.
It is unknown how many people will starve to death due to natural disasters.
Yun Huachun was thinking and talking, recounting the various situations he had seen and his worries about the future.
The productivity of the Jin Dynasty was originally backward, and agriculture mainly relied on the people in the fields.
Although windmills can replace the original human and animal power to grind grain, farming is still inseparable from them.
When Yun Huachun missed the mechanization of later generations, he looked at his eldest grandson Chen Chen and said, "Your Majesty, if you want the people to have food and clothing without worries, in addition to increasing grain production, you also need to allow the people to use better agricultural tools. A good horse with a good saddle will do the trick.
If the war is favorable, the farmer will be able to plant good land by using good farm tools."
Yun Huachun dared to say that he was the most experienced in farming in the entire court. He had farmed before Chuan came here, and he also farmed after Chuan came here.
In Yun Huachun's view, the farm tools used by ordinary people are not very good. Most people cannot afford good iron tools. Even if they save money and grit their teeth to buy them, the quality is not good.
Yun Huachun felt that since Jin's forging technology had been reformed and could supply weapons for the army, it could now naturally supply iron tools for ordinary people.
If you want iron weapons, you need the support of Changsun Xian.
The power of iron is in the hands of the officials, and allowing the people to use cheap iron tools requires the approval of the officials.
Having said this, Yun Huachun looked back on the road he had traveled and the books he had read.
Thinking about why the ancestors of the reform always failed...
Because the change of a society not only requires people's hearts and laws, but also requires progress in all aspects. With the current vision and world, this cannot be achieved, so they have failed one after another.
If you take too big a step, it will not work, and problems will arise in all aspects later.
Yun Huachun feels that he has his own share of responsibility for the current situation in Dajin.
Chapter completed!