Chapter 98 Keeping pace with the times
The Ming Dynasty in the seventh year of China was the best time and the worst time for farmers.
During this year, the Ming Dynasty was still in good weather and a year of maturity in grain production.
Taking Huainan as an example, the amount of grain stored by ordinary farmers is enough for three years to eat, which is unprecedented.
There is no need to rely on the price of grain in the year of maturity. Farmers around the world have never imagined that the price of grain in the year of maturity will be beneficial to them, and only hope that the price of grain will rebound after the autumn harvest.
What they don't know, however, is that this year's food prices may be the highest in the next decade.
With the tireless innovation of the officials of Sinong Temple, these three high-yield crops have completely adapted to the land of the Ming Dynasty. The high yield and stability are unheard of in history books.
Since the Ming army left the Ming territory and fought everywhere, the officials of the Sinong Temple mixed in the army would transport them back to the Ming Dynasty as soon as they saw valuable plants and handed them to a dedicated person to carefully cultivate them.
Therefore, the number of crops on the land of the Ming Dynasty was far greater than that of all dynasties.
In the past, after the scarce meat gluttons in the Ming Dynasty were subdued, the barbarians on the grassland also entered the Central Plains on a large scale. The regulations that were written into the law that were not allowed to eat beef were abolished early.
Every morning, a large number of cattle and sheep enter the pass, especially Taiyuan Prefecture, which has become a city of cattle and sheep.
Since a person from Yushan Academy Research Institute further developed the saltpeter ice making technology, some huge fishing boats can carry a large amount of ice tiles into the deep sea to fish. For a time, dried seafood from the south also entered the Central Plains.
When food from all over the world poured into the Ming Dynasty, and the side food was extremely abundant? The food price that had been constant for thousands of years finally began to collapse.
The farmers knew nothing about this...
They are also actively working hard to produce large quantities of food... They simply believe that there will be too many foods to eat for a day.
What they didn't know was that when the beef and mutton from the north entered the Central Plains, there was basically no cost, because the people responsible for grazing were basically so-called prisoners of war, and slaves.
When the seafood dried seafood from the south entered the Central Plains, there was basically no cost, because the people responsible for fishing at sea were all slaves.
Farmers have food in their hands? They just don’t have money. Even eggs that were in short supply in the past? Because of breakthroughs in breeding technology, large-scale breeding plants began to appear, and prices were plummeting.
The seventh year of China is a year when the whole nation produces food.
The Chinese people have always been hardworking. As long as those in power give them a safe environment? Give them a relatively fair environment? They can take good care of themselves.
Long ago, Yun Zhao knew that the best social system had only five requirements, namely, not allowing rich people to gain power, not allowing powerful people to be rampant, not allowing powerful people to be corrupt? Not allowing hard-working people to suffer poverty, and not allowing law-abiding people to be injured.
This is the highest goal of the social system? But now? The Ming Dynasty is still far from this goal.
If the farmers cannot take the train of rapid economic development in the Ming Dynasty this time, in the future, they will never catch up.
As the emperor? Yun Zhao should have lived a life of singing and dancing to peace at this time? Because the world has long been pacified, the people can already have enough food. The remaining wealth and poverty depend entirely on the people's personal abilities, so he, the emperor, doesn't have to worry about it.
But this won't work!
The gap between people is sometimes even bigger than the gap between people and pigs.
If the society is allowed to continue to develop freely, the strong will take away everything, and the weak will have nothing, and this result will definitely occur. If the country does not arrange it at this time, it will not be a dream for the Ming Dynasty to eventually return to the slave society.
"All things related to food entering the Ming Dynasty will be subject to a five-fold tax rate according to port import practices. No exceptions or delays are allowed!"
"Wine shops that use local grains in the Ming Dynasty to make wines reduce the tax rate by 20%. The Minister of State's Government has formulated reasonable guidance prices based on the current wine prices to increase local grain prices as their guiding opinions.
At the same time, we should actively support the secondary development of local grain crops such as wheat, rice, minced, grain, corn, sweet potatoes, potatoes, etc. Whether it is to reduce commercial taxes or financial support, it must be dominated by increasing farmers' income, otherwise, severe punishment will not be carried out."
"All officials in the Ming system should be proud of using and eating local crops in the Ming Dynasty, quickly cultivate the habit of using and eating local crops in the Ming Dynasty, and consistently follow the trend."
"Whether local construction projects that are about to be carried out in various places and are ongoing, priority must be given to local villagers, and large quantities of slaves are not allowed, except for projects that are dangerous, difficult and critical to the safety of people's lives."
"Actively guide farmers to break away from land production and support farmers in economic creation, this item will be evaluated by the Officials and the Office."
"Any farmers who actively get rich and have achieved results should focus on promoting and rewarding them. I will not hesitate to drink with them."
"all……"
Yun Zhao promulgated a total of ten such decrees to take care of farmers... called "Ten Farmers".
Most of the people who are capable of driving slaves to grazing on the grasslands in the north are military, mainly army.
Most of the people who are capable of driving slaves to farm, farming, and fishing at sea are military, mainly naval.
Most of the people who have the ability to transport a large amount of food from Nanyang at extremely low prices were military, mainly expeditionary forces.
To this end, Yun Zhao wrote a letter to the generals in the army, hoping that they could understand the purpose of his doing so. At the same time, he warned the military that the first goal should be to fight and guard, and that he should not focus more on doing business.
At home, the army is not allowed to do business. From now on, except for some necessary commercial banks, no new commercial banks are allowed. This article will be included in the supervision of the Ministry of Supervision. If it is violated, the emperor will not plead for them to Hanlingshan and have little money as before.
Now, it is the time when Yun Zhao's power is at its highest. Whether it is the local or military, it is also implemented immediately after receiving the order of His Majesty the Emperor. However, the fastest person in implementing this strategy is Qian Duoduo.
Under Qian Duoduo's urging, after using the grain storage, Tianxia Winery quickly began to purchase a large amount of grain to make wine.
Yun Zhao chose a day of rest and invited the big guys in Yanjing to come for dinner. It was better to convince them than to convince anyone.
When Zhang Guozhu heard that he came to have a meal, he thought that Yun Zhao was cooking by himself. When he came to see it, he found that the chef was busy, so he swallowed his stomach with the words he was about to give advice.
When Yun Zhao was not the emperor in the past, cooking some food for everyone was a good thing. Now, if the emperor cooks again, it would be called not doing his job properly. Cooking a meal will not only not win people's hearts, but will also wipe out the emperor's majesty.
Today, everyone eats all the grains.
The focus is potatoes, corn...
The first dish is fry fries! served with tomato sauce.
This thing is nothing to Zhang Guozhu and others who have been tired of eating delicacies in the mountains and seas. After eating a few bites to give the emperor a little face, he asked the emperor about the purpose of making this dish.
"You should eat more in the future!"
Yun Zhao took another French fries and ate them with some tomato sauce. After putting too much sugar in the tomato sauce, Yun Zhao shook his head and expressed his dissatisfaction.
"Develop a way to quickly consume potatoes and tomatoes for the people who grow potatoes and tomatoes. After you go back, you must find a way to get similar foods and promote them."
“We’re very busy.”
Zhang Guozhu flatly refused, but he still thought it would be better to perform his duties.
Yun Zhao took a bite of corn crisps and said lazily: "We need to adjust our mindset."
Han Lingshan said: "How to adjust?"
Yun Zhao sighed and said, "Return to the mentality of the former kings in governing the world."
Qian Shaoshao was silent for a moment, then opened his mouth and chanted: "The holy king is above, but the people who are not freezing and hungry cannot farm and eat them, or weave them and clothes them, so as to open up their ways to make money.
Therefore, Yao and Yu had nine years of water and seven years of soup. If the country was destroyed and the country was destroyed, the number of livestock was accumulated and prepared was prepared.
Now the country is one, and the people of the land do not avoid Tang. Yu, and the natural disasters have caused the floods and droughts and the accumulation of animals has not been reached. Why?
The land has its own benefits, and the people have spare energy. The soil that produces grain has not been fully cultivated, the benefits of mountains and lakes have not been fully produced, and the people who eat have not been fully completed have returned to farming..."
Everyone listened to Qian Shaoshao recited Chao Cuo's "On the Remarks of Reputation of Miscellaneous Swords", and looked at Qian Shaoshao like idiots. They did not expect Qian Shaoshao to actually use the opinions of the Han Dynasty to explain the current government affairs of the Ming Dynasty.
This made Qian Shaoshao feel a little embarrassed. After reciting the first paragraph casually, the sound became smaller and it was finally unheard...
"Do you have a good memory? In the paragraph you just recited, at least two words were missed. There are three errors in the sentence, and at least seven places where the sound level and tone are incorrect...
Who would you, a person outside of thirty, give you the courage to recite ancient Chinese in front of us and use this shitty truth to persuade us?"
"Do you know that the most important argument Chao Cuo put forward when he wrote this article was to emphasize agriculture and suppress commerce?"
"Do you know that the commercial tax in the Ming Dynasty now accounts for more than 60% of the tax, which is almost comparable to the Northern Song Dynasty? What does it mean to emphasize agriculture and suppress commerce at this time? Are you going to return to ancient times or to erase all our previous efforts?"
Xu Wuxiang first curled his lips disdainfully, and then began to comment on how Qian Shaoshao was ignorant.
Seeing that the money was about to be attacked by others, Yun Zhao waved his hand and said, "What I mean is that when the former kings governed the world, they focused on guidance, not governance.
In the future, we will make some changes in our governance methods, from governance to guidance and finally to serving the people.
In other words, we must position ourselves in the position of a guide and service provider in the future, rather than a referee and supervisor.
This is what I want to tell you.”
Chapter completed!