Nowadays, the Xumi Fantasy World is no longer deserted. It has been built by Lao Zhu into his daily office space. Even in Lao Zhu's vision, the entire six ministries of the imperial court, the Duchayuan, Dali Temple, etc. will all be here in the future.
The central management organization will all move in.
After all, one day can be used as three days here. Lao Zhu must think that it is quite cost-effective to use one day as three days and only pay one day's salary.
Of course, as the court becomes richer and richer, Lao Zhu will no longer be so stingy and only focus on those three walnuts and two dates.
But the extra time is real. For central institutions such as the imperial court with complicated affairs, sometimes time represents life.
If some reports could have been dealt with one day earlier, it would have been possible to save countless lives.
Of course, the relocation of these institutions is only in the plan and has not been implemented. Now there are only two departments that have actually entered the Xumi Fantasy Realm with Zhu Yuanzhang.
Hanlin Academy and Academy of Sciences.
The Hanlin Academy is now used by Lao Zhu as a secretarial agency. The Ming Dynasty later formed a customized cabinet system. Although Lao Zhu has not copied it yet, he has consciously used it to limit the power of the prime minister.
Those who can enter the Hanlin Academy are all top-notch talents selected from across the country, all are newcomers, and all are high-spirited people.
These people do not have high official positions. They are at best low-level officials of the sixth or seventh grade, and they have no right to arbitrarily decide on government affairs.
But they have the right to rebut.
Now all the reports from the imperial court must be summarized to the Hanlin Academy after being processed by the Right Prime Minister Li Shanchang. The three Hanlin Academy selected by Zhu Yuanzhang personally during the period will lead the crowd to summarize, discuss, and approve again.
This is both learning and experience.
Important documents, or reports on disagreements between the Hanlin Academy and the prime minister, were also handed over to the emperor for his inspection.
Since then, the power of the prime minister has been greatly weakened, and because the Hanlin Academy is updated very quickly, those who show their talents will be released to serve as officials after a few years of experience, and they will not lose their tail.
Zhu Biao felt that this system was quite good.
Compared with the esoteric nature of the Hanlin Academy, the Academy of Sciences appears to be more pure.
This is an institution that studies various technologies.
At the end of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang saw with his own eyes the power of technology, artillery, firearms, steel smelting, sugar production, and salt production. After these technologies were introduced into the early Ming Dynasty, they played a huge role in making this country trampled by the nomadic people.
The devastated rivers and mountains quickly recovered.
Moreover, the advanced weapons of the late Ming Dynasty also played a great role in the continuous use of troops on the frontiers in the previous few years.
In the original history, whether it was Gansu or Sichuan, or Mongolia in the north, or Yunnan in the south, there were still wars, and some places even used heavy troops.
It is precisely because of the use of matchlocks and Hongyi cannons that it was possible to level the four sides within a few years in advance and completely bring peace to the world.
Lao Zhu sees all this in his eyes, especially now that he has entered the late Qing Dynasty and seen the powerful ships and cannons of the foreigners with his own eyes, he has paid more and more attention to science and technology.
The fact that the Academy of Sciences can enter the Xumi Fantasy World together with the Hanlin Academy as a consulting organization fully illustrates this point.
Today, after Zhu Biao entered the Xumi Illusion Realm, he also turned into the Academy of Sciences immediately.
Under the guidance of his attendants, he quickly entered a farmland. An old man dressed as an old farmer was busy in the field, and he didn't even notice Zhu Biao coming in.
"Ahem!" The attendant coughed twice, which attracted the old man's attention.
"Ping'an has met His Highness!" When the old farmer stood up, Zhu Biao saw clearly that this was actually Taoist Ping'an from Gezao Mountain.
Now that he had taken off his Taoist uniform and put on peasant clothes, he almost didn't recognize him.
"Taoist Master Ping'an, what are you...!" Zhu Biao asked in confusion.
He remembered that although Zhu Yuanzhang forced people from the Sanshan Taoist Sect to join the Academy of Sciences and set a three-year restriction, his research was in the direction of spiritual power. Why did this person come here to do farm work?
"Your Highness, I am proficient in alchemy, so I naturally know how to handle herbs, and I have also studied farming in depth."
"When I was young, I studied with Mr. Wang Zhen and Wang for several years." Ping An saw Zhu Biao's doubts and couldn't help but explain with a smile.
Wang Zhen and Zhu Biao naturally knew that this was a famous agricultural expert in the Yuan Dynasty, and his agricultural books were widely circulated and played a huge role in the development of agriculture in later generations.
It is a pity that although this old gentleman lived a long life and almost lived to be a hundred years old, he passed away in the early years of Hongwu.
Zhu Biao has always felt that this was a pity. If the old man could wait for another two years for his spiritual energy to recover, he might be able to regain his second spring.
Zhu Biao sighed in his heart and then said: "You asked someone to report that you have made a major discovery. I came here specifically for this today!"
"Your Highness, please follow me!"
Ping An took Zhu Biao into the backyard, where rice was also grown.
However, the rice here is divided into many different areas, and each area is marked!
"Your Highness, please see, this is the experimental field done by the old Taoist."
"Every field here is a growing environment for rice under the same soil quality and different spiritual environments."
Zhu Biao glanced at it and could naturally see that there were indeed some slight differences in the rice.
But now the spiritual energy is too thin after all, so the gap does not seem to be big.
"Let's just tell the conclusion!" Zhu Biao said.
“The conclusion is that the richer the spiritual energy, the longer it takes for rice to mature and the lower the yield, but the better the quality!”
"There are even a very small number of rice varieties that will be upgraded!" Ping An said.
"What is promotion?" Zhu Biao heard this name for the first time.
Just like some talented people among humans can naturally open up the Qi Sea, some rice can also naturally transform into spiritual rice.
I call this phenomenon of changing the level of life upgrading.
"You mean you got the spiritual rice?" Zhu Biao's eyes lit up.
"Unfortunately, it's not!"
A trace of regret flashed in Ping An's eyes: "The root system of rice that has been upgraded in the natural environment will become more developed and its lifespan will be longer, but it will rarely produce ears again."
“Like these!”
Pingan pointed to the rice in the experimental field next to him and continued: "It looks exactly like ordinary rice, but in fact they have lived for four or five years. If my prediction is correct, they can continue to live. I am afraid that I will not see it in my lifetime."
Until they bear ears of corn.”
"Is it still rice?" Zhu Biao was speechless.
"What do you mean, if the spiritual energy continues to recover, not only will the Ming Empire not have a great harvest, but there may even be a food shortage?" Zhu Biao felt like he was subverting his three views.
"It's not that serious!"
"Because if you want all the rice to be transformed into spiritual rice, theoretically the spiritual energy environment required is too harsh and almost impossible to achieve."
"However, a reduction in rice production is inevitable."
"Your Highness, this matter is a pattern that I accidentally discovered. It is related to the national economy and people's livelihood. The old Taoist felt that it was of great importance, so he reported it immediately!" Ping An said respectfully.