The appearance of the kangaroo really caused a shock. In addition to the princes and princesses who loved it very much, even the concubines in the harem also wanted to see the novelty.
Therefore, Taipu Temple has become very popular in recent days, and even some ministers of the state have taken the time to come over and have a look.
Time passes and enters the winter month of the fifth year of Zhenguan.
This year's winter is extremely cold, not a warm winter. But the colder it is, the happier the people are. They think that the colder the winter, the fewer pests will be in the coming year. Moreover, once the coldest period is over, the temperature in the coming year will not be erratic.
, conducive to the growth of crops.
Political Hall.
Dai Wei, Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, is reporting on the autumn harvest situation in various places.
"More than 20 prefectures in Guanzhong received a total of 1.5 million shi, including 40% of wheat, 20% of early rice, 30% of millet, and 10% of beans, fruits and seasonal vegetables. The total amount of the Bashu prefectures was more than 4 million shi. Hedong Road 200
Two hundred thousand shi, Henan Road 1.9 million shi, Hebei Road 1.5 million shi, Huainan Road and Jiangnan Road total 3.1 million shi, and the remaining Bianzhou...
Excluding the salaries of the officials, those supported by the palace, and used by the various guards and troops, the warehouses in Guanzhong are already about 70% full."
Due to the disaster, Guanzhong, Henan Road, Hedong Road, and Hebei Road, these grain-producing areas need to resume production. The court has been reducing taxes to reduce the pressure on the people, so not much grain has been collected. As for Bashu, Huainan, and Jiangnan
In the three places, there have not been many disasters, so production has been normal.
If the fourth year of Zhenguan is healing, then the fifth year of Zhenguan is recovery. In addition, a series of agricultural development influences such as soil fertilizers, early rice and late rice, winter wheat, and Quyuan plow finally began to ferment in the local area, and then there was a bumper harvest.
's grand scene.
"Good, sir, it's really hard for you to spend a lot of time calculating." Li Zhiyun nodded.
Dai Wei said respectfully: "This is a matter within the scope of my duties. I dare not comment on my merits. In addition, this is a food table for various places jointly drawn up by me and everyone from the Ministry of Civil Affairs. Your Majesty, please take a look at it."
He took out a memorial from his sleeve and handed it to Gao Liangzhong, who then handed it to His Majesty the Emperor.
The table is drawn very clearly, and at a glance you can know the amount of grain harvest in those places and the classification of grain. In addition, there is another detailed table, which draws the situation of each state in quite detail.
After reading it, Li Zhiyun handed it to Gao Liangzhong.
"Send it to be filed."
"As commanded."
Immediately afterwards, Li Jing, Minister of the Ministry of War, came out and said: "Your Majesty, the number of livestock tribute from the grassland tribes this year is as follows. Huyan Dudu Mansion: 200,000 sheep, 210,000 cattle, and more than 70,000 horses."
The Central Governor's Mansion has 320,000 sheep, 100,000 cattle, and 65,000 horses. The Sangqian Governor's Mansion has 110,000 sheep..."
The tributes on the grassland are more severe, mainly because the Tang Dynasty squeezed them so much. However, they did not pay tribute so much at once, but paid tribute in quarters. In addition, these are the tribute livestock of the tribes around the major governors.
The total amount is not the amount of tribute paid by a single tribe. If divided equally, a tribe would have to pay tribute of about 5,000 livestock at least.
Is it bloody?
Of course it was bloody for the grassland people. After all, no Central Plains dynasty had ever demanded such heavy tributes and taxes. Many grassland tribes felt that they were still serving the Turks, but their names were changed to the Tang Dynasty.
But on the other hand, if the Tang Dynasty had not sucked the blood of the grassland, it would have taken at least three or four years for the Tang Dynasty to get out of the disaster quagmire. And it was precisely because of the blood of the grassland that the Tang Dynasty recovered in the fifth year of Zhenguan.
It's almost done.
In the next hour or so, Li Zhiyun, the ministers of the political affairs hall, and the six ministers worked on one thing.
Settle accounts.
How much is the income, how much is the expenditure, how much is the budget for next year, how much is left, and how much can be saved.
Although these materials seem to be a lot, when broken down, they are actually not enough. It can only be said that they are much better than in the early years of Zhenguan, at least there is a surplus. For example, the cattle tribute on the grassland are basically
They were leased free of charge by the imperial court to the people for farming. The sheep were harvested for their wool and then fed to the soldiers.
War horses, not to mention, supply the army.
Only when the warehouses in Guanzhong are full and the food becomes worthless will it mean that life will be rich.
While the imperial court was calculating the world's grain harvest, Han Yuan, the magistrate of Fengyang County in Shangzhou, was also calculating the county's annual grain output income one by one.
As the first in the imperial examination in the third year of Zhenguan, he studied for one year in the Six Departments, and then was transferred to Fengyang, Shangzhou, as the county magistrate. At the age of twenty-five, it was already good for him to serve as a county magistrate. Although Shangzhou was not something
Fuzhou, but after all, it is adjacent to Gyeonggi Province, so it is different from other prefectures and counties.
Naturally, the time required to calculate grain in one county is not as long as that of the entire world. It took Han Yuan more than an hour to calculate it.
He found that although the proportion of millet's income was still over 60%, the proportions of wheat and rice, two crops promoted by the imperial court, were also rising rapidly. In addition, the grain harvest per acre was also increasing than before.
Quite a bit, on average, the income increased by about one stone per mu. The worst and most barren fields also increased the income by more than 20 kilograms.
Such achievements far exceed Fengyang’s previous grain income.
"The curved shaft plow and soil fertilizer." He sighed with emotion: "It's really amazing. Just these two things actually allowed the people to harvest more food."
What he didn't mention was that the cattle sent by the imperial court provided free labor force to the people, which was also an important reason for the good harvest. After all, not every household had a cow.
In addition, there are also waterwheel equipment taught here by the imperial court, with the help of which the people can better irrigate their fields.
The county magistrate said: "Not only that, the soil fertilizer also has the effect of fertilizing the fields, and the soil fertility will not decrease because of this year's bumper harvest."
"Yes, this is all thanks to His Majesty's great blessing." Having said this, Han Yuan smiled slightly and continued: "If there is an opportunity in the coming year, I will ask the governor to get a pedal-operated wooden thresher for this county.
It can greatly increase the threshing speed and is now popular in Guanzhong."
"That's very good." The county magistrate smiled.
Immediately afterwards, Han Yuan asked again: "Is the county warehouse full?"
"Return to the county magistrate, only 60%."
"Sixty percent." Han Yuan nodded and said, "Don't be in a hurry, just take your time. Fengyang is a small place with few people, so we don't have to be impatient. As long as the people live and work in peace and contentment, and diligently serve farmers and mulberry trees, it will be a good thing."
"Yes." Everyone said in unison.
At this moment, the chief clerk walked into the lobby.
"County magistrate, those wild monks from Fengshan are here again!"
"Where are they?" Han Yuan suddenly stood up and asked, "Did you catch their heels?"
“At the west peak of Fengshan Mountain!”
"Okay, order Sun County Lieutenant to lead people to arrest them immediately!"
"yes."
After the chief clerk left, Han Yuan said to everyone: "Your Majesty has already agreed with the Taishi Order Fu Gong to "please remove the Buddhist teachings". If any of my Fengyang people meet their children to follow the Buddha, they will be ordered not to do so."
"yes."
Han Yuan originally had a general impression of Buddhism, but since he came to power in the local area, he has been very opposed to people serving Buddhism, especially people becoming monks. Because the temple occupies acres of land and does not cultivate, but has to rely on the people to support themselves. Isn't this increasing the burden on the people?
!
He thought more than once, if this continues and the temples occupy more and more land, won't they become local tyrants and prey on the common people?
We must crack down hard!
After receiving the order, Fengyang County Lieutenant immediately followed the road with his men to find out the situation, and then captured all the unproductive monks and put them in the county jail.
Since the emperor agreed to Fu Yi's "Requesting the Removal of Buddhist Teachings", local temples have long been demolished and the monks have been deported to secular life.
This kind of thing right now is naturally not tolerated by Han Yuan.