"This road is the road to wealth, but the road is long and extremely difficult. The navy will invest one-third of its strength every year to patrol and guard along this circular sea road in sections. The first is to protect this road to wealth.
, the second is to train the team. I have to say that after this trip, even a tough guy will lose his skin. The navy fleet that has experienced on this road will dare to go up and kill it when the Dragon King comes."
Zeng Baohua became more and more mysterious as he spoke. Zhao Si waved his hand to stop him, then turned to ask everyone.
"Gentlemen, do you have any opinions on what Mao Ming just said?"
The elders of the cabinet were silent. Zhang Shuye, Changsun Moli and others knew these practical matters by heart. Zongze, Guo Yong and Liu Ji could understand most of them, but the Xie Ke family found it very difficult to listen.
Since it is very difficult to understand it, it is even more difficult to refute it with arguments.
Not hearing any rebuttal, Zhao Si signaled Zeng Baohua to continue.
"The third item of the Yingzhou expansion project is very long-term. The three agricultural treasures that His Majesty highly praised previously, corn, potatoes, and sweet potatoes, greatly eased the food pressure of the Song Dynasty. Especially in the drought-stricken northwest, this
It can be said that the three treasures have been put to great use. The explorers who discovered these three objects have made countless merits. Of course, they and their families are also enjoying the huge dividends brought by these three objects."
Seeing that a few pavilion elders including the Xie Ke family did not understand this bonus very well, Zeng Baohua explained it a little bit.
"According to the "General Laws of Patents" in the Civil Code of the Song Dynasty, the explorers who are recognized as the discoverers of these three objects, as well as the family members of the deceased, enjoy the derivative profits of these three objects. Every year, the Ministry of Planning will make an annual report based on these three objects.
The output is calculated based on the annual land tax deduction, and a patent fee is settled from the treasury tax and distributed to these people. The amount is not much, on average each person can get about 10,000 yuan, and can always be divided into 25 yuan.
Years. If you do the math, you can roughly divide it into about fifteen years."
Ten thousand yuan is equivalent to two thousand yuan in the past. It is almost the annual salary of a magistrate. It is not much to receive it directly for twenty-five years? The Xie Ke family looks like a red robe, round like a newly introduced tomato in Yingzhou.
Zeng Baohua, I really want to spit in his face.
"In the past few years, we have discovered tobacco, cocoa, and tomatoes in Yingzhou..." When he said this, Zeng Baohua found that everyone looked at him with something wrong. Although he was very puzzled, he couldn't care about it for the moment.
Go on.
"...several crops such as peppers, especially tobacco, were processed into shredded tobacco and then made into cigarettes under His Majesty's instructions. They are now very popular at home and abroad. The State Administration of Taxation is formulating a special tobacco tax covering the Song Dynasty.
Domestic sales and exports will soon become one of the sources of national treasury."
As Minister of Planning, Zeng Baohua was very good at making money. Tobacco tax was a measure he thought of when he saw the popularity of the first batch of cigarettes.
"Tobacco is currently grown in Central, Southern Yingzhou, Luzon, Lianghu, Yunling and Central Guizhou. Except for Yingzhou, which employs local survivors, the rest are grown on the farms of the agricultural reclamation troops."
"After three years of experiments, we found that tobacco is a good economic crop that can help people in the remote mountainous areas of Lianghu, Yunling and Zhonggui earn a lot of income. This also solved a big problem for us. In the southwestern mountainous areas
, try our best to use the three treasures of agriculture and other improved varieties to ensure that local people do not go hungry, which is barely possible. But it is really difficult to allow them to obtain additional income."
"The experimental planting of tobacco has opened a new window for us to adapt it to local cash crops and serve as an important source of increasing people's income. Now the Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry and the Institute of Agricultural Sciences, together with the three counties of Hunan, Yunling, and Qianzhong,
, applied to the Ministry of Planning for four cash crop promotion projects, mainly focusing on pepper, cocoa and other Yingzhou improved varieties, and trial planting in the mountains of Sanjun..."
"This is the third important task of exploring Yingzhou, to find unique and excellent crop varieties, first cultivate and screen them locally, then introduce them back to the mainland, continue to select, and contribute to the agriculture and animal husbandry of the Song Dynasty..."
After Zeng Baohua finished speaking, Zhao seemed to see the look of giving up on the faces of the Xie Ke family, Zong Ze and others. They had given up the idea of opposition. Although these measures were grand and costly, they were all well-founded and based on sufficient
Based on discussion and deduction, it is effective and the results can be seen.
Compared with the many reform measures that Wang Jinggong came up with after patting his head, it is much more practical. What's more, when he implements these measures, his execution is not as strong as usual, and he monitors them at any time, provides timely feedback, and corrects any mistakes.
The new law implemented by Wang Jinggong in a hurry has poor execution, deceives the top and conceals the truth from the top, has policies from the top, and has countermeasures from the bottom, and the feedback channels are blocked... There are a lot of shortcomings, so the reform will change from benefiting the people to harming the people. It has no effect at all.
Fabi.
After waiting for a while, without hearing anyone's voice, Zhao Si spoke.
"Yingzhou is a good place. According to the current survey data, northern Yingzhou is vast and fertile. Central and southern Yingzhou has a diverse climate and rich products. Although there are local indigenous people, preliminary statistics indicate that there are about five million people, but they are not enough
They are troublesome. Our expedition team has fought against them, and they don’t even have bronzes, let alone horses. How can they fight with us!"
"However, we in the Song Dynasty are different from other barbarians. Our country is benevolent and virtuous, and it is about giving both kindness and power. After joint investigation and research by the Institute of Geography of Gewuyuan, the Institute of History, and the Institute of Humanities of Hongwenyuan, we have found out from the perspective of race, skin color, language, and many customs and habits
, preliminary judgment shows that these Yingzhou natives are the remnants of the Xia and Shang dynasties who migrated there."
Zhao Si said yes, do you need evidence? There will definitely be more and more in the future, and this conclusion will become more and more conclusive.
"As descendants of Yan, Huang, Yao, Shun, and Yu, we have the responsibility and obligation to lead them out of ignorance and barbarism. Therefore, Yingzhou is the future of the Song Dynasty, and its exploration and development will continue until the land is filled with
Flying the Phoenix Nirvana flag of the Song Dynasty..."
Zhao Si's words were the final word, and the Xie Ke family and others no longer had any objections - the officials communicated with everyone so candidly, and if you are still entangled, it is not the way to be a minister.
Seeing that no one had any objections, Zhao Si started the next agenda.
"Speaking of exploring eastward, Mr. Zhang, gentlemen, have you all read the report on the situation in Korea in the east?"
"In reply to Your Majesty, we have read the report..." Zhang Shuye replied, and was about to continue, but was stopped by Zhao Si.
"Shutong, go and invite Bago and the others."
Following Zhao Si's instructions, Yu Wenxuzhong invited Zhao Ting, Zhao Kuo, Zhao Lian and Zhao Geng.
"Come quickly and meet all the gentlemen." Zhao Si said to the four princes.
"I have met all of you gentlemen."
The four people in the Zhao court greeted each other respectfully. The elders of the cabinet would go to the main hall to attend the banquet during the holidays, and they all knew each other.
"I have met the four princes." Zhang Shuye brought all the ministers to greet them.
After greeting each other, Zhao Si signaled for four more seats.
Yu Huatian, who was standing on the left, took two chamberlains and brought four stools, lined up in a row, and placed them on one side of the venue. Before they could leave, Liang Shicheng, who was standing on Zhao Si's right, came over quietly.
, picked up a stool with his right hand.
Liang Shicheng's actions shocked everyone. What did he want to do?
