Chapter three hundred and thirty-eight three things in the court
Ye An planned to part ways with Wang Zhen after leaving Daqing Gate. Who would really invite him to drink?
In this way, Wang Zhen owed him a favor. He received a lot of praise from Liu E for cleaning up Wuyou Cave, but he did not mention it to himself.
Although he didn't care about those things, it can be seen that the old man took most of the credit, and at most he only mentioned himself in the notes.
Ye An didn't want to get involved in official affairs, but it didn't mean that he didn't know about it. Because of his different knowledge, in the era of information explosion, Ye An's massive amount of news every day was not comparable to the officialdom of the Song Dynasty.
So he was not angry, or even had too many thoughts. He just felt that Wang Zhen was not suitable for being in official circles.
He must have the ability, but his will is not firm. Although he has taken refuge in Lu Yijian, he is afraid of offending Wang Zeng and is timid.
You must know that the term "partisanship against dissent" is a bloody truth. Either you are a friend or an enemy. If you are an enemy, you will attack without hesitation! This is the true face of party struggle.
The Kaifeng Mansion sent him a lot of "earth rituals" in Wang Zhen's personal name. Ye An still gave Wang Zhen a final warning before leaving, which can be regarded as fulfilling his responsibilities as a junior.
"Parties are united in defeating different parties, and the two husbands are at odds with each other. If you hesitate at this time, there is really no way out. Your people will doubt your loyalty, and your enemies will doubt your character, even if you are the husband of the Song Dynasty. , you must also dare to "show your sword", your value lies here."
The curtain of the carriage swayed, but was not opened in the end. Watching the carriage go away, Ye An jumped on his own ox cart. Tieniu was doing well today. He kept up with the team and didn't let himself search for too long.
A newly married person naturally has the biggest wife in the world. However, when Ye An was about to go find his wife, the bullock cart was stopped by: "Ye Hou, can we talk to you on the street?"
Who are you talking to on the street? Ye An refused without thinking: "No time!......Fan Shaoqing? Tieniu stops the car!"
Tieniu, who stopped just after starting, was very unhappy. He finally made an appointment with his third uncle for a drink today. He sent the young man to his wife earlier so that he could go back for a drink earlier!
I didn't dare to stare at Fan Ziyuan, so I could only stare at his handlebar style. Looking up and down, I felt that nothing was pleasing to my eyes...
Both were colleagues in Sinong Temple. Ye An and Fan Ziyuan crossed their arms and saluted. At this time, Fan Ziyuan was not at all arrogant and difficult as when they met in Sinong Temple. Instead, he looked serious and peaceful: "Ye Hou is both versatile. Now that I am in charge of discussing the annual currency with the Liao envoy, can I forget about the promotion of potatoes and sweet potatoes?"
Unexpectedly, Fan Ziyuan came up to remind him of Sinong Temple's mission. Ye An looked at him curiously and said: "How can we forget when we have the emperor's orders? The promotion of potatoes and sweet potatoes will not be carried out until the spring of next year. Fan Shaoqing, please rest a moment." Don't be impatient."
Looking at Ye An's serious tone, Fan Ziyuan said: "No, potatoes are not suitable for planting in winter, but sweet potatoes grow well in the official fields of Sinong Temple. The earlier we promote it, the earlier we will benefit the people. Please Ye Hou." Don’t slack off...if Ye Hou is willing, Fan can help, without taking credit or competing..."
Fan Ziyuan's tone was quite sincere, but Ye An interrupted him: "I, Ye An, will not take credit from others for my work, nor am I worried that others will take credit from me. But have you ever thought about how Guan Tianzhong of Sinong Temple can do it?" If sweet potatoes are grown in the middle of winter, can they also be grown in ordinary people’s fields?”
The sudden question made Fan Ziyuan slightly stunned, and then he frowned and said: "The official land of Sinong Temple is the best in the suburbs of Tokyo besides the royal land, and it is taken care of all year round. As for the private land, this...
…Fan really doesn’t know.”
Ye An smiled: "Blessings are where disasters depend, and misfortunes are where disasters lie. This is not talking about the relationship between misfortunes and blessings. On the contrary, it is telling us that no one knows the outcome until the end... So you
What needs to be done now is to collect more examples!”
"Collect examples?!" Fan Ziyuan looked at Ye An in confusion, not understanding what he was talking about at all.
Ye An sighed: "Farming is the foundation of the country, and the things in the land are the lifeblood of the farmers. You should know this better than me. You only got the results of planting in the official fields of Sinong Temple, but you don't know that in other lands
What results will be obtained.
I don’t know whether this result is good or bad for farmers. Even if we know the result, what will happen? Do you know what kind of impact the promotion of potatoes and sweet potatoes will have on the market, on grain merchants, on people in the north and people in the south?
Not to mention there are other ancillary industries.”
Once advanced ideas appear, they will break people's rigid thinking. Maybe it's just a simple sentence, maybe it's just a simple truth, but after crossing that threshold, people will find that they are just in a small world.
I have been wandering around in this circle for a long time. Only when I stepped out of this circle did I realize how big the outside world is!
The benefits of being a scholar-type official were immediately reflected in Fan Ziyuan. After being shocked for a long time, he bowed and said: "Please give me some advice from Ye Hou!"
Ye An glanced at the sun and sighed: "There may be a lot of things I want to say, and you may not understand some of them at all. You can't just calculate political accounts and not economic accounts. To give the simplest example, if we start next year
If we promote potatoes and sweet potatoes, will the emergence of these two extremely high-yielding grains affect people's cultivation? Will there be less planting of rice and wheat? Wouldn't this increase the prices of rice and wheat?"
Fan Ziyuan was obviously prepared for this issue: "This is natural, but potatoes and sweet potatoes taste good, can be eaten as food, and can be used as food. Everyone can eat them, so what if they give up rice and wheat?"
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Heaving a sigh of relief, Ye An looked at Fan Ziyuan as if he were a fool. Oh my god! He is also an ideal scholar-bureaucrat. People might call him cute like this. Sometimes he is so stupid that he is pitiful. Call him pitiful. He
He also has a heart for the country and the people.
"How about eating potatoes and sweet potatoes for three meals a day? One or two months is not a problem, but what about one or two years? What about five or ten years? What about ten years or decades?!
It's true that you can survive, but your appetite can't stand it! Why can people eat rice and noodles all the time, and eat them with vegetables? Because they are bland, easy to absorb, and easy to digest, but they eat too many potatoes and sweet potatoes...
Forget it, you don’t know, and have you ever thought about what the world’s wine is made from? Let me tell you that potatoes and sweet potatoes are not suitable for wine making, at least not now. Do you think that the rice and noodles that are not much are being used again?
What will happen to the price of this wine after it is used to make wine?
You don’t think about anything, just want to quickly promote potatoes and sweet potatoes. The country has not yet been able to fully accept these two high-yield foods. If you want to completely promote potatoes and sweet potatoes, it will take at least three years, and
We must also be extremely careful not to affect the market of our Song Dynasty!"
Fan Ziyuan was really shocked this time. He was impressed by Ye An's thorough and detailed analysis, and once again bowed deeply to Ye An: "Ye Hou is really talented!"
After listening to Ye An's long speech, he was enlightened and suddenly enlightened. He had no idea that the impact of promotion would be so far-reaching. Before, he was only thinking about promoting potatoes and sweet potatoes, which would solve the food problem of the Song Dynasty in one step.
But now it seems that it is me who is Meng Lang. On the contrary, Ye An is so organized and step-by-step is the most correct way.
Ye An waved his hands and sat down on the car's shaft with a smile: "I'm not a great talent, you are! I can only tell you the problems I see, but you are the one who needs to solve these problems.
The sage asked me to promote the promotion of potatoes and sweet potatoes, so he gave me the official position of Shaoqing of Sinong Temple. You have been in Sinong Temple for many years, and you are experienced enough to beat me. I will give you a summary. As for
How you implement it is your business, so the promotion of potatoes and sweet potatoes next year is just the first step, but the success of this first step depends on you!"
At this time, Fan Ziyuan was truly moved by Ye An's words, and he finally confirmed that Ye An, like him, was a person who could do practical things and was willing to do practical things.
The bullock cart slowly left, but Fan Ziyuan was very excited. It was finally time for him to show his ambition, but soon he would laugh at his ambition...