Thanks to the fact that Kunning Palace is far away from each other, Gao Pragmatic and Liu Ping continued to talk about some matters regarding the recent personnel arrangements of Kunning Palace, and they still had time to talk about the 80,000 hectares of cultivated land in Nanyang.
As mentioned before, the area that Gao pragmatically designated as the so-called "80,000 hectares of cultivable land" is located in the southern part of Sumatra, roughly located in the South Sumatra and Lampung provinces of later Indonesia, accounting for nearly half of the main cultivated land area in these two provinces.
About. In addition, the area of cultivated land that the two provinces can provide to the emperor as an overseas imperial estate is also about the same, half and half.
Liu Ping did not mess around in vain during this period. He sent someone to inquire about the agricultural situation around the "Old Port Xuanweisi Old Land", and the news he got was that the people there were very poor in farming and only planted one season every year.
However, local Chinese businessmen and descendants of Chinese people have said that the local climate, hydrology and other conditions are actually very good. I don’t say that it will be possible to eat three species a year, but two species a year will definitely be no problem.
Liu Ping and Gao Jingshi mentioned this matter mainly because they wanted Gao Jingshi to confirm it. Unexpectedly, Gao Jingshi laughed when he heard this and said: "From the perspective of climate and hydrology, the two places allocated to the overseas imperial village are actually the same."
Rice can be grown all year round, but doing so may lead to a loss of field fertility. Therefore, for the long term, it is recommended to plant two crops a year, with a steady stream of water."
Liu Ping suddenly said: "Oh... I see, Mr. Hou is really far-sighted." Having said that, judging from Liu Ping's slightly twinkling eyes, I'm afraid he is not too satisfied with two kinds of food a year.
"It's not impossible to think of three kinds of food a year..." Gao pragmatically said: "Jinghua has also been studying how to maintain land fertility in recent years. At present, it can be considered that some progress has been made. Although the land fertility in southern Xinjiang is good, but
We have also begun to implement some methods of maintaining land fertility, and the results are pretty good. If Nanyang Royal Village needs this in the future, Jinghua will not hesitate to teach the techniques."
Liu Ping was greatly surprised: "Is there such a wonderful way?"
The word "ingenious" does not seem to be particularly appropriate to use here, but Liu Ping is not a Jinshi scholar, and he is too pragmatic to bother with it. Anyway, it is enough to understand what he wants to express.
Gao pragmatically said: "This method... may be a bit complicated for ordinary farmers, especially when they are first contacted. Therefore, it requires them to cooperate first. It doesn't matter if they don't understand, just follow it; secondly,
You must study diligently and don’t miss any step, let alone do the wrong step at the wrong time. You must strictly follow the instructions of Jinghua’s technical staff and never be lazy.”
Liu Ping patted his chest and promised: "Don't worry, Lord Marquis, these things have been basically arranged by the servants. The first batch of 30,000 military households will be sent to Nanyang, all of which are carefully selected by the servants.
Every household has at least one young man. There is no "little" in their family, but there is an "old" in their family, so they certainly don't dare to be lazy at work, otherwise how will they feed the elderly?
Moreover, the slave specifically said that if he is not willing to work hard, he will not send the young girls and wives to Nanyang, and then they will be extinct in Nanyang... So, are you afraid that they will be disobedient?
"
Gao Pragmatic was dumbfounded. Are you not born to be a black-hearted capitalist? With your kind of thinking, if it wasn’t really necessary to develop Nanyang now, I should have hung you up from the street lights as soon as possible, so that I could be worthy of my time.
A party skin.
"Then...if they do a good job, do you have any reward?" Gao Pragmatic asked after being speechless for a while.
"It's natural to work hard, so what kind of reward is there? Mr. Hou is so...well, Mr. Hou is so benevolent and righteous."
Gao Pragmatic said angrily: "This management method of yours is not going to work! Liu Ping, Liu Ping, you really don't know how to read. Let me ask you, have you read Su Dongpo's "The Theory of Loyalty in Punishments and Rewards"?"
Liu Ping said in embarrassment: "Well, how can I compare my knowledge with the six champions like you, Mr. Hou? To be honest, if you didn't tell me about this article, I really have never even heard of the name... I'm actually Dong
Written by Poe?"
Gao Pragmatic shook his head helplessly and said, "I'll read a paragraph for you to listen carefully."
"Yes, yes, thank you Lord Marquis for your advice."
"The Book of Records says: 'The suspicion of crime is only light, and the suspicion of merit is serious. Rather than killing innocent people, it is better to lose everything.' Oh! It's all done. You can reward it, you can not reward it. Rewarding is too benevolent; you can punish it.
There is no need to punish, but the punishment exceeds righteousness. If you exceed righteousness, you will not be a gentleman; if you exceed righteousness, it will flow into the forbearance. Therefore, benevolence can be exceeded, but righteousness cannot be exceeded.
In ancient times, rewards were not based on titles and salaries, and punishments were not done with swords and saws. Rewarding people with titles and salaries was because the way of rewards was based on what the officers and salaries were added to, but it was not done based on what the officers and salaries were.
reach, but not apply to what is beyond the reach of the sword or saw.
The ancient kings knew that the good in the world cannot be rewarded, but titles and salaries are not enough to persuade them; they know that the evil in the world cannot be punished, but swords and saws are not enough to cut them off. Therefore, when doubts are raised, they should be treated with benevolence, and the world should be treated as a gentleman and an elder.
The whole world follows the path of the gentleman and the elder, so it is called the ultimate in loyalty."
Liu Ping was stunned after hearing this, hesitated for a moment, and said: "This seems to be a matter that should be dealt with by the Ministry of Punishment. What does it have to do with Nanyang Imperial Village?"
"The truth is clear." After Gao Pingshi finished speaking, seeing that he still couldn't understand, he added: "According to "Shenzi", Confucius once said: In ancient times, the wise kings understood the virtues of the people and did their best to do their best, so there was no
Without virtue, there will be no simple people. There will be no rewards and no punishments.
There is the Yu family who does not reward or punish but the people can use it, which is the most virtuous; the Xia rewards but does not punish, which is the most edifying; the Yin punishes but does not reward, which is the most prestigious; the Zhou uses rewards and punishments, which is a decline in virtue; rewards do not exceed the time limit, and the people want it.
The benefits of doing good will be gained quickly; the punishment will not be changed, and the harm of doing bad things will be quickly seen by the people."
Then he asked: "You can understand this paragraph, right? It's really not possible, but you can understand the last sentence, right? - Rewards will not be overdue, and punishment will not be moved."
These eight words are easy to understand, which means that rewards should not be outdated, so that people can quickly get the benefits of doing good things; punishments should be implemented on the spot, so that people can quickly see the consequences of doing bad things.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Although Gao Pragmatic uses this as a comparison here, it is a bit like taking the Ming Dynasty as the Zhou Dynasty with the "decline of virtue" in Confucius' mouth, but Liu Ping couldn't hear it anyway.
Hearing this, he understood Gao Pragmatic's intention: "Oh, you always say...if there is only punishment but no reward, even if those people seem to be working seriously, they still won't work hard because they have nothing to pursue.
,Is it?"
It seems that those who read less do not necessarily mean they are stupid. Liu Ping's understanding ability is still acceptable.
"Yes, that's exactly what I mean." Gao pragmatically said: "Although military households are here to farm, they are military households after all. Sometimes some principles in the military are also universal. If you can't reward merit and punish demerits, then talk about it.
Why prohibit it? Let alone make them willing to work harder."
"The Marquis is indeed very enlightened. According to the Marquis, how should the emperor's rules of rewarding merit and punishment be established so that the emperor will not blame the slave Kang Tianjia for his generosity, but also ensure that these fertile fields can be cultivated as soon as possible?
And a good harvest?”
Oh, it turns out that Liu Pingcai's extremely exploitative approach was partly out of fear that Zhu Yijun would blame him for Emperor Kang's generosity? Okay, this is not difficult to understand, after all, it is such a huge task.
, naturally means huge power and inconvenient interests to express, and there must be many people secretly coveting it...
Wait a minute. When Gao Pragmatic thought of this, a person's face suddenly flashed in his mind - Li Wenjin.
Li Wenjin was the third son of Li Wei, the first Marquis of Wu Qing Dynasty, the younger brother of Empress Dowager Li, the compassionate sage, the third uncle of Emperor Wanli Zhu Yijun, and the eunuch of the imperial horse eunuch.
The biggest characteristic of this guy is his greed for money, and he has the "capital" of greed. In order to protect the safety of his sister and nephew, he entered the inner court from the palace and served as the last safety valve for the mother and son for a long time. Until Emperor Longqing ascended the throne, Li
After the Queen Mother was promoted to a noble concubine and Zhu Yijun entered the East Palace, Li Wenjin's task was finally stopped.
Historically, older sisters tended to love their younger brothers the most, and nephews were more likely to get close to their uncles. Li Wenjin was a close relative and had such great achievements. After Zhu Yijun ascended the throne, he naturally became a transcendent and special existence in both the government and the public.
To a certain extent, Zhu Yijun showed special favor to the Li family - he gave a posthumous gift to Duke An Guo to his grandfather, gave his uncle a special permission to attack the Marquis without showing favor, and appointed his second uncle Zuo Dudu of the Chinese Army Commandery, etc.
Li Wenjin has a share of credit.
But for such a person, he is a greedy guy. In his early years, Gao Pragmatic often "made business" with him, giving him some dividend rights from Jinghua's business, and there were many times when he directly stuffed money into him. There were many conflicts between the two.
The relationship has always been good.
However, as Zhu Yijun's position became more and more stable, Li Wenjin's protective effect on their mother and son in the past has long disappeared, and Gao Jingjing's rapid rise in political status has also significantly weakened his need for Li Wenjin's help. Of course, there is also the Empress Dowager Li
Regardless of the impact of government affairs.
In short, Li Wenjin has hardly played a big role in the past ten years. Basically, he is the eunuch in name of the Royal Horse Supervisor. He is nominally responsible for supervising the military camp in Beijing, and at the same time supervises the Jingjun inside and outside the palace - that is, a group of
Eunuch soldier.
In fact, there was no one to supervise the army in the Beijing camp. Although the Imperial Guard originally had eunuchs to supervise the army, it could be said that the Imperial Guard was under the direct control of Gao Pragmatism at that time (although it no longer even had the name in the later period), and Qi Jiguang was highly pragmatic.
People who support him, so the supervisors in the Guard system have become almost transparent people, with no sense of existence.
Not to mention the later period. After the establishment of the Royal Military Academy of the Ming Dynasty, Gao Pragmatic created a "propaganda" position. This rule first affected the Imperial Guards who guarded the capital.
Therefore, the Imperial Guard became the first army to set up the position of "Xuanzheng", which was concurrently held by the Deputy Xuanzheng of the Royal Military Academy of the Ming Dynasty - as mentioned above, the Xuanzheng of the Royal Military Academy of the Ming Dynasty was the Minister of the Ministry of War, and the deputy Xuanzheng was the Rongzheng of the Ministry of War.
Minister.
As a result, the Ministry of War actually became responsible for directly supervising the Imperial Guards, so the "Beijing Camp Supervisory Army", which was originally sent by the Grand Eunuch of the Royal Horse Supervisor or personally served concurrently, has now become a complete decoration.
Having said this, one thing is clear: Although Li Wenjin has a high status now, his official authority is basically limited to palace confinement.
Gao Qingshi thought of this and suddenly took a breath of cold air.
Is Li Wenjin loyal? To Empress Dowager Li, he must be loyal, so he should also be loyal to Zhu Yijun, the "sister's son".
However, Li Wenjin's loyalty will not be extended to others. In other words, his loyalty is most likely only effective for Queen Mother Li and her son, and it will be difficult to say if it "spreads".
Perhaps according to ordinary people's opinion, Zhu Yijun's son is also the grandson of Empress Dowager Li, but so what? Li Wenjin probably had an idea in his mind: The emperor does not only have one son, but as long as he has an heir, it will be fine?
In this way, considering that Li Wenjin was extremely greedy for money and had the power to control the palace, if someone really wanted to use the emperor's legitimate son's crooked mind, it would be really blind not to take Li Wenjin's idea.
Gao Pingshi was distracted, but Liu Ping was puzzled. He still didn't get an answer from the Marquis to his question. So he asked cautiously: "Master Marquis, Master Marquis?"
"Ah? Oh..." Gao Pingshi came back to his senses and said absently: "These rules and regulations are not difficult to deal with. When you and Chen Zhangyin come to my house, I will ask the secretariat to compile a list of Jinghua's farms in southern Xinjiang.
The rules and regulations are for your reference.”
"Oh, thank you so much, Mr. Marquis. I will never dare or forget Mr. Marquis's great kindness for the rest of my life." Liu Ping said quickly.
Gao pragmatic waved his hand, frowned and asked, "Is the Jingjun still under the control of Li Wenjin and Li Zhangyin now?"
"That's natural." Liu Ping nodded in affirmation, but added: "But the Jingjun has long been of no use. The palace ban area, from Qianqing Palace to the south, is dominated by Han generals, and the palace city is dominated by Jin Yiwei and Jin Yiwei.
The capital and camp take turns, with occasional calls.
On the surface, Jingjun claims to be in charge of the harem, but in fact, no matter whether the harem is Ciqing, Cining Second Palace, Kunning Palace, or the East and West Twelve Palaces, there is actually no need for guards on weekdays, and those rules have long been abandoned."
"Then..." Gao Pragmatic thought for a moment and then asked, "Is there anyone in the palace who can ignore all the rules and go anywhere?"
"Isn't that the emperor? Oh, no, the emperor can't either. At least the Ciqing and Cining Second Palaces, even the emperors can't break into it." Liu Ping pondered and said: "If you want to put it that way, it seems that only the empress dowagers of the two palaces can do it.
You can go anywhere... But this assumption is useless. How can the two queen mothers visit everywhere? The two queen mothers care about rules the most."
Gao Jingshi ignored this and just asked: "So what if Li Zhangyin wants to walk around the palace? Will anyone stop him?"
"Uh, this..." Liu Ping couldn't help but frown. He thought about it seriously before shaking his head and saying, "No."
"How can you be sure it won't happen?" Gao pragmatically asked.
"He is a eunuch, and the palace ban itself cannot restrict him. And his identity is... very special. Wherever he goes, he will be regarded as the compassionate queen mother, so who dares to stop him!"
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