As the group headed towards Gongping City, Zhu Youxiao felt filled with self-blame when he saw the dilapidated houses on the roadside and the farmers working hard in the fields.
As a time-traveler, I can't even feed the farmers, which is really an insult to the group of time-travelers.
How to ensure that all citizens have enough to eat seems to be a simple question, but it is not.
Just like in later generations, in the 20th century when science and technology were highly developed, a large number of people starved to death in China.
At that time, it was actually mainly due to uneven distribution of food.
In the Ming Dynasty, the main problem was the low temperature and reduced precipitation during the Little Ice Age.
Under such natural conditions, the output of agricultural products decreased, so the measures Zhu Youxiao took now could only open up wasteland and promote new crops such as potatoes. , and now they are mainly concentrated in Shaanxi.
As the governor of Shaanxi, Sun Chuanting vigorously promoted potatoes and other crops throughout Shaanxi.
Now there is a grain surplus in all of Shaanxi.
In addition to vermicelli, corn has also begun to be imported to neighboring Shanxi and the capital, while other places have suffered due to the inadequacy of officials.
Too much emphasis is placed on promoting new crops but not enough.
Last time when Zhu Youxiao and several members of the cabinet discussed how to promote new crops, they proposed that officials who failed to promote them should be removed from their posts and investigated.
It was unanimously opposed by several members of the cabinet.
The cabinet believed that if they were removed from their posts, almost all governors, chief envoys, prefects, prefects, etc. would be dismissed.
In this case, there would be a situation where there would be no available officials in the entire officialdom.
At the time when the training of officials had just been carried out.
At this time, it is not suitable for such a big reshuffle.
The last few people proposed that the intensity of reclamation of wasteland and promotion of new crops should be used as an important basis in the official examination, and officials would be graded based on the data on the number of acres of reclamation and promotion.
This method has been implemented for more than half a year now.
Judging from the feedback below, officials have become more enthusiastic about opening up wasteland and promoting new crops.
Of course, the results will not be known until specific data is uploaded.
Judging from Zhu Youxiao's knowledge, the impact of the Little Ice Age was not very big.
The reason why the current yield per mu in the Ming Dynasty is low is actually mainly due to two aspects.
One is because the use of manure to fertilize fields was not promoted, and the other is that there was no implementation of Deep cultivation.
There is no way to force officials to do this, so they can only publicize it among the people and obtain more cattle and horses as draft animals, or make more wooden cattle in the Siyuan Bureau and sell them to farmers at low prices.
This plan is already being implemented.
As long as the demonstration fields have high yields, I believe others will slowly begin to plow deeply and accumulate fertilizer.
Gongpingcheng is a small town, and several people were having lunch in a small shop.
While eating, a black monk came to the door to ask for alms.
The store owner brought out a bowl of rice, and the monk said, "I don't want rice, I want money."
The shopkeeper couldn't help it, so he took out five copper coins.
The monk smiled and said, "Are you sending the beggar?
I want silver, two yuan."
Huiming stood up, walked to the door and clasped his hands and said, "I wonder which mountain gate my brother comes from.
Is there such a way to make alms?"
The black monk said: "I come from the Shaolin Temple.
I have always used this method of alms-making.
You can't stand it.
Do you want to learn my Shaolin Kungfu?"
Huiming said, "I was about to ask for advice."
After saying that, he took a step back.
The black monk pounced forward and kicked Huiming in the chest and abdomen.
Huiming didn't even dodge, he stretched out his hand like lightning, grabbed the black monk's feet, twisted, and threw the black monk in front of the door.
The monk didn't know what was going on.
After he got up, he still rushed towards Huiming.
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Seeing him like this, Huiming was a little angry.
He pushed his palm to his chest and pushed him to the ground.
He shouted angrily: "You are a tongue-pulling hell." , Don’t be ignorant of life and death.”
The monk did not dare to move forward, but he cursed: "We all belong to the Buddhist sect, but why do we curse so viciously?"
Huiming said: "In our Shaolin Temple, there is no one who forces alchemy like this, and there is no monk who is known as Lao Tzu."
Only then did the monk know that Li Gui had met Li Kui, and then he walked away dejectedly.
Huiming sighed and walked into the house.
The shop owner came forward to thank him.
Huiming put his hands together and said, "It's so good.
It's my Buddhist disciple who doesn't abide by the rules and makes the donor laugh."
Returning to the table, Huiming said: "These monks should really be arrested."
Zhu Youxiao said with a smile: "What should we do if we catch them?
Is it possible to raise them again?
There won't be enough food to feed them."
Hui Ming said: "They have hands and feet.
Why should we raise them?
Can't we just cultivate the fields ourselves?
There are a lot of open spaces everywhere.
I'll immigrate them to Taiwan and let them have nothing to eat.
Let's see how they go about alms."
Zhu Youxiao suddenly had an idea.
If they were sent to Japan or Mongolia to defuse the hostility of these people, wouldn't they encounter much less resistance when they wanted to occupy it in the future?
I heard that there were many monk soldiers in Japan.
For large forces, in the future, monks will first preach and then follow up with force.
There should be room for maneuver.
After returning this time, I will discuss this matter with the cabinet and the generals in the army to see if there is a better way.
Domestic temples can be retained, but the number of monks must be limited, and the temple property must be taken back in some way.
Minimize these unearned parasites.
After eating, everyone took a rest and continued forward, arriving at Yanqing Guard before evening.
Zhu Youxiaorang found an inn to stay at, and went to see the officers and soldiers of the Yanqing Guard tomorrow.
According to the roster, Yanqing Guard has a total of 5,600 people.
Among them, there are three thousand households outside and two thousand households inside the guard.
There should be 2,240 people.
When Zhu Youxiao and his party arrived at the gate of Yanqing Guard, Wei Zhongxian took out a sign and said: "We are from the Cleaning Department of the Ministry of War, and we ask your guard commander to come out to greet them quickly."
Keshi smiled and said, "Eunuch Wei, you have so many brands.
You can use whatever you want."
Wei Zhongxian bowed and said: "I want Madam Feng Sheng to know that when Your Majesty goes on patrol, you may encounter various situations.
In order to facilitate His Majesty's inspection of every place, I have specially placed signs with higher authority in each department."
Keshi smiled and said: "Eunuch Wei is loyal to His Majesty.
He is really a role model for our generation."
Wei Zhongxian hurriedly replied: "I don't dare to praise the Holy Lady.
These things are all slaves' duties.
The Holy Lady serves the Holy Lord and never slackens for a day.
This is really an example for the slaves to follow."
Zhu Youxiao smiled and said: "Here we go again, factory minister.
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I see that you flattered Madam Fengsheng more than you flattered me.
Is there anything you want to ask Madam Fengsheng for?"
Wei Zhongxian's face turned red and he said, "Your Majesty, this servant admires Madam Fengsheng from the bottom of his heart.
Everything he said was from the sincerity and was not flattery as His Majesty said
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