Sweet potatoes and corn.This thing can be described as a great artifact for disaster resistance and drought relief.Chongzhen remembered that sweet potatoes and corn were there in the last years of the Ming Dynasty, but they were still planted in a small area and were not regarded as staple foods.But he can't remember the place clearly, and he still claims to be a history bully, but in fact he is a pseudo-scholar.But it doesn't matter.He is now the emperor, and the government agencies of the Ming Dynasty are not paralyzed, and the roads are barely smooth, so look for it!
At the sound of an order, countless factory guards rushed to all parts of the country, looking for the sweet potatoes and corn that Chongzhen said.Hard work pays off.Sweet potatoes were found in Fujian, but at this time they were not called sweet potatoes, but sweet potatoes or sweet potatoes.Corn was also found.At this time, corn is not called corn, it is called sorghum buds, and the spread is quite wide, but it has not formed large-scale planting.On this day, Chongzhen was having breakfast.Since he was no longer diligent and thrifty, Chongzhen's imperial diet suddenly became colorful, and now his diet is neither responsible for Guanglu Temple, nor is it too supervised.Guanglu Temple is too pitiful, it takes 100,000 livestock a year, and the things made are unpalatable, Chongzhen doesn't want to be the wronged leader, this kind of corrupt and corrupt institution has long been withdrawn by him.Later, he found a few cooks from the people, who were responsible for imperial cuisine, northern and southern cuisine, and delicacies of the mountains, land, and sea.As soon as Chongzhen finished gnawing a big bear's paw, the chamberlain came to report that the sweet potatoes and corn seeds had been delivered to Beijing.Chongzhen was overjoyed.He personally received him in the Qianqing Palace, accompanied by Wen Tiren, Sun Chengzong, Shi Fenglai, Li Biao, Xu Guangqi and other cabinet ministers.But I saw a brocade guard walking in respectfully with two boxes in his hand.Wen Tiren and other ministers stared intently at this box, the box was very precious, it was a red carved box.But?
When the box was opened, what was revealed was a dirty thing, something?
The other box was also opened, revealing yellow-orange-orange sticks, which looked strange."
Good!"
Chongzhen is overjoyed, with sweet potatoes and corn, the famine is better handled, and now the situation in the northwest is becoming more and more severe, and the little silver obtained by raiding homes and collecting business taxes is simply not enough to fill.Self-reliance is king!
The waiter hurriedly took the sweet potatoes and corn, and then presented them to the imperial court, Chongzhen happily picked up this thing and checked it in his hand.What a familiar feel!
In his previous life, when he was still a dick, sometimes all the money was used to play games online, and the money for the meal was gone, so he often went to the vegetable market to wholesale a bunch of sweet potatoes and corn and came back to cook and eat.A dozen dollars is enough to eat for a long time!
Chongzhen smiled and asked Wen Tiren, "Does Wen Aiqing know what this thing is called?"
”Wen Tiren stared at the sweet potato in front of him for a long time, "Your Majesty, Weichen really doesn't know what this is, it looks like a tree root?"
”"It's a sweet potato."
Xu Qiguang's eyes were about to light up, and he shouted excitedly, completely forgetting that this was the imperial front, and it was extremely unruly to shout.Chongzhen suddenly remembered.This Xu Qiguang discovered the good thing of sweet potatoes during the Wanli years, and he also wrote a special book to Emperor Wanli to vigorously promote planting!
It's a pity that it didn't go down.That's right, how did Emperor Wanli, who grew up in the deep palace, know about the suffering of the people?
All kinds of noble ministers are full of wine and food every day, how can they understand the pain of the common people without food?"
Hahaha."
Chongzhen laughed, "Or Xu Aiqing is pragmatic, I will give this thing the name of sweet potato, and I will ask Xu Aiqing to be responsible for promoting planting in the future, silver is not a problem, Xu Aiqing will come directly to my inner library to move." ”"By the way, there is also that yellow, orange and orange thing called corn, which is also a good thing, Xu Aiqing should know better than me, and also promote planting with sweet potatoes, I want to let the land of Daming Kingdom be planted with sweet potatoes and corn, why worry about famine in the future?""
Yes!"
Xu Guangqi knelt down excitedly to receive the order.Chongzhen then passed on the decree to Sun Chengzong."
Sun Qing, I order you to leave Shanhaiguan on the same day, and carry ten carts of sweet potatoes and corn seeds, and order the soldiers to plant this thing."
Sun Chengzong sighed, and also knelt down to receive the order, "Obey the order, long live Your Majesty!"
Banzai!
Hooray!
”Chongzhen could see that Sun Chengzong was very aggrieved, but he was not ready to explain, some things had to be experienced in person to understand.Moreover, Sun Chengzong once saved countless hungry people in Tuntian at the border in history, and this credit is greater than any credit.Now, Chongzhen is just letting him complete his mission in advance, and this time with the help of the sweet potato and corn gods, I believe that Sun Chengzong can achieve greater credit.The sweet potato and corn thing has just been dealt with.Chongzhen suddenly remembered that there was still a group of gentry in Jiangnan who were ready to violently resist taxes, and he didn't know how Wei Zhongxian and Tian Ergeng handled it?
Chongzhen closed his eyes.Thinking about Wei Zhongxian and Tian Ergeng in his heart, now the live broadcast system has long been upgraded, not only can it be playback, but also can broadcast the pictures of several people at the same time.This Wei Zhongxian and Tian Ergeng are really capable, and as soon as they arrived in Suzhou, they did not entertain, so they directly arrested all the behind-the-scenes personnel who led the tax resistance according to the list given by Chongzhen.No one took the lead, and the remaining gentry and wealthy businessmen who were greedy for money and cherished their lives all wilted, obediently making up for the taxes stolen over the years, and the ratio was still 30 to 1.Then in accordance with the new tax law, I paid all this year's commercial tax, and this tax is 10 to 1, which hurts these guys!
I almost cried my father and called my mother.The most important thing is that Tian Ergeng promulgated Chongzhen's decree on the protection of weavers and dyers, stipulating a basic wage and a maximum number of working hours, and severely punishing anyone who disobeyed.In order to prevent these businessmen from deceiving their superiors and subordinates, the denunciation system is naturally indispensable.Things in Suzhou are going very smoothly and are nearing the end, except for Cui Chengxiu, who was almost injured, there are basically no casualties.And the leader behind the anti-tax war was naturally raided, and the property obtained was equivalent to half a year's income from the state treasury?
Even Wei Zhongxian and Tian Ergeng were stunned.Although they knew that the big businessmen in Jiangnan were rich, they didn't expect to be so rich?
This is just a copy of a little Suzhou.And how much wealth should the entire Southeast region have?
Unthinkable.In addition to the seizure of the family, there were also the remaining merchants' commercial taxes, which totaled 3.5 million taels of silver and countless treasures.These things were just casually placed on the ground, and the sun shone brightly, shining with silver, and even the smell of money flowed in the air.Tian Ergeng exclaimed and picked up a very large pearl, which was not an ordinary silver-white pearl, but golden, just like gold.South Sea gold pearls?
Chongzhen has been cultivated by the modern Internet, and he still has a bit of eyesight, although Nanyang gold beads are also expensive in modern society, they cannot be regarded as rare after all.But during the Ming Dynasty.Such a big, round gold bead can be said to be worth a lot of money.What does Tian Ergeng want to do?