Traveling through Chenghan Xiandi, fortunately I have a simulator

Chapter 149 Tuntian Hedong County (thanks to Xin Zongjun for the reward)

Zhang Ming looked at the plows used by the farmers. This kind of straight-shaft plow was very heavy and laborious to use, and it often took a lot of trouble to turn around and turn.

Zhang Ming suddenly remembered Quyuanli in his previous life, but he rarely went to work in the farms in his previous life, so it was absolutely impossible to rely on his own strength to invent it.

But Zhang Ming immediately asked his guards to return to the city and called Ma Jun. He had nothing to do about this matter, but it didn't mean that Ma Jun couldn't do anything either.

"Ma Jun, look at this kind of straight-shaft plow. Is there any way to modify it, such as changing the long shaft to a short shaft, changing the straight shaft to a curved shaft, and installing a free-rotating plow disc on the shaft head. In this case, Can you make a new kind of plow tool?" Zhang Ming looked at Ma Jun who was late and asked.

Ma Jun didn't answer directly, but picked up the straight shaft plow on the ground and looked at it. Since the family's source of income in the past mainly relied on his mother's weaving, he was actually a little unfamiliar with plows.

However, this will not affect Ma Jun's judgment in the slightest. He looked at the farmers who were plowing the fields, and after a short while, Ma Jun really discovered the problem.

"Your Majesty, I think it's feasible, but I need to test it first. After I'm done, I'll show it to Your Majesty." Ma Jun said slowly.

Zhang Ming just provided an idea, and he didn't know more details, but seeing Ma Jun's well-thought-out appearance, he estimated that soon, Ma Jun would be able to make the kind of Quyuanli he wanted in his heart.

"I'll give you two days. Your task in these two days is to transform this straight shaft plow. Put other things aside first." Zhang Ming ordered.

It didn't take long for the farmers to open land, so Zhang Ming had to be a little anxious. After all, the farmland here in Chang'an can only be harvested once a year, so the sooner the Quyuanli can be made, the better.

"Your Majesty, I will try my best to complete it within two days." After speaking, Ma Jun bid farewell to His Majesty and returned to the Research Department.

Zhang Ming would not intervene in the affairs of the research department. Since Ma Jun had assured him, he believed in Ma Jun's ability.

In addition to transforming the straight shaft plow into a curved shaft plow, there is another extremely important thing, which is to protect the cattle.

In the old days, agricultural productivity was almost entirely dependent on cattle. It can be said that one cattle was worth several farmers.

Now Chang'an City and the surrounding counties have expropriated a total of 20 peasants. These peasants are ordinary farmers. Originally, they should be cultivating farmland, but now they are already digging ditches.

Therefore, in order to make up for the shortfall of 20 people, the imperial court can only hand over these farmlands to other farmers. How can it be done by people alone? Only by relying on cattle can there be hope.

"Cui Ming, draw up an edict. From today until the canal is completed, all people in the Sanfu area, including myself, are not allowed to kill cattle or eat beef. All occasions that require beef are substituted with mutton." Zhang Ming Said heavily.

"Even dead cattle are not allowed to be eaten." Zhang Ming added again.

This is mainly to prevent the cattle from being killed. Only when everyone is dispelled from the idea of ​​eating beef can the cattle survive.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Cui Ming wrote down silently.

This cattle protection order limited the area and time of implementation, because Zhang Ming knew that this strict short-term protection order could easily lead to more serious problems, and only by opening up some gaps could it be implemented to the maximum extent.

With the cattle protection order and the soon-to-be-born Quyuanli, Zhang Ming is confident that he can make up for the lack of 20 peasants in a short time. Of course, new farm tools are also being produced as soon as possible. Can use the new farm tools of the imperial court.

However, if ordinary farmers want to obtain new farm tools, they either take the initiative to take care of the farmland of other peasants, or choose to exchange the original farm tools at home with a lot of money. Apart from these two methods, there is no other way to obtain them.

Moreover, if you actively choose to take care of the farmland of other farmers, you can also get part of the food produced on the field in the future, so the vast majority of farmers have only one choice, and that is to take the initiative to choose to take care of the farmland of other farmers.

With the three measures to improve agricultural productivity, Zhang Ming believes that even if 20 people are missing, the farmland in the Jingzhao area will not be greatly affected this time.

After viewing the farmland, Zhang Ming chose to go to the Ju River again, which is a tributary flowing through Chang'an City and one of the eight waters.

The peasants on the Ju River are all from Chang'an City, and they are digging canals at the moment. Even though the weather in Chang'an City is at the end of March, the temperature has not completely warmed up, but these peasants are already sweating profusely.

The main officials of Da Sinong staying here also saw His Majesty's arrival, so they hurried out of the camp, and then met Li.

"How long will it take for the canal here to be completed?" Zhang Ming asked, looking at the peasant husband who was still working hard.

"Your Majesty, the work will be completed within a month." The official replied with his head down.

"Will it take so long? I don't think this canal is too wide." Zhang Ming said with emphasis.

"Your Majesty, the soil here is very hard, so the speed of the servants is much slower. Although I urged you several times, after all, the servants are not under the management of the servants." The official said in a low voice.

The Dasinong Office is only responsible for the digging of canals, the standards of the canals, and the delivery of food. As for the real management of the civilians, it is handed over to the military department, because the officials of the Dasinong do not have the ability to manage 20 civilians. .

In fact, the military department can also complete the food delivery, but in order to make Da Sinoong willing to actively cooperate with the work, Zhang Ming took the initiative to give up some benefits. As long as Zhang Ming doesn't talk about this matter, Da Sinoong will naturally not go talk.

"Since the canal here is not easy to dig, it's normal for it to take a long time. By the way, is Huang Fusong, Minister of the Military Department, here?" Zhang Ming asked.

"Your Majesty, the Minister of the Military Department is not here. He has gone to the Jing River to inspect the progress of the canal's digging." The official said in a low voice.

Since Huangfusong is not here, Zhang Ming has nothing to ask. Jinghe is quite far away, so it is unrealistic to recall Huangfusong today.

"After the minister of the military department returns here, you tell him to go to the palace once. I also want to know how the civilian husband is doing now." Zhang Ming instructed.

"Yes, Your Majesty, I will definitely bring it here." The official silently wrote it down in his heart.

Since starting this morning, Zhang Ming has already walked for a day in the afternoon, and he is also a little tired now.

"Go back to the palace." Cui Ming also shouted at the right time.

After returning to the palace, Zhang Ming went directly to the bedroom. Now he just wants to sleep. Before, he spent a whole day reviewing memorials in the palace, which made his physical fitness a little unsatisfactory. Even walking for a day made him sleepy. .

Early the next morning, it was another court meeting day, and all the officials were still waiting for His Majesty's arrival on both sides of the hall.

This time, not only the eunuch, but also two attendants, Yang Xiu and Fazheng, accompanied Zhang Ming to court.

Zhang Ming has already planned to take these attendants out to deal with some political affairs as much as possible in the next few days, so that they can get used to the life in the officialdom early. It will take time for these newcomers to fight off the old people after all.

At the beginning of the court meeting, Cui Ming read the memorial sent by Zhu Jun in public. The Baibo bandits in Hedong County have been removed, which is indeed a great thing.

"Shi Sun Rui, I need your Shangshutai to get the list of some county magistrates in Hedong County as soon as possible." Zhang Ming ordered loudly.

"Yes, Your Majesty. I will do it immediately after court." Shi Sunrui nodded and said.

Appointing a county magistrate is not a difficult task, it is nothing more than selecting some decent children from various families. Besides, the county magistrates in Hedong County are not favored by children from older families.

Now the system of filial piety and honesty is on the verge of collapse, and the Taixue has not yet been established. The appointment of officials is often selected from the children of the aristocratic family, which is very similar to the nine-rank Zhongzheng system of later generations, but it is not so strict.

Of course, even so, Zhang Ming wouldn't say anything, after all, he didn't have a better solution now.

"Ministers, due to the ravages of Baibo bandits in Hedong County, there are constant refugees from all over the country. I don't know what suggestions you have for how to govern Hedong County?" Zhang Ming gave an introduction.

"I believe that after the county magistrates selected by the imperial court arrive in the counties, they will resettle the refugees and let them build houses to survive. As for taxes, they can be reduced by half to help the counties of Hedong County to survive the crisis." Yang Biao replied.

In such an occasion, although His Majesty had already signaled, Da Sinong still had to wait for Yang Biao and other important ministers to speak before taking the initiative to speak.

"Other than that?" Zhang Ming asked with some dissatisfaction. These ordinary measures could not help the people of Hedong County get through the crisis very well.

"Your Majesty can first transfer some food from the imperial court to Hedong County, so that the refugees in Hedong County will stop first, and then let the officials organize it." Yang Biao said again.

Yang Biao's suggestion seemed very reasonable, but he had his own little plan in mind.

Hedong County is close to Hongnong County, and the six counties of Hedong are in the south of Hedong County. If you walk dozens of miles south, you will reach Hongnong County directly. The roots of the Yang family are all in Hongnong County. It can be said that these refugees arrived Hongnong County will even affect the production of Hongnong County, causing serious security problems to Hongnong County.

If the imperial court allocates food to Hedong County, these refugees will not think about migrating to Hongnong County, but stay in Hedong County and wait for the imperial court's support. In this case, Hongnong County's troubles will be alleviated.

"Teacher, it's not that I don't want to allocate food to Hongnong County, but the imperial court is also in short supply of food, and the 20 people digging canals outside the city also need food. I can't afford to lose sight of the other." Zhang Ming said apologetically.

The atmosphere in the hall was a bit awkward. All the ministers here naturally knew where the imperial court food went, and most importantly, they all contributed a little to the rations of 20 civilian husbands.

Da Sinong looked at all the ministers around him, and he knew that the opportunity had finally come, but what he wanted to say surprised all the ministers present.

"Although I am responsible for sending food to 20 people, I assure His Majesty that the food is only enough for the daily rations of 20 people, and there is no excess." Da Si Nong first proved his innocence.

In fact, the imperial court's grain has always been calculated very accurately. Although there will be a little more, the extra is only ten thousand stones.

"However, I have a method. Not only can the court not allocate food, but it can also keep the refugees in Hedong County where they are and not run around." Da Si Nong finally got to the point, and he had already prepared these words.

"Hurry up?" Zhang Ming asked anxiously, as if this was the first time he heard it.

"I heard that there used to be a military settlement system in the frontier. I think this system is very good. It can be used not only for the army, but also for people's livelihood."

"Your Majesty can ask General Zhu to return the land of Hedong County to the imperial court, while recruiting refugees from various counties, and then arrange these refugees according to the army. The imperial court distributes seeds and agricultural tools to these refugees, and asks them to cultivate. When harvesting in autumn, the imperial court Just draw a certain percentage." Da Sinong suggested.

Zhang Ming didn't answer. He was thinking on the surface, but in fact he was just in a daze. After all, he had already discussed these things with Da Sinoong yesterday.

"Your suggestion is not bad, but Zhu Jun is a general of the imperial court, so there is no need to bother Zhu Jun with such a small matter."

"How about this, set up Diannong Zhonglang General, Diannong Xiaowei, Diannong Duwei, and Diannong Sima four-level officials under Da Si Nong. These officials will fully cooperate with Zhu Jun to take charge of farming. After the matter is over, I will recall Zhu Jun and others back to the court." Zhang Ming said slowly.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Da Sinong responded happily.

In yesterday's exchange, Zhang Ming reached a tacit agreement with Da Sinonong. The imperial court took these fields and started the farming system, and Da Sinonong expanded his officials to further improve his status and strengthen his power.

In the environment of ancient scholars, farmers, commerce and industry, the status of agriculture was only slightly better than that of industry, but its status was still not high. Although Da Si Nong was one of the nine ministers, his power and status were average among senior officials.

Zhang Ming originally wanted to improve the status of agriculture in production, so he did not object to Da Sinong's request. No matter what the purpose of Da Sinoong was, improving agricultural productivity was something worth doing.

Hearing the words of Da Si Nong and His Majesty, Yang Biao was very relieved. Regardless of whether the farming system is good or bad, at least in a short period of time, these refugees from Hedong County will not harm Hongnong County.

"Your Majesty, I also feel that the proposal of Tuntian is feasible. Through Tuntian, the refugees in various counties can stay where they are, which alleviates the security problems in various places. By distributing seeds and farm tools, the refugees can also feel the grace of the great man. It serves multiple purposes. "Yang Biao echoed.

With Yang Biao's agreement, the other officials naturally had nothing to say.

"Da Sinonong, I will leave this matter to you to handle. You should give me a detailed list of farming matters as soon as possible. As for the officials you need, I will approve them one by one."

"I hope that you can do your best when dealing with farming, just like digging a canal."

His Majesty meant something, and Da Sinong could understand that as long as he worked hard, he would be able to benefit from farming.

(End of this chapter)