Farmer’s Blessed Girl

Zhou Man still had theoretical knowledge, but Ming Da and Yin Zhe didn't even have theoretical knowledge, so they could make mistakes just by helping hand something.

So when the officers and soldiers arrived, they saw five people squatting in the kitchen with ashen faces.

The servants in the palace should not be seen, and stepped forward to salute respectfully, "I pay my respects to Her Royal Highness, Prince Consort, Princess Liyang, Duke Shanghe, and Uncle Anning."

The headmaster was already expressionless.

Bai Shan didn't know that his face was stained with black ash, so he straightened up and asked with a smile, "Why did you people from the palace come here?"

The servant tried his best to let himself ignore the ashes on Bai Shan's face, lowered his eyes and replied: "Your Majesty has written a reply to the Duke, and the Princess House has brought some things."

After a pause, he continued: "Your Majesty cares about the princess and all the adults, and specially took part of the melons and fruits that Lingnan paid tribute this year to give the princess and the adults a taste."

After finishing speaking, he waved his hand behind him, and the people behind him lifted the box up.

He opened one of the boxes, and there were many boxes stacked inside, and he opened it to show them, "This is a tangerine, unique to Lingnan, and it is somewhat stale when sent to the capital. The princess and adults can taste it right now." Fresh."

Mingda took one from the box and said with a smile, "It's indeed better than the ones sent to the capital, it's harder."

She paused, and asked Bai Shan curiously, "It's strange, we've been here for a while, and we haven't seen tangerines for sale here."

The head of the village hurriedly said: "Oh, we don't have such precious things here..."

After he finished speaking, he realized who he was talking to, and quickly covered his mouth.

The servant also gave Li Chang a look.

Mingda smiled and said, "It doesn't matter, let him talk back."

Seeing her friendly, the village chief breathed a sigh of relief, and said in a low voice, "We've only heard about this precious thing, and rarely seen it, let alone eating and planting it."

When Zhou Man heard it, he immediately dropped the fire stick in his hand and ran over, "Let me see."

The servant hurriedly delivered the box, Zhou Man picked it up and looked at it and asked Keke excitedly, "Do you want to take it?"

Keke: "The encyclopedia needs cultivated plants."

Zhou Man asked the waiter, "Where is there a species around here? Let's go and learn more."

The waiter: "...There are in Liuzhou."

Zhou Man made up his mind, and said to his old friends, "Let's go to Liuzhou in two days."

Naturally, Bai Shan and Yin had no objection, and Ming Da and Bai Erlang happened to have had enough fun here, so they agreed, "Okay."

Waiter: ...

Mingda and the others looked at other things.

Many people in the capital sent them things. They were originally entrusted by the people of the princess mansion to deliver them. Who knew that the emperor suddenly took over, and the things were naturally delivered by the servants of the palace and the palace guards.

The servant took out two special letters from his arms, and handed one to Bai Shan, "This is from His Majesty to the Duke."

He handed another letter to Mingda, "This is from the Duke of Xiaojun, who sent it back from Anxi."

Mingda saw Bai Erlang's name on the envelope, and knew that the second son didn't want her to know, and he didn't even call him father.

She glanced at the anxious Bai Erlang, and reached out to take it.

Bai Shan opened the letter and read it.

He was granted the title of Lord of Shanghe County for his achievements in opening water transport. After presiding over the successful tax reform, the emperor intended to give him the title of Duke of Qin, but Bai Shan insisted on refusing.

Because of the tax reform, he was already hated by others. When Yang Heshu was demoted, in addition to the problems in the work he presided over, the main reason was that he proposed tax reform and land reform.

In fact, this is the idea of ​​Bai Shan, Zhou Man, Tang He and others together with Yang Heshu.

The speed of local land circulation is accelerating, and more and more farmers are losing their land, and the birth rate is increasing year by year, making it difficult for the land equalization system to continue.

Because of the medical system, the mortality rate of children in various places has been greatly reduced, which makes the population grow faster.

At present, due to the increase in food production and the sharp drop in food prices, although the per capita land of ordinary people is decreasing, life is slowly improving, so no one notices that something is wrong.

In addition, due to the opening of water transport, the world is stable, and business is more active. Many people can live without relying on land, and no one will notice the hidden danger.

But Bai Shan is different. Not only does he have a higher IQ, but he also read the miscellaneous books brought out by Zhou Man since he was a child. He sees the danger hidden behind.

If the peasants are allowed to lose their land, and the land will be gathered bit by bit in the hands of the rich and powerful, within a hundred years, the Great Jin Dynasty will be in chaos.

As the left minister at the time, Yang Heshu naturally saw it too.

So they decided to reform after repeated arguments.

The first thing to do is to convince the emperor.

The emperor refused at first.

The changes are too great. Once such changes are made, the world that has not been stable for a few years may become chaotic. He doesn't want to be the king of a chaotic country.

However, the emperor liked to run away. Taking advantage of the autumn harvest, Bai Shan and Zhou Man abducted the emperor from Yongzhou to Luozhou. On the way, they saw many people who lost their land due to various reasons. The land has become scarce, and the young people who have no land when they grow up have to compete with their brothers for their father's meager Yongye land.

At that time, Bai Shan asked the emperor, "Your Majesty, population growth is a good thing. Because of the war in the previous dynasty, the people were out of ten. The first emperor made great efforts to govern the people and let the people recuperate for more than 20 years. You have worked so hard for so long, and now we have what we have now." number of households and population."

"Can you bear to see the resurgence of war?" He said, "It doesn't appear now, but the population is increasing, especially in the Guanzhong area, where the land is small and there are many people. Unless the imperial court forces the people to relocate, or in another twenty years, Another batch of newborns have grown up, they can't get land, they can't survive, so they can only be refugees."

The emperor frowned: "Business..."

"Shangshi can't accommodate so many people."

The emperor pondered, "But your and Yang Changbo's proposal is too risky. I don't care what I do. I have reasons to advance or retreat. But once you and Yang Changbo propose, if you can't proceed, you will surely die."

He said: "Not only are you dead, but even your family members may..."

Bai Shan immediately said: "I know that I and Yang Xiang didn't want to do it overnight, we can do it gradually."

The emperor asked, "Which one will come first?"

Zhou Man on the side interjected, "Let's start with the appropriate age for marriage."

She said: "During the Han Dynasty, the court forcibly lowered the age of marriage for the sake of the population, but this is actually unreasonable. It is said in the "Huangdi Neijing"..."

"Can you just tell me what age is appropriate?" The emperor interrupted her, fearing that she would not be able to hold back, and would continue to speak at length.

Zhou Man stopped the words regretfully: "Why don't you abolish the single tax, men under the age of twenty and women under the age of eighteen are not allowed to get married."

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