I became the son of Renzong

Su Song has been waiting for the official to summon them to check the topographic sand table prepared by Shen Kuo, but the official has never done such a thing.The official walks here and watches all the way, and from time to time the team will stay in the wild, and he took a few people to wander around some market towns.

When it comes to surveying the terrain, the official is more like a private visit in a micro-service.

Zhao Xi still believed in Su Song, Shen Kuo and others' rigorous approach to work. This trip, the survey was just an excuse, and Zhao Xi couldn't give up halfway, so he directly regarded the survey as a release.

Staying in the inner garden all day, all he could see was the government affairs of the palace wall. Zhao Xi rarely had the opportunity to travel like this, so he was a bit willful.

The only good thing is that he didn't see anything that he couldn't see... This time it wasn't really a microservice private visit, it was a trip, and it was nothing more than a strict order not to disturb the local area. It's not that local officials don't know whereabouts.

The same as in ancient times and modern times, they will present the best to Shangfeng. Zhao Xi wants to see the real local governance of the Song Dynasty, but it is impossible in this way.

Zhao Xi also knew that he was a low-level official, so why didn't he understand these tricks.

He doesn't seem to care much about these now, he just regards it as a relaxation.

Although the court's memorials were delivered in time every day, Zhao Xi only read them occasionally, and did not express any opinions on the court's various disposals.

On the one hand, it is one aspect of this long trip to relax oneself, and it can also give the prince, who is in charge of supervising the country, a chance to perform well in the cabinet and court officials.

The crown prince is different from himself. Zhao Xi’s experience was in the period of great change and turbulence in the Song Dynasty, and it was easy to gain recognition and prestige among the ministers. However, it is more difficult for the crown prince to gain recognition than himself when the government affairs are stabilized. Be big.

Just like that, the team has reached the northern Shaanxi plateau.

From the topography, Zhao Xi can be sure that he has reached the northern Shaanxi plateau, but in terms of landforms, Zhao Xi doesn't care much about the landforms of the northern Shaanxi plateau that later generations recognize.

"Zirong, where does this place belong?"

The ground is loess, but it is not the kind of yellow to whitish soil that Zhao Xi saw later, nor is it the kind of landform where no vegetation grows.The weeds on the side of the road were messy, but they were equally lush and lush. It was not the desolate and desolate impression in Zhao Xi's memory at all.

After camping, Zhao Xi asked Su Song.

"Go back to the official's house, north of Yanchuan, under the jurisdiction of the Yongxing Army."

The officials seldom asked about this journey. Su Song always thought that the officials were familiar with the sand table made by Shen Kuo, so he didn't think much about it.Unexpectedly, the official asked again at this time.

Sure enough, we have already reached the northern Shaanxi plateau, but it seems that this landform should not be able to be reforested?Zhao Xi was very puzzled, so he casually grabbed a handful of dirt from the ground...

"Is it possible to cultivate this soil?"

"Official house, the soil quality is suitable for farming. In the early years, it belonged to the frontier, with vast land and few people. In recent years, the country has been stable and strong, and the population has increased dramatically. Along the way, I found that the land was still barren when I was surveying a few years ago. A little cultivated land has been cultivated."

"Due to the development of the country's industry and the lack of worry about food, the trend of land reclamation and farming is not obvious, and there is no scene of large-scale land reclamation. I think that with the increase of Dingkou, there will inevitably be large-scale land reclamation and farming. ..."

Su Song thought that the officials were worried about seeing such a desolate situation, so he made some explanations.

"What was the original situation here?"

"Originally? There are records in the previous dynasty: At that time, China was flourishing in Xinjiang, and the Tang territory was [-] miles away from Anyuanmen to the west. Luyan faced each other, and mulberry and hemp covered the fields. Officials, in the previous dynasty, this place should be mostly mountain forests. "

"During the previous dynasty, this area was the main area for grazing horses, with trees and forests as the main areas. In this dynasty, since the rebellion of the western thieves, from the north of Qinzhou, the Northwest Army had to build camps to fight against the western thieves, so they took more from nearby. Logging and construction took decades to become what it is today."

As Su Song said, he kicked the soil on the ground casually with his feet, and it seemed that he could still see the roots of the trees that used to be.

When he was investigating with Shen Kuo and others a few years ago, he felt sorry for this phenomenon... Some officials have done experiments on water and soil erosion, and he very much agrees with the viewpoint of maintaining water and soil to control the flooding of the Yellow River.

When the official asked questions like this, Su Song probably understood the official's intention. The official's focus was not on barrenness, but on the issue of water and soil conservation.

These days, Su Song has forgotten the purpose of the official's trip.

It's not that Zhao Xi is unclear, but needs to be confirmed, because what he saw was different from what he remembered.Obviously, the Loess Plateau at this time was not so bad that it was irreparable.

"Let's go east tomorrow, I'll look closer to the Yellow River..."

Zhao Xi probably understood that the bad environment of the Loess Plateau started from this dynasty.

During the time of the first emperor, the Xixia harassed the frontiers, and the country suffered repeated defeats. In order to defend against the invasion of Xixia, more than 200 fortresses were built from Linfu and Qinzhou in the east to Qinzhou in the west.These fortresses were built in the north and west of the Loess Plateau, causing some damage to the originally few forests here.

At the same time, in order to strengthen the military strength of these fortresses, many troops are stationed here, and in order to solve the military supplies, they also recruit reclamation and develop agriculture... In this way, how can the environment not be deteriorated?

Fortunately, the status quo is not irreversible.This is caused by Guochao, let Guochao improve it!

Chapter 827

Going north would be pointless.

Whether it is the Song Dynasty or Xixia, the reason for the destruction of the water and soil on the entire northern Shaanxi plateau can be attributed to the conquest, and it is not entirely the desire of the farming people for the land... After all, the ravines are not counted in terms of population density Too big a dynasty is not very attractive to people.

Fortunately, today is not what it used to be, and it is also different from the original history. It may take a long time to recover from decades of damage, but Zhao Xi is not worried.

This is no longer a battlefield, nor is it a frontier. With the promotion of coal, people's demand for cutting down trees is not strong. As long as the imperial court gives a little guidance, it is believed that the water and soil here can be improved to the greatest extent.

Zhao Xi recalled the policy of returning farmland to forests in his memory, and remembered that when he was a teenager in later generations, he would always follow his parents to plant trees during the slack season, and there was also an annual tree planting activity from top to bottom... Maybe in the future The current financial resources of the country should also be able to use a form of subsidies to guide the people to plant trees.

The entire survey team wandered around the Hedong and Linfu areas, the local and state capitals were trembling, and the survey team almost ran all over the Shanxi-Shaanxi border...Of course, this is Zhao Xi's perception.

The situation is not serious, at least the soil quality is not as bad as later generations, the scattered elms and willows can still avoid the shade, that is to say, the soil quality has not deteriorated to the point where it cannot be planted.

Zhao Xi really wanted to follow the Yellow River all the way upriver and take a look, just like Su Song and the others did their survey at the beginning, from the time when the Yellow River was clear to when it turned yellow, they could take a look at the entire place that flows through the Loess Plateau.Unfortunately, the report from the imperial court made him have to stop this trip and return to the imperial court.

Because the fourth prince came back, he came back in a mess.

A team of more than 3000 people with a thousand guns came back in despair.

The report did not mention the specific situation in detail, but only said that in the dispute with different forces in Ryukyu, the disadvantage was obvious, and they had to return to the country in order to fight again...

"People are always pretentious. If they don't encounter some setbacks, they will never know how capable they are."

Although Zhao Xi didn't know the specific details, it was difficult for Zhao Xi to understand that a team of three thousand warriors and one thousand guns were defeated on a small offshore island.

Later generations, because of some special reasons, Zhao Xi paid attention to Ryukyu. The reason why the four princes were allowed to establish themselves in Ryukyu was because Zhao Xi knew that Ryukyu was still a land of no man at this time, or that there was no political power.

Ryukyu was discovered by Zhu Kuan, a captain of Yuqi in the Sui Dynasty, who went to sea to search for foreign customs.

It is said that when Zhu Kuan and others traveled from Amami Oshima in the north to Yonaguni Island in the south, they saw a pearl-like island floating in the sea, "like a dragon floating on the water", so they named it Liuqiu.When the "Sui Shu" was compiled in the previous dynasty, because "Qiu" means little dragon, in order to avoid the taboo of the emperor's dragon, the place was renamed Liuqiu.It was not until the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty that the place was named: Liuqiu, which means glazed jade and pearl ball.It was also during the Hongwu period that Ryukyu became a vassal state.

Unexpectedly, in such an unowned land, three thousand soldiers were beaten back.

"Officials, the personnel recruited by the Fourth Prince, except for the [-] musketeers who are retired soldiers of the new army, the rest are idlers or sailors, who may not be good at war."

"If Liuqiu has other forces, or is united by various forces, it is not difficult to understand such a situation."

The officials may not know the composition of the fourth prince's team, but Su Song still knows.Even the people in his family have arranged for them.

Generally speaking, the entourage of the fourth prince is more about exploring the situation. Even the boatmen and sailors are probably not elites.

The only thing that makes sense is that the Thousand Musketeers are retired soldiers of the New Army, and this was secretly ordered by the officials.Otherwise, it is difficult to say whether it can be returned.

There are some things that Su Song can say, but there are some things that Su Song cannot say.When he was still in the old guard camp, Su Song could feel the government's ambitions for the territory, and Su Song didn't dare to comment casually on the matter of the fourth prince going east to Tuohai.