Datang: Li Shimin begged me to rebel

Xu Xing received Li Shimin's warning, and he immediately saluted and said, "I obey."

"Well, yes, then you lead the way. I think the farmland near Zibo County is doing well. Are there many people who have migrated here?" Li Shimin asked curiously.

"Yes. Many people migrated from mountainous areas and other places where there is not enough land. At present, the distribution of land and other work has been in place. This year's grain production has increased by 70.00% compared with the whole year." Xu Xing immediately opened his mouth to report road.

"It's a good job. Ensuring grain production is one thing, and making people live better is another. Are there any requirements for people to farm now?" Li Shimin asked curiously.

It's strange to say that Li Shimin actually hasn't been involved in government affairs for nearly two years. Although he also reads it, he only takes a general look to get a general idea. Li Ke is doing the specific things.

He was not interested at all at the time, but now that he has suddenly become the Supreme Emperor, Li Shimin is interested in these instead.

Of course, he was just interested and wanted to know something, but he didn't want to get involved at all.

Nothing to worry about!This kind of inquiry is more like traveling. It is a pleasure to see Datang getting better a little bit.

But if the question is for court affairs, then it may not be necessary.

"No more. Now the imperial court has implemented a new policy this year. In addition to requiring people to sell a certain amount of grain, there are no longer any mandatory requirements for people to grow anything."

"The reason for asking the common people to sell a certain amount of grain to Tang to store grain is to ensure the grain planting area of ​​Datang and avoid food shortages. As for the rest of the common people, they can plant whatever they want."

"Nowadays, the people's farming structure is more flexible. For example, many people have planted the corn that has been promoted this year. This corn can also be regarded as a kind of food. Although the texture of cornmeal is rough, it is not as good as staple food such as wheat and rice. , but I heard that the yield of corn per mu can also reach one thousand catties!”

"And corn stalks can be used as feed for livestock such as pack horses, cattle and sheep in winter, which is very good. However, according to the instructions of the Ministry of Agriculture, corn should be planted in rotation every few years." Xu Xing gave the answer immediately.

"It's a good job, but when I walked on the road before, I saw a lot of people returning collectively with farm tools. What's going on?" Li Shimin asked again.

"It is a water conservancy project arranged during the slack season. It is estimated to last for many years, and the imperial court has given special funds." Xu Xing replied immediately.

"Building water conservancy? What kind of water conservancy is being built here?" Li Shimin was stunned for a moment. He really didn't know much about this.

"It's about the Yellow River. According to documents jointly issued by the Ministry of Construction, the Ministry of Land and Resources and other departments, some water conservancy experts from the Ministry of Construction have been surveying the Yellow River channel throughout Shandong Province."

"Historically, the Yellow River has been diverted several times, and because of soil erosion in the upper reaches of the Loess Plateau, the Yellow River has carried a large amount of sediment to the lower reaches. According to the county annals of these counties near the Bohai Sea, many of these counties now have land of this size. It was brought by the sediment carried by the Yellow River for hundreds of thousands of years."

"The river bed of the Yellow River is also rising now, and the Yellow River may also be diverted in the future. If it is diverted at that time, it may cause huge losses."

"So now some areas have begun to survey and widen some river channels. Based on the terrain of the river channel, we will consider whether to establish an alternate channel for the Yellow River." Xu Xing said quickly.

Li Shimin was a little surprised. He didn't expect Li Ke to think so far, and now he started to survey the course of the Yellow River.

Shouldn't the normal approach be to build water conservancy projects in the current rivers and deal with the sediment in the current rivers?Are we just going to take backup measures?

But what Li Shimin didn't know was that, not to mention the harm caused by the number of times the Yellow River diverted its course in history, the number of people who died each time was a huge number.

Now that the Tang Dynasty has stabilized, it is impossible for Li Ke to just sit back and watch this happen.

Fortunately, the current course of the Yellow River in the Tang Dynasty has changed from the Tianjin estuary in the Western Han Dynasty to the current Yellow River estuary in later generations.

However, after flowing for 1000 years, this river will be diverted again in the Northern Song Dynasty and return to the Tianjin first-line estuary, and then diverted again in the Southern Song Dynasty.

It was not until 1855 that the diversion became the appearance of the modern Yellow River.

It can be said that in the entire land of Shandong, the Yellow River has harmed countless people.

Now that Datang has this strength and the ability to plan for a rainy day, Li Ke must investigate in advance, mainly to let people in water conservancy and other fields pay attention.

Even if the current Yellow River will take 400 years to divert, and after Li Ke reforms the upper reaches of the Loess Plateau, maybe the Yellow River will be completely stabilized.

"It's a good job. It is indeed right to plan for a rainy day, but when you are planning for a rainy day, the wages of the common people cannot be delayed. The most important thing is to strictly investigate the behavior of the people below withholding rations and monthly money." Li Shimin confessed to the two sentence.

"Yes!"

Asking all the way, Li Shimin followed the other party into Zibo County.

This county is not big, but the people he saw on the road made Li Shimin very pleased. These people were all wearing good linen clothes, and their faces were full of smiles.

At the very least, Li Shimin did not encounter many people who were sallow and thin. Although these people could not gain weight, they were not sallow or thin. Obviously, after the people had enough to eat in recent years, their bodies were naturally much stronger than before.

The point is that Li Shimin saw a lot of children playing on the road, and many of the children actually had some poems in their mouths, and some books like Thousand Characters were able to hear things.

And these things, the children of these common people had no chance to touch them at all in the past. Obviously, many of the children here have gone to school.

"What is the proportion of people in Zibo County going to school?" Li Shimin asked.

"It has increased a lot compared to last year. Since His Majesty's national examination last year, many people have sent their children to school this year, especially when His Majesty's speech when he ascended the throne some time ago, many people have also sent their children to school. "

"It's just that most of the ordinary people are sent in more boys than girls, and most of them are boys." Xu Xing hesitated and said.

"This is indeed a problem, but some of Li Ke's current policies are correct. Many female officials have been given official positions in the imperial court. With the expansion of these female official positions, more and more people in the Tang Dynasty will send girls to schools. " Li Shimin nodded.