Father, I really don’t want to be the emperor

"Actually, I also know that it is still difficult to develop the breeding industry in the mainland. The first thing is experience. If there is no experience, the farmed animals are likely to die in large numbers."

"Another point is that the wild beasts in the mountains and forests are also very ferocious. If not handled properly, they are likely to cause great damage to the farmers. In short, this matter must be considered in the long term, and remember not to rush into the horse."

Ning Fan nodded slightly, as if he was warning Da Sinong, and also seemed to be warning himself.

"Your Majesty, there is a large area of ​​grassland in the northwest. With the recent rebellion in the northwest, Dakang has lost a lot of grassland in the northwest, and military horse breeding has also lost a lot of grassland. Nowadays, the supply of military horses in the northwest army exceeds the demand."

After hearing Ning Fan's remarks, Da Sinong showed a faint look of anger on his face. He felt that Ning Fan was singing a high-key tune and did not understand the difficulties of reality at all.

In fact, after Ning Fan said what he just said, he knew that his words were likely to cause displeasure in the great Sinong's heart. As expected, seeing the angry expression on the great Sinong's face, Ning Fan also knew that he It is indeed a bit high-profile.

"Don't worry, Sir. Things in the northwest can last from three nights to more than a month. There should be definite news. After the judgment of the northwest is settled, the large tracts of pasture in the northwest will return to the imperial court."

Ning Fan was quite confident about this. This was not because of Ning Fan's blind confidence, but because Ning Fan had a plan in mind.

The first reason is that Chen Qiao's march into the northwest was very smooth, and the army was like a snowball, with its numbers continuing to increase and its combat effectiveness getting stronger and stronger.

The second reason is that things in Jiangnan are almost coming to an end. When all the aristocratic families in Jiangnan are taken care of by Chen Yuanqing, Chen Yuanqing can then send his troops northward, go straight to the northwest to join Chenqiao, and attack from both sides to completely wipe out the northwest. Rebellion.

Based on the judgment of these two major reasons, Ning Fan can be sure that the war in the northwest is not far away from ending. At that time, Dakang will return to a unified state. As the economy slowly recovers in the future, the entire Dakang will It will quickly enter a period of prosperity. According to Ning Fan's estimation, in as short as three to five years and as long as ten years, Dakang's national power will reach its peak.

"Your Majesty, I heard that the land in the seven provinces south of the Yangtze River has been distributed to the people. The people own the land and do not allow the powerful landlords to enclose the land privately. Is this true?"

Liu Wenzheng looked at Ning Fan with curiosity.

In this era of limited information, things that are far away in the seven provinces in the south of the Yangtze River have actually changed when they reach Kyoto. Many people and many things cannot be transmitted to Kyoto as they are. Only core decision-makers like Ning Fan can know the exact Apart from the news, even some ministers don't know much about Jiangnan's reforms.

"It's like this. I have completely destroyed the scholar-bureaucrat class and the powerful landlord class in Jiangnan. Now there are only one peasant family in Jiangnan, and each family will be divided into fields according to their head. These fields belong entirely to For these farmers, they only need to pay a small amount of taxes to the court."

Ning Fan nodded and acknowledged Jiangnan's reforms to Liu Wenzheng.

After Liu Wenzheng heard Ning Fan's words, he was stunned. This was a major change that had not happened in thousands of years. He had never heard of an emperor who had such great courage to distribute land to the people. .

"Since ancient times, the enfeoffment system has been a powerful means for emperors to control various places. Your Majesty has eliminated all the princes, landlords and powerful people in various places. Then who will fill the power vacuum in these places? If there is no strong control, then the central government will Centralization of power will weaken local control, and in the later stages it will even be impossible to collect taxes."

On the one hand, Da Sinong felt happy about Ning Fan's reforms, but on the other hand, he felt worried.

Ning Fan was a little surprised, because he was deeply surprised by the old man's eyes, because Ning Fan himself had not thought of this problem before. It was only after Zhou Qun arrived in Jiangnan and heard Song Chengzhou talk about these things that Ning Fan became aware of the land allocation. of sequelae.

This dynasty was different from the transportation and information of later generations. The developed imperial court's ability to control various places could be offset by transportation and information. However, in this era, carriages and horses were very slow and information was blocked. The imperial court's control of local areas had to rely entirely on local political power. .

Originally, the local government had weak control over some remote places, and had to rely on some local wealthy families, some rural sages, and some local tycoons.

But now that the imperial court has sorted out the clans in these places and wiped out all the local small power structures, there will undoubtedly be a large power vacuum.

"Da Sinong is worried, but the court has already made a decision on this matter."

"The imperial court will set up counties below the state capital, and townships and villages below the counties. Currently, the lowest administrative official in Dakang is the Jiupin County Magistrate, but in the future I will set up a new batch of grassroots officials."

Ning Fan referred to the administrative infrastructure of later generations and decided to set up villages below the county level to govern the people at the grassroots level.

In fact, there is nothing wrong with this setting, but in this era, Ning Fan's idea is too advanced. After all, in this era, the court's economic capacity is limited, it can be responsible, and the economic pressure on officials is also limited. If a large number of additional officials are added, , will bring a heavy economic burden to the court.

"Your Majesty's current treasury is empty. If a large number of people are added to smoke cigarettes, I am afraid that the government's finances will be unable to make ends meet and it will be difficult to recover by then."

Liu Wenzheng had a worried expression on his face.

Ning Fan also had to admit that this old man had a strong thinking ability and a very clear mind. Sometimes the questions he raised were really difficult for Ning Fan to answer. But regarding these questions, Ning Fan actually had only one option, which was Jiangnan Economics. recovery.

The emergence of the bourgeoisie and industrialization will take the first shot in Jiangnan. This is Ning Fan's greatest hope and the biggest card in Ning Fan's hand. As long as the economy and agriculture of the seven provinces in Jiangnan are completely improved, then the entire country will be affected. There will be a cash cow in Kangdu.

However, for the current plan, Ning Fan needs to solve the problem of overcapacity after the industrialization era, because this has to be considered in advance. In a short period of time, Dakang's industrialized products should not be surplus in three to five years, but in ten years it will be even worse. Over a long period of time, as production capacity increases, a large amount of surplus value will inevitably be generated, and at this time, these things need to be dumped overseas.

"Liu Aiqing, do you know whether there has been shipbuilding in all dynasties?"