The rise of the president in the harem
Chapter 54
After Zhou Feiqi chatted with Gao Yue, he thought that Gao Yue learned architecture, and he was better at ordnance, and he had never been in contact with agricultural production.But in Dazhou, farming was almost the foundation for the common people to settle down.If you want to make changes in Dazhou, as Gao Yue said, starting with agriculture is the best breakthrough point. With the increase in productivity, people's lives are rich, and the acceptance of other changes can also maintain a relatively positive attitude.
So, on the second day, Zhou Feiqi summoned Li Shangshu alone to talk about farming after the morning court.However, while chatting, Zhou Feiqi found that Li Shangshu has very limited practical experience in farming. He is in a high position. The most work he has done in these years is to coordinate data, and this old Shangshu is also from a family. The ancients paid attention to 'a gentleman stays away from the kitchen', especially the sons of aristocratic families, who have never touched the spring water with their ten fingers, and naturally they have never touched the yellow earth.
The so-called way of planting, Lao Shangshu also stays at the theoretical level.
It seems that it is necessary to take time out and go out to the palace.
Zhou Feiqi thought about this matter in his heart, and told Gao Yue after returning to Jiyang Hall. After Gao Yue heard it, his eyes lit up immediately, and he looked at him with eagerness and anticipation.Zhou Feiqi knew what Gao Yue was thinking without guessing.Speaking of which, life in the palace is really boring, it's rare that Gao Yue ran away so once after coming here for so long!
"Take you there!" Zhou Feiqi scratched his nose, and seeing Gao Yue immediately smiled into a flower, his heart was sour, sweet and helpless, but, "If you take care of yourself one day earlier, we can sooner One day, so," he pulled the scroll in Gao Yue's hand, "don't look at these until it's fully raised."
Gao Yue nodded, he just wanted to help Zhou Feiqi.It's not Zhou Feiqi's only wish to be with the one he loves as soon as possible, Gao Yue also wants to!Not paying, just waiting, that's not your character, Brother Yue!
With the hope of going out of the palace, Gao Yue drank herbal tea, ate herbal diet, exercised hard and sweated a lot in the past two days, not to mention how active she was.In addition, Zi Xian and He Lianye took good care of her, and Zhou Feiqi took good care of her. After Gao Yue's voice recovered, the traces on her body disappeared, and she was alive and kicking again, she looked much brighter than the day Zhou Feiqi carried her back!
What should I say about that complexion, there is a touch of pink in the fair skin, a touch of charm in the elegance, the eyes are full of smiles, and occasionally he casually glances at Zhou Feiqi, which can make the emperor's heart skip a beat shoot.
In short, the style is self-contained.
This kind of Gao Yue is undoubtedly very attractive, so Zhou Feiqi couldn't help but hugged his waist, buried his face in his chest and rubbed against him for a long time, like a big coquettish dog, not enough to suck his master !
Gao Yue laughed straight at him, stretched his ears, and coaxed helplessly: "Are you almost done? Alright, take me out of the palace!"
Only then did Zhou Feiqi raise her face, looked at him infatuatedly for a while, pressed a kiss on his lips, and said, "You are so beautiful, I can't bear to let others see it too!"
Gao Yue said: "Then what should I do? How about I cover my face so that they won't see it?"
Zhou Feiqi also laughed and said, "No, you won't feel comfortable like that. I'll just be generous for once."
After the two laughed and quarreled, Zhou Feiqi took Gao Yue's hand and pulled him up from the chair.He also ordered Hu and Zhang outside the door: "I will not pass on the message, and no one should disturb me."
The two father-in-laws responded quickly and dutifully played the role of door god again.Ever since Gao Biyan was taken back to the Jiyang Palace by the emperor, during this period of time, His Majesty the Emperor would not be disturbed at all times, and they were used to it.The only thing that surprised me was that Gao Biyan survived such a high-intensity and high-frequency favor. This is really admirable!
This time out of the palace, the emperor didn't make much fanfare because he wanted to wear a micro-clothes. He didn't even bring the guards in the palace with him, but only took Gao Yue's hand. Two dark guards were mobilized to escort them to the paddy fields in the suburbs.
Entering this secret path again, Gao Yue was filled with emotions.Now that he and Zhou Feiqi have recognized each other, many of the questions in his mind before can be outspoken, so he asked: "As far as I know, this secret road still leads to the Hall of Jihe, did you leave it on purpose?"
Zhou Feiqi said: "Back then Concubine Liu was about to give birth, so this secret passage was kept for surveillance purposes. After she died, Jue'er was handed over to the Queen Mother to raise her, and the exit at the other end of the Hall of Jihe was sealed. If there hadn't been a Gu worm this year There is still another case," he looked at Gao Yue, "Qi Shea wanted to take you out of the palace, and opened this secret passage, maybe I didn't realize that the entrance of Jihe Palace was opened for a while."
"Then you put Zhou Feijue alone in Jihe Palace later, and you never sent anyone to monitor him again?"
"There is protection, he is a child after all, but the opening of the secret passage should have nothing to do with him." Zhou Feiqi said.
"He knows, and he hid food in it," Gao Yue said.
"Oh?"
Gao Yue took a deep breath, and relayed to the emperor what Qi Sheath had told about Zhou Feijue's hiding of the king pigeon in the secret path. After speaking, he said: "...for this reason, I went to the Rare and Strange House and consulted with Eunuch Bian. Then I heard the rumors about you and the second prince, "The King of Opera Pigeons". I asked you about it later, but you seemed to be offended so badly that you didn't even want to tell me."
Zhou Feiqi heard that he was complaining at the end, so she laughed and said: "When the former emperor gave the king pigeon, he gave me a hen. At that time, I refused to touch the maid who was arranged by the empress dowager. The second prince used this to tease again, you said, how do you want me to tell people other than you about this kind of thing?"
Gao Yue stopped talking, but his face slowly turned red.
Zhou Feiqi sighed in his heart, took Gao Yue's hand and squeezed it hard, and then said: "It may not be accidental that the pair of king pigeons appeared in the secret passage, but it may be accidental that Jue'er found the secret passage and caught the king pigeon. This matter , don’t panic, Wang Ge is nothing more than related to the first prince and the second prince, and I have sent additional people to monitor these two people.”
"So, the former emperor only gave you three king pigeons back then?" Gao Yue asked, seeing Zhou Feiqi nod, he thought for a moment, and then said: "If you killed the second prince and your pigeons back then and put them in boxes, This kind of pigeon can only be left in the hands of the First Prince. And the First Prince is the brother of His Highness the Ninth Prince, so it cannot be guaranteed that he has very important information or urgently uses the King Pigeon to send a message to His Highness the Ninth Prince. Oh , or to send a message to Ji and someone in the palace."
"I think, he probably sent a message to that eunuch named Xiao Manzi, but I don't know what kind of news he sent, which required him to take such a risk..." Zhou Feiqi had a faint guess in his heart as he spoke, and there were many doubts, and he just said: " Some time ago, there was an accident in Gucheng, and white pigeons came and went frequently. This eunuch even urged Jue'er to come to Jiyang Palace to grab pigeons to eat. Now that I think about it, what they wanted to grab was not the pigeons, but the secret report on the legs of the pigeons. It's a pity, Jue It is unreasonable to say that it was instigated by Ji and Xiao Manzi in the palace, and now that everyone has died in the prison, even if we want to investigate again, it will not be so easy."
After hearing this, Gao Yue sighed, and said with emotion: "Looking at it this way, Zhou Feijue's young age is really not easy, those servants see him doing so many dirty things behind his back, and even take advantage of him, it is really hateful. "
"That's how the ancient royal family was."
Gao Yue heard something wrong with his words, and hurriedly asked: "Did you also suffer from such bullying when you were young?"
"How is it possible? I'm not a real kid. I've just seen too much in these years." Before Zhou Feiqi finished speaking, he felt Gao Yue's hand holding him became stronger, his heart warmed, and he smiled faintly .
Gao Yue held Zhou Feiqi's hand, remained silent for a while before speaking again, and said, "Qi Shea was hit by Gu insects before, according to what he said, it was Xiao Manzi who cast Gu insects on him, is it possible that these Gu insects are related to the eldest prince?" ?”
Unexpectedly, Zhou Feiqi thought for a while, then shook his head, and said: "There are hidden guards watching him all the time, and he is practicing in Lingyin Temple. The monks in Lingyin Temple have taught me and Li Jing martial arts. Emperor Teacher. That person has five senses, he is not an ordinary person, with him, if there is any change in the eldest prince, I will definitely receive the news, presumably it is not the eldest prince."
Gao Yue thought to herself, the harem gu worms have been lurking for many years, and they want to be the emperor, and what they want is Zhou Feiqi's life.If the person behind the manipulation is not the eldest prince, then who else?Could it be the second prince?
However, there are so many clues now that it is impossible to check clearly.Because the Gu worm case was originally a bait situation, if all the clues left behind were investigated, the Li family would definitely be drawn out, and in the current court situation, the Li family was the emperor Zhou Feiqi's greatest reliance.The Li family can't go down yet, if his house goes down, Zhou Feiqi will lose his arm. At that time, if there are no other direct powers on top, the people hiding behind the scenes will definitely not let go of this great opportunity, or they will bite Zhou Feiqi by the throat , Pulling him down from the dragon seat.
Since ancient times, when emperors and emperors died, Goujian was the only one who was immortal as a prisoner and was able to turn against the wind.Gao Yue used to not want Zhou Feiqi to have an accident out of self-interest, but now he doesn't want Zhou Feiqi to have any problems.
Then this matter can only be investigated secretly.Although it is definitely more labor-intensive than dispatching troops, for Zhou Feiqi's safety, Gao Yue feels that she must not slack off.He didn't tell Zhou Feiqi this plan, because he knew that Zhou Feiqi would definitely not let him worry about it, but he wanted to protect the one he loves, and it was just worrying about it, so what was it?
The two came out of the secret passage and came to the arsenal again.The dark sun and dark moon have already greeted them in front of the door.It was the first time for Gao Yue to see the dark sun. Hearing Zhou Feiqi say that this person was the dark guard who had been protecting her all the time, he couldn't help but think of the scene where Concubine Han gave her New Year's greetings at the Yihe Xuan. Thinking about it, it must be the dark sun handwriting.
Hearing that An Ri and An Yue are actually two brothers, and the tall and flamboyant An Yue is actually a younger brother, Gao Yue feels that these dark guards are also hiding something interesting.He couldn't help but looked at them more.
Zhou Feiqi said to those two people: "An Ri sent two good hands to follow me, An Yue, you can continue to guard here."
The two make arrangements by themselves.
In order to hide their identities, both Gao Yue and Zhou Feiqi changed into ordinary peasant clothes.In order to make it easier for them to travel, An Yue specially prepared an open carriage like that of an ordinary farmhouse, which shows that no matter how bad-tempered he is, he is definitely careful enough.
He brought the diatomaceous earth from Gangang Mountain last month, and now handing it over to Zhang Shuren really played a role in promoting Leihuo's further research.This kind of white soil, Zhang Shuren, heard from Gao Yue last time that he was doing research and talking about Gao Biyan these days, which made An Yue also become curious about Gao Yue, thinking that this Gao Biyan is really not just the ordinary people in the harem. Concubine?Are you really a capable connoisseur?
This time, His Majesty the Emperor brought Gao Biyan to the arsenal again, and An Yue wanted to observe Gao Yue.This attention not only found that Gao Biyan was more beautiful than the last time I saw him, but also discovered the special atmosphere between him and His Majesty that isolates others. Just like a newly married couple, the occasional look in the eyes of the two people is the time when the honey is mixed with oil and the love is overflowing.
Driving in the dark, Zhou Feiqi and Gao Yue were behind the car.Behind them there was a carriage carrying four hidden guards dressed as domestic servants.As the group drove out of the valley, Gao Yue discovered that a golden rice field could be seen not far from here.He then asked Zhou Feiqi: "Which direction are we in Pingjing now?"
Zhou Feiqi said: "To the east of the imperial palace, three miles south of the mountain opposite the valley just now is Chiyun Temple. In the secret path, Taoist Chiyun set up a magic circle to shrink the earth. You may not believe it, but the wisdom of the ancients is by no means beyond our reach. Imagine."
Gao Yue smiled, and he said: "I don't know if other people have wisdom, anyway, I know that Taoist Chi Yun has real skills."
Zhou Feiqi also agrees with this.
The carriage creaked and drove into the eastern suburbs, and walked along the official road.Seeing that a village was visible not far ahead, Zhou Feiqi made An Sun stop in front of a field.He and Gao Yue jumped out of the carriage and saw farmers working up and down in the fields, so they walked up to the ridge and approached them to strike up a conversation.
Gao Yue followed him on the field ridge. They were originally one in front of the other, but at some point their fingers hooked together. Although only one finger was hooked, it was the kind of person who has me in you and you in me. The fetters spread silently from their interlocking fingers.
It was so sweet that it seemed to melt under the scorching sun at any time.
If someone entered their own field, the working farmers would naturally ask.Their voices were loud, and they shouted from a long distance: "What are you doing?! Don't step on the seedlings!"
"Old man, ask me something." Zhou Feiqi shouted this sentence from the old man in a dialect that Gao Yue had never heard before, and casually threw a purse over there.The old farmer took the purse and opened it for a look, then smiled immediately, and raised his hand again and again, "Go up and talk, go up and talk! Don't walk around in the field!"
While shouting, he ran over in three steps and two steps, and he could see that his body was very strong.Behind him, two young men also straightened up and turned their heads to look this way. They probably had never seen people like Gao Yue and Zhou Feiqi before, and a dull expression appeared on their simple faces.
The old farmer coaxed Zhou Feiqi and Gao Yue back to the official road, and then he took a closer look at them, his dark face became clear, and he said to Zhou Feiqi: "The young man just got married, right? Your accent doesn't look like a Pingjing person, It's more like the south!"
Zhou Feiqi had learned many dialects and several languages from different regions in order to perform various tasks. Just now, when he spoke to the old farmer, he used a dialect of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, which is easier for northerners to understand without revealing his identity.
When asked at this time, Zhou Feiqi replied: "Weinan people, come to Pingjing to marry a wife." After speaking, he glanced at Gao Yue.
The old farmer also took a look at Gao Yue, laughed and said: "You are a beautiful wife! Our brother in Pingjing is the best! The young man has a good eye! If you want to ask me anything, ask me! The old man accepts it today. I have stolen your money, as long as I know, I will tell you!"
Zhou Feiqi said: "I want to settle down in Pingjing Real Estate, so I want to ask the old man where the land is good."
The old farmer laughed as soon as he heard it, and said: "Oh, what should I do? Settle down here? Which district do you want to live in? There are human teeth restaurants in the area. After entering, they say they want to buy a house. The big and small ones are brought by themselves. You pick it. Let me tell you about the land. In Pingjing, there are fairy mountains in the north, imperial tombs in the west, and official villages in the south. All the land left for our people is in the east.
However, the east is better than the east, the land is fertile and fertile, and even the emperor's summer festival comes to our eastern suburbs!Also, the tax in Pingjing is lower than other places. Although the land allocated here is a little less, but if it is planted well, the surplus grain for a year can still be enough for the family to live on.Look at my two sons," he said, pointing to the two young men who had bent over to work again, "are they as strong as calves?Hahaha! "
"Then how can we plant the land well? What are you growing here in Pingjing? Water millet can't be planted, right?" Zhou Feiqi said.
"Shuiguzi, that's what you grow in Weinan, but you can't grow it here!" The old farmer looked at Gao Yue and asked doubtfully, "Isn't your daughter-in-law from Pingjing? She doesn't know how to farm?"
Zhou Feiqi hurriedly said: "Where does he know these things? He has been raised by a son since he was a child, and he has studied all the time."
"Oh, the children of the merchants, you don't understand." The old farmer suddenly said, "We in Pingjing grow wheat and millet, and there are two crops a year. The number of people in the family is not particularly large enough to eat. But there are also many families. They will go to Beishan to pick wild millet, and they also have a plot of land to grow by themselves. The wild millet is very solid, and the land is not adjusted. It can be planted at any time. But, the land is the same, if If you want to grow the crops well, you still need water. When you have enough water and fertilizer, the crops will grow well. I think you are a cheerful person, and you have just come to Pingjing. If you really plan to buy land from us, go to the valley mouth Well, the land there is cheap and the price is low, but there is a river pit in the valley. I don’t know which god has ordered it in the past two years. The water there is very good. In our village, many people go to that river pit I fetch water from the farm to irrigate the field, and every month I go to pull up a truckload of water and pour it into the field, and the wheat that can be planted in the stubble will be so big—" He made a gesture, and immediately laughed again From ear to ear, he said, "Hey, it's heavier than the wheat in the sacrificial field at Shennongtan!"
"Where is the river pit? Can the old man take us to have a look?" Gao Yue took the opportunity to ask.
"This..." The old farmer looked at the unfinished work and hesitated.
Seeing this, Zhou Feiqi took out another piece of broken silver from his bosom, handed it to the old farmer, and said, "I'm sorry to delay your work, you take this."
The old farmer was startled when he saw it, and quickly refused, saying: "This is not good! I have already collected your copper coins, how can I collect silver again? Then who am I? Damn, anyway, you have a car, and you can go back and forth quickly." Let's go!" He turned around and shouted at the two young men: "Father has something to do, go back as soon as you go, you two go home to eat at noon! Tell your mother, don't worry about it!"
One of the two sons ran over quickly, pulled his father and asked, "Where are you going?" Then he looked at Zhou Feiqi and Gao Yue and his party with wariness in his eyes.
The old farmer smiled and said, "Take them to see the river pit." Turning to Zhou Feiqi, he said, "This is my boss. Zhao Daniu. That's Erniu."
"My surname is Chen." Zhou Feiqi said.
Gao Yue was behind him, and after hearing what he said, she pursed her lips and smiled.
Zhao Daniu said, "Father, let me go, you stay."
The old farmer thought about it for a while, so he said: "Then you go, be their car, go and come back quickly."
Zhou Feiqi and Gao Yue didn't really care who led the way. They came to understand people's livelihood on the ground, and they could learn different information from different people.So, Zhao Daniu got into their car.
Gao Yue and Zhou Feiqi sat on one side, and Zhao Daniu sat on the shaft opposite them, guiding An Ri and chatting with Zhou Feiqi.
Zhao Daniu heard that Zhou Feiqi came to Pingjing from Weinan to marry a wife and set up a family. He gradually let go of his guard just now, and when he heard that they were going to buy land, he enthusiastically gave them advice, saying: "The best thing to do is to buy land. It’s better not to buy the area at the mouth of the valley. Although this area is cheap and close to the river pit, it’s convenient for farming, but you have to settle down. It’s far away from the village. If you really live here and walk back and forth, it’s definitely not as convenient as the one on the edge of the village. My father is getting old, and some things can't be fully thought out, so don't be offended. By the way, do you want to plant your own seeds?"
"Not yet."
Zhao Daniu said: "In the past two years, good seeds have not been able to reach our small village. I heard that the fields in the southern Guanzhuang are all good seeds, and the crops in their fields can produce [-]% more crops than ours. It is the kind of seeds that are quite expensive to buy, and they are all in the hands of rich people, and many people are reluctant to sell them. There are also resellers in our village, but it is not easy to get particularly good ones. They are all second-class leftovers from the south. Because of this, many people in our village choose the large wheat seeds from the stubble field, and my family has saved some, if you need it in the future, I will discuss it with my father and see if I can give you some."
After listening to him, Zhou Feiqi smiled and thanked him.Gao Yue felt that this Zhao Daniu was quite comprehensive in his consideration of issues, and his thoughts were detailed enough.
The carriage creaked and creaked for half an hour, and finally came to the river pit that Zhao's father and son had mentioned. Zhou Feiqi laughed when he saw the location of the river pit.He turned his head to look at Gao Yue, and seeing Gao Yue also had the same smile on his face, he knew that Gao Yue must have also thought of why the water was "fat"——
A few miles further on from this river pit is the arsenal. There is probably a waterway underground in this river pit, which is probably connected to the drainage channel of the arsenal. Therefore, the water here should be stained with the light of the arsenal and become diluted chemical fertilizer. Soup!
If the fields are irrigated with chemical fertilizers, it's no wonder the crops don't grow well!
Zhao Daniu didn't know what chemical fertilizer was. Seeing Zhou Feiqi and Gao Yue laughing, he asked them suspiciously, "What's wrong with you two? But there's something wrong with the water?"
"No." Zhou Feiqi said.
Gao Yue said: "There is nothing wrong with this water, but you have to remind the villagers not to drink it!"
"I can't drink it," Zhao Daniu sighed as if remembering something, "Someone came to pull water before and drank a cow with this water, and the cow died halfway, alas! No one dared to drink this water anymore. The water is gone, everyone says it is the water enlightened by the gods, it can only be used for crops, and living things cannot drink it!"
Hearing this, both Zhou Feiqi and Gao Yue restrained their smiles, thinking deeply.
Afterwards, they followed Zhao Daniu to the small village to which the Zhao family belonged.When they got here, they really understood the lives of the common people, and they realized that Zhao's father's praise of Pingjing was still very watery.
There are more than a hundred households in this small village, and less than [-]% of them can really eat enough, and [-]% of the households only have enough food every year, which is really not a star and a half away from being full.However, it is probably because the peasants in ancient times did not have high requirements for life. Gao Yue chatted with many people and found that the big guys are basically satisfied with the existing living standards, and many people are also like Mr. Zhao. Like my father, I feel that I live at the foot of the emperor, have not encountered wars or floods in this life, and can live safely because of the glory of the dragon spirit of the capital, and I am very content.
All they want is to be able to live in such peace forever, and they don't have any extravagant hopes for anything else.
Gao Yue walked around this small village, and saw that many houses were built with rammed earth, and many of the quilts on the kang were patched and patched. sank.
He glanced at Zhou Feiqi beside him, seeing the same heavy look in his eyes, knowing that Zhou Feiqi's heart was probably also heavy at the moment, so he didn't say a word.Both of them were silent on the way back to the palace, but the hands they held together were tighter than usual.
Gao Yue thought, if this country belongs to Zhou Feiqi, then the people of this country deserve to live a better life, and they should not just be satisfied with the present.
The carriage drove back to the arsenal, Gao Yue jumped out of the carriage, and said to Zhou Feiqi: "The types of crops can be further enriched, and only growing wheat is too simple, and the land system can be further optimized. The development and rational distribution of resources can be completely handed over to the Ministry of Household Affairs. If they can't spare manpower, they can also set up a separate department to manage resources. Also, chemical fertilizers, the water should not be drained outside, it will be stored, purified and made into fertilizer, and distributed by the government together with the seeds. Before implementing it in the city, choose an experimental site in the outskirts of Beijing, and I think the small village of Mr. Zhao is a good one.”
"Well," Zhou Feiqi looked at Gao Yue, saw his eyes twinkling, and knew that Gao Yue must have a plan in his heart at this moment, so he said, "Go back to the palace, and we'll talk about it in detail when we go back."
When the two returned to Jiyang Palace, it was time for dinner again. After a hasty meal, Gao Yue plunged into the study.Zhou Feiqi asked Eunuch Hu to ask He Lianye to prepare two bowls of ginseng soup and send them over.
In recent years, Eunuch Hu has prepared soup for Zhou Feiqi many times, but it was very late when the Emperor and the ministers discussed state affairs in the imperial study.The emperor seldom drank this in Jiyang Palace, especially when Gao Biyan was with him recently, so there was no need to join the soup.What's the matter today?Eunuch Hu thought in wonder.
After Gao Yue entered the study, he came up with a big framework of three plans in one breath——
One is about the plan of farming selection, breeding, division of seeds and auxiliary cultivation.Gao Yue feels that the most fundamental problem that can directly and effectively solve the food production of ordinary people today is to improve the quality of seeds. Right now, good seeds are in the hands of a few people, and they will not be available for a while. Wouldn't it be possible to solve this problem by giving them to the common people?The remaining questions are who will do it and how.Now that Gao Yue listed the questions one by one, he believed that Zhou Feiqi must have a suitable candidate in his mind.
The second is a plan to enrich the types of crops planted.In this plan, Gao Yue listed many kinds of crops that are suitable for planting in the Central Plains. Of course, he did not write about how and where to plant them, because he still needs to further understand and communicate with multiple parties.
The third is the plan for land development and rational distribution of resources.In this plan, Gao Yue proposed a point of view of opening up wasteland and expanding the village——
Taking Beishan in Pingjing as an example, the government came forward and posted a notice to call the villagers. Anyone who is willing to move to Beishan to settle down can receive ten acres of wasteland per household, three catties of millet seeds, two taels of silver for settlement, and enjoy the policy of tax reduction within three years. .
The so-called regressive tax payment means full tax in the first year, half in the second year, and full exemption in the third year.
This setting is entirely to prevent someone from taking advantage of loopholes and impersonating others, who would not work without money and food.As for those people whose families have a large population and really need to expand their land, Gao Yue believes that they will work hard after getting the land and seeds. As long as they work hard, the tax will not be set too high. The full tax for one year is completely payable.Then the second and third years of life will be much easier.
The second part of this plan is about the rectification of the southern Guanzhuang land.In the Great Zhou Dynasty, Liangtian is still in the hands of the scholar-bureaucrat class, and it is private ownership.If this part of the benefits is taken away, it will inevitably cause turmoil in the court and the throne will be unstable. Of course, Gao Yue is reluctant to bear Zhou Feiqi's risk, so Gao Yue uses the method of "weak encroachment" to rectify this part of the people.
The so-called weak cannibalization means that the imperial court collects fine seeds as an excuse to impose an additional tax on them.That is to say, these people have to pay some high-quality seeds to the country every year. It’s okay if the quality is unqualified or they don’t have it. However, the imperial court also has the right to take back [-]% of their original land in the year when they fail to pay the tax One of the areas to be redistributed.
This approach means that the movable area is very small each time, without harming the root, and can achieve the purpose of integrating resources and redistribution.The effect will be obvious over time.Gao Yue also specially marked that this law can be revised every ten years.This is also to prevent unpredictable conflicts after resources are continuously eroded.
Gao Yue devoted himself to writing these three proposals for a full three hours. During this period, he was fully absorbed. He only remembered that Zhou Feiqi seemed to feed him something. It was only when he put down his pen that he realized that it was a bowl of ginseng soup.And Zhou Feiqi sat side by side with him in front of the desk at some point, and was carefully flipping through the few sheets of paper he had just written on.
After Gao Yue finished writing, she breathed a sigh of relief and asked Zhou Feiqi: "How is it? Is it possible?"
Zhou Feiqi put down the paper, nodded, and said, "The plan is feasible, but I'm afraid the Ministry of Accounting may not have enough manpower. I'm afraid we really need to set up another department to manage this matter." In fact, he had a perfect idea in his heart. It's just that in that case, he was worried that Gao Yue would be tired, so he didn't say it.
"Oh, so who do you want to lead this new department?"
When Gao Yue said this, she rested her arms on her chest, looked sideways at His Majesty the Emperor, her beautiful eyes flashed with hope, and there was a confident smile on his lips, which made Zhou Feiqi feel helpless and proud.
Zhou Feiqi pinched his nose, shook it lightly, and said, "I don't want you to be tired like this."
"Then I can't see you being restrained by the ministers, just thinking about it makes me angry!" He said, suddenly hugged Zhou Feiqi's neck, kissed his lips hard, and stepped onto his legs On the table, holding his face with both hands, fixed his eyes on his eyes, and said very firmly: "Leave it to me, you have to admit, there is no one more suitable than me in Dazhou for this matter!"
Zhou Feiqi slipped his Adam's apple, hugged Gao Yue's waist, and said, "Do you know what I'm thinking right now?"
Gao Yue blushed and fiercely said to him, "Speak seriously!"
"It's serious."
Zhou Feiqi took a breath——
"Chi Yundao always sincerely does not deceive me."
Gao Yue:?
Zhou Feiqi said: "He said before that you are Da Zhou Xiangrui, and you can keep Da Zhou safe and sound for a hundred years. Now I feel that this is not deceiving me. Yue Yue, do you know? Your confident appearance is so attractive, I am worried that I will let you go." Go out, what should all the officials do if they see you like this and lose their minds?"
"You..." Silly hat!
Gao Yuele was broken, he thought for a while and said to Zhou Feiqi: "How about you give my new department some brothers, anyway, didn't you plan to give my brothers the imperial examination? Just take this opportunity to say Select talents for my new department, and handle this matter smoothly, anyway, no one can say anything! This can be regarded as a small step forward in the restructuring! You are all brothers, you should rest assured, right?"
"Still don't worry," Zhou Feiqi said out of sheer amusement, "Brother doesn't hinder them from watching you fly every day!"
"Screw you!"
Gao Yue pushed him, got off the ground again, and stood in front of the imperial case with his hips akimbo, staring at the several proposals on the long case.
Zhou Feiqi sat back in the chair, his eyes were warm and soft, locked on Gao Yue's beautiful side face.He looked at it for a long time, and then suddenly said: "Back then, Daoist Chi Yun gave you a divination, and I even had someone transcribe the divination. Do you want to read it?"
"Ah? What else?"
Gao Yue was a little surprised, and then thought, "But the birthday I reported was this book—"
Zhou Feiqi raised his hand, and said: "But the hexagram, I think I understand somewhat now, just wait, I'll show it to you!"
So, on the second day, Zhou Feiqi summoned Li Shangshu alone to talk about farming after the morning court.However, while chatting, Zhou Feiqi found that Li Shangshu has very limited practical experience in farming. He is in a high position. The most work he has done in these years is to coordinate data, and this old Shangshu is also from a family. The ancients paid attention to 'a gentleman stays away from the kitchen', especially the sons of aristocratic families, who have never touched the spring water with their ten fingers, and naturally they have never touched the yellow earth.
The so-called way of planting, Lao Shangshu also stays at the theoretical level.
It seems that it is necessary to take time out and go out to the palace.
Zhou Feiqi thought about this matter in his heart, and told Gao Yue after returning to Jiyang Hall. After Gao Yue heard it, his eyes lit up immediately, and he looked at him with eagerness and anticipation.Zhou Feiqi knew what Gao Yue was thinking without guessing.Speaking of which, life in the palace is really boring, it's rare that Gao Yue ran away so once after coming here for so long!
"Take you there!" Zhou Feiqi scratched his nose, and seeing Gao Yue immediately smiled into a flower, his heart was sour, sweet and helpless, but, "If you take care of yourself one day earlier, we can sooner One day, so," he pulled the scroll in Gao Yue's hand, "don't look at these until it's fully raised."
Gao Yue nodded, he just wanted to help Zhou Feiqi.It's not Zhou Feiqi's only wish to be with the one he loves as soon as possible, Gao Yue also wants to!Not paying, just waiting, that's not your character, Brother Yue!
With the hope of going out of the palace, Gao Yue drank herbal tea, ate herbal diet, exercised hard and sweated a lot in the past two days, not to mention how active she was.In addition, Zi Xian and He Lianye took good care of her, and Zhou Feiqi took good care of her. After Gao Yue's voice recovered, the traces on her body disappeared, and she was alive and kicking again, she looked much brighter than the day Zhou Feiqi carried her back!
What should I say about that complexion, there is a touch of pink in the fair skin, a touch of charm in the elegance, the eyes are full of smiles, and occasionally he casually glances at Zhou Feiqi, which can make the emperor's heart skip a beat shoot.
In short, the style is self-contained.
This kind of Gao Yue is undoubtedly very attractive, so Zhou Feiqi couldn't help but hugged his waist, buried his face in his chest and rubbed against him for a long time, like a big coquettish dog, not enough to suck his master !
Gao Yue laughed straight at him, stretched his ears, and coaxed helplessly: "Are you almost done? Alright, take me out of the palace!"
Only then did Zhou Feiqi raise her face, looked at him infatuatedly for a while, pressed a kiss on his lips, and said, "You are so beautiful, I can't bear to let others see it too!"
Gao Yue said: "Then what should I do? How about I cover my face so that they won't see it?"
Zhou Feiqi also laughed and said, "No, you won't feel comfortable like that. I'll just be generous for once."
After the two laughed and quarreled, Zhou Feiqi took Gao Yue's hand and pulled him up from the chair.He also ordered Hu and Zhang outside the door: "I will not pass on the message, and no one should disturb me."
The two father-in-laws responded quickly and dutifully played the role of door god again.Ever since Gao Biyan was taken back to the Jiyang Palace by the emperor, during this period of time, His Majesty the Emperor would not be disturbed at all times, and they were used to it.The only thing that surprised me was that Gao Biyan survived such a high-intensity and high-frequency favor. This is really admirable!
This time out of the palace, the emperor didn't make much fanfare because he wanted to wear a micro-clothes. He didn't even bring the guards in the palace with him, but only took Gao Yue's hand. Two dark guards were mobilized to escort them to the paddy fields in the suburbs.
Entering this secret path again, Gao Yue was filled with emotions.Now that he and Zhou Feiqi have recognized each other, many of the questions in his mind before can be outspoken, so he asked: "As far as I know, this secret road still leads to the Hall of Jihe, did you leave it on purpose?"
Zhou Feiqi said: "Back then Concubine Liu was about to give birth, so this secret passage was kept for surveillance purposes. After she died, Jue'er was handed over to the Queen Mother to raise her, and the exit at the other end of the Hall of Jihe was sealed. If there hadn't been a Gu worm this year There is still another case," he looked at Gao Yue, "Qi Shea wanted to take you out of the palace, and opened this secret passage, maybe I didn't realize that the entrance of Jihe Palace was opened for a while."
"Then you put Zhou Feijue alone in Jihe Palace later, and you never sent anyone to monitor him again?"
"There is protection, he is a child after all, but the opening of the secret passage should have nothing to do with him." Zhou Feiqi said.
"He knows, and he hid food in it," Gao Yue said.
"Oh?"
Gao Yue took a deep breath, and relayed to the emperor what Qi Sheath had told about Zhou Feijue's hiding of the king pigeon in the secret path. After speaking, he said: "...for this reason, I went to the Rare and Strange House and consulted with Eunuch Bian. Then I heard the rumors about you and the second prince, "The King of Opera Pigeons". I asked you about it later, but you seemed to be offended so badly that you didn't even want to tell me."
Zhou Feiqi heard that he was complaining at the end, so she laughed and said: "When the former emperor gave the king pigeon, he gave me a hen. At that time, I refused to touch the maid who was arranged by the empress dowager. The second prince used this to tease again, you said, how do you want me to tell people other than you about this kind of thing?"
Gao Yue stopped talking, but his face slowly turned red.
Zhou Feiqi sighed in his heart, took Gao Yue's hand and squeezed it hard, and then said: "It may not be accidental that the pair of king pigeons appeared in the secret passage, but it may be accidental that Jue'er found the secret passage and caught the king pigeon. This matter , don’t panic, Wang Ge is nothing more than related to the first prince and the second prince, and I have sent additional people to monitor these two people.”
"So, the former emperor only gave you three king pigeons back then?" Gao Yue asked, seeing Zhou Feiqi nod, he thought for a moment, and then said: "If you killed the second prince and your pigeons back then and put them in boxes, This kind of pigeon can only be left in the hands of the First Prince. And the First Prince is the brother of His Highness the Ninth Prince, so it cannot be guaranteed that he has very important information or urgently uses the King Pigeon to send a message to His Highness the Ninth Prince. Oh , or to send a message to Ji and someone in the palace."
"I think, he probably sent a message to that eunuch named Xiao Manzi, but I don't know what kind of news he sent, which required him to take such a risk..." Zhou Feiqi had a faint guess in his heart as he spoke, and there were many doubts, and he just said: " Some time ago, there was an accident in Gucheng, and white pigeons came and went frequently. This eunuch even urged Jue'er to come to Jiyang Palace to grab pigeons to eat. Now that I think about it, what they wanted to grab was not the pigeons, but the secret report on the legs of the pigeons. It's a pity, Jue It is unreasonable to say that it was instigated by Ji and Xiao Manzi in the palace, and now that everyone has died in the prison, even if we want to investigate again, it will not be so easy."
After hearing this, Gao Yue sighed, and said with emotion: "Looking at it this way, Zhou Feijue's young age is really not easy, those servants see him doing so many dirty things behind his back, and even take advantage of him, it is really hateful. "
"That's how the ancient royal family was."
Gao Yue heard something wrong with his words, and hurriedly asked: "Did you also suffer from such bullying when you were young?"
"How is it possible? I'm not a real kid. I've just seen too much in these years." Before Zhou Feiqi finished speaking, he felt Gao Yue's hand holding him became stronger, his heart warmed, and he smiled faintly .
Gao Yue held Zhou Feiqi's hand, remained silent for a while before speaking again, and said, "Qi Shea was hit by Gu insects before, according to what he said, it was Xiao Manzi who cast Gu insects on him, is it possible that these Gu insects are related to the eldest prince?" ?”
Unexpectedly, Zhou Feiqi thought for a while, then shook his head, and said: "There are hidden guards watching him all the time, and he is practicing in Lingyin Temple. The monks in Lingyin Temple have taught me and Li Jing martial arts. Emperor Teacher. That person has five senses, he is not an ordinary person, with him, if there is any change in the eldest prince, I will definitely receive the news, presumably it is not the eldest prince."
Gao Yue thought to herself, the harem gu worms have been lurking for many years, and they want to be the emperor, and what they want is Zhou Feiqi's life.If the person behind the manipulation is not the eldest prince, then who else?Could it be the second prince?
However, there are so many clues now that it is impossible to check clearly.Because the Gu worm case was originally a bait situation, if all the clues left behind were investigated, the Li family would definitely be drawn out, and in the current court situation, the Li family was the emperor Zhou Feiqi's greatest reliance.The Li family can't go down yet, if his house goes down, Zhou Feiqi will lose his arm. At that time, if there are no other direct powers on top, the people hiding behind the scenes will definitely not let go of this great opportunity, or they will bite Zhou Feiqi by the throat , Pulling him down from the dragon seat.
Since ancient times, when emperors and emperors died, Goujian was the only one who was immortal as a prisoner and was able to turn against the wind.Gao Yue used to not want Zhou Feiqi to have an accident out of self-interest, but now he doesn't want Zhou Feiqi to have any problems.
Then this matter can only be investigated secretly.Although it is definitely more labor-intensive than dispatching troops, for Zhou Feiqi's safety, Gao Yue feels that she must not slack off.He didn't tell Zhou Feiqi this plan, because he knew that Zhou Feiqi would definitely not let him worry about it, but he wanted to protect the one he loves, and it was just worrying about it, so what was it?
The two came out of the secret passage and came to the arsenal again.The dark sun and dark moon have already greeted them in front of the door.It was the first time for Gao Yue to see the dark sun. Hearing Zhou Feiqi say that this person was the dark guard who had been protecting her all the time, he couldn't help but think of the scene where Concubine Han gave her New Year's greetings at the Yihe Xuan. Thinking about it, it must be the dark sun handwriting.
Hearing that An Ri and An Yue are actually two brothers, and the tall and flamboyant An Yue is actually a younger brother, Gao Yue feels that these dark guards are also hiding something interesting.He couldn't help but looked at them more.
Zhou Feiqi said to those two people: "An Ri sent two good hands to follow me, An Yue, you can continue to guard here."
The two make arrangements by themselves.
In order to hide their identities, both Gao Yue and Zhou Feiqi changed into ordinary peasant clothes.In order to make it easier for them to travel, An Yue specially prepared an open carriage like that of an ordinary farmhouse, which shows that no matter how bad-tempered he is, he is definitely careful enough.
He brought the diatomaceous earth from Gangang Mountain last month, and now handing it over to Zhang Shuren really played a role in promoting Leihuo's further research.This kind of white soil, Zhang Shuren, heard from Gao Yue last time that he was doing research and talking about Gao Biyan these days, which made An Yue also become curious about Gao Yue, thinking that this Gao Biyan is really not just the ordinary people in the harem. Concubine?Are you really a capable connoisseur?
This time, His Majesty the Emperor brought Gao Biyan to the arsenal again, and An Yue wanted to observe Gao Yue.This attention not only found that Gao Biyan was more beautiful than the last time I saw him, but also discovered the special atmosphere between him and His Majesty that isolates others. Just like a newly married couple, the occasional look in the eyes of the two people is the time when the honey is mixed with oil and the love is overflowing.
Driving in the dark, Zhou Feiqi and Gao Yue were behind the car.Behind them there was a carriage carrying four hidden guards dressed as domestic servants.As the group drove out of the valley, Gao Yue discovered that a golden rice field could be seen not far from here.He then asked Zhou Feiqi: "Which direction are we in Pingjing now?"
Zhou Feiqi said: "To the east of the imperial palace, three miles south of the mountain opposite the valley just now is Chiyun Temple. In the secret path, Taoist Chiyun set up a magic circle to shrink the earth. You may not believe it, but the wisdom of the ancients is by no means beyond our reach. Imagine."
Gao Yue smiled, and he said: "I don't know if other people have wisdom, anyway, I know that Taoist Chi Yun has real skills."
Zhou Feiqi also agrees with this.
The carriage creaked and drove into the eastern suburbs, and walked along the official road.Seeing that a village was visible not far ahead, Zhou Feiqi made An Sun stop in front of a field.He and Gao Yue jumped out of the carriage and saw farmers working up and down in the fields, so they walked up to the ridge and approached them to strike up a conversation.
Gao Yue followed him on the field ridge. They were originally one in front of the other, but at some point their fingers hooked together. Although only one finger was hooked, it was the kind of person who has me in you and you in me. The fetters spread silently from their interlocking fingers.
It was so sweet that it seemed to melt under the scorching sun at any time.
If someone entered their own field, the working farmers would naturally ask.Their voices were loud, and they shouted from a long distance: "What are you doing?! Don't step on the seedlings!"
"Old man, ask me something." Zhou Feiqi shouted this sentence from the old man in a dialect that Gao Yue had never heard before, and casually threw a purse over there.The old farmer took the purse and opened it for a look, then smiled immediately, and raised his hand again and again, "Go up and talk, go up and talk! Don't walk around in the field!"
While shouting, he ran over in three steps and two steps, and he could see that his body was very strong.Behind him, two young men also straightened up and turned their heads to look this way. They probably had never seen people like Gao Yue and Zhou Feiqi before, and a dull expression appeared on their simple faces.
The old farmer coaxed Zhou Feiqi and Gao Yue back to the official road, and then he took a closer look at them, his dark face became clear, and he said to Zhou Feiqi: "The young man just got married, right? Your accent doesn't look like a Pingjing person, It's more like the south!"
Zhou Feiqi had learned many dialects and several languages from different regions in order to perform various tasks. Just now, when he spoke to the old farmer, he used a dialect of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, which is easier for northerners to understand without revealing his identity.
When asked at this time, Zhou Feiqi replied: "Weinan people, come to Pingjing to marry a wife." After speaking, he glanced at Gao Yue.
The old farmer also took a look at Gao Yue, laughed and said: "You are a beautiful wife! Our brother in Pingjing is the best! The young man has a good eye! If you want to ask me anything, ask me! The old man accepts it today. I have stolen your money, as long as I know, I will tell you!"
Zhou Feiqi said: "I want to settle down in Pingjing Real Estate, so I want to ask the old man where the land is good."
The old farmer laughed as soon as he heard it, and said: "Oh, what should I do? Settle down here? Which district do you want to live in? There are human teeth restaurants in the area. After entering, they say they want to buy a house. The big and small ones are brought by themselves. You pick it. Let me tell you about the land. In Pingjing, there are fairy mountains in the north, imperial tombs in the west, and official villages in the south. All the land left for our people is in the east.
However, the east is better than the east, the land is fertile and fertile, and even the emperor's summer festival comes to our eastern suburbs!Also, the tax in Pingjing is lower than other places. Although the land allocated here is a little less, but if it is planted well, the surplus grain for a year can still be enough for the family to live on.Look at my two sons," he said, pointing to the two young men who had bent over to work again, "are they as strong as calves?Hahaha! "
"Then how can we plant the land well? What are you growing here in Pingjing? Water millet can't be planted, right?" Zhou Feiqi said.
"Shuiguzi, that's what you grow in Weinan, but you can't grow it here!" The old farmer looked at Gao Yue and asked doubtfully, "Isn't your daughter-in-law from Pingjing? She doesn't know how to farm?"
Zhou Feiqi hurriedly said: "Where does he know these things? He has been raised by a son since he was a child, and he has studied all the time."
"Oh, the children of the merchants, you don't understand." The old farmer suddenly said, "We in Pingjing grow wheat and millet, and there are two crops a year. The number of people in the family is not particularly large enough to eat. But there are also many families. They will go to Beishan to pick wild millet, and they also have a plot of land to grow by themselves. The wild millet is very solid, and the land is not adjusted. It can be planted at any time. But, the land is the same, if If you want to grow the crops well, you still need water. When you have enough water and fertilizer, the crops will grow well. I think you are a cheerful person, and you have just come to Pingjing. If you really plan to buy land from us, go to the valley mouth Well, the land there is cheap and the price is low, but there is a river pit in the valley. I don’t know which god has ordered it in the past two years. The water there is very good. In our village, many people go to that river pit I fetch water from the farm to irrigate the field, and every month I go to pull up a truckload of water and pour it into the field, and the wheat that can be planted in the stubble will be so big—" He made a gesture, and immediately laughed again From ear to ear, he said, "Hey, it's heavier than the wheat in the sacrificial field at Shennongtan!"
"Where is the river pit? Can the old man take us to have a look?" Gao Yue took the opportunity to ask.
"This..." The old farmer looked at the unfinished work and hesitated.
Seeing this, Zhou Feiqi took out another piece of broken silver from his bosom, handed it to the old farmer, and said, "I'm sorry to delay your work, you take this."
The old farmer was startled when he saw it, and quickly refused, saying: "This is not good! I have already collected your copper coins, how can I collect silver again? Then who am I? Damn, anyway, you have a car, and you can go back and forth quickly." Let's go!" He turned around and shouted at the two young men: "Father has something to do, go back as soon as you go, you two go home to eat at noon! Tell your mother, don't worry about it!"
One of the two sons ran over quickly, pulled his father and asked, "Where are you going?" Then he looked at Zhou Feiqi and Gao Yue and his party with wariness in his eyes.
The old farmer smiled and said, "Take them to see the river pit." Turning to Zhou Feiqi, he said, "This is my boss. Zhao Daniu. That's Erniu."
"My surname is Chen." Zhou Feiqi said.
Gao Yue was behind him, and after hearing what he said, she pursed her lips and smiled.
Zhao Daniu said, "Father, let me go, you stay."
The old farmer thought about it for a while, so he said: "Then you go, be their car, go and come back quickly."
Zhou Feiqi and Gao Yue didn't really care who led the way. They came to understand people's livelihood on the ground, and they could learn different information from different people.So, Zhao Daniu got into their car.
Gao Yue and Zhou Feiqi sat on one side, and Zhao Daniu sat on the shaft opposite them, guiding An Ri and chatting with Zhou Feiqi.
Zhao Daniu heard that Zhou Feiqi came to Pingjing from Weinan to marry a wife and set up a family. He gradually let go of his guard just now, and when he heard that they were going to buy land, he enthusiastically gave them advice, saying: "The best thing to do is to buy land. It’s better not to buy the area at the mouth of the valley. Although this area is cheap and close to the river pit, it’s convenient for farming, but you have to settle down. It’s far away from the village. If you really live here and walk back and forth, it’s definitely not as convenient as the one on the edge of the village. My father is getting old, and some things can't be fully thought out, so don't be offended. By the way, do you want to plant your own seeds?"
"Not yet."
Zhao Daniu said: "In the past two years, good seeds have not been able to reach our small village. I heard that the fields in the southern Guanzhuang are all good seeds, and the crops in their fields can produce [-]% more crops than ours. It is the kind of seeds that are quite expensive to buy, and they are all in the hands of rich people, and many people are reluctant to sell them. There are also resellers in our village, but it is not easy to get particularly good ones. They are all second-class leftovers from the south. Because of this, many people in our village choose the large wheat seeds from the stubble field, and my family has saved some, if you need it in the future, I will discuss it with my father and see if I can give you some."
After listening to him, Zhou Feiqi smiled and thanked him.Gao Yue felt that this Zhao Daniu was quite comprehensive in his consideration of issues, and his thoughts were detailed enough.
The carriage creaked and creaked for half an hour, and finally came to the river pit that Zhao's father and son had mentioned. Zhou Feiqi laughed when he saw the location of the river pit.He turned his head to look at Gao Yue, and seeing Gao Yue also had the same smile on his face, he knew that Gao Yue must have also thought of why the water was "fat"——
A few miles further on from this river pit is the arsenal. There is probably a waterway underground in this river pit, which is probably connected to the drainage channel of the arsenal. Therefore, the water here should be stained with the light of the arsenal and become diluted chemical fertilizer. Soup!
If the fields are irrigated with chemical fertilizers, it's no wonder the crops don't grow well!
Zhao Daniu didn't know what chemical fertilizer was. Seeing Zhou Feiqi and Gao Yue laughing, he asked them suspiciously, "What's wrong with you two? But there's something wrong with the water?"
"No." Zhou Feiqi said.
Gao Yue said: "There is nothing wrong with this water, but you have to remind the villagers not to drink it!"
"I can't drink it," Zhao Daniu sighed as if remembering something, "Someone came to pull water before and drank a cow with this water, and the cow died halfway, alas! No one dared to drink this water anymore. The water is gone, everyone says it is the water enlightened by the gods, it can only be used for crops, and living things cannot drink it!"
Hearing this, both Zhou Feiqi and Gao Yue restrained their smiles, thinking deeply.
Afterwards, they followed Zhao Daniu to the small village to which the Zhao family belonged.When they got here, they really understood the lives of the common people, and they realized that Zhao's father's praise of Pingjing was still very watery.
There are more than a hundred households in this small village, and less than [-]% of them can really eat enough, and [-]% of the households only have enough food every year, which is really not a star and a half away from being full.However, it is probably because the peasants in ancient times did not have high requirements for life. Gao Yue chatted with many people and found that the big guys are basically satisfied with the existing living standards, and many people are also like Mr. Zhao. Like my father, I feel that I live at the foot of the emperor, have not encountered wars or floods in this life, and can live safely because of the glory of the dragon spirit of the capital, and I am very content.
All they want is to be able to live in such peace forever, and they don't have any extravagant hopes for anything else.
Gao Yue walked around this small village, and saw that many houses were built with rammed earth, and many of the quilts on the kang were patched and patched. sank.
He glanced at Zhou Feiqi beside him, seeing the same heavy look in his eyes, knowing that Zhou Feiqi's heart was probably also heavy at the moment, so he didn't say a word.Both of them were silent on the way back to the palace, but the hands they held together were tighter than usual.
Gao Yue thought, if this country belongs to Zhou Feiqi, then the people of this country deserve to live a better life, and they should not just be satisfied with the present.
The carriage drove back to the arsenal, Gao Yue jumped out of the carriage, and said to Zhou Feiqi: "The types of crops can be further enriched, and only growing wheat is too simple, and the land system can be further optimized. The development and rational distribution of resources can be completely handed over to the Ministry of Household Affairs. If they can't spare manpower, they can also set up a separate department to manage resources. Also, chemical fertilizers, the water should not be drained outside, it will be stored, purified and made into fertilizer, and distributed by the government together with the seeds. Before implementing it in the city, choose an experimental site in the outskirts of Beijing, and I think the small village of Mr. Zhao is a good one.”
"Well," Zhou Feiqi looked at Gao Yue, saw his eyes twinkling, and knew that Gao Yue must have a plan in his heart at this moment, so he said, "Go back to the palace, and we'll talk about it in detail when we go back."
When the two returned to Jiyang Palace, it was time for dinner again. After a hasty meal, Gao Yue plunged into the study.Zhou Feiqi asked Eunuch Hu to ask He Lianye to prepare two bowls of ginseng soup and send them over.
In recent years, Eunuch Hu has prepared soup for Zhou Feiqi many times, but it was very late when the Emperor and the ministers discussed state affairs in the imperial study.The emperor seldom drank this in Jiyang Palace, especially when Gao Biyan was with him recently, so there was no need to join the soup.What's the matter today?Eunuch Hu thought in wonder.
After Gao Yue entered the study, he came up with a big framework of three plans in one breath——
One is about the plan of farming selection, breeding, division of seeds and auxiliary cultivation.Gao Yue feels that the most fundamental problem that can directly and effectively solve the food production of ordinary people today is to improve the quality of seeds. Right now, good seeds are in the hands of a few people, and they will not be available for a while. Wouldn't it be possible to solve this problem by giving them to the common people?The remaining questions are who will do it and how.Now that Gao Yue listed the questions one by one, he believed that Zhou Feiqi must have a suitable candidate in his mind.
The second is a plan to enrich the types of crops planted.In this plan, Gao Yue listed many kinds of crops that are suitable for planting in the Central Plains. Of course, he did not write about how and where to plant them, because he still needs to further understand and communicate with multiple parties.
The third is the plan for land development and rational distribution of resources.In this plan, Gao Yue proposed a point of view of opening up wasteland and expanding the village——
Taking Beishan in Pingjing as an example, the government came forward and posted a notice to call the villagers. Anyone who is willing to move to Beishan to settle down can receive ten acres of wasteland per household, three catties of millet seeds, two taels of silver for settlement, and enjoy the policy of tax reduction within three years. .
The so-called regressive tax payment means full tax in the first year, half in the second year, and full exemption in the third year.
This setting is entirely to prevent someone from taking advantage of loopholes and impersonating others, who would not work without money and food.As for those people whose families have a large population and really need to expand their land, Gao Yue believes that they will work hard after getting the land and seeds. As long as they work hard, the tax will not be set too high. The full tax for one year is completely payable.Then the second and third years of life will be much easier.
The second part of this plan is about the rectification of the southern Guanzhuang land.In the Great Zhou Dynasty, Liangtian is still in the hands of the scholar-bureaucrat class, and it is private ownership.If this part of the benefits is taken away, it will inevitably cause turmoil in the court and the throne will be unstable. Of course, Gao Yue is reluctant to bear Zhou Feiqi's risk, so Gao Yue uses the method of "weak encroachment" to rectify this part of the people.
The so-called weak cannibalization means that the imperial court collects fine seeds as an excuse to impose an additional tax on them.That is to say, these people have to pay some high-quality seeds to the country every year. It’s okay if the quality is unqualified or they don’t have it. However, the imperial court also has the right to take back [-]% of their original land in the year when they fail to pay the tax One of the areas to be redistributed.
This approach means that the movable area is very small each time, without harming the root, and can achieve the purpose of integrating resources and redistribution.The effect will be obvious over time.Gao Yue also specially marked that this law can be revised every ten years.This is also to prevent unpredictable conflicts after resources are continuously eroded.
Gao Yue devoted himself to writing these three proposals for a full three hours. During this period, he was fully absorbed. He only remembered that Zhou Feiqi seemed to feed him something. It was only when he put down his pen that he realized that it was a bowl of ginseng soup.And Zhou Feiqi sat side by side with him in front of the desk at some point, and was carefully flipping through the few sheets of paper he had just written on.
After Gao Yue finished writing, she breathed a sigh of relief and asked Zhou Feiqi: "How is it? Is it possible?"
Zhou Feiqi put down the paper, nodded, and said, "The plan is feasible, but I'm afraid the Ministry of Accounting may not have enough manpower. I'm afraid we really need to set up another department to manage this matter." In fact, he had a perfect idea in his heart. It's just that in that case, he was worried that Gao Yue would be tired, so he didn't say it.
"Oh, so who do you want to lead this new department?"
When Gao Yue said this, she rested her arms on her chest, looked sideways at His Majesty the Emperor, her beautiful eyes flashed with hope, and there was a confident smile on his lips, which made Zhou Feiqi feel helpless and proud.
Zhou Feiqi pinched his nose, shook it lightly, and said, "I don't want you to be tired like this."
"Then I can't see you being restrained by the ministers, just thinking about it makes me angry!" He said, suddenly hugged Zhou Feiqi's neck, kissed his lips hard, and stepped onto his legs On the table, holding his face with both hands, fixed his eyes on his eyes, and said very firmly: "Leave it to me, you have to admit, there is no one more suitable than me in Dazhou for this matter!"
Zhou Feiqi slipped his Adam's apple, hugged Gao Yue's waist, and said, "Do you know what I'm thinking right now?"
Gao Yue blushed and fiercely said to him, "Speak seriously!"
"It's serious."
Zhou Feiqi took a breath——
"Chi Yundao always sincerely does not deceive me."
Gao Yue:?
Zhou Feiqi said: "He said before that you are Da Zhou Xiangrui, and you can keep Da Zhou safe and sound for a hundred years. Now I feel that this is not deceiving me. Yue Yue, do you know? Your confident appearance is so attractive, I am worried that I will let you go." Go out, what should all the officials do if they see you like this and lose their minds?"
"You..." Silly hat!
Gao Yuele was broken, he thought for a while and said to Zhou Feiqi: "How about you give my new department some brothers, anyway, didn't you plan to give my brothers the imperial examination? Just take this opportunity to say Select talents for my new department, and handle this matter smoothly, anyway, no one can say anything! This can be regarded as a small step forward in the restructuring! You are all brothers, you should rest assured, right?"
"Still don't worry," Zhou Feiqi said out of sheer amusement, "Brother doesn't hinder them from watching you fly every day!"
"Screw you!"
Gao Yue pushed him, got off the ground again, and stood in front of the imperial case with his hips akimbo, staring at the several proposals on the long case.
Zhou Feiqi sat back in the chair, his eyes were warm and soft, locked on Gao Yue's beautiful side face.He looked at it for a long time, and then suddenly said: "Back then, Daoist Chi Yun gave you a divination, and I even had someone transcribe the divination. Do you want to read it?"
"Ah? What else?"
Gao Yue was a little surprised, and then thought, "But the birthday I reported was this book—"
Zhou Feiqi raised his hand, and said: "But the hexagram, I think I understand somewhat now, just wait, I'll show it to you!"
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