No matter how pitiful the current taxes are, the Song Dynasty’s broken car must still move forward.

On May 13th, Chen Dong walked into the Hall of Wende with a thick pile of documents in his hand.

He first presented Zhao Ning with a summary of the new policy of "equal land tenancy" for more than half a year.

Last year, almost all of the 700,000 acres of farmland were leased.

But several problems have been exposed at present:

First, the statistics on leased fields are very confusing.

The number of officials in the Agricultural Affairs Department is not large, and the actual execution is carried out by the officials below, and the Agricultural Affairs Department lacks detailed household registration information.

This involved exaggerating the cooperation between the yamen and the Ministry of Revenue, and the two sides began to quarrel again.

Department of Agricultural Affairs: The Ministry of Household Affairs is not cooperating with us enough!

Hubu: There is a war going on right now, and the front line is in urgent need of food. We are all working overtime and haven’t slept for many days!

Did you see the dark circles under my eyes?

I really don’t have time to deal with this kind of thing!

The two sides spent a long time trying to figure it out, but it couldn't be verified, so the Agricultural Affairs Secretary started over again and re-recorded the names of all the land renters.

In this way, we can only distribute it to different roads, states, and counties, and send it to the lower government offices for local officials to check.

This is the biggest problem encountered by the new Yamen in the new policy.

After all, there were no advanced information systems in ancient times, let alone big data, computers, telephones, etc.

Therefore, this kind of thing cannot be solved by Zhao Ning sitting in the Hall of Wende and opening his mouth.

Managing a team of 100 people is already a high-stakes job, let alone leasing out 700,000 acres of land, which involves the support of about 100,000 people.

Second, five acres of farmland per household is probably a little too little.

This year, the harvest is not very good, and local administrative management is inefficient, resulting in weaker agricultural output than in the past, and sometimes there is not enough food for a family of five.

At present, the problems encountered by the Department of Agricultural Affairs are still these two points, but there are definitely more problems than what the government has seen, and much more.

Zhao Ning read the summary carefully and flipped through the thick pile of documents.

He saw Chen Dong with two dark circles under his eyes and a haggard look on his face, and said, "I've finished reading it. You did a great job."

"Thank you for your Majesty's mercy. I am just doing my duty."

Zhao Ning stood up and asked someone to bring the map of Gyeonggi Road over, spread it out, and walked to the map of Gyeonggi Road.

"Chen Qing, look, there are 11.38 million acres of land in Gyeonggi Road, and now there are 4 million acres more in the royal estate. And you have only rented out 700,000 acres of land, and you are already a little overworked."

Chen Dong immediately said: "Your Majesty, don't worry, I have no problem. I will handle as many as you come."

"You don't understand what I mean. I'm not questioning your ability. I'm reminding you that when dealing with government affairs, you should first pay attention to your own health, and second, you must be good at cultivating and employing people. You are the doctor of the Agricultural Affairs Department. In the early stage, you

There is nothing wrong with working harder, but at the same time, you have to train people you can use. What if the Royal Estate has 50 million acres more land in the future?"

Chen Dong was slightly startled.

Zhao Ning continued: "When you do anything, you will encounter problems, and there will definitely be many problems. I see fatigue and anxiety in your eyes, so you can relax."

"At this stage, you have handled the 700,000 acres of land very well. Although there are problems, I have seen the results. The first batch of officials from the Department of Agriculture should also have summed up a lot of experience in this process.

These are very valuable, and the Secretary for Agriculture must write reports regularly and submit them to the Political Affairs Hall."

Zhao Ning patted Chen Dong on the shoulder: "Talk to Mr. Zhao more and he will support you."

Chen Dong burst into tears and said quickly: "Thank you for your teaching, Your Majesty. I will handle it well."

"Don't bury things in your heart when you encounter them. I leave this matter to you, not because you, Chen Dong, are talented in the world, but because you are determined to pray for the lives of the people!"

Chen Dong was so moved that he didn't know what to say. He knew that this matter was a very difficult matter. Many colleagues were discouraged, but he was able to hold on to the overall situation.

"Your Majesty, I will die without regrets!"

"Okay, okay, come on, let me tell you what I think." The young emperor's eyes were filled with the brilliance of ideals, and the fertile farmland of the Bianjing clan was gradually transferred in. It can be said that the pace of the New Agricultural Policy has just begun.

A big step forward.

What the Secretary for Agriculture did before was just a small test, but now is the real beginning.

"I plan to hand over all these 4 million acres of land to the Department of Agricultural Affairs!" Zhao Ning said in a calm and forceful tone, "I know that you are busy with government affairs, so I plan to increase your official quota and let specialized people do specialized tasks."

"I also promoted you to the position of Chief Secretary of Agriculture. Not only that, I also plan to open a new school, establish an agricultural science, and cultivate more talents for your Department of Agricultural Affairs!"

When Chen Dong heard this, he was so excited that he couldn't control himself and said: "Your Majesty is wise!"

"As for your second question, five acres of land is too little. It doesn't matter. If it's too little, add more until it can feed multiple people in the family. The Agricultural Affairs Secretary will set an amount. This amount must be paid by you in person.

Investigated."

There were 100 million people in the Song Dynasty and 760 million acres of fertile land. On average, one person could cover 760 million acres. For a family of five, five people would have 38 acres of farmland.

In the Song Dynasty, a considerable number of people were not engaged in farmland production.

Therefore, according to the current ratio of good farmland to population, 40 acres of farmland per household is the limit.

In addition, considering the different agricultural environments in different places and different treatment, in reality it is very reasonable for one household to get 20 acres of land.

After all, in reality, it is relatively common for three generations to live under the same roof and a labor force of six or seven. With this configuration, 35 acres of land can be cultivated without any problem.

Of course, these are all still theoretical calculations, and the actual situation may vary from place to place.

"yes!"

On May 15, the second round of new agricultural policies was promulgated in a low-key manner.

It occupied the headlines of the Tokyo Daily, and the decree was quickly distributed to all states and counties in Gyeonggi Province.

No one expected that the land confiscated from the clan would be handed over to an unknown agricultural secretary for lease.

This method of carrying out the New Deal under the guise of royal land still served as a good cover for the New Deal this time and did not arouse the vigilance of government households and powerful households.

However, on May 16, the day after the New Agricultural Policy was promulgated, another new policy attracted huge attention.

This new policy is related to Hebei and Hedong.

Its provisions are as follows:

1. Exemption from head tax in Hebei and Hedong for ten years.

Second, Hebei and Hedong are exempted from buying and buying goods for ten years.

Third, exempt the leaders of Hebei and Hedong from paying money for ten years.

Fourth, disaster relief funds of 8 million guan and 4 million guan were allocated to Hebei and Hedong respectively.

These government orders were issued by the Dong government and were sent to Hebei on the same day. Hedong was transferred to the Si Yamen and began to be published in the "Hebei War Daily".
Chapter completed!