Chapter 69 Cattle Farming and Yard Farming
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If it were Zhao Ji in the past, it might be difficult to explain this to him. He was definitely not a person who had such great courage to move the capital, but now Zhao Ji, who has already understood it in his previous lives and later generations, has made up his mind.
But if you think about leaving Kaifeng, which is like a paradise on earth, and running to this broken place of Yanjing to establish the capital, just think about how difficult it is!
There is no hurry now. It will be much easier to build Yanjing first and then announce the relocation of the capital!
No one knew what was thinking in Master Wen’s mind. He just watched him leisurely circle around the construction sites everywhere, and there was a scene full of passion.
Wherever they went, the victims and men fell to the ground like wind blowing wheat waves. If they had not arrived with the powerful Song Dynasty and the continuous financial and material resources, not many of them would have survived.
But I'm afraid no one knows that the problem now is that the Song Dynasty can no longer support it. Or to be precise, the imperial court can no longer support it.
"Father Shang, you have now exempted the tax for three years. You and the official family have spent so much money. Now you have to carry out such a large project construction, so the court's financial resources cannot be supported." Nie Chang, the Minister of Revenue, cried with a sad face.
"Well..." Master Wen's eyes were on Nie Chang, which made him frightened, but he had to grit his teeth and said, "Even the officials have reduced their meals and withdrawn their joys, and the eunuchs and palace maids in the palace have released a lot. Now the royal expenses are less than 30% of the original ones!"
Wen Fei smiled slightly, it seemed that Zhao Ji was greatly stimulated and had undergone a huge change.
"Now the national treasury is almost clean and can starve the rats to death!" Nie Chang continued to cry and be poor.
"That's simple. I think there are many redundant officials and soldiers in the court. Let's just withdraw them! Even the officials have begun to save money, and the court can't raise so much waste, right?" Master Wen Datian said lightly.
But Nie Chang felt like he was thundering his strength at once: "Father Shang, you must not, you must not!"
"What's the point of being absolutely impossible? Tell me what you want?" Master Wen Da Tian didn't care.
Nie Chang's mouth opened. He wanted to say that even Wang Jinggong's reform did not dare to touch this problem. Above, Mr. Fan Wei, touched him, but his head was bleeding.
But think about it, can these two people compete with their father now? It can be said that the most powerful person in the Song Dynasty is not the official family of the Song Dynasty, but the one in front of him.
The Shangfu in front of him has great achievements and is beyond the ages. When he boasted in front of Zhao Ji that he would destroy the Western Xia and Liao Kingdom and make a living, everyone would listen to it as a joke.
Unexpectedly, after so many years passed, this great master Wen not only really destroyed Xixia and Liao Kingdoms, but even defeated the even more vicious Jurchens, and expanded more territory to the Song Dynasty in an instant, restoring the old rule of the Han and Tang Dynasties.
Now, with his people's hearts within the Song Dynasty and his huge military power and financial resources in his hands, it can be said that even if the dynasty changes, it is easy to get rid of your hands.
It just seems that the Master Wen Da is not at all interested in changing the dynasty. Even the person who is so suspicious of the official Zhao Ji has no doubt about this Master Shangfu. It is really a rare story in history books!
Nie Chang was amazed in his stomach, and he could not express any objections.
With the current reputation of Master Wen Da, it is not an exaggeration to even the founding of Taizu in one day. With the huge momentum of defeating the Liao Kingdom and the Jurchens just now, and using Pili methods to carry out reforms, no one dared to jump out and oppose it. Unless he was seeking death by himself!
Wen Fei said coldly: "Nie’s Ministry of Revenue has already been to the fertile soil of Liaodong, how about it compared to Henan Road?"
Nie Chang smiled bitterly: "Even the two lakes are not comparable, let alone Henan. I never thought that there were bitter and cold lands outside the pass, but I never thought that Liaodong had such fertile land. No wonder the Han Dynasty established four counties outside the pass."
Wen Fei nodded: "This is the most rare and fertile black soil, it is a fertile soil given by heaven. It is the foundation of our Han family standing in the world. If heaven and not take it, they will suffer the disaster. No wonder the Khitan Jurchen and other countries will become stronger from here!"
He pointed to the country: "I want to immigrate to Liaodong and develop this God-given land."
Nie Chang frowned slightly. He had seen how fertile the land was, so he would not object, but he just felt it was tricky. He said: "This matter is naturally a good thing, but immigrating in the past requires strong financial and material resources. Now the court cannot afford to pay..."
"This dynasty does not suppress annexation, and the poor often have no place to stand. These places are easy to immigrate, and there are also redundant soldiers from all directions, and those who should be sacked will be sacked. As for compensation, one person can get 100 acres of land in Liaodong, how about it?" Wen Fei had already considered it.
When Nie Chang heard this, his mind suddenly became active: "That's right. If the court said how fertile and rich the land outside the pass was, there would definitely be more people who didn't believe it. But if Shangfu said that everyone would believe it! I don't know how many people could attract such a hundred acres of land. I'm afraid that many of the original landlords would not find enough long-term workers..."
This is a credit issue. The governments of all dynasties did not have enough credit in the eyes of the people. On the contrary, when there was something wrong, they complained that the people did not believe it. But they forgot what they did on weekdays. Why do people believe it?
But Master Wen Da Tianshi is different. God descends to earth and walks on the earth. There is naturally a mysterious color. In addition, Master Wen Da Tianshi never abuses his credit.
Therefore, it is much more effective for ordinary people than the court. Coupled with the factors of religious belief, this incitement becomes even stronger!
Master Wen Da Tian only guided a direction, and the specific operation depends on Nie Chang himself. This guy is also a capable minister in history, although his reputation seems to be not very good.
Nie Chang immediately considered the details and various feasibility issues. After calculating, he was troubled by a difficult thing and said in embarrassment: "It's just that there is one thing, Shangfu, that cattle are not enough! According to the conventions of past dynasties, newly reclaimed immigrants are often organized by the government. They will borrow seeds and farm tools from the people and plowing oxes. This is easy to say, but plowing oxes are definitely not enough."
Wen Fei showed a smile on his face: "This is simple!"
Nie Chang was shocked. He didn't expect that he felt it was a huge problem, and it was not a problem in front of Master Wen. Shang's father was indeed Shang's father, so he had to listen to Master Wen's good idea.
Wen Fei smiled slightly: "There is nothing in the north, but there is no shortage of horses. If the ox can't be plowed, then use horses to plow!"
Nie Chang was stunned when he heard this, almost thinking that Master Wen was joking and used to cultivate land. Can this work?
Master Wen Datian seemed not to see Nie Chang's performance and said, ""There is a way in the world, but he runs with his horses; there is no way in the world, and the army is born in the suburbs."
Nie Chang immediately calmed down. These two sentences came from the Tao Te Ching. Now that Taoism is prosperous in the world, Tao Te Ching is naturally a scripture that every family has. Not to mention ministers like Nie Chang, even if they are promoted to the family of ordinary people, they will not be missing.
After all, he was a well-read historical book. Later, he thought that even the Records of the Grand Historian recorded many information about Ma Geng. I think that Ma Geng was not very new in ancient times.
However, after the Han Dynasty, the number of horses in China was less and less. Especially in the original Song Dynasty, all the places where horses were raised were lost. Not to mention that they were farming by horses, even military horses were not enough.
Now that not only has the Hetao land been brought back, but also the land outside Youyan Pass has also been taken back, and there are no shortage of horses, especially outside this Pass, it is feasible to use horses to cultivate the land, right?
But I don’t know that this is not a feasible problem. It is that in dry land operations in the north, the efficiency is far beyond that of cattle plowing.
At this time, the Western world began to use cattle plowing land. While using cattle plowing land, it also began to pay attention to using horse plowing land. Moreover, the latter is widely used in Europe.
In this long-lasting competition between horse farming and ox plowing, horse farming finally won in the Western world. According to the content of "General History of the World", horse farming is three times more efficient than ox plowing plots.
However, a great contribution of this should be attributed to the introduction of heavy-spiked horseshoes and new yoke pulls passed from China, and these two things have increased the effectiveness of horse traction by 4 times.
In addition, the widespread application of the "three garden system" in Europe can enable horses to obtain sufficient food. Therefore, the efficiency of horses in farming was concentratedly reflected during that period.
From then on, ox plowing was completely replaced by horse plowing in Europe!
The earliest horse farmland technology in the world was produced in China, not Europe. Even after the liberation, horse farmland was available in China. For details, please see the front of the first set of RMB in the People's Republic of China, which is double horse farming.
However, due to various reasons, Ma Geng did not become popular in China in the end. The geographical environment played a huge key here.
In China, there are great differences in planting in the south and the north. What we often say is that the north of China mainly operates in dry land, while the south is operates in paddy fields, which is the difference between planting wheat and rice.
Horse farming is suitable for dry land operations. In Western European countries, their crop cultivation is mainly wheat, barley and oats. Therefore, they are all more suitable for dry land operations of horse farming.
No matter how the south is, it is time to develop Liaodong, and the time, place, people and people are all in use. It is a good time to promote horse plough on a large scale.
Another great advantage is that it is to tie the Khitans to the chariot of the Song Dynasty more firmly.
The nomadic peoples are plundering, first of all, because they have no better way to obtain wealth. Just because they raise horses and sheep, it is difficult to sell for prices under ancient technical conditions. It is easier to rob the Central Plains countries.
Chapter completed!