Chapter 1035: The Road to Strengthening the Country and Enriching the People
Chang'an Jingcheng, in the imperial study room.
Luo Zhaoyun, a co-speaking official and political affairs hall, held a daily meeting with more than ten people, including Luo Zhaoyun, and other officials. Although the court meetings of civil and military officials once every three days, they had a meeting with the ministers of the Zhengshi Hall once a day to discuss the formulation and implementation of policies in various aspects.
When the imperial court was first established, everything was in trouble. Many new rules and regulations were issued, and new policies were issued. How to operate and promote them? Local governments have continuously reported memorials and discussions and researches.
Luo Zhaoyun knew in his heart that if he had made up his mind or thought about strategies, even if he was a time traveler, he would not be able to be proficient in everything, and he would not have a very good understanding of local folk customs and specific situations.
These ministers came from different classes, came from different places, and had information from different places. They were all talented people, so they asked them to discuss measures, and were responsible for making suggestions themselves, and overall macro-control. Finally, it was up to the emperor's identity to decide whether it could be implemented. They had the right to decide and deny the right to be qualified superiors.
"Your Majesty, in the past few days, thanks to the implementation of Dahua Times, the court's views, as well as disaster relief, floods, and governance of corrupt officials, have been explained from many aspects, and the people's emotions have stabilized. Some of the previous remarks that were unfavorable to Your Majesty have been overwhelmed. Now everyone praises Your Majesty's merits and supports the actions of this dynasty." Wei Zheng reported the situation mastered by the censor, with a smile on his face, and was obviously happy with the effect of Times' citation.
"Yes, this kind of movable type printing technique is a step further than woodblock printing technique, which improves printing ability. In addition to printing weekly magazines, the court can print various Confucian classics in the future, making it easier for people all over the world to read." Gao Shilian valued the role of movable type printing technique.
Changsun Shunde said: "Paper making technology has also been improved a lot. The paper is twice as big as it has better toughness and good quality. This is also an improvement in the court."
Luo Zhaoyun smiled slightly and said, "Most of the credits you said are attributed to the Construction Bureau. I established this special department to do clever craftsmanship and technology. Don't underestimate this investigation. Every technological breakthrough will bring huge benefits and promotion to society. Think about it, if our carriage is not a wooden wheel, but a buffered airbag, and the axle has been improved, then the carriage and vehicle stop loss will be greatly improved."
"For example, when we understand the compass, we will be able to use it to clarify the direction and will not get lost when we use it. For example, when new pottery, papermaking, porcelain, textile, iron smelting, shipbuilding and other technologies have been improved, the court will make profits, carry out many factory workshops, absorb more people to engage in handicrafts and industry, and give certain salary, then their lives will be rich."
After hearing this, these ministers fell into deep thought and felt that what His Majesty said was indeed reasonable and they were working in this direction.
Especially with the promotion of black pig breeding technology, pork has been accepted by the people in the capital, and pig-killing vegetables are also popular in Chang'an. It won't take long to become popular across the country. By the end of the year, every family can eat meat. This is a policy for the benefit of the people.
"I am willing to share the burden with Your Majesty, and strive to support Your Majesty's decisions and benefit the people!"
"Haha, that's right. Our monarch and ministers work together to create a prosperous era of prosperity and prosperity in the country and the people. At that time, I and your family will be recorded in history together and become the most accomplished people of this era. Even in history, we will shine brightly. We do not seek the benefits of military wars, destroy many foreign countries and seize many territory, but build the land of China to make the country prosperous, the people rich, the elderly have a place to support, and the few have education, and the world is harmonious!"
Gao Shilian, Wen Yanbo, Xue Shou, and Yao Silian are all Confucian scholars, proficient in history and the Six Classics, and are very complex about Confucianism's idea of cultivating oneself, governing the country and pacifying the world. When he heard Your Majesty's consideration for the people, his grand ambitions and improving people's livelihood were all excited and excited.
Luo Zhaoyun continued: "I have asked the Bureau of Construction and Industry to select tribute students interested in agriculture from the Taixue, study the hybridization of residual rice, and conduct hybrid transplantation experiments on different varieties of rice from north to south. If new varieties of rice are cultivated, the yield per mu can be doubled or even several times. At that time, rice planting in the north can resist drought, and in the south, it can achieve two ripens and three ripens in the south, and the yield is also large. At that time, the people in the world will have a lot of stocks, and even in the year of disaster, they will not be hungry again."
“Hybrid rice?”
This was the first time that everyone heard this name, but after chewing on the meaning of the words, they could guess the meaning.
"If the output can really double, the people will receive more food and the food they save will indeed change people's livelihood." Gao Shilian sighed.
If the ministers had prejudiced the emperor's excessive emphasis on investigating things and erotic skills, they had some prejudice, thinking that His Majesty would be distracted from playing things, but gradually realized that the new things launched by the Construction Bureau again and again were of great help to the people and the court, and their vigilance gradually decreased and they began to accept investigating things.
Of course, investigating things is just a means, a technology, and the court needs ideas to govern, which court still needs ideas. This is what Confucianism and other schools of thought are concerned about. Establishing mainstream ideas, which school of thought is more suitable for appeasement of the people and establishing them as orthodox. This is what the great Confucians care about, and they definitely hope that Confucianism can dominate the whole family.
Luo Zhaoyun dialectically viewed this point. Confucianism is indeed beneficial to the stability of the court and assimilation of the people. After all, the benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and trustworthiness introduced by Confucianism are beneficial to the behavioral norms of the whole people, moral constraints, self-cultivation, etc. However, each dynasty of Confucianism has different schools and exegeists, and the things advocated are also different. How to absorb the essence and remove the dross, and cannot be rigidly implemented, so that scholars can read them as corrupt Confucianism, that is, education failure, and learning should be diversified.
"By the way, many officials of the court have many controversies about Xu Shiji leading the army south. What do you think?"
Chu Suiliang bowed and said, "Yes, Your Majesty, Xu Shiji is a general of the Wagang Army. He was criticized by many officials of the court since he was born. In addition, Xu Shiji is relatively young and has no one to stand alone. He has experience in commanding the three armies to fight. There are fewer convincing wars. Therefore, officials inevitably have some doubts. Some descendants of the generals of the previous dynasty have discussed privately, thinking that they can lead troops better than Xu Shiji..."
"It's indeed controversial!" The others also nodded.
Chapter completed!