When Hai Rui heard this, he couldn't help but smile bitterly.

"Your three-plate axe is not ordinarily difficult."

"This is to save the life and change the life against the sky, how can it not be difficult?" Zhao Hao smiled: "First thing, Zhongcheng doesn't have to worry about it. That's what I did when I founded Jiangnan Agricultural College. It is believed that in five to 10 years, we will be able to complete the pre-promotion preparations such as seed selection, seedling raising, and disaster research. ”

"Really?" Hai Rui couldn't help but be overjoyed: "What is it that you said before, corn and sweet potato?" ”

"And potatoes." Zhao Hao nodded with a smile and said: "Before, the Agricultural College only had corn, but when I went to Japan a year ago, I got potatoes from the ship of the Francophile. As for the sweet potato, I have already arranged for someone to go to Nanyang to search for it, and I will definitely be able to find it in a few years at most. ”

"Okay, when the planting comes out, you must notify the old man as soon as possible." Hai Rui patted Zhao Hao's shoulder and said, "If these things can tell you so godly, then you have immeasurable merits, and you are not afraid to toss it!" ”

"It's not that exaggerated." Zhao Hao was not so optimistic, shook his head and said lightly: "These coarse grains can only make the people barely starve to death, and the premise is that the imperial court does not exploit them too hard." Otherwise, they will not survive...... Sweet potatoes and corn can't be taxed. So the key is to stop the boiling! ”

"You mean emigrating south?" Hai Rui asked in a deep voice.

"Hmm." Zhao Hao nodded and said: "But as Zhongcheng worried, not only is the population that Jiangnan can carry limited, but it is impossible to immigrate overseas overnight, and it requires a lot of hard work. Under the ideal conditions of all resistance, the five million people who can be displaced in 30 years is the limit. ”

"Five million is enough of an exaggeration...... Hai Rui gasped and said: "There are more than 100,000 people in a year, and it is impossible for the government not to care about such a large population loss." ”

"Hmph, they still have faces! It's not that ordinary people really can't survive, who will leave their homes? Li Shizhen couldn't help but said indignantly: "Now the total number of displaced people in Susong has exceeded one million, and I haven't seen any government shouting to arrest people back!" ”

"The land has been annexed by the clan, will you take them back to farm for the vassal king?" Zhao Hao said with a smile.

"But there is a limit to everything. Needless to say, the government is actually happy to see that a small number of people who can't survive will flee to reduce the burden on the government and ease the contradictions a little. Hai Rui said in a deep voice:

"After all, the contradiction cannot be resolved, and it is also a way to make one side of the contradiction disappear. But the number of people fleeing is large, who will farm the land to feed those clans? Those blood-sucking leech-like clans are going to make trouble! At that time, the government will have to stop the exiles from fleeing, and even pressure Jiangnan to repatriate the displaced people. ”

"What a feudal prince, something like a pig!" Li Shizhen took a sip and said hatefully: "I can also give birth to children!" ”

Standing in the position of the people of the Ming Dynasty, there is no one who does not hate the clan vassal king. No wonder Li Shizhen is so angry:

"Because they have the blood of the old Zhu family, they can enjoy the support of the imperial court from generation to generation, and they also rely on the status of royal relatives to occupy land and plunder the people. Now their number can be doubled in almost twenty years, and in a few decades, it will be strange that the Ming Dynasty will not die! ”

Saying that, Li Shizhen couldn't help but ask: "This is a truth that the common people understand, why can't the court see it?" ”

"Why can't the court see it? The old man's predecessor, Lin Zhongcheng, made it very clear in the 41st year of Jiajing. The grain supplied to the capital and the nine sides by the world was four million stone per year, but the grain supplied to the kings was eight million stone per year. The largest part of the annual expenses of the imperial court is to support these clans. Specifically, Shanxi retains 1.9 million stone of tax grain every year, but the local government consumes more than 3 million stone of grain. Henan Province has 940,000 stone of grain, but the local vassal kings consume more than 1.9 million ...... of grain."

In other words, in the four provinces of Shandong, Henan, Shanxi, and Shaanxi, all taxes and taxes are far from enough to support the clan. How can there be money to build water conservancy and save people's livelihood? When the time comes, if there is a slight natural disaster, it will be a catastrophe. Hai Rui sighed and said:

"Such an obvious thing, like an elephant breaking into the house, can the princes of the Manchu Dynasty not see it? They also saw and were anxious, the "Regulations of the Sect and Domain" promulgated in the 44th year of Jiajing was the result of the unremitting efforts of Lin Zhongcheng and other princes. There are 67 articles in this regulation, and the core has two points, one is to strictly limit the number of wives and concubines of the vassal king, even if the concubine must be approved by the ministry, and all children born from non-wives and concubines will not be knighted. The second is to reduce the vassal king's income and reduce the expenditure of the royal palace. ”

"The intensity of this reform is not insignificant, and it does reduce the pressure on the provinces, but the burden on the people has not decreased, but has intensified." Speaking of which, Hai Rui's face, which was always full of fighting spirit, showed a rare look of frustration.

"Why?" Li Shizhen asked puzzled.

"The imperial court cut the expenses of the princes, and the vassal kings were dissatisfied, so they made up for it from the common people. They used their status as royal relatives to encroach on people's land and accept landlords' sacrifices by various means, and they were lawless and wantonly annexed, which forced the people to go into exile one after another. ”

Hai Rui said depressedly: "And this time, the court and the local government are unwilling to wade into this troubled water again, anyway, it is the common people who suffer in the end." ”

"Yes, the calamity of the vassal king has not improved, but has intensified." Zhao Hao bowed his head and said: "If you don't solve them, this crisis will not be solved at all." ”

"What's your solution?" Hai Rui glanced at Zhao Hao.

"I really don't." Zhao Hao spread his hands and said: "This kind of thing, looking at the world, only Haigong can solve it." My little child's family is only worthy of your old flag and shouting. ”

Inside the house, the old lady's cough suddenly sounded, obviously unwilling for her son to wade into this troubled water.

"Don't worry, grandma, we're just gossiping." Zhao Hao hurriedly smiled: "If you are not in his position, he will not seek his government, and there is no vassal king in the jurisdiction of Haizhongcheng, so he can't manage it even if he wants to." ”

"Hehe, good boy, don't be too talkative with grandma." Xie Shi smiled embarrassedly and said to Zhao Hao: "Grandma told you that the older generation has a saying that outsiders should not get involved in housework. The old woman wants to have the surname Zhu in the clan, and the emperor's family, distant and close relatives are placed there, whether you are an outsider or Ruxian, after all, you are an outsider, and you can't mix a good one. ”

"Hey, grandma, I remember." Zhao Hao nodded with a smile and said, "We don't care." ”

He's here to rejoice today, not to add to the blockage. Now Hai Rui can't care about the affairs of the clan, just a topic, and we will talk about it when we have a chance in the future.

The three of them skipped this unsettling topic, and Li Shizhen asked Zhao Hao what he could do for the upcoming Xiaoice River.

"There is so much that can be done, no less than Mr. Meng He." Zhao Hao smiled and said in a deep voice: "After the catastrophe, there will be a big epidemic, and there will be no less plague in the future. ”

"Speaking of which, you must go to Jiangnan Hospital when you go back, we have a lot of things we want to hear your evaluation." Li Shizhen emphasized again.

"Definitely, definitely." Zhao Hao said with a smile: "I have been invited one after another, it seems that I have made a new discovery." ”

"You'll know when the time comes." Li Shizhen sold Guanzi.

~~

After having dinner at Hai Rui's house and chatting until noon, Zhao Hao and Li Shizhen said goodbye with red-skinned happy eggs.

Although Hai Rui still wants to have an in-depth discussion on the issue of Xiaoice River, he will return to Suzhou next year to continue to supervise the work, and Zhao Hao certainly can't let the women of the Hai family remember it, and he has to return Hai Rui to them.

On the way back to the Duke of Wei's mansion, Zhao Hao suddenly asked, "Listen to your words, the Duke of Wei is dying?" ”

"It's been a few days." Li Shizhen said lightly: "It's all about relying on precious medicinal materials to hang his life, and the people in the house don't want him to go in the first month, and he is unlucky." ”

"......" Zhao Hao was stunned for a while, Fang nodded and smiled bitterly: "Also, I won't be able to celebrate the New Year in the future." Then I'll stay in Jinling for a while, so I don't have to go back and come back. ”

"That's the best, let's go back together when the time comes." Li Shizhen did not miss any opportunity to discuss medical science with Zhao Hao.

Sending Lao Li back, Zhao Hao deliberately asked Gao Wu to drive to the Bell and Drum Tower and Caijia Lane, the places where he had fought, and he returned to Xiaocang Mountain until it was almost dark.

As soon as the carriage entered the courtyard of Liuyun Mountain Residence, he saw five golden flowers wearing very thin dresses, waiting for him to come back in the cold wind.

"What are you doing here? Get in, get in and talk. "It can make Zhao Hao's heart hurt." What about Lian Po? It's not like that. "They are shirtless and carry leather whips.

He persuaded the five girls into the warm villa. Watching them all cold and red, huddled on the sofa like children who made a mistake and were about to be spanked. No matter how big Zhao Gongzi's opinion is, he has no anger, not to mention that he doesn't have much opinion.

"Okay, okay, don't cry with a sad face, hurry up and drink some ginger tea, don't catch a cold." Zhao Hao asked Xiao Yun'er to pour tea for them.

"Big brother, are you really angry?" Li Mingyue said with swollen eyes.

"We opened the company for fun, I didn't expect to provoke you so much." Jiang Xue wiped her tears and said.

"I thought you weren't coming back." Little Bamboo held his heart and was sad.

"We were wrong...... "Secretary Ma and Qiaoqiao were even more sincere in admitting their mistakes. Their identities are not the same as the three girls, and they are already Zhao Hao's people.

"Alas......" When a girl cries, the man is soft-hearted, not to mention that the five of them cry together, Zhao Hao sighed helplessly: "I'm not angry, this is a good thing." ”

This is a good thing, first of all, it means that the five daughters-in-law can't run. Besides, it's not beautiful enough to marry five daughters-in-law? How many nails can he hit with iron? Can the daughter-in-law stand it any more?

Keep the current state, and you can still rest for a week in the future, if there are more, you have to rest all year round, so who can stand it?

The good attitude of the old Zhao family allows him to always look at problems positively......

Ps. I'm back.,Let's do two more today.。 Tomorrow I will try to write more.