"Today's meeting, regardless of others, let's talk about the most fundamental thing in this world, that is, the problem of filling the stomachs of tens of millions of Li people in my Dachu, on this issue, each of you is a parent official, and you are also the most vocal, I want to clarify this matter with you today!"

Ning Yu's clear voice echoed in the Fengtian Temple, his tone was not stern, and even with some meaning of discussion, the message conveyed to everyone was very clear, this was not accountability, but really asking for advice.

A stout bearded man stood up, the official uniform he was wrapped in looked a little tight, but the light in this person's eyes looked very confident, and people were a little afraid to look at it directly.

"Chen Wending's enlightenment to the emperor, this world is the only focus on agriculture, but farmers are also the most bitter. The minister is ashamed, it is the county order of Fang County, Xunyang Prefecture, but the people under his command have not been able to eat enough, although there is now the imperial court to help, but after all, it is difficult to be self-sufficient, if it encounters a catastrophe, it is not a lie to starve all over the wilderness. ”

The other county magistrates present heard Wen Dingzhi's words, but their eyes were a little worried, wouldn't it make the emperor unable to come down if they said such a truth? At that moment, some people planned to come out and save the emperor when he was angry, so he was a good official for the country and the people, and he couldn't just be damaged.

Ning Yu fell silent when he heard this, and the ministers in the palace did not dare to make the slightest movement, but the melancholy on their faces became heavier and heavier, and it was not until a moment later that Ning Yu let out a long sigh, looking at Wen Dingzhi with a straight face, his face showed a little shame.

"Two years ago, I went deep into Xunyang Mansion to inspect, and I once told the people of Xunyang that they would not be starved to death after three years, but now it has been two years, although my Great Chu has been established, but the people of Xunyang have not really been freed from suffering, this is my dereliction of duty!"

At the beginning, Ning Yu brought out 20,000 people from Xunyang, and later recruited more than 10,000 soldiers in Xunyang Mansion intermittently, some of these people have died on the battlefield, and many people have become the high-level of the Fu Han Army.

Wen Dingzhi had a resolute look on his face, he lifted his official uniform and resolutely knelt on the ground, although in the new constitution of Da Chu, they no longer need to kneel, but at this time, Wen Dingzhi didn't think so much at all.

Before His Majesty left Xunyang, he also wrote ten development strategies for the people of Xunyang, and later the prefect of Yunyang, Guo Chongguo, personally took the lower officials to open up Xunyang a little bit, and pulled back the lives of many people...... But Xunyang is too poor, there is too little land, and there are too many people, Wen Dingzhi doesn't blame the emperor, only blames himself for being incompetent! ”

A dignified seven-foot man, just shed tears in Fengtian Palace, but it provoked everyone on the side to be related to each other, and to be an official, the most difficult thing is to be afraid of these local magistrates.

Ning Yu sighed, he waved his hand gently, and two guards came in from outside the hall to help Wen Dingzhi up, "I know in my heart that my Huaxia is a country based on farming, but the hardships of farmers and the difficulties of farming are indescribable...... After all, the reason is that there are many people in my big and narrow land, and it is really difficult to feed more people, so we have to find a way out for the people! ”

The words were affectionate and polite, but they attracted everyone, they all know the current situation, but isn't this the case in the world? Where to find a way out?

"What is the way out? I once heard the scholar Ernst say that the people in Western Europe did not have much land, and there were countless bankrupts, how did these people survive? Some of them went to survive overseas, while others became urban handicraft workers....... What I mean by this is that we can't just dig in the fields! ”

Ning Yu looked at everyone's faces, but he confided in his ambitions, "Speaking of which, the population that this field can carry is very limited, no matter how intensive cultivation is, it is difficult to increase the grain too much at once, in this case, we have to find a way to take a long-term view, at present, only the development of industry and commerce, in order to feed more people!" ”

The county officials attending the meeting knew in their hearts that the emperor was a strong supporter of industry and commerce, and when the country was not yet established, the general association of industry and commerce was established in Jiangnan, and a number of laws and regulations on the promotion of industry and commerce in Jiangnan were also promulgated..... But at the moment, most places have nothing to do with industry and commerce, how to develop industry and commerce?

"Your Majesty, if it is a place in the south of the Yangtze River, it may be useful to promote industry and commerce, but in a place like Xunyang Mansion, there is nothing, how to promote the development of industry and commerce?"

"Adapt measures to local conditions and upgrade industries."

Ning Yu seemed to have expected someone to ask such a question, so he immediately threw out his own answer, and then further explained: "For example, some places are indeed congenitally underdeveloped, but it does not mean that there is no opportunity for acquired development, so it is necessary to develop according to the characteristics of each place to achieve industrial upgrading." ”

"It's like Yunyang Mansion, I assigned Guo Chong a task back then, that is, to explore the mineral resources of the whole mansion, this thing has been done for two years, although there is no profit, but at least we know that Yunyang is rich in mineral resources, such as iron ore, silver ore, copper ore and even gold ore have been discovered, these minerals can be fully utilized!"

Wen Dingzhi sighed softly, "Your Majesty, although a lot of minerals have been explored, there is a lack of mining funds, and there is no way to really dig them out, just wealth on paper." ”

"These minerals are not necessarily mined by the government, it is completely possible to set up a resource management department, and then concentrate on the exploration of these resources, and then auction them for sale, and the industrial and commercial industry will mine them themselves, and the imperial court only needs to collect the sale fee, and then there are relevant taxes, and you have to find a way to use them."

Ning Yu had a smile on his face, the lack of money in the imperial court does not mean that the merchants have no money in their hands, the money of those big clans is left in the fields, but as long as there is an industry with higher profits than buying land, I am not afraid that these people will not be moved.

After saying this, everyone was apprehensive, and many people began to think about what they could sell on their own land, but many people were worried that someone would enrich their pockets in the process...... They looked at the Emperor who had started it, hoping to come up with a more detailed plan.

"I will not limit you, these resources can be taken out and used, but there is one point, I have set up a resource management department under the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, and they will be involved in all transaction levels, and all contracts must also be reviewed by them, otherwise they will be invalid, and the imperial court has the right to recover mineral resources at any time."

Ning Yu smiled, "In addition, the Metropolitan Procuratorate has also set up an Economic Investigation Division, and all the resource contracts sold at that time will be followed up and investigated by the Economic Investigation Division, and if there is any malpractice in the middle, they have the right to terminate the process of the contract......

As soon as they heard the restrictions that existed in the middle, some people breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts, if there were really no restrictions, it would almost be sending real money to them and testing their concentration, but human nature is like this, how many people can withstand such a test?

Ning Yu hopes that they can open their minds, but it does not mean that they will tolerate corruption, the establishment of these two departments is actually putting a tight spell on Sun Wukong's head, it naturally cannot completely eradicate the future situation of personal fraud and corruption, but at least it can control the situation and not completely out of control.

"In the future, your relevant performance appraisal will be added to this part, we want to solve the problem of farmers, but the key is still in industry and commerce, no agriculture, no stability, no business, no wealth! Moreover, this agriculture is not contrary to industry and commerce, we must not only grasp agriculture, but also grasp industry and commerce! ”

Subsequently, under the teaching of Ning Yu's Dun Dun, these officials, who only read the books of sages, had a deeper understanding of the idea of supporting industry and commerce, and Ning Yu also put forward pillar industries such as minerals, commerce and trade, shipbuilding, tea making, silk reeling, sugar refining and foreign trade according to the situation in various places, which made everyone listen to it and their hearts boiled.

Under Ning Yu's suggestion, these industries will take the lead in starting large-scale experiments, and the raw materials and wealth they produce will be turned to export in the case of satisfying part of the domestic sales, and the other part will be turned to export, because Ning Chu has already obtained the outlet to the sea, and with the help of Ernst, it has established a contact system with foreign businessmen in this era.

In fact, even without the intervention of Ning Yu, the exchanges between China and foreign countries in this era are not less, but they are not planned, although the so-called "Thirteen Lines" in later generations are now only in the embryonic state, but there are similar businesses, and they have become the agents of overseas foreign companies in China, that is, the comprador group.

It's just that for Ning Yu, he is not willing to transfer this part of the income to these compradors, so the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Industry and Commerce have joined hands to prepare and begin to form a resolution on foreign trade, and the new tariff law is also being formulated urgently.

The county commanders felt a burst of numbness when they heard the back, if they could still understand Ning Yu's meaning in the front, they were a little confused in the back, and they still had to do business with the barbarians to make money? This simply makes no sense!

"As long as the people can be fed and clothed, we have to put down our ideological baggage, take the initiative to do business, take the initiative to communicate with those Westerners, see what they need, see what we can get from them, whether it's silver, food, or exchange!"

In the end, Ning Yu patted the imperial case lightly and said meaningfully: "You guys, don't let me down!" ”

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In July, there was a torrential rain in Nanjing, but this rain could not extinguish the hot hearts of the county commanders, and they rushed back to their stations with Ning Yu's earnest entrustment, but for Ning Yu, now this move is nothing more than planting a seed in their hearts, but when will it really sprout, it will take a long time.

Of course, this time the county magistrates did not go back empty-handed, and they brought back another decree, that is, the rent and interest reduction order, that is, based on the background of the new policy, all landlords need to reduce the rent by one-tenth to three-tenths on the original basis, and the annual interest rate shall not exceed one and a half cents for the existing loan relationship.

This decree was a policy issued by Ningyu to reduce the pressure on the peasants and tenants to survive, and of course it was also a decree that directly harmed the interests of the gentry. No matter how much Ning Yu attaches importance to the development of industry and commerce, he will not ignore the fundamental survival situation of the peasants, because in this world, it is difficult for the gentry to really have the determination to rebel, but if the peasants are forced to live, they will really revolt.

However, this decree is only a policy to temporarily stabilize the situation, and it is by no means all right in Ning Yu's heart, because no matter how the pressure on the peasants is reduced, they will also face another problem in the future, that is, in the early stage of the industrial revolution, a large number of labor shortages will force the peasants to abandon their fields and go into the factories.

Therefore, in Ningyu's vision, the future landlords will have a plan to transform into farmers, so as to better improve the unit productivity and obtain agricultural economic benefits, rather than in order to carry the employed population, simply put, let fewer people cultivate more land, so that these extra people can become the labor force of the industrial revolution.

Of course, it is too difficult and too difficult to achieve this, so Ning Yu will not think about achieving it overnight, so it has become the key to improve the living conditions of farmers at present. Of course, in this case, starting with the abolition of fire consumption and miscellaneous, then to the apportionment of the acre, and then to the reduction of rent and interest, Ning Yu has in fact become the holy monarch in the hearts of the people.

"Your Majesty is really a holy monarch!"

On the streets of Nanjing, the new edition of the "Qingliu Daily" has been officially released, and this time the county order meeting has also become the focus of the above, the core content of "adapting measures to local conditions, industrial upgrading" did not appear on it, but it was the rent reduction and interest reduction order that Ningyu paid the least attention to, which attracted everyone's attention.

The people don't know much about the so-called national policies, nor do they understand the principle of never giving more, but in response to the emperor's rent and interest reduction order, there is a deep sense of gratitude, this emperor is really thinking about the people, but also for the peasants.

Wang Jingqi also holds a copy of "Qingliu Bao" in his hand, since the last time he was agitated, he lost the words he wrote, he regretted it a little, not that he was reluctant to give up those words, but if it was discovered by others, it was inconvenient, but it had been lost, but it was never found again.

After reading every word in the Qingliu newspaper, Wang Jingqi's heart was full of enthusiasm, with his acumen, of course, he could see the fierce confrontation behind the rent and interest reduction order, the emperor was able to start this ruthless move when he was not yet dominating the world, which shows the weight of his determination and the depth of his love for the people.

This made Wang Jingqi think of his own situation, and an idea involuntarily appeared in his heart, and then it became more and more intense, and he fell into deep contemplation, and he couldn't help but be a little stupid.