Chapter 574: Encouraging Commerce

Although this matter is well planned, it must be handed over to a person who has passed by me to prepare, and now how many of the officials of the imperial court are really doing practical things, but I am afraid that if post stations are set up everywhere, most of the local lives will have to be seized from these grains! ”

Qin Zhao frowned slightly when he thought of this and said, Guan Tongshu also sighed helplessly when he heard this.

"The emperor has reorganized the government these days, and dealt with a large number of officials who have not done their duty in the imperial court, so there should be a result of police action, maybe the situation will be better now, but the emperor still needs to send a trustworthy person to supervise."

After listening to it, Guan Tongshu also deeply agreed, although the official position of the county orders in various places is not large, but the emperor is far away, and many county orders in some places are quite powerful, and they have also done a lot of things that have brought disaster to the country and the people, so it seems that this practice is not uncommon.

This time the matter is not ordinary, this is a batch of food, but we are concerned about so many victims, we must not let them deduct it.

"In that case, I ordered Lord Huang to do this, what does the queen think?"

Qin Zhao thought about it, thought of a person's face in his mind, and said to Guan Tongshu, Guan Tongshu's eyes lit up slightly after hearing this, although she didn't have much contact with this Lord Huang, but her impression of him was still very good, when the Queen Mother was still secretly trying to win over the power, she also wanted to win over this Lord Huang, but Lord Huang seemed to disdain to do this kind of thing with the Queen Mother, and directly refused.

This also led to Lord Huang's official position failing to rise all the way, and now if this matter is done, then there will be a reason to give birth to Lord Huang, Qin Zhao appreciates Lord Huang very much, and Guan Tongshu can see it.

"This matter is handed over to Lord Huang, and the concubine thinks it is also very appropriate, if all important matters are handed over to Lord Song, I am afraid that some people in the court will gossip."

"The queen is really very comprehensive, I am so happy to have a virtuous queen like you."

Qin Zhao was very happy, and his face also showed an excited look, but Guan Tongshu just smiled, Qin Zhao praised him every day, she was already surprised, as long as this matter could be done, she would feel very happy in her heart.

The people of this world are now famine, displaced, they have no craft, they have no other way to make a living than to grow food, and now in the year of the disaster, they have no harvest, and they can only flee in all directions, which is really pitiful.

"The concubines now look at the people of the world, many of them can't eat food, the fields they planted have no harvest, their families are poor, and they have no other means to make a living, and they really feel heartache for them, if the emperor can be very gracious and allow them to do something else to make a living, I don't think they will be penniless."

Guan Tongshu was very kind in his heart, and said to Qin Zhao, but Qin Zhao frowned slightly when he heard it, he knew that Guan Tongshu had always mentioned to him about revitalizing business. It's just that the world is based on agriculture, and if these people go to business one by one, the grain output will not increase, and there will be another famine in the next year, won't this form a vicious circle?

"Does the Empress mean that I want to liberalize the regulation of commerce and handicrafts?"

Qin Zhao frowned slightly and asked Guan Tongshu, Guan Tongshu knew at a glance that Qin Zhao was obviously a little unhappy when he heard his words, but he was not in a hurry, and slowly told Qin Zhao that Qin Zhao is a very humble person, although he is the Son of Heaven in this position admired by ten thousand people, but for the people below, as long as there is a good suggestion, he is still very good at adopting it.

"The emperor is wise, and the concubines know that although a country is agriculture-oriented and uses agriculture to consolidate the foundation of our court, but in today's situation, the emperor also sees that the methods used by farmers to work are still the most primitive, if they encounter disastrous weather, they will have no harvest, and they pay so much labor on weekdays, farmers account for the vast majority, and all people are invested in agricultural production, and handicrafts and commerce have not been able to develop......"

Guan Tongshu always had an idea in her heart, but she didn't know how to tell Qin Zhao, Qin Zhao was still a little angry, and he couldn't help frowning when he heard this, it is true that almost most of the people in the entire country are engaged in agricultural labor, although this is a matter of consolidating the foundation, and the people have stability only when they have food.

But now a natural disaster has also shown them, such a bad effect, if it is a drought or a flood, the people will be easily engulfed by this natural disaster, there is no harvest, and the victims are wandering around, it does not seem to be a good thing.

"But if the control of commerce is as the queen said, and the people are allowed to open their own shops to make handicrafts, if commerce develops, then who wants to go to the fields and grow food?"

Qin Zhao's brows furrowed tightly, as if he was very puzzled by Guan Tongshu's suggestion.

"The concubine knows what the emperor is worried about, the concubine just thinks that if some people can be liberated from agricultural production and let them engage in other industries, then all aspects will develop better, and now the way farmers cultivate is still the most primitive human model, I heard that neighboring countries have used some advanced tools for agricultural production, and our country might as well learn from them......"

Guan Tongshu spoke again, and the doubts in Qin Zhao's heart dissipated a little, he didn't know much about the outside affairs in this palace every day, and he didn't know much about the affairs of neighboring countries, Guan Tongshu's words made him feel a little surprised.

"The emperor must not know yet, I heard that someone in Pingnan has invented an agricultural car, this kind of agricultural car can help farmers plow the land and plant seedlings, an agricultural car can replace the amount of work done by ten people, if we also bring it in, our grain output should also increase, and can also liberate a lot of farmers, let them engage in other industries, so that the country's tax burden is high, the country and the people are safe, and everyone will not be penniless when there is a natural disaster."

Guan Tongshu said it little by little, Qin Zhao listened to it and slowly calmed down in his heart, thinking back to Guan Tongshu's words, he also felt that it was not unreasonable, agricultural production has to bear the risk of natural disasters, and there will be a drought almost every few years, and the displaced people will wander around the capital as soon as the drought occurs, which will have a very bad impact.

Every disaster year, these burning, killing and looting will be more than in previous years, which is really a troublesome problem, but if some people can be transferred to the development of commerce, presumably commerce will develop more prosperously, and if commerce develops well, the people's lives will be more convenient.

"The queen's words are very interesting for me to think about it, and I also think it is very interesting in my heart, but if the development of commerce can make money, and everyone flocks over, then no one wants to engage in agricultural production, so that our country will not have less food?"

Qin Zhao was still a little uneasy in his heart.