On October 17, it was originally agreed that the specific details of the 'Sangha Survey' would be discussed.

As a result, Wang Shouye yawned and rushed to the yamen, and before his ass was hot, he was notified of the suspension of action.

Moreover, not only the 'monk and Taoist census' should be postponed, but even the matter of 'visiting Ding into the temple' should also be postponed.

It is said that after Bai Changqi saw the plan submitted by Zhang Siwei, he felt that the investment in the early stage was too large, and he spread out the stall all of a sudden, and with the grass platform team under the current Shanhai Supervisor, I am afraid that he may not be able to control it.

To put it bluntly, I still don't dare to take responsibility and blindly seek stability.

But that's okay, Wang Shouye tossed in the Lu family until the second half of the night yesterday, wasting a lot of energy, if there is a meeting to discuss today, he may not be able to cheer up.

After a brief round trip, he returned to the duty room alone and looked through the newspaper that he didn't have time to see yesterday - Lu Tai was borrowed by Ma Gui to help again.

In the end, it is a state-run newspaper.

The government and the opposition are scolding Xu Gelao, but the headline on this front page is in a serious discussion: This winter's vegetable harvest will benefit thousands of households.

Out-of-season vegetables have existed since ancient times, but ordinary people can't even afford to grow them, let alone eat them.

One is that the cost is too high, and the other is that the survival rate is too low.

The cost of building greenhouses this year has not decreased much, but the survival rate has been greatly improved, and the fruits and vegetables are also full, so that the yield has increased by more than ten times.

As the output went up, the price naturally dived.

Therefore, if the middle-class family grits their teeth, they can also buy a few cucumbers or something, and go home to make a tooth sacrifice.

Not to mention the Wang family, after winter, the green leafy vegetables have basically not been broken.

Further down, most of them are also some praises of virtue, and they are basically in agriculture.

Is this issue a special issue on agriculture?

These official articles about farming really don't make people interested.

Wang Shouye scanned a few articles at a glance, and felt tiredness welling up, and was hesitating whether to simply lie on the table and squint for a while, or to look through the anecdotes presented from all over the country to refresh himself, but suddenly saw a familiar name:

Zhang Taiyue.

Wang Shouye came to his senses and was busy taking a closer look at this article called "On Abundant Production" from beginning to end.

Just looking at the title, Zhang Juzheng seems to be singing praises.

But that's not the case at all with content.

He just started by briefly pointing out the harvest in autumn and winter this year, and then deduced that next year's harvest will not be low, or even higher, and then suddenly turned around and began to analyze the hidden worries behind the harvest.

In fact, before this, some people have already discussed the problems caused by the continuous harvest in the north.

However, those controversies are mainly focused on Caoyun.

For example, after the cancellation of the transportation of grain from the south to the north, where should the hundreds of thousands of workers go?

Although the canal is now very prosperous from south to north, and the grain accounts for only a small part of it, those workers are basically hovering on the food and clothing line, and if they suddenly lose this part of the income of the grain, I am afraid that they will suffer from the catastrophe immediately.

However, if the transportation of grain from the south to the north is not cancelled, the imperial court's finances will not be enough to stabilize grain prices every year, and at that time, while buying rice from the south at a high price, while sitting back and watching the grain prices in the north plummet, it will certainly provoke the excitement of the officials and people in the north as this autumn.

However, Zhang Juzheng's article did not talk about the grain dispute between the north and the south, but focused on the hidden worries and conflicts brought to the people in the north after the bumper grain production.

First of all, the number of craftsmen in the north, that is, artisans, who have been sabotage, hidden, and fleeing, has shown a significant upward trend since this autumn.

Because even the tenant farmers with the worst harvests have a much higher disposable income this year than the average artisan household.

Moreover, there is still a gap in status between the workers and peasants.

As a result, many artisan households would rather take refuge as serfs under the landlord's door than stay in their hometown and endure excessive unpaid labor.

If the Northland is still ripe next year, this situation is likely to get worse.

And this phenomenon will undoubtedly lead to the turbulence of the handicraft market.

In order to prevent this situation from deteriorating, it may be necessary for the imperial court to make necessary changes to the existing artisan household system.

Secondly, there is the conflict between landlords and tenants.

According to the information gathered by the imperial court, the gentry in some places had united and were ready to greatly increase the proportion of tenant rents.

This is not only to squeeze more of the surplus value of the tenant farmers, but also to prevent the tenant farmers from quickly acquiring their savings and thus freeing themselves from the shackles of tenants and becoming yeoman farmers.

This kind of behavior will definitely exacerbate the contradictions between the two sides, and it is best for the local government to prepare a plan in advance so that it can be channeled and responded to in a timely manner.

Finally, the sluggish grain prices caused by successive bumper harvests are very likely to dampen the enthusiasm of farmers.

In addition, today's food crops inexplicably have the characteristics of high yield, lodging resistance, pest resistance, and easy growth.

Even if it is not managed, the harvest will not be reduced too much.

The diligent peasants, on the other hand, did not increase their income much because of the problem of grain prices.

In the long run, it is very likely that there will be a situation of coarse and thin harvesting, which will give rise to a large number of idlers and lazy people, and increase the factors of instability in the local area.

What should the imperial court do at that time?

Is it time to plan ahead?

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Seeing this, Wang Shouye was completely speechless.

Who would have thought that such a bumper grain harvest could give rise to so many problems?

Not to mention, Wang Shouye still has some say in the problem of the craftsman - when he usually chats with the old man, he often listens to him complain about this.

Under the existing artisan household system, craftsmen had to bear a lot of unpaid labor every year, and sometimes even had to use their own savings to make up for the shortfall caused by corrupt officials.

Except for a very small number of craftsmen - such as Wang Laohan, a highly skilled and well-known leader - most of the craftsmen are basically in a precarious situation.

Therefore, since the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, the problem of sabotage and desertion has become increasingly serious.

So much so that at the end of the Ming Dynasty, the equipment used by the Ming officials and soldiers was not as sophisticated as the Jurchens who were born recklessly, which can be said to be one of the important reasons for the fall of the Ming Dynasty.

And now, with today's sudden changes, even tenants who have nothing can easily fill the stomach of the whole family.

In contrast, it will undoubtedly induce more artisans to slack off or even take risks.

And in this way, it undoubtedly led to the early emergence of the situation at the end of the Ming Dynasty......

It is inferred that this sudden grain harvest may not be beneficial to the Ming Dynasty.

Of course, it's better than a famine.

Tut~

To govern a huge country, it is really troublesome!

Fortunately, there is no need to have a headache by yourself, as long as you can arrange the affairs of the Shanhai Prison, it will be considered a great merit.

Putting down the newspaper, Wang Shouye stretched his waist, and then prepared to make some tea and rush away the worries about the country and the people.

At this time, a small official suddenly came in with a curtain, saying that the supervisor had invited him.

"What did you call me?"

Wang Shouye asked casually, and then heard the scribe say respectfully: "It seems that the imperial court has just issued an order to let the political envoys of the provinces report the local anecdotes to our mountain and sea supervisors." ”