Sun Xiangfu really saw how enlightened Li Shimin was this time, he didn't point out anything that needed to be revised in his exam papers, and he looked forward to seeing the candidates' answers.

Sun Xiangfu, who was successfully promoted to Li Shimin's confidant minister, is still a little uncomfortable, although Li Shimin has arranged specific functions for everyone in the court, but when discussing problems, he basically doesn't care what kind of function you have, what you say, it's good to be useful, discuss together, brainstorm, and get the results that will always be more comprehensive and reliable than one person thinks, which is probably the reason why he can always maintain political correctness!

Sun Xiangfu also took advantage of the presence of several top wise men in the Tang Dynasty to discuss the work he might have to do next, and said, "Your Majesty, next year, the minister plans to liquidate the acres of land all over the country, our domestic population is not large, there are enough conditions to return all the fields to farmland, and concentrate manpower on the fields with irrigation conditions and more sufficient fertility, so that even if the new farming technology cannot be implemented throughout the country, it can quickly make the output of the people of the country go to a higher level." ”

With the land replaced by the sons of the family, the number of vacant fields in the hands of the imperial court is extremely huge, just the fields in Guanzhong, there are millions of acres, even if more than 100,000 Goguryeo people are moved, they can't be planted, and more people from barren land need to be moved, and then there are some lands in Henan, Hedong, Huainan, Jiangnan and other places, which is basically enough for Sun Xiangfu to launch a poverty alleviation war.

As long as these poor people are equipped with more productive fields, then the day when they will be lifted out of poverty will not be far away.

"Such a large-scale relocation is a great test for local officials!" Xiao Yu voiced her concerns.

Sun Xiangfu said with a smile, "Isn't this just the right time to let these students go to the local area to test the water, after the imperial examination, we will organize a training for them for a month, and tell them about His Majesty's concept of governing the country and the idea of enriching the people."

Before the lunar month, let them rush to various places for temporary internships, and after spring ploughing next year, they can see their implementation for the first evaluation, and within two years, they can complete the relocation and field replacement work in the area where they are interning, which is not bad. ”

"What you think is really a link! So, tell me again, what do you think about your hometown? ”

Li Shimin obviously agreed with Sun Xiangfu's proposal, but he smiled and asked about the essay questions he made in the exam paper.

Sun Xiangfu thought for a while before replying, "In the minister's mind, the hometown is at least a place where the young are raised, the learning is taught, the labor is earned, the sick are treated, the old are supported, and the residence is lived. ”

"The young are educated, the learning is taught, the labor is earned, the sick are treated, the old are supported, and the housing is ······"

All the people were repeating the words that Sun Xiangfu blurted out, and the more they read it, the more light in their eyes became.

"Hahaha, okay, that's great, no wonder you have this question, it's really a question for the ages! I'm very relieved, I'm very relieved······"

Li Shimin's laughter almost lifted off the tiles on the roof of the imperial study, and the rest of the people also praised and agreed, but Fang Xuanling seemed to think of something, and when Li Shimin's laughter stopped for a while, he spoke again, "Your Majesty, Zhengming just said that this is 'at least'." ”

Hearing this, Li Shimin also reacted, stared at Sun Xiangfu's eyes and said, "Is this still 'at least'?" Zhengming, tell me, in your heart, how far can Datang go? ”

"Uh, 'good', there is no limit, first of all, we have to dare to think, didn't Your Majesty let us put forward a lot of five-year plans, ten-year plans? When these plans are realized, we must set a higher goal for ourselves, for example, when Zhenguan is twenty years old, we must achieve a well-off society! Oops, wrong. Speaking of this, Sun Xiangfu hurriedly covered his mouth.

However, this word was heard clearly by Li Shimin, and he looked at him with inquiring eyes and said, "A well-off society? ”

"Well, this is just a minister, an immature idea, which means that all the people have a villa like the Heavenly Residence, have a car to go out, have meat for three meals, no longer have to worry about food and clothing, and don't have to waste too much time and energy on work······"

The further back he spoke, the quieter Sun Xiangfu's voice became, as he saw the more disbelief on the faces of several people.

"Hey, the ideal world, everyone has it in their hearts, but those are unrealistic, Zhengming is still young, it's not strange to have such thoughts, I just hope that Datang will have no border troubles, and the people can live and work in peace and contentment, and live in brick houses like the new countryside."

Li Shimin is not as daring to think as Sun Xiangfu, because he is not a descendant, he doesn't know the brick house, just the most basic dwellings in the later generations, and even the dwellings that have been eliminated, concrete, small western-style buildings with tiles, are the standard for ordinary people, as for the high-rise buildings in the city, okay! Now the five-story Wangjiang Tower is already a high-rise building in their eyes, no matter how high it is, I haven't seen it, and I don't dare to think that if Sun Xiangfu dares to install a few pieces of glass on his own windows, he will definitely be scolded by everyone for being extravagant.

In front of a group of people who don't know what is good, you can't say better, Sun Xiangfu's consistent style is not to tell you, just make it for you to see, let them see it, then marvel, then imitate, and then catch up.

However, if you want to achieve that level, you need to work hard in all aspects, especially in production technology, and when it comes to production technology, Sun Xiangfu thought of Weinan New Town.

"Your Majesty, the minister went to Weinan yesterday to see, as soon as the middle of October arrived, the snow came down sporadically, and the construction over there may have slowed down because of the bad weather, and if you want the workers to work together to face the difficulties, you need to personally go over to encourage them."

"What do you think?" After chatting for a few hours while eating, Li Shimin's face was slightly red, and he looked at Sun Xiangfu with a smile.

"The minister is going to hold a condolence performance for all the workers involved in the construction of Weinan, and you will distribute them cotton gloves that can not hurt their hands in winter snow, as well as cotton socks to protect their toes from frostbite and so on."

Sun Xiangfu just said it so simply, Li Shimin understood what he meant, I don't know that since time immemorial, the two of them have formed a tacit understanding, this kind of good thing that can collect the hearts of the people and promote production, of course, we must do more.

"Well, I'll have time for you to arrange this matter."

After Li Shimin nodded in agreement, Sun Xiangfu said again, "Since Your Majesty has long been confident about the official restructuring, I don't know what arrangements are made for the newly established Ministry of Agriculture?" ”

As soon as Li Shimin ran back, he announced that in fact, many ministers were confused, although the official positions of the six ministries and nine secretaries were basically promoted but not demoted, but among the main officials, there was not a single person with five surnames and seven families, and there were a few in Zhongshu Province and Menxia Province, but they were headed by Wang Gui, a pro-Li faction. Moreover, without the support of the ministry officials, the Zhongshu Province and the Menxia Province, which are in charge of the refutation power, actually have no real power.

Such a large number of officials with five surnames and seven families are excluded from the top power system, and I am afraid that there will be a lot of backlash later.

Li Shimin seemed to have expected Sun Xiangfu to ask early on, and replied without thinking much, "The office of the Ministry of Agriculture is in the original Taifu Temple, and I have already appointed Lang Lang for you, as for Lang Zhong, as well as officials at the level of Wai Lang, in addition to the officials of the original Taifu Temple and Sinong Temple, I also sent you a lot of people, most of whom you are familiar with." ”

"Familiar to me?" Sun Xiangfu asked with some surprise.

"Hehe, Zhengming has the best way to deal with the sons of the family, and His Majesty has arranged many officials with five surnames and seven families to serve in your Ministry of Agriculture."

Fang Xuanling answered with some playfulness, but it was Sun Xiangfu's face dark.

"Your Majesty, I won't take you to play like this."

"If you can't deal with them, it's even more difficult for others, aren't they now three factions, I believe you can use the delicate relationship between them to help the court get some things done."

What Li Shiminshu said seemed to be very reasonable, so that Sun Xiangfu was speechless, and said, "The position of the left and right waiters, you should have arranged two for me to help!" ”

"Well, Li Gongyan and Wei Ting."

These two old acquaintances of Sun Xiangfu, one is a descendant of the Wei family, and their identity is not lower than that of Wei Shuhong, but they are indeed capable helpers.

In this case, the minister has some confidence, that, the minister also wants to set up a local yamen for the Ministry of Agriculture, at least, there is a yamen in each province. Each state has one official, and each county has one member. ”

Datang currently has ten provinces plus one Anbei Metropolitan Protectorate, established eleven local yamen, arranged hundreds of officials, thousands of officials, that is not a trivial matter, Li Shimin was silent for a moment before saying, "At present, I don't have so many officials assigned to you." ”

Hearing this, Sun Xiangfu smiled and said, "There is no need for the imperial court to send it, the officials of the Ministry of Agriculture, in the lowest-level county-level yamen, only send one official, and this official can be directly elected by the local people, and in the state-level yamen, among the officials elected by the county government under its jurisdiction, another outstanding person will be elected as the leader, and he will be appointed as an official temporarily responsible for the agricultural management of a state, then, the imperial court only needs to set up a yamen in each province and the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion in Anbei and appoint a chief official. It can even be directly served part-time by Langzhong of the Ministry of Agriculture, because a de facto department like the Ministry of Agriculture does not need so many people to participate in the court deliberations. ”

"In that case, it would be possible."

Li Shimin nodded when he heard this, he knew that Sun Xiangfu wanted to support the broken frame of the Ministry of Agriculture first, and then slowly improve it later, and in the case that there were not enough talents in all aspects, he could only solve it like this first.

"If the farmer has a clerk in each county, he can take care of the management of Yicang."

Speaking of 'Yicang', a product that Li Shimin only made last year, Sun Xiangfu had a lot of suggestions, so it was not until late at night that Sun Xiangfu was able to return to the house. Moreover, he could not rest immediately, and it was necessary to draw up a set of criteria for the selection of local officials in the Ministry of Agriculture, as well as the distribution of some future functions in the Ministry of Agriculture, because tomorrow the officials assigned to the Ministry of Agriculture would come to report.

As for the Ministry of Agriculture really giving full play to its role in promoting the reform of agriculture throughout the country, it still needs a long time to go, and the initial empty shelves will not be able to do practical things, and we will have to wait for a group of talented people to grow up.