Tianqi said to Xu Guangqi: "Since Lord Xu is familiar with the process of cultivating and popularizing new grain varieties, he should also understand that the process is the same as the process of developing and popularizing new types of military equipment. I divide it into phases, and I believe that it is up to the appropriate institutions to adapt to these stages, which is why I want to use two companies to develop and promote new types of good varieties and new types of armaments, which are now old and suitable only for the normal process of use and cannot take care of anything else. ”

Although Tianqi said a bit twisted, the people here could understand the meaning after thinking about it, and Liu Zongzhou even heard the flavor from it, because Tianqi asked the Holy Academy to consider a mature plan, which included the relationship between the people and the land under the new form, as well as the relationship between the people and the officials. Now that the Apocalypse is talking about the development and popularization of new types of improved varieties and new types of armaments, it is impossible to say that we can hear a little bit of Apocalypse's intentions. To do anything in advance to understand the true intention of the leader, so as to achieve twice the result with half the effort, the leader may not give you a clear explanation, but if you can't understand it is your fault.

Liu Zongzhou asked: "Does the emperor mean that the current government model of prefectures and counties is not suitable for the cultivation and promotion of new breeds?" Is it not suitable for the development and promotion of new types of armaments? ”

Seeing that Liu Zongzhou asked eagerly, Tianqi knew that Liu Zongzhou wanted to understand his thoughts, so he smiled and said, "This is just my family's words, and my deduction based on the phenomena I have seen may not be correct. Even if this derivation is completely correct, it is not enough to formulate appropriate guidelines and policies, and your holy college should consider the changes in relations from the existing system and the current situation of people, so as to facilitate the formulation of policies and policies. If we don't think about the status quo and only think about how perfect and how right, there will be situations where what seems to be right is actually useless. ”

Liu Zongzhou thought about it, shook his head and said with a wry smile: "Don't consider the correctness, only consider the status quo, the minister can't understand, please ask the emperor to make it clear." ”

Apocalypse said, "It's not that we don't think about what is right, but we shouldn't put what is right or not in the first place, which doesn't work anywhere else, but it works in the Holy Academy." Most of the things studied by the Holy Academy are related to experience, and the so-called experience refers to what has been verified to be effective, and what has no effect or even mistakes is not experience, but should be called a lesson. The experience itself has a certain degree of correctness, and it is meaningless to consider whether it is correct or not, and we should focus on whether we can make a smooth transition from the status quo. ”

Liu Zongzhou nodded and said, "Okay, then the minister will listen to it as a reference, and it is also good to evaluate whether the emperor's idea is suitable." ”

Tianqi nodded and said, "Then please listen to Lord Liu, and help me see if there is anything wrong by the way." I believe that there should be three stages from the generation to the application of new things, and these three stages are the development stage, the promotion stage, and the mature use stage. Each of these three stages has its own characteristics and should be corresponded to by the corresponding institutions, otherwise there will be a lot of unnecessary trouble. For example, the opening stage, this stage is a stage from scratch, it is full of hope and full of risks, success will have huge returns, can be described as a million profits, but countless failures and even never see success will make investors lose their money. ”

King Xin nodded and said: "Brother Huang's words make sense, just like when Lord Xu first developed how to increase the yield of grain crops, no one in the Manchu Dynasty was willing to invest, only Brother Huang had the unique vision to invest 1,000 taels a month, and also invested half of the land in Shanglin Yuan. Now it seems that it is indeed a profitable investment, it is said that after the promotion and application of all the new varieties, the emperor's brother's evergain company earns close to the imperial court's tax revenue every year, and it will get more after the production increases in the future. ”

Gao Panlong said: "King Xin doesn't have to be envious, I heard that Lord Wen Zhen Meng Wen of the Military Affairs Department of the Military Affairs Yuan said that the Son of Heaven is selfless, and the Son of Heaven is selfless, so it seems that as long as the court is in difficulty, the emperor will not stand idly by." ”

Tianqi knew that there was a run on Gao Panlong's words, but he didn't just say about Gao Panlong's words: "This is a clear proof that the existing institutions of the imperial court cannot adapt to the opening stage of the product, the existing institutions are inflexible and lack the courage to make a desperate bet, which is suitable for the normal use of mature things, which is also the reason why I want to use the evergain company to open it, and the big iron company is not suitable for this thing in this matter." ”

Gao Panlong asked: "The big iron company also has flexibility, why does the emperor say that the big iron company is not suitable for product development?" ”

Tianqi said: "At the beginning, I said that there is a lot of risk in the opening stage of the product, and the investment at this time can be described as venture capital, which is a certain certain amount of gambling, and Evergain is my sole proprietorship, and no one can say anything if I lose the bet." There are many shareholders in the big iron company, I am willing to bet, but the shareholders are not necessarily willing to bet, if you win, it is good to say, but if you lose, I am afraid that there will be complaints. Although the big iron company is not suitable for venture capital, it is suitable for the promotion of new varieties, because there is no risk at this time, but there is a great interest, and the popularity of shareholders is prosperous, which is suitable for business. ”

Liu Zongzhou nodded and said: "The emperor has already said that the existing government and county governance model is suitable for the normal use of new varieties, that is to say, it will be opened by the Evergain Company, and the Evergain Company will be transferred to the Big Iron Company to promote after the completion of the opening, and the Big Iron Company will let the local government and county carry out normal management after the promotion and application, and everyone will share the income proportionally, isn't this the emperor?" ”

Apocalypse smiled and said, "Do you think there is anything wrong with this process?" Can I give some advice? ”

Gao Panlong said: "Last year, the number of people on the newly built road was counted, and the immigrants who did not consider the north and south went so there were false statistics, and later the emperor said that he wanted the Government Affairs Yuan and the Military Affairs Yuan to inform each other on relevant matters, and the matters discussed at the meeting of the Military Affairs Yuan a few years ago were related to the Government Affairs Yuan, so we knew the distribution ratio after the promotion and application of new improved varieties. According to the circular, the income of the people who used to farm did not increase, but they did not have to do anything, and the tax and land rent increased, and the surplus was divided proportionally between the Big Iron Company and the Evergain Company. The emperor deserves to get considerable benefits from it, but the minister wonders if the promotion of new types of armaments is also a pattern? ”

Apocalypse nodded and said, "I want to do this, but I don't have the place to pay another thousand taels of silver a month, and the development of armaments requires more money, so I can only wait for the Evergain Company to get a considerable profit." It is certain that the Evergain Company will be responsible for funding the development of armaments, and after the development is carried out, the Datie Company will go to various military regions to promote it, and the officers and men of each military region will order and report a certain kind of military equipment when they approve it, and of course this requires an armaments procurement system. ”

Gao Panlong asked: "What is the arms procurement system?" ”

Tianqi said: "At present, all the armaments have to be used, and it is difficult to guarantee the quality of the weapons in the hands as long as they can be used, and this makes it impossible for the new military equipment to be handed over to the officers and men in various localities in a timely manner, and it is very easy for accidents to occur." The implementation of the military procurement system is that the imperial court sets a total amount every year according to the current situation and financial situation of various places for the replacement of military equipment, so that each military region has its own share of the replacement of equipment, which can be kept but not supported, and is not allowed to be realized, which can make the weapons and armor on my Ming soldiers are the best, to ensure the victory when the war comes. ”

King Xin sighed softly: "The promotion and application of improved varieties has made the imperial brother make a lot of money, and it is a big profit twice a year, which is very eye-catching, after the implementation of the arms procurement system, the imperial brother's income will be doubled, how is the imperial brother going to spend so much money?" ”

Tianqi smiled: "Wen Zhenmeng is your master, what he said about the selflessness of the Son of Heaven is right, Gao Panlong Gao also said this at the beginning, it seems that he also agrees with this point of view." Although they were suspicious of the autumn wind when they said this, I agreed with them. The selflessness of the Son of Heaven means that the world is for the public, and although the Great Iron Company is the company in which I have the main shares, it is the same as the Evergain Company, and it ultimately serves the Ming Dynasty. I will use this money to continuously open new products, and then promote the application of reasonable management, so that everyone's life will become more convenient, safer, and happier. ”

After talking to everyone in the Supervision Yuan, Tianqi went back to the palace, and when he was playing with the two princes watermelon and pumpkin shortly after returning to the palace, Tan Jing presented information about Ningyuan's military intelligence department, saying that the Mongols did not come to negotiate according to the scheduled date last year, and King Rui and Hou Sui, who had gone a few days ago, asked Tianqi if he needed to send someone to urge, and the official decree might be delivered tomorrow.

Last year, he discussed with the representatives sent by the Jurchens, Dolgon and Fan Wencheng, to negotiate on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and now they have not seen anyone come on the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, whether they were eaten by a tiger on the road or they accidentally fell off the cliff are unknown, King Rui and Hou Sui both suspected that there was fraud in it, so while informing Yuan Keli, the overseer of Liaodong, and Yuan Chonghuan, the governor of Liaodong, to make preparations, and at the same time informing the Military Affairs Yuan to see what to do next. They didn't know that the MIA personnel had already reported the situation to the apocalypse a day earlier, and they wouldn't know that the Jurchens didn't plan to negotiate at all.

According to the content of the last negotiation, from the end of the month of the end of the month of the armistice agreement came into effect, from that day to the beginning of the second negotiation, the two sides must restrain their own armies not to provoke, the Jurchens' calculation is that as long as they do not come to the second negotiation, there will be no war between the Ming army and the Jurchens for the time being, and they can rest assured that they can clean up the Mongols in the Han tribe.

Of course, Apocalypse knew the Jurchens' calculations, but this was also the result he wanted, and he needed time to go to the south to quell the rebellion and reorganize the army by the way.