"Thank you, Lord Ron!" Xu Huizu and the others all knelt down and cheered.

That's a great thing for them! Although they are not short of money, who would dislike having more money? And except for the Lan family, the rest of the families have a lot of children, and they are strict with their own children, but as parents, who doesn't want to leave as much family wealth as possible for their children, especially if there is only one title, and they should keep more money for children who do not have titles.

What's more, some families still have clansmen (other people's clansmen died in battle or starved to death at the end of the Yuan Dynasty), and they can't ignore the clansmen, so that they can also have an income and reduce their own burden.

What's more, Song Taizu, who implemented this kind of policy, did not kill the minister, and after Yun Xi abolished Chen Huan, Zhang Yi and others a while ago, it made people panic, even if they seem to be okay now, it is difficult to guarantee what will happen in the future; But if this policy continues, their children and grandchildren will be able to do so.

However, there are still people who are happy and have a trace of vigilance. Even Song Taizu did not give the blacksmith workshop to his noble ministers; Moreover, the Song Dynasty was tolerant of the noble ministers and connived at the ministers' business, but the nobles had little room to speak in the government; But now His Majesty has opened the Five Cities School to train our noble children, and it is clear that it is to be reused, isn't Your Majesty afraid of unspeakable things? Xu Huizu thought to himself.

He looked at Yun Xi, but Yun Xi just looked at them with a smile, and after they calmed down, he said: "I'm not afraid that you will get rich, you are all as rich as the noble families of the Song Dynasty, and I won't care." But you have to remember: first, these workshops and steel mills are taxed according to the rules and regulations after they are assigned to your name, and there is no right to tax exemption. ”

"Second, I only allow you to get involved in the steel industry now, and other industries that are not allowed by me cannot get involved."

"Third, I have a requirement for you, the fields under your name must obey my will, and they will do whatever I tell the farmers in the fields to do."

"Your Majesty, the steel mill also has His Majesty's shares, and it also has to pay taxes according to the regulations?" "Your Majesty, the ministers will definitely not get involved in the business that Your Majesty does not allow the ministers to set foot in." "Your Majesty, what do you want your ministers to do with their farmland?" Everyone said.

"Even if you have my shares, you have to pay taxes! Not only that, but I also plan to let them pay taxes in the imperial stores under the jurisdiction of the internal officials and yamen. ”

Yun Xi answered the first question first, but did not explain much, but immediately moved on to the second thing: "Not only must you not get involved in those things that I do not allow you to set foot in, but even your people and subordinates are not allowed to get involved in those things. ”

"Third, when I was in Kaifeng before, I did a study with the prince of Zhou." He talked about the content of the study. "I am also worried about the people's reluctance to farm, but I don't think the government can force them to return to their hometowns to farm. Besides, now that there are few people in the Ming Dynasty and there is more land, I think I can try to change the way I have farmed for thousands of years. ”

"Moreover, Fang Mingqian returned to Beijing this time to bring back many seeds of new crops, and I will also give you some seeds, so that you can also eat them, and you don't have to always come to me to ask for them. These seeds have never been planted in the Ming Dynasty, and the farmers have never planted them, and I am afraid that they will not be planted well; It just so happened that some of the soldiers Fang Mingqian brought back had planted them, so I wanted him to instruct all the farmers who planted new crops. Speaking of this, Yun Xi made a joke: "Chang Qing, when this year's harvest is over, you don't have to come to me to ask for peppers and peanuts." ”

"Huh." Everyone laughed a few words, but when they laughed, they had already begun to think about Yun Xi Shicai's words. They didn't understand the purpose of Yun Xi's repeated emphasis that 'they must not get involved in those businesses that were not allowed to get involved', but since His Majesty attached so much importance to it, and the steel industry was so profitable, they would not touch His Majesty's brow.

They are also puzzled about paying taxes, but they have just picked up the opportunity to make a lot of money in vain, and they don't care about this little tax, and they won't speak out against it now. What they really don't understand, let alone support, is that His Majesty wants to use their land.

This kind of thing has been the same for thousands of years, although His Majesty the Emperor has also planted the land himself, but it is only symbolic, where can it be compared with the old farmers who have planted the land all their lives? If something goes wrong in the end, the problem of their fields being harvested is a small matter, anyway, they lack a year's rent, and even pay to feed the farmers; It can affect His Majesty's reputation. If the civil officials impeach His Majesty on this ground, His Majesty may probably have to issue an edict of guilt; What's more, civil officials are completely able to take advantage of the topic and take the opportunity to deal with the nobles, and they will be difficult to argue with when the time comes, I am afraid that they will have to spit out something.

"Your Majesty, I don't know how Your Majesty wants to change the method of farming for thousands of years, but the minister thinks that everything is still safe first, so it is better to set aside a small area to implement the method that Your Majesty wants to use, and then promote it if it is useful?" Xue Ning said. As Yunxi's father-in-law, he said this more appropriately than others.

"That's it," Yun Xi glanced around them, and saw that everyone's expressions were obviously in favor of Xue Ning, and he also understood that they were for their own good, and after thinking about it, he decided not to insist anymore: "I will order each of you to set aside a hundred acres of land, half of the middle field and half of the upper field, and I will take out a few thousand acres of Huangzhuang land for experiments." ”

"But this year, I have a lot of good things to offer to farmers who are cultivating experimental fields. Not only were the best farm tools given to them, but each family also gave them a ploughing ox for free, and if the harvest was lost, each family would give them grain to feed them for a year. When it is rolled out next year, there will be no such benefit. ”

If it is an ordinary farmer, hearing about the conditions of Yun Xi's suitable talents, I am afraid that he would rather risk the loss of the harvest and want these things. Good farm tools cost at least a few dollars, and ploughing cattle are even more than tens of dollars, and the total harvest in a year is not so much.

But none of the people present were ordinary farmers, not to mention that the benefits were not for them, so they praised in unison: "Your Majesty Shengming." "There are no other superfluous words.

Yun Xi was a little sullen, but quickly adjusted. As the emperor's daily reply and recital, there are too many things that block the heart, and this one is not bad. And he was still thinking to himself: 'When this year's harvest comes, I will see how you regret it!' ’

He instructed these people a few more things, and finally said: "Ladies and gentlemen, I have one more word to tell you, you must not forget about the government because of the affairs of the steel mill and the blacksmith's workshop, and the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion must straighten out the errand as soon as possible." ”

"And you don't have to worry, I will allow you to get involved in more profitable businesses in the future. I want to rule the world with you, how can I make your Aiqing's family poor? ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty."