Qi Tai was the same, they never thought that Fanguo would dare not sell things to Da Ming, but he thought of another point: "Your Majesty, food is a human necessity, no matter whether the price is high or low, you have to buy it, but what other things can everyone buy?" If the people don't grow grain anymore, if no one buys any agricultural products or is willing to buy them at a low price, isn't that the same as the grain hurts the peasants? ”

"Qi Qing, you forgot your clothes, clothes are also necessary for people." Yun Xi said.

"Does Your Majesty want to make all the farmers grow cotton? In that case, the price of cotton will inevitably fall sharply, which will still hurt farmers. Qi Tai said.

"No, I mean there may be other agricultural products that you didn't think could make farmers earn more money than growing food." Yun Xi said.

In fact, the entry of grain from the South Seas into China only made what happened in history happen in advance. Historically, with the development of the economy in the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the income from planting cash crops was far greater than that of growing grain, and farmers in Jiangnan and Guangdong changed to cash crops, which made the price of grain in the Ming Dynasty increase, which affected a series of things later.

Qi Tai thought for a while, and suddenly thought of something, and said in a loud voice: "Your Majesty, you must not let a large amount of cheap grain from the South Seas enter the Ming Dynasty. ”

"Why?" Yoon-hee asked.

"Your Majesty, even if what Your Majesty said is right, but now farmers are growing grain, and it is not an overnight thing to plant other agricultural products, but a large amount of grain from Nanyang will quickly lower the price of grain when it enters the Ming Dynasty, and the grain grown by farmers cannot be sold, which will lead to a difficult life for the family, and they have to sell their fields to survive. This will lead to rapid land annexation. Your Majesty, land annexation is a sign of the country's demise! Qi Tai said excitedly.

Hearing Qi Tai's words, Yun Xi thought deeply about what he thought of again, and suddenly broke out in a cold sweat! He immediately said: "I immediately issued an order to restrict the import of grain from the two cities of Shanghai and Bao'an. ”

Yoon-hee wasn't just intimidated by the land annexation. In his view, the development of industry was accompanied by the concentration of agricultural land, the efficiency of agricultural production was greatly improved, and the peasants were transformed into agricultural workers. Of course, he still opposes the current concentration of land, because now the landlords do not manage the land properly when they annex it, but lease it to the landless peasants for cultivation, which does not benefit other than the disadvantage of wealth concentration. He was mainly frightened by the mass bankruptcy of farmers.

Historically, it was a long process for farmers to switch from growing food to cash crops, starting with a small group of bold people who finally made money and their neighbors followed suit, and finally spread to the entire Yangtze River Delta and Pearl River Delta.

Now, if a large amount of Nanyang grain is suddenly imported into the Ming Dynasty, it is likely that a large number of farmers will quickly go bankrupt. In all dynasties, yeoman farmers and urban craftsmen and small merchants were the foundation of the stability of the country, and they were all finished, and the country should be finished. With the current government's capacity, it is absolutely impossible for farmers to start growing cash crops quickly.

The Han Chinese are different from the Westerners, who engage in sheep and cannibalism to bankrupt a large number of peasants in a short period of time, and the peasants can flow into the cities or go overseas, but the Han people will definitely rebel. It is fine that the state forcibly immigrates them to other provinces, but if they are forced to emigrate overseas, they will also find ways to flee or even riot; And it is impossible for the urban handicraft industry to expand rapidly for a while and a half, and to accommodate so many people.

In addition, the influx of grain from overseas into the Ming Dynasty would also damage the interests of rural landlords and quickly intensify the contradictions between landlords and merchants. Now that most of the officials of the Ming Dynasty are from rural areas, their interests have been greatly damaged and they will resolutely oppose Yun Xi's policy of opening up to the outside world, and any reforms promoted by Yun Xi will be delayed by countless people and nothing will be accomplished. Even if he kills the officials who have been replaced.

Sure enough, if the step is too big, it will be easy to pull the egg, and any radical reform will not succeed in the end. Let's take our time. Yun Xi thought.

"Qi Qing, you think very carefully, you reminded me, and made a contribution to Daming!" Yun Xi said.

"Your Majesty praised it falsely, even if the minister didn't expect it, there are so many officials in the Ming Dynasty, sooner or later someone will think that the minister will not dare to take credit." Qi Tai said. But although he said this, he was also a little proud in his heart.

"Hey, having said that, but in the end it was Qi Qing who stopped me. I have always had a clear distinction between rewards and punishments. Yun Xi immediately called Jin Shan over and instructed him: "Draft, the household department is still the book Qi Tai, and the public loyalty is the ,......, of the country. ”

Kim Sun didn't know what they were talking about just now, it was a little strange, but he immediately began to draft the purpose. Qi Tai opened his mouth again and couldn't say a few words, so he could only kneel down and thank him.

After that, this incident quickly spread among the officials in the capital. The officials, who were very sluggish to the economy, did not realize that if they allowed a large influx of grain from overseas, the interests of the landlords would also be damaged, so they did not realize the class contradiction between the landlords and the big merchants.

Yun Xi breathed a sigh of relief. Not only because the class contradictions were not exposed, but also because the officials ignored his hair.

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"Fengtian carries the emperor's edict and says, Xie Jin, the winter assistant official,......,......, is now appointed as the editor-in-chief of the "Great Ming Canon", and he is here." At the court meeting on July 20, Yunxi's attendants read out such a holy decree.

At the beginning of this year, when the civil officials collectively attacked Xungui, Yunxi threw out the temptation to compile the "Great Dictionary of the Ming Dynasty" in order to divert the attention of the civil officials. The temptation was so great that the attention of all the civil officials at that time was overwhelmed, and the collective attack on the nobles came to an end at once.

But because Yunxi dragged on for too long, everyone was already a little tired, and the attraction of this incident to attention was minimal; And Xie Jin has completed the finishing work of "Yuan History", and Yun Xi officially announced that Xie Jin will serve as the editor-in-chief.

Of course, Yun Xi also appointed five deputy editors at the same time, all of whom were well-educated people in the court, who could memorize the Four Books and Five Classics from beginning to end and back again.

However, Yun Xi was forced to appoint these people. Xie Jin's talent has been fully revealed, and he is very good at compiling it both personally and organizing; It may be fine for these well-educated Confucians to go into battle on their own, but their organizational skills are likely to be close to zero.

But the prestige of these people is too high, and they would not have been able to do such a literati event if they had not arranged it. So Yun Xi and Xie Jin gave a good explanation, asking him not to have any expectations for the organizational ability of these five great Confucians, and not to arrange any organizational work for them.

Xie Jin also counted it himself, and nodded in agreement.

The cabinet officials around Yun Xi are also named, and they can mix in their spare time.

Even Xue Xuyang was a little moved. On the evening of the first day of the eighth month, Xi Yao and Yun Xi said during dinner: "Your Majesty, can you let Xi Yang do something inside?" ”

"The concubine knows that Xu Yang is just a showman, and he doesn't have a literary name, but he can always copy and write."

"No! The most important thing for him now is next year's township exam. As long as he is selected, even if he can't be selected in the future, he can be appointed as an official. Tell him next time, don't always think about what you don't have. Yun Xi said.

"But,......" Xi Yao wanted to say again. He heard Xu Yang say that this was a grand event for literati, and if he could have an errand in it, he would be able to leave a name in history.

"He will definitely be able to leave his name in the history of the Ming Jianye Dynasty in the future, don't think about anything else." Yun Xi said.

"Well, husband, the next time the concubine sees him, she will definitely tell him." Seeing Yun Xi say this, Xi Yao hurriedly said.

Yun Xi let out a "hmm", lowered his head and continued to eat. He went to the martial arts hall and the army to inspect it again today, and his physical strength was very exertional, so he was very hungry, and he wanted to destroy the food in front of him immediately.

But his idea could not be realized. Yun Zhi suddenly said: "Brother Huang, has Song Hu already arrived in the capital?" ”

Before Yun Xi could speak, a girl who was separated from Yun Zhi suddenly said angrily to Yun Zhi: "You little child only thinks about these things every day, where is this beautiful appearance of everyone." ”

Yun Zhi grimaced at her and said with a smile: "I thought about this for Sister Shangxi, but you blamed me." ”

Shang Xi was exposed by her, and she blushed a little. But after all, she grew up in Xi'an since she was a child, and her mother-in-law is Mongolian, so she is not as shy as some deep boudoir women, and said: "Where do you think about this." ”

Yun Zhi wanted to say more, and Baoqing asked, "What, what does that person named Song Hu have to do with Shang Xi's niece?" ”

"Aunt Sixteen, don't you know, this Song Amber, the monk cherishes that his sister is going to get married with six rites." Yun Zhi smiled at Baoqing.

Shang Xi couldn't stand it even if he was thick-skinned, put down his job and stood up, seeing Yun Xi smiling on the side and looking at him without interfering, he said: "I actually arranged my sister, see that my sister doesn't punish you." He walked over to her.

Yun Zhi also stood up to dodge, and the two laughed for a while.

Yun Xi looked at it for a while and then stopped it, and the two of them hurriedly separated.

However, Yun Xi also immediately said: "It's a pity, I have already met Song Hu today, he really looks good, and he has the ability to be a person, but you have found a treasure." ”

"Hey, Brother Huang, you also tease your sister." Shang Xi pouted.

"Brother Huang is telling the truth. Two days later, the imperial brother summoned him, you hide behind the curtain and take a sneak peek, you will know, the imperial brother is definitely not talking nonsense. Yun Xi said again.

But he didn't laugh after that. He knew that Shang Xi was different from Yun Zhi, in fact, he was not used to him and his sisters talking and laughing, but in order to please him, he could only cooperate.

However, his two sentences aroused the reverie of the county lord of Chang'an. Although Yun Xi often jokes, she never talks about such things casually, so she is full of beautiful fantasies about Song Hu for a while, and she is even more looking forward to tomorrow's one-sided meeting.