In the spring of March, the catkins fly down, the cuckoo cries at night, it is the time when the poplar flowers fall to the end of the sub-rules, and the flowers bloom all over the mountains, gorgeous and colorful.

It has come to the season of valley rain, and the people have begun spring ploughing, and the people in the customs are busy with the cultivation and farming of the fields.

All dynasties have attached great importance to the issue of farming, after all, it is related to the fortune and stability of the country, the people take food as the sky, and if there is no food, the world will be in chaos, and only when there is abundant food, abundant food and clothing, can the world be peaceful.

The demise of any dynasty, excluding the kind of short dynasty usurped by foreign relatives, the others are because the court is dim, it is difficult to return, the land annexation is serious, the people cause famine and launch a large-scale uprising, and then they are used by local warlords and gate lords to add fuel to the fire, and finally change the dynasty.

This is also why the ancient emphasis on agriculture and industry and commerce, and the second place of agriculture, is indeed related to the rise and fall of a dynasty.

Although Luo Zhaoyun came from the 21st century and understood that the role of industry and commerce was huge, it was only when there was abundant material, there was food to eat, and there would be no starvation to death, so that the rapid development of industry and commerce could be promoted.

Social development is step by step, must be based on high-yield grain, the Sui Dynasty climate from the Eastern Han Dynasty after the Xiaoice period out, the climate quickly warmed, for the Central Plains based on agriculture, equal to a great rise in national strength, Sui Wen Emperor is also a diligent emperor, exerting great efforts to rule, for the unification war made reserves.

However, although the warehouses of the Sui Dynasty court seemed to be abundant, the rations of the common people were pitiful. Those who have read history may feel that this is not accurate, because there are historical records that Emperor Wen of Sui reigned for 23 years but left enough food and property to the treasury for decades, so that Zhenguan did not run out for more than ten years more than 50 years later, which was said by Ma Zhou when he reported to Tang Taizong.

The abundance of grain in the treasury referred to here, in fact, comes from the people's taxes, replacing taxes with grain, the reason why there are so many reserves, but also because Emperor Wen of Sui is too strong in levying grain, although history records that he implemented the light and thin endowment, but in fact, he has a means of weights and measures, and there is a very strong record in the "Sui Book and Law Calendar": "The emperor took the ancient bucket three liters for one liter, and at the beginning of the great cause, he relied on the retro bucket."

The meaning of this sentence is that during his reign as emperor, he used ancient weights and measures as three liters as one liter, and it was not until Yang Guang restored ancient weights and measures during the Great Cause period. Although the law stipulates the amount of taxes, which is literally not higher than that of the Wei and Jin dynasties, the tools and weights used for tax collection have changed from three to one, but the amount of taxes paid for grain, materials, etc. is three times the amount.

In addition, the Sui Dynasty also recommended Yicang, which was recorded in the Book of Sui: "The eldest grandson Ping saw that there were many floods and droughts in the prefectures and counties of the world, and the people did not give it. ”

In the third year of the emperor's reign, Sun Ping, the head of the household department, proposed a strategy to deal with the continuous natural disasters, that is, let the common people take out less than one stone of grain every autumn, store it in the warehouse of the sub-district office, and wait until the natural disaster came out to relieve the emergency.

Three changes in taxation, coupled with the Yicang system, made the rations in the hands of the people very small, and the grain was highly concentrated in the imperial treasury and local warehouses, but in the year of the famine, the imperial court did not order the grain at all, and the Yicang handed over by the people was not returned, and in the fifteenth year of the emperor's opening, Emperor Wen of Sui even directly ordered that the Yicang system directly became a second tax, and became a tax that must be paid.

The Sui Dynasty did not last long, but in the past 30 years, the number of disasters and famines in various places has accumulated to hundreds of times, droughts, insect plagues, floods, plagues, etc., resulting in local farming and abandonment, displaced people to take refuge, and many people starve to death. Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty later conquered Liaodong three times, regardless of the disasters in various places, there was nothing to do with the lives of the people, which was also an important reason for the chaos in the world.

Luo Zhaoyun is also constantly studying the political affairs of the imperial court with the head of the household, the squire, and the governor of the political affairs hall, etc., and gradually understands, especially in ancient times, the productivity was low, the products were not rich, and one mu of land could only produce the output of corn and a few stones, which was not like the amount that increased tenfold in later generations.

Therefore, agriculture is very important, can not be abandoned at will, if the whole liberalization of commerce, those businessmen know that an acre of land, planting mulberry, planting cotton than growing grain to earn more, but those things can not be eaten, if the imperial court does not control and restrict, it is likely that the merchant assembly, do not use the field to grow grain, when the time is less grain on the market, the price of rice will rise, the number of people starving to death will increase, the court is afraid that it will be overthrown.

"Sacrifice to the heavens, bless the people of Dahua, and it is another harvest year!"

Luo Zhaoyun organized a sacrifice to the heavens in the suburbs, saying that he attached importance to spring ploughing and prayed for the blessings of the people, so that the people felt at ease.

The eldest grandson Wuji followed Luo Zhaoyun's side and arched his hand: "Your Majesty cares about the people's feelings, which is really a holy monarch's move. ”

Luo Zhaoyun shook his head and sighed: "The court is a boat, the people are water, water can carry a boat and capsize a boat, anything related to the people is not a trivial matter!" ”

Some of the six ministers and servants of the three provinces around nodded frequently when they heard this, feeling that it was really commendable that His Majesty could see it so thoroughly, and he had the mind and benevolence of a holy monarch.

"The displaced people caused by the war, the assassins and governors in various places, have they made proper arrangements, and have they been counted, and how many people have froze to death and starved to death in the past winter?" Luo Zhaoyun asked about the specific affairs of the displaced people, because of the war, the cultivated land is barren, the people are displaced, the rations are limited, and even the bandits and bandits have looted it, and it is difficult to say how much they can survive the cold winter.

"Minister, I have asked all over the country to count, and it will be reported back to the court soon." The eldest grandson Wuji replied.

Luo Zhaoyun nodded slightly, his expression was solemn, he remembered that at the end of the Sui Dynasty and the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, the population dropped by 35 million, and the soldiers who really died in the war were only a few million, and six times the population died from fleeing, without food, and wasted farming and production, and died of starvation, freezing, and disease in the flight.

Xing, the people suffer; Death, the people suffer!

As a king, Luo Zhaoyun has two kinds of thinking, later generations and ancient times, complex combination, more able to understand the meaning of these sentences, his requirements for the early days of his reign are very simple, so that the people of the world have food to eat, clothes to wear, and no longer starve to death, this is where the conscience lies. Then it is the great cause of reunification and the expansion of territory!