Gao Feng continued: "There is a way that there is no agriculture and no stability, no work is not strong, and no business is not rich."

"Wait, what do you mean by that?" Without waiting for Gao Feng to continue, Gu Zheng interrupted.

I used the words again, but this time I was able to explain it clearly.

Gao Feng replied: "Agriculture refers to agriculture, that is, grain, without food, the world will be in chaos, and with food, people's hearts will be stable, so it is said that there is no stability without agriculture." Gong refers to the handicraft industry, generally refers to the workshop, as large as a country, as small as a county, with a workshop, in order to manufacture items, these items are large to the national strategic use, small to the family use, is a strong symbol of a country or region. Business refers to doing business, so that the circulation of goods can promote the prosperity of the region, to be able to make money, and to make money is of course rich. ”

Gao Feng tried his best to use words that everyone could understand to carry out the pedigree, so as not to be questioned again.

It's just that his explanation subverts everyone's cognition.

In the Song Dynasty, although handicrafts and commerce were developed, their position remained awkward. Although the state has few restrictive policies, it does not encourage their development, and even more tragic is that those who engage in these activities have a very low social status and are generally not allowed to participate in the imperial examinations.

Of course, the road from the Shi was not completely blocked, and in June of the first year of Yingzong Zhiping (1064), he issued an edict: "Industrial and commercial miscellaneous, there are geniuses and aliens, and they should also listen to the explanation." That is to say, only those who are geniuses and people with special contributions can become officials, and the vast number of business people cannot be guaranteed to be officials.

The main reason for this situation is that the people look down on the businessmen, believing that they value profit over righteousness, and will disrupt the country's government and government. In the context of this era of Confucianism, it is simply impossible to elevate the status of other schools.

Although in fact industry and commerce have occupied a large proportion in the Great Song Dynasty, it is the first time that Gao Feng has put forward the argument that "no work is not strong, and no business is not rich".

Fortunately, this kind of formulation only emphasized their role, and did not touch the basic system of the Song Dynasty and the status of Confucianism, so although everyone was surprised, no one spoke out against it, and more importantly, most of the people sitting at the scene were businessmen, how could they oppose the promotion of their own role?

Gao Feng came to the map, pointed to it and continued: "Let's talk about agriculture first, agriculture is the foundation of our county and the top priority of our county's development.

There is a river in the north and south of our county, the Fuxin River in the north, and the Dasha River left after the flooding of the Yellow River in the south.

According to this regional form, our county can make a unified plan and change the original planting method of independent politics to wheat planting in the west and rice planting in the east, and planting it on a large scale, which has the advantages of unifying policies, facilitating the construction of water conservancy and implementing praise.

In this way, the county will be roughly divided into the overall pattern of east rice, west wheat, south fruit, and north salt. ”

"The overall situation of East Rice, West Wheat, South Fruit, and North Salt is summed up too well." Gu Zheng couldn't help but be amazed.

In the past, the government only collected taxes, not to mention what you planted in the field, let alone implement policy management of plants. Now listening to Gao Feng's analysis, everyone suddenly understands that planting crops can be coordinated in this way.

"What Gao Gongzi said is good, but how to ensure the national tax?" Gu An asked.

Gu Zheng listened excitedly, but ignored the fact that if the grain handed over to the state treasury deviated from the practice of previous years, it would be held accountable by the Constitution.

As soon as you come out, the east and west, the north and the south, are easy to manage, but the grain handed over will definitely change, Gu An has this reminder.

Gu Zheng also understood the key, but he didn't care, he had money in his hands, and he was afraid that the taxes would not be easy to pay, but he still wanted to hear Gao Feng's opinion.

"It's very easy to do, but there are two ways. First, all the taxes paid from now on can be converted into money, which can not only reduce the pressure on transportation, but also keep the grain in the county, in addition to meeting the county's quota needs, but also make reserves to prevent disaster years, which is the best of both worlds. The second is to pay according to the practice of previous years, increase or decrease in proportion, and purchase grain from other counties, so as to relieve the worries of adults. Gao Feng preached.

"Okay, let's do it according to the first article first, and if the court doesn't agree, then take the second way." Gu Zheng clapped his head.

He became more and more convinced of Gao Feng. As a magistrate, many things can only be vaguely felt, but there is no means at all, and now Gao Feng has helped him clear the clouds and see the sun, as if a bundle of twine has been tied, and it looks very comfortable.

"My lord, in fact, the most important thing in agriculture is not the regional cultivation, nor the way of paying taxes," Gao Feng continued.

"Oh, what's that?" Gu Zhengqi said. For him, these two points are the most important.

"It's the utilization of land." Takamo-chiu.

"Utilization?" Gu Zheng seemed to understand this new term, after all, it could be understood literally.

"Yes, it is how much food can be produced in a piece of land, the more it is, the higher the utilization rate, and vice versa, the lower it is." Gao Feng explained.

Then, Gao Feng pointed to the map and said: "Our county can use 40% of fertile land, which is nearly 500,000 mu, but in addition to paying taxes, it can barely provide for the lives of 40,000 people, which is enough to show how low our land utilization rate is." ”

Hearing this, most people have questions, but everyone knows that Gao Feng took the initiative to bring up this issue, and naturally had a coping strategy, so he didn't come forward to ask.

Gao Feng continued: "Take wheat as an example, our land yields less than 100 catties of wheat per mu on average, and more than 200 catties in good years, so it is no wonder that the yield is so low for the following reasons, one is that there are few crops in the changing season, the second is that the fertility of the land cannot keep up, the third is that pests cannot be controlled, and the fourth is self-retaining seeds. ”

In addition to one or four points, the other two points that Gao Feng said are everyone's questions, and they are also the main reason for the low output nowadays, so when they heard this, everyone couldn't help nodding their heads frequently to express their approval, as for one and four points, no one heard Gao Feng's Xuanwai voice, and they were afraid that they would be ridiculed by others if they raised doubts, so everyone remained silent.

Everyone does not mention doubts, but Gao Feng knows that this is the truth, in the Great Song Dynasty, there were no high-yield crops such as corn, potatoes, sweet potatoes, potatoes, and no crops such as cotton, peanuts, peppers, tomatoes, and watermelons, so he said that there were few crops in the changing season.

As for the self-retained seeds, it is entirely relative to the hybrid grains of later generations, but it is not appropriate to explain too much on this occasion, and he only brings this sentence.

Since the problem has been raised, a solution has to be proposed. Seeing that everyone was looking at him, Gao Feng had to smile and say, "Actually, I don't have a good way now." ”

Go! After talking for a long time, it turned out to be anticlimactic, and everyone was flashed. However, this son looks at the problem so accurately, which shows that he has really thought about it, and he should still be encouraged in this regard.

"Of course, if I were given a year or two, I would be able to solve most of the problems." When everyone was disappointed, Gao Feng preached unashamedly.

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