"But what does this have to do with raw silk and the price of silk?" Zhang Yan asked curiously.

"Of course there is a relationship, and it has a great relationship, the price of raw silk and silk is rising, which means that profits are increasing, which will attract more and more people to enter the industry, and it will also make the empire's raw silk and silk production continue to rise, and the whole world is suffering from disasters, after they are suffering, the first thing they need is food, not silk, they will give everything they have to ensure that they are full, and the demand for silk will definitely decline, one in and one out, and after five years, the price of raw silk and silk will plummet, Countless people in this industry in the empire will go bankrupt overnight and become beggars. This is called overproduction. Zhu Youxiao explained.

"Although the concubine can't understand it, since Your Majesty can see the situation in five years, the concubine believes that Your Majesty will definitely have a way to solve it." Zhang Yan said.

"To be honest, I really couldn't think of a way to solve this crisis." Zhu Youxiao said.

"Isn't it okay to prohibit the people from converting farmland into mulberry fields?" Zhang Yan asked.

"This is one solution, and I will completely ban the Imperial Bank's loans to silk-related industries." Zhu Youxiao thought for a while and said. At present, Zhu Youxiao can only think of two ways.

"Your Majesty, you still have to smoke less in the future." Zhang Yan persuaded softly.

"I'll pay attention." Zhu Youxiao nodded.

……

Zhu Youxiao knew that the matter of prohibiting the people from converting farmland into mulberry fields had to be done immediately, and it might be too late if he hesitated a little. During the Jiajing period, the policy of "changing rice to mulberry" was implemented, but at that time, the people were forced to implement this policy from top to bottom, which led to boiling public resentment, but this time it was the invisible hand of the market to regulate and control, and Zhu Youxiao wanted to solve this problem through the means of macroeconomic regulation and control.

"Your Majesty, now the prices of raw silk and silk are rising, and today's 'changing rice to mulberry' is different from the 'changing rice to mulberry' in the Jiajing period, this time it is the people's spontaneous and voluntary, and the income from silk can indeed increase the revenue of the national treasury." Guo Yunhou was the first to object.

"What Guo Aiqing said, I have also considered it, but didn't Aiqing find that the price of grain rises faster than the price of raw silk and silk? As the folk saying goes: food, clothing, shelter and transportation, food is the first place, and now the price of food in the empire is soaring, which means that there are still big problems in the empire's grain production, I think the first thing to solve is the problem of food, which is related to the stability of the empire, the people will not rebel if they have food to eat and no silk to wear, but if there is only silk to wear but no food, then it is to rebel. Zhu Youxiao explained.

Zhu Youxiao knew that he could not explain this problem from the point of view of economics, no one had studied economics at all at this time, although Zhu Youxiao could not even talk about it, but he knew a little more than the people of this era, and Zhu Youxiao decided to start with a simple reason to explain why it was forbidden to "change rice to mulberry".

Zhu Youxiao's words are easy to understand, and the officials also roughly understand what Zhu Youxiao meant: Although high-yield grain crops are now being promoted, the prices of daily staple food crops such as rice and wheat have not fallen immediately, but have finally stabilized prices.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the four feudal divisions of Burma, Laos, Taiwan, Qiongzhou, and Luzon should be outside the ban, and should even encourage these four feudal divisions to plant mulberry fields, after all, these four feudal divisions are under development, and there is still a large amount of undeveloped land." Xu Guangqi said.

"Xu Aiqing's suggestion is reasonable, so it will be dealt with according to Xu Aiqing's words." Zhu Youxiao agreed.

……

At the end of September, the imperial court officially issued an order that, except for the five regions of Burma, Laos, Taiwan, Qiongzhou, Luzon, and Lengzhou, the rest of the feudal divisions strictly prohibited "changing rice to mulberry", and asked the local yamen to strictly investigate the matter. At the same time, the Imperial Bank began to stop lending to silk-related industries.

This decree made Taiwan and Qiongzhou usher in the peak period of active immigration for the first time, and in order to avoid this policy, businessmen took the initiative to open up new mulberry fields in Taiwan and Qiongzhou. This has also greatly alleviated the situation of "silkworm cannibalism" that has lasted for several years.

This year, there was a white plague on the grassland again, "the frost outside the plug is early, and the grain is not harvested and the epidemic is prevalent", but the Inner Mongolia Domain is relative to other areas on the grassland, and this year can barely survive, which is due to the huge demand for wool wool in the Inner Mongolia Domain, the wool textile industry is the most rapidly developing industry this year, and it is also the pillar industry of the Inner Mongolia Domain. Other tribes are already running out of ammunition and food in the face of years of disasters.

Now the entire Inner Mongolia feudal division is facing a threat from other Mongol tribes, and there is a lot of noise on the border, and the people are asking to take the initiative to enter Ordos. After the Jinong Exuan stationed in Ordos was defeated by Lin Dan Khan, Ordos had fallen into the hands of Lin Dan Khan, but after Lin Dan Khan was defeated by the Ming Dynasty and the Houjin Dynasty one after another, coupled with the continuous natural disasters, Lin Dan Khan's soldiers were seriously depleted, and now the number of troops is less than 50,000.

After receiving Man Gui's recital, Zhu Youxiao went to the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion to discuss the matter.

The Metropolitan Governor's Mansion is located in the Nanxun Hall complex, and all the items of the original Nanxun Hall were moved to Jingyang Palace, which was specially arranged by Zhu Youxiao, Zhu Youxiao's move is to show the importance of military generals, and the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion and the Cabinet Hall are one west and one east side by side.

"Your Majesty, it is not difficult to take Ordos, what is difficult is the governance of Ordos, and now the white disaster outside the Cyprus has caused extremely serious damage to the local area." Xiong Mingyu, the secretary of the military department, said.

"I want to know what Lin Dan Khan is doing now." Zhu Youxiao said.

"Lin Dan Khan's army is now plundering Qinghai." Xiong Tingbi replied. Zhang Weixian was seriously ill, Xiong Tingbi took over the post of governor of the capital, and Chen Si took over the post of governor of the capital of Beijing. In history, Zhang Weixian died in 1630, but in this time and space, due to the progress of medical standards, Zhang Weixian has lived for more than a year.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that there is no need to send troops to Ordos, as long as the Mangui Commander is stationed at the border, Lin Dan Khan will definitely flee when he hears the wind, and after the spring of next year, the Mangui army can enter Ordos, and then the problem will be easy to solve." Chen Si suggested.

"If we can take Ordos bloodlessly after the spring of next year, the empire only needs to mobilize a batch of grain to stabilize Ordos." Zhu Youxiao thought for a while and said.

"Your Majesty, the Inner Mongolia Domain's grain stock is not much, and if the white disaster continues, it will be difficult for the Inner Mongolia Domain to protect itself." Sun Chengzong said.

"High-yield crops have achieved a good harvest this year, and the cabinet can buy potatoes, sweet potatoes and other materials from the private sector and transport them to Ordos, as long as there is food, it can stabilize Ordos." Zhu Youxiao said.

(End of chapter)