Chapter 208 Reform of Agriculture, Commerce, and Handicrafts
After the attitude of the princes from all walks of life became clear, the targeted policies of the imperial court came out.
The place ruled by the imperial court, Ming Jian sent troops to occupy it, and continued to order the implementation of the tuntian system, the use of a large amount of wasteland, and the imperial court to spread all kinds of materials.
During this time, the Han court also got a respite, and in addition to Xuzhou, Qingzhou, Yanzhou, and Yangzhou were controlled by the imperial court.
Among them, Qingzhou was a base of the Yellow Turban Army, and as a result, Xiahou Yuan, the Taishou of Beihai, after careful deployment and the help of the fierce general Tai Shici, captured Qingzhou in one fell swoop.
Ming Jian has already ordered Xiahou Yuan to serve as the assassin of Qingzhou, and Tai Shici to serve as the Taishou of Beihai. In this way, Tai Shi Ci also returned to his heart, he was originally a loyal and righteous person, but he did not do Beihai Taishou, but recommended a person to the imperial court, this person is Chen Gong.
After learning that it was Chen Gong, Ming Jian immediately appointed Chen Gong as the Beihai Taishou and made Tai Shici the Beihai General and responsible for the military.
After Xiahou Yuan occupied Qingzhou, he incorporated about one million Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army, of which there were as many as 300,000 young and strong.
The historical reputation of the Qingzhou Army is very stinky, and it once participated in the battle to kill the people of Xuzhou, because it was born as an anti-thief, their temperament is difficult to change, and they often do some things like stealing chickens and touching dogs.
Ming Jian decisively ordered that all these Qingzhou troops be disbanded, and they were registered as peasants, and only a few elites were able to be added to the army.
In the area ruled by the imperial court, Ming Jian ordered the implementation of light taxation to reduce the burden of the people.
Now it is not possible to exempt the agricultural tax, after all, the life of the imperial court is not easy, so Ming Jian ordered the agricultural tax to be 60 tax 1, which is very light.
Since the agricultural tax was so light, the imperial court still became stricter on the peasants, and the fields allocated to the peasants were not allowed to be wasted, otherwise, they would be severely punished.
Only when all the land is used rationally can the life of the people be better and the grain depot of the imperial court be enriched.
Now that the season has entered winter, only winter wheat is grown everywhere, and the scarcity of farm tools and ploughing cattle is another problem.
This situation is very similar to that of Ming Jian in the copy space - when Emperor Liu Heng of the Han Dynasty arrived in the country, they were all in ruins waiting to be revived, and there were many poor people, so Ming Jian immediately invented the Quyuan plow, and ordered the states to make every effort to build the Quyuan plow, and then distribute it to plough the land and make the use value of the land higher.
There is a lack of ploughing cattle, so there is not much to do, except for letting people purchase ploughing cattle everywhere, Ming Jian ordered the eliminated war horses to be sent to the states to participate in ploughing the land.
Horses can pull plows, but they are not as strong as oxen.
The situation in agriculture began to improve, which made Ming Jian breathe a sigh of relief, and he began to let go of the household department to participate in the management, and it was enough to report to himself often.
Then he began to develop commerce, Xuzhou has been a convenient place since ancient times, and merchants from all over the world often come and go to Xuzhou City.
Mi Zhu himself is a big businessman, with a lot of money and a wealth that rivals the country.
The starting point of Ming Jian was Mi Zhu, and he made Mi Zhu an imperial merchant, that is, a joint venture with the imperial court to operate a royal shopping mall.
Mi Zhu was naturally ecstatic, with the support of the imperial court, this business was naturally much easier, not only was the way good, but no one dared to set up obstacles, otherwise, could the emperor spare you?
The royal shopping mall was done in the Ming Sword of the Song Dynasty, so it was very easy to do it this time, coupled with Mi Zhu's shrewdness and ability, the general number of the royal shopping mall and the titles of various places were quickly established.
The royal shopping mall naturally wants to be different, now the materials in the late Eastern Han Dynasty are not abundant, if these things are sold in the royal shopping mall, the competitiveness is definitely not strong, therefore, Ming Jian intends to introduce new products, such as daily necessities.
When he was in the Great Song Dynasty, Ming Jian learned how to make daily necessities, and this time he taught the method to Mi Zhu.
After the sample came out, Mi Zhu, as a shrewd businessman, felt shocked and delighted, these toothbrushes, toothpaste, soap, soap, that is simply a magical thing, in this big man, it must be easy to sell, and this is a monopoly industry, it is impossible not to make money.
It didn't take long for all kinds of daily necessities to be mass-produced and shipped to various places.
The business of the royal mall quickly became popular, because the current economic level is low, so the price is relatively low, and only when it is sold to the hostile forces, the price will be several times or even ten times higher.
Seeing that the business began to develop, Mingjian immediately let Mi Zhu do it, but under the household department, Mingjian added a business office to be in charge of business.
The person in charge of this business office must be a confidant, Ming Jian asked Zongzheng Liu Yu to be in charge, and asked him to recruit more business experts to expand the scale of business.
Liu Yu is naturally willing to do more, to be honest, he still has a set of economic development, when he served as the assassin of Youzhou, he coexisted peacefully with the nomads, and the economic development of Youzhou was good.
This time to do this business office, Liu Yu is also full of confidence.
In addition to agriculture and commerce, other industries are simply miserable, such as handicrafts, which are now very backward, and the Song Dynasty, the last dynasty of the Ming Dynasty, is simply 108,000 miles behind.
The main ones are some textile industry, smelting industry, ceramic industry, etc., although it is okay, but it is too different from the requirements of Ming Jian.
Ming Jian has the greatest concern about the smelting industry, as a period of war, the smelting industry is very important for military equipment, at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, there have been hundreds of steel, and now the Han Dynasty army equipment is basically a ring head knife, this thing is ahead of the nomads, but there is no leading place for infighting.
Ming Jian immediately ordered the establishment of an arsenal in Xuzhou City, specializing in the production of weapons and equipment, and brought out the techniques of Mo Dao and Pu Dao.
In the Datang dungeon space, he participated in the production technology of the Mo knife, and the impact of the Mo knife on the cavalry was very large, and now that it has been invented, it is absolutely enough to deal with any princes.
However, the production process of the Mo knife is very complicated, and the Ming Sword has made the technique of the Pu knife, and the Pu knife can be long or short, and it is easier to make than the Mo knife.
When the first Mo knife and Pu knife were produced, everyone on the scene was overjoyed. Especially the military generals, they look at weapons from different angles, and the power of the Mo knife and the Pu knife is exactly what they expect.
Cao Cao danced for a while and said: "Your Majesty, these two weapons are really amazing, if my Han army is equipped with this kind of weapon, there is no need to say much about dealing with the enemy, we should work hard when smelting, and strive to refine the best quality Mo knife and Pu knife, when the time comes to the battlefield, you can occupy an absolute advantage in weapons, and then control the battle situation!" ”
Liu Bei also said: "Your Majesty is really powerful, such weapons can be thought of, these two knives are more powerful than the ring head knife, the minister looked at the Mo knife, the length is good, it can be used to deal with the cavalry, if a thousand soldiers are held at the same time to attack the enemy, wouldn't it be very powerful?" ”
Ming Jian glanced at Liu Bei, and secretly thought that this guy's vision was really good, in history, the Mo Sword Formation of the Tang Dynasty was specially used to deal with the Turkic cavalry, and the effect was good.
Reloaded Mo knife hands form a Mo knife formation, stop the enemy, if the enemy rushes over, facing the Mo knife formation will definitely suffer, if the enemy does not come, then the archers behind the Mo knife formation will make the enemy look good.
"The two Aiqing can see it, right? These two weapons, after thinking about it for a long time, I decided to invent it to equip our army, now I don't require a large quantity, first produce a batch and try it, and then hand it over to Xiahou Yuan, let him lead the troops to touch Yuan Shao! ”
Ming Jian smiled.
"Yes!"